Chapter 38: The Soul Contract (14)
"What happened? …… Hey! …… Why can't I remember? I giggled and pretended to have amnesia.
"You really can't remember?" He laughed too, and laughed wickedly.
"Well, I can't remember!" I focused on my head thoughtfully.
"That's bad!" He looked at me with a feigned worry, "Your soul may be hurt. ”
"What do you mean?" I asked, blinking in confusion.
"Although this 'Soul Splitting Bead' is a treasure, if other magic weapons affect it during use, it will hurt your soul, and in serious cases, it will also make your soul scatter!" He restrained his smile and said solemnly.
I was stunned, and then secretly pouted: alarmist! You're not lying to me?
"Oh, so what to do?" I asked as I feigned fear, with a look of innocence and innocence.
"What to do? There is no way! He shook his head indifferently, with an expression of "what do you have to do with me, don't look for me".
"You forced this bead into me, how could you not help it?" I crossed my waist, stared, and looked "I don't look for you", and as I spoke, I tore off Bambi's mask and turned into a Hedong shrew and yelled at him.
"But you can't think of anything, how can I be sure what is affecting the 'Soul Splitting Orb'?" He grinned toothily, his white teeth flashing, and finally revealed his evil nature.
No wonder some people say that when dealing with a scheming handsome guy, Zhun Bao will suffer. Because his handsome appearance is the sheepskin that the wolf wears! It's treacherous! Going around and around, it's back to where it was.
"Uh...... Now think about it, that ...... I still remember some of the scenes I saw. I had to pretend to remember it suddenly and said helplessly.
"Well, let's hear about it." Cunning as a fox, he smiled at me.
After I tried to say it lightly, he was silent for a moment, looking at me with a meaningful look in his eyes.
"You've listened to me, you should be able to determine what affected your unlucky 'Soul Splitting Orb', right?"
He didn't answer, but his eyes were on my chest.
"Hmph, it's a spirit stone again?" Please, it's too lazy and uncreative to push it in any situation, right? The corners of my mouth almost rolled to the corners of my eyes.
"Do you really know this spirit stone? Its origins, its owners, and...... Where does its power come from? He asked softly, ignoring my disdain.
"Of course I ...... Didn't know much. Do you know well? I stopped in time and asked him rhetorically.
He shook his head slightly: "I'm not its owner!" …… All I know is that there is no such thing as free bread! ”
"What do you mean?"
"It's the same as the 'Soul Splitting Bead', it's a magic weapon, no matter how powerful its power is, it doesn't come out of thin air!"
"Oh, and where does its power come from?"
“…… As I said, I'm not its owner! He smiled angelically, "You should go and ask its true owner!" ”
"I can ask, and I want to listen to your nonsense?" I gave him a big roll of the eye.
"Then I can't help you." He reached out and handed over the Soul Splitting Bead.
"This weird bead is yours originally, why give it back to me?" I avoided it.
"Spiritual artifacts will choose their own masters." He patiently explained, "It chose you, not me." ”
"Phew! Who are you bluffing? When I'm a three-year-old! "I couldn't help but show my pungent nature.
He raised an eyebrow, seemingly reluctant to argue with me. Then he raised his hand, only to see a flash of black light, and the bead in his hand disappeared!
"Hey, where's the beads? Where did you go? Can you do magic? I grabbed his hand, approached him and looked curiously left and right, having forgotten all the intention of trying to pass the buck!
"It'll be there when you need it." He let me hold on to him and replied good-naturedly.
"Alas, fool me again!" I sighed and shook his hand away.
"If I were you, I'd find a way to figure out everything about the spirit stone now." He said in a hypnotic tone.
"Mmmm, got it......" I nodded perfunctorily, turned around and walked out, but I was thinking in my heart: A fool only listens to you, and the spirit stone won't harm me, what am I going to do digging the roots? It's your string of "Soul Splitting Beads" that is mysterious, I don't know if it's something you used to harm me?
"Sometimes, it's not easy to get to know a person! Trust someone, it's harder! "He saw me off behind me with a plausible remark.
"Yes! Still, I trust friends more than strangers! I turned around, deliberately smiled sweetly, and answered him in a tone of innocence and mockery.
Two people with their own hearts and minds used the meaning hidden in the words to show each other their positions!
He smiled slightly, stood with his hands in his hands, and watched me walk out of the alley triumphantly.
His lips twitched up and down, his eyes were strange and misty, and he said two words in a voice that was almost whispering.
