Chapter 173 The Dust Settles

Tu Lanxun is now facing a serious problem.

She's rotting.

Ten minutes had already passed, the fixative in her body was gradually dissolving, and as a soul stored in a "corpse", she could clearly feel a chilling air spreading through her body.

Decayed, cold, and exuding a faint sense of decay.

If you continue like this, you will get corpse spots on your body.

But Tu Lanxun doesn't have time to think about these things now.

Because a dark shadow was constantly dissipating and condensing, gradually approaching behind Kris in his blind spot.

The dark, mantis-like shadow twisted, turning into quicksand repeatedly between the silver-red rays, then passing through the defenses and gathering again, quickly arriving a few steps away from Kris. Then it raised its head, revealing a pair of shattered peach blossom eyes.

N really caught up here.

Tu Lanxun tried hard to keep his eyes on Kris, but surprisingly, the slumped Ms. Tu Penglai did not even look up at N, nor did her eyes wander. She was as steady as a thorny dead branch placed in the corner.

Almost there. Four steps, three steps, two steps...

Tu Lanxun watched N slowly move forward, and suddenly an idea came to his mind: the aura of N was no longer so cold, as if he had been resurrected.

Oh no, because now she is also "dead".

But at this moment, that bastard Kris actually twisted his neck, as if he noticed something strange behind him, and then he turned his head a tiny angle...

He is about to see N!

Tu Lanxun went straight from a standoff to a sneak attack, lunging forward and elbowing Kris in the throat. N also jumped up from behind.

However, Kris is not that simple.

Kris is no longer a living person, but Tu Lanxun finds it hard to believe that he is a normal ghost, because Kris's body begins to vibrate and twist, and his head, neck, and limbs continue to stretch, swaying in the space like seaweed, and finally attacking Tu Lanxun like five long snakes.

N's attack hit Kris squarely in the heart, but Kris's torso was even thinner than the balloon figures at the supermarket entrance, and his heart shifted. Kris flexed like a rubber band, and in an instant, he used the remaining length of his neck, one arm, and one leg to wrap around Tu Lanxun.

Tu Lanxun only had time to cover his chest and neck, breaking free from the coiled restraints to avoid being strangled by Kris's long limbs.

Kris' voice sounded a little proud: "The Tulan Xun is in my hands now."

N's eyes flashed with ferocity, and Ms. Tu Penglai next to him also looked over. Both of them stood still.

Kris's words were tinged with anger. "Now, you have no choice but to obey me. Humble things. I will reward you."

He pointed a finger the length of a golf club at N. "I grant you freedom, and the life of your lover. When the earth becomes a paradise on earth, you can go anywhere you want, enjoy abundant material wealth, and return to me at any time."

The cold wind blew past Tu Lanxun's ears when Kris spoke. Tu Lanxun's eyes widened slightly. The cold feeling was similar to the biggest ghosts she had ever seen, Yan Hailing and Yu Yehua.

Tu Lanxun winked at N.

N glared at Kris coldly: "Why would I come back to you? After you turned into a giant stick insect, wouldn't it be inconvenient for you to give yourself a bath?"

"No, of course I came back to visit your lover. Xiao Tu must stay very close to me, forever. But please don't misunderstand me, I will treat you with respect."

N snorted coldly. If eyes could be used as weapons, two cold nails would have been fired from his eye sockets long ago.

After saying that, Kris sighed, as if he was helpless against N. He pointed his finger at Tu Penglai and said, "And this lady. We once had a long-distance dispute. You delayed my expansion plan, and my experiment kidnapped your daughter."

Tu Penglai said with a forced smile: "Same here."

Kris said, "I will give you a better salary than in this world, ma'am. You are a talent. You can continue your career with great strides and become a high-level player in the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth."

Tu Penglai remained noncommittal: "But the prerequisite is that I must die."

"Yes!" Kris said, as if he had found a confidant. "The process wasn't painful at all. The heaven on earth is the world of spirits. Spirits are not the deceased, but higher, long-lived beings. Madam, you are sharp-eyed and wise. Why do you need to waste decades in a mortal body? By then, your energy will be exhausted, and what fun would it be to become a spirit? You and your Hongtu should be granted eternal life immediately..."

"Very attractive." Tu Penglai was too lazy to look at him. "You pyramid scheme leader."

Kris didn't take it as an offense and spun his head around Tu Lanxun. He looked extremely disgusted now. Tu Lanxun said, "Don't you have anything you want to tell me?"

Kris smiled and lowered his head: "No. Tu Lanxun, you are dying, or rather, you are already dead. There is no need for me to advise you anymore. You are destined to be in my hands."

Tu Lanxun lowered his head, and the fingertips exposed under his sleeves were half blue and white and half red and green. The places where the red and green were intertwined were not rotten, but after the fixative of the corpse faded, the human body's metabolism did not resume circulation, resulting in abnormal marks left behind.

"You've walked into a trap yourself." Kris said with a smile, "I will treat you well."

