Chapter Seventeen: Blood Baby

  She was a little frightened, hurriedly turned off the faucet, wanting to hear more clearly, but when the sound of water disappeared, the whimpering sound of the baby also disappeared. When she opened the faucet again, the sound seemed to flow out with the water, making people's hair stand on end.

  What's wrong?

  Su Tong threw the water cup into the sink and didn't even bother to turn off the faucet, rushing into the living room in three strides. Standing in the middle of the room, he perked up his ears again to listen for any more baby crying sounds, then glanced at the TV screen, where an advertisement for diapers had just ended.

  What a false alarm. Su Tong patted his chest, put down his heart and went back to the kitchen to wash the bowls that had just been thrown away. After washing the bowls, he turned off the faucet, wiped his hands and began to think about what to eat for dinner. He opened the refrigerator and looked inside, there were several kinds of vegetables at home, but Su Tong knew every one of them, it's just that he couldn't think of a suitable combination.

  Suddenly, she felt a bit off, as if the atmosphere in the room was strange, but couldn't quite put her finger on what it was. After thinking for a while, she finally realized why she felt that something was off about the house.

  The TV that was just so lively, suddenly had no sound at all. The house inside was quiet, if it weren't for the light on top of his head shining, Su Tong would have thought it was a power outage right away. And now this kind of silence is very strange. Even on usual days when the room is very quiet, that quietness has its limits. Just because Su Tong didn't make any noise or sound doesn't mean others can do the same. The neighbors on both sides will still have faint sounds coming from them, and outside the window, people exercising or walking their dogs, those voices are also vaguely audible.

  But now, all that is gone, and the house is so quiet it's as if an invisible soundproof cover has been placed over it, making Su Tong feel his own breathing sounds unusually clear and loud.

  That excessive quietness made Su Tong's scalp feel numb, she stopped her action of searching for food in the refrigerator, standing still and listening carefully with her ears perked up, but still couldn't catch any sound, no TV noise, no car sounds, nor human voices.

  No way, I have to see what's going on.

  To boost her courage, Su Tong quietly returned to the kitchen, took a fruit knife from the knife rack and grasped it in her hand. She then crept back into the living room. She couldn't explain this feeling, and for the first time, she realized that extreme quietness could be terrifying, making people feel uneasy without knowing where the unease came from.

  She walked into the living room, which was empty and didn't seem to have anything out of the ordinary. The cushion that had just been pressed under her body was still wrinkled on the sofa, everything was as usual, but she felt that something was not right, it was an inexpressible intuition, as if there was something in this house that originally did not belong here.

  Right, the TV! Su Tong hastily turned her head to see why the TV suddenly had no sound. As soon as she looked, her heart seemed to be grasped by an invisible big hand, unable to breathe, and could only stare with wide eyes at the strange scene in front of her.

  The TV screen was black, but it wasn't the kind of black that comes after being turned off. Rather, it was like a bottomless pit. Suddenly, the screen flickered and Su Tong saw that the dark mass on the screen was actually an enormous eye, big enough to fill the entire screen!

  It's not entirely accurate to say that, the screen can't be called "an eye" either, at most it can only be considered a huge black pupil, near the edge of the screen, you can still vaguely see a little bit of white, when the screen flashes, it's like that eye blinking.

  If Su Tong saw this scene in front of her, she would think it was some kind of weird TV show, and if that's what she thought, then there must be something wrong with her head, because this is clearly not right!

  It wasn't until now that Su Tong couldn't help but regret in his heart. Thinking back, from the night before last when he encountered "ghost pressing bed", those unusual things had been happening around him all along, but he always had a lucky psychology, thinking that it must be an accidental event, and didn't take it to heart. If only he had raised his vigilance earlier and thought of a way, maybe he wouldn't have encountered this situation now.

