Chapter 19: Guess
“You, is everything you said true? Can you save us and get us out?”
Among the crowd, a woman in her thirties looked at Liu Lin with some hesitation.
Liu Lin glanced at the woman’s chest, where her name and position were written.
Zhang Baihui, position, Manager.
“I can’t guarantee this, I can only say we will do our best to save you all and get you out.”
“You all know that that ghost kills without blinking.”
“You are still alive purely because of good luck.”
Liu Lin said with a serious expression.
Hearing the word ghost, the crowd immediately became chaotic, with women constantly huddling together, looking just like chicks hiding under a mother hen’s belly.
Terror spread across everyone’s faces.
But a few older women with higher positions pretended to be calm, comforting the crowd.
Liu Lin’s gaze swept over the few people.
These few people needed special attention.
“We, we will listen to you.”
There was no choice right now.
The other was an International Police, not to mention whether her identity was real or fake, but given the current situation, staying hidden here meant they would die sooner or later.
Following these three at least gave them a hope of surviving.
Liu Lin nodded.
Then he looked at Lin Qian.
Lin Qian nodded, then turned and walked to the corridor.
The fierce ghost on Liu Lin showed no movement, which meant that ghost was not in the vicinity.
“President Lin, what do you plan to do next?”
The survivors were already gathered, and the fierce ghost’s killing pattern was preliminarily determined.
Although Liu Lin had ideas in mind, the one who could make decisions now was not him, but Lin Qian.
Wu Xun also looked at Lin Qian. Although finding the survivors reduced the panic in his heart a lot, after the initial excitement, he thought of a key problem.
How would they get these people out?
Moreover, wasn’t the fierce ghost’s killing pattern to only attack males?
Bringing so many women would make their targets bigger, right?
They were extremely obvious among the women, and once the fierce ghost appeared, it would definitely instantly attack them.
On the contrary, these women would be safer.
Conversely, without bringing these women, they might be much safer.
Thinking of this, Wu Xun felt conflicted. After hesitating for a moment, he asked softly, “President, do we really have to bring them with us?”
Wu Xun really wanted to save these people, but they were barely able to protect themselves.
If the fierce ghost here didn’t prioritize attacking males, bringing these people would be fine.
After all, their presence could reduce the probability of them being attacked by the fierce ghost.
But the situation was different.
Lin Qian understood what he meant.
A pair of eerie eyes moved slightly, “Perhaps none of you have noticed that the ghost here has become much more terrifying.”
“Outside the hotel, it confronted me once supernaturally, and its terror level wasn’t high at the time.”
“But after my second confrontation with it, I found that its supernatural strength had improved by at least double.”
Liu Lin’s face darkened immediately, “You mean this ghost is killing to grow itself!”
“Right.”
Lin Qian nodded.
“Although this ghost’s killing pattern prioritizes males, you may not have thought that when the fierce ghost keeps failing to kill us, it is very likely to shift targets and kill others in the ghost domain.”
“In the ghost domain, the ghost is extremely free.”
“These women may not need to trigger the killing pattern to be attacked by the fierce ghost.”
“The fierce ghost only needs to touch them, and they will die the same, while the fierce ghost’s terror level will also rise.”
“Moreover, is it possible that this ghost has more than one killing pattern? Its main killing pattern is just attacking males?”
“This possibility is not small.”
Lin Qian’s gaze quietly swept over the women in the room.
Wu Xun and Liu Lin looked at the eyes on Lin Qian’s mask moving casually, feeling a chill in their hearts.
At this moment, Lin Qian gave them the feeling of being more like a ghost than a person.
But ghost controllers were no longer human anyway.
Listening to Lin Qian’s analysis, Liu Lin was startled. This possibility was not only not small, but very large.
No one knew if the ghost would change its killing pattern.
No, not change, but use a second killing pattern.
Who said a fierce ghost could only have one killing pattern?
There was no such rule.
Ghosts never killed according to rules.
“So, we must bring these women?” Wu Xun asked reluctantly.
“It seems so.” Liu Lin sighed.
Liu Lin looked troubled, but he was overjoyed inside.
Lin Qian’s idea coincided with his.
