Chang Yue remembered Lu Heng's question from earlier and repeated, "What's your name?"
"This question has already been asked; you've violated the rules." The malice in his voice was almost palpable.
Chang Yue's face paled slightly as she argued unwillingly, "But it clearly didn't say that repeating was not allowed..."
"Hehehe, breaking the rules will get you punished, so give me your arm."
"I want her face!" the boy exclaimed excitedly.
The chilling tone was anything but a joke. Chang Yue staggered back two steps and instinctively reached for her blindfold.
Once you peel it off, you'll see that it was all just a trick by the film crew!
But for some reason, she didn't dare to tear it off.
"Yueyue? So you're here."
"Mom?" In extreme tension, Chang Yue heard a familiar voice and subconsciously pulled down her blindfold to look at the source of the sound.
What came into view was not her familiar mother, but a group of grinning ghosts...
Liu Yanhe's corpse on the ground was a bloody mess. The two skinny ghosts who were licking blood had swollen bellies. As if sensing her gaze, they looked up and grinned at her.
"You fouled!!" the little boy said with a grin.
Chang Yue's worldview was severely shaken, and the last shred of hope in her heart shattered. She ran towards the tunnel entrance without regard for anything else.
"You invited us to play the game, how can you break the rules and then run away?"
The five ghosts all revealed their menacing glints.
Within a minute, another corpse lay on the ground.
"Only two more people are needed."
Lu Heng's face was pale. Perhaps because his eyes were covered, his sense of smell had become more sensitive, and the smell of blood filled his nasal cavity, making the stench suffocating.
The ghosts had just avoided Chang Yue's counter-question. If they truly couldn't ask the same question, why would they have bothered to frighten and lure her into removing her blindfold?
Lu Heng had his answer, and at the same time Yun Xi grabbed a hunched-over old ghost.
Before she could ask her question, Lu Heng grabbed the nearest charred male ghost. "I've caught you. What's your name?"
The charred man's gaze was deep and intense. He grabbed Lu Heng's arm with a force so great it seemed he wanted to crush it. "You... repeatedly...!"
Lu Heng swung his arm, his tone firm. "This is my question, you must answer it, otherwise it's a violation!"
"I'm going to kill you!" the charred man growled, reaching out to grab Lu Heng's neck and tightening his grip, as if he really intended to kill him.
But Lu Heng did not resist. The suffocating feeling made the veins on his forehead bulge, and the jade clasp in his hand grew hotter and hotter. Just as it was about to explode, the force on his neck disappeared—
The charred male ghost was sucked into the wall!
Even if it was furious and unwilling, Lu Heng had not violated any rules, so it could not find an opportunity to make a move!
"Cough cough cough," Lu Heng coughed loudly, touching his neck. His observation was correct. Luring them into committing a foul was the ghosts' true intention!
Upon hearing the cough, Yun Xi instantly grasped the key point and immediately asked the same question.
The blindfold concealed her vision, and she proceeded cautiously, but the unusual sounds and bloodlust from Liu Yanhe and Chang Yue made her realize the danger.
Lu Heng's cough was proof that she was alive. As the cold breath enveloped her limbs, she suppressed the urge to remove her blindfold and hide.
The murderous intent vanished just as her limbs were about to be severed; she had not suffered any fatal injuries.
Of the six ghosts, only two remained: a male ghost chewing on a corpse and a little boy.
The situation had turned around. Lu Heng had just caught his breath when a cold glint swept across his eyes—his blindfold had been removed!
The little boy held two pieces of cloth in his hands, one belonging to Liu Yanhe and the other to Lu Heng. He grinned, revealing his sharp, white teeth. "You really cheated!"
The two male ghosts abruptly stopped eating, looked up and locked onto Lu Heng, their eyes gleaming with hunger. "Someone's cheating!! Fresh stuff!"
Lu Heng took a small step back, but the tunnel began to move, the walls twisted, and faces appeared all around.
Even Tian Lin, the charred male ghost, and the old ghost, who had just been sucked into the wall, were among them.
Their faces contorted, all revealing eerie smiles.
Lu Heng's eyes throbbed with pain, as if someone was trying to gouge them out. His temples throbbed, and blood seeped from the corners of his eyes.
The jade buckle cracked with a "bang," releasing a silvery-white halo that briefly broke through the filth and evil energy that had invaded the body!
Cheating is far more serious than being tempted to break the rules; cheating will be punished in the tunnel!
Lu Heng gripped the broken jade clasp in his hand, cold sweat beading on his forehead. What he had thought would help him better control the game had now become a death knell.
He couldn't help but think that perhaps this was the result the person who switched his blindfold wanted!
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Chapter 134
The city was silent in the darkness of night. A figure flashed quickly through the buildings and streets, as if it were just a blink of an eye.
Su Cheng sat on the back of the enlarged black toad, the night wind ruffling her hair, the navigation on her phone constantly updating the distance.
The Man Moon Hotel wasn't very close to the Shunshun Tunnel, and traveling late at night could easily lead to unexpected delays. In this situation Su Cheng thought of the black toad, and after some coercion and enticement, the black toad actually grew bigger.
