The sky was dim, and the lights were not on, making it difficult to see the details of the surroundings. At first glance, she felt that there was something, limbs spread out, clinging to the eaves, like a spider that had been enlarged several times, hanging upside down on the ceiling.

The dim moonlight couldn't illuminate the thick shadows between the floors, and the cold wind blowing from both sides of the spacious corridor added a touch of gloom to the scene.

There was no doubt that this was the "strange person" who had just broken into the bathroom...

No, wait, can this still be considered a human?!

Seigetsu Zhu was inexplicably shocked and suddenly remembered the strange things she and Xu had experienced together before.

The black shadow flying out of the teaching building, the pranks outside the classroom.

Xu's worries were not unfounded. If someone could climb up to the ceiling without any tools, relying solely on their body, it seemed that leaping between floors would not be difficult.

As for the dull footsteps that sounded like banging against the wall... she speculated that the other party was not running along the corridor, but walking on the walls and ceiling. So when they fell from different positions accompanied by gravity, they would make strange echoes!

Right, and the strange feet she saw in the bathroom stall just now, which could bend at will...

The more the girl thought about it, the more incomprehensible it became. She felt a suffocating feeling in her chest, just staring at the black shadow on the ceiling, afraid that it would pounce towards her.

...

The shadow on the ceiling really started to move.

Its thin and long limbs spread out, just like the legs of an insect, slowly moving its body, as if preparing to weave a web and prey.

Watching the silhouette of the strange person crawling on the top of his head like a cutout, Sunny Xu felt his scalp go numb.

The girl beside him suppressed her breathing, but it sounded clear in his ears.

And his own heartbeat. The blood rushing through his body, surging towards every corner of his body, was now vigorously pounding against his eardrums, causing vibrations like beating drums in his earlobes.

He didn't know where the faint rustling sound came from. Was it the cement dust stirred up by the strange person's hands and feet?

At the same time, he felt an itchy sensation on the back of his neck, as if dust had really fallen in.

Sunny Xu didn't scratch it with his hand, but tried his best to ignore this strange feeling. He knew that it was just an illusion that was easily produced under high mental tension.

He hoped to divert his attention through thinking, so he began to speculate about the origin of this guy:

If this guy, like Shi Hui and the others, was possessed, then he was obviously on a higher level of physical transformation.

The reason why his "telepathy" ability didn't work before was probably because the ghost monster that he could directly sense was closely integrated with a human body, so he could only feel it through items he had touched or residual body tissues.

Another thing that could be determined was that this kind of possessed person, because they had the human body, could be witnessed by ordinary people... Shi Hui was seen by a bunch of people that morning, and this time he was seen by those girls.

Another question was, did the guy hanging on the ceiling have human consciousness?

Based on Shi Hui's example, the possessed person should be able to think for themselves. But judging from the previous probing, the strange person's thoughts seemed to be the same as the class leader's, and he didn't seem to have a strong intellect.

The action the strange person took at this moment was the most convincing evidence.

Sunny Xu and Seigetsu Zhu had not been discovered by him, and there was no one else around. In other words, he jumped onto the ceiling instinctively in a situation where no one was watching, adopting this strange hunting posture that was no different from an insect, lurking above people's heads...

"Thud."

After crawling for a while, the strange person fell onto the nearby platform.

This time, the two of them witnessed how this guy climbed onto the ceiling: throughout the whole process, the strange person didn't make a sound. Like a gecko climbing a wall, he climbed up to the eaves that were two floors high in the blink of an eye, and once again hung effortlessly in the corner.

Like this, the strange person would sometimes lie on the ceiling, sometimes fall to the ground, wandering between the walls, as if observing and waiting for something.

Therefore, a serious problem quickly confronted the two of them:

How to get out now?

Sunny Xu squatted in the corner, his legs almost numb, but he still couldn't come up with a solution.

He had thought several times about whether to grit his teeth and rush out directly.

After all, according to what Sunny Xu saw in his telepathy, Seigetsu Zhu's companions were not caught up, and even Sun Xiaofang, who was so close to the strange person at that time, managed to escape...

But he always felt that something was not quite right.

—Yes, isn't it strange? Judging from the physical abilities demonstrated by the strange person, can't he really catch up with those three girls?

Could it be that this possessed person is not randomly attacking humans, but has another purpose? So after realizing that he had targeted the wrong person, he turned back.

Is it possible that he is coming for someone, like... me?

This question lingered in Sunny Xu's mind, gradually expanding like a shadow, making it difficult for him to make a decision.

And the situation was getting worse,

After wandering in the corridor for a while, the strange person suddenly started to emit a low growl, with a hint of restlessness in his movements.

Sunny Xu suddenly had a bad feeling.

He watched the back of the strange person, who was hunching his shoulders and tiptoeing, like an old lady, walking to the edge of the railing and looking down.And at this moment, he heard a voice from not far away--

"Xu, are you there?"

"Shh! Do you want to be discovered? Don't make a sound!"

"But..."

...

This is bad, really bad!

Sunny Xu's face immediately changed.

And what's even worse is that the weird person indeed heard this voice and turned his head towards the direction of the stairs, making a strange noise in his throat.

At this moment, Seigetsu Zhu pulled his sleeve.

Sunny Xu turned his head and found her looking at him with a serious expression.

Just like when she handed him the pen in the bathroom earlier, there was an unusually determined emotion in the girl's eyes, as well as... trust in the person beside her.

His heart trembled slightly.

