Pushing open the white wooden door, another corridor comes into view - the floor is white. This corridor is darker than the previous one because the distance between the lights is greater, reducing the overlapping of light and making it look like gazing into an abyss in the distance.

"There are no doors on either side, only walls," Bai Wenqiu said.

Luo Bing couldn't help but feel a sense of unease and mumbled, "We need to be careful, those things always like to make their moves in the dark."

"Take care of this diary for me, be careful not to damage it," Xu Fang returned the first white diary to Bai Wenqiu and led the way inside.

The Devil's Eye has infrared detection, so the dark environment does not affect Xu Fang's vision. He felt like he was playing an RPG game, but there were no complex mazes or terrifying traps here. Apart from ghosts teleporting, there were no other thrilling elements.

Xu Fang observed the walls - smooth, solid, indestructible, and made of the same material as the floor. If there were any mechanisms on the walls, they would be conspicuous, and he paid attention to any potential hidden passages.

In this way, the three of them walked forward for a few minutes, the quiet and dim corridor only accompanied by sporadic footsteps.

Luo Bing couldn't stand the suppressed atmosphere and wanted to find a topic to talk about.

"Gu Xi, can you defeat the monsters here?" Referring to the ghosts as monsters seemed more in line with a materialistic ideology and also eased the fear in her heart. From Xu Fang, Luo Bing saw the potential to confront those things.

"For now, we can be certain that staring restricts the ghosts' movements."

When Xu Fang found the hanging ghost, he also noticed a detail - when everyone's gaze was focused on the hanging ghost, the black spot seemed to be under some pressure and contracted inward. And when Luo Bing and Bai Wenqiu looked away to focus on something else, the black spot expanded outward, becoming slightly more active.

-"I stared at it, afraid to look away, otherwise, I might have died."

At that time, Pan Pan was very clear, if he looked away, the ghost would move and kill him, so he kept staring at the ghost until dawn.

Xu Fang couldn't help but think of a concrete statue contained by a certain foundation: when you gaze at it, the statue cannot move, and if you accidentally blink, the statue will move behind you and snap your neck.

Although it sounded dangerous, it would be manageable if they could understand the rules. But they didn't know what to do about the ghosts here. The number of them was unknown, and even starting with 20 plaster figures made Xu Fang feel somewhat difficult - physical attacks were ineffective against them.

"I just remembered, the door in the headless ghost room opened on its own, it didn't open it actively. The headless ghost probably couldn't move at that time, it disappeared only because I and my mother looked away," Luo Bing said belatedly.

"Yes, there should be another diary on the headless ghost," Xu Fang said casually.

Luo Bing regretfully grabbed her hair, feeling that she had made a huge mistake. The diary represented clues, and they missed the diary, missing a possible way out.

"It's here! It's the corner I saw before I came!" Bai Wenqiu pointed ahead.

Twenty meters ahead, a crossroad appeared, and the three of them walked over.

Both ends of the crossroad extended into darkness, the gray floor reflecting a cold luster. No one knew where they led, but the grayness indicated the danger of the path.

"Only a fool would walk this way." Even Luo Bing knew that this path was a dead end.

"Let's go straight, both sides look dangerous," Bai Wenqiu looked at Xu Fang.

Xu Fang didn't object, just stood at the crossroad and looked inside for a while.

"Are you going in?" Luo Bing asked worriedly.

The journey so far had been too quiet, with no danger at all. Even after passing through this ominous crossroad, nothing happened, as if those things were all evading Xu Fang and the others.

Because he had to protect these two burdens, Xu Fang couldn't take unnecessary risks. Compared to Gussy, human bodies were just too fragile.

"Then let's go straight and talk more about Luo Xiaoming," Xu Fang said to the two of them.Luo Bing let out a sigh of relief. "Okay, go ahead and ask any question you have. I have no secrets."

"Besides Luo Xiaoming, who else is with Luo Qingyuan?"

Previously, Luo Bing had told Xu Fang that Luo Qingyuan had gone to Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States to seek medical treatment for Xiaoming, but he had never mentioned the woman called Lixin. That woman was not ordinary. Although she appeared delicate, like a vase that showcased her wealthy status, when Xu Fang saw her, the word "bodyguard" immediately came to mind.

"Um... it should be Shi Yushan."

"Anyone else?"

"No, just them."

"Just the three of them?"

"Yes."

Xu Fang looked at Bai Wenqiu. "Who is Shi Yushan?"

"Shi Yushan came from a foreign company a few years ago. He is currently a senior liaison officer and is fluent in English, so he can work as a translator. Luo Qingyuan often brings him along when he travels abroad."

"Is he a man or a woman? Age? Appearance? Personality?"

"He's a man in his forties. Appearance... quite ordinary. As for his personality, he's quite upright and respectful towards me and the chairman. He wouldn't hide anything from me and Luo Bing."

"Does this person... have any issues?" Luo Bing asked. "Is this incident related to him?"

"No, I'm just asking."

