Chapter 157: The Gift Has Arrived, Skin Doll!

Outside, the sound of a song echoed.

The sound was so beautiful—it seemed like the song my mom and dad used to dance to long ago.

I don't remember how long ago it was; I only know I haven't heard it in ages and ages.

Beside a pair of large feet was a pair of small feet, dancing together.

"Mom! Is Mom back?" Xiao Lili's face lit up with excitement, completely unaware of anything amiss.

Her mother's feet weren't even touching the ground—they hung limply like puppet legs, suspended and swaying slightly by some unseen force.

"Don't come out! Don't come out!"

"Ah, the little girl's done for, hahaha, die, die, die together, if you die early you'll be reborn and I won't fear anymore."

"Hehehe!"

Su Jinlong could hear the voices of others trapped in the nightmare.

Many had already gone mad; they had endured their own nightmares, then others', and lost everything—only endless Fear remained.

He stared at the scene before him, his heart shaken—clearly, the owner of those legs was broken.

But he couldn't speak; he could only watch helplessly.

Thump—

Suddenly.

Just as Xiao Lili was about to crawl out, a heavy object crashed onto the wooden floor with a sharp, resonant impact.

Then, the round object rolled once along the floor and came to a stop right at her doorway.

Xiao Lili's expression froze on her face; tears still streaked her cheeks, her mouth slightly agape.

She whispered instinctively: "Mama."

Her mother's face still wore a smile, her eyes pale and cloudy, blood smeared across her cheeks.

Though it looked horrifying now, in Xiao Lili's eyes it was still as gentle as ever.

By sheer coincidence, her mother's face was directly facing beneath the bed.

Those cloudy, pale eyes stared silently at Xiao Lili.

【Fear Value +10000】

Another massive surge of Fear Value flooded in—this time, the increase nearly pushed Zhang Yi past Level 6 Peak.

His Fear Value was full; he needed only a breakthrough to reach Level 7.

Su Jinlong and everyone else shrank their pupils—this sight pierced every heart.

Even he was terrified.

He had suspected the woman was broken, but he never imagined the man was this monstrous.

The wife's head showed signs of decay, and there were sutures along her neck.

Could he really be this monstrous? Sewing his wife's head back onto her body and dancing to music?

A monster among monsters.

"Oh dear, it fell again—so careless."

The man's surprised voice rang out, then he let go and walked toward his wife's head.

Tap-tap-tap—

He reached the head. Xiao Lili didn't dare breathe; her eyes brimmed with terror.

She forgot to breathe at all.

She hadn't realized her father had killed her mother—that knife's blood was her mother's!

Her mother hadn't broken her promise or abandoned her—she'd been murdered by her father! The father stood at the doorway for a moment, as if observing something.

Xiao Lili shut her eyes tight, too terrified to breathe.

Then he picked up the object on the floor.

Xiao Lili opened her eyes—her father was gone; she no longer saw his feet.

Had her father left?

Her father finally left—I'm so scared.

"Sister! Sister, where are you?" Xiao Lili looked to the left under the bed, hoping her sister was still there. But as soon as she turned her gaze, she saw her father's face! He was crouched on the ground to the left, cradling her mother, grinning maniacally, eyes bulging, beard streaked with blood.

"Hehe, Xiao Lili, so you're hiding here! Daddy finally found you!"

"Aaaah—"

Xiao Lili screamed in terror, thrashing wildly.

Her father dropped his wife, grabbed her thigh, and dragged her inch by inch out from under the bed.

No matter how she struggled, it was useless—her thigh was scratched raw by his nails until she was dragged fully out.

"Don't be afraid, Xiao Lili—Daddy got you a present, hehe."

"Let's take Mom and go see the gift together."

Inside the Infernal Domain.

Everyone had gone mad; they trembled, they wept.

Su Jinlong staggered backward, barely keeping his balance.

He turned to the Demon Bear: "Save her! This is your Infernal Domain—you can save her!"

The Demon Bear watched him with interest: "Save her? Do you mean him, or her? Both are human, both trapped in my Infernal Domain—you must be clearer: who do you want saved?"

"The little girl! She's still a child—she's just like your little sister!" Su Jinlong roared.

The Demon Bear smiled: "And what about him? Should we save the father? You all came here to save him, didn't you?"

These words left Su Jinlong speechless.

Do we save her father?

Save him! He is human; our existence as Night Watchers is to rescue people from the Ghosts, to hold the lamp for humanity in the dark.

Don't save him! He is an animal.

Not saving him violates the Night Watchers' Ghostly Faith; saving him violates one's own life creed.

"Don't rush, keep watching." Xiao Xiong smiled.

Lin Xiaowan appeared within the nightmare, holding candy in her hand: "Uncle, have some candy."

She seemed utterly unconcerned with Xiao Lili's condition.

Instead, Tang Bing beside her screamed in madness: "My Lord, let me out! I'll kill him—he is a poison worm of this world, I must kill him!"

The scene continued.

The world spun wildly, and the sound of Spirit Consumption from the deep sea came crashing in.

The little girl sat on a stool, trembling with fear, her hands and feet bound.

Before her sat her mother—but now her mother's entire body was covered in corpse spots, even emitting a foul stench.

Her neck was empty.

Her entire body was The Crimson Sky, and she had no anus. 【Some things cannot be written in too much detail.】

It was deeply terrifying, deeply repulsive.

She was terrified, began to cry, her voice trembling: "Sister, where are you? Didn't you say you'd stay with me? Where are you?"

Her trembling voice reached her father inside the room.

"Xiao Lili has friends coming to the house? Impossible. How could you possibly have friends? You're a money pit—you can't have friends."

"Xiao Lili, don't cry. Daddy has prepared a gift for you."

Saying this, he stepped out from the room, his hands hidden behind his back, mysteriously.

Xiao Lili, tear-streaked like pear blossoms in the rain, did not expect a gift—she only wanted to leave this place.

She was terrified.

Walking before Xiao Lili, the man smiled warmly and said: "Xiao Lili, you wanted a backpack and a doll, didn't you? Daddy made them for you—handmade."

"And look—there are traces of Mom on the backpack and the doll!"

He pulled out the items.

The doll wore the backpack, its surface smooth yet stitched and patched with blood-soaked seams.

(End of Chapter)