Chapter 1849 - 1694: Escape Game 46
Chapter 1849: Chapter 1694: Escape Game 46
He Qianyin could only take out another invisibility talisman, clutch it in her hand, and remain silent, hoping she could safely return to the room and be by Miao Shuangshuang’s side.
The invisibility talisman can hide one’s form and breath; as long as He Qianyin doesn’t move, she won’t be discovered by anyone or any ghost.
But some things always come when feared; the more one fears encountering ghosts, the more likely one will. After just a few minutes, He Qianyin heard the cubicle door being opened, and the newcomer chose the spot next to her.
He Qianyin suppressed her inner tension, slowly stood up, and tidied her clothes. She had just finished dressing when a sharp scream suddenly echoed from the cubicle next to her.
He Qianyin shuddered, as the sound came from the adjacent cubicle; it felt like it was right beside her, with an intense impact.
He Qianyin was almost startled into screaming herself, but fortunately she covered her mouth in time, not letting out any sound.
The surrounding snow-white walls turned dilapidated again, and the screams from the adjacent cubicle persisted, with the thin wooden partition being hit relentlessly, causing a violent banging sound!
He Qianyin covered her mouth with both hands, leaned against the partition on the other side, and shrunk into the corner, her eyes wide with fear as she watched the partition in front of her shake and tremble from the hitting.
The partition’s trembling grew more intense, as if it couldn’t withstand much longer, threatening to collapse and make her face the terrifying scene across from her.
"Help! No! Someone help me! Don’t kill me! No! Ah—"
The ravaging cries suddenly ceased, leaving He Qianyin trembling all over, as her invisibility talisman was about to run out of time.
Although He Qianyin could replace the invisibility talisman right away, at the moment of replacement, a breath would leak out, risking discovery.
If discovered, even concealing herself again wouldn’t ensure her escape. Now, He Qianyin hoped that the ghost would leave before her invisibility talisman expired.
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In the room, after He Qianyin left, Miao Shuangshuang drowsily took another nap, waking to find He Qianyin hadn’t returned yet.
Miao Shuangshuang frowned, wondering if something really unlucky had happened, leaving her still absent after all this time?
Though not particularly fond of He Qianyin, Miao Shuangshuang got up from the bed, intending to go find her.
At this moment, in the mottled bathroom, a female ghost with disheveled hair was tightly choking He Qianyin’s neck, causing her eyes to roll back.
Her hands clawed at her own neck, trying to pry the ghost’s hands off, but she couldn’t grasp the ghost’s illusory body, only leaving trails of blood on her neck.
Just as He Qianyin despairingly believed she was about to die, she vaguely sensed the tightly shut wooden bathroom door being abruptly kicked open, followed by a piercing ghostly screech in her ears.
Accompanied by the screech, He Qianyin felt the grip on her neck finally release, causing her to tumble to the ground, gasping heavily as an intense pain flared in her throat.
Once she managed to catch her breath again, He Qianyin finally saw Miao Shuangshuang standing before her, evidently the one who just saved her.
He Qianyin rubbed her neck with a lowered head, coughing persistently, her entire body trembling with lingering fear. At the same time, resentment grew in her heart; if it wasn’t for Miao Shuangshuang refusing to come with her earlier, she wouldn’t have nearly lost her life!
After a good while, He Qianyin regained herself, stood up, and looked at Miao Shuangshuang with gratitude.
Her voice was hoarse, barely audible, but she still whispered thanks to Miao Shuangshuang: "Thank you for saving me. Without you, I would’ve died today."
Miao Shuangshuang waved her hand, saying: "No problem. Are you alright, can you still walk?"
He Qianyin’s throat pained terribly, she didn’t reply, only nodded to indicate she was alright, and then followed Miao Shuangshuang back to the room, collapsing on the ground to sleep.
In the adjacent room, Xiao Zhongjing was groggily awakened by the sound of the door opening, partially awake, he saw his roommate standing at the doorway.
He assumed his roommate had gone to the bathroom, so he got up, switched on the room’s light, intending to visit the bathroom as well, and greeted his roommate.
"You went to the bathroom, why didn’t you call me? It’s unsafe alone." He said, yawning.
Xiao Zhongjing’s roommate replied in a strangely muffled tone: "It’s nothing, you were sleeping soundly so I didn’t call you." After speaking, Xiao Zhongjing’s roommate lay back on his bed.
Sleeping soundly? Xiao Zhongjing found it odd; he rarely dared to sleep deeply in this game, waking at any slight sound. How could he sleep soundly? But his roommate’s movements were light, not disturbing him at all when he went out.
With such thoughts, Xiao Zhongjing stood up and passed by his roommate, heading out, but as he walked past his roommate, he felt something was amiss.
Approaching the door, Xiao Zhongjing’s body suddenly froze; he realized what was wrong.
His roommate’s shadow was off! Though a shadow changes with the light, his roommate’s shadow was excessively large.
The shadows of both individuals lay across the ground; his roommate’s shadow was twice the size of his own, taking his breath away in shock.
Suppressing the surprise and sudden fear in his heart, Xiao Zhongjing lowered his head to carefully examine his roommate’s shadow.
Upon closer inspection, Xiao Zhongjing noticed not only the size discrepancy but subtle wavering in his roommate’s shadow, the edges forming a wavy pattern.
Within the shadow’s middle area, occasional bulges appeared as if something peculiar were inside the shadow.
Xiao Zhongjing’s first reaction was that a ghost had possessed his roommate’s shadow! He reached for the short knife on his waist, recalling that Miao Shuangshuang mentioned this knife could kill ghosts.
Xiao Zhongjing’s roommate lay quietly in bed, seemingly asleep, motionless, causing Xiao Zhongjing to feel nervous. He took out a guardian talisman and held it in his hand.
Xiao Zhongjing desperately wanted to activate the guardian talisman immediately, but its protective shield was domineering, preventing the protected person from attacking the outside world.
Wanting to grow stronger, Xiao Zhongjing couldn’t use the guardian talisman as his first thought during danger. He suppressed his fear, tightened his grip on the knife, and cautiously approached.
As Xiao Zhongjing cautiously approached his roommate’s shadow, he took a deep breath and raised the short knife, fiercely hacking towards the head area of the shadow, believing this to be the most likely fatal spot even for a ghost.
But as the knife came down, nothing happened; no ghosts, nor any abnormal occurrences transpired. His short knife struck the shadow merely leaving a white mark on the ground.