There were more than a dozen corpses buried in a small cellar, and Shi Gui slept on these corpses every night. It can be seen how cruel his character is.
Lin Dan shook his head, full of disgust, and stamped his feet to stop the poisonous insects from devouring the corpse. She fumbled in the cellar for a while and finally found a switch and turned on a small light bulb hanging on the cellar ceiling. The dim light illuminated this cramped place and slowly calmed the thin girl who had been screaming.
Lin Dan had been holding a flashlight, so the girl couldn't see her face clearly and thought Shi Gui had come, so she screamed.
"You, who are you? Were you captured too?" The girl's voice was very dry, and there was sympathy and sadness in her eyes as she looked at Lin Dan. She had completely given up hope of escaping.
"Who are you?" Lin Dan walked to the girl and touched the chain on her ankle. Now she could easily break the chain with her bare hands, but she didn't do that. Unique people will always be rejected by others. Until they have absolutely powerful strength, they will not expose their uniqueness.
"My name is..." The girl thought hard for a while before speaking slowly: "My name is Yu Yeying." This name that originally belonged to her now seemed to be very far away from her. Here, she was just an animal used to satisfy his animal desires, and Shi Gui didn't care what her name was or where she came from.
Lin Dan nodded and asked again: "How long have you been locked up here?"
The girl's face was numb: "I don't know."
"So what year were you imprisoned in?"
“2015.”
"It's 2018 now." Lin Dan told the girl the exact time: "You have been imprisoned for three years."
The girl nodded slowly, her eyes filled with confusion. Time is meaningless to her. She has lost the present, so how can she have a future?
Lin Dan tidied up her dry and messy hair, and then inconspicuously felt her pulse, and found that she was not only malnourished and had organ failure, but also had contracted many diseases. If I hadn't come, she would have died in this dark place in a year at most or half a year at least.
Lin Dan sighed silently, then stood up and climbed up the stairs. The dense swarms of poisonous insects followed her out like the receding tide.
The girl looked at the strange scene in silence, showing no surprise or fear, nor did she ask Lin Dan for help. Having been locked up for too long, her mind has become dull. At first she thought day and night about how to escape from this hellhole, but now she doesn't dare to think about anything and just lives her life one day at a time.
She looked at the dozen or so corpses that were dug out of the ground by poisonous insects, and thought in despair: If I could die earlier and become an unconscious corpse, it might be a good thing.
Since there is such a shocking secret hidden in the cellar, Shi Gui must carry the key to the chain with him to prevent it from being lost. Thinking of this, Lin Dan crawled out from under the bed and searched his body, and indeed found a key. His skin was full of poisonous insects. After eating their fill of flesh and blood, they began to devour their own kind, causing his thin layer of skin to tremble constantly. It was a very horrifying scene.
Lin Dan didn't even frown. He walked out of the door and found that the medicinal materials in the copper furnace were almost burned out. Then he bit his fingertips and dripped his blood into it. A half-foot-high flame suddenly leaped out of the copper furnace, followed by an unusually strong and fragrant green smoke, which attracted all the densely packed poisonous insects.
They scrambled to get into the copper furnace. It was a small furnace with a capacity of only half a liter, but it could continuously absorb poisonous insects as if it was never satisfied. The tide of insects disappeared completely in an instant, and then a teeth-grinding gnawing sound came from the copper furnace.
Lin Dan listened attentively. It was not difficult to imagine that these were various poisonous insects fighting each other, and the one that survived was qualified to be called a poisonous insect.
The strange man followed Lin Dan all the time, silently observing her every move. He became more and more impressed with this little girl and more and more interested in her. She is very brave and calm enough, and is a good candidate.
"The inheritance of a witch doctor comes from blood," he explained in a rare good mood, "The purer your blood is, the stronger the Gu worms you cultivate will be. Of course, the cultivation method also determines the strength of the Gu worms, and you have to figure it out yourself."
Lin Dan did not ask him whether his bloodline was pure or not. Having come this far, even if she is weak, she will try every possible way to make herself stronger. Blood cannot be replaced, but will can determine destiny. She has always believed in this.
The green smoke in the copper furnace slowly dissipated, and the gnawing sounds completely stopped. Lin Dan then opened the top cover and took out a blood-red silkworm.
The man raised his eyebrows slightly, as if a little surprised, but did not speak. The little girl was able to raise a blood silkworm the first time she bred the poisonous insect. She has an outstanding talent.
Lin Dan did not study the purpose of this little bug too much, but swallowed it directly into his stomach. The intense feeling of hunger disappeared instantly, and she breathed a sigh of relief. From this we can see that the energy contained in the adult insects is more than that in the eggs. So what is better food than the adult insects?
