Chapter Five: The Seventh Day is for Ghosts

  "Hello. I somewhat nervously greeted the young woman."

  The young woman's dazed eyes fell on me, her mind focusing a bit but looking flustered and anxious. "Where is my child? Have you seen my child? Where did my child go?"

  I was shocked, how did she know where her child went? But I quickly reacted, this young woman must have died in childbirth, and after death, she was still worried about her own children, so she wandered around here to find them. I felt a little sympathy for her, and asked her "What's your name, which ward are you in, what time did you enter the hospital?"

  "I don't know, I'm looking for my child, where is my child?"

  How can it be so confusing? I'm speechless, there's no information at all, and even if I wanted to help her find something, I wouldn't be able to. I patiently continued to communicate with her, this kind of mental exchange is simple yet complicated, simple in that it directly uses thoughts to sense each other, thinking is getting; complicated is that in an instant, you can know a lot of fragmented memories and ideas, but they can't be expressed in language or text.

  Through communication, I learned that when this young woman first died, her consciousness was clear. Later, as time passed, she accumulated yin energy on her body and all other memories disappeared, leaving only the thought she was most attached to, which is to find her child here without stopping forever.

  I have some worries, after a long time, will I also become like this poor wandering soul? In fact, it's easy to die, just in an instant, but if you become like this after death, it's really too painful and miserable, better off dead. If I also forget most things, only remembering one thing, what would be the last thing I remember, my love for Yu Ci or my hatred for Liu Yi Ming?

  Next I followed Liu Yi Ming for the whole day, but there was no harvest. Once he sent a message with his mobile phone, I couldn't see the content, only felt his fleeting thought that there's nothing to be afraid of, absolutely can't find anything on me.

  I really can't imagine that he killed me with his own hands, dug out my kidney, just like nothing had happened, only once a day with a slight worry. I don't know if he was born to be so ruthless and deep, or if he has harmed and killed too many people to become numb, just like a surgeon who is used to cutting open other people's bodies, without any pressure when cutting open other people's bodies.

  It seems useless to follow Liu Yi Ming anymore, and I miss and worry about Song Yu Ci very much, so I gave up following him and somehow returned home.

  Song Yuqi was in the living room talking to two policemen about my disappearance. The two policemen comforted her not to worry, they would pay attention to it, because the time of disappearance was not long, there was no need to file a formal case, and keep in touch at any time. It can be seen that the two policemen came to see her just because she was a beautiful female painter, otherwise they wouldn't have taken it seriously.

  After sending away the police, Song Yuci was restless and kept sighing, occasionally calling my relatives and friends, but still there was no news. She knew very well that with our relationship, I wouldn't just hide without saying a word, so something must have happened.

  In the following days, Song Yuci couldn't find me and the police didn't have any leads, only knowing that I had gone missing after leaving the hospital. I believe the police must have checked my email and it's impossible they didn't discover the audio file, so there must be a mole among them who deleted the file. But this is also good, Yuci's danger level has greatly decreased, at least I'm not as worried about her safety now.

  My family members rushed over from afar, including Yu Ci's parents who were also using various methods to help search for her. Everyone was anxious and worried. Only I could understand Yu Ci's feelings, that kind of pain, loss and emptiness, I was the same as her, the person who understood her best was me.

  Without a body, my mind became more active and sensitive, all feelings were magnified, but couldn't be expressed through habitual bodily movements. Watching Yu Ci and loved ones suffer so much, unable to tell them, powerless to do anything, my own suffering was indescribable. All of this was Liu Yi Ming's fault, all the pain turned into hatred for him, I didn't even realize it myself, other thoughts and memories were fading away, resentment and grievance grew day by day. Time had lost all meaning to me, only grievances accumulated more and more.

  I found that my "body" has undergone some changes, it is no longer completely empty. A cold energy has gathered on me. This change makes me unable to go wherever I want at will. Buildings, furniture, vehicles and the like will all hinder my movements to a certain extent. Although I can still force my way through some places, I will feel obstructed and painful... In short, it seems that I have transformed from a completely empty ghost to an energy-based ghost.

  I have become afraid of strong lights and heat sources, especially intense sunlight, which causes me excruciating pain like being burned by a fierce fire, as well as a sense of catastrophic destruction. On the other hand, dark and cool places make me feel comfortable, such as the bathroom in my home is more comfortable than other places.

  This afternoon, Song Yuci went out. The sun was strong outside and I didn't dare to follow her out, so I could only hide at home and wait. My parents and others had also gone out early in the morning to look for me, still holding onto a glimmer of hope, hoping to catch a glimpse of me unexpectedly in the crowd.

