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Chapter 13
In all fairness, Baili didn't want to talk to these three guys who appeared suddenly.
If possible, she would rather break up with them on the spot, and just beg that angry wraith not to hurt her.
But what else can she do.
Led by Bai Shuang, the three ran towards her together, followed by the wraith behind them.
If it can't be solved as soon as possible, she won't be able to survive when the three scourges approach.
She could only fight with all her strength.
The fighting lasted for seven or eight minutes, and the process was very tragic. When the resentful spirit dissipated into the air, Baili, who was covered in scars, shook his body and collapsed to the ground in embarrassment.
Bai Shuangxing, who was hiding in the corner watching the show, poked his head out: "Master, are you alright?"
Baili: ...
She is almost turning into a bloody person, is there a place all over her body that can be related to "nothing"?!
Xu Qingchuan took a step forward: "Master, what happened in the building? How did it become like this?"
They had discussed before that the basement was Baili's home ground, and there were many strange and strange things hidden in it. Once the skin was torn apart, this woman could easily kill them by picking up an object.
So it's best to act like you don't know anything before leaving the underground.
Sure enough, after carefully observing their attitudes, Baili's eyes were much less alert and murderous.
She didn't know that she was completely sold out by her cousin, and when she heard Xu Qingchuan's question, she lowered her head and coughed lightly: "This...is the place where I suppress evil spirits."
She put herself into acting, but unfortunately she would never have imagined that the three people around her were also full of lies.
Bai Shuangxing's expression was slightly restrained, and he said seriously: "Looking at the current situation, could it be that some evil spirits have broken free?"
When she spoke, her eyes fell on Baili's face.
Bai Shuangxing finally understood why Baili didn't want to go out to meet people.
It was a very odd face.
Looking at the bones, facial features and facial contours, it should belong to a young girl in her twenties. However, the skin on her face is like a rotten apple, aging rapidly at an incredible speed, with dense wrinkles.
At first glance, it looks like pieces of vicissitudes of bark.
Going down the face, the flesh and blood of the whole body seemed to be drained, without a trace of vitality, more like a skinny mummy than a human being.
"That's right."
Baili nodded weakly: "I tried my best to drive it away, but it is still entrenched in this house, intending to swallow us all."
Wen Chuchu: "Can we get out alive?"
"Now, cough, I am seriously injured. This task has to be done by you."
Baili tried his best to support himself and sat against the corner: "The ghost lives in a painting, which is in the room at the end of the corridor. As long as it is burned, the ghost will disappear without a carrier."
Her words were only half spoken.
The reason why Li Gui was in the painting was because she took the painting as a container for Jiang Mian's soul and wanted to dedicate it to the gods.
"Is it all right to just burn the painting?"
Bai Shuangxing's eyes moved: "You have been staying in the basement, why didn't you take the opportunity to burn it?"
Baili was at a loss for words for a moment: "I, I am—"
Of course it was because it was too dangerous to be close to that painting, she didn't dare to go alone, she had to wait for the dead ghost to come!
"I fought with it for a long time, and I was seriously injured. I planned to rest for a while to recuperate, but I didn't expect you to come."
The woman laughed dryly: "Look, I can't even stand up now, so I can only ask you to break into that room and seal it again."
Xu Qingchuan had a very bad impression of this person, so he didn't talk nonsense with her: "How to seal it?"
"so."
Baili struggled to stand up and took out a lighter: "You are flexible, and immediately set fire to the painting after entering. I will follow behind you and take the opportunity to do so."
According to Bai Ye's settings, Li Gui cannot be influenced.
It is impossible for them to communicate with Jiang Mian, the matter has come to this point, and this is the only way.
Xu Qingchuan took the lighter from her and looked towards the end of the corridor.
Arriving here, the blood on the wall has already surged like a wave, writhing like a worm, emitting a strange smell.
The door of the room at the end was closed, and it was the source of all bloodshot growth.
"It's the last level in the haunted house soon."
Bai Shuangxing looked at the child on Wen Chuchu's back, without showing much fear or nervousness, and said in the usual tone: "If you feel scared, just close your eyes."
