Click~ Click.
Huang Xiangu, who was lying on the ground, suddenly rotated her hands and feet at an extremely strange angle, each rotation accompanied by a slight "click" sound.
The kneecaps seemed to break free from the skin's constraints, shifting from side to side on the leg, causing the entire leg to take on a twisted "Z" shape, while the upper body slowly began to straighten up.
His shoulder blades were raised high, while his arms hung limply at his sides.
As her upper body gradually straightened, her neck also began to turn slowly.
The rotation was extremely slow, yet it carried an indescribable eeriness, like a rusty bearing struggling to turn.
Finally, she lifted her head completely.
Her long, wet hair clung messily to her cheeks and fell to her chest, obscuring her face. This is roughly what Aunt Mei would look like if she were playing a cameo role. I turned to look at Master Jin, wanting to ask him what to do now.
To everyone's surprise, when they turned around, they found that Master Jin had already run away.
That disloyal old man!
I quickly pulled Su Mingyang, who was already terrified, and turned to chase after Master Jin.
As soon as I reached the door, I saw Jin Ye banging on it with his shoulder.
The door was clearly unlocked, but I couldn't open it no matter what I did.
"Master Jin, open the door quickly! That thing is chasing us!" Su Mingyang was sweating profusely with anxiety.
Jin Ye rubbed his shoulder in annoyance and cursed, "Am I blind or are you blind? If I can get out, why am I banging on the door here!"
"I'm strong, I'll do it!"
Su Mingyang rolled up his sleeves, took two steps back, took a deep breath, and slammed his shoulder against the door frame like a bull.
There was a loud "bang".
The door remained completely still.
Su Mingyang was impulsive by nature, and at this moment he became even more ruthless.
He muttered under his breath, "I don't believe it!"
Then it launched several more violent impacts.
But he bumped into nothing and ended up wincing in pain.
I glanced back and saw that Huang Xiangu was slowly moving towards us.
With each step, a wet footprint was left on the ground.
I turned around to ask Jinye if there were any other solutions, but I inadvertently noticed that water was dripping from the door frame.
Not only that, the ceiling and windows were completely eroded by water, which was dripping down.
Just as a drop of water was about to fall on Su Mingyang, I reacted quickly and pulled him away forcefully.
Su Mingyang was pulled to the side by my sudden pull.
Although he avoided most of the water droplets, a small amount still dripped onto his arm.
Like concentrated sulfuric acid splashing, a large blister instantly formed on Su Mingyang's arm.
Su Mingyang cried out in pain.
"Stop yelling!"
Jin pulled me and Su Mingyang back two steps, away from the dripping area.
With a grave expression, he uttered a single sentence in English: "Phantom limb pain, please!"
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
Su Mingyang complained, "Brother Jin, what are you spouting at a time like this?!"
Jin glared at Su Mingyang with exasperation: "I told you to study, but you insisted on riding a pig! What nonsense! Phantom limb pain, plp means phantom limb pain!"
Jin Ye explained in a fast-paced voice: "Phantom limb pain is a special neuropathic pain phenomenon. It means that although the patient has had a limb amputated, he can subjectively feel the existence of the limb and experience varying degrees of pain."
Since the spirits have lost their physical form, they can only interfere with people's brainwaves through their resentment.
When a person, influenced by their resentment, deeply believes that a certain danger is real, it will become real.
For example, if you think that this drop of water is dangerous, your body will experience excruciating pain as if it were being burned by fire, and your skin will ulcerate.
This is very similar to a famous psychological experiment in which, after being hypnotized, a subject was given a real burn wound when a red-hot coin was used to simulate burning them, solely through psychological suggestion.
Su Mingyang and I were completely stunned.
It's not for any other reason than that Jin Ye, being a charlatan who usually talks about supernatural things, is now seriously explaining things to us scientifically, which is really surprising and absurd.
So, this was all an illusion?
"My goodness, stop with the explanations for now, let's figure out a way to get out of here, Huang Xiangu is about to... Holy crap!"
Su Mingyang turned around and was met with a face so swollen it was deformed.
Huang Xiangu had somehow appeared behind us and raised her hand to grab Su Mingyang's neck.
This guy was probably scared out of his wits, standing there motionless.
Just as Su Mingyang was on the verge of death, Master Jin suddenly kicked out and struck Su Mingyang hard in the side, sending him flying.
Huang Xiangu missed her attack and roared angrily, sweeping her arm horizontally.
I felt a chill rush towards me, and without thinking, I instinctively lowered my head as quickly as possible.
The arm with sharp nails whizzed past my scalp.
I could even clearly feel the airflow created by the fingernail cutting through the air.
Looking at the door panel again, Huang Xiangu's ten-centimeter-long fingernails were like sharp steel knives, leaving several deep scratch marks on it.
Black smoke swirled within the scratches.
If this grabs someone, they'll probably be disemboweled.
“Master Jin, there’s nowhere to hide in the Rebirth Pavilion. I’m going to fight that thing. You and Su Mingyang, find a chance to escape.”
I said through gritted teeth.
The other party came to find me; there's no need to drag Jin Ye and Su Mingyang into this mess.
"fart!"
Jin Ye roared angrily, and although only the whites of his blind eyes moved, they still showed a stubbornness.
"I've been in this business for most of my life, and I'm a well-known figure in this industry. If word gets out that I deserted my post and left a clueless kid like you to take the fall, what will become of my reputation?"
I was about to speak when Jin raised his hand to interrupt me: "Stop talking nonsense. Just hold on a little longer and it will be dawn. Once it's light, we'll be safe!"
After saying that, Master Jin went around to the table, picked up the dried calamus grass, and threw it hard at Huang Xiangu.
The light, fluttering calamus grass, weighing less than two ounces, struck Huang Xiangu with such force that it sent her feet off the ground, her entire body crashing heavily to the earth.
"Hurry up to the second floor!"
We ran frantically, scattering ourselves all the way to the second floor.
When I stopped and looked around, my heart sank to the bottom.
There wasn't a single window on the second floor; all four sides were cold, hard walls, trapping us inside and completely cutting off any hope of escape.
Just then, a creaking sound, like a death knell, came from the wooden staircase.
It's Huang Xiangu catching up!
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