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Chapter 8
A small episode passed, and Bai Shuangxing's attention returned to Bai Ye.
The next few hours were uneventful, until seven o'clock in the evening, the three of them received a text message from Master Baili at the same time, requesting to gather in front of No. 444 gate.
It's amazing to say that since they came here, although the mobile phone retains the call function, it is only limited to contacting people in the white night.
If you call relatives and friends other than Bai Ye, an empty number will be displayed.
Back at No. 444, the landlord has been waiting at the gate for a long time.
"came back."
The middle-aged man smiled honestly: "I called you here because I received a commission to exorcise ghosts this afternoon. The master is not in good health, and I want you to ask about the situation."
Wen Chuchu said bluntly: "What commission?"
"In Building 513, there are ghosts."
The landlord shook his head: "I don't know the specific situation, so I can only trouble you."
Bai Shuangxing glanced at him: "Aren't you going together?"
"Me? No, no, no, I can't."
The man immediately waved his hand: "Speaking of which, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I'm timid, and I faint when I see ghosts. I've been with my cousin for so many years, and I haven't learned a single trick. I can only help her with some chores."
"it's a pity."
Bai Shuangxing smiled softly, and changed the topic: "But... since it is haunted, there is potential danger. Master Baili should guarantee our safety, right?"
"certainly."
The landlord smiled even more flatteringly, and took out a few pieces of bright yellow talisman paper from his pocket: "This is an exorcism talisman drawn by the master himself, and it can keep you safe."
Xu Qingchuan didn't speak, the corners of his eyes twitched.
With Bai Ye's malice towards them, he had reason to suspect that if Bai Shuang didn't ask, this person would never have given them the exorcism talisman.
but……
They have never heard of No. 513. What does this house have to do with Baili and the main plot?
"Thank you."
Bai Shuangxing accepted it with a smile: "Finally, I have something to protect my body. I slept alone in the room last night. I always felt uneasy and lost sleep most of the night."
Wen Chuchu was taken aback.
Strange, didn't they both sleep in the same room last night?
What made her even more puzzled was that the landlord also blurted out in surprise: "Aren't you together?"
……what.
How could this man be more surprised than her?
"Yes."
Bai Shuangxing looked at him, didn't continue the topic, and smiled deeper: "It's getting late, let's go."
No. 513 is a bit far away and needs to go through a deep alleyway.
When the three arrived, there was already a young couple waiting outside the door.
The man on the left glanced at them: "You are the disciples of Master Baili? It's a pleasure to meet you."
The woman answered: "I am Lu Jia, his name is Song Yuansheng."
"Not so polite."
Xu Qingchuan smiled politely: "We are all newcomers, just come to ask about the details. What happened to you two?"
The couple's faces were pale, and there were obvious dark circles under their eyes. They were obviously devastated.
Song Yuansheng rubbed his eyebrows: "It's like this. My mother passed away a week ago. After that, our daughter always said that she could see her grandma."
Bai Shuangxing nodded: "Have you consulted a psychiatrist?"
"Ok."
Lu Jia sighed: "The doctor said, this is the fantasy of the child after losing a loved one, but the problem is..."
She shivered, with worried eyes: "Lulu told several things about her grandma when she was young. How could a child know those things?"
Lulu should be the couple's daughter.
Wen Chuchu pondered: "How is the relationship between Lulu and her grandma? Why did grandma die? Has Lulu been hurt because of 'grandma' this week?"
She is a student at the police academy, and she speaks clearly when asked.
"They have a good relationship. We all work in other places. Lulu was brought up by grandma."
Song Yuansheng's eyes were dim: "My mother had a car accident. After that, Lulu... But she has always been safe. My mother likes Lulu very much. It is impossible to harm her."
He suddenly thought of something: "It's strange to say that Lulu was seriously ill half a month ago. She went to the hospital to find out the cause. When her grandma passed away, she recovered soon."
