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Chapter 629, a strange chapter, has been added.

It was completely dark outside.

Bai Lu stared blankly at the computer screen, not daring to look back at the bedroom door.

Gu Mian then realized something, so he immediately closed the recording from June 3rd and opened today's surveillance footage.

Because the day is not completely over, the video has not been generated yet; what is playing on the computer is the scene at this moment.

They saw on the screen that the door, which had been closed, was now wide open.

The entire living room was on full display.

And in the empty living room, there were two motionless... people?

As the egret watched the monitor, its body began to tremble uncontrollably.

She had just seen these two people five minutes ago!

The two men were killed by Yuan Haotian in the video from June 3rd!
They died and were taken to the morgue.

But today it appeared in the live surveillance footage again!

They appeared... outside their door.

On screen, a person covered in blood suddenly twitched a few times, and the sound of clothes rubbing together came from the living room.

Then, the two stiffly got up from the ground and walked in a strange direction.

"clatter"

"clatter"

"clatter"

Bai Lu felt a chill run down her spine. She heard footsteps coming from the living room, getting closer and closer, before finally stopping.

The security camera couldn't capture the bedroom door, but Bailu knew they were right behind her.

I felt a malicious gaze upon me from behind.

The egret was sweating profusely, thinking that it was probably going to die here today. What bad luck!

As she pondered this, she turned to look at the others, praying they might have some means of survival, only to find that the people around her seemed oblivious to the ghost behind them.

The doctor, who loved music, was still staring intently at the screen, as if pondering what to eat for dinner.

The eighteen-year-old "green tea" girl still maintained a weak expression, shrinking down next to the doctor and watching the screen, completely unaware of what was behind her.

Didn't you see that terrifying video just now?! You didn't react at all! Bai Lu really wanted to scream, but she didn't dare.

The ghost was right behind her, and she dared not make the slightest sound, not even turning her head. She could only glance sideways at the two people beside her.

"Don't you know there's a ghost behind you?!" the egret cried out silently, nearly going crazy.

This feeling is not pleasant.

We were all together, we should have been huddled together for warmth, and we should have been afraid together when we were in a state of terror.

In the end, she was the only one trembling with fear, while everyone else went about their business as if nothing had happened.

A few seconds later, Gu Mian finally heard Bai Lu's inner roar and turned her head slightly to look back.

The egret's eyes lit up—had it finally noticed? Had it finally discovered the ghost behind them?

But she saw that the doctor didn't react when he turned around.

He merely glanced back at the doorway before turning back around as if nothing had happened.

The egret slightly widened its eyes.

what happened?

There are no ghosts at the door?
But the chilling feeling of being spied on from behind was real.

Am I just too scared, and this feeling of being watched is just my imagination?

The doctor's expression didn't look like he'd seen a ghost, and neither Xie Bi'an nor the NPC behind him reacted.

Thinking of this, the egret calmed down a little.

"I guess I was just too nervous," she muttered to herself, relaxing and slowly turning around to look behind her. "Judging from the other people's reactions, there really isn't anything behind me..."

But before she could finish her sentence, she saw two bruised and purple faces at the door.

His bloodshot eyes stared at her intently, unblinking.

She staggered back two steps and slumped onto the computer desk behind her.

Before she could react, the sound of a zipper being pulled suddenly came from the side.

At the same time, the dejected-looking male NPC in a suit on the bed suddenly realized what had happened and jumped up from the bed.

Then the egret heard his loud cry: "Run! Run!"

Yes! We should have run.

But the two ghosts had completely blocked the doorway. The egret stiffly twisted its neck to look at the window not far away, considering the possibility of breaking through the window to escape.

The man in the suit had already reacted first.

The egret watched helplessly as he yelled "Run!" and ran towards the door.

"Wait a minute!" she couldn't help but call out to stop him, "Don't run that way, there's a ghost over there!" But the other person seemed not to hear her and rushed straight to the bedroom door.

He rushed up to the two ghosts.

The egret couldn't bear to look away, not wanting to see the cruel scene that was about to unfold.

