Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were unreachable, naturally because they had encountered other matters. Now that they couldn't leave, they couldn't answer the phone.
Nie Chongyang's call was met with an "unable to connect" prompt, but for Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, their phones had indeed lost signal.
This was enough to let people know what they were experiencing.
Only when facing those incredible and bizarre events, causing magnetic field issues, would mobile phones lose signal and people in the magnetic field become out of contact.
As for how Ye Tiancheng got into trouble, the timing even predated Nie Chongyang's people arriving.
Ye Tiancheng and the others were waiting in the room for Nie Chongyang's group to arrive, and at the same time, they were preparing things for the upcoming confrontation with the black snake. The little fox was tidying up and counting talismans when he suddenly looked up and found that the scenery outside the window had changed.
They were staying in a tall building, and there was open space outside, so there shouldn't have been anything outside their window. However, this time, just like the last time the little fox was possessed, the room of Boss Mei Mei, whom the little fox had seen as real or fake, reappeared outside their window. Perhaps because Ye Tiancheng was also awake this time, Ye Tiancheng was also dragged into it.
After the little fox alerted him, Ye Tiancheng also saw the abnormal scene outside the window.
This minor threat, as long as their minds were not confused, was completely unnecessary to worry about, so Ye Tiancheng and the little fox did not rush to deal with it, but mainly focused on the tasks at hand.
But whether it was because Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were not alarmed, the situation changed again.
The door to Ye Tiancheng's room was knocked on again, just like the first day they moved into this guesthouse. Something strange was knocking on the door, making loud thuds, and imitating Fatty's voice, trying to get them to open the door.
This was very annoying.
Ye Tiancheng looked at the door, his brows furrowed tightly. "Why is it here again? Why at this time? Isn't he scared enough last time? Is he emboldened?"
He asked the little fox, "Little fox, how is your tidying up going?"
In fact, it was mainly the little fox who was tidying up, because the little fox needed talismans and other items for his work, requiring many auxiliary tools, but Ye Tiancheng relied on his cultivation, so he didn't have much to pack.
The little fox counted the items in his hands and quickly replied, "Almost done, just a moment!"
Hearing the little fox say this, Ye Tiancheng was relieved. He sat patiently, waiting for the little fox to finish packing. After the little fox put on his various "equipment," he came over and asked Ye Tiancheng, "Brother, what do we do now? Just let those strange things make a fuss outside?"
Ye Tiancheng shook his head and stood up.
He said to the little fox, "We were too polite before. Since we're going to act now, there's no need to hold back. Let's just open the door and go out!"
Ye Tiancheng and the others had nothing to fear. If anything, it should be the evil spirits who feared them. Ye Tiancheng had concerns before about causing a scene, so he was quite lenient at the time. As long as the evil spirits didn't enter the house, he didn't pay much attention. It was truly difficult to act then.
But now that Ye Tiancheng was about to face the "Mountain God," why should he care about such minor threats?
The little fox thought about his experiences the past two times, especially the previous night when he almost fell from the building. It was thanks to Ye Tiancheng's timely discovery and intervention that he was saved. He actually felt some anger.
Now that Ye Tiancheng said not to be timid and just go for it, the little fox naturally had no objections.
Ye Tiancheng then directly turned the doorknob and walked out with the little fox.
Unfortunately, reality was not as they had imagined. The door had been knocked so hard, they expected something to be outside.
Ye Tiancheng was worried about being misled, so he tested it and asked Nuwa City to investigate. After confirming there were no anomalies, he was willing to walk out.
After all, if the evil spirits had played some tricks, confusing their minds, making Ye Tiancheng and the little fox think the window was the door and the door was the window, and they walked out of the door like that, wouldn't that be disastrous?
But now, when they opened the door, the door was real, and the corridor outside was indeed fine, but there was nothing outside.
Ye Tiancheng was somewhat puzzled.
He turned to ask the little fox, "Did you see anything? Why is it empty outside the door?"
The little fox followed him out and looked around the corridor, his face showing a hint of confusion.
Let alone evil spirits, as he stepped out, he didn't even feel a trace of Yin energy.
This was not right!
The little fox shook his head and said to Ye Tiancheng, "It's too strange. There are no evil spirits in the corridor, and it's clean, without even Yin energy. It's very normal."
Ye Tiancheng, who originally thought the matter would be easily resolved, did not expect it to turn out this way. He became very vigilant for a moment and stayed close to the little fox to avoid any accidents.
"There's nothing."
The little fox rummaged through his things and tried many methods, but found no anomalies.
He also told Ye Tiancheng truthfully.
Ye Tiancheng was very puzzled. "Did the things outside realize we were difficult to deal with after we came out and got scared away?"
The little fox felt uneasy and hesitated to say to Ye Tiancheng, "B-Brother, I don't think things are that simple..."
