Chapter 24 Resurrection
Zhong Chengjian's sudden outburst caused the entire team to fall into a depressed mood.
The woman's body was chopped into several pieces by Zhong Chengjian, and blood and flesh residues covered the entire kitchen.
He was also covered in blood, sobbing with his hands covering his face, and looked like he was about to give up.
The expressions on everyone's faces were extremely complicated. Tang Yaoyao stood by the pool, looking gloomy as she tried to clean the blood off her body.
"Wuwuwuwuwu, what should I do?" Zhong Chengjian said, "I didn't mean to kill her, I was just angry for a moment..."
"Kill him, then kill him." He'd said these words so many times that Zhang Xinghuo's mood soured. "It's not the real world anyway, and there's no police coming to arrest you. Why are you crying?"
"Right, right, this isn't reality." After Zhang Xinghuo's reminder, Zhong Chengjian suddenly realized what was going on. A smile crept onto his face. "If I just get out, no one will know I killed someone."
No one said anything when they heard this, but Tang Yaoyao laughed sarcastically. It was obvious that all the old people thought the same thing, that everything would be fine if they got out, but the prerequisite was that they had to be able to get out.
While everyone was talking, Lin Qiushi noticed two figures passing by the door. Although he didn't look too closely, he could confirm that the owners of the figures were the only two remaining triplets.
"What should we do next?" Tang Yaoyao looked at the messy kitchen and said with a headache, "I don't want to go in and clean this kitchen."
"Wait a minute." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Maybe it will be clean tomorrow."
Everyone thought he was joking and no one responded.
That afternoon, everyone stayed in their rooms because the smell of the uncleaned kitchen was so bad that they could smell it even from the living room. So everyone dispersed, helplessly avoiding the reality.
However, when it was time for dinner, Lin Qiushi, who was sitting on the bed playing with his mobile phone, smelled the aroma of food.
The aroma was truly enticing. After Lin Qiushi smelled it, he couldn't help but salivate. "What's that smell?"
"Is anyone cooking?" Ruan Nanzhu slumped over on the bed, saying, "I'm starving. I'm going to have a good meal when I get home."
Lin Qiushi: "Go and take a look?"
Ruan Nanzhu: "Let's go."
In this world, most people have never had a proper meal. They dare not pick up their chopsticks when seeing delicious food, and eat dry bread every day. In Ruan Nanzhu's words, everyone who eats will become dry.
After the two of them came out of the house, they saw other people coming out with them. It seemed that they had also smelled the fragrance.
"Who's cooking?" Xu Xiaocheng swallowed his saliva, feeling both greedy and afraid. "It seems like there's someone in the kitchen..."
"Let's go and take a look." Ruan Nanzhu said.
Following the aroma, several people returned to the kitchen that should have been covered in blood. However, what was unexpected was that the kitchen, which was originally a mess and full of broken body parts and meat, was now brand new. Two large pots were placed on the stove, stewing and emitting a rich aroma.
Lin Qiushi took a step forward and walked to the side of the pot. He saw a few pieces of meat stewing in the pot. He looked at the floor carefully again and found that the blood on the floor, which should have been difficult to clean, had disappeared, leaving only some residual black stains.
This scene reminded Lin Qiushi of what happened after Zeng Ruguo's death.
"Gone." Lin Qiushi said, "The body is gone."
Xu Xiaocheng said: "It's only been a few hours, how could it be so clean..."
"This isn't a normal world," Ruan Nanzhu said. "Don't think in conventional ways."
They were standing in the kitchen, talking, when the rest of the group came over. Tang Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the clean kitchen, mumbling that it was a good thing the kitchen was clean, otherwise she wouldn't know what to eat for the next few days. She walked over to Lin Qiushi and peered into the pot, "It smells so good."
Lin Qiushi smiled bitterly: "You don't even dare to eat Xiang."
Tang Yaoyao didn't say anything.
