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Chapter 292 Night

Although she didn't know how the nickname found out about this, considering the previous two times the ghost ignored her, it was indeed afraid of the hunter!
As Manjusaka thought about this, she ran wildly up the stairs.

She ran so fast not because she was eager to rid the people of evil, but because she was considering the final dungeon score settlement.

The hunter who eliminates the demon will definitely get the highest score bonus!

Thinking of this, Manjusaka quickened her pace and ran towards the upper floors of the office building.

Ji Bieli watched as Manjusaka's figure disappeared downstairs. It seemed that this person already knew that the ghost would be controlled by the hunter.

That's why she rushed up so impatiently.

Ji Bieli certainly didn't believe that she was rushing around to rid the people of evil; she probably thought she was aiming for the final dungeon score.

Thinking of this, Ji Bieli couldn't help but pull her head back from the edge of the rooftop. Now all she had to do was wait for the hunter to catch the ghost.

This way they can safely get through the midnight dungeon run.

However, this means that survivors' final scores will generally be lower than hunters'. Strange, this dungeon doesn't give survivors any points at all...

Thinking that the hunter below might rush up and find her, Ji Bieli couldn't help but get up from the ground and quickly walk towards the rooftop door.

But just then, she suddenly heard heavy footsteps coming from near the rooftop gate.

Immediately, the heavy footsteps grew closer and closer, as if they had already climbed the stairs leading to the rooftop.

That hunter couldn't have gone upstairs that fast!

Ji Bieli suddenly trembled.

So... right now, in these floors around here... only that ghost can move around!

It's a ghost!

It's up here!

The rooftop was completely empty; there wasn't even a small stone, let alone any cover. If the only door were opened, he would be immediately exposed.

It’s over.

I've now reached a dead end.

Ji Bieli quickly hid in a corner, controlled her trembling body, and stared intently at the direction of the rooftop gate.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, as if they were already within reach, about to open the door to the rooftop at the end of the stairs.

Ji Bieli shuddered violently. No, she absolutely couldn't die here like this.

But the only exit has been blocked by ghosts, and now the only way to escape the rooftop is... to jump off.

As she thought about it, she leaned most of her body out of the rooftop again. It was a solid thirty-something story; jumping off would mean certain death.

Just then, she suddenly heard the footsteps behind her stop, stopping right next to the door...

Immediately, a strange sound came from behind, the doorknob turning, indicating that the door was about to be opened.

Finished!

At the critical moment of life and death, countless thoughts flashed through Ji Bieli's mind. Then, she suddenly thought of something, abruptly raised her phone, and smashed it against the window of the floor below.

The phone ultimately fulfilled its mission, successfully smashing the window of one of the floors below and falling into the room.

A tremendous cracking sound came from below and echoed across several floors.

The sound of the doorknob turning abruptly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Bieli, covered in sweat, heard the footsteps sound again.

They walked downstairs with heavy, resounding footsteps.

She breathed a long sigh of relief only after she could no longer hear the footsteps.

"While that ghost is searching the lower floors, I need to get off the rooftop quickly. If I'm discovered here, there'll be nowhere to run..."

As she thought about it, she quickly walked towards the rooftop door, then cautiously peeked out to make sure there was no danger around before rushing downstairs.

However, she didn't dare go too far down, but instead hid in a room on the top floor. She regretted throwing away her phone, but didn't dare to pick it up.

Meanwhile, Manjusaka, who was running up the stairs, also heard the loud cracking sound. She mustered all her strength and sprinted upstairs.

Gu Mian was on his way to the office building. He had come from the main road, but now he had discovered a side path and was quickly making his way along it.

It's worth mentioning that there's a dark residential area along this alley, and I happened to see lights on the first floor of a building near the road.

However, the light moved very quickly and disappeared immediately, making it look like it went up the stairs?
Which player is it?
However, Gu Mian couldn't think about that at the moment.

Ji Bieli hung up the phone while she was talking to him, which means she was in danger. Before hanging up, she told him that the hunter who was following her had reached the bottom of the building, so the danger she encountered could only be a ghost...

Just as Gu Mian was pondering the problem and heading towards the office building, a huge black shadow suddenly jumped out of the bushes next to her.

Gu Mian had certainly seen this kind of situation before; he had been ambushed in the bushes many times when he was playing games back then.

So he nimbly dodged the shadow that lunged at him.

When the shadow missed its target and fell to the ground groaning, he realized it was the fat man's voice.

"Doctor!" Upon seeing Gu Mian, the fat man was overjoyed, completely oblivious to the fact that he was a survivor.