Xu Qingchuan's curiosity was aroused: "Can we go and see Lulu?"
The couple had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and agreed in a hurry.
The girl's room is located on the left side of the living room. Before knocking on the door, Song Yuansheng said, "By the way, her name is Song Chenlu."
After knocking on the door three times, Song Yuansheng pushed the door open and entered.
No one who lives on this street is rich, and this family is no exception.
The bedroom in front of me was square and square, with only a simple wooden table, wooden bed, wooden cabinet, and a full-length mirror.
In front of the wooden table, sat a girl in a red sweater.
Bai Shuangxing responded first, and smiled friendlyly: "Hello. We are friends of your parents, and we are here to visit you today."
The girl turned around, holding a snow-white rabbit puppet in her hand.
Song Yuansheng whispered: "Her grandma made the doll herself. When she was a child, her family was very poor. Lulu envied that other children had toys, so grandma sewed one for her."
He paused, and his expression became more and more sad: "My mother is really good to Lulu. The reason why she got into a car accident was because she went out to buy medicine for her child, but she was given by a drunk driver..."
Song Chenlu stared at them and blinked.
Immediately lowering his head: "When Mom and Dad called, I heard it... You are the ones who want to drive grandma away."
Song Yuansheng earnestly said: "Lulu, grandma has passed away."
Lu Jia also said, "Lulu, tell these brothers and sisters what you saw, okay?"
The girl didn't answer, she raised her eyes silently, and stared at Bai Shuangxing and the three of them.
She has a pretty face, round eyes, and fair skin. She has not lost her childishness, so she is not annoying.
However, thinking about the thing following her would inevitably make one's scalp tingle.
"Lulu."
Bai Shuangxing said, "Now, is grandma in this room?"
The girl looked obedient, with a little timidity when meeting strangers, she pursed her lips and nodded slightly.
"Grandma asked." After a moment of silence, Song Chenlu suddenly said, "Are you Baili's disciples?"
Xu Qingchuan was about to respond, but Bai Shuang said, "What's wrong?"
An ambiguous answer.
This is the best answer when the attitude of "grandmother" is unclear.
Song Chenlu looked at them again: "Grandma said, you live in No. 444, and you come to solve her matter today, you can only be Baili's disciples."
Bai Shuangxing was a little surprised.
It was the first time they met, how could "grandmother" know their addresses?Ghosts aren't that powerful, are they?They... have never met the soul of the old man before.
Thinking of this, a thought crossed her heart, and she suddenly held her breath.
"Excuse me."
Bai Shuangxing looked at the couple behind him: "Do you have any photos of grandma before she was alive?"
Lu Jia nodded and opened a family photo on the phone.
Wen Chuchu and Xu Qingchuan didn't know why, they leaned forward and looked down, and were stunned at the same time.
The old lady in the photo has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, looking at her appearance...
It was exactly the same as the old man who claimed that "Master Baili practiced magic" this morning.
it is as expected.
Bai Shuangxing's complexion gradually darkened.
They had asked the old lady two questions this morning.
However, every time, the aunt of the neighborhood committee answered first.
At that time, she thought it was strange that the auntie had a good heart, and she didn't seem to have the character of rudely interrupting the old man's speech.
The reason why the old lady was not given a chance to speak was probably because she hadn't seen the old man from the beginning to the end.
There was silence all around, and the wind chimes hanging beside the bed jingled once.
"You can see grandma, can't you?"
Xu Qingchuan said softly, "Can you tell us where grandma is now?"
Song Chenlu looked straight at him.
She blinked and answered irrelevantly: "Grandma said that Baili is a bad person and will harm us."
"Oops."
A bad premonition arose in Bai Shuangxing's heart: "The old lady thinks that Baili practiced sorcery, and she hates her deeply. Now she knows that we are her disciples—"
What kind of good things will people who apprentice to learn sorcery do?
It's just a bird of a feather.
