Fang Xiqiong bent down to talk to him like she didn't notice anything.

Shu Yushuang looked at that person in fear and slowly stepped back.

She was very sure now, that the "person" sitting in the chair was definitely not the female ghost that chased them before. Then where did this evil ghost come from?

Looking at Fang Xiqiong, it seemed like she was already used to dealing with these evil ghosts. Then can she still be trusted?

In just one moment, many thoughts flashed through Shu Yushuang's mind.

Fang Xiqiong quickly finished talking with that evil ghost and then handed him a stack of papers.

The evil ghost took the stack and flipped through it once. Then he pressed on it with his finger, and after that, he left the screening room.

Fang Xiqiong finally looked over at Shu Yushuang, and their eyes met just as Shu Yushuang was watching her with caution.

Fang Xiqiong gave a bitter smile and said to Shu Yushuang, "Don't be nervous, that's not an evil ghost."

"But his head..."

"He's a wandering soul. He's also a kind of ghost, but he won't hurt people. After he leaves this place, living people can't even see him. Wandering souls are a kind of ghost that doesn't cause any harm."

A wandering soul... a ghost that doesn't hurt people?

Shu Yushuang suddenly fell into deep thought, but she quickly remembered why she had come downstairs.

"Do you have a whole animal face here? Raw."

Fang Xiqiong asked curiously, "What are you planning to do?"

Shu Yushuang simply told Fang Xiqiong her plan. After thinking for a moment, Fang Xiqiong said, "It might work, but if you use an animal's, the risk is high. Do you have another plan?"

"I do, but it also has some risk, so I'm planning to try both ways."

But actually, Shu Yushuang's second plan was very similar to the first one. Still, after hearing what she said, Fang Xiqiong felt a bit more at ease.

She walked a little farther away to make a phone call. Shu Yushuang didn't hear what she said.

Not long after, Fang Xiqiong finished the call and came back.

"I asked someone to bring me some animal heads. They'll be here in five minutes."

She could actually find them? Shu Yushuang once again started to doubt Fang Xiqiong's identity.

It was not long before Fang Xiqiong’s phone rang. Shu Yushuang looked at the time. It had not even been five minutes yet.

Fang Xiqiong came back from outside with a bloody bag. The bag was very big, and it seemed like there were many things inside.

Fang Xiqiong handed the bag to Shu Yushuang.

"There are many animal faces inside. Try them all and see which one fits the female ghost’s face. But I think… animal faces and human faces are very different, so be careful."

Shu Yushuang nodded. After saying thanks, she carried the bag back to her room.

Her first method was to stick an animal’s face on her own face, letting it be torn off in place of her real face. Of course, just like Fang Xiqiong said, animal faces and human faces were very different. So if there was a chance, Shu Yushuang planned to use the stone knife to make some modifications after the female ghost tore off the fake face and stuck it on her own face.

But doing this was very risky, so Shu Yushuang might not do the second step. If the first step worked, then she would not need to take more risks. But if it failed, she would decide based on the female ghost’s mood whether to try the second step or not.

However, once she succeeded, she could save all the executors who were still alive.

She went through every step in her mind, and after making sure there were no mistakes, Shu Yushuang lay down on the bed to rest. She did not know when the female ghost would attack again, but she could not face her in such a tired state.

After lying down, Shu Yushuang slowly drifted off and fell asleep.

She didn’t know how long had passed when a dull ‘thud’ sound came from far away and woke her up.

Shu Yushuang sat up right away. Her eyes were clear, and there was no sign that she had just woken up.

She picked out a piece of bloody meat from the big, stinky bag Fang Xiqiong gave her, one that was about the same size as her own face.

After getting ready, Shu Yushuang walked to the door and pressed her eye against the peephole to look outside. She saw the female ghost standing in front of Hu Yue’s room again.

It seemed that those who were not killed by her before were not completely safe. A new round of killing started in the order of the draw.

The female ghost quickly broke down the door. A few seconds later, Hu Yue ran out again.

But this time, the female ghost chased quickly after her. Clearly, Hu Yue’s prop had lost its power.

Shu Yushuang noticed that on the right half of the female ghost’s face, the face that she had stuck on before was gone.

After the female ghost chased out, a long time passed without any sound outside. It seemed Hu Yue had escaped again, and now it was Shu Yushuang’s turn.

Shu Yushuang quietly stared at the hallway. Next, she had to face a big gamble with her own life as the bet.

Shu Yushuang saw the female ghost float from the end of the hallway toward her room. A few seconds later, there was a banging sound on her door too.

She stuck that bloody and messy face onto her own face. Her heart was beating like crazy.

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The door opened gently. At the same time, Shu Yushuang's nerves were stretched to the limit.

"Riiip"—the sticky feeling on Shu Yushuang’s face disappeared. The female ghost had torn off the face she had stuck on her own face.

Shu Yushuang opened her eyes wide and stared hard at the female ghost, watching her every move.

She saw the female ghost tear that face into two pieces. Then the ghost stuck one half on her own face and floated away.

Only at this moment did Shu Yushuang realize that her legs had already gone extremely limp.

She used her trembling hand to close the door, then leaned against it and gasped for breath.

