Chapter 22: Ten Ways To Summon Ghosts (1)
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Shu Yushuang just didn't want to waste time.
Qin Su looked at the girl's back and sighed in her heart.
As expected, did she scare someone again?
Only now did Qin Su realize that this time, she was actually inside a mirror.
She tentatively reached out her hand but found that her hand could pass through the mirror and extend outside.
Of course, Qin Su didn't want to be trapped in this tiny mirror, so she immediately climbed out.
As she climbed out, she also startled the other executors, who were almost scared silly.
They cried and ran out of the room.
"Tch, so useless. All of them are far worse than that girl."
Qin Su curled her lips in disdain.
She remembered that the first girl who ran out was very calm. When she saw her, there wasn't even a trace of fear on her face.
For some reason, Qin Su felt a strong curiosity about that girl.
After all the executors ran out of the room, Qin Su silently counted to 20 in her heart.
She figured they should have all hidden by now, so she left the room.
Sure enough, the hallway was unusually quiet, with no one in sight.
Qin Su slowly floated past each room, focusing on the sounds inside. She wouldn't have done this before, but now, she really wanted to find that girl.
Soon, she stopped.
From the room on her left, she heard a very faint voice speaking.
….
After Shu Yushuang completed her first dungeon, she found that although she could enter the second dungeon at any time, the game "thoughtfully" reminded her that if she rushed in too soon, she might die a horrible death.
After weighing her options, Shu Yushuang finally decided to wait six months before entering the second dungeon.
During this time, she worked hard to improve her abilities, but all she could do was train her body and study that book.
Finally, six months passed, and Shu Yushuang couldn't wait to enter her second dungeon.
This time, when she opened her eyes, she found herself lying in a room again. However, compared to the room in the last dungeon, this one—although old and worn—looked much more normal.
Shu Yushuang picked up her phone, and this time, the instance dungeon details had already appeared on the screen.
“Beginner Instance Dungeon: Ten Ways to Summon Ghosts.
You and your friends came to explore a famous haunted house. However, the outcome of your adventure was not what you expected.
You didn't see what you were hoping for, so you decided to try summoning ghosts yourselves.
But what you didn’t know was that once you started the first ghost-summoning ritual, the process could no longer be stopped.
You must complete ten ghost-summoning tasks in a row to have a chance at survival."
Task 1: Complete ten ghost-summoning tasks within thirty days.
(Note: Each ghost-summoning task must be performed at midnight in Room 201. Every participant must enter Room 201 for the task to proceed; otherwise, the task will fail.)
Task Two: Each summoned vengeful ghost will remain in the instance dungeon for three days. Survive for three days to unlock the next ghost-summoning task.
Participants: 10
Task Duration: 30 days.
Shu Yushuang noticed that the instance dungeon details mentioned a "ritual."
This meant that the ten ghost-summoning tasks the executors had to complete were connected, forming a single ritual.
But what kind of ritual was this? What was its ultimate purpose?
Shu Yushuang had no way of knowing for now, but this wasn’t something she needed to think about at the moment.
A ritual that required ghost-summoning games to activate—could it be anything good?
When she first saw the dungeon's background introduction, Shu Yushuang thought there might be a loophole. As long as they didn’t start the first ghost-summoning game, they wouldn’t have to go through the entire chain of tasks.
But she was still too naive.
After seeing the task details, this was the only thought in Shu Yushuang’s mind.
How could the dungeon possibly let executors get through so easily?
Once a task was assigned, unless there was a special note saying that completing only some of them was enough, executors had to finish all tasks. Otherwise, there was only one ending—death.
This time, Shu Yushuang still had no intention of taking the initiative to discuss this matter with the other executors.
First, she didn’t trust them. Second, since the ghost-summoning task required everyone to be present to proceed, she believed someone would definitely come to her.
But no matter what, she wouldn’t take the initiative to seek them out.
Sure enough, it didn’t take long before someone knocked on Shu Yushuang’s door.
She first looked through the peephole—this time, it was just an ordinary one-way peephole. After seeing two girls standing outside, she opened the door.
The two girls introduced themselves. It turned out they were teammates who had entered this dungeon together.
The taller girl with a ponytail was Deng Yue, while the slightly shorter girl with black-framed glasses was Liang Qi.
This was their fourth dungeon, but it was the first one they had entered as a team.
After introducing themselves, the three of them began discussing this dungeon.
Deng Yue was the first to speak. “This dungeon is probably going to be very difficult because each vengeful ghost will only stay for three days. The shorter a ghost stays, the stronger it is.”
This was the first time Shu Yushuang had heard of this. She asked, “Is there a way to avoid these ghosts?”
“By using props and intelligence. I think each ghost-summoning task will have a path to survival, a way to keep us from being attacked by the ghosts.”
“A path to survival…”
Shu Yushuang nodded thoughtfully.
At that moment, all three of their phones rang at the same time.
"Ten Ways to Summon Ghosts – One: Brushing Hair in the Mirror at Midnight.
