Chapter 33: Sisterly Love
If she sacrificed one person.
She could be safe for a while, safely pass the remaining time in the blessed land, and leave the blessed land to return to a normal life before the next sacrifice to the ghost mother.
In her opinion, Wen Chao was doomed.
Because any resistance from Wen Chao would lead him to violate the ghost mother's rules.
But her hand didn't touch Wen Chao.
A hand with long fingernails covered her mouth, and another arm held her. Although this arm was thin, it was as firm as an iron clamp.
Yue Mei struggled with all her might but couldn't budge the arm. She couldn't even make a sound.
Until her consciousness faded, Yue Mei couldn't even let out a cry of pain.
"I'm so sorry for always making you eat corpses. Now there's fresh meat, you can start enjoying it. Be careful not to make too much noise or dirty the room."
Su Huilan didn't know what was about to happen.
Without Yue Mei's interference.
The name she wrote was Su Huilan!
The ghost mother's palm had almost touched Su Huijin's eyelids, but after this name was written, her movements stopped. She then turned to look at Su Huilan, her eyes filled with hatred that was about to erupt.
After the first near-death experience, they received the favor of the God of Minor Wealth and obtained the blessing of 'Borrow and Return'. This blessing allowed them to lend any talismans, magic treasures, and divine abilities they obtained to others.
Could that be the child of the Child-Seeking Ghost Mother?
But wasn't that released by the Door-Breaking Wraith?
Su Huijin realized that things couldn't end well. The Child-Seeking Ghost Mother would probably kill her today.
The ghost mother ignored this believer and slowly left Room 401, following the five consecutive slaps from Su Huilan, heading towards Room 402.
The only person she could use as a substitute was her sister.
"But I really had no other choice. No matter what I did since I was little, you always forgave me. This time... you'll forgive me too, right?"
The Su Huilan sisters waited for the ghost mother's arrival.
"Actually, you shouldn't hate me. I wanted to help you, but there's something important in my room that I can't let you see."
Wen Chao closed his eyes and said softly to Yue Mei, "Little girl, do you have many questions?"
But Su Huijin also had no choice. Although the effect of the substitute strawman was strong, its usage conditions were harsh.
They had encountered such situations many times, so they were much calmer than the previous four people. The most important thing in this game was to follow the rules.
Rip!
But she didn't want to die yet.
With the ability of this blessing, before entering the blessed land each time, they would deliberately use their beauty to find an unlucky fellow similar to He Qiong and trick him into entering the blessed land together.
The two sisters had experienced four blessed lands.
Her sister had used a substitute strawman on her!
Wen Chao successfully transferred the identity of the Seeker to the ghost mother.
Su Huilan's thoughts stopped.
No matter when.
"I've never seen your child, let alone killed..."
If they didn't want to lend anymore, they could recall the borrowed items at any time.
Su Huilan's expression was horrified: "Wait, it wasn't me, it was her..."
Yue Mei's eyes widened. She realized her fate, and her expression became incredibly terrified.
She closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face, mourning her sister's fate.
Relying on this method, they survived until the fourth blessed land. Finally, this time, Su Huijin abandoned her sister as well.
It required burying the target's hair in the strawman, attaching the target's birth date and time to the back, and having the target within sight, along with writing their name, for it to take effect.
The ghost mother no longer cared about the game rules. Her pale hand grabbed Su Huijin's arm, her fingernails digging deep into her flesh.
The ghost mother tore open her head with her bare hands, pulled out her bloody hand, and stood there. Her hatred was vented. She closed her eyes and re-entered the game state.
Su Huijin had cried many times in the blessed land.
Su Huijin was stunned.
As long as she didn't panic, she would likely be safe.
Just as she was wondering.
Speaking of which, Su Huijin was speechless.
Room 404.
To survive until now, how much had she paid? She had sold her conscience, her body, lied through her teeth, and harmed how many people who trusted and liked her.
Wen Chao listened to the sound of Yue Mei being torn apart, a gentle smile on his face.
A pair of cold hands grabbed her head.
"You killed my child."
How could someone like her die in this mere game?
So she reached into her skirt, pulled out a straw effigy, quickly wrote a name on it, and then immediately closed her eyes and held her breath.
Substitute Strawman: By attaching hair, imprinting birth characters, and writing a name, once conditions are met, the target of the evil spirit's attack can be transferred to someone nearby.
After doing all this, when the Ghost Mother left, Su Huijin knelt beside her sister's corpse and silently wiped away her tears.
Then she used a damaging talisman, killing two of the small spirits, while the rest fled in disarray.
The Ghost Mother caressed Su Huilan's face and blew a breath into her eyes, successfully completing the handover. Then Su Huilan passed the Seeker's qualification to Su Huijin.
But the Child-Seeking Ghost Mother's actions did not pause in the slightest. Two pale hands plunged entirely into Su Huilan's eye sockets. In the instant her consciousness began to fade, Su Huilan suddenly remembered the magic treasure Su Huijin had obtained the day He Qiong died.
On the surface, they looked delicate and sweet, but in reality, they were already veteran Survivors who had been through several Blessed Lands.
When encountering danger in the Blessed Land, they would let an Unlucky Fellow take the lead. Once the Unlucky Fellow couldn't hold on, they would abandon him, letting him attract the evil spirits' attention while they seized the opportunity to escape.
"You killed my child!"
Su Huijin, mustering her courage, found the Ghost Mother again and blew a breath into her eye sockets, completing the handover of the Seeker identity.
"Sis... I'm sorry."
Then Wen Chao's tone softened.
Su Huijin also easily found the Child-Seeking Ghost Mother standing nearby. Just as she was about to blow, she suddenly heard a cold voice from the opposite side.
"So... I'm sorry."
Pressed against the back of her neck, a mouth with sharp teeth opened.
What was going on? No one had mentioned this possibility.
"???"
Listening to the Child-Seeking Ghost Mother's words, Su Huilan realized that her sister would probably die here, but she was powerless to help and could only mourn for her sister in her heart.
Anyway, their items wouldn't disappear because of an Unlucky Fellow's death. With the blessing of 'Borrow and Return,' they could easily get them back.
She suddenly remembered a night a day earlier, when a group of pale small spirits had rushed into the sisters' room, trying to touch them with their tiny ghostly hands.
"This bitch..."
The Ghost Mother's words were filled with hatred, making the Su sisters' skin crawl. Su Huijin, feeling a sharp pain in her arm, ignored the game and opened her eyes to face the Ghost Mother directly.
But strangely, she didn't hear her sister's scream.
"You've seen my child!"
But this time, it was real.
From this day forward, she would no longer truly cry for anyone's sacrifice. As long as she could survive, anything could be sacrificed.
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