On the stairs leading to the fourth floor of the Ghost Photography Studio, a stiff corpse sat in the middle of the steps, motionless, exuding a cold aura.
"ghost?"
Gu Li approached cautiously and patted Li Leping on the shoulder.
He didn't speak, because before he knew the details of the corpse, he considered the corpse in the worst possible light.
Assuming that this corpse is a ghost, then the most correct way is to avoid talking, that is, to maintain the situation they were in when they went upstairs, and it is also one of the best ways to avoid the killing patterns of ghosts.
Who knows if this ghost will target the person who speaks and makes noise?
Li Leping sensed this information from Gu Li's eyes.
At this moment, Li Leping's eyes flickered.
Is this just a corpse on the stairs, or is it a ghost?
He doesn't know the answer either.
"Go over and have a look."
Li Leping did not turn around and retreat, but walked over boldly.
Here are the steps to go upstairs. On this narrow staircase, passing this corpse is inevitable, and there is no possibility of detouring.
Moreover, even if the corpse is really a ghost, as long as they do not trigger the ghost's killing pattern, there is basically no possibility of being targeted.
Even if they are really targeted, with their current strength, there is still a possibility of confrontation.
Slowly, Li Leping leaned over.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Li Leping stopped.
As the distance got closer, the dim environment could no longer cover the entire body, allowing Li Leping to see the body more clearly.
The corpse's hair was disheveled, and with its head lowered, Li Leping and Gu Li couldn't see the corpse's appearance due to the disheveled hair.
However, within sight, the skin color of this corpse with no signs of decay was particularly strange. The cold body color was neither the blue-gray color of someone who had been dead for several days, nor the purple-black color of someone who had been dead for many days.
The color of this corpse is an extremely weird gray-white color. This weird gray-white color is just like a photo of a person's portrait. It does not have any bright colors at all, let alone the skin color that the human body can have.
Incomprehensible and inexplicable.
Li Leping had no idea why the corpse had such a strange skin color.
The only thing he can be sure of is that the corpse has not yet shown its terrifying side.
"Let's go upstairs first."
Not intending to irritate this strange corpse, Li Leping thought about it for a moment and thought he should continue going upstairs.
This corpse must have been parked on the stairs for a long time. It would be bad if it caused some kind of abnormality if it was checked rashly.
Without staying any longer, Li Leping approached the side of the stairs, turned sideways, and moved slowly, trying to avoid the corpse sitting on the steps blocking their way.
After seeing his actions, Gu Li behind him also understood what he meant.
Following the example, Gu Li also leaned on the side of the stairs, turned sideways, and cautiously walked upstairs.
"Crunch——! Crunch——!"
The soft wooden steps make a weird sound every time you lift your foot or step on them. The rickety, decaying stairs seem to be about to collapse at any time.
But Li Leping is not worried about whether the stairs will collapse.
His movements were neither fast nor slow, but smooth and orderly, and he soon passed the body sitting on the steps.
But at this moment.
Just as Gu Li behind him was passing the corpse.
Suddenly.
As if some kind of switch had been triggered, the corpse suddenly raised its head at this moment.
The drooped head was raised at this moment, and the black hair scattered in front of his face covered his appearance, but through the hair, you could still see that the skin color on this man's face was also gray-white.
The raised corpse did not stop moving, but quickly stretched out his cold, gray arms, and suddenly grabbed Gu Li who was passing by.
A huge change happened at this moment.
In an instant, a biting chill ran down Gu Li's right leg, penetrated his skin, and went straight to his forehead, making him tremble uncontrollably.
"Holy crap?! You're committing suicide?!"
Gu Li's eyes widened, and his expression became shocked.
He subconsciously raised his left foot, preparing to step on the ghost's head.
It is impossible for a human body to compete with a powerful ghost, but Gu Li did not tell Li Leping that not only the left side of his face, but also his entire left side was entangled with that weird shadow puppet.
At this moment, half of his body belongs to both Li Gui and himself.
However, just when Gu Li had already raised his foot.
The man sitting on the steps suddenly turned his head and faced Gu Li.
"Are you kidding?!"
Gu Li, who was about to take action, immediately stopped. His left foot suddenly stopped in mid-air, and his face was full of shock.
Next to him, Li Leping, who was also preparing to take action, could not help but be stunned at this moment, and the expression on his face became astonished.
Li Gui turned his head and raised his head stiffly.
The hair that covered her face fell to one side, revealing a gray-white face that looked like a photo taken from a deceased person.
But what made the two men's hair stand on end was that this lifeless, expressionless face actually looked somewhat similar to Gu Li.
The handsome face is sharp and angular, but it does not contain any human emotion.
If Gu Li hadn't been standing next to Li Leping, Li Leping would have mistakenly thought that the ghost came from Gu Li's portrait that had become a spirit.
Compared to Li Leping's shock, Gu Li himself was naturally the most frightened.
Of course he knew that this face was not his, but his father's, because the appearance of the ghost who turned his head was exactly the same as the appearance of his father who had become increasingly blurred in his memory.
The appearance of the old father who had been dead for nearly twenty years was exactly the same as the appearance of the fierce ghost in front of him.
But the problem is, Gu Li remembers very clearly that his father's body had been cremated long ago, and the ashes are still placed in the cemetery. Every year during the Qingming Festival, he would go there to burn incense and pay homage to the person who was in his life.
The memory of my father becomes increasingly blurry.
"Is it possible that this ghost was caused when he dismembered the supernatural beings from his body before he died?"
Gu Li never thought that he would have the opportunity to see his father again in this life, and under such strange circumstances, he would see the traces of his father on the face of a ghost.
This strange encounter made Gu Li feel a little dazed.
Only Li Leping beside him could still stay awake. After all, this was Gu Li's father, not his.
"Just do it."
Li Leping decided to take action now.
After Gu Li reacts, he will express his understanding.
But at this moment.
The person who turned his head, Li Gui, who grabbed one of Gu Li's thighs, let go at this moment.
There was a vague look of a living person in his eyes.
It was a feeling full of helplessness, as if he didn't want to see Gu Li here.