Chapter Twenty-Four: Danger Draws Near

  "This is really big, if I can live in such a house, it's worth it for this life!" Xia Xingluo couldn't help but exclaim. The white walls of the large hall were filled with all kinds of style paintings, and around a large rectangular dining table there were ten gold-edged European-style chairs. The overall interior space was very large, decorated luxuriously but not messy, everywhere was shining with golden light, although it would make people feel dizzy, but it showed elegance and nobility everywhere. The white walls on all sides were not only clean, but also gave people a comfortable feeling, the reflected light made the entire hall even brighter.

  To be honest, everything here is hard to associate with ghosts and death. If I didn't know this was a scene from "Nightmare", Lian Xi would definitely want to stay and enjoy it thoroughly.

  Walking up the spiral staircase to the second floor, the second floor is basically all bedrooms, each room's furnishings are identical, and walking to the end is the bathroom.

  "Is this the restroom? I'll be right back, wait for me." Xialuo ran in and didn't want to be away from everyone for too long, so she quickly rushed in. The facilities were simple and clean, like a typical restroom. In front of the sink was a large mirror with an intricately carved copper frame. She didn't have time to appreciate it properly because of her nervousness, and Xialuo hastily washed her hands and prepared to rush out at top speed.

  Xing Luo washed his hands and raised his head, "Ah!" A bright red handprint also appeared on the mirror, it was blood! The only word that appeared in Xing Luo's mind was - run!

  She stumbled to the door, desperately twisting the doorknob, but it wouldn't budge! How could this be? At that moment, a bloody handprint appeared on the door. Xing Luo frantically pounded on the door and shouted "Open the door! Open the door! Save me! Save me..." A drop of blood fell onto Xing Luo's forehead, and she slowly raised her head "Ah..."

  At this time, people waiting outside the door did not hear any sound and did not feel anything unusual. Ten minutes passed...

  "That girl is taking forever, how come she's not out yet?" Xu Hongwei was already very impatient. "Which one of you girls go take a look! Hey, the Xia girl inside, can you still come out? Are you dead in there?!"

  Xu Hongwei's words awakened Lian Xi, perhaps something had happened. Lian Xi walked to the bathroom door, trembling as he grasped the handle, and with a light twist, the door opened. A strong bloody smell told Lian Xi that Xia Xingluo was definitely dead. Ying was also very sensitive to the smell of blood, he stretched out his hand and pulled Lian Xi back, softly saying in Lian Xi's ear "Be good, close your eyes! I won't let you open them if you don't!" With one kick, he kicked open the bathroom door. Lian Xi felt a bit awkward about Ying's words just now, be good? Was this still Ying? Ying actually had such a gentle side? However, Lian Xi still did as Ying said and closed his eyes.

  "Ah……” Qiao Jia shouted and fainted. Lin Hai sat down on the ground with a thud, Xu Hongwei was instantly drenched in sweat, and Qiao Yu also tightly covered her mouth with both hands. Only Ying remained calm as usual.

  When Lianxi heard Qiao Jia's miserable cry, she involuntarily opened her eyes. The scene in front of her made Lianxi suddenly want to vomit. Xia Xingluo's corpse was leaning against the sink, staring at her with a ferocious gaze, and must have seen something terrifying before death. Her neck was only connected to her body by a thin thread, more than half of it had already burst open, and the blood vessels had ruptured. Fresh blood covered her entire body, and the thick smell of blood made it hard to breathe.

  Although in the first nightmare, Gu Meng was beheaded in front of Lian Xi, and Ying Xuan's neck was also twisted off in front of Lian Xi, but this time Lian Xi was still caught off guard, without any mental preparation, she saw Xia Xing Luo's corpse, her heart skipped a beat, her brain was a bit dizzy, her legs went weak and she almost fell down. Ying quickly grabbed onto Lian Xi, due to the shock, Lian Xi probably didn't notice that Ying's right hand had been tightly grasping hers without letting go.

