When we reached the center of the attic and saw the eerie scene there, we couldn't help but swallow hard.
In the center of the attic, a dozen or so rag dolls were arranged in a circle, with a white candle burning in the middle.
Each doll is dressed in realistic children's clothing, with its mouth wide open, stretching all the way to its ears, revealing a sinister smile.
The most terrifying thing is that their eyes seem to be sewn together with real human hair stained with blood!
"Holy crap, what kind of weird thing is this?" Luo Tianhe's voice trembled, and his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, refusing to take another step forward.
As I approached the dolls, I discovered a complex array drawn on the floor in the center of the area they surrounded, with an ancient bronze mirror placed at the center of the array.
“A spirit-nurturing array,” I recognized the sinister array. “Someone is using these dolls to collect the souls of children.”
After seeing so much, we've become numb. This isn't an orphanage at all; it's a slaughterhouse for children.
Just then, I noticed that one of the dolls looked familiar.
Upon closer inspection, it was wrapped in the black coat that Li Huai had worn before. Although its face was deliberately distorted, Li Huai's features could still be vaguely seen!
Immediately, a look of surprise appeared on my face. I had finally found evidence that Li Huai had indeed been here!
This at least proves that we weren't deceived and that we were looking in the right direction!
The next moment, my expression of surprise froze on my face, and I felt a chill run through my body, as if I had fallen into an ice cave!
Suddenly, all the dolls turned around and stared straight at me!
Eyes made of strands of hair seemed to be filled with incomprehensible malice.
The white candle in the middle of them suddenly flared up, turning from yellow to a ghostly green.
The next moment, all the dolls stood up and approached us with stiff steps.
The green light from the candles reflected on their faces, making their eerie smiles even more terrifying.
I quickly tossed out the Five Emperor Coins and chanted the incantation: "Five stars suppress the brilliance, their light illuminates the dark abyss!"
The Five Emperor Coins emitted a golden light, and the children's movements immediately slowed down.
I had just breathed a sigh of relief when I heard a man's voice.
"Stop struggling in vain." A deep voice echoed in the attic. "Your fate will be the same as theirs!"
Luo Tianhe and I turned around abruptly, only to see a tall figure appear at the bottom of the stairs.
It was a middle-aged man wearing an old suit, with a bloated and obese figure, leaning on a white bone cane, which was made of a human thigh or something else, no one knew.
What's most unsettling is his smile, which is exactly like those of the dolls, with an extremely unnatural curve at the corners of his mouth!
“Director,” I recognized him immediately; I had seen his picture on the forum before entering the orphanage.
Moreover, the forum clearly stated that the dean was burned to a crisp in that fire!
Upon hearing my mutterings, Luo Tianhe immediately realized who was standing in front of us.
He stepped forward, pointed at his nose, and cursed:
"You damned beast, you animal! What exactly did you do at the orphanage? And where is Li Huai?!"
He had no idea he was facing a dead man, and was still cursing the dean's female ancestors for eighteen generations with a fierce tone.
He was verbally abused by Luo Tianhe, and spittle even splattered on his face.
The dean's smile gradually faded, and his face appeared extremely sinister in the shadows.
I felt a bit emotional; it seems that even ghosts would be unhappy if they were greeted by female elders in their family.
However, this guy deserves to be scolded for giving birth to this wretched child.
Have you finished cursing?
The orphanage director squeezed out these words.
"No, you bastard! Calling you an animal is an insult to animals!"
Luo Binghe swallowed hard, licked his dry lips, and continued his incessant rant.
Suddenly, the orphanage director burst into laughter at the scolding.
He shook his head and then looked at Luo Tianhe.
"I was being narrow-minded. Why bother with my own toy? You'll soon become the next rag doll, forever stuck here!"
"Hehe, what are you? I think you're the best fit to be used as a fat pig for sludge extraction and as a firework. You'll burn for a long time."
Luo Tianhe retorted sharply.
As soon as he finished speaking, the orphanage director's face turned ashen, and charred marks appeared on his body.
As his body trembled, pieces of charred, rotten flesh fell to the ground, and thick, yellowish corpse oil with a pungent odor began to ooze from his body.
"vomit,"
Luo Tianhe gagged, his eyes widening.
Only then did I realize with horror that the dean I had been cursing for so long was actually a ghost that had been dead for a long time!
But he quickly realized what was happening and couldn't help but spit out a curse:
"That bastard, good riddance! It really was a self-fulfilling prophecy; that fat pig actually got burned alive."
I'm speechless at Luo Tianhe's lack of cultural literacy. Is this how you use a proverb to describe something?!
Even someone like me with only an elementary school education knows that Luo Tianhe could only use this idiom in this way if he said those words before this fatso died.
"Chen Yan, what are you waiting for? Make your move! This thing looks like it's about to turn into a zombie!"
Luo Tianhe suddenly shouted, wanting me to take advantage of his momentary lapse in concentration and deliver a fatal blow.
"Hehe, no rush, I want to see what tricks this guy is going to play."
As I spoke confidently, I frantically tried to wink at Luo Tianhe.
And then I saw my pale cheeks and my slightly trembling right hand.
Luo Tianhe immediately realized that I was now completely exhausted.
Damn it, how many ghosts have I seen tonight!
Before I came here, I was thinking of not using my own blood, but I've already bled several times in front of those things.
If this continues, I'll become the first cobbler in history to die of anemia from frequent bloodletting!
When I go down there and see my grandfather, he'll be so ashamed of me that he'll beat me to death!
Under our watchful eyes, after undergoing a series of strange changes, the orphanage director returned to the appearance we had just seen.
He seemed to have lost the memory of what had just happened.
"Stop struggling in vain. Your fate will be the same as theirs!"
The orphanage director spoke in a sinister tone. Upon hearing these somewhat familiar words, Luo Tianhe scratched his head and looked at me.
What's wrong with this thing? Is it stuck?
I stroked my chin, lost in thought. The dean seemed a bit off.
I forced myself to suppress my nausea and carefully observed the dean.
On his neck, I could see faint stitches, as if his head had been cut off and reattached.
Immediately, I looked puzzled. Didn't the forum say he was burned to death?
How come he was beheaded?
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