"Little Zhao!" Wu Dahai yelled, but there was no reply from the darkness.
"Manager Wu... Manager Wu, how about we call the police?" someone suggested hesitantly.
Wu Dahai's expression was unsightly. He couldn't help shining his flashlight towards Wang Ziteng, seeking his instructions.
"Young Master Wang, what do you think?"
At this moment, Wang Ziteng's expression was extremely strange. The anger he had previously shown had completely vanished, replaced by an unprecedented fear, unease, anxiety, and even a hint of expectant ecstasy.
He seemed to be afraid of something, yet also anticipating something.
Fang Xiu noticed Wang Ziteng's expression and immediately felt something was off.
He must know something!
"Young Master Wang?" Wu Dahai called out again.
Wang Ziteng suddenly snapped out of his daze. "What did you just say?"
"Young Master Wang, I mean, should we call the police? That scream just now was definitely not right. I'm afraid something happened."
"Oh, right, right, hurry up and call the police." Wang Ziteng seemed to remember something and quickly started dialing his phone.
However, after a series of busy signals, the call wouldn't go through.
At this moment, the other employees also exclaimed in alarm, "The phone won't connect!"
"Mine won't either."
"How is this possible? Even if my balance is zero, I can still call the police. But now it just won't connect."
"It's like my phone has no signal at all."
This made everyone even more panicked.
One employee, who often browsed paranormal forums, even trembled and said, "Could it be... have we encountered something ghostly!?"
Everyone spoke at once, and the scene became extremely chaotic.
Wang Ziteng's face flickered between light and shadow. The lack of phone signal seemed to confirm something for him. He suddenly roared, "Everyone shut up!"
After all, his status was well-known, and his shout instantly silenced everyone.
All eyes in the room focused on him.
Wang Ziteng's face was illuminated by the weak light of his phone, with most of it shrouded in shadow. Coupled with his strange expression, it was somewhat eerie.
He swallowed hard, trying to appear calm. "Everyone keep quiet now. What I'm about to say is very important! It concerns whether we can survive or not!"
The words "survive or not" seemed to carry an unusual weight, like a heavy hammer striking everyone's hearts.
Li Feifei, who was next to Wang Ziteng, asked even more fearfully, "Young Master Wang, what are you talking about? What survive or not? Don't scare us..."
"You shut up!" Wang Ziteng roared, making Li Feifei's face turn pale with fright.
He took a deep breath, then said with a slight tremor in his voice, "If I'm not mistaken, we might have entered a ghost domain."
"Wh... What is a ghost domain, Young Master Wang?"
"Don't interrupt me! We don't have much time to explain right now. I'll tell you what to do, and you do it! Understand?!"
Wang Ziteng roared again, once more silencing everyone.
"With my status and background, the things I come into contact with are naturally more than ordinary people. The secrets of this world are beyond your imagination.
Simply put, ghosts exist in this world, and a so-called ghost domain is the domain of a ghost. You can think of a ghost domain as an alternate dimension, a place that belongs to ghosts, a ghost's territory!
What we need to do now is escape from this damn ghost domain. Otherwise, all of us will be killed by the ghost!"
This series of words shocked everyone, making their scalps tingle.
Ghosts!?
Everyone thought Wang Ziteng was joking, but seeing his frightened and twisted expression, they didn't think so.
"Young Master Wang, you're not kidding, are you? There's no such thing as ghosts in this world!"
"You damn it! Didn't I tell you not to interrupt me! Damn it! You bunch of useless people, if I wasn't a Spirit Master and still needed you to survive, do you think I'd be willing to tell you these secrets?!"
Wang Ziteng's tone became increasingly urgent, as if a knife was pressed against his neck.
"Whether you believe it or not, you all better listen carefully. We have definitely entered a ghost domain. The lack of phone signal and the suppressed light are proof. Remember, the only ones who can deal with ghosts are Spirit Masters, people who control their own spiritual power.
My cousin is a Spirit Master, and he told me all this.
Ordinary people who want to survive against ghosts, the only way is to observe the ghost's killing patterns and then try their best to avoid them.
So from now on, everyone listens to my command. Absolutely no one is allowed to act alone. Even if you need to use the restroom, do it right here!"
Wang Ziteng's words left everyone half-believing and half-doubting. After all, this challenged their worldview of several decades. Before truly seeing a ghost, normal people would always hold onto a glimmer of hope.
Perhaps the only person present who completely believed Wang Ziteng's words was Fang Xiu.
Because his wife was a ghost.
However, Fang Xiu was puzzled. Although Wang Ziteng knew about the existence of ghosts, judging from his appearance, he was clearly not like himself, able to see ghosts everywhere.
If Wang Ziteng could also see ghosts everywhere, he definitely wouldn't be as panicked as he was now.
Although his current performance was quite good for an ordinary person, it was far from enough. He couldn't remain calm in the face of overwhelming danger and would never survive in a world full of ghosts.
But none of that mattered. What was important was Spirit Master!
When Fang Xiu heard that only Spirit Masters could deal with ghosts, the flames of hatred in his heart began to churn.
Perhaps Spirit Masters could see ghosts everywhere and possessed the power to fight against them.
"Yo... Young Master Wang, so what do we do now? Should we run away quickly?" Wu Dahai said with a tremble in his voice.
"Don't run!" Wang Ziteng shouted as if he had been stimulated by something. "Everyone stay where you are and don't move!
Running around randomly in a ghost domain is no different from seeking death.
My cousin told me that you must never run around in a ghost domain, and even more so, don't look around or touch things randomly to avoid violating any taboos."
"Then... what do we do now?" Wu Dahai asked hesitantly.
"Observe! Everyone carefully observes their surroundings to see if they can find anything unusual. The ghost hasn't attacked us yet, which means we haven't triggered its killing pattern."
Following Wang Ziteng's instructions, everyone began to observe their surroundings.
Soon, three minutes passed, and no one had made any discoveries.
At the same time, nothing dangerous had happened either.
This made everyone faintly restless, and they became increasingly doubtful of Wang Ziteng's words.
They even started whispering among themselves. Some thought it might be due to changes in the magnetic field, or some unknown scientific phenomenon, that caused the light to dim, the phone signal to disappear, and the power to go out.
As for the two missing colleagues, they might have accidentally been electrocuted when the power was restored.
"How about we go out and take a look? I kind of need to use the restroom."
"Yeah, there's no such thing as ghosts in this world."
The whispers reached Wang Ziteng's ears, making him increasingly anxious.
He cursed inwardly, but had to maintain his composure.
Because he was also just an ordinary person. His Spirit Master cousin had once said that the best way to find out a ghost's killing pattern was to use human lives to test it!
This was also the reason he had told everyone the secrets earlier, to let them know the truth and gather them around him so that he could better test out the ghost's killing pattern and survive.
"Everyone be quiet. I said, absolutely do not move around carelessly. If anyone needs to use the restroom, just do it right here..."
Before Wang Ziteng could finish his sentence, a calm voice interrupted him directly.
"The ghost has appeared."
The calm voice seemed to contain some kind of magic, or perhaps the information in the words was shocking.
The scene instantly fell silent.