Chapter 5 The Phone Call

"Boss Lin." Fatty frowned.

Without him needing to say anything, Jiang Cheng also saw the name on the screen. An ominous premonition enveloped them both, but this time, Jiang Cheng reached out, took the phone, and pressed the answer button.

Jiang Cheng didn't speak, and the other end remained silent.

Until a few seconds later, Lin Wan'er's voice rang out: "I know it's you. Just listen, no need to talk." Lin Wan'er's tone was as calm as ever. "There are ghosts among us now. I've confirmed two of them: Chen Ran and Fu Fu. They're both ghosts. Don't ask me why they were replaced, because I don't know."

"I haven't seen any problems with Luo He and Wan Yan Ning yet, but I suspect there are ghosts among them as well. There are a lot of ghosts mixed in this mission, a lot."

"And these ghosts are different from the ones we've encountered before. They're better at disguising themselves. I even suspect some of them can read our minds."

"But that doesn't mean these ghosts are unbeatable. I've noticed that as time passes, these ghosts are becoming more and more agitated, and the flaws on their bodies are starting to show."

"Just now, Chen Ran and Fu Fu came knocking on my door, saying there was a fire downstairs, on the 3rd floor, and everyone was burned to death. They told us to open the door and run, that the fire was out of control."

"But they suddenly appeared outside the door. I didn't hear their footsteps at all. Also, like me, they live on the 5th floor. How did they know about the situation on the 3rd floor? And know it so clearly?"

"Even if someone were to notify me, it should be you who lives on the 4th floor."

"Remember, this mission is strange. Don't trust anyone's words easily here." At this point, Lin Wan'er seemed to think of something, and her tone suddenly dropped very low. Jiang Cheng needed to listen very carefully to hear her clearly. "Right now, Number 10 is by your side, right?"

Jiang Cheng didn't respond at all. He just listened.

"Move the phone away a bit, don't let him hear." Lin Wan'er continued in a lowered voice.

Jiang Cheng glanced at Fatty, then leaned back in his chair, naturally putting some distance between himself and Fatty. Fatty was still staring at Jiang Cheng nervously and didn't seem to want to get closer.

On the contrary, Fatty's eyes were full of fear.

"I suspect there's also a problem with Number 10 by your side. It's just a guess, after all, I know he boarded the bus with you, but be cautious about everything."

"I feel a strange aura from him. I don't know how to describe it. You can just take it as my sixth sense. That's all. If this goes on for too long, he'll get suspicious. Be careful." Lin Wan'er then hung up the phone.

Jiang Cheng held Fatty's phone in his hand, lost in thought. Fatty noticed something was wrong and immediately asked, "Doctor, what did Boss Lin on the other end say?"

"Some of her guesses. She's already confirmed there's a problem with Chen Ran. Not just Chen Ran, but Fu Fu too. She's investigating the others around her. She should have results soon," Jiang Cheng said.

Fatty's eyes turned strange after hearing this, and then his mouth opened and closed, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Jiang Cheng looked at him. "What do you want to say?"

Fatty hesitated for a moment, and finally, as if he had made up his mind, he said, "Doctor, why do I feel like something's not quite right here? We just confirmed there was a problem with Chen Ran, and Boss Lin calls to say there's a problem with Chen Ran too. What was she doing before?"

"Of course, I'm not saying Boss Lin definitely has a problem. I just suspect it's too much of a coincidence, right?" Fatty said, shrinking his neck, looking both confused and scared.

Jiang Cheng had thought about these things, but he hadn't found any definite evidence yet. Hearing Fatty speak, Jiang Cheng habitually looked at the phone in his hand, Fatty's phone.

The screen was still lit, but the next second, Jiang Cheng's hand holding the phone suddenly trembled.

Then, even his breathing became rapid.

He suddenly realized something very strange.

At the moment, it was 11:11.

But it wasn't that the time itself was strange, but that the time displayed on Fatty's phone was completely consistent with the time displayed on his own phone.

Every time they came to a mission world, the time on their phones was disordered, and they needed to find a clock in the mission world to synchronize the time.

This time was no exception. Jiang Cheng found a large pendulum clock near the hotel front desk and then took out his phone to synchronize the time.

But he clearly remembered that Fatty hadn't done this.

So… where did the time on his phone come from?

Who helped him synchronize the time?

Thinking of Chen Ran casually pulling out a non-existent key, Fatty's oversight seemed easy to understand. Adding Lin Wan'er's words from before, Jiang Cheng felt cold sweat trickling down his back.

"Doctor." Fatty blinked and asked carefully, "What do you really think about Boss Lin?"

Jiang Cheng quickly calmed down and answered without showing any emotion, "I don't know either. She hasn't shown any obvious flaws yet, but you're right. It's always good to be careful."

"Yeah, yeah, I just think Boss Lin is strange. I'm just worried you'll overlook it, Doctor. What's that saying? The darkest place is under the lamp, right?" Fatty looked very sincere.

But this time, Fatty's expression in the dim light looked more and more fake.

Jiang Cheng sighed pretentiously, reached out, and patted Fatty on the shoulder. "Coming to a place like this, we can't trust anyone but you and me. After all, we're the only ones who came together."

"I understand." Fatty nodded, then raised his head, his expression a little embarrassed. "But Doctor, if we can confirm that there are other people who are okay, then we should try to save them as much as possible. After all, we're friends. If we can help, we should help." Fatty looked at Jiang Cheng with pleading eyes.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Cheng finally nodded. "Okay, but remember, Fatty, the prerequisite for saving people is to ensure your own safety. If you're going to risk your life to save someone, then I absolutely won't agree!"

"We're brothers," Jiang Cheng looked at Fatty earnestly. "Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Fatty nodded vigorously.

Jiang Cheng returned the phone to Fatty and then put his own phone back in his pocket, because he had received another message. The sender was Lin Wan'er, and he didn't want Fatty to see it.

"What do we do now?" Fatty's emotions were very high after getting Jiang Cheng's approval.

"You go to bed and rest first. I'll keep watch at the door, and then when the time comes, we'll switch," Jiang Cheng said, deploying the night watch as usual, with the real intention of getting Fatty out of the way.

"Okay, then be careful. Be sure to be careful. No matter who comes, don't open the door," Fatty thoughtfully reminded him.

"Don't talk so much nonsense," Jiang Cheng glared at him impatiently.