Chapter 17: It Can't Be A Ghost, Right?

  Seeing Su Daina's excited look, Song Ah couldn't help but ask: "Su big sister, what exactly did you discover?"

  "You'll know soon enough." Su Dai said with an air of mystery as usual.

  Su Dai is usually not like this, so her actions at this moment have successfully piqued my curiosity. I followed closely behind her and soon we walked into a relatively narrow but very long corridor, similar to the hospital's long corridor, cold and eerie. This kind of corridor makes people feel chilly just by looking at it. So I turned back to look at Ning Meng, only to see his eyebrows slightly furrowed. Suddenly, I had a bad premonition. I asked him in a low voice, "What's wrong? Did you discover something?"

  "En." The lemon nodded and said to me: "There should be a hidden crossbow here, be careful."

  I nodded seriously, this hidden crossbow was popular in Tang and before, once touched, the hidden place in the tomb would shoot out the crossbow. I was also afraid of stepping on it, so I reminded them: "There may be a hidden crossbow here, everyone pay attention to their feet when walking!"

  With a "whoosh", I had just finished speaking, when I heard a faint sound of breaking through the air. Although the voice was very small, it successfully made everyone stunned and at a loss for words, with everyone looking at each other in dismay.

  "Retreat quickly!" Qing Ning shouted loudly, but it was already too late. From behind us, a series of mechanical sounds burst forth one after another. At this time, Wu Ma yelled in extreme terror: "Run quickly, run quickly, damn it! This time we'll definitely be shot full of holes like a honeycomb!"

  I tiptoed and looked back, and sure enough, a dense array of long arrows flew quickly towards us. By the time I came to my senses, Qingning had already pulled me forward and started running, while also hearing Su Dai's surprised and apologetic voice: "Heavens, there are actually hidden crossbows here! How come I didn't see them when I just arrived?"

  "It's just your good luck that you didn't get hit!" Song Ah replied as he ran ahead of me.

  "She's a bit abnormal." Qing Ning said in a cold tone, using a voice that only the two of us could hear. I glanced at him and couldn't help but think of the situation when we met 'Song Zi' before, so I asked in horror: "She won't be a snake transformed, will she?"

  "No." Qing Ning shook her head, just about to say something else, when a miserable cry was heard from behind.

  I didn't expect that in just a few breaths, the dark crossbow on our side would also quickly fire back. Qing Ning rushed to the front without saying a word, and just as he ran out, an arrow was shot onto my left shoulder. Due to inertia, I fell to the ground with a thud, and just as I was about to get up, someone stepped on my back, and I once again gave the earth a intimate hug. One after another, people trampled on my back, and I almost felt like I had internal injuries from being trampled.

  The sound of constant gunfire beside me, the screams of people, and the chaotic running sounds. After a while, they all ran away, leaving only me lying on the ground in disarray.

  Perhaps it was my good luck that the arrows shot from the crossbows flew just about a fist's distance above my head, I didn't dare to get up, could only stare blankly ahead as one after another person in front of me got shot into a beehive and then became human shields...

  I was shocked, because the person I saw was actually Song Ah! Although the flashlight's beam was shaking constantly due to running, I didn't expect that Song Ah would use someone as a human shield without hesitation. Our people were already few in number, and Xiao Shan had died on the road. Judging by his build, the person in his hands should be a man, perhaps Da Meng, because he was relatively tall. This kind of situation is the best time to see a person's true nature...

  I was thinking, and then I saw many dark arrows shooting out in front of me again, and those dark arrows were actually fired while hugging the ground! If I'm still lying like this, I'll definitely die for sure! Just as I was sweating profusely, I was suddenly picked up by someone. I looked up at that person with a terrified gaze, only to find it was Qing Ning. I immediately let out a sigh of relief, what a great brother he is, coming back to look for me at this time!

  "Hold on tight."

  Before I could say a word of thanks, he suddenly hoisted me onto his shoulder, and then I saw a scene that can only be seen in the movies - he actually carried me, a big live person, flying over walls and roofs, although sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes up, sometimes down, making my stomach turn upside down, but this shock was not just visual, it was also an inner shock!

  He's so thin and weak, but his strength is far beyond my imagination! This can't be called human, it's godly! I couldn't help but wonder if I'm dreaming again, or have I already been shot into a beehive?

  But I soon discovered that this was not an illusion, as the arrow on my arm was pulled out in one swift motion! I couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, tightly covering the spot where I had been shot. He tossed me a strip of cloth and then sat back against the wall, starting to pull out the several arrows stuck in his leg...

  I stood by, wanting to go up and help but afraid of not being quick enough, so I could only bandage my wound myself. At the same time, I felt extremely guilty in my heart. If he hadn't been trying to save me, he definitely wouldn't have gotten hurt. Just as I was feeling regretful, Qing Ning said: "The mechanism was deliberately set up by that woman."

  It turned out that Qing Ning was trying to stop Su Dait at the time? I hastily asked, "Why did she want to do that?" As soon as I finished asking, I felt something was off and asked again in doubt, "You just said she wasn't transformed from a snake, then what was she transformed from?" I really couldn't believe that Su Dait would harm us, so I could only think of other possibilities.

  "No." Qing Ning denied again: "She must have been possessed by something."

  " Possession......" I stared at him in shock and hesitated for a moment before asking: "It can't be a ghost, can it?"

  I didn't believe in ghosts, but first I encountered a giant snake that could transform into a human, then a glutinous rice ball with its skin peeled off, and again, hair that moved on its own and seemed to want to bite me. After experiencing so many bizarre things that even science can't explain, my worldview has really changed. Even if I still don't want to believe in ghosts, I can no longer deny the occurrence of these events.

  "What about Su? How is she now? Will anything happen to her?" I stared at Qing Ning without blinking, asking three questions in a row. After all, we came together, and I didn't want to see her die here while still so young and beautiful.

  "She was given a run for her money." Qing Ning said lightly, and perhaps seeing that I still had some concerns, he added another sentence: "She's not an ordinary person, so she shouldn't be in any trouble."

  Isn't she an ordinary person? Yeah, she really isn't an ordinary person. She used to be a soldier, much tougher than me... I'm just an ordinary person...