Chapter 145 Fighting Monsters
Such a bloody scene had never appeared in the live broadcast room. The audience could even clearly see the subtle movements of the female ghost biting and chewing the head and eyeballs. The brave ones began to scream in the barrage, while the timid ones were so scared that they dropped their stools and hugged their family members, crying and trembling.
[Oh my god! Help! He’s really a wanderer! ! ! !]
[Oh my god! She won’t come out of the computer and eat me! ! ]
[I apologize, I was wrong, I deserve to die, wuwuwuwu!! Why did you let me see this!!!]
[Review! Review, where the hell have you been? Normally, you would rush over and lock the room if the live broadcast was just a little bit off, why don’t you get out now!!]
“Crack—”
“Crack—”
The sound of skulls breaking was still ringing, neither fast nor slow, irritating everyone's fragile hearts. Even Lu Xiaozhao was so scared that he fell to the ground, holding Lu Yan's legs and trembling, almost peeing his pants.
The ghost girl's hollow, dark eyes seemed to be staring at Lu Yan through the screen. After swallowing the blood and flesh in her mouth, the corners of her mouth suddenly opened slowly, revealing a smile, and she whispered:
[You are next...]
A simple line of words echoed in the silent room, bringing with it an endless chill.
She is a resentful soul. When the only relative she cares about dies, her remaining sanity will disappear bit by bit, and she will become a monster that only knows how to devour flesh and blood. Last time, she let Lu Yan escape by accident, and she will soon strike again.
The female ghost is originally a T4 level wanderer. If she continues to advance by devouring humans, she will become a T5 level monster that even psychics will find difficult to deal with.
As her voice faded away, her figure instantly turned into a ball of black smoke and disappeared in the room. If it weren't for the headless body of Hammer Brother still slumped on the chair with blood oozing out, people would have suspected that they had just had a horrible dream.
The comment section was unusually quiet at this moment. There was no longer the intense verbal battle just now. Netizens almost subconsciously looked at the half of the live broadcast interface belonging to Lu Yan. However, the other party did not seem to be scared at all. He continued to smoke slowly. When the cigarette was completely burned, he calmly pinched out the butt.
Lu Yan said nothing and used the mouse to exit the live broadcast. The half of the screen belonging to Hammer Brother was cut off, leaving only Lu Yan's live broadcast room still open, with nearly one million netizens in it huddled together and trembling.
Lu Yan slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and asked without any emotion: [Do you know you are wrong? ]
Millions of netizens cried and nodded frantically: [Wuwuwuwu, we were wrong, we were wrong, we shouldn’t have disbelieved you, fuck, this female ghost is too cruel!!!]
Lu Yan asked again: [Do you think my videos look like computer-generated ones? ]
Netizens shook their heads crazily: [Oh, next time, even if we suspect that we are artificial humans, we will never suspect that your video is synthetic! ]
You just have a bad live streaming configuration.
They didn't dare to say the next words and swallowed them silently.
Lu Yan had seen such a horrible scene next door before, so of course he wasn't scared, not to mention that there was a screen between them just now, so he thought he was watching a horror movie. He stretched out his long arm and took out a bunch of watch boxes directly from the drawer, and started today's sales operation while the iron was hot, with a low and serious tone:
【Xiao Lu recently received a batch of new goods, the master-blessed gold watch that can not only bless you to make money every day, but also bless you to live a long life and be immune to all evil spirits! Limited to 300 pieces, be quick and you will miss out! 】
This watch is the hardest to sell among all the models. There are only 300 left in the warehouse. It’s better to sell it out as soon as possible.
Netizens fell into a subtle silence upon seeing this: [……]
It feels like I know this guy is making up nonsense, but I just don't know how to refute it.
Finally, someone asked cautiously in the comments section: [Host, but I feel like this watch is no different from the one I sold before? ]
Lu Yan explained calmly: "The master just gave it a light, and he didn't add any parts to it, so of course you can't tell the difference. It's limited to 300 pieces, and only available at 6 o'clock. You won't be cheated if you buy it."
After six hours, families with more money can still squeeze out the money. After all, there are more than one million netizens in the live broadcast room. Seeing that Lu Yan is personally promoting the watch, many fans have placed orders for a gold watch.
However, fame brings trouble. When the aftermath of the female ghost's scare died down, many black fans jumped out again, making sarcastic remarks in the comment section, accusing Lu Yan of treating his fans like leeks.
