Chapter 21 Porcelain Dolls

Knock-Knock-Knock-

There was a sound of footsteps coming from the staircase, probably because the staircase was wooden and the tower was relatively empty, and the dullness of the sound was particularly abrupt.

Natsu stood up and looked warily at the staircase. I saw a figure slowly turning around, it was reporter Ma.

"Something?" Xiao Xia and Reporter Ma are not familiar with each other, and they don't understand what he came up to do.

"Nope. Just asking if you want to drink water? Reporter Ma raised his hand and had a bottle of mineral water in his hand.

Drink? Absolutely. I don't know how long it has been since I entered this empty city, I have been running for my life, I have been frightened, and I have long been thirsty.

"Where did you get the water?" Xiao Xia took the water bottle and asked hesitantly.

"I've been carrying my backpack all the time." Reporter Ma pointed to the backpack on his back, "I brought it myself." ”

Xiao Xia breathed a sigh of relief, and was really afraid that he was pouring water from the lake. But when I looked down, I saw that the mouth of the bottle of water had not been opened, and I secretly laughed that I was scared of all the grass and trees, and I was too suspicious.

"Thank you."

"It doesn't matter. But-" Reporter Ma laughed, "There is not much water, you and Mr. Ruan share it, he has been protecting us, probably the most tired." ”

"Well, okay, I'll give it to him."

"He- is it okay? I looked like he wasn't in good health. ”

"It's okay, he's just a little tired, he'll be fine after a while."

"Well—I'll go first. Don't forget to give him a drink! Remember! Reporter Ma seemed to be very concerned, but Xiao Xia keenly felt that his eyes were a little disappointed. And why, she thought it was a little strange.

Seeing him slowly walk down the stairs again, Xiao Xia sat down again.

She felt a little uneasy in her heart, she always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't grasp the feeling, as if there was an extremely fine grain of sand in the bottom of her soft heart, I couldn't tell which part, but it hurt her very much, and she couldn't dig it out, mixed with her flesh and blood, so that she deeply experienced what it was like to be thorned in the flesh. She looked at the water in her hand, there was nothing unusual, even the production date of the bottle was intact, it was impossible to do anything.

Did you think too much about it? But now that they are in such a dangerous environment, they should be extremely careful. This empty city is not just dangerous, but full of crises and traps!

She looked at the bottle of water in her hand again, and the intense hunger in her mouth made her want to open it immediately, but she finally licked her chapped lips and put the bottle beside her.

Let's wait for Ruan Zhan to recover a little spiritual energy, he should be able to know if there is anything wrong with this water. Now her main task is to protect him, not to let anyone or spirits enter and disturb him, although she is not very capable, but if something happens, she can desperately help him stop it!

But what's wrong?

Knock-Knock-Knock-

Someone came upstairs again, but this time it was Liu Hong!

Xiao Xia frowned. She was very annoyed by this woman, because since something strange happened, she had not contributed a little strength, not only that, but she had been causing more trouble to everyone, if she could, she didn't want to say a word to her, but at this time, Liu Hong walked towards her with a smile on her face, making her unable to avoid.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Xia is still a little unkind.

"The pony asked me to bring me something to eat." Liu Hong smiled flatteringly and raised the bread in his hand, "He really has a lot of things in his backpack." ”

"Thanks, put it here!"

Liu Hong carefully placed the bread on the stair railing, "I wonder when Mr. Ruan can take us out?" It's never a problem to be stuck here! He- is he? I want to see him, I wonder if it's okay? ”

"He's fine." Xiao Xia said coldly, "There's no need to look, he's resting." When he's ready, he'll take us out, don't worry. ”

"That's good, that's good. I just care, too. Liu Hong sneered, glancing at the bottle of undrunk water placed next to Xiao Xia, "Aren't you hungry?" Why don't you eat some first? ”

She kept smiling at each other, and Xiao Xia was embarrassed to be too unemotional, so she stood up, "Thank you, I'll eat later." ”

Liu Hong let out an 'oh', as if she was a little disappointed, nodded to Xiao Xia, and then turned around and went downstairs.

