Chapter 1850 - 1695: Escape Game 47
Chapter 1850: Chapter 1695: Escape Game 47
Xiao Zhongjing’s movements as he chopped at the shadow startled his roommate, who looked back at him curiously, "What’s wrong with you? Why are you holding a knife?"
Xiao Zhongjing glanced at his perplexed roommate. For reasons unknown, an uncontrollable feeling of fear surged from within his heart. He looked down, noticing that his roommate’s shadow had returned to normal.
But Xiao Zhongjing was certain he hadn’t been mistaken earlier. He wanted to share his discovery with his roommate, yet a gut feeling warned him not to!
The roommate’s ordinary face had, at some point, taken on a slightly terrifying aspect, and his confused expression seemed filled with probing malice.
Was his roommate human or ghost? Xiao Zhongjing suppressed the rising fear in his heart, delivering the best acting performance of his life.
He lowered his voice to a hush, whispering to his roommate, "We’ve caught the attention of a ghost; it created an illusion for me just now, turning your shadow into a ghost.
The ghost is somewhere unknown now. Do you have any protective tools? Get them out quickly to guard against a sneak attack from the ghost."
As he spoke, Xiao Zhongjing quickly adhered the Guardian Talisman in his hand onto his body, and a Protective Shield instantly deployed, enveloping Xiao Zhongjing securely.
Seeing Xiao Zhongjing applying the Guardian Talisman, his roommate’s eyes flickered with a hint of somberness, making Xiao Zhongjing even more wary.
Early the next morning, when He Qianyin was still asleep, Xiao Zhongjing hurriedly went to find Shuangshuang, anxiously asking her at the doorway to come out with him and not to alert anyone else.
Shuangshuang maneuvered around He Qianyin, following Xiao Zhongjing outside. The two found a secluded and deserted spot, and Shuangshuang looked at Xiao Zhongjing and said, "You’re acting all mysterious early in the morning. Have you found any clues?"
Xiao Zhongjing lowered his voice, "Last night I discovered a major problem. I suspect my roommate might have issues. His shadow was strange, and I suspect he’s either possessed or turned into a ghost!"
"His shadow had issues?" Shuangshuang’s expression turned serious, "What exactly happened?"
Xiao Zhongjing recounted his discovery from the previous night and said to Shuangshuang, "I stayed up all night carefully observing my roommate.
Although I’m not very familiar with him, I know he usually sleeps curled up at night. I checked several times and saw him in that position.
But later on, after he fell asleep, I noticed his sleeping posture changed to lying on his back, and I kept watching him to see if there were other differences from before.
Then I noticed another odd thing: the leaves on his bracelet had turned a pale red. Old Jin had once mentioned that the leaves would change color after being worn for a long time.
However, the color of the leaves on my bracelet hadn’t changed despite wearing it for the same length of time. It didn’t make sense that his had changed but mine hadn’t.
I initially thought the color change of the bracelet’s leaves might signify the person being possessed by a ghost.
But since Old Jin is an NPC, I’m not really sure if what he gave us is genuinely useful, and if it were true, why didn’t Old Jin mention it at the time?"
Shuangshuang rubbed her forehead, ideas swirling in her mind, "Old Jin isn’t trustworthy. Giving us that bracelet, he surely intended something sinister.
However, your thoughts might not be entirely wrong. You assume Old Jin couldn’t genuinely be reminding us who the ghost is or who might be possessed.
But if Old Jin gave players the bracelets and insisted everyone wear them, perhaps it was to differentiate allies from others by the leaf color change on the bracelet?
You see, the leaves on the islanders’ bracelets are bright red. Perhaps to these people, red leaves mean allies, and green means not allies.
You noticed your roommate’s bracelet leaves turned pale red. Maybe it signifies those wearing the bracelet are transitioning into their allies. As for the shadow...
Shuangshuang contemplated for a while, analyzing all her experiences and information gathered since arriving on Shadow Island.
After a long pause, something finally flashed in Shuangshuang’s mind, and she grasped it. She turned to Xiao Zhongjing and suddenly asked, "Do you ever wonder why this island is called the mysterious name Shadow Island?"
Xiao Zhongjing quickly reacted, thinking of his experiences the previous night, and immediately understood Shuangshuang’s implication, "Do you mean the island’s strangeness isn’t as we previously thought, related to children, but rather to shadows?"
Shuangshuang unconsciously bit her lower lip, recalled past events, and said to Xiao Zhongjing, "The shadow could very well be the ghost of Shadow Island.
Perhaps these ghosts possess people within their shadows and attack soundlessly and unnoticeably, making it impossible to defend against.
Previously, when I entered the Sky Pit and retrieved the short sword from Xuanwu’s skeleton, the game had given me a hint.
At that time, the game’s hint was that it was a Demon Hunter’s Sword, also capable of severing all connections.
Maybe the connection referred to is that the short sword can cut off the ghosts possessing within someone’s shadow."
"Either way, we’ll know if it’s true if we try. I no longer feel comfortable around him—I didn’t feel this way before. No matter what, he’s definitely not normal." Having said that, Xiao Zhongjing pulled Shuangshuang’s hand and headed straight for his room.
When Shuangshuang and Xiao Zhongjing reached his room, Xiao Zhongjing’s roommate was making his bed; he looked perfectly normal, not showing anything unusual.
Seeing Xiao Zhongjing enter, his roommate offered a sunny smile and greeted Xiao Zhongjing enthusiastically, "Gone first thing, are you..."
Halfway through his sentence, he noticed Shuangshuang behind Xiao Zhongjing, immediately cutting himself off, as fear mixed with hatred flashed across his face.
Shuangshuang raised her eyebrows, having seen Xiao Zhongjing’s roommate a few times before, and he hadn’t shown such a face when he saw her earlier. This sudden change in expression was almost like a confession without being interrogated.
Shuangshuang smirked, "Looks like you know me, so I’m not worried about wrongfully accusing you."
As soon as she spoke, Shuangshuang swiftly advanced towards Xiao Zhongjing’s roommate to attack, and the roommate reacted quickly but retreated instead.
However, his speed was no match for Shuangshuang. Before he took two steps, Shuangshuang was upon him and kicked him to the ground.
Shuangshuang was surprised at how weak he was, collapsing with a single kick, just like an ordinary person. Thinking this, she quickly stepped forward to subdue the struggling individual trying to escape.
Xiao Zhongjing had already torn the sheets beside him into strips to use as makeshift ropes, which he handed to Shuangshuang to securely tie the person up.
Shuangshuang drew the short sword from her weapon space and slashed across the shadow under Xiao Zhongjing’s roommate.