Mu Jinyu was unaware that Lucifer had already been slain in the teaching building, he had arrived at the dormitory building they initially planned to search.
"This seems to be the girls' dormitory, right?"
Mu Jinyu opened a room door, surveying the scene inside. Various pieces of underwear were scattered everywhere, and the floor was littered with numerous snack wrappers, making it dirty and messy, but there was no smell of smoke.
Clearly, it was a girls' dormitory.
After a few glances and finding nothing, Mu Jinyu left the room.
Then, standing in the corridor, he felt as if there was no one on this floor. Should he go up a level or switch to another building?
"Drip, drip…"
At that moment, Mu Jinyu faintly heard the sound of dripping water, seemingly coming from a room ahead.
"Hmm? Is it a demon?"
Mu Jinyu's eyes flickered, and he eventually decided to check it out.
After all, from the noise, it didn't seem like a very formidable demon.
And if the noise wasn't coming from a demon but from a teammate who had entered with him, and he just left without caring, and if they were in danger, then he would miss the chance to rescue them.
He walked up the door where the dripping noise was coming from.
Mu Jinyu's expression was solemn as he gently pushed open the door, and upon seeing the scene inside, his pupils shrunk tightly!
...
Ren Xiaoyao staggered around the school grounds. His expression was panicky, his eyes flickering restlessly, constantly looking around, fearing an unseen demon might suddenly launch an attack!
Just now, after getting separated from the others, because he was hanged with Ghost Rope and nearly strangled to death, he found himself separated from the main group and instantly decided to retreat towards the school gate.
However, he encountered a very fierce demon and exhausted all his methods, burning all the thousands of Evil-Repelling Talismans he had brought. He also lost a protective talisman that Mu Jinyu had given him before he barely escaped the peril.
Then, he tried to climb over the fence to escape, but no matter how he tried to climb, he always ended up back at the starting point, as if encountering ghost walls.
Ren Xiaoyao knew that, due to the extensive presence of demons, Ghost School had undergone some unfathomable changes. Once inside, thinking of leaving was virtually impossible.
So, he hurriedly headed back, hoping to find Tathagata, Mu Jinyu, and the others sooner rather than later; otherwise, being alone here meant certain death!
"If I had known it was this dangerous, I wouldn't have come here!"
Ren Xiaoyao's eyes flickered as he watched his surroundings, muttering to himself.
At that moment, relying on memory, he returned to the original playground, found that the murky ghost mist had dissipated, slightly broadening his field of view.
The dormitory building they originally intended to examine had changed its appearance.
The dormitory building they had seen through their blurred vision before was supposed to be newly built.
But now it had turned into an old dormitory building, with peeling painted plaster and covered in moss, exuding a sense of decades of vicissitudes.
It gave an impression of a decrepit, unstable building.
"Normal schools wouldn't let students stay in a dormitory like this, right?"
Ren Xiaoyao looked at the state of this dormitory building, not sure if it was originally like this or if it had been corroded into this state due to demon occupation. Regardless, he dared not go there.
Therefore, he headed towards another building that seemed to have been newly constructed.
"I hope they are all there…"
Ren Xiaoyao said to himself in a flustered voice.
He had just reached the entrance of this dormitory building.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a heavy object fell from above, nearly hitting Ren Xiaoyao and finally crashing to the ground.
Ren Xiaoyao focused his gaze and felt a chill on his scalp.
That which fell from above was not an object but a corpse.
A female corpse dressed in a bright red dress.
Bright red blood flowed continuously along the ground, with wisps of dark aura rising from it.
Ran Xiaoyao did not need to think to know that this was certainly a demon.
And it was dressed in red, which was a particularly bad omen!
Had he still had his talisman, he might have dared to fight the Red Dressed Female Demon!
But now, all he had left was the last protective talisman Mu Jinyu had given him. What basis did he have to fight this Red Dressed Female Demon?
Thus, while the Red Dressed Female Demon had not yet risen from the ground, Ren Xiaoyao quickly turned and ran, somewhat frantically choosing his path!
As he ran, he realized he had not run back to the sports field but had ended up at the entrance of the school canteen and a small shop.
"Ping ping pong pong!"
Sounds of something being banged came from the canteen. It was unclear whether someone was cooking or something else...
Ran Xiaoyao's face turned somewhat pale, and his eyes flickered uncertainly as he muttered, "Are there really cooks in this Ghost School? Or is it a ghost cooking inside?"
He dared not go inside and planned to retreat!
Then, as he turned around, he saw...
On the road, there were countless people with dark blue skin, men and women, young and old, each with their gaze lowered, not looking at him, but silently gnawing on limbs and severed arms!
Ran Xiaoyao quickly recognized a watch on one of the arms. It was Lucifer's watch!
His heartbeat suddenly quickened, realizing that Lucifer was probably dead at the hands of these demons.
'Run!'
Without hesitation, Ran Xiaoyao turned and ran toward the small shop, which was quieter and showed no signs of disturbance.
Compared to the noisy canteen, which seemingly housed multiple demons, the small shop felt considerably safer!
Ran Xiaoyao's escape did not disturb the demons feasting on Lucifer's limbs.
He quickly opened the door of the small shop, ran inside, and immediately shut the door tight, leaning against it as he gasped for breath!
"Ah!!"
Suddenly, Ran Xiaoyao, not knowing what he encountered inside the small shop, let out a scream filled with despair and regret.
The scream was abruptly cut off!
...
"Tick-tock!"
Mu Jinyu opened the door and saw a female corpse in a bright red dress, hanging from a White Silk.
The window of the room was open, and the cold wind blew in, causing the female corpse to sway slightly in mid-air. Then, crimson blood dripped from her red high heels onto the floor,
spreading into a small red flower.
Mu Jinyu, having encountered many demons, was not so frightened upon suddenly seeing this Red Dressed Hanging Ghost, but his heartbeat increased slightly.
"It seems there are two demons. The White Silk is also a demon, though I'm not sure why they attacked each other here. It seems they were trying to control each other and both got stuck in a deadlock!"
Mu Jinyu made a quick judgment.
He could see that neither the Red Dressed Female Demon nor the White Silk was able to harm anyone else now.
And since he had come across these two harmless demons, he could let the Red Dressed Female Demon go as there wasn't a large enough container on him, but he could imprison the White Silk first!
"Hehehehe..."
Mu Jinyu, controlling the Ghost-Faced Demon, let out a series of eerie snickers.
Suddenly, both the Red Dressed Female Demon and the White Silk trembled slightly. Finally, the Red Dressed Female Demon struggled free from the White Silk's grasp and broke through the window to escape!
"Bang!"
Mu Jinyu, upon seeing this, hastily used his laughter to subdue the White Silk and contain it in the Golden Container. Then he stood by the window, leaning out to look downwards.
He saw Ran Xiaoyao below, but shaken by the descending corpse, he panicked and ran toward the left, towards the direction of the canteen!
"Hey, don't go!" Mu Jinyu shouted at the back of Ran Xiaoyao.
Ran Xiaoyao, however, turned a deaf ear and carelessly started down the path leading to the canteen.