Chapter 303 Skull
When Tu Lanxun rushed out of the bathroom, the convenience store door was being pushed open.
The first thing that stepped in was a long leg. The owner was agile and slender, but the skin was pale and a little bloodless. The subcutaneous blood vessels could be seen condensed into streamlines like emerald veins, connecting from the calf through the clothes to the inside of the upper arm, with a gloomy and delicate feeling.
A three-dimensional face, like it had been carved, with headphones on its neck, a sharp nose, and even sharper peach blossom eyes. His gaze shifted towards me, "Hello, can this be sent by express?"
The voice sounded vaguely familiar. The man was dressed as if he was out for a night run. His sportswear was a brand from a high-end shopping mall. He had an air of acquired nobility, but for some reason, a gust of cold air came towards him.
Customers? Tu Lanxun remembered that there was indeed a villa complex two kilometers away, but it was in another district. Who, desperate to live, would run to the development zone in the middle of the night? She frowned.
"Oh, I didn't check the directions and was led here by the music. Luckily your store is still open, otherwise I really don't know what I would do."
The man touched the hair on the back of his neck and laughed. His smile was bright with curved lips and clean teeth, but there was something indescribable behind the brilliance.
Just like artificial sunlight, it is bright but cold because it is fake.
Tu Lanxun chose to accept this. In the circle where she used to live, this kind of pseudo-reality was very common.
Therefore, she ignored certain things, such as the fact that the smiling face was not friendly, and the cold and sharp edge coming out of the eyes, outlining her contours.
Also, whether real or fake, sunlight will illuminate the surroundings, but this person does not. He appears bright because everything around him has become dark. He himself is a light-eating monster.
"What do you want to send? Where to?" There was an entry for the agency package in the electronic account book, and there was also a courier slip in the cash register drawer. Tu Lanxun asked cautiously.
The young man looked at her motionlessly. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew outside the convenience store, causing the glass door to shudder and hum, and even the lights inside the store flickered twice.
Tu Lanxun noticed that he was actually wearing a pair of gloves in early autumn. They were made of thin black leather and fit his hands very well. However, he took off the glove on his left hand and held it in the other hand.
"Send to the same city, downtown." He said, selectively ignoring the first question, untied a black bag from his back and placed it on the counter.
Intra-city deliveries are usually urgent items, and it is obvious that no courier would be willing to come to Tu Lanxun's convenience store to pick up the goods. She originally planned to deliver it to the nearest outlet herself, and the earliest would be tomorrow at noon.
"Do you want a specific courier company? If you're in a hurry, I can order takeout or run errands for you." She was unwilling to give up this man. He seemed to be living a well-off life and might become a future customer of her online store, even if the price was getting up early tomorrow.
The young man stood motionless under the light, his eyes fixed on Tu Lanxun, but when she looked over, his gaze shifted away. "No need, I'll have to trouble you to deliver it yourself."
No one in their right mind would make such a request, right? Or maybe this person is so used to a life of luxury that they think they can boss others around. She wouldn't agree unless she was offered a high price.
The man's knuckles were very white, like the hands of an artist or a pianist. His palm was broad, but his phalanges were disproportionately long, looking very flexible and powerful. He was resting his hand on the black backpack, as if he could control it at any time. There was a wild sense of control that was inconsistent with his elegant appearance, which was another incongruity.
"Let me see if I'm free tomorrow. But what do you want to send?" Tu Lanxun repeated.
Doubts began to well up in her mind. Was the contents of the black bag legitimate? Was she being used as a mule? Furthermore, she recalled some social cases where the young women who had been deceived were the "commodity."
Tu Lanxun opened the cash register computer without leaving any trace. There was an alarm phone number on the browser homepage, and he could automatically report it online by clicking on it.
Although the call may not be connected, it is still useful in scaring criminals.
The young man laughed. Tu Lanxun's little action was obviously seen by him, but he ignored it. As if he saw through her doubts, he slowly unzipped his backpack and reached into the bag to take out the things inside to prove his innocence.
But his movements were too slow, as if the bag contained something fragile, and half of his wrist was immersed in the backpack, searching and grabbing, which reminded her of the hunters in the documentary for no reason.
The hunter would gut a hare in the snow, insert his entire hand into its abdominal cavity, and pull out a string of steaming internal organs. Blood would soak his wrists and the cut fur... He gave her that sense of danger.
Just when Tu Lanxun suspected that he was about to pull out a knife, the man held up a yellowish, spherical object in his palm. Her back relaxed because it turned out not to be a weapon.
But it's a human head.
It was a complete human skull, commonly known as a skull, emitting an ominous glow, with teeth that were obviously worn. It instantly caught her attention. Humans would only get as frightened as she did when faced with the real corpses of their own kind.
Medical models do not have this effect.
She had tasted genetic fear once today and there was no mistaking it.
