Chapter 13: Death Relay
At the same time, behind the boys' dormitory, in the originally dark environment, several figures suddenly came around from behind the wall.
To be precise, there were three people. They only had their phones on night mode, emitting a very dim and inconspicuous light.
After fumbling back here, the three people said nothing, but worked together to lift up a corpse and left this place, seemingly wanting to throw the body further away.
Five to six minutes later, the three people returned again. They leaned against the wall and sat down to rest, with injuries and bloodstains on their bodies, having a numb expression and eyes full of despair.
No one spoke, even though they were tired, thirsty, and hungry. They had used up a lot of energy, but not a single person made a sound.
They sat still for a few minutes. Gao Yifei sighed and said, "Remember not to fall asleep. If something else comes our way, I'll be next, then Liu Mingming, and finally..."
Cheng Jie smiled sadly and said, "Are you guys foolish? What's the point of leaving me for last? I have the weakest strength, and it's most unlikely that I'll survive."
Gao Yifei fell silent, and Liu Mingming opened his mouth but didn't speak. He could only lower his head and look at his phone, which was running out of battery.
Suddenly! Liu Mingming shook all over and crawled up as if his life depended on it. "Up there! It's up there!!"
The other two were startled, and they also hurriedly moved forward to escape before finally having the chance to look up, using the faint light from their phones.
On the rooftop of the boys' dormitory, there was a figure, only half of its head remaining. It was slightly looking down.
The face, which had no facial features, suddenly cracked open, revealing a mouth-like crack that extended to its ears.
It emitted a black mist, and it swiftly descended from the rooftop, spreading its limbs like a dark bat.
The scared three people turned and ran away, but the ghost was very fast and the distance between them kept getting closer.
Without any surprises, all three of them would die at the hands of this ghost.
However, just at that moment, Gao Yifei, who was running at the back, suddenly stopped. He had a serious expression and was holding a sharp stone, as if he was ready to fight with the ghost.
Of course, humans were useless against ghosts, even if they held a stone or even a gun.
Although Gao Yifei stopped silently, the two people in front still noticed and slowed down their pace.
Gao Yifei shouted angrily, "Run! Didn't we agree? One by one!"
This was the plan proposed by Li Yan when they encountered danger earlier.
Initially, it was Han Feixiong's death that saved the others, although he sacrificed himself passively.
Later, when a group of nine people were found by Slender Man, Chu Jiang chose to run in the opposite direction, which allowed the other eight to survive.
Later, Li Yan and the other three people safely returned to the back of their dormitory and luckily hid for over two hours.
However, luck had its limits, and in the end, they were found by a ghostly shadow.
Then Li Yan said it was his turn this time. He bravely stepped forward and caught the attention of the ghostly shadow, allowing the other three to escape from the dormitory...
The three of them aimlessly ran outside and realized that it was even more dangerous out there.
With no other choice, they ran back to the boys' dormitory.
As long as the ghostly shadow that wanted to kill Li Yan was gone, they could hide here again.
The result was not bad at all. That ghostly shadow had really left.
But sadly, Gao Yifei and the others had to move Li Yan's body.
Because of Chu Jiang's previous guess, they had witnessed with their own eyes that the body of the deceased would "revive" after a period of time and eventually transform into a new ghostly shadow.
Now the entire No. 7 Middle School had become a scary ghost playground, with fewer and fewer living people, and all the deceased would turn into new attackers.
After returning to the boys' dormitory, the Gao Yifei trio had to sacrifice another person shortly afterwards.
Upon hearing Gao Yifei's shout, Cheng Jie's tears fell heavily, and Liu Mingming gritted his teeth and dragged Cheng Jie's hand, running forward.
If they encountered another ghost, it would be his turn next in this damn world!
Suddenly, Liu Mingming felt a person's shadow passing by his side, which scared him so much that his scalp tingled, and he stumbled, almost falling down.
Cheng Jie also saw it, but she couldn't express any more emotions, even her eyes were vacant.
"Ah~!"
Gao Yifei's screams came from behind, and both Liu Mingming couldn't imagine how much pain their companion was enduring, and which part of their body was missing.
The next second, the two heard a familiar voice, "Stop, don't run anymore!"
Liu Mingming and Cheng Jie didn't immediately stop, but when they realized whose voice it was, they couldn't help but look back in shock.
In the distance, they could vaguely see two figures.
What was even more terrifying was that the figure on the left ripped off the arm of the figure on the right! At the same time, they heard Gao Yifei scream again.
When Cheng Jie saw this gruesome scene, her brain was overwhelmed and she fainted, her eyes rolling back.
Liu Mingming fell to the ground, shaking like a sieve.
He had completely given up hope and didn't want to escape anymore, he just wished for a quick death.
However, what happened next was different from what Liu Mingming had imagined.
The figure on the left tore off their own clothes, then helped the figure on the right sit down and carefully bandaged their wounds, tying them tightly.
"Liu Mingming, come over and help!" Chu Jiang, with blood on his face, turned and shouted in their direction.
Is it really, really Chu Jiang?
After a while, Liu Mingming struggled to get up. He hesitated for a moment as he looked at the unconscious Cheng Jie, but then he rushed towards the two people.
When Liu Mingming saw the living Chu Jiang up close, he still couldn't believe it. "You're not dead??" he said in disbelief.
"It's a long story," Chu Jiang sighed. "You help Gao Yifei stand up, and I'll wake Cheng Jie up. We need to escape from this school as quickly as possible. It's getting more and more terrifying here."
Just now, it was Chu Jiang who arrived at the last moment. After coming back to life, his physical abilities had somehow greatly improved. He ran all the way here without even being out of breath, and he could even tear off a human arm with his bare hands.
As for why Chu Jiang disabled Gao Yifei, he didn't want to do it either.
When he arrived, the ghost had already bitten Gao Yifei's upper left arm.
Chu Jiang immediately used his Blood Handprint on his right hand. With just one slap, the ghost transformed into a cloud of black smoke and vanished. The result was surprisingly effective.
But Chu Jiang noticed that something was seriously wrong with Gao Yifei. His face turned pale very quickly, as if he had encountered some kind of curse.
In a rush, Chu Jiang had to forcefully break off one of his hands to stop the curse from spreading further.
As of now, this seemed to have been effective since Gao Yifei was still alive and he had a strong will, not even passing out after having one of his hands torn off.
