Chapter 56

When the light went out earlier,

Zheng Haiyang just took it as a normal breaker trip or power outage. This kind of thing wasn't rare in the countryside nowadays.

Tan Wenbin's heart "thumped." The experience of eating at the dead's house last time left a shadow deep in his heart, but it was just his hand holding the chopsticks trembling a few times, yet he could still convince himself that he was being overly sensitive.

Runsheng held the handle of the Yellow River shovel under the bench steadily with his right hand, and was also chewing in his mouth when the light went out.

The moment the light turned on, Runsheng took a look at the ding on the table and immediately fixed his gaze on Li Zhuiyuan sitting opposite him.

As long as Xiaoyuan gave a look, he would not hesitate to pick up the shovel and smash the heads of the two elderly people beside him.

Actually, when the light went out, Li Zhuiyuan's ears captured that the voices of the two elderly people were a bit trembling and drifting. The sound of the large bowl containing the head dish being placed down also made him feel that something was not quite right. Whose bowl bottom would be supported by several long sharp ends?

Eating at home, not at a large hotel, there was no need to put an iron frame underneath to keep it warm with solid alcohol.

If it weren't for the fact that the positions of Zheng Haiyang's grandparents could always be determined by Li Zhuiyuan, Li Zhuiyuan wouldn't have dared to suspect whether the heads of the grandparents would be in this newly served container when the light turned on.

Since it was called head dish, it was understandable to have a real human head inside.

Because he had been blind, his hearing was truly sharp now.

Even if he had sensed something was wrong in advance, he still didn't dare to act ahead of time.

In an unfamiliar environment, he might have shouted for Runsheng to flip the table before the light turned on.

But regardless, this was Zheng Haiyang's home after all, and Zheng Haiyang was his classmate, Tan Wenbin's good buddy, and he had just lost his parents. He was very pitiful.

The moment the light turned on, seeing that ding, a strong sense of rejection rose in Li Zhuiyuan's heart. What was the point of this kind of meaningless emotional bond? It was really stupid!

Fortunately, Li Zhuiyuan woke up in time and suppressed this instinctive emotion, which prevented him from having a breakdown first in such a critical moment.

The boy pinched the skin on the back of his left hand with his right hand fingers and twisted it hard.

The pain was secondary; the most terrifying thing was that this proved the current environment wasn't a dream, hypnosis, or a walk in the underworld.

This was real.

This placed the multiple-choice question before him again. Since Zheng Haiyang's grandparents could make the move of using a ding as a container for food, it proved that they were no longer normal.

Dreams can be woken up from, but things in reality being changed often cannot be restored.

Similar dilemmas appeared again.

But this time, Li Zhuiyuan didn't hesitate again. He immediately raised his eyelids and gave Runsheng, who was opposite him, a look of instruction.

Runsheng immediately raised the shovel.

"Snap!"

The light went out again.

All the talisman paper stuck from the bedroom door to the dam in the entire room turned black and fell off.

Everything happened too fast. What appeared immediately was a distortion and folding of spatial perception directed at individuals.

Li Zhuiyuan clearly hadn't moved and was still sitting on the chair, but it was as if he were sitting on a roller coaster, and it was a backward one, and his body was moving backward rapidly.

"Plop!"

Three consecutive sounds of falling to the ground.

The movement sizes were different, with the near one being five meters away and the far one being over twenty meters away.

It should have been that all three of them stood up in surprise and as a result all lost their center of gravity and fell to the ground.

Only Li Zhuiyuan, because he was still sitting on the chair, could maintain stability.

"Ah!"

This was Tan Wenbin's scream.

The scream was far first and then near, and then it changed from near to far, as if echoing in a valley.

The next moment, Li Zhuiyuan heard footsteps behind him. The person coming was wearing cloth shoes, and their feet were light.

Among the four of them, only Runsheng wore cloth shoes, but Runsheng's feet were heavy, especially in this kind of emergency, and it was even more impossible for him to walk on tiptoe.

Li Zhuiyuan supported himself with both hands on the bench and slid down.

"Vroom!"

A very sharp sound of air passed right above him. Were they using a knife?

Although it was pitch black all around and he couldn't see anything, Li Zhuiyuan could imagine an old man or an old woman standing behind him, just holding a kitchen knife and hacking horizontally at the position where he had originally sat.

