Zhou Kai froze, staring at the screen, "Liang Bing! Come and look! The DV captured someone at the entrance of the staircase just now!"

"Nonsense, how could there be anyone?" Liang Bing cursed, took the DV and played it back, "Where is anyone? Are your eyes playing tricks on you? I refuse to believe in this nonsense, come on, let’s go up and see!"

Zhou Kai frowned, watched the playback, but saw no one. However, he was sure he wasn’t seeing things earlier.

Liang Bing shouted loudly, "Come on, let’s go up, I refuse to believe it."

Wu Yihao turned and asked Cui Wenyan, "What did you just throw out there?"

Before Cui Wenyan could reply, Liang Bing was about to step onto the staircase.

Zhao Qian clung to Zhou Kai’s arm, trembling.

Liang Bing’s foot hadn’t even touched the stairs when he felt as if a pair of icy cold hands pressed down on his shoulders. Despite his bravado, the sudden touch scared him into breaking out in a cold sweat. He didn’t move because he could even feel someone breathing beside his ear.

"Who... who is it?" His eyes widened, and a sudden rush of terror quickly broke through his courage. His body shook like a sieve, "Something! Something’s holding my shoulders!" There were no footsteps behind him, Wu Yihao and the others hadn’t come up. So who or what was resting on his shoulders? It certainly couldn’t be any of them present.

Just moments ago, Liang Bing had been blustering, but now he was suddenly frightened like a ball.

Cui Wenyan took out a talisman and walked over, placing it into Liang Bing’s hand.

In an instant, the chilling grip on Liang Bing disappeared, and his legs gave way, causing him to sit on the ground.

"Don’t panic, it’s fine for now." Cui Wenyan’s voice betrayed no tension, but if they had turned back before entering, they might still have had a chance. Now, with the current situation, there was no way out; they all were trapped in this space and had to find a way to break the predicament.

"Cui Wenyan, what did you just give me?" Liang Bing, recovering, sat on the ground and squeezed the talisman in his hand, "Is this a talisman? Where did you get this?"

"Peace charm." Cui Wenyan turned his head to Wu Yihao, "If time were to rewind, and I told you to go back then, would you listen?"

Wu Yihao wore a mournful expression, "If we had our current memories, we would definitely go back. Without them, we wouldn’t go back."

"You’re really honest." Cui Wenyan’s mouth twitched slightly.

"There’s no other way, people are like that; if we don’t hit a wall, we won’t give up. If we haven’t experienced it firsthand, no matter what others say, we wouldn’t believe it." Wu Yihao pinched the talisman in his hand and asked Cui Wenyan, "Hey, Cui Wenyan, do you have more talismans like this? Could you spare some for Zhou Kai and Zhao Qian? We aren’t asking for them for free; we’ll pay, alright?"

"Yeah, do you have more? Give each of them one. Seriously, this is so weird, such bizarre things actually exist in this world." Liang Bing finally came to his senses, cursed vehemently, and seemed to regain his composure, as if he hadn’t been the one scared like a ball earlier.

"Yes." Cui Wenyan took out two more peace charms and handed them to Zhou Kai and Zhao Qian, "Remember to carry them with you everywhere."

Zhou Kai and Zhao Qian took them and carefully put them into their pockets.

"How about I pay you fifty thousand for each talisman, is that alright?" Liang Bing asked.

"That’s fine." Cui Wenyan picked up the Peach Wood Sword and put it back into his bag.

"Cui Wenyan, who exactly are you? Is that a wooden sword? Made of peach wood?" Liang Bing asked in surprise as he watched Cui Wenyan pick up the Peach Wood Sword.