  Ying pulled Lian Yu to his side, letting her lean on him. At this moment, Lian Yu really wanted to cry. After a few minutes, Lian Yu suddenly remembered hearing Qiao Jia's shouting voice again, "Qiao Jia, Qiao Jia!" She frantically shouted. She didn't want Qiao Jia to die, she didn't want Qiao Jia to die. "Don't be agitated, Qiao Jia is just over there. She fainted from the shock." Lian Yu turned around and rushed towards Qiao Jia who was lying on the ground.

  "Xing xing Qiao Jia, xing xing a Qiao Jia..." Lian Xi finally cried. Seeing Lian Xi's helpless crying face, Ying's heart trembled slightly. How could he be so heartbroken for her, her tears really broke his heart.

  "Ah!" Qiao Jia woke up with a cry. At this moment, she was already lying on the imperial bed in the grand hall, and Lian Xi was sitting beside her, guarding her. "Lian Xi... I'm so scared..." Qiao Jia suddenly got up and threw herself into Lian Xi's arms. In fact, Qiao Jia had become very strong.

  She didn't like Ling Xi had already seen someone die miserably before, although so many people died beside Qiao Jia in the last game, but after all, she could only see the shadow fall down and the blood flowing out, couldn't see the miserable appearance and ferocious expression at the moment of death. This time was truly letting Qiao Jia see the most unbearable, the most frightening side of this game.

  "Are you guys telling the truth?... It's really a ghost!" Xu Hongwei finally lost his composure and believed everything Lian Xi and Yu Ruo had said. Lin Hai was already scared out of his wits, walking back and forth in the hall with a crazed look on his face, muttering "Everyone will die, all people will die, hehe... everyone will die..." His expression suddenly turned serious "No, I don't want to die, I can't die..." He would laugh at times, and scream at others.

  "I'm leaving, I'm getting out of here!" Lin Hai rushed upstairs. "Let's go after him, don't let him get away alone!" Lian Xi shouted to the others while helping Qiao Jia up. Everyone immediately got up and chased after Lin Hai, who ran all the way to the third floor in one breath. None of them had been to the third floor before, so no one knew what it was like. Lin Hai burst into one of the rooms, and everyone followed him in.

  The room was huge, and Lin Hai ran in and then to the small corner by the bed. It was strange that the windows of this house were closed, and you couldn't see the outside scene. Needless to say, they must have been locked or had iron bars on the outside. "I don't want to die, I don't want to die!" "Calm down." Lian Xi walked towards him. "Don't come over! You're a ghost! Don't get close to me! I'm not afraid of you, stay away from me!" Lin Hai shouted loudly.

  As Lin Hai became more and more frenzied, Lian Xi had no choice but to stop in her tracks, not daring to move forward. Lian Xi knew that Lin Hai had gone mad, and the chances of survival were slim if they continued on like this, but she still didn't want to give up on anyone.

  "We'll go up together and grab him, then think of a way to calm him down!" As soon as Lian Xi gave the order, everyone immediately dispersed. In fact, it would have been enough for one person to catch him, but Lin Hai suddenly rushed towards Lian Xi and grabbed her neck. "You're all ghosts, you can't kill me." Lian Xi clearly felt that Lin Hai's grip was getting tighter and tighter, she felt like her brain was starting to buzz, couldn't hear the commotion around her, and everything in front of her went black.

  "Ryeo-e!" Chae-ga saw Ryeo-e's pained expression and immediately ran over, only thinking of saving Ryeo-e. Yeong also ran over with his astonishing speed, instantly grabbing the hand that Lin-hai was using to choke Ryeo-e, Lin-hai tried to counterattack with his other hand, but Yeong swiftly turned around and slammed him to the ground. Ryeo-e's strength gave out and she fell to her knees, coughing nonstop... At this moment, Yeong's attention was completely focused on Ryeo-e, not noticing at all that danger was rapidly approaching Chae-ga...