More than 20 years ago, Luoyan City People’s Hospital, Obstetrics Department.

A man was sitting restlessly in the corridor, looking towards the delivery room from time to time. It was raining outside, and the sound of raindrops hitting the glass window was very rapid, just like the man's mood at the moment.

In fact, there was more than one man in the corridor.

"Hey, buddy, what's your name?" A middle-aged man came over and started a conversation.

The anxious man also smiled to hide his nervousness: "My last name is Lin!"

"Brother Lin, this is your first time being a father, right?"

"Yes, how did you know that?"

"Hey, it's the same with the first child. It was the same for me the year before last. This is my second child, so I'm much calmer. I tell you, don't be nervous. Giving birth is actually very fast. You'll hear the baby crying soon."

The man surnamed Lin nodded naively.

"By the way, Brother Lin, do you want a boy or a girl?"

"It's all right. I like boys and girls."

"It's against my will, but at this critical moment, I still have to rely on men. We need a boy at home. My wife gave birth to a girl as her first child, so no matter what, she has to give me a boy as her second child."

Good news came from the delivery room, the baby was born.

"Zhang Baoping's family members!"

"Yes, yes."

The middle-aged man hurried over.

"It's a girl!"

The nurse poured a basin of cold water on the middle-aged man's forehead. The latter shivered and wilted like an eggplant hit by frost.

But middle-aged people seem to have let it go.

He comforted himself.

"It doesn't matter if it's a girl. They say a daughter is a father's little cotton-padded jacket. I got two at once. I won't be cold anymore."

The other men in the corridor came over to congratulate.

"Brother Lin, it seems like your wife went in first, right?"

"Yeah, that's right!"

"Don't worry, it's hard to give birth to a first child. Last time my wife gave birth for several hours. Okay, I'm going to see my wife and daughter first. See you later!"

"Okay, go get busy first!"

After the middle-aged man left, Lao Lin became a little nervous again. After all, the wives of other people who went in later had given birth.

Nothing's going to happen, is it?

Lao Lin took a deep breath.

He had seen the world and had experienced things that ordinary people could not imagine, but he was still very nervous at the moment. If there was sand under his feet, he could dig out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.

At this time, a strange thing happened.

He suddenly heard a very strange sound of footsteps.

The obstetrics department is on the second floor. Because it is nighttime, no one comes upstairs except a few family members, so it is always very quiet. If someone goes upstairs, the footsteps will be very obvious.

The footsteps were very slow, and the strange thing was that they were accompanied by a special sound of water stains.

If you listen carefully you'll notice a problem.

The other person seemed to be without shoes.

It was the sound of bare feet stepping on the ground.

But in fact, no one noticed except Lao Lin.

Old Lin is not an ordinary person, or rather, their Lin family itself is not an ordinary person.

The Lin family belongs to the Hidden Gate branch.

It was once glorious. More than a hundred years ago, the ancestors of the Lin family were also honored guests of officials and wealthy merchants. Who dared to offend them? Although it has gradually declined in recent years, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and some of the skills of the ancestors of the Lin family have been passed down.

Lao Lin looked towards the stairs over there.

He squinted his eyes and his expression gradually became solemn.

In the corridor at night, only this side has lights on. It is dark on the other side of the stairs, and one can only see a rough outline with the help of the light from this side.

The hospital itself is a place with a lot of yin energy. Some people have a keen sense of perception and will feel very uncomfortable staying in such a place. At this moment, the yin energy at the staircase is even heavier, and waves of cold air are coming from there. Lao Lin has a keen sense of perception and knows that something is wrong.

The footsteps over there were neither fast nor slow, and one could hear them coming up the steps one step at a time.

But when it was about to show up, it stopped.

It should be standing on the two steps leading up the stairs.

It was raining outside, and there were several other family members waiting in the corridor, and no one noticed what was happening at the stairs.

Lao Lin kept looking over there.

After about ten seconds of silence, a head slowly popped out from the dim staircase over there and looked over here.

It was a pale, extremely strange-looking face. Its face was wet with rain, its hair was wet and stuck to its head, and its eyes were staring at Lao Lin expressionlessly.

It's a woman.

But this woman looks awkward no matter how I look at her.

The problem is that the angle at which the other person sticks his head out is horizontal to the ground, and it is difficult for ordinary people to achieve that posture.

The next moment, the other party waved at Lao Lin.

If a timid person saw this scene, he would probably wet his pants on the spot.

Old Lin's expression remained unchanged, but something moved in his mind and he immediately stood up and walked over.

As a result, the other party immediately retracted his head, and then the sound of bare feet walking down the stairs was heard.

Unlike when he came so slowly, he ran very fast.

Lao Lin also quickened his pace and rushed downstairs.

The security guard at the first floor gate was sleeping at this time. The sound of rain outside also helped him sleep, so he slept soundly, lying on the table without moving.

