Chapter 42: Ghost Hands (Catching Insects) (1/2)

“Pretty lady, don’t give up. You can do it. We’ve already walked through half of the path, if we walk for five minutes more, then you can leave.” The kind-hearted guide tried to convince her, “Wouldn’t it be such a waste to give up in the middle of it? Don’t be scared, I’ll always be in front of you, so nothing’s going to happen.”

Due to the guide’s and Wang Ziwen’s continuous coaxing, Xu Xiaojing cried on the ground for half a minute before finally mustering the strength to nod and pull forward. Bai Yan glanced at the time. As of now, the countdown was already down by 30 minutes, while it has been five and a half minutes since they entered the haunted house.

Not considering the time it took for Xu Xiaojing to cry her eyes out, the half of the haunted house’s path roughly took about five minutes of walking to get through. Bai Yan reevaluated the length of this haunted house and committed it to memory, not telling his co-player Su Yize, who appeared to harbor a grudge.

After Xu Xiaojing stood up, the group kept moving forward.

And amid Xu Xiaojing’s frightened cries, all kinds of ghosts came out. 10 minutes passed by in a flash, and it was still a long way to go before everyone could get out of the haunted house.

It was unusual. Why was it this simple to clear the game?

Bai Yan wasn’t the only one who thought of this. Su Yize was also confused.

The game was about to end with only using up 36 minutes of the initial hour and a half allotted to them. After experiencing countless dangerous situations in the game, this extremely suspicious yet simple checkpoint made the two’s bodies turn ice-cold. There was seriously something fishy going on.

The ghost has finally shown itself, so the guide should expose her real identity as well!

He didn’t believe that in this haunted house filled with ghosts, this guide was only a regular person.

However, it’s been a long time since he’s had such a face-off.

After a short pause, the guide acted as if she didn’t see the terrifying female ghost in front of her and continued to pull on the pale-faced Xu Xiaojing, who was repeatedly shaking her head, to walk forward.

At this moment, Bai Yan and Su Yize had already stopped moving, wanting to see what happens as the NPCs walk ahead.

Yet, the anticipated atrocity didn’t take place. When the guide steadily approached the female ghost, the translucent female ghost faded away into nothingness from out of the blue.

Wang Ziwen followed the two from behind and also walked past where the female ghost was standing. Seeing that nothing bad happened to them, Bai Yan hesitated for a moment but followed suit, continuing to walk until he reached the exit.

“Okay. We have reached the exit. Pretty lady, there’s no need to be afraid anymore.” The guide smiled as she said, “All we need to do is leave through this narrow exit. I will go out first and will be waiting for you outside.”

After talking, the guide crossed over the door with Xu Xiaojing and Wang Ziwen following closely behind.

When he was walking to the door, Bai Yan’s heart was dumbfounded. He didn’t dare believe that this haunted house was finished just yet. Could it be that passing through the door was the turning point of it all, and the game would then lock the door and kill them?

Bai Yan was hesitant when passing through the door, but after he crossed over, a familiar dusky setting greeted his eyes.

He didn’t walk out of the haunted house. Instead, they were back to the place where they first started in the haunted house.

This was what he was talking about!

As the strangeness took place, Bai Yan, contrary to how one might usually react, relaxed his breath and felt his anxiety flying away.

That’s right! This was the distinct sour feeling that the game had always drawn.

Due to him experiencing numerous weird situations, Bai Yan wasn’t the least bit flustered when this scene entered his eyes. He turned to the side and looked at the person behind him. Su Yize’s calm and collected face met his. Their faces showed disappointment when they realized that they hadn’t cleared the game.

“What’s going on? Didn’t we clear the game already?”

Standing in the middle of the dark pathway, Wang Ziwen was in a complete daze, “The guide was just playing with us. The haunted house hasn’t ended yet.”

Unlike the fearless Wang Ziwen, Xu Xiaojing collapsed when she noticed her surroundings, “I said I didn’t want to play anymore. How could this be? When we get out of here, I’m going to file a complaint about this haunted house. They’re mental!”

The two girls still haven’t fully comprehended their current situation yet. Fearing that the two girls would unknowingly trigger a dead end and inadvertently lead them to death, Su Yize called everyone’s attention in a serious tone, “I’m not joking around. We really saw a ghost back there. If you don’t believe me, look over there, and you’ll see that the entrance has disappeared!”

“What kind of joke is this?” Wang Ziwen was unconvinced. She dashed to where the entrance was and immediately turned pale from dread, “How could the door not be here anymore? It’s not possible! This is just some sort of mechanism that allowed them to close the door, right?”

Her hands moved around the wall in confusion, hoping to feel any unevenness that possibly could be the slit of the door. Unfortunately, it was a only sturdy wall, lacking of any slits.

“Impossible! This doesn’t make any sense!”

Wang Ziwen didn’t dare believe what was happening in front of her eyes. She held onto the pager in her hands tightly as if it were her last sliver of hope, “That’s right! We still have this pager. I’ll ask the guide. She’ll for sure know what the hell is going on here!”

“Di. Di. Di.”

“Di. Di. Di.”

The pager produced an echoing sound, and after a couple of rings, it finally connected.

The guide, wherever she may be, seemed to have a terrible signal. In the face of Wang Ziwen’s repeated questioning, she didn’t utter a reply.

The other end of the pager only produced muffled and whooshing sounds.

Just when Wang Ziwen thought that the pager was busted, the guide’s voice finally came through the pager.