Song Chenlu tightly clutched the rabbit doll in her right hand, nodded with red eyes.
In fact, since entering this blood-red place, she has closed her eyes most of the time.
Because of the resentful spirit that was bred by Gu, Baili was tossed to death for most of his life. Not only was he completely devoid of blood, but he also had many bloody wounds on his body.
Bai Shuangxing glanced at her to make sure that the other party was walking normally, then looked away lightly.
It's okay, barely usable.
The feeling of oppression around the body became heavier and heavier, and the group walked straight to the end of the corridor without waiting any longer.
Baili said in a low voice: "You must be careful, the painting has entrusted resentment, it is very evil. After entering the door, don't care about what you see and hear, just light the painting."
It sounds nice, and when translated, it means "you must concentrate on charging forward, and it doesn't matter if you die."
While thinking, Xu Qingchuan in front of him held the doorknob, turned his head and exchanged glances with them.
Bai Shuang held his breath.
With a soft creak, the whole world fell silent for an instant.
The door opened, and through the gap, Bai Shuangxing saw a painting hanging on the wall.
It wasn't such a beautiful painting, it looked like it was made by a child.
The whole work is immature in brushwork and poor in painting. In the picture, two stick figures sit side by side, and in front of them is a huge curtain full of stars and villains.
Like... a movie theater.
This painting seemed to have some kind of magical power, which made her in a trance for a moment, and when she regained her composure, Bai Shuangxing immediately realized that something was wrong.
——In less than a second, the paint on the painting turned from blue to red, and the muddy color was scarlet and dazzling. The next moment, a brain rushed out of the picture!
Baili shouted behind him: "Not good! Painting, burn the painting!"
But it was too late.
The bright red paint was like a wave of blood, instantly soaking through the entire empty room.The painting is distorted and deformed, the wall disappears, and look around...
They did not know when they left the room, and they were in an endless, endless blood-colored space.
Wen Chuchu was stunned: "This—"
"It must be an illusion!"
Baili gritted his teeth: "Do you still remember which direction the painting is in the room? Don't be fooled by the illusion, go in that direction!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the blood mist around her suddenly surged violently, and a bloody hand appeared from the mist, attacking her body directly!
Now Baili was exhausted and couldn't react for a while, and a large piece of flesh and blood was torn off his arm.
As expected of an old sorcerer for many years, after a scream, a talisman was revealed by conditioned reflex, and it was quickly pasted on the back of the bloody hand.
The talisman took effect, and the bloody hand turned into green smoke.
"If it's really an illusion, it shouldn't hurt anyone."
Bai Shuangxing ignored her screams: "As for the location of that painting... I can't remember clearly, maybe Master Baili can lead us in front?"
Since the bloody hand can tear people's skin, it must not be a false illusion.
Baili howled in pain, how could he dare to walk in the front, he couldn't speak at the moment, he could only shake his head.
During the conversation, a few more resentful spirits appeared from the blood mist. Wen Chuchu held the talisman paper in his hand and couldn't help frowning: "How do we get out of this place? When the talisman paper runs out, we're finished!"
"The area around that painting is where the deepest resentment is."
Baili flinched: "We got too close and were pulled into the realm of the ghosts. I don't know the way out..."
"Depend on!"
Xu Qingchuan couldn't hold back, and finally scolded: "You know that there is a problem with that painting, but you still let us rush forward defenselessly?"
According to the woman's original idea, the three of them should block the grievances and buy an opportunity for her to burn the paintings on the wall.
Unexpectedly, the resentment was so deep and heavy that it directly pulled everyone in together.
Bai Shuangxing didn't speak.
There are not many talisman papers left, once they are used up, they will surely become the meal of evil spirits.
However, if they want to go out, this space is vast and boundless, with no end in sight, how can they find the exit?
None of the three were trained warlocks, and it was okay to deal with one or two ghosts, but now the resentment was getting stronger and stronger, and it had reached a tricky point.
