Chapter 2278: Chapter 2278: Ghosts Within Comprehension
The flas began to burn in the living room, and in order not to set the house ablaze, Xu Huo thoughtfully controlled the fire. Watching the two bodies scream in the fire, he said, "I’ve seen quite a few houses with spiritual tablets; I guess this is not an isolated incident."
"Where did that ghost go just now?"
Zhu Xiaojin opened the door and looked down the dark hallway, "It’s not in the hallway, I wonder if it was scared away."
The bodies in the living room had fallen silent. To prevent them from reviving, Xu Huo used the Spatial Ray Blade to grind them into powder before walking out, "Let’s find that female ghost and ask about the whereabouts of the living."
The Girl in the painting volunteered, saying she could lead the way.
"Be careful then." Xu Huo agreed without hesitation.
Watching the person run off, Tang Yu said, "Isn’t one of the biggest taboos in horror movies splitting up? That semi-transparent thing earlier didn’t look like it could be burned by fire."
"If it can attack you, you can attack it," Xu Huo said. "Things derived from the instance and props are within the scope of what players can understand."
Tang Yu said nothing more upon hearing this.
The Girl in the painting was very efficient and returned with the semi-transparent female ghost before they had even gone downstairs. The female ghost looked terrifying in death, but despite being grabbed by the back of the neck, she still gave Xu Huo and the others a ferocious smile, and then... got slapped.
The Girl in the painting, unable to speak while holding it, wore an openly disgusted expression. Seeing the ghost about to change its face after being slapped, her hand went up again.
The ghost quieted down imdiately.
"Can you communicate?" Xu Huo stepped closer.
"I can..." the ghost said weakly.
"Besides us, where are the remaining living people in the complex?" Xu Huo asked.
"There are none." The ghost continued to answer weakly.
"None?" Old Cai frowned. "Could players with props really be hiding outside the complex?"
"Tell the truth." Xu Huo’s Spiritual World expanded, and his Psychic Power materialized into a sharp Secant Line, poised at the ghost’s neck. "Fire may not work, so we can try this."
As he spoke, the Materialized Item had already pierced its shoulder. The ghost scread, hurriedly begging for rcy and pointing to Building 5. "There, there, there’s a very powerful woman!"
Xu Huo released her, "And what else?"
"There’s nothing else... no, no, let
say sothing else! Besides a woman, there are many frightening things in that building—children, elderly, and even a murderer. I was killed by that murderer, too scared to even seek revenge... boo hoo hoo..." The ghost’s mind seed sowhat troubled, and she began crying mid-sentence.
The heartless Girl in the painting slapped her again to shut her up.
Xu Huo could observe the situation in Building 5, but in his Spiritual World, the number of living people in Building 5 exceeded one. It was impossible to discern who the female player was, likely due to limitations in prop power.
"Is she still in Building 5 now?" He conjured up the woman’s face, "Is it this woman?"
The ghost nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I saw her go towards Building 5."
Xu Huo looked at Old Cai, who nodded and promptly used a blocking prop to cover the entire building, "Let’s see where she can hide now."
After sealing off the building, Xu Huo and the others entered Building 5 with the ghost leading the way.
"It’s so cold in here." Zhu Xiaojin said upon entering, rubbing his arms, "This prop is pretty good, cos with air conditioning."
The elevator had long since been out of commission, so they took the stairs. Just as they reached the second floor, they heard a "bang bang" sound from upstairs, getting closer. Soon, a ball rolled to their feet, and at the stairwell on the second floor, a child in a red dress flitted by.
Xu Huo raised his hand and used a Spatial Barrier to scoop her back, "Since you’re here, don’t leave."
The child in the red dress struggled to co before them, raising her eyeless gaze to "stare" at them emptily. She seed to want to speak but spewed rotten liquid and so maggots instead.
"Quite an eyesore." Tang Yu walked over, bent down, and smiled at the girl, "Little one, aunty needs to go upstairs to find soone. Be good and don’t be naughty, or aunty will spank you."
Just after she finished speaking, the girl aid for her throat.
Tang Yu, wearing a prop on her hand, caught the girl’s face with one hand, gradually tightening her grip, "Didn’t I say not to be naughty?"
Zhu Xiaojin stepped forward and pinched the girl’s shoulder, "She has physical form; I’ll try tying her up with a rope."
He took out a prop rope, looped it around the girl’s neck, and gestured for Tang Yu to let go.
The girl dropped to the floor, pulling at the rope with both hands to no avail before pouncing at Zhu Xiaojin again.
"Hey! It actually works!" Zhu Xiaojin held her head, found her appearance unsightly, and shoved a roll of toilet paper into her mouth to seal it off, then patted her head, "Lead the way!"
The girl in the red dress and the ghost led the way while Xu Huo and the others followed behind. They thought they could go up a few floors safely, but just after entering the second floor, a crazy old woman rushed out, cutting them off in the middle.
Tang Yu and Old Cai instinctively stepped back, but then the floor suddenly softened, engulfing them like water.
It seed they were being transported to another part of the complex, but Xu Huo promptly sealed the space above and below, sensed their movent, and pulled them back through a ntal Portal in ti.
"This place has so tricks," Old Cai said imdiately upon coming through the ntal Portal, "I just tried using a prop to break the building, but it didn’t work."
"This place has Spatial Power; ordinary props can’t destroy the Transmission Channel, and it can’t be blocked," Xu Huo said. "Just be careful."
"To avoid getting separated, it’s best to tether ourselves with props." Tang Yu took out several sets of props, distributed them, and used a barrier prop to shield everyone, "This way, at least we’ll have ti to react."
The old lady, wildly swinging a knife, had been locked to the railing by Zhu Xiaojin. "Technically, she’s not alive, but I respect the elderly and love the young, so I won’t kill."
The old lady, babbling crazily, kept repeating, "Seventh day... seventh day... he’s back... that murderer is back..."
"Is the murderer dead?" Zhu Xiaojin asked.
The old lady couldn’t reply, then suddenly pointed upstairs, screaming, "Up there! Up there!"
After shouting, she fainted.
Zhu Xiaojin released her, "What a puzzling ss."
"Creak..." A faint door-opening sound ca from a short distance away. Xu Huo and the others looked up to see a young man with Black Eye Circles peeking out, tentatively asking, "You’re not residents here, are you?"
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