Chapter 1958: The Mystery of the Ghost Skull 19

The cold wind howled, sneaking in through the broken window.

Qing Kai gripped the first page of the diary with a stiff arm, long delaying turning to the second page.

Those final two characters, 'dead person,' were written heavily, as if a pair of black eyes were staring at them.

After a long while, Qing Kai finally drew a deep breath and solemnly instructed everyone.

"Get ready, be careful...!"

This information is completely different from before.

"A self-narrated storyline—according to his past experience, once the 'plot' appears, danger usually erupts."

Everyone nodded in unison, tacitly staying silent, planning to speak only after finishing.

"Rustle"

In the bone-chilling cold, the second page slowly turned over.

"I seem unable to find an answer to this question."

"Dead people have no consciousness; they can't tell me what the world after death is like. But... I'm not resigned—I've asked many people, including my girlfriend Xiao Hui. I really want to know what the world looks like through a dead person's eyes..."

"Xiao Hui thinks I'm crazy; she says how can a dead person see the world? How can a dead thing see anything?"

"I'm in great pain; I've grown tired of the same old world, and I feel that no matter how hard I try, I can't capture what I want."

"I originally wanted to give up and just muddle through life like this. Until..."

"Until I met that man."

"He said..."

"Dead things can't possibly not see anything! Isn't a lens dead? Isn't a camera dead? People can take infrared photos, use X-rays, and even every mirror hanging on a wall is silently watching this world!"

"He told me we don't need to confine ourselves to our own cognition; we have too many angles, too many ways to see the world! And the truth of this world is beyond imagination! That's what I should be filming!"

"Those scenes from ancient legends must have been seen by someone! Otherwise, how could people remember them?"

"Those people must have seen it somehow! They just couldn't capture it, so they could only record it in text! But text is too pale! He seems worried something might happen to him."

"So he hopes I can film all of this for him; only then can it prove he's right!"

After finishing the second page, they looked at the diary's gradually becoming messy handwriting.

Everyone exchanged a glance; in silence, they already imagined what kind of story lay behind the second page.

"Not the same person, the handwriting is different."

"The writing on the ceiling is likely that 'that man' from the diary."

Jin Niu spoke in a low voice, giving his judgment. There's no need yet to analyze the diary's content, but from the information on the first two pages, it's clear that the participants in the Skull Ghost incident are likely not a single person but a group.

"That's right."

"Based on the clues we currently have, the story's beginning should be a certain human in that world seeking truth, thus reviewing vast ancient materials. We can call this person a."

"a discovered something, and according to the materials, found a book."

Qing Kai spoke slowly, quickly filling in the entire story's origin in his mind.

"a might be a member of the Research Institute, or perhaps a history professor or archaeologist. When he mentioned these things to his colleagues, he likely faced doubt and ridicule."

"a realized he couldn't prove this without evidence. Moreover, he hadn't found that book at the time. Therefore, to prove himself right, he specially sought out b from the Eye Studio, intending to have b film the evidence as a precaution."

"And b also longed to see a different world, so he readily agreed."

Quite a reasonable guess; after Qing Kai finished speaking, he glanced left and right, then slowly turned to the third page.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the third page will be the most important content."

"As expected."

As the third page slowly turned over, a large line of black characters, almost occupying the whole page, was imprinted as if the entire diary had been hollowed out.

"I don't know what he wants to do, but I.."

"He's right! I really saw it!"

"I really like... Xiao Hui's eyes!!!"

Below the black characters, there was suddenly a gouged-out hollow, like an eye socket that had been scooped out.

●!

"Fuck..."

After reading the last page, although everyone had already anticipated some possibility, seeing the gouged-out notes, Hai Yao still couldn't help but curse quietly.

"This guy gouged out his girlfriend's eyeball?"

"Probably, and likely he took it after killing her. I just don't know whether he put it into his own eye socket."

Jin Niu instinctively took over Hai Yao's guess, but before he could finish speaking, they saw Qing Kai furrow his brow and quickly ask them:

"Any abnormalities? Did you receive any hints?"

Unlike Hai Yao, who was somewhat stimulated, Qing Kai cared more about whether any abnormalities occurred after reading this information.

However, over ten seconds passed, with nothing happening except the howling cold wind and everyone's tense breathing. It was as if they had merely looked at an ordinary diary.

"Lord Qing Kai, it seems your guess is correct. If we don't decipher the content, there won't be any follow-up?"

Seeing that there really was no abnormality, Shen She breathed a sigh of relief and spoke softly.

"Understanding this kind of thing requires comprehension; although they already have an idea in their minds, perhaps without mutual discussion, comprehension cannot be completed?"

"Qing Kai, how should we proceed now? Should we take turns sharing our ideas here? Or should we take it out? I think there's no need to drag it out; we'll have to face it sooner or later. Delay brings change."

The imagined danger didn't appear, but the current situation didn't let everyone let their guard down; instead, they became torn.

The system prompt clearly said to let them hurry here, which means their Safety is merely an illusion—either wait for danger to appear on its own, or actively trigger it.

Facing Jin Niu's urging, hesitating, Qing Kai took a deep breath, simply closed the notebook, turned to look at everyone, especially Lin An.

"Then let's start the discussion now, but that No. 77, you don't need to participate in this discussion. Your ideas are meaningless."

With a hint of threat in his tone, everyone heard Qing Kai so nakedly 'look down on' Lin An, and their faces instantly turned strange. Except for Ju Mo's face changing, wanting to say something, the others just remained silent, as if they also acquiesced.

"Kid, just listen; some things, you'd better not go spouting nonsense!"

Facing Qing Kai's group's rejection, Lin An remained expressionless, and had no intention of arguing. Looking at the broken window, he always felt that something had been overlooked by others.