As ti gradually went by.
Guo You and the other two ssengers had temporarily figured out the situation on the first floor of the museum that afternoon, they were luckier than most as they did not encounter any ghosts, instead, they found an object suspected to be a Mysterious Item—an old hand warr, though its specific use was unknown, it had been taken by one ssenger.
The ssenger who got the old hand warr did not dare to study it recklessly for fear that the Mysterious Item would kill him inadvertently, so he just stored it and decided to research it slowly later.
This discovery made others envious and feel that this adventure was worthwhile.
"Li Yi, that’s the situation on the first floor for now, we really didn’t find anything else." At this mont, everyone gathered once again, eating snacks, drinking beverages, and chatting.
One would think they were here for a gathering if they didn’t know any better.
But what they discussed was how to find the ghost in the museum and how to complete the ssenger task.
"Looking at this, we have to go to the basent no matter what," said Liu Qingqing.
Li Yi, with a calm expression, said, "When I ditated earlier, I sensed the situation in the basent, there was always so noise coming from there, and sotis I sensed not just one set of footsteps, one heavy and one light, which is sowhat abnormal."
"Two sets of footsteps?" The others looked at Li Yi in surprise at this mont.
They did not doubt Li Yi’s super-sensing abilities, after all, as a superhuman, possessing so supernatural abilities was quite reasonable.
What they found astonishing was that there might be two ghosts in this museum?
"Could there be another supernatural person living downstairs?" Guo You asked, "Just like the previous curator, Fang Hua, who seed alive but was actually already dead, as it’s impossible for a normal person to live with ghosts all the ti, and this ti’s ssenger task was to deliver the letter to the ghost in the museum, if there are two ghosts, it sowhat goes against the requirents of the mission."
"Maybe we just need to deliver the letter to one of the ghosts," said another ssenger from the second floor.
"That’s unlikely," Guo You shook his head, "If that was the case, the task requirent would have explicitly said ’deliver it to one of the ghosts in the museum.’"
"Right now, there’s no need to think too much; we’ll decide after seeing how things go tomorrow morning," said Li Yi, "We’ve done what needed to be done today, you guys rest. I will keep an eye on our surroundings tonight, and if anything happens, I’ll let you know. I believe under such circumstances, you won’t sleep too deeply."
"How could we let you stay awake all night, let’s take turns instead," Guo You said.
Li Yi glanced and said, "Your sensory abilities are too poor, maybe the ghost could walk right beside you and you wouldn’t know. I’m different, with my senses, if there’s the slightest noise from the ghost, I could tell even from two stories up."
At night, in the quiet environnt, his enhanced senses as an Evolver beca even sharper, and tracking the movents of the fierce ghost was as simple as eating and drinking.
If it wasn’t for having a rough start after entering this world and losing so many teammates, once they adapted to this world’s supernatural power, they would definitely be among the most capable of surviving.
"I’m a Ghost Tar and don’t need to sleep, I’ll stay awake with you," Liu Qingqing said at this ti.
"Okay," Li Yi did not refuse and nodded in agreent.
Seeing this, the others had nothing more to say, as they indeed did not possess Li Yi’s extraordinary abilities nor were they Ghost Tars; they could only assist and do what they could.
As ti gradually went by.
Night fell quickly.
The night was destined to be long.
Because the museum was closed long ago, there was no water and no electricity; it turned pitch dark at night, and only a little light from outside the windows shone in, which was almost useless for ordinary people, enough only to vaguely make out their surroundings and not nearly adequate for them to see clearly.
Although everyone had brought mobile phones, in such circumstances, they dared not turn on the lights and shine them around.
In such conditions, even Liu Qingqing dared not move around arbitrarily; although she was a Ghost Tar, her eyes could not see in the dark, so she also reduced the frequency of her movents.
Although they were all seasoned ssengers from the second floor, sleeping in such conditions was still very difficult.
Given that the ghost was wandering sowhere downstairs, who knew when it might approach and target them.
But their worries seed to be unnecessary.
Li Yi continued to sit with closed eyes, his senses spreading to grasp any movent around him; although his sense did not extend to the entire museum, ensuring the safety of his surroundings was still manageable, and throughout the first half of the night, the second floor remained safe, with no abnormalities whatsoever.
It was only after midnight that a rapid set of footsteps suddenly appeared on the first floor; the footsteps were light and the noise was not loud, resembling soone running past barefooted.
"Hmm?"
At this mont, Li Yi slowly opened his eyes, his pupils glowing in the darkness.
He looked at Liu Qingqing beside him.
Liu Qingqing was resting against the wall, she had not been sleeping either, but she was completely unaware of the sudden footsteps on the first floor, she hadn’t heard a thing.
It seed that the senses of ordinary people really were inadequate.
