Chapter 34: Coming Back from Death (2/2)

Bai Yan’s legs were dangling in the air, so he stiffly turned his head around, and to his surprise, Yi Zihan’s upper body was unknowingly trapped at the anti-theft net on the fourth floor.

In this situation, her legs were already inside the room, coming his way, while her arms were forcefully stretched out, grabbing his legs, as tears of blood streamed down her face, causing Bai Yan to expose a dry smile.

“Tak. Tak.”

The two bare legs had finally reached the room leading to his window.

Yi Zihan, who was feebly hanging on the fourth floor’s anti-theft net, had finally loosened her grip, making Bai Yan fall headfirst into the ground.

“Haha!” Bai Yan laughed dryly. He pulled out his phone and felt a headache, “I didn’t expect Yi Zihan to be more powerful and that the ghost baby would hold back Wu Jingang. As expected, the ginger is old and spicy(1).”

Bai Yan looked at his phone and immediately ruled out the wrong options, leaving only two options to choose from.

Right now, he only had one resurrection coin left. If he used it up, his next death would become real.

At this moment, he couldn’t help but doubt the game. Like what Li Ming had said, do these choices exist for the players to live?

No matter his skepticism, the app restricted the actions he could make, so he had no choice but to choose.

Whatever the case, Option D wasn’t something he would ever choose. Yi Zihan, together with the dog in the girl’s arms, would never let him get away. But on the other hand, he won’t feel at ease if he stayed with the possessed Wu Jingang.

Bai Yan pressed Option A and immediately heard himself yell, “Let’s rush outside the door! Jumping outside the window is too dangerous!”

“But there are two ghosts outside the door.”

Wu Jingang gritted his teeth in fear. He didn’t want to face the dreadful girl. But, as he thought about it more thoroughly, the two windows were also crawling with ghosts and if they dropped from the third floor and were gravely hurt, the ghosts would have an easy time catching up to them and ending their lives.

So, Wu Jingang bit his lip until blood started leaking out and summoned his courage, saying, “Okay. We’ll surge through the door. Just watch me first, I’ll knock them over, and when I do, Yanyan, you should seize this opportunity to sprint as fast as possible and not turn your head back.”

During this situation, the system had given Bai Yan control over his body. Bai Yan didn’t reply and simply watched the door attentively, waiting for the opportunity that Wu Jingang had mentioned.

Although he didn’t look through the peephole, Wu Jingang could sense that the girl was standing outside the door.

His hands perspired excessively. Although he had his heart set on protecting his wife and charging out, he was still reluctant when it came to opening the door.

“Hehehe… Uncle and aunty, are you guys dead?”

Maybe because it was too impatient to wait that the sounds of urgent knocks suddenly came through, “Uncle, aunty, we’ll be going in now.”

There was an abrupt and violent crashing sound from the outside, leading Wu Jingang’s face to immediately turn pale.

This was an absolute horror of life and death. Although it’s easier said than done, this 1.85-meter man’s forehead was fully covered in sweat. Soon, the bumping sound against the door became louder and louder, he curled his hands into a fist and hurriedly opened the door, slamming into the dead girl and her dog.

“Run away! Run away quickly!”

There was no need for Wu Jingang to say this since Bai Yan took advantage of his ramming into the girl and quickly stormed out without turning back.

Behind him was Wu Jingang letting loose a miserable scream that could make anyone’s blood run cold, harmoniously mixing with the dog’s barking and the girl’s dark laughter. With just these sounds, Bai Yan could only imagine the type of horrific torture Wu Jingang had suffered for him.

Bai Yan took a few strides to the second floor and turned around, preparing to continue running down the stairs. But as he swept through the staircase, his legs couldn’t help but run faster.

Atop the stairs, the grizzled white-haired granny bent her back and was standing over there, her hand lifting a bloodied kitchen knife.

Behind the old lady were the other people living on the second floor.

The three apartments on the second floor were wide open with small traces of blood spilled in front of each door.

Bai Yan took a step back as he saw this shocking scene. His attention immediately went to the opened apartment 303. Maybe Li Ming was able to escape early, didn’t let the old grandma catch him, and was able to flee the building.

“There’s no way out anymore.”

Bai Yan gently touched the glass on the window and quickly turned it over without uttering another word. He protected his head as he jumped down, rolling into the bushes and ultimately landing safely. Other than receiving a few scrapes here and there that didn’t hinder his movements, he was fine.

He promptly lifted his body and raised his head. He saw the old grandmother standing by the second floor’s window, having a sinister expression on its face while staring at him. The knife she had at hand was raised high, leading Bai Yan to tremble.

In fear of running into more trouble if he stayed idle for too long, Bai Yan stopped watching and rushed towards the district’s gates, continuing to run past them until he could no longer see the building anymore. He then slowed down his speed and stayed under a street light he had come across.

“I’ve already run far away. It ought to be finished already.”

Bai Yan patiently stood beside the street light for around half an hour, but no matter how much he waited, Wu Jingang didn’t show up.

Wu Jingang was a real man, but Bai Yan felt that Wu Jingang’s fate had always been pointed at disaster. His heart beat rapidly for half the night. Bai Yan didn’t feel like finding a place to stay since in any case, he was a man, and sleeping on the streets wasn’t dangerous for him. He languidly leaned on the post and fiddled with his phone. From time to time, he lifted his head to reexamine if there were any changes in his surroundings until his phone vibrated ferociously.

[It’s already dawn. You look up in the sky with tear-filled eyes.]

[Wu Jingang was forever trapped inside that haunted building to save you. Even if you start your new life, you will always remember him, but you also won’t ever go back to that haunted place.]

[The game is over. Press the Return button to leave the game.]

It was finally over.

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