Chapter 25: Qiao Jia Falls from the Loft

  Lin Hai's eyes suddenly widened, and he saw a pale and terrifying face. "Ah... ghost!" He let out a frantic cry, scrambling to his feet from the ground. At this moment, the person closest to her was - Yuan Qiao Jia.

  Lin Hai stumbled forward in infinite terror, and Qiao Jia went to comfort him. "Look clearly, there's nothing here! You..." Lin Hai suddenly grabbed Qiao Jia's shoulder and pulled her back, and Ying slowly got up and approached Lin Hai. Seeing Ying walking towards him, Lin Hai panicked and pushed Qiao Jia away, using his fastest speed to rush out of the room like a mad bull. Everyone stared at the door in shock. "Do you want to chase after him?" Yu Ruo asked softly.

  Actually, Lin Hai wasn't being cowardly and suddenly going crazy. He really saw something extremely terrifying. Yes, he saw the true face of a ghost. The ghost intentionally let him see it, with the purpose of making him panic and run away by himself. The reason is that this time, the ghost could only kill the player when they were alone...

  Qiao Jia was pushed hard and lost her balance, taking a few steps back, and crashed into the window. "Ah... Lian Xi... save me!" Qiao Jia clearly felt that the window had been knocked open by herself, but it wasn't locked? Upon hearing Qiao Jia's cry for help, Lian Xi immediately turned around, but everything was too late, because the force was too strong, and in that instant, Qiao Jia fell out of the window.

  "No!" Ling Xi's tears burst out of her eyes. She desperately shouted and crawled to the window. "Qiao Jia! No... no!" Ling Xi collapsed beside the window, wailing. "Why? Qiao Jia, Qiao Jia! Why did it become like this?! No... Xiao Mu is already dead, now Qiao Jia is also dead. Why..."

  "No! I don't believe it, Qiao Jia must not be dead! It's only three floors, she won't die, she won't die! I'm going to find her..." As she spoke, Lian Xi got up dazedly and jumped down without hesitation. "Let me go! I want to save Qiao Jia! Let me go!" Ying grabbed hold of Lian Xi who had already jumped out.

  Ying didn't say a word and didn't let go, using force to pull Lianxi up.

  "Why are you blocking me! Qiao Jia didn't die, I want to go save her!" Lian Xi was already sobbing uncontrollably. "Don't be stupid, Lian Xi! Look down below, there's not even a corpse! She vanished! She's dead!" Ying shouted with both hands on Lian Xi's shoulders. "Do you know that if you jump down, you might lose your life too?!"

  "No... she won't die! Heaven, please return Xiaomu and Qiaojia to me! Return them to me!"

  Lian Xi sat down on the ground with a thud. Her hands grasped the window frame, staring blankly outside.

  Qiao Yuruo and Xu Hongwei were both shocked by the sudden scene, unable to react. In less than a minute, such a huge change occurred. Lin Hai ran out and didn't know where he went, Yuan Qiaojia fell from the building and died, Mo Lianxi was desperate and collapsed.

  In such a short time, everyone became extremely panicked. Ying knew that Lian Xi's thinking ability was indeed very strong, but now she no longer had the ability and energy to continue finding a way out. Looking at Lian Xi in the corner, she didn't cry loudly again, quietly sitting there, her eyes dull, constantly muttering "Qiao Jia, Xiao Mu, Qiao Jia, Xiao Mu..."

  Ying's face suddenly turned solemn, furrowing his brow. Ying recalled the scene of the hide-and-seek mission, where Xiaomu was alive and was lured to death by Ying in a hidden task, and the final boss used Xiaomu's body, ultimately being killed by Ying...

  Ying's eyes fell on Lian Xi, who sat in despair, exuding an aura of desolation. Ying's heart ached intensely at the sight. If Lian Xi knew that she had inadvertently caused Xiao Mu's death not once but twice... and now Qiao Jia was falling to her death before their very eyes, when in fact, with her own abilities, she could have prevented this tragedy from occurring... would Lian Xi hate herself? The answer was obvious - she definitely would! Lian Xi would stop at nothing to avenge Xiao Mu's death by killing Ying.

  He had never felt this way before, it was very uncomfortable, his heart ached, and he felt like he was suffocating. He had killed countless people, and it was true that he could be described as someone who kills without blinking an eye. He had never shown mercy or regretted killing anyone. In his mind, the world was inherently unfair, where the strong preyed on the weak by nature's design. If someone died at his hands, it meant they were incompetent; if he himself were to die unfortunately, he was already mentally prepared, after all, there were always people outside of people, and mountains beyond mountains.

  But at this moment, he felt that the current self was very strange. He had never thought that he would also have a heart-wrenching time. Looking at Lian Yu's tears, he regretted it later, although he didn't personally take action to kill Xin Xiao Mu, but he watched with his own eyes as the girl died in front of him, and heard her extremely painful screams with his own ears. Ying realized that the woman named Mo Lian Yu in front of him had really tightly grasped his heart.

  "What... what do we do now?" Xu Hongwei said weakly, his tone no longer arrogant and confident. Although he still couldn't believe in the existence of ghosts, his heart had already begun to feel uneasy. Lin Hai had gone crazy, it could be said that he was so scared that he frightened himself into madness. But what about Xia Xingluo? She had died inexplicably in the second-floor bathroom, with a gruesome expression on her face. When it happened, they were only separated by one wall, yet they hadn't heard any noise at all. How could this be explained?

  "We'll help Lingxiu go downstairs first. If she gets excited and wants to jump off the building again, we really can't stop her." After finishing speaking, Qiao Yu Ruo turned around and went downstairs. Xu Hongwei also followed him down. Ying walked to Lingxiu's side and supported her up "Lingxiu, you must hold on! You have to live on with their hope! This game cruelly killed them, aren't you good friends? So you must resist to the end! Avenge them!" As soon as these words came out, Lingxiu turned her head to look at Ying, and a glimmer of hope reignited in her eyes.

  Four people stumbled back to the first floor hall, and they didn't see any sign of Lin Hai along the way. In fact, where Lin Hai was had already become unimportant to them. After all, apart from Lian Xi, no one else had ever planned to save Lin Hai, a madman who was obviously useless.

  Ying pushed Ling to the imperial concubine's bed, "It's all my fault! I'm the one who's not good enough. If I had thought of saving everyone and didn't encourage them to chase Lin Hai, Qiao Jia wouldn't have died. It's all my fault. In the past, Qiao Jia and Xiao Mu always said that I was too kind-hearted, but now my kindness has led to Qiao Jia's death... Ha ha, it's really laughable."

  Lian Yu's expression twisted instantly, and he shouted in a stern voice, "I finally understand that when everyone is in a critical situation, they only think of themselves. I will never believe anyone again, nor will I go to rescue anyone! Anyone! Anyone!" This roar made all the others present feel a chill run down their spines, their hearts racing with fear.