After the sky turned from dark to light, the outside gradually quieted down.
Ke Wuwen stood up, walked to the door, and peered through the crack to look outside. The courtyard was empty, not a ghost in sight. Ke Wuwen turned back happily, intending to call out to Jing Minghe, but seeing that Jing Minghe was still asleep, he quietly said to the others, "Those ghosts are gone. Can we go out and look for clues now?"
Tong Zheng walked to Ke Wuwen's side and looked through the door crack. After confirming it was safe, he untied the yellow cloth from the door bolt, opened the door, and said, "They have indeed all disappeared."
Tong Zheng saw that everyone except Jing Minghe was awake. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Even if we're going out to look for clues, we can't act blindly. With so many of us, it's best to divide the work and cooperate to save time and improve efficiency."
As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Yu, his intention obvious, but was completely ignored by the other party.
Tong Zheng let out a sarcastic cold laugh, intentionally or unintentionally, and finally said, "Let's wait for Minghe to wake up and hear his opinion."
Chi Hao had no intention of waking Jing Minghe up, and the others dared not disturb him.
However, everyone inwardly agreed with Tong Zheng's suggestion. Cooperation would improve exploration efficiency, and Jing Minghe had the final say on how to divide the tasks.
Thus, everyone could only wait patiently.
Before Jing Minghe woke up, Tong Zheng was not idle. He planned to first drive away the person who only wanted to benefit without doing any work.
"It's safe outside now," Tong Zheng fixed his gaze on Zhang Yu. "Aren't some people going to hurry up and find clues? Do you really think you can get something for nothing? Do you think the rest of us are fools?"
Ke Wuwen opened his mouth. He wanted to plead for Zhang Yu because the Zhang Yu he knew, despite being highly suspicious of others, was definitely not someone who did nothing and just waited to reap the benefits. Instead, he was usually the most proactive in exploring in instances.
Therefore, Ke Wuwen felt that the Zhang Yu before him was somewhat strange, assuming he had some unspeakable difficulty or had discovered a clue that was not easy to talk about, which led to his current behavior.
Just as Ke Wuwen was about to speak, Jiang Zheng, who had appeared beside him at some point, stopped him.
Jiang Zheng shook his head at him, his meaning clear: don't interfere.
Seeing that Zhang Yu completely ignored his words, Tong Zheng became even more angry, looking as if he would throw Zhang Yu out if he didn't leave.
Fortunately, before Tong Zheng could act, Jing Minghe woke up. Su Dan Novel Network
"What's going on?" Jing Minghe asked, turning his head to look around. "Hasn't dawn broken yet? Who put out the candles in the hall? Aren't you bothered by the darkness?"
"..."
Hearing Jing Minghe's words, everyone looked at each other. Ke Wuwen let out a cry of surprise.
"Idol?"
After calling out, he quickly ran a few steps to Jing Minghe. Just as he was about to speak, he was met with a stern look from Chi Hao and could only purse his lips in a wronged manner.
Through the suffocating silence and Ke Wuwen's exclamation, Jing Minghe quickly made the correct judgment and gave a wry smile. "Uh, it seems it's not dark, but I can't see anymore."
"I'm here," Chi Hao said, pulling Jing Minghe back into his arms as he sat up.
Jing Minghe raised an eyebrow and smiled, patting Chi Hao's arm. "I know you're here. It's fine if I can't see. It's probably only temporary, don't worry. This might be the price for me to see certain things."
Chi Hao's brows furrowed, and his eyes became colder than usual.
Tong Zheng had initially wanted to ask Jing Minghe for advice on exploring the instance, but Chi Hao's gaze was too intimidating, and he didn't know how to speak for a moment.
"Minghe," You Mi stood up and looked at Jing Minghe, asking, "What should we do next?"
"Huh?" Jing Minghe didn't answer You Mi's question. Instead, he tilted his head and "looked" with a confused expression at Ke Wuwen, who was standing in front of him. More accurately, he "looked" at the bag hanging from Ke Wuwen's waist.
Chi Hao asked in a low voice, "What is it?"
"Is Wu Wen standing in front of me?"
Seeing that Jing Minghe was asking him, Ke Wuwen quickly responded, "It's me, Idol. I'm standing in front of you. Can you see me?"
"No, I can't see you," Jing Minghe pointed to Ke Wuwen's waist and asked, "Is the roster from before in your bag?"
Ke Wuwen immediately squatted down, took out the roster from his bag, and handed it to Jing Minghe. "Idol, the roster is here."
Jing Minghe took the roster from Ke Wuwen and flipped through the pages, saying as he did so, "I can see a few names, they are red. Chi Hao, I'll read them out to you."
"Okay."
Chi Hao turned around and looked at the roster in his hand with Jing Minghe. Ke Wuwen also squatted opposite them and leaned in to look.
Jing Minghe flipped to a certain page and pointed to a spot, saying, "The name here is Qi Yong."
"That's right!" Ke Wuwen's eyes lit up. "It's Qi Yong. Idol, are you seeing red text? I see black, the same as everyone else's names."
"I can't see anyone else's names," Jing Minghe said. "I can only see his name, and it's written in fresh blood-red characters."
Tong Zheng and the others also came closer. By now, everyone had basically confirmed that Jing Minghe could see instance prompts that they couldn't.
"Is this the only name?" Tong Zheng tried his best to ignore Chi Hao's terrifying gaze and pressed Jing Minghe, "Are there any others?"
Jing Minghe flipped through a few more pages, finishing the entire roster. Jing Minghe found a total of four names.
"Qi Yong, Luo Wei, Qi Zhi, and Tian Xing," Tong Zheng read out the four names and said inexplicably, "There seems to be nothing special about these four names."
Yan Xiaoqian raised her hand and said, "I remember, when we were in the mass grave before, I saw a tombstone with the name Tian Xing on it!"
You Mi nodded and inferred, "This means that these four people are already dead, and their tombstones can be found in that mass grave."
"But does this have anything to do with the instance clues?" Lin Ling asked doubtfully.
"It must have something to do with it!" Ke Wuwen said with great certainty. "Since my Idol can see these four names under these circumstances, it is definitely an important clue related to the instance."
"But there's one problem," Jiang Zheng naturally joined the discussion. "How do we find that mass grave?"
Jing Minghe stood up with Chi Hao's help and said, "Let's go to the village first and ask for other clues. For example, is the girl in the mural who wanted to save someone from this village, and also..."
Jing Minghe's words stopped abruptly. He slowly turned his head to look in a certain direction.
Everyone followed his gaze and saw Zhang Yu standing not far behind them.
Zhang Yu's face was grim as he allowed all their gazes to focus on him.