Chapter 35: Already Dead?

"I don't need to ask, I must have seen his face, and among our classmates, Qin Dong is the only one wearing white clothes." Xiao Yue replied as a matter of course.

As soon as Xiao Yue's words fell, a white shadow appeared again in the tomb passage.

Unlike before, this time the white shadow did not disappear immediately, but slowly walked from the darkness towards the entrance of the tomb where we were.

As the white shadows in the tomb got closer and closer, I couldn't help but feel chills all over my body, my breathing became rapid, and my hand holding the flashlight trembled slightly.

At this time, not only me and Li Huiyan, but even Liu Laoqi and several of his tomb robbers all widened their eyes after seeing the white shadow, with a ghostly expression on their faces.

The white shadow gradually came to a place less than three feet away from us, and by the light of the flashlight, the face of the white shadow could already be clearly seen at this time. For some reason, the right side of the white shadow's face seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mist, which made it a little difficult to see.

Despite this, I could easily tell from the other half of his face that he was really Qin Dong who had been separated from us since he entered the ancient tomb.

"Qin Dong!"

"Winter melon!"

After recognizing that Bai Ying's identity was indeed Qin Dong, I was a little excited in my heart, and Xiao Yue and Xiao Yue shouted loudly one after another.

Originally, he thought that Qin Dong would immediately agree after hearing the shouts of Xiao Yue and me, but he didn't.

I was a little surprised, it stands to reason that we are only about three feet away from Qin Dong at this time, and we shouted him so loudly, there is no reason why he can't hear it.

At the same time that the two voices entered the tomb one after another, Qin Dong, who was originally walking towards us step by step, stopped, looked at all of us with the only left eye that was exposed, and then grinned and smiled a little stiffly.

The darkness in the tomb was in stark contrast to the two rows of white Sensen's teeth that Qin Dong showed when he laughed, and I was a little creepy when I saw it. Faintly, a cold wind from hell blew from the tomb, giving people goosebumps.

"No, this is not Qin Dong."

At first, I was so happy when I saw Qin Dong that I didn't think about it carefully, but at this moment, when I saw the unusual behavior and appearance of the "Qin Dong" in the tomb, I immediately reacted.

"Well, it's really not like Qin Dong, if it's really him, it's impossible to see us without saying hello." My words were immediately agreed by Li Huiyan, and she said in a very serious tone.

"What are you talking about? Who else could this be a winter melon? Look at his appearance, yes, yes, and the clothes he wears, it's obvious that it's the winter melon himself. Hearing this, Xiao Yue said loudly in confusion.

I rolled my eyes, Xiao Yue's mind is so simple that people are speechless, can't you see such an obvious difference?

After Xiao Yue finished speaking, he prepared to walk towards the "Qin Dong" in the tomb.

Seeing this, I quickly grabbed her.

At this time, the "Qin Dong" in the tomb road waved to all of us again, still silent and silent, but the smile on his face was brighter and more creepy.

After beckoning at us a few times, "Qin Dong" turned around without saying a word and walked deeper into the tomb again.

At this time, none of us spoke, and even the sound of breathing was deliberately suppressed so as not to make a sound. In such a quiet environment, it stands to reason that "Qin Dong" should make footsteps when he leaves.

But no, he left silently, without making a sound.

When "Qin Dong" was leaving step by step, the flashlight in my hand inadvertently shone on his feet, and after looking at it, he was immediately frightened.

I saw that his feet were at least an inch or so above the ground, and the whole person did not touch the ground from head to toe, and he was not walking at all, but floating in mid-air.

The others apparently also noticed this strange scene, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out.

When the figure of "Qin Dong" completely disappeared into the tomb, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the depressing atmosphere in the field gradually dissipated.

At this time, everyone's foreheads were already soaked with dense cold sweat.

"Nephew, that was your friend just now?" Liu Laoqi looked at the tomb on the left intently, and asked me with a somewhat ugly face.

"No, he's not our friend. In fact...... I didn't know, although he looked exactly like my friend, but he was very different from my friend, and he felt like a stranger he didn't know at all. I haven't been able to recover from the shock just now, and after hearing Liu Laoqi's words, I said a little incoherently.

I kept repeating in my mind the scene I saw at the last beginning of "Qin Dong", with his feet off the ground, like a ball of air, floating lightly in the air, like a marionette with no thoughts and no feelings.

Liu Laoqi seemed to have expected me to answer like this, and he stopped talking, lowering his head and squinting as if he was thinking about something.

After a long while, Liu Laoqi slowly raised his head and said something that made me feel unbelievable.

"Virtuous nephew, I also think that the person just now is your friend, yes, but he ...... Probably dead! Liu Laoqi hesitated for a moment and said.

"What? Qin Dong is already dead? This...... This is impossible, there are two other classmates with him, if he dies, then wouldn't the other two classmates also be more auspicious? I shook my head again and again, not wanting to believe Liu Laoqi's speculation.

