"Lu Yu, don't be afraid. If you can't walk, I'll stay here with you," Han Juanjuan said, summoning all her courage and making up her mind.

The fatty remained silent for a moment before reaching out and picking up Lu Yu horizontally. Lu Yu, both surprised and anxious, said, "Mr. Wang, you're wasting time. If this continues..."

The fatty nodded. From Lu Yu's perspective, the man's chubby face was filled with determination, giving her a sense of security. She involuntarily stopped speaking.

"There's a cave over there. I'll take you there," the fatty said in a low voice.

Lu Yu was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses. She smelled a familiar scent on the fatty, like a long-lost brother. She forgot everything she wanted to say.

Everyone followed the fatty. Han Juanjuan helped Lu Yu carry her backpack, while Shang Zuo and Zi Gui gathered the scattered belongings. The group arrived at the cave the fatty had mentioned.

The location was relatively hidden and sheltered from the wind, making it a good place to hide.

The fatty and Han Juanjuan worked together to set up a tent inside the cave, and then laid out a sleeping bag. The fatty carefully carried Lu Yu into the tent and comforted her, "Don't think too much, just wait here for us." The fatty patted Lu Yu's head, revealing a simple and honest smile. "We will definitely succeed."

The same words, spoken by the fatty, were more convincing. Lu Yu couldn't help but shrink her neck, looked at everyone, and whispered, "You guys go quickly."

Before leaving, the fatty pulled out a small bag from his pocket and secretly handed it to Lu Yu, who was peeking out from the tent, and said mysteriously, "Keep this safe. Open it at a critical moment, it might be useful."

Before Lu Yu could refuse, the fatty turned and left.

Holding the bag in her hand, Lu Yu couldn't help but twitch her nose. An indescribable stench emanated from the bag, causing her to frown, but she still carefully put the bag away.

Once everyone had left, she was the only one left in the cave, and even the air became quiet.

...

*Thud.*

*Thud.*

After resting, Jiang Cheng and the others left the cave and continued to trudge through the snow. It was already dusk, and walking through the snow-covered mountains at night was not a good choice, but they had no choice.

Huai Yi discovered several huge footprints not far from the cave where they had been hiding.

Undoubtedly left by the hungry ghost.

It was always near them.

Bai Xi held the signal gun tightly in his hand. The hungry ghost was afraid of strong light, and he had already used the gun to drive away the hungry ghost twice.

Jiang Cheng corrected him, saying that it was not fear, but because it had been exposed, so the hungry ghost could no longer attack. Relying on a signal gun alone to deal with the hungry ghost was somewhat wishful thinking.

Moreover, the hungry ghost had attacked them a total of 4 times, and almost every time it had successfully killed one of them. The only time it failed was against Shang Zuo, a key character in the clues.

"What's that?" Huai Yi suddenly said.

Far ahead, there was a light. It flickered at first, seemingly to attract their attention, and then flashed a few times at a fixed interval, as if it were a signal.

Jiang Cheng and Huai Yi crouched down, becoming alert. Bai Xi suddenly widened his eyes. "It's our signal!"

"What signal?" Huai Yi asked.

"It's the signal we all agreed upon, three long, two short, meaning... meaning danger, don't approach!" Bai Xi stared intently at the front, his tone becoming tense. "It's Teacher Zi Gui and the others ahead."

Gu 朏</span> "That's strange. How could they see us from so far away?" Jiang Cheng said, looking at the light with an unkind expression, and woke him from his delusion.

Bai Xi, who had been overwhelmed by emotion, calmed down and realized what a ridiculous mistake he had made.

"Brother Jiang," Huai Yi said in a low voice, "It seems that the hungry ghost is playing tricks again. What should we do?"

After a moment of silence, Jiang Cheng slowly retreated, saying in a very soft voice, "Go back and take another route."

But just as the three of them quickly turned around, preparing to leave in another direction, they stopped in their tracks. In the distance in this direction, another light lit up, still the familiar frequency, three long, two short.

"What's going on?!"

Without anyone issuing an order, the three of them turned to another direction almost simultaneously, but to their despair, the situation was the same. There were three lights around them, as if they were three people holding cell phones.

And what was even more terrifying was that they discovered that the three lights were gradually approaching them.

"How can there be three?" Bai Xi said in surprise, "No, there must only be one real one, and the other two are fake. As long as we avoid the real one, we'll be fine!"

His gaze wandered back and forth among the three lights. Although each one looked very strange, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. He took out the phone, and a message appeared: Don't leave me!

When he saw the sender, Bai Xi, who had been barely able to control himself, almost threw the phone away. It was Gongsun Zhiruo, this message was actually sent by Gongsun Zhiruo!

But Teacher Gongsun, he... he's already dead!

"Buzz."

"Buzz."

...

Messages bombarded his phone like crazy, "Don't leave me, don't leave me..."

Bai Xi's mind went blank. When he came back to his senses, the light was not far from him, only about ten meters away. He saw it clearly, he finally saw it clearly!

Walking towards him was an incomplete human figure. The skin and muscles on half of its face had peeled off, leaving only pale bone stubs. Its stomach had also been cut open, and its internal organs had almost disappeared.

The figure limped, as if it would fall down at any moment, but its speed was surprisingly fast, and it walked up to him in a few steps.

And more importantly, he recognized this person. It was indeed the dead Teacher Gongsun! The corpse was still clutching a cell phone with its screen lit up.

"This is a real ghost. The hungry ghost must be controlling Teacher Gongsun's corpse. Run!" Bai Xi subconsciously came to this conclusion and shouted as he turned around.

But when he looked back, where were the figures of Jiang Cheng and Huai Yi? A few meters away from him, the other two human figures holding cell phones surrounded him.

After Bai Xi saw clearly, a chill ran down his spine. One corpse was Teacher Zhou, and the other was Chan Li. They were still covered in snow, as if they had just crawled out of the snow.

There were ghosts in three directions. Bai Xi rushed out from the only remaining direction without thinking. He was very fast, so fast that the corpses of Teacher Zhou and Chan Li chasing after him couldn't keep up with him at all.

It was precisely because he was too panicked that he didn't think about why only the corpses of Teacher Zhou and Chan Li were chasing him, while the corpse of Teacher Gongsun was becoming more and more blurred.

The next second, Bai Xi stepped into the air and fell off a cliff.