Chapter 20

After being intimidated by Xia Tianqi, the few girls quickly told him the entire story of that night.

"Yiran lived in the next dorm, but due to her personality, she usually hung out with us. We would always play until we were exhausted before going back to sleep.

That night was no exception. We were all in the dorm, talking about ghost stories.

Yiran was the bravest among us, so she almost scared us to death, but she was very excited and insisted on playing the 'Soul Calling' game with us.

'Soul Calling' is similar to Ouija boards or table turning, all of which are types of spirit games.

The rules require four people to sit in a relatively dark environment. Even if it's not pitch black, at least you shouldn't be able to see each other's faces clearly.

Once everyone is seated, the four people take turns to softly call out:

'Wandering soul, appear quickly...'

'Fierce ghost, show yourself...'

'I am here, come quickly...'

'I am here, come quickly...'

It's said that if there are wandering souls or fierce ghosts around, they will be called over and possess someone."

"You guys are really asking for it. If this game is real, what if you really called a fierce ghost?" Xia Tianqi frowned as he listened.

"At the time, Yiran insisted on playing, and since we were such good friends, we couldn't refuse. Besides, we were all quite curious, so we didn't think much about it."

The girl explained, and Xia Tianqi nodded in acknowledgment, signaling her to continue.

"We pulled the curtains tight to make the dorm darker. We even covered the windows with a blanket to make it even darker.

It was already very late, so there was no sound outside, only our soft calls.

As we kept calling, I felt the temperature around us drop, and eventually, I even got goosebumps.

We were all very scared and said we wanted to stop, but Yiran scared us by saying that once the game started, it couldn't be stopped, or the wandering souls and fierce ghosts would take revenge.

Although we didn't believe in ghosts, her words still made us very uneasy, so we had to continue.

The temperature kept dropping, and we vaguely heard a惨叫声 coming from the roof. The sound was very tragic, as if someone was being torn apart alive.

Because I was so scared, my mind was a mess, and I kept thinking that there was someone else in the dorm besides us, as I could feel a strong sense of being watched.

I have always been timid, and I was already at my limit. Just as I was about to give up, the dorm door was suddenly pushed open, and Yiran quickly walked out!

We didn't know what happened at the time. We thought Yiran had gone to the bathroom because she was in a hurry, but after waiting for a while and not seeing her return, we assumed she had gone back to the next dorm to sleep, so we didn't think much about it and went to bed.

We didn't expect Yiran to...

If we had stopped her from leaving and kept her with us, she wouldn't have had an accident..."

The girl started crying, and the other three girls also had red eyes, clearly showing how close they were to the deceased.

After listening to the girl's account, Xia Tianqi's frown deepened.

"Did all four of you in the dorm participate in the 'Soul Calling' game that night?"

"Yes, we all participated," the four girls nodded, looking at Xia Tianqi with confusion, not understanding why he was asking.

Xia Tianqi didn't explain and changed the topic:

"After Wang Yiran left, did you hear any other sounds?"

"No, we didn't hear anything after that," the four girls shook their heads.

"But I don't believe Yiran would commit suicide. She was very optimistic and never complained. Besides, she was planning to sign up for the autumn model competition!"

The girl suddenly thought of something and widened her eyes, her voice trembling:

"Do you think... could it be... that night... we really... called something...?"

"Don't... don't talk nonsense! Scaring yourself is no fun!"

The other three girls almost in unison rebuked her.

"But don't you find it strange? Why did Yiran suddenly leave that night, and what about the惨叫声 we heard during the 'Soul Calling' game? There was no one on the roof, right?

If there was no one, how could there be惨叫声?"

"It is... strange... but... don't think it's a ghost."

"If it's not a ghost, then there's a murderer hiding in the dorm building, as outsiders can hardly enter the college."

The four girls, like a group of ducks, started chattering before Xia Tianqi could say anything. Clearly, they all found Wang Yiran's death suspicious but didn't want to think it was a ghost.

"Let's talk about the problem after I leave. OK?"

Xia Tianqi saw that there were only a few minutes left before the lights went out, so he interrupted the girls and continued:

"We will try to figure out what happened to Wang Yiran. You don't need to worry about that. What's more relevant to you is whether you've encountered anything strange in the past few days?"

"Strange? What do you mean?" the four girls looked at Xia Tianqi, confused.

"Like paranormal phenomena."

As Xia Tianqi said this, the atmosphere in the dorm suddenly became tense. After about three minutes, the girls started to answer, but their answers were not very reliable.

"If you're talking about strange things, I feel like someone is always following me when I go to the bathroom."

"Since we met you, you've always said that! If that counts, I always feel like there's someone under my bed."

"You're just scaring yourselves. I've been feeling very tired lately, and when I wake up in the morning, my chest feels very heavy, as if someone was lying on me while I was sleeping..."

After leaving Dorm 703, Xia Tianqi took out a cigarette, lit it, and leaned against the wall to smoke.

This trip to Dorm 703 was quite fruitful. Not only did it confirm what the barista sister had said, but it also revealed the details of the so-called 'Big Adventure' game.

By combining the barista sister's account with the information from Dorm 703, the events of that night became clear.

Wang Yiran had returned to the dorm before the lights went out, but only to change into her pajamas. She then returned to Dorm 703 and started playing the 'Soul Calling' game with the others.

After that, she might have been possessed by a ghost, or something happened to her, leading her to go to the 8th floor roof alone, where she was killed.

The next morning, her body was discovered by her roommates.

This seemed to be the entire sequence of events, but in fact, there was a terrifying detail that had not been noticed.

That is, who were the four students in Dorm 703 playing the game with?

Xia Tianqi had already confirmed that only four people were involved in the game, and all the students in Dorm 703 participated. If we add the deceased, there should have been five people, but in reality...

There were only four people involved!

In other words, when they were in the dark, calling out to the souls, there was indeed an extra 'person' in the dorm, watching them coldly!

However... they never noticed.

"Clearly, one person was missing, but no one noticed. Could it be... that Wang Yiran was already possessed by a ghost before this?"

Xia Tianqi thought that Wang Yiran might have been possessed by a ghost during the day and then lured the students in Dorm 703 to play the spirit game, using it to call... other ghosts!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt this possibility was very likely. Perhaps the ghost in Qihé Women's College was not very scary at first, only able to possess people and cause some confusion.

But it was difficult for it to kill people on its own. However, now it was different. The ghost very likely used the mouths of the students in Dorm 703 to call a more powerful entity.

It's likely that Wang Yiran was killed by this new ghost.

As for the original ghost in Qihé Women's College, it might still be... possessing a student!

Perhaps it's in Dorm 703, or hidden in another dorm.

"Damn... there are two ghosts!"

Xia Tianqi felt extremely unlucky, thinking that this trip to Qihé College would be quite challenging.

As he thought this, his gaze involuntarily followed the stairs upward.

He saw a pair of blood-red eyes suddenly appear in the darkness connecting to the 8th floor!

Xia Tianqi's eyes widened, but before he could react, the entire corridor plunged into darkness.