Seeing this, Wan Hao was startled!
He quickly figured out his phone and called Jiang Hong.
"Hello! This is Wan Hao, Captain Jiang, please check the surveillance footage around the Arcade for me. See who entered the Arcade after the street was blocked, and send me their information and contact details!"
After speaking, Wan Hao hung up the phone; he had a feeling he couldn't escape this Supernatural Event!
Therefore, he immediately went to the place where the Gold Artifacts were kept, took the Golden Pistol with him, and at the same time packed a Golden Box and a Corpse Bag into his Backpack.
Looking back again, he saw that the Muddy Path was becoming increasingly real, already overlapping with reality.
"Since I can't avoid it, I have no choice but to go!"
Wan Hao was not indecisive; after sending a message to his mother, he stepped onto that muddy, eerie path.
【Mom, I have a gathering tonight, so I won't call you.】
【Sent at 5:30 PM】
"Beep, beep, beep."
"Why can't I get through to Wan Hao's phone?"
Jiang Hong dialed Wan Hao's number with some unease.
At this moment, Wan Hao had already stepped onto the road leading to the Ghost Post Office, his figure gradually blurring, and the Villa behind him gradually disappearing, as if swallowed by the surrounding Darkness.
Conversely, the Ghost Post Office before him became clearer and clearer, and the glow of the neon lights was exceptionally brilliant.
Unknowingly, Wan Hao had left his Villa along this path and arrived at an unknown place, a place Wan Hao could not comprehend.
There was only the Ghost Post Office building here; everything else was pitch black and inaccessible. Wan Hao felt that if he wandered in forcefully, he would only get lost, so he could only proceed along the muddy, eerie path beneath his feet.
Looking at the eerie Black Mist surrounding him, Wan Hao couldn't help but recall the Black Mist Ghost that had confronted his Ghost Hand; the Black Mist Ghost was a human shape condensed from a mass of Black Mist.
The two were very similar!
Unconsciously, Wan Hao had arrived at the entrance of the Ghost Post Office.
The building was very old, covered in moss, the walls dark and black, exuding a chilling aura everywhere, but the overall structure of the building was perfectly preserved, with no missing or damaged parts.
Next to the main entrance was a plaque, encircled by neon lights, alternating red and green, the light illuminating the characters on the plaque.
【Ghost Post Office】
This looked like a genuine Post Office building, yet the word 【Ghost】 suddenly made the surrounding atmosphere sinister and terrifying!
He didn't rashly push the door open, fearing a terrifying Malevolent Ghost behind it!
His hand reached for the pistol holstered at his waist; he wasn't sure if the pistol would work against a Malevolent Ghost, but it gave Wan Hao a slight sense of security.
Just then, a footstep sounded behind him, startling Wan Hao into quickly turning around to look.
The person approaching was wearing hiking gear and carrying a bulky Backpack, which seemed to be filled with many things. His expression was very flustered, and he was running fast.
'Could he be a Malevolent Ghost?'
Wan Hao was vigilant in his heart, gripping the pistol tighter.
Unexpectedly, the person completely ignored Wan Hao, brushed past him, and shoved open the door to the Ghost Post Office!
Wan Hao wanted to stop him, but fearing he was a Malevolent Ghost, he dared not act.
The interior of the Ghost Post Office was made of wood, the floor very old, with most parts peeling and cracked.
However, the wooden planks creaked loudly as the person ran across them, yet showed no sign of collapsing.
The moment the door opened, Wan Hao smelled the damp and dark air inside, which made him frown, worried that it might be poisonous or related to some Malevolent Ghost's Killing Rule.
He turned his head to look at the person who entered and saw him frantically knocking on a door in a room ahead.
"Open up quickly! I'm Lü Hui!"
The door was opened, Lü Hui immediately rushed in, and then the door was slammed shut with a dull thud.
Seeing that there was no immediate danger, Wan Hao also walked in and looked around.
On the nearby walls hung black and white portraits, but Wan Hao couldn't recognize the people in them; they didn't seem to be famous figures. The portraits showed men and women, all dressed differently: traditional long gowns, Qipao, suits, floral dresses...
The main door had closed at some point.
The Post Office gave Wan Hao an indescribable sense of strangeness, like a cage sealing something terrifying, or like a Coffin trying to trap people inside, unable to leave.
The situation on the first floor was not complicated: a slightly empty hall, the glass overhead dim and yellowed, unable to fully illuminate the area.
Wan Hao looked up and saw a courtyard resembling the character 'Return' (hui), with rooms lining the first floor, wooden doors, also old and mottled, with brass door numbers nailed to them.
11, 12, 13.
This building had five floors, and the structure of each floor was basically the same; one could clearly see the 'Return'-shaped corridor upstairs and the rows of rooms.
Each floor had seven rooms, totaling thirty-five rooms across five floors, and each room was basically the same, only the door numbers differed.
"There's no staircase leading upstairs, so how do I get up?"
Wan Hao was somewhat puzzled.
However, at that moment, the door was pushed open again!
The person entering was still very flustered; it was a girl wearing a student uniform, looking like a student who was about to be late for evening study.
The Female Student paused upon seeing Wan Hao, but then ignored him and started banging on door after door.
"Open up, please let me in!"
"Get lost!"
"Please let me in!"
"Go to another room!"
"Please..."
"Get lost!"
The Female Student knocked on several doors, but the people inside shouted at her to get lost. Tears began to well up in her eyes, but she didn't stop, continuing to switch rooms and bang on the doors.
Finally, after knocking and calling out at a door marked with the number 16, there was no sound from inside. This made the Female Student cry tears of joy; she quickly opened the door, rushed in, and slammed it shut heavily.
Wan Hao watched all this without moving, but he now knew that the previous two people were not ghosts, because they had their own thoughts and lacked the chilling Deathly silence emanating from Malevolent Ghosts.
"Why is everyone in such a hurry to get back to their rooms?"
Wan Hao began to think about the connection, then glanced back at the open hall.
"Their expressions look like they are hiding from something, and the rooms give them a sense of security..."
Thinking this, Wan Hao's pupils contracted!
"There is danger outside the rooms! And it looks like this danger is very close!"
Wan Hao immediately pulled out his phone to check the time.
【5:59】
Realizing the danger of staying outside, Wan Hao immediately rushed toward a room; the room he headed for was number 17.
The Female Student had already knocked on the rooms ahead, but no one opened them. Wan Hao didn't think people would open up for him either.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
"Is anyone in there?"
"Damn you! Get lost!"
The voice answering was very angry. His words made Wan Hao narrow his eyes; he hated it most when people insulted his mother.
Wan Hao started kicking the door, but the seemingly fragile wooden door didn't budge an inch!
The sound of kicking the door only made the person inside angrier.
"You son of a bitch, are you looking to die!"
Wan Hao became even angrier.
"Get out here! What did you say about my mom?"
"Idiot, worry about surviving the night outside first!"
However, the time on his phone, still lit up in his pocket, began to change.
【6:00】