Hearing Liu Laoqi's words, Li Huiyan and Xiao Yue also turned pale in an instant, this sudden news was too shocking.

"Impossible, stinky old man, you are talking nonsense, the winter melon must still be alive and well, what evidence do you have to prove that the winter melon is dead, you take it out." Xiao Yue shed two lines of tears on his face and shouted hysterically at Liu Laoqi.

If it weren't for Li Huiyan on the side, I was afraid that she would run up like crazy and beat Liu Laoqi hard.

"Okay, Xiao Yue, don't make trouble. Old Man Liu only talked about his guesses, but he couldn't say that Qin Dong was really dead. Li Huiyan stretched out her hand to hug Xiao Yue and comforted her softly.

Despite saying this, Li Huiyan's mood was inevitably a little low.

is different from Xiao Yue's big grin, Li Huiyan has always been a thoughtful girl, and combined with what she saw just now, she quickly understood the meaning of Liu Laoqi's words.

"I don't have proof, but you should know it. You also saw the white shadow in the passage just now, if it was really your friend, why didn't you say a word when you saw that you didn't say a word? Ignoring Xiao Yue, Liu Laoqi said again.

My mind was in a hurry, and I didn't know for a while whether I should firmly believe that Qin Dong was fine, or believe in the facts I saw with my eyes, and believe in Liu Laoqi's judgment.

The appearance of "Qin Dong" when he left has always lingered in my mind.

If, according to Liu Laoqi's statement, Qin Dong has really died somewhere in this general's tomb, then what is the white shadow we just saw who was wearing exactly the same clothes as Qin Dong and looked the same?

Could it be the ghost of Qin Dong after his death?

"Seventh Uncle, if according to what you said, Qin Dong is really dead, then what did his soul do here just now?" I didn't know what to say, so the ghost asked according to Liu Laoqi's guess.

"Then I don't know." Liu Laoqi hesitated for a moment, and then said: "But as far as I know, under normal circumstances, after the soul of a living person dies, there are usually only two purposes for the soul to find others. ”

"The first is to find a substitute for the dead ghost, the soul of the person who died in vain cannot be reincarnated normally, unless another person is found to replace the dead ghost to offset the wrongs, this is the most common. The second is less common, and that is saving people, which can only happen to those who have just died. ”

"I don't know if you've ever heard of a saying that people who have just died can retain their thoughts and memories within seven days of being out of their bodies, and will instinctively do something they wanted to do before they were alive."

"If Qin Dong is really dead, then we should also belong to the second type, after all, he had no grievances with us during his lifetime, and it is impossible for us to be a substitute for him." I said.

"Nothing is impossible, and there are a few ghosts who are looking for substitutes for the dead. Maybe your friend died with a grudge in his heart, wondering why he died and not you. Liu Laoqi was noncommittal and said expressionlessly.

I didn't speak again, thinking to myself about what Liu Laoqi had just said.

Judging from all indications, the chance that Qin Dong had died somewhere in the tomb was as high as ninety percent.

It's just that we can't see anyone alive or dead, and as friends, we still have a glimmer of hope in our hearts unless we see his corpse with our own eyes.

With the appearance of the white shadow, it is a little more difficult for us to choose between the two tombs.

The graveyard on the right looks more dangerous, but it's probably the right path. The tomb on the left was empty, but because of the white shadow that looked like Qin Dong's ghost, people had to pay attention to it.

After all, in addition to the white shadow that looked like Qin Dong's ghost, it was very likely that Xu Hao and Lu Cheng were also trapped in this tomb. In case Qin Dong's ghost doesn't want to pull us to be substitute ghosts, but wants to lead us to save Xu Hao and Lu Cheng, wouldn't we see death if we choose the right side.

For a moment, I was in a difficult situation, and my eyes moved an inch away from the tomb on the left all the while.

After a few minutes, the vanished white shadow never reappeared, and if I didn't remember what I had just seen, I was afraid that I really suspected that it was a hallucination.

"Nephew, you don't want to take the tomb on the left, do you?" Liu Laoqi is worthy of being an old fox, he glanced at me a few times and guessed what I was thinking, and asked with a serious expression.

"Hmm." I nodded, and continued, "Those three of my friends are probably trapped in here, and if they don't go this way, they will die and die. ”

"But how can you be sure that your friend is in this graveyard? Have you ever thought that if you go this way, you will probably even be responsible for your own life? There is a lot of danger in this tomb, and it is not something that the three of you can handle. Liu Laoqi said in a slightly warning tone.

I don't know what Liu Laoqi said. It's just that the six of us came to Yaojia Village from school together, and if we abandon any of them, we will feel uneasy in conscience for the rest of our lives.

Before, Xiao Yue was dying of corpse poison in her body, and Li Huiyan and I didn't abandon her. What's more, now, we know that Xu Hao and the others are very likely to be trapped in the depths of the tomb on the left, so it is even more impossible to turn a blind eye.