The empty building under the night sky is quiet. Occasionally, one or two night birds can be heard calling from nearby, and the cool breeze blows by, making it even more desolate.

  Zhang Yaxin grasped my hand tightly, and I could feel her trembling. I completely understood her; she was also very strong, although I didn't tell her what had specifically happened. I just said to her in the Northeastern dialect: "You lost your memory yesterday because you bumped into something, and Guan Ming is the same today - he's been blocked by a ghost. Only you can find him, but don't ask me who that person is. Right now, I can only tell you this: this matter really can't be explained with common sense. To put it bluntly, we've encountered ghosts."

  Although Zhang Yaxin was prepared, after hearing the phrase "see a ghost" from my mouth, her body still trembled involuntarily. After all, in today's society, talk of gods and ghosts is completely feudal superstition, or to put it another way, any problem that cannot be explained by science basically belongs to feudal superstition.

  Including aliens, current science cannot explain whether there have been UFO visits to Earth, so no matter how many eyewitnesses have appeared in this world, no matter how many murals depicting similar alien arrivals on Earth have been found in the cultural relics that have been discovered, but these are all unscientific and therefore unreliable.

  Science is everything.

  But are things that can't be scientifically proven non-existent? Sometimes I ask myself, humans are a very arrogant species, anything they can't explain is often lumped into the category of 'impossible'.

  Little did they know that electric lights were also a superstition before the 19th century, little did they know that computers were also impossible before 1946.

  But many years later, these things have become a reality in our lives.

  Up to this point, I have to say that what I said is not anti-science. I don't have such a big ambition either. I just wrote down what I think in my heart. If we can open up our minds and let them be free from the constraints of borders, then perhaps our science will become even stronger.

  It's clear that we're all products of a generation forced into certain ideologies, and Zhang Yaxin can't accept this fact yet, which is understandable. But I found that this girl seems to have some real spirit, which was what I truly thought at the time.

  That's an inexplicable energy, if I said these words to other girls, they would have been scared away long ago.

  It's a terrifying thing to know what I'm saying! The deepest, most hidden fears in people's hearts often originate from this. But for some reason, after I finished speaking, Zhang Yaxin didn't have much of a reaction, even though I knew she was scared. She bit her teeth and didn't show it, still silently running with me towards the empty building.

  I couldn't help but start to look at her in a new light, and my confidence grew by another notch. It wasn't just because I could find Guan Ming as soon as possible, but more importantly, I finally had the feeling that I was no longer fighting alone.

  So I made up my mind, tonight I must rescue Guan Ming and ensure the safety of both of them. Even if it means I have to fight that guy to the death, I will make sure they return to Harbin safely!

  We ran downstairs, Zhang Yaxin was still very weak today because she was possessed by Wutongshen yesterday. She stopped and panted heavily, I asked her, are you scared?

  She looked at me and said, "Don't be afraid. Actually, I thought about dying yesterday, but why, I won't tell you for now. Let's just get through tonight first, and then we'll exchange secrets."

  It seems that this woman is not simple, I smiled at her and handed her a 'Ding Yijiu Hugong Fu' talisman, saying: "Sister, although I don't understand you, but you're really a good person. Hold this thing tightly in your hand, don't ask me why, it will be useful."

  She took over the talisman and looked at the pattern of the charm, asking me: "Are you a Taoist?"

  I forced a wry smile and said to her: "Don't ask, I'm actually just an unlucky guy."

  She saw me like this and didn't ask anything else. After we were both ready, we carefully entered the empty building. It's now 2:40, according to yesterday's pattern, that Wutong god should appear soon, so we must hurry. As I ran upstairs, I gritted my teeth and used my pinky fingernail to make a horizontal cut on my forehead. Instantly, a gash appeared on my forehead.

  Blood flowed out of the wound, just as Ninth Uncle said. What I'm doing now is using my own blood to cover up the lamp on my forehead, thereby reducing my inner fire.

  After finishing, I also accidentally cut a small mouth on the index finger of my left hand. Now I can't control whether it's spiritual or not, and I can only draw a simplified "Jia Wu Yu Qing Po Sha Fu" on the back of my right hand. At the same time, I kept saying in my heart: Master, please show your spirit! Tonight is life or death, all depends on this move.

  After drawing the 'handback symbol', Zhang Yaxin and I also came to the third floor. Guan Ming was missing here, and we could only find him from here bit by bit. I said to Zhang Yaxin: "Sister, let's start from here and walk slowly. If you feel any discomfort in your body, tell me immediately, got it?"

