Chapter 3: The Corpse

took a deep breath, took off her coat, sweater and shoes one by one, and slowly went into the water against the cold wind that poured into her body, the moment she stepped into the water, the biting temperature made Ah Li crawl all over her body with goosebumps, and her teeth couldn't stop shivering, but she still held the flashlight tightly and went deeper step by step, she must figure out what is under the water!

When the water gradually flooded her chest, Ah Li took a hard breath, and then a fierce man stabbed under the water!

It was dark underneath, and Ali could barely see anything close by relying on the flashlight in her hand. Clumps of aquatic plants swam slowly, occasionally popping up a bubble or two from below.

It's surprisingly quiet underwater.

Nothing. Not even fish. She surfaced to breathe a sigh of relief, and moved on to another place.

The cold and biting bones that kept seeping into her skin, and just as she was about to go ashore, she suddenly felt a very strong resentment from the front, and swam over there, and the flashlight shone a touch of yellow, which was the rune paper she had thrown down before. Shen Shen picked up the rune paper, but his left cheek suddenly itched.

Just now...... Something gently caressed her face......

It's not a water weed. Just when she was wondering in her heart, a mutilated head suddenly fell above her head!

Alone. A dead man. Most of his head had been neatly cut off by something, and it was pitch black, and his broken eyes were kept open, expressionless, as if he was quietly observing the intruder. And what stroked her face just now was his hand floating with the waves!

Ah Li was so frightened that she almost choked on the water, and hurriedly swam back.

When she shone the flashlight through, she realized that the corpse was chained to a long chain, swaying slightly from side to side with the waves.

Along the chain, Ah Li's eyes suddenly widened, and her hands and feet were cold all of a sudden!

The chains were long, and one corpse after another was firmly chained to them, men and women, and a few old people, but all of them were mutilated: some of their arms were gone, some of their lower bodies were only half of their thighs, and some of their waists were cut open and were about to break and float in the water......

It's like going through a bloody massacre. A pair of dead eyes, seeing Ah Li's heart straight. Why are there so many corpses here? Still chained?

This is the very strong resentment, the iron chain is tied to the corpse in a circle, in the middle of the circle is an iron pillar that has been driven deep into the water, Ah Li can see the things on the pillar by the light of the flashlight, like some kind of incantation...... Just when Ah Li felt that the spell in front of her was very familiar but couldn't remember it, and wanted to go ashore to take a breath and come down again, her feet were suddenly grabbed by a pair of small hands! At the same time, a group of small figures surrounded Ah Li and pressed hard into the water!

Water Monkeys! That is, the water ghost who died in the water when he was a child! Ah Li didn't know why so many water monkeys suddenly came out of here, and I didn't know how long they had been staring at her in the dark, now she had choked on several mouthfuls of river water, and the air in her chest was decreasing little by little, but their strength was so great that they were desperate to drown her under the water!

It's so uncomfortable...... Can't breathe......

The struggles gradually slowed down, their bodies gradually sank, and the final picture was their smug smiling faces, and those chain-chained, dead corpses......

Just when Ah Li gradually sank to the bottom of the water, a pair of big hands suddenly caught her, and a black figure came out of nowhere, firmly protecting her in his arms, and tearing all the water monkeys that were dragging her to pieces with a wave of his hand! Then he hugged her and swam quickly to the surface......

It's noisy.

Ali always felt that someone was chatting endlessly above her head. When I opened my eyes, I was greeted by a bluestone slab covered with moss, and the sunlight that broke in from the corner of my eye was a little dazzling. Ah Li couldn't react a little. Last night...... Wasn't she pulled into the river by a water monkey? Where is this? Which hero saved her? Unable to figure it out, she didn't bother anymore, propped herself up and walked to the bridge.

When she returned from under the arch bridge to the small house she had just rented, it was already night, no way, got into the taxi, but halfway found that she had no money and was thrown down by the angry driver, she couldn't remember the name of the community, and walked blindly outside, and when she remembered to ask for directions, she found that she had walked around the community for an unknown number of laps.

In the end, with the landlord's dissatisfied face, he got the key and went upstairs.

She paused as she walked down the stairwell, who was following her? The feeling of being followed was very strong, and it had been since she woke up under the bridge, but sometimes it felt like the person was not following her, but had been walking beside her.

It's a bizarre feeling.

"Whether you can go or not! Don't go, don't get in the way! I don't know where to fool around at night......" A sudden loud voice interrupted her train of thought, and it was the old lady who was facing the door, with a gloomy face, followed by a woman with a big belly and a pale face. The old lady glanced at her with disdain, bumped into her and left, as if embarrassed by her mother-in-law's attitude, and the pregnant woman behind smiled awkwardly at Ah Li.

Ali smiled at her. She didn't care, the old lady had always looked down on women.

