1TWITF[C Chapter 112

Chapter 112

The roars and hisses of the beast continued, and it could be heard tearing apart several more cabinets. The sickening scraping of the corpse being dragged across the floor and the violent collisions were enough to make the hiding task-takers tremble with fear.

“Hurry and leave, don’t find me…”

Next, it should leave, right?

And then, what would happen?

“Every cabinet hides a vengeful ghost. After it leaves, those vengeful ghosts begin to move, and those without candles are quickly killed. So, we all start fighting for candles…” she had once said to Chu Xiu.

The icy aura behind her grew stronger, and Lin Chu heard a strange, hoarse whisper, muttering something incomprehensible. She held her breath, refusing to look or listen, letting an icy hand grab her shoulder, the cold seeping through her clothes into her bones.

It seemed like an eternity, but the banging and knocking outside finally stopped. Then, the monster let out a heavy snort, dragging its heavy footsteps away.

With each step, the chilling touch behind her drew closer.

Jiang Yu sensed the cold body getting closer and closer behind him.

The thing behind him was staring at him with undisguised, icy malice, as if assessing where to strike.

Hurry! Leave!!

He screamed silently in his heart.

The direction Tan Xu had come out of was very close to his location. If he wasn’t too unlucky, he might be able to get Tan Xu’s remaining candles. He hoped that the monster, whether it ate the person or whatever, would leave the clothes behind.

Drip.

Amidst the heavy footsteps, he heard the very faint sound of liquid dripping.

What was that?

Drip.

Another drop.

He had no time to think about it, he felt something about to invade his body, but he was frozen stiff, and the thing seemed to be manipulating his limbs, making it almost impossible for him to avoid it.

Was he being possessed?

The flame of the candle in his hand gradually weakened, about to burn out. Jiang Yu knew very well that when this candle burned out, his life would be over.

With every large movement, the flame flickered violently. Jiang Yu endured the cold behind him and slowly, bit by bit, pushed open the door.

Suddenly, he stopped.

Through the crack in the door, he saw a face with unclosed eyes! Those eyes were staring at him, filled with cold, resentful hatred.

After Tan Xu died, the ghost in his cabinet had hung his head in front of a cabinet door. What Jiang Yu had heard just now was the sound of blood dripping from the severed neck after the head was ripped off!

Jiang Yu was startled by the sudden shock. Enduring the physiological reaction caused by fear, he pushed the door open a little more.

He paused, and according to the source of the sound he had sensed, walked forward.

He didn’t know if the monster ate human corpses. If the head was still there, there was a high probability that the body was too. Tan Xu and Simon Yuan, they had at least two candles on them.

And… Jiang Bai, Lin Chu.

Jiang Yu silently recited these two names in his heart, his heart filled with murderous intent.

He had also heard the phone vibrate just now. He was absolutely sure that the call must have been made by one of these two people, and more likely by Lin Chu.

The floor wasn’t very smooth, but it always felt slippery when stepped on, as if it had been waxed many times. Jiang Yu walked forward through rows and rows of wooden cabinets, and saw the cabinets that had fallen to the ground in a mess at the very front, some still intact, some already shattered.

Perhaps sensing that someone had come out, Jiang Yu heard the sound of another cabinet door opening.

Click.

He turned his head sharply and looked back. The closet behind him on the right had opened a crack.

A pale, sharp claw suddenly stretched out from the crack in the door!

More and more doors opened, and it was impossible to tell whether the doors were opened by ghosts or people.

Lin Chu opened the door.

Her luck didn’t seem to be very good. As soon as she opened the door and walked out, she ran into Jiang Yu.

The latter wore a smile, but Lin Chu keenly sensed the murderous intent coming from the other party—he wanted to kill her, and this murderous intent was more intense than ever before.

Was it for the candle, or something else?

Lin Chu turned her head and stared back without any concealment.

Fang Tu’s previous suspicion was correct.

The ridiculous thing was that Qiu Zhi was still defending her.

Now, Di Ying, Simon Yuan, and Tan Xu were all dead.

He needed to find a way to get Qiu Zhi to stand on his side, otherwise, Jiang Bai and Lin Chu would definitely join forces and kill him.

Jiang Yu ignored Lin Chu, instead bypassing her and continuing to walk forward.

He brushed past one vengeful ghost after another, the candle in his hand growing shorter and shorter.

He could already see Tan Xu’s body.

Torn into several pieces, bloody, he could only identify it based on the impression of the clothes. He stepped over one of Tan Xu’s pale severed hands and walked towards the larger pieces of the corpse.

The first few rows of cabinets were severely damaged, especially the latter half of the first row and the second and third rows. The first few cabinets were probably where the monster had just entered, still having some patience, standing properly in place, while the others were scattered into a pile of wooden blocks.

Walking further, he saw…

Several vengeful ghosts were tearing at Tan Xu’s corpse, and it looked like Simon Yuan’s was there too. Sharp claws tore off a piece of meat, and they couldn’t wait to stuff it into their mouths. One vengeful ghost pulled out a white, skeletal leg bone and slowly chewed on it.

