1TWITF[C Chapter 63

Chapter 63

Lin Chu said this, but no one took her as a real newbie. An Xingyu repeated the mission, and after putting forward some of his own assumptions, his inorganic black eyes quietly watched her, hoping that she could offer some advice.

After Lin Chu thought for a while, she quickly put forward a hypothesis: “The mission requires us to complete the ancestral sacrifice, but the process of ancestral sacrifice has not been mentioned, which means that we must obtain ancestral sacrifice information from the villagers of Shangxian Village. In that case…”

They obtained the identity of the villagers and became villagers themselves. Can they set their own ancestral sacrifice process? For example, just light incense and leave?

This conjecture made everyone silent for a moment. An Xingyu shook his head: “It’s best not to.”

“There have been similar experiences in the past. If you deliberately modify the rules to avoid risks, you are likely to encounter even greater horror.”

This forced Lin Chu to give up: “Okay, we’ll talk about it when we get there.”

I wonder what that world is like.

*

Lu Yanli lay on the bed, breathing evenly.

The moment he closed his eyes, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

He saw a dark figure from the window, but now, the room is bright and the outside is dark. So, the dark figure he saw was not outside, it was in this room!

Lu Yanli remained motionless, pretending to be asleep. He heard the rustling sound getting louder and louder, but he couldn’t tell what it was.

Immediately afterwards, something climbed onto the bed, and a clear sense of weight could be felt.

But he couldn’t feel what that thing was. It wasn’t a person, nor did it seem like an animal. He only felt that the thing was cold and stiff, and after being pressed on him, it became heavier and heavier. A cold and humid aura came from the thing on the quilt, seeping into his whole body.

Lu Yanli was originally pretending to be asleep and keeping still, but now he really couldn’t move. His hands and feet were stiffly fixed, and it was difficult to even curl his fingers.

Damn it, it’s sleep paralysis!

Perhaps before the world changed, sleep paralysis could be explained scientifically, but the sleep paralysis he is experiencing now… must be real ghosts!

If someone were to push the door open at this time, they would definitely be stunned by the scene in front of them. A dark shadow was lying on Lu Yanli’s body, facing him directly, almost drilling into his body.

Wait a minute, wait a minute…

Suddenly, the door slammed against the wall, and a strong wind blew through the room!

With such a loud noise, the people in the other rooms didn’t come out, not knowing whether they didn’t hear it or deliberately didn’t appear.

Lu Yanli endured the severe pain from his body. That thing had claws, and it grabbed his body tightly, almost drawing blood. Fine beads of sweat seeped out of his forehead, but he gritted his teeth and refused to let go, not opening his eyes.

Intuition told him that he must not open his eyes or call for help.

In an instant, the noise stopped abruptly, and the room returned to dead silence. There was no sound, as if the noise just now was just an illusion.

But the burning pain from his shoulders and arms told Lu Yanli that this was not an illusion.

He slowly opened his eyes.

The room was in a mess, the door was wide open, and outside the door was a long, dark corridor. The cold winter wind came in from outside, carrying the fragrance of pine trees from the yard.

Using the faint moonlight, Lu Yanli got up and walked to the door to close it.

He suddenly heard a low call.

“Lu Yanli…”

“Xiao Lu, open the door, it’s me.”

That voice still wouldn’t let him go. After a while, a gentle knock sounded on the door.

That voice was exactly the same as his mother’s call in his memory.

“Xiao Lu? Are you asleep?”

“Xiao Lu, don’t ignore Mommy…”

Lu Yanli lay on the bed, but only felt annoyed.

He had already known that these things… these things would always use this trick. The first time he might fall for it, but after ten or a hundred times, even if those things fell beside him with his mother’s face, he would not take another look!

“Xiao Lu! Xiao Lu, open the door quickly! There’s something, save me!!” The female voice outside the door suddenly became panicked, the knocking became hurried, and the sound of a beast panting could be heard.

“Open the door quickly! Save me! Xiao Lu, save Mommy…”

The sound of beasts tearing and biting rang out, accompanied by the woman’s painful cries. Gradually, the woman’s screams weakened, and the sounds of tearing, chewing, and beasts roaring also faded away.

“Ah—”

Suddenly, there was another desperate scream from the woman.

There was no sound anymore.

Before dawn, the knocking sound changed several times. All were familiar voices of Lu Yanli’s past. Without exception, all of them asked him to open the door, begging, ordering, or harassing him for most of the night.

Lu Yanli glanced at his watch.

It was not yet four o’clock. He didn’t know what was outside the door, but it was definitely not the real Aunt Zhang. He yawned and closed his eyes to think.

The first time, it should be the guardian spirit’s credit. Why didn’t it work the second time? Is it because it didn’t cause a life-threatening danger?

