Chapter 279 Trust
Chapter 279 Trust
Baizhi is a very honest girl. When she said she wanted to prepare a secret code, she really used "Secret Code" as a secret code.
"Are you okay? How did you get hurt?" Bai Zhi approached and looked at the blood on Ning Zhe's body with a concerned look: "And didn't you just go down the heating pipe to the basement of the bell tower? How did you return to the way we came?"
"Don't get too close to me." Ning Zhe took two steps back, holding Bai Zhi, who wanted to check the injury on his left hand, at the edge of the halo of the corpse oil lamp, and then said: "The bell tower is full of ghosts wandering around now, be careful not to attract them."
Bai Zhi was a little confused: "What about you?"
As she spoke, she pointed at the light in Ning Zhe's hand and said, "You are also illuminated by the light now. Won't this attract ghosts?"
"Ghosts will only be attracted if I am not exposed to light." Ning Zhe said, turning the lantern slightly sideways. A young man with a pale face slowly appeared under the light. It was Spencer who had been dead for a long time.
"My current state is similar to his." Ning Zhe continued, "Spencer and I are now in Vanessa Castle in another world, the Vanessa Castle where evil spirits roam everywhere."
However, the difference is that Spencer was killed by the "ghost" in the castle and dragged to the Old Vanessa Castle, while Ning Zhe went down to the deepest part of the underground bell tower and fell to the top of the bell tower of the Old Vanessa Castle on the way to the corridor leading to the secret room.
The different ways of crossing the world have resulted in Ningzhe and Spencer being in different states at the moment.
Ning Zhe still retained his intact thoughts and clear mind, but his body suffered some injuries from the fall.
Spencer has completely lost all self-awareness and, like the other ghosts in the clock tower, has become a machine driven by specific instructions. Once he senses the presence of a living person in the castle, he will launch an indiscriminate attack on him.
But unlike other ghosts, there are actually two "instructions" driving Spencer, this killing machine.
The first is the extreme hatred and bloodlust that is directed towards all living beings equally.
The second is the mental imprint of "I must protect Cynthia and Katya" that was impressed on him during his lifetime.
"It is known that the inner and outer world phenomena of Vanessa Castle are due to the power granted by the evil spirit 'Xi Zhao', and the abnormal flow of time is because the Frimmislet family has stored a large amount of 'Yin' here, so..."
Then the only strange phenomenon in Vanessa Castle that has not been explained is the group of "ghosts" wandering around the castle.
Ning Zhe held the corpse oil lamp and cast his gaze towards Spencer, who was standing motionless not far from Bai Zhi, and his heart moved slightly.
"Assume that the current state of these 'ghosts' in the castle and their hatred towards the living are all affected by the same strange rule. They are all driven by the instructions of a special ghost."
If this assumption is true...
Ning Zhe took a deep breath, turned his eyes away from Spencer, looked at Bai Zhi who was looking at the blood on his shoulder seriously, and said, "Bai Zhi."
"Hmm?" The girl raised her eyes and met Ning Zhe's calm gaze: "What's wrong?"
"I need you to do me a favor..."
"Okay." Before Ning Zhe finished speaking, Bai Zhi nodded and said, "What do you want me to do?"
"Listen to me first." Ning Zhe shook his head and said, "There are risks in doing this."
After a pause, he continued, "I have now basically figured out some basic information about this castle. In addition to the disorder of time and space, there is also a special rule operating here, and I now have some guesses about this rule. In order to verify this guess, I need you to take a risk and expose yourself completely to the light range of the corpse oil lamp."
Bai Zhi blinked, looking confused: "But won't that attract ghosts?"
"Yes, it will attract ghosts." Ning Zhe nodded and said, "But who is the ghost closest to us?"
"Spencer..." Bai Zhi thought about it and understood what he meant: "Do you want to test whether Spencer will kill me?"
"That's right." Ning Zhe did not deny it.
'Kill all the living' is the order given by the unknown ghost in Vanessa Castle to all the dead.
'Kachuya must be protected' is the ideological stamp that Jue Yuan left on Spencer.
When two completely opposite instructions conflict with each other, Jue Yuan and the ghost of Vanessa Castle come into direct confrontation, what will be the final result? This is what Ning Zhe wants to know.
If you want to know the answer to the question, you have to take the corresponding risk, and the person who has to take this risk is Bai Zhi.
"You can think about it seriously." Ning Zhe said calmly: "I am an ascender. The ascenders are confident in the rule ghosts they control. I believe I will not lose to the ghost of Vanessa Castle. If I win the bet, we will have hope of unlocking the secret of Vanessa Castle. But if I really lose the bet, you will most likely die. So you'd better weigh the pros and cons carefully. I won't force you."
Bai Zhi blinked and looked into Ning Zhe's eyes with confusion.
Ning Zhe stood still, staring calmly into Bai Zhi's eyes, waiting for her thoughts to start wavering. Once she had the idea of 'maybe I could give it a try', he would immediately use Jue Yuan to stamp her with the thought 'I must give this a try'.
"Ningzhe, you just said that you believe you will not lose to the ghost in Vanessa Castle, right?" Bai Zhi lowered her eyes and asked in a low voice.
Ning Zhe didn't know whether to reply or not: "Yes, so?"
"So I believe you too." Bai Zhi raised her head and bit her lower lip. Before Ning Zhe could use his Jue Yuan to imprint his thoughts, she took two steps at a time and approached Ning Zhe. The dim light cast a shadow on Ka Qiuya's slender and petite figure.
At the same time, Spencer, who was standing in the corner, suddenly raised his head.
On his pale face, his facial features were twitching and spasming slightly. Ning Zhe held the corpse oil lamp in one hand and stared quietly at the evil ghost standing in the corner.
Bai Zhi closed her eyes nervously and buried her face in Ning Zhe's chest. She was too scared to look up. She was timid to begin with and those few steps she took as if fleeing had used up all her courage.
Under the light, the girl's body temperature was close at hand, Ning Zhe smelled the pungent smell of burning lamp oil. Spencer's motionless figure was still standing there, his facial features twisted in pain, his mouth opening and closing, as if making a silent moan.
Ning Zhe held the oil lamp close to his cheek, staring at Spencer, who was trembling all over, ready to blow it out if something went wrong.
In the deep and silent corridor, the heavy time passed by minute by minute.
Spencer's body was shaking violently, like a rusted and stuck gear in an old machine.
(End of this chapter)