Lin Dan naturally thought of the Gu King, and thus became more determined to learn the art of witchcraft. If she doesn't study the art of witchcraft well, she won't be able to cultivate a King of Gu, so how can she satisfy the Holy Gu in her body?
The man leaned over to look at her and sighed, "How can you eat something so disgusting?"
Lin Dan turned a deaf ear to him and just poured out the ashes in the copper stove, wiped them clean with a handkerchief, and then put them into his schoolbag. She searched Shi Gui's house, took away his cell phone and cash, and cleared all traces of herself. Then she returned to the cellar, opened the iron chain on the girl's ankle, and ordered, "Come with me."
The girl stared at Lin Dan blankly, her face full of bewilderment, until the iron chain that had bound her for more than a thousand days and nights was thrown to the ground with a clang, and then she suddenly came to her senses and whispered in disbelief: "You want to take me out?"
"Yes." Lin Dan nodded with a firm tone.
The girl held her wrist tightly with a terrified expression: "No, that man is up there! If he finds out, he will catch you too!" Her willpower and desire to survive had long been worn out by the endless torture.
"He won't come back." Lin Dan touched her head and said gently, "Don't be afraid, you are free."
The girl kept shaking her head, tears falling. How much she longed for freedom, but she was afraid that it was just a dream. When she woke up, she would be trapped in darkness again, enduring endless pain and despair.
Lin Dan didn’t know how to heal her inner trauma, so he could only pick her up and put her on the ground. When the girl saw Shi Gui’s shriveled skin, she immediately screamed. After Lin Dan covered her mouth, she gradually realized that the devil who had tortured her day and night was dead and he would never come back!
The girl began to sob silently, with hatred, joy, and relief in her eyes. What seemed like a terrifying scene to ordinary people was equivalent to salvation in her eyes. From then on, she no longer had to worry about this person suddenly appearing in her life and dragging her into the abyss. She didn't want to know how he died, and she didn't want to know whether the girl had anything to do with it. She was saved, she was finally saved!
Lin Dan held the girl and stood beside the bed, allowing her to see Shi Gui's death at a glance. Escaping cannot heal inner trauma, acceptance is the only way. Accept suffering, accept reality, and accept yourself with all your scars. If the imprisoned person was Lin Dan, she thought that the moment she escaped, she would be willing to watch Shi Gui go to hell with her own eyes.
The girl's sobbing became quieter and quieter until it stopped completely. She gently pulled Lin Dan's sleeve and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm fine, let's go."
Only then did Lin Dan hold her in his arms and disappear into the night.
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The next day, the feeling of hunger came back, making Lin Dan feel very uncomfortable. She was about to get out of bed to find something to eat, but she found a thin body curled up at her feet.
Yu Yeying thought she would suffer from insomnia, just like every night before. However, nestled at the feet of the man who saved her, she actually slept very soundly, sweetly, and peacefully. The moment the other person woke up, she also woke up, quickly got up, and looked over with her big eyes. When she came back last night, this man had already bathed her and changed her clothes. His every move was very gentle, which made her miss him very much.
Lin Dan put on his coat and naturally held the girl's wrist to feel her pulse. This body would not live long if it was not treated. Due to malnutrition, her organs were damaged in various ways, her bones were broken in many places, and she had suffered several miscarriages, which left her with a root of disease. Shi Gui vented his animal desires on her and beat her like a sandbag when he was unhappy. It was a miracle that she could survive until now.
The girl obediently let Lin Dan hold her hand, and even pulled the corners of her mouth hard, trying to force a smile. She hadn't smiled for three years and had forgotten how to control the muscles on her face.
Lin Dan said slowly: "Do you still remember your parents' phone number? I'll notify them to pick you up."
The girl's already distorted expression froze instantly. Home, what a warm word. In the beginning, she dreamed of going home, but later, when she suffered such terrible treatment, home became a place she could never return to. All her longing for it turned into fear and embarrassment of homesickness.
Can my father and mother still accept me now? After returning, how should I return to my life? She covered her face and cried out in despair.
Lin Dan rubbed her head again and again and persuaded her: "Your parents must still be looking for you, you should give them a call first."
The girl cried for a long time before nodding hesitantly.
Lin Dan took out Shi Gui's mobile phone and fiddled with it for a long time but failed to unlock the page. He suddenly felt a little discouraged. She looked at the girl, and the girl shook her head, indicating that she could not help. So the two of them had to go next door to ask Zhou Nan for help. He fiddles with his phone all day, so there should be a way, right?
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