Its leaping speed did not disappoint, nearly twice as fast as any ground vehicle. If Su Cheng's boning knife hadn't stabbed it so quickly, the black toad might have already escaped into the fountain by leaping with its speed.
Aside from being a little unsteady while sitting, it's practically the perfect tool for going out in the middle of the night!
The phone vibrated, and Su Cheng switched from navigation to the live stream interface, where a dazzling display of fireworks filled the screen.
The top-ranked fan tipped a grand slam.
Comments kept popping up in the bottom left corner of the live stream, cheering for the generous top spender. Once the atmosphere was right, several more donations were made.
The dazzling special effects couldn't illuminate the dimly lit tunnel in the background. Two people lay on the ground in contorted positions, their limbs seemingly broken, blood seeping from their wounds, their fate unknown.
Of the original four, only Lu Heng and Yun Xi remain standing.
Several dark figures hovered around the two.
Whether it was due to poor lighting in the tunnel or network transmission issues, the shadowy figure was not clearly visible in the live stream, leading many fans to believe that the figure was a special effects actor.
Only a small number of people believed that Lu Heng and his group had attracted real ghosts, but they were either excitedly anticipating the exciting follow-up or nervously urging the live stream to stop.
The electronic fireworks were dazzling, and the silence inside the phone and the excitement outside the screen seemed like two opposite worlds.
Seeing Lu Heng's reluctance to make any rash moves, Su Cheng understood that without protective items, his situation was likely not optimistic.
She patted the black toad beneath her. "It's just around the corner, hurry up."
The black toad grunted in dissatisfaction, then sprang up and leaped over a hundred meters, appearing like a rapidly flashing black dot under the cover of night.
Three minutes later, Su Cheng stopped near the Shunshun Tunnel, shrunk the black toad, and put it into her bag.
The tunnel entrance was overgrown with weeds. Using the waist-high weeds and the cover of night, Su Cheng looked towards the tunnel entrance.
A camera was set up at the tunnel entrance, and a van was parked there, with the filming crew sitting inside.
The reflection of heads in the car window showed about four or five people, but no one was talking; the silence was eerily quiet.
At the same time, Su Cheng received a notification from Mu Ling: "I sensed the Ghost Mark on Shen Ying! She's... in the car!"
Shen Ying is here too?
This is no coincidence!
During the live stream, Lu Heng maintained control of the situation and appeared to be out of immediate danger.
However, judging from Su Cheng's interactions with Shen Ying, the other party is someone who likes to take the initiative, but the fact that she is waiting in the car now proves that she must have a backup plan.
Lu Heng is not fully awake yet, and is definitely no match for her.
Suddenly, Su Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and she instinctively bent over to dodge a sharp curved blade.
The slender curved blade grazed past her nose, exploding with a "bang" after missing its target. Fortunately, Su Cheng dodged in time, and the aftershock did not injure any vital organs.
Then, as if anticipating her landing point, a blue halo appeared beneath her feet, with light patterns swirling around her, trapping her within it.
Without pausing for a moment, Su Cheng opened the Thousand-Machine Umbrella. As the umbrella opened, the air within the aperture seemed to be sucked away in an instant, and the pressure increased sharply!
Only the Thousand-Machine Umbrella remained completely still under the high pressure, its ribs not even bending. It created an independent space, preventing Su Cheng from having her blood vessels burst due to the sudden change.
Before Su Cheng could catch her breath, she immediately took out her boning knife and slashed at the blue circle barrier, but no crack appeared...
She already understood that Shen Ying's appearance tonight was not only for Lu Heng, but that she had been preparing for this all along.
She looked at the red-clad ghost that appeared above the van and silently warned, "Be careful," but received no response.
Her connection with Mu Ling was also blocked by the blue circle.
Before the blue circle locked onto Su Cheng, Mu Ling had already left the area of effect. Knowing the danger Shen Ying, it immediately unleashed the aura of Vengeful Ghost.
A chilling, ghostly aura, shrouded in black silk, pierced towards the van like needles!
The van was overturned, and a woman jumped out—it was Shen Ying.
She was the only survivor in the car; the four staff members were already dead, and their bodies sitting upright in the seats were merely a deliberate cover to lower people's guard.
After Shen Ying stopped, she narrowed her eyes and immediately recognized Mu Ling as a familiar face.
" Su Cheng really did raise a female ghost. If it weren't for you last rainy night, Xu Shaowei would have been a dead man under my control long ago." She curled her lips sarcastically, finally understanding why Su Cheng always seemed to know her location in advance. "One of you is in the open, the other in the shadows; you've really got a good plan."
Shen Ying's eyes flashed with even more murderous intent. Without another word, she flicked her wrist, and tiny red butterflies fluttered out from the silver chain on her wrist.
Although the red butterfly is small, it can absorb a large amount of dense ghostly energy as it flies.
Mu Ling sensed the oppressive aura. The Red Butterfly was a creature naturally capable of devouring Yin energy, so she involuntarily took a half-step back.