Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 687: Chapter 537: There’s a Ghost Behind

No wonder the woman came here, Yang Xiao nodded and then asked, "Have you found anything?"

"Not yet." The woman’s voice was filled with helplessness, but then, as if suddenly remembering something, she quickly asked, "What’s your number?"

Yang Xiao frowned. "Why do you ask?"

"Don’t get me wrong. I’m worried that our talking might attract those things. We can add each other as contacts and chat through the mobile phone," the woman explained.

"This phone can add contacts?"

"It should be possible. I just found out myself. There’s a security room not far from here. I found a notice on the wall saying to be careful of patients using mobile phones to communicate while escaping. If a mobile phone is found, it must be destroyed immediately."

"What’s your number? I’ll add you," Yang Xiao said, still skeptical.

"144552."

True enough, after entering the number, a small chat box popped up on the mobile screen, which astounded Yang Xiao. This was a big discovery!

"Put your phone on top of the fridge so I can see it." Yang Xiao didn’t say a word. Instead, he typed this on his phone and clicked ’Send’.

The woman hesitated, visible to Yang Xiao. But he blocked the way out, leaving her no choice but to comply. Soon, Yang Xiao saw a phone appearing on a light green fridge that looked similar to the one he was holding, both encased in plastic shells.

The phone’s screen was on, displaying the sentence Yang Xiao had just sent. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Yang Xiao now confirmed another thing: these "patients" were not only invisible to each other, but anything they held was also invisible. However, if an item was put down, it would reappear. The person who had attacked him before had done so in this manner.

During the subsequent conversation, Yang Xiao learned that the woman had woken up in a hospital room on the second floor. She had encountered a "Frog Ghost" but had escaped, and during her flight and hiding, she had faintly heard crying.

But the situation had been urgent at the time, so she hadn’t heard it clearly. She only guessed that it must have been a woman’s crying.

"Is it those things, our people, or the ’bad’?" Concerned about provoking the screen-peeping rag doll, Yang Xiao avoided using the word ’ghost’.

"I don’t know," the woman replied.

In return, Yang Xiao shared some intelligence with the woman. He advised her not to bother going to the third floor, as there were no rooms storing food there, only Frog Ghosts. The situation on the fourth floor was unclear, but at least one ghost was hidden there, as someone had just died on the fourth floor.

The woman informed Yang Xiao that he needn’t search nearby any longer as she had already explored most of the corridor on this side; except for a few fridges, there were no cold places left.

Despite this, Yang Xiao checked every fridge in the room, including two in the corner that could perhaps fit a small child, but found nothing.

With no discovery, the two had no choice but to leave. On their way, Yang Xiao suggested the woman check places like the cafeteria or restaurant, where the chances might be higher.

They had barely stepped out the door when an incident occurred. At the end of the hallway appeared a terrifying figure, a pair of bloody scissors dragging on the ground. It was the "Frog"!

It was too late to stand still now. Upon spotting them, the "Frog" charged at them with terrifying speed. The thunking of its heavy boots and the scraping sparks of the scissors filled the air.

Yang Xiao and the woman immediately ran in the opposite direction, quickly reaching the corner where the hallway split, which held two elevators and stairs leading up and down.

"Split up!" Yang Xiao took off down the stairs first, while the woman didn’t hesitate, charging upwards three or four steps at a time.

The "Frog" was faster than Yang Xiao had anticipated. He never got out of its sight. What was even more dismal was that the "Frog" had given up on the woman and was now pursuing him, its thudding footsteps getting closer.

Rushing to the first floor, Yang Xiao had initially planned to continue downward to block the line of sight. As long as he found the opportunity to escape the ghost’s view, he could hide again, a tactic that was most effective against the "Frog". But an unexpected discovery changed his mind. He saw a body lying unnaturally on the stairs leading to the basement level, its skin dry as bark as if drained of all blood.

The body had a Prisoner No. 107 mask on its face. It was one of their own.

The basement was dangerous!!

Yang Xiao immediately changed his plan and headed toward the hospital lobby. This floor’s hallway was broader, and he planned to dash out the hospital’s main entrance to hide.

But when he reached the lobby of the first floor, he was stunned. The lobby’s decor was old, but more bizarrely, there were no doors in the lobby. This building... had no main entrance!

As the "thunking" footsteps approached from behind, there was no more time to think. Yang Xiao had no choice but to desperately dash across the hallway opposite and randomly pushed open a door to hide inside. Seconds later, the footsteps followed and stopped outside the door.

Yang Xiao’s heart leapt to his throat, fearing he could not escape this time. The Frog Ghost wasn’t foolish; it had seen him hide in this room.

Knowing the Frog Ghost might burst in at any moment, Yang Xiao’s forehead dripped with cold sweat as he urgently looked around for a hiding spot to deal with the Frog Ghost.