Chapter 呼，还真是凶险啊
“Hoo, that was really dangerous.”

Li Ang listened intently for a while, and only after confirming that the ghost had completely descended the escalator did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this ghost monster’s actions were based on the movements of turning the pages of the brochure; otherwise, it would have been really difficult to deal with.

He shook his spine, and this time there was no resistance. A yellow paper talisman fell from the book's spine and landed in Li Ang's hand.

“The fourth talisman, acquired.”

Li Ang informed his companions of this news in the WeChat group. The others were naturally surprised and doubtful, but they didn’t say much. After all, they hadn’t personally witnessed Li Ang’s fancy ghost-banishing scene.

“Everyone, I’m quite confident that the ghosts in this mall have certain patterns of behavior.”

Li Ang typed, “So far, among the ghosts I’ve encountered, there’s ‘the little girl who must play with her ball,’ and ‘the suit-wearing ghost who can be angered by flipping pages back and forth.’”

“You can also try to summarize the ghosts’ modes of action. As long as you figure out these patterns, there won’t be any danger to your lives, and you might even be able to clear the level without taking damage.”

Clear the level without taking damage…

The spirits of the other teammates were lifted. In this terrifying and bizarre script mission, a teammate willing to share successful strategies was always reassuring.

Having gotten rid of the two ghosts, Li Ang quickly searched the fourth floor. At the same time, Ao Yong also sent good news: he had found a talisman in the gap between the corridor seats on the third floor.

Li Ang had found three, the Plague Doctor had found one, and Ao Yong had found one. That meant there was only one last talisman left to achieve the mission objective.

Seeing that they were about to clear the level, and with a relatively generous hour left before the mission deadline,

The remaining four players were all in high spirits, searching every corner carefully.

Liu Wudai, carrying a bow and arrows, was searching for talismans in a coffee shop when the phone in her pocket vibrated almost imperceptibly. She swiped to unlock her phone and saw that it was a private message from Li Ang.

“If you find the last talisman, don’t rush to copy it. Tell me first.”

Liu Wudai looked at the dim phone screen, frowned slightly, and after a moment of thought, replied with a concise and direct “Okay.”

She believed that this teammate, who seemed to be a mental patient with a wide range of ideas and a cheerful demeanor, was still quite reliable in doing things, and at least wouldn’t坑 (kēng - screw) her over.

Liu Wudai didn’t ask Li Ang why he wanted her to do this. Instead, the latter sent a smiling emoji and asked, “The ghost that was chasing you on the fourth floor earlier, was it male or female?”

“?”

Liu Wudai sent a question mark. She bit her lip, narrowed her eyes, thought for a moment, and then typed, “It should be male.”

“Why?”

“Because after he was hit by my arrow, he let out a shrill, male scream.”

“Hmm…” Li Ang continued to ask, “That’s interesting… This mission won’t be that simple. If you have any backup plans in this mall, it’s best to tell me about them in advance.”

Liu Wudai was stunned. After looking around to make sure no one was nearby, she typed on her phone, “...Won’t be that simple… What do you mean?”

“The number of ghosts doesn’t add up.”

Li Ang held his phone, typing furiously with both hands, “Look, in this mall, there have been a total of five abnormal death cases in the past decade or so, which means five deceased people.

“They are an engineer who fell from a height, a scavenging old man who had a heart attack after being driven out, a little girl and her mother who fell down the escalator, and an innocent passerby who was crushed by an advertising billboard while passing by the mall.

“The Plague Doctor saw in the underground control room the scavenging old man who had taken over the lost airship, and a ghost who could control the mall’s power supply and monitoring system.

“Let’s assume that ghost is the engineer.

“That’s two ghosts.

“When I was on the fourth floor, I encountered a little girl and a ghost wearing dress pants one after another.

“The one wearing dress pants naturally

“Can’t be the little girl’s mother, so by process of elimination, it can only be the innocent passerby who was crushed by the advertising billboard. But at the same time, you also encountered a male ghost on the fourth floor,

“So, adding the ghost of the mother who hasn’t shown up yet, that’s six ghosts?”

“Not necessarily. It’s possible that the ghost you encountered and the ghost I encountered are the same.”

“Unlikely,” Li Ang replied. “The ghost’s behavior pattern is unlikely to change drastically. The ghost I encountered was climbing the escalator according to the page flipping, while the ghost you encountered was able to float up automatically to pursue.

“According to the common sense of the ghost world, the difference between the two is as vast as that between a giant panda and a pig.”

The so-called common sense of the ghost world was actually just the opinion of Chai Cuicao, this living, breathing, vengeful ghost.

Liu Wudai asked, “Could the sixth ghost… be that there were other abnormal death cases in this mall that weren’t recorded in the official system?”

“Even in the entire Yin City, Longheng Shopping Center can be considered a high-end consumer place. Abnormal death cases that have occurred here, or even natural death cases, would be placed in the official records of Yin City.”

Li Ang replied, “I don’t think the mall owners are so powerful that they can erase all records of a death event.”

Besides the ghost mother, who exactly is the sixth male vengeful ghost?

After hearing Li Ang’s analysis, Liu Wudai was also a little unsure.

If it weren’t for the fact that you couldn’t make outside calls or communicate normally with the outside world in the Killing Field game’s script mission, she probably would have already called and questioned the Yin City owner of Longheng Shopping Center.

Something abnormal must be a demon. The ghost mother who hasn’t appeared yet, replacing the appearing sixth male vengeful ghost, cast a shadow over Liu Wudai’s heart. Just as she was about to tell Li Ang what her backup plan was, she felt her phone vibrate again.

Ao Yong @ed everyone in the WeChat group, “I found the last talisman on the lid of a trash can on the second floor! But my cinnabar brush is broken, and I’m not sure if I can still use it.

“You guys better come down and help me. As long as we finish drawing this one, we’ll clear the level.”