Wen Chuchu carried Song Chenlu on his back, taking care of both the front and back. He had just avoided an evil spirit sneaking up from his side, and the next moment, he could smell a strong stench behind him.
Oh no!
There was only the last piece of talisman paper left, she didn't have time to raise her hand to block it, almost instinctively, Wen Chuchu gritted her teeth and turned around.
Behind him, Song Chenlu brushed past the wraith spirit and saved his life at a critical moment; Wen Chuchu's own body was facing the wraith spirit's outstretched right hand.
However unexpectedly...
The imagined picture of blood and flesh flying everywhere did not appear.
The ghost hand hit Wen Chuchu's chest directly, but for some reason, it stopped in the middle of the air.
On Wen Chuchu's shoulder, the plush rabbit tightly held by Song Chenlu moved its ears silently.
Bai Shuang's heart moved.
this is……
The murderous ghost hand suddenly dissipated, and Wen Chuchu was in a trance for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he felt a few drops of warm liquid dripping on his neck.
She turned her head and looked at Song Chenlu.
"Yes...it's grandma."
Everything that happened here obviously surpassed the category of "haunted house". Although Song Chenlu was young, she must have guessed the truth to some extent.
She was a sensible child, and she was terrified all the way, gritting her teeth and holding back tears, trying not to distract the elder brothers and sisters around her.
Until then, the tears were finally uncontrollable, and big ones fell down.
Every ghost has its own range of activities, and once it leaves the inherent domain, it will suffer a strong backlash.
Starting from the furry ears, the rabbit doll has a hideous opening, exposing the white cotton inside.Those dark eyes were calm and calm.
In the thick blood mist, Bai Shuangxing heard a sudden notification sound from the system.
"Ding dong!"
"Congratulations on completing the side mission: The Lost Lamb."
"Thanks to the three challengers for helping Song Chenlu find her grandma. The children all believe that kind people will always be rewarded."
It turned out to be like this.
Bai Shuangxing was a little dazed and breathed a sigh of relief.
In the whole movie, there are actually two story lines, one bright and one dark.
The bright line is that Baili tortured Jiang Mian to death in order to raise the little ghost, but in the end a catastrophe happened and he burned himself.
The dark line without detailed description is an ordinary girl and her grandma.
Song Chenlu got a strange disease due to magic, her grandmother was eager to seek medical treatment, and died in a car accident on the way to get the medicine. Since then, her soul has been living in the rabbit doll.
This is the rabbit that the old man sewed for her many years ago.
When she was still alive, the old man tried his best to create a pure land for the girl in a poor life;
Now that yin and yang are separated, even if there is no body after death, even if she is shattered by backlash, grandma will definitely protect her.
This is the final piece of the story puzzle and their chance to escape.
The sound of the system is crisp and loud.
"Settling branch rewards for you——"
["A way out".】
"Grandma said..."
Song Chenlu lowered her head and raised her right hand, trying to block the cotton leaking from the doll: "Left first."
For a long time, no one was willing to believe that she could really see her dead grandma.
They said that she was suffering from longing and mental illness, but Bai Shuangxing knew that she really saw it.
Beside her, or in the dark eyes of that rabbit, there is indeed a gentle soul.
So Bai Shuangxing said, "Okay."
This blood mist was boundless, and they followed Song Chenlu's guidance to walk through the unknown space.
It didn't take long before Bai Shuangxing gradually felt the changes around him.
The heavy oppressive force slowly faded away, leaving only the light blood.
When turning an unknown number of turns, a wisp of red mist swirled past the eyes, and the girl behind her emphasized her tone: "One step forward, that's where it is!"
This is the only and last chance.
As soon as her words fell, Bai Shuang walked forward.
As if a certain critical point has been crossed, everything in front of me returns to its original state.
In front of her, within reach, was that painting.
Baili screamed: "Quick, take it off!"
Without her needing to speak, Bai Shuangxing quickly stretched out his right hand.
The drawing paper is covered with bloodshots all around, as if feeling threatened, they flock to the center of the picture.
For some reason, when he was about to touch the back of Bai Shuangxing's hand, the movement of Bloodshot stopped for a second.
