Chapter 47: Maze Array

  "You son of a bitch! I told you from the start, don't touch my sister, or else I'll really die with you!" In the empty villa, it was especially gloomy, and the woman's sobbing voice echoed in my ears once again.

  "What makes you think I'll go down with you?"

  Fang Zhi sneered coldly and looked at him with a "death-defying" gaze: "Don't forget, what does our Fang family do? If I don't have a good life, you won't either!"

  "Do you think I'll let you have a good life? What can you do to me? Back then, you couldn't beat me, and now you still can't beat me? I've said it before, as long as you listen to me, I guarantee... your sister won't be in trouble, and your dad won't be in trouble either. If you dare to leave without permission, the consequences... you should know what they are." He Yichu was still calm and composed, his voice not sounding like that of a man over fifty years old. It sounded more like someone in their twenty-seven or eight years old. Could it be that zombies really were immortal?

  "If... you dare to touch my dad..., I'll make the mother and daughter of the Jiang family wish they were dead." Hearing this voice, I can almost imagine Fang Zhiyan's teeth-gnashing expression. Hmm, Fang Zhiyan's voice is also very young.

  After finishing, she said viciously: "You are very capable, but Jiang Li and He Mengyan... are just ordinary people. Even if you break the seal on He Mengyan, I can still take her life."

  What's going on? Didn't they say He Mengyan was Fang Lao's granddaughter? Could it be... that He Mengyan and Jiang Manyun have switched identities?

  "Hmph... You think I'd care." He Yichu sneered coldly.

  Fang Zhi's excitement seemed to have dissipated, and he sneered: "Whether you care or not, you know best in your heart. The mother and daughter of the Jiang family still don't know your identity, do they?"

  "Zhi Pan, are you trying to expose my identity in front of them? If you want to expose me, go ahead, but... if you want them to die." He Yichu said this with a calm and composed tone.

  I'm so disappointed right now, thinking about the idol I've admired for years, and it turns out to be this... beast. It seems that he has taken advantage of Fang Zhiyan's soft heart, originally Fang Zhiyan was a threat to him, but now it seems like he is threatening her instead.

  "You..." Only then did you realize that his voice wasn't loud, but he was seething with anger. You hesitated for a long time, but didn't know what to say next.

  "Ah! Her voice isn't loud, we're hiding in their courtyard, I... how could I hear them talking? Hmm, never mind, let's keep listening. At this moment, He Yi Chu smiled very satisfactorily: "Man Yun has been born for so many years, and I still don't know your temperament? You just talk big, if not, why would you seal yourself in a photo album for five years? And how could you be easily frozen? Isn't it... because you don't want to hurt anyone? But, Zhi Pan, do you know? Now... everyone suspects that you killed Zhi Ling, and probably... Zhi Ling thought so too. You... are safest staying by my side."

  "If I could...I'd rather die." Fang Zhi realized that Wang Xiang's emotions were extremely unstable, and hearing her tone, it seemed like she really wanted to die.

  "You just want to leave me like that? Man Yun is already so big, and you still want to leave me? Is it because I... am not human, or... are you still thinking of He Lan Ye in your heart?" He Yi Chu's emotions also changed quickly, and I actually heard sadness from his tone. Didn't he like Fang Zhi Ling? No, that's clearly not the case, he already had two children with another woman. From his tone, it seems like he really cares about Fang Zhi Xian.

  "If only... I'd rather Man Yun was never born! Alas... if it weren't for this, so many people wouldn't have died, and He Lan wouldn't have died either." Fang Zhi realized that her words were full of hatred.

  I don't know if it's because of jealousy, "What do you mean! You hate me that much! I'm telling you, Fang Zhi Pan, He Lan Ye is already dead! He's been dead for 30 years! We have children together, and you're still thinking about him."

  "Bastard! Let me go! What are you going to do? Let me go!" Then came Fang Zhiyan's wailing cry.

  What's going on? Rape! Damn it! Then I couldn't hear anything else, because Ge Fei covered my ears, his expression was a bit awkward, and he said in a low voice: "Don't listen to everything, let's rush in now."

  After he finished speaking, he pulled me inside and burst open the door. What entered my line of sight was a very large living room. He Yi Chu was pressing down on Fang Zhi Pan on the sofa. Upon hearing the noise, they immediately stopped their actions and turned around to glare at us. Fang Zhi Pan quickly got up from the sofa and hastily jumped out the window.

