She had been driving for more than ten minutes, and although the car behind her was in hot pursuit, it had not overtaken her.

　　However, once she entered the city, things would probably become very troublesome.

　　Li mentioned in his notes that none of the ghosts he had encountered so far were afraid of sunlight or crowds.

　　They would still appear even in crowded public places, it's just that only residents could see them.

　　At this moment, Ziye casually glanced at the passenger seat... and what she saw was a face with blood-red pupils, a broken jaw, and a mouth connected to the jaw by only a few tendons!

　　Before Ziye could react, she only felt her body fall, and then she fell onto the cold floor!

　　She looked up... and found herself on the floor of the haunted villa!

　　But Ziye didn't even frown, she immediately got up and ran towards the front door of the villa.

　　However... in that instant, a figure in black surged out behind her -

　　She immediately turned her head to look... and at that moment, the ghost's body appeared in front of her.

　　Ziye instantly felt like her whole body was bound.

　　……

　　Li was waiting with some residents in the lobby downstairs.

　　There were many people gathered, after all, most of them were concerned about Yuan's life or death.

　　At that moment, the elevator door across the way suddenly opened, and a short but pretty girl stepped out.

　　She was the newest resident in the apartment besides Ziye, and had moved in during Li's time in You Shui Village.

　　Her name was Mei, a very optimistic and cheerful girl who came to the city to attend university alone.

　　Even though she lived in such a terrifying apartment, she wasn't afraid at all.

　　Instead, she said: "If so, it's fine as long as we live to come back each time, right?"

　　Should we call her foolish or naive?

　　She must have also come to see Ziye, because she had been getting along very well with Ziye recently.

　　Suddenly, Li saw a figure appearing at the entrance of the apartment!

　　Li stared intently at the figure, it was... Ziye!

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　　At that critical moment, Ziye suddenly thought...

　　Yuan... must have been killed because he saw this evil ghost.

　　Oda Saki must have seen the ghost in the mirror, and Wen was killed because he saw the evil ghost disguised as Yuan going to the bathroom...

　　Could it be that...

　　They were killed because they saw the ghost?

　　The apartment had completely tricked all of them!

　　The blood inscription instructed them to "find the ghost's transformed form, and you can leave the villa ahead of time", but it was actually designed to lead them to hell!

　　Ziye had seen something in Li's notes:

　　"The apartment is not just trying to torture us to death. It actually gives us many chances to escape. No matter which blood inscription is being carried out, there are always ways to survive. However... it's not fixed."

　　Most residents think that the execution process of any blood inscription, the ghosts, the curses, are all completely unsolvable, and the only way to survive is to escape back to the apartment. But that's not true.

　　There is a hidden way out with each blood inscription, it's just that it's not easy to discover or grasp it. For example, the You Shui Village incident actually had a way to survive. That way was to not get close to Axiu.

　　The ghost should have been living in Axiu's water tank, killing anyone who got close to Axiu, and finally killing Axiu herself. That is to say, living at Axiu's house would make it impossible to avoid the ghost. But as long as you try not to get close to Axiu, you can survive.

　　So... if you didn't look for the ghost's transformed form, or, in other words, didn't see the ghost, even if you stayed for five days, you would be safe.

　　The apartment's trickery also involved those books.

　　They used the phrase formed by the book titles to put psychological pressure on them, and combined with the terrifying consequences of the ghost's revenge in the past, everyone firmly believed that they would die in the villa if they didn't find the ghost's transformed form.

　　As a result... they would do everything they could to find it.

　　The apartment was forcing them down a path of no return!

　　However, Ziye knew the only way to survive.

　　Just as the evil ghost was about to reach out to Ziye, Ziye suddenly closed her eyes!

　　Then... she stood there for a long time... nothing happened.

　　The ghost could actually only kill them if their eyes saw it.

　　Yuan was the first victim, and the people who came later were the same.

　　As long as the ghost appeared within their eyesight, it could kill them.

　　But conversely, if they didn't see the ghost, nothing would happen. So the apartment asked them to find the ghost's transformed form, just so they would "see" the ghost.

　　Therefore, as long as they closed their eyes and didn't see the ghost, they would be fine.

　　She kept her eyes closed for a long time, called a taxi, and was able to safely return.

　　Li was instantly overjoyed.

　　Although Yuan's death shocked and grieved many residents, Ziye had managed to survive under such critical circumstances!

　　After listening to her story, many residents were incredibly astonished:

　　"Just closing your eyes can save you? It's so simple?"

　　"It's very simple," Ziye said calmly, "but it's hard to realize it."

　　Li also breathed a sigh of relief and said:

　　"I didn't expect to be fooled by the apartment... I always thought the escape routes arranged by the apartment were very difficult to detect... I didn't expect it to be hidden in the blood inscription."

　　"It's not necessarily true," Ziye said, "You may have realized it, but... you didn't dare to gamble. After all, the ghost could still take our lives, and no one dared to take that risk."

　　That was indeed the case.

　　In any case, everything was finally settled.

　　That night, Ziye had just come out of the bathroom after taking a shower, when the doorbell rang.

　　Ziye heard Li's voice: "Are you there? Miss ?"

　　She put on her clothes, walked over, and opened the door.

　　She asked, "What's wrong?"

　　Li was initially taken aback, but then he said: "Miss ... would you like to have some cake? I made some cake."

　　"I just brushed my teeth," Ziye said, "But thank you anyway. I'll come tomorrow."

　　"Okay, good... Then, I'll be waiting for you tomorrow..."