1TWITF[C Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Cat meow?

Wen Qing was alarmed and uncertain, but when she strained her ears to listen, she couldn’t hear clearly again.

It was as if… that faint meow she had just heard was her imagination.

But Wen Qing believed it was definitely not her imagination, and she even felt that the meow sounded particularly familiar.

Because that meow sounded exactly like the meow her Little Mi used to make.

Was it her Little Mi?!

Did she really summon Little Mi back?

To her disappointment, Little Mi didn’t mention anything, the cold wind behind her was quiet, and there was no longer the familiar meow she knew, as if everything just now was just her imagination.

But… was it really just her imagination?

Wen Qing didn’t believe it.

“Wen Qing.” Little Mi…

“Wen Qing.” Little Mi, come out quickly.

…

“This girl is a bit strange.” Ye Shengke also frowned. He turned his head and asked, “Senior, have you noticed anything?”

Even though Yun Qian was already unconscious, they were still careful and cautious, lowering their voices and relying almost entirely on lip-reading to understand each other’s conversations.

Shi Yan shook her head.

They all turned their gazes to Chu Xiu, but Chu Xiu had no desire to explain at all. He only quietly stared at the night ahead, his entire person almost merging into the heavy darkness. No one could tell what he was thinking.

However, the four people in front were completely unaware, because in the rearview mirror, they didn’t see the girl sitting up at all! In the reflection of the mirror, Yun Qian was still sleeping soundly.

“She took another thirteen steps.” Nie Yunzhen said in disbelief.

A pair of soft, pale hands gradually stretched forward, about to wrap around Ye Shengke’s neck in front. Just then, Shi Yan suddenly turned her head, and the hands quickly retracted—Yun Qian was quietly unconscious, and there were even tears of fright in the corners of her eyes.

“When will she wake up? Or should we let her call Wen Qing back?”

“It’s best not to.” Unexpectedly, Chu Xiu stopped her idea.

Fortunately, Wen Qing’s anomaly didn’t last too long. The four people observed very carefully. She turned back after walking dozens of steps beyond the limited range. However, when she reached a certain place, she squatted down again, as if she was tying her shoelaces.

What did she pick up?

Shi Yan asked, “Did you encounter any abnormalities just now?”

Wen Qing shook her head: “No.” She looked at her still unconscious friend, worried in her heart.

“In that case, let Yezi go next, okay?” Shi Yan said proactively. Hearing this, Ye Shengke looked at her with gratitude: “Senior…”

She could tell that Chu Xiu was planning to play the game last. She didn’t plan to compete with Little Ye in the first place. As long as she made the suggestion before Nie Yunzhen, he wouldn’t say anything.

Sure enough, Chu Xiu had no objection, and Nie Yunzhen’s face turned gloomy for a moment, but he still agreed.

Ye Shengke quietly shook Shi Yan’s hand. There was no need to say how grateful he was. He didn’t waste any more words, opened the car door, and walked forward.

The headlights illuminated the road, and ahead was his long shadow.

In a while, he would have to step on his shadow and say his name one word at a time.

Thinking of this, the courage that Ye Shengke had gathered just now suddenly dissipated. He looked at the shadow under his feet and couldn’t help but recall his past experience—

The one they went to was naturally the latter. They took many twists and turns to find it. It was said that a girl was cruelly killed by a gangster there a long time ago. It was sealed off for a long time, and after it was unsealed, it still had a gloomy feeling even during the day, so gradually no one patronized it.

His brother had naturally heard of this ghost story and was scared to death. He repeatedly confirmed several times, asking him to wait for him.

What did he say at that time?

“Don’t worry, who are we? I’ll definitely wait for you at the entrance of the alley.” Ye Shengke patted his chest and guaranteed, “Besides, there are no ghosts in this world at all. Don’t scare yourself.”

“Okay! I’m going in!”

Then, he got out of the car.

Just like he was now, walking forward.

He heard the other party’s slight footsteps. He knew that the other party must be trembling, just like he was trembling, but he still walked forward step by step.

“Ye Shengke.” His voice sounded.

“Ye Shengke.”

