Chapter 109
Johnny saw that she suddenly moved strangely and seemed to be moving towards him, so he subconsciously reached out and pushed her, then took several steps back.
The black-haired girl was pushed so hard, but she didn't retreat or fall down. She just froze her body and swayed back and forth even more vigorously.
Johnny was frightened and in panic he didn't hold the flashlight steady. As the light moved, he could see the black-haired girl's long hair swinging back and forth like a large tumbler.
Seeing that she was just wandering in place, Johnny looked back at Lu Jiamu anxiously.
Lu Jiamu had also groped his way over, and the two of them observed the black-haired girl from a distance.
Her face still had the same terrified expression that she had at the beginning, and it never changed.
Johnny was much calmer because he didn't have to face her alone. Besides, he had just bumped into her once, touched her, and stabbed her. If he was going to die, he would have died several times.
He swallowed, "We...save her?"
After observing for a moment, Lu Jiamu stretched out his index finger, wanting to check if she was still breathing.
The black-haired girl moved her lips and bumped into Lu Jiamu's fingers, and the touch felt a bit strange.
Lu Jiamu rubbed his fingertips: "No, she is dead."
But the corpse still retained its softness as it had when alive. No wonder Johnny didn't realize it was a dead person after touching it so many times.
Lu Jiamu walked carefully to the side of the black-haired girl and observed her face.
Seeing how brave he was, Johnny cooperated and moved closer with the flashlight.
The black-haired girl's skin was covered with a transparent film that fit perfectly with the body and was difficult to detect in this light. It was like plastic wrap wrapped around the body.
The membrane was connected to the ground at the bottom, which was why the corpse stood still and did not fall down.
Perhaps this is to preserve it for future use as fertilizer.
The black-haired girl was not drowned, nor was she used directly as fertilizer, but she died in this unknown corner.
Johnny felt mixed emotions, blaming himself and feeling scared. After seeing clearly, he turned the flashlight to the ground, then covered it with his hand, letting only a little light through.
Perhaps their judgment that there was no danger in this basement was wrong, otherwise the body of the black-haired girl would not have appeared here.
Johnny asked uncertainly, "Were you the one who asked me to come down just now?"
"Well..." Lu Jiamu wavered from side to side, and finally decided to speak directly, "I didn't say anything. I wanted to ask you to wait a little longer, but you had already come down."
Johnny asked persistently: "But I clearly heard..."
Before the two of them could start arguing, a hoarse and ambiguous voice came from deeper in the basement: "Hmm..."
Both of them fell silent at the same time.
Johnny could tell that this was the same voice he had heard outside, but it was definitely not Lu Jiamu's voice.
Lu Jiamu didn't make a sound, and neither did he. So what on earth was making the sound?
Johnny suddenly thought of the black-haired girl who was obviously dead but still lifelike because she was wrapped in plastic wrap.
Are there more bodies like this one in the cellar, making the noise? Or is there something else?
But Johnny knew that if they continued to wander around here without concealment and disturbed those dangerous things, they might be the next ones to be wrapped in plastic wrap.
The sound just now seemed like just a simple sigh. Seeing that there was no follow-up, Lu Jiamu planned to continue walking inside.
Johnny cautiously expressed his desire to exit this strange basement first.
Lu Jiamu told him that it was not in the basement, so he could only go outside and freeze to death.
Johnny originally wanted to find a hidden corner to hide in. But he saw Lu Jiamu walking forward in the dark, and immediately called him: "Hey, we are here, don't go any further, okay?"
Lu Jiamu did not answer. Johnny was more afraid of standing alone in the dark with a corpse, so he had no choice but to follow him.
The two men walked for a while, feeling their way along the wall. Suddenly, the originally straight wall had a large corner, and the ground in front of them seemed to have a fault, and there was no way forward.
Lu Jiamu walked carefully, and when he felt one of his feet was suspended in the air, he pulled it back and did not fall. After reminding Johnny, he asked Johnny to use a flashlight to check the situation ahead.
Johnny covered the front of the flashlight with his hand and turned it on obediently. But the light was only enough to see what was under his feet, which was far from enough, so he had to release the hand covering the flashlight.
The first thing Johnny saw was a luxurious crystal chandelier, flickering with tiny points of light.
It turns out there is another world under the castle.
The road ahead was indeed completely cut off, sinking sharply. The space below was divided into different areas, decorated very gorgeously.
This entire space almost corresponds to the entire underground of the castle, and even occupies a larger area.
