Chapter 354 - Chapter 354: Chapter 353 The Nonexistent Road
Chapter 354: Chapter 353 The Nonexistent Road
“Zhao Lei, where are you?”
The eerie voice issued by Lin Luomei wandered within the hotel, like an invisible ghost incessantly shuttling through the various floors of the hotel, searching for its own target.
She had already searched the first and second floors.
Very clean, nothing at all.
Had not encountered a ghost either.
According to Luo Su Yi, as soon as Lin Luomei’s voice encountered a ghost, there would surely be a collision, an interference, and through this way, one could almost determine which areas were dangerous. This would allow the team to possibly avoid danger during their movement.
Indeed, it was because of her that Luo Su Yi and Huang Fei had been able to survive until now.
Of course, in return, they had to protect Lin Luomei’s safety and prevent her from encountering danger, especially from being killed by a fierce ghost.
Finally, her voice crossed over the third floor and arrived at the fourth floor.
The fourth floor was where Feng Quan and Guo Fan had lost contact; like Tong Qian before them, their fate was unknown, so this floor was the most mysterious. What puzzled Yang Jian even more was that he had previously asked about the situation of the hotel.
Yang Jian found that there was no such thing as a room number 13 in the hotel, nor a room number 31.
That was one of the doubts in his mind.
The voice entered one of the rooms, the sinister voice searching for Zhao Lei echoed within this room.
No one responded, and after the voice made a full round, it left; right after the voice left, however, the door of this room suddenly opened a small sliver.
An eye peeked out from the darkness within the crack of the door, scanning the outside.
“Bang!”
Soon after, the door slammed shut quickly, and tranquility was rapidly restored inside.
The voice continued to delve deeper into the fourth floor of the hotel, carefully exploring each room; this safe and meticulous exploration method surpassed any ghost charmer’s personal investigation.
Finally, after probing who knows how many rooms,
it came to an area that no one had entered.
This area was weirder, with an additional corridor, and on both sides were rooms with door numbers styled unlike the rest of the hotel’s room numbers. As Lin Luomei’s voice continued to search along these rooms, finally, upon entering room 13, there was a reaction.
“Zhao Lei, where are you?” the voice echoed.
However, another voice responded from within the pitch-dark room, rigid, as if controlled, mechanically answering, “I’m here.”
The voice searching stopped immediately upon receiving a response and began to withdraw quickly.
Lin Luomei was only looking for Zhao Lei’s whereabouts, not to kill or harm him, so this was enough.
But as the voice was retreating, a tall, dark figure had somehow appeared at the entrance of this strange corridor.
It stood motionless, like a wall blocking the voice’s way back.
“Found it, in a room on the fourth floor. Although I can’t see the room number, if I follow, I can definitely help you determine the exact location of that room,”
At that moment, in the lobby on the first floor, Lin Luomei’s face showed a trace of relief as she continued to speak through the recorder.
“The fourth floor? Good, let’s take action,” Yang Jian nodded, finally a bit of progress had been made.
However, just as they were about to depart, Lin Luomei suddenly turned pale and shivered uncontrollably, “No, it’s not good, my voice has encountered another ghost on the fourth floor.”
She typed shakily on her phone and then played it out loud.
“Is there a ghost on the fourth floor?” Yang Jian’s expression changed slightly.
“I knew this operation wouldn’t go so smoothly; this is even after I minimized the danger. If the Ghost Domain of the Door Knocking Ghost hadn’t carried away some of the dangers, there might be even more ghosts here,”
But the presence of danger on the fourth floor was expected.
“Ghost or not, we must go to the fourth floor; I’m not sure if the current situation in the hotel might suddenly worsen, so we need to move fast, even if we have to face ghosts head-on. Follow me, I’ll take the lead. Xiong Wenwen, follow behind me, Luo Su Yi, you cover our rear,”
After finishing quickly, Yang Jian immediately sprang into action.
Even though the Ghost Domain of the Door Knocking Ghost had taken away the danger, ghosts could not be killed, so one couldn’t guarantee that those dangers and supernatural entities wouldn’t break free from the Door Knocking Ghost’s domain and return to the hotel in a short time.
Hence, one must consider this and quicken the pace of the operation.
