Chapter 102
Chapter 102
Two deathly pale hands suddenly crawled up from the staircase, and black hair brushed over the wooden floor with a faint rustling sound.
In the empty corridor, Lili appeared in the full posture of a female ghost.
Her body was pressed flat against the floor, her eyes staring straight ahead, her entire form twisted to an extreme degree.
“Are you hiding well… hee hee hee… Are you hiding well, my guests…”
The female ghost’s bony hands crawled along the ground. Her pitch-black pupils rolled back and forth in their sockets as she tried to peer through the cracks beneath the doors and see whether anyone was inside.
In the first room on the left, Wei Sen held her breath and pressed herself into the corner.
She and Huang Xinze had been about to flee downstairs when they heard Lin Xiaoxue’s voice.
At that moment, Lili was already standing across from the staircase. If they went downstairs, they would definitely be exposed at the corner.
And Lili moved extremely fast. With the situation so urgent, the two of them could only retreat into separate rooms.
They also had no time to run to the second room. Lili had practically teleported upstairs; if they had hesitated for even a second, they would have been caught red-handed on the spot!
But this time, Wei Sen realized she had made a fatal mistake!
This room had no balcony!
The female ghost sniffed along the floor until she reached the door of the first room. The corners of her mouth split into a strange smile.
“I found you…”
Wei Sen’s heart pounded faster. Since she couldn’t escape, she could only think of a way to deal with this!
System, I want to use the Ghost Axe!
///Ding~ Ghost Axe usage countdown: 72:00:00!///
The next second, a blood-red axe appeared out of thin air in Wei Sen’s hand, its blade sharp and gleaming coldly.
Lili was the key Eerie Entity of this Instance. Wei Sen had no idea how many Merit Points she would lose if she killed her.
So…
Wei Sen tested the weight of the Ghost Axe in her hand. She could only try to control her strength. She couldn’t chop her to death in one blow.
At that moment, the female ghost stopped at the door and instantly sensed the powerful force coming from inside the room. Wariness flashed in her eyes. Her body slowly retreated, her neck turning with a series of cracking sounds.
Inside the room, Wei Sen was fully prepared for battle at any moment, but there was still no movement from outside the door.
Both of them were waiting for the other to make the first move, and Wei Sen was the first to receive a message from Huang Xinze.
Huang Xinze: I’ll draw the female ghost’s attention. You go downstairs immediately!
Wei Sen had no time to stop him. She only heard the sound of a door opening from across the hall, followed by a rapid burst of footsteps heading toward the other end of the corridor.
Everyone said Huang Mao was no good, but at a critical moment, Huang Xinze was actually this reliable!
As Wei Sen thought this, she saw the shadow beneath the door vanish as well. She seized the opportunity, quickly opened the door, and ran downstairs.
She couldn’t understand it. Lili had clearly already left the inn, so how did she know they had gone up to the fourth floor?
And now that they had been discovered, where could she flee to avoid Lili’s pursuit?
Back to her room? The first floor? The hot spring pool? Or the forest?
No. Lili could go to all those places!
There was only one place that might be safe-the village!
The people in the village had survived safely until now. They had to have some way!
Wei Sen: Go to the village!
Wei Sen sent Huang Xinze the message as she ran downstairs.
“Sister Sen!” The moment Lin Xiaoxue saw Wei Sen, the restraints on her body abruptly vanished.
“Move!” Wei Sen held the axe in one hand and grabbed Lin Xiaoxue’s wrist with the other.
“You don’t need to run anymore!” Meiya’s voice came from the doorway leading to the backyard.
As she walked toward the two of them, she continued, “As long as you leave the fourth-floor area, she won’t do anything to you.”
“You knew?” Wei Sen’s suspicion of Meiya deepened even further.
Meiya said calmly, “Plenty of guests have wanted to go up to the fourth floor and find out what’s there, but most of them stayed up there forever. You’re very lucky.”
As Meiya spoke, her gaze shifted to the ax in Wei Sen’s hand.
Wei Sen understood too.
The female ghost moved so fast, yet she hadn’t smashed through the door right away, nor had she continued chasing her. It had to be because the Anomalous Artifact in Wei Sen’s hand had intimidated her.
Then Huang Xinze…
Wei Sen looked coldly toward the fourth floor. He had lured the female ghost away to save her, and he had even run toward the other end of the corridor. His chances were probably grim.
Should she go back and save him?
Or should she just burn him some extra paper money on this day next year?
///Ding~ Friendly reminder: saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda! Every time the Host saves one person from an Eerie Entity, you can gain 700 Merit Points. The Host’s first rescue also receives a double bonus!///
Wei Sen instantly let go of Lin Xiaoxue’s hand. “Wait for me here. I’m going back to save him!”
“Huh?!”
Lin Xiaoxue was extremely worried about Huang Xinze, who was still upstairs, but she had just witnessed how terrifying Lili was. Even if Sister Sen went up there carrying an ax she had picked up from who-knew-where, there was no guarantee she could beat her!
Wei Sen was just about to go when she saw a figure appear at the turn of the fourth-floor stairwell.
It was Lili. By now, she had returned to the appearance of a normal person and was standing there, staring eerily at Wei Sen and the ax in Wei Sen’s hand.
If Lili was there, then where was Huang Xinze?
Wei Sen thought it over, lifting her eyes without the slightest avoidance to meet Lili’s gaze directly.
Meiya hadn’t lied. As long as they left the fourth-floor area, Lili would no longer take action.
Even if Lili knew they had been to the fourth floor, for the time being, she couldn’t do anything to them.
Sure enough, Eerie Entities in the Instance World were also bound by powerful rules. Even with supernatural power, they couldn’t kill Order Keepers however they pleased.
Lili’s red lips moved. Her face was ghastly pale, and the skirt over her lower half swayed. It was clear there was nothing supporting it beneath the fabric. She was floating in midair.
Lin Xiaoxue clutched Wei Sen’s arm in fear. “Sister Sen, does it look like she’s saying something?”
“She said none of us will escape,” Wei Sen said calmly.
Lin Xiaoxue wanted to cry but had no tears. Now they had completely provoked this female ghost.
Upstairs, Lili turned and left.
Wei Sen let out a temporary sigh of relief, but the danger had not passed.
The Eerie Entities in an S-Rank Instance would activate Random Killing, and judging from the current situation, the killings all took place after dark.
In that case, Lili’s hunting targets tonight were most likely the few of them.
How to survive tonight safely was the hardest problem they had to solve right now!
[Huang Xinze: Are you safe?! The female ghost doesn’t seem to be chasing me anymore!]
Wei Sen saw the message Huang Xinze had sent through the Watch.
He had actually managed to escape from the female ghost?
Em… What a pity about her 1,400 Merit Points.
[Wei Sen: Come back. It’s fine now. We’ll wait for you in the first-floor lobby.]
After Wei Sen replied, she looked at Meiya again. “Are you really not going to consider working with us?”
There was a powerless resignation in Meiya’s eyes. She did not answer Wei Sen and silently walked toward the front desk.
Although Meiya had not answered directly, Wei Sen could sense that her attitude had subtly changed compared to last time.
There was a chance!
If they could obtain a key clue from Meiya, it would greatly increase their odds of surviving this Instance.
Wei Sen returned to the window-side seats with Lin Xiaoxue and sent a message in the Green Team group, planning to have everyone share the information they had obtained today once they all came back.
No one from Green Team had returned yet, but Wei Sen first spotted a familiar figure in the snow.
Zhong Lingkun!
She stood up and strode toward the entrance. As it happened, she had something to ask him!