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Chapter 674 How despicable!

Tonight, Bai's move was something no one expected.

They looked at Gu Mian, whose face was covered by the photo, in horror, fearing that he would be dragged in by the ghostly hand reaching out from the photo at any moment.

Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd, Gu Mian peeled off the photo pasted on her face: "It was pasted on quite tightly."

Wen Qin took a large step back after drinking, "Are you... are you alright...?"

Isn't this nonsense?

Gu Mian looked down at the photo in her hand: "Being hit by a photo isn't enough to kill you."

Wen Qin was not worried about Gu Mian being killed by the falling object. He hesitated, looking at Gu Mian's face, which had been in close contact with the photo, and asked, "The ghost... didn't do anything to you?"

Gu Mian's answer was always unexpected: "What can it do to me? Take the opportunity to kiss me?"

Wen Qin pursed her lips as she drank, increasingly convinced that this man was a lunatic.

Those around were speechless upon hearing this.

Just as the group was speechless, Gu Mian suddenly raised the photo in her hand: "It's gone."

what?
The others looked at the photo in his hand.

The group photo has returned to normal, and the eerie figure is gone.

what happened……

Wen Qin Tanjiu stared wide-eyed at the group photo. They had only been touching faces for a short while when the ghost in the photo disappeared.
The others were also completely bewildered, not quite understanding what was going on.

At this moment, Yu Ji, who had been huddled to the side, suddenly spoke up: "Weren't we just wondering if ghosts could come out of photos? Now that it's not in the photo, does that mean... the ghost has already come out..."

These words sent chills down the spines of everyone present.

They immediately looked around to check if there were any extra people.

The car isn't big; you can see right through it.

Nothing extra was found in the car.

"This is really strange," Wen Qin said, puzzled.

The ghost suddenly disappeared and did not reappear beside them.

"I want to take another look at it." He quickly calmed himself down and looked at the photo in Gu Mian's hand.

Gu Mian handed over the photo: "Take a look."

Wen Qin wanted to take a closer look at the photo to see if the ghost was hiding somewhere else in the picture.

But just as he took the photo and looked down at it, he discovered that the scene in the photo had suddenly changed.

A giant hand appeared above, blocking most of the view.

The fingers of this hand were slightly parted, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes through the gaps between them.

A ghost is stuck to the camera lens!
It looks like I could climb out any second now.

Wen Qintang suddenly realized something and quickly threw the photo out of the car window.

"What's wrong?" Jin Yebai stood up in surprise. "Why did you throw it away?"

The others also looked puzzled.

They didn't see the scene in the photo.

Wen Qin wiped her sweat from her brow: "That ghost just appeared suddenly... it almost crawled out of there!"

Hearing this, everyone gasped. Lemon-Not-Sour leaned against the window, looking out at the street behind them: "So it can crawl out of the photo and kill people. If we had destroyed that photo earlier, would the ghost have been unable to come out?"

“Maybe.” Wen Qin Tanjiu sat down in the car, holding onto the seat. “The ghost isn’t interested in us in the photo, which means it can’t kill people by killing those in the photo. That means we have no connection to the people in the photo, and destroying it is perfectly feasible.”

But they overthought things at the beginning and missed the opportunity to destroy the photos.

There are no "what ifs" in this world, and they can't go back and retrieve that photo to destroy it. The ghost has most likely crawled out of the photo by now.

"If destroying the photos is the only way out, haven't we already missed our chance?" Jin Yebai asked, his eyes wide.

Wen Qin was having a headache. How were they supposed to survive in a dungeon where they had no way out from the very beginning...?

“In this situation, we have no choice but to run,” he said, looking at the people around him. “Run! Get as far away from where I threw the photo as possible. The ghost crawled out of that spot. We must not go back.”

Yu Ji suddenly raised her hand: "I have a question. If a ghost can crawl out of a photo, is it possible for it to also return to the photo? If it returns to the photo, can it crawl out through other photos?"

"Damn it." Jin Yebai cursed under his breath and moved away from the pile of photos on the seat next to him.

Wen Qin frowned as she talked about the wine: "That's possible. These photos could very well be a misleading message from the copy. The copy is called 'Death Shots,' and any normal person would think that photos are crucial clues, right? Important clues should be carried around at all times."

"If ghosts can really travel between photos and reality, then we are essentially carrying a time bomb with us."

“Let’s destroy these photos first,” Wen Qin said, making the decision.

Others also agreed with his decision.

They didn't dare to play with fire openly in the car, after all, there was an NPC inside.

The group could only go to the back seats, stick the photos and lighters out the window, and light them outside.

Fortunately, Liu Yin was focused on driving and didn't notice what the people behind him were doing.

As Bai lit his lighter, he said, "The wind is too strong, the fire goes out too easily, I have to try several times. What is this photographic paper made of? It's so hard to light..."

They could have simply thrown the photos away, but to put their minds at ease, they decided to destroy them completely.

Gu Mian propped her head up and watched her teammates play with fire, reflecting on the difficult situation players faced in the dungeon.

While burning the photos, the group was still discussing what had just happened.

"That group photo suddenly went back to normal after I threw it away, right?" Jin Yebai looked at Wen Qin Tanjiu beside him. "It was after it was stuck on that person's face that the ghost disappeared. It didn't reappear until you got the photo back. Why did it suddenly disappear then?"

Wen Qin thought about the terrifying scene just now while drinking: "It's probably the ghost's twisted sense of humor. It suddenly disappears, makes us think it's safe, and then reappears. Isn't that terrifying? Just like in those horror movies, the protagonist hides under the bed and hears the ghost leave, but when he crawls out, he finds the ghost lying on the bed staring at him."

Tonight, Bai Sheshen thought about his predicament and it truly felt terrifying.

They finished processing the photos before returning to the company.

Because of the time constraints, some photos were not completely burned, and some were left in half or a small part.

It's not a big problem, as long as you don't carry them with you.

After Liu Yin got out of the car, he asked curiously where all the photos had gone.

Wen Qin made up a lie, saying she had put the wine in her bag, and that was how she got away with it.

Liu Yin wanted to say more to him, but Wen Qin had already called for people to leave in a hurry.

Hao Laoshi quickly followed.

The female player named Su Lian also followed.

Gu Mian and the other two were the last to get off the bus.

My grand goal... I'm numb.
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(End of this chapter)