On the stairs of the dark manor house, an imperceptible shadow crept around, but it still creaked.

"Damn!"

The shadow under the stairs was Ye Chen, who walked out of the study and turned around on the second floor.

The lights and candles of the entire manor house were extinguished, and Ye Chen, who was in the dark, was already nervous and scared, but the sound of walking on the old floor and stairs was so disobedient in such a gloomy and dead environment.

Ye Chen found a pair of clothes and shoes in the cloakroom on the second floor, changed the clothes and pants that were stained with sticky blood before, and immediately took the sheets to wrap the changed clothes on his back.

At this time, Ye Chen walked cautiously in the house, like a backpack thief.

The four swollen corpses in the study, Ye Chen didn't dare to touch them, the compass eyeballs of the altar items collapsed, if it weren't for the bloodstained body that was difficult to go out before, he wouldn't even take his clothes.

Ye Chen had a moment in his heart, considering setting fire to the two-story house in the manor, but he quickly abandoned this idea.

"There's a maid in Professor Toton's house, where is the person?" Ye Chen descended the stairs and carefully observed in the gloomy living room.

Ye Chen was in the study before, there must have been movement, plus after walking around after leaving the study, he felt that if there was still a living person to investigate, he should have found him.

The mural hanging on the wall in front of the living room could not be seen clearly in the dark vision, Ye Chen still couldn't help but panic, he knew that the person on the portrait was Professor Aldrich Totton, and the other party was now dead.

Of the five people involved in the psychics, Joyce Rupert was left, no matter how he thought about it, his current body was supported by Ye Chen's soul.

In Ye Chen's mind, if strictly counted, Joyce Rupert is also dead.

Can you get out of this eerie and terrible Toton Manor, now is the critical moment, Ye Chen is nervous and there is no change, but Professor Toton's maid has not been found.

At this time, Ye Chen faced the place where he couldn't see clearly, and his body was chilling for a while, as if something was blowing on his neck behind him.

The two-story house of the manor is not too big, but it is similar to the villa in Ye Chen's cognition.

In addition to the study, the lights and candles in other places were also extinguished, which was very abnormal in Ye Chen's mind.

What can happen if he finds the maid of Professor Toton's house, whether to rescue her from here, or kill her, and erase the people here for peace of mind, Ye Chen himself doesn't know.

Looking at the darkness of the hallway, just as Ye Chen was considering whether there was any danger and whether he could open the door smoothly, there was a slight noise from the dining room.

"Da! Da!"

The voice was not hurried, it was like a small friction and scrape, which made Ye Chen feel creepy.

Ye Chen stood quietly in the living room for a while, but the subtle sound continued to sound without interruption, and the sense of distance that came out did not seem to change.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Chen strengthened his courage, stepped away from his stiff legs and feet, and groped towards the place where the sound came from.

"Squeak!"

Although Ye Chen's steps were as light as possible, when he approached the dining room, he still stepped out of the sound.

Regardless of secretly hating the old floor, Ye Chen quickened his pace slightly, not wanting to give the other party too much opportunity to react and prepare, and stepped into the dining room.

The dining room was quite dark, and a vague figure could not be seen in front of the kitchen counter, as if it was playing with something.

"Not Professor Totton's maid ......"

Goosebumps instantly appeared on many parts of his body, Ye Chen, although he couldn't see the other party clearly, he had a bad premonition.

The man seemed to have his back to Ye Chen, his body was a little more bulging than that of a maid, and the most important thing was that he smelled the stench of blood.

"Mr. Rupert, do you want coffee?"

Before Ye Chen made the decision to escape, a weak female voice had already sounded.

"I was discovered, and she knew about me!"

Hearing the weak female voice, Ye Chen was shocked, thinking of how the other party could accurately identify Joyce Rupert in this dark environment where he couldn't see things clearly.

The vague figure in front of the kitchen counter that was not commensurate with the woman had already turned around, and the frightened Ye Chen saw it.

The woman's body was swollen, with a squirming crack like a baby's mouth, and she held a coffee cup in one hand and a small spoon in the other hand and gently stirred it, from which a slight clicking sound came out.

Finding that the woman's eyes glowed with a little blood red and glowed were still connected to the flesh and blood, Ye Chen couldn't bear to run away anymore, and he couldn't even think about anything else.

A commotion sounded in the house, and Ye Chen rushed out of the door, staggering and running out of the manor.

At night, the black iron gate of the manor opened and closed with a piercing sound, until Ye Chen ran out of Toton Manor for a while, his lungs were like pulling bellows, and he coughed violently and fell to the ground.

"Go find old Rupert. ”

Ye Chen had only one thought at this time, struggling to get up again, he couldn't remember how he escaped for a while, but going to the cemetery was something he had decided before.

Baird Rupert was Joyce's adoptive father, a corpse collector in Rensu, and Ye Chen knew that Rupert Sr. would often live outside the cemetery at night as a guard.

The corpse collector is not decent, and in the eyes of some people, it is even very dirty, including Joyce, but Ye Chen does not think so.

