Believing in his teammates capacity or trusting his assumptions, Feng Bu Jue had to make up his mind right now. This kind of mentally struggling was another pressure besides the feeling of fear that the system had put on players. No need to mention what would happen after Feng Bu Jue had his decision, he had lost this chess game between the player and the system. Now he was distracting, worrying about something that he could never come to a precise conclusion, but bring more risks to himself.

Right at this moment, sounds of children crying suddenly arose, echoing in Feng Bu Jues ears. He turned to the direction of the source of the sound. In front of him was an empty, pitch-black corridor and the crying came from the turn at the end of the corridor.

He didnt hurry to get there but cocked his head to check the time on his phone. It was 40:27. 18 seconds more and he would miss the call.

Eventually, he pressed the speed dial. Although they had played just one scenario together, he decided to trust Like Rains competence. In addition, he thought that if he didnt call this time, within the next fifteen minutes, his friend would have to bear the same mental pressure just like he had.

Until now, he had cleared his mind, which was to make the calls as long as it was possible. No matter whether the two of them could communicate or not, if they could make the call, at least one of them was still safe. Mathematically, if they could make the call, they had 50% that none of them was chased after by ghosts; but if they didnt call, 100% that one of them would be put under the ghost pursuit.

Beep

The phone rang once, and Like Rain had picked it up, "Im okay. Dont worry."

"Yeah," Feng Bu Jue was excited hearing her voice again, but he asked immediately, "Didnt you say dont ask if we are okay?"

Two seconds of silence

Then, a beep came from the other side. One second later, she hung up on him.

Theres only one explanation for this situationLike Rain didnt intend to insult him but irritatedly spoke censored word and hung up the phone.

Having listened to the beep tone from his phone, Feng Bu Jue was floundered, then brought the phone in front of his eyes, "Hey! Whats that? Hung up my phone? Its you who said we shouldnt ask about each other! Now you have successfully scolded me just like you are very righteous!" He stared at the phone and yelled in rage. Anyway, since the phone was hung up, Like Rain couldnt hear him and he could only vent alone. "Idiot? Dumb? Fool? Could be these words! What have I done? You didnt need to hang up when youve done scolding me! If I had known that, I wouldnt have called you!"

The childs crying was still echoing from ahead of him, getting into his ears constantly just like what the folksong had mentioned, "Waah waa waah waahh, infants cry echoes in your ears".

Feng Bu Jue closed his phoned and gripped it in his left hand. He also shifted the flashlight to this hand while the other hand took out the chef knife from the bag, holding it and rapidly walking forwards.

At the turn of the corridor, he immediately saw a basket on the ground, which looked like a bamboo picnic basket. There was an infant lay in the basket, shrouded with a white towel leaving only its head uncovered. There was nothing abnormal about the childs face since it was just like a newborn with closed eyes and insignificant facial features.

Feng Bu Jue took a deep breath then loomed over the basket, looked at the baby and spoke calmly, "What do you want? Spit it out. If you dont speak up within thirty seconds, your head will need to move out."

The child was still crying, and it even cried louder, "Waaah waah" The cry then became very sharp just like fingernails scratching on glasses that scared people much.

"Cry!" Feng Bu Jue rose his voice, "Crying also takes time!"

He had used his robbing-like interrogation to exchange for a dreadful result as the child slowly opened its eyes, revealing a pair of blood-like amber eyes. Its facial features then opened in a sinister grin.

According to the legends, when a child was just born, its three immortal souls and seven mortal souls were not fully gathered, and they all had Yin Yang Eye. When this kind of babies died, the resentment aura would be very intense, much more dangerous than normal ghosts.

In front of Feng Bu Jues eyes, the basket, where the child was laying, had turned into a human body in just a blink. The corpses face was filled with fear while its limbs were unclear and the internal organs in its chest and belly were taken out, scattered on the ground around the body. The infant now was lying inside the corpses belly, smiling with Feng Bu Jue.

"Bones for the cradle and skin for the carrier, isnt it?" Feng Bu Jue smiled at the infant. He didnt feel fear. Instead, he was a little bit angry.

While he was talking, his eyes raked over the surroundings. Indeed, the corridor now had many corpses, the same with that one, which got their organs dragged out while their limbs were cut off. The deadly scenes of these bodies were really terrible.

"You are the hermit crab reincarnated!" Feng Bu Jue said, "Well, let me guessYeah, your mama was a student here, and she got cheated by a teacher or a male student. When she was around ten months pregnant, she came to the school to beg that guy, but she got denied ruthlessly. Finally, she killed herself in this corridor. Moreover, before she died, she had taken you out of her belly while carrying a big grudge?"

Hes worth being a novelist as his ability to convey the details in his brain into words was marvelous.

When the ghost baby heard that, its laughter stopped instantly. One second later, it turned into a soul-piercing hiss. This sound was extremely intimidating when it could break all of the glass windows on the corridor. Feng Bu Jues Survival Value was declining along with it.

Seemed it wasnt good to deal in peace with that monster. Feng Bu Jue seized the chance and slashed his knife on the mob. However, his knife couldnt reach the target as something had gripped his wrist. He turned his head to see an arm jutted out from the wall and stopped his attack. Oh, so the limbs of those corpses were still around!

Fortunately, this ghost babys hiss didnt last long as it had stopped after seven or eight seconds. If not, Feng Bu Jues Survival Value would be drained. Anyway, the situation was still very bad. There were many arms and legs emerged from both of the walls in the corridor. All of them were moving

Feng Bu Jue understood that lengthening the time would only bring him disadvantages. He determinedly swung his arm, slashing on that arm. However, a human arm is not that easy to be chopped off, and its the same with the dead bodys arm.