Li Zhuiyuan turned around, stepped on the ground with both feet, subconsciously made a horse stance, and then pushed forward fiercely with both hands grabbing the bench.

He insisted on practicing the horse stance and breathing taught by Uncle Qin every day. After a long time, it indeed produced obvious results. His lower body was more solid, and his force was greater and more continuous when exerting it.

That was to say, limited by his age, his body hadn't developed well, making him still a small, weak one compared to those normally developed classmates in the third year of high school. But if it were according to the normal configuration of his age group, he could dominate the elementary school department.

There was a collision on the bench. A hit to the knee position easily made the other party lose balance. The other party should have fallen.

But before Li Zhuiyuan could have any follow-up actions, the strong sense of spatial displacement struck again. He immediately closed his eyes, wanting to reduce the influence as much as possible by closing the perception channels, but suddenly realized that this way of just standing there was very dangerous.

He immediately opened his eyes again, opened all perceptions, and then suddenly couldn't figure out up, down, left, or right. He fell to the ground and kept rolling.

Precisely because of this, he heard the continuous hacking sounds again. Clearly, the old man who had been knocked down by him was hacking frantically at his original position.

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but suspect, was it that they themselves reacted slowly, or was it that they themselves couldn't see either?

"Snap!"

"Snap!"

Two flames rose, one near and one very far.

Runsheng and Tan Wenbin both carried matches, and they were using this method to attract their companions.

But why would they strike sparks at the same time?

Everyone was eating in the room, and even if the light went out, there was moonlight outside. But now, where was there any sign of external light?

Therefore, why would it allow you to release firelight at this time?

The flame tip of the match continued.

Runsheng's voice came: "Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan!"

It was indeed Runsheng's voice, but because of the voice line that was sometimes far and sometimes near, it was impossible to distinguish which group of light it came from.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, Brother Xiaoyuan!"

This was Tan Wenbin's voice, and it was still impossible to distinguish which group of light it was.

Li Zhuiyuan immediately climbed up, bypassed the match light nearby, and ran toward the one in the distance.

Among these two groups of light, there must be a trap!

Because whether it was Runsheng or Tan Wenbin, even if they coincidentally thought of the method of lighting a match at the same time, when they saw the other group of match light, they would never stupidly stand still without moving.

To be precise, Runsheng might choose not to move in order to attract and wait for him, but Tan Wenbin had already screamed earlier and was probably already injured. When he saw Runsheng's flame, he would definitely go toward Runsheng's direction to seek protection.

Because Tan Wenbin knew very clearly who was the martial force representative among the group, and who was the safest to stay beside.

Even if he had to crawl, he would crawl toward there.

Sure enough, after Li Zhuiyuan ran out for a distance, the flame in his vision became clear. He saw Runsheng and Tan Wenbin, who had a painful expression on his side. They were lighting matches together and waiting for him. As for the other match, it was a trap.

Suddenly, Li Zhuiyuan heard footsteps behind him. They were still the light footsteps of cloth shoes, but the distance from him should still be a distance away.

"Xiaoyuan, be careful!"

Runsheng let out a loud shout and smashed over with the Yellow River shovel.

Runsheng's shovel was aimed at him.

Runsheng saw him, but he was affected by the spatial sense. He shouted for him to be careful, and combined with the footsteps he heard, it meant that in Runsheng's perspective, the danger was behind him.

His shovel was aimed at the person coming behind him.

But in his own perspective, it was coming straight at him.

This was like doing a problem; you have to guess the thinking and intention of the problem setter. It hoped that he would be smashed to death by Runsheng.

Therefore, dodging backward at this time might just happen to enter Runsheng's attack range.

Of course, there might also be Russian dolls here, anticipating your anticipation.

However, while understanding the intention of the problem setter, one also had to figure out the level of the problem setter. Just like the flame tips of the two matches earlier, the other party's trap was relatively "straightforward."

Therefore, without considering other situations, Li Zhuiyuan didn't dodge, but instead took the initiative to rush toward Runsheng's shovel.

The shovel swung down, and Li Zhuiyuan hadn't rushed out very far before he crashed directly into Runsheng.

He judged correctly.

Runsheng was right in front of him, and that shovel couldn't be retreated from.

