After the voting ended, Adam tried to escape without saying a word. But immediately his arm was held by Jared, who looked at Adam with some embarrassment.

"What are you doing? I'll call for help," Adam said, his face pale.

"Call for help if you want, no one will save you even if you scream your lungs out," Jared said, grabbing his hand and dragging him out of the classroom. Adam continued to call for help, but no one had the courage to save him. The boys hurriedly moved aside, giving way to this tough girl.

Watching Adam and Jared disappear, I shook my head sorrowfully. I knew Adam was going to be in trouble. Being tortured by a woman like Jared, the scene would definitely be horrible to behold.

"Looks like I need to be prepared too," I murmured, looking at my phone. I had deeply understood the rules of this game. I also understood that to survive in this game, the first thing was to have enough influence in the class to make everyone vote according to my wishes.

"Should we continue investigating this afternoon?" Henry asked.

"Let's go, we don't have any classes in the afternoon anyway," I said carelessly. In this constant threat of death, no one in the class had the mood to attend class. Since we had already skipped class, we didn't mind skipping a little more.

After the voting, everyone started to get lively. Having just survived a death crisis, everyone was extremely relaxed.

The classroom was noisy, and the homeroom teacher soon walked in. She frowned and shouted at us, "What's so noisy? I can hear you guys talking from the entire corridor."

The students under the platform hurriedly lowered their heads, and the classroom became quiet. However, the wave of the voting had not ended.

In the following classes, there were discussions in the class. Jared and Adam did not return. But they were probably staying in a hotel outside the school. Meanwhile, I was discussing with Diana on my phone where to investigate in the afternoon.

We had already visited many places in the school, and the remaining ones were all forbidden areas, either where murders had occurred or suicides had taken place. But those places were particularly gloomy even during the daytime. Diana definitely didn't dare to go alone.

"Why don't you accompany me," Diana said on Twitter.

"No problem, I can accompany you," I said excitedly on Twitter.

"That's great," Diana said.

Then I happily put away my phone, forgetting about everything that had just happened. I continued chatting with Henry.

In the afternoon, Jared returned with Adam, who looked extremely haggard. Among the teasing of the surrounding classmates, Jared brazenly declared, "Adam is my man from now on. Whoever dares to bully him is my enemy."

Adam didn't respond and followed Jared's burly figure. His frail silhouette seemed even more haggard. This made our group look strange. It seemed that they had definitely had a relationship.

Adam didn't even glance at the surrounding classmates, buried his head in his seat, and never raised it again. And the people around him also had no mood to joke with him. Everyone was busy participating in the investigation.

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"You said since there's a ghost, let's find someone to catch it," Sophia said.

"Yeah, aren't there a lot of monks and Taoist priests now?" James' eyes lit up and said.

"Let's invite one and we can all contribute," someone suggested immediately.

"No, I'll take care of it," James volunteered.

"That's great, thanks," a girl immediately said. Everyone in the class knew that James was wealthy, so no one objected. Everyone looked at James with expectant eyes.

James walked out proudly, seemingly planning to invite a Taoist priest.

Diana and I also took action. We prepared to go to the cursed girls' dormitory. It was a forbidden area in the school, and no one appeared there even during the daytime.

Diana and I arrived at the cursed girls' dormitory. Everything here was dilapidated, and the surroundings seemed deadly silent. Diana grasped my arm in fear, making me feel immensely pleased inside.

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you," I said to Diana. Diana smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you so much."

We walked side by side towards the girls' dormitory building, a desolate place without any sound. As soon as we entered, I immediately felt a chill all over my body. The entire girls' dormitory building was like hell.

Although it was daytime, the girls' dormitory was extremely dark. As soon as we walked in, a cold wind immediately swept through, making one feel chilled to the bone. Diana had tightly grasped my arm and didn't dare to let go.

But at that moment, I had no time to pay attention to Diana. Holding her hand, I boldly walked towards the stairs. The girls' dormitory had been abandoned, and the entire building was empty, with no one in sight.

Our footsteps echoed throughout the building. The corridor was dark, and as we walked down it, I occasionally glanced at the surrounding dormitories. No one was inside, only bed frames remained.

The entire girls' dormitory was filled with dust, seemingly abandoned for a long time. We carefully walked up to the second floor and began investigating carefully. The surrounding dormitories were all empty, devoid of any signs of life.

"It's said that the girl who jumped to her death was on the fifth floor. Let's go and take a look," I said to Diana.

"Maybe we should just go back," Diana looked somewhat afraid.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you," I said seriously. Diana nodded and followed me towards the fifth floor. But after ascending three flights of stairs continuously, we were surprised to find that we were still on the second floor.

Looking at the sign above indicating the second floor, Diana was frightened. She hurriedly said, "Let's leave, let's not investigate anymore."

"Alright," I was also frightened and hurriedly grasped her hand to walk downstairs. But another strange scene occurred. After descending to the first floor, we realized that we were still on the second floor.

"What's happening?" I stared dumbfoundedly at the sign in front of me. The door sign read "2nd Floor." This meant we were indeed on the second floor. We had returned to the starting point.

"No way, let's continue walking," Diana said fearfully, then she hurriedly walked downstairs. I followed her down the stairs. But after reaching the ground floor, my face was completely pale.

In front of me, the sign hanging high read "2nd Floor." Diana immediately burst into tears, "What should we do? We'll never be able to get out."

Calm down, I need to stay calm. I repeatedly reminded myself, staring at the eerie scene in front of me. I knew that if I didn't calm down, we would only meet with doom.

"Let's continue down the stairs, we can definitely find a way out," I said, holding Diana's hand. Meanwhile, I quietly scratched a number "1" on the wall with a knife, and then led Diana to walk downstairs.

As we slowly descended the stairs, we reached the floor below once again. And this time, what awaited us was still the cold symbol of the floor.

Diana had completely broken down by now, collapsing on the ground and crying out, "How could this be? We'll never be able to get out. It must be a ghost."

"Wait," I said, turning my head to look at the wall. There was indeed the scratch I had just made on the wall, and my pupils instantly shrank. How could my mark appear here?

"Wait a moment, I might have figured out a way," I said with a flash of inspiration and then looked at the crying Diana. I quickly ran back upstairs. It was indeed the second floor.

I shouted down the stairs, "Diana, look at the scratch of the number '1' on the wall. And check the floor sign. Are they both there?"

"Yes, they're all there," Diana's voice echoed. This made my face stiffen. I looked at the signs in front of me and shook my head helplessly. I initially thought that the ghost had changed the floor signs, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

We seemed to have entered an infinite loop of floors. Whether we went downstairs or upstairs, we would end up on the second floor. There would be no change. We were trapped in this building and could never escape.