  Jian Fang knew that Pan had run away, and he was about to chase after him in a flurry. But before he could do so, Xue Lang quickly sprinkled glutinous rice onto his body. As the glutinous rice scattered, I seemed to hear the sound of flesh being scorched. The glutinous rice on He Yi's body instantly turned black.

  "Ah!" He let out a mournful cry, his eyes bulging with anger as he glared at us. His handsome face was gradually rotting away, his eyeballs seeming to be squeezed out, making one shiver at the sight.

  His clothes have also changed, and they...they've become ancient-looking, doesn't seem to be from the Qing dynasty. His fingernails are growing longer and longer, and with a sudden jump, he's coming straight for us, uh...no, he's coming straight for me.

  Damn it, obviously bullying me at my weakest. Fortunately, Ge Fei stood by my side, he pulled me away quickly, and He Yi's long fingernails were embedded in the iron door behind us. Yes! It was an iron door, a high-quality one too. I was so scared that my soul was gone, I tightly grasped Ge Fei and didn't dare to let go, afraid that He Yi would come back to strangle me to death.

  Ge Fei dragged me towards the window, jumping down while turning back to shout at Xue Lang: "Xue Lang, you deal with this old zombie, I'll go with Lin Si Jia to chase Fang Zhi Pan."

  Then I didn't hear what Xue Lang said, and was dragged by Ge Fei from the second floor to the stone road below. Damn it, He Yi's house is not like other people's houses at all, this damn thing can be considered as a four-story building. If you don't die from jumping down, you'll become disabled.

  "Ah! My mother!" I shouted loudly, conditioned reflexively closing my eyes, and clinging tightly to Ge Fei's body. Although I've encountered many strange things lately, this is still the first time I've ever jumped off a building!

  "Lin Sixia... hey, hey, hey Lin Sixia!" I thought I was going to be crippled when I heard Ge Fei's voice beside my ear, and his voice was so loud it was like thunder, almost deafening me.

  I suddenly opened my eyes wide, and Ge Fei's enlarged face appeared in front of me. I... I wasn't crippled. Ge Fei waved his hand in front of my eyes, then shook me and said: "Lin Sijia, what's wrong with you? Are you scared silly? Don't be stunned, take advantage of Fang Zhenxu not being able to run far now, let's hurry up and chase him out."

  I fixed my eyes on the color and hastily followed Ge Fei to run out of that eerie villa. As soon as I walked out of the villa, the ring on my hand began to glow, and when I took a few more steps forward, the light became even stronger. Could it be... Fang Zhi had gone in this direction? I saw Ge Fei was about to go in the opposite direction, so I quickly pulled him back and shouted: "Wait, I feel like she went in this direction! And... and this ring..."

  As I spoke, I glanced at the Lingkong ring on my hand that was emitting a green glow. Ge Fei's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, but he didn't ask any questions and instead pulled me in the direction I had mentioned.

  This villa is located in a particularly remote area, similar to Ye Jingchen's house, surrounded by forests and winding roads with lush green trees on all sides. It looks like the kind of road you'd see in "Dead Man's Curve". If you've seen that movie, you'll know what I mean. Anyway, walking along it gives you a sense of inexplicable fear, as if a psychopathic killer might jump out from the woods at any moment.

  Through the winding road, in front of us is a dense forest. If I wasn't following Ge Fei, I think I might get lost. But to be honest, I've been in Chengdu for five or six years and had no idea there was such a place here. I'm afraid even Qingcheng Mountain doesn't have as many trees as this, what's in front of us is basically a primitive forest.

  I exchanged a glance with Ge Fei, and finally decided to go in. After all, we've already gotten into trouble, so why not investigate further? If we die, at least we'll die unjustly.

  We passed through the dense forest and arrived at a mountain valley, where the terrain in front of us was extremely rugged. It looked like it could collapse and trigger a mudslide at any moment. I couldn't help but wonder how such a place still existed in Chengdu, wasn't Chengdu all flat? Even Qingcheng Mountain nearby didn't seem to be that high. The mountain in front of me... damn... it was almost comparable to Mount Everest.

  I gazed at the mountain peak in front of me and curiously asked Ge Fei beside me: "This... where is this?"

