I have a ghost diary

Although Liu Shenglong and the others had delayed him for a while, Chu Jiang was grateful to them for one thing: they had tested the danger of the diary.

Chujiang urgently needs something that can ward off ghosts and monsters.

The ability of the diary to restart time has been disproven, and since the diary only contains a single sentence, it cannot serve a direct purpose.

But now, Chu Jiang can confirm that the blood flowing from the bloody handprint can kill a living person, and even just a single drop is enough.

This is clearly not the effect of physical force; even poison wouldn't work that fast. It must be the work of supernatural forces.

Since it's supernatural power, it should also be able to affect those ghosts. Chu Jiang didn't want to deal with the thin, elongated ghost figure that was suspected to be the source of the haunting incident.

He would be content as long as he could deal with those ordinary ghost-like beings.

Chu Jiang now only wants to survive, to live until dawn, at least until midnight tonight, and see if there are any new changes in the Black Diary.

During the rest of the journey, Li Yan and the others did not ask any more questions.

Although they had many doubts, the more unusual Chu Jiang's behavior became, the more likely they were to survive, so no one wanted to disrupt the status quo.

On their way to the library, the group of four passed by several groups of students and saw corpses, bloodstains, and various horrifying things. The air was filled with a foul stench.

As darkness enveloped the campus, the previously noisy school became quiet. Even the survivors dared not shout, fearing that they would be the next ones targeted by ghosts.

Most of the corpses encountered on the road were mutilated, as if they had been gnawed on by something.

Chu Jiang and his group were lucky; they were not attacked by any more corpses or ghosts until they reached the library entrance.

But as soon as they arrived at the entrance, they heard loud shouts coming from inside the library, as if someone had already gone inside before them, but it was clearly not a safe place.

The group stopped abruptly. Gao Yifei's expression was grim. He turned to Chu Jiang and asked, "What do we do? Should we go in?"

Gao Yifei couldn't quite understand the logic behind hiding in the library.

Chu Jiang frowned. That secret room shouldn't have been discovered yet. If there were only one or two low-level ghosts, it seemed like they could get through using the diary.

However, Chu Jiang has not yet tested the effect of sprinkling the blood from the diary cover onto those ghosts.

As I pondered, the shouts from inside grew closer and closer to the library door; it seemed that those who had escaped inside were now being hunted down and had run out for their lives.

Moreover, this number is not small; there are at least twenty or thirty people.

"Step aside first." Chu Jiang called to his teammates to take cover. At this moment, everyone inside was terrified, and there was a dangerous path blocking their escape route.

Even with the light from a cell phone, visibility was still low in this darkness.

When the first few male students escaped, Chu Jiang and his friends realized that they were all classmates.

The people who escaped later all knew each other; they could all be called by name.

These people had distorted faces and bloodshot eyes, clearly terrified. Some of the female students were even half-paralyzed, being carried or dragged out. Some were too weak, while others had suffered a mental breakdown and were too scared to walk.

These people were startled when they saw the figures outside the library, but breathed a sigh of relief after they saw them clearly.

Moreover, Chu Jiang noticed that his classmates did not run away individually, but instead gathered together, waiting for the people behind them to escape.

This suggests that there must be a highly respected and influential person among them; otherwise, when being chased by ghosts, they would have mostly fled in small groups rather than with such discipline.

When English teacher Yu Fengmei also staggered out, Chu Jiang finally confirmed his guess, but he was still somewhat puzzled.

Just then, four or five classmates who usually interacted with Chu Jiang gathered around, their faces filled with fear, and they all spoke at once:

"Chu Jiang, save us! There's a ghost!"

Do you know how to escape?

"I apologize to you. I shouldn't have mocked you before. I'm not human!"

Finally, Liu Mingming even started slapping himself repeatedly. He was the one who said he was hallucinating after staying up all night at Chujiang Internet Cafe.

Before Chu Jiang could speak, Teacher Yu saw them. She was covered in sweat, her hand on her hip, and said in a very hoarse voice, "I'm glad you're all alright. I was so worried about you."

Chu Jiang glanced at the number of people. There were fifty people in the class, but only twenty-three were still gathered here. The others had either gotten separated or were probably dead...

Suddenly, another set of footsteps echoed through the dark library.

Everyone immediately panicked and became uneasy. Chu Jiang and the other three also subconsciously retreated, because they didn't know whether the person coming was a human or a ghost.

Soon, under everyone's watchful eyes, a young student covered in blood ran out of the shadows.

He was wearing glasses, the left lens of which was shattered. He was pale and holding a fruit knife in both hands. His arms were trembling when he came out.

Chu Jiang was somewhat surprised; it was actually Zhang Haoran.

This guy was one of the ones who ran out of the classroom earlier to try and dissuade Chu Jiang. He and Chu Jiang had a pretty good relationship and shared similar interests, but he was a staunch atheist and materialist.

Therefore, Chu Jiang never intended to persuade him before; he could only use facts to change his mind.

At this moment, Zhang Haoran seemed to have suffered a great shock, his eyes wide open.

Upon seeing him emerge, someone immediately went forward to support him.

Moreover, after Zhang Haoran came out, everyone mustered their energy and continued running outside.

Teacher Yu squeezed in front of Chu Jiang and the others. Her face was covered in blood, and she said with a pained expression, "So many people died. Zhou Cheng died while covering for us."

Chu Jiang opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word. Although the vice class monitor was a bit rigid, he had truly given so much to this class.