Zhong Chengjian was also in the crowd. He didn't look very well mentally. He kept muttering nonsense and it looked like he would go crazy if he got any more stimulation.
That’s right, it’s not easy to stay mentally calm in a closed environment with so many strange things happening around you.
In just a few days, everyone's faces were haggard, and as the tiring night was approaching again, everyone seemed to be in a heavy mood.
Not only can you not eat well or sleep well, but you also have to face the threat of ghosts.
Too much had happened during the day, and everyone seemed a little exhausted. Lin Qiushi was no exception. He washed up early and went back to sleep. As he left the bathroom, he saw Tang Yaoyao still standing in the women's room, frowning as she worked on something. He called out, "Tang Yaoyao?"
"What's wrong?" Tang Yaoyao turned around.
"It's getting late, why don't you go to bed?" Lin Qiushi pointed to the night scene outside the window.
"Right away." Tang Yaoyao said, "I can't wash the blood off my body."
Lin Qiushi: "...What?"
Tang Yaoyao repeated loudly: "I said the blood on my body can't be washed clean!"
Unable to wash clean, Lin Qiushi immediately remembered Zeng Ruguo's words to him from under the shower on his first day here. He said, "Don't wash! It's so late, go back!"
Tang Yaoyao probably heard the anxiety hidden in Lin Qiushi's tone and stopped what she was doing. "Okay, you go back first, I'll be right out."
Lin Qiushi said, "Hurry up."
"Yeah." Tang Yaoyao responded casually.
In the fairy tale of the Firsha Birds, when the wizard left home, he gave the sisters eggs. As long as they opened the forbidden door, the eggs would be stained with blood. When the wizard returned, he would chop the sisters into pieces and throw them into the basement. At this moment, Lin Qiushi finally understood the importance of the note. If he hadn't known this fairy tale, he would probably still be confused.
But now, the connection between the world inside the door and the fairy tale has gradually surfaced.
When Lin Qiushi saw the sound of water inside Tang Yaoyao had stopped, he returned to his room. Ruan Nanzhu lay on the bed again, playing Connect the Dots on Lin Qiushi's phone.
Lin Qiushi leaned next to him and said, "It seems that the blood on Tang Yaoyao's body can never be washed away."
"The blood from the egg can't be washed clean." Ruan Nanzhu said without raising his head, "Even if it was washed clean, what would the wizard use to look for someone?"
Lin Qiushi: "Who is the wizard?"
Ruan Nanzhu shook his head and said nothing, not knowing whether he didn't know or didn't want to say it.
"Then someone's going to die tonight." Almost everyone except the three of them had been stained with blood today. Lin Qiushi said, "We don't know who it is."
Ruan Nanzhu put down his phone and tilted his head to look at Lin Qiushi: "Do you know that you are very interesting?"
Lin Qiushi: "Hmm?"
Ruan Nanzhu said, "I thought you would find a way to save them." From the moment they met, Lin Qiushi gave people a very soft feeling, and his attitude towards life was very serious. However, such a person was very calm after knowing that death was about to come.
"I'm not as smart as you. You haven't figured out a solution yet, so what can I do?" Lin Qiushi said, "I'm a little sleepy. I'm going to sleep first."
"Good night." Ruan Nanzhu said.
"Good night." Lin Qiushi said.
Mentally prepared, Lin Qiushi had already prepared himself for being woken up that night. As he expected, around three in the morning, he was woken again by a strange noise. The sound was a bit far away, but he could still vaguely make it out.
Lin Qiushi turned around, and next to him was Ruan Nanzhu's peaceful sleeping face. It had to be said that Ruan Nanzhu was indeed very beautiful for a woman. Her long eyelashes fluttered slightly with her breathing, like a butterfly spreading its wings.
The sound continued, but Lin Qiushi began to wonder whether he should wake Ruan Nanzhu up.
However, before he could come up with an answer, a shrill scream came from outside. The scream came from Zhang Xinghuo. He seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying, and his voice was broken from screaming.
