Chapter Thirteen: The Moving Mannequin
Liu Haoyu felt a sense of unease seeing the wide-open door.
In this house, only he and Deng Shuyuan were alive.
But they had both been in the villa owner’s bedroom just moments ago, so it was impossible for either of them to open the door.
So… who did?
Was it the life-sized mannequin in that room?
Had it come to life?
“Thump… thump… thump…”
That heavy and eerie footsteps sounded again. Liu Haoyu looked around but saw nothing.
In the empty corridor, apart from the door of this room, the doors on both sides were tightly shut. The dimly lit corridor looked quite terrifying.
Liu Haoyu withdrew his gaze and returned to the bedroom.
Looking at Deng Shuyuan, who was still in shock.
“Didn’t I tell you not to approach anything square or anything with a mirror?”
Deng Shuyuan’s expression was a little awkward, even a little wronged.
Of course, he hadn’t forgotten, but who would have thought that this object wouldn’t be limited to things within the villa, even his own phone was off-limits?
And modern people, more or less, subconsciously glance at their phones.
This action was not intentional; he had really just subconsciously taken it out.
But by the time he noticed, it was too late.
Liu Haoyu looked at Deng Shuyuan, who dared not meet his eyes, and continued.
“There might be more than one ghost in this villa…”
Hearing Liu Haoyu’s words, Deng Shuyuan couldn’t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
With his scalp tingling, he managed to say.
“So, the ghost in the TV earlier and the ghost making the noise outside are not the same?”
“Right.”
Liu Haoyu looked at the shattered television, his gaze solemn.
The LCD screen was shattered all over the floor, glass scattered everywhere.
But for some reason, it kept oozing a dark red, unknown liquid.
At the same time, a strong smell of death permeated the air, as if someone had died inside the television.
Liu Haoyu, holding the fire axe, cautiously approached the LCD screen.
The closer he got, the stronger the smell of death became.
When Liu Haoyu flipped the screen over, he finally saw the situation inside.
The crazy man was plastered against the television, as if he were a character trapped inside, his face pale and terrified, pressed tightly against the screen.
But he couldn’t get out.
He had died inside forever.
Liu Haoyu’s axe had landed squarely on his head, and the dark red corpse blood was flowing from there.
Deng Shuyuan behind Liu Haoyu also saw the man’s tragic death.
He forced a slight smile and said.
“Thank you, Brother Liu, otherwise I probably would have been trapped in my phone forever.”
“Don’t celebrate too early, don’t forget you still have the curse on you.”
Normally, killing the caster would have lifted the curse on Deng Shuyuan.
But now, the fierce ghost in the television was dead, and the ghost face on Deng Shuyuan’s neck had not disappeared.
This meant that the curse was not cast by the madman in front of him, but by another ghost.
“Sorry, for holding you back.”
Deng Shuyuan felt a bit embarrassed.
He knew his own strength; if his strength was 1, then Liu Haoyu’s strength was definitely in the double digits or more.
So, with Deng Shuyuan’s strength, he could handle simple supernatural events, but in the face of such extremely dangerous supernatural events, he was simply not enough.
“It’s fine, as long as we live, that’s enough.”
Liu Haoyu would not blame him.
The profession of a ghost exorcist was like a half-dead game. As an old player, it was no problem for him to guide a new player like Deng Shuyuan.
As for advising Deng Shuyuan not to do this job…
That was his own choice, and Liu Haoyu would never interfere with others’ choices.
“Are you rested? I need to deal with the fierce ghosts here as soon as possible. Once it’s dawn, it won’t be so easy to find it.”
“En.”
Deng Shuyuan stood up and followed behind Liu Haoyu.
The two left the bedroom and returned to the corridor.
Liu Haoyu held the Hong Yu in his hand.
He found that at some point, Qin Liu seemed to have fallen asleep inside the Hong Yu.
Although he couldn’t see her appearance, Liu Haoyu could clearly hear her faint breathing sound.
“She actually fell asleep?”
Liu Haoyu muttered to himself, but he hadn’t intended to use Qin Liu’s power anyway.
After faintly understanding the situation, he had a more accurate assessment of the strength of the ghost house.
