Chapter 59
The figure was just squatting there, without any movement.
But for some reason, Liu Haoyu felt that it was so distorted and ferocious, and he heard a strange scream in his ear.
Liu Haoyu aimed the flashlight at the shadow and carefully moved closer.
However, even though he had reached the wall, it was still just an ordinary shadow, but there was no one there.
It was as if… it was a ghost’s shadow.
Liu Haoyu reached out and touched the shadow on the wall. A faint sobbing sound seemed to come from inside the wall.
This voice was very similar to Shirley Lai’s voice.
Liu Haoyu frowned slightly. He took out the fire axe hanging from his backpack and smashed it fiercely at the wall.
However, just as the fire axe was about to hit the wall, a pale hand suddenly reached out and firmly grabbed Liu Haoyu’s wrist.
This hand was very slender, and it looked like a girl’s hand, but it was surprisingly strong.
And this hand had no temperature. At the place where it touched Liu Haoyu, he could clearly feel the ice-coldness of the other party, as if it were from hell.
This sudden attack made Liu Haoyu’s face sink. He yanked his hand back and took two steps back, but when he recovered, the figure on the wall had already disappeared.
Faint strange laughter echoed in the factory building.
The sound seemed to be behind him, but when Liu Haoyu pointed the flashlight at the door behind him, he found that there was no one behind him. The flashlight’s light began to flicker, as if it were being interfered with by something.
The chilling sobbing sound was getting closer and closer, which also made Liu Haoyu’s expression increasingly solemn.
Qin Liu, who had been following him, also held her breath.
She was naturally timid and could not stand being scared.
Even for safety, she stayed close to Liu Haoyu, holding the lantern in her hand, ready to throw it if anything happened.
“Wuwuwu…”
The sobbing sound became clearer and clearer. In the flickering light of the flashlight, the black figure began to enlarge gradually.
It seemed to be walking towards Liu Haoyu step by step.
“Qin Liu, if you’re scared, go back into Hong Yu.”
Facing this situation, Liu Haoyu immediately took Qin Liu back, as if he were recalling a Pokémon.
There was no other way, excessive fright would turn this little girl into a guide state, which would be bad for her body.
“No… no need.”
Qin Liu shook her head repeatedly. She was not the same as she was before, and she naturally did not want to continue being a cheerleader.
Facing the approaching figure, Liu Haoyu retreated repeatedly and said sternly.
“Shirley Lai, look who I am. I’ve come to save you!”
However, even though Liu Haoyu had said this, the figure in the flashlight not only did not stop but accelerated. In just a few seconds, it rushed in front of Liu Haoyu.
“Tsk!”
Liu Haoyu clicked his tongue and swung the fire axe down fiercely.
The axe hit something squarely.
Soon, a sharp scream erupted in Liu Haoyu’s ear.
The intangible figure did not know where it had run off to.
Liu Haoyu could not see its trace, but fortunately, Qin Liu felt its direction and said repeatedly.
“It went to the second floor!”
Upon hearing Qin Liu’s words, Liu Haoyu immediately grabbed the fire axe and chased after it.
However, the shadow’s speed was extremely fast. Liu Haoyu chased it all the way to the second floor, but he could not catch up with it.
Liu Haoyu stopped, but the footsteps upstairs continued to echo, as if someone was running above.
Seeing this, Liu Haoyu gripped the fire axe and ran towards the staircase.
“It’s by the window!”
Qin Liu pointed the way for Liu Haoyu. Liu Haoyu looked over and saw a young girl standing by the window.
This person was Shirley Lai. She was wearing Jiangliu University’s school uniform, with her back to the two of them, muttering a song from the last century.
But with this song, a knife had appeared in her hand at some point.
Her voice became more and more distorted, and the atmosphere began to become strange.
Then, under their watchful eyes, she slowly raised the hand holding the knife, pointed it at her slender and fair neck, and then… she cut down fiercely. Blood gushed out, even splashing onto the ceiling.
This bloody scene came rather abruptly, and Qin Liu was so frightened by the screen full of blood that she covered her eyes.
When she came to her senses, she found that Shirley Lai by the window had suddenly disappeared.
Still shaken, she wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Just as she was about to continue searching for its trace, she heard a strange sound from behind her.
The crisp sound was like someone stepping on glass.
It was behind her!
Liu Haoyu was still observing the direction of the window, seeming not to have heard the movement behind him.
Qin Liu quickly said to Liu Haoyu.
“Watch out behind you!”
Liu Haoyu turned around upon hearing this and pointed the fire axe in his hand at Shirley Lai behind him.
At this moment, the girl was already stained with blood from her neck, and her facial features had all been cut off. This tragic appearance was truly shocking.
She was already dead and had become a mindless fierce ghost!
So Liu Haoyu did not hesitate, swung the fire axe, and smashed it fiercely at Shirley Lai.
When the axe blade, soaked in talismanic water, came into contact with the fierce ghost’s body, it instantly emitted a “sizzling” sound like meat frying in hot oil.
Shirley Lai also let out a shrill scream. She covered the wound cut by the axe and retreated repeatedly.
Her eyes towards Liu Haoyu were filled with malice and resentment.
It was as if she was questioning why he hadn’t come to save her.
Facing her resentful gaze, Liu Haoyu’s heart was naturally unmoved.
Compared to others, he was more concerned about Qin Liu’s safety.
Even if he had to do it again, he would still unhesitatingly choose to go to the underworld.
“Vengeance has its owner; you were killed by others, you can’t vent your anger on me.”
Liu Haoyu looked at her calmly.
However, Shirley Lai’s soul seemed to be shattered, and her consciousness was only left with the resentment born from despair.
She retreated to the window and fell backward with her back to Liu Haoyu.
Seeing her disappear, Liu Haoyu hurriedly rushed to the window, but Shirley Lai’s figure had already disappeared into the woods behind the industrial zone.
Liu Haoyu frowned slightly. He took a talisman from his pocket and smeared the blood on the axe onto it.
Instantly, a blue ghost fire slowly rose.
This was the Soul Seeking Talisman, which could track the whereabouts of fierce ghosts.
As long as he followed the guidance of this ghost fire, Liu Haoyu would be able to find Shirley Lai.
The ghost fire began to float forward slowly, and Liu Haoyu didn’t know where Shirley Lai was trying to escape.