He rubbed his backside as he got up from the ground, revealing a delighted expression to Gu Mian in the darkness: "Brother Chu told me to wait for you here, and I knew I was right." Gu Mian was a little surprised: "How long have you been waiting?"

The fat man took out his phone and examined it: "This instance just started, and Brother Chu made me wait here. It's 10:10 now... I've been waiting here for almost an hour, haven't I?"

"By the way, when this game of hide-and-seek first started, it was like Brother Chu found something in a run-down supermarket, but before I could even get a good look, I was pinned down in this damn bushes. Brother Chu also told me not to make a sound when I saw anyone except you..."

supermarket?

Gu Mian naturally thought of the receipt from the Cafe de Coral supermarket that she had pulled out of the pocket of her clothes on the rooftop.

If Chu Changge had already taken away the clues in that supermarket, then Jiu Ming would have been disappointed when he went to the supermarket.

Gu Mian could even picture the scene of Nine Lives Qi pacing on the ground, his drifting ponytail perhaps even bobbing up and down with it.

But how did Chu Changge know that he would pass through this place? Gu Mian frowned in surprise.

But I don't have time to think about that right now.

Gu Mian asked from a distance between the fat man, "What did Chu Changge say when he put you here?"

The fat man patted his butt and pointed to the tall office building not far away: "Brother Chu said he'd go up there first to keep watch, and that when I run into you here, I'll take you to that building to find him."

Gu Mian pursed her lips.

He just completely missed this building.

And it seems there's still a ghost wandering around that office building.

Without further ado, Gu Mian set off towards the office building not far away.

The fat man followed closely behind.

If other players were present at this moment, they would surely marvel at the fat man's audacity, as a mere survivor dared to wander around following the hunter.

"By the way, Doctor, when I was hiding in this place, I saw several players passing by..."

The fat man, panting, caught up while reporting the situation to Gu Mian: "Just before you passed by, there was a man with such a big scar on his neck..."

As he said this, the fat man spread his arms and made an exaggerated gesture, the size of which was almost larger than himself.

"I don't know him. I only saw him carrying something and going into the residential area across from mine."

Gu Mian realized immediately that it was Bai Qiong.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Was there anyone else next to that person?"

He remembered that Bai Qiong and Ke Ke acted together.

The fat man shook his head: "No, it's just him."

That's really strange. Could it be that Bai Qiong and Ke Ke have separated?
Gu Mian showed no intention of going back to find Bai Qiong.

He quickly strode towards the office building.

The fat man asked, "By the way, doctor, I've been hiding here the whole time and haven't dared to move. I don't know what the situation is like outside. Are all the survivors dead? Could it be that only Brother Chu and I are left after being caught?"

Gu Mian glanced at the swaggering fat man: "Not yet, and it seems like not a single survivor has been eliminated."

The fat man paused for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Doctor, are all your teammates so useless? The game has been going on for over an hour, and you haven't caught a single person?"

“What can we do?” Gu Mian said as she walked forward. “Every time a hunter encounters a survivor chasing after them, ghosts will pop up in the dungeon to stop them.”

The fat man suddenly realized, "There really are ghosts in this dungeon. Luckily, I didn't encounter any... But Doctor, we seem to be a hunter and a survivor combination, so why didn't we see any ghosts popping out?"

Gu Mian thought for a moment: "It's strange, we are indeed different from the other groups that were chased by ghosts... Maybe it's because I didn't chase you? Otherwise, let me chase you and see."

The fat man quickly waved his hand.

Fatty waved his hand in refusal, but Gu Mian continued, "The ghosts in this dungeon can teleport, and I suspect they know everything about the dungeon, including the exact locations of all the players."

Upon hearing this, the fat man shuddered violently: "No way?"

“It must know everything about this instance, otherwise that ghost wouldn’t always appear so timely,” Gu Mian said.

It’s weird.

This is the first time I've seen a ghost with such powerful abilities. If it were to make a move, all the players in the dungeon would definitely suffer a huge blow.

But this ghost seems to never kill?
Is it the rules that prevent it from taking action... or is it simply that the time hasn't come yet?
If it actually takes action later, it's likely that no player will survive in this instance.

The fat man's voice came through: "So, that ghost should already know that we, a hunter and a survivor, have met. The reason it didn't suddenly appear is because you didn't chase me?"

Yes, the ghost didn't attack when I met the fat guy, which means it only appears when the survivor is being chased.

Why is it?
Gu Mian suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

This means that if any survivors are caught, it will put the ghost in a disadvantageous position!
What happens if an escapee gets caught...?

Upon realizing this, Gu Mian was suddenly startled.

So far, it seems that no survivors have been caught.

That is the purpose of the ghost.

Finished!

(End of this chapter)