As long as there were no accidents, the fierce ghosts in the villa would definitely not be his match.
Even with Deng Shuyuan, Liu Haoyu was confident he could defeat the opponents in a head-on confrontation.
But all of this depended on finding the existence of that fierce ghost.
Now that the enemy was in the dark and he was in the light, he could only passively search for clues about the other party.
“Keep close to me.”
Liu Haoyu took the lead this time.
Perhaps the fierce ghost was possessed by the mannequin, so they had to find the moving mannequin first.
However, when the two came out, the end of the corridor seemed to become unreachable.
No matter how Liu Haoyu and Deng Shuyuan walked, they seemed to be just treading water, unable to see the end of the corridor, or even the stairs leading down.
They seemed to be trapped on the third floor, forever unable to escape.
Deng Shuyuan had seen this situation before.
“This is a ghost wall. Brother Liu, did you bring black dog blood? If not, I have some.”
“Give it to me.”
Liu Haoyu naturally did not bring black dog blood.
For him, if he encountered a ghost wall, he could get out as long as he killed the ghost.
So he usually didn’t need black dog blood.
However, since Deng Shuyuan had some, he didn’t mind scattering some on the ground.
The black dog blood dripped onto the ground, and this pure Yang essence quickly left a dark red mark on the ground.
This mark was like a beacon in the vast sea.
Continuing forward, scattering it again every five meters, repeating this operation.
The effect of the black dog blood was very significant, and under its guidance, the two returned to their original starting point.
That is, the stairs leading to the second floor.
If they walked down the stairs from here, they could escape the ghost wall area.
But things were not as simple as they thought.
The stairs in front of them gradually became blurred and quickly disappeared.
Until it turned into a wall again.
It was as if the stairs had never existed.
Even more chillingly, the lights in the corridor turned on.
But its light was not white or yellow, but… an extremely eerie red.
One by one, they lit up, all the way to the end of the corridor.
Looking at this blood-red light, Deng Shuyuan’s heart leaped into his throat.
Liu Haoyu frowned.
He looked back, and the black dog blood that was originally on the ground was now as if it had boiled, evaporating rapidly until the imprint completely disappeared.
Was such a dense yin energy really created by the fierce ghosts in the villa?
“Brother Liu, I feel something is wrong…”
Before Deng Shuyuan could finish speaking, all the red lights in the corridor went out.
The world returned to darkness, and the stairs leading to the second floor reappeared beside them.
The unsettling and terrifying aura also disappeared without a trace.
Liu Haoyu put down the fire axe in his hand, and at this moment, his backpack began to vibrate violently.
Was the black book sending him a message again?
Liu Haoyu unzipped his backpack and took the black book in his hand.
Before Liu Haoyu could turn the page, the black book opened on its own, without any wind.
The blood on the paper kept churning and boiling.
It left two large characters on the left and right.
“Run!”
Just like Liu Haoyu, the black book had clearly sensed something.
Unlike the previous warning, this time Liu Haoyu truly felt the danger.
It was as if something had entered the house, but he didn’t know what it was.
The only certainty was that this thing was stronger than the fierce ghosts in the villa.
What could it be?
Could it be the red gate?
But didn’t the red gate and Qin Liu’s embroidered shoes fight to a draw?
Liu Haoyu tried to get an answer from the black book.
However, facing Liu Haoyu’s question, the black book did not answer; it was as if it had died.
It fell completely silent, with no reaction.
Seeing this, Liu Haoyu could only close the black book and say to the yellow-haired guy beside him.
“Deng Shuyuan, we might be in trouble.”
This was the first time Deng Shuyuan had seen Liu Haoyu so serious.
His heart sank, and he immediately said.
“Are the fierce ghosts in this villa that powerful?”
“I don’t think that’s the reason.”
After saying that, Liu Haoyu walked downstairs, and Deng Shuyuan hurriedly followed him.
When the two reached the second floor, that heavy and slow sound rang out again.
“Tap…”
“Tap…”
“Tap…”
It echoed endlessly in the silent corridor.
