Chapter 279: Trust

Bai Zhi, this girl, is quite honest. She said she would prepare a secret code, so she really took "Secret Code" as the secret code.

"Are you okay? Why are you injured?" Bai Zhi walked closer and looked at the bloodstains on Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, her expression concerned: "And didn't you just go down to the basement of the clock tower along the heating pipe? Why did you return to the road we came from?"

"Don't get too close to me." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took two steps back, keeping Bai Zhi, who wanted to check his left-hand injury, at the edge of the corpse oil lamp's light halo, and then said: "The clock tower is full of ghosts wandering around now, be careful not to attract them."

Bai Zhi was somewhat confused: "What about you?"

As she spoke, she pointed to the lamp glowing in Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's hand: "You are also being illuminated by the light now, won't that attract ghosts?"

"I will only attract ghosts if I am not illuminated by the light." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said, turning slightly to rotate the lamp. A pale young man slowly appeared in the light, who was Spencer, who had been dead for a long time.

"My current state is similar to his." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe continued: "Spencer and I are now in the Vanishing Castle of another world, the Vanishing Castle where fierce ghosts wander everywhere."

However, the difference is that Spencer was dragged to the Old Vanishing Castle after being killed by the 'ghosts' in the castle, while Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe went down to the deepest part of the clock tower basement and fell to the spire of the clock tower in the Old Vanishing Castle on the way to the secret room.

The different ways of crossing worlds caused the different states of Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe and Spencer at this moment.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe still retains complete thoughts and a clear mind, only his body has suffered some fall injuries.

Spencer, on the other hand, has completely lost all self-consciousness and, like other ghosts in the clock tower, has become a machine driven by specific instructions. Once he senses the presence of living people in the castle, he will launch an indiscriminate attack.

But unlike other ghosts, the 'instructions' driving Spencer, this killing machine, actually have two lines.

First, extreme hatred and bloodlust for all living people.

Second, the thought steel seal branded on him before his death: 'I must protect Cynthia and Katya.'

"Given the surface and inner world phenomenon of Vanishing Castle, it is because it was granted by the fierce ghost 'Xi Zhao,' and the abnormal time flow is because the Freim family hoarded a large amount of 'Yin' here, then..."

Then the only strange phenomenon in Vanishing Castle that has not been explained is this group of 'ghosts' wandering everywhere in the castle.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe carried the corpse oil lamp and cast his gaze toward Spencer, who was standing not far from Bai Zhi without moving, his heart moved slightly.

"Assuming that the current state of these 'ghosts' in the castle and their hatred for living people are all influenced by the same strange rule, they are all driven by the instructions of a special ghost."

If this assumption holds...

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took a deep breath, moved his gaze away from Spencer, looked at Bai Zhi, who was looking at the bloodstains on his shoulder with a serious face, and said: "Bai Zhi."

"Hmm?" The girl raised her eyes and met Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's calm gaze: "What's wrong?"

"I need you to do me a favor..."

"Okay." Before Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe finished speaking, Bai Zhi nodded and replied: "What do you want me to do?"

"Listen to me first." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe shook his head: "There is a risk in doing this."

After a pause, he continued: "I have basically figured out some basic situations of this castle. In addition to the chaos of time and space, there is also a special rule running here, and I have some guesses about this rule now. To verify this guess, I need you to take a risk and expose yourself completely within the illumination range of the corpse oil lamp."

Bai Zhi blinked, her eyes confused: "But won't that attract ghosts?"

"Yes, it will attract ghosts." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe nodded: "But who is the ghost closest to us?"

"Spencer..." Bai Zhi thought for a moment and understood his meaning: "You want to test whether Spencer will kill me?"

"That's right." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe did not deny it.

'Kill all living people' is the instruction given to all the dead by the unknown ghost in Vanishing Castle.

'Must protect Katya' is the thought steel seal branded on Spencer by Jue Yuan.

When two completely opposite instructions conflict, and Jue Yuan and the ghost of Vanishing Castle confront each other head-on, what will be the final result? This is what Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe wants to know.

To know the answer to the question, one must take the corresponding risk, and the person who has to bear this risk is Bai Zhi.

"You can think about it seriously." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said indifferently: "I am an Ascended One. Ascended Ones have confidence in the ghost of the rule they have mastered. I believe I will not lose to the ghost of Vanishing Castle. If I win the bet, we have hope to solve the secret of Vanishing Castle. But if I really lose the bet, you will likely die. So you'd better weigh the pros and cons carefully. I won't force you."

Bai Zhi blinked and looked at Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's eyes with confusion.

At a glance, look at '

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe did not move, staring calmly at Bai Zhi's eyes, just waiting for her thoughts to begin to waver. Once the seedling of the thought 'perhaps I can try to bet' appeared, he would immediately use Jue Yuan to brand her with the thought steel seal 'I must bet on this.'

"Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, you just said that you believe you won't lose to the ghost of Vanishing Castle, right?" Bai Zhi lowered her eyes and asked in a low voice.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe didn't know whether to say yes or no: "That's right, so?"

"So I also believe in you." Bai Zhi raised her head, her teeth biting her lower lip gently. Before Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe could use Jue Yuan to carve the thought steel seal, she walked close to Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe in three or two steps. The dim yellow lamp light spilled over Katya's slender and petite girl figure.

At the same time, Spencer, who was standing in the corner, suddenly raised his head.

On a pale face, the facial features twitched and spasmed. Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe carried the corpse oil lamp with one hand, staring quietly at the fierce ghost standing in the corner.

Bai Zhi closed her eyes nervously, burying her face in Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's chest, too afraid to raise her head. Her courage was originally small, and those few steps just now had used up all the courage in her heart.

Under the shroud of light, the girl's body temperature was close at hand. Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe smelled the pungent smell of burning lamp oil. Spencer's motionless figure still stood there, his facial features twisted in pain, his mouth opening and closing, as if making a silent groan.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe brought the oil lamp close to his cheek, staring closely at Spencer, who was trembling like chaff, ready to blow it out at any time if the situation was not right.

In the deep and silent corridor, heavy time passed second by second.

Spencer's body trembled significantly, like a rusty gear stuck in an old machine.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 280 =====