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox seemed a little scared, so Ye Tiancheng held the little fox's arm. "What are we afraid of these things for? It's fine. We'll deal with whatever comes our way and adapt to the situation."
The little fox then asked Ye Tiancheng, "What should we do now?"
Ye Tiancheng thought about it and decided not to look for Fatty at this time. They didn't know where the thing that knocked on their door was, or if it was still here. Fatty also had Xiao Miaomiao with him, so they couldn't bring danger to them.
He said to the little fox, "No matter what, let's go first. Let's walk out and see."
The little fox nodded and followed closely behind Ye Tiancheng.
They went down the stairs, one floor, two floors, three floors, four floors... Ye Tiancheng looked at the scene before him with surprise.
They had encountered a ghost wall.
After going down the stairs, they should have reached the first floor, but their stairs could still go down. What was going on?
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox looked at each other.
The little fox rummaged through his belongings and found a guiding talisman. "Let's try this. It's just a ghost wall, not a particularly serious situation."
Ye Tiancheng nodded. This level of difficulty indeed wouldn't scare them.
After the guiding talisman took effect, they continued down the stairs together. Unexpectedly, after the fourth floor, the result was still the same. The talisman had no effect. Ye Tiancheng and the little fox immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
"Something's wrong. We might not be able to get out for a while." Ye Tiancheng's expression was solemn. "I didn't expect something like this to happen. Let's go find Fatty. I don't know if Fatty and the others are okay."
Just as the little fox was about to nod, he suddenly felt something was wrong. "No, Brother, we might not be able to find Brother Fatty now. We don't know what floor we are on!"
Moreover, who knew if they were still in a normal space?
Ye Tiancheng also realized this and pursed his lips. "Forget it, let's not rush to leave. Let's think about where things went wrong and how we got trapped on the stairs."
The two then sat on the steps of the stairs and carefully recalled their previous experiences.
Now that even the talismans were ineffective, the problem was undoubtedly serious.
And just like in other situations where they encountered incredible and bizarre events, their phones were indeed useless, with no signal at all. Ye Tiancheng and the little fox couldn't contact anyone.
The little fox meticulously recalled the details. He was much more meticulous and reacted to the anomaly faster than Ye Tiancheng. He had also thought a lot about architectural spatial structures in the village chief's house, so his mind was relatively agile at the moment.
He suddenly said to Ye Tiancheng, "Brother, do you remember which side of the corridor we walked down the stairs on?"
Ye Tiancheng paused slightly, suddenly realizing something.
They hadn't paid much attention at the time, and it was indeed an abnormal situation, and they couldn't guarantee that they hadn't been misled at that moment. When they went downstairs, they walked on the corridor's... right side!
His expression turned solemn as he said in a deep voice, "It was the right side."
At this point, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox both understood what had happened.
They had already noticed before that the guesthouse building was shaped like a "回" character. The rooms in the guesthouse all had windows facing the inner courtyard, and on each floor, the corridor had rooms on only one side.
This meant that the corridor only had rooms on one side. The wall opposite the rooms was the outer wall of the guesthouse building, with no rooms on the other side.
And from the direction of Ye Tiancheng and the little fox's room to the stairs, the stairs should have been on the left side, towards the interior. On the right side was the outer wall of the guesthouse, so how could there be stairs?
Not only were there no stairs there, but if there was anything.
Ye Tiancheng recalled a detail: directly opposite the stairwell, on the corridor wall, hung a not-so-small mirror.
So now they...
The little fox was not entirely sure and hesitantly said to Ye Tiancheng, "So we are now... in the mirror?"
At least this was definitely not a real space!
Ye Tiancheng's face was very grim. "It seems the evil spirits here are much more powerful than we anticipated. I was careless."
Seeing Ye Tiancheng seemingly blaming himself, the little fox quickly comforted him, saying, "It's not your fault, Brother. In that situation, even if no evil spirits had knocked on the door, we would have been leaving soon. Even if they didn't make a fuss outside but secretly confused us and then attacked, the same thing would have happened."
"Moreover, at that time, we would have been even less prepared and would have discovered the truth later."
In this situation, being prepared was useless.
Were Ye Tiancheng and the little fox not prepared at that time? Of course not.
Because they had already encountered evil spirits knocking on the door and confusing them, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were undoubtedly very vigilant and fully prepared at that time. However, even in such circumstances, they still fell into their trap.
But now, where should they go?
Ye Tiancheng looked at the scene before him, suddenly feeling a bit helpless, not knowing what to do.
There was no way forward, backward, left, or right. Who knew if the stairs would ever end if they kept going down? Perhaps the evil spirits' goal was to trap them to death, and if they were trapped and died here, they would be kept here forever.
But Ye Tiancheng absolutely could not be trapped here and unable to leave. He still had things to do, and he was worried about Fatty and Xiao Miaomiao, and also about Hou Mingzhu and Ye Qingcheng. Ye Tiancheng thought he could not be left here.