Why is there another Jiang Li there?'
Feng Xinghan's words first stunned the crowd, then a deep chill surged through their hearts, and at the first opportunity, they stood up and avoided Jiang Li on the sofa.
Jiang Li's face became very ugly, and she didn't explain anything, she just looked towards the stairway along with everyone's gazes.
This hotel building had a total of six floors, and on weekdays, in addition to the two lifts that went up and down, there was also a staircase that connected from the ground floor in its entirety to the sixth floor, which also served as an emergency escape route.
At this moment, at the stairway on the ground floor, a person who looked exactly like Jiang Li was standing there!
She stared at the crowd with a deadly stare, her eyes especially flickering back and forth on Jiang Li's body, and then, without a word, she turned around and burrowed into the staircase without a trace.
The crowd breathed a sigh of relief, she ran away, it seems ... that 'she' should be false.
'That 'Jiang Li', is a ghost pretend? 'Li Yuejun only felt her hands and feet cold, two identical people appeared in front of her eyes, this is simply too bizarre.
'Hmm.'
There were two voices that answered her, one was Xu Zhi'an, while the other, Bai Yanliang.
Hearing Bai Yanliang's voice, Xu Zhinan was also a little surprised.
'You guys know about this ghost's abilities?'
Feng Xinghan walked up while staring intently at the stairway.
Xu Zhi An nodded, while looking at Feng Xing Han with a somewhat wandering gaze.
'You may not believe me, in fact, until ten minutes ago, I had been being chased by 'you'.' Xu Zhi An looked at Feng Xing Han and spoke.
'Me?'
Feng Xinghan's head was filled with confusion as he too sat on the sofa, looking at the crowd uncertainly.
Seeing everyone's gazes converge, Xu Zhi An took a deep breath and spoke of his encounter.
'So, what you're saying is that you were unknowingly approached by a ghost disguised as 'me' and then entered the room of a waitress named Zhang Wen?'
Feng Xinghan's gaze was grave, and his body tensed.
Xu Zhinan nodded fiercely.
Then, he looked at Bai Yanliang.
'Mr Bai, you also seem to know that the ghost possesses the ability to disguise itself?'
Xu Zhi'an's question drew the crowd's attention to Bai Yanliang.
As a matter of fact, although Bai Yanliang had always behaved normally, it was rather this normalcy that drew everyone's attention more and more.
It had nothing to do with anything else, it was purely because ... he was overly normal.
He seemed to have accepted the idea that there were 'ghosts' in this world as a matter of course, entered the Fog Collection as a matter of course, and even carried out the curse mission as a matter of course!
Throughout the whole process, Baek Yen Leung had never shown any fear, complaint, anger, or despondency, and if it wasn't for the fact that Baek Yen Leung was indeed a newcomer, everyone would have thought that he was an aboriginal from the past world.
This Bai Yanliang, seems to be a bit odd ...
This was the general impression that the current four people had of Bai Yanliang.
And at this moment, Bai Yanliang, still with that cloudy look, swept a glance at everyone and said seriously, 'Actually, when I was just awakened, I've seen that ghost that can only disguise itself.'
'What?!'
'You've seen it? When you just woke up? What's going on!'
Everyone was caught a bit off guard by this sudden news from Bai Yanliang.
None other than that, the key was that Bai Yanyang was acting too normally, it was as if he didn't even realise how appalling this matter was! 'Hmm... When I first woke up, Mr Xu Zhi'an came and knocked on my door, and when I looked out through the cat's eye, 'he' looked exactly like Mr Xu.'
'You didn't open the door for him?' The one who asked was Li Yuejun, this woman's brows were furrowed at the moment, and her hands were nervously cupped together as she stared intently at Bai Yanliang.
Bai Yanliang shook his head and stated his speculation at the time.
'I judged that the 'Mr Xu' that appeared at that time wasn't himself, and since I couldn't find a reason for Mr Xu to act like that, I didn't open the door for him.'
Bai Yanliang spoke lightly, but it gave the crowd the creeps.
They couldn't imagine what would happen after Bai Yanliang opened the door, and even more so, they couldn't imagine if they were the ones who suffered that incident, whether they would open the door or not ...
And after thinking about it, a wave of goosebumps sprang up.
Because after looking into their hearts, everyone found that ... they have a high probability of opening the door to 'Xu Zhi An'....
Thinking about this, several people looked at Bai Yanliang's gaze had already changed.
This newcomer, not only won't drag his feet, but also ... extremely calm, clear thinking, unique perspective ...
'Unexpectedly, I was also disguised by it. But this is good, at least we can determine this ghost's abilities.' Xu Zhi'an's pale face carried a hint of celebration.
Bai Yanliang was slightly puzzled as he looked towards the several people.
His undisguised doubts were quickly noticed as Li Yuejun said, 'The ghosts that appear in time-limited quests all possess only one kind of bizarre power, instantaneous movement, anti-gravity, gigantic power, mutation, dream-entry, and, this time, the bizarre power of disguising itself as a human. Now that it has shown its disguise, it will never possess any other weird power, that's the rule, the rule of the Fog Set.'
Baek Yenryang nodded in understanding, guessing a generalisation himself, after all, it had taken almost a minute for that ghost to descend from the fourth floor to the ground floor at that time.
'But ... is that Zhang Wen a ghost or not?' Xu Zhi'an asked again.
Everyone was silent, only Feng Xinghan suddenly raised the notebook in his hand and spoke:
'She shouldn't be a ghost.'
'As I recall, you said that you went to the Yingcheng Daily Newspaper? You found out?' Xu Zhi'an hurriedly sat up straight and asked.
The so-called Yingcheng Daily Newspaper was the name of the newspaper that everyone had seen during breakfast earlier, and Yingcheng, this was here, a small town located in the 9th time node.
The reason why time is used as a marker is because in the real world, there is likewise Yingcheng, as well as the ... Ruyi Inn.
Hearing the enquiry Feng Xinghan didn't sell himself short and flipped open his notebook.
'Well, I've found it out, in fact, the one who released this news about the disappearance of the inn owner Ding Lei's wife, Li Yuhua, through the newspaper was Zhang Wen.'
'Is it really her? ... 'Xu Zhi'an wasn't too surprised by this information, however, it did rule out the possibility of Zhang Wen being a ghost.
This was because a 'ghost' would never do such a thing, or rather, the means of a 'ghost' were very direct.
'But why did she release this news?' Xu Zhinan asked again.
'Heh ... pressure, after all, she's Big Boss Ding's mistress.' Li Yuejun spoke another piece of information that the crowd did not understand.
Seeing everyone looking at her, Li Yuejun's expression was a little less natural, but she still said, 'Earlier, Jiang Li and I went to rummage through Ding Lei's office, and found Zhang Wen's love letter to Ding Lei in his drawer.'
The crowd drifted off, but Bai Yanliang frowned slightly.
Things were getting more and more confusing.
Bai Yanliang is hiding something, such as ... the female ghost under the bed, her name, Zhang Qiao!
She is Ding Lei s sibling, then ... what about Ding Lei s brother?
Is this ghost that can only disguise a man or a woman? Who is the real identity in the end?
Moreover, according to Xu Zhi'an, Zhang Wen's behaviour was simply surprisingly strange, just like madness, but ... Bai Yanliang felt that she seemed to be consciously acting as if she was cooperating with that ghost ...
Why?
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