It was even completely beneficial to him.
His fierce ghost could completely avoid the fierce ghost’s attacks.
As long as he didn’t act, he would be safe until the survivors were all killed.
The only difficulty was that his own fierce ghost revival couldn’t last long.
But every moment alive was a moment, he was certain that Headquarters had already noticed the situation here, and after failing to contact him, they would definitely send support.
For a supernatural event with a ghost domain, Headquarters couldn’t ignore it, so the ghost controllers sent would definitely be able to handle A-level supernatural events.
And as far as he knew, the nearest city to him had a Person in Charge who could handle this level of supernatural event, and she was a woman.
Now his plan was no longer to jointly detain this ghost with the three of them.
But to try every way to avoid the fierce ghost’s attacks and survive.
“Bring these survivors.”
Lin Qian pretended to think for a moment and made the decision.
“Liu Lin, go ask if all the hotel survivors are here.”
Liu Lin nodded and walked into the room.
Two minutes later, Liu Lin came out and nodded to Lin Qian, “All staff are here, especially the females.”
“There was only our table of guests at the hotel today, they were idle, and after cleaning, they all gathered here.”
Hearing this, Lin Qian’s eyes moved slightly. They were all here, which meant all living people in this hotel were on this floor.
“That ghost disappears when attacked, but the disappearance must have a medium.”
“This medium is most likely a living person.”
“Now all living people are here, so that ghost disappearing again would likely only be on this floor.”
Lin Qian said as he looked at the dark corridor. The ghost hadn’t come yet, probably killing some stragglers.
The females were all gathered here, so the stragglers were all males.
Once the fierce ghost finished killing those people, it would definitely come here.
“Liu Lin, Wu Xun, next, when the fierce ghost appears, we try to instantly detain it.”
“The difficult point with this ghost is that it disappears when attacked.”
“If this ghost only appears on this floor after disappearing, then we have a chance to detain it.”
“Of course, whether it only appears on this floor is still unknown.”
Hearing this, Liu Lin’s eyes flashed, “Not safe, it might appear upstairs or downstairs after disappearing, and upstairs and downstairs are only about three or four meters from this floor.”
Liu Lin’s words immediately alerted Lin Qian.
Right, according to his guess, the ghost would appear around them after disappearing.
But not necessarily on this floor, it could be upstairs or downstairs.
The distance wouldn’t be too far.
This couldn’t be guaranteed.
In the ghost domain, the ghost could ignore buildings.
“You’re right.” Lin Qian nodded, “Then take the survivors outside the hotel!”
Without buildings, that ghost would only appear on the ground.
Liu Lin’s eyes lit up subtly. Leaving the hotel was most beneficial to him.
As soon as support arrived, he would be the easiest to save outside the hotel.
Wu Xun listened to the two analyzing so expertly and suddenly understood why one was President and the other International Police.
Both strength and brains were needed.
“Liu Lin, you lead them in front, Wu Xun in the middle, I’ll bring up the rear.”
“I can ignore the ghost domain’s influence, hold hands, I’ll watch over you.”
Liu Lin nodded and walked into the room without hesitation.
Leaving now was best, the longer the delay, the harder to leave.
While the fierce ghost hadn’t appeared to attack them yet, this was their best opportunity to leave.
Soon, Liu Lin walked out of the room and nodded to Lin Qian.
Lin Qian leaned against the wall, behind Liu Lin were women holding hands timidly, following Liu Lin.
“We will take you out of this hotel. No matter what you see or hear on the way, don’t panic or let go.”
Lin Qian’s eyes drooped slightly as he spoke to remind them.
No one looked at Lin Qian; Liu Lin had already warned them in the room.
He had also told them his identity, ghost controller.
Among the three, Lin Qian was the strangest.
A white mask without nose or mouth, just a pair of heterochromatic pupil-less eyes hanging on it, able to change positions freely.
Liu Lin was afraid these people would be scared and waste time, so he simply told them not to look.
But not everyone listened.
Some people are like that, the more you’re told not to do something, the more curious they get.
Sure enough, a short-haired woman couldn’t hold back her curiosity as she passed Lin Qian and sneaked a peek at his face.