Who was the man before her? Tu Lanxun felt as if her body had frozen, even clicking the mouse was extremely difficult. At the right moment, a message popped up on her computer, and she mechanically glanced at it.
[Game Administration] Reminder: A group of out-of-control ghost characters may enter your area. Your location is about to be invaded by strange things. Please do not accept ghost missions! Evacuate as soon as possible!
The young man seemed oblivious to the computer prompts. He remained standing there, holding the skull in front of Tu Lanxun. He lowered his cold, peach-shaped eyes, and his laughter was also cold. "Please send it to freezer number 12 in group A of the city funeral home."
His voice was the same as the one that called from the ghost a few hours ago, but the latter was interfered with by the electric current, making it blurry and distorted, so I couldn't match it up at first.
Secondly, if the outline of this handsome face is blurred, leaving only the pair of shadowy and delicate eyes, it seems to be very consistent with the ultimate boss Doctor Nightingale in the weird game "Gray Cave".
It was almost certain that the other party was a ghost, a great ghost from the advent game world. She had been running around in the other party's hands all day.
The text message told Tu Lanxun not to accept the task, as if doing so would save her from death. Tu Lanxun covered the center of her collarbone, the silver necklace slightly prickling her hand under the fabric, and she was ready to press the button at any time.
There is a data blocker in the necklace, which was a birthday gift given to her by Tu Penglai when she was sixteen. According to the developer, it can be used to temporarily isolate the weirdness and can only be used three times, but she has never verified it.
The young man took out a handkerchief and wiped the corner of the cash register, then placed the skull between him and Tu Lanxun, as if he had found a place for it to be present.
"You didn't answer my calls and hung up three times. So I had no choice but to come to you." His expression was gentle, as if his demeanor was enough to forgive such neglect, but his pupils were fixed forward, and he never let go of Tu Lanxun for a moment.
His gaze fixed on her throat, sharp and insistent, without any dirty meaning, but it triggered a deeper shudder. He was extremely focused, concerned about her subtle reactions, like a hunter before pouncing on his prey.
This was a pre-claw warning, a direct message to her: The one you're frightened of is me. You've been found.
Tu Lanxun did not hesitate. She clicked the mouse and pressed the shielding device on the necklace. A data barrier with her as the core expanded into a hemisphere, almost covering the entire counter, including the young man, or male ghost.
In fact, when the light curtain passed over the male ghost, his figure flashed and disappeared, and his expression revealed a hint of gloomy doubt.
That bastard must have been blocked out, temporarily isolated from her surroundings. Praise the necklace.
Screw his weirdness, screw her Tao Si, the latter must pay her one month's medical expenses as compensation for mental damages!
Tu Lanxun started her second escape today. Her whole body was shaking, but her legs were surprisingly steady. She jumped over the skull and ran faster than her university physical test without looking back, and rushed out of the convenience store.
There was a mobile charging booth at the intersection 800 meters away. She noticed it when she came. Although the charging heads inside had been removed, the booth itself had a dial-up system with the following mark: Use in a civilized manner, one-click alarm.
Dark clouds loomed overhead, shadows of trees loomed on both sides, and the dim light of the convenience store was getting farther and farther away behind her. Tu Lanxun ran towards the pavilion with all her might, but the pavilion seemed to disappear in the night, and the night brought her a new discovery.
Not far away, there was a shop without a plaque, but the warm lights inside the glass glowed in the darkness.
Tu Lanxun slowed down her pace and slowly stood still, her whole body immersed in the cool and thick air, her heart pounding.
The store on the road in front has a sign saying Sunshine 24h Convenience Store. A corner of the cash register can still be seen through the glass, and the skull is still there.
A strong wind blew by, chilling her heart, and the glass windows made a humming sound. She saw the shop lights flashing, as if waving, welcoming her home.
The male ghost stood as a dark shadow in the center of the light, smiling at her and waving gently.
Tu Lanxun seemed to be strangled by an invisible hand. She ground her teeth lightly, then turned her head, pretending not to see the hidden convenience store, and ran quickly with her head down, passing by the chilling light source and human figure.
Back into the dark night, her nerves relaxed a little, but the next second, a third identical convenience store suddenly appeared in front of her.
The male ghost was still watching her from inside the store.
She kept passing the same scene over and over, like a hamster in a wheel. The male ghost had been eliminated by the blocker, but she couldn't escape the street.
Stop. Tu Lanxun shouted in his heart, there must be other ways, use your brain.
"He doesn't want to kill me, at least not before completing certain tasks. Otherwise, there's no need to tease me like this, calling, sending express deliveries, and going through all the trouble." She tried to convince herself, "Everything is negotiable. I grew up in this kind of environment. No matter how risky, as long as there's profit to be made, any bastard can be negotiated into a partnership. But... even a ghost?"
Yes, even a ghost.
She shuddered violently, then mustered up the courage to turn around and walk towards the convenience store.
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