It was unclear when it started, but Zhang Lei took out his phone and played a recording.
Jiang Shan’s face turned deathly pale, and he instantly rushed over, snatched the phone, and smashed it heavily onto the ground.
The terrifying knocking sound finally stopped.
But Jiang Shan knew that he and the others had already triggered the Knocking Ghost's Killing Pattern, and he didn't know when that terrifying Knocking Ghost would appear to attack them.
Jiang Shan glared, his gaze filled with killing intent directed at Zhang Lei:
“I will only give you one sentence to explain why you played that recording?”
“If you can’t explain it clearly, I will kill you immediately!”
“I—I suddenly felt in my mind that doing this would allow me to—allow me to survive.”
Zhang Lei, who was frozen in place, trembled all over under Jiang Shan’s stare, saying haltingly.
“Felt?”
“Where did you get this recording?”
“A junior high classmate sent it to me, saying it was the reason for the haunting at the neighboring school. I—I didn't dare to open it.”
Hearing Zhang Lei’s words, Jiang Shan tried hard to calm himself down. Although he was extremely angry now, he felt there was something wrong with this matter.
Especially Zhang Lei’s first sentence, which made him suspicious.
Suddenly felt in his mind that he should do this?
One must know that humans possess self-awareness and perform certain actions based on subjective consciousness.
The legendary subconscious is merely instinct stemming from the body and genes, but what Zhang Lei said felt very familiar to Jiang Shan, as if someone was living inside his mind.
The Ghost Character?!
Suddenly, Jiang Shan thought of the Ghost Character that had spontaneously appeared in his mind; Zhang Lei’s situation was strikingly similar to his own.
Before Jiang Shan could think further, he noticed that the Grey Fog seemed to be faintly dissipating, and all three of them could see the school gate not far from them.
“Jiang Shan! Look quickly!”
Chen Yue pointed with pleasant surprise at a spot not far away, but suddenly her face turned pale, and she stammered:
“Jiang—Jiang Shan, Human Faces, Human Faces!”
Without her needing to say it, Jiang Shan had already discovered that the three of them were surrounded by Dead Faces, which were about to break through the last thin layer of Grey Fog to look at them!
Jiang Shan looked anxious and said to the other two:
“Follow me quickly, the Dead Person Ghost Faces are coming!
“When you can clearly see those Human Faces, do not say a single word! Do not let a single sound escape your throat!”
The moment Jiang Shan finished speaking, his eyes swept back and forth between the two, closely observing their expressions.
Chen Yue clearly paused for a moment, then nodded frantically in agreement, but Zhang Lei, besides his existing Fear, showed only calmness in Jiang Shan’s eyes.
And he seemed not to have heard Jiang Shan’s words, acting exceptionally indifferent.
In this highly tense atmosphere, Zhang Lei’s behavior sent a chill down Jiang Shan’s spine.
Unsurprisingly, Zhang Lei had been influenced by the Ghost Character.
Did the Ghost Character take the opportunity to invade when he was helping him?
Jiang Shan looked down at the Scarlet Ghost Characters covering his Hands; at this moment, he only felt deep Fear!
He had never controlled the Ghost Character; all of this was just an illusion created by the Ghost Character.
Had the Newspaper Ghost residing in his mind truly reached a balance with the Ghost Character?
What was the Ghost Character’s ultimate goal?
The successive doubts made Jiang Shan somewhat lost, but he immediately took action!
And the Ghost Character seemed to sense Jiang Shan’s intention; the Scarlet characters involuntarily vanished from his Hands.
Just as the two were about to make a move, Jiang Shan, standing in front of Zhang Lei, suddenly turned back and ripped off Zhang Lei’s face skin!
The sudden turn of events startled Chen Yue, and she covered her mouth, looking at Zhang Lei in terror.
And Jiang Shan was finally certain at this moment,
that he had never controlled the Ghost Character from the beginning!
It had been deceiving him all along!
This was because the Zhang Lei whose face skin had been ripped off was still acting like a normal person, signaling the other two to leave quickly with his bloody eyeballs.
Only when he saw the face skin in Jiang Shan’s Hand did he show utter disbelief.
“Jiang Shan, you!”
Zhang Lei exclaimed in anger and indignation.
The moment he spoke, his pupils began to dilate continuously, his face turned ashen, as if his breath had been choked off, and his entire body stiffly Fell Down!
Zhang Lei was dead!
The Dead Face Ghost’s Killing Pattern is that when it looks at you,
if you make a sound, you will surely die!
Seeing Zhang Lei’s death, Chen Yue finally understood why Jiang Shan had warned her not to speak.
Having survived the disaster, she cast a grateful look toward Jiang Shan.
Jiang Shan happened to turn back and Make Eye Contact with her; he gave Chen Yue a look, then ran toward the school gate.
Seeing that Jiang Shan had set off, Chen Yue bit her lip tightly, forcing herself not to make a sound, and followed behind Jiang Shan with trembling body.
The Grey Fog was dispersed by something unknown; compared to a short while ago, it had become much thinner.
The color of the fog seemed to have been subjected to Erosion by the night, gradually shifting toward a dark grey.
And Jiang Shan knew why,
it was because the Knocking Ghost’s Ghost Domain was currently contending with the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain, and they were even showing signs of overlapping!
Two terrifying Fierce Ghosts possessing Ghost Domains were about to converge on this campus.
Adding the two he carried,
a total of four Fierce Ghosts,
could appear on the same campus!
Jiang Shan’s Expression tightened; he suspected whether this world’s rejection of him was causing the current situation.
From the Newspaper Ghost he encountered at home right after he arrived as an Outsider,
to the current four Fierce Ghosts gathering at one school.
It seemed this world held endless malice toward him, intending to completely kill him, this Outsider!
“Heh heh, this life of mine was picked up anyway, what does it matter if I play around with you?”
Jiang Shan’s expression was calm. Before his transmigration, he had drowned while performing an act of bravery.
He was already content to live one more time in the Mysterious Revival world he loved watching before his death.
Death is not frightening.
Fearing death is the most frightening thing.
Now the school gate was within reach; as long as they charged forward with their heads down, Jiang Shan and Chen Yue could escape this place, escape this campus occupied by Fierce Ghosts.
But the more he ran, the more Unease Jiang Shan felt in his heart.
Suspended Human Faces surrounded them; their lifeless countenances stared blankly at the two.
That chilling gaze made his scalp tingle.
“Jiang Shan, look quickly!”
Seeing the textured main gate, Chen Yue was extremely excited; she had never felt the school gate was so welcoming and safe.
As long as she left here, she could survive!
It was right before her eyes!
Just a few more steps!
When she completely rushed out of the Grey Fog behind Chen Yue, she froze.
Following behind Chen Yue, Jiang Shan, who was cautious, also froze.
An old man wearing a black shirt, covered in corpse spots, with a pale face, stood motionless beneath the school wall, facing the school gate.
The Knocking Ghost!
Jiang Shan’s pupils suddenly contracted; he noticed that everything around the Knocking Ghost was already horribly Rot.
It seemed he had been waiting here for Jiang Shan and Chen Yue for a long time.
Jiang Shan gave a bitter smile.
Now, inside him, he only had the Newspaper Ghost that could modify memories and the Ghost Character he had never controlled.
In front of him was the terrifying Knocking Ghost.
Behind him were countless Dead Person Ghost Faces filling the sky.
How could he possibly survive?
“Knock, knock, knock.”