Chapter 030: Ghost Catching People
In the dark corridor, a dark-skinned girl hunched her back, cocooning under the only remaining light.
Did you just move?
You just moved, right?
Even if...even if my mind is full of images from horror games, I still have to confirm it before I can feel at ease.
Chen Xiao'e raised her flashlight and shone it over, her teeth chattering. She shook the beam with her wrist, saliva dripping down her throat.
The tiny beam of light penetrated the darkness, illuminating a palm-sized area and a pitch-black object.
What is that?
She held her breath, took a closer look, and let out a long sigh of relief.
It turned out to be a box.
Near the aperture, one can vaguely see a few pieces of wood and other debris, as well as half a broken chair leg.
It seems that there is an empty room opposite. I don’t know if it is a warehouse or a tool room. The shaking just now must have been a psychological effect.
Xiao'er felt a little relieved and swept the flashlight slowly to the side.
Cardboard boxes, cardboard boxes, trash cans? Old tables, broken brooms, rag dolls? A pile of waste paper, shoes...
Wait, shoes.
The shoes are standing upright. Is there something extra on top of them? Like two legs?
Gurgle.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
Chen Xiao'e finally understood what it meant to feel like her heart was pounding like a drum. She subconsciously wanted to turn around and run, but the surrounding darkness was like an impenetrable wall, restricting her body's instinctive range of movement.
She could only rely on her remaining sanity to control the flashlight and scan the area again—
Tap, tap, the shoes really moved, and two slender legs brought up a large shadow, completely emerging from the darkness.
“Ah ...
Chen Xiao'e screamed at the top of her lungs, nearly throwing the flashlight away. She stumbled a few steps, turned around, and ran, instantly scrambling to the wall more than ten meters away.
Bang!
She covered her forehead and groped to the side twice, but soon found nothing: Okay, there is a corridor next to it.
No wonder horror games are full of dead ends; who can see clearly in the dark?
Xiao'ai quickly waved the flashlight in front of her to make sure that the corridor ahead was passable.
Ta-da, ta-da.
The footsteps behind me were neither fast nor slow, and actually stopped a few meters away.
"Hello, Chen Xiao'er."
"Hey, human."
The outline of long curly hair gradually emerged in the dim light, and a very tasteless rich second-generation raised a finger and pointed at the swaying light source in front of him.
"How weak! You're so scared."
"Are you scared? Then go die."
…
Fear is the food of abnormality.
Human mental power or superpowers can be easily converted into free energy of abyss energy.
In extreme cases, emotions can even be directly converted into supernatural powers.
So for the abnormal, fear is as easy to absorb as juice and tastes good.
The devil looked at the girl in extreme fear in front of him with boredom, and gathered the powerful suction force at his fingertips.
I thought it would be a fun fight, but it turned out to be so boring.
Humans are so weak.
Even if one masters extraordinary abilities, they will eventually be devoured by their own weaknesses.
He anchored her soul, and lost the anchor the next second.
How could that be?
The devil's expression changed slightly, and he could no longer sense the other's fear.
He turned his gaze to the fragile human in front of him and found that Chen Xiao'er's expression had relaxed and she was looking at him in a relaxed manner.
What? It turns out you’re not afraid of me?
He felt a little angry and a little like laughing. The prey he had locked onto was actually afraid of an unknown existence that had never been there, and did not care about him - the hunter across the abyss.
Haha, a mere human being is so arrogant.
Let me see what other interesting tricks you have.
He did not care that his absorption was invalidated. After all, this enemy had displayed a powerful talent for distortion when they first met, and even the way he existed could be forcibly alienated.
“Well done.”
He said condescendingly, "Now it's your turn."
......
“Well done.”
Xinaya lifted her hair and tilted her head to the side: "Now it's your turn."
Even though she appeared in an abandoned building, this rich second-generation still wore exquisite makeup, and even her lipstick was sprinkled with light-reflecting glitter.
Off-the-shoulder vest, artistically painted navel-baring shirt, belt with metal buckles and high-heeled boots...
This kind of death-level outfit is completely reduced to a foil on her, and its only function is to highlight her arrogant and self-luminous face.
Chen Xiao'er opened her mouth slightly and looked around following her gaze. The corridor was dark, without even a night light.
No, sister, can I call you sister?
Could you please explain to me what the point is of the two of us playing tag in a place like this?
She could fully imagine how the school would issue a notice of criticism the next day.
Freshman Chen Xiao'ai of the Class of 2018 played tag with someone from outside the school in the basement dormitory. Both of them are now receiving treatment in the infirmary after breaking their legs. Please take this as a warning...
Xiao'ai smiled bitterly, patted her skirt, and pulled aside the smock that had been torn at some point.
She took two steps toward Xinaya, stopped in front of her, and said, "I don't want to. It's weird to play tag here! It's meaningless."
The two were so close that they could touch each other's eyelashes just by reaching out their hands.
Xinnaya was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "Ghosts are catching people. Who were you referring to when you called them ghosts?"
Uh, of course, it's the ghosts in horror movies.
Chen Xiao'er's face turned red. It seemed that the horror film industry in Chixing was not very developed.
To be precise, she would occasionally run into film crews and extras playing ghosts, but she had never seen any popular horror movies shown on the screen.
She cleared her throat and said, "Well, that's acting. You weren't scared at all. That's quite impressive."
"?"
What is this human saying?
