Chapter 95: Don't Piss Me Off

"What did I alter?" Gao Tian demanded, feigning fury. "What exactly did I alter about you?

"From start to finish, I've just been standing here, getting killed by you over and over again. How did this turn into me attacking you?"

Ghost Cave reformed its complete body, crouching on the toilet as if deep in thought.

It waved a hand, gesturing for Gao Tian to calm down. "Don't get so worked up, Mr. Memory Ghost."

Ghost Cave slowly reached down. From the depths of the toilet bowl, it pulled out a dripping, black mobile phone. "Let me take a look.

"The last message I sent in the chat group was five minutes and fifteen seconds ago.

"It takes me thirty seconds to rush over here and crawl through a hole into the Jinhai Building.

"Which means from the moment we ghosts met, exchanged pleasantries, and I started killing you—at most, it's been just over four minutes.

"Every time you die, it takes a little time to resurrect, right?

"In between the killings, talking with Ghost Infant and discussing you takes a little time too, doesn't it?

"Are you telling me that in these four-odd minutes, I killed you fifty-seven times? An average of once every 4.21 seconds?

"Time-wise, that's not enough. Nowhere near enough."

It slowly raised its massive, hollowed-out head. Bright red blood began to seep from the empty void within its skull, as if it were enraged.

Yet, Ghost Cave's tone was filled with joy. "Without me even realizing it, you activated your ability and altered my memory, didn't you?

"How miraculous. How ghostly.

"I didn't realize at all when the number fifty-seven was inserted into my brain. I just naturally remembered it.

"Mental pollution abilities truly are hard to defend against. One careless step, and you fall for it."

Before Ghost Cave could even finish speaking, Gao Tian felt a razor-sharp wind slicing rapidly toward his chest.

Gao Tian was already used to this treacherous bastard. It would often speak normally, only to abruptly start killing halfway through its sentence. And while killing, it would just calmly keep talking.

Gao Tian's hand was already pressed against the mirror inside his coat. The moment Ghost Cave saw through his trick, he immediately triggered the Mirror Ghost's effect, pulling himself into the Mirror World. He vanished out of thin air right in front of the two ghosts.

If you can't win, run.

"Sorry, but I won't be keeping you company.

"I don't have as much free time as you two idiots. Kill me a hundred times, a thousand times—what, am I supposed to stay here and keep you company for the rest of my life?

"If you're sick in the head, I suggest getting treated early. There are no living people in this chat group. The only thing here is an idiot like you."

Separated by the mirror, Gao Tian dropped the act completely, coldly rebuking Ghost Cave.

As long as he stubbornly refused to admit anything, what could the two ghosts outside the mirror do to him?

If you're so capable, come on in.

At the same time, he unlocked his mobile phone and started furiously typing into the chat group.

The biggest threat right now wasn't Ghost Cave or Ghost Infant, but the many silent heavyweights in the group watching the show.

Ghost Cave had made a huge scene in the group about coming to kill him. A lot of ghost users were probably paying attention, waiting for Ghost Cave's investigation results.

He could withstand Ghost Cave's suspicions. But if Xu Yuan and the other ghosts started suspecting he was a living human and dozens of them made a move, even Jesus wouldn't be able to save him. Even if he fled back to the Living Apartment, he'd still be dead meat.

[Memory Ghost]:

Is anyone going to do something about these two lunatics?

I've already let them kill me fifty-seven times! Fifty-seven times! Just to fucking prove I'm a ghost. Now Ghost Cave is insisting the previous times don't count and wants to kill me ten thousand more times.

Are they sick in the head? Whose dog got let off its leash?

I don't even want to stay in this group anymore. Searching for a traitor every single day, and now they're pinning it on me.

No one in the group replied.

He didn't know if Xu Yuan and the others were watching the chat, evaluating Ghost Cave's next move.

Outside the mirror, Ghost Cave didn't care in the slightest about Gao Tian's messages in the group.

To it, as long as it killed Gao Tian before any other users interfered, it would prove itself right. It would have rendered a great service to the Galan Society, and no one would have the right to criticize it.

Besides, who in this group would stick their neck out for a Memory Ghost?

It just needed to be a little patient. Even if this kid escaped into the mirror, in Ghost Cave's eyes, he was just being a bit troublesome. He could never escape the palm of its hand.

"Strange.

"What a fascinating ability."

Ghost Cave's hole-riddled arm extended once more, tentatively tapping the mirror. "You didn't just hide inside the mirror; you hid inside an alternate dimension completely isolated from reality, didn't you?

"Even if I smashed this mirror right now, I wouldn't be able to pull you out.

"Ghost Infant, do you have any way to drag him out of there?"

—

Ghost Infant extended its wooden hand, patiently stroking the smooth surface of the mirror. "Let me think.

"This ability is extremely special. I haven't seen it before, and for now, I can't find a way to break it.

"Isn't its screen name Memory Ghost? How does it control other rules apart from altering memories? Could it be like the Multi-Headed Ghost, mastering several Killing Rules at the same time?"

Ghost Cave ignored Ghost Infant and spoke to Gao Tian in the mirror. "You should just come out on your own, Mr. Memory Ghost.

"I don't have any malicious intentions. I'm just a bit paranoid.

"Let me kill you a hundred times. I need to confirm whether your resurrection is the effect of a Supernatural Item or the immortal, imperishable nature of a ghost.

"If I confirm that you really are a ghost afterward, I'll apologize to you."

