Chapter 7: Summon Ghosts
“I really don’t know how a newcomer like you came up with this method.”
Human thinking has limitations. This method might be conceivable for passengers who have experienced many platform missions, but the one proposing it now is a newcomer who just got on the train and is participating in a platform mission for the first time.
This is the reason Jiang Yingzhi felt shocked about it.
But after Lu Jinzhao proposed this suggestion, she pondered for a moment and then approved her method.
Although this method sounds somewhat too horrifying and against common sense, the current situation leaves them no choice but to treat a dead horse as if it were alive.
Lu Jinzhao smiled without answering her remark, instead asking: “After the surgery, you definitely won’t be able to help me with anything else, so my request is that you protect me during my cornea replacement surgery. If you encounter any abnormalities, you must do your utmost to help me. Can you do that?”
“No problem.”
Jiang Yingzhi affirmed, then added as if remembering something: “I didn’t tell you newcomers earlier because I thought it wouldn’t be needed for the time being, but now it fits perfectly.”
“During the surgery, you can request the doctor to do it roughly but quickly. Don’t worry about leaving any hidden issues, because”
“all injuries sustained in the platform mission can be healed after returning to the train using the money on the train ticket.”
“As long as you have one breath left, you can be saved.”
Lu Jinzhao blinked lightly upon hearing this. So that’s why this money is called lifesaving money?
“However, note that…” Jiang Yingzhi wasn’t finished.
“No matter what, before boarding the train, never let the money on the train ticket reach zero, or else you will lose the qualification to board the train!”
Not boarding the train in the real world equals death.
Not returning to the train in time inside the platform means being stuck forever in the platform world.
No passenger who stayed inside the platform has ever been heard to return alive to the real world!
“I understand.”
After discussing with Jiang Yingzhi, the two parted ways. Lu Jinzhao continued following the group, waiting for the surgery time, while Jiang Yingzhi went to arrange her own “pregnancy” surgery.
The subsequent see a ghost missions continued to carry a weird atmosphere laced with unease.
In the black cat hide-and-seek mission, since there was only one player, he could only play by himself with the black cat.
He must hide first and let the black cat search for him. Before the black cat finds him, he cannot reveal himself or leave on his own.
According to the book’s description, at this moment, he was hiding behind the ghost.
Not following the rules and leaving on his own before being found would result in the ghost finding him.
But after hide-and-seek began, the black cat encountered some mishap during the search. By the time other players saw it, it had already become a corpse.
With no cat to search, what should the hider do?
He fell into a puzzle extremely similar to Lin Shuyue’s, while the others didn’t even know where he was hiding and no one was willing to look for him.
The other missions also encountered extremely similar difficult problems. But for Lu Jinzhao, the biggest common point among them, and the one she cared about most, was just one thing:
—She had never seen the “ghost” once from beginning to end.
Every time, it was only companions falling into a terrifying situation, but the ghost causing that situation had never appeared.
Does it really exist?
It probably does; otherwise, how to explain those supernatural phenomena?
But why has the ghost never truly shown itself once?
Not even a shadow!
Lu Jinzhao didn’t understand. Perhaps only Cen Duo, who might have really seen a ghost, could comprehend a bit, but Lu Jinzhao really didn’t want to get close to her.
Even standing a little closer to her made her brain buzz, as if her instinct was warning her: stay away from this off woman!
Lu Jinzhao could only suppress this doubt for now. Perhaps after transplanting the dead person’s cornea and being able to “see a ghost,” she would understand.
Soon, the surgery time arrived. After going through successive see a ghost missions, the original 9-person team had only 5 left after Lu Jinzhao and Jiang Yingzhi left, among whom four had not yet completed see a ghost missions.
More than half the time had passed, and the atmosphere of anxiety and unease grew heavier. The remaining four also decided to split up.
Cen Duo decided to accompany the person who drew number 10 to complete the ultimate see a ghost method, while Zhou Wenbo teamed up with another to complete crossroads bowl-tapping and midnight hair-combing.
Before leaving, Lu Jinzhao learned about their groupings. But when she heard Cen Duo was accompanying to complete the number 10 mission, a strange feeling involuntarily rose in her heart.
She always felt that Cen Duo’s purpose was definitely not simple companionship or help.
But she had no standing or evidence to warn the other, so she could only hope the other was smart enough to notice Cen Duo’s subtle weirdness.
Upon arriving at the clinic, Jiang Yingzhi was already waiting. Soon, Lu Jinzhao’s surgery began.
Local anesthesia completed, Lu Jinzhao lay on the operating table.
Jiang Yingzhi stood beside the operating table, vigilantly watching the surroundings to prevent possible accidents.
The surgery environment was somewhat crude, but the instruments were comprehensive. Lu Jinzhao’s eyes were held open with an eyelid speculum, preventing her from blinking or seeing the surgery details.
The surgery began.
The local anesthesia kept her thinking clear, with only her eyes feeling no pain and reduced clarity.
She clearly knew something was operating on her eyeball but could only see blurry shadows, so her heart didn’t produce much fear.
As the surgery progressed, Lu Jinzhao noticed her vision becoming blurry—probably the doctor handling her cornea. This process lasted a while and wouldn’t recover immediately after surgery.
It should be like this.
Lu Jinzhao couldn’t quite remember how much time had passed. She only knew that in the moment she realized, her view had become extremely clear.
As if she hadn’t been anesthetized at all, or undergone cornea surgery.
But how could that be?
She could now clearly see the appearance of the instruments above!
Why was this happening?
Wasn’t the surgery still ongoing?
She tried to move her eyeballs but couldn’t. She was still under anesthesia, yet her line of sight was extremely clear.
Weirdness.
This was definitely not normal.
The surgery hadn’t ended, so Lu Jinzhao didn’t dare act rashly. However, as it continued, she felt the temperature in the operating room seeming to drop bit by bit.
The hairs on her arms had quietly stood up at some point, like a danger warning.
The shadowless lamp occupied most of her line of sight, beside which were the busy doctor and nurse doing the surgery. But…
There was also a motionless shadow figure standing beside the operating table. What was that?
