Chapter 8 Killing Game
Frost Street.
Two embarrassed figures stood at the door of the house, with hesitation on their faces.
This house that once belonged to them has now been occupied by a person who came back from the dead...or "something". The mass grave was contaminated by the gray world last night, so there is a high probability that the thing in the house is a disguised one. It became Chen Ling's disaster.
"What should we do now..." Li Xiuchun swallowed.
"What can we do?" Chen Tan took a deep breath, "Go in, quickly pick up all the belongings, and then run! Run to the fifth or sixth district. In short, the farther away from here the better!"
"But it's still inside, what if I wake it up?"
"It's gone."
Chen Tan looked at the mud footprints at the door of his house and said firmly.
After hearing this, the woman finally breathed a sigh of relief. She opened the door with the key, and the two of them rushed in quickly.
"Only take coins and valuables! Don't take anything too bulky!"
"I'll go to the bedroom, you go to the living room!"
"Hurry, hurry! Hurry up! We don't know when it will come back yet!"
The two of them hurriedly took out two sacks and began to pack their things.
The man opened the drawer and stuffed all the money into his pocket. He was about to leave when he saw the ax used for self-defense on the bedside. After a brief hesitation, he stuffed it into the sack as well.
Their family's conditions were not rich, and they had very few valuable things. But precisely because of these two points, the two of them were reluctant to give up the only possessions they had earned with their own hands.
Li Xiuchun stuffed three pieces of cotton and linen clothes into his pockets, made sure nothing was left behind, and hurried to the living room.
The two men carried the sacks on their shoulders and were about to leave when Li Xiuchun suddenly spoke:
"We're leaving. What will happen if Ayan comes back?"
"Then let's go to the second area first! After we pick him up, we can run with him!" Chen Tan replied decisively.
"He will definitely find his brother..."
"His brother is dead."
As Chen Tan spoke, he was about to open the door. At this moment, the sound of a key being inserted into the keyhole came.
The figures of the two men suddenly froze in place!
The door to the house was slowly opened, and a young man walked in.
When Chen Ling saw the two people carrying sacks, she was slightly startled and asked in confusion:
"Dad, Mom, where are you going?"
Chen Tan and Li Xiuchun looked as if they had seen a ghost, their faces turned pale.
At the same time, a fast horse galloped past outside the window, and the law enforcer's cry echoed over the street:
"A suspected high-risk disaster has occurred! All three districts are sealed off! No one is allowed to enter or exit!!"
"Pay attention to any suspicious signs around you, such as roads or buildings appearing out of thin air, strange-looking mysterious creatures, or even humans behaving abnormally!!"
"If you find anything unusual, report it to law enforcement immediately..."
The voice of the law enforcer gradually fades away,
The atmosphere in the narrow house fell into an eerie silence.
"us……"
Hearing the sound outside, their legs trembled. They looked at the young man in front of them in horror, and in a trance, he turned into a fanged demon from hell!
Chen Ling's eyes fell on the two big sacks, and she thought of what the law enforcer had just shouted, and said comfortingly:
"Don't worry too much. The disaster doesn't seem to be around here. Isn't the street still fine?"
Chen Tan:......
Li Xiuchun:......
Chen Ling was also helpless.
He hadn't thought much about the news about the invasion of the "world-destroying" disaster, but when he saw the audience's expectations skyrocketing, he suddenly felt that something was wrong...
Zhao Yi was beaten all afternoon, and his expectation level barely increased by more than ten points. The law enforcer just shouted, and his expectation level skyrocketed to more than sixty!
According to Chen Ling's current understanding, this shows that they have found some very exciting fun.
Unfortunately, this fun...may be him.
Dr. Lin had mentioned the intersection of gray realms and disasters before, but he happened to travel through it last night, and the memory of the original owner that night disappeared again... With all the clues combined, what kind of disaster is this? Who else could it be if it wasn't him?
Chen Ling guessed that what these law enforcers were looking for was probably the audience in their own minds.
Chen Ling also thought about whether to surrender directly to the law enforcers and let them find a way to deal with the audience in their minds, but judging from their attitude towards the disaster, it was more likely that they would kill him as well.
All in all, try to avoid the limelight and observe the situation first.
Seeing that the two of them were still tense and looked very nervous, Chen Ling sighed and took the initiative to help Li Xiuchun take the sack.
"Mom, where can you run at this time?"
"Districts 2 and 3 have been sealed off and we can't get out at all. Do we have to sleep on the street outside?"
When she heard the first sentence, Li Xiuchun was frightened. After hearing the next words, she barely came back to her senses and said with a dry smile:
"Yes... you are right."
"Dad, please let it go, don't be too nervous... What will Ayan do if we escape?"
Chen Tan swallowed and stared at Chen Ling, trying to find even a trace of strangeness and murderous intent on the latter's face... but he failed.
None of Chen Ling's actions seemed like a "disaster", no different from the Chen Ling in his mind.
But Chen Tan knew very well...he was not Chen Ling.
Chen Ling is dead.