Compared to the desolation on the ground, this place looks more like what a noble family should look like.
Johnny shone the flashlight downwards and saw a huge monster that seemed to be made up of a lot of chaotic flesh and blood, lying there in the middle of the underground space.
It was like a plant that had grown roots, with many thin filaments branching out from its chaotic body. Some of them penetrated into the ground, while others went upwards to an unknown place, gently waving in the air.
Illuminated by the light, the monster shook like jelly, its flesh and blood twisted, and it made a hoarse and ambiguous sound: "Hmm..."
All of the monster's whiskers shrank reflexively, but it did not move further, as if it was asleep.
Lu Jiamu sighed without meaning, "Wow."
Johnny suddenly saw such a group of monsters and broke out in a cold sweat. Afraid of angering them, he immediately shone the flashlight towards the wall next to him.
The walls were densely covered with paintings in exquisite wooden frames. The two largest paintings at the top had the words "Hunter Vinson and Mary Vinson" written on the corners.
The picture shows two people with deformed and twisted heads. It is impossible to tell the gender of the two from the portrait alone. The gender can only be barely distinguished by the name.
Johnny moved the flashlight and looked down one by one.
The rest of the frames were large and small, and were also hung neatly in rows. Each portrait was misshapen, with their names and the surname Vincent written on the corners.
Although some of the portraits at the top are deformed, they still show human forms, and occasionally there are one or two portraits of normal people.
But as the flashlight moved downwards, the deformity of the "person" in the portrait became increasingly severe, and the flesh and blood seemed to be gradually melting away.
By the last few lines, the characters in the portraits had all turned into a uniform mass of muddy monsters, and they all had the last name Vincent.
Obviously, this is a wall of family portraits, and also the history of the Vincent family's evolution.
It was so deformed that Lu Jiamu didn't even know why they still painted the portrait and hung it up.
Just take a photo of a lump of red mud, make dozens of copies and hang them up, and no one will dare to say that this is not a self-portrait of the whole family.
It was all too obvious, and Johnny had already figured out that what was hanging on the wall was the Vincent family tree.
As a family whose first few generations were just a little deformed, there were only a few possibilities for them to gradually evolve from generation to generation into the mud monsters at the end.
Either the thing that caused the mutation of their family members is in the manor and continues to affect the Vincent family, or their family is engaging in inbreeding.
In the horror stories Johnny had heard before, there were some ignorant ancient families who believed they had "bloodline" and were committed to cultivating pure-blooded offspring, so they kept marrying their close relatives and became deformed families.
The portraits on the wall give people the feeling that they are constantly "purifying" the deformity.
Johnny was secretly shocked at the end and turned his attention back to the huge monster lurking below: "So, they are the real owners of the castle?"
Lu Jiamu nodded.
The castle above is a fake cover, and the one below is the real castle of the Vincent family. For some reason, they all moved from the ground to the underground.
Considering what Johnny said before that their family never went out during the day, Lu Jiamu guessed that they were gradually becoming afraid of the sun.
Johnny began to speculate who the lump of meat below was, because in his impression, in such a situation, the evil ancestor might still exist in some form, or there might be a monster like a queen ant or queen bee responsible for continuous reproduction.
"I guess this is all of them." Lu Jiamu had already started to climb down, "Now they are just huddled together."
Johnny was shocked to see that he insisted on going down there even though he knew there were monsters: "What are you doing?!"
Lu Jiamu hushed him and asked him to speak more quietly: "You can see that the castle up there is so desolate, there won't be anything valuable. What we are looking for is right down there."
But Johnny spoke too loudly just now because he was afraid.
The monster below began to wriggle, and its thin whiskers stopped waving. The outermost layer opened several pairs of eyes. Heads were constantly pushing out from inside, as if they also wanted to observe what was happening outside.
The huge monster that was formed by embracing each other gradually separated into individuals, and the whole monster began to "boil".
This scene indeed confirmed what Lu Jiamu had just said, that they were a family hugging each other.
Johnny was like a frightened bird, and he turned off the flashlight the moment he realized that he had spoken a little loudly.
Lu Jiamu, who was about to find a foothold to climb down, immediately held his breath and hid.
The monster was still wriggling, its densely packed eyes rotating in different directions, examining every corner of the underground castle. Because they had been hiding underground for many years, they already had excellent night vision.
But because the two people were still some distance away and had already hidden themselves immediately, those eyes looked around for a long time but could not see anything unusual.