Looking at Liu Hong's back, the uneasiness in Xiao Xia's heart that she couldn't grasp appeared again. What are they going to do? Why was he disappointed when he couldn't see Ruan Zhan? Could it be that something has changed outside the tower that makes them so eager to get out? Luckily she didn't reveal anything to them, otherwise I wonder what would have happened to them? But what is it that is out of the ordinary, that makes her feel uncomfortable and problematic?

She took two steps to get the bread that was placed on the railing. But the moment her fingers touched the bread, a flash of light flashed in her mind—she finally understood that something was wrong!

Footsteps!

The floor of the whole tower is all wooden, and it is so empty, of course, there will be a sound when you walk, but it is not a sullen 'dong dong' sound. When Reporter Ma and Liu Hong walked just now, they felt as if they were deliberately smashing the wooden board downward, although the sound was not very loud, but it was still very stiff!

Also, at that time, Xiao Xia focused all her energy on what Liu Hong said and her expression, and didn't realize the situation in her body, but when she seriously recalled it at this moment, a detail made her heart instantly tighten and almost stop beating!

Her feet are not right!

Reporter Ma was wearing a long coat and trousers, so he didn't feel anything unusual except for the sound of footsteps. But Liu Hong was wearing a delicate skirt, the skirt was longer than the knee, only a small calf and ankle were exposed, she didn't stand on the top stairs when she walked up just now, and she couldn't see her legs at all, but when she went downstairs, Xiao Xia could see it clearly!

Her legs were not as slender and soft as they normally were, but stiff, chubby, and shiny like a plaster white!

Her legs are not human legs!

Thinking of this, Xiao Xia gasped and touched the bread placed on the railing, causing it to fall straight to the next layer. She subconsciously looked down, and suddenly found that the whole tower was deformed, it was no longer the original appearance, the corner of the stairs was dark, and she couldn't see where the next floor was, and the stairs seemed to have no end!

Heh――

A sighing voice came from behind her, and she was so frightened that she immediately looked back as if she were conditioned. As far as the eye can see, it is still empty. The entire top floor, except for a small room that was divided into a separate room, was only herself.

However, the feeling of being watched is quite strong!

She looked at the window in shock, only to see that the fog like white paint outside the window had faded somewhere, and the glass window was densely covered with faces at this moment! There were men, women, and children, all expressionless, with blue eyes, no lips or eyes, but they stared at her clearly, full of hatred!

They are surrounded, and Ruan Zhan must be notified!

With this in mind, she immediately rushed to the small room, but she did not move at all, feeling two stiff arms stop her waist, and at the same time her mouth was covered by a hand that had no temperature.

"Don't move! Hehe, don't go to the ventilator, or you'll be killed together, and the whole village will be killed! A 'man' walked around to her and said.

It was Liu Hong, that is to say, it was reporter Ma who restrained her from moving. Or rather, two dummies with the faces of Liu Hong and reporter Ma!

Xiao Xia struggled desperately, but it was useless, the 'horse reporter' behind her was extremely powerful, and the arm around her waist made her feel like her ribs were about to break.

"There is a wrong, and there is a debtor. If you have any grievances, just say, I can help, don't kill innocents indiscriminately! Xiao Xia couldn't speak, so she could only say 'hmm', but she felt that the other party could understand.

"It's useless." Liu Hong said, "No one asked us to say a word back then. You don't have to defend yourself, everyone is guilty! ”

"What am I guilty of?" Xiao Xia continued to 'hmm', desperately increasing the vibration of her throat, intending to let Ruan Zhan in the room hear.

"You are guilty of being with them!" 'Liu Hong' suddenly became fierce, "Don't expect to be able to notify the mage inside, no matter how loud you scream, the sound can't reach inside, I've already surrounded this place!" ”

"Ruan Zhan be careful, Ruan Zhan be careful!" Xiao Xia ignored what she said, but she couldn't stop struggling.

With a 'bang', her foot kicked 'Liu Hong's leg. She pushed too hard, and the pain in her toes made her tears fall, and she thought her toes might be broken.

