Before the clock turned to the early hours of the morning, Lin Hao and Lin Ren were lying on the couch in the private room to sleep. Anyone could see that the two siblings were sleeping soundly without issues.
So why had their task not been cleared?
Even if a ghost attacked, the two sleeping pills that they had taken should have worked. It was impossible for a ghost to appear without the trainers noticing!
Everyone felt that maybe that had misunderstood. Even though the familiar street appeared in front of them and the hardware store was intact, maybe the plotline would change after the task was cleared?
With that idea, the trainers still had some hope at the beginning.
What truly made them feel numb was that soon the old lady at the vegetable stall next to them shouted in despairâ
âA-Hao, A-Ren, Popo has fresh vegetables here. Take some back and roast them!â
Then the familiar figures of Lin Hao and Lin Ren walked down the stairs in front of them.
This time, the completely numb trainers couldnât move, including Su Zimo. They watched the truck drive the entire way in confusion, and it didnât take long for them to return to the white fog together.
âWe didnât clear the task?â The eyes of the university students dimmed. Although they hadnât done anything special, Cheng Yun and the others had tried hard. They felt that they had done everything they could, but the task still wasnât clearedâŚ
âAre we really going to be trapped in this ghost place forever?â Two of the four university students had red eyes. âIâm so tired. I really want to go home and rest.â
âWhat went wrong?â Cheng Yun asked, remembering what Dr. Jin said before. âDr. Jin, should we split up to find the ghosts in this nightmare world?â
Dr. Jin and Bai Man also worked hard to perk up. Although they also felt like they were beaten up, if they didnât perk up at that time, then the entire team of trainers would be ruined.
To be honest, the veterans were slightly relaxed before. After all, they felt that even if Cheng Yunâs slow method didnât work, they could still use forceful means to âprotectâ Lin Hao and Lin Ren. They felt that they could definitely clear the task with forceful methods, so Cheng Yun could take the little boy out there âto play.â
But now the trainers realized that the âforcefulâ approach may not lead to success for the task! Thinking about the unbelievable way that they died when Cheng Yun slowed down his âraiders,â everyone was a little bit frustrated.
After hearing Cheng Yunâs question, Dr. Jin perked up and said, âWe donât have any ghost tools that can detect ghosts. The ghosts donât seem to be planning to show up in front of us. I donât know how to handle that.â
âAre there really ghosts besides Lin Ren and Lin Hao?â
The sudden inquiring voice, although it was pretending to be mature, was still milky and innocent. Cheng Yun was confused for a while and was taken aback. After a while, he lowered his head to look at the milk doll A-Yu, who was a lot shorter than them â Su Zimo, who had shrunk.
The surrounding white fog had dispersed again, but Cheng Yun didnât move.
Before getting any clues, there wouldnât be any clear results no matter what they do.
Everyone looked at A-Yu who had spoken so suddenly. Although they knew that the child wasnât dumb and sometimes spoke very sharply, most of the time he was so quiet that people could almost ignore his presence. They eve felt that he was just a decoy person who could be used to attract Lin Hao and Lin Renâs attention.
Even if it wasnât the child, just another university student saying that may also have the same effect.
So it was more surprising that A-Yu spoke so suddenly.
The strangest thing was that when he spoke, his eyes werenât focused on any of them. Instead, he stared out blankly into the white mist, as if he was talking to himself.
Su Zimo actually wasnât speaking to them. He was just asking aloud to the ghost umbrella that nobody else could see.
[No.] Ghost Umbrella shook his head. [Iâm pretty sure there arenât any ghosts around you, boss. I donât feel the aura of any ghosts in this nightmare world. Either theyâre too far away or theyâre too weak.]
It seems that it really wasnât a nightmare world that relied on combat power and violent task clearance.
Su Zimo didnât think it was strange. He hadnât encountered that many nightmare worlds with violent combat power.
âCan we go look at that building?â Su Zimo felt like a fake primary school student on TV who had been in first grade for over 10 years. Although he couldnât change his tone to pretend to be a child, Peng Pengâs voice was milky and innocent from the start.
Where Su Zimo was pointing at just now was the narrow, dim stairway that appeared right in front of them as the white fog dissipated! Each time the nightmare world reincarnated, Lin Hao and Lin Ren would appear from those stairs.
But the important thing was⌠thatâ not where the Lin siblings live.
âJust now, the old lady came out of that building.â As soon as Su Zimo entered the new cycle, he started watching the dark alley. Su Zimo discovered a blind spot that they hadnât noticed before.
The moment they entered the world, a bent old lady walked down the stairs, picked up the large woven bag that was placed to the side, and walked towards the food stall.
Itâs just that the old lady who was trying to sell vegetables, the Lin siblings, and the large truck would attract the trainersâ attention, so even if they noticed that detail, they wouldnât consider it important.
Even Su Zimo was like that.
At first, he just subconsciously looked at the alley. He didnât expect to see the old lady carrying the woven bag.
Nobody paid attention to the truck that was about to drive over. They just followed Su Zimoâs tiny outstretched arm and looked over to see a familiar old lady.
How could they not be familiar? They had seen the old lady in the food stall at least ten times. They also knew that the old ladyâs woven bag was filled with a variety of squished drink bottles. They even knew that her surname was Chen, so the owner of the food stall and the Lin siblings called her Madam Chen.
They remembered that every time Cheng Yun wanted to lead the Lin siblings out of the food stall, Madam Chen would warmly greet them and invite them to her home.
This Madam Chenâs home⌠was it right up the dark stairway?
Is it just a coincidence?
âPerhaps we should have a nice chat with this Madam Chen.â Dr. Jin thought for a while. âLeader, next time you take Lin Hao and Lin Ren to the food stall, why donât you invite Madam Chen to lunch?â
âEn.â Cheng Yun agreed.
âWhatâs the point of that⌠Weâll die anywayâŚâ The four university students were very pessimistic.
But in any case, the veterans and Su Zimo had at least reached a consensus.