Su Cheng picked up her phone again and sent several text messages to her fake mother that sounded like a threat, saying things like, "I've been too busy to call, parents should understand their children," thus ending the barrage of phone calls.
I walked to the window. The sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind was howling, and the rain poured down with a "whoosh".
She sensed the Mu Ling and learned that Xu Shaowei had gone to a hotel after obtaining a peace charm at a temple.
"This hotel isn't very clean either..." Mu Ling said.
Su Cheng wasn't surprised to hear this; there were probably very few "clean" places in the entire White Moon City.
From Mu Ling's perspective, Su Cheng saw that Xu Shaowei was not far away, still looked uneasy; perhaps she had also sensed that something was wrong with the hotel.
But merely being aware of it is not enough to give her the ability to protect herself, given that she has not yet regained her memories.
Su Cheng could only ask Mu Ling to keep a close eye on things.
Even so, the situation on Xu Shaowei's side still developed in an unexpected direction.
*
Xu Shaowei stood by the window, watching the rain wash away the marks on the glass. She glanced at the bloodstains at the foot of the bed, clutched the amulet to her chest, and felt a chill in her heart.
She realized something was wrong with the room and was about to check out when a sudden downpour began.
Given the heavy rain outside, there's no way to leave right now.
She sat on the edge of the bed, feeling frustrated. Her phone was ringing with several missed calls from her mother and criticism from her boss about taking leave.
Her parents had raised her with great difficulty, and yet she had caused them so much worry. Xu Shaowei felt a pang of guilt; perhaps she should listen to them and go home sooner...
Thinking this, Xu Shaowei was about to dial the number back when her phone was suddenly knocked to the ground by someone.
Xu Shaowei's expression changed drastically; she instantly realized there was a ghost beside her!
The amulet was completely useless! And that monk even made such a solemn promise.
"What exactly do you want? What grudge do you have against me...? Why are you staring at me like that..." Xu Shaowei clenched her hands, this time feeling not only fear but also a bit of anger.
Immediately afterwards, the decorative items in the room fell to the ground.
Xu Shaowei was stunned. A force pushed her away, and she fell to the ground. A black shadow flew past behind her.
If she hadn't fallen to avoid it, the phantom would have crashed into her!
"Clang, clang, clang"
The light bulb exploded, and the decorative items in the room fell to the floor one by one.
Two phantom figures, one red and one black, started fighting without saying a word, constantly separating and reuniting. The environment inside the room kept changing, sometimes showing a blood-soaked crime scene, and sometimes returning to reality.
"The two ghosts are fighting..." Xu Shaowei shrank into a corner, racking her brains for a way to escape.
"Tick-tock"
Water droplets are falling from the ceiling.
Xu Shaowei subconsciously looked up and saw a ghostly infant with its features not yet fully formed lying on the ceiling, blood dripping from its body into her wide-open eyes.
A chilling coldness spread through her eyes, and she retreated in terror. But the ghostly infant, using blood as a catalyst, leaped into her body and controlled her to run out of the room.
Mu Ling tore off the female ghost's arm, distracted herself by marking Xu Shaowei with Ghost Mark, and then informed Su Cheng before fully engaging in the battle.
Xu Shaowei ran out of the hotel, ignoring the front desk's calls, and rushed straight into the rain.
She opened her mouth, but it was a child's voice. "Daddy... looking for Daddy..."
"Madam, wait..." Yan Yu stood up, but before she could grab Xu Shaowei who had run away, she remembered the childlike voice the other had just made. Her outstretched hand froze, and she withdrew it.
She took a deep breath and sat back down at her computer. She comforted herself, telling herself it was just her imagination, and to hang in there! After these few night shifts, she'd find a new job after the New Year.
After Mu Ling completely tore the female ghost to pieces and swallowed it, she ran out of the room following the direction of the Ghost Mark and happened to see Yan Yu comforting herself. She casually told Su Cheng about it.
Meanwhile, Su Cheng, upon learning that Xu Shaowei had been manipulated by the little devil and forced to leave the hotel, had already gotten up and left the residential area.
Wearing a raincoat, she hailed an electric scooter and headed towards Mu Ling's direction. It was raining heavily, making taxis difficult; electric scooters were the only option.
While on the road, Su Cheng suddenly heard news about Yan Yu and reminded Mu Ling to check the hotel name.
Now everyone's finally here.
After rushing out of the hotel, Xu Shaowei ran around the streets like a headless fly. Although her body was being controlled, her consciousness remained.
The ghost baby didn't care about the life or death of this body at all. It ignored traffic lights and whether there were cars coming from either side, and kept crossing the road.
Xu Shaowei was extremely anxious and desperately struggled to regain control of her body.
After several attempts, he finally managed to narrowly avoid a speeding car.
"Daddy... I'm looking for Daddy..."
"Go find it yourself, why are you dragging me along!"
"Daddy... Daddy..."
Get off me!