The noise was so loud that even Ruan Nanzhu, who usually slept well, was woken. As soon as he opened his eyes, he met Lin Qiushi's gaze. Before Lin Qiushi could say anything, Ruan Nanzhu shyly said, "You're so disgusting! You actually stared at me all night."
Lin Qiushi: "I didn't, I wasn't..."
Ruan Nanzhu: "Okay, okay, it's okay. I know I'm pretty."
Lin Qiushi: “…” Just say whatever you want, as long as you are happy.
The screams outside continued. Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu put on their clothes and turned on the lights. As soon as they walked out of the house, they saw Zhang Xinghuo squatting at the end of the corridor, howling in terror.
The others were also woken up and came out to check.
Tang Yaoyao walked over and asked, "Stop shouting, what happened?"
"He's dead—Zhong Chengjian is dead!" Zhang Xinghuo curled up into a ball, obviously having suffered a severe shock. He said, "He died in the house—"
Tang Yaoyao said, "It's just a death. Why are you reacting so strongly? Can't a grown man show some self-respect?"
Zhong Chengjian did that during the day, and everyone knew that he would not live long. No one knew what had happened to irritate Zhang Xinghuo to this extent.
However, when they entered the room where Zhang Xinghuo was, they understood why Zhang Xinghuo reacted so strongly.
Because there was only a thin piece of human skin left on the bed in the room.
There were no bones, no flesh, no hair, as if the whole person was hollowed out. The human skin lay quietly beside the bed, stimulating everyone's eyes.
Xu Xiaocheng couldn't hold it in anymore and turned around and vomited.
Tang Yaoyao also took a few steps back with a pale face.
Only Ruan Nanzhu's expression did not change, and he even muttered something under his breath.
Lin Qiushi was close to him and could clearly hear him whisper, "It feels like my body has been hollowed out..."
Lin Qiushi: “…” Are you so happy just by being naughty?
"Woo, woo, woo! I heard a noise in the middle of the night. When I turned on the light, I saw he was dead." Zhang Xinghuo squatted on the ground, trembling. "Something came into our house, killed Zhong Chengjian, and left..."
Lin Qiushi: "Doesn't that sound like a spoon scraping against something?"
Zhang Xinghuo said, "Yes, yes, you heard it too?"
Lin Qiushi: "Hmm... I heard it."
Logically speaking, Lin Qiushi and Zhang Xinghuo's houses were not close to each other, so they should not have heard such a subtle noise, but he not only heard it, but he heard it clearly.
It would have been fine if Lin Qiushi hadn't said anything. Once he did, everyone's faces turned even worse. What was the sound of a spoon scraping something? Was Zhong Chengjian being scraped clean bit by bit by a spoon?
"Could you not describe it so carefully?" Tang Yaoyao felt horrified at the thought of that scene. Her throat moved up and down as she spoke in a hoarse voice, "Besides, how do you know it was a spoon and not something else..."
Lin Qiushi said, "I don't know. The first thing that came to my mind was a spoon." He didn't know why he used such an adjective, but the moment he heard the sound, a similar scene popped up in his mind, and his first reaction was the sound of a spoon scraping something.
"Thanks to you, Yu Linlin, for describing it." Zhang Xinghuo said palely, "This is the first time I've heard such a sound. It's indeed like a spoon scraping something..." As he spoke, his body began to tremble again, and he looked like he was about to faint at any moment.
Come to think of it, someone close to you dies, and their flesh and bones are scraped away with a spoon, leaving only a bloody skin. No one can stand this stimulation.
After something like this happened, no one could sleep. It felt like there was no safe place in the building.
Everyone returned to the living room and sat on the sofa in silence.
Ruan Nanzhu was a carefree person after all, and he began to doze off while leaning on Lin Qiushi's shoulder.
Tang Yaoyao said sourly beside her, "Zhu Meng can even fall asleep like this, Yu Linlin, don't your shoulders feel sore?"
