Looking at the pale female corpse in the bathtub.
Chris and the others had begun to believe Li Dan's claim about ogres, but they still held out hope that it might have been murder.
Everyone now agreed on one thing: leave the cabin and get back to the highway before the killer noticed them.
But the moment they ran outside, the roar of an engine approached from afar.
Chris and the others could only run back into the cabin. Chris had already checked the back door; it was blocked.
They had no choice but to find somewhere to hide first.
Li Dan crawled beneath the bed directly opposite the entrance. Jessie quickly followed him in. Seeing how fast Li Dan had moved, the couple immediately hid beneath the bed beside the door, while Chris ran into the inner room.
The cabin was terrifyingly quiet.
Then the front door was violently shoved open with a creak and a bang.
Three Deformed Persons entered one after another.
The largest one carried a dead woman wrapped in wire mesh and casually tossed her onto the floor.
She landed right in front of the two of them, her eyes wide open in death as though she were staring at them.
Lying on the ground, Li Dan gripped his spiked weapon tightly. A Ghost Card appeared in his hand. "Containable target detected: Deformed Person."
If he had still had some doubts about whether this was really Wrong Turn before, now he was certain.
Seeing her friend's corpse, Jessie was so frightened that she did not even dare breathe. She clung tightly to Li Dan, her soft chest pressed firmly against his back like cotton.
Soon, the woman was carried onto the dining table like a dead pig and dismembered. Her left arm and right leg were sawn off by the Deformed Persons. Blood dyed the tabletop red once more, slowly flowing down the table legs alongside the corpse.
The three Deformed Persons began to feast.
Only then did Chris and the others truly believe ogres existed. It was too late for regret.
Time passed second by second.
Li Dan remained tense the entire time. Even with a warm, soft body pressed against him, he felt nothing.
This continued until afternoon.
Hearing snoring, Li Dan realized his chance had come. He signaled to Scott and Carly across from him, preparing to crawl out from under the bed.
Just as he was about to move, Jessie grabbed Li Dan's hand and shook her head. She did not let go until Scott came out.
After cautiously crawling out.
Li Dan glanced at the sleeping Deformed Person on the bed. His appearance could only be described as disgusting: sparse hair, twisted and ugly features, no eyebrows, and clothes covered in filth and reeking of stench.
He lived up to his name.
Li Dan tightened his grip on the spiked weapon and motioned for Jessie to hand the knife to Scott. Then he pointed at the Deformed Person.
The man looked at the Deformed Person, swallowed, and shook his head. He did not dare.
Chris quietly opened the door and stepped out as well, gesturing for everyone to leave first and discuss things outside.
Jessie and the others unanimously agreed with that decision.
But Li Dan did not want to let such a good opportunity slip away. He had just tried it, but Three of Hearts could not contain the sleeping Deformed Person at all.
Then he could only try another method. Perhaps a corpse could also become a containable target?
Looking at the Deformed Person still asleep on the bed, one hand resting on a hunting rifle, Li Dan drew his pistol and aimed at his forehead.
Only then did Chris quietly open the door. He wanted to stop him, because if the Deformed Person woke up, they would definitely be in danger—but it was too late.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three deafening gunshots rang out.
Li Dan fired three more shots into his head. If that still did not kill him, there was nothing else he could do. Then he picked up a machete, its blade slicing through the air.
The Deformed Person's wrist was severed.
A bloodcurdling scream rang out.
The entire process took less than three seconds.
The other two Deformed Persons woke up and began howling.
Only then did everyone snap out of it and sprint outside. They ran up the mountain along a fallen tree as gunshots rang out behind them.
But they had already run far away, and with the Deformed Persons' terrible aim, no one was hit.
The shorter Deformed Person stared fixedly at the group fleeing up the mountain and let out a strange cry, while the other was responsible for driving.
After reaching the mountaintop.
Everyone's surging adrenaline slowly began to subside.
Chris panted heavily as he looked at Li Dan, utterly incredulous.
"Man, have you always been this brutal?"
"I had some professional training before. If they didn't die, we would." Li Dan panted heavily. When blood had splashed onto his clothes earlier, he had almost thrown up.
At that moment, Carly could not keep walking. Crying, she talked about the woman who had just been dismembered.
She was the classic deadweight teammate.
Jessie and Chris went back to comfort Carly.
Taking advantage of that time.
Li Dan gradually came to a stop.
Jessie looked at him anxiously.
"What's wrong?"
Li Dan made a seemingly crazy decision. "I'm going back."
"Shit, bro, are you crazy? Didn't you see how brutal those ogres are?" Chris was the first to lose it. It was bad enough that the couple kept crying, but Li Dan, their main fighter, actually wanted to go back and get himself killed.
Jessie grabbed Li Dan's hand and tried to persuade him. "No, come with us. It's too dangerous for you to go back alone."
Li Dan shook his head. He was certain he was not courting death.
When they had escaped, those Deformed Persons had driven after them. Instead of fleeing aimlessly, he might as well go back and take a gamble. The most dangerous place might just be the safest place now.
Besides, his pistol had an extended magazine. Even if he encountered the Deformed Persons, he would not be so helpless. As long as he was careful, nothing would happen.
After learning of Ghost Nun's existence, he had indeed undergone some firearms training. He had not lied about that. It was to prevent accidents—and to give himself some peace of mind.
Most importantly, he needed to figure out what the Ghost Card truly did.
"Then I'll go back with you." Jessie seemed to have pinned her hopes on Li Dan. Only by staying beside him did she feel even a little safe.
"No. Stay here. I'll go take a look alone." They had not run very far in the first place. There was no need for both of them to go back.
If he found the Deformed Persons, he would not fight them head-on. He would flee immediately.
After they separated.
Li Dan soon returned to the cabin and cautiously peered inside through the crack in the door.
The Deformed Person lay on the bed holding a hunting rifle. His forehead had received a simple bandage, and he was taking more breaths in than out. He was somehow still alive?
Three shots to the forehead had not killed him. It could not be that Li Dan had missed, could it?
After observing the surroundings again.
Once he confirmed there was only one Deformed Person in the cabin, Li Dan barged inside. He snatched the hunting rifle from the nearly vegetative Deformed Person's hand and took out Two of Hearts.
A line of text appeared on the Ghost Card.
"Name: Deformed Person"
"Status: Near death, restrained, containable"
Near death, restrained, and then containable? Li Dan was more inclined to believe that restraint was the key.
Contain. Without hesitation, Li Dan willed it, and Two of Hearts embedded itself in the Deformed Person's forehead like it had auto-navigation, sucking his entire body into the black card.
The card was no longer blank. A lifelike, hideous Deformed Person now filled its surface.
It seemed that within the Ghost Card, the Mutated Ogre could only serve as bottom-tier fodder.
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