But if the person behind him was Mr. Jiang, then… who was buried beneath the snow?

Feeling the arm that gripped him, Gongsun Zhiruo couldn't help but feel a chill. He subconsciously wanted to break free, but he worried about what to do if the Mr. Jiang under the snow was the real one.

If it had been someone else, Gongsun Zhiruo might not have hesitated, but Mr. Jiang had saved his life after all.

"Cough... cough, cough..." Jiang Cheng's voice continued to sound not far away, his throat hoarse, the sound slightly distorted in the wind. "Are you... are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Huai Yi was the first to shout out that he was safe.

Soon after, Bai Xi also replied that he was fine.

In the short moment of Gongsun Zhiruo's hesitation, the person buried under the snow struggled to crawl out, and then a cold hand suddenly covered his mouth.

"Don't make a sound, don't give anything away." Then the voice behind him leaned close to his ear and said in a low voice, "I heard the voice you heard, it's disguised as me."

Gongsun Zhiruo frowned deeply.

"Teacher Gongsun?" Bai Xi's voice came, he had vaguely heard Gongsun Zhiruo's voice just now, but why wasn't he speaking now? He was a little worried.

After the Jiang Cheng behind him slowly let go, Gongsun Zhiruo pretended that nothing had happened and replied to the others, "I'm here, I'm fine."

There were sounds of packing things and stepping on snow nearby, everyone was approaching.

At the same time, Gongsun Zhiruo didn't move at all, he didn't dare to move, because he wasn't sure whether the Mr. Jiang behind him was a human or a ghost.

"Mr. Gongsun." The Jiang Cheng behind him said in a low voice, "Let's not alarm the Hungry Ghost for now, take me over there quietly, I have a way to deal with it," Jiang Cheng said firmly.

At this moment, Gongsun Zhiruo finally found the source of that strange feeling.

It was breathing!

This Jiang Cheng, who was standing right behind him, almost touching his back, had been buried under the snow for so long, he should have been close to suffocation, but not only was he not, but after breaking free he was breathing evenly, his mind was clear, and his condition was even better than all of them.

More importantly, he actually told him to take him quietly to the Hungry Ghost and said that he had a way to deal with the Hungry Ghost.

How was that possible?

Unless... unless this Jiang Cheng was the Hungry Ghost!

A hand silently landed on Gongsun Zhiruo's shoulder, Gongsun Zhiruo's body trembled, the Jiang Cheng behind him urged, "Mr. Gongsun, please hurry, if we delay any longer, I'm worried the others will be in danger."

The other Jiang Cheng, who was a little further away, seemed to have noticed the abnormality on Gongsun Zhiruo's side and asked with a suspicious tone, "Mr. Gongsun, are you alright?"

There was no time to delay, the Hungry Ghost wanted him to lead the way to Mr. Jiang, simply for the "bait" on him.

If it succeeded, not to mention whether they would die, the other team would also be exposed and face an even more terrifying chase from the Hungry Ghost.

"Mr. Gongsun, what are you hesitating about?"

As these words appeared in his ear, Gongsun Zhiruo's body suddenly bristled, this no longer sounded like a human voice, dry, desolate, as if squeezed from the throat of a dried corpse.

The hand on his left shoulder also became unusually heavy, and very large, very large, the palm on his shoulder, his fingers could actually touch his chest.

Even through the heavy winter clothes, he could feel the sharpness of the fingernails, like daggers.

This was no longer a simple deception, this was a threat!

If he disobeyed even slightly, he had no doubt that the Hungry Ghost would use its dagger-like fingernails to dig through his chest and gouge out his heart.

"Step."

"Step."

Intense and rapid snow-stepping sounds rang out, someone was walking towards him quickly, it seemed that everyone realized that something was wrong, and no one had spoken for a long time.

Gongsun Zhiruo no longer hesitated, quickly took out his phone, turned on the flashlight, and quickly shone it behind him, he completed this set of actions in one go, he had never been so fast.

The "Jiang Cheng" behind him didn't seem to expect it either, and was caught off guard.

The next second, a terrifying giant head appeared in everyone's sight, the blue-purple skin was shriveled on the face, there was sparse hair on the top of the head, the Hungry Ghost was squatting on the ground in a strange posture, and even had to look down at Gongsun Zhiruo in front of him.

The sudden light stimulated it, the Hungry Ghost waved its palm in anger, and slapped Gongsun Zhiruo, who had no time to escape, dozens of meters away.

Bai Xi picked up the signal gun and fired a flare, illuminating the surroundings with a strong light, and this flare hit the mark, shooting directly into the Hungry Ghost's shriveled eye socket.

The blizzard suddenly became unusually violent, blinding people, and accompanied by roars, but after a moment, along with the Hungry Ghost, they all disappeared.

Bai Xi rushed towards Gongsun Zhiruo like crazy, Huai Yi and Jiang Cheng were much slower, at the moment Gongsun Zhiruo was knocked away, Jiang Cheng heard a very crisp sound of bones breaking.

He knew that with such a heavy injury, Gongsun Zhiruo would hardly survive.

Although it was very cruel.

Jiang Cheng and Huai Yi came to Gongsun Zhiruo's side, he was being held by Bai Xi, his exposed upper body was covered in blood, and more frighteningly, his lower back was in a strange posture.

Jiang Cheng knew at a glance that the bones inside were all broken.

His mouth was bleeding, his eyes were wide open, his empty eyes looked at the sky above, his lips moved slightly, as if he still had something to say.

But there was no chance, soon, he stopped breathing, without even leaving a word of farewell.

"Let's go." Jiang Cheng looked at Bai Xi, "He's dead."

It was unclear whether the nightmare had made this young man mature, or perhaps it was indifference, Bai Xi didn't say a word, just put down Gongsun Zhiruo's still warm body, then, carried his luggage, and continued on his way.

Although Gongsun Zhiruo was dead, their team, as bait, could not stop, judging from the situation just now, the Hungry Ghost had not seen through it.

Along the way, Bai Xi kept the signal gun in his pocket, making it easy to pull it out at any time, even though the gun contained only the last, only one flare.

Huai Yi was worried that Bai Xi would not be able to hold on, and wanted to go over and persuade him, but was stopped by Jiang Cheng.

The three of them walked silently, no one spoke, no one knew how far they had walked, no one knew where this road led.

When their strength was about to run out, they were lucky enough to find a cave, and after a brief inspection, they decided to rest here.

Bai Xi and Jiang Cheng sat face to face, their faces were solemn, he took a deep breath, raised his head, and looked out of the cave, suddenly, his movements froze, he caught a glimpse of Jiang Cheng's shadow on the wall, it was standing.