After ascertaining that there was no danger ahead, Yang Jian hurried along, passing directly through the second and third floors via the staircase to the fourth floor.
The fourth floor.
This was a layer teeming with danger and confirmed to have the presence of ghosts.
Merely standing at the entrance of the fourth-floor staircase, everyone felt an immense pressure.
Looking ahead at the pitch-black corridor, the faint-hearted began to tremble uncontrollably, as if once they entered, they would never be able to come out alive.
“I’ll lead the way, Lin Luomei, you direct.” Yang Jian checked his equipment, making sure there were no mistakes, and then opened his “Ghost Eyes”.
With the Ghost Eyes, darkness was no longer an obstacle.
A world bathed in red light emerged in his mind, making everything around him clearly visible.
To be on the safe side, Yang Jian still chose to cover everyone with the Ghost Domain, which would make it easier for him to escape.
Even though he knew his Ghost Domain had been perfectly countered by the ghost that could manipulate memories, it still provided some self-protection. Moreover, his biggest advantage was that after mastering the Ghost Shadow, he felt unrestrained in using the power of the Ghost Eyes, not currently worried about the revival of fierce ghosts.
If it were anyone else, they wouldn’t be able to so casually waste their power.
With the emergence of the Ghost Domain, the others could also see the surroundings clearly.
Inside the Ghost Domain, all the surrounding buildings seemed to be emitting a red glow, unnaturally alien, as if a ghost might suddenly spring out from any corner.
Had they not known this was Yang Jian’s ability, they would have been even more afraid.
“Keep going straight ahead,” Lin Luomei commanded.
Without a word, Yang Jian didn’t use the power of the Ghost Domain to teleport; instead, he chose to walk forward step by step, so that he could handle any emergencies.
“Turn left,” Lin Luomei pointed to the left.
Yang Jian passed by the first guest room with the number 001 on the doorplate.
“Something’s wrong,” he froze the first time he saw the room numbers inside the Caesar Hotel.
He pulled out the room number he had obtained after dealing with the Ghost Cabinet from his pocket.
He found that the two doorplates were completely different styles, whether or not the numbers were the same at this moment was irrelevant.
“This is definitely not a room number from Caesar Hotel,” Yang Jian’s heart sank.
Could the message obtained from the Ghost Cabinet be false?
But why did Lin Luomei’s voice lead them here to find Zhao Lei?
It couldn’t possibly be a coincidence.
“To the right, keep going,” Lin Luomei pointed again.
However, when Yang Jian turned right, he halted his steps.
Because after the turn, there was no road ahead, only a window for ventilation, with no room next to it.
“Did you get it wrong?” Yang Jian looked back at her.
Lin Luomei was also taken aback. Seeing that there was no road ahead, she couldn’t believe it, because she was sure the sound had continued straight ahead after getting to this point.
“I’m not mistaken, it has to be here,” she typed a few words on her phone, then showed them.
“Walk a bit further, and you’ll reach the spot where the ghost previously stood at the first intersection.”
Seeing her so certain, Yang Jian trusted that Lin Luomei hadn’t made an error; there had to be a path here, and it was necessary to find it.
The only possible reason they couldn’t see the path was that they were in the Ghost Domain.
That area must be some special space, only accessible by retracting the Ghost Domain.
“I’m going to retract the Ghost Domain now, prepare yourselves for an attack,” Yang Jian thought it over and still wanted to find a way to enter that non-existent area.
“I can predict the danger in advance,” Xiong Wenwen tensed up and grabbed hold of his clothes.
Yang Jian patted his head, “No need, I’ll let you know when to use your ability. Right now, it’s just a waste.”
Those who had tamed a ghost simply couldn’t squander their powers recklessly.
After reminding everyone, as the Ghost Eyes closed, the surrounding red light began to rapidly dissipate.
Darkness enveloped them from nearby.
Yang Jian was prepared; he switched on a specially-made flashlight. In strong light mode, this flashlight could maintain uninterrupted lighting for ten days, a kind of black technology.
Of course, what mattered now was not the battery life of the flashlight, but the fact that when he shone the flashlight ahead, the window which had been in front of them vanished.
In its place stood a deep, elongated passageway.
A path that didn’t exist in the hotel appeared eerily before him.