But the scene that he would never forget happened. In the camera, his good brother was walking forward step by step, muttering to himself, taking a step and pausing. But in the camera screen, a long-haired, white-skirted shadow was sitting on his shoulder!

Ye Shengke was stunned, his whole body stiffened in place, and all the blood in his body seemed to flow backwards. Just then, his good brother finally finished the thirteen steps and turned around excitedly to run towards him.

“Little Ye! I’m done! Did you record it?”

Seeming to notice that someone was taking pictures, the woman raised her head. Ye Shengke could clearly see the sinister smile on the other party’s face.

“Little Ye?”

Ye Shengke suddenly gasped for breath, his whole body was incomparably cold. He glanced at his brother who was running towards him while calling his name and was still wondering what was going on, dropped the camera, and turned around to run.

Soon, he rushed out of this ghostly place and came to the bustling city area. His hands were still shaking, and his whole person was still immersed in the emotions of fear and panic.

It’s a ghost… there really are ghosts!

However, when he returned to school, he found that his good brother had not returned at all last night. No matter who called him, he didn’t answer. There was a very important experiment to do the next day, and if he didn’t come, he would definitely fail this course.

The class monitor was very responsible and asked him to help notify him before hurriedly entering the laboratory, leaving Ye Shengke with a cold body.

He wanted to tell about this game, to tell everyone that he suspected that the other party had already encountered an accident. But he didn’t dare to speak, and could only comfort himself like an ostrich, It’s okay, he’s definitely okay.

However, the other party didn’t appear for several days, this good student who had a 100% attendance rate – disappeared.

No one knew how he suddenly appeared in his home thousands of miles away in a few hours.

Only Ye Shengke knew what was going on, and this would be his eternal inner demon.

“…Ye Shengke.”

The thirteenth step had arrived.

Ye Shengke stopped and looked down.

Above his shadow, there was another woman’s shadow. It could be seen that her hair was very long, as if she was wearing a skirt, and something was fluttering.

“Um… are you okay?” Shi Yan lowered the window and asked through the window. She found that Ye Shengke’s face was still a little pale, but he had a bit of a relaxed smile.

“It’s okay, there were some close calls.” Ye Shengke opened the car door and sat in, behaving as if nothing was wrong.

His heart was filled with guilt towards Shi Yan, but it was impossible for him to tell the truth.

Now, everyone was further convinced that the strange thing had probably been attracted to Yun Qian.

Next, it was Nie Yunzhen’s turn.

He moved very quickly, returning to the car immediately after finishing the steps quickly, with a smile of relief on his face.

Next was Shi Yan, who also returned to the car smoothly.

The last one was Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu got out of the car and walked towards the intersection step by step.

Inside the car, Wen Qing watched his back and frowned.

As long as he came back, these four people would send her and Little Lan back.

Thinking of this, Wen Qing reached out and held Yun Qian’s hand to cheer herself up.

*

Late at night, Lu Yanli sat in front of the window in a single room at a hotel, looking out the window.

There were no stars or moon tonight, and the night sky was pitch black, but the neon lights outside the window were flashing, and this city would not sleep.

It was only at this time that he could appreciate a little bit of a normal night view.

If it weren’t for the occasional visits from those mission takers, he would probably have been lost in the long-term weirdness and turned into the same kind of substance as them.

However, this kind of peace was not long-lasting. Those things… even if he didn’t go looking for them, they would come to him. Taking the initiative to attack might be a way to survive.

Lu Yanli watched for a while and sat back at the computer desk. He had a good memory and could still clearly remember every mission he had experienced and every team member since a few years ago.

He was searching for information.

Many missions in the past were completed without any explanation. Even if he passed the level, there were still many secrets hidden behind them. And the world after the mission was completed was completely opposite to the world during the mission. In other words, even if he searched the Internet, the information he found at different times would be completely different.

On the computer screen was a promotional video for Honghe Village.

That day, the Honghe Village area was clearly turned into wasteland, with graves all over the mountains and plains, and blood rivers covering all the graves. But now, Honghe Village was still as clean and tidy as he had first seen it, and even the Honghe River, which was filmed by the camera for publicity, had a clear red color, looking particularly beautiful.

