Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1468: Chapter 901: Judgment

"It’s a judgment," Chen Nang said bluntly, "the moment Zhou Mingxiao disappeared, I knew he was being targeted by the Ghost."

"He’s still inside this mall, only twisted into another space by some force." frёewebηovel.cѳm

"The environment inside this mall is quite complex, making it suitable for hiding. If I were Zhou Mingxiao, I wouldn’t leave here."

"Moreover, from analyzing Chen Moting’s state at death and her hiding place right before she died, she wasn’t killed the instant she was dragged into the Ghost’s realm; she went through a deadly chase."

"This also indicates that Zhou Mingxiao had some time to escape, and based on my observations, the best place to hide in this mall is the higher points."

"To be precise, it’s the east section on the 5th floor. From there, you can find a window to jump out, and there’s a concrete platform below, so you wouldn’t die from the fall."

"Zhou Mingxiao is a smart person; he wouldn’t leave himself without a retreat, so I deduce that he definitely used this point and hid in some secluded room in the east section of the 5th floor of the mall. Even if found by the Ghost, he could jump out the window to escape."

Chen Nang stopped here, and from the outcome, his deduction was entirely correct.

"I... I have something to say," Liu Yang, Chen Nang’s groupmate, stepped forward to testify, "What Chen said is true. To pinpoint more accurately, Chen even... borrowed a cell phone. He was calling Zhou Mingxiao while searching, and finally, when we found the warehouse on the 5th floor, we heard the ringtone from afar and that led us to the body."

"Where’s the phone you took?" Yang Xiao looked at Chen Nang and asked.

"Threw it away, to avoid trouble," Chen Nang answered naturally.

Even with Liu Yang’s testimony, Yang Xiao wasn’t completely convinced. He picked up Zhou Mingxiao’s phone, opened the call log, and sure enough, found over a dozen missed calls, all from an unknown number.

Yang Xiao called back this unknown number without hesitation, putting it on speaker for everyone to hear.

The call didn’t connect, and soon the mic transmitted a standard female voice prompt: "The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."

This matched Chen Nang’s explanation. In his previous account, he first removed the sim card, then the battery, finally discarding them all in three separate parts.

"You did well, very cautiously," Yang Xiao put down the phone and nodded approvingly at Chen Nang. He liked people like this, especially teammates in missions.

The stronger the teammates, the greater their chances of survival together.

Fortunately, the worst Yang Xiao feared did not happen. He was worried that not only would Mr. Zhou be dead, but also that the Ghost might kill Chen Nang and blend in. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

Afterwards, Yang Xiao and Chen Nang each recounted the investigation of the two fire incidents. To Yang Xiao and everyone’s surprise, Chen Nang’s group also drew a blank.

The self-immolation case at Xinmin Middle School Women’s Apartment did indeed occur, but the female student didn’t die. She was severely injured but is still alive, and there were no fatalities in this case.

No deaths, no Ghost presence. During the investigation, Zhou Mingxiao and Chen Nang were careful to look into incidents before and after the self-immolation case, but no other heinous incidents occurred in that apartment building.

Although being an institution, there were many supernatural legends following the self-immolation incident, none could be proven, most of them sounded like nonsense.

This meant Yang Xiao and Zhou Mingxiao’s teams came up empty-handed. They didn’t uncover any crucial clues, and Zhou Mingxiao ended up dead.

This further spread a sense of fear within the team. Veteran players like Yang Xiao and Chen Nang were fine, but less experienced "newbies" struggled to keep it together. Shu Shuang glanced at the time, swallowing nervously, "So we... we didn’t get any useful leads today, right? Next, more people will die, tonight, and tomorrow."

"Deaths are inevitable, but we did have some gains today," Munan suddenly spoke, munching on a lollipop, his expression serious yet slightly garbled, "We learned that the camcorder can show the Ghost’s path, the chase game countdown is 13 minutes, and the Ghost moves very fast, just running won’t work to escape. Moreover, don’t discard the camcorder, it’s useless, aren’t these gains?"

"But these... um..." Shu Shuang didn’t get to finish as a lollipop was shoved into her mouth.

"Stop babbling, only speak if you have intel or discoveries; otherwise, keep quiet," Munan reached out and pinched Shu Shuang’s fair cheek.

Newbies must have the awareness of newbies; even if they can’t help, they shouldn’t cause trouble, that’s the rule.

No one cared about Su Xiaomin or Wu Zhuo’s deaths, but Zhou Mingxiao and Chen Moting’s deaths were a significant loss. The veteran players present understood that they didn’t die because of lack of skill, but due to too little understanding of the Ghost.

In the same situation, perhaps anyone among them would have ended up the same way.

However, their deaths were not in vain, especially Mr. Zhou Mingxiao, who left valuable information for Yang Xiao.

"There are words appearing up there!" Suddenly, Zhou Hai, who was close to the door, shouted.

Everyone rushed over to see, and on the foam board by the glass door back wall, new round names appeared—these were tonight’s Night Watchmen.

Indeed, this time there were four slips of paper, four people, an additional person each night compared to the last.