Only when facing death did Shu Yushuang realize that she was not as unafraid of death as she had thought. She was also not as brave as she had imagined.

Could she make it through this level? Was the female ghost satisfied with that face? Would she still continue to kill the executors?

Shu Yushuang did not know the answers to any of these questions. She only knew that, for now, she had escaped death.

There had not been any sound of the door being hit for a long time, and Shu Yushuang could hardly believe her own ears.

Could it be that she had fulfilled the female ghost’s wish with just an animal face?

However, it seemed that was really the case. In the time that followed, the half-faced female ghost never showed up again.

Shu Yushuang had stumbled upon a way to survive. In the nearly two days that followed, everyone passed safely.

Before midnight on the seventh day, everyone received another notice from the game.

“Ten Ways To Summon Ghosts – Part 3: One-Man Hide-and-Seek.

This task only requires one executor. During the time the executor is carrying out the task, the others must stay in the safe zone located in the corner of Room 201. If anyone leaves the safe zone, they will bear the consequences themselves.

All items needed for the executor’s task will be prepared in Room 201. The task steps are as follows:

1. Give the doll placed in the room a name, then cut the doll open and remove its stuffing;

2. The executor shall place their own fingernails and the uncooked rice prepared in the room into the doll’s belly. Then sew it shut using red thread, and wrap the remaining red thread around the doll’s body;

3. At midnight, chant three times to the doll: “First, I become the ghost”;

4. Then place the doll into a bathtub filled with water (the bathroom is behind the hidden door in Room 201; this step must be completed inside the bathroom);

5. Turn off the bathroom light, leave the bathroom, then turn on the television, close your eyes, and count to ten silently;

6. Return to the bathtub, chant three times to the doll: “Found you”, then stab the doll in the heart with a knife;

7. Chant three times together with the doll: “Next, you become the ghost”;

8. After taking the knife away, leave the doll behind. Choose a hidden place in the room to hide yourself. (The executor of the task is strictly forbidden from entering the safe zone. Otherwise, they shall bear the consequences themselves.) Wait for the doll to come and find you.”

Today’s task was clearly far more dangerous than the previous two.

One executor had to complete this entire series of steps, while the others stayed in the safe zone and watched the whole process.

Among them, not a single executor would easily believe that the game had kindly arranged a safe zone for them.

They all knew very well that this so-called safe zone was obviously another, even bigger trap.

Shu Yushuang knew that both the onlookers and the one carrying out the task were in danger.

After reading the task details, she almost immediately figured out where the trap was.

The last step, “wait for the doll to come and find you,” meant that by then, the doll had already been possessed by something unclean.

Even if its target was the executor of the task, what about the others? Would it really not touch the other executors?

No one could guarantee that. The executor could find a hidden place to hide, but the others could only stand in the corner, completely exposed.

But no matter what, both sides were probably taking on the same level of danger.

It was almost midnight when she arrived at Room 201. The others had already gathered and were discussing who would carry out the task.

Shu Yushuang was the last to push the door open and enter, and they all turned their eyes toward her.

Shu Yushuang ignored them and silently walked to the corner, showing her stance—she did not want to be the unlucky one today.

Before reaching the corner, she glanced at the table in the room. On it lay a doll, a needle, a spool of red thread, a small bowl of rice, and a knife.

Behind those items sat a small old-fashioned television.

Seeing Shu Yushuang like this, He Fei suddenly felt a surge of anger rise in his chest.

“Hey, you were the last one to arrive. Since we cannot decide who should do the task, it is going to be you.”

As He Fei spoke, he walked toward Shu Yushuang. Shu Yushuang narrowed her eyes slightly. She looked at He Fei and suddenly gave a soft smile.

“Have you not noticed? Every time, if it is me, the ghost will definitely appear. This game might really summon something strange. Are you sure you want me to do it?”

Shu Yushuang’s words did have some effect. He Fei opened his mouth but could not say a word in response. In the end, he sulkily returned to his original spot.

Hu Yue gave Shu Yushuang a meaningful look, but she did not say anything either.

Before Shu Yushuang entered, she had already asked Zhu Yao whether there was a way to break the game.

Just as she had expected, each mission’s instructions hid some part of the truth. Without that hidden part, it was nearly fatal for the executor.

Zhu Yao told Hu Yue the complete game process. The other steps were not really a problem—the issue was with the final step.

If the executor wanted to ensure their safety, they needed to hold a mouthful of saltwater before hiding. That way, even if they were found by the doll—or more accurately, the thing that had possessed the doll—as long as they returned to the bathroom and sprayed the salt water onto the doll’s body, they could safely complete the task.

But would the game be so kind as to prepare saltwater for the executor? The answer was definitely no. There was nothing on that table that looked like saltwater.

Everyone understood that every ghost-summoning task was very dangerous.

Shu Yushuang really wanted to ask Fang Xiqiong for some saltwater. But considering they were already inside the task area, even though the game had not officially begun, she felt it would be better not to leave the safe zone on her own.

This time, the unlucky person picked to do the task was that jittery man—Yang Zeng.

Since the first ghost-summoning task began, this jittery one had been twitching and sometimes letting out strange laughs.  

Today, when the final moment came, he even took the initiative to do the task himself, which made the others look at him with new respect.