Everything was so normal.

Lu Yanli stared at the familiar face of the village chief, as well as… He Lou, Shen Na, Zhao Chuan, and others. They had completely integrated into this village, helping out next to the village chief, and they all seemed to be having a great time.

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Lu Yanli’s eyes.

Illusory beauty, or cruel reality, which should he choose?

He would rather embrace the cruel truth alone, struggling on the edge of life and death, than live a life in a daze without knowing anything.

Based on his previous experience, even if he didn’t take the initiative to visit them, those people would gather together with him due to various coincidences.

Outside the hotel parking lot, an off-road vehicle slowly drove in.

The four people got out of the car, it was Chu Xiu, Nie Yunzhen, Shi Yan, and Ye Shengke.

Although they had agreed in advance to send Wen Qing and Yun Qian back, it would have been fine if nothing happened to them, but now Yun Qian clearly had the suspicion of being targeted by a ghost. How could they risk their lives to do good deeds?

Therefore, Wen Qing and Yun Qian, who was still unconscious, were left at that intersection by them.

The four people entered the hotel lobby and booked four single rooms, all on the thirteenth floor. Unexpectedly, they didn’t take the elevator, but chose the stairs under the surprised gaze of the waiter.

Shi Yan said, “Yes, I remember. It just so happens that we can implement it in the hotel. By the way, everyone remember to buy a few apples and a fruit knife tomorrow.”

As soon as he said this, everyone knew what he meant.

The four of them checked in together, and they should have been given rooms with consecutive numbers, but it just so happened that a customer had already checked into a certain single room in the middle.

In this way, they naturally didn’t need to think too much about the selection of new game players.

They smiled and walked towards their rooms.

Chu Xiu walked last, his gaze towards the three people in front was particularly deep.

He didn’t believe that nothing had happened to these three people. Were ghosts really that kind?

The other three probably thought so too, so although they were talking, they were not close to each other at all, maintaining a distance that allowed them to escape at any time.

While talking, they reached the thirteenth floor.

For privacy and customer safety, the hotel’s room numbers were all scrambled. They followed the number plates all the way and found that the room cards that the front desk gave them were indeed for adjacent rooms.

If it weren’t for that room in the middle.

Chu Xiu passed by the door and glanced at it.

*

In the suburbs, on Yinming Road.

This place was already sparsely populated, and taxis were unwilling to come here. Wen Qing and Yun Qian still took a bus to a nearby station during the day, and then walked a kilometer or two to reach their destination.

Now, those four inexplicable people directly left them out of the car and left. There were no streetlights, and the stars and moon were hiding behind layers of dark clouds. It was pitch black everywhere, and even Wen Qing, who was bold, couldn’t help but feel a little scared.

If Yun Qian was still awake, Wen Qing could take her out together, but now Yun Qian was still unconscious, and Wen Qing couldn’t do anything. She couldn’t carry her on her back, and she was afraid of hurting her if she dragged her on the ground, so she had to half-hug and half-carry her to the side of the road.

The only thing that those four people were a little bit conscientious about was giving them two sleeping bags.

Wen Qing was busy for a long time, putting the sleeping bag on Yun Qian, and she also got into the sleeping bag. It was hard and uncomfortable to lie on the ground, so she simply leaned against the tree and fell asleep in a daze.

*

In the center of the city, in a household, a couple had already gone to bed, and a family photo of three was placed on the bedside table.

The little girl in the photo was none other than Yun Qian when she was a child.

The hostess got up to go to the bathroom, reached out and rubbed her sleepy eyes. After solving her physiological problems, she was about to open the door and go out, but what made her strange was that the bathroom door couldn’t be opened?

Bang bang bang!

She knocked on the door even louder.

“Qian Qian’s dad?!”

What she didn’t know was that her voice didn’t come out of this bathroom at all, so it was naturally impossible for her husband to hear it.

She, she was clearly knocking on the door, but the woman in the mirror… was actually facing forward!

