The flames were almost on the verge of consuming everything on the third floor.

Yang Jian, carrying the unconscious Tong Qian and the injured Li Yang, was preparing to escape.

If they didn’t leave now, all three of them could end up being burned to death by the fire.

The evacuation route had been planned: through the waters of Ghost Lake, they would be transferred outside and directly leave the Caesar Hotel.

But the scene in front of him left Yang Jian stunned.

Amid the out-of-control blaze, a golden door stood tall, and beside the door was a towering, decayed male corpse.

The corpse made no movement, yet just its presence extinguished the flames in that area, leaving a path leading straight to the door.

“I knew I wasn’t mistaken, the door really is there.” Li Yang was fixated on that door, having also noticed the corpse beside it.

Danger and opportunity coexist.

Crossing that door grants direct escape from here, returning them to the real Caesar Hotel.

Moreover, using this door to leave would fully secure their access route in and out of here.

If they were to leave through Ghost Lake, even if they came back and found the golden door, it would be impossible to return here through it.

The external link must first be opened from the inside, for the supernatural passage, and only then would the door’s function be realized.

“Why is this male corpse here, is it just a coincidence? Or is it also trying to leave through this door? If that’s the case, then this door must not be opened.”

Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly, scrutinizing the male corpse.

Yet his intuition told him the appearance of this corpse was no coincidence.

The timing was too crucial.

It appeared just as the fire was about to completely engulf the area, and it stood near the door isolating surrounding flames.

This scene was like intentionally pointing Yang Jian a way out, suggesting he leave through this door.

But such behavior is something a specter would never do.

Unless this male corpse still possessed a consciousness…

A terrifying guess suddenly emerged in Yang Jian’s mind.

The corpse, not fully dead, suspected to have consciousness.

But how could that be possible, he had encountered this corpse several times, long confirming it was a terrifying ghost, incapable of having a living person’s consciousness.

“Whether this male corpse still retains some consciousness from its life doesn’t matter right now. What’s important are the two choices before me.” Yang Jian began analyzing quickly.

He must evacuate immediately.

There were only a few dozen seconds left.

Now he could either leave through Ghost Lake or risk opening that door to escape here directly.

The former was stable, the latter profitable, offering control over the access route here.

Li Yang, despite feeling the burning pain on his body, didn’t urge Yan Jian, as he could see Yang Jian was making a choice, and as a team member, he could only trust the captain’s decision.

“Let’s go.”

The time Yang Jian took to think was very brief; the more critical the moment, the faster he decided.

At this point, he abandoned the option of leaving through Ghost Lake and instead unhesitatingly led Tong Qian and Li Yang directly towards the door.

The surrounding flames raged, almost swallowing them.

Yet Yang Jian persisted forward through the fiery glow.

Quickly.

He traversed the burning area and reached a vacuum zone.

The absence of fire here was due to the influence of the male corpse, so it didn’t mean safety had been secured; the danger merely shifted from the inferno to the corpse.

“Will it attack me?” Yang Jian eyed the decayed male corpse, but his feet moved restlessly as he rapidly approached the door.

The corpse remained standing there, unmoving.

Then, Yang Jian had passed by the side of the towering corpse, the pungent stench of rot assaulting his senses. He was ready for a confrontation with this ghost.

Yet, the situation remained precariously safe.

The corpse stayed immutable.

The prior situation with Wang Genquan’s death didn’t occur.

Yang Jian reached the door smoothly.

“Succeeded?” Yang Jian was quite surprised; he hadn’t expected the process to be this easy.

Close to the door, his urgency slightly diminished. At least here, he needn’t immediately worry about being burned to death all over.

“Let me open the door.”

Li Yang, despite his injuries, could still move and decisively slammed into the door with all his might.

The door, made of gold, was immune to supernatural influences and could only be forced open with sheer strength.

Bam!

A loud crash.

The tightly shut door was now flung open.

The cool air from outside hit them, and looking up, it was indeed the Caesar Hotel—though covered in dust like it had been sealed for ages, but without any supernatural occurrences.

“Success, it was definitely through the outside path,” Li Yang said, amazed.

“Naturally, when reality and the supernatural overlap, our previously laid golden door becomes the only channel. Let’s get out quickly, let the fire burn for a few days, then return to check it out,” Yang Jian commanded, without hesitation.

Yang Jian didn’t hesitate and immediately crossed the door to leave.

