Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 239 The Burned Past ([-]): Dolls
A happy smile appeared on the girl's limp face.

She obviously couldn't control the muscles on her face very well, so that smile looked very naive.

After "reaching an agreement" with Chen Yan, she finally picked up the sliced ​​bread, looked at Chen Yan's face, and ate it cautiously.

Chen Yan was very helpless about this, he thought to himself, I'm not that scary, am I?Why are you so afraid of me?
He was depressed when he suddenly heard the sound of the radio in the corridor.

Although most of the passengers on board were from Tenshen Prefecture, the announcer still used the imperial language.

Chen Yan's imperial language is not good, so he can only make out the general idea.

It seems that a murder occurred in a certain cabin last night, and the captain expressed his determination to investigate the matter to the end.

He also reminded the passengers to be careful at night, lock the cabin door, and not to go out at night.

He recalled the vague memory of last night's dream in his mind, and subconsciously looked at the girl's face.

Her haggard face lacked the dreaded pixelation of the dream.

Chen Yan looked at the girl.

The girl looked back blankly.

With her stupid appearance...how could she kill someone?

Although Chen Yan thought so in his heart, recalling the vague dream last night, he still couldn't help but feel lingering fear.

He looked into her eyes and said to her slowly:

"I can take you with me, but you must be obedient and don't do anything dangerous."

The girl was stunned for a moment, then smiled like a flower on her face, and at the same time nodded with excitement.

Looking at her smiling face, Chen Yan's heart sank to the bottom.

He only hoped that she was really stupid and really didn't understand what he said.

In the next few days, Chen Yan never experienced such a horrible dream again.

No one on board was killed in the night.

It was also in the next period of time - for about a week, the girl basically didn't recover much, and her mind was still not so bright.

Her favorite thing is to sit by the porthole and stare blankly at Chen Yan, as if there is something wrong with Chen Yan's face.

Chen Yan was not used to it at first, and told her not to watch it anymore, but every time she told her this, she would show aggrieved and wanted to cry, Chen Yan couldn't bear it, so she Let her watch as she pleases.

What Chen Yan didn't expect was that a week later, the girl's physical condition began to deteriorate for no reason.

Her body became weaker day by day, a lot of hair began to fall off, and her thin body became light and fluffy.

Chen Yan was at a loss, he could only ensure that she was eating well, but even though she was guaranteed a sufficient supply of meat, egg and milk every day, she did not see any improvement in her health after eating those things.

Until a moonless night, the sea was very stormy, the cabin was swaying, and the lights of the chandelier in the corridor outside the cabin flickered around, as if they were constantly on and off.

The girl completely lost the ability to move, and she just lay on her back on the bed. There was no flesh on her body, and it was all bones at first glance.

Her already thin face was facing the ceiling, her eyes were empty, like a dead body.

Can a person really be so thin?

Or……

She is not human.

Chen Yan sat by the bed, his thoughts were chaotic.

"I don't know who you are..."

He whispered to her, he knew that not only she couldn't hear, but also couldn't understand, but he still spoke out the guess that he had been thinking for a long time.

"I only know that you killed the person who died a few days ago."

"I also know that you must have known me before... Where did you know me? I never have any memory about you... Could it be that you know me, the future me?"

There is no moon tonight, and Chen Yan has not lit a lamp. The only light source in the cabin is the scattered light from the umbrella-shaped ceiling lamp on the corridor outside the cabin that shines into the cabin through a small window.

"You...you're not human, are you? If you were human, it's impossible not to have a little metabolism if you eat so many carbohydrates."

Chen Yan's eyes were calm.

"The only time when you are the most energetic is the day after the night of the murder... Can you obtain life force through that way?"

"But... people's energy comes from protein, fat, and carbohydrates. The meat, eggs, and milk I bought for you are protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Why can't you get better after eating meat, eggs, and milk? You can get better if you eat people." Woolen cloth?"

"What the hell did you eat that night?"

The girl rolled her eyes slightly, focusing on him.

She is too thin, and her eyeballs look very big. Under the dim diffused light, those eyeballs look white and bright, without a trace of redness. It looks like...

Like it's fake.

Her whole body is like...

A word popped out of Chen Yan's head, which made him panic and astonished.

【Doll】.

The skinny girl is like some kind of advanced simulation doll!

But how can dolls express the emotions that only humans have? !

Could it be... is she a puppet with a [soul]? !

Chen Yan wiped his face vigorously.

What the hell is my mother thinking...

He stopped the strange thoughts from popping up in his head.

With his head empty, he became more sensitive to the surrounding environment, and Chen Yan heard very slight footsteps—as if the footsteps were deliberately lowered.

The sound of footsteps was dense, echoing in the empty corridor—as if many people were approaching the cabin where Chen Yan was.

When Chen Yan turned his head to look at the hatch, those footsteps had already stopped at his hatch.

"Mr. Chen."

There were muffled knocks and inquiries outside the door.

Chen Yan cautiously came to the cabin door, looked at the locked door from the inside, and replied in a low voice in Imperial language: "I've already rested."

There was no response from outside the door.

Chen Yan suddenly realized that something was wrong, but it was too late—following the crisp sound of the door lock being unlocked, the other party opened the hatch that was locked from the inside from the outside!

damn it!They must have a spare key to the cabin!
Chen Yan took a step back, the hatch had been violently pushed open from the outside.

Several strong men in sailor suits rushed in, and several double-barreled muskets aimed at Chen Yan.

Then, a tall man walked in.

The man looked to be in his fifties, with silver hair and a cane inlaid with gemstones of an invisible color.

His eyes fell on the girl, as if he was looking at the love of his life.

He came to the bed, put the cane in his waist, carefully picked up the girl with both hands, then turned around, ready to leave.

Chen Yan looked at the girl's eyes drooping out of the man's arms, gritted her teeth and said, "I know, it's because of my request that you stopped killing people and couldn't recover your body, that's why you turned into this weak appearance. .”

The man froze for a moment, hugged the girl's head in his arms, and covered her ears.

Chen Yan's eyes are bloodshot:

"I know you still have strength... Your strength has nothing to do with the state of your body!"

"Then, resist!"

(End of this chapter)