[Can you buy a real gold watch at six o'clock? Do you believe it? I don't believe it. ]
[The master even blessed the Buddha. I am dying of laughter. No way, no way, is there really anyone who believes this nonsense? 】
[You are his fans, but he treats you like leeks, the kind that will grow back after you cut them.]
[Doesn't it hurt your conscience to deceive your fans like this? ]
Does your conscience hurt?
Of course it doesn’t hurt, they have no conscience when they attack.
Lu Yan and Lu Xiaozhao grew up cheating and deceiving. If they were a little bit thin-skinned, they would not have lived to this age. Seeing the black fans stirring up trouble in the comment section, Lu Yan hadn't said anything yet, but Lu Xiaozhao couldn't help but confront them. He picked up a mask and put it on, then crawled out from under the table and said seriously:
[What do you mean by deceiving fans? This is a magic weapon that was officially blessed by a master. Otherwise, why did they all encounter female ghosts? Brother Hammer was eaten, but my brother was fine. Isn't it because of the blessing of the magic weapon? ]
Lu Yan was sitting next to him. When he heard this, his eyelids jumped. Damn, is this guy bragging too much?
He winked at Lu Xiaozhao like crazy, but Lu Xiaozhao just acted like he didn't see anything and just sat in front of the screen and argued with netizens like crazy, getting more and more excited:
[This is a special activity my brother organized to give back to his true fans. Otherwise, why didn't he sell 3,000 or 30,000 models, but only 300? It's because the number of watches blessed by the master is too rare and precious! ]
[Buying and selling is entirely voluntary. For those netizens who say we are cheating in the comments section, we did not force you to buy. You get what you pay for. We have a clear conscience! ]
Just when Lu Xiaozhao was about to turn the situation around, someone posted a bullet screen. Because it used a special effect of red text on a black background, it inevitably looked a bit eerie as it slowly floated across the screen:
[But the ghost girl said that the host will be next, and maybe in a few days he will die a more miserable death than Hammer Brother.]
When seeing this comment, Lu Xiaozhao's voice stopped abruptly, and he felt as if a basin of cold water was poured on him in the coldest days of winter, with a chill running down his back.
Yes... yes, that female ghost seemed to have said something like this before she disappeared. Would she really come back to take revenge on Lu Yan?!
Lu Xiaozhao looked at Lu Yan in a panic and said in a low voice: "Brother, what should we do? How about we move?"
Not only he had this worry, but even the audience in the live broadcast room remembered this incident and urged Lu Yan to find a safe place to hide.
[I was so scared just now, and then I remembered that the female ghost seemed to have said before she left that the host would be the next one. What should I do? ]
[I suggest that the anchor move as soon as possible, to Yunduan Road, which is the border between Devil City and Sky City. It is closest to Sky City, and the patrol team will occasionally pass by. The public security is the best, but the rent is expensive, 10,000 yuan a month. ]
Netizens always come up with suggestions that make people's eyes go blank. Lu Yan really wants to tell him that even if he sells all the watches in the warehouse, he still can't get enough hours and minutes. However, this comment was quickly sprayed back.
[(Eating melon) Guess why the anchor works so hard to sell the watch? ]
[If he can afford the rent, you don't need to tell me. ]
[The host's room seems to be of average quality. It is probably near the outskirts of Devil City. How could they afford to move to Yunduan Road?]
[Although I know the watch is fake, human life is more important. I have placed an order for a gold watch and am waiting for it to be shipped (yeah).]
With someone taking the lead, the 300 gold watches in Lu Yan's merchandise window were quickly sold out, and their business was considered to be successful. As long as they continued the live broadcast for a while, the profits would be considerable.
However, when today's live broadcast ended, Lu Yan and Lu Xiaozhao were not happy at all. They sat on the sofa without saying a word, and the atmosphere was a little silent.
Lu Yan was thinking about when the female ghost would come. If she came, would he be sure to win? Otherwise, not only would his own life be in danger, but Lu Xiaozhao would also be implicated.
Lu Xiaozhao was calculating in his mind. After a while, he suddenly looked up and said with sparkling eyes, "Brother, we sold 300 watches today and earned a total of 1,800 hours. If we can earn this much every day, we can earn 54,000 hours a month. It's not impossible for us to move to Yunduan Road..."
“Bang!”
