Yang Jian looked at the body that had already disappeared, his eyes gradually becoming serious.

This group of people had really gotten themselves into trouble.

The ghost that had been lurking in the mall had probably appeared for real.

But…where was the ghost now?

The surroundings were dark, and although it wasn’t completely impossible to see, only the silhouette of a person could be seen, not their appearance.

At this moment, Tang Boss, Manager Li, and Master Luo didn’t care about why the lights had gone out. After seeing the body disappear, they all began to panic and instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Was there a ghost haunting them?

The two candles on the altar that had been used for the ritual were still burning, their orange flames flickering in the darkness.

But the mall was so large that the two candles were not enough to fully illuminate everything. Coupled with people blocking the light, the shadows of the people moving around only added to the eerie atmosphere.

“Quick, let’s leave this place. The ritual didn’t work, and that dirty thing has already been provoked. Something big will happen if we don’t leave now,” Master Luo shouted.

Encountering such a strange situation, it was most likely that they had really encountered a ghost. He didn’t dare to stay here any longer.

As soon as he said this, a female employee screamed in terror and started running away.

They all scattered like headless chickens.

But then they discovered a serious problem.

The mall and all of its exits were locked. Both the main entrance and the emergency exits were locked.

This was what Master Luo had instructed when he performed the ritual.

“Where are the keys? Security, quickly open the door,” Tang Boss tried to open the main door, but found that it was locked and began to panic.

“I already said, why lock the doors for the ritual? If you want to trap the ghost inside, have you thought about the fact that you’re also inside? Now things have gone wrong,” Yang Jian shone his flashlight on them.

“Young man, where are the keys to the door? Quickly, open it,” Tang Boss said anxiously.

Yang Jian shook his head. “I don’t have the keys. I’m new here and today is only my second day at work. The keys are managed by Sister Li. I can only lock the door but can’t open it. And, Tang Boss, isn’t this Master Luo next to you supposed to be able to catch ghosts with his rituals? Why don’t you let him show his skills and catch the ghost so that we can be safe?”

As he spoke, he looked towards Master Luo, who was sweating profusely.

“You dare to say that? It was you who caused trouble earlier and prevented me from finishing the ritual. Otherwise, how could this situation have occurred? Now that thing has been provoked, it won’t be easy to deal with,” Master Luo angrily pointed at Yang Jian.

“You’re an adult, how can you be so irresponsible and shift the blame onto me? Do you have the ability to catch ghosts? Do you have any experience in this? Look at how scared you are, yet you dare to say such things? With your cowardly appearance, if a real ghost appears later, you’ll definitely die,” Yang Jian sneered at him.Master Luo scolded, “Don’t talk nonsense. Although I can’t deal with the things here, I can still prevent it from harming people.”

“Don’t worry, Boss Tang. I guarantee your safety and nothing will happen.”

Boss Tang trusted him very much and said, “I leave everything to you, Master.”

“No problem,” Master Luo said confidently, displaying his skills as a swindler.

Yang Jian shook his head. Master Luo was indeed quite capable to fool Boss Tang like this.

Suddenly, he seemed to hear a sound rolling over. He moved his flashlight and shone it on the ground to the side.

Under the light, a gray face rolled over towards them.

The head was neatly combed, belonging to a female employee. It looked like Wei Xiaohong, the female cashier who had suddenly screamed and disappeared earlier.

“Oh my god,” Master Luo was so scared that he fell back against the wall and sat on the ground, wetting his pants.

He had peed his pants.

Boss Tang and Manager Li also opened their eyes, their faces full of fear.

Previously, when the body disappeared, they were not so afraid. But now, they saw an employee who had been alive just now and was now just a head rolling over.

Everyone realized that this was definitely not a simple case of encountering evil spirits.

“The ghost… has started killing people?” Yang Jian furrowed his brows deeply. He did not use his ghost eyes’ power. He would not use the power of the evil spirits unless it was absolutely necessary, especially when there was no benefit to him.

Out of curiosity, he walked over and shone his flashlight on Wei Xiaohong’s head.

“There is no blood on the neck.”

He squatted down and manipulated the head. With a light pinch, a piece of flesh was torn off, and a nauseating stench hit him.