"Xiaoyuan!"

Runsheng continued to hold the shovel with his right hand, while his left hand grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's arm.

When both sides had substantial contact, it could at least ensure that there would be no more spatial displacement feeling between the two.

Li Zhuiyuan's hand exerted force upward. Runsheng understood, raised his left arm, sent the boy onto his back, and the boy wrapped his arms around Runsheng's neck.

"Brother Runsheng, close your eyes."

"Alright!"

Runsheng closed his eyes and completely handed over the command to the boy.

Li Zhuiyuan also closed his eyes, focusing only on his auditory perception.

"Ten steps straight ahead."

Runsheng immediately took steps and walked down.

Tan Wenbin grabbed Runsheng's vest and followed behind to walk together.

"Turn left."

Runsheng turned left.

"Walk twelve steps forward, then turn right and walk six steps."

Runsheng did exactly as told.

All around, the footsteps of cloth shoes kept coming. It could be heard that the two old people holding kitchen knives were very anxious, but they didn't dare to pounce.

Because with the boy's guidance, he only needed to tell him which direction someone was coming from, and Runsheng could smash them to death with the shovel even with his eyes closed.

These two old people, just occupying the visual advantage, were essentially just two old people.

"Straight ahead, hack with the shovel, this is the kitchen door."

Runsheng picked up the shovel and began to hack.

Ahead, he couldn't hear the sound of hacking; it should have been deliberately "moved" very, very far away.

After continuous hacking, Runsheng kicked a few more times.

"Advance fifteen steps."

Runsheng began to advance.

In the layout of Zheng Haiyang's house, the dining room and kitchen were together. Going out of the kitchen door was the living room, and one had to walk through the living room to truly leave the house.

This was a pitch-black maze game, but Li Zhuiyuan had played it in his blind life before.

"Turn right, twelve steps. It's a bit far, smash the door. There is glass on the living room door, be careful."

Runsheng followed the instructions, walked to the position, and continued to smash the door.

According to Li Zhuiyuan's speculation, this kind of special environment pattern was probably only limited to this building.

Even if the range was larger, it didn't matter. After leaving the house and going down a dam, it would be much wider outside. Neighbors lived very far apart. If it really didn't work, he would let Runsheng run wildly in the fields, and he didn't believe he couldn't run out of its range.

Tan Wenbin also understood what Li Zhuiyuan wanted to do. He wanted to remind him that there was still one person among the four who hadn't been found, but he also knew that Xiaoyuan was so smart, how could he possibly forget Zheng Haiyang.

Xiaoyuan chose not to look for him and to leave the danger for a safe area first. He could understand. Most importantly, he was also an attachment on Runsheng now, and he had no qualifications to open his mouth to demand anything.

He could only leave here first and then ask Xiaoyuan to think of a way to save Haiyang.

"Alright, it should be smashed well. Brother Runsheng, let's go..."

"Ah, ah, ah! Ah, ah, ah!"

Zheng Haiyang's screams came from not far behind.

"Don't, don't, don't, save me, save me!"

Tan Wenbin bit his lip hard, and his lip was already bleeding, but he still didn't say anything, and didn't even dare to increase the strength of grabbing Runsheng's vest.

That buddy he had always protected was in terrible danger at this moment, but he could only choose to ignore it.

He wasn't afraid. If he were the only one here, even if he knew turning back was dangerous, he would have turned back to save people without hesitation.

But now, he was worried that doing so would kidnap Xiaoyuan and affect Xiaoyuan's judgment.

Zheng Haiyang's screams indeed made Li Zhuiyuan pause for a moment, but it was only that slight pause.

Immediately, it was a firm instruction:

"Get out, run twenty big steps, jump!"

Runsheng began to run, and Tan Wenbin also began to run.

Runsheng began to jump. Although Tan Wenbin tried his best to count Runsheng's steps, he was already very struggling to keep up with Runsheng's pace. Finally, when Runsheng jumped, he was slow.

His knees felt severe pain, and he fell backward, hitting the ground hard.

But when he opened his eyes, he saw the stars in the night sky and the vegetable fields all around.

They were out!

Tan Wenbin looked in front of him. Around the dam of Zheng Haiyang's house, except for the section of the slope, small cement railings less than one meter high were built.

