If he was only suspicious before, Jiang Cheng was now at least 90% sure that this Zhou Tong also had a problem.

Of course, he wouldn't expose her. Instead, as before, he would quietly observe how things developed.

Because he still couldn't confirm what these ghosts that had infiltrated were trying to do.

If they simply wanted to kill people, why hadn't they acted yet?

All the questions converged, forming a complex and intricate picture in his mind. Suddenly, a flash of light went through his mind, and Jiang Cheng thought of something very abnormal.

The ghosts in this mission were different from those he had encountered before.

These ghosts had disguised themselves as teammates before meeting him. Taking "Teacher Zi Gui" as an example, after being exposed, she disappeared without anyone noticing.

When she was found again, she had become a charred corpse.

This gave Jiang Cheng a strange feeling, as if in this mission, the ultimate initiative was not in the hands of the ghosts disguised as teammates, but in the hands of them, these living people.

The ghosts were the vulnerable group. Once exposed, they would face terrible consequences.

To verify this, Jiang Cheng searched for Bai Xi's location, but Bai Xi was not there, presumably staying with another group of people.

Jiang Cheng secretly thought he had been negligent. He had overlooked this point, which would never have happened to him before. After coming to this world, his thinking seemed to have become sluggish and blurred.

"Da da da."

A series of crisp footsteps approached.

Everyone became alert.

Soon, another group of people walked in through the opening in the white cloth. After a moment, Jiang Cheng was surprised to find that Bai Xi was not among them either!

He wanted to ask directly, but he was worried about alarming the enemy and being targeted by the ghosts hiding in the crowd, so he held back.

But after a while, someone noticed the clue.

"Where's Bai Xi?" Lin Wan'er scanned the crowd, her voice questioning.

The other team was led by Xia Meng. When Lin Wan'er asked this, Xia Meng was stunned. She looked at Lin Wan'er strangely, her tone dissatisfied, "What are you talking about? How would I know where Bai Xi went? Didn't he leave with you?"

Xia Qiang also realized the problem and immediately said, "Patriarch, Bai Xi didn't come with us. We split up 9 people to find clues at the door. Look, there are still 9 people in our team now. You left a total of 7 people."

This time, Lin Muyun, who was closely following Xia Meng, spoke, "Captain Xia, you must be mistaken. There were 10 of you. I remember very clearly. There were 6 people left in our team."

Everyone realized something was wrong. The two teams seemed to have different perceptions.

Everyone in Jiang Cheng's team said that there were 9 people in their team before they set off, while Xia Meng's team insisted that there had always been only 6 people in their team, and there was definitely no Bai Xi.

"It seems that this is the problem." Lin Wan'er stood up, "Now the problem lies with Bai Xi. I'll just ask, after we separated, who saw Bai Xi, or rather...has any impression of him?"

After thinking, everyone shook their heads, as if at a certain moment, Bai Xi had been deleted from everyone's memory.

"Look, this situation...isn't it like Teacher Zi Gui's disappearance?" Under Su An's reminder, Su Xiaoxiao had also recognized Bai Xi's disguise early on, but after realizing that the latter had suddenly disappeared, she couldn't help but feel afraid.

Jiang Cheng knew her concerns. A "resurrected" Teacher Zi Gui had already caused so much trouble. If another Bai Xi came along, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Lu Yu, who had lost two teammates in a row, broke down. She bit her lip, and large drops of tears fell, but she didn't cry out loud. The scene was heartbreaking.

"Bai Xi must have been caught by the ghost, just like Teacher Zi Gui!" Zhou Tong, who had just calmed down, continued to incite fear when she saw this scene, "They were all caught in this building!"

"This place is not right! You...you can feel it too, right?" Zhou Tong was out of breath, looking extremely frightened, "Let's get out of here quickly, leave this place first, and look for clues outside. If there are no clues outside, we...we can come back later!"

A hint of disgust appeared in Lin Wan'er's eyes, and then she gave Number 8 a look. Number 8 understood and walked forward with a sneer. She raised her hand and slapped Zhou Tong in the face.

"Pa!"

The sound was crisp.

"If you dare to disrupt morale again, I'll slap you again!" Number 8 shook her hand, looking like she had tried to reason but Zhou Tong wouldn't listen, so she had to resort to violence.

Being slapped in public by a little girl who was half a head shorter than her, Zhou Tong was stunned. She stopped crying instantly. After a moment, she reacted and bared her teeth and claws, trying to fight Number 8.

In the end, Xia Qiang and the others stopped her, and she calmed down.

Although their teammate was beaten for making a mistake first, the way Xia Qiang and the others looked at Lin Wan'er was not as friendly as before. They harbored some resentment.

This was still because of Jiang Cheng's reputation.

Jiang Cheng wanted to remind Xia Qiang and the others that this Zhou Tong was not a human, but a ghost in disguise, but reason told him that he couldn't, because he couldn't be sure if there were any other ghosts among Xia Qiang's group.

He even suspected that ghosts had infiltrated Lin Wan'er's side.

"Huh?" Fatty made a puzzled sound. After a moment, he seemed to have seen a terrifying scene. His eyes widened suddenly, and his shoulders shook violently, "Damn, what's going on?!"

Following Fatty's line of sight and looking down from the stage, everyone was horrified to find that many wooden chairs with backrests had appeared out of nowhere not far behind them. They were placed under the stage, as if waiting to watch a show.

The most terrifying thing was that these chairs were only a few meters away from them, but no one had noticed when these wooden chairs had appeared behind them.

After all, their attention was focused on the missing Bai Xi.

"1, 2, 3..." Su Xiaoxiao silently counted the number of chairs. After a while, she took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Cheng with a strange expression, whispering, "There are 17 chairs in total."

Hearing this, everyone's expression turned strange. 17 chairs, exactly the number of survivors participating in the mission.

But the important thing was that one of them had already been confirmed dead, and another was missing. They couldn't possibly gather 17 people. Why...would the mission arrange 17 chairs?

Could it be that...ghosts were also qualified to sit in chairs?

Jiang Cheng walked down from the stage and soon found new clues on the back of the chairs. Each chair had a blurry black and white photo attached to it. The photos were rough and were all cut from newspapers.

The photos corresponded to their faces.

The faces of Teacher Zi Gui and Bai Xi had already been turned into charcoal.