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Chapter 347 Among Them [Third Update]

In the dark living room.

The Yue woman frowned immediately.

"What happened? Li Wentao was voted out, yet there are still three ghosts left?"

This proves that Li Wentao is not a ghost.

Eight people voted, three abstained, and seven out of the eight who voted voted for Li Wentao, yet this is the outcome.

Those seven votes didn't go to the right person at all; they voted for the wrong person!
"What a bunch of idiots, those seven people."

She rubbed her forehead wearily and hung up the phone.

Yue Nu got up and walked towards her bedroom.

The ghost kills people between 8 PM and 3 AM the next day. It's already past 3 AM, so she doesn't need to worry about a ghost suddenly crawling out from under the bed to kill her.

"I still need to rest. Only after resting can I make the right judgment," she muttered to herself as she lay down on the bed and pulled the covers over herself. "Tomorrow I'll ask which seven people voted, and I also need to ask which player was killed by the ghost last night..."

The nights in the dungeon always seem exceptionally long.

Gu Mian and the others also found the location of their school in the long darkness.

The two buildings are not too far from their school; it takes about half an hour to walk there.

They had nowhere to hide the fat man's body, so they could only leave it there.

Fortunately, the two buildings are located in a development zone, a remote area, so even if there was a body inside, it would be difficult for anyone to find it.

Otherwise, if the police arrest you, the game can't continue.

Last night, after realizing she had voted for the wrong person, Pan Yue left in a fit of agitation, and Li Yibai tried to catch up but failed.

When Gu Mian and the others ran out, Pan Yue was nowhere to be seen.

They didn't have the energy to search for the missing Pan Yue, so they had to return to school first.

The group found the school by following the road signs. Although it was only a half-hour drive between the building and the school, they didn't get back to the school gate until almost six in the morning because they didn't know the road conditions.

The sky was beginning to brighten.

Although they hadn't slept all night, none of them felt sleepy.

At this moment, Li Yibai was squatting dejectedly next to the school gate.

His face was dejected the whole way, and he didn't say a word after voting, but he still stayed close to 007, which showed that he and Lin Qi were indeed childhood sweethearts.

The September morning was very cold, with a cold wind blowing from time to time, and Coco shivered.

There was no one on the road, except for the five of them gathered by the school gate, looking at each other in silence.

Just as silence filled the five-person room, 007 suddenly spoke up: "There were eight when we first arrived, but now there are only five."

Two died, and one escaped.

Coco nodded silently: "But we still haven't found any clues about the ghost..."

Those killed last night, and those voted out, were all civilians.

The failure of the first round of group voting has put the civilians in a passive position. Now there are ten people left: three ghosts and seven civilians.

Moreover, they had no clue about ghosts.

Another gust of cold wind blew by, accompanied by a howling sound. Li Yibai, who was squatting on the ground, suddenly raised his head as if he had found the courage to do so.

He said excitedly, "I said, whether it's a real ghost or something else, let's call the police! Two people have already died, two people! Let's call the police!"

As Li Yibai spoke, he excitedly tried to stand up, as if he were about to rush out to call the police at any moment. But 007 held him back tightly.

Of course, she couldn't let Li Yibai call the police. If the police got involved, they would all be called in for questioning, and might even be detained for 24 hours.

This matter concerns the success or failure of the mission, and absolutely no mistakes can be made in this area.

At this moment, Coco suddenly spoke up: "Don't forget that Li Wentao's vote was cast by all of us. If he dies, we're all in it. If you call the police now, we'll all be arrested!"

Li Yibai spoke rapidly: "How can it be our fault? It was clearly the ghost who killed her. It was clearly this game that made us vote. Were we just supposed to watch Pan Yue get killed if we didn't vote?!"

Indeed, if Pan Yue hadn't voted for Li Wentao last night, she would most likely have died.

007 said in a deep voice: "Do you think the police will believe your ghost story? You'll just be arrested as a madman and die in your room someday, just like Li Wentao and Wang Pang."

Upon hearing this, Li Yibai suddenly fell silent. He slumped down and sat on the ground, no longer saying a word.

Coco, standing nearby, hesitated and said, "But I have a question... I remember rule number four says that 'civilians' can't kill other players, while 'ghosts' can kill any player, right? Since Li Wentao isn't a ghost, why was he able to attack Pan Yue in front of us yesterday?"

“I suspect that the criteria for ‘killing’ and ‘harming’ are not the same,” Chu Changge, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up. “The game determines that Li Wentao’s actions last night did not pose a substantial threat to Pan Yue’s life. The game will only stop it if Pan Yue is truly on the verge of death.”

Coco glanced at Chu Changge cautiously: "You're really amazing, it's like you know everything."

Chu Changge remained silent.

Suddenly, 007 looked up and glanced at Chu Changge and Coco with a strange look. She felt that Coco's words seemed to have a hidden meaning, which was inexplicably odd.

By this time the sun had fully risen, and the sunlight was making things a little warmer.

Students began to enter the school gate one after another.

Gu Mian and her friends then mingled among the crowd and slipped into the school.

"Why did we come back..." Although Li Yibai returned to the school with the others, he didn't seem to understand why they came back. "Why don't we go home? Mom and Dad are home, we'll be fine!"

Gu Mian looked at Li Yibai, who was clinging tightly to 007: "Don't you understand? The only way to solve this problem now is to find all the ghosts and vote them out. As long as there is one ghost alive, death will not stop and the game will continue."

Upon hearing this, Li Yibai shuddered violently.

007 chimed in, "That's right, we're back to reunite with the others."

Only the eight of them were teleported to the building last night.

The other four who didn't even get there were Zhang Pingfan, Yuan Qinghua, Guo Jimei, and Yue Nu.

Leaving aside Zhang Pingfan, who has been missing for two days.

But we must find out what the remaining three people did last night.

“By the way,” Coco suddenly looked at Chu Changge, “didn’t you say before that the ghost brought the eight of us there to make it easier to observe us?”

Chu Changge nodded slightly.

Coco then continued, "If it's for easier observation, then there must be one ghost among the eight of us who's been observing us, right?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yibai immediately stopped in his tracks.

Of the eight people, only six survived.

The ghost is hiding among these six people...

They are hidden among them.

The previous chapter was censored due to its graphic violence; it was gone after only half an hour of writing. Because the previous chapter contained a lot of important content, and skipping it might make it harder to understand later chapters, I've reiterated those key points in this one. Going from three updates to two is so painful! [Crying]

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