Chapter Nineteenth: Completely Vanishing from the World of Humans

  No sooner had I thought of it than my mobile phone suddenly rang with a text message.

  Is it him? That mysterious person?

  Xu Peilong and I were both startled by the sudden ringtone of this text message. I took out my phone to take a look, and indeed it was a text from "me", which read: "The game is almost over, if you want to know who I am? You can come find me at Bin Cheng Half Edge Street No. 9."

  Is the game almost over? What does "Bin Cheng Ban Bian Jie 9 Hao" mean?

  I was lost in thought when Xu Peilong suddenly let out a startled cry, "Lan Tian, outside... there's a sound outside?" The fear in his eyes was beyond measure.

  Won't it be Uncle Li next door? I made a silencing gesture, walked to the edge of the door and stuck my ear on it. As expected, I heard movements outside the door.

  The door has no peephole and I don't know who is outside.

  "Will it come in?" Xu Peilong asked with a chill and trepidation.

  This is also what I'm worried about. If it's not Old Man Li outside, but the ghost of Lin Meixing or something else, then who knows?

  I was worried, when suddenly a gust of dark wind blew into the house, causing the lights inside to flicker constantly. A wisp of green smoke drifted in through the gap under the door and floated in mid-air, slowly coalescing into a human figure.

  That figure is not Lin Mei's ghost, then who is it?

  She hung her head low, her long hair covering her entire face. Through the gaps in her hair, one could faintly see her rotten complexion and eyes streaming with bloody tears!

  "Ah!" I and Xu Peilong were so frightened that we hastily retreated back until we reached the wall with no way to retreat further.

  Lin Mei's face suddenly lifted up, her ferocious and terrifying face, two eyes streaming with bloody tears staring at us viciously. In our terrified gaze, she smiled gloomily.

  I clenched my fists tightly, and my palms were all covered with cold sweat.

  Lin Mei's heart chased to the ghost building, could it be that she changed her mind and wanted to kill both me and Xu Peilong? My heart was filled with unwillingness, I didn't want to die, Xu Peilong also didn't want to die, at least not in this way!

  Xu Peilong's voice was hoarse from shouting, "Didn't you say you'd let us go? How...?"

  Lin Mei's face was shrouded in a gloomy smile, a smile that could make one's soul fly away. "But I've changed my mind... Tonight, you're all going to die!"

  Her body was trembling with excitement.

  But for her, it's also okay to have this feeling, this cat-and-mouse game should end!

  I still couldn't escape death in this game. I felt the whole world come to a standstill, my mind went blank, and even the strength to move my fingers was lost.

  It's all over, everything is over, Xu Peilong and I have fallen into a desperate abyss.

  "Heh heh, heh heh," Lin Mei laughed maniacally, her voice sounding like it came from the depths of hell. "The two of you will soon be joining Lin Wei and the others on the road to the Yellow Springs!"

  As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Mei stretched out her slender fingers and suddenly floated over to where we were standing.

  The instinct of survival suddenly gave me strength, I shouted loudly, "Get out of the way!" and threw Xu Peilong a few feet away.

  It was just that I couldn't dodge Lin Mei Xin's evil claws, she pinched my throat and said in a gloomy tone, "Lan Tian, I originally didn't want to kill you. But everything you've done has disappointed me too much! Tonight, you must also die!" After finishing speaking, she exerted force suddenly, and my vision turned black, almost suffocating me.

  "Don't!" Xu Peilong cried out in sorrow three feet away, "Let him go, spare him!"

  I forced out a sentence from my throat, "Peilong, you...you don't know her, she's a murderous demon."

  Xu Peilong gave me a glance and shrieked as he fled into the bedroom, slamming the door shut behind him.

  What's the use of escaping into the bedroom? After I die, it will be his turn anyway, this is inevitable!

  My mind is already in a mess, golden stars are flashing before my eyes, my tongue slowly sticks out, and my consciousness is gradually fading away.

  Am I going to die?

  "Let him go!" A cold voice suddenly appeared in my ear, and I vaguely remembered that this voice was particularly familiar, somewhat like Li Uncle from next door.

  Lin Meixin's hand, which had been tightly grasping my neck, suddenly loosened, and I fell to the ground, panting heavily. As I looked up, I saw Uncle Li standing in the empty space of the house, staring coldly at Lin Meixin.

  Lin Mei's back was turned against me, her voice had also cooled down to the extreme, "What are you? How dare you come and ruin my good thing!"

  Mr. Li smiled gloomily and said, "Why don't you ask me if I'm human? Hmph! Although I am of the same kind as you, I am absolutely not a beast like you who is depraved and goes against heaven!"

  "Same kind? Haha......" Lin Mei's heart laughed wildly, "So, I've entered your territory tonight! No wonder, as soon as I stepped into this building, I felt something was off! Tell me, what do you plan to do?"