Before Lu Xiaozhao could finish his words, Lu Yan slapped him on the back of the head: "Do you really think you are selling a demon-repelling watch? Everyone is scrambling to buy it. It's good enough that they don't report you for selling fakes!"
Lu Xiaozhao covered his head and said aggrievedly: "Brother, what should I do? I don't want you to die... wuwuwuwu..."
Lu Yan remained calm: "First, pack and ship the watches ordered by netizens, and we'll deal with the rest later."
For a period of time afterwards, Lu Yan and Lu Xiaozhao were busy with the delivery of goods every day. The murder of Hammer Brother also caused a stir on the Internet, and the popularity only increased. During this period, people kept dying in Devil City, and many residents were found dead at home without heads. As a result, some people have started to bet on how many days Lu Yan can live. Whenever he was a little late for the live broadcast, netizens would immediately tell people all over the world that he was dead.
It was windy today, the sun was obscured by dark clouds, and the sky got dark earlier than usual. Pedestrians on the street were hurrying back, not to avoid the rain, but because they were worried that they would encounter vagrants if they were any later.
Lu Yan had just handed over the express delivery to the post station owner, and when he came out he realized it was about to rain. He zipped up his coat and looked around, only to see the streets were empty and the whole city was shrouded in haze, as quiet as a ghost town.
It seemed as if a pair of eyes were staring at Lu Yan's back in the darkness, but when he turned around, there was only a sky full of lightning and thunder. The strong wind was hitting the branches, and the empty bottles and plastic bags on the ground were swirling and flying.
Lu Yan seemed to realize something. He sent a message to Lu Xiaozhao on his mobile phone, asking him to stay at home and not go out. Then he put his hands in his coat pockets and walked along a path that was completely opposite to the direction of home.
“Boom——!”
A flash of lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, as if it was going to tear the dark sky apart.
There was a noodle shop on the roadside that was about to close. The owner was a young bald man with a big gold chain around his neck and a big gold watch on his wrist. It was shiny and had the air of a nouveau riche. Because the style looked familiar, Lu Yan couldn't help but take a few more glances.
The boss finished cleaning and was about to close the shop by rolling up the shutters when he suddenly noticed a young man standing at the door staring at him. He subconsciously stopped what he was doing, apparently misunderstanding what he meant: "What, you want to come in to avoid the rain?!"
The voice is rough, with the boldness unique to northerners.
Lu Yan reacted and shook his head slightly embarrassedly: "Oh, nothing, I just think the big gold watch on your hand is very nice."
It's exactly the same as the fake ones he sells online.
The boss said, "It's a fake watch. I don't know which idiot online anchor recommended it. I thought it was real. Come in and get out of the rain. It's getting dark. It would be troublesome if you meet a vagrant on the road."
Lu Yan wanted to refuse, but the boss pulled him in: "What? Are you afraid that I will scold you? You are so strong, I can't beat you!"
Lu Yan couldn't persuade him, so he had to sit down. The boss even cooked him a plate of dumplings with thin skin and big fillings, steaming hot. "I don't think you can go back today, so why not leave in the morning? There are folding beds in the store, so you can just stay here for the night."
Lu Yan didn't expect the boss to be so nice: "Boss, when will the dumplings be ready? I'll pass them on to you. I can't let you suffer a loss."
The boss casually grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and ate them while watching a video. He seemed quite addicted. Hearing this, he said without turning his head, "Why do you want money? These are what we didn't sell today. They won't be fresh tomorrow."
Lu Yan nodded and said nothing more, quietly eating his dumplings. He heard the music playing on his boss's phone and couldn't help but ask, "Do you watch live broadcasts on a regular basis?"
The boss said, "Of course not. Nowadays, everyone watches live broadcasts. Otherwise, it's boring. Did you hear about the murder case of a wanderer some time ago? He broke into the host's home, opened his bloody mouth and ate the person's head. Tsk tsk..."
He shook his head as he finished speaking, as if he wanted to express some emotion, but he couldn't come up with anything too delicate or thought-provoking. Finally, he sighed, "It's so hard to live in this world."
Lu Yan also agreed. He ate the dumplings in the bowl in a few bites and was about to help the boss collect the bowls. Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a knock on the roller shutter door outside. A woman's anxious voice was faintly heard: "Is anyone there?! Can you help open the door?! It's raining outside, I want to come in to take shelter from the rain!"
