Chapter 16

Yang Jian put down the phone and glanced back at the green forest with immense dread and fear.

This old man is indeed terrifying.

No matter how many times one encounters him, even from a distance, it sends shivers down one's spine and instills fear.

"Fang Jing should be dead by now?"

Yang Jian's eyes flickered: "The top priority now is to leave the ghost domain and get away from this old man. If we get caught by him again, it will surely mean certain death. Whether it's Zhang Wei, Wang Shanshan, or me, the outcome will be the same."

What's the point of becoming a ghost controller? Didn't Zhou Zheng die because he used too much ghost power, which led to the ghost's revival?

And the reason Zhou Zheng died must be because this old ghost is more terrifying than the ghost baby.

The ghost baby couldn't suppress this old man, so it naturally dragged him down.

Very soon.

When Zhang Wei saw Yang Jian return, he let out a slight sigh of relief: "Yang Jian, where did you run off to? Did you find Fang Jing? The school is haunted everywhere, but you have the guts to run around. I don't even dare to move my feet."

"Although I managed to call Fang Jing, he probably encountered a ghost, as expected."

Yang Jian said: "And over there, I saw the old man who knocked on the classroom door. That area can no longer be approached. The top priority now is to leave here. If we stay any longer, I don't know how many more people will die here."

As he spoke,

The others fell silent, their faces filled with fear and afterthoughts.

Indeed.

It's only been a few hours since the classroom was haunted, and we've been running all the way. Out of the more than forty classmates and teachers, only a few of us are still alive.

The rest have all disappeared.

Everyone knows what it means to disappear in a haunted school.

This isn't a dream or a movie; it's a real ghost event... where people can die.

"Yang Jian, thank you for leading us out. Without you, we would have met with disaster."

"Yes, thank you. And I'm sorry for what happened before. When Fang Jing pushed you into the toilet, we didn't stop him. Later, we found out that Fang Jing was a demon. He left Zhao Qiang and Wang Gang behind, and even the girls were left behind to cover for him..."

"That guy is a beast."

The classmates behind him spoke, cursing Fang Jing and expressing their apologies to Yang Jian.

Four people, these were the ones Yang Jian had brought out from the green forest, classmates who were with Fang Jing.

He felt that Fang Jing deserved to die, but the others didn't. Since he saw them, it was just a small effort to bring them out. They were classmates, and there was no need to be so cold-blooded.

"Thanking me now is too early. You've all seen that we're still in the school, still within the ghost domain. Whether we can survive and leave is still a question." Yang Jian shook his head.

"Although you're all very tired, it's not time to rest yet. Although I don't know much about the ghost domain, we should try. Follow me and see if we can leave the school."

He had become the mainstay among these people. After he spoke, the few who were resting on the ground immediately stood up.

"One, two, three, four... Out of the forty-odd people in our class, only 13 are left. The survival rate is only 30%. Who knows if more people will die. I should have taken a leave today. Why go to school? Others go to school for money, but we go to school for our lives." Zhang Wei said, his mood somewhat agitated.

The others glanced at him, all lowering their heads without speaking, their spirits very low and their conditions poor.

If they don't see any hope of survival, Yang Jian believes they are not far from a mental breakdown. He saw that some girls were already pale, muttering to themselves.

"Let's go."

Yang Jian couldn't care less about the mental breakdowns now.

The priority now is to see if they can survive and leave this place.

With his guidance,

The group no longer worried about getting lost, and they indeed seemed to be moving away from the ghost domain.

The surrounding darkness was not as thick, and although the sky was still dim, they could clearly see the road and the buildings around them.

Very soon.

The group arrived at the school gate.

The security booth was empty.

The road was eerily quiet, terrifyingly silent.

The streetlights were off, and there was no traffic.

The surroundings were very eerie, with no sound except for their own.

Yang Jian glanced at the closed door of the security booth, his eyes filled with extreme caution. He didn't dare to approach any door, who knows what terrifying thing might come out if he opened it.

And...

Looking at the dead silence outside, he knew that even if they left the school, it wouldn't help.

As long as they were still in the ghost domain, it would be the same anywhere.

"What's going on outside? Why is there no one? Usually, there are many parents picking up and dropping off students at this time." Miao Xiaoshan said, curious but also somewhat panicked.

Indeed.

Usually, the school is crowded with people and vehicles.

But now, it's completely empty, with no one in sight except for them.

"I'll go check." Zhang Wei volunteered, climbed over the fence, and walked onto the road.

Looking left and right along the road, he saw that the end of the road was shrouded in endless darkness, as if leading to the depths of hell.

The direction they came from was also shrouded in darkness.

The entire area seemed to be cut off from the world.

"It's no use, we can't walk out. Don't waste your energy." Yang Jian said.

"Then, are we going to be trapped here and die? I, I don't want to die." A girl immediately collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her face.

The other male students, though not collapsing, showed obvious fear of death in their eyes.

"Yang Jian, think of a way. Save us, please. I, I don't want to encounter any more ghosts." Wang Shanshan pulled on his arm, her tearful eyes filled with pleading.

Yang Jian fell into a brief silence: "I'll think seriously."

He didn't plan to continue walking but sat on a nearby stone bench to rest for a moment.

After running all the way, he also felt very tired.

Suddenly.

He looked down at the phone in his hand.

"Have you tried calling for help before?"

"I, I tried, the call went through, but..." a classmate said.

"Zhao Lei, but what?"

"There was no sound, no sound at all on the other end, and... it was connected. I, I didn't dare to call again." Zhao Lei said after a moment of silence.

The call went through but had no sound.

Yang Jian felt a chill.

The place is already haunted, and with such strange occurrences, it's indeed too dangerous to keep calling for help.

"But the phone could still be connected in the classroom. This situation only appeared shortly after we left the classroom." Suddenly, Miao Xiaoshan reminded them: "Zhang Wei called for an ambulance before."

"Yes, that's right." Zhang Wei nodded.

Shortly after leaving the classroom... if we calculate the time, it should be when the ghost domain reappeared, the moment the lights on the second floor flickered and went out.

"Alright, I'll try another number."

Yang Jian suddenly thought of someone's number and decided to give it a try.

He opened Zhang Wei's phone, logged into the forum, and used the satellite phone given by Zhou Zheng to make a call.

138......

This was the number left by the Lightning King on the forum.

He wanted to know if the Lightning King was in trouble. If he was, his phone might be in the hands of a ghost controller as evidence, given that there are police officers like Zhou Zheng who handle supernatural events, and someone might be in charge of this case.

Let's try.

The phone didn't show any signal loss and connected smoothly.

However, the situation was worse than expected.

Ring, ring, ring......

The phone on the other end rang, but the sound echoed in the silent school, reaching everyone's ears. Although not loud, it was very clear and eerie.

Yang Jian's hand froze as he held the phone.

"Is the Lightning King's phone in this school?"

His eyes narrowed, and he quickly stood up, looking around in shock, subconsciously searching for the source of the phone ring.

Cold sweat broke out on his face.

The Lightning King, an emergency room doctor from another province, was hundreds of kilometers away when he encountered trouble. If his phone is ringing here, it means... he is also here.

"Beep..."

At that moment, the call was connected, but there was no sound from the other end.

However, the phone ring in the school also disappeared.

At this moment, Yang Jian saw a faint light from a phone on the third floor of a nearby building. He could vaguely see a blurry figure standing by the window, seemingly looking at them.

"Damn it." Yang Jian broke out in a cold sweat and quickly hung up the phone.