The knife blade embedded into the ghost arm flesh and a large amount of blood was gushing out from the cut, pouring into the corpse and the ghost baby. The child laughed again. This sounded like a soul-breaking laughter to other people. If the game hadnt restricted the pain, Feng Bu Jue would have fainted already.

Seeing himself couldnt get rid of the clamp, Feng Bu Jue dropped the phone and shone the flashlight onto his hand, then took out Marios Pipe Wrench from his bag, striking directly on the ghost baby like lightning. He did it. Moreover, he was lucky enough to use the [Cerebral Concussion].

After the monsters body was affected by the skill, the other moving arms and legs also ceased. Feng Bu Jue seized the chance and wiggled his right arm out of the grip, then used both hands pounding on the ghost baby in that body cradle constantly. The scene was so bloody as it was more anti-human tendency than enough.

Soon, the limbs jutted out from the walls disappeared. It seemed the mob had no more strength to endure. Feng Bu Jue thought that this was a sign of the ghost baby being killed; unexpectedly, a new usual thing appeared as Feng Bu Jue found out that the face of the body cradle suddenly became ambiguous. As time was ticking by, that face had gradually become his face. Then, the corpse spoke up with the voice exactly like his, "It hurtsstopplease stop" The whining from the corpse had turned into screaming and screeching as it was trying hard to struggle its back just like it wanted to move the body.

While Feng Bu Jue was still hesitating, the ghost baby under his eyes had disappeared leaving a hollow tummy and some small particles of the organs residue.

Feng Bu Jue knew that he got tricked as that monster had used a diversionary tactic to take a chance for breathing and running to another place. He immediately retreated his chef knife, picked up the flashlight on the ground and then got up. He scanned through numerous hollow corpses in the corridor, searching for the ghost baby.

"Hee hee hee..." Another laughter that could make the hair on peoples nape stood up arose again. The laughter this time wasnt like it had come from an infant. More horribly, that laughter came from a place that wasreally close.

Feng Bu Jue had recognized something. He cocked his head to see his chest. Things that were reflecting in his eyes could threaten any brave ones. The bloody ghost baby was balling its body, lying inside his tummy and one of its small hands was clutching on one of his ribs. Sinister laughter came out one by one from the inside of his body.

"Using this illusion to make me commit suicide?" Feng Bu Jue said calmly as he was bothered by the scene, thrusting his right hand into his bag. He understood well what he was seeing was an illusion as he could still touch his clothes and the bag on his back.

Feng Bu Jue took out the Eye of Hatred, put it on while saying, "I almost forgot this." Now he had just recalled another function of this item.

After Feng Bu Jue had equipped this item, in cooperation with the flashlight, when he scanned over each of the bodies and the corners of the corridor, if the ghost baby was still controlling the illusion, he could see it immediately.

Indeed, when his eyes raked over a corpse that looked like all of its internal organs were emptied out, the Eye of Hatred had a reaction. There was a mob targeting the player.

Feng Bu Jue strode forward, hammered his wrench without any hesitation. The mob got hit badly this time, and it could do nothing now.

"Main Quest, updated."

"Searching Yousuke High School and Solving seven supernatural phenomena, current progress: 3/7"

"Main Quest, updated."

"Searching Yousuke High School and Solving seven supernatural phenomena, current progress: 4/7"

It was almost at the same time that the two system notifications arose. This meant when Feng Bu Jue had finished this ghost baby, Like Rain was also done with the Thirteenth Step.

"Hm..." Feng Bu Jue coldly snorted, mocking himself, "Seems my worries arent needed."

... ...

Like Rain was sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall on a corridor in the main building.

On the corridor next to her, numerous monsters lay dead with blood streaming everywhere. The dense smell of blood and the disgusting aura came from the monsters were enough to shoo people away instantly.

However, she had no strength to move to another place now.

The portable lamp and the sword were put on the ground next to her as her right hand was holding the phone, and her left hand was pressing the wound on her right waist. Blood was still gushing out from the spaces between her fingers.

The thirteen-step staircase led to the second floor, whenever the player entered, he then had no way or no place to hide. In a space filled with monsters, whose appearance could surge the players Fear Value instantly, a player could be killed and became a part of them, or just like Like Rain as she had killed them all.

In fact, at the previous call, Like Rains situation was really bad. She had lied to Feng Bu Jue saying Im okay, dont worry.

When it was about to reach 40:00, Like Rain was in between her fighting. Although she had been hurt already, she still adjusted her breath and picked up the phone. She understood that whatever abnormal situation she conveyed through the call, it would only become a mental burden to her teammate.

Presently, Like Rain had finally finished all the monsters inside this space. Now she needed to rest as she had to wait for her Survival Value and Physical Value to recover. She had no way to treat her Bleeding status now as she could only maintain this motionless position and apply pressure on the wound to temporarily stop her Survival Value from declining.

In this situation, the system would definitely not judge her as Passive Playing, since the player was in a special situation that required her to stay still. In Normal difficulty level, the system wouldnt go as far as forcing a dying player to move. And, its another story in Nightmare difficulty level

Like Rain checked the time on her phone. It was ten minutes to their next call. As she didnt want to be the target of the Ghosts Pursuit something, she must carry out the next call.

After their previous call, Feng Bu Jue felt annoyed while Like Rain felt wronged. Objectively speaking, they both were responsible for this. But the main responsibility should be poured on Feng Bu Jue as he said something that irritated people.

At any moment, even though a man is absolutely right, hed better not to correct the contradiction between a womans initial and latter ideas

Tluck tlock

Right when Like Rain thought that she finally had time to rest a little bit, the sound of dripping water was echoing in the silent and dark place from afar.