NOVEL WEB Chapter 194: The Speedrun God!
In the cramped, dark room,
a twisted Wandering Soul made up of countless limb fragments, filled with a terrifying chill, was swelling slightly like a ball being inflated in the pitch-black environment... and then slowly shrinking again.
The Yellow Robed Priest watched the scene silently.
Though it was merely a Spiritual Body, its abundant experience allowed it to recognize the state of the Wandering Soul before it.
"It... is still sleeping," the voice of the Yellow Robed Priest came, "and it looks like it's because it's not yet night, that it is currently fairly weak."
"However, all the Black Fog from the space above... will seep into the lower levels, the lower the level... the thicker the eerie atmosphere, and the greater the lethal danger."
"It is gradually getting stronger."
Night had not yet descended... It was as if a faint Black Fog was quietly falling, increasing the resentment of the boss before them inch by inch, the temperature around them also slowly dropping, as if penetrating deep into the soul.
"Congratulations on discovering a blind spot."
Su Qi walked forward with a knife in hand.
"The theme of this world is quite clear: escape, and you can enter the next level."
"But... in fact, it's not that simple. Although one can see everything outside the walls of the entire school, it is actually wrapped in eerie forces, blocking any exits to the outer world."
"By the normal process, people should collect all the clues, try to leave, only to find they're obstructed by the eerie forces and cannot get out, and just then they will be hunted by this twisted Undead, continuing to search for clues to break the eerie spell as they flee."
"But no matter what people do, they can't get around this guy here."
Su Qi looked at the twisted Undead:
"Because the real key... is on him."
On the twisted Wandering Soul, there were various souls forcibly stuffed inside it, and a string tied to its phantom limbs, which seemed to be connected to something.
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Night descended eerily upon the entire school!
Apart from the softly flickering street lights, there was no light at all, the entire school was like a monster with a gaping maw ready to devour everyone!
The young man was named Fang Li.
He got in by a line connection.
His background in the Present World could only be considered mid-level, it was only by paying a great price, practically putting his entire family on the line, that he managed to secure a spot.
He was the family's most promising genius and was also burdened with the heavy hopes of his clan.
"Chaos is imminent, the weak will surely die... I must carry all hope and continue on."
Fang Li was naturally going to give his all.
At the moment, he was standing at the school's main gate, his face somber, as everyone looked anxiously at the strange occurrences outside the gate.
"Why can't we push it open?"
"It seems like something is hindering us here."
"Let me do it, let's break it down!!"
Unlike the other bewildered people, Fang Li, who had seen more, said: "Don't act recklessly, it's the power of the supernatural, blind force won't be able to open it."
"This is the deadly eighth layer, it won't be so easy..."
"However, judging from all the clues we just collected and the current situation, I've already figured out what this instance is all about."
It was then.
Footsteps sounded slowly in the darkness.
Everyone tensed up, turned around, and saw Su Qi, who had appeared for a moment before.
"Are you all here?"
Fang Li was surprised, "You're still alive?"
Su Qi shook his hand, apparently having just come into contact with some liquid: "I just went to the bathroom, what danger is there?"
"..."
Fang Li couldn't assess the situation, his keen senses could detect the mortal danger within the school, but this guy in front of him seemed to have genuinely just gone to the lavatory.
"Now that you're here, then listen to my summary first."
He furrowed his brow heavily, and began to speak solemnly: "This place... was originally a boarding school, but one day a special Murderer Ghost entered it. Although it was extremely weak during the day, at night it was filled with deadly danger. From that day on, students began to die for no reason, and their deaths were extremely tragic. People even saw Black Shadows at night, and the entire campus was in panic."
Fang Li placed a bunch of newspaper clippings on the ground: "The newspapers recorded three incidents, and that was when the school realized it might be haunted and called in an Onmyoji from a nearby temple. The Onmyoji wasn't ordinary, sensing the spirit of the evil ghost."
"Since during the day the probes found only weak Strength but did not find the ghost, the Onmyoji wrongly believed that the evil spirit was not to be feared and planned to perform a ritual to kill it when it became active at night."
"Sadly, they failed."
"The Murderer Ghost only needed one night to kill everyone in the school, students, and teachers alike."
Fang Li looked towards the gate: "And this place was completely taken over by the power of Darkness."
People showed a hint of fear: "Then what should we do now?"
"From the last words left by a few students before they died, we need to split up to find the Onmyoji's notes... He left something to escape from here. According to the previous ritual... it should be Hook Jade, which is highly effective against the present supernatural forces, but both the sensing and the methods of use should be in the notes," Fang Li said gravely.
In a short time, he had analyzed and observed the whole picture from the fragmented clues, and found the way to survive quickly.
But now someone's face changed drastically: "Split up? But isn't it more dangerous to be alone?",
Fang Li took out a fragment of the Onmyoji's notes, which only recorded a bit of information about the Murderer Ghost: "From what we see now, the Onmyoji's notes must have been torn up into pieces scattered across various places, we must split up to look for them, otherwise once the night falls and the Murderer Ghost's power grows with time, it won't take long before it can annihilate our entire group."