This isn't a staircase anymore; we've clearly arrived in the middle of nowhere.
Li Zhi looked up at the moon above her head. There was no moon, and no stars either. She remembered that there were stars and a moon tonight, so there was only one possibility: this was an illusion created for her by a ghost.
She remained silent, wanting to see where this female ghost would lead her, when she heard a stern voice cursing, "Damn it! Why did you summon her? Get out of here!"
Li Zhiyi heard that the sound did not seem to be made by a human; it was rough, hoarse, and unpleasant, like the quacking of a male duck.
Upon hearing this voice, the female ghost was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground, crying, "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
Then he suddenly stood up and grabbed Li Zhiyi's arm without saying a word.
Li Zhiyi knew that something wanted him to leave; it seemed there really was a secret here.
She shook off the female ghost, who immediately revealed a fierce look in her eyes and opened her blood-red mouth to bite Li Zhiyi.
With a snap, a soul-extinguishing talisman froze the female ghost. She wandered around alone, but the forest was very large, and after walking around several times, nothing changed, and she couldn't see where the exit was.
That rough, hoarse voice reached her ears again: "We've kept to ourselves, so what brings you here, Master?"
"Let's not beat around the bush. I'm looking for someone. Is Xiao Zhang being held captive by you?"
"Hahaha, what do you mean by 'Little Zhang' or 'Big Zhang'? Leave now and I can pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
"Then I won't stand on ceremony, I don't want to be polite to you anyway!" She wasn't easily intimidated!
A thick fog immediately enveloped them, obscuring everything ahead. Suddenly, a bloody hand flew out of the fog, trying to grab Li Zhiyi.
Li Zhi unleashed a burst of true energy onto the bloody hand, which instantly vanished. As the mist dissipated, she returned to the stairs.
Strangely, all the eerie aura around her disappeared. It seems that this ghostly thing was very cautious and avoided a direct confrontation with her, so it simply threw her out.
Following her memory, she walked around the stairs several times, but unfortunately, she was still standing on the stairs. The barrier of that strange thing was very well hidden.
"Miss Li."
Li Zhiyi heard the voice and turned around. Wasn't that Xiao Zhang?
"Where have you been? Do you know how long we've been looking for you outside?"
"I'm sorry, Ms. Li, for making you worry."
"Okay, let's go, I'll take you out." Li Zhiyi said but didn't move, instead waiting for Xiao Zhang to leave first.
Xiao Zhang said, "Let's go, Miss Li, please lead the way."
Li Zhiyi walked up to him, glanced at him casually, said nothing, and walked straight ahead. When they reached the eleventh floor, Li Zhiyi suddenly turned around and grabbed Xiao Zhang's black hand.
"You little punk, trying to ambush me?"
"Damn woman, why did you ruin my plans?" the female ghost roared, desperately trying to endure the pain.
White smoke was rising from her arm. She tried to break free, but no matter what she did, she couldn't escape Li Zhiyi's control.
"Where did you take Xiao Zhang? Tell me or I'll kill you right now."
"What does Xiao Zhang mean?" The female ghost showed a momentary look of confusion.
Li Zhiyi knew that this female ghost was not the same cloying-voiced ghost from before. Instead of killing the ghost in front of her, she suppressed it inside a talisman.
She started wandering around again. Jiang Yu, who was waiting outside, became anxious when she didn't come out.
He hurriedly took out his phone to call Li Zhiyi, but was told, "Sorry, the number you dialed is not in service. Please check and dial again."
He disregarded everything else and went into the haunted building alone to search for Li Zhiyi.
He climbed all the way to the seventh floor in one go, only then realizing that he hadn't turned on his flashlight. He turned it on and called out as he walked, "Zhiyi, Zhiyi, are you there? Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhang..."
Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him: "I'm here, why did you come up here to find me?"
"First, have you found Xiao Zhang?"
"I was just about to call you, but your phone is off. Xiao Zhang is on the 24th floor. Let's go over there now." Li Zhizhi seemed very happy.
Jiang Yu thought to himself, when he called her just now, didn't it say it was out of service area? Would it say that if the phone was turned off?
Hearing her say that she had found Xiao Zhang, he didn't have time to think much: "Okay, let's go."
He walked briskly upstairs, and after going up two floors, he noticed Li Zhiyi following behind him at a leisurely pace: "Zhiyi, is Xiao Zhang alright?"
"No, he's perfectly fine."
Jiang Yu took out a flashlight to help her light the steps, but then he realized something was wrong: why didn't she have a shadow?
At that moment, his heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar.
But he, who was usually calm, became even calmer in this situation. His eyes were red, and he thought something had happened to her, but she subconsciously thought she was still alive.
Could it be that something actually happened to Xiao Zhang as well, that they both died and became ghosts, which is why she was able to find Xiao Zhang so easily?
"Firstly, there's something I've always wanted to tell you." He was afraid that after leaving here today, he would never have the chance to say it again.
"Hmm, go ahead and say it, what is it?" Li Zhiyi's radiant smile stung his eyes even more, and he gripped the flashlight tightly.
He couldn't imagine that she was really dead and had become a ghost, and that she herself didn't even know it. He had heard that people don't know they've died when they first die.
"I, I've always..." He hadn't finished speaking.
"Jiang Yu, what are you doing?"
Jiang Yu instantly got goosebumps all over his body. What did he just hear? How could Li Zhiyi's voice be coming from behind him?
So who is this Li Zhiyi in front of us?
"Jiang Yu, run!"
Li Zhiyi's anxious voice came from behind him.
Without thinking, Jiang Yu instinctively took several steps back, while Li Zhi pressed closer, asking, "What's wrong? Why are you running?"
"You're not human, you're a ghost."
Although Jiang Yu hadn't turned around yet, he saw that Li Zhiyi in front of him had no shadow, so she was a fake.
"Hehe, you're only just realizing this now! Prepare to die!" The female ghost in front of him changed her appearance in an instant.
Jiang Yu reacted quickly and dodged the female ghost's grasp, but the female ghost attacked him again.
He is mine.
Li Zhiyi, standing behind him, blocked his way and spoke to the female ghost in front of him.
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