Returning from the abyss

Chapter 22 Farewell
"There is no need to kill the double ghost, there is one person who can survive... Only you and I know about this." Yin Lian looked at Yujing leisurely, her tone was gentle, but it made Lu Ning feel her head hurt even more.

"I've been hiding it for you until now because there is no room for more trust crises. You didn't even want to hide it from me, you just wanted me to help you with this, right?"

"...I want to survive, I thought you could understand." Lu Ning showed a pleading look.

"Living is not an excuse to deprive others of their lives. If I had known earlier, I would have stopped you." Yin Lian turned around and stared into Lu Ning's eyes.

"But it is because of my risky move that I have the possibility to live! I am gambling on the five-day ghost transformation rule! And surviving is the reward for my gambling—"

"You survived because of Joseph's pen." Yin Lian interrupted Lu Ning.

"You knew already?"

"I don't want to say it because it's nonsense to others. The body you found in the basement belongs to Tang Yuexin, right?"

Lu Ning took two steps back.

"It's all a guess, it seems that I guessed it right." Yin Lian shook her head, "Then the situation of the three ghosts is generally clear. The invisible ghost is A Lin, or any important ghost servant, and the mirror ghost is Tang Yuexin. The substitute ghost is a complex composed of Mensar devouring Tang Yuanzhen and the souls of many innocent people."

"I didn't know this until later." Lu Ning calmed down.

"Of course, these were all information that we had no access to at the time. But before Shi Song died the next day, you found clues from the diary and judged the rule of turning into a ghost in five days... right? "

"Really not." Lu Ning laughed, "Sister Yin Lian, this may be the only place where I walk ahead of you. The five-day rule is just my guess."

"Guess what?"

"Ah... When I saw the killing rules on the first day, I thought about this problem... How can I design it so that everyone can die?"

Yin Lian frowned.

"Nine quotas, or split equally in the last three days, or split three to six in the last two days, I can find a way to let ghosts kill everyone, I chose the latter one, after all, it seems more reasonable A little. After all, I'm used to thinking about the worst possibility."

"So that's the case, so this is..."

"That's why I want to kill a man before the ghost."

Lu Ning's tone changed.

"If it's not a ghost, but a human, wouldn't it be possible to transform into a ghost? This is only a half-to-half possibility, but since there is half the chance, why not try it? After all, it is impossible to become a ghost. Worse isn't it?"

"...You are not a happy person." Yin Lian said with emotion.

Lu Ning was stunned for a moment, she didn't know why she brought this up, but she immediately said: "No, what I said that day was true, I don't need to lie about that kind of thing..."

"I didn't say you lied, Lu Ning." Yin Lian waved her hand, motioning for herself to speak, "Your way of thinking, your calmness towards the dead, and your current indifference to killing people all show that you were originally Not as happy as I remember. Maybe you didn't lie, but you also said that your memory has many gaps..."

"I……"

"Ah, I have been a little confused for a long time. But the environment is not the only factor that determines a person, Lu Ning, you must at least find out who you are first."

Lu Ning was silent.

"In any case, the person you killed is already dead. I have no right to ask you to pay for your life, but I don't think people should die in vain."

"...I have no choice, it was a split-second decision." Lu Ning felt all the strength in her body disappear, "He is a traitor, I must stop the 'ghost' from killing people, since such a good opportunity has appeared ..."

"A traitor? What happened that night? When you went to get the medicine, you already got the sleeping pills. What happened afterwards?"

Lu Ning pressed her head, smiled lightly, and said, "I did have a fever that night, and my only thought was to strike first when the ghosts attacked, and to find out the details of the ghosts, so I put some sleeping pills in the meal ...But I still feel that I didn't think right, I was a little hesitant after everyone fell asleep, and I just squatted in a dark place after getting out of the chair, and it was difficult to make a decision."

"Oh?"

"But that person didn't fall asleep... that upstart. Even the shift changers fell asleep without knowing it, but he secretly took out his mobile phone and began to take pictures of the people around the candle who could see their faces clearly. At that time, the flames turned blue."

At that time, Lu Ning was in a daze, but subconsciously felt that something was wrong, so she approached the nouveau riche secretly from behind, and happened to see the camera mode on the mobile phone, and the sleeping person in the firelight made something that was not in reality in the camera. action.

Then, as if repeating the action countless times, Lu Ning quickly stretched out her hand to hold the camera of the mobile phone, and with the other hand, she squeezed the utility knife she had prepared earlier, and pressed it against the nouveau riche's neck fiercely. rowed down.

The killing conditions were destroyed, and the mirror ghost couldn't kill, but Lu Ning couldn't judge the ghost's killing method from this thing at the time, thinking that the ghost was in the mobile phone, and secretly destroyed the nouveau riche's mobile phone and ran away Back to his seat.She still had blood on her body, and she couldn't tell if it was stained with a new one, but she had to cover it with Yin Lian's suit, so the fresh blood would naturally get on it, and only Yin Lian who changed her clothes later knew about it.