Xiaoyuan had calculated the distance earlier, which was why he let Runsheng jump. He hadn't succeeded in jumping, and had crashed directly and flipped over.

Fortunately, it was just a painful crash and scraped skin, not a big problem.

Runsheng turned his head and looked at the house dam they had just come out of.

Li Zhuiyuan patted Runsheng on the shoulder, and Runsheng supported the boy with one hand to land steadily.

"Brother Runsheng, use your vest to bandage Brother Binbin."

"Good!"

Runsheng took off his vest, tore it into strips, and bandaged the wound on Tan Wenbin's left arm, barely stopping the bleeding.

He had been slashed by a kitchen knife in the pitch-black state earlier. Although he lost quite a bit of blood, it wasn't a big problem; after all, it wasn't hacked by someone with Runsheng's physique.

And Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng could be considered unscathed. Li Zhuiyuan relied on his hearing to dodge, while Runsheng kept waving the Yellow River shovel, not letting the two old people get close even though he couldn't see.

Tan Wenbin was also lucky; he struck a match and arrived at Runsheng's side in time.

Originally, he should have been one of the two most dangerous ones.

As for the other one, he should still be in the house now.

"Brother Runsheng, my compass."

Tan Wenbin said immediately: "It's in the bag, still in the room."

Earlier, the equipment bag was at Runsheng's feet, and the Yellow River shovel was what he had deliberately pulled out and placed within reach. This was also absorbing the lesson learned from eating at Zhou Yong's house last time.

But after it went pitch black, he only had time to continue holding the Yellow River shovel and didn't have time to take the equipment.

It was just that Runsheng reached into his pocket and then took out that purple compass.

"Xiaoyuan's compass, I've always carried it with me."

Li Zhuiyuan took the compass and began to deduce the pattern in front of him.

Then, he soon discovered one thing.

"We haven't escaped its influence range yet. We are still inside now."

Runsheng hurriedly bent down, preparing to carry the boy again.

Tan Wenbin also immediately became nervous. Could it be that everything he saw now was also fake?

"The problem isn't big. The area we are in now is just external, not internal. People outside can't see the changes in our location. Although we are still inside, we have also escaped the most dangerous area."

Runsheng and Tan Wenbin heard this and both let out a breath.

Tan Wenbin called out timidly: "Xiaoyuan..."

"I know."

Li Zhuiyuan continued to lower his head and deduce.

As long as he could deduce it, the darkness inside would be like being re-equipped with a light bulb, and the danger would no longer be danger.

Li Zhuiyuan originally wanted to let Tan Wenbin run out now to find Tan Yunlong.

Yes, since he came to fish for things tonight, how could he not notify Tan Yunlong?

Without notifying Tan Yunlong, who would he hand the things over to the state to after fishing them out?

Actually, Tan Yunlong had been monitoring from the outside in the afternoon, with four plainclothes police officers by his side.

When the four came here from school, the reason they didn't go to greet people was because they weren't on the same path. Regardless, Tan Yunlong would continue to guard this night.

However, looking at the wound on Tan Wenbin, Li Zhuiyuan felt that this thing was too fierce. The effect of the "plaque" was probably not enough here.

Rashly calling Tan Yunlong and the others over would only increase their danger after entering.

"Ah!"

Just at this time, Zheng Haiyang also stumbled out from the broken living room door. He had multiple knife wounds on his body and was covered in blood.

Zheng Haiyang grabbed a stool in his hand and was waving it frantically to drive them away.

Behind him, his grandparents were holding dripping kitchen knives, approaching him step by step.

Tan Wenbin immediately shouted with his greatest strength: "Haiyang, Haiyang, Haiyang, walk this way!"

Run to the edge of the dam, and then come down, and it would be safe.

Because as long as he could see, Runsheng alone dealing with two old people was truly easy, and it didn't even need Runsheng; he, Tan Wenbin, could do it himself.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Shut up!"

"Ah?"

Tan Wenbin didn't understand at first, but soon he understood. Sound, the transmission inside, could also be manipulated.

Zheng Haiyang seemed to have heard Tan Wenbin's voice, but the "direction" was wrong. Instead of continuing to lean toward the three of them, he seemed to be attracted by the sound and walked toward the rear diagonal, just leaving his side to his grandparents.

