On the empty subway car, the surrounding lights flickered eerily. At some point, the windows had turned pitch black, revealing nothing outside.
It was as if this was a train hurtling through hell!
Intense fear spread through Li Kai's heart. At this moment, he couldn't possibly deceive himself with explanations like a train malfunction. Such a situation could only be the work of supernatural forces!
But why?!
Wasn't the first student to receive the game supposed to be cursed and killed only after seven days? Why had he, merely upon receiving the cursed game, encountered a supernatural attack targeting him in less than ten minutes?
Was it because he had violated the rules?
Could it be that the punishment for breaking the rules wasn't just aimed at Feng Wenxuan, but directly cursed all participants in the story?
In other words, was the death cycle of this game no longer a seven-day loop?
In that instant, Li Kai's whole body couldn't help but shiver violently. At the same time, he smelled a strong stench of blood!
As the lights flickered, the entire subway car had become rusted and stained. The rusty seats and handrails were now covered in large amounts of bloodstains!
Just then, with a click, a soft sound came from behind. Turning his head, he saw that a door had automatically closed, leaving only the path forward.
However, when Li Kai shifted his gaze back to the front, he noticed that in the car ahead, a man in blue clothes had appeared out of nowhere. Hunched over, he stood in the aisle, and his legs weren't touching the ground—they were floating in midair!
This man wasn't human; he was a ghost!
The door behind him had just been locked. In this sealed car, there was clearly no escape. At the same time, Li Kai felt that the blue-clad ghost seemed... vaguely familiar...
Just then, a faint sigh echoed from the car ahead. The floating specter slowly turned its head. Its face was purple and twisted from suffocation, and its body was dripping wet, water continuously falling.
At the same time, the ghostly figure let out a faint voice.
"I'm in so much pain... save me... save me..."
Hearing this voice, Li Kai's expression changed drastically in an instant. Because this ghost, this floating specter, was none other than Feng Wenxuan!
If there had been a sliver of doubt in his heart before, now it was undeniable. Feng Wenxuan had been killed by the ghost in the story, not only turning into a stone statue in the game but also becoming a specter haunting the real world!
Before him, "Feng Wenxuan's" purple face grew even more twisted and ferocious, and his voice shifted from murmuring to a low growl...
"I'm in so much pain... why... why didn't you save me..."
"I want you all... to die together!"
With that, the floating specter suddenly accelerated, lunging at Li Kai. Having been prepared, Li Kai quickly dodged to the side, barely avoiding the ghost's attack in the nick of time, and then sprinted forward.
"Why... are you running..."
"Wouldn't it be nice... if we were all together..."
Who wants to be together with you! Li Kai roared inwardly. The chilling sensation behind him pressed against his back again. Without turning around, he could imagine Feng Wenxuan's wet, purple, swollen face, so he just ran desperately forward.
Just then, in the car ahead, another ghostly figure suddenly materialized—a specter in white clothes.
Was this Zhou Xiaomi?
Everyone killed by this cursed game turned into ghosts appearing in reality—was this the game's curse cycle?
Unfortunately, knowing this cycle did nothing to help his current situation!
Behind him, the chilling sensation closed in again. Clearly, "Feng Wenxuan" had caught up. At the same time, the floating "Zhou Xiaomi" ahead also turned around, lunging at him menacingly.
With no other choice in this hopeless situation, Li Kai gritted his teeth and squeezed through a gap, trying to evade the specters' attacks again.
But this time, his luck wasn't as good. He failed to dodge "Zhou Xiaomi's" specter. That purple, terrifying face, twisted into a sinister grin, loomed right in front of him!
At the same time, a pair of ghostly hands clamped tightly around his throat!
"Ugh..."
A tremendous force lifted Li Kai into the air. Struggling violently, he reached out to pry the ghost's hands off his throat, but his hands passed right through the specter's form, unable to touch it.
He couldn't touch the ghost, but the suffocating pain only intensified. The supernatural force was still affecting him!
Was he going to die here, without even knowing why?
At that moment, Li Kai's mind was filled with utter despair. But then, from the corner of his eye, he noticed a faint green glow suddenly appearing before him!
That glow... it was...
Bang!
A crisp sound, like something shattering, and the green light flared brightly. At the same time, the crushing grip around his neck suddenly vanished!
The green light instantly turned into flames, engulfing the specter before him and burning fiercely.
Was it the Buddha amulet?!
The Buddha amulet pendant he wore had the power to resist supernatural forces!
But unfortunately, after fending off one specter's attack, the green Buddha amulet shattered completely. It seemed it could only block a single ghostly assault!
Behind him, the chilling sensation struck again. "Feng Wenxuan's" specter floated and lunged once more.
No...
How could he die here, so senselessly?!
Scrambling to his feet, Li Kai charged forward again. Meanwhile, the subway car ahead seemed endless. No matter how far he ran, he couldn't find an exit!
If he couldn't escape the subway car, he would keep being attacked by "Feng Wenxuan." And as a newcomer, he had no items to dispel ghosts.
Worse still, when he glanced back, he saw that beside "Feng Wenxuan's" specter, another white ghostly figure was slowly forming. Without a doubt, "Zhou Xiaomi," driven back by the green light, was reconstituting itself.
Once both ghosts appeared again, he would have no chance of surviving their encirclement!
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