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Chapter 21 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
"From now on, tell me before you pull me." Xiao Qiao's slightly weak voice came from the dark corridor.

They had found the nurses' station, where Gu Mian was standing at the desk flipping through files.

He nodded silently upon hearing this, knowing that they might not meet again in the future.

Her hand was dislocated, but fortunately Gu Mian was a doctor, although only a neurosurgeon, he knew a little about bone setting.

You can't just pull someone's hand away and not let them put it on; after the written test, there's a road test, and you still need to control the steering wheel.

The rustling sound has not been heard since the LED panel fell down.

Gu Mian successfully found the file she was looking for.

One of the people in the file had a very familiar name—

Zhao Lanhai, a pregnant woman, is married to Ma Gang.

Her surname is Zhao, and she is pregnant, so she is most likely one of the vengeful ghosts.

Just as Chu Changge's test question predicted, these three vengeful ghosts knew each other in their previous lives.

The known relationship is that Ma Gang committed murder, Yang Shuang reported Ma Gang, and Zhao Lanhai is Ma Gang's wife and pregnant.

However, it's unclear how Yang Shuang and Zhao Lanhai met.

Gu Mian glanced at Zhao Lanhai's ward information again.

“It’s in room 59, bed number 2.” He closed the file. “Let’s go there.”

Xiao Qiao asked, "Are you still looking for ghosts?"

Gu Mian nodded: "The one on the second floor seemed to have been behind us the whole time. I originally wanted to lure it over and catch it, but as you saw, something unexpected happened."

"catch?"

Gu Mian looked down at her: "How will we know the answers to these questions if we don't seize the opportunity?"

"...I think your line of thinking might be a bit off."

By this time, the fat man had already scrambled up to the second floor.

Fortunately, he didn't die on the spot after being face-to-face with the ghost. After turning on the flashlight, Chu Changge pulled him up and ran. The two went their separate ways after leaving the house, and it seemed that the ghost went after Chu Changge.

He frantically climbed to the second floor and hid in a hospital room. He originally wanted to send a message to Gu Mian through the friend system to ask her about her situation, but he found that he couldn't send messages to friends in the instance.

"It's all over, the doctor's gone, Chu Changge's gone too, this dungeon is fucking terrifying..."

The fat man muttered to himself in the hospital room, even leaning close to the window to look down: "If I fall headfirst down, will I die instantly?"

He seemed to think that falling from the second floor wouldn't kill him, but he might suffer for a long time, so he gave up the idea.

It's not even 10 o'clock yet, so I can't answer the questions and therefore can't intentionally fail and leave the instance.

Thinking this, the fat man tried to get closer to the door to check the time on the LED screen in the corridor, but as soon as he squatted down and got close to the long glass door, he saw what looked like someone standing outside in the darkness.

He was so frightened that he sat down on the ground with a thud and backed away as fast as he could to get as far away from the door as possible.

But the further he retreated, the more uneasy he felt.

With each movement, it seemed as if some dark shadow was swaying beneath the figure.

At first, he was surprised and confused, but soon the fat man realized what was going on.

He trembled as he looked up, and sure enough, the glass reflected the upper half of his head, while the figure was right behind his head.

It wasn't outside, but behind him. A chill ran down his back, and he heard something dripping to the ground.

In an instant, the fat man, seemingly finding strength from nowhere, yelled and scrambled to his feet, rushing out.

With a loud bang, the ward door was kicked open.

He ran out in a panic.

He ran down the corridor in the dark for more than ten seconds, and when he mustered up the courage to look back, he found a pregnant figure following closely behind him, with heavy footsteps echoing in his wake.

"Ah—" He jolted awake and burst forth again, using almost all the strength he had in his life, running desperately along the corridor with both legs.

After running for an unknown amount of time, I finally managed to distance myself from the footsteps behind me, and when I looked back, I could no longer see the eerie figure.

The fat man immediately rushed into the nearest half-open door and hid under the innermost bed.

Seemingly still not safe enough, he reached out and pulled the bed sheet down further until he completely blocked his view from the ward door.

"Phew—" He breathed a very quiet sigh of relief.

This should be okay, right...?

It won't find me, please don't find me...

Soon, the footsteps came from the corridor again.

The fat man held his breath, not daring to make a sound.

Don't stop...

Don't stop...

Don't stop!
A thin sheet blocked his view; he couldn't see outside the door, and the things outside couldn't see him either—hopefully.

The slow, heavy footsteps grew closer, and the fat man tightly covered his mouth.

"Thump, thump, thump..." The footsteps passed directly through his door and headed in another direction.

As the sound faded into the distance until it disappeared completely, the fat man collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily.

The bed sheet in front of him blocked his view, as if it were blocking out the whole world.

"It's safe to stay here. I can stay here until 10 o'clock and then I'll be eliminated," the fat man reassured himself.

But just then, he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.

His scalp tingled, and he stiffly twisted his head, his body pressed against the ground.

Suddenly, a face appeared from behind under the bed, grinning at him.

what--

He opened his mouth wide, but couldn't utter a single sound.

Am I going to die?
But just then, he saw another hand reach in, put its arm around the shoulder of the thing in front of him in the same way, and then stick its head under the bed.

Gu Mian grinned widely: "I finally caught you!"

Ghost: 嘤嘤嘤?

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(End of this chapter)