Monster Escape Room Re-Employment Chapter 36
bydead silence (3)
Jiang Lingyi gently moved Lou Xian to the sofa, went to the balcony and smoked a few cigarettes, filling his nose with a strong and pungent smell, and then exhaled in a long breath, floating under the clear sky.
My stomach that was constantly cramping finally calmed down, and my hands and feet stopped shaking.
Since the demon employees cannot leave the formation for a long time or leave too far away, they can only go from home.
Although it is only a short twenty-minute journey, in Jiang Lingyi’s opinion, it is difficult to reach the sky and one needs to be cautious.
Now, any of his actions could lead to death.
Not only will it cause you pain, it will also waste energy that everyone depends on for survival.
He first called Pang Mei’s head teacher and said that there was an emergency at home and he needed to take a temporary leave to go home.
It is safest to let Pang Mei take Lou Xian to the secret room first and then go there himself.And he still had something to ask Pang Mei.
While waiting for Pang Mei to come back, Jiang Lingyi forced herself to finish breakfast to replenish her strength.
Even when eating, he chewed carefully before swallowing to avoid the possibility of choking to death.
It’s like suffering from some kind of persecutory delusion…
After taking the last sip of the cold soy milk, there was the sound of the door lock turning roughly. Pang Mei rushed in immediately and saw Lou Xian on the sofa as if he had died of sleep and Jiang Lingyi sitting on the ground.
“What happened?!”
By the way, he has been living on campus, and he still doesn’t know what happened in the past few days…
Jiang Lingyi told him the whole story, including showing him the black lines on his waist, and finally briefly stated his thoughts and plans.
Pangmei changed from his previous careless look, his brows tightened, and his expression was extremely serious.
“First of all, I must commend you for not acting rashly. You were absolutely right.”
He pointed to the ominous lines.
“In addition to possession, this pattern itself is a kind of death curse. Even if Luo Su is not on your body, it will automatically bring death to you. If you had just taken Lou Xian out in a taxi, you would have died in a car accident by now.”
To put it simply, it is similar to the effect in the movie “The God of Death”.
Jiang Lingyi had only been against the Jiang family in her life, but she never expected that one day she would become an enemy of the “world”.
“Let me make it clear first, I have no way to get rid of it, but the imperial law and the evil law are in conflict, which can slightly suppress its effect, so that you will not have to choke your teeth after drinking cold water.”
Pang Mei unfolded a golden magic circle with small thunder and lightning, and made gestures in front of Jiang Lingyi.
“Okay, but you still have to be extremely careful when you go out.”
“Thank you very much.”
“…Do you know what Lou Xian’s situation is now?”
“Although I’m not 100% sure… this is probably a call from heaven.”
“What’s that?”
It was a long story. Pang Mei explained a lot to Jiang Lingyi, and finally he converted it into something he could understand.
In short, the principles of heaven are similar to the “way of heaven” in fairy tales. The evil spirits and the righteous gods are both its components, and each represents the different nature of all things in the world.
When the part of the nature represented by the building string is missing, the way of heaven will lose its balance and produce turmoil.
Therefore, his exile cannot be permanent, and he will have to return to another world sooner or later.
His instinct will create an attraction between him and Tianli, but across the barrier between the two worlds, he cannot return, and he will only fall into pain when he is awake, so it is better to resist with a deeper sleep.
The summons comes one after another, and when this time passes, he will wake up on his own.
Jiang Lingyi asked: “Then why weren’t you summoned?”
“Are you looking for trouble?” Pang Mei rolled her eyes at him unwillingly, “…because my level is not that high.”
“Having said that, it will take at least hundreds of years for this turmoil to appear. It hasn’t been long since Lou Xian was exiled. Isn’t it too fast?” Pang Mei touched his chin in thought, “I don’t rule out whether Luo Su did something there to accelerate the process of getting out of control.”
“You don’t care about this guy who is willing to go all over the world for personal vendetta?”
“…” Pang Mei was speechless again.
If he were still in the original world, he would definitely have ignored the orders of his superiors and gone to capture Luo Su first.
“So, is there any way to block this kind of summoning? It’s not a problem to fall asleep all of a sudden.”
“Shield…that’s an interesting statement.” Pang Mei thought thoughtfully, and then said very simply –
“No.”
What on earth is this guy here for? I don’t know.
“But I don’t know much about evil things in the first place. Maybe other demons can do something about it? There is strength in numbers.”
“Then according to the agreed plan, you take Lou Xian to the store, and I will go there by myself.”
Jiang Lingyi looked out the window at the dazzling sunny sky, but his mood was opposite, full of gloom.
“I will wait until late at night before setting off to avoid disturbing passers-by.”
“You may die a few times…and it would be too bad to see the dead resurrected in broad daylight.”
Pang Mei was silent for a long time. Jiang Lingyi thought that he had been poked in some painful spot again. He turned his eyes to the sky and found that he was looking at him like a monster.