The grandparents each raised their kitchen knives and hacked down.

The grandfather's knife was faster and hit. Zheng Haiyang screamed, immediately hit the ground and rolled, which was almost using his animal instinct to seek survival.

And fortunately, he rolled fast, which let him dodge this knife from his grandmother.

But when he struggled to climb up again, he had completely turned into a bloody person, and his steps began to float.

But precisely because of this roll, he was closer to the edge of the dam, almost as long as he reached out his hand, he could reach him.

Zheng Haiyang retreated two steps slowly. His body was only one decimeter away from the small cement railing at the edge of the dam.

But he stopped and didn't continue to retreat backward. Instead, he began to move to the left, still clutching the stool in his hand, very nervous, and at the same time, kept shaking his head. This was a manifestation of his consciousness beginning to blur due to excessive blood loss.

And his grandparents, holding knives, were closing in step by step, getting closer and closer.

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan raised his head and put the compass down face down.

Tan Wenbin was overjoyed, thinking that Xiaoyuan had already calculated it well.

He stared at the boy, hoping the boy would speak.

But the boy didn't speak, just looked forward very calmly.

Tan Wenbin made a gesture to reach out his right hand, not fully extending it. There was still a distance from the edge of the railing. He only needed a nod from the boy, and he would grab Zheng Haiyang and pull him to the safe zone.

Li Zhuiyuan patted Runsheng's arm, and Runsheng immediately raised his hand and slapped away Tan Wenbin's arm that was about to reach out.

Tan Wenbin widened his eyes. He didn't dare to look at Li Zhuiyuan again, just knelt down softly, his face full of struggle and pain.

Zheng Haiyang's grandparents were continuing to approach, while Zheng Haiyang had already lost the ability to react, just setting up a frame.

On Li Zhuiyuan's side, he began to retreat step by step. When retreating, he glanced at Tan Wenbin kneeling on the ground.

Runsheng was also retreating, but reached out and grabbed Tan Wenbin's clothes.

Tan Wenbin lay on the ground, being dragged along.

Afraid of making a sound that would affect Zheng Haiyang, Tan Wenbin could only hold back his emotions, but tears and snot had already flowed out.

After retreating for a distance, Li Zhuiyuan stopped, stood behind Runsheng, just poked his head out, and continued to look toward the dam.

Runsheng swung Tan Wenbin backward, letting him lie on himself too.

Tan Wenbin took a deep breath, tried hard to climb up, waved his hand at Runsheng to indicate he was fine, and then looked at Li Zhuiyuan, nodding hard at the boy.

His eyes became firm again. Although pain could still be seen, there was no more hesitation or struggle.

This made Li Zhuiyuan feel both surprised and feel it was a matter of course.

Perhaps, this was Tan Wenbin's style. He, like ordinary people, would be fragile, but after being fragile, he could quickly adjust himself and become strong.

"Lord Ye loves dragons" is a derogatory term, but daring to keep loving dragons like Lord Ye is also an excellent quality.

Zheng Haiyang's grandparents finally arrived in front of him.

However, Zheng Haiyang's originally lost eyes suddenly became firm. He reached out and took the knife from his grandmother, turned around to face the outside of the dam, and threw it toward the direction where Li Zhuiyuan and the three were.

Runsheng swung the Yellow River shovel, and with a "bang," the kitchen knife was blocked and flew away.

Zheng Haiyang's grandfather also raised a kitchen knife and smashed it over. It was a pity that the old man was old and his body wasn't good. This kitchen knife landed one meter in front of the three.

Immediately after, Zheng Haiyang and his grandparents stood side by side against the railing, staring coldly at the three people outside.

In the evening breeze, the bodies of the two old people and one young person were swaying gently with the wind.

Water was also constantly seeping out of their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses, completely soaking the clothes on their bodies.

Tan Wenbin looked shocked. Although when Xiaoyuan retreated, he had a guess in his heart, when the facts and truth were placed before him, he still found it hard to accept.

His good buddy had actually been controlled too?

Zheng Haiyang was so close to the railing earlier, wasn't that just seducing him to reach out and pull him?

And if he really reached out to grab him and save him, what would his end be?

