Chapter 8:
Professionals brainstorming

The heavy footsteps outside the door of the duty room were getting closer and closer.

Everyone held their breath involuntarily and stopped making any noise.

When the footsteps stopped outside the door, there was a clicking sound of a bunch of keys clashing with each other, as the security guard outside was trying to open the door.

Everyone’s hearts were in suspense.

Gold Chain Brother held a rolling pin in his hand and lurked beside the door.

However, the keyhole has been blocked with chewing gum before. It was easy to stuff in but difficult to clean out.

The security guard outside the door took the key and pushed it in hard. The metal keys made a louder and louder sound during the collision, but he still couldn’t unlock it.

Finally, the security guard outside the door made a strange and urgent ‘haah-haah’ sound. With a ‘peng!’, the security guard outside the door angrily smashed his fist on the door panel and then dragged his heavy steps away.

Everyone inside the door breathed a sigh of relief.

The foreigner, who was still holding the kitchen knife in his hand, opened his eyes wide in surprise, breathed a long sigh of relief, and gave a thumbs-up to Jing Qizhen. However, when he wanted to speak, Manman grabbed him, shook her head, and pointed in the direction outside the door again.

Everyone was shocked.

Manman’s boyfriend waved at this moment, gesturing for everyone to watch the surveillance video.

In the corridor outside the duty room, a tall humanoid creature with a small head and densely packed muscles that made people physically uncomfortable looking was half hiding in the dark. Because it eagerly leaned forward towards the duty room and cast a small yet prominent shadow on the blurry surveillance screen, it was noticed by the keen young couple.

The ‘security guard’ had only walked out a few steps away from the duty room and then squatted outside the door as if waiting for them to come out!

The foreigner suddenly broke into a cold sweat like Old Xiao.

Manman held her cell phone and silently typed on the screen, [It knew we were inside, so it did this on purpose.]

To facilitate their communication, they still chose to change their Bluetooth device names to have a ‘group chat’. Although it was not completely real-time, it was indeed convenient for 9 people to communicate with each other.

Jing Qizhen stood in front of the monitor screens and found the female ghost speedily patrolling inside the supermarket as if looking for someone. She stopped from time to time and made a gesture of listening, which was completely different from her previous state of madness.

Jing Qizhen typed on his mobile phone, [Did their IQ increase at night?]

The ‘security guard’ outside the duty room was planning an ambush, while the female ghost didn’t seem as crazy as before.

Yun Shuanghua was the only one without a mobile phone. After looking around, he chose to stand next to Jing Qizhen, who had done the strangest of things before and impressed him the most and looked at his mobile phone screen.

At this time, naturally, Jing Qizhen wouldn’t think too much. Because the guy had suffered after they threw the pork before, causing him to lose his mobile phone, Jing Qizhen actually felt a bit embarrassed. So he took the initiative to tilt his phone screen in Yun Shuanghua’s direction so that he could read everyone’s discussion more conveniently.

Manman handed one earphone to Jing Qizhen and the other to the cashier girl. After the two of them took it and put it on, she motioned for them to look at her phone screen.

It was a short video. It happened to be the scene where the music rang when the department store was about to close. After the female ghost tore up the monster and returned to the office, she made a mumbling sound like she was talking to herself and it was captured by Manman.

The cashier girl was the one who knew the female ghost best when she was alive. Thanks to her, she could barely translate the female ghost’s hoarse and unclear voice.

The cashier girl also silently typed on her mobile phone, [She was just saying, ‘The supermarket is closing soon’.]

Jing Qizhen said, [The female ghost suddenly left the first floor to go back to the office. It must be because the time has come.]

Yun Shuanghua was full of curiosity and pointed to Jing Qizhen’s mobile phone and took it, quickly changing the name of Jing Qizhen’s device to, [What are we going to do next?]

Because it was complete nonsense, Manman couldn’t help but glance at Yun Shuanghua.

She had to admit that Yun Shuanghua did have a good appearance. Moreover, he had no sense of nervousness, his dark and bright eyes were wide open, and the smile on his lips was full of sunshine, which made people feel like the situation was fine and he was in a good mood.

Even if Manman was superficial, she has to admit that she looked at her boyfriend through several layers of true love filters. Even then, his already good looks coupled with his good cooking skills scored almost the same compared to Yun Shuanghua’s face alone.

