Yang Jian, Li Yang, and Tong Qian listened to every movement outside from room 5. It took a full fifteen minutes for all the anomalies to disappear.
Only then did they cautiously open the door to peek at the scene outside.
Just as expected.
The corridor was empty, with nothing in sight, but at the crossroads, they saw the flickering glow of a stoveâs fire.
It seemed that the other ghosts were gone, but the stove remained without disappearing.
âThis ghostly place is truly dangerous. Iâll go out and check first, and you come out once itâs safe.â
Yang Jian stepped out of the room, moving into the corridor.
Looking to the right, he saw a hallway outside the corridor.
That was the connection to Caesarâs Grand Hotel, the location of the exit.
Going left leads to another crossroads.
There were no supernatural occurrences around, and he wasnât attacked by any fierce ghosts.
Yang Jian decided to head right. He arrived at the crossroads and saw a stove placed in front of a closed door. In contrast with the other open rooms, it seemed out of place.
That room was⊠number 10.
âIndeed, itâs a problematic room. Choosing it for temporary refuge had no issues before.â
After a moment of hesitation, Yang Jian still walked towards the eerie stove.
He needed this supernatural object, believing it could be useful in the future, and wanted to take it with him.
As for room 10, Yang Jian hadnât made up his mind about exploring it yet.
With the rope tied to the stove still intact, he stopped a certain distance away, picked up the rope on the ground, and prepared to pull the stove.
Yang Jian used his strength, but the stove felt nailed to the ground, not moving an inch.
âCanât pull it?â
He was puzzled at first, then realized something, and immediately opened his ghostly eye to look at the stove again.
Beside the stove, an eerie figure with skin roasted red was gripping the other end of the rope tightly, and no matter how hard he pulled, there was no way to make that person move an inch.
âThe rope is grabbed by a ghost. Relying solely on strength to move that ghost is nearly impossible unless I make another cut, dismember the ghost to silence the supernatural, or else itâs difficult to move.â Yang Jian thought to himself.
âBut if thatâs the case, why does the stove remain in front of room 10âs door?â
âWhatâs really inside that room?â
Yang Jian felt puzzled and a bit curious.
However, to enter room 10, the stove must be moved. To move the stove, the Firewood Knife must be used again.
âThereâs no other choice. Having come this far and turning around would be too foolish.â
Yang Jian sighed inwardly, put down the rope, and strode towards the stove.
In the vision of his ghostly eye, the fierce ghost beside the stove was getting closer to him.
When he got close enough, he lifted the Firewood Knife in his hand again.
His hand rose and the knife fell.
The fierce ghost beside the stove was once again split into two halves and fell to the ground immobile.
The fierce ghost was dismembered, the fire in the stove showed signs of extinguishing again, and Yang Jian took this opportunity to move the stove and opened the door to room 10.
At this moment, he was stunned.
After the door to room 10 was opened, a wall lay in front of him instead of a familiar living room.
The room was gone.
âHow could this be?â Yang Jian felt somewhat incredulous.
It was his first time encountering such a situation here, where a room could actually disappear?
He touched the wall.
It was indeed real, and the vision from his ghostly eye was normal too; it wasnât an illusion.
âIs it that someone is indeed controlling everything here in the shadows? Previously opening all the doors to free the fierce ghosts, intending to wipe us out here. Luckily, the route I chose was right, avoiding most of the dangers. Now making room 10 disappear is probably to hide some important information.â
Yang Jianâs eyes flickered with suspicion about this change in his heart.
The information Xiang Lan wrote about room 10 must involve secrets about this place. Itâs irrelevant if the others trapped here know, as they canât escape and will continue to die here, but if an outsider like Yang Jian learns, it matters.
Perhaps everything here will be overturned.
Yang Jian didnât linger to ponder this; since room 10 had vanished, there was no point in staying here.
Taking the nearly extinguished stove at the entrance, he turned around and left.
âThings have changed, we leave here.â Yang Jian said as he passed room 5âs entrance.
Li Yang and Tong Qian immediately came out.
âShouldnât we check room 1?â
As they evacuated, they passed a room, and Li Yang reminded him on a note.
âEverything here is being altered, information is being hidden; going to room 1 wonât help. We need to hurry and find the gate of Caesarâs Grand Hotel, and then leave here.â Yang Jian said.
âCaesarâs Grand Hotel is very big. Itâs not easy to find that gate right away,â Tong Qian said.
Yang Jian said, âI hope our previous actions had some effect. Remember that golden door standing in front of the passage?â
âWasnât that door useless?â Tong Qian asked.
âBut the position we placed it was correct. Finding that door can lead us to the right place.â Yang Jian said.
âPossibly.â Li Yang pondered for a moment, then understood what Yang Jian meant.
The decision made before entering here was made before the golds, and the gold is unaffected. Even if the position has changed, theoretically that golden door should appear elsewhere in the Caesar Grand Hotel.
If we can find it, we can determine the real location.
Now, this is a haunted place, everything has changed, including positions, so itâs impossible to find the previous location by habitual thinking.
The three people walked out of the corridor.
But the danger hadnât ended.
Right now, the Caesar Grand Hotel is the gathering place for all the ghosts, and those ghosts wandering out from the rooms are all lingering here.
All the ghosts canât leave because the real door hasnât been found.