All eyes found nothing. The monster gradually calmed down. The eyeballs that were originally moving around searching began to become dull, as if they were about to fall asleep, and closed not long after.
The heads that were originally squeezing around trying to stick out shrank back, the flesh mass returned to silence, and the thin whiskers that had spread out from it began to sway rhythmically again.
**
On the ground, in the Vincent family's castle, the mistress of the manor took the new family around and told them some stories about her ancestors.
The woman listened to the stories about Vincent's ancestors' business and responded appropriately, creating a very harmonious atmosphere.
They chatted for more than an hour and walked around the castle before the maid found them and said dinner was ready.
The hostess of the manor immediately and enthusiastically invited them to have dinner together.
The family was already hungry, so they had no reason to refuse and followed the hostess back to the first floor.
In the restaurant, the shabby dining table was covered with a brand new tablecloth, and it looked somewhat presentable.
All the maids were busy, bringing out plate after plate of meat, which soon filled the entire dining table, looking very generous.
The lady of the manor smiled at the new family, warmly but with a hint of weirdness: "Come and taste it. This is the meat produced by our family. It is only used to entertain distinguished guests."
The woman felt as if everyone in the restaurant was staring at her, and subconsciously felt a little uneasy, but when she turned around, she realized clearly that no one was looking at her.
Maybe it's an illusion.
But no matter what, she was very satisfied with the warm hospitality of the manor owners.
The woman responded with a smile, took a sausage and took a bite, then immediately praised the cooking skills of the manor and asked in surprise: "What kind of meat is this? I couldn't taste it at first."
The lady of the manor asked back: "Do you like it?"
The woman nodded: "Yes."
The smile of the manor hostess seemed to widen a little: "Then you are very much in line with the taste of our Vincent family. I wish you a pleasant meal."
"Of course, this is a cow that our family breeds outside the farm. Our family carefully selects ingredients and only chooses the best meat. The cow grew up in the best environment while listening to music. The food it eats every day is also the best it can eat."
After hearing this, the woman quickly praised it and then took out another piece of steak.
Although it was beef, it tasted better than any steak she had ever eaten.
It’s so delicious, so delicious… How can there be such delicious food?
She devoured the steak in no time and went to get another dish.
The lady of the manor still had that strange smile on her face as she introduced the dish: "The dish you are holding now is cow liver."
The woman didn't listen carefully at all, and was eating the meat on the plate like a possessed person.
I'm so hungry. I feel so hungry... Why am I getting hungrier and hungrier...
The man took a plate of large intestines. But he didn't use any cutlery, he just roughly pulled the intestines into his mouth, and the food was all over his face.
I’m so hungry…why am I even hungrier!
After eating all these, the two were still not satisfied. They no longer cared about their manners and stood up and kept taking plates from the table. Some even lay on the table to eat in a hurry.
The hostess of the manor still had that slightly stiff smile on her face, and she seemed not to notice the family's disrespect.
The two children at the table were terrified when they saw their parents going crazy for food, but they were also afraid of the owner of the manor, worrying that something bad would happen if they cried.
But in the end, the boy was so scared that he started crying loudly and kept pulling his mother.
The woman was pulled twice at first, and she was very impatient and wanted to kick the child away, but the child's crying awakened some of her rationality.
She stopped grabbing food from all over the table, took a moment to calm down, and then went to call her husband.
The man stopped eating greedily, with a piece of intestine hanging from his mouth. The fierceness in his eyes faded, and he became confused, not knowing what happened to him just now.
The two men sat back in their seats, not knowing what had happened to them. But they all knew that they had embarrassed themselves. The woman of the manor still had that unchanging smile on her face, as if she hadn't seen anything, which made them so ashamed that they wanted to hide in the cracks of the ground immediately.
The little boy was still crying, and the woman rubbed his forehead and asked him, "What's wrong with you?"
The little boy cried and said, "I'm scared."
The woman comforted him and asked if he was feeling okay.
"I... I just ate something strange..." The little boy cried and tremblingly took out a ring in his little hand.
The hostess took it and asked: "Where did you get it?"
"In...in the ham!"
The woman was very confused and looked at the hostess of the manor: How could there be such a thing in there?
The mistress of the manor smiled as usual: "I'm so sorry, maybe one of the servants was clumsy and dropped the ring. It's unforgivable to drop something like this in the guests' food. Check if the child is okay."
The woman became even more suspicious: the maids she had seen so far in the manor were all maids, but this ring was a men's style. Which maid would wear a men's ring?
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