"Should we keep going?"

Jun Li looked embarrassed, as time stopping now meant too many things.

First, they had no way of knowing the exact time and could only judge it based on day and night.

Second, if there is a death, they have no way of knowing the time of death. Not knowing the time of death means that if Li Gui switches an ordinary person like he did last time, they will not be able to judge by time who did what and when, and they will not be able to accurately identify the suspect.

"Let's go down for another ten minutes... If it's still like this in about ten minutes, we'll go back the same way."

"Well... this is all we can do for now."

Bai Ze noticed that Jun Li seemed worried and silently held his hand tightly. The icy touch made Jun Li feel a little relieved.

"It's just a weird incident. We've been through this so many times. It's okay."

Bai Ze held Jun Li's arm tightly with his other hand and said softly: "I was not by your side last time... This time I will protect you."

"Wife..."

Jun Li suddenly smiled and rubbed his face: "I just feel something is wrong... I'm not worried or scared."

"Wife, there was no time stop phenomenon in our previous strange events, right?"

"Um…"

Bai Ze actually knew that time stopping seemed to mean something else, but they didn't know it yet. Jun Li looked at him gently and said softly: "I just think that the situation of time stopping is very special. I have never encountered it before... Why did time suddenly stop this time..."

"And I find it incredible that time has stopped. Logically, if time stops flowing, then the animals, plants and humans around us should also stop flowing...but why can we move?"

"you mean…"

Lin Jiayan paused and glanced at Jun Li: "You think it's not time that has stopped... It's just that we can only see time stop moving on the surface, but does it actually mean something else?"

"Well... after all, if time really stopped flowing, we shouldn't be able to see the sunset, right? It should still be daytime around 1pm now, so why are there still sunset clouds floating in the sky?"

Jun Li coughed and said in a deep voice: "The time stop should have another meaning, and I vaguely feel that the reason for the time stop is the key to breaking the situation..."

"There's no need to rush now. After all, Li Gui hasn't started killing people yet. Maybe we can wait and see tomorrow and look at the specific killing methods to infer the motive for the murder."

Bai Ze pulled Jun Li downstairs. None of them spoke. They walked for an unknown amount of time before the sky gradually darkened and the setting sun slowly faded away.

Lin Jiayan suddenly realized something was wrong. He slowly stopped and said with difficulty, "We... walked back..."

The bulging tents where students were stationed not far away made several people change their faces slightly. It was obvious that the stopping of time had indicated that they had been involved in a strange incident, and it was obviously too late to escape.

Sure enough, after walking a few more steps, they found the tent and barbecue grill they had left behind were still thrown on the open ground, and the charcoal inside had long been burned to ashes.

"Forget it. When we found out that time had stopped, we should have known that we couldn't escape. It's good news that we're back now. If we got lost in the forest, we don't know what else might go wrong."

Jun Li patted Lin Jiayan's shoulder soothingly and then went forward to check the items. Fortunately, nothing was lost or damaged.

Lin Jiayan could only put Mo Jinan in the tent first and then discuss countermeasures with Jun Li.

"What are you going to do tonight?"

Lin Jiayan looked meaningfully at the students not far away who had already entered their tents and said in a deep voice, "Someone will die by tomorrow night at the latest. How about we take turns to keep watch over the next few days?"

"Well, five hours per person, starting at 8pm."

Jun Li nodded readily: "I'll stay for the first half of the night. I'll take over from you after that."

"I'm OK."

Lin Jiayan subconsciously glanced at his watch and realized that time had stopped: "How do we... tell time?"

"cough…"

Bai Ze rolled his eyes speechlessly and sneered without any hesitation: "It's a good idea, but don't come up with it next time."

Jun Li: …

"If you get tired of squatting, just change shifts. It's impossible to keep time under these conditions. If you feel mentally ill, come find me. Anyway, you just need to squat until the next day."

Lin Jiayan turned around and waved at them: "I'm going to catch up on my sleep first, you keep an eye on those students, come to me if you have any questions."

"Row."

Jun Li and Bai Ze also sat on the chairs facing the tents and chatted.

"Wife, do you think that this time Li Gui just stopped the time on our cell phones and watches? Is this a hint?"

Jun Li stroked Bai Ze's palm and looked up at Bai Ze's face, which remained calm. Bai Ze turned his head and asked with a little confusion: "What are you hinting at?"

"I don't know... I just feel that it's not just as simple as stopping time on the surface... but I can't put it into words..."

"Let's wait until tonight is over before making a conclusion. It's useless to say anything now."

"Um…"

...

Late at night, Ji Jie curled up in the quilt after playing with his phone. Just as he was about to sleep, he received a video call from Ma Xu. After hesitating for a moment, he answered the call.

In the video, Ma Xu curled up in the quilt and said in a muffled voice: "I... I'm video chatting with you so that you can see what I'm doing. I really won't kill you..."

"Don't talk about this in the middle of the night. It's scary."

Ji Jie hesitated for a moment and pointed the camera of her phone at herself before covering herself with the quilt. "I'm going to sleep. Just leave it like this. Remember to plug your phone into a power bank. I don't think the battery will be enough for a whole night of talking."

"Okay, go to sleep, I'll sleep too!"

Ma Xu also closed his eyes, and in order to reassure Ji Jie, he turned sideways with his face facing the camera. He fell asleep very quickly, and in less than half an hour, he began to snore.

Ji Jie was a slow sleeper. After he saw Ma Xu fall asleep, he hesitated for a moment and opened his eyes several times. Somehow, he felt a little uneasy. He even planned not to sleep tonight and stayed up all night, but after an hour, he yawned and closed his eyes in a daze...

"Click... click..."

When Ji Jie heard the sound, she opened her eyes suddenly and saw Ma Xu standing beside her with a strange smile on his face. The shovel in his hand was covered with fresh soil.

"I have dug your grave..."

"boom!"

"what!!!"

Ji Jie suddenly woke up and gasped for breath. After calming down, she found that she was still in the tent. Ma Xu was not around and the tent was closed tightly.

"I was so scared... Fortunately it was just a dream..."

Ji Jie just breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously looked at her phone, but suddenly she felt a chill on her back and almost screamed. The bed opposite her had been empty for a long time...

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