Chapter 39 We’re all from the same hometown!
So where is Liu Haoyu?
Qin Liu anxiously looked around, trying to find the trace of the ghost-catching master Liu Haoyu.
“Could he have gone downstairs?”
When she reached the staircase, a small black shadow was watching.
Qin Liu also saw the black shadow.
But after just one glance, this black shadow looked even more frightened than Qin Liu. It screamed and scrambled down the stairs.
Qin Liu watched the direction the black shadow went, her tense mood difficult to calm.
What should she do?
Should she go downstairs? Or wait here?
Qin Liu’s heart was a little scared, but she didn’t forget Liu Haoyu’s words.
When facing supernatural events, running away won’t solve any problems.
Anyway, she was already a ghost, so what was there to be afraid of?!
Charge!
“The best way to eliminate fear is to face it! Ura!!”
Summoning her courage, Qin Liu chased after the black shadow.
Seeing Qin Liu chasing after it, the black shadow let out an even sharper scream.
It was as if it had seen a ghost.
“What’s going on?” Qin Liu was a bit confused. “Clearly, I’m the one who encountered a ghost… person, why are you more scared than me?”
Despite what she said, Qin Liu didn’t stop chasing. She chased all the way to the first floor.
“Don’t run! You’re a ghost, and I’m a ghost, rounding up, aren’t we compatriots?”
But upon reaching the first floor, the black shadow completely disappeared. Qin Liu looked around blankly.
“What is this place?”
She found herself brought to the door of a basement.
Although the basement before her was not the blood-red iron door described by Liu Haoyu, this decaying and dilapidated wooden door looked quite strange!
Should she go in?
Qin Liu’s heart was a little timid.
Perhaps this black shadow was inside this basement, and if she went in…
No, no, no, according to horror stories, going into a place like this alone would definitely lead to life-threatening consequences.
So… it’s better to find Liu Haoyu first.
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Ten minutes ago, while Qin Liu was engrossed in reading the diary.
Hearing Liu Haoyu’s request, Sima Cai and the other man’s faces turned ashen, and they shouted one after another.
“Damn it! Are you trying to die?!”
“No, no, no, Big Brother, let’s talk properly! Don’t do anything rash!”
“I have old parents and young children, I don’t want to die at the hands of a ghost!”
The two wailed and tried to run upstairs, but Liu Haoyu grabbed their shoulders like iron clasps, holding them firmly. No matter how they struggled, it was useless.
Liu Haoyu’s voice was deep and muffled, like a low call from a hellish demon to the two of them.
Even more terrifying was the blood-stained fire axe he held. Looking at the bloodstains, the air seemed to carry a faint scent of blood, making the hair of these two college students stand on end.
Although Liu Haoyu didn’t speak further, his demeanor felt like a threat.
If they didn’t go, he would send them to see King Yama.
Seeing this, Sima Cai immediately changed his tune and said.
“Okay, since Big Brother wants to descend into hell, then I, as his subordinate, will naturally follow Big Brother into the sea of fire without hesitation.”
Saying so, the two walked downstairs.
Liu Haoyu did not rest while going downstairs, and said.
“Don’t worry, you just need to point out where you encountered the ghost, and I will naturally lead you out.”
For Liu Haoyu, these two people staying here would only be a hindrance. It would be better to understand the situation and let these two leave from the first floor.
Perhaps seeing that Liu Haoyu wouldn’t kill them for the time being, Sima Cai took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and then told them everything he had encountered.
These two were freshmen at Jiangquan City University.
Because they were part of a club called the Supernatural Society, they chose to come to a place like this to find inspiration for their credits so they could write ghost stories to fool people with.
As a result, upon entering this ghostly place, they hadn’t gone far when the house’s main door was tightly locked. No matter what they tried, they couldn’t open it.
Then, in order to find the key to open the door, the two could only search the house room by room for things.
However, before finding the key, the two of them saw a small black shadow.
Upon closer inspection, they realized it was… a child with a strange smile.
This is a ghost! This is definitely a ghost!
It was precisely because they saw a ghost and the main door couldn’t be opened that they could only flee in panic. They happened to run into Liu Haoyu, who was coming downstairs.
However, as a ghost exorcist who upheld breaking down superstitions and promoting that supernatural beings were forbidden after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Liu Haoyu naturally denied it, saying.
