After a moment of silence, Gao Yifei spoke again, "The hope of finding the other team is very slim, and even if we do find them, we may not be able to escape this school."

"Forget it, let's go back, let's go back behind the boys' dormitory and wait to die."

Even Gao Yifei was in despair. "At least I still recognize the way here. If we don't get lost again, we should be able to get back to the back of the dormitory without any problems."

No one else objected, so Gao Yifei took over Chu Jiang's position and silently led the three of them back.

Chapter Twelve: Recovery

Outside Luoxi No. 7 Middle School, at 6 p.m., the entire school had been completely sealed off. Police had even blocked off several nearby streets, and all civilians had been temporarily relocated.

From the outside, the middle school looks perfectly normal; in the afterglow of the setting sun, sunlight reflects off the glass of the teaching building.

But one thing is very strange: the entire school is empty, there is not a sound coming out, and you can't see any living people moving around inside.

When the Luoxi City police discovered the incident, it was already 5:30 p.m.

The main problem is that some parents arrive at school early to pick up their children, only to find that something is wrong with the whole school.

Moreover, the parents were unable to contact their children using their mobile phones.

Some people called the police directly, but some reckless parents chose to break into the school, and then terrible things happened.

All parents who approached the gate within a certain distance would disappear, as if the place were haunted.

This made the situation even more out of control, and a large number of police officers rushed to the scene. By the time the entire area was sealed off, it was already six o'clock, and no one had come out of the school during that time.

At the school's main gate, next to several police cars, a middle-aged police officer stood with his brows furrowed deeply.

He looked at the two men in plainclothes beside him, "Mr. Li, Mr. Xu, is there really no other way?"

The man surnamed Li was a scruffy-looking middle-aged man with a slovenly beard. He was wearing a floral shirt and slippers, looking quite unkempt.

The man surnamed Xu, on the other hand, was dressed in a suit and tie, looking every bit the successful person in society.

When the uncle heard the question, he just yawned and said, "Don't even think about it. We tested it out, and this ghost has already formed its own territory."

"You may not know what this means, but to put it simply, if the internal support forces cannot arrive in time today; or if this ghost is not satisfied with the school and begins to expand outwards, then everyone in Luoxi City will have to evacuate."

"Even the two of us have to pray that this doesn't happen, otherwise we'll be the ones who die the fastest, since we're paid to do it."

This made the middle-aged police officer's face even more grim. Why was this happening?

About six months ago, or even earlier, the world began to change, completely overturning the police officer's imagination.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have found it hard to believe that the world had actually become haunted.

Moreover, these ghosts are extremely terrifying, far more frightening than the ghosts in ghost stories and folk tales.

Although the truth remains hidden beneath the calm surface, one day the whole world will know that the world has been completely changed...

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Chu Jiang had a dream.

In his dream, there was only endless darkness. He kept walking and walking, but he could never reach the end.

Just as he was feeling lost, he heard a faint song coming from the endless distance.

The melody sounded like a sacrificial song.

So Chu Jiang found his direction, but he hadn't walked that way for long when he suddenly saw a ghost!

It appeared to be a grayish-white humanoid ghost. It exuded a sinister aura, and its right palm was covered in blood, with blood constantly dripping down, making a "drip, drip" sound.

When Chu Jiang saw the ghost, the ghost also saw him. Those eyes held no emotion of the living, only death.

The next instant, the Blood Hand Demon floated over at an extremely fast speed.

Chu Jiang was startled and immediately woke up from his sleep.

But as soon as he woke up, Chu Jiang felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his mental state was also not quite right.

Chu Jiang vaguely felt as if he had lost something. What was it?

Chu Jiang struggled to his feet. All around him was darkness. Where was he? What had happened?

Not far away, a cell phone with a shattered screen emitted a faint light. With the help of the faint light, Chu Jiang discovered that there was a pure black diary in front of him.

This caused his pupils to contract sharply, and he remembered everything that had happened before his death.

"I'm not... dead?" Chu Jiang raised his hands in disbelief.

Then he discovered something terrifying: blood was dripping from his right palm, just like the ghost in his dream.

Chu Jiang, his heart pounding, immediately began to scrub the blood on the ground with all his might, but the blood seemed endless and he couldn't get it clean no matter how hard he tried.

After his attempts failed, Chu Jiang gradually calmed down and looked at his chest.

His clothes were torn with a large hole, but the physical wounds had healed, leaving only a hideous, radiating scar as a testament to the severity of the injury he had suffered.

As for other aspects, his body temperature seems a bit low, but Chu Jiang's heart is still beating and he has a pulse, so he should still be considered alive.

Finally, there was his bleeding right hand... Chu Jiang closed his eyes and tried for a while before he could stop the bleeding from his right hand.

