Zhou Junjie's pupils dilated in shock. "No way? He's not dead! What was that thing just now?!"
Thump thump thump, thump thump thump!
The familiar sound of death rang out again. Zhou Junjie pressed his ears tightly and hid behind Lin Xi. "Master, the knocking is coming again!"
Lin Xi listened carefully, "It doesn't sound like knocking, it sounds more like..."
"The sound of drums!" Jiang Chi blurted out.
Lin Xi glanced at him and continued, "I heard this sound all the way in, but I didn't see anyone knocking on the door."
"Drumming?" Zhou Junjie immediately had a bad feeling. "Why is there drumming?"
Lin Xi said, "Because we are standing on the drum, each step we take is equivalent to striking the drumhead."
Zhou Junjie's mind went blank. "What does that mean?"
Lin Xi was too lazy to explain, "Didn't you notice something was wrong with the ground?"
Zhou Junjie nodded. "No wonder I always fall down, so that's why."
Lin Xi ignored his words, saying, "The floor here is a bit softer and more elastic than regular floor tiles."
Jiang Chi continued, "It looks like human skin! We're standing on human skin!"
"Holy crap!" Zhou Junjie finally understood, and goosebumps rose all over his body. "This is terrifying, human skin!"
It's perfectly normal for a master to know about human skin, so why is Jiang Chi so clear about it?
Either he killed someone, or a vanished monster possessed him.
With a master present, Zhou Junjie boldly asked, "How do you, who studied chemistry and computer science, understand the feeling of human skin?"
Jiang Chi scoffed, "Anyone who kills frequently knows that."
"You! You! You!!" Zhou Junjie was terrified. "Master, Jiang Chi is possessed by a monster! Quickly, get rid of him!"
Lin Xi was speechless. "They were just teasing you."
This twin brother is much smarter than Jiang Ji and likes to tell corny jokes.
Jiang Chi said seriously, "When I'm bored, I study anatomy on my own and have come into contact with a few 'silent teachers,' so I know a little about the human body."
"Oh, okay." Zhou Junjie was relieved. After the Ouija board incident, he was afraid that the people around him might be hidden killers.
Jiang Chi has been certified by a master; he is definitely not a bad person.
"Um, Master, where's the monster?"
Lin Xi said calmly, "Attach it to the human skin drum."
The human skin drum was an ancient ritual instrument used in sacrifices. A hole was made in the head of a selected girl, and mercury was poured through the hole to peel off her skin while she was still alive.
What's terrifying is that the girl was still alive when she was skinned, witnessing her own skin and flesh separating from her flesh.
Lin Xi turned and left. "I'm going to catch a ghost now."
Is this ghost the owner of the human skin drum, or a wild ghost that has usurped the throne?
She left, and Zhou Junjie huddled in the corner. "You two come here, we'll wait for the master to return."
Jiang Chi lowered his eyes. "Who exactly is she?"
Zhou Junjie answered instinctively, "A master, an incredibly powerful master."
Asking was pointless; Jiang Chi stared silently at the doorway.
On the other side, Lin Xi followed the yin energy and entered the room with the heaviest yin energy.
The room was very large and empty, with an exhibition hall in the center where a human skin drum sat quietly in a glass case, mysterious and eerie.
This is the true form of the ghost, a real human skin drum.
Lin Xi took two steps forward, and the drumhead of the human skin drum vibrated violently, emitting a deep, resonant sound.
Thump thump! Thump thump thump! !
A scene flashed through Lin Xi's mind: sorrow, loneliness, pain, reluctance, helplessness, and longing...
Countless negative emotions surrounded her. Lin Xi felt as if she were in the midst of a skinning scene, with the people below beaming with joy, while the girl hanging in the middle looked ashen-faced.
Extreme joy and sorrow are intertwined.
Lin Xi shook her head and walked towards the human skin drum.
This drum trapped so many people, yet it didn't kill a single one, nor did it bear any blood debt.
The drumbeats sounded like a plea, not a declaration of war.
Lin Xi opened the glass cover. "Stop banging. What do you want?"
The drumming stopped, and a hoarse female voice came from within the drum: "Looking for someone, don't go, I'm back."
She spoke very slowly, and a blurry shadow appeared above the human skin drum, its flesh throbbing and blood dripping onto the drum surface, like the red spider lilies on the road to the underworld.
The figure slowly opened its mouth and hissed.
Lin Xi paused slightly; this shadow had neither a tongue nor skin.
It is said that the human skin drum was made from pure young girls who had their tongues cut off, their eardrums pierced, and were locked in dark temples until they were skinned alive.
This shadow must be the chosen girl; her soul was attached to a human skin drum after her death, and she has only just awakened.
Lin Xi stood in front of the human skin drum. "Who are you looking for?"
The figure shook its head, then nodded. "Looking for someone."
She has been asleep for too long and doesn't remember.
The human skin drum jumped off the display stand, revealing the yellowed paper underneath.
Lin Xi glanced at it; it contained a story about using a drum made of human skin for sacrifice.
People at that time believed that a young girl's skin was clean and sacred, and that a drum made from a whole piece of skin could communicate with the heavens.
Such a cruel ritual has no sacredness whatsoever; it is filled with bloodshed. The fact that most of the chosen girls come from poor families is merely an excuse for the beneficiaries.
The human-skin drum bounced twice on the spot, shouting, "Looking for someone!"
Who exactly are you looking for?
Lin Xi recalled the three people she had met: Zhou Junjie, Jiang Chi, and the girl whose name she didn't know. She roughly understood.
"Come with me."
Lin Xi took the human skin drum back.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Zhou Junjie was squatting in the corner, Xia Xiangjun was close to him, and Jiang Chi was a meter away from the two of them.
Zhou Junjie beckoned, "Jiang Chi, come here. In case the monster suddenly appears, I have the master's yellow talisman to block the attack."
Jiang Chi put one hand in his pocket and said, "Judging from what just happened, that person is extremely strong. The monster wouldn't last three moves against her, and it won't appear again."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a familiar voice rang out from outside the door.
duang! duang! !
Zhou Junjie shouted loudly, "They're here again! They're here again!!"
Jiang Chi still had one hand in his pocket, casually leaning against the wall.
When Zhou Junjie saw who it was, his eyes widened like saucers. "Holy crap!!"
Lin Xi walked slowly ahead, while the human skin drum bounced and jumped behind like a pet.
duang!
Zhou Junjie exclaimed, "Master, you're awesome!!"
Lin Xi stopped at the door, and the human skin drum also stopped. She used her clever mind and said, "Master, we need to find someone."
She's learned it; she should be called a master.
This drum is quite polite. Lin Xi waved her hand and said, "Go ahead."
"Thank you, Master."
The human-skin drum skipped and hopped towards the corner, its voice full of excitement, "I'm here, I'm here!"
Zhou Junjie watched helplessly as the human skin drum jumped over, his whole body trembling uncontrollably. "No, it's not me... I don't know you, Little Drum."
Jiang Chi grabbed him by the collar with one hand and threw him aside. "The Human Skin Drum isn't looking for you, it's looking for Xia Xiangjun."
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