Chapter 8: Violent Breakthrough

If I am not mistaken, it is just like this. I said with a hint of pride, although the layout of this ghost appears quite formidable, it is ultimately not flawless. The ghost's power cannot be so great as to isolate space; all it can do is interfere with our vision, creating an illusion that leads us to believe we have entered an infinite loop

"By the way, since we cannot go up or down, let's just be a bit more forceful," I suddenly said. Then, in the astonished gaze of Ye Ruoxue, I picked up a brick from beside the windowsill and smashed it directly.

What should I do, what should I do? I muttered to myself in fear. My arms were trembling, and my whole body seemed to be shaking; that feeling was truly indescribable

Just like an infinitely looping sequence, no matter how we proceed, we cannot make any progress. The entire girls' dormitory seems to be under a curse. Once you step inside, you cannot walk out.

Since I cannot go down, I will go up. I want to see how many floors this building has. I said through gritted teeth, like a gambler who has lost everything.

However, the next scene deeply shocked me. Ye Ruoxue and I still arrived on the second floor at the same time. Looking at Ye Ruoxue on the other side of the corridor, I collapsed onto the ground, my entire body going limp. My face was ashen.

But at that moment, I suddenly stopped. My eyes kept flickering, and my whole body was trembling. Immediately after, I jumped back into the room from the window, and my expression became complicated

At this moment, don't worry about it. I will go down first, and then you jump down; I will definitely catch you. I said with a smile. Then I gently removed the window, tossed it aside, and prepared to leap down by stepping on the window.

It renders all the floors identical, leading us to believe that we have entered an infinitely looping level. However, no matter how it changes, it cannot alter our true location.

"No, have you forgotten how that girl died three years ago?" I suddenly said with a strange expression on my face

My complexion has become almost as white as paper, indeed, we are still on the second floor. There has been no change; we are trapped in this staircase from which we can no longer escape

The sky is gradually darkening, and our situation is becoming increasingly perilous. If we do not find a solution, by midnight, our circumstances will be even more dangerous than they are now

"This is the second floor; jumping down from here will be fine," I confidently stated, leaning my head out of the window. Indeed, in my line of sight, this was the second floor. The distance to the ground was just over two meters, a distance that was absolutely safe. Even if I jumped down, nothing would happen.

"Is it really impossible to get out of this staircase?" I murmured to myself. I have tried, and no matter whether I go up or down, I cannot escape from the picture book. No matter how I move, all the floors are merely the second floor.

Ye Ruoxue was already exhausted, sitting on the steps, her face showing signs of distress. However, she did not blame me; she simply held her phone in silence

"Indeed, it is a case of jumping from a building, but it is not necessarily a suicide," I said with a cold laugh

My inference cannot be wrong; I have absolute confidence in this conclusion. What lies before me is merely a case of being trapped in a maze. Although being trapped in a maze may seem frightening, it is essentially a situation where one, while walking at night or in the countryside, loses their sense of direction, experiences a blurred self-perception, and does not know which way to go. In the end, one merely walks in a large circle and returns to the starting point.

This time we are going up I said to Ye Ruoxue, at this moment she had no opinion of her own and could only be pulled by me like a puppet. With a single breath, I took Ye Ruoxue up to the seventh floor

I looked at the stairs below and began to think carefully. Soon, I came up with a solution. I said to Ye Ruoxue seriously: "If I am not mistaken, there is a ghost in the girls' dormitory; it has altered the entire layout of the space, preventing us from finding a way out"

I held Ye Ruoxue's hand and quickly walked down the stairs. However, after reaching the bottom, we were still on the second floor. My expression changed slightly, but I stubbornly continued to walk down.

Accompanied by the shattering of glass, I forcefully smashed the entire window open. After twisting it several times, the entire window frame shattered, as it is an old house, and the glass and steel windows here have already aged.

But how can we get out? Both the passages leading up and down have been completely blocked. No matter how we move forward, it is all meaningless

Isn't this too high?" Ye Ruoxue said with difficulty

The sky is gradually darkening now; if we do not go out soon, we will be doomed. In the darkness, the power of the ghosts will increase infinitely. By then, both of us will be dead

"Let us continue forward; I will definitely find a way," I said through clenched teeth. Holding onto Ye Ruoxue's hand, I made my way downstairs. The steps flashed before my eyes, and when I reached the bottom with Ye Ruoxue.

I apologize; if it were not for me, you would not have come in with me

Seven consecutive levels, all identical in environment, with the same scratches on the walls, showing no signs of change. The entire staircase seems to loop infinitely; no matter how we walk, we cannot find a way out.

After walking continuously for five floors, I finally collapsed onto the ground, my face pale. In front of me was still the second floor. There was no change at all; even the scratches I had made were identical.

However, this is a staircase, not a wide environment without reference points. No matter how one walks, it is impossible to go in circles. A staircase, by definition, has only two paths: upward or downward.

If I jump, I will surely die I suddenly said, my eyes filled with contemplation

"Please come down quickly, I'm scared alone." The trembling voice of Ye Ruoxue echoed from downstairs. I helplessly walked down, looking at Ye Ruoxue's pale face, which was filled with guilt.

Yet it remains the same, with no changes whatsoever; the floor above is still the second floor, and the floor below is still the second floor

Ye Ruoxue has already burst into tears, and even my spirit is on the verge of collapse. The staircase that we cannot escape has become like a huge curse, suffocating us.

However, up to now, what I have seen is still nothing but an endless second floor. Nothing has changed.

"It is not like that. It was I who suggested coming here in the first place. I do not blame you." Ye Ruoxue, although pale, still spoke earnestly. This made me feel even more guilty

It has been proven that my inference was incorrect. This building is only five stories tall, and we have already descended so many floors; if it were as usual, we would have reached the bottom long ago

Yes, the phone. I suddenly remembered and hurriedly picked up the phone, only to find that there was no signal at all. I shook my head and sat down dejectedly.

I cannot move up, nor can I move down. Is there any other way? I muttered nervously to myself, while beside me, Ye Ruoxue tightly gripped my arm, also murmuring in fear.

"This one won't do, then let's go to the other one over there in the corridor," I shouted while pointing to the other side of the corridor, and then I pulled Ye Ruoxue and walked to the staircase beside the corridor.

"It can't be possible. You just said this is only the second floor," Ye Ruoxue said.

"If we reason this way, taking it a step further, we should be able to get out of here," Ye Ruoxue asked with surprise, her frail body trembling slightly, appearing somewhat unable to hold on.

"It is useless, everything is useless," Ye Ruoxue said as she approached me. Her body was already exhausted, and her face was filled with sorrow. I shook my head and sat beside her, still deep in thought.

However, the urgent task is to find a way out. Looking at the building that remains forever on the second floor, my mind is constantly pondering how to seek an exit

I have already thought of all the possible solutions. I have also tried everything that could be used, yet we still cannot find a way out of the staircase

What’s wrong, why aren’t you jumping?" Ye Ruoxue asked with a puzzled look at my actions

"You take this staircase, and I will take that one; we will ascend simultaneously." I said to Ye Ruoxue, at which point I had already decided to go all in. Ye Ruoxue was very cooperative, nodding in agreement. We each approached a staircase, then looked at each other from across the corridor and began to ascend the stairs at the same time.

Consider this: we walked up three levels from the second floor, which means we have reached the fifth floor. However, it still shows that we are on the second floor. If I am not mistaken, we have been deceived. Our actual location is not the second floor, but the fifth floor. Next, we walked down three levels, which means we have actually arrived at the second floor

"It is a suicide by jumping off a building," Ye Ruoxue said