The slender and fair fingers held the black sketch pen, swiftly moving on the sketch paper.

The little monster stared at the sketch paper, witnessing the quick creation of a sketch that could be deemed a “standard character design.”

It depicted a figure with both front and back views, even dissecting the head, face, and arms on separate sides.

It underestimated this lucky player, he must have studied painting, and his skills were strong.

With just a few strokes, he outlined a very detailed image of the front ghost.

There were even simple text descriptions on each part of the drawings.

For example, next to the separately drawn hand, words like “stiff, cold, pale” were written.

In the center of the image, facing Bai Lixin’s direction, the long hair parted to the sides, revealing the middle half of the face.

Sunken eye sockets, pitch-black irises, shriveled cheeks, chapped lips—almost a one-to-one reproduction.

As for the side facing away from Bai Lixin, it was simplified, with only a few details outlined, the specific clothing was not drawn in detail.

The sketch pen made a “swish swish swish” sound on the paper, but the sound soon disappeared. Bai Lixin examined his work, lifted it and shook it toward the little monster. “How is It? Decent, right?”

The little monster indicated it didn’t want to deal with Bai Lixin and flew in circles in place.

“Don’t be too proud!” The little monster pointed behind Bai Lixin with its small arm, “You still have another one to draw!”

“This one is behind you, and you can’t touch it. Let’s see how you draw it! Are you going to rely on imagination?”

Bai Lixin put away the sketchbook upon hearing this, pinched his chin, and fell into contemplation. “You’re right. If I can’t touch it, how should I draw it? Do you have any good suggestions?”

The little black and furry monster snorted, “Do you think I’m a fool? Even if I knew, I wouldn’t tell you!”

Bai Lixin pouted, “I was just asking casually. Why are you so angry? You were quite cute at first, but the angry look doesn’t look good.”

The little monster’s eyes flickered, and it asked uncertainly. “Do you really think I’m cute?”

Bai Lixin’s gaze was sincere. “I do.”

The little monster coughed twice, “Actually… I’ll tell you. Although you can’t see what this ghost looks like, the person behind this ghost can see it, right? Ask that red haired girl, let her tell you the details, and you can draw based on that.”

The young man suddenly realized, and his eyes immediately showed gratitude. “Oh, why didn’t I think of that?! Thank you for the reminder, you’re really kind.”

The little monster was stunned for two seconds, then it blinked. It’s large black eyes sparkled, and it burst into a crisp laugh, “Hehehe, hahaha, heeheehee, that’s right, I am a kind monster, hahaha.”

Big Zhuang was numb.

In the beginning, hearing Bai Lixin talking to himself was frightening.

His language was conversational, as if there was a voice constantly communicating with him from an unseen place.

It was like he was talking to a ghost or perhaps Bai Lixin himself had some mental issues.

Anyway, when he couldn’t hear the existence of another voice, he just felt scared.

But now, with Bai Lixin continuously speaking and the appearance of ghosts, Big Zhuang had become somewhat numb.

‘Fuck, weird things happen every year, but there’s an extra dose this year.

Things are already so frightening anyway, can it get any scarier?’

As this thought flashed through his mind, the “shua shua shua” footsteps were already close.

A cold touch landed on his shoulder.

Big Zhuang subconsciously tensed up his body, and his breathing stopped.

Unless the other party pushed him, he couldn’t continue moving forward. And this time, the ghost behind didn’t push him.

The cold hand firmly gripped his shoulder, and even through the clothes, he could vividly feel the icy touch and the rough texture.

The air fell Into a dead silence.

During the long wait, the cold fingers slowly moved behind Big Zhuang, sliding over, and they began writing something behind him again.

Bai Lixin was lost in thought when he suddenly heard Big Zhuang scream, followed by Big Zhuang’s somewhat panicked footsteps, “Pat pat pat!”

They moved at a fast pace, nearly matching a run.

After pondering for two seconds, Bai Lixin spoke, “What did the ghost do to you?”

Big Zhuang’s heavy panting could be heard in the darkness. After quickly pushing Red Hair in front of him, he waited until she moved away before leaning against the wall, gasping heavily. His heart was still pounding uncontrollably.

Hearing Bai Lixin’s voice, Big Zhuang tried to catch his voice and spoke with a trembling voice, “J-just now, this ghost behind me w-wrote that it…that it was having a lot of fun. It said it would take me away when the fourth round ends.”

After saying this, he slumped to the ground. There was something warm seeping into his pants. He subconsciously reached down and, upon touching it, his face instantly turned red.

He had actually been scared to the point of peeing.

The little monster suddenly erupted into a sharp laughter. It clapped its small hands happily, “Hahaha, as I said, once they have fun, they will leave. Once they leave, it means the game is over. If you haven’t completed all the ghosts’ drawings when the game ends, you’ll be stuck in this loop forever.”

