Chapter Thirty-Five: A Battle of Wits and Courage

  Chou Shen was the first to react, and he rushed to the back of Pang Zi at the fastest speed.

  But unexpectedly, the female ghost stuck to the fat man was highly vigilant and controlled the fat man's body to change direction during the Tianqi action, avoiding Ou Shens' attack in a way that leaned against the wall.

  "Pangzi, use all your strength and crash into the wall behind!" Tianqi shouted.

  Baozi heard Tian Qi say this and really wanted to do it, but his face turned blue from holding back and he still didn't move a single step.

  "Here I come!" Yingying suddenly took a step forward and kicked her foot heavily into Paozi's belly.

  "Ah!" The fatty immediately let out a miserable cry, his body suddenly retreating backwards, and he really did bump into the female ghost who was stuck to his back.

  Chou Shen took advantage of the brief moment to pull Pangzi over, and Tian Qi swung his black stick at the hanging female ghost. However, strangely, the female ghost vanished into thin air, as if she had merged with the darkness.

  Can't bother with so much, let's see how the fatty is doing first. That female ghost didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards him, it was just that one kick from Yingying that seemed a bit vicious.

  "Are you okay? Can you still get up?" The fatty was pulled over by Ou Shan and sat on the ground, panting heavily, without saying a word.

  "Is that okay, little fatty?" Yingying also realized her mistake at this time. She was thinking of how to get rid of the female ghost as soon as possible and forgot that Fatty would also be hurt.

  The fat man slowed down for half a day, his complexion returned to normal, and Tian Qi also put down the hanging heart. Now if someone is injured in this situation, it will be adding insult to injury.

  "I told you, little sister, this kick of yours almost sent me back to the afterlife. Luckily I'm thick-skinned and have a lot of flesh on me. Now I really appreciate having all this extra meat. From now on, I've decided I'll never go on a diet again!" The fatty said as he lifted up his clothes, and under the light of the flashlight, there was a bright red footprint on his belly.

  She smiled shyly with a hint of embarrassment.

  "How did that female ghost suddenly disappear?" Qiu Shen said.

  Tian Qi didn't know, but he felt that the hanging ghost woman seemed to be controlled by someone, like an unconscious puppet. If it was her own consciousness, Tian Qi thought that when he tried to communicate with her, even if she didn't respond, there would be some kind of reaction, but just now when Tian Qi tried to exchange words with her, he didn't receive any response, as if she had blocked out the outside world.

  Unfortunately, the black stick didn't hit its mark, otherwise it should have been effective.

  Several people simply stopped looking for the light switch and sat down in a circle. Even if they had found the switch, the possibility of the lights coming back on normally was extremely small. The person who had planned this out had likely anticipated this step and wouldn't have overlooked it.

  The tattered diary of capturing ghosts from Old Master Chen, Tian Qi also read some of it. He remembered a method that might be useful, which is that red strings can restrain yin evil things.

  "Do you guys have anything like a red rope on you now?" Tian Qi himself didn't have one on him.

  Chou Shen shook his head.

  Fatso initially shook his head, but seemed to think of something and asked, "Must it be a red rope or can anything red work?"

  "This issue Tian Qi really hasn't carefully considered before, 'it should be something red that's okay, but it must be a fabric-like material, definitely not things like red apples.'"

  "That... um..." The fat guy looked at Yingying and said, "My underwear is red, I don't know if it's okay?" He lowered his voice very low.

  "Haha!" Because several people were sitting back to back, the sound could be heard by each other even if it was low. Yingying couldn't help but laugh loudly when she heard Pàngzi mention wearing red underwear.

  "Laugh again and I'll sell you off!" The fatty's face turned bright red with shame, no matter how thick-skinned he was.

  When Tianqi heard what the fatty said, his first reaction was also to laugh, but he really had to thank the fatty for wearing red underwear today, who knows if it would come in handy.

  "Hey Qige, what do you think of this?" Yingying stopped smiling and took out a red carp-shaped Chinese knot.

  Tian Qi's eyes lit up in front of him, this was not only feasible but also extremely good, and after disassembling it, there was enough for four people to form a circle.

  "Tianqi, this Chinese knot looks so good, it's a waste to untie it. Why don't I just use mine instead?" said the fatty.