What a joke. Letting Ghost Cave kill him a hundred times? No matter how strong the Fortune from the Black Tie was, it was impossible to draw a hundred points out of fifty-two cards.

From the looks of it, the Mirror Ghost's effect was holding up well. Ghost Cave couldn't get in for the time being.

Looking at the two ghosts outside the mirror, Gao Tian said coldly, "I am a user personally invited into the chat group by Xu Yuan.

"Recognize your own status. You two are just Xu Yuan's dogs. What right do you have to test me? Find a mirror and take a good look at yourselves.

"I've been very polite today. Goodbye."

Now that he had entered the Mirror World, even Ghost Infant and Ghost Cave outside were completely helpless against him.

Gao Tian walked along the long white corridor, planning to leave the Jinhai Building first before figuring out a way to shake off these two ghosts.

He had already shown them his "immortal and imperishable" nature. From now on, no matter what Ghost Cave said, Gao Tian would vehemently insist that he had already proven himself and had no obligation to waste any more time with them.

Just then, he heard Ghost Cave's cold laughter from outside. "Don't go, Memory Ghost.

"Let's play a game.

"For every minute you stay in the mirror, I'll kill one person, until I've slaughtered everyone in the Jinhai Building. Then I'll go grab people from the rest of Shanghai City.

"I'll keep killing until you leave the mirror on your own and let me butcher you."

Gao Tian stopped in his tracks.

He was no longer on the other side of the eleventh-floor bathroom mirror. Ghost Cave couldn't see him from the outside, and he couldn't see Ghost Cave either. Yet, the entity's voice—as if certain he was still listening—continued to drift in at an unhurried pace. "There are two possibilities.

"First, you really are a ghost, and I've wrongly accused you.

"In that case, since you're a ghost, you'll definitely remain indifferent watching the living die one by one. After all, we aren't the same species anymore. It would be just like a human watching a slaughterhouse full of chickens and ducks.

"Second, you are actually a ghost hunter, and resurrection is your special item.

"Then remember this: today, everyone in the Jinhai Building will die because of you. The blood of these people should be counted on your head. If you hadn't shown up here, they wouldn't have died. You are the one who killed them."

Gao Tian knew Ghost Cave wasn't just making empty threats. It was truly capable of doing such a thing.

But he wasn't stupid enough to actually leave the Mirror World. If he went out, would the ghosts really stop killing? They would just kill him and then continue their slaughter to vent their anger.

Expecting a ghost to keep its promise was simply laughable.

Since the two ghosts' target was currently him, the only correct course of action was to immediately leave the Jinhai Building and get far away from the crowds.

Once they realized he had fled, they would definitely chase after him rather than staying in the Jinhai Building to insist on killing people.

Ghost Cave was cruel, but it wasn't stupid.

The faster Gao Tian ran, the safer the rest of the people in the Jinhai Building would actually be.

He started sprinting down the long white corridor.

Mirrors flashed past him one by one. There were conference rooms, office areas, storage units—

It seemed he had completely shaken off the two ghosts he encountered in the bathroom.

However, there were quite a few rooms and mirrors in the Jinhai Building. He still needed to run for a while to leave this place.

As he passed a conference room, a projector that hadn't been turned off suddenly started running on its own, projecting Ghost Cave's hollow face directly onto the wall. "Hey, Memory Ghost, where are you planning to run off to?

"Did you really think things would end so simply today?"

Gao Tian's heart skipped a beat.

Even though Ghost Cave couldn't enter the mirror, it seemed able to predict which mirror he would appear in front of.

What a relentless monster.

Outside the mirror, the Ghost Cave from the presentation slide slowly emerged into reality. In its hands, it carried two bloody human heads, a man and a woman. "Do you see these two heads from the table?

"They were just two ordinary people having a meeting in the conference room next door. Because you hid in the mirror and wouldn't let me kill you, I bumped into them while chasing you and killed them in passing.

"Remember this well: they died because of you—it's no different than if you had killed them yourself.

"You are a murderer."

Like it was carrying poultry, Ghost Cave casually tossed the two steaming, blood-bubbling heads onto the floor. Its gaunt, twisted body walked toward Gao Tian step by step, the two of them separated only by a mirror.

Gao Tian stopped walking.

He could feel the Black Tie around his neck receiving nourishment once again.

Four people were dead.

He had died twice, and two more had died on the outside.

Above his head, the pitch-black Ghost Luck was becoming increasingly materialized. It had reached the point where he could faintly see it with his own eyes.

Right now, Gao Tian felt a very strange sense of confidence. Whatever he did today, he would succeed. Today, somewhere in the unseen world, a strong Fortune was protecting him.

Gao Tian still had two Black Cards in his hand, which could instantly return him to the Living Apartment.

But he changed his mind. He wasn't going to leave.

Ghost Cave said, "Keep running, and I'll keep killing.

"Let's see just how cruel you can be."

Gao Tian slowly walked up to the mirror. Looking at Ghost Cave outside, he spoke very seriously, enunciating every single word: "I suggest you stop killing people.

"This suggestion isn't for my own good, but for yours.

"If you piss me off, something truly terrifying is going to happen next."

Looking at the Memory Ghost in the mirror earnestly warning it, Ghost Cave—with its faceless, hollowed-out head—stood in place for a full minute, as if deep in thought.

The next moment, it burst into a sharp bout of laughter. "I've changed my mind.

"Killing them one by one is just too troublesome.

"Since you want to go to hell so badly, watch closely. Right now, I'm going to bury everyone in the Jinhai Building, including you!"

Ghost domain.