Chapter 14 No Head

The atmosphere froze for a moment, and Weiwei, hiding behind the bed, didn't dare to breathe.

The light in the hallway was still on. Jiang Cheng adjusted his posture, turned sideways, and quietly glanced at the observation window behind the door.

The window, completely covered with white paper, didn't show any shadows.

Is the ghost... gone?

Jiang Cheng immediately rejected the idea.

It must be that this ghost doesn't have a shadow.

But just as he retracted his gaze, he caught a glimpse of something beneath him, and his eyes couldn't help but pause.

Because the bed propped up against the door only blocked the left side, light still shone in through the gap under the door.

And this light was obviously being blocked by something.

That's not right.

This ghost *does* have a shadow!

It just... doesn't have a head.

Having figured this out, Jiang Cheng immediately lowered his breathing. He realized that the guy outside the door had already discovered them.

It had been standing outside the door for far longer than 10 seconds.

And it didn't seem to have any intention of leaving.

His heart began to race. Jiang Cheng frantically recalled everything he had encountered since coming to this world, including what he had observed and the narration of the man called Director Qi.

The fear of ghosts was only one aspect. What truly frightened Jiang Cheng was that he knew nothing about the ghost outside the door.

Its identity, preferences, methods of killing...

He didn't know any of it.

In other words, as long as it came in, it would kill at least one of them.

And all he could do was try his best to ensure that Lin Wan'er, and himself, weren't the ones who died.

As for Weiwei or Du Feng, he didn't care and wouldn't interfere.

In the end, the reason he was dragged into the Nightmare Assault was entirely because of the investigation into Nan Huai Li's disappearance.

It was Madam Nan who had found his boss, Lin Wan'er.

And Lin Wan'er, unaware of the situation, had pulled him in.

In the end, he was the most wronged one.

But at the same time, he was also grateful that he had come, otherwise Lin Wan'er would have to face such a nightmare alone.

The things that worked so well in the real world might not work here.

It felt like he had thought a lot, but in his mind, it was only a fleeting moment. Jiang Cheng's train of thought was interrupted because he heard the sound of... a door being pushed.

That's right!

It was the sound of a door being pushed.

The guy outside was trying to get in.

Fortunately, the movement wasn't strong.

But Jiang Cheng knew that the other party was mainly testing the waters.

The guy outside didn't seem sure if there was anyone in the room.

An idea slowly took shape in his mind. Jiang Cheng held his breath. After a brief moment of thought, he felt that this idea should be reliable.

The ghost outside the door was a headless ghost.

It had no eyes.

So it relied more on touch to find people.

The headless ghost was also testing. If someone in the room couldn't bear it and started screaming or running around out of fear.

Then the headless ghost would start a massacre.

At that time, a door would be no obstacle at all.

And when it wasn't sure if there was anyone inside, the headless ghost was restricted by the rules. It was just testing by pushing the door. Jiang Cheng guessed that even if there wasn't a bed propping it up, as long as the door was closed, the headless ghost definitely wouldn't be able to push it open.

This was the glimmer of hope that the rules had left them.

Now, his biggest worry was Weiwei and Du Feng.

If they reacted violently, even Jesus couldn't save them.

But fortunately, they didn't.

From beginning to end, it was very quiet in their direction, as if they were asleep.

Time passed by, second by second.

Every second was torture.

Fortunately, the long-stopped sound of footsteps began to move away in another direction.

"Sha—"

"Sha—"

"Sha—"

...

It was like a tired traveler dragging a dying body.

Jiang Cheng stared at the direction where the footsteps disappeared. They had walked there in the afternoon. It was the almost abandoned corridor, and the nearby rooms were all locked.

The ghost... came from that direction.

After waiting for another 10 minutes or so, Jiang Cheng slowly got up and walked back to the bed.

Sure enough, he saw Weiwei and Du Feng, their heads close together, leaning against each other.

Their eyes were tightly closed, as if they were asleep.

But Jiang Cheng understood that they weren't asleep, but had fainted.

Lin Wan'er was sitting quietly by the bed, her expression unreadable. Jiang Cheng didn't even know if she was scared silly or if she wasn't afraid at all.

"Are you okay?" Jiang Cheng asked Lin Wan'er.

Lin Wan'er's body trembled a few times before she finally calmed down, looked up, and looked at Jiang Cheng with a very pitiful expression. "I'm scared."

Jiang Cheng glanced back at Du Feng, who was drooling, and felt that his worry for Lin Wan'er seemed unnecessary.

This wasn't a normal woman.

It seemed that Lin Wan'er had suddenly taken action before the footsteps even approached, knocking Weiwei and Du Feng unconscious in advance.

Her control of the sound and force was perfect. He hadn't even heard it.

"What's that thing outside?" Lin Wan'er asked softly, as if she was about to faint from fear at any moment.

"A ghost." Jiang Cheng glanced at the door and introduced, "And it doesn't have a head."

Lin Wan'er was silent for a moment. "So scary."

His boss's mind and spirit weren't very normal, so Jiang Cheng didn't plan to explain too much to her.

"It's a good thing you were alert, or we would have been in trouble." Jiang Cheng said.

Lin Wan'er seemed to like it when Jiang Cheng praised her. She put one hand on her chin, nodded, and said, "I heard the ghost pushing the door, but why didn't it open?"

It seemed that Lin Wan'er also knew that a door couldn't stop a ghost.

"It probably didn't trigger the conditions for death," Jiang Cheng explained. "That Huai Yi said in the afternoon that the ghosts here generally don't kill people for no reason."

"Ghosts can be reasoned with?" A light appeared in Lin Wan'er's eyes.

Jiang Cheng swallowed. He couldn't understand why Lin Wan'er's eyes could actually show a kind of pleasure similar to a woman seeing beautiful clothes when talking about ghosts.

"I don't know," Jiang Cheng said evasively, "Probably not. In short, don't think about reasoning with ghosts. Let's find the clues and leave as soon as possible."

Jiang Cheng carried Weiwei and Du Feng to their own beds, then told Lin Wan'er to go to sleep, and he stayed up to keep watch.

In a Nightmare Assault, you have to be vigilant at all times. The energy consumed is unimaginable to people living in the real world.

It seemed that something in the Nightmare Assault was interfering with them, gradually eroding their spirit and their will to resist.

Especially for newcomers, the time they were awake in the Nightmare Assault world was even less than half of what it was in the real world. Often, they would be exhausted after exploring just a few places.

And along with this came longer and longer nights, and a dawn that was becoming more and more out of reach.