That door leads to reality, the way to the outside world.
âYang Jian, over here, I knew you guys would be fine.â
At this moment, Yang Jian, who came out again, heard a voice nearby calling him.
A room near the corridor in the Caesar Grand Hotel opened, and Dong Yulan stuck out half her head, greeting them in a hushed voice.
âHmm?â
Yang Jianâs expression changed slightly when he saw her.
According to his previous speculation, Dong Yulan and the others should have already been attacked by spiritual events and likely killed by ghosts. How could they still be lingering here?
After all, he had just seen Zhu Jian resurrect in the corridor.
Several people being together, one dead and resurrected in a room, the others shouldnât fare much better.
Out of curiosity, Yang Jian went over to check the situation.
âThis room is safe, weâve checked it. You can rest assured,â Dong Yulan said.
However, just as Yang Jian entered the room, a familiar voice rang out: âYou shouldnât have gone back. I said before, going back has no meaning at all. Finding the right door to leave here is the current priority. You really wasted a lot of our time for nothing.â
Zhu Jian stood in the room, looking at Yang Jian with some displeasure.
âIs it you?â Li Yang and Tong Qianâs eyes widened when they saw him again, as if theyâd seen a ghost, and they immediately became alert, even wanting to take action.
If Zhu Jian isnât dead, then who was the Zhu Jian seen in the corridor?
On the contrary, thereâs another possibility.
If Zhu Jian is already dead, then the Zhu Jian in the corridor is someone resurrected after death. Then who is the Zhu Jian in this room?
âCalm down, Zhu Jian means no harm. We are still in a cooperative state, thereâs no need for this deep-seated hatred attitude,â Dong Yulan hurriedly said.
She thought Zhu Jianâs words had agitated them.
Yang Jian coldly said, âEarlier, I saw you inside. At that time, you were being chased by a ghost behind you, asking us for help, then you ran out while crying, finally disappearingâŠâ
As soon as these words were spoken, the room fell silent.
The others all looked at Zhu Jian in unison.
Wang Genquan was silent for a moment before speaking, âAlthough I donât doubt the truth of your words, Zhu Jian has been with us the whole time until now, never going deep inside. So itâs simply impossible for him to encounter you.â
âHeâs not wrong,â Dong Yulan also nodded.
âMaybe the Zhu Jian you saw was impersonated by a ghost, and you were deceived,â Zhu Jian sneered.
Yang Jian glanced over, âWhy are you not the one impersonated by a ghost? Can you guarantee that Zhu Jian has never left your sight from the beginning until now?â
Dong Yulan and Wang Genquan immediately recalled.
Then Dong Yulan said, âCanât guarantee it. In the previous room, we found all the doors opened. Although we later closed them, the danger kept appearing. After a while, we felt it was too dangerous to stay, so we retreated. There was a short time when we were scattered.â
âBut that time was too short for a ghost to mix in, and if one did, we couldnât possibly not notice at all.â
Li Yang said with a cold face, âBetter to kill mistakenly, than to let go. Anyway, Zhu Jian can resurrect if dead, what if heâs a dead ghost?â
âJust say you want to take us out, why find excuses,â
Zhu Jian said, âAh Nan hasnât returned either. He must have been killed by you guys, right? I knew it, you outsiders would be eager to see us die, blocking this place, cutting off our hope of surviving.â
âAlthough you keep saying itâs for the consideration of the living outside, in reality, youâre just selfish to the core.â
Upon hearing this, the expressions of Dong Yulan and Wang Genquan also changed.
âWe wouldnât need to spend so much effort if we wanted to kill you! Donât overestimate your value. A bunch of cursed things arenât even considered living humans. Even if the door to go out is in front of you, I doubt you could even step through it,â Li Yang said angrily.
âWhether we can or canât get out is our business, it has nothing to do with you,â Zhu Jian responded.
Li Yang no longer wasted words with them, but turned to ask, âCaptain, in this situation, either our previous judgment was wrong, or thereâs something wrong with this Zhu Jian. I donât believe our judgment was wrong; we did see Zhu Jian and even tried to make a move on him.â
âIf the ghost was merely impersonating Zhu Jian, then itâs not very likely. I suggest taking action.â
Tong Qian said, âI think we still need to observe a bit more. If we really take action, itâs not just against Zhu Jian alone.â
He was considering safety.
Afraid that if they fought these three people, something unexpected might happen. After all, theyâve survived here for so long, they might have some tricks up their sleeves.
Yang Jian narrowed his eyes, staring at Zhu Jian.
He leaned towards Li Yangâs suggestion, better to kill mistakenly than to let go.
If this Zhu Jian is really a ghost, then they are in danger next.
Earlier, when he encountered two Jiang Yan in the Ghost Dream, he didnât hesitate to stab the Jiang Yan closest to him with a knife.
No matter real or fake, as soon as he takes action, he can immediately tell.
âThe possibility of Zhu Jian being a ghost isnât small. I canât let you exist. If you two want to stop me, go ahead. I donât mind killing two more people,â Yang Jian said at this moment, clutching a cracked spear in his hand.
âIs it really going to happen?â Wang Genquan tensed up, pressed his voice, and prepared for a counterattack.
Being killed by a ghost and being killed by a person have different meanings.
At this point, whoâs willing to be taken out?
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