  "How's that? I just want to advise you to spare them! Their lives are not yet exhausted, you can't kill them!"

  "What if I insist?"

  "If you persist, it will not only harm your ghostly life and make you unable to be reborn for eternity, but I also won't let you have your way!" Li Da Shu said with righteous indignation.

  I saw Lin Meixin's body tremble slightly, her head lowered, as if in thought.

  After a while, she raised her head and said to Uncle Li, "Alright, I'll let them off for now. But I don't believe you can protect the two of them for their whole lives! Haha..." Before her laughter had even faded away, her entire body suddenly transformed into a wisp of green smoke and slipped out through the gap under the door.

  I stumbled up and walked in front of Uncle Li, gratefully saying, "Uncle Li, thank you, thank you for saving us!"

  Mr. Li looked at me with his two eyes, shook his head and said, "You should know who I am now? Actually, I am also..."

  I knew what Old Man Li was trying to say, that he was also a ghost! I interrupted him and said, "Uncle Li, don't say any more, actually I've known for a long time already! However, although you are a ghost, you're a kind and honest one!"

  Uncle Li gazed at me with kind eyes, "Little Lan, I think there won't be any problems tonight. I can only help you this much, you take care of the rest." Uncle Li said and was about to turn around and leave.

  I pulled his icy hand and said, "Uncle Li, thank you, thank you for saving us!"

  "Xiao Lan, from what I know, your road ahead with Xu Peilong will be even more arduous, take care of yourself!" He said and his figure flashed and disappeared into the house.

  I was stunned for a moment, and then I pounded on the bedroom door with all my might, shouting "Peilong, open the door! Open the door!"

  Xu Peilong trembled as he slowly opened the bedroom door, saw that there was only one person left in the room, and cried out, "Lan Tian, are we safe now?"

  I nodded, "Temporarily safe."

  Xu Peilong wiped away the tears on his face and said, "Well, temporary safety is also good!"

  "Hmm." I could understand his feelings at this moment. Anyone who had gone through so much wouldn't be able to bear it, no matter who they were.

  I and Xu Peilong walked into the bedroom and sat down in the room.

  Xu Peilong asked me, "Lan Tian, what just happened?"

  I simply explained to Xu Peilong the situation of Li Dashi appearing to save us, and Xu Peilong was tongue-tied. "You're saying that your neighbor Li Dashi is also a ghost?"

  I nodded, "Yes, he is indeed a ghost, but he saved us."

  Xu Peilong nodded gloomily and said, "It turns out that what the bald guy said was true. This No. 8 Meiyuan Road is indeed a haunted house."

  "Yes, it's indeed a haunted house. However, these ghosts are different from Lin Mei Xing, he saved us!" I gradually calmed down, since we were temporarily safe, there was nothing to do but take things one step at a time.

  Xu Peilong did not make a sound, in silence, I was also silent.

  Suddenly, Xu Peilong burst out loudly, "Lan Tian, look, what is this thing in the mirror?"

  I heard a noise and looked into the round mirror opposite the door, oh heavens, I was shocked by what I saw.

  The scene that suddenly appeared in the round mirror made both me and Xu Peilong feel a chill run down our spines.

  It's that mirror, the round one facing the door of the room!

  In my fearful gaze, a blurry figure appeared in the round mirror, and a faint voice seemed to rise, "The game is far from over, I will find you again."

  "Crack..." The sound of shattering glass suddenly rang out, and in that instant, I saw very clearly that a crack had appeared on the mirror's surface.

  Everything went black before my eyes and I fainted.

  When I woke up, it was already afternoon. Apart from a dull headache, my body felt fine.

  After I woke up, I didn't see Xu Peilong. When I dialed Xu Peilong's phone number, the person who answered was a stranger with an extremely rude attitude, saying he didn't know Xu Peilong at all.

  Xu Peilong thoroughly evaporated from the world?

  My mood is very heavy, perhaps Xu Peilong was cursed in the massacre of Lin Mei's ghost and may have already died.

  But there is one result that cannot be denied, I survived, I survived in this death game, and I may be the only survivor, because all the facts prove that my name is not on the list of the dead.

  Is everyone dead? Has Lin Mei given up on her plan to kill me? I don't know, but one thing I remember is that the mysterious person sent me a text message saying that if I want to know the truth about everything, I can find him at No. 9 Banbian Street in Bincheng.

  Bincheng Halfway Road No. 9, what kind of place is it? Can I know the truth about everything there?

  I didn't dare stay any longer, knocked on the door of Mr. Li next door, thanked him again and left this haunted house where I had lived for over a year.

  I don't have any attachment to leaving this advertising company, after all, life is at stake, and solving the doubts in my heart is the most important thing right now.

  When I left the dormitory, I didn't bring that strange round mirror in my bedroom, but when I hailed a taxi to go to Bincheng, something strange happened again. Ghostly taboo.

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