Chapter 49 Where are you going?
Seeing Liu Haoyu’s solemn expression, Liu Zining continued to explain.
“One of the two children in the photo seemed to have suddenly revived and appeared with a family she had no relation to,”
“I investigated that family a few days ago, but I found that the entire family had already died,”
“The clues were therefore broken,”
“As for the other one, someone seems to have seen her…”
“In the nearby villages, there would often be an extra child appearing for no reason.”
As she said this, Liu Haoyu unconsciously extended his hand and slowly approached Liu Zining.
However, after taking two steps, he suddenly woke up.
What was he doing?
Just now, it seemed as if he had mistaken Liu Zining for the other girl in the photo?
And then… he wanted to kill her?
Liu Haoyu was covered in cold sweat.
He glanced at Liu Zining’s photo again. They didn’t look alike at all. Why had he been mistaken?
At this time, Liu Zining was walking ahead. She didn’t notice Liu Haoyu’s abnormality and was talking to herself.
“After entering here and seeing my friend’s corpse, I also saw this girl from the photo,”
“After seeing her, I immediately chased after her. But when I reached the warehouse, I completely lost consciousness,”
“When I woke up, I saw you.”
After Liu Zining finished speaking, Liu Haoyu remained silent.
He hadn’t taken a single word of Liu Zining’s to heart.
Because the illusion he had just experienced was too terrifying.
This made Liu Haoyu suspect whether the girl in front of him was actually Liu Zining?
Or was she something else?
Liu Haoyu felt a sense of unease.
But no matter how he looked at Liu Zining, he couldn’t figure anything out.
She was very normal, so normal that it made Liu Haoyu feel a little abnormal.
The two of them kept walking along the way back.
Since there was no light, Liu Haoyu could only vaguely see Liu Zining’s back walking in front of him.
However… in the hazy and blurry darkness, Liu Zining’s back looked very small.
Like a child of only eight or nine years old.
Time slowly passed.
Their footsteps echoed in the air-raid shelter.
But whether it was due to their synchronized steps or some other reason.
Liu Haoyu seemed to only hear his own footsteps…
Realizing this, Liu Haoyu even slowed down his breathing.
He didn’t dare to disturb her.
Nor did he dare to walk in front of her.
When Liu Haoyu arrived at the large cave filled with red light, he stopped.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing Liu Haoyu stop, Liu Zining turned her head and asked him.
“Your expression seems a bit off. Did you see something?”
Under the illumination of the red light, Liu Haoyu could once again see Liu Zining’s face clearly.
This was indeed her, not some seven or eight-year-old child.
Then what was going on?
Liu Haoyu suddenly felt that the situation was becoming more and more difficult to handle.
Even though he had encountered many supernatural events, this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
It wasn’t like being possessed, nor like having his soul taken…
It was more like something was wrong with himself…
Liu Haoyu took a slow breath.
“No, it’s nothing.”
“You seem a little strange,”
Liu Zining muttered and started walking forward again.
Inside the air-raid shelter, there was still only the sound of one person’s footsteps.
Liu Haoyu found it difficult to judge whether these were his own footsteps or Liu Zining’s.
When he saw the blood all over the ground, he suddenly froze.
The severed head that was previously split in half, along with the scattered pieces of flesh, were nowhere to be found.
In the darkness, it was as if someone was smiling at him.
Where had Jiang Ran’s corpse gone?
What was that smile in the darkness?
It seemed that no matter how Liu Haoyu walked, he couldn’t escape this strange feeling.
He held his breath, and the unease and nervousness in his heart had reached their limit.
What was even stranger was that the footsteps inside the air-raid shelter began to get faster and more urgent.
At this moment, Liu Haoyu finally realized… those were not his footsteps at all!
Then whose footsteps were they?
These urgent footsteps completely broke the silence inside the air-raid shelter.
It was as if something was running at full speed, trying to catch up.
