Chapter 24 Cannot Be Seen
Qin Liu hid in the dark, observing Bai Anting’s situation.
This young girl had not discovered her.
However, the monsters wandering outside had already found her location.
At this moment, the footsteps outside the house were slowly approaching the place.
The sound did not seem like something a human could make.
Heavy, slow… like a shambling zombie.
Yet, Qin Liu could not see any human figures through the window.
Outside, there was only the pale moon.
The Black Book was also observing the situation outside.
But because it was divided into two parts, one in Liu Haoyu’s hand and one in Qin Liu’s hand.
The part in Qin Liu’s hand was a spiritual body, so its observation ability was far inferior to that of the physical book.
It stared for a long time, and the shadowy figure that appeared could only shake its head helplessly.
Cannot see, cannot see anything.
Outside, there was only sound, but no footprints.
In this situation, either a ghost was playing tricks, or a stronger fierce ghost was appearing here.
Logically, the latter was unlikely, because Qin Liu was very powerful. As a guide, if she couldn’t see it, then it would have to be an underworld official of the same level as her.
But those people could not possibly come to the human world; they were all staying in the underworld.
Facing the increasingly close footsteps, Qin Liu cautiously moved to Bai Anting’s side.
Then, she gently poked her back.
“Eee!!!”
Bai Anting, whose attention was entirely focused on the outside, almost jumped three meters high when Qin Liu poked her.
“Shhh~” Fortunately, Qin Liu reacted quickly and covered her mouth.
“I am Qin Liu, I am here to save you.”
“Mmm mmm mmm…”
Bai Anting, who had been badly scared, felt her fearful heart slowly calm down after hearing Qin Liu’s voice.
Seeing that she stopped struggling, Qin Liu let go of her hand.
The latter was extremely excited and almost pounced on Qin Liu.
In such a small mountain village in the underworld, meeting someone familiar was an indescribable joy.
The monsters outside were still roaring, and because they heard the sound, they were walking towards them step by step.
Bai Anting also seemed to realize that the other party might have discovered her, so she quickly grabbed Qin Liu’s hand and said.
“Let’s go quickly!”
The two girls passed through the back door and entered the outside world.
At this time, the moon was covered by dark clouds, and the cold aura made Bai Anting tremble uncontrollably.
She led Qin Liu to escape to another civilian house.
After entering, she was a little out of breath and said.
“That monster… should not have seen me.”
Seeing Bai Anting so flustered, Qin Liu couldn’t help but ask.
“What is the situation now?”
Hearing Qin Liu’s words, Bai Anting’s face became a little bitter.
She lifted her sleeve.
On it was a bright red pattern, which exuded a very ominous aura.
At this moment, Bai Anting began to explain.
“After I was sucked into the television, I saw a system mission that appeared on my phone screen, like those in online novels. It told me… I cannot be discovered by ghosts, and if I am seen, I will die on the spot.”
As she spoke, Bai Anting handed her mobile phone to Qin Liu.
She opened the so-called mission. In addition to the text Qin Liu had seen before, there were indeed a few more instructions.
Now, Qin Liu finally understood.
This was indeed a game, a game specifically for Bai Anting.
She had been cursed with something, and Qin Liu did not know what it was.
After all, she was not a professional ghost exorcist, but the description was very clear.
In addition to not being able to leave the village, if Bai Anting was seen by a ghost, she would die directly.
No wonder the Black Book said that the penalty for failure was something Bai Anting could not bear.
However, just as the rules of strange things in novels were used to restrict ghosts.
The description also clearly stated that as long as Bai Anting could find the corpse hidden in the village, the curse on her would be lifted directly.
But Qin Liu didn’t know to what extent it could be lifted.
It was unlikely that ghosts would be so kind as to lift Bai Anting’s state of invisibility.
Thinking of this, Qin Liu glanced at the lantern in her hand.
What would happen if she killed the ghost outside directly?
There was a hint of excitement in Qin Liu’s eyes, but at that moment, a pale and slender hand grabbed Qin Liu from the darkness.
After her wrist was gripped, Qin Liu immediately came to her senses.
She paused, and then felt a lingering fear.
Just now… was she almost becoming a guide again?
Clearly, before, at most, there were a few ethereal and strange voices in her mind, but now there were no voice prompts?
And undeniably, as time went by, she seemed to be losing control more easily.
“Are you okay?”
Seeing Qin Liu’s dazed look, Bai Anting waved her hand in front of her.
“Can you hear me?”
“Ah… I’m fine.”
Qin Liu came back to her senses and then pretended that nothing had happened.
“So, we just need to find the corpse hidden in this village, right?”
“Yes!” Seeing that Qin Liu finally understood the situation, Bai Anting also cheered up: “Fellow netizens in the livestream, unexpected assistance, the streamer is finally saved… No, how are there only tens of people left?”
Bai Anting, who had wanted to share her joy with the livestream audience, could only stare in disbelief as she looked at the few ghosts left in the livestream room.
In response, some ghost viewers remaining in the livestream sent out bullet comments.
“Guilty conscience as a ghost, slacking off at work, afraid of being caught.”
“I don’t know what they are afraid of, Miss Guide, add me on WeChat!”
“Streamer, streamer, can you ask the boss next to you to meow, I’ll give you little ghosts to like.”
“The two above are true warriors.”
“Don’t be a coward, if you have the guts, come and catch me through the internet cable.”
“…”
Although only tens of viewers remained, the livestream room was still quite lively.
And Qin Liu watched all this silently. According to the Black Book’s explanation.
The audience in the livestream were all little ghosts from the underworld…
Hiss~ Is the underworld this advanced nowadays?
Bai Anting was already used to these bizarre ghost words.
Even knowing that they were all ghosts, in this situation, they were about the same as the idiotic netizens she encountered online.
Bai Anting looked at the bullet comment, then shifted her gaze to Qin Liu.
“Not a chance.”
Qin Liu would naturally not do anything cute.
“And our priority now is to escape. Don’t make money and not have the chance to spend it.”
“Alright…”
Bai Anting felt a little regretful at Qin Liu’s words.
As the two whispered, the dark clouds outside grew thicker and thicker.
The weather in Jiangquan City was very unpredictable during this season.
In just an instant, raindrops as large as beans began to fall outside.
And the rain grew heavier and heavier, until the sound of the rain completely drowned out the roars of the monsters outside.
Qin Liu and Bai Anting hid inside the house. Since Bai Anting could not be seen by ghosts, Qin Liu was responsible for keeping watch for her. If any ghosts approached, she would immediately notify Bai Anting to hide.
But… would any ghosts come?
After all, her identity as a guide was there.
Her identity alone was enough to scare ghosts to death, so even if she did nothing, it was unlikely that any ghosts would be foolish enough to trouble her.
The rain outside grew heavier and heavier, and Bai Anting continued to search for traces of the corpse inside the house.
Perhaps influenced by the heavy rain and the surrounding gloomy atmosphere, her earlier feeling of casual joy at meeting a teammate quickly disappeared, replaced by a serious and solemn expression.
Although Qin Liu was an unexpected rescue, Bai Anting actually wished that Liu Haoyu, a professional, had come to this place.
If Liu Haoyu were here, no demon or monster would be able to scare Bai Anting.
Because when that man put on his mask, he was truly a fierce ghost walking in the world.
As for Qin Liu… she was more like a cute little helper dedicated to acting cute and cheering people up.
