Old Liu turned around. "Ah? Aren't we going to deal with the bodies? We're running short on time…"

Without much ado, Chu Changge turned towards room 408. "You go to room 403 and follow my instructions. When I tell you to, throw the charred body in room 403 down to room 303."

Listening to Chu Changge's instructions, Old Liu glanced at the screen. If he threw the charred body to room 303, it would create a trio with the charred bodies in rooms 103 and 203, and they could be eliminated.

This young fellow didn't seem to plan on helping those below before; I have no idea why he suddenly changed his mind. But why doesn't he come to room 403 with me? If he were closer, I could hear his instructions more clearly… Old Liu thought as he headed towards room 403.

Renle Mountain, who had been keeping a close eye on their actions, quickly grasped the situation. "So, the third and fourth floors are not only short on headless corpses but dismembered ones too," he mused. "And the people on the fifth and sixth floors are quite generous, giving the third and fourth whatever they ask for."

The occupants of these two sets of floors seem to have guessed each other's identities, and they appear to get along quite well. But that doesn't matter. The people on the fifth and sixth floors are smart. They would have deduced from the previous behavior of the third and fourth floors that they need headless corpses, yet there has been no action from them. This indicates that the fifth and sixth floors don't have any headless corpses the third and fourth floors need.

Thinking of this, a wicked smile naturally appeared on Renle Mountain's face. It seems the third and fourth floors really need me now, he thought.

Little Saint Qi Tian, who was already anxious, grew even more worried seeing Renle Mountain's self-satisfied smile. "Brother, the countdown has only thirty minutes left! Aren't we going to act? Dragging bodies for elimination also takes time!"

Renle Mountain reined in his smile and glanced at the countdown. "Only thirty minutes left, huh."

If they didn't move the bodies for elimination then, time would be tight.

He pondered for two seconds. "Retain all the headless corpses, and eliminate any others that we can do on our own."

Following the instruction, Qi Tian eagerly scanned the big screen, seemingly contemplating which bodies to eliminate first. Once he had a plan, he immediately rushed to the neighboring room to move a strangled body.

There were four strangled bodies on their floors altogether, located in rooms 202, 105, 108, and 208. He decided to eliminate these four first.

Just as he threw the strangled body from room 202 into room 102 and was about to climb down the ladder, he suddenly heard a noise from the next room.

Qi Tian turned his head towards room 203 to see Renle Mountain standing there, seemingly dumbfounded.

The charred body that had been placed on the floor was now gone.

Gone?

His mind went blank for a few seconds, then he immediately turned to look at the screen.

The charred figures that had been in rooms 103 and 203 had disappeared, as had the one previously in room 403.

It seems the people upstairs acted first and helped us, he thought.

A wave of joy surged in Qi Tian's heart. Our floors only had those two extra charred bodies; the rest we could handle on our own. Now that those two are gone, we're safe! What fantastic news!

"Brother, brother!" Qi Tian dashed excitedly over to Renle Mountain and tried to get his attention. Renle Mountain finally snapped out of his daze.

"The people upstairs helped us eliminate the charred bodies! We should also help them and eliminate their two headless corpses. Time is running out," Qi Tian said to Renle Mountain, but noticed that he was just staring at the screen and ignoring him. He called out again, puzzled, "Brother?"

Renle Mountain didn't say a word, only turned to him with an eerie smile.

"You have a nice head, quite well-rounded," Gu Mian said, touching the head of the corpse in front of him and nodding in satisfaction.

He had noticed early on that the floors below needed a headless ghost, but there were none on his floors.

Upon a sudden spark of inspiration, Gu Mian hatched a brilliant idea.

He had neatly arranged the three Strangled Ghosts from his floors before him. The Binge-eating Ghost is too fat, and the Drowned Ghost is too bloated; their heads wouldn't be easy to saw off. The Burning Death Ghost is so fragile a touch would make it crumble, so I'd better not touch it. The Dismembered Ghost is already in pieces and hard to work with. You three are the best, he thought.

The three corpses were neatly laid out with the Dismantling Axe borrowed from the Dismembered Ghost beside them.

As Gu Mian looked the corpses over, he could've sworn, despite their scant clothing, that the three Strangled Ghosts were synchronously shivering.

He reached out to drag over the corpse he'd chosen, planning on turning it into a headless corpse.

Gu Mian dragged his chosen corpse beside the axe, speaking soothing words to it before beginning: "Don't worry, your head will be off in the blink of an eye."

Perhaps his reassurance had an effect; the chosen corpse seemed rather thrilled, as if it was about to cry tears of gratitude.

Just as Gu Mian was finding the right place on the corpse's neck to make the cut, he caught sight of some changes on the screen out of the corner of his eye.

He let go of the Strangled Ghost and turned to look at the screen.

The previous standstill between the first and second floors and the third and fourth floors had been broken.

Bizarrely, it was the occupants of the third and fourth floors who had initiated the action, helping the first and second floors eliminate the charred bodies first.

Gu Mian rubbed his chin. That's certainly not Chu Changge's style. Is he cooking up some new scheme? This is always how it goes in TV dramas. When a cunning and deceitful person actively offers help, they're definitely hatching a massive plot—it's an ironclad rule. Of course, TV dramas usually have another rule: never turn your back on an enemy who appears to be dead. Protagonists who kill often know their backs are miraculous things. Whenever a protagonist turns their back on a seemingly dead enemy, a medical miracle occurs. Seeing that holy, glowing back, an enemy who couldn't be deader will often spontaneously revive and fiercely stab the protagonist in the back. Usually, a beautiful woman then jumps out to take the blow. Beautiful woman or not, corpses feigning death is certainly a thing.

Behind Gu Mian, a ghostly hand had already gripped the rough axe handle.

Since the third and fourth floors had helped the first and second, would the first and second reciprocate as promised and help the third and fourth in return? Gu Mian watched the screen. If the first and second floors also helped the third and fourth, it would save him the effort of creating a headless corpse.

Just then, Gu Mian heard a noise from behind him.

Turning around, he saw the glint of the raised axe. The one hoisting the axe was the very corpse he'd chosen.

Gu Mian: "..." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

SWOOSH! A head was sliced off. It spun freely in mid-air for a moment, rotated two and a half times, then fell to the ground and rolled about.

Gu Mian: "..."

After completing this, the corpse examined the headless body on the floor with satisfaction. It then tossed the axe aside and joyfully lay back down on the ground, a serene and peaceful smile on its face.

Gu Mian looked at the ground. His chosen corpse had chopped off the head of one of the other corpses lying beside it.

He hadn't even done anything, yet his chosen corpse had already sneakily lopped off the head of another.

We're all colleagues here; there's no need for such violence, right?