See the Law of Deception

Chapter 145 The Substitute (19)

No one dared to answer the ghost's question immediately.

Inside the platform, every question the ghost asks is fatal.

If it's not a situation where you have to answer, you should try to avoid answering, because most of the time, no matter what you answer, you'll fall into the trap of being killed by a ghost.

While Lu Jinzhao and the other two hesitated to answer the ghost's question, they observed the ghost's reaction. If this was a ghost that would trigger a killing mechanism if its question was not answered, then they had to give an answer before the ghost's "patience" ran out.

But Lu Jinzhao doesn't think so.

Sure enough, as time passed, the ghosts that had been wearing eerie smiles slowly changed their expressions. The corners of their mouths slowly turned down, their expressions gradually became gloomy, and their eyes stared straight at the three of them. Their necks stretched longer and longer, as if they had become snakes, and then they slowly approached the three of them's faces.

With human faces facing ghost faces, neither of them spoke again.

The atmosphere was extremely tense. Zhou Ziming felt his heart pounding. He had never been so close to a ghost before. Usually, at this distance, he would either be on the verge of death or have used his divine power to dispel the ghost.

But he had already consulted the gods too many times at this station, and he could sense that at most, there was one more chance.

Now, even though the ghost is right on his face, Zhou Ziming must suppress his fear and reserve one last chance to invoke the spirit until the ghost makes any further moves.

A chilling aura emanated from the three faces that were identical to theirs, but just as Lu Jinzhao had predicted, they did not answer the ghost's questions, nor did they trigger any taboos associated with the ghost.

Otherwise, it makes no sense and doesn't fit the logic of the ghost's previous behavior.

After a standoff between the three and the ghost for half a minute, seeing that they had not received an answer and that they had not acted irrationally out of fear, the ghost's behavior pattern changed again.

The phone screen, which had been dimly lit, providing a last bit of light, suddenly stopped working.

The surroundings were plunged into complete darkness.

No one cried out in surprise, and no one dared to move.

When the light completely disappears, the fact that "there is a ghost in front of you" becomes even more terrifying.

Because ghosts don't breathe, they can't feel temperature or make any noise when they don't touch people.

You can't tell whether it's still standing in front of you, staring intently into your eyes, face to face with you, or whether it's gone.

Lu Jinzhao began to miss that candle. Ordinary cell phones were no match for the supernatural power of ghosts, but candles, which were supernatural objects themselves, could burn under such circumstances.

If she manages to get out of here alive, she'll have to see if she can collect at least one supernatural item that can provide light in the dark.

Unlike Lu Jinzhao, who was able to think calmly, Qin Wan's heart sank into darkness the moment the light source completely disappeared.

She knows she is different from her two teammates now.

Zhou Ziming's divine power can save his life at least once. Lu Jinzhao's fate, although not explained very clearly, should be more useful than his own fate when facing a direct attack from a ghost.

Moreover, she is the only one currently suffering misfortune, which means that if an accident were to happen soon, it would definitely be her.

Sure enough, a second after the light disappeared, Qin Wan felt the ghost's hand on her right shoulder become heavier.

Immediately afterwards, a second hand landed on her left shoulder.

Then, one, then another, cold hands pressed against my back.

A hand pressed directly against her back, an odd gesture, a cold touch. Then, another hand covered her mouth, followed by her ears, nose, and eyes. Something was wrong.

The next second, she heard what sounded like a human head appear on her shoulder. The head spoke in her voice, in a panicked tone, "What do I do? It seems like a ghost is grabbing me!"

"Arrest you? What's going on?" Zhou Ziming's voice came through, filled with doubt and worry. The moment he blurted it out, Qin Wan felt her body suddenly stiffen.

The hands that were covering her felt even colder, and they held her even tighter.

Even though her mouth was covered, she could still hear the sound, but at that moment, the sound became weaker.

Something disappeared as Zhou Ziming spoke to the ghost on his shoulder.

"Don't talk, don't answer." She heard Lu Jinzhao immediately remind her, but she wasn't addressing anyone in particular; it was as if she were talking to herself.

But it was too late. Qin Wan felt as if she were slowly "disappearing".

She dared not wait any longer and could only immediately take out her only and most powerful supernatural item, a pocket watch.

The moment the pocket watch was opened, the ticking sound entered her mind, and with each tick, one of the hands covering her receded.

But time was limited, and the cost of controlling it was too great for her to use even a second longer. So, once she felt the hands covering her were driven away, she immediately closed the pocket watch.

Thirteen seconds is too long; it reduces her lifespan by another 39 days.

Each time she uses the pocket watch, she can rewind her own state, the price of one second being three days of life.

Furthermore, this regression does not cause the attack to regress; it is merely a change in her own state.

In other words, she can use her pocket watch to revert to her previous state after being attacked by a ghost, thus indicating that she has survived the attack.

If the cost weren't so high—activating the pocket watch requires a clear "opening" action, and if someone in the Special Class wanted to protect her—she would never have been able to obtain this supernatural item.

Even though she had used it very carefully, she had already lost four years of her life since she got the pocket watch!

Lifespan cannot be increased. To date, there is no destiny or supernatural item that can increase a person's lifespan. There are only methods and tools that shorten a person's life.

Every bit of time you spend is a bit less.

However, the pocket watch is still very valuable because, as passengers, their later lives might not even exist. In that case, using it to extend their lives seems like a worthwhile investment.

At this moment, she used her lifespan as a price to restore herself to the state before the ghost hand touched her. The things that had disappeared because of Zhou Ziming's reply also returned. However, the moment the pocket watch was closed, Qin Wan immediately felt another hand touching her.

It’s endless.

But she couldn't possibly keep the pocket watch open forever. The misfortune had about three minutes left, 180 seconds, and 540 days of life left!

If she spends every train station like this, then there's no need for a ghost to kill her; she'll die of "cowardice" on her own.

Worse still, she didn't know how much life she originally had, or how much she had left to use.

Pocket watches don't have the heart to tell their users that they want to squeeze every last second out of them.

What should I do?
There's still one today. I'm really changing my sleep schedule and making an effort!