"We have to find the center of the formation," I replied.
"Don't say that!" Jack interrupted me hastily. I have never seen such an anxious look on Jack's face.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The little ghost had already heard my answer. Not only did he hear it, he also repeated it himself: "The center of the formation..."
I don't know why I couldn't say it, but I only know that when I said this, the little ghost's expression suddenly became strange and increasingly ferocious. He stared at Jack with bloodshot eyes and asked, "Are you looking for the center of the formation?"
I moved my lips to try to make amends, but found that I didn't know what to say to change this suddenly weird atmosphere.
Or perhaps the atmosphere had always been weird, but my words were like a spark that ignited the fuse that was about to burn.
Jack's face changed, and he suddenly picked up the fat man on the ground with one hand, grabbed me with the other hand and ran upstairs. I held Xiao Ding tightly with one hand, and Xiao Ding held Qin Lan.
When the little ghost saw us running straight towards the stairs, a fierce look instantly appeared in his hollow eyes. He glared at us fiercely and laughed grimly: "You want to run? Dream on!"
As he finished speaking, the white bones that were originally piled behind the gauze curtain suddenly stood up, staggering but walking towards us at an extremely fast speed, just blocking the door.
I looked at the stairs so close to me and cursed in my heart.
Just a little bit, just a little bit and we can run up. As long as we run through this door, we will be safe for the time being.
Those skeletons had no consciousness at all and attacked us without any explanation. I had no choice but to tense my muscles and fight with them.
Seeing this, Xiao Ding Jack also joined the fight, while Qin Lan protected the unconscious fat man on the side.
Ten minutes later, I knocked down a skeleton and stood there panting, gasping for breath. I couldn't help but yell at Jack, "No! These monsters are impossible to kill. Their bodies are like steel plates. We have to think of a way!"
Otherwise you can only wait for death.
Jack's face was a little gloomy, and it seemed that he had no good solution.
He glanced at me, pursed his lips, and his gaze fell on the little ghost in the pool of blood again.
Suddenly, he fiercely kicked away a skeleton that was about to attack him, turned around and ran behind him, then jumped into the blood pool with a plop. His rough hands directly grabbed the little ghost, pushed him to the edge of the pool, and roared: "Stop!"
The little ghost was stunned by his sudden action, then startled by the roar, and the next moment his eyes suddenly turned red.
"I won't. You will all die here today!" The voice of refusal sounded like a willful child, without any of the cruelty from before.
While I was fighting breathlessly, I kept an eye on the movements in the blood pool. I could no longer deceive myself into not caring about the speculation in my heart.
This kid is really weird. He is such a cruel creature, but he acts like a child when facing Jack.
Although he is a naughty kid.
But just this is enough to make people suspicious.
"Very good!" Jack gritted his teeth, as if he hated the kid's attitude very much. The kid saw that there was finally a hint of anger on his face, and was about to curl his lips in triumph when he suddenly felt a pain in his neck.
He was startled and looked down to see that the longevity lock he wore on his chest was grabbed by Jack. He felt as if someone had touched his reverse scale and suddenly screamed and rushed towards Jack: "Give it back to me——"
I was startled and anxiously reminded him: "Jack, be careful!"
Jack took a step back despite being scratched. He suddenly tightened his grip on the longevity lock, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes: "Do you agree or not?"
"I promise, I promise!" The little ghost seemed to care about the longevity lock very much. He nodded sadly, his empty eyes staring at Jack's hand holding the longevity lock, and begged: "Give it to me, I promise you everything, please..."
Jack was unmoved, and walked out of the blood pool with the longevity lock in hand. The little ghost followed closely behind him.
Seeing this, I knew what Jack was going to do. The skeleton man beside him had already returned behind the gauze curtain. I turned around and walked to Qin Lan, picked up the fat man on the ground, and walked towards the fourth floor with Qin Lan.
As soon as I stepped out of the staircase, Jack followed closely behind me.
I turned around and looked at Jack who stepped into the stairwell, and my eyes immediately fell on the little devil who followed him to the door. He couldn't go out of this door, so he could only stare at Jack.
I was shocked and knew that it was not my illusion. This kid clearly had an unusual feeling for Jack.
It seems like love and dependence, but also like extreme hatred.
Extremely complex.
Jack looked down at the little ghost who was looking at him expectantly for a while, then suddenly raised his hand and threw the longevity lock in his hand, which fell directly into the pool of blood.
The little ghost's eyes suddenly widened, and then he rushed into the pool of blood and disappeared in an instant.
Jack's face looked a little gloomy. I watched him move his lips several times but couldn't say anything. In the end, I had to give up and just stand there with him.
Actually, I felt that Jack might be waiting for something.
I just happened to want to know what he was waiting for.
but......
My gaze fell on the pool of blood that was rippling from time to time, and my eyes dimmed slightly. My intuition told me that it was probably related to that little ghost.
Sure enough, about five minutes later, the little ghost suddenly emerged from the pool of blood. His blood-covered appearance was creepy, but the way he carefully wiped the longevity lock made people inexplicably feel soft in their hearts.
As if...it was something he valued more than his life.
He put the cleaned longevity lock around his neck, then raised his head again and looked towards where we were standing, saying in a low voice, "I hate you!"
Then he dived back into the pool of blood and became silent.
I could feel Jack's body suddenly tensed up to the extreme when he heard these words, as if he was trying desperately to suppress an emotion, but had to suppress it.
I looked at him with complicated eyes, pursed my lips, and suddenly raised my hand to close the door between the stairwell and the third floor.
The air suddenly fell into dead silence.
I walked over and sat next to Xiao Ding to check on the fat man's injuries, but he suddenly woke up with a muffled groan and asked me with a pale face, "Am I still alive?"
My hand trembled as I checked his wound, and I nodded vigorously: "Yes, you are still alive!"
Then I froze again, and glanced at us with a somewhat empty gaze. I found that we were all in a very miserable state, with pale faces.
Thinking back to the world we once lived in, words like death and danger were too far away for us. We only needed to take control of our own destiny, study or work hard, and make a name for ourselves in our own fields to have a good life.
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