No, if it weren't for Runsheng slapping away his outstretched arm, with the previous distance, Zheng Haiyang could have turned around and hacked him with the kitchen knife.

If it weren't for Xiaoyuan pulling away the distance in time, these two kitchen knives being thrown over wouldn't have been so easy to defend against.

Tan Wenbin suddenly remembered what Zheng Haiyang had said to him last night, that he felt no sadness for his parents' death.

He had comforted him, but thinking about this now, perhaps Zheng Haiyang was already a bit wrong at that time.

"Brother Xiaoyuan... did you see it long ago?"

Two matches, one was lit by Runsheng and Tan Wenbin, then who lit the other match that attracted him?

Just as he was about to break out of the living room door, Zheng Haiyang happened to scream at the right time, attracting them to turn back to save him.

They escaped the door here, left the range of the "night," but Zheng Haiyang could also happen to escape the living room door and come to the dam.

Who was this performance for?

The level of the problem setter wasn't high, and its intention wasn't hard to guess.

But all of this was just Li Zhuiyuan's feeling and guess, and he had no evidence to prove that Zheng Haiyang had been controlled and stood on that side.

The reason that truly prompted him to stand by and watch was because he didn't want to gamble.

His relationship with Zheng Haiyang wasn't that good, and their friendship wasn't that deep. There was no need to take such a big risk to save him.

He and Runsheng hadn't taken risks before, and they had almost capsized, but that was his own active choice to experience, which was different from being forced to be involved.

It was just that this reason wasn't suitable to tell Tan Wenbin; he would be even sadder.

Therefore, Li Zhuiyuan just responded faintly:

"Hmm."

Tan Wenbin gritted his teeth, pointed to the dam ahead, and asked: "Brother Xiaoyuan, are they... still savable?"

Li Zhuiyuan looked toward the corner of the dam and the door frame of the house. He couldn't find his talisman paper anymore.

"I don't know what supports the 'night' inside, but it shouldn't last too long. At the very least, after dawn, this place will be able to return to normal."

Tan Wenbin said with some unbearable heart: "No... no saving?"

Zheng Haiyang had just lost his parents, and now he had to lose his grandparents. No, even he himself would...

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head.

Whether they could be saved, he didn't know, but he didn't have the ability to save them.

Moreover, looking through the books written by Wei Zhengdao, it never mentioned that after people turned into that kind of thing, they could still change back.

If there were such a method, the one buried under the peach tree would have used it on himself long ago.

Li Zhuiyuan could try to walk in the underworld now, using the method in the black leather book to control one of the two old people and one young person, but doing so had no meaning.

Tan Wenbin wiped his face hard, his teeth clenched.

In his ears, what emerged was what Zheng Haiyang had shouted when he suddenly became comatose after school:

"There is a bastard, buried under the sea; whoever dares to dig, he will die with his whole family!"

That piece of seabed, what exactly was it, so ruthless.

This was true, not letting anyone go, wanting to kill the whole family!

Suddenly, Li Zhuiyuan's ears trembled.

Runsheng also turned around and instinctively protected the boy behind him.

A figure was running rapidly.

He ran very fast, like a cheetah.

It was just that he was running toward the dam from another direction and didn't pass by the three of them here.

"Xiaoyuan?"

Li Zhuiyuan didn't respond. He didn't feel it was necessary to let Runsheng intercept this person who suddenly appeared now.

In fact, the area where the three of them were now wasn't easy for ordinary people outside to enter. Otherwise, Tan Yunlong and the others would have long been able to sense that something was wrong inside and rushed over.

At this time, the running man suddenly turned his head and looked over.

His face was severely swollen on one side, and his eyeballs seemed to have long been squeezed out, leaving only empty, pitch-black eye sockets.

But he seemed to be smiling.

His single-eyed gaze also landed heavily on himself among the three.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't recognize him, but the other party's gaze told him that he seemed to recognize him.

An answer, an answer about the other party's identity, rose in his heart.

Zhu Changyong!

The one who had followed Zheng Haiyang's parents to enter that area of the seabed and then went ashore.

It was also the person Xu Wen was working hard to find.

Although he was still agile, he no longer looked like a human.

It was just that, what was he here for this time?

Li Zhuiyuan turned his head to look at the dam again. He suddenly realized that the hostile relationship... seemed to have been mistaken.

