Chapter 39

The magpie that died suddenly fell straight from the branch of the pomelo tree and transformed into a man in a suit and leather shoes, falling to the ground with a thud.

It was Zhang Yangxu.

Ning Zhe's consciousness was slightly dazed, and he immediately understood what had just happened.

—The ghost killed the magpie.

But didn't the world where He Family Village was located shatter with the death of the Serpent God? Even if it didn't shatter, why was that magpie still alive?

A person who has already died cannot die a second time, otherwise Ning Zhe would have come directly using Zhang Yangxu's identity.

But that magpie just now died in his place, does this mean... it is still alive?

"Escape."

After a moment of doubt, Ning Zhe quickly abandoned the thinking that couldn't yield results in a short time. He couldn't waste the identity of a living person that could be used to die in his place.

Ning Zhe's body transformed back into a bird that had already stopped breathing, passed through the tree-lined path, and flew into the lush flower bed full of hydrangeas.

The ferocity of this ghost wandering in Bishuiwan Manor far exceeded Ning Zhe's expectations. Unlike Taiyi, who had no ability to kill, and the Serpent God Zhaoyou, who sought good fortune and avoided evil, this ghost in the manor could almost be said to be killing indiscriminately. Ning Zhe just got a little closer to it and lost a life.

But fortunately, after killing the magpie, the ghost didn't continue to chase Ning Zhe. Sharp screams sounded from the distance behind. The ghost seemed to have gone to hunt and kill others who were closer.

"Is the ghost's killing rule related to distance? Direct relationship or indirect relationship?"

Ning Zhe didn't have time to think too much, changed back to his original appearance, returned to the pavilion, and grabbed Feng Yushu's hand: "Let's go, leave here."

The ghost in the manor was too ferocious. Just getting close made Ning Zhe lose a life. Ning Zhe was not a reckless person. He would only bet his life and fight for it when he had no way out or was truly confident. Obviously, the current situation was neither.

With Taiyi's rules on his body, he had plenty of retreats.

"I don't need to fight to the death with this ghost here. Even if I really have to crack it, a more rational approach should be to return to Gubei Town first, obtain enough living identities to serve as scapegoats, so that I can test its killing rules without worries."

Ning Zhe's mind was clear, and he knew very well what he should do now.

But Feng Yushu was far less rational than him.

The manor was brightly lit, and the screams and cries had all gone away, leaving a ground full of corpses. Feng Yushu bit her lip tightly, her eyes slightly red: "My, my daughter is still inside... I can't leave."

"What can you do if you stay here?" Ning Zhe let go of Feng Yushu's hand: "Become the next corpse killed by the ghost?"

"... You're right, Ning Zhe. I am both cowardly and slow. Even if I stay here, I can't do anything." Feng Yushu's legs went soft, and she actually knelt directly in front of Ning Zhe, her trembling hands grabbing his clothes: "But you can do it, right? Ning Zhe, you must have a way, right... Please, help me, okay? Help me save A-Zhi. You can ask me to do anything, as long as I have it, I can give you anything, please... I really can't lose her..."

You don't mention your husband at all...

Ning Zhe pried open Feng Yushu's hand that was tightly clutching his clothes, breathed a sigh of relief: "If it were before, you might be able to move me with money, but now I'm not interested in money." For him now, so-called money is just a string of numbers.

Seeing Feng Yushu tremblingly reaching her hand toward her own chest, he added another sentence: "The same goes for you."

After speaking, Ning Zhe didn't bother to argue with her anymore. The young man's body transformed into a magpie again, left the pavilion, and flew toward the outside of the wall.

Before obtaining enough living identities, he would never risk his life again.

Watching Ning Zhe's figure disappear into the night, Feng Yushu covered her face with both hands, knelt on the ground in despair, and sobbed. But after the collapsing crying, she still held the round pillar of the pavilion with both hands, supporting herself to stand up with difficulty, wiped away her tears, and walked into the manor.

No matter what, she had to go to her daughter, even if she died on the way.

But before she had walked a few steps, a vigorous figure descended from the sky and landed beside her.

"Ning Zhe?!" Feng Yushu cried with joy: "Are you back to help me?"

"Sort of, because I can't get out." Ning Zhe said lightly: "This manor is sealed."

The magpie that Ning Zhe transformed into had just flown to the wall when it hit an obstacle. It was an invisible wall, like a huge semi-circular dome covering the entire Bishuiwan Manor inside.

"I flew over the wall, but I didn't see the rushing Tao River outside the manor, only a brightly lit European-style castle flashing in front — as if I had just come in from the outside." Ning Zhe said softly: "You can understand it as some kind of strange phenomenon similar to space folding. This manor can no longer be exited."

He stepped toward the Tao River outside the gate, but the next moment he found himself facing the welcoming avenue inside the gate. The space at the critical boundary of this manor had been folded, and any 'outward' movement would automatically be bent into 'inward'.

"Let's go, let's go find your daughter. Since she can dream of the scene of He Family Village without ever coming to Gubei Town, perhaps she can also know some information about the current situation." Ning Zhe said, transformed back into a magpie, and stood on Feng Yushu's shoulder: "Let's go."

"... Okay." Feng Yushu nodded quickly.

She could certainly see that Ning Zhe's move was to treat her as a scout for pathfinding, using her life to step on thunder for him, but Feng Yushu gladly accepted Ning Zhe's cold and ruthless utilization.

As long as it could increase the hope of saving her daughter, she was willing to be used by Ning Zhe to do anything, just like in He Family Village.

The area of Bishuiwan Manor is very large, covering about 1 hectare. There are not many guests inside, only Bai Fugui's family and some senior executives of the New Home Group, and then the cleaners who maintain the green plants and clean up the garbage daily.

Most of these people were scared out of their wits by the strange scene of the ghost killing people and the corpses all over the ground, and they fled in all directions. Most of them fled to the other side of the manor, and according to Ning Zhe's previous observations, the ghost seemed to have been attracted to that side by the crowd.

"Hurry up, while those people haven't been killed by the ghost yet, there isn't much time left for you." Ning Zhe reminded.

"Okay." Feng Yushu held the magpie standing on her shoulder with one hand, ran along the wall, and entered the European-style castle in the center of the manor.

"Don't hold me, I stand steadily." Ning Zhe reminded again.

"Okay!" Feng Yushu quickly let go of her hand, took off the high heels on her feet and carried them in her hands, and continued to run forward with her bare feet.

(End of chapter)