"You guys sit down for a while first. I'll go to the kitchen and get you a glass of water." Seeing that the two of them were still pale, Chen Ling pulled open the seats at the table, then turned and walked into the kitchen.
Li Xiuchun and Chen Tan looked at each other, and finally sat down honestly...
Chen Ling was pouring water in the kitchen, thinking about how to lighten the atmosphere, and said casually:
"By the way, Mom, the sausage you left for me this morning is very fragrant. How did you make it?"
"Grilled... grilled sausage?"
Li Xiuchun was a little confused.
She and Chen Tan went to the mass grave last night. Where was the sausage left?
"It's the one on the cutting board." Chen Ling replied.
The confusion in Li Xiuchun's eyes became more and more intense. She tried hard to think back, and finally she seemed to have thought of something, and her face turned as pale as paper!
"When did you leave the sausage for him?" Chen Tan asked in a low voice.
"I...I didn't keep it." Li Xiuchun also lowered his voice and replied tremblingly, "That cutting board...was originally a bone-cutting knife...
But when I was collecting my things just now, I found...the knife was gone. "
Chen Tan's expression also changed suddenly!
At the same time, Chen Ling, who was standing in the kitchen with his back to the two of them, continued slowly:
"That grilled sausage tastes very fragrant, but it seems a bit hard...Mom, remember to bake it a little softer for me tomorrow."
The living room was deathly silent.
Chen Ling poured the water and handed it to the two of them, only to find that their faces seemed paler...
"Are you okay? Are you feeling unwell?" Chen Ling sat across from them in confusion.
"……fine."
Chen Tan took a deep breath, quietly pulled the sack on the ground to his feet with his feet, and said in a calmer voice:
"Ah Ling."
"Um?"
"What happened yesterday...do you still remember?"
"Yesterday?" Chen Ling tried to think back for a while, then shook her head, "I can't remember...what's wrong?"
"...It's okay." Chen Tan took a sip of water, as if he had made up his mind, and looked directly into Chen Ling's eyes.
"What do you think...how do we treat you?"
"Very good." Chen Ling said matter-of-factly, "If you hadn't taken me in back then, I would have froze to death on the roadside... My biological parents didn't want me. It was you who raised me and worked from dawn to dusk. To support me in school, everything I have is given by you.”
Everything I have is given by you.
Hearing these words, a flash of relief flashed in Chen Tan's eyes...
"Then if one day Ayan falls ill...only your heart can save him...are you willing to save him?"
Chen Ling was stunned.
At this moment, he felt that this sentence was somewhat familiar.
Fragmented memories emerged from the original owner's mind, and Chen Ling's head hurt again... He suddenly remembered that the original owner seemed to have heard similar words last night.
"I...I..." Chen Ling held her head, her expression showing pain.
"Ayan is our biological flesh and blood. In order to conceive him, your mother took medicine and her body collapsed... We worked hard for ten years before we finally had such an only child..."
"A child who truly belongs to us!"
"Now that he is sick, we can't just watch him die... The wizard in District 2 said that as long as we get another young heart no more than 20 years old, it can replace Ayan's heart that is about to fail. ”
"Ayan has called you brother for so many years, and you have been our biological son for so many years. Your parents have never asked you for anything, but only this time... we beg you to save Ayan."
"Tell me...you are willing, right?"
Chen Tan's body trembled slightly, and his eyes when he looked at Chen Ling were full of pleading and expectation.
He is like a child who has done something wrong, waiting for a belated forgiveness.
At this moment, the incomplete memories buried in last night's heavy rain were finally recalled by Chen Ling. While resisting the pain of headache, he took a deep breath and spoke hoarsely:
"It turns out...it was you who killed him..."
"he?"
"...Does Ayan know?"
"He doesn't know. If he knew that the heart he was about to receive was yours... he would rather die than agree."
Chen Tan recovered from the struggle and guilt deep in his heart, put his hand into the sack at his feet, and slowly took out a sharp axe.
"A Ling, you are already dead, you shouldn't be here." Chen Tan's eyes were red, he clutched the ax tightly and spoke hoarsely,
"Whatever it is that's taken over your body...I'll set you free."
Low thunder flashed across the dark sky.
A sharp ax was raised high...
Swing it down hard!
boom--
A wave of warmth splashed on Chen Tan's face,
Scarlet blood bloomed like a bouquet on the floor, and Chen Ling's body fell straight to the ground with a muffled sound.
The ax embedded itself in his neck, almost cutting off his entire head. His eyes were gazing into nothingness, with pain and confusion still remaining on his face...
he died.
There was no heartbeat, no breathing, and his body gradually became cold, like a martyr who fell among the bright red flowers.
Chen Tan's chest rose and fell violently. He stared at the dead body, his clothes soaked with sweat...
"Dead, dead...?" Li Xiuchun slumped on the chair and spoke tremblingly.
"……died."
"Where's the disaster?"
Chen Tan paused, "...I don't know."
Li Xiuchun looked at the corpse blankly, and suddenly said, "Do you think... is it possible that it was not a disaster... but that God gave us another chance to atone for our sins?"
"If so..." Chen Tan laughed miserably, "Then we really should go to hell."