  Su Tong felt a lot of sweat in his palms, the fruit knife clutched in his hand was slippery, as if it was about to slip out of his grasp. But what's the difference between holding on and not holding on? A palm-sized fruit knife, how could it deal with this strange eye on the TV?

  Su Tong couldn't help but imagine that his TV had turned into a small window, and on the other side of the window, there was something he didn't know if it was human or ghost, sticking its eyes to the window and peeping at him.

  She shuddered again at the thought, and if she could, Su Tong would have liked to beat herself up. What was wrong with her? She couldn't even control her own brain, and yet she still insisted on thinking about scary things to torment herself!

  Just as she was slightly distracted, the TV screen flickered a few times, and then...

  Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

  Su Tong felt like his ears had suddenly exploded, the extreme silence in the room was shattered in an instant, replaced by a deafening baby's cry. The sound seemed to come from nowhere and resonated throughout the entire room. Su Tong was shocked by the crying and hurriedly threw down the fruit knife, using both hands to cover his ears, but it was still ineffective. The crying sound penetrated every corner, even with his ears tightly plugged, the sound remained the same, as if the cry had never been from outside entering his ears, but existed within Su Tong's own brain. No matter how hard he tried to drive it away, it was all in vain.

  Su Tong covered her ears with one hand, and thought anxiously about what to do. The most direct solution she could think of was to turn off the TV, but even if she had never encountered such a severe and bizarre event before, she had watched a few horror movies after all. If the remote control were working properly in this situation, that would be truly terrifying! The only thing she might consider trying was unplugging the power cord, but it was right next to the TV, and Su Tong didn't dare go near it no matter what. She was afraid that if she got close to the TV, a pair of ghostly hands would suddenly reach out from inside and pull her in alive, which would be the end of everything!

  What to do, what to do, the crying sound got louder and louder, Su Tong felt her head was swelling, almost about to explode. She covered her ears with one hand, while using the other hand to hold on and look around the TV set, suddenly discovering that the power cord of the TV set was plugged into a socket strip, which in turn was plugged into an electrical outlet under the window on the wall.

  There's a way! Su Tong quickly rushed to the window and pulled down the plug of the power strip.

  The TV screen finally went black in the instant of power outage, and the original baby's cry also disappeared. Su Tong didn't dare to let out a breath, she suspected that this matter wouldn't end so simply.

  Otherwise, go out and hide for a while, find a crowded place to stay! Right, that's decided then!

  Su Tong hurriedly ran to fetch her coat and handbag, preparing to go out for a while. However, the situation turned out to be quite different from what she had planned. By the time she had grabbed her handbag and coat, she realized that she couldn't find the door of her house.

  No, that's not right, she was in her own home and couldn't find the front door because the anti-theft door that should have been there had disappeared. The doors to the house and kitchen were still there, but only the entrance door was gone, replaced by a white wall, as if there had never been a door there at all.

  Su Tong couldn't believe the scene in front of her, she quickly walked to the wall and carefully felt it with her hands, hoping that what she saw was just some kind of optical illusion. Sometimes eyes can be deceived, but touch shouldn't be so easily fooled, right? If she could feel the door lock and handle, she could still try to open the door by feeling her way out, as long as she wasn't trapped here, anywhere would do.

  She felt for half a day, but still ended up disappointed. The wall not only looked like a wall, but also felt like one. On the smooth surface of the wall, she couldn't feel anything. The anti-theft door had really disappeared!

  Ding ding ding —— Ding ding ding ——

  When she was still focused on finding the disappeared door, Su Tong's phone rang. She fumbled for her phone in a flurry, and a glimmer of hope reignited in her heart. No matter who was calling, even if it was Zhang Min, whom she found extremely disgusting, at this moment he would be her savior. Even if others thought she had lost her mind, she had to tell someone outside about her situation, so that they could think of a way to come and help her get out of this predicament.

