Reasoning

Translator: CinderTL

Seeing that there was no way to escape, Jiang Cheng spoke up, "Don't all crowd in the elevator!"

After saying that, he was the first to rush out, followed closely by Cao Yang, who gritted his teeth and charged out as well.

Yu Yu was momentarily stunned, only reacting after a while.

By then, chaos had already erupted outside.

Upon seeing Jiang Cheng and the others, Wang Changguo finally let out a long sigh of relief, as if an orphan had found his way home. He exclaimed excitedly, "I finally found you!"

"Bang!"

Just as Wang Changguo excitedly ran toward Jiang Cheng, Jiang Cheng also sped up toward him. In Wang Changguo's line of sight, Jiang Cheng lifted his leg and delivered a flying kick.

The kick sent Wang Changguo flying backward, leaving him gasping for air and nearly knocking him out on the spot.

As he fell to the ground, Wang Changguo's head was ringing, and his vision was blurred. Before he could even process what had happened, Cao Yang had already reached him, swinging a stick and delivering a brutal beating.

Unlike Jiang Cheng, who had held back slightly, Cao Yang was going all out. If the stick had been more suitable, Wang Changguo wouldn't even have had the chance to speak.

"Stop! Stop hitting me!" Wang Changguo covered his head, rolling around on the ground. "I'm Wang Changguo! I'm... Ouch!"

Cao Yang kicked Wang Changguo in the face, cutting off his words.

"Ugh... I'm human!" Wang Changguo kept pleading for mercy.

Initially, Cao Yang had charged forward driven by sheer courage, engaging in close combat with the Ghost. It had been a desperate move.

But as he gradually calmed down, Cao Yang began to sense that something was off.

Wang Changguo, now lying on the ground, was covered in blood, still begging for mercy. His clothes were torn, and he looked utterly disheveled.

Cao Yang wasn't sure what the Ghost's personality was like, but he doubted it would go to such lengths to act.

What was the point?

Feeling slightly awkward, Cao Yang put away the iron rod, realizing that he had probably made a mistake.

But even if he had, it was too late now.

It wasn't like he could let Wang Changguo hit him back, right?

Besides, who told him to wander around alone?

"What's going on?" Jiang Cheng grabbed Wang Changguo by the collar and asked, "Why did you come down alone? What happened upstairs?"

It was obvious. If nothing had happened upstairs, Wang Changguo wouldn't have dared to take the elevator down alone, especially from the 4th floor.

Before leaving, Jiang Cheng remembered they had all been on the 2nd floor.

"The Ghost... the Ghost came," Wang Changguo mumbled, his face covered in blood.

"Speak clearly!" Yu Yu urged anxiously.

Wang Changguo reached up and touched his lips, which felt swollen like sausages and burned with pain.

Several of his front teeth were also loose.

After listening to Wang Changguo's account, Jiang Cheng temporarily breathed a sigh of relief. At least Lin Wan'er was safe for now.

But they couldn't delay any longer. After killing Weiwei, the Ghost would either come for them or go after Lin Wan'er and Huai Yi.

It seemed the latter was more likely.

"Creak—"

Another scraping sound came from the direction of the Morgue, and this time, the noises seemed even more active.

"What... what's that?" Wang Changguo asked in terror.

Earlier, he had thought the commotion was caused by Jiang Cheng and the others. Now, it was clear he had been mistaken.

And what could possibly be in the morgue? He immediately recalled what the old man had mentioned earlier—the corpse that could move around on its own. He had been there at the time.

"Let's go first," Jiang Cheng said, not wanting to linger here any longer. He was still worried about Lin Wan'er. Although she was clever, she lacked experience.

Seeing the pitiful state of Wang Changguo, Cao Yang still gave him a hand.

Jiang Cheng, on the other hand, turned and left without hesitation.

The four of them entered the elevator, and Yu Yu nervously pressed the floor button. This time, the elevator didn't remain unresponsive; it trembled for a moment before stopping again.

It felt as though there was nothing wrong with the elevator itself, but for some reason, it couldn't start.

"What's going on?" Wang Changguo hunched over, his chest feeling heavy. Cao Yang's beating was one thing, but Jiang Cheng's kick had truly caught him off guard.

Yu Yu began to tremble all over, her eyes fixed on the elevator screen.

A line of red text scrolled across it.

"Overloaded. Overloaded." Perhaps this elevator had been specially designed so that even if it was overloaded, the alarm wouldn't trigger. Otherwise, the scene would have been even more intense.

Following Yu Yu's gaze, Wang Changguo also saw the text, and his face turned even paler than if he had just lost a family member.

He wasn't sure what the elevator's weight limit was, but it certainly shouldn't be this low.

Including him, there were only four people in the elevator.

And none of them were particularly large in size.

Yu Yu was on the thinner side, while Cao Yang was more robust.

At the same time, Jiang Cheng realized that the surroundings had suddenly become quiet. The sounds from the morgue earlier had completely disappeared.

A cold atmosphere began to spread within the elevator. Cao Yang kept swallowing nervously, and Yu Yu swayed slightly, her expression making it clear that she understood—something else had entered the elevator.

And there were probably quite a few of them.

Staying like this wasn't a solution. Jiang Cheng was the backbone of the group, and Yu Yu wanted to turn around to ask for his opinion.

But before she could, a hand pressed down on her head.

For a moment, Yu Yu, already on edge, almost screamed. But then, the hand gently patted her head.

The hand was warm, and Yu Yu knew it was Jiang Cheng's.

Because only he was behind her. It seemed his intention was to stop her from turning around.

As for why... out of the corner of her eye, Yu Yu stole a glance at the elevator wall beside her.

The wall was made of stainless steel, nothing special. It seemed old, with many scratches on it.

But it still faintly reflected their surroundings.

Yu Yu saw that at the very back of the elevator, right beside Jiang Cheng and behind him, stood a crowd of people.

She couldn't make out their faces—they seemed shrouded in a layer of mist—but she recognized the clothes they were wearing! They were the same as the ones on the two corpses they had seen earlier! Biting her lip, Yu Yu didn't dare make a sound. It seemed Jiang Cheng had stopped her from turning around to prevent her from being frightened.

Cao Yang's expression wasn't much better than Yu Yu's. It was clear his body had stiffened, his neck unmoving, his eyes constantly darting toward the elevator wall beside him.

He had seen it too.

"We're overloaded," Jiang Cheng's voice rang out, cold and calm.

Wang Changguo was on the verge of tears. He wasn't blind—everyone knew the elevator was overloaded, but the question was, how to solve it?

The dead guys behind them, who had been gone for who knows how many years, didn't seem like the reasonable type.

Asking them to step out of the elevator would likely lead to a direct confrontation.

Perhaps because he possessed the Gate, Jiang Cheng's senses were sharper than everyone else's. He could clearly feel that these entities were growing increasingly impatient.

A chilling cold began to spread unchecked, turning the elevator into a giant mortuary cabinet.

Jiang Cheng slowly raised his leg and kicked the hunched-over Wang Changguo out of the elevator.

Wang Changguo, completely unprepared, fell face-first onto the ground with a loud "Ouch!"

"It's overloaded! The last one to get on should step out!" Jiang Cheng scolded. "You're a grown man, yet you don't even know the rules, making everyone wait so long!"

Almost immediately after his scolding, the elevator doors closed.

The elevator began to ascend steadily.

As Jiang Cheng noticed the chilling cold around him dissipating, the tension in his heart gradually eased.

Thankfully, they had encountered reasonable people.

Thanks for the support, brothers!

(End of the Chapter)

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