Nightmare Assault

At five sharp, Fatty walked over to tap Jiang Cheng lightly on his shoulder. “Doctor, it’s about time to wake up.”

Jiang Cheng rubbed his eyes and sat up. He was very tired, so he slept soundly.

“Did something happen?” He stretched as he asked.

“The people from Room 406 came to look for you,” Fatty said.

Jiang Cheng turned around as his gaze sharpened, “Why didn’t you wake me up? And, how could you open…”

Fatty could guess what he was about to say, so he quickly explained, “Don’t worry, Doctor. I’ve tested them. They are fine!”

“Tested them?” Jiang Cheng felt his head getting heavier.

“That’s right, doctor.” Fatty said confidently, “I also suspected his identity, so I asked him to bark three times like a dog to test him.” After he paused, he continued, “Doctor, you knew how scary the ghosts are. Therefore, I believe the ghosts would disdain doing something like that.”

Jiang Cheng frowned. “And then?”

Fatty shrugged, “He did bark, but it sounded very unwilling. And it was not that accurate.”

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Cheng changed the topic, “What did he say after he came in?”

“Doctor, you misunderstand. I didn’t let him in.” Fatty suddenly became serious. He leaned over to whisper, “Because I was scared this could be a shameless ghost.”

Jiang Cheng gave Fatty a side-eye before tutting at the end.

“Doctor,” Fatty looked at the door and asked in fear. “Do you think… it was a ghost?”

Jiang Cheng shook his head. “No.”

Fatty groused, “You were asleep, so how could you know?”

“Fatty.” Jiang Cheng stood up to pat his shoulder. “If I were you, I’d start praying that it wasn’t a ghost.”

“Doctor, please don’t say that. You made me scared.” Fatty swallowed and whispered back.

Jiang Cheng thought about it and said seriously, “Don’t worry. As long as I’m here…”

Fatty raised his head expectantly.

Jiang Cheng resumed, “I’ll make sure to bring your ashes out with me.”

“...”

Before the sky darkened, Jiang Cheng left and headed to Room 406. The corridor was silent. The ends of the corridor were drawn out by the setting sun. A rotting smell lingered in the air. Fatty followed him carefully. He wished he could get stuck to Jiang Cheng. When he passed by Room 405, Jiang Cheng paused.

Fatty clearly panicked, but he still controlled his volume as he asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Jiang Cheng replied swiftly and continued to Room 406. However, before he could knock, the door opened. A face wearing a cap appeared before him. The rim of the cap was pressed very low, hiding a pair of murky eyes. It was Luo Yi from Room 405.

Jiang Cheng looked into the room. Every breathing person was there. Xu Wen glanced at Jiang Cheng and commented, “You were the last one to arrive.” She sat beside the bed, her body straight as an arrow.

Zhen Jianren leaned back in his chair. When he saw Jiang Cheng, his face turned up with a scowl, but he said nothing.

“Miss Xu.” Jiang Cheng looked at Xu Wen and said calmly, “I heard you were looking for me.”

“Earlier, I had him go find you, but your friend didn’t open the door.” Xu Wen then glanced at Zhou Taifu, who curled up on the bed. The meaning was clear.

The simple conversation got Fatty excited. His eyes glowed and complimented Zhou Taifu, “Brother, you were so good at mimicking a dog’s bark!”

Zhou Taifu’s face darkened immediately. After all, he was a rich man in real life, and he had his pride. However, he understood his current situation. Therefore, other than his ugly expression, he didn’t say anything.

“Enough.” Xu Wen cut off Fatty and moved her eyes back to Jiang Cheng. She looked at the black camera bag he was carrying, “Let me check the camera.”

Jiang Cheng handed the camera over. “I’ve examined it. There’s nothing unique about it.”

Xu Wen accepted the camera and studied it closely. Zhen Jianren shot Luo Yi a look. Zhen Jianren walked to Xu Wen’s side to observe the recordings. Luo Yi turned around and kept an eye on Jiang Cheng.

At the same time, Jiang Cheng grabbed the other camera in Room 406 and looked through the videos. It was the camera lent to them by the elder at the prop building. Fatty leaned over and hid behind Jiang Cheng. He narrowed his eyes. He did this because if there was something scary, he could close his eyes instantly.

The four videos were quite short. It was a rehearsal, so a lot of steps were skipped. This meant that all the videos added up to just slightly more than twenty minutes of footage. After watching the video, Xu Wen put down the camera, and her expression was calm. As Jiang Cheng said, there was no valuable clue. Other than the angle, the videos taken by the two cameras were the same.

Was her hypothesis wrong from the start? She couldn’t help but question herself. However, based on her experience, it would make sense for there to be a lack of clues in the two cameras given by the NPC. She even suspected that Long Tao’s death had to do with him being the cameraman. After all, in the missions before this, there had been no example of the ghost killing the players in the day on the second day. This was very abnormal.

She got no results. She took a deep breath and glanced at Jiang Cheng subconsciously. To her surprise, Jiang Cheng was looking at the recording with a strange expression. In her mind, she had never seen this expression on the man before.

“Mr. Hao,” Xu Wen began.

Jiang Cheng ignored her as his focus was fully trained on the camera. His right finger pressed the buttons occasionally. With the reminder from Xu Wen, everyone noticed how strange Jiang Cheng was acting.

Everyone surrounded him and realised Jiang Cheng was repeating the same part of the video…

Zhou Taifu was very confused. He had to ask, “What… are you doing?”

Jiang Cheng ignored him too. He raised his head and looked into Xu Wen’s eyes. The latter was stunned by the sharpness of his gaze. “How many people are in the first choir?”

Almost subconsciously, Xu Wen rewinded the tape she had and soon answered, “16.”

“What about the second choir?”

“15.”

“The third?”

“17.”

Then, Jiang Cheng slowed raised the camera he was holding. The video was paused at the moment when all the choir groups were on stage, singing together. Xu Wen stared at the screen. She saw the girls’ uniforms and their long hair.

The next second, her pupils trembled as something registered in her mind.

There were… 49 girls on stage.