Mysterious Awakening

The fourth floor had arrived.

Yang Jian, Wang Jiang, Huang Ziya, and the others had walked all the way up from outside the dormitory building, advancing in the dark for some time until they finally reached the most frightening floor of all.

Because the ghost was on this floor.

Besides, there were at least two ghost controllers who had also gotten lost on this floor.

What Yang Jian had to do was to find them before they were killed by the ghost and regroup, increasing the number of ghosts on his side, thereby preventing the group from being isolated and surviving this fierce ghost attack, and then figure out a way to leave this place.

The plan was simple, but executing it was fraught with danger.

If the ghost set its sights on them, or if it had already killed the remaining ghost controllers on the fourth floor, then Yang Jian and his party were no different from marching towards death.

"Everyone, stay quiet and do not let go of each other’s hands or run off on your own. Unless I speak personally, don’t panic even if a ghost appears right beside you. Just do as I say, and I’m confident I can get us through the first attack alive," Yang Jian spoke with a very serious tone.

Considering that the ghost was wandering on this floor, he felt compelled to warn them again.

"Yang Jian, I’ll follow your command. It’s the only chance we have to survive," Huang Ziya said nervously.

"Let’s hope everything goes smoothly without any mishaps."

Yang Jian said, "Since everyone is ready, follow me."

With that, he no longer hesitated and immediately walked quickly along the corridor of the balcony.

In front of him was pitch darkness and his ghost eye could not see everything around him clearly. It was only slightly better than an ordinary person’s vision – he could see clearly within five meters.

He had considered using Ghost Domain, but his condition no longer allowed it.

Forcibly activating the fourth level of Ghost Domain had brought the already recovering ghost eye close to a critical point. If the balance broke, even the "Headless Ghost Shadow," which was out of order, wouldn’t be able to help him much.

It could be said that Yang Jian’s ghost revival had reached its limit sooner than expected.

But the one difference he had from others was that even if the ghost eye was reaching its limit, he could still unrestrainedly use the abilities of the Headless Ghost Shadow without being utterly powerless.

They continued to move forward.

The darkness ahead was deeply terrifying, and although the real ghost was on this floor, his pace hadn’t slowed down; on the contrary, he moved faster than before.

They had to find the others faster than the ghost.

They hadn’t gone far.

Yang Jian saw a twisted, mangled corpse lying on the balcony of the corridor, blood flowing from the carcass, staining the floor red.

The blood had not yet congealed, and was even emitting wisps of warmth.

"So the blood dripping down to the lower floor earlier was because of this?" Yang Jian took a deep look.

If he was not mistaken, the ghost within this ghost controller’s body had already been taken by the ghost in the Ghost Coffin.

Just like the situation in Huanggang Village before.

It did not need your body, only the ghost inside you.

Was it also completing its own body puzzle?

Or did this ghost need to capture other ghosts to continue growing, like the Hungry Ghost, eventually becoming an absolute terrifying nightmare existence? R̃𝐀𐌽ốᛒĘŚ

Ignoring the corpse.

Yang Jian still walked forward quickly.

The people behind him followed silently, knowing all too well that they had no other choice. They could either rally enough numbers to survive, or they would be targeted by the ghost and die miserably in this dormitory building.

No one thought of running away.

Because staying offered a glimmer of hope, while running away was certain death.

The corridor engrossed in darkness echoed with the hurried footsteps of Yang Jian and his party.

"Where are they? Where are the others?"

Time ticked away gradually and an anxious look appeared on Yang Jian’s face. He walked to the end of the corridor, searched around another stairway, but did not find any ghost controllers lingering on this floor.

Meaning, they were lost somewhere unknown on this floor.

This increased the difficulty of Yang Jian’s search.

To delve further into this floor meant there was a significantly greater chance of running into that ghost. Even if Yang Jian had some resources in his hands that could barely protect him, the level of danger remained extremely high.

"Ah!"

However, at this moment, another pitiful and despairing scream echoed from the nearby darkness, very close to the group.

The sound had barely resonated a few times before it abruptly ceased, clearly indicating that the person who screamed had lost their life.

"What? Did someone just scream terribly?"

"I heard it too. This is bad, the ghost has killed another ghost controller."

"My God, we’re done for at this rate."

Although the scream didn’t happen to them directly, it extinguished their hopes of survival by proxy, filling them with dread.

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Yang Jian’s body trembled upon hearing the scream, and without hesitation, he turned around and delved deeper into the floor, simultaneously distancing from the location of the scream.

He was gambling.

Gambling that the survivors would leave via the safe stairway on the north side.

Since he had come up from the southern passageway and had not encountered anyone when he reached the eastern corridor, and the recent scream had come from the northeast, there was only one place for the survivors to go if they were smart.

Meanwhile, the appearance of the scream, albeit signaling the death of a ghost controller, indirectly revealed the true location of the ghost.

This was an opportunity.

Yang Jian would not miss this sudden precious chance.

"Everyone, pick up the pace. Don’t fall behind." Yang Jian’s gaze flickered, and he nearly started to run.

Being able to see clearly about five meters ahead gave him some advantage; he wouldn’t get lost in the darkness and knew when to turn and when to slow down, thus avoiding moving forward blindly.

The others were too tense to speak and began to run after Yang Jian, each of them holding onto another, not daring to let go of each other’s hands.

As he ran, Yang Jian kept observing his surroundings.

According to his deduction, there should be one more person left alive. If that person had heard the recent scream, they definitely would not choose to stay on this floor but would attempt to leave.

They might encounter that person along the road.

Suddenly.

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He now widened his eyes, as a human silhouette appeared in the darkness about five meters ahead.

Due to the distance, he couldn’t see what the silhouette looked like, only that it should be a person... or perhaps a ghost.

"Yang Jian, what’s wrong?" the sudden stop puzzled the people behind him, who asked in a hurry.

"There seems to be someone ahead," Yang Jian whispered.

Seems to be someone?

Isn’t that a good thing? Why stop?

Then, a jolt went through everyone’s mind as they instantly grasped the implication of Yang Jian’s statement that there seemed to be someone.

"Couldn’t it have found us so quickly?" Wan Jiang said, his voice trembling.

"It’s not confirmed. I need to get closer to make sure," Yang Jian said gravely and then continued to approach slowly.

In his hand, he held the Ghost Candle, ready to light it if the situation turned dire.

No, perhaps he should light the Ghost Candle beforehand just in case. If it’s a person, they can meet up directly; if it’s a ghost, then they should turn tail and run now.

His group absolutely cannot be the first to be targeted; otherwise, any reduction in their numbers, and they would certainly lose this match against the fierce ghost.

"Yang Jian, there’s a message from headquarters,"

However, just at that moment, the girl named Huang Ziya, nervous, spoke up, "Headquarters says Zhang Lei is still alive, on the fourth floor. He’s lost his way. Moreover, headquarters says the number of ghosts with Zhang Lei is not one but three; because Zhang Lei had previously devoured two ghosts, that’s why when they encountered the ghost earlier, they weren’t immediately attacked but suffered casualties after getting separated."

"What?" The first to be shocked by this news wasn’t Yang Jian, but Wang Jiang behind him.

He had previously been with Zhang Lei and barely managed to escape down to meet up with Yang Jian. Had they known this, they would not have left earlier.

They could have slowly made their way down from the fourth floor and successfully gathered together.

However, one panicked move had resulted in everyone being in a vulnerable state, alone.