Only one executor needs to perform this task. The chosen or volunteer executor must brush their hair in front of the mirror in Room 201 at exactly midnight."
Deng Yue read the message the fastest. While the other two were still staring at their phones, she had already spoken. “Brushing hair in front of a mirror at midnight—this is a very common ghost-summoning method. I even played this game with my roommates in college once, but nothing happened back then.”
Shu Yushuang didn’t think that nothing had happened. The ghost-summoning game Deng Yue played back then was probably the reason she was chosen by Hell Online. But Shu Yushuang didn’t say her guess out loud.
By then, Liang Qi had finished reading the message as well. She glanced at Deng Yue, and then both of them turned to look at Shu Yushuang at the same time.
Deng Yue said, “The executor performing the ghost-summoning task will definitely be the one in the most danger.”
Shu Yushuang narrowed her eyes. She had a bad feeling about this.
"So?" she asked coldly. "Are you planning to make me the one who plays the ghost-summoning game?"
"Of course not, don’t be so tense," Deng Yue said with a smile. "The three of us can work together to make sure none of us gets picked as the unlucky one. The rules don’t say everyone has to take a turn in a ghost-summoning task, so..."
"So we should team up and force the others to do the tasks instead, is that it?"
"This is just to minimize our losses."
Shu Yushuang didn’t respond, and Deng Yue didn’t say anything more.
At that moment, Liang Qi spoke up to ease the tension. "Come on, you two, don’t be like this. Maybe someone will volunteer to do the task."
Deng Yue nodded and forced a stiff smile, but Shu Yushuang still stayed silent.
Liang Qi gave her a look, and only then did she nod like Deng Yue.
Seeing Shu Yushuang nod, Deng Yue left with Liang Qi.
After those two left, Shu Yushuang lay on the bed, thinking about tonight’s ghost-summoning task.
Since this was the first summoning in this dungeon, most executors didn’t know how risky it was. So, they probably wouldn’t volunteer but would choose to observe from the sidelines instead.
Deng Yue and Liang Qi thought of teaming up to threaten a lone executor into doing the task. But did they really think no one else would come up with the same idea?
Shu Yushuang felt those two were underestimating the others too much.
Of course, if things became too deadlocked, Shu Yushuang would take the initiative to summon the ghost. This was not because she was kind, but because she worried that failing to summon the ghost exactly at midnight might cause unpredictable changes.
At 11:30 PM, all the executors gathered in Room 201 to decide tonight’s unlucky one.
Just as Shu Yushuang expected, the remaining seven had already formed their own groups. One group had three people, and the other had four.
With three groups of similar sizes, no one could overpower the others.
Shu Yushuang watched them argue, knowing she would end up as the scapegoat.
As the clock neared midnight, she finally said, “I’ll do it.”
The room fell silent. Everyone turned to look at her.
She ignored their stares, picked up a comb from the old dressing table, and sat before the mirror.
She placed her phone beside her and stared at the time, afraid of missing the moment.
There are two minutes left.
No one dared to breathe loudly. All eyes were fixed on Shu Yushuang—not on her, but on the comb in her hand and the mirror before her.
Midnight struck. Shu Yushuang placed the comb against her hair and slowly began to brush.
Once, twice, three times…
The moment a rotting ghostly face appeared in the mirror, she threw the comb away without a word and bolted out of Room 201. There was no rule saying she had to stay after summoning the ghost.
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By the time Shu Yushuang reached her own room, the others finally reacted, shouting as they scrambled to escape.
Qin Su looked at these people with dislike, feeling bored.
She thought that lately, in every dungeon, the executors were getting worse. It wasn’t as fun as before. Back then, she didn’t enjoy it enough. Now, it was hard to find anything fun.
She stopped at a door where whispers came from.
She put her ear near the door but didn’t get too close. If she did, she’d go through the door by accident.
"Shu Yushuang, thanks for letting us hide in your room."
Shu Yushuang’s face turned dark but said nothing.
Just now, these two shameless people had used an item to threaten her, so she had no choice but to open the door for them.
Outside the door, Qin Su fell into deep thought when she heard the name.
"Shu Yushuang... Shu Yushuang... That name sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before?"
‘My little disciple is very pitiful... Can you take care of her?’
A memory suddenly surfaced in Qin Su’s mind. It must be her. This name wasn’t common.
Shu Yushuang, the little disciple of that executor. A very pitiful girl.
"Ai, she was already miserable as a child, and now she’s dragged into this game too."
She just didn’t know which executor Shu Yushuang was.
Qin Su secretly hoped that the girl who had summoned her just now was Shu Yushuang.
The room stayed silent for a long time. Finally, someone lost patience and spoke. "Why is it so quiet outside? What's that female ghost doing?"
"Who cares what she's doing? It's best if she doesn't come after us."
"No, I still don’t feel safe. Shu Yushuang, go out and check."
Inside the room, Deng Yue raised a bottle and shook it smugly at Shu Yushuang.
"If you dare disobey us, I'll make you wish you were dead."."