'Liu Hong' could read her heart, and smiled maliciously, "You're fine, it's me who has something to do, my leg was kicked off by you." She bent down and picked up a piece of shard, "Look, you kicked my leg bone to pieces." She said as she attached the piece back to her calf.

Xiao Xia couldn't move, so he had to look down hard, only to see that 'Liu Hong's legs were actually made of mud, or his whole body was made of mud! Now it's just a clay figure talking to her! No, exactly, her legs are brightly colored and porcelain! She's talking to a porcelain man! But where did the real Liu Hong and Ma reporters go? Could it be that they were killed, so didn't the temple tower stop these resentful spirits and let them catch up?

"That's right, I'm not a clay man! I'm the finest porcelain, do you understand? The best porcelain ever fired! "'Liu Hong' suddenly shouted, "Throw her in the cupboard!" ”

Before the words fell, Xiao Xia only felt a huge force throw her backwards, and she fell down the stairs. Before going down, she only had time to glance at the doorknob of the hut.

On it, was her amulet.

Fortunately, she had just wrapped the amulet around the doorknob, hoping that the Jizo King Bodhisattva would bless Ruan Zhan with safety! She thought so comfortingly, she felt that she kept falling, but she didn't fall down the stairs, and sure enough, the tower had changed, and the stairs were endless!

With a 'bang', she was sucked into the darkness, no longer falling, but she couldn't move, she just felt bound by an invisible force, locked in a cage by something!

"Open your eyes and see who I am?" A voice rang out.

This time it's not Liu Hong's voice, but it's also a woman's voice, the tone is not soft, but with a bit of naughtiness, so familiar, you will hear it every day, yes - it's herself! It turned out to be myself!

Under the shock, Xiao Xia only felt that his eyes lit up and he saw the person in front of him clearly.

Who is it if it's not you? Or rather, who took possession of her body? Moreover, why has she become so small, but the body that used to belong to her in front of her is so big, is it because her soul is small?

"That's right!" The 'man' who occupied her body said proudly, "I took your body, and it feels good." It's a pity that under the spell cast by that person, I can't use a person's body for a long time, and it will slowly become porcelain, because I am originally a fired porcelain! ”

'She' laughed and raised her arm, which had turned into a piece of snow-white porcelain.

Xiao Xia felt cold all over, not just because her soul was pulled out of her body, nor because her body had turned into porcelain, but because she suddenly understood what the resentful spirit was going to do with her body.

"Yes, I used your body to deceive that mage! He only trusts you and does not make any fortifications against you. We already know that he is injured and has little power, and if I perform well, if we work together, he will die without a place to be buried! "She' was furious again, "Damn the mage! Damn the mages! He shouldn't have aided in the abuse, sealed us up in a dark place, so that there would be no place for this great injustice to be complained! Otherwise, we would have come out of this resentment a long time ago, and we would not have been stranded in this place where yin and yang are not yang and suffer endless suffering! ”

"Don't hurt him, it's none of his business! He's not the mage who calms you! Xiao Xia shouted anxiously. This time, she heard her own voice, but it was as small as a mosquito.

"If it's a mage, you should die!" 'She' said softly.

Xiao Xia looked at her face in amazement with such treacherous malice, and her heart was so uncomfortable, she couldn't imagine that there were evil spirits using her hands to hurt the person she loved the most, the man she kept warm in her heart, this was the heaviest punishment in the world, how could she endure it!

"Don't go! Please! He is the most innocent! It's always others who persecute him, and he hasn't hurt anyone! Don't put everything on his head! No! Xiao Xia screamed, desperately banging against the wall that surrounded her, only to find that the 'house' moved under the impact of her madness, but she still did not get out of this cage, but the scene in front of her changed, as if the angle from which she looked had changed.

Just as she was at a loss, a hand suddenly reached out, and it was the resentful spirit that had taken over her body and grabbed her. She thought it would hurt, but she didn't, just dizzy, and when she came to her senses, she saw the kind of glass display cases that were placed on the second to seventh floors of the tower.

When she went up to the tower, she was in a hurry and nervous, and the light was dim, so she didn't look carefully, but at this moment, she saw that there were rows of porcelain dolls in the glass cabinet! The production is fine, colorful, men, women and children have different expressions and lifelike!

