Ignore the bloody details about how people died.
Gu Shengyin finally saw the moment when only Qin Chingching was left.
Ghosts were chasing her, and in a panic, she pushed a ghost blocking her way and dashed upstairs.
In the back, Qin Chingching went mad.
No more detailed descriptions after that.
But Gu Shengyin suddenly grasped a critical detailâthe upstairs.
Could it be that Qin Chingchingâs key to survival was upstairs?
Gu Shengyinâs heart started to pound.
This time, it wasnât from fear but excitement.
She suddenly turned her head and said to someone with their head drooped: "I have a guess."
Everyone looked at her blankly.
Seeing their state, Gu Shengyin sighed, "Come on, cheer up! We havenât reached the end of the road yet. Think about it, weâre sitting in a castle, eating, and watching the best horror movie in the world. Whatâs there to be unsatisfied about?"
Even under such circumstances, Gu Shengyinâs cold joke made them chuckle.
Zhang Chao was the first to laugh: "Leng Shi is right, we havenât reached the end of the road yet. What are we afraid of?"
Gu Shengyin liked people who were so quick to catch on.
Zhang Chao then asked her: "Whatâs your guess?"
Gu Shengyin didnât want to tell them that upstairs could be the hope for survival, after all, it was just a guess. If she was wrong, having had hope and then despair would make it worse, wouldnât it?
She just said softly: "Sitting here isnât a solution. I want to check upstairs, see if weâll find anything."
As she said this, everyone looked towards the spot where the statue of the Female Ghost stoodâthe location of the statue was right at the stairway entrance.
This meant that to get to the second floor, they must pass the Female Ghost statue.
And moreover...
Everyone glanced at the staircase; the castle was so big, the stairs were wide and long.
At least from their angle, they could only see the seemingly gold-encrusted steps extending upwards and disappearing into unseen darkness.
It unreasonably invoked fear.
Qin Chingching was the first to become timid: "Who knows if thereâs something even scarier on the second floor..."
Gu Shengyin calmly interrupted her: "Then tell me, whatâs the difference between encountering one ghost and encountering a group? Do you think, apart from ghosts, what else could we encounter going upstairs?"
She then looked at the others.
Zhang Chao was the first to express his willingness to go up: "Sitting here is a waste of time; we might as well take the chance."
A few men expressed willingness to try, Xue Juan was somewhat afraid but nodded.
Actually, everyone knew that in their current situation, the stupidest thing to do would be to sit still.
But sitting there, they knew there wouldnât be any danger, whereas upstairs, no one could predict what would happen.
"Opportunity always comes with risk." Gu Shengyin said just this one sentence.
After thinking it over, Qin Chingching finally stood up.
Gu Shengyin asked everyone to carry their bags well; this was something that absolutely could not go wrong.
She seriously reminded them, "I donât know if those ghosts will try to stop us from going upstairs. All you need to remember is to stay close together tightly like this; the ghosts wonât be able to get near us. No matter what happens, donât be afraid, they canât harm us."