Chapter 66 You’re Bewitched
As a ghost exorcist, Liu Haoyu naturally understood his current situation.
“Ghost hitting the wall?”
Liu Haoyu had encountered many ghost walls in reality, but this was his first time experiencing one in a dream.
The dry well was silent, with no reaction at all.
Ghosts capable of manipulating dreams were very rare.
Based on Liu Haoyu’s understanding of Shishan’s Second Primary School, he didn’t believe there would be ghosts of this magnitude there.
So, who was responsible for this?
Liu Haoyu frowned, staring intently at the dry well.
At this moment, his heart was filled with growing unease, and a familiar sense of fear surged through him.
Soon, Liu Haoyu thought of a possibility.
“That blood-stained, rusted iron door?”
Currently, this seemed to be the most likely explanation, but after looking around for so long, Liu Haoyu couldn’t find any trace of the red door.
He couldn’t even sense its aura.
Furthermore, logically speaking, the Red Door had been severely injured by Old Deng, and after he had erased the name on the tombstone, it should have been difficult for it to track him.
So, what was the situation now?
Liu Haoyu wandered in the woods for a long time, but no matter how he walked, he always returned to the dry well.
Even more terrifyingly, the mist in the school grew thicker, and Liu Haoyu could see less and less.
At this moment, Liu Haoyu had a strange premonition.
If he were to be engulfed by this white mist, something very bad might happen.
It was highly possible that his soul would be forever lost in this place.
Finally, after some hesitation, Liu Haoyu walked towards the dry well.
He knew that this was very dangerous.
The white mist might just be luring him closer to the dry well, so that the fierce ghost possibly residing within could drag him in.
However, Liu Haoyu was never someone who feared death. He came to the edge of the well and tried to look into the deep, terrifying darkness below.
Just then, the surroundings changed.
The white mist and the forest disappeared in an instant.
The school returned to its normal appearance.
However, the light bulbs that should have emitted dim yellow light were now all blood red.
In Liu Haoyu’s ears, children’s laughter and distant, melodious nursery rhymes could be heard from time to time.
However, these sounds, combined with the current environment, created an unspeakable sense of strangeness.
“Big brother… want to play hide-and-seek…”
“I’ll catch, you hide…”
“The one who gets caught has to help me catch others…”
The voice of the faceless ghost child echoed in Liu Haoyu’s ears.
Again and again, like a soulless repeater.
Just listening to this voice, Liu Haoyu frowned.
He remembered that he had already killed the ghost child, its spiritual body burned to ashes, so it shouldn’t have been able to find him.
What was going on?
The dream unfolding before him felt truly bone-chilling.
“100… 99… 98…”
The countdown began, and Liu Haoyu looked around, finally finding a suitable brick, which he grasped in his hand.
The current situation was not right, but Liu Haoyu certainly wouldn’t regret entering the school.
He knew that once supernatural events targeted you, there was no escape.
It was better to step forward boldly, and perhaps there would be a glimmer of hope for survival.
“Liu Haoyu! Liu Haoyu!”
After Liu Haoyu gripped the brick, he looked closely and realized that what he was holding was not a brick at all, but his own Black Book.
At this moment, the Black Book, in a voice that was neither male nor female, was warning Liu Haoyu.
“You’re bewitched!”
“This is a dream, but you must be cautious,”
“If you die here, your real-life soul will also be taken away!”
The Black Book’s words surprised Liu Haoyu. He had considered the consequences of dying here, but he hadn’t expected to be bewitched.
Although ghost exorcists, like ordinary people, could also be bewitched.
However, with talismans attached, it would require very powerful strength to bewitch a ghost exorcist.
And the ghosts Liu Haoyu had encountered in Shishan’s Second Primary School were generally not strong. How could someone in such a weak opponent match-up make him bewitched?
“When did I get bewitched?”
Listening to Liu Haoyu’s question, the Black Book replied.
“Qin Liu is gradually awakening, and the power of the Red Door is slowly recovering,”
“It is the Gate of the Yellow Springs leading to the underworld, and controlling ghosts is not difficult for it,”
“When you killed that faceless ghost child, you were contaminated with its filthy blood.”
“It is likely that the Red Door used these filthy bloodstains to its advantage.”
“And it may have mastered the abilities of the faceless ghost child, so please be careful!”
After listening to the Black Book, Liu Haoyu continued to ask.
“Then how can I leave this place?”
“It’s very difficult to break free from this kind of dream. Just stay alive until you wake up…”
The Black Book fell silent after saying this.
And the Black Book in Liu Haoyu’s hand once again turned into a brick.
In just the short time spent chatting, the countdown of the faceless ghost child had less than 30 seconds left.
Liu Haoyu did not dare to linger any longer and instead began to walk towards the teaching building.
“3…”
“2…”
“1…”
The countdown ended.
The sound of the wind around them stopped.
The school was terrifyingly quiet.
Even Liu Haoyu’s footsteps became lighter, as if he was worried something would track him by sound.
After an unknown period of silence, the voice of the faceless ghost child sounded again.
“Big brother, did you hide well?”
“I’m coming to find you.”
The ghost child’s voice became very clear, and for some reason, Liu Haoyu suddenly felt…
That the other party’s voice was changing, sounding a bit like a girl.
However, the vocal cords of children were inherently difficult to distinguish between genders, and coupled with Liu Haoyu’s haste, he naturally didn’t pay attention to this potential discrepancy.
He strode towards the teaching building.
The ghost child’s voice would occasionally emerge, and its voice began to become sharper and sharper, almost completely different from its initial voice.
Liu Haoyu entered the teaching building.
However, as soon as he stepped inside.
The entire world instantly turned black.
With a heavy “bang,” the doors of all the classrooms in the entire building changed.
All the doors in the building had transformed into the same blood-stained, rusted iron doors that haunted one’s memory.
Liu Haoyu stood at the entrance of the teaching building, looking at the numerous red doors, and could only think “mmp” (a Chinese expression of frustration).
What happened to it being severely injured?
Why did it seem even more formidable than before?
As Liu Haoyu pondered, the closest red door to him slowly opened a crack.
A little loli with an exquisite and very cute appearance poked her head out from the door crack.
As soon as Liu Haoyu saw her face, he was stunned.
With just one glance, Liu Haoyu’s intuition told him.
This little loli before him… seemed to be a young Qin Liu!