If you look closely, it's still very familiar! The eyebrows, the clothes, the peculiar marks on the face—

It turned out to be the bolt pillar family who intended to violate her in the white mist! And the silent 'people' she saw on the commercial street when she met Ruan Zhan, the couple who walked past her, and the female ghost who used to snicker when she and Ruan Zhan kissed!

The world was spinning, and she knew that the wraith was holding herself and looking around, for the cabinet was arranged around the room on all sides.

Just looked around like this, and the more she looked at her, the more frightened she became, because she saw people she was more familiar with - Zhao Jiayuan, Ma reporter, Liu Hong! Except for those who were seen dead by her own eyes, only Zuo De and Mao Fu were not there. These porcelain dolls are placed in a regular space according to a certain spacing, and there is only one blank space in one place!

Is that her place? Natsu thought in horror.

So she would feel so small, so she would feel like she was trapped in a 'room' out of which she couldn't get out, and it turned out that her soul was placed in a porcelain doll! But when did this happen? Liu Hong and the others were also placed here after losing their flesh like themselves? So are the other porcelain dolls the dwelling places of those resentful spirits? Wouldn't she be in the midst of the spirits! If Ruan Zhan can't realize this, she will always be a little porcelain figure, used as an ornament to be visited, and live this life without sun and moon but without escape?

They first occupied the bodies of Reporter Ma and Liu Hong, and then slowly approached them, maybe they didn't know Ruan Zhan's situation, so they tried twice, those water is bread must be borrowed from her hand to poison Ruan Zhan!

Fortunately, she wasn't fooled, but what now? Although she didn't say anything, they still sensed that Ruan Zhan's condition was not good, so they wanted to borrow her body to deceive and hurt Ruan Zhan!

What to do? What to do?

She was so anxious that she couldn't care about her own safety. Just as she was thinking, she was dizzy again, and she was put back in her place on the cupboard!

"Bolt, look at her!" The resentful spirit that occupied Xiao Xia's body said.

Xiao Xia couldn't move, but she could see the porcelain doll that looked like a bolt in the cabinet opposite. Seeing Xiao Xia's gaze sweeping, the little man who should have had a fixed expression suddenly grinned and smiled at Xiao Xia, "I'm looking at you!" He said.

Strangely, he just moved his mouth, but Xiao Xia 'heard' his eerie voice.

But Xiao Xia couldn't care about him, and seeing that the resentful spirit was about to deal with Ruan Zhan, he hurriedly shouted to her, "Come back!" I'm for your good, he has the most powerful psionic energy in the world, and it will make your soul fly! Don't mess with him! She tried to stop the spirits by other means, "If you keep your souls, I'll help you, and I swear I'll get you avengers." If you have any wrongs, just say it, I can help you! I swear! ”

She didn't know how Ruan Zhan was recovering now, after all, it was Sima Nan who personally sealed him this time, and he had been trying hard to break the seal, but it didn't work well! Although he didn't say it, she also knew how dangerous the situation was this time!

The resentful spirit turned around and sneered, "There is no Heavenly Dao in this world, otherwise it would not have allowed those people to get away with it for twenty years!" Moreover, the mage surnamed Ruan definitely doesn't have that much ability, otherwise what are you in a hurry! Rest assured, we'll devour his soul when we kill him, but we'll make a porcelain figure that looks exactly like him and place it on the cabinet opposite. Then you may be able to see what he looks like, although that one will be a real porcelain man, without a soul, and will not respond to you! How's that, mercy? ”

Is this mercy? It's the cruelest thing in the world! The end of the world is not counted, and the other party is just a shell, a shell whose soul has completely disappeared!

She laughed, and then walked upstairs without looking back!

Xiao Xia watched her back, in fact, her own back leave in despair, never thinking that she would hate her body so much. How she wished that some explosives would blow up on her flesh at this moment and turn her into pieces, but don't let Ruan Zhan fall into the path of resentment because of that skin!

What to do? Can we just wait?!

"Natsu-chan!" A delicate tone called out to her.

She was shocked.

It's Ah Bai! Ah Bai, who has been missing for a long time!

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