Teacher Yu grabbed Chu Jiang's hand that wasn't holding the diary, and Chu Jiang could feel the petite teacher trembling.

She is very young, having graduated from university only a few years ago. In terms of age, she is just a kid who has just entered society.

"I don't know how you knew there was a ghost in advance, but I'm asking you, teacher, to lead everyone out."

"The teacher can't be of much help; he might die soon. You and Zhang Haoran will lead everyone..."

"Pfft!" Before she could finish speaking, a dry twig suddenly pierced through Yu Fengmei's chest. It came from the shadows inside the library and had pierced through the bodies of three people along the way, with Teacher Yu being the last one.

Chu Jiang was stunned when he saw his teacher vomit blood, which splattered all over him.

"Run! Don't stand there!" Zhang Haoran shouted from the front. He was acting somewhat neurotically, trying to get the chaotic crowd to flee while rushing back with a knife in his hand.

Chu Jiang's eyes were bloodshot with rage. He grabbed his diary and slammed it fiercely against the black tree branch.

This worked perfectly. Large sections of the blood-stained tree roots withered, and the section that emerged from the shadows was completely soaked in blood and crumbled into powder.

Chapter Eight: Despair

"Run, don't come any closer..." The dying Yu Fengmei collapsed into Chu Jiang's arms, still waving to the people behind her, telling Zhang Haoran and the others to keep going and not to look back.

Chu Jiang gritted his teeth, picked up Teacher Yu, turned and fled, with the people around him also running away with him.

Seeing this, Zhang Haoran did not approach any further, but instead went back to the front of the line to maintain order.

Chu Jiang left without looking back. Although the blood on the diary had an effect, he could no longer enter the library.

Because Chu Jiang had already seen it, the ghost in the library had come out, and it seemed to be another ghost!

Yes, this ghost is different from Slender Man and his minions; it is a different kind of ghost, and it is an "old acquaintance" of Chu Jiang.

Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, Chu Jiang's despair only intensified.

That was librarian Chen Tianrang. To be precise, countless black branches and roots grew from Chen's corpse, but there were no leaves.

Chen Tianrang seemed to have become the trunk of that ghost tree. Even more terrifying, the twisted branches surging out of his body were endless and had sealed off the entire library.

Even without direct evidence, the power of this ghost tree and the power of the ghost shadow seem to have different origins, which proves that it is very likely another ghost.

In that case, if Chu Jiang were to try and fight the other party with this diary, he would be absolutely courting death.

With limited space on the diary cover, Chu Jiang could only attack by splashing the blood that had overflowed from it, except through close combat.

However, this is very inefficient. Before even reaching the ghost's true form, his body would likely be pierced by countless tree branches.

Unable to access the secret room in the library, Chu Jiang could only run forward with the main group. Zhang Haoran seemed to be trying to lead everyone to hide in the sports warehouse.

However, at this time, Ms. Yu's physical condition was getting worse and worse. A tree branch had pierced a large hole in her chest, and she was losing a lot of blood.

Chu Jiang could hear the low sobs of his classmates around him. He looked down at his teacher's pale face.

"Please, throw me away, everyone, please... uh..." Yu Fengmei didn't even finish her last sentence before she breathed her last.

Her eyes were wide open, as if they still held hope for life and longing for the future...

Chu Jiang's eyes welled up with tears, and memories of his English teacher flooded his mind.

However, the ghost tree behind them did not give up and was chasing after them. Chu Jiang and his companions could even hear the rustling sound of the branches weaving through the trees and rubbing against the ground.

So after running for a while, Chu Jiang still threw Teacher Yu's body into the green belt, without even having time to bury it.

None of the students blamed Chu Jiang. Now was not the time to act on emotion; fleeing with a corpse would most likely only leave behind another corpse.

At this moment, Chu Jiang's expression was extremely distorted; he hated his own weakness and powerlessness.

Although he said he couldn't care less about other people's lives or deaths, Chu Jiang still felt incredibly sad when he saw that kind and caring teacher die in front of him.

She might not even be left with a complete corpse...

As they ran, chaos suddenly erupted ahead, with cries and screams echoing, as if they had encountered a ghost again.

This is the worst possible outcome. There are ghost trees chasing us from behind, and ghostly figures and corpses appearing to be killing us from the front.

Zhang Haoran, who was leading the way, had no choice but to change direction, while at the same time, Ghost Tree caught up from behind!

A weak and exhausted female student, who was running at the very back, was suddenly struck on the head by a ghost tree branch and died a gruesome death.

People around screamed and ran for their lives.

Chu Jiang gritted his teeth, turned around, and roared, "This way!"

Chu Jiang took the lead in changing the route, and immediately a group of people followed him. After all, he was the one who had warned everyone that the school was haunted, so everyone had confidence in him.

Not to mention the classmates who lived nearby, who had previously seen him smash a piece of the ghost tree branch with his diary.

However, this caused Zhang Haoran to run to the right and Chu Jiang to run to the left, splitting the group of less than twenty people into two groups.

Chu Jiang knew this would be the outcome, but he still did it anyway.

The reason is simple: the ghosts chasing them now are terrifying.

There's no way to survive fighting this kind of monster head-on. If we keep sticking together and running, we'll only end up dead.

Rather than that, it would be better to split them into two groups. This way, the Ghost Tree might focus its attacks on one group, allowing the other group to escape.

Of course, which side will be hunted down and which side will be spared depends on fate.