The moment the door closed, the searchlight at the front of the catapult let out a strange "sizzle," and then began to flicker madly…

"Hey, hey… this thing is supposed to have infinite energy…" Feng Bujue muttered casually, then tried a Russian-style repair (hitting the malfunctioning object to restore it to normal operation) on the catapult, but… it didn't work.

At the same time, in the intermittent light, the "white shadow" that had flashed by earlier appeared again.

"Ugh…" A groan sounded once more. The surrounding space also became hazy, distorted, and grotesque.

This scene was obviously a "jump scare" set up by the system; normally… the first player to enter the room would be scared out of their wits.

But… Feng Bujue was not one to conform to normalcy.

"Is this a 'replay of a death scene'… or some kind of illusion-based mental attack…" Jue-ge looked calmly at the approaching white terror, and said in a measured tone, "Speaking of which… this thing is floating over a bit slowly… is it to create some kind of pressure…?" He yawned, looking bored, and casually unleashed a [Baseball Fist].

A dozen seconds later, the white shadow finally arrived in front of Jue-ge, and "it's" image gradually became clearer.

It was a semi-transparent female ghost wearing a long white dress. Her exposed face, neck, and hands… all had some degree of mutilation, as if they had been gnawed by wild animals; she had a pair of round, unblinking white eyes… those pupil-less eyes emitted a ghastly light in the flickering darkness, making one's scalp crawl.

"Save me…" The female ghost came to Feng Bujue and spoke her first line other than groans, "It's so dark here… so painful…"

"So that's it…" Feng Bujue shook his head and sighed lightly, replying earnestly, "If you have cataracts, you should seek treatment as soon as possible…"

"That child is a monster…" The female ghost continued, "Is a demon… is a cursed abomination…"

"'That child'… who are you referring to?" Feng Bujue keenly sensed something and asked tentatively.

"No… I can't speak 'it's' name…" At this time, the female ghost's tone revealed obvious fear, "No one can speak 'it's' name…"

Before she could finish, a strange rustling sound suddenly rang out, pouring into Feng Bujue's ears.

Jue-ge knew that this symbolized—that some kind of "foreign object" had invaded the space he was in…

"Where is it?" Feng Bujue immediately pressed, "Is it here already?"

"Save me!" In the next second, the female ghost suddenly raised her voice, roared, and reached out her hands to grab Jue-ge's neck.

"Hmm… it doesn't hurt much to be strangled like this…" Although Feng Bujue was being shaken back and forth by the other party, his face remained calm, and he murmured, "But there's no need to shake my head back and forth…"

However, two seconds later, Jue-ge's expression changed drastically. Because… he glanced at the game menu and found that his survival value was dropping at a rate of "5% per shake."

"Holy crap!" Feng Bujue exclaimed, and immediately slapped the female ghost.

But as his palm passed through, the white shadow dissipated like smoke.

Click, click…

Immediately afterward, the door behind him made a series of trembling sounds, and after a few seconds… it opened.

As the light from outside shone in, the hazy, distorted space around Jue-ge disappeared, and the searchlight on the catapult returned to normal.

"Are you okay?" Ruo Yu was the first to rush in from outside the door, and she almost blurted out the question.

"I'm fine…" As Feng Bujue answered, he turned to look at his teammates, "Did you guys hear anything outside just now?"

"No," Xiao Tan, who was the second to enter the room, replied, "The door was only closed for five seconds…"

Ruo Yu added, "That's right, I saw you trapped in the door, so I came up to push it open, and it opened after only a few pushes."

"Oh…" Feng Bujue slightly raised his eyebrows and murmured, "I see…"

"What's wrong?" Ruo Yu asked again, "Did you hear anything in the door?"

At this time, Xiao Ling, Buu, and Ou Bu also entered the room one after another. So, Jue-ge simply told them the whole story of his interaction with the white ghost.

After he finished speaking, Buu took the lead and said, "Teacher Jue… could the 'it' in the female ghost's mouth… be the 'I' that the main quest is asking us to find?"

"Oh? What makes you say that?" Feng Bujue replied.

In fact… Jue-ge didn't need to ask this question at all, because he completely understood Buu's logic. But he still asked, because he hoped that Buu could do the explanation as well, so that he wouldn't have to waste his breath.

"Well… this is what I think…" Buu didn't know this, and he replied very seriously, "The shadow in the opening CG that sang the nursery rhyme looked like a child, and the first line of the nursery rhyme is… 'Mommy killed me.'" He paused for a moment, "I speculate… the female ghost you encountered, Teacher Jue, is likely the 'Mommy' in the nursery rhyme, and the 'I' we are looking for is the child singing the nursery rhyme. According to this hypothesis, the plot should be… 'Mommy' killed 'me,' and 'my' vengeful spirit came back and killed 'Mommy,' and tormented her ghost, so… 'Mommy' would ask us to 'save her.'"

"Very good." Feng Bujue smiled and said after listening, "I have nothing to add."

"Hehe… a trifling skill." Buu was overjoyed by his praise, and his bright eyes narrowed into two slits.

"Let's put the plot analysis aside for now…" Xiao Ling interrupted their conversation again, because she had found another clue while they were talking, "Everyone… come and see this."

At this moment, Xiao Ling was standing in front of the wall opposite the door, holding a flashlight (she had taken one out of her bag after entering the room) and said, "As you can see, this room is empty (this one doesn't even have a table or an oil lamp), and there are no other exits besides the door we've already opened." She paused slightly for half a second, "When the team leader was telling his ghost story, I scanned the room from top to bottom, and only found one relatively abnormal area…" As she said this, she pointed to the wall in front of her, "...Do you see the spots on the wall?"