However, what gushed out of the faucet was not water at all, but a large amount of blood! In an instant, a strong bloody smell filled the entire room.

Those soft, boneless pale arms wrapped around the woman’s neck.

“Save… me…”

This cry for help ultimately failed to get out.

There were three compartments in the bathroom, the outermost was the sink, the toilet was placed in the middle, and a curtain and a barrier covered the bathtub.

In a place she didn’t know, the man’s bloody body was soaking in a large amount of blood in the bathtub. As the woman turned on the faucet to wash her face, the blood in the bathtub flowed out along the water pipe, and the water level dropped little by little.

*

“Meow—”

Half-dreaming and half-awake, Wen Qing heard a cat meow.

Different from Little Mi’s usual call, this meow was particularly shrill, sharp, as if driving something away.

It’s Little Mi!

Wen Qing, who was still a little tired, immediately opened her eyes.

She was wrapped in a sleeping bag and stared blankly ahead.

In the night, which was as thick as ink that couldn’t be dissolved, a darker shadow was walking towards her. Its eyes emitted a fluorescent green light in the darkness, and at first glance, they looked a bit like two floating ghost fires!

“Li, Little Mi?”

Wen Qing was stunned. She struggled out of the sleeping bag in a few strokes, her whole body shivered in the cold wind, but she didn’t care so much, and ran over: “Is it Little Mi?”

As before, Little Mi was very obedient, rubbing against her palm, and its fur was soft.

No matter how much she missed Little Mi, she knew that it was already dead.

Even if her grandma often said something about cats having nine lives, it was just a legend, how could it be possible?

What Wen Qing didn’t see was that Yun Qian slowly opened her eyes behind her. She lay motionless on the ground, but two pale, soft hands stretched out from her shoulders, about to attack her!

Little Mi hated taking baths the most, and also didn’t like its fur being wet by water.

Even… even if it was a ghost, let her see Little Mi again, and accompany it again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she turned around, the kitten she was holding in her hands changed its appearance. It rolled down, jumped to the ground, and stood with its tail high.

The night was deep, but Wen Qing could still see that its whole body was covered in fur that had exploded, and its throat was making a hissing sound that was almost like the roar of a wild beast.

Wen Qing, who knew its habits well, knew that this was a sign before its attack.

And the target of its roar… was Yun Qian!

“Don’t—”

Wen Qing shouted and pounced over, holding Little Mi tightly, ignoring its struggles and holding Little Mi away.

At this moment, where was there a little bit of a cat’s cute appearance on Little Mi? Sharp fangs protruded from its mouth, and its nails instantly became longer, incomparably sharp, and sweet and rancid liquid dripped from them. The soft fur on its body also became rough and unbearable, and its body was stiff and cold.

“Little Mi?!”

That wasn’t her Little Mi.

It… had it really become a ghost?

Crap! Yun Qian is in danger!

Yun Qian didn’t know what was going on, but she was stunned when she saw the scene in front of her. She scrambled out of the sleeping bag, and then grabbed Wen Qing’s hand and ran backwards.

Run! Run away quickly!

It has become a monster!

Wen Qing grabbed the other party’s hand tightly, almost exerting the fastest speed of her life. Soon, Little Mi was left behind by them and disappeared.

Their steps slowed down, and Wen Qing said panting: “Okay, now it’s safe…”

Before she finished speaking, she felt a suffocation.

That hand… belonged to Yun Qian.

She stared at Wen Qing, who was constantly struggling, blood was constantly gushing out of her pale face, and a strong rancid smell was emitted from her body.

Yun Qian finally remembered… it turned out that she had died long ago.

When stepping on the shadows, what she called back was her soul.

At that time, what Yun Qian wanted to say was: “Find my… corpse.”

Yun Qian, who remembered everything, had completely turned into a vengeful ghost and wanted to kill everyone around her! The first person she wanted to kill was Wen Qing, who was closest to her! But she had an amulet on her body, and it couldn’t kill her, so it had to kill her parents at home.

And Wen Qing actually took the initiative to throw away the amulet. It had lost its constraints. Now, it was going to kill its best friend before it died!