"It's not sore," Lin Qiushi said. "As long as he can fall asleep, that's good."
"Haha, you guys are really interesting." Tang Yaoyao said, "You can still fall in love here..."
Lin Qiushi remained silent. He couldn't possibly claim that the girl he was leaning against was a macho man. Who would believe such a statement? God knows why Ruan Nanzhu was the most beautiful of the girls who entered the room.
They endured and endured until finally dawn came.
Zhang Xinghuo finally broke free from his fear, smiled bitterly and said that he was very hungry and wanted to eat something.
"There's only dry bread." Tang Yaoyao said, "You wouldn't be interested in what's in the refrigerator, right?"
Zhang Xinghuo shook his head to indicate that he was not interested. The girl's body bag was placed inside. Who could eat it when he thought about it?
Someone had died today, and everyone thought that the laws within the door would not apply. However, after a group of people had gathered together for less than half an hour, they all fell asleep.
Everyone didn't wake up until dawn the next day.
Lin Qiushi was the first to wake up. He opened his eyes to see everyone slumped on the sofa. Xu Xiaocheng and Tang Yaoyao leaned against each other, while Zhang Xinghuo huddled in a ball. Ruan Nanzhu's arm was around his neck, naturally embracing him in her arms.
Lin Qiushi moved, and Ruan Nanzhu woke up. He opened his eyes drowsily and said, "It's morning?"
"Yeah." Lin Qiushi said, "We all fell asleep. It's too dangerous..."
"What's so dangerous about it?" Ruan Nanzhu said nonchalantly, "You'll die if you sleep in that coffin room. Even if the King of Hell wants you to struggle to death at three o'clock in the morning, you won't make it to five."
It seemed to be true, Lin Qiushi looked helpless.
The conversation between the two also woke up the others from their sleep. After waking up, Xu Xiaocheng had a similar reaction to Lin Qiushi. They both felt that it was very dangerous to fall asleep sitting on the sofa.
"Is there anything to eat?" Zhang Xinghuo started to feel hungry yesterday. When he woke up this time, the first thing he did was to ask for food.
"I'll go to the kitchen and take a look." Tang Yaoyao stood up and went into the kitchen. After a moment, her voice came from the kitchen, "Come and take a look?"
Lin Qiushi felt that her voice was a little strange. When he walked into the kitchen, he understood why her tone was so strange.
Because the prepared breakfast was laid out on the chopping board in the kitchen.
Light porridge, toasted bread, and plump boiled eggs. If these foods were served outside the door, they might seem a bit bland, but for them who hadn't eaten properly for several days, they were very tempting.
"Who did this?" Lin Qiushi asked.
"I don't know." Tang Yaoyao said, "It was already done when I came in. Zhang Xinghuo, why are you in such a hurry——"
They were still talking, but Zhang Xinghuo had already started gulping down the porridge from his bowl. After finishing, he wiped his mouth and said, "I'm too hungry. I don't want to wait any longer."
"It should be fine. I'm hungry too." Ruan Nanzhu observed it for a moment and thought there was nothing wrong. "Eat."
He is now basically the backbone of the team. When he said it was okay to eat, everyone picked up their chopsticks.
Lin Qiushi was actually quite hungry. He ate a large piece of bread and three bowls of porridge in one breath, but because he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, he didn't touch the eggs.
Ruan Nanzhu had no taboos and swallowed three eggs in one bite before wiping his mouth to indicate that he was full.
The hunger was finally relieved and everyone's faces showed satisfaction.
"I'm so full." Xu Xiaocheng touched his belly. "I'm so happy. I haven't eaten this full in a long time. Who cooked this?"
"Who cares who did it?" Tang Yaoyao said, "As long as you're full..." She probably wanted to say that as long as you're full, it's fine, but when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back.