  Ge Fei shook his head: "I don't know either, I've never been here before and haven't seen it on the map."

  After finishing speaking, Ge Fei's face suddenly turned ugly, and he hurriedly pulled me back, but... where did the road behind us come from? There was only a lake behind us, and the lake water was still spreading non-stop.

  "What...what's going on? Have we entered some kind of illusion or formation, like in those TV dramas where you can enter but not exit? I'm getting anxious and stuttered as I asked Ge Fei: "I...what do we do now?"

  Ge Fei glanced back at the ferocious lake water, no! This was actually a mountain flood, the calm green pool from earlier had turned into muddy waters, rushing forward with great force, and among them were... human corpses.

  "Run fast!" Ge Fei shouted, pulling me into a frantic sprint. At the same time, he was still pressing the ring on his hand, but... the ring didn't react at all.

  Ge Fei's silk nature burst out thoroughly at this moment, he pulled me to run wildly while loudly cursing: "What a lousy weapon of the Dark Fragrance Sect! How come it's useless at the critical moment!"

  "What... what to do, Ge Fei? Are we going to die here?! Or... let's swim away!" I stammered as the fierce floodwaters rushed towards us from behind.

  Ge Fei furiously shouted: "What the f**k! We've been walking for three days and three nights, and we still can't get out of this place. What kind of godforsaken place is this? Look at you, what kind of crazy place did you bring us to!"

  "Sorry!" My tears gushed down and I choked on my words.

  Ge Fei let out a long sigh and his attitude improved slightly: "Forget it, this can't be blamed on you, definitely someone is sabotaging behind the scenes."

  "Is... this landslide, an illusion?! They say that one's appearance is born from the heart, so is it also true that one's surroundings are born from the heart?!" My head was a bit muddled, but I knew that constantly apologizing wouldn't be of any use, and in my flustered state, I blurted out what was on my mind.

  Ge Fei's eyes lit up and suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed tightly on me: "The boundary is born from the heart... Ah, how could I not have thought of it. Si Jia, are you afraid?"

  At this time, the heroine usually says, with you here, I'm not afraid of anything. But I turned back to see the flood floating with countless corpses and said: "I... am afraid."

  Ge Fei's eyebrows slightly furrowed: "Lin Sijia, close your eyes. Maybe... I have a way to get out of this place."

  I thought that if I didn't listen to Ge Fei's words, there was no other way out, so I closed my eyes at once.

  Ge Fei's hand gently rested on my shoulder, softly saying: "Lin Si Jia, calm down, imagine we're now strolling around the school playground, come, take a step and try..."

  Ge Fei's voice was very gentle, just like the way he comforted me many years ago. At that time, it was a summer night, and we were walking on the school playground. Because of family matters, I cried so hard, Ge Fei accompanied me all the way, throwing away his usual careless appearance, gently comforting me...

  "Si Jia, open your eyes and look... tonight's moon is so round, just like your face." Ge Fei's magnetic voice entered my ears, many years ago, Ge Fei had also said this to me.

  The words in front were still pleasant to hear, but the ones behind were really owed, I opened my eyes instantly and stared at Ge Fei: "Whose face is round, your face is round!"

  Ge Fei laughed and said: "Ah, my face can't compare to yours! Look at you, you look like a winter melon, it's a perfect match for the two of them."

  "Winter melon is better than your pineapple face, full of thorns! Even your mouth is full of thorns!" I was almost choked by Ge Fei, and I forgot that I was in a dangerous situation, so I huffily retorted back at him.

  Ge Fei curled her lip and said with a slanting glance at me, "The sharp words you're spouting are all thanks to your mentor. Haven't you heard the saying 'those who stay near cinnabar become red, those who stay near ink...'?"

  Ge Fei's words had not yet left his lips when the scene before them suddenly changed. They...had never actually entered any forest, and had been wandering around outside that gloomy villa all along.

  "We... we've escaped the illusion, right?" I excitedly rushed over and hugged Ge Fei.

  "Now that you're out, leave quickly... don't interfere with other people's business." I was tightly hugging Ge Fei when a man's voice suddenly came from beside me.

  I immediately let go of Ge Fei and looked in the direction of the sound. I saw a man wearing a white Taoist robe standing not far away, his calm face suddenly changing to shock when he saw me: "Chen... Chen Xiang sister!"