Reminded by Manman, Jing Qizhen immediately took out the video he had secretly taken of the female ghost tearing apart the monster, [I feel like the female ghost’s anger towards the monster may not just be because of my complaint, you should also take a look! Be mentally prepared before watching, it’s a bit bloody.]

Everyone nodded.

Old Xiao’s skin might have been drenched wet from how much he was sweating by now. The temperature dropped at night and he was forced to calm down a little. He typed out, [Keep your opinions first. Write it down so that we don’t interfere with each other’s thoughts. We can brainstorm after.]

The cashier girl didn’t watch the video. She only had to recall the pool of blood and the broken limbs on the floor when she was reminded of the strong bloody smell that made her turn pale and nauseated.

Gold Chain Brother frowned.

The foreigner, who has been tested by European and American gory shows for a long time, did not have any obvious discomfort. Especially when the one being torn apart by hands was a monster, it was even harder for him to empathize.

The old lady was silently thinking.

Old Xiao obviously couldn’t stand watching it. Like the cashier girl, he desperately covered his mouth and nose for fear of retching and making a sound.

The boyfriend must be more nervous but Manman didn’t know what he thought of when a strange look flashed across his face.

As for Yun Shuanghua, he didn’t have a mobile phone, so he could only come over and continue to watch from Jing Qizhen’s mobile phone screen and he would raise his head to look at him curiously from time to time.

Jing Qizhen was a little puzzled by his stare, so he pushed his phone over and asked, [Do you have any questions?]

Yun Shuanghua typed, [Aren’t you scared?]

Jing Qizhen asked in return, [When you were being chased by the female ghost and jumping up and down the store, I didn’t see you being scared at all!]

In fact, he was a little scared. Who wouldn’t be affected by this sudden situation?

However, fear will only be infinitely amplified in the group. It was better for everyone to not mention it and force themselves to stay calm. In this way, people will be able to stabilize the mood of the small group.

Jing Qizhen did not doubt that most people in this small team had similar thoughts as him. It was true that they were afraid but it was also true that they did not speak out to prevent everyone from falling into panic.

The Earth suddenly sighed in a critical tone, “So you are not just arguing with me!”

Jing Qizhen: …

“Do you want to reflect on yourself?”

The Earth immediately ignored Jing Qizhen.

Yun Shuanghua himself did not feel the criticism in Jing Qizhen’s words and his attitude was still very gentle, [Well, while watching the video of the female ghost tearing the monster apart with her hands, I can confirm that if her power is only to this extent, I have no reason to be afraid of her.]

Reading Yun Shuanghua’s last words, Jing Qizhen fell into deep thought.

If someone in their team said that they could confront the female ghost head-on, do they even need to play hide and seek? Isn’t violent force simply the most efficient way?

Yun Shuanghua blinked when he saw that Jing Qizhen had not replied to him. He was a little confused and didn’t know what inappropriate thing he said just now.

However, because of the Earth’s sudden appearance, Jing Qizhen remembered the things that the planet had told him in the first place. While everyone was sorting out their thoughts, he also carefully recalled the information and sorted it out in his mind.

After a while, everyone raised their heads and shared their summary.

Gold Chain Brother and the foreigner were both relatively professional in fighting and they have come to similar conclusions, [The female ghost’s technique was unsystematic and was caused entirely by brute force. Based on the strength of ordinary packaging tapes, her power was far greater than humans’ and she can affect entities.]

The old lady’s words were still from the perspective of biological analysis and every word was professional, [This female ghost had to take the stairs to go up and down the stairs and before she could attack the monster, she had to tear open the packing tape to touch the monster and she could leave blood stains on the wall.]

[From these points, I speculate that the female ghost cannot phase through the wall and physical attacks will have a certain effect on her. We can completely regard her as a surreal, special life form with translucency, levitability, strength and musculoskeletal disproportion.]

[An ant can lift objects 400 times heavier than itself and drag objects 1,700 times its weight. From this point of view, the power the female ghost unleashed when tearing the monster apart was actually far inferior to that of a giant ant.]

Everyone looked at the grandma with awe in their eyes.

Although ants as big as humans were also scary, suddenly that female ghost and other things were not so scary when she said this =v=.

Manman’s summary was more special. It was still concise but her style of writing blasted a huge amount of information.

Manman said, [I have seen one of my good sisters when she was so angry after she found out his boyfriend had been cheating with her childhood best friend shortly before their wedding. She wanted to tear up the scumbag and the mistress with her own hands.]

Dahliya: I think levitability means the ghost ability to levitate