Chapter 45: Avoiding Danger
Chapter 45: Avoiding Danger
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The figure as straight as a gun jumped another step towards this side. Behind Ning Zhe was a ghost that was getting closer and closer. In front of him was a hazy and foggy bright red figure. It was He Nianjun who had appeared in the lobby of He Mansion.
Ning Zhe subconsciously turned around and wanted to leave in another direction, but as his body turned, the girl in the wedding dress and the red cloth around her waist also "moved" to the corresponding direction and stood right in front of Ning Zhe.
"What's going on..." Ning Zhe frowned slightly and turned around again, but He Nianjun was still standing in front of him.
After several attempts, Ning Zhe discovered that no matter how he turned his gaze, He Nianjun was always in front of him, as if there was a stain on the mirror of the camera, so no matter where the camera shot, there would be a shadow on the photo.
He Nianjun is this fiery red shadow that cannot be dispersed.
"She doesn't exist in this world, but exists in my eyes?" Ning Zhe quickly understood the current situation.
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The ghost behind him jumped one step closer. Ning Zhe, who understood the current situation, stopped hesitating and ran forward with an umbrella. The street lights over there had been turned off when he came.
But before he had run a few steps, a horrifying scene occurred.
Ning Zhe discovered that as he moved forward, the red-dressed shadow that only existed in his sight was actually getting bigger, as if he was actively approaching her.
And this active approach seemed to trigger some special mechanism, and the red-clothed figure that had been standing still began to move and walked towards him.
The girl's figure was graceful and her robe with gold-threaded edges swayed. There was no wind in the closed Bishuiwan Manor, but the hair by her ears was fluttering in the wind. Ning Zhe didn't dare to move forward rashly. His eyes were fixed on He Nianjun's figure that was getting closer and closer. The ghost behind him was also getting closer and closer.
Suddenly, he discovered something.
Ning Zhe, with his back to the street light, saw a huge shadow projected on the lawn. It was himself holding an umbrella, like a black mushroom. The mushroom's cap was the parasol in his hand, and Ning Zhe's own legs were connected below.
"Could it be that?"
A flash of inspiration flashed through Ning Zhe's mind, and he figured it out. Without hesitation, Ning Zhe squatted down and squatted on the ground with the umbrella in his hand.
The light from the street lamp fell gently, casting a round shadow on the lawn. It seemed no different, but the difference was that the ghost's footsteps stopped.
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There was the sound of two feet landing again, but this time, it never sounded again.
On the first floor of the castle, in the monitoring room, Feng Yusu covered his mouth with both hands, staring at the scene in front of him in disbelief.
The surveillance camera captured a silent picture. Two silent figures were illuminated under the street lights outside the castle. Ning Zhe was squatting on the ground with an umbrella in his hand. The wide umbrella completely covered his body. On the other side of the picture, a person with a straight figure that did not look like a living person stood behind him. There was still a terrified scream before death on his face, and his distorted facial features were staring at the lace parasol cover in front of him.
Time passed minute by minute, and the ghost just stood there, motionless.
"It lost its target." Ning Zhe's voice came from the headset: "Tell me where the switch is, quickly."
Feng Yushu seemed to have just woken up from a dream and quickly replied, "From your current position, walk along the wall. Stop after you encounter the second or third Pixiu statue. Find the triangle area between the two outer walls. The switch for the indoor power grid is inside."
"OK." Ning Zhe hissed, maintaining a squatting position, and carefully moved his feet with his body completely covered by the umbrella, and walked to the lamppost and turned off the street light.
In an instant, the surroundings fell into darkness.
It's safe. Ning Zhe slowly lowered the umbrella and looked back at the ghost not far away. He found that it was still standing straight and motionless, and did not follow him. After a few minutes, the corpse possessed by the ghost fell to the ground as if it had lost its support.
"The ghost is gone." Ning Zhe said softly, "Auntie, you should be careful too. It may be going to find you." Upon hearing this, Feng Yusu immediately lowered her head and looked down at her feet. She carefully adjusted her standing posture and the angle of her umbrella, hiding her entire shadow under the cover of the umbrella.
"This ghost doesn't have normal vision. It can't see living people. It can only see the shadows cast by people in the light. So once we hide our bodies completely in the darkness, it will be no different from being blind." Ning Zhe said, recalling the first scene.
As the ghost appeared in the manor, all the lighting facilities in the manor lit up at the same time.
"This is not a coincidence..." Ning Zhe had the answer in his mind: "Someone is deliberately creating a killing environment suitable for it. Even this ghost itself may have been put in by humans."
Who let a ghost into the manor and why?
Ning Zhe raised his head and looked at the graceful, bright red shadow standing in front of him, and he had the answer in his heart.
He Nianjun, wearing her wedding dress, stood quietly in front of Ning Zhe. She opened her chest without saying a word, and with her slender fingers she took out an old, simple, but not damaged almanac from her bosom.
On the old almanac, the beautiful handwriting seemed to be written by her:
【Lunar April 22】
[Suitable for: marriage, travel, housewarming, groundbreaking, burial, sacrifice]
[Avoid: taking up a post, eliminating insects, meeting strangers]
Ning Zhe opened his phone and checked the time:
2018年06月06日，农历四月廿三，深夜00:09。
A new day has arrived, and it's time to look at the almanac.
Ning Zhe looked at He Nianjun's pale face and delicate wrists, and finally remembered the thing he had been selectively ignoring:
After the wandering ghost 'Taiyi' was killed, he was the only person in the world who had the identity of 'Taiyi'.
Similarly, after the snake god 'Zhao You' was killed, who was the only person in the world who had the identity of 'Zhao You'?
The answer is still yourself.
In the monitoring room, Feng Yuxu looked at the picture displayed on the screen in confusion. In the darkness, he could just barely make out a standing figure. Ning Zhe stood there quietly, stretching out his hand as if touching something, but there was nothing in front of him.
"Ningzhe, what are you doing?" Feng Yusu asked cautiously.
"Nothing." Ning Zhe said lightly, "I'll go turn off the power right away. Be careful too. Try not to use lighters and matches, drink alcohol, or break the trees and flowers in the manor."
"Hey...but why?" Feng Yusu was confused and curious.
"Just do it." Ning Zhe's tone remained calm: "Trust me, okay?"
Feng Yushu was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I believe you."
She decided to believe everything Ning Zhe said unconditionally, just like in Hejia Village.
After instructing Feng Yusu, Ning Zhe breathed a sigh of relief. He came to his senses a little and his gaze fell on He Nianjun again.
Her hands, as tender and white as spring onions, held the withered and old almanac. Her soft index finger held a page that had just been turned over. The page below the almanac showed today's fortunes:
【Lunar April 23rd】
[Suitable for: getting married, breaking ground, planting, buying clothes, and making money]
[Avoid: drinking, making fire, cutting wood, building embankments, building houses]
(End of this chapter)