In Joyce's memory, Rupert Sr. had been a corpse collector for a long time.

The reason why Ye Chen looked for old Rupert was because he felt that he had been a corpse collector for a long time, and he should have frequent dealings with the police and church people, and he must have more experience in some things than him.

Ye Chen ran back for a while, obviously afraid that the terrifying monster in Toton Manor would catch up.

The night was already very deep, and there was no star in sight, Ye Chen ran away on the dirt road in the suburbs, his chest was on fire, and he always felt an inexplicable danger, as if he was being targeted by something, for fear that something would rush out of the dark bushes on both sides.

In particular, the hoarse cry of the crow in the air behind him increased Ye Chen's fear.

The cemetery is located in the southeast of the suburbs, six kilometres from Totton Manor, and the citizens of Lunsu privately call it the Rich Man's Grave.

The Lunsu cemetery, which covers a large area, is surrounded by mottled iron railings, which belongs to the resting place of the deceased, and the tombstones in the garden are like stone flesh that emerges after the rain, and there are countless of them.

Although cremation was introduced in the Rosen Empire fifty years ago, it is still an ancient tradition that the deceased can be buried with a relatively intact body.

In order to prevent the formation of water ghosts, living corpses, and other undead creatures, both the empire and the major churches have strict control over tombs, and private burial of corpses is not allowed.

Many poor people who have problems with food and clothing cannot afford the cost of burial of their relatives in the cemetery, so they can only be hastily cremated, otherwise once the corpse is not properly placed, even if the corpse is not born, it is easy to form an epidemic.

The weather in the late autumn night was already very cold, the fields and woods were desolate, and when Ye Chen, who was carrying the package, saw a small water tower outside the Lunsu cemetery, he was already sweating and his clothes were soaked.

The kerosene lamps in the water tower are still lit, and a dull glow shines from the windows on the second floor.

Frightened and extremely tired, Ye Chen's thinking seemed to freeze, but without the slightest hesitation, he ran to the door of the water tower with difficulty, and reached out to tap the hanging doorbell.

"Who?"

The crisp sound of the bell, accompanied by the heavy knock on the door, took a long time to get a deep response.

"Old Rupert, it's me, Joyce, open the door quickly. Ye Chen was out of breath and couldn't care so much.

The heavy tower door was mopping open, making a piercing grinding sound, and Ye Chen, who had taken a step away, was already sitting on the ground.

The old man who came out of the water tower had sparse brown hair and deep nasolabial folds, and after seeing the black-haired young man sitting on the ground, his deep gaze faded slightly.

The burly old man did not carry a lamp, and he did not speak when he looked at the black-haired young man at night.

"Old Rupert, I'm in trouble......"

Ye Chen took a breath and briefly told him about the psychic affairs of the five secret science enthusiasts in Toton Manor, of course, he was hiding some things, including the soul that he should not belong to this world.

"Undress. ”

After listening to Ye Chen's unclear statement, the brown-haired old man gave the arrangement in a deep voice.

At this time, the black-haired young man looked extremely embarrassed like a person who had crawled out of the mire, which made Ye Chen's previous consideration of changing his clothes almost useless.

"There won't be anything unusual about the body, right?"

Facing Old Rupert, Ye Chen was too late to think about it at this time, so he could only look up at the thick water pipe protruding from the top of the water tower, and do it according to Old Rupert's arrangement.

"Bang bang bang!"

Not long after the old man entered the water tower, he seemed to have opened the water storage valve, so that Ye Chen, who had taken off his clothes, could clearly hear the rushing water.

The rapid flow of water fell outside the water tower, washing over every inch of Ye Chen's body.

Even with the water storage of the water tower, Ye Chen still felt cold, and his teeth trembled involuntarily, but his thoughts were much clearer.

"Is it that I didn't express it clearly enough?" Old Rupert didn't have any surprise when he heard me, and besides, I just spoke Rosen, not Chinese, is this Joyce's language ability?" Ye Chen rubbed his body with his hands, seemingly washing away the dirt on his body with the help of the rushing water, but in fact, he was also checking whether there was any abnormality in his body.

Ye Chen, who couldn't examine himself as a whole, only came to two conclusions in the end, that is, he did not undergo a monster-like mutation like the four swollen corpses and the maid, and the 'capital' of Joyce's body was quite strong.

Before the water tower could stop, old Rupert came out again, threw over a pair of galoshes, and put his coarse cloth trousers on the clothesline in the distance.

"You don't need to pack up your things, go to the room on the second floor of the water tower and wait for me to come back. Old Rupert looked at the black-haired young man, and his deep voice had an unquestionable feeling.

"Whew!"

Ye Chen took his clothes and silently entered the water tower, still apprehensive in his heart, but from the tone and demeanor of old Rupert, he guessed that he might have found the right one.

How old Rupert would deal with the follow-up, Ye Chen couldn't think of it, he was extremely tired, even if he had the heart, he was powerless to follow.

The kerosene lamp on the second floor of the water tower was dim, and there was nothing similar to a mirror, Ye Chen wiped his body dry and put on his clothes, and hastily collapsed on the single bed.