Seigetsu Zhu pointed to a spot not far away, about the height of a person. Sunny Xu followed her gaze and found nothing there, only engulfed in thick darkness. He couldn't use a flashlight to see at this moment, right?

... No, that's not right.

Sunny Xu snapped back to reality.

Although he couldn't see clearly in the darkness, he knew there was something there. After all, it was the restroom that the students on this floor had to use every day.

--So that's it, he suddenly realized.

At that moment, Sunny Xu recalled the scene he witnessed through telepathy: before the weird person appeared, the girl in front of the mirror suddenly noticed that the restroom light had gone out, and then she discovered the person standing silently behind her braided hair.

The weird person couldn't have turned off the light just to create a scary atmosphere for these girls. There must be a reason behind it.

In short, Seigetsu Zhu believed that the possessed person was likely afraid of light, so he turned off the light to keep himself in the darkness.

... But is it too risky?

Sunny Xu was about to turn around to confirm, but he found that the class leader had already left the door and sneaked outside like a little cat.

Because the weird person's attention was drawn to the sound under the stairs at this moment, she dared to do so. At the same time, it meant that Seigetsu Zhu had cut off her retreat. As long as the weird person turned around, he would see her, and the restroom behind her was a dead end, impossible to turn back and hide in.

Sunny Xu glanced at Seigetsu Zhu's position and immediately understood her thoughts, making a judgment in his heart.

Compared to him, the class leader probably had less than ten percent certainty about his guess, but she still made a decisive choice...

He had no reason to hesitate.

In the darkness, Sunny Xu nodded at her with determination.

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"Clang!"

In response, Seigetsu Zhu knocked over the trash can.

The weird person on the corridor turned his head sharply upon hearing the sound and let out a threatening roar.

At the same moment, Sunny Xu rushed forward, taking three steps in two, and instinctively pulled the light switch--

"Snap."

Accompanied by an almost inaudible electric sound, the corridor was illuminated by a dim yellow light.

"Ah ah ah--!"

A mournful scream echoed through the corridor.

People who have been in darkness for a long time will find the light particularly dazzling and instinctively close their eyes or cover them with their hands.

But the weird person's situation was different. Although the light that came on was relatively soft, he screamed as if he had been exposed to the scorching sun at noon.

It worked!

Sunny Xu felt a sense of joy in his heart and glanced at Seigetsu Zhu, who was following behind him. The two of them ran towards the direction of the stairs at the same time.

"Don't come over! Xu and I will come to your side!"

The girl didn't forget to shout, reminding the classmates who were about to come upstairs.

Sunny Xu and Seigetsu Zhu quickly arrived at the stairs and happened to meet Wang Yue and Sun Xiaofang.

"Go downstairs first!"

Actually, he didn't need to say it. They all turned around and ran downstairs without hesitation.

...

A few minutes later, everyone arrived near the laboratory building, panting for breath.

Sunny Xu glanced back and saw that the possessed person hadn't caught up, so he slowed down and walked shoulder to shoulder with Wang Yue, who was at the back, and asked:

"Why did you guys come back?"

Wang Yue's chubby face, covered in sweat, showed a slightly embarrassed expression.

"We... we had already run to the vicinity of the security room... so we thought about asking for help... We were in a hurry and didn't have time to think about you and the class leader, sorry."

"It's okay." Sunny Xu answered calmly, "You didn't do anything wrong. It was right to seek help first. And then?"

When he left, the security guard wasn't there, so at this moment--

"We saw that the security room's lights were off and thought no one was there... I was a bit unwilling, so I leaned against the window to take a look inside. I did see a figure and felt happy, but..."

"...It's that guy!"

A girl in front shouted, her tone filled with lingering fear.

"It's that crazy person in the coat! He actually went around us and got in front!"

"...So you guys came back?"

"Yeah, we couldn't get into the security room, and we couldn't even open the school gate. Later, later..."

The gate of No. 15 Middle School is an electronically controlled iron gate that can't be climbed over by manpower. The control button is inside the security room.

"Later, we thought that Seigetsu and Xu weren't here," the girl with the braided hair added, "so we thought about meeting up first. We came hiding all the way."

"Speaking of which, who is that guy?"

"Who knows? He's definitely not mentally stable..."

"Yeah, otherwise, he wouldn't have chased after us as soon as we met. He might really be a serial killer!"

While the others were discussing, Sunny Xu couldn't help but look ahead and the class leader happened to turn her head, their gazes meeting.

They seemed to have thought of the same question.That strange creature indeed had the ability to move swiftly around the school, its speed was several times faster than any high school student: not only could it reach the guard room before anyone else, but it could also quickly return to the second-floor restroom...

Could they really escape under the watchful eyes of such a monster?

*

...It seemed they could.

Because when they once again ran out of the lab building, exhausted, even Sunny Xu felt that the possessor wouldn't be waiting for them at the school gate again, it was simply toying with them.

But that was not the case.

Perhaps the effect of fighting with the lights on was better than expected, there was no sign of the strange creature all the way.

"There's no one inside!"

Wang Yue once again leaned over to look into the guard room from the window, exclaiming in surprise.

"Quick, go in and open the door!"

"Okay! By the way, where's the security guard?"

"Who cares! He might have skipped work a long time ago!"

Just as they were about to open the door, they heard a faint voice from behind:

"...Did we forget someone?"

Everyone turned their gaze.

Sun Xiaofang was standing there, her expression somewhat strange, and her tone of speech was a bit hesitant.

—"Guo Zixuan... he's still in the classroom."