Chapter 191 Crack
Chapter 191: Decipher

"Qi Nian."

Bai Yanliang suddenly called her name.

Qi Nian raised his eyes to look at him and saw Bai Yanliang staring at him without blinking.

"What...what happened?"

For some reason, she felt an inexplicable nervousness and a feeling of being at a loss.

"You're next."

Bai Yanliang's words stunned Qi Nian. After thinking about it, she realized what Bai Yanliang meant.

"Well, according to the order of drawing lots, I will be the next ghost."

Bai Yanliang was silent for a moment, then said to Qi Nian: "After the third round of the game begins, no matter what you see or discover, just pretend you don't know. If you believe me, it's best to do nothing."

Qi Nian widened her eyes. Although she knew every word Bai Yanliang said, when they were put together, she didn't understand what he was saying.

"You... found a way to survive?"

"I guess so." Bai Yanliang knew Qi Nian would have this reaction. He smiled, looked at his injured finger, and said, "Have you ever thought about why each of us has to play the role of a ghost in this game?"

"Ah?" Qi Nian was a little confused. Rules are rules. Is there any reason why?

She shook her head, the confusion in her eyes not diminishing at all.

Bai Yanliang looked up at her and said, "Although I have never played hide-and-seek, I know the rules of hide-and-seek. Generally speaking, except for the first round where the ghost is selected through finger-guessing games, the ghost in the following rounds should be the person caught by the ghost, right?"

Qi Nian nodded. This was true. The rules were the same anywhere in the world.

"Then...why isn't this the rule for Wu Ji's hide-and-seek game?"

Bai Yanliang seemed to be asking her, but also seemed to be asking himself.

Qi Nian glanced at him hesitantly, "Maybe... for the sake of fairness?"

In Qi Nian's opinion, letting everyone be a ghost once can ensure the fairness of the game.

"Yes." To Qi Nian's surprise, Bai Yanliang actually affirmed what she said.

His eyes flashed with a dazzling light, and he said softly: "It is indeed for fairness, but... it is not for fair ghosts, but to provide everyone with a chance to play a one-on-one game with ghosts."

Qi Nian's heart suddenly beat, she seemed to understand something, and when she looked at Bai Yanliang, she found that Bai Yanliang had stood up, and the huge bright moon outside the window was right behind him.

"If Song Que doesn't die, we will know whether it is Yuan Jie who trapped him. If it is Yuan Jie, then it means... the hide-and-seek game still has universal rules. Those who are caught by the 'ghost' will be the 'ghost' in the next round. Then what is the meaning of our role as the 'ghost'?"

Qi Nian looked at Bai Yanliang in a trance. Bai Yanliang himself didn't know that he was smiling. Although his smile was very faint, it was not a false disguise but a real smile!
"Qi Nian, the 'ghosts' we play will enter another game of hide-and-seek after the countdown ends." Bai Yanliang looked at Qi Nian and said seriously, "That game is only for you and the real ghost. What you have to do is to find it. But...if you believe me, then you will do nothing and lose the game directly. The price of doing so is that your memory will be erased, but there will be no other dangers. Leave the rest to me."

Qi Nian stared at him blankly. She couldn't fully understand what Bai Yanliang said next. One reason was that Bai Yanliang hadn't explained some of the logic, and the other was that she was... distracted just now.

For the first time, Qi Nian felt that a person could look so good when he smiled. The smile that appeared on Bai Yanliang's lips just now made him look like he was alive!
She felt that she was not exaggerating at all. Although Bai Yanliang was laughing before, for some reason, Qi Nian could not feel Bai Yanliang's emotions.

But just now... she felt it.

"Qi Nian?" Bai Yanliang waved his hand in front of her. "Qi Nian? What's wrong with you?"

Qi Nian suddenly woke up. She didn't know what she was thinking about. She quickly stood up and stammered, "Okay... okay... I believe you. If it's really like what you said, I won't do anything."

By the dim window, Bai Yanliang couldn't see that Qi Nian's face was slightly red.

He just nodded and waited for the time to pass.

……

Song Que licked his dry lips and pressed against the door of the locker room. Yuan Jie's face that had been sticking out from above his head had disappeared.

Song Que breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed to have worked for the time being.

It was waiting, waiting for Bai Yanliang and others to come and rescue it, and then catch them all in one fell swoop.

Song Que knew that if Bai Yanliang and the others were not stupid, they would never come here. He also did not expect Bai Yanliang and the others to save him, because this would most likely have the opposite effect. After they all died, they might all become ghosts in the next round.

All he needs is time.

Although his cell phone turned off automatically and he couldn't check the time, Song Que was different from Bai Yanliang, as he still had an expensive watch.

Now the time has almost come to the end of the second round of the game.

As long as he could delay until the end of the game, he would be completely safe.

However, at this moment, a strange bell sound was heard.

"jingle--"

"jingle--"

"jingle--"

Song Que felt his muscles trembling uncontrollably. It was that ghost... the real evil ghost was coming!

Although he was prepared to attract this rotten evil spirit, and this was also part of his plan.

But what he couldn't predict was that the ghost's terrifying aura would be so terrifying!

Just by being close to it, Song Que felt a strong sense of suffocation.

This made Song Que think of what Yu Wenxuan said...

The fog is changing, it wants to... get rid of everyone!

However, at this moment, the locker room door that Song Que was holding against with all his might suddenly felt an irresistible force!
"boom--"

The wooden door broke with a sound!

"puff--"

Song Que was also knocked against the wall by the force, and his internal organs suffered a huge impact. He vomited a large amount of blood and the pain was so severe that he would rather die than live!
Song Que turned over in fear and climbed up, slowly looking up from the small...

Standing at the door was a pair of rotting bare feet.

The darkness before him was as bright as day in Song Que's eyes, so... he saw clearly... what a terrifying appearance this evil ghost in front of him had.

It was over two meters tall, and had a human body, but its skin and flesh were rotting over a large area...

This kind of thing shouldn't exist in the world!
Finally... under Song Que's horrified gaze, it jumped straight into the locker room with its two feet and stood in front of Song Que!
"Ah...ah..." Song Que opened his mouth, his pupils kept shrinking and dilating, and some meaningless sounds came from his throat. He was so frightened that he couldn't speak at all.

He wanted to resist, wanted to escape, but he was so frightened that he couldn't muster any strength...

The terrifying evil spirit looked down at him, his eyes full of bloodshot.

It stretched out its hand quickly and rushed straight towards Song Que!

Song Que closed his eyes subconsciously, his heart was filled with complete despair. After all... he failed to wait until the end of the game.

He felt its nails scratching his scalp.

But at this moment!
A strong feeling of dizziness came over him, and Song Que was stunned in despair, then he was overjoyed!

Time for round two!
(End of this chapter)