The Dorm Auntie of the boys' dormitory building is a woman in her forties, known for her brisk and efficient manner.

  She has a fiery temper but gets along well with the underachievers of Css Ten, who often jokingly call her "Mom."

  Moreover, since there are only five occupied rooms on the fifth floor, the Auntie usually doesn't check the rooms and tends to turn a blind eye to their antics.

  But with such a commotion in the hallway just now, normally, the Auntie would have rushed up and scolded them fiercely.

  Why is there no response today?

  To be honest, Su Yuan didn't want the Auntie to come up because that would mean she might encounter danger.

  But the current situation seemed too strange.

  No, everything that happened today has already defied logic.

  The only thing that can be confirmed now is that the "family members" in the hallway can't enter the dorm room.

  They should be safe for now.

  As for Mao Houwang's death, it was because he didn't complete the game on the bckboard.

  Su Yuan suddenly asked, "Does anyone have the WeChat of the members from Room 503?"

  He was really curious about what happened in the neighboring room.

  "I do!" Gao Wenyi's voice trembled slightly, "I've added all the boys in the css. Su, who do you want to contact?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the dorm room turned a bit eerie.

  Qi Yinhong, lying between the two, unconsciously moved closer to Zhang Yang.

  Indeed, the social circle in Nantong is quite wide... Su Yuan said, "Anyone's fine, just ask them what happened over there."

  "Okay." Gao Wenyi responded, taking out his phone to send a message.

  But the next second, his movements stopped, and his hands holding the phone began to tremble uncontrolbly.

  "Thud, thud, thud..."

  Footsteps echoed once again from the end of the hallway.

  "Is it back again? Um..." Qi Yinhong had just started to speak when Zhang Yang quickly covered his mouth.

  The others, disregarding the awkwardness of being so close, huddled together once more.

  This time, the footsteps stopped at the door of Room 505.

  The door was knocked on.

  With the previous experience, Su Yuan was certain that the ghost couldn't break through the dorm room door, and his fear diminished significantly.

  Listening to the dull, mechanical knocking from the hallway, Su Yuan pondered.

  The thing outside the door, wasn't it called "family members"?

  It's been about twenty minutes since it st appeared.

  And now it's back...

  Is this a "patrol"?

  Indeed, as the bloody writing on the bckboard said, "family members" only tear apart students lingering in the hallway and can't harm those inside the dorm room.

  But it seems a bit different.

  Because from the constant knocking and scratching at the door, it seems desperate to break into the dorm room for a midnight snack.

  It's just being blocked by the door.

  The dorm room door...

  Su Yuan was sure it was just an ordinary wooden door, costing no more than 200 yuan including bor, and certainly not blessed by any master.

  So it shouldn't be the door; rather, the "family members" are restricted by some rule.

  After the "patrol" ended, Su Yuan eagerly asked, "Did you ask? What did the people in Room 503 say?"

  "I asked..." Gao Wenyi's voice carried a hint of fear as he handed the phone to Su Yuan on the lower bunk, "See for yourself."

  Su Yuan took the phone.

  Dumb Li Ge:

  [Crazy, absolutely crazy!]

  [Everything was fine just after lights out, then Mao Houwang got out of bed and walked out. I thought he was going to the bathroom, so I told him someone was in there.]

  [He ignored me and kept walking... I thought he was going to the wardrobe to steal my snacks, so I quickly got out of bed too!]

  [But then I saw he was already at the door, already opening it. I called out to him again, asking where he was going.]

  [Mao Houwang still ignored me, opening the door on his own. At that moment, I felt something was wrong, so I went over to pull him back.]

  [But I couldn't hold him alone, and the others came over to help when they heard the noise.]

  [But he seemed possessed, and even three or five people couldn't stop him... Do you know what was the scariest part?]

  [While pulling him, I leaned in to look at his face... He was smiling, you know? He was smiling! And that smile was damn creepy!]

  [In the middle of the night, he just stood there in the hallway, smiling without moving, and we were all scared stiff! In the end, the door closed on its own!]

  [Holy crap, the dorm is haunted! Damn, damn, damn, damn!!!]

  From the repeated excmations, it was clear that Li Ge was terrified.

  Those who don't believe in ghosts are often the first to be scared witless when encountering supernatural incidents.

  ***

  Looking at the chat record on the phone, Su Yuan fell into deep thought.

  Mao Houwang walked out of the dorm uncontrolbly, and several people couldn't stop him?

  Although he was physically strong, he couldn't possibly overpower three or four people.

  And from the sounds in the hallway, he didn't resist at all... he even called out "Mom"?

  Considering all these points, a term involuntarily popped into Su Yuan's mind.

  "Soul-Stirring"

  Simply put, it's controlling a person's mind, causing them to experience auditory or visual hallucinations.

  This ability often appears in horror movies and ghost stories.

  Su Yuan handed the phone back to Gao Wenyi and opened the memo on his own phone.

  He pnned to organize the known clues.

  "Family Members"

  1: (Start "patrolling" ten minutes after lights out, every twenty minutes, sting ten minutes each time.)

  2: (Restricted by some rule, unable to enter the dorm room.)

  3: (Possesses control abilities)

  4: (Has some connection with the bloody writing on the bckboard, can control and lure out those who haven't completed the game.)

  Based on the events so far, this is all that can be deduced for now...

  Although it's unclear if it will be useful, it's always better to be prepared.

  While Su Yuan was taking notes, the others in the dorm also saw the chat record on the phone, and a sense of panic spread through the air.

  "I thought since the ghost has a physical form, if worse comes to worst, we could fight it, but damn, how do we deal with mind control?" Ye Haoyu cursed softly.

  "Are you stupid, always talking about fighting... that's a ghost!" Lin Yuan said, "You think it's like fighting zombies, where you can just bash its head in with a metal rod?"

  "You're the stupid one, I'm talking about if the ghost breaks in, if worse comes to worst, we fight it!"

  "Even if it breaks in, it won't work!"

  "Then what do you suggest?"

  "I'd damn well jump out the window!" Lin Yuan said, "I'm not going to be its midnight snack!"