Its nose twitched, as if it smelled something, and it slowly turned its head towards him.

Clothes were scattered on the ground. Fortunately, these vengeful ghosts didn’t have the habit of eating clothes. He saw three candles also scattered on the ground, stained with blood.

How could he get them?

The candle was getting shorter, and conservatively estimated, it could only burn for another five minutes at most.

Jiang Yu heard his own heartbeat, seemingly overlapping with Lin Chu’s approaching footsteps.

She must want Tan Xu’s candles too, right? And Simon Yuan’s.

What he could think of, she could definitely think of too.

Jiang Yu silently drew a long dagger from his sleeve, the cold blade close to his elbow, making him much more awake.

He couldn’t panic, the movements had to be light, otherwise, the candle would go out.

The next moment, a sound of something cutting through the air came.

Years of struggling on the line between life and death made him dodge immediately. In the moment they brushed past each other, he saw clearly that it was a sharp piece of wood.

The second wooden stake grazed the tiny flame at the tip of his candle.

The candle went out.

The vengeful ghosts who were eating human flesh suddenly twisted their heads and stared at Jiang Yu. Jiang Yu was still in the motion of turning his head to look at where the hidden weapon had come from.

That person… was Jiang Bai!

In the dim light, his face looked exactly like the Lu Yanli the police were looking for.

Everything happened almost in an instant. Jiang Yu hadn’t figured out what was going on, and before he could take a step to escape, his vision suddenly rose, looking down at the few people still alive.

Lin Chu also looked over. Her eyes no longer had the coldness she had when facing an enemy, but were instead calm, as if… looking at a dead man.

Yes, looking at a dead man.

He belatedly felt the pain coming from his neck, and the weightless feeling below.

On the ground, layers of vengeful ghosts surged over, devouring the corpse.

Lin Chu walked towards Lu Yanli. The two tacitly kept a distance of five or six meters, slowly moving towards the edge of the hall.

Not far away, Qiu Zhi, Jin Fugui, and others came out, approaching them by the light of the fire. Among them, Jin Fugui was the most excited, constantly waving to the two, the desire in his eyes very obvious.

The candle in his hand was about to burn out.

Lu Yanli stared at him, weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

He wasn’t sure how long he would have to wait in this darkness, nor was he sure if he could find new candles.

Lin Chu turned her head to look at him and slowly shook her head.

Lu Yanli had an answer in his heart.

Lu Yanli didn’t speak. He felt around on the ground with one hand and picked up another piece of wood, using a knife to sharpen it with one hand.

In the darkness, Jin Fugui fell backward in disbelief.

He didn’t hear Jin Fugui’s screams. The dead wouldn’t feel pain.

Lu Yanli withdrew his hand, his gaze meeting that of Qiu Zhi at the other end, who had been happily walking over to join them.

Qiu Zhi should have been angry. He had considered both Jin Fugui and Jiang Bai as partners, and he couldn’t accept his partners doing such a thing. But when he met those dark eyes that reflected the flickering flames, he inexplicably took a step back.

He failed. He couldn’t see anything. This darkness didn’t seem to be mere darkness.

The air was filled with a cold, burnt smell, the dust was thick.

But they couldn’t see the door.

The leading task-takers were dead. Lu Yanli didn’t care about the rest. He allowed them to look at him with malicious eyes, and when they were about to make a move, he used the same method to send them away.

The chewing sounds grew louder.

One after another, all gone.

It seemed that Lin Chu and Jiang Bai had reached some kind of agreement.

Would the next one be him?

The thought popped into his head, and Qiu Zhi suddenly realized that he didn’t have any chance of winning against them.

Could he only wait for death?

The last corpse was almost finished being eaten.

Lin Chu silently mouthed to Lu Yanli: “What about Qiu Zhi?”

Lu Yanli: “What do you think I’ll do?”

Lin Chu: “Okay.” She stopped, took out a candle from her pocket, broke off a small piece, and threw it to Qiu Zhi from a distance.

The latter subconsciously reached out to catch it, and after seeing clearly what it was, he froze in place.

Just consider it repaying a favor, Lin Chu thought. If they still hadn’t found a way out before the candle burned out, then Qiu Zhi was just unlucky.

Lu Yanli didn’t care and continued to walk forward.

The footsteps behind him quickened a lot. The two turned back in surprise and found Qiu Zhi striding towards them, not caring at all whether the candle would go out.

He had no hostility, and the two stopped to wait.

Fortunately, the candle didn’t go out, and it lasted until Qiu Zhi walked up.

He pinched the two pieces of candle together, making it longer. He asked, “Are you guys trying to find a way to solve this?”

It was a nonsensical sentence, but both of them understood. They didn’t blame him for making a sound and attracting the covetousness of the ghosts, and nodded.

Qiu Zhi said, “Okay.”

In the darkness, they could hear a thud from the distance, and then, the sound of the vengeful ghosts chewing excitedly.

From beginning to end, Qiu Zhi didn’t scream once.