Next, Xu Fang, Luo Bing, and Bai Wenqiu talked about many daily topics, with Xu Fang asking most of the questions and them providing the answers. The atmosphere became more lively.

Luo Bing felt that Xu Fang's speech and behavior were all normal, except for the strange magic and mysterious composure. In other aspects, she was not much different from an ordinary person.

Luo Bing noticed that Xu Fang's character didn't seem as bad as he had imagined – he thought that "magical girls" and those monsters were cut from the same cloth, but it seemed that they still stood on the side of humans.

Luo Bing really wanted to understand the other person's values in order to find a suitable solution. If they encountered trouble again in the future, they would have a way out.

"By the way, Gu Xi, you mentioned invisibility earlier. Can you demonstrate it?" Luo Bing tentatively asked. He didn't want to know Gu Xi's identity, but he was genuinely curious about abilities like invisibility.

Xu Fang nodded and activated the invisibility cloak. In an instant, her figure disappeared, leaving the astonished mother and son.

"She... she really disappeared!"

"I haven't actually disappeared. I just can't reflect light. My physical body is still here." His voice came from the air.

"Wow!" Luo Bing clapped his hands in amazement. "It's just like using the Snake-Hex Spell. It's such an envy-inducing ability. Can I learn it too?"

"No, you can't." Xu Fang reappeared from the air.

"Oh." Luo Bing wasn't discouraged. He was just asking casually. Whether he really couldn't learn it or Xu Fang didn't want to teach him, he wouldn't mind. The fact that the other person could reveal their ability to him meant that he had gained some trust, and that was enough.

"Can invisibility hide from the sight of ghosts?" Bai Wenqiu also thought it was impossible for ordinary people to learn "magic." Otherwise, social order would have been affected long ago. What they needed to consider now was whether this ability was effective against ghosts.

"I don't know. It depends on the rules of the 'magical realm'." Xu Fang didn't intend to discuss this topic further. "I told you all this to be on the safe side."

"The safe side?" Luo Bing felt puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"In case we encounter certain special situations, I will conceal my presence. During that time, I won't speak or touch you, but I will guide you through written messages."

"Written messages?"

"For example..."

Suddenly, Luo Bing's right hand felt a slight burning sensation. He looked down and saw a burn mark on his cuff, with his name engraved on it. Bai Wenqiu's cuff had the same mark.

"What does this mean? Why did you do this?"

"I can't say." Xu Fang looked towards the dark corners around them. "If I say it, they might overhear."

"They?" Luo Bing shivered and stopped asking.

During their conversation, the three of them passed another intersection. The paths on both sides of the second intersection had the same gray floor as the first one. Xu Fang observed for a moment and continued walking forward.The corridor is really long, and I've been walking for three kilometers now and still haven't reached the end.

Just when Luo Bing was worried about encountering a dead end, he suddenly saw a door about tens of meters ahead. After getting used to the darkness, he could see farther than before.

"Did you see that? There's a door up ahead!" Luo Bing exclaimed.

"We saw it a while ago, and the door says 'Exit' on it," replied White Wenqiu.

"Exit?" Luo Bing was startled, then he and Bai Wenqiu locked eyes and saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

The other doors they had seen before didn't have any words on them, but this door had "Exit" written on it. Does that mean it's the gateway to the real world?

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go, I can't wait to leave this place!" Luo Bing said eagerly.

"Yes, let's go," Bai Wenqiu agreed.

"Be careful, this could be a trap," Xu Fang's words extinguished their joy.

"What should we do then? Should we still go?" Luo Bing asked.

"Let's go and take a look, but don't open the door yet."

As they approached, Luo Bing and Bai Wenqiu could soon see the words on the door clearly. Indeed, it said "Exit". The words were carved on the lintel, and they were the most symmetrical words Luo Bing had ever seen. Because they were so symmetrical, they didn't really look like words, but more like two symbols.

With Xu Fang behind them, Luo Bing felt a little braver. He walked forward and approached the door, about twenty meters away, observing for a while but couldn't see anything suspicious.

He turned to look at Xu Fang and smiled, "I think this should really be the ex... Oh my god!"

Luo Bing was shocked and took a tactical step back.

When did they... When did these figures come up behind me? Oh my god!

He instinctively wanted to find a safe place, but Xu Fang's voice came into his ears, "Keep your eyes on them! Don't look away!"

Xu Fang quickly turned around and locked his gaze onto the plaster figures behind them.

One, two, three... eight... there are eight? A total of twenty, which means there are still twelve more!

"Luo Bing, Bai Wenqiu, come to my side, lean against me in a triangular formation, and observe if there are any other plaster figures. Don't look away when you see them," Xu Fang instructed.

"Okay, okay." The two hurriedly followed Xu Fang's orders.

Do they really have the ability to teleport? These plaster figures appeared behind them without making any sound, even fooling Gussy's ears.

The floor had turned red, as if it had been painted with a layer of blood, but Luo Bing didn't know when it happened.