Chapter 17: Why didn't you ask if I'm human?

  As soon as the thought emerged, I was suddenly hit with a pungent and foul smell, and I couldn't help but bend down and vomit everything I had eaten. "What the hell is this smell?" I managed to straighten up with great difficulty, my mouth and nose filled with the stench.

  I found that the ground under my feet was actually all bloody soil, a thick layer, soft and sticky when stepped on, and I was immediately stunned. "Where is this? What do you mean by bringing me here?"

  "This is a place of death." Xu Peilong replied eerily.

  "What's the meaning of 'Land of Death'?" I stood still, "Xu Peilong, why did you run away just now? And what exactly did you see behind that iron gate? How did you bring me to this place?"

  Xu Peilong stood about three feet away from me, with his back to me, and replied in a gloomy tone, "Why don't you ask if I'm human?" He didn't turn around, his voice was very somber.

  My heart almost jumped out of my throat, I took a few steps back and shouted loudly, "Who are you?"

  Xu Peilong turned around, and his entire face gradually became clear in the darkness.

  For two minutes, nobody spoke, just staring at each other. I couldn't bear the heart-wrenching torture anymore, gritted my teeth and rushed forward a few steps, throwing a punch at Xu Peilong.

  Xu Peilong was well-prepared and as soon as he made his move, he had me in a tight grip. With just a bit of force, my wrist felt like it was being clamped by an iron vice, causing a sharp pain. "You shouldn't have intervened in this matter," he said, releasing his hand, his face sinking into a scowl.

  I rubbed my wrist, and suddenly felt that Xu Peilong had changed. His eyes, his expression, and the sound of his voice were all becoming more and more like someone else - Lin Meixin!

  This feeling makes me extremely uncomfortable, almost suffocating.

  Xu Peilong suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Lan Tian, haven't you always wanted to find out what happened to Lin Wei? He's right in front of your eyes!"

  Lin Wei? Where is Lin Wei?

  I suddenly forgot the fear I had just now, moved forward a few steps, and then raised my phone to take a photo of what was in front of me.

  Suddenly, I saw a person with an eerie face standing in front of me not far away. To my surprise, it was Lin Wei! I suspected that my eyes were playing tricks on me, so I rubbed them hard, and indeed it was Lin Wei!

  "Lin Wei, are you still alive?" I exclaimed with joy and rushed over.

  Lin Wei remained silent, still maintaining that posture and that strange expression, smiling at me with an eerie smile that was particularly chilling in the darkness.

  "Lin Wei, what's wrong?" My heart was racing as I reached out to grab his arm, and with a sudden burst of strength, I pulled his entire arm down.

  I let out a terrified "ah!" and stumbled backward several steps, almost fainting. Lin Wei, who I had just seen clearly, suddenly collapsed like a broken puppet, his arms, legs, and head scattered everywhere.

  This scene is as similar to that night when Lin Mei died at the class reunion as it is to being torn into a million pieces.

  The hairs on my body stood up, I turned back to look at where Xu Peilong was standing, and found that Xu Peilong had also disappeared.

  "Ah!" I screamed again, my voice echoing in the darkness, leaving only my heartbeat and heavy breathing.

  Never had I felt such fear, I didn't dare to look again, like a wounded beast fleeing desperately, only one thought left in my mind, Lin Wei was already dead, although not dying under the wheels, but more miserable than dying under the wheels.

  At this moment, I am filled with fear and dread, stumbling forward in the darkness. A sense of eeriness surrounds me, growing colder and darker with each step. The air is thick with an otherworldly presence, like a graveyard, where the only sound is my own heartbeat echoing through the endless blackness.

  Dead silence!

  I ran forward with bated breath for almost ten more minutes, but still didn't see Xu Peilong's shadow, nor did I see Lin Meixin's ghost. The dark and shiny corridor seemed to have no end.

  Xu Peilong is where? Is he still alive? If Lin Wei died in this place, does that mean the death rule of the series of deaths will be broken?

  My thoughts have been disrupted by a terrifying fear, and I am unable to think clearly.

  My heart was burning with anxiety, and I continued to run forward.

  Just as I was running, a sudden abnormal feeling scared me to stop in my tracks. As I looked up, my heart suddenly stopped beating.

  In the darkness, I saw a person being hung high on the wall. No, to be precise, it wasn't a person, but rather fragments of a human corpse nailed to the wall, with stinky fresh blood dripping down along the wall.

  And the things that nailed those fragments, I can be sure it was glass, piece by piece, countless fragments were inserted on that person's head, body, arms and legs...

  That distorted face was staring at me with a pair of dead fish-like eyes.

  Lin Wei! I quickly identified this person's appearance in the dark, and tears and cold sweat all came out at once.

  I can hardly imagine what kind of torture Lin Wei endured before his death.