However, at this moment.

From the flames beside him, a corpse suddenly emerged, its entire body glowing red, with wisps of fire flickering, yet despite the fierce flames, the corpse could still move.

This corpse, moving quickly, headed straight for the door.

“It’s the ghost from the third floor, trying to leave through the door.”

Yang Jian, along with Tong Qian and Li Yang, had already crossed the door, safely retreating, yet his face still changed upon witnessing this scene.

The terror level of the ghost from the third floor was evident to all. Once it leaves the supernatural realm, it might trigger another S-level paranormal event.

“Close the door quickly.” Yang Jian dropped the unconscious Tong Qian and immediately pushed the heavy door, attempting to close it.

Li Yang reacted swiftly as well and followed suit.

With their combined efforts, the door closed quickly.

But the speed of the third-floor ghost was not slow either.

At this moment, the flaming red corpse was already wedged against the door, making it seem stuck, unable to move even an inch further.

Creaaak!

The golden door twisted under the confrontation of these two forces, emitting a sound of metal friction.

Li Yang and Yang Jian had enormous strength, enhanced by their supernatural bodies many times beyond ordinary humans.

Yet still, they couldn’t close the door.

The burned red corpse was like a nail, firmly embedded there.

“Can’t close it.” Li Yang was both shocked and furious.

He wished it were a normal door, so his curse of death upon opening would erupt, forcing the ghost to retreat.

“Can a corpse have such strength?” Yang Jian’s face darkened as well.

Even with strength, he and Li Yang lost to the third-floor ghost.

But the situation worsened.

The door, seemingly stuck, was slowly opening, and a dreadful force pushed Yang Jian and Li Yang back.

The ghost behind the door was moving forward.

“Li Yang, light the Ghost Candle, force it back.” Yang Jian immediately said.

“Captain, I used it when attacked by the ghost before, I don’t have a Ghost Candle now.” Li Yang said urgently.

Yang Jian didn’t have one either.

Because they had been too extravagant and reckless before, they used up all the Ghost Candles, and at this critical moment, neither of them could produce a single Ghost Candle.

“If this continues, the door will be forcibly opened, and the ghost will come out.”

Yang Jian said, “That ghost is terrifying, ordinary paranormal confrontation can’t make it retreat, and my weapon is lost inside. The only way is to withdraw in time and let the ghost escape.”

The door kept pushing them back.

The ghost’s figure emerged from the widening gap of the door.

And more crucially, the flames burning on the ghost were dwindling, and its glowing red skin was returning to a cold and deathly pale appearance.

This indicated that the ghost was gradually escaping the searing furnace.

Without the furnace’s restraint, Yang Jian even suspected the ghost would start killing the next moment.

In this situation, whether Yang Jian or Li Yang withstands an attack from the ghost, the situation would spiral out of control. Perhaps then, not just one ghost from the third floor would escape, but others might escape together.

The golden door, isolating the paranormal, now also obstructed Yang Jian.

“Seems I’ll have to go in and hold back that ghost.”

Yang Jian’s eyes flickered, making a very risky decision.

“No, you’ll die in there.” Li Yang refused flatly, “The situation isn’t that bad yet. At worst, we let this ghost out and find a solution afterward.”

“I won’t necessarily die inside, I can leave through the Ghost Lake. Now that the door connecting the paranormal is controlled, I can leave anytime. The decision is made, you guard this door.”

Yang Jian didn’t want to let the ghost escape.

Nor did he want to leave the issue for later. If this situation couldn’t be resolved now, upon what basis could it be solved if the ghost was allowed out?

Immediately.

He acted,

But as soon as Yang Jian moved.

The obstruction from the door disappeared suddenly.

The ghost behind the door kept retreating.

Just about to rush inside again, Yang Jian froze, seeing an incredible scene through the door gap.

A dirty, old white cloth wrapped around the ghost’s neck, forcibly pulling the ghost back, preventing it from advancing.

“It’s the Corpse Wrapping Cloth.” Yang Jian’s eyes widened.

Following the cloth, he saw the tall, rotten male corpse at that moment chose to act against the third-floor ghost.

At this moment, Yang Jian was almost certain.

This decayed male corpse possibly had consciousness and was not entirely dead.

Without a doubt, it was helping him.

From killing Wang Genquan, dispersing flames, and now blocking the third-floor ghost… These actions were not unconscious mechanical behavior of a ghost but very purposeful.

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