The wind chime continued to ring, the sound was crisp and cold.
In the coldness gradually rising behind him, Bai Shuangxing saw the girl raised her right hand, stretched out her index finger, and pointed directly at her back.
Jingle.
There was no wind, but the wind chime was still shaking. Song Chenlu said:
"Grandma, it's right behind you."
"Damn it."
Xu Qingchuan gritted his teeth: "—I was tricked!"
The moment he opened his mouth, a gust of cold air hit him like a sharp knife.
Just as Bai Shuangxing was about to dodge, Wen Chuchu beside her reacted faster than her, grabbed her and Xu Qingchuan's wrists, and hurriedly dodged the attack.
Passing by the god of death, her heart was pounding, Bai Shuang adjusted her breathing and raised her head quickly.
In the place where she was standing, there was a vague phantom floating, condensing the face of an old lady.
The couple by the door screamed at the same time.
Wen Chuchu recognized that face at a glance: "It's really..."
"You used sorcery to do that kind of thing, and almost killed Lulu. If I hadn't died, I'm afraid I would never have found out that you used her as a sacrifice...Now, how dare you come?"
The old man didn't hide his malice towards them, and turned his back to Song Chenlu, revealing the peeling flesh and blood on his face.
——In the blink of an eye, they have already rushed towards them silently, only half a meter away from Xu Qingchuan!
Wen Chuchu is worthy of being a student of the police academy, even though she was trembling with fright and was in a critical moment, she subconsciously threw a piece of talisman.
The talisman paper collided head-on with the ghost. thought it would have some effect, but didn't expect that the paper just trembled slightly, and immediately turned into a wisp of green smoke.
"this"
Wen Chuchu was stunned: "Isn't this an exorcism talisman!"
"It's just a primary talisman."
056 watched the show from the sidelines: "It's okay to deal with wandering souls and little ghosts, but when you meet such a resentful guy...you should run quickly."
The old lady's movements stopped for a few seconds because of the exorcism talisman, and the three of them turned around and ran away without hesitation.
As soon as he stepped out of the bedroom, he heard a loud crackling sound from the mirror beside him.
Bai Shuangxing followed the prestige, and saw cracks appeared in the center of the full-length mirror at the door of the bedroom, more and more, more and more chaotic, as if something wanted to break free.
Blinking again, a pale grimace flashed in the broken mirror.
Xu Qingchuan trembled all over: "I'll go! It's really exactly the same as the routine of horror movies!"
In horror films, mirrors are often high-risk items with frequent occurrence of supernatural events.
Movies are all fake, he is not afraid of ghost movies, but when he is in this kind of place himself, the sense of oppression, tension and fear are all suppressed, making him breathless.
"After all, this is in the movie."
056 laughed badly: "How can an excellent horror movie lack an exciting chase?"
At the same time, the narration sounded.
[The three young men were terrified, and finally understood that, as disciples of Master Baili, you were being targeted by this wraith.]
[Resentful spirits have strong yin energy in their bodies. When the yin energy gathers, countless ghosts will be attracted to them—for them, the flesh and blood of living people is the most delicious food.]
Xu Qingchuan cursed ten thousand swear words in his heart.
Let the three novices be chased and beaten by fierce ghosts, isn't this driving them to death!
His mind was muddled, he recalled something in a trance, and shouted while running: "Wait, what kind of thing is the old lady talking about? Can she spread the matter out!"
Bai Shuangxing: "Think about it, which movie has explained things clearly?"
Xu Qingchuan was speechless.
The fourth law of horror films, the Riddler.
When it comes to key clues, all the characters are like riddles, esoteric and slurred, leaving the audience anxious.
They ran fast and soon came to the gate of the Song family.
The room was too dangerous, so Xu Qingchuan hastily opened the anti-theft door.
Unexpectedly, the moment the door was pushed open, a half-rotten arm stretched out from the door!