“…Aren’t you afraid?”
he asked softly.
“How can you be so calm in the face of inevitable death? That’s your life?”
“If you had never died, I could still regard it as a reckless disregard for life…”
“But you have obviously experienced that kind of pain, haven’t you?”
Pang Mei couldn’t tell whether he was fearless in the face of danger or just an ordinary man’s bravery.
“…of course I’m scared.”
How could you not be afraid?
Just thinking about that encounter made Jiang Lingyi tremble uncontrollably.
However, being afraid is useless.
He remembered that when he left the Jiang family, Lou Xian told him that he would be happy soon.
In this case, how could he fall on the eve of dawn?
“Just think of it as an advance practice for becoming a snake’s belly in the future…”
If all this was to be with Lou Xian forever, then he could endure it.
“Snake?!” Pang Mei shouted, “I don’t allow it!! I don’t allow him to perform human sacrifices here! And you! Are you tired of living? Are you sick?”
Jiang Lingyi felt Pang Mei’s clumsy concern from the yelling.
“I know you mean well…but your Thunder Prison Law can’t control me, the Earthlings.”
“…………”
“Hey, forget it, you are still young and don’t understand the love between us adults.”
“What kind of love is this? It’s too scary.” Pang Mei complained, “And how many times have I told you, I’m not a child!”
“One day, when you have an important person who is willing to sacrifice everything for him, you will understand my thoughts.”
“…” Pang Mei rarely spoke back.
“Okay, without further ado, take Lou Xian and leave quickly.”
Pang Mei nodded and picked up the building string. The young man’s body seemed a little laborious.
Jiang Lingyi watched him close the door and leave, and the living room was enveloped in death-like silence again.
There was still a long time before the long night, but he had nothing to prepare, so he gently wiped his glasses and looked around the apartment.
In just over a month, this place has transformed from a house into a place worthy of being called home.
Ironically, the safest thing he could think of right now was to use his phone, so he made a few calls to clients and handled a few work messages.
Seeing the sharing links for takeaway coupons going through the leaderless group of colleagues, he leaned on the sofa, covered his eyes and laughed.
If I hadn’t met Lou Xian…if I hadn’t gone on that weird date in the secret room…
He must still be living a peaceful, boring and lonely life, and may never be able to get out of that sycamore driveway for the rest of his life.
He wanted to welcome happiness with Lou Xian.
Making up his mind, he lay down on his side and took a sleeping pill, planning to continue sleeping and accumulate energy for the late night action.
…
When he woke up, it was already dark outside the window. When he looked at his phone, it was 07:17, which was almost enough.
After changing his clothes and putting on his glasses, he took a deep breath and opened the apartment door.
The first death was when he was bitten to death by a wild dog who didn’t know where he came from.
When he went out, he carefully chose the stairs instead of the elevator. There were too many ways to die in an accident in the elevator. His home was on the fifth floor, so taking the stairs was not very time-consuming.
The voice-activated light was probably broken. He stamped his foot several times, but no light came on. So he could only turn on the flashlight on his mobile phone and groped down while holding on to the wall. He made sure every step was firm before taking off. His speed was slower than that of an 80-year-old man with bad legs and feet, as if the stairs were covered with invisible landmines.
Fourth floor, third floor, second floor…
No one showed up, and there was no mess piled up in the corridor. So far, everything was going well.
According to this rhythm, first go outside the apartment…
At this moment, a wet pattering sound floated from the base of the wall.
Jiang Lingyi froze and looked down with his phone.
Before he could see clearly what it was, he saw a fast and blurry black figure rushing towards him. They met on a narrow path on the stairs. There was nowhere to escape and he could not return upstairs. He subconsciously raised his arms to block and rushed forward.
The smelly hot wind blew in my face, and there was a sharp pain in my left arm. The sharp teeth tore through my shirt and jacket easily, and penetrated deeply into my flesh. The feeling of a foreign body instantly awakened the fear of being torn apart by wild beasts deep in my heart.
Jiang Lingyi screamed and threw his arms, trying to get free, but the dog bit him tightly, and his whole body hung on his hand. Due to the force of the swing, a large piece of flesh was torn off, and the bone was visible, and blood spurted out.
He hit the side of the dog’s head and eyes hard with his right fist, once, twice, and the fist hit the hard skull. The shock caused pain to his hand bones, but the beast seemed not to feel the pain.
This time, it didn’t pounce on the arm, but directly aimed at Jiang Lingyi’s defenseless neck, opening its bloody mouth——
“Crack!”
He heard his cervical vertebrae being bitten by sharp teeth.
There was also the trickle of blood running down the steps.
The trachea was bitten off, and there were gurgling blood bubbles.
Then the right arm, left thigh, abdomen, and chest.
Eat with great pleasure.
This was the last sound Jiang Lingyi heard.