Zhu Changyong jumped onto the dam and entered the "night."

His arms began to grope, and it seemed he had some difficulty adapting for a while, but he soon let out a laugh. This laugh was very strange; his vocal cords should have also had problems.

He was now like a piece of humanoid rotten meat that was constantly deteriorating.

Zheng Haiyang and his grandparents were all facing him.

Zhu Changyong pounced on them, and the night was already useless to him.

He rushed toward Zheng Haiyang's grandfather, knocked him down with one punch, and then faced Zheng Haiyang's grandmother and Zheng Haiyang himself, who were pouncing to tear at him, he also quickly knocked them down.

He had good agility. If it were him who had attacked the three of them in the room in the dark, the three of them shouldn't have had a chance to survive.

On the dam, it was like four crazy beasts fighting, but the beast king successfully suppressed the three.

Zhu Changyong pried open Zheng Haiyang's mouth, then reached his hand directly in. Soon, when he retracted his hand, he was clutching a very small living creature.

"Squish!"

Zhu Changyong pulled this thing out and tore it apart.

Then he attacked Zheng Haiyang's grandparents. The two old people were afraid and began to want to escape like crazy, but were knocked down to the ground again.

Zhu Changyong pulled out a living creature from the grandmother's mouth, and tore it apart again.

Finally, the grandfather stood up, his neck straight, and a tumor appeared on his neck.

Because the height was sufficient and the angle was clear, Li Zhuiyuan and the three, even though they were far away, saw the thing that escaped from the mouth by itself, which was a baby turtle.

But unlike other baby turtles, its shell was gray-purple, reflecting bizarre patterns in the moonlight.

As soon as the baby turtle crawled out, Zhu Changyong jumped forward and grabbed it. While landing, he pulled its head out of the shell, pulled it very long, and finally, with a "squish," tore it off!

Immediately, Zhu Changyong ran into the house, and soon, he ran out clutching that ding.

He held the ding high and smashed it fiercely against the sharp corner of the cement railing at the edge of the dam.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Under continuous forceful impact, the ding cracked.

A turtle the size of a sea bowl flew out and stuck directly onto Zhu Changyong's chest.

The clothes tore instantly, and one could see Zhu Changyong's chest also sink in as a result.

Zhu Changyong reached out several times wanting to pull it off, but to no avail. This turtle seemed to know what kind of consequences it would face once it left, so it stuck to Zhu Changyong like a suction cup.

"Ah!!!!!!!!!"

Zhu Changyong spread his arms, looked up, and let out a roar like a wild wolf. His whole body's skin and flesh began to crack at this moment.

But he immediately lowered his head, jumped off the dam, and began to run again.

Almost the same route, returning the same way.

When passing the previous position, he still turned his head and looked at the boy.

"Brother Runsheng, chase!"

"Good!"

Runsheng bent down, and Li Zhuiyuan jumped on.

Runsheng also began to run.

But even though Runsheng was already running very fast, the shoulder blades hitting Li Zhuiyuan painfully each time he swung his arms, they still couldn't catch up with Zhu Changyong, and instead were gradually pulled away by him.

Because Zhu Changyong's running posture was no longer human.

A normal human being couldn't possibly make such joints swing and twist.

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan heard the sound of a motorcycle starting. Turning his head, it was Tan Yunlong.

Although he had done sufficient preliminary investigation, the development of the matter was still unbelievable.

This couldn't help but make Li Zhuiyuan remember what Tan Yunlong said to him yesterday: handling a case would encounter bizarre twists and turns, and what brought the bizarre wasn't the case itself, but the people involved in the case.

But finally, on the closing line, it went back to the established "right track."

Tan Yunlong finally waited for the Zhu Changyong he was looking for.

However, Zhu Changyong wasn't running on the road. The route he took was very strange; he drilled into the woods. Li Zhuiyuan looked into the distance and realized he was going to the riverside!

However, Zhu Changyong was not running along the road; the route he took was very strange. He dove into the woods. Li Zhuiyuan took a rough look from afar—he was heading for the river!

Tan Yunlong's motorcycle would soon be unable to go any further, so he had to abandon the bike to the side and also began to run in pursuit.