Thinking of this, he even had the urge to open the door and try, but this impulse was quickly suppressed. He began to think about other things again.

As dawn approached, a loud rooster crowing resounded through the sky.

The knocking stopped abruptly.

He opened his eyes, got up, and opened the door.

Hearing him say this, Aunt Zhang smiled.

Lu Yanli realized that she was referring to him. He didn’t agree directly, but asked with a smile, “What do you want to play?”

The little girl thought for a while: “Accompany me to the reservoir to catch fish.”

Uncle Zhang said to her softly: “Don’t be silly, you can’t go to the reservoir.”

“I’m catching fish, not catching ghosts, why can’t I go?” Lili was very rude. “If it weren’t for me last night, he would have died. I have to go!”

Lu Yanli became quiet and didn’t speak, only listening to the grandfather and granddaughter arguing. Actually, it couldn’t be considered an argument. Uncle Zhang obviously cared about Lili and didn’t dare to speak loudly to her. The final result was without suspense. Lili became tough, and Uncle Zhang couldn’t stop her at all.

But he thought of another thing in his heart.

Lili said just now that he survived last night because of her. Combining that with her sharp teeth and the family’s vague attitude of awe towards her, Lu Yanli felt that he understood something.

After breakfast, Lili washed her hands and face, and pulled Lu Yanli to run outside.

That little hand held in his palm had no warmth like an ordinary child, but felt like holding a piece of ice, freezing him to the bone.

Villagers kept passing by along the way, all going to work in the fields or mountains. Few went to the reservoir. Lili smiled all the way, casually greeting them and pulling Lu Yanli forward. She was very fast, not like an ordinary little girl at all. Lu Yanli had to run normally to avoid falling behind.

“Okay, the reservoir in our village is here.”

After running all the way from home, Lili was so excited that she pointed to the front and shouted excitedly.

Before approaching the reservoir, Lu Yanli smelled a foul stench.

This smell… was not the stinky smell of long-term river blockage, but the stench of corpses!

This…

If Lu Yanli hadn’t seen a lot of corpses, an ordinary person would definitely have vomited on the spot.

Lili laughed again.

Steal things?

Lu Yanli keenly noticed this word.

The village seemed poor everywhere. What things were worth so many outsiders risking their lives to steal?

He shook his head: “I’m just back to worship my ancestors.”

Lili pursed her lips again and clapped her hands: “That’s right, let’s catch fish, shall we? Awang is hungry and wants to eat fish.”

Lu Yanli also sat down by the bridge, temporarily not worrying about falling down thanks to the railing. He was one step slower than the little girl in retrieving the fishing line, planning to put bait on the hook. As soon as he opened the lid, he was stunned.

The bucket was full of human fingers and eyeballs. Seeing this, Lili giggled again: “Don’t worry, these baits are very fresh, and the fish will like them very much.”

Lu Yanli nodded, not saying anything, picked up a finger, threaded it onto the hook, and threw it into the water.

Lili was right. This kind of bait was indeed very attractive to fish.

The swollen corpses swayed one after another, vying to squeeze towards the bait. You could see through the turbid water that other corpses were also flocking in.

Soon, the float shook.

A “fish” was hooked.

Lu Yanli slowly reeled in the line.

It was a female corpse, with a lot of seaweed mixed in her black hair, sticking wetly to her face, making it impossible to see her appearance clearly. The fishing line was taut, extending into her mouth, which was covered by her hair but still showed signs of decay.

Lu Yanli slowly pulled the “fish” ashore.

When it was in the water, it was fine, but when the entire “fish” was out of the water, it suddenly twisted restlessly, struggling desperately like a real fish that had been caught.

Lu Yanli hardened his heart, tightened his arm, and pulled upward with force.

The female corpse was very heavy, even heavier after being soaked in water. Even though Lu Yanli had been exercising for many years and had considerable strength, he felt strenuous. But he couldn’t relax and could only pull it hard towards the bridge.

Lili was clapping her hands happily, cheering him on, with no intention of helping at all.

“Hurry up, hurry up, Awang is very hungry.”

The entire female corpse rose into the air and fell heavily to the ground, constantly flapping and struggling.

“Great! You’re so amazing!” Lili clapped her hands happily, put her hands to her mouth, and shouted loudly towards the bridge, “Awang! Awang is coming out, there’s food to eat!”

The sound of a beast panting.

An even stronger stench of decay came.

From the dense forest, a dog emerged that was almost as tall as an adult’s chest, with almost rotten flesh, half of its skull exposed, revealing its white teeth.

The big dog barked and lowered its head to tear and bite.

Suddenly, Lili stood up abruptly and looked into the distance.

“Quick! We’re going back!”