He was a living person; the path to survival... was right there!

At the same time, another piece of information surfaced in his mind without warning. He recalled the story in the newspaper. According to the old woman, she dreamed of the police officer's family being taken away by a strange man.

The old woman woke up at midnight exactly.

Also, the old woman said she saw the ghost opera stage. She mentioned that the stage was covered with white cloth, and there were shadowy figures moving about on the stage, accompanied by a series of melodramatic singing sounds. The police officer's family was sitting in front of the stage.

Not just their family, there were others in front of the stage, at least a dozen.

Even more terrifying was that soon after, these people's bodies caught fire, but they didn't move until they were burned to charcoal.

It was imaginable that these theatergoers were all ghosts.

What Jiang Cheng really cared about was that not everyone was burned. Among these people, there was an extremely special existence. He sat in the front row, in the very center.

After those people were burned to charcoal, he slowly walked onto the stage, and then disappeared.

At the same time, the ghost opera stage, and the charred corpses in front of the stage, all vanished.

In front of the opera stage downstairs in this hotel were also more than a dozen chairs, each with a photo of them attached, cut from the newspaper.

Jiang Cheng clearly remembered that his seat was in the very center of the first row.

Ghost opera, seats, mysterious man, a path to survival... Connecting these together, Jiang Cheng could confirm that the path to survival tonight was to arrive at his seat before the ghost opera began and sit down.

He couldn't foresee what would happen after that, he could only adapt to the situation.

The road to the ghost opera stage was bound to be fraught with danger. Fatty, Lin Wan'er, and the ghosts disguised as other people would not let him go. He also couldn't figure out why the Fatty who came with him was disguised as a ghost, when others were.

Where was the real Fatty right now?

He was also worried about Fatty's safety, but now, he didn't have a better solution. He had to get through this ghost opera first.

Hearing the snoring gradually rising behind him, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but frown. He knew that no matter how normal "Fatty" seemed now, he would reveal his true colors after 12 o'clock.

After waiting another minute, Jiang Cheng very slowly picked up his phone from beside the pillow, trying his best to shield it with his hand, and lit up the phone screen. He needed to know the exact time now.

11:48.

Only 2 minutes left before the time he planned to start acting.

He turned off the screen, and was about to quietly put the phone away when a sudden scene startled him and his body shook. He almost dropped the phone on the ground.

At the moment the screen went off, through the reflection of the screen, he suddenly saw Fatty, who was originally lying asleep behind him, staring at him with a pale face, head tilted.

"Doctor," Fatty's sinister voice came, "Why aren't you asleep yet? And... what are you doing looking at your phone?"

Jiang Cheng pretended to be extremely frightened. His hand holding the phone trembled, and the phone fell off the bed and onto the ground. "Lin Wan'er... Lin Wan'er is here!" Jiang Cheng's voice was shaking with fear.

Hearing this, Fatty made a huffing sound, as if suppressing a laugh. "Don't be afraid, doctor. I told you, the ghost disguised as Boss Lin can't get in. Other ghosts can't get in either. As long as we don't go out and don't open the door, we'll be safe after 12 o'clock. Both of us... will be safe."

A creepy smile appeared in Fatty's eyes. "Boss Lin's ghost is most capable of killing people near the elevator, because she died in the elevator. As long as we don't get close to the elevator, nothing will happen."

Jiang Cheng turned his head and looked at Fatty with an indescribable expression. "But Lin Wan'er said that she... she's already in here, in the bathroom, and she wants me to follow her quietly, without disturbing you."

"What?!"

Hearing Jiang Cheng say this, Fatty's expression instantly changed. He immediately stood up, intending to go to the bathroom to look for her. In the process, he didn't forget to put on his slippers, and at the same time, he arranged Jiang Cheng's slippers properly.

Looking at the slippers with the toes pointing towards him, Jiang Cheng knew that this was the ghost's means of perception.

Because the bathroom was not far from the door, Fatty walked quite confidently. Even if Jiang Cheng rushed out at this moment, he was 100% confident that he could stop him.

With his hand gripping the bathroom doorknob, a fierce light flashed in Fatty's eyes. He had not yet sensed the presence of other ghosts, but they were competitors, so he had to be careful in everything.

Moreover... there was a large mirror in the bathroom, which was what Fatty was most worried about.

He pulled the door open. It was dark inside, and the mirror was covered tightly with a bed sheet. No problem.

Hearing the sound of Fatty opening the door, Jiang Cheng quickly acted. He picked up the slippers from the ground as soon as possible, rushed to the window, and pointed the toes of the slippers out the window.

After doing all this, Fatty also walked out of the bathroom. Jiang Cheng held his breath and retreated to the wardrobe, leaning against it.

At this time, Fatty was walking towards the window swaying as if he was drunk, his face pale, and his expression strange. He didn't look like a living person no matter how you looked at him.

Then, the previous scene replayed. Fatty's eyes were dull, and he was spinning around the window like a headless fly, his neck stiff, always facing the direction of the slipper toes. "Doctor, where are you? There's no one in the bathroom. There are only two of us in the room. Come out quickly. It's too dark. I can't see you. Doctor, where are you? I can't see you..."

Seeing that he had temporarily trapped Fatty, Jiang Cheng tiptoed to behind the door. As soon as possible, he put on the shoes that he had taken off when he entered the room, which would be very helpful for the upcoming escape.

After listening for a few seconds while贴着the door, he quickly opened the door. Before he could rush out, he heard a strange sound from behind him, "So you're here, doctor."

Jiang Cheng's blood instantly ran cold, but after a moment, he did not wait for Fatty's attack. Instead, accompanied by the crisp sound of glass breaking, a bloated figure broke through the glass and jumped out of the window.

"Bang!"

The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground came from downstairs.

The ghost disguised as Fatty... actually jumped out of the building?

This was something Jiang Cheng hadn't expected. It turned out that when he said "I found you" just now, he thought he was hiding outside the window.

The situation in the corridor also became strange. The lights leading to the left were either broken or flickering, creating a very strange atmosphere, but the lights leading to the right were all fine, emitting a warm light.

Without delay, Jiang Cheng rushed to the left immediately after exiting the door. He knew in his heart that this was all Lin Wan'er's trick, and at this moment, Lin Wan'er was hiding near the elevator on the right, waiting for him to walk into her trap.