In this small forest, the sudden appearance of a pond was, of course, extremely abnormal. Any abnormality in the world of stories could almost directly be equated with a supernatural attack. The moment she saw the pond suddenly emerge in the woods, Jiang Rou didn't hesitate at all—she turned and ran in another direction. But she suddenly realized that the small pond before her was rapidly expanding, its edge continuously moving toward her feet!
At the same time, in the center of the pond, on the calm, rippleless water surface, a black object gradually emerged. That black thing slowly rose from the water—it turned out to be a woman's head covered in long hair.
The ghost woman's head was half above water and half below. Its enormous head revealed two pupils without any whites, staring fixedly at Jiang Rou. The edge of the pond kept advancing toward her feet.
Illusion! This must be an illusion!
Jiang Rou kept telling herself this in her mind. Though she wasn't panicked enough to lose her composure, cold sweat kept breaking out on her palms and back. Even though she had the ability to control ghosts, the little ghost under her control was clearly no match for the powerful vengeful spirit before her.
As she turned and sprinted, Jiang Rou frantically racked her brain for ways to counter the ghost's attack, while inwardly feeling a chill—was she really this unlucky, becoming the first target of the female ghost in this round?
In this mission, the hidden background had already been revealed. The ghosts now attacking them were almost completely unrestricted and unweakened. At this moment, their lives hung by a thread.
The sixth time—this was her sixth horror story. She had used every means to get through more than half of the radio station's ten stories. She absolutely refused to die here like this!
If she turned around at that moment, she would immediately see that the pond was moving much faster than she could run, and its edge had already reached behind her.
Just as Jiang Rou gritted her teeth, her foot suddenly met empty space—not solid ground, but the edge of the pond.
With a splash, she fell into the water.
Immersed in the icy pond water, a bone-chilling, hair-raising sensation seeped through every pore from the cold liquid. Jiang Rou opened her eyes wide, struggling to look around through the water, and then discovered that not far from her, a pitch-black mass was churning and approaching, and within that mass, a woman's ghostly face was clearly visible!
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At the same time, Pan Long, running through the woods, was equally terrified. Though he had changed directions several times, the sound of gurgling water kept echoing behind him—clearly, that river was chasing him.
What kind of river was this? It was obviously the female ghost's malicious trap!
Was I really this unlucky, becoming the first target of the female ghost's attack?
Damn it! I clearly left that woman behind—why did the ghost catch up so quickly? Had that woman already been killed by the spirit? Hmph! I overestimated her for nothing!
But at this moment, Pan Long had no time to worry about others. Suddenly, he realized that the gurgling water sound wasn't just behind him—it had also appeared ahead.
Then, his eyes widened, his mouth slightly opened, and he abruptly stopped.
Because he shockingly discovered that one end of the winding river had somehow gotten in front of him and had formed a loop, trapping him in the middle!
A river must have a beginning and an end—how could it connect head to tail into a loop? This eerie river might not even be called a river at all, but rather the female ghost's power!
And even more terrifying, Pan Long immediately noticed that this looped "river" wasn't just surrounding him—it was also widening, its edge moving toward his feet!
Not good!
Pan Long's heart jolted with alarm, but the river had already formed a closed loop, turning the patch of ground he stood on into an "island." As the river widened and its edge advanced, he would eventually be swallowed by this eerie "river."
What to do!
The only way to leave this island was to jump into the river and swim to the other side. But seeing how bizarrely this black river moved, even a fool could tell it was the ghost's trick—how could he dare jump into the water?
Damn it! What should he do now? Was he supposed to just watch this eerie river swallow him whole? Watching the river move faster and faster, the "island" beneath him shrinking, Pan Long finally gritted his teeth and pulled something else from his bosom.
It was something that looked like a New Year painting, but the image was extremely strange. It used black ink to heavily depict a ghost head, and most terrifyingly, this ghost head had its mouth wide open, revealing a sinister black hole.
Glancing at the ghost head, Pan Long's expression darkened, but he immediately laid the ghost painting flat on the ground, steeled himself, and jumped into the wide-open mouth of the ghost head in the painting!
After Pan Long jumped into the painted ghost's mouth, the ghost head suddenly blinked, then closed its previously gaping mouth, and gradually vanished from the painting, leaving only a blank sheet of paper!
Soon, the moving river swallowed the "island," turning it into a black pond. The blank paper was also soaked and torn apart by the black water, but the painted ghost was nowhere to be found.
In the center of this river-turned-black-pond, a female ghost's head with disheveled black hair gradually emerged. Half above water and half below, it seemed to be searching for something. After a while, as if finding nothing, it slowly sank back into the water.
A little later, the surface of this black pond slowly shrank and disappeared, finally "drying up" completely, restoring the area to a clearing in the woods. After the pond vanished, not even a single drop of water remained on the ground.
This female ghost had vanished in such an eerie manner.
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Meanwhile, Chen Mo and the others were also running forward desperately, their minds racing with thoughts!
That female ghost was the embodiment of Chen Jingyue's malice—no, the entire ghost school had been covered by her malice, becoming a projection of her dark heart.
But underwater, when she first teleported Lin Tianheng into the pool, the female ghost hadn't killed him; instead, she showed him some clues.
This suggested that Chen Jingyue's heart was likely split.
The malicious part controlled the entire campus, turning it into a twisted space where demons roamed, while the kind part was trapped in the narrow pool, unable to leave, only able to drag participants into that space through teleportation.
Without a doubt, what was now chasing them was the malice turned into a ghost. The entire ghost school was under its control!
Just like this forest before them—sparse trees, yet seemingly endless.
They were trapped inside. Though nothing had happened yet, it was clear that the ghost's attack could come at any moment. One careless slip, and they could die here!
"We... have to survive!"
Dai Minghan clenched his fists tightly. Chen Mo and Lin Tianheng were participants he had met during the last horror story. This time, he didn't want any of them to die here.
They had to survive!
Just then, Chen Mo suddenly noticed a white figure appearing among the trees behind them!
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PS, thanks to Qingyun Zhiyi, Heitao Jiang, and fellow readers for the tips. Here's the first update of the day. I have to go out for errands this afternoon, so the second update might come later tonight. Please bear with me.