  In the evening, Yu Ci finally came back, looking very haggard and disheartened. Although I couldn't touch her, seeing her so heartbroken and exhausted, I still floated over to her as quickly as possible and instinctively went to support her. As soon as my hand touched her shoulder, a strong burning sensation was transmitted, like being scalded by hot water.

  I hastily withdrew my hand, extremely surprised in my heart. Looking at her again carefully, I found that she was glowing all over. Just now, I thought she had just been sunbathing and had a sunny aura, but it wasn't. This light was different from sunlight, shining out from inside her body. The top of her head was the brightest, while her feet were the darkest, with every part of her body radiating light.

  What's going on? I'm baffled, did she go out and come back as an immortal or something? How else could she be radiating light all over her body unless she was a celestial being? I stretched out one finger to cautiously approach her, and when my fingertip got close to the spot where she was emitting light, I felt a stinging sensation. Although it wasn't as unbearable as being exposed to direct sunlight, I still couldn't endure it for long.

  I never thought I'd finally get in touch with her, but it's painful rather than warm!

  Song Yuqi drank some water and rested for a while, and the light emitted from her body became even brighter. I observed carefully and found that this light was pure white and soft, not scary at all. The brightest white light on top of her head seemed to have some dark spots in the middle, but it didn't conflict with the white light. I don't know why she became like this, trying to sense her thoughts, but could only sense her sadness, pain, despair, helplessness, and sorrow, etc. negative emotions, as if the dark light on top of her head was caused by these negative emotions.

  After a while, someone knocked on the door. Song Yuci forced herself to open it. It was my parents who came in, also with a look of disappointment and fatigue on their faces, and they were also glowing, but the light they emitted was grayish, not as white as Yuci's, mixed with a sense of "darkness" due to negative emotions. Because I didn't see it with my naked eye, but rather sensed it, it's hard to describe.

  I was stunned, it turned out that the change wasn't on Yucie's body, but my "eyes" had changed, and everyone I saw was glowing. The fact is in front of me, my "body" has been undergoing strange changes, which cannot be explained from a medical perspective, and I know nothing about it.

  As night fell, the yin energy on me grew heavier, and my resentment became more intense. The desire for revenge dominated me, and I only wanted to find Liu Yiming to avenge myself, with no other thoughts in mind.

  I left home and walked on the street, with people coming and going around me. Everyone was emitting light, but with varying intensity and different colors. The vast majority of people emitted a faint white light, while only a few people emitted light mainly in white, black, purple, and red. On top of each person's head, there was a beam of light that differed from their main light.

  Some people emit very weak light, so weak that I can hardly feel it even if I pay attention; some people emit very strong light, with a beam of light on top of their head rising to one or two meters high, shining in all directions. The main light emitted by each person is stable, and the middle beam on the top of the head will change color or intensity due to human emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and desire. Moreover, I found that not only humans, but also various animals and plants have their own light, for example, when I look at a tree next to me, I can see a network of blood vessel-like light flowing slowly inside the big tree.

  At this time, I only had a strong desire for revenge in my heart, and I didn't have the mind to study which light represented what. I didn't think that I couldn't do anything about Liu Yimeng, and I just rushed forward quickly. I don't know what principle it was, but anyway, I could directly sense where Liu Yimeng was, and the distance between us was getting closer and closer.

  Finally, I found him in a place that looked like a private club, where he was drinking and chatting with several well-dressed fat men, with a seductive woman leaning against him. Seeing him living so comfortably, my last bit of sanity completely disappeared, and I rushed up to hit him without thinking.

  The main light emitted from Liu Yi Ming's body was black, and the top of his head had a red glow. Just as I was about to hit him, the red glow on top of his head suddenly intensified and enveloped his entire body. I felt like I had rushed into a furnace, my whole body burning with intense pain and fear, forcing me to hastily retreat. It was only then that I noticed the black light and red light emitted from his body were different from others, extremely dense and vibrant, or rather, very pure and bright.

  These past few days, the little bit of evil energy I've been absorbing has almost all been dispersed. However, after the evil energy was dispersed, I also calmed down from my frenzy and realized that the black light and red light emitted by him have a terrifying lethal power against me, and I can no longer get close to him.

  I'm extremely depressed. Although hitting him had no effect before, at least I could still hit him. Now I can't even get close to him. What's going on? If I've become a real ghost, people should be afraid of me, so why am I the one who's afraid of him? How can I take revenge like this?

  Liu Yiming just stared blankly for a moment, then continued chatting with others, without noticing my presence. The light emitted from the bodies of others was not as terrifying as his, but I didn't dare to touch them either. This won't do, I need to go find other ghosts and ask if there's any way to harm humans. It's said that humans are always afraid of ghosts, so there must be some ghostly experts who have a way to deal with humans.