Thinking of that strange and chilling life-sized mannequin, Deng Shuyuan’s scalp tingled, and he couldn’t help but mutter.
“It seems to be coming this way!”
“Tap…”
The last crisp sound rang out, and the heavy footsteps completely disappeared.
At the corner not far away, the mannequin that should have been in the room appeared before them!
The life-sized mannequin stiffly turned its head. Its originally delicate and cute anime features were all sewn up with stitches.
Although it was just a silicone material, it kept oozing bright red liquid.
Judging by the smell…
It was blood!
“Hee hee hee hee…”
In the dark and terrifying corridor, a girl’s light laughter echoed.
The laughter was pleasant, crisp, and melodious.
If it were on a spacious and clean campus road, or a lawn with birds singing and flowers fragrant, such a girl’s laughter would indeed be refreshing.
But the problem was… in such a strange and dark corridor, such laughter was a big problem.
Hearing the sound, Deng Shuyuan was so scared that his soul almost left him. Liu Haoyu also grimly tightened his grip on the fire axe.
“Stand behind me.”
Fear comes from the unknown.
So, after seeing the truth, fear is not so terrible.
At this moment, the life-sized mannequin covered in blood.
Moved…
Unlike its previous slow and heavy footsteps, this time the mannequin rushed forward at almost a sprint speed.
Its running posture was very strange, as if it were bound by something, but undeniably, no matter how strange its posture, its speed was indeed frighteningly fast.
A chilling cold instantly spread through Liu Haoyu’s limbs, reaching his very soul.
But almost by instinct, he gripped the fire axe in his hand and swung it.
The axe blade landed squarely on the mannequin, creating a 10-centimeter deep wound.
However, this was a mannequin after all; there were no internal organs inside, only yellowish-white silicone and a metal skeleton.
Such a wound would be a critical injury to a person, but it had no effect on this life-sized mannequin.
“Hee hee hee…”
The girl’s pleasant voice rang out again, but in this eerie and terrifying place, it sounded extremely jarring.
The mannequin, unfazed by the fire axe, continued to charge forward. In this situation, Liu Haoyu quickly drew a talisman and aimed it at the mannequin’s head.
“Zhenlei Talisman!”
“Boom!!”
Flashing lightning directly knocked the mannequin back. As it fell to the ground, Liu Haoyu strode forward and pressed his knee onto it.
Although it was silicone, vibrant red blood spurted from the wound, staining Liu Haoyu’s pants red.
Finally, Liu Haoyu raised the fire axe in his hand, then aimed it at the mannequin’s head and brought it down fiercely.
The metal skeleton was nothing in front of the sharp fire axe, and the mannequin’s head and body were split in half.
Blood gushed from the severed neck, splattering everywhere.
The headless body was still twitching, its strength immense, trying to break free from the man on it.
But Liu Haoyu, being a sports student, had a very good physique; no matter how it struggled, it was futile.
If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have been killed by it already.
Soon, the headless body stopped moving.
The corridor fell silent again.
Liu Haoyu’s gaze fell on the mannequin’s head.
For some reason, its sewn-up mouth revealed a ferocious and eerie smile.
It seemed to be mocking Liu Haoyu.
Then, a strange chill crept up his spine.
Everything in Liu Haoyu’s vision began to change.
The dark world gradually receded.
When he regained his vision, he found himself lying on a bed.
Turning his head, a naked woman was beside him, with a graceful figure and a beautiful face.
She looked to be only in her twenties.
And through the mirror, Liu Haoyu saw that he had become a man in his thirties.
Although the man was also naked, judging by the aura he exuded, it was not difficult to tell.
This guy was rich.
Looking around the room, Liu Haoyu found that the decoration of this place was a little familiar…
Was it the hotel in Longdong Village?
As Liu Haoyu was confused, he found his body starting to become uncontrollable.
The man turned around and said to the woman beside him.
“I’ve transferred ten thousand yuan to you, but… is this not your first time?”
“How could it be?” the woman said charmingly and flirtatiously, “This is really my first time.”
Beside the woman lay a cosplay outfit of some game character.
The room was also filled with an indescribable smell.
It was clear that the two were in a post-coital state.