N rolled his eyes at him. "Kris, you're just a pathetic wretch. You've always been that unwanted little kid, squatting in the same place playing with toys. Just like me."

Kris is now so proud of himself that he doesn't even care about N in front of him. He believes that nothing present can threaten him. After being stabbed by N, he even starts to mock N in return.

"Just because I can't bear to kill Xiao Tu doesn't mean you can act rebellious towards me. By the way, have you met Nan Lu?" Kris asked. "He died on the same day as you. You drove and called him—the number you found was with my permission. And two seconds after the call was connected, you got into a car accident."

Kris's eyes were almost loving. "You know, compared to that loser Tianlong, I always thought you were more like my child. But unfortunately, you're Nanlu's child."

N looked at Kris with disgust, his whole body stiffened, and he said hoarsely: "What do you want to say?"

Kris became more and more interested, and her limbs that were tightly wrapped around Tu Lanxun relaxed a little. She felt that she could breathe. Although there was no need for that now, the fingers that were pressed underneath could move against her neck.

"I want to say that Nanlu actually heard the phone call that day. We were right next to him, and he was tied up, just like today, but he couldn't say the whole thing to you." Kris laughed: "Because the moment the phone was connected, he was killed by Qianniu with a knife. In fact, we didn't cooperate very well. I wanted to let you hear the sound of Nanlu's death with your own ears before I got rid of you. How interesting, the first and last time you heard the voices of your biological parents in your life was at the moment you both died. But the people on your side acted a minute faster, and you missed it."

N had a blank expression on his face: "Nanlu has always been your employee. Has it been like this since before I was born?"

Kris nodded happily. "That's right. I heard his wife got pregnant once, but there was no news after that. It was the year you were born, I think. He was transferred to the Western Province. I don't know why, maybe he was scared by the truth about our company? They didn't take you with them, and they didn't dare leave any tokens."

N slowly pulled out a silver chain from his collar. The round plate at the end was engraved with a number. It was the chain that was said to have been placed in his cradle and later lost. Teacher Nie returned it to him.

Tu Lanxun suddenly had a bad feeling. She couldn't explain why, but she felt that Kris behind her became happier.

"You don't think this is engraved with your birthday, do you? April 17th, right." Kris raised his eyebrows and looked back at N. He was even happier. Tu Lanxun was less restrained and she could protect her neck.

Kris revealed: "Silly boy, your birthday is not April 17th. No one is born on April 17th."

N asked, “What do you mean?”

"The Nanlu couple didn't leave you anything. They abandoned you and went their separate ways every two years. This chain is fake. I instructed someone to find it for you." Kris's voice grew softer, revealing a profound cruelty. Then, with a musical melody, he added, "This chain originally belonged to me."

He thought for a moment and corrected himself, "No, it was a Labrador I once raised."

Tu Lanxun continued with her little movements. She felt a creepy sensation on her back. It was Kris's soul slowly seeping into her body.

Kris' eyes widened, and he even forced a smile, not wanting to miss any sign of N's expression. "April 17th is the dog's birthday. I mean, you haven't noticed this little chain you treasure...is it a dog chain?"

This cruel prank ended with a cry of pain before N could respond.

Tu Lanxun finally touched her necklace. The chain given by Mu Xiaozhen was much more reliable than the one given by Kris. She almost endured the pain of bending her fingers as she opened two gears at the same time.

Zero, and there is a black hole.

Kris's entanglement was judged as a negative state imposed on Tu Lanxun, and he was instantly swept away by a centrifugal force centered on Tu Lanxun. Tu Lanxun quickly squatted down, turned around and struck with an elbow, and the sound of Kris's hip bone breaking was heard from the other side.

Ghosts don't actually break bones, but the sound would cause phantom pain to people. Kris was only knocked back three inches, and then his snake-like limbs stopped in the air, and he looked at Tu Lanxun with an extremely fierce look.

But it was all too late.

Just as Kris was about to throw himself back, he found himself being irreversibly dragged backwards.

There was nothing behind it but a round black hole, the kind of black that made one dizzy at the mere sight of it, and it was attracting him.

Tu Lanxun shouted, "Pull me!"

Hell, she's also "dead" now, she'll be sucked into the black hole too.

N rushed over like a hurricane to pull her. On the other side, Tu Penglai was untied by N and also crawled over to drag Tu Lanxun. The living Tu Penglai was much more useful than N at this time. He quickly held Tu Lanxun in one hand and N in the other, and dragged the two of them into the corner.

Kris had been half "eaten" by the black hole, with only a few long limbs like squid tentacles floating outside the black hole, and an incomprehensible roar could be heard faintly from inside.

"I'm grateful for life. I'm grateful to Professor Mu." Tu Lanxun said weakly.

The black hole closed automatically after a few seconds. Perhaps the switch on Kris's control device also disappeared. The silver-red rays disappeared in an instant, and the sound of the Tourism Administration rushing in could be heard from Yangui Sanatorium.

Tu Lanxun gently grasped N's deformed right hand and said seriously, "I seem to have been dead for a while."