Chapter 1052: Oh my, survival variety show meets an ex! 22

After changing the route, Jin Chen felt the speed of change in the cave wall behind him increasing.

Even a faint light seeped through from behind, casting…… the shadows of ten people.

Jin Chen's steps paused; the next second his hand was pulled up, and Yu Sui apparently also noticed the clue.

There was an extra person's shadow, always following them, right behind.

The two exchanged a glance without a trace, then simultaneously looked back.

A corpse hung in the rear side of the team, swaying slowly; upon being discovered, it swiftly lunged forward.

"Ah!"

Xie Shao let out a sharp scream, his neck brushed by long hair against his face, he lifted his head to face the corpse, terrified to the point of his eyes almost bursting, overcome with fear.

The scream drew the others' attention; they turned around, wary, each eye filled with deep fright.

"Bai… Bai Xuan."

Shen Yi's voice trembled slightly.

The corpse was exactly Bai Xuan, who had disappeared yesterday.

But unlike yesterday's intact corpse, the one hanging before them dragged its intestines, with nearly all its organs exposed, hardly anything left.

"Ahhhh!" Xie Shao shouted, running backward, "Ghost!!"

But as soon as he moved, the hanging corpse also followed forward, terrifying Xie Shao so much he scrambled and collapsed to the ground, his legs trembling, feeling his heart about to explode.

"Don't come over! You're not someone I killed!" Xie Shao roared, drowning out his fear.

This scene made nobody dare to move, fearing the corpse would fix its gaze on them.

"【Mom Mom!! So scary! Is this a survival show or a paranormal expedition?!】"

"【Are there really ghosts?! This corpse is too supernatural!】"

Jin Chen tilted his head to examine, confirming Bai Xuan's corpse had not become a ghost.

That was just pretending to be supernatural.

They intended to use the corpse to drive them back to the original path.

Jin Chen suddenly felt a mischievous urge.

He twitched his fingertips, then told Yu Sui, "I'm controlling the corpse; don't be afraid."

Yu Sui gave a cool nod, took half a step toward Jin Chen, his small face tense, "Not afraid."

The next second, the corpse opened its eyes.

"Ah!!!"

Xie Shao faced the impact again, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted outright.

This was even more terrifying than the corpse's earlier movement; everyone was frightened, including those who had shown little reaction before.

Jin Chen stood in the corner, his Spiritual Power turning into invisible threads that entered the corpse; as he flexed his fingers, the corpse seemed to become a vengeful ghost—not only opening its eyes but also tilting its head to smile at everyone, its eyes dead and lifeless.

Then it slowly turned its head, staring fixedly at the camera.

"【Ahhhh Mom!! Look what I'm doing!】"

"【Scared the hell out of me…】"

Outside the screen, the person on the sofa sprang to their feet, shocked beyond belief.

"How could this happen!"

The suited man behind the sofa was also greatly frightened: "No, impossible—last night all usable organs were taken from Bai Xuan's body… could it be… a ghost?"

The suited man glanced at the glass door of another room, where entrails and blood were still flowing; certainly no living person.

"Are you sure the device can only control movement?"

The suited man hastily bent over, "Yes, such nimble movements… don't seem human-made."

At that moment, Bai Xuan's corpse slowly opened its mouth to speak, voice ghastly: "I died… so miserably!"

The suited man who performed the autopsy: "……"

"I'm going to die."

"What do we do, Master!" the suited man's legs went weak; even though he'd killed countless, he'd never seen a ghost!

"Don't rush."

That person gripped the sofa cover, eyes deep with apprehension: "After the water prison, drop supplies."

"I'll go myself."

"But can these people survive in the ghost's hands?"

"……"

"Good question."

"They could only stare fixedly at the screen."

The master pondered repeatedly, then issued the order again: "Wake him up; no need to pretend anymore."

"Yes."

Jin Chen controlled the corpse to drive everyone away; soon all were forced to scatter, each fleeing toward different doors, the shifting cave walls temporarily preventing them from finding each other.

Clearing his throat, Jin Chen shouted, "The camera seems to have temporarily malfunctioned! You all hurry to find your way back."

As soon as his words fell, all filming cameras lost connection, and the screen went black.

"Be good, hurry to the water prison and wait for me."

Time was pressing; Jin Chen ruffled Yu Sui's hair to stop him from following.

"Where are you going?" Yu Sui instinctively gripped Jin Chen's arm, his gaze suddenly becoming stubborn, "Not going together with me?"

Jin Chen chuckled, his eyes sharp, "I'm going to find the wolf."

"It'll be fine soon; just be obedient."

Yu Sui gradually let go of his hand, then suddenly lunged into Jin Chen's embrace, hugging him tightly, leaving one sentence: "Don't disappear."

His tone carried fear and a completely helpless threat.

"At most half an hour."

Jin Chen estimated the time and assured them.

Only then did Yu Sui obey, hurrying toward the water prison without hesitation.

Whether in the past or now, he would never, nor could he, hold Jin Chen back.

Jin Chen continued to control the corpse, slowly turning it around.

To them now, everything inside the cave was dangerous.

The constantly shifting doors, the inescapable passages, and the endless darkness.

But the temporarily malfunctioning camera also gave them a chance to communicate with the outside world.

Jin Chen put on the earpiece used for monitoring, switched through a few channels, and fixed on one of them.

He came to a certain corner, behind him a bottomless abyss, in front of the stone he was hiding behind was Su Nai, who was searching for a way.

Jin Chen flicked two flying knives from his sleeve, shooting them from behind.

Su Nai heard the whooshing sound, instinctively jumped aside, flipped to dodge—completely different from her earlier slightly clumsy posture.

She stared intently into the darkness, her eyes cold and wary, thinking it was a hidden weapon in the cave wall, but after waiting several seconds she saw no follow‑up attack.

Seeing that it was temporarily safe, Su Nai took out a communicator from her inner clothing, placed it on her ear, and turned the ring with her fingertips to search for a signal.

Jin Chen heard everything clearly from the corner.

"The plan has changed; I found symbols related to the legend, but the Program Team's arrangements are problematic—I suspect the behind‑the‑scenes controller has been switched."

"Also, I tentatively guess that Jin Chen might have ties to the Huaxia Region—could he also know about the gene experiment?"

……

"All right, I'll keep watching, and…" Su Nai hesitated a few seconds, then asked.

"If the gene experiment is altered, could it turn a person into… a ghost in a short time?"

Jin Chen, lurking in the dark, almost burst out laughing, clenching his fist to his mouth to stifle it; seeing Su Nai cut off the communication, he then went to find the next person.

Su Nai had nothing to do with the mastermind; she was probably just someone from another few zones.

Jin Chen walked and thought, arriving behind the second person.

He stood with a faint light behind him, the zip of his storm jacket half‑covering his handsome face, his tall frame half‑crouched as he observed the just‑now dazed and desperate Jiang Ting.

Now that no one was watching, the fear vanished from Jiang Ting's face; he calmly leaned against the cave wall, rolled up his right sleeve, and slid the blade piece by piece into the crossbow mechanism weapon, stowing it away.

As he rolled up his sleeve, Jin Chen clearly saw the tattoo on his body—another member of a different organization.

Well, they're all movie emperors and empresses.