A gap of one second is enough.
At the moment before the blood was surging, Bai Shuang used his wrist to tear the whole painting off the wall: "Lighter!"
Baili was so anxious that he grabbed the lighter from Xu Qingchuan's hand and threw it at the drawing paper.
The moment the fire light touched the drawing paper, the whole house trembled.
...it worked.
Bai Shuangxing lowered her eyes, quietly staring at the scorching fire that was close at hand.
The bloodshot threads on the wall started to squirm crazily as if they were in great pain.
This place is isolated from the outside world, but there is a cold and gloo wind passing through the corridor. don't know if it is an illusion, but the wind is mixed with ghost cries.
The fire was extinguished, and the blood color faded.
The cry was desolate and sad, and it gradually became clear in my ears.It was the mournful cry of a little girl who tried her best to restrain it, and it looked strange and shrill in the silent light.
"Survived."
Baili's eyes were scarlet, and he giggled stupidly: "I survived! He actually wanted to kill me... Let's see who gets retribution!"
Wen Chuchu moved further away from her; Xu Qingchuan remained silent, frowning.
The expressions of both of them are not very good.
Throughout the whole story, the biggest sinner is none other than this woman from Baili.
On the grounds of recruiting disciples, innocent young people were tricked into serving as sacrifices; in order to return to the peak, children were tortured to death and dedicated to the so-called "gods".
In the end, it was she who survived and the children who died.
Bai Shuangxing didn't speak, walked towards the corner, and saw a small schoolbag next to the ashes of the burned paper.
Plain and shabby, light pink, very familiar.
The schoolbag has obvious tear marks, and its owner must have struggled hard.
The zipper was torn, and a few homework books were scattered in a mess. In addition, there was a small square note.
Bai Shuangxing bent down and picked it up.
On the note, it was written in immature and neat fonts:
"Thank you sister for helping us. My brother and I are seeing magic for the first time. You are amazing!"
A round smiling face is drawn in the lower right corner.
This is Jiang Mian's message to her, but it is a pity that she will never be able to send it by herself.
[The Yin Qi dissipates, and the wind and smoke are all silent.]
After a long silence, the narrator broke the silence.
[The three young men look at the embers scattered on the drawing paper, and while rejoicing that they escaped unharmed, doubts can't help but arise in their hearts.]
[What is a god, what is a ghost, and what is a human?Everything ends here, is it really the best ending?]
[But in the final analysis, for them, this is not something to think about.The biggest problem they face now is where to find a new job after they leave here.]
Wen Chuchu was a little confused: "The end, the end?"
Before she could react, when the narration in her ear ended, just like the curtain of a real movie ended, all the scenery in all directions disappeared.
Baili, Song Chenlu, and the entire dark and damp house all vanished into nothingness and merged into the pitch-black curtain.
In the dim field of vision, a line of large characters slowly appeared.
"Thank you for watching!"
"Depend on."
Xu Qingchuan couldn't help cursing in a low voice.
Come on, what kind of wicked ending is this?
"wait!"
Wen Chuchu said hastily: "This is the ending? Shouldn't the villain be punished? That little girl, she just—"
"This is the end."
056's tone was very innocent: "Horror movies, there are only two endings, either you all die at the hands of the wraith, or the wraith is killed by you. The audience is just watching a stimulus, who cares about a decent villain, let alone, Not everything in this world can be rewarded with evil."
After it finished speaking, it continued to broadcast.
"Congratulations to the player for completing the White Night Challenge: Wraith will be reflected!"
"Please wait patiently, the reward is being settled..."
"It was detected that two players experienced the White Night challenge for the first time, and exclusive skills will be released soon..."
"Ding dong!"
"The skill has been released!"
Wen Chuchu gritted her teeth, holding a breath in her heart.
Jiang Mian is full of resentment and will attack everyone in the building indiscriminately.They couldn't communicate with the resentful spirits, and if they wanted to survive, they could only burn the painting, making Jiang Mian's soul fly away.
