Chapter 147

Chapter 147

The violence in the classroom finally came to an end. This part must have been filmed by the classroom Surveillance, and the next scene… The TV switched to the dormitory.

Zhao Yingguo, facing away from the camera, changed into a red dress. The dress was very familiar to everyone-wasn’t this the very one the person outside was wearing? In other words, were they about to show Zhao Yingguo’s death?

After she finished dressing, she turned around and looked straight at the camera. As they stood before the TV, it was as if Zhao Yingguo was meeting their eyes. She smiled.

One had to admit, Zhao Yingguo had a cute appearance. Her smile seemed to sweeten the heart. One couldn’t understand why such a girl had to undergo such a horrific experience.

Zhao Yingguo smiled at the camera and asked, “Do I look nice?” No one answered. Zhao Yingguo didn’t mind. She reached up and began braiding her hair.

She was sitting in the dormitory, with the balcony behind her. Light from outside streamed in and spread out behind her. The scene was warm, but the warmer it was, the colder Qin Nan and the others felt inside.

At that moment, a sudden bang sounded from the door. Unprepared, everyone was startled. On the TV, Zhao Yingguo remained calm, still carefully braiding her hair. Only then did Qin Nan turn his head to look at the dormitory door. The sound had come from their door.

Jian Fan was not surprised: “She’s here.”

Qin Nan looked at Jian Fan in shock, thinking that Jian Fan’s composure was far too excessive.

“The password is in the TV. Turning on the sound was inevitable,” Jian Fan explained, in a manner of speaking.

Lin Junruo was somewhat bewildered. She looked at Mu Xin, who was also puzzled, then turned helplessly to Yellow Hair. Yellow Hair was no better off; he had no idea what Jian Fan was talking about.

Since turning on the sound was inevitable, it was also inevitable that Zhao Yingguo would be drawn over. With Zhao Yingguo coming, could they still survive?

“To leave this world, knowing the story’s background is crucial, so turning on the sound was necessary,” Jian Fan said.

At this, Qin Weiyi finally understood. He twitched the corner of his mouth: “So that’s how it is.”

Qin Nan glanced at Qin Weiyi, then at Jian Fan, feeling that he couldn’t be outdone by Qin Weiyi. He was Jian Fan’s Partner; how could he not guess what Jian Fan meant?

He mulled it over, then spoke tentatively.

“Turning on the sound was necessary, and Zhao Yingguo would come upon hearing it. In that case, we would inevitably die. But the Realm of Death can’t be that overbearing, so there must be a chance for survival. That chance…”

“Blood,” Jian Fan gave everyone another hint.

Qin Nan snapped his fingers: “So that’s it!”

So that’s it what? Lin Junruo looked totally confused.

Yellow Hair also caught on. Knowing he was safe now, even though the banging continued outside, he was unafraid because he knew the other party couldn’t do anything to him.

He was just smiling when his gaze inadvertently swept over Lin Junruo. Seeing her confusion, he kindly explained: “Zhao Yingguo can’t pass through walls. More precisely, she can’t get through any obstacle. The trigger for her appearance is likely blood. Without a doubt, there must be blood on the balcony of that dormitory, just like here. With blood, she can teleport between locations.”

Lin Junruo blinked.

The first time Zhao Yingguo appeared as Red Mist, she came from the balcony. They hadn’t inspected the balcony very carefully back then, so it was very possible they had missed the crucial detail of blood being on the balcony.
As long as there was blood, Zhao Yingguo could teleport instantly from another location to wherever blood was present. That was why she had emerged from the blood on the balcony, turning into a Red Mist, but was ultimately blocked outside by the door.

Later, when she appeared in the dorm manager’s room, it was through the bathroom. And the bathroom, in turn, brought to mind the blood-stained water in the toilet of the original dorm room. The pipes were interconnected. Zhao Yingguo had traveled through the pipes to reach the dorm manager’s room.

Now, the balcony door was shut, the bathroom door was shut, and there was no blood in this room, so Zhao Yingguo had no way to enter this area. They were safe.

As for why Zhao Yingguo could appear in the hallway, there were two possibilities: first, a dorm room door was open; second, there was blood in the hallway.

Lin Junruo finally understood.

Meanwhile, the noise at the door ceased. After a few seconds, similar sounds came from the bathroom, which undoubtedly confirmed their theory.

The commotion in the bathroom lasted a while, then soon fell silent. Immediately after…

A Red Mist seeped out from the potted plants on the balcony, and then that horrifying figure once again slammed against the glass door.

Even though they had seen it before and were mentally prepared, the people in the room were still scared half to death.

Yellow Hair grinned mirthlessly, unable to stand it any longer. He stepped forward, turned his head away, and pulled the curtain across to block their view.

Out of sight, out of mind. Yellow Hair had built himself a solid psychological defense.

“How did you all figure it out?” Lu Jing asked, somewhat curious. They were all human and had the same information, so why couldn’t he understand it? If not for Yellow Hair’s explanation, he would still be utterly clueless.

“It was inevitable we’d have to make sounds. Red Mist. Blood. Make a sentence out of those,” Jian Fan explained simply.

They had to go through the step of making sounds. To find a chance of survival from that, they realized that since Zhao Yingguo couldn’t pass through doors or walls, the natural thing to do was to shut the bathroom and balcony doors.

And when thinking of the bathroom and balcony, blood naturally came to mind. Later, Yellow Hair provided another piece of information: Zhao Yingguo could also turn into Red Mist. She could appear and disappear suddenly. By putting these key points together, everything slowly fell into place.

Jian Fan didn’t care whether they understood or not; his attention was once again fixed on the television.

On the screen, Zhao Yingguo had finished braiding her hair. She grabbed the hem of her skirt and twirled before the camera.

The more beautiful she appeared, the more heartrending the sounds from the balcony became.

“I’m ready. How about you?” Zhao Yingguo on the TV suddenly spoke.

Then, she slowly approached the camera until the screen went black. When the scene changed again, it was still in the dorm, but now the room was engulfed in blazing Fire.

Zhao Yingguo stood amid the blazing Fire in her red dress, still smiling as she looked down at the others in the room.

There were twelve people still in the dorm, both men and women.

Six of them were the ones who had previously assaulted Zhao Yingguo in the classroom. Among the remaining six was a slightly older woman, appearing to be in her thirties. She was likely the dorm manager.

All of them were bound and lying on the ground, as the Fire had already spread to their bodies.