Chapter 8 Funeral Practitioners(1/4)
Snapped!
The lamp in Chen Chen's hand fell to the ground, and the windshield glass hit the pebbles by the river and shattered on the ground.
The stream washed over the wick, and the oil lamp flickered a few times, like the last breath of a dying person, before being blown out by the evil wind that penetrated the river bed.
As soon as the lights went out, everyone present suddenly felt an indescribable chill.
It was like smooth, wet and cold water that penetrated the five senses and covered every bone in the body.
Chen Chen looked ashen: "I didn't know it wasn't me"
He didn't know why he suddenly let go of his hand, as if he was trapped and unable to control his body.
Bai Qiuye saw his palms that had completely lost their color: "It's time, paper 30."
[Current paper level: 30.]
The nerves in the arm lose their sensitivity and one must concentrate to control them.
They can no longer complete fine work.
Chen Chen broke the corpse oil lamp precisely because he was distracted by the thing opposite him and encountered paper.
Liu He picked up the corpse oil lamp that fell into the water and tried to relight it with a candle.
However, after the corpse oil lamp was soaked in water, the flame was always dying on the wick.
"What should I do?" Chen Chen said, turning his head to the side.
Perhaps because he was too frightened, he held his knees and vomited.
He had vomited once before, and this time his stomach was empty. After vomiting some transparent gastric acid, there was a trace of red mark on the corner of his mouth.
Bai Qiuye was startled by his appearance and took out a piece of persimmon and gave it to him: "You eat something first."
When Chen Chen saw the orange-red persimmons, he vomited again for some reason.
This time, the blood stains remaining on the corners of his mouth were more obvious.
Bai Qiuye's sharp eyes discovered that it didn't seem to be just blood, because it looked like a solid strip.
She gestured: "Here -"
Chen Chen raised his hand and wiped it, and his movements suddenly froze.
Then, he actually pinched the red strip with two fingers.
Only then did Bai Qiuye realize that they were long strips of paper stained red by blood.
"What is this?!" Chen Chen was shocked and wanted to take off the paper and throw it away.
However, every time he pulled out a little bit, more paper wadding would extend from his mouth.
Bai Qiuye suddenly felt like he was pulling a red sausage that could never be broken.
She realized something and quickly stopped: "Stop!"
This is not paper wadding, it is clearly his own intestines!
Chen Chen had a painful look on his face. He pulled the piece of paper around his mouth while covering his abdomen and said, "My stomach hurts so much!"
As he spoke, he pulled out some more paper, fell limply to the ground, and began to vomit wildly.
Soon he vomited out many red clots, which looked like balls of paper wet with blood.
Bai Qiuye's face changed drastically.
Could this be internal organs?
Others also realized this, and Liu He quickly twisted Chen Chen's arm behind his back.
Chen Chen kept coughing while struggling, almost coughing out his lungs.
At this time, Bai Qiuye heard his own voice coming from the other side.
("You really don't need my help?")
The music suddenly stopped, and the stream became extremely quiet. I saw people on the opposite side squatting in a row in front of the stream, reaching into the water, as if they were washing something.
One side is today twenty years later, and the other side is the wedding night twenty years ago.
Two groups of people came here for the same purpose.
This sense of horror of being out of control instantly swept through the brains of Bai Qiuye and others.
Bai Qiuye was very anxious, and the other party seemed to be acting according to their previous conversation.
After a while, she reached the point where she noticed something strange on the other side.
She lowered her voice and said: "Hurry up, they are coming soon."
"Get out of the way first." Mojie pointed to the slope on their side, "Let's turn back."
He covered Du Youfu's bones with a quilt and hid them under a big rock by the stream. Together with Liu He, he led Chen Chen over the slope and hid in the bushes below.
Bai Qiuye hid with them, lying on the ground with only half of his head exposed, observing the situation on the other side of the stream.
The conversation on the other side is still going on.
("Let's talk.")
("Look over there.")
It was already time for her to notice a figure on the other side of the stream.
They saw the shadow at that time, but the "people" opposite could not see them who had already hidden themselves. Bai Qiuye didn't know what would happen next.
The upper half of the bodies of the four shadows moved, as if they had suddenly detected something, and their heads all turned towards them.
Immediately afterwards, the four shadows slowly stood up, as if something was lifting their spines, first arching their waists, and then straightening them little by little.
The four shadows took a few steps forward. After entering the water, their movements became rickety again, like half-melted clay figures.
One of the shadows suddenly raised his head and looked behind the slope.
She lowered her head suddenly and her shoulders trembled a few times.
Suddenly she realized that the red shroud she saw in the well was not actually a shroud. It was exactly the same as the one worn by this ghost.
Bai Qiuye reached out to untie the rope tied to his calf, took off one of the hatchets, and held it tightly in his hand.
Mo Jie and Liu He had no time to pay attention to Bai Qiuye's movements.
One was observing the movement of the shadow, and the other was covering Chen Chen's mouth tightly to prevent him from making any noise.
Wow——
The thing on the other side is dripping water.
The footsteps quickly approached them, and were still approaching the slope.
The four of them held their breath and concentrated, leaning against the slope with their backs tightly, trying their best to block their bodies with the bushes, and heard the shuffling sound getting closer and closer in their ears.
Suddenly, the sparse sounds stopped.
A drop of water fell on Bai Qiuye's toes, bringing a moist smell.
She raised her head and found a body sticking out above her head, looking down.
Only by lying face down on the slope can you stick your head out in this position.
But, would any normal person assume such a pose in such a place?
Bai Qiuye tensed her calves and slowly moved her toes into the bush little by little, fearing that she would make any noise and alert the people on the top of the slope.
"Discovered something."
An emotionless voice came, and Bai Qiuye recognized that it was her voice, but it was very unfamiliar.
"No, let's go."
The thing above their heads replied, and its body slowly shrank back.
Bai Qiuye lowered his hanging heart and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the bushes nearby suddenly trembled.
Bai Qiuye cursed secretly and turned around, only to see Chen Chen struggling desperately. There was blood overflowing from Liu He's five fingers, and he was covering his mouth tightly.
The blood belonged to Chen Chen. His eyes had turned white and his face had turned the color of pig liver. He looked like he was going to die soon.
Liu He directly stuffed Chen Chen's mouth with his clothes, but Chen Chen's lungs were like broken bellows, and he could always hear the faint sound of breathing.
"I heard a voice."
"I heard it too."
"Look for it quickly."
"Where."
The body that had withdrawn leaned back again, seeming to notice the movement in the bushes, and stretched its upper body in their direction, reaching an incredible length.
Bai Qiuye suddenly raised his hand, and the branch was lightly rubbed, almost making a sound.
To be continued...