This uncomfortable and malicious ending is their only way out.
Really upset.
The system is still broadcasting.
"Completion of the main line, 100%."
"Bonus points—hiss...click!"
……Ok?
Like a disc cassette, a strange sound suddenly sounded in my ear.Wen Chuchu's eardrums were in throbbing pain from the puncture, and when she was at a loss, she heard even louder voices.
"呵... the completion of the main line, the completion, percentage, percentage..."
Xu Qingchuan was also stunned: "What's going on?"
What answered him was a crisp sound from the system:
"Ding dong! The completion of the main line is ninety-nine percent."
"The ghosts have not been completely wiped out, and the white night is not over yet, challengers please continue to work hard!"
Xu Qingchuan: ...?
Wen Chuchu: ...?
They didn't know what happened, but they instinctively looked at Bai Shuangxing at the same time.
Even 056, who is the monitoring system, screamed: "What did you do?!"
Bai Shuangxing stood there with his usual face, ignoring its irritable tone, and unhurriedly spread out the thing held in the palm of his right hand.
Wen Chuchu opened her eyes wide: "This is... that painting?"
To be precise, it was a fragment of a small piece of drawing paper.
It was difficult for the spirits to communicate, and the routine of "infecting them with true feelings" did not work. From the moment she entered the basement, she wondered whether they had to fight Jiang Mian forever.
Until Baili mentioned that painting.
The painting is the carrier of Jiang Mian's soul. Once the painting is damaged, Jiang Mian will be severely injured. What if... she destroys most of the painting and secretly keeps a corner of it?
The answer is that Jiang Mian's strength has been greatly weakened, and she will neither lose her soul nor kill her. A delicate balance has been reached between the two so that she will not die endlessly.
In this way, Jiang Mian, who is the biggest villain, still exists, and the movie will not end in a hurry.
They still have a chance to win back.
"Did you tear it off when you took the painting?"
Xu Qingchuan suddenly realized: "That's why you were the first to rush forward and take it off with your own hands."
Bai Shuangxing nodded: "After all, Baili will definitely destroy that painting immediately."
In fact, after seeing the painting, the woman did indeed quickly raise the lighter.
Her original plan was to leave a small piece of painting and try to communicate with the soul in the painting.
Jiang Mian was severely injured, and it was difficult to attack her. By then, the communication between them would be much smoother.
but……
Holding the scrap of drawing paper in his hand, Bai Shuangxing lowered his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth silently.
She seemed to have gotten an unexpected surprise.
Since the main task has not been completed, the three were forced to return to the original basement to continue the movie.
Looking up, Baili was proud of the spring breeze, and his eyes were full of ecstasy at escaping death.
Bai Shuangxing looked at her quietly.
The other party didn't know that in her mind, there were a few lines of extremely conspicuous handwriting.
"Congratulations to the challenger for activating the exclusive skill!"
"Name: Baishuangxing"
"Skill: House of Ghosts"
"Skill introduction: After signing a contract with ghosts, you can become a 'family' with them and take ghosts away from Baiye.
When the favorability of family members reaches a certain level, ghost abilities can be shared."
"Current skill branch"
"Branch 1: Empathy"
"Introduction: Do you find it difficult for vengeful spirits to communicate? Are you distressed by the ferocity of alien creatures? Empathy allows you to go deep into their hearts, understand their experiences, and become their true family members.
There is a certain probability to increase the favorability of the user."
It seems that there is no need to be as troublesome as in the previous plan.
Baili thought that the layout was ingenious, and tricked them into the applause.
There is an old saying that the mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows.The woman thought she was the oriole planning everything, but she didn't know that her wishful thinking had been exposed by them long ago.
There was a slight tremor in my mind, and a line of writing quietly emerged.
[Do you use "empathy"?】
056 realized something was wrong, and suddenly raised his voice: "Wait! You—"
This is a movie starring her, and of course the ending is up to her to decide.
In this world, who doesn't like a happy reunion where good and evil are rewarded.
Bai Shuangxing nodded, ignoring the noisy roar from the system: "Yes."