Xinnaya took a step forward, her golden hair reaching down to the tip of Xiao'e's nose. "If you don't do it, it will be my turn."
There was a dangerous smell in the air, and even the hairs on my body stood on end.
Xiao Ai felt her heart and head throbbing with pain, and quickly waved her hands: "Wait, wait, wait! What do you want? I've already said it's meaningless. What can you do if you catch me?"
This person is really weird. Not only does he send weird text messages, but he also insists on playing tag in the dark.
Is it because she didn't go to school since she was young and had no peers to play with, so she was too lonely...
Xiao'ai was almost immersed in weird thoughts until she heard Xinnaya's sneer from her nose.
"How can it be meaningless? If I catch you...you'll be mine."
"Alas--"
Almost the moment she realized what the other person said, Chen Xiao'er sounded an alarm like a screaming chicken.
She stepped back and looked over with horror: This guy is no longer someone who can be described as an ordinary greasy shrimp head!
"Oh, are you starting to get scared? Yes, you will definitely be scared."
As if that weren't greasy enough, Xinaya, in her high-heeled boots, stepped closer as she retreated. "You can scream for help, no one will hear you. We can just play here and kill a lot of time."
"Humans are social animals. Are you going to cry for help? Those little bugs can't save you. I will consume your soul bit by bit."
Wow, that's disgusting!!
Chen Xiao'er felt a surge of regret: "I was wondering why this guy was here. It turns out he was really chasing me. And he even wanted to do that in this dark and dirty place!"
I was wrong, she's not some greasy, second-generation rich kid, she's a complete pervert!!
Under the threat of death, Xiao'ai finally unleashed her infinite potential. She pushed aside the boxes blocking her way and rushed into the darkness like an excavator.
Humph, humans' way of escaping is really inefficient.
Sinaya sneered and followed, walking gracefully towards the pile of debris without dodging or avoiding. After all, nothing can stop a ball of energy—
Bang.
Boom, clang, crash.
The stacked boxes slid down together, and Xinaya looked blankly at her hands and feet stuck in the garbage.
"Hahaha."
She moved her fingers and clenched them into fists.
Interesting! Last time, it was my outward appearance that changed, but it turns out my inner essence has also changed. In your presence, the Other can only fight and hunt in completely unfamiliar forms.
The devil grinned, waved the box away, and strode out, his high-heeled boots making dents on the "cement floor" one after another.
You are stronger than I thought, human.
…
Boom, boom, boom.
The cradle made a deafening sound, the chains snapped loose, and each link fell deeper into the abyss.
Clang!!!
The cradle erupted with intense energy the moment it landed.
The students held hands and bumped into each other as they swayed.
They gritted their teeth, and some even closed their eyes, allowing their noses and faces to bleed all over without being affected. They just kept repeating the simplest phrases in their minds to block out distracting thoughts.
It is difficult for people to deliberately avoid fear, but long-term learning and the experience of predecessors are still effective.
The Pasteur meter in everyone's arms beeped a few times and finally stabilized at 533.
This value has reached the lower limit of the high radiation zone. Fortunately, everyone is wearing protective clothing and has super powers, so there is no need to worry about radiation problems for the time being.
bite--
Everyone tacitly transferred the energy to Lu Min, amplifying her superpower [Hovering].
The surging energy surged in the space. After the buzzing sound ended, everyone stood up, covering their ears.
"Very good……"
"Alive, alive."
Everyone's face was filled with relief at having survived. Who could have imagined that such a thing would happen during their first excavation ceremony? Who could have imagined that in the end, no one would be injured?
The students rested quietly for a while, just a short while, no more than five minutes, and then they all stood up.
This amount of time is enough. The high Paster value area can easily make people fall into fear and madness.
The good thing is that there are many people here, and the aura of the same kind can greatly relieve mental stress. They are all elites trained since childhood, so they will not suffer a mental breakdown in a short period of time.
You have to know that many anomalies are human corpses or even the alienation of living people, which is much more difficult than ordinary anomalies.
Lin Lang stood up along with everyone else and looked around worriedly.
It was pitch black all around, and even if the searchlight was turned on, it could only illuminate three to five meters at most, so Xiao'er naturally couldn't be seen.
I wonder how she is doing... The boss's superpower has the effect of neutralizing abnormalities, so she should be fine.
"Fortunately, Chen Xiao'er is out."
As the crowd moved forward, someone in the middle laughed, "I really envy her superpower, but it almost got us killed."
Lin Lang was so angry that he was shaking: "Shut up..."
"Shut up." Zheng Xiuli walked in front of the group and retorted without turning back: "Stop making sarcastic remarks and look ahead. If it weren't for her last move, who knows if we would have reached our destination."
"you……"
The man stopped talking as the gray fog not far away gradually dissipated, forming the only clearly visible building in the darkness.
A tall dormitory building stands on the cliff, its dark brown walls covered with rusty golden roses.
It was a metal magic device from the Third Age, which was said to be able to isolate all abnormalities once activated. The rules at that time were extremely biased towards humans. They, a group of people born in the new era, could not imagine how happy such a life would be.
"Let's go. We must clear out the [treasure] within the time limit and regain control."
"Um."
"certainly."
There was no more talking as they took out ropes and nails from the toolbox.
The fresh corpse at the foot of the hillside did not deter anyone from their resolute steps. Someone only paused briefly to remove the ID card from the corpse's neck and place it in the isolation layer of the toolbox.
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