Chapter 10 Little Devil (10) Submission to an absolute powerhouse or one of one's own kind...
No wonder it was so dangerous; it turned out to be a case of two lives lost, with the umbilical cord connecting the mother and child.
Offering sacrifices to the little devils is to control the female ghosts.
Her long hair fell down, and the female ghost did not lie on his back. Instead, she knelt lightly on his spine, held his shoulders, and was half a body taller than him, looking down from above his head.
The bluish-purple hands slowly moved downwards, wrapping around his neck, rendering him unable to move.
He lowered his eyes and saw the umbilical cord trailing behind the female ghost on the long steps.
They came to kill him? Yuan Luhang's brain doesn't seem to be able to realize that someone is interfering.
The sorceress certainly had her methods; even a female ghost might be connected to her child... indeed, they were "connected."
The cat was even more anxious than him, but fearing it would influence his decision, it could only deceive itself by flying to the unseen female ghost and staring at her with its wide cat eyes.
"...Are you trying to push her away?" Xie Tan sighed inwardly.
He was actually a little surprised. Judging from the little ghost, the female ghost wouldn't be very kind or understanding either. She was cowardly and dared to get so close to his face.
He had underestimated it. Xie Tan casually pulled himself back to reality. They had been locked in a stalemate for a long time, but he wasn't afraid.
People who find joy in living, have expectations for tomorrow, and are bound by certain responsibilities are the ones who fear death.
For him, death was like the water being cut off when he woke up to wash his face in the morning—something that happened and then happened.
What can you do? He's not a plumber.
The female ghost didn't kill him, nor did she make any other moves. Xie Tan didn't want to pretend to be a statue with her in the hallway. Suddenly, an idea came to him.
He took the little ghost's dagger out of his bag, held it up, and handed it to the female ghost.
The female ghost recognized the dagger, but didn't take it. Her long hair swayed, as if she was confused by his actions.
Xie Tan also pretended to be confused, slowly raised his head, and his hood slipped down, like a leaf being shed to reveal a beautiful and elegant flower.
The hallway was silent for a moment. The dagger was taken away by a cold hand, and the long hair receded like the tide. Xie Tan felt light all over, and his eyes, which had been covered by the long hair, reappeared, but with a different face.
He wasn't in the stairwell, but on the second-floor rooftop of an abandoned community service building in another corner of the neighborhood. The dark clouds loomed overhead, and a chilly wind blew. One more step forward and he would fall.
Xie Tan frowned and stepped off the rooftop. Why was he here? Was it just his illusion that he had entered Building 9, or had he gotten lost in the community?
So the female ghost was clinging to him not to kill him, but to save him.
I got lost. The previous delivery rider also said he got lost. Heshun Community is very large and the layout is not regular. Compared with other communities, it is a bit complicated, but it shouldn't be so complicated that you have to circle around three or four times to find it.
Xie Tan suppressed his doubts and left the service building.
In the dilapidated service building, a red balloon tied to a table floated leisurely out of the window.
After some time, things calmed down, but before the comics arrived, news about Yuan Luhang appeared online in a very sensational way.
That night, Yuan Luhang suddenly went live on his social media account. The camera didn't move, as if it was fixed in one place. He himself didn't appear on camera, nor did anyone else, but there was a lot of noise in the background.
The environment in the shot is bathed in moonlight, which shines into the hall-like interior, casting a thick, eerie green hue. On the right side of the shot, a half-painted Buddha statue can be faintly seen, its compassionate gaze lowered.
Faded banners fluttered back and forth, and as they crossed, a camera tied to one of the banners pointed directly at the ground, showing a person lying on the ground, but covered by the other banners, which were stained red with blood.
People entering the live stream were confused. Fans interacted and said they wanted to see her face, and haters took the opportunity to swear.
Upon hearing the conversation in the background and seeing the desolate temple-like scenery, with lighting and filming equipment around, the viewers in the live stream immediately realized that this was the filming location for a major director's new project!
The live stream chat exploded. No one expected Yuan Luhang to show no remorse and even have the audacity to sneak into the filming location. What was he trying to do?!
Everything they do is explosive, unforgivable!
The topic quickly rose to the top of the trending searches, and he was criticized both in live streams and online, but his live streams remained open, and Yuan Luhang's team and website did nothing.
However, Xie Tan saw a post from a netizen who said that the website could not shut down the live stream.
Some netizens mentioned it on the official Weibo account of the production team, but the first scene had already started in the live broadcast room.
The first scene is the male protagonist fleeing and breaking down the door to hide in a deserted temple.
The pursuers didn't follow, and the protagonist breathed a sigh of relief. He went into the hall to bandage his wounds and noticed that there was still someone lying on the ground.
The shadow behind the banner, a belly bulging high, is it a pregnant woman?
The man remained motionless. The male protagonist parted the banners and cautiously walked forward. When he saw the man clearly, his eyes widened, his face turned pale, and he fainted from fright.
"Cut! What's going on? You can't even remember the first scene? Instead of checking for breath, what are you hiding for—"
"Director! He's really fainted!"
"Aaaaaah—!"
The scene was filmed with the male lead breaking down the door first, and the pregnant woman's appearance was to be shown in close-up later, so the camera didn't capture her appearance yet, but Yuan Luhang's live stream clearly captured it.
Yuan Luhang lay sprawled on the ground, his face contorted in extreme pain, as if he had died in agony. His stomach was swollen, as if it had been haphazardly stabbed open from the inside out by a sharp blade. Amidst the blood and gore, his organs were squeezed to the side, leaving the center empty.
It looked like something was crawling out of his stomach, and the blood was trailing long.