Li Yi thought the footsteps downstairs would also disappear quickly, but unexpectedly, the footsteps moved around the first floor like a headless fly, though not running fast, their locations kept changing, sotis in the distance, sotis suddenly appearing near downstairs, and at tis, it seed about to run out of the museum.
"Constantly changing positions, huh..."
He thought of the Ghost Tar nad Wang Qiao whose ability allowed him to appear suddenly at a place and disappear just as quickly.
It seed the ghost downstairs possessed this capability as well.
This made the task of successfully delivering the letter sowhat troubleso.
Just as Li Yi was thinking this, the next mont, his entire body suddenly tensed up, a chill surging from the depths of his heart.
Step, step, step!
The rapid footsteps sounded, and for so unknown reason, the ghost on the first floor was swiftly ascending the stairs to the second floor. This abrupt change in behavior was unpredictable, and the ghost was moving very quickly; it was almost at the top of the stairs now.
"Liu Qingqing, the ghost is coming up," Li Yi whispered.
At this mont, Liu Qingqing, who had been resting with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes. In the dark environnt, she imdiately found Li Yi because his eyes were glowing bright and clear, as if a galaxy was flowing within them, which appeared quite supernatural. Such a distinct feature made him imdiately recognizable to her no matter where they were.
"I can’t see anything, it’s pitch black before , but I think I heard sothing..." Liu Qingqing said softly.
"I can see, my eyes have night vision. You just need to be on guard. The ghost is coming upstairs, and I’ll create an opportunity for us to act if necessary," Li Yi said.
"Okay," Liu Qingqing nodded.
At that mont, Li Yi slowly stood up. He remained motionless, keeping quiet, clutching the cracked short stick in his hand, his eyes fixed in the direction of the staircase.
At the stairs’ entrance, he had poured a puddle of Corpse Water.
Wait a mont.
Why did the Corpse Water turn red...
Li Yi could see very clearly now, as the fierce ghost approached, the Corpse Water on the ground was rapidly turning red at a rate visible to the naked eye. In no ti at all, what was once Corpse Water had beco a puddle of blood.
"Is it because there’s a ghost nearby that the Corpse Water, which contains supernatural power, is reacting this way?" he speculated in his mind.
If that was the case, then it was a good thing, as Li Yi had discovered another use for the Corpse Water.
However, Corpse Water could not stop a fierce ghost, and Li Yi never expected a puddle of water to prevent the ghost from reaching the top of the stairs.
It’s here!
Suddenly.
When the footsteps reached a certain point, Li Yi instinctively judged the other’s position.
It was the final step.
In the darkness, a sinister head appeared from the stairs’ entrance. It wasn’t the head of a living person, but that of a child, who was very eerie—his face pale with makeup, dressed in a gray long robe with a round hat, resembling a landlord’s young master. However, this young master wasn’t human but a ghost, as evidenced by its eye sockets, which were empty, devoid of eyeballs, just two pitch-black pits.
At this mont, the head kept moving, not looking at anyone, but listening to the surrounding noises.
Moreover, as soon as this Little Ghost appeared, the temperature around seed to drop several degrees, and a cold aura began to swirl around everyone.
Feeling this chill, Guo You, who had been sleeping, and the other two ssengers couldn’t help but wake up. At first, they thought they were just a bit cold from sleeping on the ground, but when they saw Li Yi standing still, his eyes shining, they felt a twinge of tension.
Has sothing happened?
They didn’t make a sound imdiately but looked towards Liu Qingqing.
With the help of so light from the outside window, and their eyes having sowhat adapted to the dim environnt, they could faintly make out so details.
Liu Qingqing gestured with her finger to a few people to stay silent and then pointed in a certain direction in the dark.
At that mont, everyone instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
No doubt about it.
The ghost was here!
And nearby.
This chill was not just because of the cold night air, but because a fierce ghost had appeared, and the surroundings were influenced by supernatural power, causing perceptions to beco deceptive.
Only...
Where was the ghost?
They looked forward with a mix of fear.
But in the dark, they couldn’t see anything at all, unable to pinpoint the location of the fierce ghost.
At that mont, only Li Yi could clearly see the ghost.
Perhaps due to excessive tension, as a ssenger’s breathing grew heavier, the ghost at the staircase, shaking its head, seed to hear so noise; suddenly, it twisted its neck, and the pitch-black eye sockets turned in this direction.
Followed by, the urgent footsteps sounded again.
The ghost had crossed over the steps, stepping onto the water, and swiftly ran toward them.
As the sound of water being trampled rang out.
At this mont, everyone’s nerves tensed up.
They all knew better than anyone that the water was the last layer of warning on the steps, and crossing that barrier ant the ghost had reached the second floor.
"Attracted by the noise, huh? Good, saves the trouble of finding it tomorrow," Li Yi, gripping the cracked short stick, prepared to confront it instead of retreating at that mont.
After a strike, he might be able to use the opportunity to send out the letter, completing this delivery task.
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