This change came unexpectedly, he hurriedly took a step back, and at the same time, he saw something that shocked him even more.
Bai Shuangxing stepped forward suddenly, as if he had been prepared, took out the talisman at the moment of opening the door, and pressed forward without hesitation——
So it was unbiased, and it just stuck to that arm.
This is just a little ghost attracted by Yin Qi, his arm hurts, and he quickly retracts.
Xu Qingchuan:?
Xu Qingchuan:???
Such an accurate prediction is like knowing that there is something hidden outside the door. How did she do it?
Wen Chuchu was also stunned: "You..."
"Thanks to 056's reminder just now."
Bai Shuangxing took out the remaining pieces of talisman paper, looked at the long dark gap in the gate, and smiled silently: "This is a movie."
Since the system intends to let them live in a dangerous world according to the laws of horror movies, they can also use these laws of death to survive.
The fifth law of horror movies is to kill by jumping face.
Never trust doors, mirrors, and under the bed. Whenever the protagonist opens the door, looks in the mirror, or pokes his head under the bed, there is a 99% chance that he will see a hideous grimace.
Especially in the chase, every door, every turn, every corner of the road, there may be unexpected "surprises".
Knowing these routines can effectively prevent the surprise attack of ghosts.
The ghosts outside the door were dispelled, and the three finally left the Song family's residential building.
There are many alleys on this street, and the roads are intricate, each of which can lead to No. 444.
The alley on the left was deep and dark, and several street lamps were broken, like a huge mouth of an abyss opened by a beast; the alley on the right was brightly lit, and there were laughter and laughter from the residents from the buildings on both sides, and there were couples making love to each other under the street lights.
The lights were warm, and the human voice added a sense of security. Xu Qingchuan didn't think too much, and subconsciously walked to the right.
As soon as he took a step, Bai Shuangxing grabbed his sleeve.
Bai Shuangxing shook his head and raised his chin in the direction of the couple.
Xu Qingchuan and Wen Chuchu were taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized.
The Sixth Law of Horror Films——
Lovers must die.
Couples come out, not a blade of grass grows.
For the sake of ratings, this kind of movie always arranges an intimate scene between a man and a woman. Before the intimacy ends, ghosts, monsters or murderers will suddenly appear on the stage, creating a pair of desperate mandarin ducks.
The most dangerous side of the couple characters is the consistent iron law of horror movies.
Having figured this out, the three of them turned to the left alley together.Xu Qingchuan was at the end, and one second before entering the alley, he glanced to the right.
The alleyway on the right is spacious and bright, but just behind the pair of whispering men and women, quietly, a pair of ghostly eyes of resentment floated up.
It was pitch-black, resentful, staring at him like a poisoned knife.
……Grass.
Almost fell into the dog system's way.
Although the alley they set foot in was dark and deep, it was fortunately safe for the time being, and there were no ghosts coveting human flesh and blood.
After finally having time to breathe, Xu Qingchuan was distraught: "This, what are these things?"
"The old lady said that Baili almost killed Song Chenlu..."
Wen Chuchu's heart moved: "Didn't Song Chenlu suffer from a strange illness? Could it be that Baili did it with sorcery?"
"Ordinary people can't detect the yin energy of magic, but ghosts can easily find it."
Bai Shuangxing said: "In order to buy medicine for Song Chenlu, the old man died in a car accident on the road. After turning into a ghost, he should have realized that his granddaughter was used as a sacrifice and cast a spell."
So after the old man passed away, Song Chenlu's strange disease suddenly improved——
As a ghost, she protects the child and is fully capable of stopping the witchcraft from continuing.
"If Baili really cast a spell on Song Chenlu, then she must know that the old lady will take her anger out on us."
Xu Qingchuan also realized something: "We were specially asked to come to Song's house... Didn't they push us into the fire pit!"
This is not accepting disciples, it is clear that they want their lives.
