Thinking along these lines, when they reached the third floor of the library, they would "lose" their ears and be unable to hear any sounds related to the ghost.

As for the fourth floor, it would be "losing" their noses, unable to smell the charred odor on the ghost.

And the most terrifying thing was that these limitations could be stacked.

In other words, on the 4th floor, they would simultaneously lose their sight, hearing, and smell.

Unable to see, hear, or smell.

Then, how were they supposed to avoid the ghost's pursuit?

Wasn't this a dead end?

But soon, Jiang Cheng calmed down. Missions wouldn't present situations where death was certain. What appeared to be a dead end must contain a hidden path to survival.

Jiang Cheng first thought, was the path to survival in this mission to end the mission before reaching the fourth floor, so the ghost would at least leave behind a flaw?

But quickly, Jiang Cheng rejected this guess in his mind, for the same reason he rejected Gao Yan.

If they couldn't reach the fourth floor of the library, they wouldn't be able to find the burned-down lending section, let alone Xiaohui hiding inside, and that book.

Then their coming to the library would be meaningless.

After two encounters, Jiang Cheng also realized that, aside from the limitations placed on them, the charred ghost itself was nothing special.

It was more like a person who moved relatively slowly than a ghost.

But Jiang Cheng also understood that this slowness was only evident in the process of searching for people. Once they were actually found, the ghost would probably reveal its terrifying side.

In Yuan Xiaoyi's memory, there was a girl who encountered the ghost on the fourth floor of the library, and she witnessed the ghost burn more than a dozen people to death.

If it hadn't been for the life-saving rescue of one of the night watchmen, her fate would probably have been the same.

So... the fourth floor of the library was the main event, the place they had to go on this trip, and couldn't avoid.

And they would inevitably have to face the pursuit of this almost unsolvable ghoul on the 4th floor.

The path to survival... where was it?

Just as Jiang Cheng was thinking, a message appeared on his phone screen. It was from Huai Yi, and the content was simple.

He told him that the ghost had left and asked him to join everyone.

Jiang Cheng hesitated for a moment, looking at the message. A few seconds later, he sent a message to Fatty, and after receiving the same reply, Jiang Cheng gently got up and left from behind the bookshelf.

After turning several corners, in a relatively open area, he saw Fatty and the others. Several people were gathered together, seemingly discussing something.

"Brother Jiang." Gao Yan saw Jiang Cheng, walked up quickly, and greeted him, saying, "Thanks to your reminder, we were all right."

"You're too kind," Jiang Cheng replied.

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang." Shen Mengyun also walked over and thanked Jiang Cheng, then, as if recalling the scene not long ago, a look of lingering fear appeared on her face, "Who would have thought that this ghost was invisible? No, it should... it should just be that we can't see it."

Afterward, Gao Yan glanced at Wang Qi, and finding that the other party had no intention of objecting, he told Jiang Cheng the result of their discussion just now.

It was about the speculation about that fable.

What Jiang Cheng had thought of, they had also thought of.

Each floor they went up would deprive them of one of their senses. When they reached the 4th floor, it would be the most terrifying time for this ghost.

It was also the most dangerous moment in this mission.

"Brother Jiang." Gao Yan showed a very sincere expression, looked at Jiang Cheng politely, and asked, "Do you have any ideas about the path to survival in this mission?"

"Not at the moment," Jiang Cheng said, "But there won't be missions where death is certain, so I think that as long as we pay attention next, we can find clues."

Gao Yan echoed, "Brother Jiang is right."

Fatty and Huai Yi had long been displeased with this old guy, he hadn't been like this before.

Wang Qi shifted his gaze from a distance, and said slowly, "It won't lead to anything if we keep talking, hurry up and go up."

The group found the stairs leading to the 3rd floor. There was a door on the stairs, which was now open. Shen Mengyun explained, "This door was closed just now. I heard the ghost's footsteps, and it disappeared near here."

Obviously, just like before, after the ghost looked around and didn't find anyone, because of the hourglass time limit, it had to go to the 3rd floor.

It was from these stairs that it went up.

Walking up the stairs, after only a few steps, they saw another wooden board at the corner, the wooden board was split in the middle, and just hung casually on the wall.

"Those who pass through here will, like the Lord, receive a second treasure." Fatty looked at the blackboard and read out each word.

The crooked and twisted handwriting looked like worms wriggling their bodies, making people feel uncomfortable just looking at it.

Shen Mengyun nodded in confirmation, and said in a low voice, "It seems our guess was correct, this time what's being taken away is our hearing."

Unexpectedly, Wang Qi spoke, his voice a little hoarse, "What you said isn't accurate, it's not all hearing, just our hearing when facing the ghost."

Noticing that Fatty frowned, the usually taciturn Wang Qi paused, and actually explained rarely, "Simply put, we can still hear anything other than sounds related to the ghost."

Fatty's furrowed brow slowly relaxed, presumably he understood.

"So it's the ghost's footsteps, and the sounds made by the ghost, we can't hear them, and everything else is normal, right?" Huai Yi looked at Wang Qi.

Wang Qi turned his head away, ignoring him completely.

After arriving on the third floor, Jiang Cheng briefly checked his surroundings. The layout of this floor was very different from the floor below. There were long tables, and many chairs next to the tables.

Usually, many students should come here to study on their own.

In the more distant positions, there were also several large wooden screens, with famous quotes and sayings written on them.

There were very few places to hide around.

Because this time hearing was also being taken away, even Jiang Cheng didn't dare to rashly ambush here. He planned to go with the others to find a hiding place deeper in the library.

On their left hand side, there was a very conspicuous table, white, with several magazines and a pink water cup on it.

It didn't look like a student's, it should be the seat of a library teacher.

And on this table, there was also a black hourglass.

Shen Mengyun stared at the hourglass, her lips moved, as if hesitating, and finally said, "This time we can only rely on smell to distinguish the ghost's position, everyone... be careful."

Jiang Cheng stepped forward, first glanced at his phone, then turned to look at everyone, "Are you ready?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, he turned the hourglass upside down and placed it steadily on the table.

The group ran towards the depths of the library.