Liu Haoyu didn’t dare to delay, gripped the fire axe in his hand, and said to Liu Zining.
“Run!”
But the moment he turned around, Liu Zining, who was in front of him, had disappeared.
In the vast red cave, only Liu Haoyu was left.
Those urgent footsteps were getting closer and closer, and more and more numerous.
From one person, it became two, or even three…
Liu Haoyu took out the Hong Yu, but it also had no reaction.
It was as if Qin Liu had also disappeared without a trace.
“Tap, tap, tap!”
Those urgent footsteps were getting closer and closer, and seemed to be coming from all directions.
Having lost sight of Qin Liu and Liu Zining, Liu Haoyu had no choice but to turn back to look for them.
He knew very well that he must have fallen into some kind of trap, or even some kind of illusion.
When did this start?
Liu Haoyu didn’t know. He walked down the path of the air-raid shelter.
But this time, no matter how he walked, he couldn’t reach the original warehouse.
Moreover, the further he walked down, the more grim the surrounding environment felt.
It was as if… he was walking towards hell.
But even so, Liu Haoyu did not choose to stop.
He had to find a way to break free, but the pitch-black darkness in front of him made it impossible for him to find any useful clues.
He could only walk forward like a headless fly.
The strange smiles around him were increasing, and the footsteps behind him were also increasing.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Liu Haoyu felt that he was going down, far past the warehouse.
In the distance in front of him, a scarlet light appeared.
It looked like a door…
Liu Haoyu ran to the door, but at this moment, a hand grabbed him.
Looking back, he saw a familiar face.
It was Qin Liu, holding a lantern, who grabbed his hand.
The moment her void voice appeared, the footsteps around them and the hidden smiles in the darkness instantly disappeared.
“Where are you going?”
Qin Liu’s voice seemed to be questioning.
Although she had no expression, she didn’t look very happy.
Liu Haoyu looked at the girl’s delicate face, paused for a moment, and then answered with a smile.
“Aren’t I looking for you?”
“…”
The expressionless Qin Liu said nothing. She just stared blankly at Liu Haoyu, then stood on her tiptoes and patted his clothes.
A black aura wafted out of him.
Immediately after, the entire world began to spin.
The red light in front of Liu Haoyu completely disappeared.
When he opened his eyes again, Qin Liu was in front of him.
She had her eyes closed, but she didn’t look like she was asleep.
And he seemed to be resting on her… lap?
Liu Haoyu was a little surprised, but Qin Liu had also opened her eyes. These were not the vacant eyes of the expressionless Qin Liu, but Qin Liu’s clear, limpid eyes.
“Are you alright?”
“I… I’m fine.”
Liu Haoyu reluctantly sat up from Qin Liu’s lap.
He looked around.
He was still in the warehouse.
And Liu Zining was lying on the ground, seemingly having been unconscious for a long time.
The door was still closed.
Had he never left this warehouse from the beginning?
Now the only person who knew what happened should be Qin Liu, so Liu Haoyu asked her.
“What happened?”
Qin Liu’s gaze shifted to Liu Zining, who was unconscious on the other side.
“You were talking to the unconscious Liu Zining there, then you walked towards the door and fell unconscious after a short while.”
“Is that so…”
Liu Haoyu clutched his aching head.
Had he fallen into a fierce ghost’s trap as soon as he entered the room?
He went to Liu Zining and checked the girl’s condition again.
Liu Zining looked normal, but she was entangled with a lot of resentful energy.
This was indeed not a fierce ghost possession, but a complete trap.
He had fallen into the fierce ghost’s illusion as soon as he saw Liu Zining.
That was close…
He had managed to survive.
Liu Haoyu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Then he looked at Qin Liu.
If it weren’t for this girl, he probably would have really gotten stuck here.
It would be better to cling to Qin Liu’s lap from now on.
And speaking of which, in the situation just now, it seemed that Qin Liu was not asleep, but had actively become a guide and grabbed him.
This was not a good thing…