The strange, soaked woman stood at the door and continued to wave at Lao Lin.

This time, Lao Lin didn't follow him. Instead, he said, "Don't be so mysterious to me. If you have something to say, just say it. If not, I'm going back. I'm busy."

After saying that, he turned around.

At this time, the woman spoke.

"Lin Yao Wang, please stay!"

The voice was hoarse. It was obviously a woman's, but at this moment it was a man's voice.

"Lin Yao Wang, I'm here to ask for medicine."

Old Lin sneered and waved his hand, saying, "I'm not free today. Let's talk about it another day."

"I can't postpone it. My business is urgent and can't be delayed."

The woman tilted her head and glared, her voice containing a hint of provocation.

Lao Lin narrowed his eyes.

He realized that the other party was deliberately looking for trouble.

"Being able to possess an ordinary person shows that you have some skills. It's not easy. Why do you want to die? You call me King Lin, so you must know my methods. Now leave this woman and go immediately. We won't pursue this matter, otherwise..."

"What else?" The woman laughed strangely.

At this time, Lao Lin stretched out his hand and a dime coin flew out and hit the sleeping security guard directly on the head, obviously trying to wake him up.

But the security guard didn't move and was still sleeping.

"Don't bother trying. He's possessed."

The woman raised the corners of her mouth and smiled strangely.

At this time, a nurse came over from the other side. The wet woman at the door glanced at Lao Lin, turned around and walked out, and soon disappeared in the pouring rain outside.

It was naturally impossible for Lao Lin to follow.

He had seen a lot of strange things, including the ability to possess someone from that world in the real world.

However, this situation rarely happens.

Of course, even if it possesses a spirit, the other party won’t be able to cause any serious damage.

No matter how powerful she is in that world, she will be just an ordinary person once she is possessed, and it will be difficult to maintain the state for long. Lao Lin wanted to wake up the security guard just now because he was planning to ask the security guard to help subdue the woman.

Back at the door of the delivery room on the second floor, Lao Lin was still thinking about this matter.

I have heard many such stories from the elderly, but most of them are just legends.

But Lao Lin knew that this was not a fabricated story.

There are countless strange things in that world, but people in the real world will only enter that world after falling asleep if they are infected by the "nightmare".

But in reality, most people will not be infected.

Even if you are possessed by evil spirits and have nightmares, under normal circumstances you will return to normal within a period of time.

Just like a towel soaked in water, it will slowly dry up.

Even if there is a one in ten thousand chance that some weird thing succeeds and possesses a fetus, in most cases it will dissipate on its own and will not be able to take root.

There is only a very small chance of success.

It is also for this reason that since ancient times, every family has the custom of hanging a safety lock on the child after the birth of a new baby. This is actually to prevent evil spirits from attaching to the baby.

Things made of gold and silver have the ability to ward off evil spirits.

They were not afraid of other people's children, so there was even less need to worry about the Lin family. Old Lin had already prepared everything and even hired two "guest spirits" to watch over his wife, so he could completely ensure that his children were safe.

"But what exactly did the thing that possessed that woman just now want to do?"

Lao Lin still felt a little uncomfortable.

He sat on a chair in the corridor, glanced at the delivery room, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The transition between reality and nightmare is just a matter of closing your eyes.

Logically speaking, there is no nightmare zone in places that are not invaded by nightmares. Even if you enter a dream like Lao Lin, you can actually only see the area within one or two meters around you. The rest of the place is pitch black.

Lao Lin stood up at this moment and walked towards the delivery room.

Pushing open the door of the delivery room, it was also pitch black inside. Lao Lin walked forward a few steps, suddenly smelled something, and looked around.

"Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, where are you?"

Lao Lin shouted.

No response.

The place was eerily quiet.

As he continued walking forward, Lao Lin noticed something under his feet. He looked down and his scalp instantly went numb.

There was a dead body on the ground.

It's already deader than dead.

It was Fourth Uncle! He looked down and found Third Uncle's head not far away.

My fourth uncle had his stomach ripped open, and my third uncle had his head and body separated, both deaths were horrible.

The third uncle and the fourth uncle are guest spirits that the Lin family has raised for fifty years. They have been raised since Grandpa Lin’s generation, and have always protected the Lin family.

To Lao Lin, these two are his uncles, so he calls them uncles.

I didn't expect that he died quietly.

"They were just killed. I know. The woman who led me downstairs just now wanted to let something avoid me and enter the delivery room. What was it? It could have caused the death of Third Uncle and Fourth Uncle silently."

Lao Lin suddenly became nervous.

His mood instantly plummeted, not only because his third and fourth uncles had died, but also because this matter was most likely aimed at his wife and children.

Lao Lin can tolerate other things, but this is absolutely not acceptable.

