Lin Muyun's expression faltered upon hearing this. He was momentarily stunned. He first glanced at the staircase leading below, then looked at Xia Qiang, asking with a puzzled tone, "Captain Xia, are we... escaping upwards?"

Anyone could see that, under the pursuit of the killer, escaping upwards was a dead end, they would be found sooner or later.

Escaping downwards offered a slim chance of survival.

But Xia Qiang convinced Lin Muyun with just one sentence, "Young Master Lin, what we can think of, the killer might also think of."

Through his mission experiences, Xia Qiang had gradually realized one thing: while ghosts represented the ultimate in madness and evil, it did not mean they were stupid. On the contrary, most of them were even more cunning than humans.

The only thing that could restrain them was the rules.

Just like not long ago, Jiangcheng and Lin Muwan's group ran directly into the killer, but because of the rules, the killer could not attack them, and the two of them narrowly escaped with their lives.

Xia Qiang and Lin Muyun stepped onto the upward staircase, their figures quickly disappearing into the fog.

Not long after they left, a gust of wind inexplicably swept through the stairwell. The wind wasn't strong, just slightly disturbing the surrounding fog.

At the corner of the staircase leading downwards, the fog was blown away by the wind, revealing a pair of black leather boots.

The boots were as large as small boats, placed tightly together, motionless.

As if they had been standing there for some time.

...

"Where are we going now?" Lin Muyun asked softly. It was very quiet nearby, and he didn't dare to speak loudly, worried about attracting something from the fog.

Strangely, after looking at the fog for a long time, he actually felt that there was something else in the fog besides the killer.

A very strange feeling, he couldn't explain it.

Xia Qiang stopped. They were standing next to a corner, with three paths in front of them: one straight ahead, and one to the left and right.

The environment here was similar to downstairs. It was also a company, and the three paths led to three different office areas.

The last time he came, he had observed the surrounding environment. The path on the left led to a smaller area, and the path ahead led to an area with mostly managers' offices, individual offices that were not conducive to hiding.

After all, Xia Qiang had his own considerations. Choosing to go upstairs was also a gamble, betting that the killer wouldn't find them before the rain stopped, that he could deal with it and buy enough time.

Obviously, the path ahead and the one on the left did not meet the conditions for hiding.

The right side... Xia Qiang's furrowed brows slowly relaxed. The right side was not bad, leading to an office area almost identical to the one downstairs, the one they woke up in.

The area was large enough, and the layout was relatively complex. If used well, there would be a chance to deal with the killer.

More importantly, this office area had large glass windows, allowing them to observe the intensity of the rain at any time, so as to judge when the mission would end.

Without hesitation, Xia Qiang led Lin Muyun, and began to walk along the path on the right.

They moved very lightly, making almost no sound.

The surrounding fog was getting thicker, which made Xia Qiang feel a very bad premonition.

After some time, Xia Qiang suddenly stopped, which immediately made Lin Muyun behind him nervous. "What happened?" he asked in a very low voice.

Xia Qiang slowly turned around, looking in the direction they came from, which was also shrouded in fog. The visibility was getting worse and worse. Now they could only see about two meters in front and behind them.

Lin Muyun didn't have much experience, and he had just arrived in this kind of place, so he hadn't adapted yet, so it was normal that he didn't notice. But Xia Qiang had noticed.

The road they were walking on was not right.

This road... was too straight.

They had walked for so long, but they hadn't encountered a single intersection, or a place to turn.

According to the layout of this building, this was absolutely impossible.

And wasn't this road a little too long? According to Xia Qiang's estimation, they should already be standing inside the office area.

But now, they hadn't even seen a door.

What was going on?

Were they trapped in a ghost wall?

Or had another phenomenon occurred that they couldn't understand.

Xia Qiang's expression became ugly, because no matter what, one thing was certain.

That killer had already found them.

Now, it was right beside them.

Suppressing the panic in his heart, Xia Qiang showed an extraordinary calmness. He pieced all these clues together in his mind.

They had to separate, perhaps... this was the only way to survive.

If his guess was correct.

"Young Master Lin," Xia Qiang said, his tone startling Lin Muyun at his side.

"Xia..."

Lin Muyun had just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by Xia Qiang, "Young Master Lin, listen to me, now, leave me, take a few steps forward, don't go too far, about 3 or 4 steps is enough, so that I can see your back."

Feeling Xia Qiang's tone, Lin Muyun didn't say another word of nonsense. He immediately followed his instructions, left him, and took 3 steps forward. In the fog, only a blurry figure remained.

Lin Muyun's back looked clean, as if there was no one standing behind him.

Suddenly, Xia Qiang noticed that Lin Muyun's shoulders were trembling slightly, "Captain Xia, I see the road, it's right in front, about 5 or 6 meters away, there's a door, it's their office area, almost the same as the one downstairs."

Sure enough!

Xia Qiang breathed a sigh of relief. The one being targeted was himself.

Lin Muyun immediately saw the real road when he left his range.

If there were no accidents, the killer was standing behind him now.

Perhaps it was waiting for an opportunity, or perhaps there were other reasons, but these were no longer important to him.

He now had only one thought, how to let Lin Muyun leave safely before he was killed.

"Can you see the road ahead clearly?" Xia Qiang didn't move at all, standing in place. He didn't want to anger the killer and make the situation worse.

"I can see it clearly, it should be real," Lin Muyun said quickly, appearing very excited, "Captain Xia, we're out."

As he spoke, he was about to turn around, but was immediately stopped by Xia Qiang, "Don't turn around!" Xia Qiang said sternly.

Lin Muyun's body trembled, and he actually didn't turn around, "Captain Xia, what did you find?" Lin Muyun was puzzled, his tone panicked.

Although he knew that he might die in the next second, Xia Qiang still tried his best to say in a calm tone, "We are both being targeted by the killer, but now it's not clear who is being targeted, so I suggest we split up."

"You keep walking forward, I walk backward, so that even if something happens, at least one person can live, and won't implicate the other."

Xia Qiang didn't give Lin Muyun a chance to speak, and then said, "Okay, let's start now." After a pause, he finally said, "Good luck, Lin Muyun."