"As a result, the next morning, the mirror ghost came to my room and squatted down. Sister Yin Lian, you were killed by me." Lu Ning finished the story in one breath, with unstoppable regret on her face.

It's easy to talk to others, but facing Yin Lian... She doesn't know how to tell such a thing to herself.

"Then, just save one person."

After a while of silence, Yin Lian said.

Lu Ning froze for a moment.

"Besides yourself, save another person. Not only do you want to keep yourself alive, but you also try to help others survive." There was no resentment on Yin Lian's face, but a smile.

"can you forgive me?"

"No matter what the reason is, it is still wrong to take someone's life. You are like this, and so is your trial of Xiao Deng. Right or wrong is your own judgment. So it's not that I forgive you, but whether you are willing or not. Be willing to forgive yourself."

"Uh……"

"Should they die? Yes, because it will cause more casualties, but this judgment is only made by you and me based on our own interests, and my death is just an accident. Lu Ning, since you think it is a mistake, go make it up -"

In the middle of speaking, Yin Lian's face suddenly changed, and her body slowly knelt down on the ground.

Lu Ning rushed over in a panic and supported Yin Lian.

Both of them knew that the time for the blood of the bird was coming.

"Why so fast? It's... less than an hour..."

"Resurrection... It's a very luxurious thing... It's amazing that I can experience it once..." Yin Lian turned her head and looked at the rain scene outside the window.

It might be false, but it was the last natural sight she could see.

"If so, if this game continues..." Yin Lian raised her hand with difficulty and landed on Lu Ning's head, but she was unable to move anymore.

"Continue?" Lu Ning paused slightly.

"... Forget what I said first, try to live hard, and stick to your original ideas, Lu Ning."

Having said that, Yin Lian's voice became softer, and Lu Ning leaned closer to Yin Lian's mouth to hear her last few words.

"We may even come from different worlds, so I am very lucky to know you."

The arm hangs down.

As Tang Yuanzhen finally concluded in his diary.

【The resurrection like a dream come true, after all, it left behind a happy empty dream, and after waking up from the dream, what remains in my heart is just the fact that the deceased is dead. 】

The people in the hall, seeing that only Lu Ning came back, probably guessed what happened.

"It's all over?" Ling Yan asked.

Lu Ning walked down slowly and nodded.Yin Lian's body was left on that balcony. If she liked the outside scenery, that would be the most suitable place.

"Tell everyone a message."

Lu Ning pulled away the chair at the head of the long table, sat down, crossed her hands, and placed them on the table.

At this time, Uncle Xing and Yu Zhisong had also returned to the hall, except for the doctor, nine people gathered together.

"We now have a quota of guaranteed survivors, but we can do more." Lu Ning slowly took out things from her body one by one and arranged them on the table.

The face of nothingness, the message in the bottle, the sacrificial dagger, Joseph's pen.

After her move, the others also took out their belongings.

Yu Zhisong's Spiritual Recruitment Catalog and Qingzheng Pill.

The gossip wooden sword in Hong Zehao's hand.

The red quicksand in Uncle Xing's hand.

The memory of pain in Ling Yan's hands.

In addition, they also have the past camera on the second floor, the golden image of prayer that has been branded on the body but has not played a few times so far, and the decayed hand that has not had much effect.

"We don't have the ability to resist at all, especially now." Lu Ning put the message in the bottle aside, "First, we need to verify whether the double ghost is really a doctor, and then find a chance to finish him with a sacrificial dagger. Black The environment is not conducive to mirror ghosts committing crimes, and collective actions need to carry something with combat effectiveness, except for the users of the eight trigrams wooden sword, all members take Qingzheng Dan."

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"Uncle Xing's red quicksand is not suitable for use in a wide space. We chose the corridor on the first floor and divided the isolation zone there. The purpose is to force ghosts to detour when chasing, not to protect themselves. Because the number of quicksand is limited, please ask Uncle Hong and Uncle Xing carefully study where to draw."

Hong Zehao and Uncle Xing nodded.

"The appearance of nothing can avoid ghosts, but if you get too close, you will be discovered. We need someone to keep an eye on ghosts' movements at all times, and find a way to notify everyone..."

"The two of us." The lover's voice was hoarse, and the woman beside him nodded.

"Leave the memory of pain to Sister Ling Yan. Use it when necessary, and it can slightly stop the ghosts from chasing."

Ling Yan said there is no problem.

"Finally, Yu Zhisong, if we can survive the first four hours tomorrow, you can immediately use the list of spirits, and we will go upstairs to find the spell and give it to you."

Yu Zhisong was taken aback for a moment, then patted the table: "No problem!"

"The last...is also our trump card." Lu Ning raised Joseph's pen.

(End of this chapter)