Like lightning piercing the starless and moonless night, the sudden illumination made the wide-eyed Pei Renli's pupils shrink slightly. Since he now straightened his upper body, he was looking in a different direction than when he was lying on his side.

A kind of thing that is as tall as a person, with a body that is almost translucent and pale white appears in the field of vision.

The thing barely had a human shape, with a rickety back and a high bulge. The whole body was covered by the same translucent robe. Where the face should be, only a swirling chaotic dark could be seen.

The exposed arms were slender, twisted like a leper, and covered with large and small blisters. The palms were completely missing, replaced by a pair of large scissors that were forty to fifty centimeters long.

This kind of translucent monster can't see its feet at all and needs no support. It is suspended in mid-air...

If you ask why Pei Renli can see so clearly, it's because there is one less than four or five meters away from him!

As mentioned before, many people could be seen near Pei Renli. Naturally, he was not the only one who noticed this monster. As the flash of light that illuminated for a moment and then disappeared for an instant disappeared, the sounds of exclamations and screams came and went.

There was also a series of rapid footsteps, as if someone was trying to escape.

What's even more frightening is that many of the sounds Pei Renli heard lasted only half of the time and then stopped...

We were already in the dark and had no sense of security. But now, our sense of security was directly fed to the dog.

Of course, Pei Renli's first reaction was to run, as far as possible. At this time, he didn't care about whether it was dark or whether he would hit the wall, but the muscles all over his body seemed to be frozen.

There is even an illusion that even the blood has stopped flowing. The mind is screaming and screaming, but the body cannot move.

——Tick tock!

The sound was like the sound of water droplets dripping on the floor, breaking into the eardrums. This slight sound should be difficult to notice in an environment full of terrified screams, but for some reason it was particularly prominent and made people's scalp numb.

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At this time, the flashing lighting came on again.

Pei Renli, who remained in his original position and did not move, noticed that there were some people who were probably as frightened as him and could not move, while others were kneeling on the ground, their scarlet blood soaking their clothes and forming a small pool of water underneath them.

Wa, that horrified and twisted expression was frozen in the moment before his life disappeared, and the pungent smell of blood flooded into his nostrils at this moment.

Next to this corpse, the translucent creature we just saw was floating and chasing the person who was trying to escape further away. The sound of water dripping just heard came from the unusually large scissors in its hands...

Darkness once again enveloped the field of vision, and the extremely uncomfortable coldness was approaching like the god of death wielding a scythe, as if his consciousness was completely blown away.

The only person who still had some warmth was the person he accidentally bumped into, who was beside him. I wonder if he was too frightened to move. At least there was someone around him who could provide some comfort and not break his rational mind.

Lose.

There was a strong feeling of discomfort in his stomach, and he wanted to vomit, but his stiff body seemed unable to even perform the instinctive reaction of vomiting, which made Pei Renli look livid.

The time became so incredible that it was difficult to say whether it was several seconds or just a moment. Pei Renli, whose mind was almost blank, could not tell at all.

Then, as the extreme cold got closer and closer, the flash of light that dispelled the darkness lit up again.

His eyes moved slightly and he glanced around.

The ghost-like translucent creature appeared less than one meter in front of Pei Renli with a flash of light. Its tall body almost completely covered him, and his field of vision was filled with pale white.

At this time, he felt the temperature in his left hand disappear rapidly. The guy who had fallen to the ground with him quickly got up and tried to escape.

Perhaps fear caused a sharp increase in adrenaline, or perhaps his survival instinct restored his blank consciousness. At that moment, a flash of inspiration seemed to flash in his mind.

Power suddenly burst out of his stiff body. Pei Renli felt that he had never been so fast in his life. He turned over and hugged the person who was trying to escape, pressing him to the ground.

"Shh, don't move!"

A word was squeezed out of his throat, the sound was too low to be heard, mixed with the frightened screams around him.

Originally the man tried to struggle, but probably after hearing these words, he immediately became motionless.

——Maybe he didn’t break free.

The cold chill had almost reached its peak, and Pei Renli didn't know if what he was thinking was right. He could only say that it was impossible to escape anyway, so he just took a gamble.

In the lightless darkness, all that can be felt is the body temperature and the slight to almost non-existent breathing. The heart is beating crazily, and the blood is rapidly transported to all parts of the body, but it cannot change the increasing pain of the hands and feet.

The colder the facts.

The flashes that illuminated the surroundings should have a certain pattern. Maybe they would light up every few seconds, or there might be some other unknown pattern. Pei Renli, who was in a state of panic, was really in no mood to count the time.

But it doesn't matter if you don't know the rules, the flash of light dispels the darkness once again.

