This film sets up two concepts.
First, there are people who are born with the ability to have their soul leave their body.
In the movie, it's called asteroid projection.
Such people are called astral beings.
Second, foreign lands.
In the normal world, there is also a connection to another realm.
In this strange land, all the inhabitants are special ghosts.
These ghosts couldn't go to hell, nor could they ascend to heaven; they could only enter this alien realm.
The other world is connected to the real world, but time and space within it are disordered.
Spirits can even see their childhood selves in other realms.
This is somewhat similar to the four-dimensional space in "Interstellar".
Suddenly, Cao Kun remembered something.
He asked in a deep voice, "How do you know that Dalton's soul left his body?"
Lana: "We consulted a medium before, her name is Elise, she's the one who told us this. But..."
Lana looked grief-stricken and guilty: "She failed to save Dalton, and instead died because of it."
Elise?
Cao Kun's heart skipped a beat.
There is indeed such a medium in the movie "Lurking".
She may not be particularly strong, but she has a wealth of knowledge in the field.
However, she did not die in the alien world, but was strangled to death by the male protagonist after he was possessed by a ghost.
Cao Kun asked, "How did she die?"
Lana shook her head and said, "I don't know either. At that time, Elise was helping Josh bring Dalton's soul back, but the lights suddenly went out."
When the lights came on again, Elise was already dead.
Josh regained consciousness, but Dalton remained unconscious.
Cao Kun's expression changed slightly.
This is different from the movie plot.
The original plot of the movie is that Josh, like Dalton, is a celestial being and can be born with the ability to astral projection.
When Josh was a child, like Dalton, his soul left his body and he couldn't find his way. It was Elise who found him and sealed his related abilities.
Now, Dalton is also experiencing out-of-body experiences, and Josh's mother has asked Elise for help again.
With Elise's help, Josh regained his ability to astral projection, traveled to another realm, and brought back his son's soul.
Dalton's soul was brought back and successfully revived.
But what returned to Josh's body was not his own soul, but the soul of the old woman who had always coveted his body.
That soul, though it appeared to be an old woman, was actually a man.
His mind became distorted due to his mother's coercion when he was a child, which is why he started to see himself as a woman.
This, in a way, implicitly catered to the later LGBT of the United States.
The family was overjoyed that Dalton had regained consciousness, but only Elise noticed that something was wrong with Josh.
She immediately used her camera to probe him, but before she could get any results, Josh killed her to silence her.
But now, some changes have occurred.
Elise died, Josh returned, but Dalton did not wake up.
Cao Kun asked, "Did Elise have Josh's soul leave his body to bring Dalton back?"
Lana subconsciously said "yes," then realized that she hadn't told Cao Kun about it.
She asked, somewhat surprised, "How did you know?"
Cao Kun ignored her and continued to ask, "When Josh's soul returned, the lights suddenly went out, and then Elise died?"
Lana nodded in agreement.
Cao Kun then understood that this was a continuation of the plot from the first part.
However, the plot has changed again.
Cao Kun: "Did the police say how Elise died?"
Lana: "The police performed an autopsy, but there were no visible injuries on her body. They concluded that it was caused by cardiac arrest."
Cao Kun's heart skipped a beat; this was different from the movie.
In the movie, Elise is strangled to death by Josh, who is possessed by a ghost.
But now, it has turned into cardiac arrest?
Cao Kun felt that cardiac arrest was a more reasonable explanation.
After all, according to the movie, the old man who possessed Josh was quite powerful.
There's absolutely no need to use such a brutal method as strangling someone.
Moreover, if Josh were to strangle Elise, her fingerprints would inevitably be left on her neck.
At that point, Josh won't be able to explain it at all.
The moment I put it on, the police took me away. What was the point of putting it on then?
In the movie, after Josh kills Elise, he stays at home and nothing happens, which can be considered a bug in the original version.
The sudden cardiac arrest means that Elise died during the exorcism, killed by a monster.
In this world, under such circumstances, the exorcist's life and death are their own responsibility.
The employer is not liable.
Because ghosts and monsters are inherently dangerous and uncontrollable.
Since you've chosen to perform an exorcism, you should be prepared to be killed by the ghosts.
Whether the employer provides humanitarian compensation after the exorcist dies is the employer's prerogative.
The current situation is that Elise is dead, and Josh has been possessed by that old man, Parker.
But Dalton's soul remained in another realm, never to awaken.
Cao Kun asked, "How many days has Dalton been in a coma?"
Lana: "Today is the seventh day."
Cao Kun's expression immediately changed.
Lana panicked and quickly asked, "Master Cao Kun, what's wrong?"
Cao Kun: "If Dalton doesn't wake up today, he'll never wake up again."
Lana's expression changed drastically: "Why?"
Cao Kun: "Once the soul leaves the body for seven days, it is equivalent to completely severing ties with the body."
At this point, in order to return to the body, one needs to compete with other souls for that body.
However, the advantage of the original body is no longer there.
Dalton was just a child; without the advantage of his physical body, how could he possibly win against other souls?
Lana said anxiously, "Master Cao Kun, please, you must save Dalton."
Cao Kun: "I will, but before that, I need to clean up the other ghosts in your house."
Lana was not surprised at all.
She had seen ghosts many times before.
They even moved house once because of this, but it was no use at all.
Those ghosts were after Dalton's astral body; moving wouldn't get rid of them.
Cao Kun: "I will pay a deposit of 1 million yuan first."
Lana immediately went to write the checks.
In comparison, someone with a net worth of $2 million would be quite willing to give money.
In the original version, the female lead is a composer.
I don't know what this woman does.
But in this day and age, if you can save up 2 million yuan, your job should be pretty good.
However, this has nothing to do with Cao Kun; as long as the other party pays, that's all that matters.
Soon, Lana delivered the check.
When she handed the check to Cao Kun, she saw something swirling in his eyes, like a deep, boundless starry sky.
Instantly, Lana's expression froze.
Cao Kun asked casually, "How much savings does your family have?"
Lana answered stiffly, "Not counting fixed assets and some financial products, my savings are around 2.1 million."
Cao Kun nodded, his eyes returning to normal.
Lana's expression gradually became lively again.
She saw Cao Kun take the check, flick his wrist, and the check disappeared.
A flicker of surprise crossed her eyes, but she didn't ask any further questions.
Right now, she's really not in the mood.
She had absolutely no recollection of the question and answer exchange that had just taken place.
For a powerful being at the Soul Devouring level, controlling the souls of ordinary people and forcing them to reveal the truth is, of course, a very simple matter.
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