On his arm was a complete star-shaped birthmark.
The live stream was quickly shut down, but the entire internet exploded, with multiple trending topics appearing one after another. Even with repeated shutdowns, it couldn't keep up with the frenzied discussion.
[Holy crap!! How did he die? What is this? Even in death, he wants to ruin the entire production crew?]
[I've read the original novel; this is Li Li's storyline, right...?]
[This is clearly a murder! Even though the person was disliked, to be killed so directly—who did they offend?]
My family is good at reading people; all I can say is that this is definitely not just a matter of offending a person...
Xie Tan watched the entire live stream and realized something was wrong when he saw the deserted temple.
After the live stream was banned, Maomao appeared. He opened the comic app and, sure enough, it had been updated.
First, he was followed by a female ghost, and then the illusion was dispelled when the ghost left.
Then there's Yuan Luhang. He watched grimly as the sorceress controlled the little ghost with the umbilical cord, feeling both pleasure at the little ghost's suffering and anger at the little ghost's obedience only in the sorceress's hands.
"I spend money on you, I support you, and in the end you don't listen to me. You really gave me a good piece of trash..."
The blind sorceress regained her senses, but her mind was still preoccupied with the situation in the mirror. The female ghost found her target, but why didn't she make a move?
Although it was just an act to impress the employer and buy time for the substitution curse to take effect, this was a vicious and bloodthirsty ghost. Once people were trapped by it, how could it possibly show mercy and let them go?
Impossible. A vengeful ghost is only driven by bloodlust and has no humanity left.
She felt something was off, but time was running out, so she decided to brush Yuan Luhang off for now and make her escape.
The final step of the substitution curse will be carried out by the mother and son themselves.
“You’re a good employer, but I have other employers and need to leave for a bit.” The sorceress gave a strange smile that vanished in an instant as she handed over the umbilical cord. “Since it’s yours, you can have it.”
Yuan Luhang snatched it, tightening and loosening his grip repeatedly, not noticing the sorceress leaving, nor noticing that the star-shaped birthmark on his forearm looked exactly like the little ghost's.
The little devil clutched the umbilical cord around his neck, writhing in pain, but didn't even glance at Yuan Luhang. Instead, he kept trying to look at himself in the mirror.
Yuan Luhang's anger flared up again, and he raised the mirror to smash it, but stopped in shock after seeing what was happening.
This face...this face!
The hood slipped down, and the boy's raised head slowly lowered, returning to eye level.
From this angle, it's as if those dark eyes are looking at him from outside the mirror.
Indifference, even contempt, were superfluous towards him.
The image in the mirror faded, but it was deeply imprinted in Yuan Luhang's mind, giving him a chill down his spine.
He thought it was just the fortune teller who made a mistake, letting the duck that was about to be eaten fly away. But the handsome young man not only didn't die, but also... Yuan Luhang remembered the little ghost's abnormal behavior and finally understood that it was he who had run away from the little ghost and ruined everything for him!
His anger was overwhelmed by that indifferent glance, and he was more filled with fear.
What did he do to offend someone?
No, it's not his fault, it's the fortune teller's choice! Where is the fortune teller? Where is the little devil?
The little devil disappeared, leaving only black mist that dissipated around Yuan Luhang.
He felt a weight on his back.
Long hair hung down from the top of his head.
Then came this live broadcast, the last shot of which was a close-up of Yuan Luhang's death.
The composition, pose, and Xie Tan in the opening scene are almost identical.
The forum was also shocked.
[That face!!! The summoning was successful; the man in black is my wife!!!]
It was worth it for swiping paper money and offering prayer cards on more than ten floors... My wife couldn't bear to see me go, so she came back, hehehehehe
[They actually survived! The sun must have risen in the west!]
[After the man who saved the Sword God in his past life, another man has appeared who makes the Sword God break the laws.]
So it was all about revenge?
[This really surprised me! If the woman in black is the beautiful woman sacrificed at the beginning, then the whole plot has a new interpretation. Looking forward to an expert's analysis!]
[The poster in the building next door with the men in black posted something!]
[My cabinet moved: You've all seen the ending, right? The original poster is so impressed, they're writing with passion!]
But first of all, I must say that most of my previous speculations remain unchanged. The character's behavior logic has not changed drastically because of the new information that "the man in black is the sacrificial beauty." On the contrary, it confirms my previous speculations.
That's right. The original poster doesn't believe that the men in black deliberately approached the celebrity to retaliate. That would only happen if the celebrity and the men in black were of similar status.
Whether the fortune teller knew about it is unknown, but for the celebrity, it seems more like she wanted to bully an ordinary person with no power or influence, but ended up kidnapping a hidden boss.
You've kicked a hornet's nest!
Whether the man in black intentionally responded to the sorceress's trap is unknown; he may have been accidentally drawn into it, as the beautiful woman's expression is truly annoyed, as can be seen from the first large image.
Moreover, the little devil's behavior was also... It might not have been stolen by the men in black, but rather it willingly became their weapon.
The female ghost was also caught out, but instead of killing her, she was worried that something might happen to the illusion in the beauty (although the man in black must have seen through the illusion, he was really enjoying the breeze on the rooftop at the end, without any panic or fear).
The mother and son may be submitting to an absolute power or to their own kind.
Xie Tan fell silent upon seeing this. In fact, he hadn't noticed it himself; it was the female ghost who had reminded him.
Fortunately, he remained calm and even established a mysterious and enigmatic persona.
Moreover, have we already started to suspect that he is not human?
A note from the author:
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I went out for a bit and was a few minutes late, sorry!
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