Chapter 193: Midnight Ghost Pressing the Bed

During this filming operation.

Everyone made significant contributions and also took risks.

Zhang Wei filmed, Sun Qian acted as bait, Wu Xian broke the invisibility, and Liao Yifang beheaded the malevolent entity; therefore, each person received one of the four pieces of residual incense, with Wu Xian and Liao Yifang taking the long ones, and Zhang Wei and Sun Qian taking the short ones.

Although a single piece of residual incense wasn't even enough for worshipping a deity, it was still better than nothing, and it satisfied one-tenth of the survival conditions; furthermore, deepening their understanding of the Fudi itself was a harvest.

Sun Qian touched the half-piece of incense in his hand, a wave of emotion stirring in his heart.

Sure enough, in the Fudi, as long as one puts in the effort, there is a harvest; he had yearned for supernatural powers since he was a child, and with this half-piece of incense, he was closer to his dream.

Just as everyone was happy, a sound that no one wanted to hear appeared again.

Bang!

Bang!

The sound of a ball bouncing rang out again!

Everyone's expressions changed slightly; they had clearly eliminated the Ball-Bouncing Ghost, so why was there still the sound of a ball bouncing? Was there a second one, or were the ghosts in this Fudi impossible to be completely eliminated?

The four of them stood by the corridor wall, nervously waiting for the sound of the ball to approach.

Wu Xian felt a chill, his hair standing slightly on end; this Ball-Bouncing Ghost was not concealing its presence at all—was it confident in its own strength?

But when the ball appeared.

Wu Xian and the other three couldn't help but laugh.

It was actually an inflatable small rubber ball, which could be called a youth version of a basketball.

No wonder the feeling of the malevolent entity's arrival was so clear; it turned out this new Ball-Bouncing Ghost was so weak that it couldn't even control its own aura.

It might have the ability to kill, but it no longer posed a threat to Wu Xian and the others.

Liao Yifang was eager to move.

But Wu Xian hurriedly held her down.

They had already filmed the Ball-Bouncing Ghost, but the other cameras hadn't captured it yet.

Leaving the Fudi required a camera or camcorder that had filmed ten types of ghosts; relying entirely on this one camcorder was too risky. It was better to let all cameras film as many types of ghosts as possible to maximize fault tolerance.

Wu Xian and the others spent quite some time dealing with the Ball-Bouncing Ghost.

He guessed that everyone in the room should have already fallen asleep, with only one or two people keeping watch.

So he knocked on the door three times lightly and once heavily, trying to minimize the impact on those sleeping; the door only opened after three consecutive sets of knocks—this was the secret signal for opening the door that Lou Yaozong and the others had set before returning to their rooms.

Although it might not necessarily be useful.

It was still considered a form of precaution.

After entering the room, Wu Xian was somewhat surprised to find that the six people inside were not asleep, and the atmosphere was somewhat solemn; Shi Ji's face was pale, while the others were covering their noses and looking at Shi Ji.

Liao Yifang asked suspiciously.

"What happened here? Did a new ghost appear again?"

Han Ke pointed at Shi Ji and said: "You'll have to ask him; we are also confused right now."

Shi Ji's lips trembled slightly: "I just encountered a ghost!"

The five people in the room looked at each other.

They were right there in the room, yet they hadn't noticed anything unusual; among everyone, Shi Ji had been sleeping the soundest, and he had even let out a loud fart before getting up.

Now he suddenly said there was a ghost, making everyone panic.

Shi Ji drank some water to calm his nerves and told everyone about his experience just now.

"I was truly too tired today."

"So after confirming there was nothing for me to do for the moment, I went to sleep first."

"But just as I fell asleep, I felt something was wrong; my whole body was uncomfortable, I had some palpitations, and I was very dizzy, as if I had suddenly fallen seriously ill."

"So I wanted to wake up."

"But I discovered I could only open my eyes and look at the ceiling; the edges of my vision were constantly twisting and changing, gradually pressing toward me, as if the whole world was shrinking, and I would be squeezed to death..."

"Then I heard many noises, like people talking, but I couldn't hear clearly what exactly it was; it seemed like many shadows were surrounding me, speaking ill of me and discussing how to kill me."

"And then..."

"I saw from the corner of my eye that a blurry shadow was slowly crawling toward me!"

Speaking of this, Shi Ji shuddered.

Even though he had experienced many things, he still felt that scene was too oppressive and terrifying.

"It was an old lady, her clothes were tattered, her face was full of gullies, her nose was very long, and there were only two rotting teeth in her mouth that were about to fall out."

"She hunched her body and approached me; her speed was very slow, as slow as a snail, but I couldn't move even a single finger, and could only watch helplessly as she approached bit by bit, crawled onto my bed, and pressed onto my body..."

"I felt my body getting heavier and heavier, and every breath was more strenuous than the last; I clearly realized that I was slowly walking toward death..."

Shi Ji's description made everyone look at each other; some felt a chill in their hearts, while others felt that Shi Ji had slept until he was confused.

Han Ke, however, frowned.

"This sounds like typical symptoms of ghost pressing the bed; ghost pressing the bed is a type of sleep paralysis."

"Sleep is divided into several stages, among which the dream stage is called the rapid eye movement period; during this stage, to prevent sleepwalking from causing harm to oneself, the body, except for the respiratory muscles and eyelids, will be in a locked state."

"And sleep paralysis patients have their consciousness wake up during the rapid eye movement period, while the body is still locked, which is why they are awake but unable to move."

"This disease generally occurs more frequently during times of excessive fatigue; today, it hasn't been easy for anyone, so it's not strange that you would have an onset."

"As for the terrifying scene you saw, it was just your brain imagining things in a panic; isn't the Old Lady Liu among us also of an advanced age? She just covered you with a quilt, and the old lady crawling onto your bed might have appeared based on this."

As a professional, Han Ke's words were very convincing.

Just when everyone thought this was just an ordinary illness, Han Ke suddenly changed the subject.

"The above is just an explanation given from a medical perspective."

"But please discard your common sense from reality and remember that this is a Fudi; anything can happen."

"Can you distinguish whether the old lady pressing on you was a real ghost or just a simple illness?"

Shi Ji thought seriously for a while.

"I can confirm it was a real ghost, because in my despair, I let out a fart, and after that, she fled in great terror."

Han Ke was stunned.

All the others were stunned.

What kind of ghost reason is this?

They did indeed hear Shi Ji let out a loud fart, but what did that have to do with confirming whether there was a ghost?

But Wu Xian understood Shi Ji's meaning.

Shi Ji is different from ordinary people; he is a congenital filthy holy body, so his farts also have an evil-repelling effect!

It was precisely because the ghost pressing the bed symptoms disappeared after farting that it could prove it was a real ghost; if it were just an illness, there wouldn't be any change after Shi Ji farted.

So Wu Xian raised his hand.

"I believe what he said is true."

With Wu Xian's support, the credibility of Shi Ji's words greatly increased, so the danger everyone was guarding against added another Bed-Pressing Ghost.

The appearance of the Bed-Pressing Ghost made everyone fearful of sleep as well.

So they rearranged the night watch distribution and spent the night in trepidation...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 194 =====