“Ghost? How are you sure it’s a ghost?”
“Big Brother, don’t you believe it!” Sima Cai said with full confidence. “I saw it with my own eyes. Her face was covered in corpse spots, and her neck was twisted! In such a condition, how could a normal person survive?!”
Recalling the smiling fierce ghost, a chill instantly enveloped Sima Cai. He said with lingering fear.
“I’m not lying to you, Big Brother! My dear brother, hurry up and take us away. If you encounter a ghost, you will really die! Besides, do you think there would be children in a place that even dogs don’t come to?”
Faced with Sima Cai’s wailing, Liu Haoyu said unmoved.
“Even dogs don’t come here?”
“Uh…” Sima Cai said sheepishly. “No, no, I didn’t mean you, Big Brother.”
“This place is indeed somewhere even dogs don’t come to, so the two of you shouldn’t come here next time.”
Seeing that Liu Haoyu wasn’t going to pursue the matter, Sima Cai breathed a sigh of relief and said.
“That ghostly shadow is in the kitchen on the first floor, Big Brother… Can we leave now?”
“Don’t be so impatient.”
Liu Haoyu walked into the kitchen, while the two stood at the doorway, not daring to step in.
Just as Liu Haoyu was observing the situation inside the kitchen, a bloody head gradually emerged from the black pot behind him.
Its face was swollen from being soaked in soup, making its features unrecognizable. Its eyes, which were entirely white, gazed at Liu Haoyu with malice.
This thing was behind Liu Haoyu, so when Sima Cai and the other saw it, their scalps almost exploded.
The head was less than three meters away from them, and the horror and terror they felt from the bottom of their hearts made them tremble.
At this moment, Liu Haoyu was still focused on the kitchen, seemingly unaware of the head’s appearance. However, the two could feel an suffocating sense of urgency. Sima Cai, with trembling lips, called out.
“Ghost… Ghost… Big Brother, there’s a ghost behind you!”
Before the two could finish speaking, Liu Haoyu turned around, raised the fire axe high, and directly split the pot and the table in half.
The foul-smelling contents spilled all over the floor, a mixture of dark brown and yellow-white unknown substances.
Seeing this, Sima Cai and the other both got goosebumps all over their bodies.
Is this blood? Or brain matter?
“What is it?” Liu Haoyu paid no attention to the stench and squatted by the split pot, saying, “It’s just a rotten pig’s brain. Why all the fuss?”
Pig’s brain?
Sima Cai was dumbfounded when he heard this.
You call that round object with bulging eyes a pig’s brain?
Sima Cai, with a pale face, struggled for a long time before finally managing to say.
“Big Brother… you’re scarier than ghosts.”
Liu Haoyu had already walked out of the kitchen and was at the main door.
The two of them didn’t dare to delay and followed closely behind Liu Haoyu.
Although this man wearing a gas mask seemed suspicious.
But he was at least human, right?!
Seeing Liu Haoyu stop at the main door, Sima Cai reminded him.
“This door can’t be opened. We’ve tried many methods, and we probably need to find a key to open it.”
As a member of the Supernatural Society, Sima Cai had read many horror-themed works.
And according to the conventional thinking of these horror movies and games, they had to find the key and solve the mystery of this haunted house to leave this place.
But Sima Cai had also heard Liu Haoyu’s movements just now, and this man wearing a mask must have entered the house using a rope.
So using a rope… maybe they could escape.
As Sima Cai was thinking, Liu Haoyu raised the fire axe in his hand and said.
“There’s no need for so much trouble.”
After saying that, he swung the fire axe down violently at the main door.
“Dong!”
With one swing, the lock on the main door was forcefully split, creating a crack.
Liu Haoyu didn’t stop. He raised the fire axe in his hand again.
One swing… two swings… three swings, until the lock was completely shattered. He grabbed the door handle and pulled lightly.
The main door opened.
“See, there are no supernatural events, it’s just a broken door lock.”
Liu Haoyu patted the two on the shoulders and said.
“You’re done here, be careful on your way back.”
“Yes, yes, yes! Thank you, Big Brother, thank you, Big Brother!”
The two escaped as if a heavy burden had been lifted off their shoulders.
Liu Haoyu watched their receding backs.
To be precise… neither of these two were people.
They were both dead.
