Chapter 23: The Ghost Hits the Wall (Part 1)

  "What's going on?" I saw Mao Shi Jiu's surprised expression and asked worriedly.

  "I'm just guessing, and besides, it's not good for you to know too much about this matter, so I won't tell you for now." Mao Shi Jiu said very seriously, and we didn't ask further.

  When we decided to leave here and find a way out, I saw Lin Mo's anxious face and couldn't help but ask: "Mo, what's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?"

  "No, I'm worried about my brother." Lin Mo heard me ask and looked up at me with a worried expression.

  "Yes, his brother risked everything to save him and now he's nowhere to be found."

  "Tell us what happened." Li Jian Tian's years of experience in handling cases hit the nail on the head.

  "My brother was involved in a fight with the son of a triad leader, Da Nian, at an amateur basketball tournament. He didn't know who he was at the time and beat him up pretty badly. A few days ago, it was my birthday and my brother took me on a surprise trip to Longhai Bay, where we rented a yacht to celebrate. But little did we know that the triad had been tracking us down, and when our boat sailed near the primeval forest, we were surrounded by several other boats. My brother tried to protect me but was caught by them, while I drifted into the primeval forest along with the river current." Lin Mo burst into tears as she spoke.

  "It's okay, don't worry, we'll definitely help you find your brother." I stroked her head.

  Lin Mo nodded and leaned into my arms.

  The original forest in the daytime doesn't have much sunlight coming through, and it's still gloomy all around. The bird calls are loud and clear, we're trying to find our way out. Unfortunately, this original forest is too vast, beyond our expectations, after searching for a long time, we haven't seen a single right path, so we can only mark each tree as we pass by to avoid getting lost.

  "We've been searching for half a day, how can we still not find the exit?! This place is too damn big!" I couldn't help but complain.

  "Look, this is the road we just walked through. There are marks on that tree that we made." Li Jian Tian's eyes were very sharp.

  "Are we going around in circles? Have we lost our way?" I asked.

  "There shouldn't be! We were walking in different directions, we just kept heading east, it's impossible to come back." Zhang Xinyu shook her head, thinking it was impossible.

  Cao Jingyu didn't think twice and took out a yellow talisman, sticking it onto the tree.

  "Now, let's continue in that direction." said Mao Shi Jiu, pointing eastward.

  The sky was gradually darkening, we had been walking for a day, Zhang Xinyu really couldn't walk anymore, so she sat on the ground and started being lazy, I saw Lin Mo was also about to hold on no longer.

  "Let's take a break and walk again later, I feel like there's something strange about this place." I felt a slight chill and hugged my arms, looking around.

  "Hurry up, do you see the white fog around us? I think it will be thick fog later, and we really can't get out. Take advantage of the sky not being dark yet, hurry up and find a way out." Ma Shi Jiu urged.

  Zhang Xinyu reluctantly got up and continued on her way, limping as she went.

  Not long after, a cry of surprise rang out.

  "Look, we're back at that place again. The yellow talisman is still there, and so are the footprints on the ground." Li Jian Tian saw it again.

  At this time, the white fog had slowly grown larger, and the visibility in front of us was getting lower and lower. Now we can probably see things about ten meters away.

  "This place is too eerie and it's getting colder by the minute, can't you guys feel it?" I shivered.

  "There is one thing." Lin Mo and Zhang Xinyu said in unison, holding hands.

  "Hurry up, let's pull out all the grass around us, don't leave a single blade." Mao Shi Jiu suddenly spoke up, urging me to take action quickly.

  After three downs and five ups, minus two, in a short while, we pulled out an empty space of about 5 meters long and wide. On the entire empty land, there were only a few trees, and all of us stood in the center of the empty land.

  The fog was very thick and they couldn't see each other's faces within two meters.

  "Be careful of the people around you at all times, we might have encountered a ghost." said Mao Shi Jiu vigilantly.

  We shrank into a small circle, so we could see each other, while Mao Zedong was on the periphery. On all sides, a soul-driving lamp was lit, which not only had the effect of driving away ghosts but also had the function of driving away fog. The fog was driven away by the lamp, and now the entire circle can be seen very clearly.

  But it didn't last for two minutes, a gust of cold wind blew out, all the soul-driving lanterns went out, and the fog began to creep back into the circle, quickly filling it up again. What's more, face to face, they could only see the blurry faces of people.

  Roughly, anyone can determine that Mao Shi Jiu is on the periphery and his figure isn't very clear; Lin Mo is right in front of me, I've been protecting him all along; Li Jian Tian and Zhang Xin Yu are to my right. There are five people in total, and they're still fairly visible.

  No! There's still someone on my left? I turned my head to the left and saw a figure of a person.

  "Who's there?" I shouted loudly to the left. Several figures looked over in my direction at the same time.

  "Is it me? What's wrong?" It turned out that the one standing there was Li Jian Tian.

  Then, how could there be two people on my right side? I was shocked and immediately turned my head to look, but this time, there was only one figure.

  "Is that Zhang Xinyu?" I shouted.

  "Is that me?" It was Zhang Xinyu's voice, but just now I clearly saw two figures, why did I look back and there was only one person? A chill ran down my spine.

  "Ma Shi Jiu, are you done yet? Something feels off in here!" I shouted at the blurry figure on the periphery.

  It's strange that Mao didn't respond to me and remained standing in place, motionless. I felt very strange, hadn't he heard?

  I shouted again in a loud voice, and this time the figure reacted, but it seemed to still be ignoring me, just continuing to walk forward, the silence was frightening.

  The forest in front of me moved slightly, seemingly a bit scared, and leaned towards me. I hugged her from behind and tried to comfort her. Just as I was hugging her, a voice came over.

  "Yang Guo, I'm here." It was Lin Mu's voice.

  "Who is the person in my womb?" I held his hand, which was shaking non-stop. My gaze shifted downward and saw a ghostly face with a long tongue sticking out, its eyes bleeding.

  Ah……, I was startled and jumped up.

  Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a pile of white bones. Where did these white bones come from? The strange atmosphere was getting more and more terrifying.

  "Lin Mo, where are you?" The several figures beside me, I couldn't determine who was who.

  "I am here." Suddenly, a gloomy and eerie voice emerged from behind me.

  I suddenly turned my head around and indeed there was someone behind me. Upon closer inspection, it was Lin Mo.

  "Lin Mo, why are you speaking in such a low voice?" I asked curiously.

  "I didn't say anything." Lin Mo's normal voice is now.

  Did I hear wrong? "Momo, come here and stand in front of me." I have to ensure her safety.

  Lin Mo stood in front of me, and I counted the figures around us again. There were two people, but Mao Shi Jiu was no longer among them.

  "Li Jian Tian, Zhang Xin Yu, both of you come over here." I loudly called them to come over, so we can see what the extra shadow is.

  "Alright." They came over.

  "We now stand back-to-back, hand-in-hand, forming a circle, keeping an eye on the surroundings at all times." I came up with this plan.

  The four of them stood in a circle, hand in hand, each looking at one side.

  "Have you seen Mao Nineteen?" I asked.

  "None." They all replied together.

  We are all on high alert, looking around and there is no one else. Where did Mao Nineteen run to? We don't know. I just feel that the whole atmosphere is not right, as if something is about to happen. I hold my breath, afraid that the sound of my breathing will disturb the quiet.

  Ah…… A girl's shrill scream echoed from afar, and again a girl's scream, from the moment we entered the primeval forest, there was a girl's scream that led us to the Deserted Maze City. At first, we all thought it was Lin Mo, but now Lin Mo is right beside us.

  After the scream had passed, a strange noise suddenly came from the tree next to it.