Even if he risked his life, he would not let anything happen to his wife and children.

But Lao Lin found nothing afterwards.

The thing that sneaked in and killed my third and fourth uncles never appeared again.

It was as if it had never appeared, and yet it seemed as if it had already left.

Lao Lin didn't understand. Could it be that the strange creature was just trying to kill Uncle Three and Uncle Four? This didn't make sense. If it was just to kill Uncle Three and Uncle Four, why did it have to come here? Why did it choose this critical moment?

Besides, since he was able to kill his third and fourth uncles silently, it would be easy for the other party to destroy him, so why not continue killing them.

In the end, Lao Lin didn't find the answer he wanted.

He was woken up by someone slapping him.

It was the nurse, telling him something was wrong.

My wife was pregnant with twins, but when they gave birth they found out that one of the fetuses was dead.

The other child is perfectly healthy.

Because a fetus had died, the hospital took the case very seriously, mainly because they were afraid that the family members would make trouble. Although it was not a problem of the hospital or the doctors, it was difficult to reason with the emotional family members about such a matter.

Lao Lin didn't cause any trouble.

He had a hunch that the stillbirth of one of his sons was most likely related to the previous strange incident.

So of course he wouldn't blame the hospital or the doctor for this.

The wife was very sad.

After all, one of the twin boys died, it would be strange if the mother was not sad.

Lao Lin didn't tell his wife about this.

Although his wife is an expert in studying ancient strange events, such things are usually dangerous, and Lao Lin doesn't want to put his family in danger.

So for a period of time afterwards, Lao Lin investigated the matter on his own. It can be said that he tried his best and put in a lot of effort, but in the end he did not find out the truth.

This incident was a thorn in Lao Lin's heart. As a father, knowing that one of his sons died before he was even born, it was absolutely heartbreaking and painful. Every time he thought of that rainy night, he regretted it to the point of going crazy.

He thought that if he had not followed that strange woman downstairs, perhaps his son could have survived.

In fact, Lao Lin had already given names to his two sons, imagining the happy life of his family of four in the future. Unfortunately, this wish could not be realized.

He named his two sons Lin Yuan and Lin Mo.

The one who died was actually my younger brother.

Later, Lao Lin discussed with his wife and decided to change the surviving brother's name from Lin Yuan to Lin Mo in memory of his younger brother who died young.

It's like a family reunited in another way.

…

"Brother, are you hiding something from me?"

Lin Mo interrogated his brother Lin Yuan.

"No, no, what could I hide from you?" Lin Yuan waved his hands and denied it flatly.

"Then look me in the eye. Come on, let's look each other in the eye. If you can hold on for three seconds, I will believe you." Lin Mo used his killer move. At this moment, the old man avoided his gaze and didn't look him in the eye. There must be something wrong here.

Just now they were analyzing why Chunfeng would choose himself to undergo this immortal calamity, and the elder brother's face changed drastically in an instant. Based on Lin Mo's understanding of the elder brother, the other party must have thought of some key clues.

But why didn't the elder brother say it? No matter how Lin Mo pressed him, the elder brother refused to admit that he was hiding something.

Lin Mo had no choice but to use his ultimate move.

"Brother, if you don't tell me, then I can only go to Chunfeng and ask him myself."

"Don't go. If he gets you, he will really become an immortal."

"I don't care. I'll go, and I won't resist. He can kill me or chop me up, it's up to him."

Lin Mo continued talking and walked out directly. Lin Yuan couldn't stop him. The main reason was that Lin Mo was stronger than him now and he couldn't stop him at all.

In a hurry, Lin Yuan sighed and said, "Okay, stop making trouble."

"I said not yet!"

"That's right, brother. We can't hide things from each other. Tell us what's going on."

Lin Yuan sighed, and hesitated to speak for several times. Finally, he slapped his thigh and said, "When mom gave birth to us, Chunfeng actually schemed against us. This person did something to us, which led to the birth of the twins and the death of one of them."

"Is it him?" Lin Mo was also shocked. He really didn't know about this. After all, he was still young at that time.

"Brother, how did you know?"

"Chun Feng used a secret technique to kill one fetus and seal it with a Yin curse, and left another fetus and sealed it with a Yang curse. This is the Yin and Yang energy in Taoism, but Chun Feng probably didn't know at the time that the Yang curse has the effect of opening up the mind, causing the baby with the Yang curse to have memories when speaking."

Lin Mo was stunned, and asked, "Brother, the one you are talking about who is carrying the Yang Curse, isn't that you?" Lin Yuan nodded.

Lin Mo pondered for a moment, and said with a strange expression: "Then I am the Yin Curse, but you just said that he killed a fetus and then sealed it in the Yin..."

The next moment, Lin Mo realized something, and this time it was his turn to turn pale.

(End of this chapter)