Chapter 295 Ghosts Are Also Divided into Good and Bad

Chapter 295 Ghosts Are Also Divided into Good and Bad

Sophie read out the netizens' questions to Isabella one by one.

Isabella recalled those blurry images that had flashed in the crystal ball earlier—

the organizers' carelessness when counting participants, their panic when discovering the numbers didn't match, and finally, to cover up the truth,

they simply announced to the public that everyone had successfully completed the challenge and left.

She couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh, her tone carrying a hint of mockery,

"They really don't know, or rather, they're deliberately pretending not to know."

"What do you mean?"

Melinda and Sophie asked in unison, and the netizens in the livestream also started posting comments asking for an explanation.

Isabella didn't hesitate and filled in the complete story,

"The designer of this honeycomb maze was Mr. Carondo."

"Mr. Carondo?"

The livestream instantly became very lively, with netizens expressing their shock,

"It was actually the world-class maze designer Mr. Carondo? That's impossible!"

"Mr. Carondo's designs are all works of art, how could he design such a dangerous maze?"

Doubting voices came one after another,

"Isabella! How do you know he designed it? Do you have any proof?"

Isabella didn't waste words. She simply raised her finger and pointed to the upper left corner of a door beside them,

"See for yourselves. Mr. Carondo's signature is carved here.

It's just that because so much time has passed, plus the dampness in the maze, the writing is a bit blurry,

but if you look carefully you can still make it out. Are you all blind?"

As Isabella spoke, she signaled Sophie to point the livestream camera at the signature.

Sophie immediately adjusted the camera and zoomed in.

Through the clear footage, the netizens in the livestream

indeed saw the blurry but recognizable signature in the corner of the door, and most of the doubting voices instantly disappeared.

Isabella continued,

"As far as I know, Mr. Carondo died from illness six years ago."

"What?"

Melinda's eyes widened in surprise, her brows furrowed as she said,

"He died six years ago, but this maze was built five years ago? That doesn't make sense. How could a dead person design a maze?"

"It wasn't designed after his death."

Isabella explained,

"Someone must have used his unfinished design drafts without authorization

while he was still alive.

Mr. Carondo pursued perfection his whole life.

Each of his maze designs came with a complete solution map and safety protocols.

But because he died suddenly from illness,

this honeycomb maze design wasn't finished,

and he passed away before he could draw the solution map."

"And the previous owner of Royal Peaks Manor, in order to use Mr. Carondo's reputation to attract customers,

while creating the so-called 'extreme test' gimmick,

took this unfinished design and built the maze haunted house without permission."

Isabella's tone was full of anger,

"He had no idea this maze didn't have a complete solution map,

nor did he know there were many unrefined dangerous designs inside,

yet he rashly organized people to test it, which ultimately led to the tragedy."

"After the test ended, they discovered people were missing,

but because they were afraid the incident would be exposed and affect their business, they didn't dare report it to the police for a rescue operation.

Plus, the maze structure was so complex that they couldn't find the missing people themselves,

so in the end they simply covered up the whole thing and announced to the public that all participants had successfully completed the challenge and left."

"So that's what happened..."

Sophie suddenly understood, but then frowned again,

"But weren't they afraid the families of those missing people would come looking?"

"Those homeless people had no fixed residence or family, and the high school students probably snuck out to participate in the activity.

As long as the organizers concealed it a bit, it would be hard to discover."

Isabella said in a heavy tone,

"And I suspect that when the organizers recruited participants, they didn't keep detailed identity information, precisely to prevent problems later."

"That's too much!"

Melinda was shaking with anger,

"For money, they didn't even care about human lives!"

"Yes."

Isabella nodded and continued,

"When we came in earlier,

we experienced six different directional honeycomb maze maps.

You can calculate—if this honeycomb maze has a total of one hundred forty-four rooms,

multiply that by six squared, and you get five thousand one hundred eighty-four possible routes.

Finding those missing people among so many routes

would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even if the organizers wanted to find them later, they simply couldn't."

"Oh my God!"

Even though Sophie wasn't good at math, she could calculate how terrifying that number was. She couldn't help but gasp, her face turning pale as she said,

"So you're saying if Melinda and I hadn't come in with you today, we could very likely have been trapped inside and ended up starving to death like these people?"

Melinda, however, shrugged her shoulders with a confident look,

"That would be you, not me.

I'm a genius in physics and mathematics just like Bunny.

Even without a complete solution map, I could find the way out through spatial structure and light refraction principles."

"Yeah, yeah, you're the best, okay?"

Sophie rolled her eyes dramatically, her tone carrying a hint of helplessness,

"Thank goodness I had you guys with me,

otherwise I really would have died here today."

She paused, then brought the topic back, asking curiously,

"So those things that kept disturbing us were the vengeful spirits of people who died in this maze?"

"Yes."

Isabella nodded, her eyes showing a trace of compassion,

"They voluntarily participated in this activity,

so at first they also bore some responsibility for what happened to them,

and their resentment was mixed with regret about their own inadequacy.

The other part of their resentment was directed at the organizers' irresponsibility and deliberate cover-up."

"But because they weren't directly killed,

their resentment hadn't accumulated to the point of forming evil spirits."

Isabella continued to explain,

"So they just wanted to create some eerie phenomena

to disturb those who wanted to participate in this honeycomb maze,

to scare them away and prevent more people from repeating their mistake."

"So you're saying these vengeful spirits are actually good?"

Melinda's eyes widened, finding it hard to believe.

In her understanding, vengeful spirits were mostly vicious and scary and would hurt people.

She never expected there could be such "kind" vengeful spirits.

The netizens in the livestream also posted comments like "I see now" and "I feel sorry for these spirits," their fear of the spirits instantly turning into sympathy.

Isabella nodded gently, her tone certain,

"That's right, these spirits aren't bad by nature.

They just wanted to use this method to warn others,

to prevent more people from repeating their mistake,

so from beginning to end they only scared us and never really wanted to hurt us."