The boss looked up when he heard the voice, then paused the video and walked over in his slippers. He even had the energy to tease Lu Yan: "Well, you have a new companion!"
He bent down, opened the rolling door, and pulled it up directly. However, when he saw the scene outside clearly, he was so frightened that he froze in place. His mind went blank, and a chill rushed from his feet to his forehead, and he completely lost the ability to think.
Through the half-open roller shutter, I could see the wind and rain outside, and all the scenery was swallowed by darkness. A thin woman stood outside, her skin was terribly pale, and if you looked closely, it was covered with black cracks. Her hair was long enough to reach the ground, and the rain slid down her forehead and flowed directly into her dark and empty eye sockets. The cracks on both sides of her mouth spread to her ears, and her whole face looked as if it was split in two.
The woman looked at her boss quietly:
"Can I come in to avoid the rain?"
The noodle shop owner finally reacted at this moment. He was so scared that he fell to the ground: "Ghost! Aa ...
Seeing the noodle shop owner panicking with fear, the female ghost seemed to feel a little angry. Her facial features twisted and she swung out a scarlet tongue, tightly wrapping around his neck:
“Aa ...
The noodle shop owner was so frightened that his face turned pale. He screamed and almost fainted. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning hit the ghost girl's tongue and forced her back a few steps.
"Hide inside!"
Lu Yan quickly pulled the boss up from the ground and pushed him hard into the cubicle: "Close the door, and don't come out no matter what you hear!"
The boss dared not to argue when seeing this, and immediately rolled and crawled under the bed to hide. He was wrapped in a quilt and trembling with fear. He closed his eyes and chanted "Amitabha" and "Buddha bless you."
At this moment, only Lu Yan and the female ghost were left in the restaurant. There was a distance of several meters between them. The wind and rain poured in through the gaps in the rolling door, and soon the floor was wet.
Wanderers use illusions to create fear and kill people.
Lu Yan saw the ghost suddenly fall down, her appearance changed a little bit, and finally turned into the woman chained to the bed. She looked painful, crying, wailing, struggling and crawling towards Lu Yan, leaving a long blood trail behind her.
“Save me…”
It was the sound of the iron chain rattling.
“Save me…”
It is the sound of countless babies crying.
Lu Yan always regretted not saving the woman. He stood stiffly where he was, watching her crawl towards him, her bloody hands clutching the hem of his clothes. The baby's crying became louder and louder, penetrating into his ears and madly interfering with his reason.
Lu Yan's breathing became rapid and his whole body was covered in cold sweat.
The woman was still sobbing in resentment. Her body was like a blood-red snake, slowly climbing up along Lu Yan's waist, circling around and around, and whispered in his ear: "Why didn't you save me..."
"Why ..."
The woman's head gradually circled in front of Lu Yan. Her hair was very long, and her skin was cracked into countless small cracks like a wall. Her eyes had only whites but no pupils. Her mouth opened and closed, and blood gushed out madly.
Lu Yan seemed to be in a trance. Hearing this, he took a step back with a pale face and asked himself in a low voice: "Why didn't I save you... why..."
The woman looked at him quietly: "You deserve to die."
Lu Yan's pupils froze for a moment: "I deserve to die?"
The woman repeated calmly: "Yes, you deserve to die."
Her body had been twisted into a long snake, with only her head resting on Lu Yan's shoulder. The woman slowly opened her mouth and stuck out her scarlet tongue, ready to swallow this human into her stomach. However, just as her sharp fangs were about to touch Lu Yan, her throat suddenly tightened and she felt a burning pain.
“Sizzle!”
Lu Yan suddenly had a golden sword in his hand. He stabbed the woman's throat with his backhand, and smoke rose from the sword. His eyes were cold and sharp, and he didn't look like he was being deceived at all. He said in a deep voice, word by word:
"I will save you now and let you be reborn soon!!"
Lu Yan had sensed something was wrong when the ghost was performing the magic trick, and he exchanged 500 points with the system for a demon-repelling sword, which would only last for three hours. He drew out the sword and stabbed the ghost quickly. The ghost was injured by the sword, and she screamed in pain and immediately let go of Lu Yan's body.
Lu Yan was determined to kill her today, and his moves were so swift and ferocious that only an afterimage could be seen. The female ghost turned into a streak of black smoke and dodged in fear from the strange weapon. Every time her body was cut by the sword, the cut part would corrode into white smoke and dissipate. The originally large ball of black smoke eventually became the size of a basketball.
