Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 162: Chapter 148: Gone

Upon hearing this, Yu Mi paused for a moment, blinked her eyes as she looked at Yang Xiao, and involuntarily raised her voice, "What do you mean facing away? You... you saw the body was facing away?" freeweɓnøvel.com

Realizing there was a problem, Song Yan gave up on questioning Yu Mi and once again leaned on the observation window, peering inside through the crack. The result was the same as before: Tang Cui’s battered body was suspended below the ceiling, her back towards the door, her toes flat.

There was an old desk overturned on the floor. If one ignored the wounds on Tang Cui’s body, it would seem like she had given up on life momentarily and stepped onto the desk to commit suicide.

But the "murderer" was too careless. Song Yan estimated the height of the desks around him; even if Tang Cui had stepped onto a desk, it wouldn’t have been tall enough. It was obvious someone had killed her and then staged the body to look like a suicide by hanging it up.

The atmosphere nearby was oppressively tense. Song Yan slowly moved away from the observation window, turned his head, and clearly reiterated, "I saw the same thing as Chu Xi, Tang Cui’s body was facing away from us, I couldn’t see her face."

As soon as he said this, Yu Mi became tense. She wanted to take another look, but Yang Xiao stopped her.

"Let’s switch people," Yang Xiao suggested, motioning for Lu Ji and Pei Qiuyu to come forward.

What was strange was that aside from Yu Mi, everyone else saw the body facing away. To prevent any deception, Yang Xiao and Song Yan even asked a few details, and both Lu Ji and Pei Qiuyu could answer them correctly.

At this point, Yu Mi also knew she was in trouble and stepped back several steps, her face turning deathly pale.

"Could it be that Tang Cui is unwilling, thinking she died in Yu Mi’s place?" Lu Ji hypothesized after some thought.

Yu Mi panicked, defending herself, "But... but I didn’t force her to go, it was the ghost... that ghost...."

Suddenly turning her head, Yu Mi looked towards Song Yan as if seeking rescue. Since Song Yan had saved her last time, her trust in him had greatly increased, "Mr. Song, you must have a way, right?"

"You could save us last time; you definitely can this time too!" Yu Mi grabbed Song Yan’s arm, determined not to let go unless he agreed.

"Miss Yu, don’t be afraid. The situation is still unclear. Would you be willing to trust me?" Song Yan’s gentlemanly appearance was deceiving.

"I trust you!" Yu Mi replied without hesitation.

"Then come here, take another look, and we’ll decide what to do," Song Yan said. "First, don’t be afraid. Listen to me, there will be two outcomes. First, the body you saw may return to normal, or what you saw before could have been a hallucination caused by your excessive nervousness."

Lu Ji pursed his lips, clearly thinking such words could only fool newcomers.

Upon learning that Yu Mi was targeted, the rest of the group quietly sighed in relief; this way, if they encountered danger later, they could use Yu Mi as a shield.

"The second possibility is more troublesome. It at least suggests that the environment you are in is different from ours. In that case, you would need to collect as many clues as possible from inside the classroom, the surrounding environment, and the body. Your perspective is different from ours, what you see is closer to the truth," Song Yan said in a pleasing and methodical voice. "Do you understand what I’m saying, Miss Yu?"

Looking into Song Yan’s understanding eyes, Yu Mi nodded, "Okay, I trust you, Mr. Song."

After a brief hesitation, Yu Mi stepped forward again, took a deep breath, and approached the observation window. Meanwhile, Yang Xiao and the others instinctively retreated, with Lu Ji positioning himself furthest back, clearly ready to flee if anything went wrong.

A few moments later, Yang Xiao frowned, noticing that Yu Mi had frozen for a few seconds, then started to look in different directions within the classroom. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

"How is it, front or back?" Lu Ji couldn’t help but urge.

"I can’t find it; the body is gone," Yu Mi said, looking at her teammates with confusion.

"Gone?"

The group was shocked; they had considered several possibilities, even that Tang Cui’s body had come to life, but they had never entertained the idea that the body could simply disappear.

Some had initially planned to enter the classroom for a closer inspection of the body and to look for evidence, but now everyone couldn’t help but feel chilled to the bone, only thinking of leaving.

Song Yan had prepared himself mentally several times but didn’t dare approach to see what had happened in the abandoned classroom.

The space nearby gradually darkened, and it was only then that the group noticed there were no lights on overhead. Where, then, was the light in the hallway coming from?

Without any discussion, they quickly ran back, Lu Ji having the advantage of position, led the way at the front, accidentally knocking over a desk that was leaning to the side as he ran.

The desk crashed loudly to the floor, bottles of dye from the desk rolled onto the ground, and several shattered instantly, spreading colorful paints that made the site even more eerie.

They were about to rush down the stairs when Lu Ji in the front stopped first.

When Yang Xiao also reached the corner, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from downstairs, very hurried footsteps that sounded like many people.

"Chu Xi, Song Yan, is that you?" Director Ding’s voice came from downstairs.

After so many trials, Yu Mi and Pei Qiuyu had also grown, and without making a sound, they left the decision to the more experienced players like Song Yan and Lu Ji.

They had deeply experienced the terror of the Nightmare World; here, all experience was acquired at the cost of one’s life.

"Hello? Are you upstairs? Speak up if you’re there. Come down quickly; I don’t have the patience to wait for you," Director Ding called up impatiently.

Song Yan made a gesture behind him, signaling for everyone to retreat. He judged that the Director Ding below was fake and going downstairs now would be walking into a trap.