  "You'd better stay!" Tian Qi was speechless.

  China's traditional culture has a long history, don't look at this Chinese knot is not big, but it is very complicated to weave, Tian Qi and others deeply felt in the process of disassembling.

  "Everyone hold the red thread in your hands, just within this circle. No matter what happens next, don't run out of the circle," Finally, they untied the Chinese knot made of carp and tied it into a big circle. The four people held the red thread in their hands inside the circle.

  Just now Tian Qi also discovered a problem, in fact they don't need to find the female ghost or solve her, they just need to find the entrance upstairs.

  It's clearly written on the paper that if they can make it to the sixth floor and are still alive, they'll be able to get out smoothly. Now, it's also impossible to judge whether this is true or false, so let's just give it a try for now.

  "Look over there, is that an elevator?" The flashlight function on the mobile phone was limited and couldn't shine very far. Tian Qi let Yingying take out a flashlight and shine it further ahead to see if there was an entrance. Sure enough, behind a small machine, a freight elevator appeared.

  "Go, hurry up and see if you can get directly to the sixth floor," several people started rushing in that direction.

  "Wait!" Qiu Shen, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped.

  That hanged female ghost was standing in front of them again at some unknown time.

  Tian Qi took out a black stick.

  But that female ghost was like a shadow, Tian Qi couldn't hit her no matter what, just when he thought he had already hit her, she would appear on the other side, and this repeated several times.

  Helpless, Tian Qi decided to go around and take a look.

  A female ghost with unkempt hair and a noose around her neck suddenly appeared beside the four of them, unable to attach herself to anyone else due to the red thread.

  Fatso had a feeling that the female ghost was like a prison guard, and the four of them were like prisoners on parole, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to escape but being watched very closely by the guard.

  "What to do?" Several people moved for half a day and found that they had advanced less than two meters, and the cargo ladder was at least ten meters away.

  "Take the remaining red rope and make a circle that's just big enough for one person to stand in," Tianqi said, holding back some of the rope they had just untied, thinking it might still come in handy.

  "Do you want to lure her in? No way, that's too dangerous." Tian Qi understood Ou Shen's thoughts, but doing so carried a huge risk. Just now, when the fatty was stuck by Gui Tie, nothing had happened, but that didn't mean Ou Shen wouldn't encounter any problems.

  "It's all right, I've got it under control," Tian Qi said as he took the red cord handed over by Yingying.

  Actually, Qi Shen just thought of using the red rope to make a loop and wait for an opportunity to trap the female ghost, but found that the female ghost was too fast and didn't have a chance, so he decided to go out and lure her himself.

  Tian Qi walked out of the circle, and the female ghost stared at Tian Qi, her bulging eyeballs revealing a sinister intent. However, there was no other way; if he didn't follow her deep-seated hatred, he wouldn't have any chance to judge her sudden attack.

  One minute, two minutes, the female ghost stared at Qiu Shen with a dead gaze, her bulging eyeballs seeming to drop out at any moment.

  "She's gone!" Fatso was certain he hadn't blinked his eyes, but the female ghost had suddenly vanished, and under the light, there was only an empty ground.

  By the time everyone reacted, Qiu Shen had already trapped the female ghost in a small circle surrounded by red strings, and he had returned to the team.

  The fat boy stuck out his thumb, this is his sincere praise!

  "Wow, so cool!" Yingying said.

  Everyone looked at the female ghost again, who was circling around in a red rope circle that could only hold one person standing, unable to get out.

  "Let's hurry over to the cargo elevator!" Tian Qi said.

  "Wait a minute, I'll take a picture of her!" Seeing the female ghost trapped, the fat man became fearless and actually took out his mobile phone to take a photo.

  "Don't take a picture!" Tian Qi wanted to stop him, but it was too late, Pangzi's flash had already gone off.

  "Throw away your phone and get out of this circle quickly!" Tianqi shouted loudly.

  Almost at the same time, there was one more person in the circle except for four people, that is, the female ghost who was just outside the red circle.

  Chou Shen reacted quickly, as soon as he heard Tian Qi's words, he jumped out. Tian Qi pulled Ying Ying and also jumped out. Only Bao Zi, before he could react, felt a chill on his back.