Back in her room, she dragged out a small wooden box from under the bed, containing some yellow paper and cinnabar. She hadn't learned much else over the years, but her skills in drawing talismans were top-notch.

I was busy until midnight, looking at the pile of rune paper on the table, and finally stopped my pen with satisfaction. At this time, the community has long fallen into a deep sleep, and the surroundings are extremely quiet. I rubbed my sour neck, but my back was suddenly cold! The feeling of being watched is back!

"Who?!"

No one answered, Ah Li looked around, but suddenly noticed that the curtain moved slightly. Stunned for a moment, she got up and grabbed the talisman paper and approached slowly, but before she could reach out, a small thing suddenly appeared under the curtain, which startled her.

"Ahh

Shouldn't "......" be her name?

yes, a small piece of paper figure she made a long time ago, usually used to send messages to some people who need to be contacted. There is no way, now that science and technology are developed, all kinds of eavesdropping methods cannot be prevented, even an exorcist like Ah Li will inevitably be tricked, with a small piece of paper, only a psychic can understand what it says. Because in the eyes of others, it only produces the monosyllabic "ah", and Ah Li fortunately called it Yaya.

But this little thing has been very playful since it became conscious, Ah Li doesn't call it, usually ten days and half a month without a shadow, is ready to teach it a lesson, but there is a slight knock at the door.

"Help me...... Whining...... It hurts...... Help me......"

It was a pregnant woman during the day, but at this moment she was crawling in front of Ah Li's door, trembling all over, and behind her was a long trail of blood, extending behind the half-open door opposite, she herself was covered in blood, her hair was messy, and in some places it was bald, and dark red blood scabs had been generated, and the corners of her eyes and mouth were bruised.

When she looked up and saw Ah Li, her eyes lit up, and she grabbed Ah Li's ankle like a life-saving straw: "Save my child!" Save it! I beg you!" The faint voice was a hysterical cry for help.

"Does it hurt?" After watching quietly for a long time, Ah Li squatted down and looked at her at eye level: "Actually, it doesn't hurt." The pregnant woman was stunned when she heard her words, doesn't it hurt? It seems like...... It really doesn't hurt. But she had a lot of blood, and there was a hole in her belly, and it was still bleeding......

"You're dead."

looked at Ah Li blankly, and the memory slowly returned.

Today she was taken to a place by her mother-in-law, she didn't know where, her eyes were blindfolded, she only knew that someone touched her belly and said, it's a girl. Then, when she went home, she was beaten, with a chair, a vase, and it hurt very much on her body, and her mother-in-law scolded her for being a money-loser, and she would only lose money. The mother-in-law was particularly angry. And then...... Looking at the hole in the stomach, it hurts when the knife is inserted, and the baby must be in pain too.

She hugged her belly tightly, as if she would be able to hold the baby tight. Looking behind her, it was no longer the door of her house that terrified her, but an endless darkness and the distant sound of chains......

Ali closed the door. The ghost has arrived, and the rest is none of her business.

Everyone's life and death have a fate, and no one can interfere unless it is non-human interference.

Outside the house is peaceful.

"Bang-"

As soon as he turned around, he was suddenly struck by a big hand and grabbed his neck and pressed against the door! There was a sharp pain in her back, she choked twice, and when she looked up, it was the old lady who was snorting and panting in front of her, but it was not.

At this moment, she was more shriveled than she had seen in the daytime, her bulging eyes turned up, her short body, but her limbs did not look like words, and the spine on her back bulged upwards and kept turning, as if something was about to grow from there. While pinching her viciously, he kept shouting "lose money" and "die" in his mouth.

The little piece of paper on one side saw her being attacked, and ran up to grab one of the old lady's fingers and dragged it outward, but this bit of strength was not seen at all.

Ali was lifted off the ground, her throat hurting like it was about to crack, and the suffocating sensation was about to drown her. Just as she was about to touch the rune paper, the old lady let out a painful roar in her throat, and two long bone spurs suddenly appeared on her back, with a thick fishy stench, and stabbed at her without hesitation!

Just stab, stab, you can't die anyway!

"Looking for !! Death"

"Roarโ€”"

Just as Ah Li closed her eyes in resignation, a low and angry voice sounded in her ears, a pair of thin and powerful arms caught her and protected her behind her, and at the same time, the old lady's screams were also heard.

In Ah Li's only two hundred years of memory, no one has ever stood in front of her with such a handsome and protective posture as today.

Like a big hero who will stand up to the sky for her. Ah Li looked at the man's back and forgot to speak.

"Roar-" The old lady who had her hand cut off was very angry, the man in front of her made her instinctively frightened, but she was unwilling to kill him, the bone spurs on her back kept shaking, like two sharp weapons, ready to move.

However, before she could attack, the man moved, and instantly came to the top of her head, pressed her to the ground with an absolutely crushing attitude, and without hesitation, he held the two bone spurs on his back that were constantly struggling, and pulled them fiercely!