Global Collapse-Chapter 390 - 373: Vicious Gu Mian_1

"Lin Qi!" Pan Yue exclaimed, looking at the newcomer and taking a large step back.

In the darkness, 007 seemed to have noticed the faint glow of the cell phone in Pan Yue’s hand. Before anyone else could react, she abruptly turned and fled.

Li Yibai was the first to shout, "Wait!"

Clearly, he was very concerned about 007. Gu Mian saw him shout and simultaneously break into a run, heading in the direction 007 had fled.

However, before he could get very far, Chu Changge forcefully grabbed him. "Calm down."

Gu Mian noticed that Chu Changge looked steadier than anyone present.

Without looking back, Li Yibai struggled. "Let go!"

But 007 had already vanished into the darkness.

Pan Yue began to shout, "See? I told you she’s a ghost! Otherwise, why would she run away at the sight of us, looking so guilty?"

"Shut up!" Li Yibai turned and glared harshly at Pan Yue. "Yesterday, you kept insisting Li Wentao was the ghost, causing us to vote out the wrong person. Today, you’re latching onto Lin Qi like this. Are you the actual ghost, trying to divert our attention to someone else?"

Pan Yue quickly retorted, "Everyone saw what just happened..."

However, before Pan Yue could finish, Gu Mian heard a familiar voice from the other end of the corridor. "What are you guys talking about..."

Gu Mian turned to see Yuan Qinghua, who had appeared behind them unnoticed.

Seeing Yuan Qinghua, Guo Jimei shivered and quickly hid behind Keke.

Keke, one hand holding Guo Jimei, asked Yuan Qinghua with some surprise, "When did you get here?"

Yuan Qinghua seemed a bit baffled as she walked out from the darkness, flashlight in hand. "Just now. When Lin Qi turned and ran back—why did she run?"

"Right!" Li Yibai interjected, not answering Yuan Qinghua’s question. "Ghosts can impersonate others, can’t they? Maybe the Lin Qi just now was a ghost in disguise. Let’s not be fooled!"

Pan Yue glared at Li Yibai. "So, it’s okay for others to be ghosts, but Lin Qi can’t be one, is that it?"

"Lin Qi absolutely cannot be a ghost!" Li Yibai retorted stubbornly.

Laughing in anger, Pan Yue shot back, "Fine then. You claim the Lin Qi from just now was a ghost in disguise. All of us were here, plus Yuan Qinghua, so that Lin Qi definitely wasn’t one of us seven impersonating her. By that logic, since Zhang Pingfan is the only living person not present, you’re implying he’s the ghost, right?"

Gu Mian watched the two, who were on the brink of fighting.

He remembered that Pan Yue and Zhang Pingfan had a good relationship.

"Zhang Pingfan is so suspicious, he must be the ghost!" Li Yibai stated with conviction.

Pan Yue raised her voice. "Let me tell you, the night we received our identities, the power went out in this classroom! Zhang Pingfan got scared and ran off; he never even got his identity slip! He has no idea what his identity is!"

Gu Mian recalled Pan Yue mentioning this before.

"Well..." Li Yibai seemed to want to say more, but his expression already showed a lack of confidence.

But then, another voice interrupted him: "I think it’s also possible Yuan Qinghua was impersonating Lin Qi just now. She suddenly appeared behind us; it’s very likely she came behind us only after impersonating Lin Qi!"

Gu Mian could guess who’d say such a thing with minimal thought. Turning towards the voice, he saw it was indeed Guo Jimei, hiding behind Keke.

At this moment, Chu Changge suddenly spoke. "I saw her. Yuan Qinghua was already standing behind us when Lin Qi appeared."

Hearing this, Guo Jimei fell silent.

For some reason, Guo Jimei was extremely certain about Yuan Qinghua’s identity, like a prophet, the kind that isn’t afraid of death.

Yuan Qinghua still looked confused. "What do you mean, Lin Qi was an impersonation? Why would you say Lin Qi was a ghost in disguise?"

She approached them with a puzzled expression, causing Guo Jimei to shrink back in fright.

Without taking many steps, Yuan Qinghua reached the classroom entrance and looked inside.

Gu Mian heard another female scream.

Keke quickly covered Yuan Qinghua’s mouth to prevent her voice from attracting more people.

"What’s going on?" Yuan Qinghua’s eyes widened in fear. "Yue Nu is dead... Why are there two Yue Nus? Two people died tonight?"

Pan Yue immediately spoke up. "I have a video Yue Nu sent me! The video shows Lin Qi killing someone, but Li Yibai still defends her!"

Hearing this, Yuan Qinghua looked fearfully at the cell phone in Pan Yue’s hand, seeming to want to see the video.

Li Yibai shot Pan Yue a glare, then lowered his head, saying nothing, apparently lost in thought.

While Yuan Qinghua was watching the video, Keke spoke softly, "Although I don’t know why there are two Yue Nus, the second Yue Nu must have also been killed by the ghost, right? The shadow in the video is clearly a ghost... If you look at it this way, the second Yue Nu was killed by the ghost around half past midnight. At that time, Gu Mian, Li Yibai, Guo Jimei, and I were all together, so we definitely couldn’t have committed the murder. Therefore, for tonight’s vote, don’t vote for any of us four."

Guo Jimei nodded eagerly. "The ghost must be among Yuan Qinghua, Meiren Chu, Lin Qi, and Zhang Pingfan!"

Gu Mian glanced down at the screen of Pan Yue’s cell phone.

The video Pan Yue received had arrived at 12:50 AM.

And the second Yue Nu had died sometime after 12:30 AM.

This meant the video was sent after Yue Nu’s death!

Moreover, Yue Nu’s corpse looked like it had been clutching something, but her hand was empty now.

Clearly, someone had entered this classroom after Yue Nu died, sent the video to Pan Yue, and also taken the cell phone.

Of course, it was also possible that the ghost who killed the second Yue Nu sent the video.

But what was the purpose of doing that?

Gu Mian found this very strange.

If the ghost sent the video, it was essentially exposing its accomplice.

If a civilian sent the video, then this person’s actions were rather superfluous. They could have just used Yue Nu’s cell phone to identify the culprit directly; there was no need to go about it in such a roundabout way.

At this moment, Keke suddenly spoke. "It’s almost three in the morning. The second round of voting is about to start. Have you decided who you’re voting for?"

Pan Yue stared intently at Li Yibai. "I’m definitely voting for Lin Qi!"

Li Yibai kept his head down and said nothing.

Meanwhile, Yuan Qinghua, having watched the video, looked into the room, her face horrified. "Yue Nu was still struggling after Lin Qi stabbed her several times... That must have been so painful. We... we can’t favor Lin Qi just because we have a good relationship with her. She’s a murderer! Besides, didn’t she run when she saw us? She must have a guilty conscience."