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Chapter 223 Seeing a Ghost?

Ji Lang, who was walking in front, stopped after only a few steps. Yang Xiao, who was following behind him, didn't notice and bumped into his solid back.

"What's going on?" Yang Xiao, who had been caught red-handed, rubbed his nose and, without thinking, delivered a solid punch to Ji Lang.

"The distance between us and that table hasn't changed at all." Lin Yun, standing next to Ji Lang, pointed to the table in front of them with a special protective shield. The shield on the tabletop was still emitting a faint blue light, and the box inside was vaguely visible. However, it was obvious that they were no more than four or five steps away from the table, while they had just taken at least seven steps.

“This is still not right.” Although Gu Nanfeng was at the back, he also noticed the problem. He had been releasing his mental energy to explore the surroundings, but he couldn’t find anything.

"The lighting here is wrong too. It's too dark around us. We can't even see your flashlights clearly from behind." Pei Sihao and Gu Nanfeng were walking at the back. There were six of them in total: Ji Lang and Lin Yun in front, and Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang in the middle.

To avoid any accidents, they even followed very closely from the front and back. So when Pei Sihao said that, Ji Lang and Lin Yun immediately turned around instinctively.

Sure enough, in their field of vision, Pei Sihao and Gu Nanfeng's flashlight beams were just a tiny, faint glow; they couldn't make out their faces at all. Even worse, the light they shone themselves didn't reach Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao at all.

"Are we seeing ghosts?" Although Zhong Qiang wasn't afraid of zombies, he had absolutely no resistance to ghosts in Chinese literature. In his current state, he felt his legs starting to go weak.

"It's unlikely there are ghosts." Yang Xiao was actually quite afraid of ghosts. He was about to say how could there be ghosts, but then he thought, "If there are zombies, what in this world is impossible?"

"Holy crap, could that Lu Yuan be a ghost?" Zhong Qiang gripped Yang Xiao tightly beside him. The more he thought about it, the more eerie Lu Yuan seemed, just like a treacherous and cunning ghost.

"How about we recite the core socialist values?" Pei Sihao felt the air around him cool down when he heard Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang say that. It wasn't a physical coolness, since it was already tens of degrees below zero, but a chilling cold that penetrated to the bone.

“Yes, yes, I was afraid of ghosts when I was little, and my dad made me carry this with me, saying it was the most useful thing.” Zhong Qiang immediately nodded in agreement, although his nod was just a blur to others.

"Stop fooling around. Everyone, turn your flashlights up as bright as they can and see." Gu Nanfeng stopped several people who were about to recite, and they cooperated and immediately turned up their flashlights as Gu Nanfeng instructed.

However, even with everyone's flashlights turned up to the brightest setting, they were still completely useless in this space; all they could see was pitch blackness and a few points of light.

"Holy crap, I'm really scared now." Actually, Pei Sihao only felt a little cool just now, but now he felt creepy. He even felt something right next to his ear, with a slight breeze occasionally blowing.

As Chinese people, their fear of zombies is actually not that great. After all, they are flesh and blood and can be physically killed. Moreover, as long as there are sturdy rooms and doors, these disgusting things can be kept out.

But when faced with "ghosts" that are native to China, not only Pei Sihao, but even Ji Lang and Lin Yun felt a little uneasy. After all, zombies exist in this world, so who can guarantee that "ghosts" don't really exist? Moreover, "ghosts" are a kind of metaphysics. They are not limited by physical space at all and can appear next to you anytime, anywhere, scaring you to death.

“Don’t be nervous, we’re definitely not seeing a ghost.” Although Gu Nanfeng said this, he still couldn’t calm the other five people down immediately. He could only continue to analyze with them, “We are either still in an environment, and this is not a laboratory at all, or this laboratory is coated with a special light-absorbing material.”

"Are you sure?" Pei Sihao still trusted Gu Nanfeng, so he was now a little less afraid.

“I’m sure, I’m more convinced we’re still in an illusion.” Gu Nanfeng’s flashlight beam flickered again. He looked at the direction of the beam and continued, “You can see for yourselves that our flashlight beams can normally travel a relatively long distance at their own angle. It’s just that when they reach the other side, they can’t illuminate anything. You can only see a ball of flashlight beam from the other side.”

"It seems so." Lin Yun also swung his flashlight. The beam of the flashlight was very clear, but when he shone it in the direction of Gu Nanfeng's voice, he couldn't see anything there, only a blurry dot of light.

“We’re so close, and this is happening, no light-absorbing material could possibly do it.” Gu Nanfeng continued, seeing the light spots flickering in the direction of Ji Lang and Lin Yun. “So I’m even more convinced that we’re still in an illusion.”

"I think seeing ghosts and illusions are both quite mystical." Although Gu Nanfeng was less afraid after explaining it this way, Yang Xiao still silently moved closer to Ji Lang. He could clearly see Ji Lang's outline, but he was sure that the original distance between them was no more than two steps.

"So what should we do now?" Zhong Qiang was still afraid of ghosts. He felt that the current situation was like seeing a ghost, like being trapped in a maze.

"Calm down, I'm not sure when we entered the illusion," Gu Nanfeng said.

"What do you mean?" Ji Lang felt that he understood everything Gu Nanfeng had said before, but he just couldn't understand this last sentence.

"You mean, we might not even have reached the research institute yet?" Lin Yun asked tentatively.

“We might not even have left S City yet.” Gu Nanfeng continued to wave his flashlight around. “Our protective suits and shields were given to us by Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan can easily use these to build this illusion for us with his system.”

"But why would he do this? What's the point?" Ji Lang and Pei Sihao asked in unison. If all of this was done by that other Lu Yuan, then what was he after?

"I can't figure that out either." Gu Nanfeng could only shake his head.

"I thought my rebirth was crazy enough, but I never expected that my time travel would be even crazier." Now that the possibility of seeing ghosts has been largely ruled out, Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang finally felt relieved.