This was a complete monster created by grafting!

"Huh?" Cao Yang, who had already run to the seventh floor, asked, gasping for breath, "Why did the footsteps disappear? Is the monster not chasing us anymore?"

After seeing what the Multi-Headed Ghost looked like now, Cao Yang thought it was more appropriate to call it a monster.

"Y-yes..." Director Qi looked back, his face pale. "And... Mr. Jiang didn't come with us. Could he have been captured by the monster?"

"He wouldn't be captured even if you were." Huai Yi glared at Director Qi, who immediately shut his mouth.

He suspected that Jiang Cheng must have discovered something.

In less than 10 seconds, Jiang Cheng walked down from upstairs. As soon as they met, Huai Yi could tell that Jiang Cheng was in much better shape.

The tightly furrowed brow had also relaxed.

"The ghost didn't chase us out?" Director Qi asked first.

Jiang Cheng nodded. "No, it only chased us a few steps and then retreated."

Hearing this, Huai Yi immediately reacted. "The idea of a safe house is correct. Otherwise, the ghost would definitely chase us out to catch Director Qi. It's guarding there to prevent us from going in!"

"It's also stalling for time!" Huai Yi continued to analyze, "I think the safe house also has a time limit. If no one can enter by then, the safe house will become ineffective, and this ghost will become a truly invincible evil spirit!"

"But with a ghost guarding it, how can we get in?" Director Qi's face looked like he had lost a family member.

"Someone has already entered," Jiang Cheng said, "so you don't need to worry about that."

"Lin Wan'er?!" Cao Yang exclaimed.

Jiang Cheng immediately looked at him. Cao Yang realized he had lost his composure and gave a sheepish smile. "T-that's great... Miss Lin is still alive, she's alright... That's really great."

After noticing that the Multi-Headed Ghost had slowed down, Jiang Cheng intentionally stopped to observe. As a result, he discovered that the door of another ward not far from room 906 suddenly opened, and Lin Wan'er ran into the door of room 906 at an extremely fast speed.

After Lin Wan'er went inside, the Multi-Headed Ghost stood outside the ward door, as if there was a transparent barrier in front of the door, preventing it from entering.

Huai Yi's idea was correct.

Immediately afterward, Jiang Cheng led the others to the eighth floor, room 806.

After opening the window of the ward, Jiang Cheng gently knocked on the wall twice. Soon, a rope made of spliced-together curtains swayed down from upstairs.

Director Qi was about to rush up when he saw the rope, but Jiang Cheng kicked him to the ground. He clutched his butt, feeling extremely aggrieved.

"You go first," Jiang Cheng said, looking at Huai Yi.

Time was pressing, and there was no time for politeness. Huai Yi was the first to climb up the rope.

Then came the fussy Director Qi.

Just as Jiang Cheng was about to let Cao Yang climb up first, Lin Wan'er's cold voice came from above, "You go first."

The moment Jiang Cheng heard the voice, his expression involuntarily changed.

At this time, Cao Yang had already grabbed the rope, but he had to release it with a forced smile, and then reluctantly handed the rope to Jiang Cheng.

"Brother Jiang," he said, holding the rope and looking at Jiang Cheng with a strange expression, "I, Cao Yang... have been pretty good to you, right?"

Apparently worried that Jiang Cheng had forgotten his good deeds, he quickly added, "That time with Blind Zheng, you would have died there without me."

"There's some misunderstanding between me and Miss Lin..." Cao Yang pursed his lips and stammered, "I know you and her have a special relationship. Please help me say some good words when you go up. Don't... don't leave me behind alone."

"I saved your life!" he emphasized.

Jiang Cheng looked at him. After a moment, he nodded. "I'll try."

"Thank you!"

After saying that, Cao Yang watched Jiang Cheng being pulled up by the rope.

In less than 5 seconds, heavy footsteps came from the end of the corridor.

"Damn it!" Cao Yang's expression tightened, and he quickly walked over and closed the door. "That ghost must be coming."

He guarded by the window, waiting anxiously, but the rope didn't come down. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and he was getting more and more anxious.

Finally, a rope fell down.

Cao Yang grabbed it as if it were a lifeline and desperately climbed up. "Miss Lin, I, Cao Yang, am sorry for what I did to you before. Thank you for being magnanimous and helping me this time. I, Cao Yang, will definitely repay you when I get out..."

Before he could finish speaking, Cao Yang, who had already climbed to the window, looked up and saw Lin Wan'er's frosty face, and... the huge scissors in her hand.

"Snap!"

"No—, ahhh!!"

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a heart-wrenching roar, a heavy landing sound came from downstairs. Cao Yang on the ninth floor was probably dead.

Even if he could survive, he wouldn't escape the Multi-Headed Ghost.

The next second, a black shadow flashed past the window on the eighth floor. The Multi-Headed Ghost crashed through the window on the eighth floor and jumped down. Immediately afterward, there was another loud noise.

It seemed like something was being trampled to pieces.

Lin Wan'er retracted her gaze and looked at Huai Yi and Director Qi in the room. Both of them looked away, not daring to meet her eyes.

This woman's aura was too strong, and Jiang Cheng was by her side.

Cao Yang's life or death had nothing to do with him, and Huai Yi naturally wouldn't stand up for him.

"Yu Yu was killed by him," Lin Wan'er said. "Yu Yu was already dead when I arrived."

"At that time, the ghost was nearby, and he even planned to stab my leg to let the ghost kill me too." Lin Wan'er's tone was emotionless, as if she was just stating the facts. "Fortunately, I noticed it and only injured my arm."

Lin Wan'er raised her arm, and a wound left by a sharp object could be clearly seen on it.

"He really deserves to die!" Director Qi cursed with great discernment. "He even wanted to harm a beauty like Miss Lin. His crimes are unforgivable!"

Lin Wan'er turned her head to look at him. "Shut up."

"Okay!" Director Qi obediently closed his mouth and didn't say a word.

At the same time, Lin Wan'er's gaze focused on a spot on the wall, where there was a wall clock, the old-fashioned kind.

A very obvious mark was engraved on the glass dial, as if hinting at something.

The current time was 1:40 AM.

And the engraving was at the number 44.

"We can leave here at 1:44 AM?" Huai Yi seemed to realize something and looked at Lin Wan'er as if seeking confirmation. "Right?"

This time should be the time when the ritual was supposed to take place, but since Director Qi was in the safe house, the ritual naturally failed.

This game... was solved.

Sure enough, when the second hand pointed to the number 12, everything changed. The space-time they were in began to distort, and Jiang Cheng and the others were also distorted along with it.

But only Director Qi didn't change.

The moment Jiang Cheng and the others disappeared, Director Qi sat down on the ground.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, although he didn't know why these people had disappeared, he understood that he had finally survived.

Moreover, the eerie feeling that this world brought him had dissipated for the most part.

"Phew—"

Just as he had rested enough, he stood up unsteadily and turned to walk out, but the next second, he suddenly stopped.

Along the edge of the door, a broken face peeked out diagonally, smiling at him eerily.

"Giggle, giggling~"