“Moreover, it doesn’t look like she just died… it seems like she has been dead for several days. But why is her head still intact like this after several days?”

“This is impossible. She was alive just now. How could she start to rot in the blink of an eye? The ghost didn’t even use the ghost domain. It shouldn’t be so fast for the body to rot,” Yang Jian pondered.

What kind of ghost was lurking in the mall?

Without enough information, he couldn’t even see the ghost, let alone its abilities and behavior patterns.

Moreover, he didn’t want to help without a proper agreement, in case it would waste his abilities.

Therefore, he stood up and turned around, saying, “Something big has happened. There really is a ghost in the mall. I suggest you leave now and escape from here.”

“The doors are locked. How can we leave? What about Sister Li? Doesn’t she have the keys? Can you find her and ask her to come and open the door for us?” Manager Li asked.Yang Jian looked at him and said, “This mall is so big, who knows where Li Jie ran off to in fear. I’m not going to look for her, but as a kind gesture, I can give you a reminder. Although the first floor is locked, the safety passage on the fifth floor is not. If you go from there, you can walk on the fifth floor platform, then go around and leave from another place.”

“Yes, yes, yes, why didn’t I think of that? Thank you so much, little brother.” Manager Li was overjoyed and immediately ran off.

“What about you guys? Aren’t you leaving?” Yang Jian looked at Master Luo, Boss Tang, and others.

With this reminder, the others immediately reacted.

Several employees immediately followed Manager Li and hurriedly went up the stairs.

“Thank you so much for your reminder, little brother. I’m so grateful.” Boss Tang grabbed his hand and said excitedly.

“Don’t be so close, and besides, I just reminded you. Whether you can leave safely is still a problem. Hurry up and take action, don’t waste time.” Yang Jian said calmly. He wanted to see if these people could lure out the ghost when they ran away.

Of course… he really needed to go to the bathroom now.

Boss Tang said, “Little brother, aren’t you leaving with us?”

“No, I want to go to the bathroom first. You guys go ahead.” Yang Jian said.

Boss Tang was stunned. It was already this late and he was still thinking about going to the bathroom?

Fifth floor of the mall.

When Yan Li ran to the fifth floor, he finally saw the figure next to the railing.

Immediately he was stunned. It wasn’t a person at all, but a plastic model, with the same shape and appearance as a person. It was impossible to distinguish in the dim light.

Just like the corpse he had found earlier.

Without a head.

“The ghost isn’t on the fifth floor…”

Yan Li suddenly realized something and looked down at the first floor.

At this moment, there was a bang, and the entire mall lost power. Only two candles were lit in the dim light, but then a woman’s scream came from downstairs, followed by a panic in the crowd, and people began to instinctively scatter and run away.

“Draw the tiger away from the mountain?”

Yan Li didn’t know why, but this idiom came to mind.

But can ghosts be so clever?

“Damn it.”

He didn’t care about it anymore. He gritted his teeth and decided to go to the first floor immediately.

However, at this moment, Yan Li suddenly felt a cold sweat all over his body.

The plastic model without a head that was standing next to the railing had disappeared.

He looked around but couldn’t find any trace of the plastic model.

As if it had disappeared into thin air.

Tap, tap. However, there was a faint sound of footsteps behind him.

“Something’s not right.” Yan Li suddenly turned around.

At this moment, the plastic model without a head was standing right behind him, but its arm was raised, as if it wanted to reach for him.

“Courting death.”

Yan Li shouted loudly and immediately grabbed the two arms of the plastic model. His palms turned crimson, emitting a strong bloody smell. Drops of blood dripped from his fingers and fell onto the ground.The plastic model in front of them was stained with thick blood on both arms, and it collapsed with a bang, limbs and body scattered on the ground.

Immediately, the surroundings returned to calm.

“Is this the ghost?”

Yan Li checked the scattered fake model on the ground with some seriousness.

There was nothing unusual.

Even after being stained with his own blood, there was no change.

This was just an ordinary fake model.

“This thing here is not easy to deal with.” Yan Li frowned deeply.

The blood on the ground slowly wriggled, as if alive, and gradually entered his palm.