  Under the bright light of the phone, her pale little face really looked pitiful. This strong little girl nodded and walked slowly with me in this empty floor.

  The darkness is frightening, the empty floor is also frighteningly quiet. At this moment, we can only clearly hear our own footsteps, the sound of shoes rubbing against the ground, pitter-patter.

  Zhang Yaxin unknowingly grasped my hand tightly again, I felt that she was very nervous, she opened her mouth and said to me: "Can you go back to my two questions? Just two."

  I said to her: "Go ahead and ask."

  She gazed ahead and muttered: "The black shadow I saw in the hotel corridor yesterday, was it you?"

  I nodded and said to her: "Yes, it's me."

  "Our footsteps never stopped, and she continued to speak: 'Then weren't you there before I made the call? Did you hear everything?'"

  I didn't know how to respond to her, so I just nodded again and said, "Uh-huh, I heard everything."

  She asked me again: "Then how did you end up there? And who were you just talking to?"

  I smiled wryly and said to her, "Sister, this is already the third question. Believe me, if I had time, I would tell you everything, of course, on the condition that you can keep it completely confidential."

  She said to me: "Alright then, we've made a deal, you can't go back on your word!"

  She suddenly crouched down, holding her head in both hands, and then kept trembling. I immediately became tense and asked her what was wrong, if she felt something.

  Zhang Yaxin strained to raise her right hand and pointed to a house in the front-right direction, saying: "I suddenly feel very cold, my head hurts, that chill seems to be coming from that doorway."

  I silently exclaimed in my heart: Found it! So I no longer hesitated, immediately took out a 'Jiawu Yuqing Po Sha Fu', made a sword-like gesture with my right hand, and loudly shouted: "Ji ji ru lü ling!" Then I beckoned the talisman towards the door of that empty house. I only felt a surge of yin energy suddenly passing by my side, and then another black shadow appeared in front of my eyes. I held my phone in my left hand and took a photo, and was overjoyed at once.

  It's really Guan Ming! Great, finally found him!

  At this time, Guan Ming's eyes were tightly closed, his face had returned to the same pale color as before, and he seemed to have fainted. Obviously, he had inhaled too much yin energy, and now his body was gradually becoming unbearable. However, I knew that these were all minor issues, and at most, he would just fall ill for a while, but there wouldn't be any major problems.

  He's now unconscious, which is exactly what I hoped for. Because I can save a lot of trouble, so I hurriedly went forward and carried him on my back. Then I turned around and called Zhang Yaxin, telling her to hurry with me before the Five Elements Spirit arrives, and return to the hotel.

  Zhang Yaxin endured the discomfort, got up and went downstairs with me. I carried Guan Ming on my back, this big brother is really heavy, almost suffocating me, but brothers also have to hold on to get him out.

  But after running down a few floors, I started to feel that something was wrong. Originally, this was the third floor, and according to common sense, as long as we ran six flights of stairs, we could run out of this old building.

  But at this moment, I clearly found that we have already run eight flights of stairs, and under our feet, it is still the dark staircase!

  Damn it, ghost blocking wall!! It can't be this bad!!

  What is called "ghost blocking the wall" refers to a situation where people are walking in an open area at night (such as a cemetery) and often encounter this phenomenon. They keep circling within a certain range, unable to get out no matter what. Generally, only when one's age encounters Tai Sui or when their luck is at its lowest will they encounter this.

  I suddenly thought that among the three of us now, two people are actually very unlucky, and I also used blood to cover up the lamp on my forehead. Unexpectedly, I bumped into a ghost blocking the wall, what can be done about this?

  I actually heard a way to break the "ghost wall" before, during last year's winter vacation when I had a midnight gathering with my ninth uncle at home, I asked him about the types of ghosts and how to resolve them. Originally, this ghost wall wasn't particularly malevolent, as long as you can't walk out, don't turn back, face forward and pee, it will naturally be resolved.

  But now I'm in an awkward situation, with Zhang Yaxin standing next to me, and even if I didn't care about losing face, I wouldn't dare take out the water gun and start shooting.

  No, we must think of a way as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the Five Elements Spirit arrives later, what will happen to the people in the hotel?

  At this time, Zhang Yaxin suddenly started trembling again, and it wasn't just her - I also began to feel the temperature around us start to drop. It was a familiar yet oppressive feeling.

  I subconsciously turned back and saw a vague shadow that had been closely following us for some time.

  My cold sweat flashed again and came out.