If I heard what he said at this time, I would be stunned and petrified on the spot! Because what he said was: "How can you, who have concluded a soul contract, escape the mercy of fate?" ”
Walking out of the alley, I suddenly realized: before I knew it, the sun had set! In the autumn dusk, the wind blowing in my face carried a slight chill, which made me shrink my neck uncontrollably. Where to go again? Go home? I hesitated for a moment, but decided to go home first.
I turned onto the road, and as I walked, I was still thinking about what had just happened, this "cousin" of "clouds and fog" was really unpredictable and nerve-wracking! Out of the corner of my eye, I occasionally swept a familiar figure around the corner of the alley ahead. Kindness? It's Qi Zhen!
I was about to call him, but my voice got stuck in my throat. Because from my point of view, I can see most of his face. His expression ...... It's weird! His eyes were calm and sharp, but his face was empty and dazed, and his complexion was even more terrifyingly pale, and in the dim light of the sky, it shimmered like death. He doesn't walk slowly, and his steps are not stiff, but he feels like a puppet at night!
My heart chuckled, and a sense of foreboding arose. I dismissed the idea of calling him and carefully followed him. Maybe it's a turning point, and all the things that have happened and can't be explained have an invisible thread pulling at them. This end of the line is me and Lingshi, and on the other end, in addition to Chen Qiu, it is Sun Anning and Qi Zhen. Sun Anning has not shown up, so the threads wrapped around Qi Zhen's body are getting denser and denser, I'm afraid the truth is about to be revealed, right? As I thought so, a pinprick swelled in my heart.
He still walked forward unhurriedly, through one alley after another, turning and turning, and gradually, I couldn't even recognize the way. As far as the eye can see, there are strange and decaying walls and uneven gravel roads, and there are few pedestrians, but now they can't see a single one for half a day.
It got dark quickly, the figure in front of me became more and more hazy, and my steps somehow became heavier and heavier. My heart was beating hard, and there was a slight "buzzing" sound in my ears, but my eyes were fixed on the familiar and unfamiliar figure without blinking.
Finally, he stopped.
I hid in the doorway of a house at the entrance of the alley and looked here. It was a very remote alley, and he stopped in the deepest part of the alley, where a blue-gray wooden door was hidden. He stood by the door, tilted his head slightly, and looked over the door frame in distraction. With all my eyesight, I could only faintly see a few golden glimmers, and I didn't know what they were.
Why don't you go in? I muttered to myself.
Looking at his standing back, I suddenly remembered that day, we were waiting for Changqing outside the school building, and he was also standing quietly, patiently and patiently, like a fossil. Since when did he become so calm and calm? Is it his hidden nature? Or is it a mutation that we don't know about?
I was wandering when he suddenly pushed the door open and drowned in the unknown darkness inside the door. I woke up, scurried out, and strode to the door. As I got closer, I realized that it was an old, faded wooden door, with nothing on it, no New Year's pictures or couplets. Above the door frame, there are several incomplete, illegible gold characters, like the signboard of a storefront.
I groaned for a moment, then reached for the door. The door was fluttering, and as soon as my finger touched it, it opened silently. There was darkness in the door, and there was a strange smell in the air, as if it was the smell of fear and despair that had wandered in the air before death came.
Slowly but without hesitation, I melted into the darkness. The door closed silently behind me.
There was no sound in the room except for my slightly nervous, rapid breathing. Based on the recognition that darkness always comes with danger, I clenched my fists in both hands, stared on guard, and walked forward as if walking on thin ice, ready to flee at any time.
One step, two steps, three steps...... Hey? After walking nearly twenty steps, not only did I not touch the four walls, but I also did not touch anything like furniture. What kind of room is this? Although my heart was beating, my steps did not stop. After another twenty or thirty steps, I sighed, and now I couldn't fool myself anyway. At a distance of forty or fifty paces, you can't touch anything, and there is still boundless darkness ahead. This is a room, it's a square!
"Qi Zhen, Qi Zhen, you...... Are you there? I couldn't help calling out to him, and I was answered by a deathly silence, and he seemed to be swallowed up by the darkness when he had come in a few steps before me.
I had no choice but to keep walking, and as I went, I began to think crankily: if I learn spells from Evergreen in the future, I must first learn a spell that can illuminate! I don't know if there is a "fireball technique" in his Taoism? I can't see my fingers in this black, rumbling environment, and I can't see my fingers, and I really want to become a firefly, so that at least I don't need to bring lanterns, torches, or flashlights to illuminate!
