Chapter 1981: The Mystery of the Ghost Skull 42

Lin An lowered his voice, trying to minimize stamina consumption, and asked, making the most of the last moments. As soon as he spoke, Jiang Haochen gave a bitter laugh and, somewhat out of breath, replied hastily:

"No... huh... information...!"

"We're being chased by a ghost carrying its head, Andre said maybe one could survive without a head..."

"The result was, as soon as he opened the door... his head was twisted off..."

"I just... desperately escaped...!"

After saying that, Jiang Haochen himself felt it was somewhat absurd.

It's hard to imagine, but when Sen Tian Zhen Yi cornered them in the operating room, Andre's idea was that one could survive without a head. The result: as soon as he opened the door, his head was twisted off, and the blood spurting from his neck nearly soaked him.

As for whether Andre survived, the answer is obvious.

"Can one survive without a head...?"

Lin An blinked slightly, his brows furrowed.

He also hadn't expected the information Jiang Haochen's team had encountered to be like this. Unlike Jiang Haochen, who thought Andre's death was too absurd, Lin An felt that perhaps Andre's judgment had been correct, only missing a step?

A head-carrying ghost, visible.

A ghost that can survive without a head.

A ghost that cannot see people, with its back turned to them, a "visible" ghost.

The clues are fragmented, chaotic.

But for some reason, Lin An felt these pieces of information were like a large net, being assembled in his mind.

(Could it be that cognition determines everything? Once information is combined, believing in something makes it appear? If Andre had the information we obtained, he might truly be able to survive without a head, or think of something else?)

(Or perhaps Andre thought of something, but made a mistake?)

(Is our whole line of thinking wrong...? People can see things, so ghosts can see people. We photographed ghosts with a camera, so ghosts could use smell to find us?)

(No... no, the logic is too forced, and the chronological order doesn't match...!)

In the dark, it feels as if a thread linking everything together is missing.

"Oh... right! You can't see ghosts, can you?"

Just as Lin An frowned, concentrating hard, Jiang Haochen suddenly countered, unable to help but keep looking back at the camera in Lin An's hand.

Faced with Jiang Haochen's doubt, Zhang Tie and the others instead wore strange expressions, especially Jin Niu:

"You can see it... isn't that even stranger?"

"And... what level are you? Also Fourth Stage!?"

Jiang Haochen's stamina is even better than his; in Jin Niu's eyes, Jiang Haochen alone escaped another kind of ghost's pursuit and then crossed half the city, which is utterly outrageous! Especially being able to see ghosts with the naked eye gives a huge advantage!

"Fourth Stage...! You all can't see it!? So... wait!? If that's the case, my ability actually hasn't disappeared!?"

"Could these things be memes!?"

His steps suddenly faltered; Jiang Haochen instantly sensed something wrong, and in his shock he nearly fell.

His talent is to fuse memes. He had thought he'd lost the effect of his talent, but judging by the current situation, it actually hasn't!

"What do you mean!? Meme!?"

"Could the Fourth Stage actually be stronger here!?"

Although he didn't understand what Jiang Haochen meant by 'meme,' just thinking that the Fourth Stage was stronger than them made Jin Niu feel absurd, even unfair!

Lin An and that bear-headed fellow are fine too; both are body-system cultivators, so being a bit stronger here is normal.

But this kid looks nothing like a body-system cultivator; why does being Fourth Stage make him stronger than them? Where is the advantage of the Star Destroyers? Is this mission meant to send us Star Destroyers to our deaths!?

No matter how high one's cognition, you still can't beat a ghost, let alone the fact that cognition needs to be shared!

Unlike Jin Niu's indignation, as Jiang Haochen finished speaking, Lin An also felt a jolt in his heart, realizing the underlying meaning.

That's right; before entering the mission, Big Eyeball had told him this mission was a special event, equivalent to a mixture of memes and the supernatural. But all along, the dangers they've encountered haven't really resembled memes; they've been more like special monsters.

(Memes!? If these things are all memes, not ghosts, nor any other random stuff...)

(That would mean...)

In an instant, it felt as if a lightning bolt flashed through Lin An's mind, exploding with a boom!

He seemed to understand something!

But before Lin An could try to grasp that thought, Jiang Haochen, who had been leading them in evading the ghosts, suddenly shouted:

"Damn! Headless ghosts! Everything ahead are headless ghosts!"

His steps didn't stop, and his view suddenly opened up.

Only to see behind the building, a vast expanse of thick fog lay before them. A light gate hovered at the boundary between fog and reality.

In Jiang Haochen's eyes, the open space was indeed packed with corpses carrying their heads. Dense as cocoons, they stared at him like pupae.

This is the exit, and also... a death ground!

"Jiang Haochen! Protect Lin Dui! Let Lin Dui charge through!"

"Jin Niu! You on the left, me on the right—we'll die, but die far apart!!"

They had thought the exit was still some distance away, but after getting past this block, Lin An and the others realized there was no cover from buildings, and the exit was actually not far.

Charging to the front, although Zhang Tie couldn't see the headless ghosts on the open ground, he also knew the moment of desperate effort had arrived!

Ghosts were ahead and behind; they had no escape. The only thing they could do was to stake their lives to hold back the rear ghosts, letting Lin An charge through this area and attempt to finish the mission!

Seeing Zhang Tie already beginning to bleed himself to lure the ghosts, Jin Niu trembled all over, also realizing he had no choice.

Taking a deep breath, he saw that he didn't dare hesitate; after shouting at Lin An, he began to bleed himself just as Zhang Tie did.

"Lin An! If you don't complete the mission, I'll haunt you even in death! If you survive, I, Jin Niu, will owe you my life!"

Not caring about his pride as a Star Destroyer, Jin Niu finished speaking and charged left, his face frenzied as he roared at the invisible ghost horde.

"Eat me! Come eat me!! You damned blind bastards! I'll make you taste the flavor of bull testicles!"

Without a word wasted, Lin An took a deep breath, locked eyes with Jiang Haochen, and the two charged forward without hesitation.

Regardless of whether his cognition is complete, he can only try to see now!