“What did you find?” Ouyang Huanbin seemed more nervous than anyone else, after all, so far, he was the only person who had seen a ghost and was still alive.

Jiang Cheng pointed to a location on the diagram and said, "According to the diagram, there should be 8 bookshelves in this area, all containing content related to this town. But now, we can only see 7."

"One of the bookshelves disappeared?" Bai Xiaojie was a little confused.

Liu Hui shook her head upon hearing this, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes as she looked at the bookshelf in front of her. "Bookshelves don't just disappear. It's just that we can't see it for the moment. It's been hidden."

Now everyone understood a bit. Recalling Ouyang Huanbin's words, the bookshelf he saw must have been the hidden one.

And to see the hidden bookshelf, the method was to look through the gaps between the books.

"Where were you standing before?" Miao Qing asked Ouyang Huanbin, realizing that the hidden bookshelf must contain important clues.

Clues about this town, and even the secrets of that strange manor.

"Just… just here." Ouyang Huanbin led them to the spot where he had been standing. Slightly bent over in front of them was a gap left by a book that had been pulled out, and a book was casually discarded to the side.

Ouyang Huanbin explained that he had pulled out that book, and then accidentally discovered the woman, so he had tossed it aside.

He pointed to the gap between two books on the shelf, saying that he had seen the woman behind the bookshelf through that gap.

"Try it again," Miao Qing urged. "See if you can still see the bookshelf on the other side."

Ouyang Huanbin's expression changed. "No, I won't. Whoever wants to look can look." It wasn't so much a firm attitude as it was genuine fear.

"You're the only one among us with experience," Liu Hui persuaded.

As everyone's attitude towards Ouyang Huanbin worsened, Ouyang Huanbin didn't dare to insist any longer. He could only comfort himself that ghosts rarely killed people consecutively in a short period of time.

Although he hadn't seen his master's body yet, everyone already considered him dead.

Ouyang Huanbin retreated as far as possible, then, under everyone's gaze, he slightly bent his knees and looked through the gap at the other side.

"What do you see?" Huai Yi couldn't help but urge. The surrounding environment made him increasingly uneasy. Staying here any longer would definitely lead to trouble.

"Did you see the bookshelf?" Liu Hui also asked. What she really wanted to ask was whether the woman was there, but she was afraid of scaring this little white mouse used for reconnaissance.

"No… not yet." Ouyang Huanbin's voice was rather strange, not purely fear, but also a hint of doubt, as if he had seen something he couldn't understand. He even slowly moved forward a few steps.

Jiang Cheng keenly noticed this. "Did you see something strange?" he said in as calm a tone as possible.

"I can't see very clearly. It seems… it seems to be fog. There's a layer of fog on the other side." Ouyang Huanbin almost pressed his eyes against the back of the gap. At this point, everyone no longer just felt strange, but rather extremely bizarre.

"You… you be careful," Fatty couldn't help but remind him.

Fortunately, this one sentence seemed to have magic power. The previously strange Ouyang Huanbin suddenly shuddered, then woke up as if from a sleepwalking state. He quickly retreated a few steps, and after a moment, panting, he turned to everyone and said, "I can't see anything clearly. The other side… the other side is like a vortex. Looking at it for too long makes you want to move closer uncontrollably. Luckily, you guys woke me up just now."

Huai Yi was stunned, and couldn't help but raise his voice. "Woke you up?"

"Yeah." Ouyang Huanbin noticed everyone's reactions and was also a little surprised. "I don't know why, but I really wanted to squeeze through the gap, but suddenly someone patted me on the shoulder, and then I woke up."

After saying this, Ouyang Huanbin's face slowly changed, because he noticed that everyone was silent, looking at him as if he were a ghost. "What, just now… just now wasn't…"

"We're all here," Miao Qing interrupted him. "No one moved."

Ouyang Huanbin was stunned. His face instantly turned gray. He opened his mouth, but before he could say the first word, a gray arm suddenly stretched out from the gap and grabbed his neck.

Before everyone could react, it pulled Ouyang Huanbin to the ground, then slammed him hard against the bookshelf, again and again, until many books fell from the shelf, creating enough space to pull his entire body through the gap in the middle.

By the time Ouyang Huanbin had been completely pulled through, everyone hadn't recovered from the shock.

"Ah… ah ah!!" Bai Xiaojie covered her mouth and screamed.

Jiang Cheng and Miao Qing immediately ran to the other side of the bookshelf. This time, the scene had completely changed. A ladder leaned against the bookshelf, several books were scattered on the ground, and not far away, Ouyang Huanbin was lying on the ground with his back to them, his body still twitching.

The hidden bookshelf had appeared!

"Are you okay?" Fatty came to Ouyang Huanbin's side. The ghostly hand had disappeared. The arm that had suddenly stretched out was nearly two meters long, and it had a strange gray hue.

"Cough… cough cough…" Ouyang Huanbin coughed violently, clearly not about to die anytime soon.

Miao Qing and the others weren't interested in Ouyang Huanbin's life or death. He began to study the wooden ladder. The ladder was obviously not placed here randomly. It must be some kind of hint.

"Could there be books on the upper level of the bookshelf that record clues?" Liu Hui whispered to Miao Qing.

Miao Qing stared at the bookshelf and nodded. "Very likely."

"Brother Jiang," Miao Qing said to Jiang Cheng, speaking quickly, "There may be clues up there. Do you want me to go up, or do you have other arrangements?" He said this politely, pushing the choice to Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng nodded to Miao Qing, using an even more convincing tone to reply, "I trust Brother Miao's character. You can safely go up and find clues. I'll keep an eye on things down here for you."

Like Miao Qing, Jiang Cheng didn't trust them either. At the same time as he finished speaking, Fatty and Huai Yi surrounded him.

"Then I'll leave it to Brother Jiang," Miao Qing said without hesitation. He slowly climbed the ladder. The bookshelf was nearly 4 meters high, and Miao Qing climbed very slowly. On the top level, he indeed found signs of disturbance.

Many of the books on the top level were missing, and judging from the dust, they had been taken not long ago.

Just as Miao Qing was about to take a closer look, he suddenly felt a very slight breeze above his head, as if something had moved very close to him.

He immediately took out his phone and shone it forward. The next scene that appeared before him scared him so much that he almost fell off the ladder.

A pair of feet were suspended less than 10 centimeters above his head, still swaying slightly, as if greeting him.