Chapter 1 Is It a Ghost!

Lost Airship watched the figure waving its arms mechanically and numbly, his scalp tingling. He subconsciously wanted to run away.

But the next second, he suppressed his body's instinct, maintained a half-squatting posture, and remained motionless.

The system's description was that "ghosts will track players along sounds and light," meaning that as long as players remain still and emit no sound or light, they will not be detected by the ghosts!

Even if the ghosts would attack those players who stood still, there would be enough time for other teammates to reach Building A and discover his difficult situation.

The only question was whether to inform his teammates.

The WeChat group on his phone was the only way to contact his teammates, but once he turned on his phone, the faint light emitted from the screen lock would likely instantly activate the waving ghost and launch a pursuit.

Lost Airship subconsciously clenched his fists, secretly praying that the waving ghost would just remain stagnant, and praying that his teammates wouldn't be so stupid as to make any noise or emit light upon arriving.

Soon, Ao Yong arrived at the third floor of Building A's lobby and quickly spotted the beckoning ghost on the right side of the first floor, as well as Lost Airship, who was frozen in place on the first floor below ground.

After a moment of thought, Ao Yong understood Lost Airship's situation. He took out his tablet and @ed Plague Doctor in the WeChat group, telling him not to go to the right corridor on the first floor, but to wait in the passage between Buildings C and A, to avoid triggering the beckoning ghost in the right corridor on the first floor of Building A.

After Ao Yong explained everything in the WeChat group, Liu Wudai and Li Ang, who had arrived at Building A one after another, became more cautious, slowly approaching the outer corridor railing and looking down at the beckoning ghost.

"Lost Airship must be saved,"

Ao Yong frowned and typed each word carefully. "We can't afford to lose a teammate right at the start."

Liu Wudai typed, "How do we save him?"

Ao Yong remained silent for a moment, then opened the monitoring software on his tablet, looking at the ghost through the surveillance camera in the right corridor on the first floor.

In the surveillance footage, the ghost was shrouded in a layer of gray mist, obscuring its face. Only its figure could be seen, which was quite thin, with a slightly hunched back.

"Is it that old beggar ghost..." Ao Yong thought to himself.

Lost Airship, who was still frozen in place, had no idea what his teammates were discussing. He only saw Ao Yong, who was on the third floor, making several gestures, signaling him to remain calm.

Then, Ao Yong took out a snow-white, adorable plush toy rabbit from his backpack and threw it down from the third floor.

Thump. The toy rabbit landed on the floor of the left corridor on the first floor, emitting a sweet and gentle child's voice.

"Kiss me, hug me, kiss me, hug me~"

Lost Airship, who was on the first floor below ground, only felt a blur before his eyes. The beckoning ghost, which was located in the right corridor on the first floor, flashed past at a speed that dragged out afterimages and directly arrived at the left corridor on the first floor.

Lost Airship's location prevented him from seeing what was happening in the corridor directly above him, while Ao Yong, Liu Wudai, Li Ang, and others could see everything clearly.

The old man's beckoning ghost directly pounced forward and burrowed into the plush toy rabbit that was emitting sound.

A moment later, the plush toy rabbit suddenly swelled up and exploded with a bang. The beckoning ghost revealed its true form on the spot, raising its head and roaring silently at the sky, as if in impotent rage.

The players, who had collected a considerable amount of ghost data, twitched their eyes wildly. This ghost clearly wanted to possess them!

Li Ang thought to himself, "The ghosts who died in the Longheng Shopping Mall have become earthbound spirits who cannot escape their confinement and can only seek living substitutes in order to escape from here..."

This was troublesome. If it were other types of ghosts, they might be able to communicate through negotiation, mediation, or compromise, but this type of ghost, which only wanted to find a living substitute, was the most stubborn and inflexible, with the most rigid way of acting.

Li Ang was still pondering a solution when the warm-colored lights on the shopping mall's ceiling suddenly lit up, illuminating the entire shopping mall as bright as day!

What's going on? How could the lights

Turn on for no reason?!

It wasn't just Li Ang. Plague Doctor and Liu Wudai also felt a surge of shock in their hearts. Under the warm-colored lights, everyone had nowhere to hide.

Lost Airship, who was on the first floor below ground, was just thinking about taking advantage of the beckoning ghost's momentary stagnation to make a quick getaway,

But he was stunned to find that the warm-colored lights around him suddenly turned on, and a human face slowly emerged on the ceiling above him.

A pale, old, and stagnant male face.

Lost Airship, who was shrouded in the warm-colored lights, didn't have time to think and immediately ran away.

As an assassin-type player who mainly focused on agility, he ran very fast, nimbly, and swiftly.

With each step he took, his body would make many feints, as if he was about to suddenly turn to the sides.

But, behind him, the old man's ghost completely ignored these twists and turns, swooping and floating over, chasing closely. The stiffly outstretched arms were several times about to grab Lost Airship's back.

At the critical moment of life and death, Lost Airship suddenly activated his title skill, bending down, his left foot in front and his right foot behind, his feet parallel, in a skateboard stance.

Title Name: The Arrogant Skateboarder

Release Method: Active

Effect: Rapidly slides forward for a certain distance. The sliding distance and speed are determined by agility attribute.

Consumption: 10% of total stamina.

Cooldown Time: 10 minutes

Note: Skateboarding without a board is the highest level of skateboarding.

Lost Airship's eyes suddenly blurred, the scenery on both sides rapidly receding behind him, the sound of wind whistling past his ears. The powerful propulsive force made his entire face tremble wildly.

Several seconds later, Lost Airship passed through the entire lobby of Building A and arrived at the end of Building C.

He staggered and hurriedly braked, looking back, unable to see the figure of the old ghost.

"Did I shake it off..."

Lost Airship's heart was pounding. He came to the Zegna flagship store, used his mud-cutting bishou to unscrew the lock, and pushed the door open to enter.

He quietly passed through rows of men's clothing racks, flipped over, and hid behind the counter, opening WeChat.

Since there was light all around, it didn't matter whether he used his phone or not.

"I shook off that ghost."

Lost Airship, still in shock, typed, "Where are you guys? Why did the lights turn on for no reason?!"

He waited for a long time holding his phone, but still received no response. "Are they also avoiding those ghosts?"

Lost Airship thought to himself, savoring a moment of silence in the luxuriously decorated and elegant men's clothing flagship store,

Suddenly, a faint mechanical sound rang out. Lost Airship subconsciously raised his head, only to see the surveillance camera above the ceiling slowly moving, eventually focusing on him.

"What..."

Before he could finish speaking, a pair of thin arms reached in from above the counter, and the withered, stiff face of the old man came into Lost Airship's view.