Time passed by little by little, and at the critical moment, the system suddenly popped up a prompt:
[Ding! Please be aware, the Exorcist Sword is about to become ineffective! ]
【The 60-second countdown begins! 】
【59】
【58】
Lu Yan's heart sank when he heard the system's prompt. He had deliberately given his opponent a chance to win during the fight. He was hit on the shoulder and staggered back two steps, looking exhausted. Seeing this, the female ghost took advantage of the situation and attacked. She opened her mouth wide and was about to bite off Lu Yan's head viciously, but she didn't expect Lu Yan to suddenly turn his wrist and slash the long sword diagonally, piercing her temple directly.
“Sizzle!!!!”
The blade of the exorcist sword touched the ghost girl's body, just like burning coals touching flesh and blood, and instantly emitted a foul-smelling white smoke. The ghost girl's painful scream almost pierced Lu Yan's eardrums. She twisted her body wildly to escape, but her body melted rapidly like an ice cube, getting smaller and smaller.
【3】
【2】
【1】
[Ding! The exorcist sword has failed! ]
When the system's countdown reached the last second, the exorcist sword in Lu Yan's hand instantly changed from gold to ordinary wood color. The female ghost exploded like a cloud of smoke, and with a bang, it turned into ashes in the air. Lu Yan was also sent flying by the force, and his whole body hit the cabinet next to the cash register heavily, causing stars to appear in his eyes.
The system prompt sounded again:
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the second branch mission. You have successfully killed this wanderer and are rewarded with 5,000 points! ]
Lu Yan was a little slow to react when he heard this. He looked up in a daze, and saw the wind and rain outside blowing in through the roller shutters, leaving only tilted tables and chairs on the ground. The old windows made a creaking sound, and the rain hit the dead branches, leaving a field of fallen leaves.
The ghost disappeared...
Lu Yan held his shoulder and struggled to get up from the ground. He looked around and finally found that there was no trace of the female ghost in the store. His nerves, which had been tense for several days, suddenly relaxed at this moment. He saw that the restaurant had become a mess because of the fight just now. He bent down and prepared to restore the tilted tables and chairs in the store. However, just as he picked up a chair, an anxious voice came from behind him:
"Hey! Don't move! Let me do it!"
The noodle shop owner had been hiding in the back watching for an unknown amount of time. When he saw Lu Yan was about to clean up, he quickly ran out, trembling as he held his hand and said, "I can do this job. How can I let you do it yourself?"
Lu Yan explained: "I messed up the tables and chairs by accident. Check to see if there is anything broken. I will compensate you..."
The eldest brother was already amazed by Lu Yanlu's kung fu and was so grateful that he would not ask him to compensate. He held his hand and said with tears in his eyes: "No, no, no, no compensation! Little brother, I am very grateful to you today, otherwise I would have died here. If I died, what would happen to your sister-in-law!"
Anyone would feel uncomfortable if a bald, tough guy cried in front of you.
Seeing that the table and chairs were indeed not damaged, Lu Yan gave up the idea of helping to clean up: "It's a small matter, just consider it as a thank you for the plate of dumplings you treated me to."
He stopped talking and glanced at the sky again: "It's getting late, I'll go back first."
It's almost dawn anyway.
The noodle shop owner subconsciously shouted: "Hey, big brother, how can I thank you?!"
Thank you?
Lu Yan still remembered that the boss had called him a shitty anchor. He stopped in his tracks when he heard that. He remembered something and turned back. He rolled up his jacket sleeves in front of the boss, and he was seen wearing a shiny gold watch on his right wrist, exactly the same as the one on the boss's wrist.
The boss was stunned: "This... this this this?!"
Lu Yan touched his watch and said in a pretentious manner, "This demon-repelling watch was blessed by a master. I've said it before. It can bless you with peace and protect you from all kinds of evil. You won't get cheated if you buy it."
He ignored his boss's stunned and shocked look and waved his hand: "I'm leaving!"
Lu Yan turned around and left the store. His figure blended into the darkness and soon disappeared. However, the sky in the distance was just breaking dawn, slowly revealing a hint of paleness.
The boss stood there in shock for a full half minute, then he seemed to remember something, slapped his thigh excitedly, ran out of the door and shouted from a distance: "Brother, I remember it! You you you...you are the anchor! The Xiao Lu with the abdominal muscles?!!"
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