"Baili wanted to use Song Chenlu as a sacrifice, but was forced to stop. Now..."
A creepy conjecture gradually surfaced, Xu Qingchuan gritted his teeth: "We, can't be her new sacrificial offerings."
After failure, of course, we have to change the target and start again.
From the very beginning, he found it strange that Baili treated them with aloofness and indifference, and these trials were even close to death, forcing them all to their death.
Thinking about it now, maybe this person has no intention of accepting disciples at all. From the beginning to the end, he only wants the three of them to die in the trial.
The more Xu Qingchuan thought about it, the more angry he became: "That bastard!"
"possible."
Bai Shuangxing nodded: "The top priority is to get out of here as soon as possible."
This was the darkest scene since they entered the white night.
Some of the broken street lights went completely dark, and some flickered, trying to survive.
The alleys intersect and the lights and shadows are slanting. The malice here is not exposed, but like a lurking poisonous snake, cold and fierce. It doesn't know when it will rush out and bite someone fiercely.
Man's greatest fear is always the unknown.
This quiet atmosphere is like a boulder, pressing down on my heart.
Bai Shuang walked non-stop, and the voice fell, just approaching a corner.
In the blink of an eye, she quickly picked up the exorcism talisman, and pushed forward——
Xu Qingchuan and Wen Chuchu opened their eyes wide.
The moment the talisman was lifted up, a ferocious grimace rushed out from the corner and rushed straight towards Baishuangxing...
wrong.
It couldn't stop its movements, and slammed straight into the talisman paper to exorcise ghosts!
When the light of the law suddenly appeared, the evil spirit wailed in pain, fell to the ground and struggled continuously.
Bai Shuangxing took a deep breath, his heart beating non-stop.
You guessed it.
"From the point of view of the movie, this plot is a tense little climax."
She said softly: "After a depressing and dark scene, the director will probably arrange a face-to-face killing. We are walking in the alley, and there is the greatest probability of ghosts around the corner."
Xu Qingchuan was dumbfounded.
He, they escaped the inevitable situation again?
Bai Ye didn't want them to go out alive, and deliberately set up a disgusting routine, but Bai Shuangxing used the routine to deal with the routine...
Instead, he found a foolproof way to save his life?
056: ...
It can't figure it out.
It scratched its heart and lungs, and it was almost mad with anger.
Is the well-designed killing game of the movie for them to play like this?This is a horrible horror movie, not an exorcism movie bathed in holy light, okay?
In sight, the three of them ignored the crying evil spirits and walked straight to the depths of the alley.
……still have a chance.
Focusing on Bai Shuangxing's back, System 056 gradually became happier.
It knows it's not over yet.
With the wind blowing through the narrow alley, Bai Shuangxing took a step forward.
Suddenly she stopped and looked back at the struggling shadow: "How many exorcism charms do you have left?"
056 froze.
She took two talismans from Wen Chuchu and Xu Qingchuan each, and turned back.
Li Gui was burned by the spell, and his figure was as thin as mist.
Bai Shuangxing's expression remained unchanged, his right hand dropped, and he stuck another piece of talisman paper firmly.
The Seventh Law of Horror Films.
The death you think is not the real death.
After the ghost is knocked down, there is a ninety-nine percent chance that it still has a breath and can stand up silently.
When the protagonist thinks that everything is all right and turns away, it is their chance to launch the final blow.
so
Another talisman fell down, amidst Li Gui's screams, Bai Shuangxing smiled gently, and looked at his two teammates: "Don't forget to make up the knife."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head, took out her mobile phone and searched for the exorcism spell, and waited for the ghost's figure to turn into ashes, and then said a few words of death spell to the pile of ashes.
Frustrating bones and ashes, chanting mantras and superseding, the silky smoothness is achieved in one go.The ashes were all thrown away, and there was no talk of a sneak attack from behind.
056:?
056:???
This method of operation... Please be a human being, please?!