Because a figure slowly appeared in front of everyone. It was a woman in an apron, with her hair loose and a kind smile on her ordinary face. She noticed the horrified gazes of the crowd, turned her head, and said with a smile: "Why are you looking at me? Eat, I made this especially for you. How is it? Is it delicious?"
Xu Xiaocheng covered his mouth and rushed to the toilet.
The atmosphere was eerily quiet, and everyone's eyes were on the woman - she was the mother of triplets who had been hacked to death by Zhong Chengjian yesterday. Now, the woman who should have died tragically was standing in front of them intact, and asked them kindly if their breakfast was delicious.
No wonder Xu Xiaocheng ran to the toilet to vomit again.
"What's wrong? Is it not tasty?" The woman didn't seem to understand why everyone was looking at her like that and continued to ask questions.
"It's delicious." Ruan Nanzhu finally spoke, "Thank you for the food."
"As long as you like it," the woman smiled sweetly. "My children are picky eaters, unlike you who like to eat everything." After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked out, leaving behind a room full of people with expressions that looked as if they had eaten shit.
Lin Qiushi was fine, but Tang Yaoyao had already started swearing. Judging from her furious look, she was obviously disgusted by what she had just eaten.
That's right, you were a broken person yesterday, but today I've prepared a delicious meal for you. Anyone would probably think there's something seriously wrong with this meal. This is the classic case of being unable to spit it out, but also unable to swallow it.
Facing the unfriendly looks from everyone, the woman didn't care at all. She slowly walked to the kitchen and said, "What would you like to eat for lunch? There's a lot of meat in the refrigerator..." She picked up the knife and gently stroked it for a moment, "I can make you some delicious food."
The knife in her hand was the same one that Zhong Chengjian used to chop her into pieces that day, and there were still some black stains on it.
No one spoke and slowly retreated from the kitchen.
Xu Xiaocheng also returned to the living room. Her face was pale from vomiting, and she looked like she was about to faint. She sat on the sofa, gasping for breath and crying, "I really can't take it anymore. I'm going to die..."
"You should have gotten used to it by now," Ruan Nanzhu said mercilessly. "You've been vomiting so many times these past few days. It's worse than if you were pregnant."
Xu Xiaocheng started to cry.
"How could she be alive?" Tang Yaoyao asked, "Is she a human or a ghost now?"
"The person is definitely not a person, and the ghost is not a ghost either," Ruan Nanzhu said. "Perhaps she is just an indispensable NPC. Because of her importance, she will be respawned as soon as she dies?"
Tang Yaoyao: "Your statement is quite fresh."
"But there's a problem now," Ruan Nanzhu said, "If she keeps respawning, does she have any memory of her own death?"
Tang Yaoyao: "No? If so, why would you be so calm when you see us?"
Ruan Nanzhu: "Because the murderer has disappeared?"
Tang Yaoyao pursed her lips.
There was indeed one person missing from their group: Zhong Chengjian, the man who had killed the woman. Fortunately, Zhong Chengjian wasn't there when the woman resurrected; otherwise, given his mental state, he would have likely taken up his knife and hacked the woman to death again.
"Look at it from a bright perspective. At least someone is making breakfast for us." Ruan Nanzhu said with a big heart, "I don't want to eat dry bread anymore."
"Do you dare to eat what she cooked?" Tang Yaoyao expressed her disapproval of Ruan Nanzhu's carelessness.
"You ate today, didn't you?" Ruan Nanzhu ruthlessly exposed the cruel truth. "You ate more than me, and everyone ate."
Tang Yaoyao: “…”
Xu Xiaocheng, who was sitting next to him, raised his hand weakly: "I didn't eat it. I vomited it all out."
Everyone: “…” Then you are great.
The author has something to say: Ruan Nanzhu: I like eating eggs very much.
Lin Qiushi: ...You like eating eggs, why are you staring at me?
Ruan Nanzhu: Now we are all eggs, ow!
Lin Qiushi: ………Just let me go…!
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