Xu Shaowei no longer cared about being scared. In order to avoid being hit by a car, she mustered all her strength and struggled back and forth with the ghost baby, causing her limbs to become uncontrollable, veering east and west.
The rain was so heavy it was hard to open my eyes, but when I turned around I saw a tall figure in a black raincoat standing at the alley entrance, quietly watching me.
The ghost baby suddenly took control of her body and ran towards that person.
Xu Shaowei keenly sensed that something was wrong.
Concealed by the large raincoat, she couldn't tell the other person's gender or how long they had been standing at the alley entrance, but she clearly saw a glint of cold light flash in the other person's hand.
--It's a knife!
Xu Shaowei's expression tightened, and she immediately thought of the infamous murder on the rainy night. She quickly controlled her legs and backed away.
Sensing her intention to retreat, the other party rushed over quickly, their killing intent terrifying.
"Why does everyone want me dead..." Xu Shaowei bit her lip, retreating with difficulty while feeling annoyed, "But I insist on living!"
Suddenly, a utility knife appeared in her hand. She cut her palm, and the blood was sucked up by the knife the moment it was exposed.
The ghost infant cried out, and its soul dissipated as it was forced back from the body.
Xu Shaowei was stunned for a moment, looking at the knife and her injured palm, a trace of confusion flashing in her eyes.
But she didn't have time to think about where the knife came from; she turned and ran.
But the man in black behind her was faster, and she was caught up after only a few steps.
"Brush--"
Xu Shaowei forward, dodging the blade that came slashing from behind; the tip of the blade almost grazed her back.
The man in black, having failed in his first attack, swung his knife again, but it fell into mid-air.
A woman with black hair and a yellow dress appeared like a ghost, shielding Xu Shaowei from the fatal blow.
"What is that...?" the man in black cursed under his breath, taking large steps back.
Mu Ling's skin is an unusually pale white, her body is not solid and will not get wet in heavy rain, and she moves by floating on her tiptoes.
These strange anomalies were enough for the woman in black to understand that she was not facing a human!
A note from the author:
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Chapter 126
The man in black glanced at Mu Ling and Xu Shaowei, his eyes flashing, before turning and fleeing without hesitation.
Mu Ling darted after him, her black hair piercing him like needles.
The strands of hair piercing the black-clad man's shoulder did not cause him to pause in the slightest; his running figure disappeared into the alleyway in the blink of an eye.
At the end of the alley is a hidden door.
Mu Ling tried to pass through but was bounced back; a symbol resembling the sun flashed across the door.
The symbol looked familiar, but Mu Ling couldn't quite place it.
She floated to Xu Shaowei's side, who had fainted in the rain, and looked at Su Cheng, who had finally arrived late.
"There was a strange hidden door; someone escaped through it."
"Wait, take me to see it."
Su Cheng got off the electric scooter and carried Xu Shaowei to the eaves of the small shop to shelter her from the rain.
Xu Shaowei was possessed by a ghost, and her body and mind were affected. She fainted on the ground at some point, and was soaked to the bone by the rain.
After settling Xu Shaowei in temporarily, Su Cheng followed Mu Ling to the end of the alley, but did not see a hidden door in the wall.
"Disappeared?"
Su Cheng touched the wall but couldn't figure it out, and regretted missing this opportunity.
After all, Shen Ying doesn't seem to have awakened yet.
When Mu Ling saw the Ghost Mark on the man in black, she knew his identity without even removing his mask or clothes.
Who would have thought that Shen Ying would be the murderer on that rainy night? And that she would choose Xu Shaowei was in the rain, as her prey?
Su Cheng shook her head, "It's such a pity we didn't take advantage of her illness to kill her."
*
Beneath the hidden door was an underground passage. Shen Ying walked through it, passing through manhole covers to return to the surface, and only relaxed when she returned to the abandoned building where she had been hiding.
She touched her back; there were no wounds.
"It really worked..."
Shen Ying removed her mask and took out a cane hidden at her waist.
The cane was inlaid with three gems, one of which had become dull.
One of the three chances has already been used.
Shen Ying didn't know when she obtained the staff, but she followed her heart and always carried it with her.
She didn't know the staff's origin, but she could see its function—to transfer fatal damage to her "comrade".
Shen Ying took off her raincoat and put it into her awakened alternate dimension. Now that she had some free time, she didn't continue to study how to retrieve the items from the alternate dimension, but instead sat on the small bed.
She recalled Xu Shaowei and Mu Ling, whom she had just met.
When she saw Xu Shaowei, she felt a strong killing intent even though she didn't recognize her.
In the past few days, she has encountered many people who have aroused her murderous intent, and she has killed them all without leaving a trace. It is a fact that she used to have little feeling about the life or death of anyone.
As for Mu Ling...
This world really does have ghosts, just like the worlds in her dreams.
The confusion and doubts that had been building up in my heart resurfaced.
She knew she had to remember something as soon as possible. She closed her eyes, gripped her cane tightly with her fingertips, and her breathing became rapid as her thoughts deepened.