Chapter 1992: The Mystery of the Ghost Skull 53

: Close your eyes? Why close your eyes?

No time to think about how Lin An could appear here, and even less knowing why Lin An would close his eyes.

In a state of confusion and shock, Jiang Haochen hastily shut his eyes, his whole body seeming to burst with his last strength as he desperately ran toward Lin An.

Soon, with a furious shout, a piercing screech like a torn throat rang out.

In the darkness, Jiang Haochen felt only a hand grab him, pulling him to flee in the opposite direction.

"Let Andre also close his eyes!!"

The same warning, different reactions.

Hearing Lin An's urgent voice, telling himself to remind Andre to close his eyes, Jiang Haochen instinctively complied, shouting loudly at Andre.

Although he didn't know why Lin An wanted him to repeat it, as someone who had experienced many special missions, he knew that if a teammate issued a warning, he should act first and speak later!

Fortunately, Andre wasn't an idiot; although he couldn't hear Lin An's voice, seeing Jiang Haochen being pulled away by someone, Andre also hastily closed his eyes and began to flee behind Jiang Haochen.

No one knew whether this trick would actually work.

In the darkness, the three relied on memory and ran headlong, hearing only violent explosions coming from behind.

Like a beast unable to find its target, the "invisible" three's camera ghost now furiously roared, madly attacking the surroundings.

I don't know how long they ran—perhaps one minute, perhaps two.

Exerting all his strength to flee, Jiang Haochen felt his lungs were about to burst.

Only a bang was heard, as if Andre had struck a street-side sign in the darkness.

Hearing Andre cry out in pain, Lin An finally took a deep breath, gesturing that Jiang Haochen could stop.

"Don't open your eyes yet!"

"Jiang Haochen, hear me out first before asking why!"

"Right, first let Andre stop too! That ghost should temporarily be unable to catch up."

Lin An swallowed dryly, and after speaking, he couldn't help but feel a flash of lingering fear.

He had already come as fast as he possibly could.

Much as he had judged, the camera ghost, upon discovering it had lost both eyes at the start of the mission, instinctively left the hospital and wandered the surroundings.

Whether fortunate or unfortunate, although he originally couldn't pinpoint Jiang Haochen's exact location, after likewise noticing the abnormality coming from the building's top, he also realized Jiang Haochen had been discovered.

Thus, having been pursuing the camera ghost closely, he was able to find Jiang Haochen immediately.

"Lin An... what on earth is going on!!"

"You... I... Andre can't see you!!"

"Listen to me!"

Knowing Jiang Haochen had a myriad of questions, Lin An took a deep breath and launched into a quick explanation; but his opening sentence, like a bolt from the blue, nearly made Jiang Haochen sit down hard on the ground.

"Jiang Haochen, I'm already dead!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, this is my final restart! In the previous two rounds we all failed, and this round I've even become a ghost!"

"Andre can't see me, and there's another me here!"

One minute later, in the dim light of a shop where only a faint glow seeped from under the rolling shutter, Jiang Haochen stared blankly at Lin An, his mind still not processing.

"Seeing a ghost while alive—truly seeing a ghost alive!"

"You died!? You're not Lin An!? No, if you're not Lin An, then who are you!?"

"Now is not the time to dwell on this; we must quickly find Lin An, and even if I'm dead, I must convey the information to him!"

His emotions were far more complex than Jiang Haochen's, but for Lin An, all he could do was stay calm, and even with just a sliver of hope, he had to let Lin An "live" and get out!

"The information you must bring him has two parts!"

"First! The camera ghost is the studio's ghost! You must bring the camera to Lin An; otherwise, relying solely on you being able to see ghosts makes it impossible to reach the final act!"

"No need to go to the studio anymore; closing your eyes can evade the camera ghost's pursuit—this line of thinking is correct!"

Regardless of whether Jiang Haochen could understand his meaning, Lin An spoke briefly and shockingly, striving to directly convey the key information, so that even if an accident occurred, Jiang Haochen wouldn't have time to finish.

He believed that his other self would surely understand his meaning; with just a few key points, his true self would certainly grasp what had happened!

(The camera ghost's killing logic is correct! Either we see it through the camera in reverse, or we see it like I and Jiang Haochen do! But judging from the situation just now, perhaps our eyes are its eyes? Otherwise there's no way to explain that after we close our eyes, the camera ghost can't see anything at all!)

Perhaps Jiang Haochen doesn't even know, but when he just saved the two of us, it was also a desperate measure—purely a gamble!

Fortunately, it really disturbed the camera ghost; as for whether any other logic exists, Lin An didn't have time to think about it.

As long as the camera ghost no longer poses a danger, we can treat it as nonexistent!

"Second! We each have two heads! One is our own head, the other is a ghost's head! In the final act, the ghost head will appear, extremely likely causing instant death! Therefore, whether it's you, Lin An, or Zhang Tie! You must fully realize whether you are truly yourself!"

As the words fell, Jiang Haochen's heart jolted, and he couldn't help but reach out in disbelief to touch his own neck.

In the information Lin An previously stated, his cause of death in the previous round seemed to be that he saw his own head drop off, causing immediate death! Of course, it's also possible that the skull-ghost version of him saw himself dead; Lin An hasn't figured out the exact logic.

"So... Lin An! I'm going to bring these two pieces of information to find another you, and then everyone together will rush toward the exit; theoretically... as long as one person brings flesh and blood out, this mission counts as completed!!"

Jiang Haochen swallowed dryly, striving to understand Lin An's meaning.

For him, his perspective is a blank void! He is equivalent to having just entered the mission and needing to digest Lin An's three rounds of mission information, then immediately begin a life-and-death escape!

However, compared to his own pressure, looking at Lin An before him, Jiang Haochen's feelings became even more complex, even reaching the utmost admiration.

He could tell that the Lin An before him, who claimed to be dead—i. e., Ghost Lin An—could, even after becoming a ghost, retain rationality and calmly analyze for his other self!

Such a monstrous mental fortitude made him feel his scalp tingle just by putting himself in Lin An's shoes!

It's obvious that the Lin An before him has already prepared himself for death!

(But... he's clearly... also Lin An ah...!)

Thirty seconds later.

After Andre, equally shocked and dazed, finished listening to Jiang Haochen's retelling, Lin An without hesitation led the two toward the art gallery.

No one can see.

In Lin An's eyes, running at the forefront, at this moment it was also an indescribable heaviness and bitterness.

(Perhaps... this mission's relation to faith, and to split-mindedness.. the test is another me, can I fight for "self"!)

(We... must be... one body!)