If this doesn't stop, he fears he will soon die from massive bleeding again.

Next, Chu Jiang didn't touch the diary. Several questions lingered in his mind: How did he die and come back to life? Where was the bloody handprint on the black diary? And what about the ghost in his dream...?

Although he didn't know what happened after he lost consciousness, Chu Jiang had some vague guesses at this moment.

But now was not the time to think about that; he ran over and picked up his broken phone.

When I checked the time, it was already almost 6:30!

Chu Jiang clearly felt that he had only lost consciousness for a short time, but he didn't expect that several hours had passed. What about the other classmates...? Are they still alive?

Should I go find them, or try to escape from school?

If Chu Jiang's suspicions are true, then he might now have the ability to escape from the school.

Of course, dealing with that Slender Man was out of the question.

The bloody handprint on Chu Jiang's right hand should now possess the same power as the bloody handprint on the diary cover.

That is, it can have a certain restraining effect on other ghosts and monsters, and it has a terrifying instant-death effect on living people.

However, these abilities are at a great disadvantage when facing Slender Man.

The most obvious point is that, given the speed Ghost Shadow used to have, Chu Jiang wouldn't even have been able to touch it. He would have died the same way he died before, and he would have died the same way now.

Not to mention that the other party hasn't even manipulated time yet.

Therefore, looking at the shattered screen in his hand, Chu Jiang quickly made a decision. He would first go find Li Yan and the others, at least to check the back of the boys' dormitory, as a last resort.

If they can't find another team, or if they give up, they'll probably retreat back there.

After finding Li Yan and the others, we will try to escape from this haunted school.

PS: I will update three times a day after this trial.

Chapter Thirteen: Death Relay

At the same time, behind the boys' dormitory, in the originally dark environment, several figures suddenly emerged from behind the wall.

To be precise, there were three people, and they only had their phones on night mode, emitting a very dim and inconspicuous light.

After groping their way back to this place, the three of them remained silent, simply working together to lift a corpse and leave the area, seemingly wanting to throw the body away.

Five or six minutes later, the three returned. They sat down to rest with their backs against the wall, their bodies covered in wounds and bloodstains, their expressions numb, and their eyes filled with despair.

No one spoke, even though they were exhausted, thirsty, hungry, and had used up a lot of energy.

After sitting there blankly for a few minutes, Gao Yifei sighed, "Remember not to fall asleep. If anything else comes looking for us, I'll be next, then Liu Mingming, and finally..."

Chen Jie gave a bitter laugh. "Are you all stupid? What's the point of leaving me until the end? I'm the weakest, and I'm the least likely to survive."

Gao Yifei remained silent, while Liu Mingming opened her mouth but didn't speak, only looking down at her phone whose battery was dwindling.

Suddenly! Liu Mingming shuddered, and he scrambled to his feet as if his life depended on it, shouting, "Up there! Up there!!"

The other two were startled and rushed forward as well, only then having a chance to look up and check with the help of the dim light from their phones.

On the roof of the boys' dormitory, a dark, humanoid figure with only half a head visible was looking down.

Suddenly, a half-open, mouth-like crack appeared on its featureless face, extending all the way to its ear.

Black mist emanated from its body as it swiftly swooped down from the rooftop, its limbs outstretched like a bat in the night.

The terrified three turned and fled, but the ghostly figure was fast, and the distance between them kept closing.

If nothing unexpected happens, all three of them will die at the hands of this ghostly figure.

But just then, Gao Yifei, who had been intentionally running in last place, suddenly stopped. His expression was ashen, and he was holding a sharp stone in his hand, as if he were about to fight the ghost.

Of course, when a human is fighting a ghost, holding a stone or even a gun is useless.

Although Gao Yifei stopped silently, the two people in front of him still noticed and slowed down.

Gao Yifei simply turned around and roared, "Run! Didn't we agree to do it one at a time?"

This was the plan that Li Yan proposed when they encountered danger earlier.

Initially, it was Han Feixiong's death that saved the others from disaster, even though he was sacrificed passively.

Later, when the group of nine was found by the Slender Man, it was Chu Jiang who chose to run in the opposite direction from the others, which allowed the other eight to survive.

Later, Li Yan and his three companions safely returned to the back of the dormitory and were fortunate enough to hide there for more than two hours.

But luck has its limits, and eventually they were found by a ghostly figure.

Then Li Yan said it was his turn this time, and he stepped forward to draw Ghost's attention, allowing the other three to escape the dormitory...

The three of them ran around aimlessly outside and found that it was even more dangerous outside.

Left with no other option, they ran back to the boys' dormitory.

Once the ghost that killed Li Yan leaves, they can return here to hide again.

The result was good; the ghostly figure really had left.

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