The moment it lit up, the first thing Pei Renli saw was a pale white translucent object. The unknown thing was almost placed in front of Pei Renli's eyes with a lover's distance.

He held his breath unconsciously, not daring to take a breath even though his face was red from holding it back.

The latter moved slightly towards Pei Renli when the light came on. This movement reminded people of whether it was smelling something. The strong sense of crisis and coldness made Pei Renli even have the illusion that his body had frozen.

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The light still only lasted for a moment. When the darkness shrouded in again, Pei Renli felt that the coldness seemed to be gradually going away. Although he was still invisible, he instinctively felt that he had escaped. His hands, feet and body were warm again. Only then did he

I found that my whole body was wet with cold sweat, and it was sticky and clinging to my body.

Even if he felt that the danger was slowly moving away, he did not dare to breathe hard and could only slowly let go. It was unclear whether it was because of the joy of surviving or the lack of oxygen caused by holding his breath for too long. A slight dizziness enveloped him.

's brain.

Later, when he finally recovered and the flash of light that illuminated his surroundings appeared again, he noticed that the monster he had seen before had run to the other end of his field of vision, probably chasing the person who had just escaped, getting further and further away.

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After about another minute of repeating the cycle of light and darkness, the lighting above the head returned to normal. The darkness was as if it had never appeared before, and no translucent monsters were visible.

Pei Renli finally felt better and breathed a sigh of relief.

——I won the bet!

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Pei Renli considers himself to be very receptive. Others might panic for a while about time travel, but he quickly and calmly accepted it. It's just that his situation was too fucked up and it developed too fast and he was overwhelmed.

But strong receptivity means that it takes a short time to regain composure, which becomes a very good quality.

Although the lighting time was very short, it really flashed by like lightning, but even in fear, Pei Renli still noticed one detail.

Those monsters did not attack those who stayed still, and they seemed to be able to move only when darkness fell, and when the light appeared, they just floated in place and made poses.

Of course, because the time when the lighting appeared was too short, he could only make a judgment in an instant. Pei Renli actually had no confidence, so he said it was a gamble.

The short stick that could be used as a weapon was completely useless, and Pei Renli felt that it was more like a trap.

Although he found a reminder that "Silver is poisonous to any ghost" and he also had a silver-plated retractable spear in his hand, if he had chosen to resist just now, he probably would not have ended well.

Except that his skills are really not that good, if he can't stab the opponent to death, when the darkness is shrouded, he can move and fight back, and in a state where his eyes are completely black, if he wants to be like this guy who is almost like a ghost

Have a fight...

Most likely, he is seeking death.

Before entering the scary castle, the Elegant Demon King said that if he wanted to survive based on his experience, it would take courage, but also wit and luck.

Only after actual experience do you realize how important this sentence is.

If Pei Renli hadn't been a bold-minded thief, he really wouldn't have noticed many details. The best result would have been to be chased by those scary ghosts, and he didn't know how long he would be chased.

But having said that, even though he escaped, Pei Renli still had lingering fears, and his hands and feet felt extremely stiff.

Perhaps because the ghosts were no longer nearby, the lighting returned to normal, and only then did I notice that the location where Pei Renli was located looked more like a very large room with an area of ​​over a thousand square meters.

The stone pillars supporting the top of the head are arranged neatly, extending towards the darkness further away, and the feet are covered by square floor tiles with a side of one meter.

Although I was lucky enough to survive with my wits and luck, I can't rest assured until I leave this place called the Horror Castle.

Staying where you are is not a good choice, but no matter where you go, you must not follow the darkness where the ghost disappears. You have to look carefully to see if there are other ways out nearby.

When Pei Renli looked around, the person he had knocked down before also stood up. His legs were also a little weak and he looked shaky.

This person wore a thick brown cloak, completely hiding his figure. It was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman. Even his face was hidden in the shadow of the cloak.

"Thank you, thank you."

The voice was quite neutral, and it was difficult to tell the gender. The man bent down to thank Pei Renli, and a bunch of platinum-blonde hair fell out from under the hood of the cloak.

Long hair...it should be a woman, right?

But it seems hard to say for certain, after all, it is not uncommon for men to have long hair.

From the very beginning, Pei Renli decided not to come into contact with other people as much as possible for the sake of safety. In addition to fearing that the move would attract ghosts, the move of pushing the other person down was actually because he didn't want to risk death, and it was almost an instinctive reaction.

Therefore, when faced with the other party's thanks, Pei Renli just responded with a slight hum, and did not intend to act together or introduce himself.

More than this, he also wanted to find an exit and how to survive this horrible and deceptive castle.
Chapter completed!