At this look, she was so scared she froze in place.
Liu Lin frowned, “Keep walking!”
Yan Li’s voice brought the woman back to her senses. She opened her mouth, but was pulled away by the colleague in front.
But soon, a scream rang out.
That woman screamed and squatted on the ground.
Liu Lin’s frown deepened.
Lin Qian looked directly at Wu Xun.
Wu Xun nodded and walked over, slapping the woman across the face.
The woman’s scream stopped abruptly.
Her delicate face swelled up red immediately.
Then she rolled her eyes and fainted.
Seeing this, Wu Xun was stunned and looked at Lin Qian.
Lin Qian was somewhat speechless, “Carry her.”
The other women didn’t dare breathe, gripping their companions’ hands tightly, one hand covering their mouths to not make a sound.
Liu Lin walked in front, “We can save you, but you must obey. Remember, we have no obligation to save you.”
As soon as Liu Lin said this, the survivors fell silent, and those thinking of causing trouble immediately gave up the idea.
About thirty survivors, holding hands, walked downstairs.
Wu Xun carried a woman in the middle, vigilant of the surroundings.
Lin Qian walked last, his pair of heterochromatic ghost eyes turning, ready to launch a supernatural attack at any time.
According to their plan, at each floor, they had to wait until Lin Qian could see everyone before continuing down.
This ensured that the moment the ghost appeared, Lin Qian could attack immediately.
In this mode, they soon reached the first floor.
Until walking out of the hotel onto the street outside.
The street was empty, the streetlights long extinguished.
Liu Lin gathered the survivors together.
“Ah!”
A wail rang out.
Everyone looked up at the source of the sound simultaneously.
On the top of the building, a figure leaped down.
In just a few seconds, the figure landed.
Blood bloomed like a flower, red and white fluids flowing everywhere.
The clustered survivors trembled, not daring to look at the gruesome scene on the ground.
“Male.” Wu Xun swallowed and said.
Lin Qian and Liu Lin didn’t speak, just staring at the top of the building.
There, a disheveled figure stood.
But soon, this figure disappeared abruptly, as if no one had ever been there.
“It’s coming soon.” Liu Lin withdrew his gaze, looking at the man on the ground still twitching slightly.
“Didn’t kill this man directly.”
“No.”
Liu Lin’s gaze sharpened. The man’s body on the ground visibly began to rot, followed by a thick corpse stench.
The bloomed blood turned black and viscous.
Liu Lin quickly looked at Lin Qian, but the ghost eyes and mask made it impossible to read his expression.
“Not many living males left, soon the entire ghost domain will only have us three males.”
Lin Qian scanned the surroundings; the ghost domain’s range wasn’t small.
At least covering several street districts.
But there were basically no residents nearby; this area was mostly entertainment venues, all booked today.
Right, booked by them.
Liu Lin nodded and looked at the survivors who were scared out of their wits.
“How about taking them far away from here?”
Liu Lin wanted to test if he could take these survivors out of the ghost domain.
Even if not, at least reach the ghost domain’s boundary.
Lin Qian looked deeply at Liu Lin and didn’t refuse, nodding.
“Do as you say.”
Seeing Lin Qian agree, Liu Lin was ecstatic inside but calmly walked to the survivors and explained.
Naturally, no survivor opposed.
So under their lead, they walked onto the dark streets.
The surroundings were quiet, Lin Qian at the rear, the hotel getting farther until it disappeared.
“President, I think Liu Lin is acting strange.”
Wu Xun walked to Lin Qian’s side and said softly, “Do you think he has a way to leave the ghost domain?”
“A way to leave the ghost domain?”
Lin Qian looked at Liu Lin’s back ahead, “Even I can’t leave, him?”
Lin Qian glanced at Liu Lin’s feet, leather shoes, but normal and fitting.
Lin Qian directly ruled out one possibility.
“Be careful yourself, the ghost is coming.”
Lin Qian looked back; his fierce ghost was restless.
The ghost from the hotel was approaching.
Hearing this, Wu Xun’s expression turned serious.
And at that moment, Liu Lin ahead suddenly stopped, abruptly turning back to Lin Qian with a terrified expression:
“It’s here!”