But Zhu Changyong's speed in the woods did not decrease; instead, it increased. By the time Li Zhuiyuan, Runsheng, and Tan Yunlong chased out of the woods, they saw the other's figure had already appeared in the sand mining yard by the river below.

At that time, environmental protection had not yet received enough attention, and sand mining yards were everywhere and very active; even at night, the machines were still running.

Zhu Changyong stood at the machine gate, turned around, and looked at the three people chasing him.

He didn't seem to intend to keep running; he was deliberately waiting here.

And at this moment, the turtle that had originally been unwilling to leave his chest now became so scared that it wanted to flee, but it was forcibly held against his body by Zhu Changyong's arms.

"Must... must..."

He was struggling to make a sound, but it was like a hoarse wail in the dark night.

His single eye stared at Li Zhuiyuan, continuing to shout and express himself with effort.

Originally, Li Zhuiyuan thought the other party wanted to express a warning, urging him never to go to that seabed again.

However, what Zhu Changyong shouted was:

"Must... must go there... get it!"

After saying this, he voluntarily jumped into the gate below.

In an instant, a large amount of flesh and juices splashed out.

Even Tan Yunlong, who had rich experience in handling cases, was shocked by this scene. His intuition told him that the other party had come here specifically for this, just to die in this way!

He had chased criminals countless times, but this was truly the first time he had seen such a situation.

The two workers at the sand mining yard also heard the commotion and walked over. Tan Yunlong immediately ordered them to shut down the machines.

The machines stopped, but the person was already everywhere.

Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng returned to Zheng Haiyang's home and arrived at the terrace.

Tan Wenbin was kneeling there, looking at Zheng Haiyang's corpse in front of him, his expression dull.

After hearing footsteps, Tan Wenbin turned his head to look at the people who had arrived, then reached out and pointed to the three corpses lying on the ground in front of him:

"Brother Xiaoyuan, he's dead."

He had eaten blanched shrimp, but he had never truly seen the skinning process with his own eyes.

He had seen the 'dead-fallen' before, and he had witnessed corpses in the river, but he had never had the experience of a bloody process presented right before him, and furthermore, this time, it was his good buddy.

"Brother Binbin, this is the other side of the world you wanted to see. It is not as interesting or fun as you imagined."

"Mm..."

"If you quit now, there is still time."

Tan Wenbin was silent.

"Brother Runsheng, go get our things out, and collect all the talisman papers too."

Tan Yunlong walked up at this time, looking at his son kneeling on the ground, his eyes revealing heartache, but he still restrained the urge to comfort his son, turning instead to look at Li Zhuiyuan:

"Xiaoyuan, tell me, what exactly happened?"

"Uncle Tan, if I don't say anything, how will you report it?"

"I can only report what I saw, which is that Zhu Changyong committed suicide while fleeing after committing murder."

"Just report it like that, Uncle Tan. However, don't mention us."

"But that is not the truth, is it?"

"Uncle Tan, after you report it, another group of people will come to ask you about the facts. At that time, you can tell them your speculations."

Tan Yunlong immediately thought of Yu Shu, who had appeared not long ago. Last time, he had also accompanied him to several places with his men; the other party was clearly not there to look into criminal investigation matters.

"Xiaoyuan, will they come?"

"They will. As long as you, Uncle Tan, report the name Zhu Changyong and also tell them what he shouted before he died; other than us three, you don't need to hide anything, Uncle Tan."

"I understand."

Tan Yunlong understood; sometimes, knowing the truth in advance actually makes it inconvenient to accept investigative questioning.

This child was not trying to hide things from him, but was considering things for his sake.

Li Zhuiyuan walked behind Tan Wenbin and patted him on the back:

"Brother Binbin, we are going home first."

Runsheng was already waiting after putting the things on the tricycle, and Li Zhuiyuan got on the vehicle.

The tricycle had not driven far before it stopped.

Because someone behind them had grabbed the vehicle.

Li Zhuiyuan turned his head and saw Tan Wenbin, who had caught up. His eyes carried determination; he seemed to have made up his mind. He knew that the thing that truly killed Zheng Haiyang came from that seabed.

For the first time, when Tan Wenbin mentioned the nickname Li Sanjiang had given him, he didn't have a playful face; he said very seriously:

"Why didn't you wait for me? Zhuangzhuang also wants to go home."

(End of chapter)