  However, when Su Tong took out her phone, she was stunned. The signal bar on the top of the phone was clearly empty, and there was no signal on her phone now. The ringing sound continued uninterrupted, and there was no incoming call display on the screen. Such a strange call, Su Tong dared not answer it. She held the phone as if holding a time bomb, neither putting it aside nor throwing it away. Just as she was in a dilemma, the phone suddenly connected itself, and it was also connected in hands-free mode. The same eerie crying sound came from the phone again.

  Su Tong had no choice but to subconsciously throw away his phone, which fell to the floor with a loud crash. The back cover flew off and the battery popped out. The scattered pieces of the phone lay on the ground, its screen flickering on and off, while the speaker continued to emit a non-stop wailing sound.

  Su Tong felt that her spirit was on the verge of collapse, she didn't know why such a thing happened to her, nor did she know how to get through it, when it would end. She only knew that the crying sound was driving her crazy, and the disappearing door made everything feel even more desperate.

  "Who are you! What do you want! Speak up! I have no grudge against you, don't scare people here!" She stood in the middle of the living room, spinning around in circles, shouting loudly at the air, feeling like a mental patient surrounded by hallucinations created by her own mind. The only difference was that she was now very clear that what she was experiencing was really happening, not just some trick of her brain.

  As soon as she shouted, the screen of the mobile phone on the ground suddenly went black, and the crying sound stopped abruptly again. Su Tong was panting heavily, like a fish that had left the water and was about to suffocate to death. She didn't dare to relax her vigilance, looking around cautiously, afraid that there would be some abnormal signs.

  There were indeed signs of something being off, and the TV turned on again. On the screen was still that black eyeball.

  Unlike last time, there was no crying sound. The eyes blinked, and some dark red ** appeared at the bottom of the screen. Those ** looked very thick, almost black. Originally only existed on the screen, later accumulated more and more, later actually poured out from under the TV screen, flowing down along the edge of the TV machine, dripping onto the floor below the TV machine. At the same time, a strong fishy smell rushed to Su Tong's nostrils, making her almost vomit.

  The blood flowed more and more, and it seemed to be conscious, extending in Su Tong's direction. Su Tong was so scared that she retreated continuously and fell onto the sofa, watching as the blood flowed closer and closer. The smell of blood in her nose grew stronger and stronger, and Su Tong was extremely frightened. She pulled her legs into the sofa and curled up into a ball. The fruit knife had been thrown somewhere, but now she didn't dare to go find it. The only thing within reach was a soft, cuddly pillow, which, although she knew it had no attacking power, was grasped tightly by Su Tong like a lifeline. Her two eyes stared fixedly at the continuously spreading black blood, and her fear had reached an unbearable level. She didn't know what would happen next if the black blood spread to her feet, except that she felt helpless, only helpless.

  Suddenly, Su Tong felt that the hem of her pants hanging by the sofa seemed to be caught by something, and a clear force came from there, as if something wanted to grab her pant leg and climb up.

  Su Tong was so frightened that he hastily shook his legs and stood up from the sofa with a start. At the spot where he had felt something tugging at his pants, there was now a small black-red handprint, which was smaller than Su Tong's palm. But it looked so shocking. As Su Tong stood up, his line of sight naturally rose, and he finally saw what was trying to climb up his pant leg.

  If she had a choice, she would rather have seen nothing at all.

  That thing, let's call it a thing for now, looks like it has the shape of a two or three-month-old baby. Its appearance is completely unclear because its flesh and blood are blurry, and its entire body is covered in that thick black blood, only revealing a vague outline. Or rather, to be more accurate, that black blood seems to be oozing out from its own body. This monster, which resembles a bloody fetus, is currently struggling to climb onto the sofa, but it's having trouble because its hands and feet are too short.

  It seemed to have felt Su Tong's gaze, and the thing raised its face. Its face had no nose or eyes, but it had a big mouth. It opened its mouth and smiled at Su Tong, making a "heh heh" sound, revealing rows of sharp teeth stained white by blood in its mouth.

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