Chapter 209: Horrible Situation
This is... the trunk of a car?
She tried to move her arms and legs and found that they were tied behind her back and her legs were also bound.
Bai Youyou took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.
She recalled the scene before she fell into coma, the strange stench, the deserted streets...
All this happened too suddenly and too strangely.
Who did she offend?
She recalled recent cases and which ones would make people go to such lengths to take revenge on her. A vague image flashed through Bai Youyou's mind, but she quickly rejected the idea.
Now was not the time for wild guesses; the most urgent task was to find out where she was and who had kidnapped her.
She tried to move her body, and there were some miscellaneous items in the trunk, making a slight colliding sound.
She fumbled around, trying to find some useful tool.
A thin piece of wire, an empty mineral water bottle, and a piece of rag.
Something is better than nothing.
Bai Youyou bit the wire with her teeth and tried to untie the rope around her wrist little by little.
The process was extremely difficult. Her wrists were so tight that they hurt, and the wire cut her skin.
Sweat rolled down her forehead and dripped onto the cold iron plate.
As time passed, the rope finally loosened a little.
Bai Youyou was delighted and quickened her movements.
Suddenly, the car braked slammed on the brakes, and her body tilted forward due to inertia and hit the trunk door heavily.
She groaned in pain and almost fainted.
The car started again, drove for some distance, and then stopped.
The trunk was opened, and dazzling light shone in. Bai Youyou closed her eyes subconsciously.
"Awake?" A rough male voice sounded in her ears.
Bai Youyou opened her eyes and saw a burly man standing in front of her. He stood with his back to the light and Bai Youyou could only see his confused face. When she lowered her eyes, she saw that he was holding a shining dagger in his hand.
The man laughed viciously, his voice full of malice.
"Get her out!" the man said to the person behind him.
Two men in black walked up and roughly dragged Bai Youyou out of the trunk.
Bai Youyou was thrown to the ground, feeling sore all over.
She looked up and around and found herself in an abandoned warehouse.
The warehouse was empty, with only a few concrete pillars supporting the roof.
The air was filled with a damp, moldy smell that made people feel suffocated.
"Who are you? Why did you kidnap me?" Bai Youyou asked coldly, enduring the pain.
The man squatted down, lifted Bai Youyou's chin with a dagger, his eyes cold.
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. Just be obedient and you'll suffer less."
Bai Youyou tried to look at the other person's face, but she had covered her face with black stockings. She understood that she knew she could read faces and was afraid of being exposed, so she covered her face as well.
She couldn't beat four hands with two fists. Her hands and feet were also restrained. The space was limited, and it was a little difficult to cast a spell. She needed to buy herself some time. She asked calmly, "What do you want?"
The man sneered, "Someone paid for your life."
Bai Youyou's heart sank. She had to find a way to escape and find out who was behind this.
The man stood up and waved to the man in black behind him, "Bring her in!"
Two men in black lifted Bai Youyou up and dragged her into the depths of the warehouse.
Deep in the warehouse there was a small room with only a shabby table and a chair.
Bai Youyou was tied to a chair and couldn't move.
The man sat across the table, lit a cigarette and took a deep puff.
"Tell me, who ordered you to do this?" Bai Youyou asked again.
The man blew out a puff of smoke, his eyes were playful, "Guess?"
Bai Youyou closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to stay calm.
After all this ordeal, it was already past twelve o'clock. These fearless people actually brought her to such a desolate place.
Her eyes were calm, as if she had no fear at all.
"The people who asked you to do this never thought about letting you return alive."
The man threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it fiercely, saying sarcastically, "You are a powerless woman, how can you stir up any trouble in a place like this?"
"If that's the case, why do you all have to cover your faces?"
The man was a little curious, and leaned forward slightly, using the dagger to lift Bai Youyou's jaw. "You don't need to provoke us. The buyer has a request, and we naturally need to satisfy it."
"Did your buyers tell you what I do?"
The man snorted coldly, "I don't care what you do..."
Bai Youyou's eyes suddenly looked over the man's shoulder and behind him...
The man was startled by her look. He turned around suddenly, but saw nothing.
Apparently he thought that Bai Youyou had made a fool of him and felt somewhat unhappy.
He stood up and waved to the two people standing behind him, "Such a pretty girl, you are lucky tonight."
The two men behind him immediately rubbed their hands and walked towards Bai Youyou.
A person's hand was about to touch Bai Youyou's tender face, and two words came out of Bai Youyou's lips: "You're looking for death!"
Bai Youyou looked over the man's shoulder and behind him, with a barely perceptible sneer on the corner of her mouth.
The fingertips of his hands behind his back fluttered as he silently made seals and chanted spells.
Outside the warehouse, the originally clear night sky suddenly turned cloudy, with gusts of cold wind.
Today is the Ghost Festival, when the yin energy is at its strongest.
The air was filled with a thick, nauseating smell of humidity and decay.
The weeds around the abandoned warehouse swayed in the strong wind, like a ghost waving.
Countless wandering souls crawled out of the graves and wandered in the human world.
Most of them are nameless and wandering ghosts. The day when the gates of hell open once a year is the day when these ghosts are most comfortable.
Bai Youyou's pinching speed became faster and faster, and her fingertips were faintly glowing with green light.
A powerful suction force came from the warehouse, sucking in all the wandering souls around.
Inside the warehouse, in the dim light, the three men were completely unaware of the impending danger.
The two men in black couldn't wait to stretch out their evil hands towards Bai Youyou.
Suddenly, the warehouse door was slammed open.
The cold wind swept in with countless wandering souls, which uttered mournful howls.
The temperature in the warehouse dropped drastically, and it was freezing cold.
The two men in black were so frightened by the sudden movement that they stood there in a daze, their faces pale.
What did they see?
Countless hideous faces, decayed bodies, and empty eyes.
These wandering souls pounced on them like hungry wolves pounced on food.
Bite, scratch, and gnaw.
The miserable screams echoed throughout the warehouse.
The burly man was also stunned by this sudden change.
He stepped back subconsciously, but was knocked to the ground by the wandering soul behind him.
Only then did he realize what a horrible situation he had found himself in.