“It said it will leave at the fourth round. This is already the first, so please make good use of your time.”

The young man raised his head, silently staring into the eyes of the little black and furry monster. “…”

“Ta, Ta, Ta.” Red Hair’s footsteps echoed in the darkness, diverting the young man’s attention from the little monster to the source of the footsteps in the darkness.

He had just asked Big Zhuang a question, but the ghost did not mimic Big Zhuang’s voice. It seemed his speculation was correct.

This ghost could indeed imitate human voices, but the words it could speak were limited.

—Game over.

—Yes.

—No.

The most words it had said so far was two. If the number of words exceeded this limit, it couldn’t speak.

Like when he asked Big Zhuang what happened, only Big Zhuang answered, the ghost chose to remain silent.

This was also why the ghost didn’t respond when he asked the little monster questions. The word count was too high.

Understanding this made things easier.

Although they each stood in a different corner, and at first glance, the distance and positions seemed clear, this space was an abandoned, open area that hadn’t been fully enclosed.

Due to the chaotic sounds of the surrounding walls and the interference of the wind outside, if someone was too far away, it was challenging to distinguish the source of the sound.

This was why Mr. Mouse really thought the game was over when the ghost imitated Red Hair and said “Game over”.

One reason was fear—under heightened mental tension and fear, he forgot that Red Hair was standing behind him. He was still in his spot, how could Red Hair declare it was over?

The second reason was the loss of the ability to discern the location of sounds.

Under the dual effects, Mr. Mouse stepped into the ghost’s trap.

Bai Lixin pondered for a moment, then spoke to Red Hair’s position in the darkness, “Red, I need you to observe the appearance of the ghost in front of you. It might help find Mr. Mouse. You don’t have to answer me, just tell me directly after observing.”

In the darkness, the “Ta, Ta” footsteps paused for a moment, then continued forward.

It wasn’t until the footsteps changed from “Ta, Ta” to the “stomp, stomp” of the ghost that the girl’s slightly trembling voice rang out in the darkness, “I, I’m going to start talking.”

“It’s very tall.” In the quietness, Red Hair paused, “From my perspective, I can only see a back similar to a black cloak, and its entire body is wrapped in the black cloak.”

“It seems to glide when it moves, without much up and down movement.”

“That’s all I saw.”

Bai Lixin carefully noted every word Red Hair said, “How tall is it specifically? When answering me, use more words, at least more than five.”

The darkness was silent for a few seconds.

Then Red Hair’s voice came, “Okay, its height is estimated to be around 2.2 meters.”

Bai Lixin pondered for two seconds, flipped a page amidst the approaching “stomp, stomp” sound, and opened the second page of the sketchbook.

The little monster approached the sketchbook, “Lucky player, are you planning to start drawing now?”

The young man made a sound of agreement, lightly sketching an irregular hexagon on the paper. From the look of it, it was still unclear what it was.

The little monster examined the sketchbook curiously, eager to see what he would draw.

However, the young man suddenly sighed, and closed the sketchbook with a bit of disappointment, “It’s too hard. I still can’t draw it. If only I could turn around.”

The little monster’s eyes flickered, “If you turn around, you will get captured by the ghost. Lucky player, do you really plan to turn around?”

The young man’s mood grew even more depressed, “I’d better not. There will be opportunities later. I’ll wait a bit longer.”

The little monster chuckled, “Hehehe, let’s hope so.”

The “stomp, stomp” footsteps stopped behind Bai Lixin.

The cold breath fell on the top of his head and neck again.

Bai Lixin stood silently. Although he didn’t turn around, he could sense a sharp gaze fixed upon him.

It was the look of a hunter assured of its prey, and his body instinctively became alert.

It was sizing him up, observing him, maybe even considering how to deal with him.

But not now.

The rules of the game seemed to limit not only humans but also certain behaviors of these ghosts within it.

As long as the game wasn’t over, they shouldn’t be able to attack humans proactively.

That was probably why the ghost in front said it would take Big Zhuang after four rounds.

The little monster’s words were only half credible. It is probably not true that the ghosts were still here because they were having fun. They likely had a set number of rounds to complete before they could leave.

Only after completing those rounds could it take Big Zhuang.

In other words, Big Zhuang was currently safe. As long as he completed this game within four rounds, Big Zhuang should benefit as well.

From what S419M said, this was a world in the cracks between the real world and the horror game lobby. So, how did this sandwiched world come into existence?

The structure of this world was not closely related to the real world, and the style was more like that of the horror game. Could he boldly speculate that this world was a bug in the horror game?

Would there be any unexpected surprises here?

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