But the scene she imagined didn't happen. The man in the suit stopped in front of the two ghosts, then stretched out his arm and shoved them hard: "Run!"

Egret: "?"

The two ghosts were pushed out the door, completely bewildered.

Then the driving instructor hooked the door handle, slammed the door shut, and spread his arms to protect the door behind him, as if afraid that the people inside would chase after him.

That expression was like that of a cannon fodder in a post-apocalyptic movie who sacrifices himself to let his friends escape.

Bai Lu looked at the car instructor who was guarding the door tightly, and she staggered again, feeling even more dizzy.

This doesn't make sense! This isn't how the supernatural scenario is supposed to go!

What exactly happened? Bai Lu asked herself, but no one gave her an answer.

An eerie silence fell over the room.

After a long while, a clear zipper sound broke the silence.

The egret looked in the direction of the sound.

The doctor next to her zipped up the guitar case, and she saw a fleeting glimpse of light through the gap in the zipper.

"Um..." she hesitated before speaking, "Everyone, can anyone explain what just happened to me..."

As she spoke, she turned her gaze to the man in the suit blocking the doorway, her expression full of inquiry.

“As you can see,” Gu Mian slung her guitar bag back over her shoulder, “our driving instructor just bravely chased away two ghosts, giving us a chance to live.”

Driving Instructor? What a strange name. Why would an NPC in a courtroom instance be called Driving Instructor? It sounds more like the name of a driving school instance.

Without dwelling on the instructor's name for too long, Bailu spoke again: "Is...is that so..."

The NPC just now was clearly letting the two ghosts escape, not "heroically chasing them away."

Bai Lu couldn't understand why the driving instructor would let them run away. Was there something more terrifying than a ghost in the house?
To Gu Mian's explanation, she only wanted to say, "Really? I don't believe it," but the words stuck in her throat.

She had figured it out: these players had secrets they didn't want her to know.

“Anyway, let’s continue analyzing the case,” Coco stepped forward, abruptly changing the subject. “White Egret, what’s that in your hand? I saw you holding it just now.”

Bai Lu wasn't the type to insist on getting to the bottom of things, so she readily agreed to Coco's suggestion: "I found it in Cao Deren's room."

As she spoke, she opened her hand, revealing something she had been clenching in her fist: a pink bow hair clip inlaid with pearls.

“I found it in Cao Deren’s room. The room was full of men’s things, but there was this pink hair clip. I thought it was strange, so I took it.”

Gu Mian carefully examined the object in Bai Lu's hand.

This pink butterfly hair clip is very new; it looks like I just bought it not long ago.

“I have the receipt,” Bailu said, rummaging in her pocket. “When I saw this hair clip, the receipt was tucked in the book next to it.”

It's not easy to find a receipt in someone else's book.

Gu Mian took the receipt and looked down at it.

Pumpkin Jewelry Shop

【Product: Rhinestone-encrusted bow hair clip x1】

[Price: 18]

[Receipt print date: May 31]

I bought it three days before Cao Deren was killed, no wonder it looks so new.

"I don't know why a grown man like him would buy this," Bailu gestured at the pink bow. "Maybe it's for his girlfriend? But if it's for his girlfriend, why keep the receipt? And why hide it so well inside a book..."

Gu Mian looked at the receipt in her hand, wondering what it was.

Coco spoke softly from the side, "It's getting late. Should we continue the investigation or take a rest..."

Sleep is the best way to rest.

However, sleeping in a supernatural instance is a truly suicidal act.

However, if players enter a dungeon that lasts for seven days to half a month, they will have to sleep.

Gu Mian's story takes up to three days at most. If you work hard, you can get through it without sleeping, but you'll need to rest in between.

Of course, Gu Mian didn't care.

He felt that he didn't have to rest, and whether or not he should rest depended on what others thought.

The egret was the first to jump up in protest: "I don't want to rest in this awful place!"

As she howled, she glanced fearfully at the doorway, where two ghosts had stood not long ago.

Although they didn't know which powerful deity had managed to get the NPCs to help drive away the two ghosts, they still didn't dare to stay here in peace.

My typing speed has strangely decreased.

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