While I was thinking, my foot stumbled on something soft. Because of my lack of attention, I fell and gnawed on mud. The swarthy ground was cold and bitter, and there was an unpleasant smell of rotting moss, and I got up and cursed. However, as soon as I scolded twice, I suddenly froze as if I had been electrocuted. Behind me, on my back, there was a man lying on his back! It was his thigh that tripped me just now. He was wearing a dark blue shirt, black pants, and a pair of white sneakers, and judging by his hair and clothes, he should be a boy about my age. Horrifyingly, the man's face was covered in blood and wounds, as if he had been scratched by something sharp. There was a large hole in his throat, and the flesh was rolled up, and it looked dark, but there was not a lot of blood gushing out, not even a few drops on his clothes and on the ground around him.
It's not Qi Zhen! Although his face is blurred with flesh and blood, it seems that his figure is slightly taller and fatter than Qi Zhen, and his clothes are different, the most important thing is that it feels very strange to me. Belch? Wait, how can I see so clearly? I looked around in astonishment, and finally noticed that there was a light source in the dark room. It was as if all of a sudden a chisel had pierced a lot of small holes, and the place lit up.
The light appeared suddenly, but it wasn't dazzling, and five or six squares around me were illuminated by the light. However, further afield, the darkness was still as shrouded as ever, and chaos was everywhere. It's like a special effect on stage, with a strong spotlight highlighting the main character, and the rest being a dark background that is overlooked. When I think about it, I'm a little smug. However, in an instant, a wry smile came to the corner of my mouth - there was another "protagonist" lying on the ground who didn't know if there was a dead warp!
I took two steps closer and tentatively asked, "Hey, are you still alive?" ”
No response.
I had to come closer, half-crouched, and gently touched his hand. Alas! The tentacles were cold, and the lifeless skin was already a little stiff. It seemed that there was a lot of bad luck, so I put my hand in front of his nose with a bitter face and tried it, and sure enough, there was no breathing.
It's a tragic thing! A fresh life has disappeared inexplicably, and it has not had time to enjoy the beauty and happiness of life, like a flower that has withered before it blooms......
"Oops, how is he?!" I suddenly screamed. My compassionate feelings were frightened by the sudden realization, and they all flew out of the clouds. Because of the proximity and the light just right above his chest, I recognized who he was, despite the wounds on his face! is actually a person who is not too strange, one of Ding Zhongheng and Ye Xiaoyun's "good friends", that seems to be an unlucky guy named "Fang Yuheng"! That Sven boy who was stammered like me yesterday and scared like an idiot!
I thought about it, wrapped my clothes tightly, suppressed the chill in my heart, and leaned over to take a closer look at his face. Odd! Why is this so? His way of death was very different from Ding Zhongheng's, there were no blood-red stripes on his face, his hand was not stretched out to pose for the "broken death", and he was not hanged.
Well, it doesn't look like the same murderer did it! I speculated and came to a conclusion.
Immediately, another even more frightening question came to my mind! Why did the murderer kill him?
Although the motives for the murder are innumerable, and they are not in line with me, what I fear is that this murderer may be hiding in the darkness around me, and may attack me for the same motives!
Danger is like a monster that chooses to devour people, and opens its unfathomable mouth!
I took a deep breath and bravely raised my head to look into the distance: "Qi Zhen, where are you?" …… Hurry up and come out! ”
The angry tone and slightly trembling voice all show the master's strong inner and outer strength!
In fact, if I hadn't always thought that Qi Zhen was not far away, I would have turned around and run a long time ago, and the fool would have stayed and waited for someone to cut it!
He didn't jump out as I expected and didn't respond to me. The surroundings were quiet, there was no wind or waves, and not even the slightest ripple could not be seen. I looked around in a hurry, and cold sweat began to break out. I don't know why, but I have a supernatural sense of real danger. Just like now, the quieter it is, the more abnormal it is. Qi Zhen either had an accident, or he was in a predicament, so he didn't even answer.
What to do? Do you keep moving forward or do you turn around and retreat?
I hesitated. Especially the one lying on the ground, who died so ugly, gave me a great psychological shock. But Qi Zhen doesn't know where he is, so I can't leave him and run for my life alone. I wiped the sweat from my forehead, gritted my teeth, and threw myself into the deeper darkness with a wry smile.
The protagonist hurries away, leaving the stiff corpse on the ground, waiting quietly in the strange light. After a while, the light faded and finally returned to chaos. Before the last glimmer of light could fade, the corpse on the ground jerked up. A strange smile slowly floated on the bloody face, and a cold light shot out of the cold glittering eyes!