  At this moment, my anger far exceeded the fear in my heart. I held my phone and took a burst of photos into the darkness, shouting loudly, "Lin Mei Xin, Lin Mei Xin, you devil! Where are you? Come out for me! I don't want to live either, come and kill me, kill me!"

  Endless corridors echoed with my angry roar.

  "A gloomy voice suddenly came from behind, 'You want to die so much? But I just won't let you die!'"

  I turned around in horror and saw Lin Mei suddenly appear behind me with a strange smile on her face.

  "I shouted in rage, 'Don't you like killing people? Come on, come on, come and kill me!'"

  "Don't be in such a hurry to die, you're not like them, they deserve to die! Even if they died a thousand times, ten thousand times, it still wouldn't alleviate the hatred in my heart!" Lin Mei's words were spat out from between her teeth, full of curses and malice.

  "But you're different, you're not like them, they deserve to die! And it seems even the heavens are helping me, that damned Lin Wei has gathered all those people at this advertising company. Hehe... I'll let you in on a secret, this place was an ancient battlefield many years ago, and beneath our feet are countless vengeful spirits. If they don't die, I'm afraid these vengeful spirits that have been suppressed for hundreds of years won't rest either!" Lin Mei's laughter sent chills down one's spine, it was terrifyingly abnormal.

  I suddenly understood that the supernatural power in this company building came from the vengeful spirits of people who died here hundreds of years ago. And Lin Mei Xin was using this supernatural power to lure everyone into the office building, and then brutally kill them!

  Everything seems to be somewhat clear and understood!

  My whole body couldn't help but tremble as I asked, "Then what did you do with Xu Peilong?"

  "Hah, Xu Peilong? Whether he lives or dies depends on his luck! The most detestable one is Lin Wei, he actually committed suicide as soon as he entered the building, messing up all my plans. That's why I nailed him to pieces here! Hah..."

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, just as I had anticipated, Lin Wei's suicide broke the killing pattern of Lin Mei's vengeful spirit, but what I didn't expect was that Lin Wei would actually choose to commit suicide!

  What kind of courage does it take for someone like Lin Wei to choose suicide?

  Now that the murder rule of Lin Mei's ghost has been cracked, shouldn't all the remaining people be saved? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but burst out laughing, "You didn't think so, did you? Haha... You didn't think Lin Wei would actually commit suicide, did you? Lin Wei deserved to die, and he died well! Haha..."

  Lin Mei's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly understood the meaning behind my words. With a fierce cry, she shouted, "Don't be too happy yet! Everyone here, except for you, will die tonight! Hahaha..." As soon as her voice fell, a gust of dark wind blew towards me, making it hard for me to keep my eyes open.

  After the gloomy wind passed, Lin Meixin's ghostly figure was no longer in front of her eyes.

  I was shocked and fearful, worrying about the safety of Xu Peilong and Zeng Mingqing. I tried to calm down my racing heart, composed myself, and quickly found Xu Peilong to think of a way to leave this haunted place and reunite with Zeng Mingqing, which is currently the most important thing!

  I stumbled and staggered through the darkness, running towards the end of the long corridor while observing my surroundings. After running for several hundred meters, I suddenly felt as if there was something above my head.

  I suddenly lifted my head and shone my phone on top of it, and there was a jar hanging from it!

  The jar was suspended in mid-air by four iron chains as thick as a thumb, with the bottom of the jar exactly one person high from the ground. A crack, from which some sticky liquid was dripping down.

  "Orchid... Heaven... Save me..."

  "Who?" I raised my head in the darkness and looked carefully, and unexpectedly saw a person standing in the vat, his neck tightly tied with a rope, his two eyes already bulging out, his eyes filled with despair.

  "Save the dragon!" I exclaimed involuntarily, ready to jump up and rescue him. But he slightly shook his head, and the rope on his neck slithered down like a green snake, sliding off the altar, with a loop falling onto my shoulder.

  The noose tightened around my neck, and I felt the rope gradually tightening as I touched my neck. The back of my neck was itchy, as if countless insects were crawling around.

  I've been deceived for the third time, but I was still cheated by this ghost disguised as Xu Peilong. However, based on my premonition, it must not be Lin Meixin's ghost!

  The noose was getting tighter and tighter, my feet were off the ground, breathing was becoming more and more difficult, while "Xu Peilong" stood on the platform, smiling at me eerily.

  "Ran Tian!" My back was suddenly and violently punched, just as Xu Peilong emerged from the darkness with a flashing dagger in hand, swiftly cutting through the rope that bound my neck.

  My legs went soft and I fell to the ground. My neck was burning with pain. I reached up to touch it, and my hand was covered in blood!

  I turned around and saw Xu Peilong waving the dagger in his hand like a madman, slashing at the jar in mid-air with one knife after another!

  This must be the real Xu Peilong! Yīn Hún Jìn Jì

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