The fat man surveyed the area, feeling like ghosts were everywhere, and even suspecting that one was watching him through the bushes.

Thanks to his excellent imagination, the fat man successfully scared himself, and his face turned pale.

Jiang Cheng knew he liked to overthink things and explained, "Don't bother looking. It's useless. If our guess is right, then this real First Madam ghost has the ability to become invisible. Lu Qin wasn't wrong; she's hiding among us, or rather, hiding behind the Substitute Disaster Girl."

"Anyone who gets close to the Substitute Disaster Girl will be killed by her."

Considering the previous three deaths, Jiang Cheng's statement was entirely plausible.

Zhang Qizheng also nodded thoughtfully. "No wonder we didn't see the figure move before killing Li Bai and the others. This is all a deception, a smokescreen. And those bizarrely missing copper coins must have been torn off and taken away by the real First Madam ghost."

The strikingly similar deaths of the three known victims corroborated this.

The clues Tang Qisheng brought back were valuable, not only confirming the identity of the "First Madam" but also exposing the real First Madam. Now, Jiang Cheng and the others' focus shifted from stealing the embroidered ball to finding the real First Madam.

"But if the First Madam can become invisible, how do we find her?" the fat man asked, looking at Jiang Cheng.

Although they had devoted most of their energy to the "First Madam's" appearance, thanks to their rich experience and abilities, they were reasonably certain that no one was watching them nearby. Approaching them silently would be very difficult, which meant the Marquis's Mansion hadn't arranged anyone to monitor them.

Everything here related to the First Madam was unrelated to the Marquis's arrangements.

In other words, the Marquis's Mansion had hired them to eliminate the First Madam's vengeful spirit, so at least in their stance against the ghost, the Zhennan Marquis was on their side. But that didn't prevent the Zhennan Marquis from discarding them after the ghost was dealt with.

The real embroidered ball must be on the First Madam, so determining the First Madam's location became the top priority.

Suddenly, Jiang Cheng thought of another scene, the words of the Soul-Seizing Woman. His long experience had taught him that the words of key characters might contain hidden traps, but they would never lie on some crucial issues. Since the Soul-Seizing Woman said the embroidered ball was on the First Madam, then it must be possible to find it.

Also, Jiang Cheng remembered the Substitute Disaster Girl mentioning the taboo when facing the First Madam: never turn your back on her.

That meant anyone who turned their back on the First Madam would be killed by her, and Li Bai and the others must have broken that taboo. Considering the positions of Li Bai and the others, Jiang Cheng guessed that the real First Madam might be right behind the Substitute Disaster Girl.

The thought of that scene, a real ghost capable of invisibility following behind the fake one, sent chills down his spine.

Jiang Cheng shared his thoughts, and the others reacted quickly. Yao Shunyu nodded repeatedly, agreeing, "I agree with your opinion. Do you remember, we've already confirmed that approaching the Substitute Disaster Girl from the front isn't a problem. Why is that? Consider it from another angle. If the real First Madam is behind the Substitute Disaster Girl, then the First Madam's face should be oriented the same way as the Substitute Disaster Girl, facing Zhu Jie and Tang Qisheng. Because they didn't turn their backs, they weren't immediately caught off guard and killed. But Li Bai was different; Li Bai approached the Substitute Disaster Girl from behind."

Everyone knew what happened next. Li Bai was killed almost instantly, and his body remained in its original position.

Slowly, as the clues deepened, the situation before everyone's eyes became clearer, and the sense of helplessness in their hearts gradually dissipated. The hope of survival grew, and everyone saw hope again.

In the Nightmare World, the most frightening and mentally tormenting thing was losing hope.

The fat man seemed to have thought of a crucial question, and he became excited for a moment. "I thought of a question. The First Madam's invisibility is too abnormal. I'm wondering, just a guess, could the First Madam's invisible state have flaws?"

"Go on," Jiang Cheng said, looking at him, because he had a similar idea himself.

Encouraged, the fat man spoke faster. "I'm thinking that it's acceptable that we can't see the First Madam, but... what about those who were chosen, Li Bai, Zhu Jie, Tang Qisheng... could they see the real ghost?"

"Of course they couldn't. If they could, they could at least give a warning," Zhang Qizheng said, not caring about the fat man's feelings, saying whatever came to mind. Now was not the time for mutual flattery.

The fat man nodded. "I know what you mean, but I mean that the chosen people might be different from us. They have a chance to discover the real First Madam, but they didn't think about it that way."

Everyone nodded at this statement. Yes, that possibility did exist. Then the next person's task was to find a way to determine the First Madam's exact location.

That sounded easy, but no one could be sure what they would encounter in practice.

Suddenly, another thought popped into Jiang Cheng's mind. It was the scene under the bridal veil. After the Bride Ghost mission, he was very resistant to things like bridal veils, wedding dresses, and cheongsams. "Could it be lifting the veil? As long as the chosen person lifts the veil, the real ghost will appear?" Jiang Cheng suddenly said.

Lifting the veil was too dangerous. A failed guess would directly cost a person, and they didn't have many people left to use for trial and error.

"Lifting the veil..." Zhang Qizheng's expression was ugly. "Isn't that too reckless? And I don't think the clue would be that easy. After all, a hothead might do that directly."

Jiang Cheng immediately shook his head in rebuttal. "I've experienced quite a few missions, and the real clues are mostly not hidden. Only the guessing process is difficult, but there's nothing wrong with the clues themselves."

Jiang Cheng's words were reasonable after thinking about them. After all, it was like looking for something right under your nose. For high-end players like them, the more direct and simple the clue, the more unreliable they found it, as if only what was obtained through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood would be the truth. This kind of thinking greatly limited them.

In comparison, the fat man was much better. He didn't have so many schemes. To put it bluntly, he was simple-minded; to put it nicely, he had the heart of a child, a child's heart that remained unchanged after many missions of beatings and abuse.

After listening to Jiang Cheng's words, Zhang Qizheng was silent for a moment before raising his head, but before he could make a sound, a huge sense of crisis instantly enveloped him.