Chapter 58: Three Points of Situation
Qiang Ge stumbled forward, running wildly.
His mind was filled with only one thought.
Escape!
He finally understood that there were truly ghosts in this place.
Compared to the ghost children, that terrifying red shadow was truly frightening!
Through the misty white vapor, Qiang Ge could still see the red shadow slowly floating behind him, maintaining a not-too-close, not-too-far distance.
Just by glimpsing that red shadow, Qiang Ge’s face instantly turned pale with fear, and his footsteps became even more hurried.
What was worse, after running not far, Qiang Ge saw a dark figure squatting on the ground not far ahead.
He seemed to be pressing down on something and blocking Qiang Ge’s path.
He wanted to go around, but there were walls on both sides. To go around… would require hitting the wall.
With wolves in front and tigers behind, cold sweat broke out on Qiang Ge. Looking back, he could still vaguely see the fleeting trace of the red shadow. Finally, he gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and charged forward with all his might!
“Jade Emperor! Mother Mary! Great Buddha protect me!”
“I wish you prosperity! I wish you splendor!”
Qiang Ge’s face showed a fearless, death-defying expression. With earth-shattering roars, he charged directly at the dark figure.
Then he saw that the dark figure was the Masked Murderer!
At this moment, the murderer was using his knee to pin down a ferocious and terrifying humanoid monster, and the fire axe in his hand kept chopping at the monster’s body.
Black, viscous liquid splattered everywhere.
Could this murderer kill both ghosts and humans?!
Because of Qiang Ge’s roar, the Masked Murderer naturally noticed the figure charging towards him.
Qiang Ge, who had been full of bravado, saw the murderer’s fire axe and the monster beneath his knees. His legs instantly went weak, and he collapsed with a thud right in front of him.
“Merciful sir, spare my life! Please don’t kill me!”
“I have a sick wife at home and a fourteen-year-old daughter!”
“I’ll do anything you want! Please let me go…”
Liu Haoyu, who had initially thought it was some kind of fierce ghost, hesitated after seeing the strong man before him and scanned him briefly.
“How is it you? Where’s the other person?”
Qiang Ge’s face was pressed against the ground. He didn’t dare to lift his head, his whole body trembling.
“I… I don’t know. I didn’t see anything. I didn’t see you killing anyone…”
With his survival instincts at full throttle, Qiang Ge wished he could bury his head in the dirt.
But Liu Haoyu let out a helpless sigh.
“What are you doing? How could I be killing anyone?”
“Oh, yes, yes, yes… I didn’t see you killing a ghost. I didn’t see it.”
“Look up. I’m Liu Haoyu, not some murderer.”
Liu Haoyu reached out and pulled him up from the ground, pointing to his feet, and said.
“And what ghost? I was just chopping firewood.”
Hearing Liu Haoyu’s words, Qiang Ge finally dared to slowly lift his head. He was a strong man, but now he was scared like a little girl.
He followed the direction Liu Haoyu pointed. Sure enough, under Liu Haoyu’s feet was not some ferocious and terrifying fierce ghost.
But a piece of槐 wood that had been chopped by more than a dozen axes.
“This?”
Qiang Ge rubbed his eyes in disbelief and then asked.
“Where is the ghost?”
“So where are the ghosts?”
“No…” Qiang Ge gestured with his hands. “Wasn’t that a ferocious and terrifying ghost under your feet just now? It was even spraying black blood everywhere as you chopped it!”
“What ghost?” Liu Haoyu said with a wry smile, “I just wanted to chop some wood and get warm, how did it become chopping a ghost?”
“Aren’t you just hallucinating due to excessive nervousness?”
“But…”
Qiang Ge, who was about to argue, saw the piece of槐 wood on the ground and was speechless.
He even reached out and touched it. It truly felt like wood.
Did people plant槐 trees in schools?
But at this moment, he suddenly thought of something.
There was still a red shadow following him!
That must be a ghost!
“Brother Murderer! A ghost is chasing me from behind. This place really has ghosts. Just looking at that red shadow makes my hair stand on end! It’s right behind me! Let’s get out of here quickly!”
“Red shadow?”
Liu Haoyu tilted his head slightly and looked behind Qiang Ge.
“Where is there a red shadow?”
“Ah?”
Qiang Ge looked back in disbelief. There was truly nothing behind him. The red shadow seemed to have never existed.
“Do… impossible!”
“That red shadow was clearly following me all along!”
Seeing Qiang Ge becoming increasingly unstable, Liu Haoyu, wearing a gas mask, patted his shoulder and said.
“Take a deep breath and calm down.”
“Okay… okay.”
Qiang Ge took a deep breath after hearing him.
His tension eased considerably, and he calmed down.
“Have you calmed down?”
“Much better.”
“Now, let’s walk and analyze. Follow me.”
Liu Haoyu walked beside Qiang Ge and analyzed him very seriously.
“As for your situation, I’ve seen many like you who have some understanding of psychology.”
“The murderer studies this kind of thing?”
Qiang Ge’s involuntary remark made Liu Haoyu turn his head. No one knew what expression was hidden beneath the gas mask.
But Qiang Ge wisely closed his mouth.
“I want to point out three situations. First, there are no ghosts in this world. Therefore, your situation just now was definitely a delusion caused by excessive nervousness, also known as paranoia.”
Qiang Ge shook his head and said.
“Impossible. It wasn’t just me who saw that red shadow. That thing is definitely not human!”
“Then I’ll move on to the second point, which is that you might really be possessed by something evil, and it might even be clinging to you right now…”
Liu Haoyu deliberately lowered his voice, and with the beautifying effect of the gas mask, just saying this sentence made Qiang Ge break out in a cold sweat and his spine shiver.
“Wait… wait a minute. Aren’t these two points a bit contradictory? You said there are no ghosts in the world, but then you said something evil is clinging to you.”
Liu Haoyu spread his hands and said helplessly.
“People are always willing to accept the answer they like to hear the most. Isn’t that what you personally believe?”
“Like if I said you were crazy, would you admit it?”
“No.”
“Then if I say you’re handsome?”
“…Yes.”
This time, Qiang Ge stood frozen. He scratched his head, feeling that there was something wrong with what Liu Haoyu was saying, but he couldn’t pinpoint it.
He even doubted if he had seen it wrong or something.
However, he was still defiant in his heart, thinking that Liu Haoyu had a third point, so he continued to ask.
“Didn’t you say there were three points? What is the third point?”
“…”
The two fell into silent speechless.
“What’s the third point?”
“Finished.”
