Chapter 34 Thirteen Steps

I have seen many corpses, and I have also seen forensic doctors dissect corpses, but they were all performed with certain protective measures, such as wearing sterile gloves and isolation gowns.

As for carrying a corpse around with bare hands, I don’t think anyone who specializes in funeral work can do it.

"Do I have to carry it?"

"If you feel uncomfortable, you can hold it in your arms, but remember not to let the body touch the ground under your feet. It has been eroded by the Yuanchen Shensha for too long, and other changes can easily occur."

In case the other changes mentioned by the director gave me an ominous premonition, I blinked my dry eyes and said, "Then it would be safer for me to carry it on my back."

It's better to have someone to guide me than to wander around like a headless fly. I decided to do what Director Wan said.

Yingzi and Hideki were hiding far away, not daring to get close. This shows that the Yuan Chen soul-suspending charm posted on the window is not as bad as what the director said.

I took a deep breath to adjust my mentality. No matter what I saw after entering, I would not be afraid and would not give up until I achieved my goal.

Tear off the talisman seal on the window and turn it into the bungalow.

The smaller room outside is where workers rest, and there is nothing unusual about it.

But there was only one door between them, but the room inside was covered with seals, and there was a sign next to it that no one should enter.

"The talisman has been torn off, and now I can't turn back." Walking into the back room, a strong odor poured into the nose. It has not dissipated in five years. On the contrary, because of the airtight environment, it fermented into an even worse smell.

Frowning, holding my breath and concentrating, I thought back to what Chief Wan said: "Only by insisting on going your own way and facing adversity can you find a glimmer of hope in the midst of nine deaths!"

"Fight!"

I tore off the talisman paper on the door, pushed open the wooden door that isolated the inner room, and the hell scene that had been sealed in dust for five years reappeared in front of me.

The fire burned, gasoline was poured on the bodies, and resentment gathered, covering the roof like a dark cloud.

My body was shaking and my teeth were chattering. Everything in front of me was too real and cruel. I still felt very uncomfortable after having seen so many murder scenes.

My fingers were cramping and I didn't know what to do.

When I touched the first piece of char shaped like a human body, I felt as if I had entered another dirty world.

The reasoning is correct, but the action is extremely difficult.

"Can't give up, can't be afraid! Find him! Find him!" My human emotions were tortured, and I tried my best to stay awake with my last sanity, letting myself search around the house like a machine.

I don’t know what Guo Junjie looks like, and the school doesn’t have any remaining images of him, but I have a crucial clue.

A piece of skin as big as a palm was peeled off from his chest and heart!

I needed to find a body with no skin attached to the left rib cage, and in the meantime, I needed to find a body that didn't show fear, let alone waver.

The lines of time were stretched infinitely, and my mind fell into chaos. I could no longer tell whether I was alive or dead. I just kept repeating the movements on my hands, and obsession sprouted in my heart like a demon seed.

"find him!"

His hands were black, and he didn't know which body he was opening, let alone how much time he spent on it.

When I came to the corner, a thin and well-preserved corpse came into view, as if it was destined to be dead.

I dragged the body out, its face was burned and nothing could be seen. But his eyes moved down and stopped on his chest. On one side was the charred flesh sticking to the bones, while on the other side it was empty, not even his heart was missing.

"found it!"

The moment I carried him on my back, the whole house shook, and resentment was boiling, as if something was about to wake up.

The talismans on the wall moved automatically without any wind, and some of the talismans actually lit up with a faint red light.

The window crackled, but I didn't care so much. After making sure that the body would not touch the ground, I took a big step and carried the body on my back!

Stepping out of the burning trench, all the glass in the bungalow behind him exploded, and the talisman turned into ashes, as if it had expired.

"The place where you can see the clear light is the place where the moonlight shines. Quick! Go to the top of the teaching building!"

I ran as fast as I could, now life and death were a matter of seconds.

The Yuanchen Shensha transformed by Guo Junjie will soon notice it. By then, Yingzi and I will have no chance of winning.

Black smoke billowed in the burning trench, and resentment condensed into various shapes.

Xiumu's exclamations came to my ears, but I didn't dare to look back, and went straight to the teaching building without looking or saying a word.

"Bang!" There was a loud noise from behind, black smoke rose from the bungalow, and the Yuan Chen Shensha transformed by Guo Junjie escaped from the trap.

"It's over." Xiumu's face turned pale: "Now I'm going to lose my soul."

"There is still a chance! The corpse is his only weakness!" I gritted my teeth and finally ran into the teaching building and climbed up the broken and cracked stairs.

The wind was howling behind me, like a wolf dog chasing me, and the corpse on my back was getting heavier and heavier. My legs were shaking and I was feeling dizzy. The feeling of being trapped in a water tank seemed to be coming back.

"Hold on!" I bit the tip of my tongue hard, blood dripping all over my lips. The pain kept me awake at the last moment.

First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor!

There is only one flight of stairs from the fourth floor to the top. These last twelve steps will become a life and death race for me and the ghost.

One step, two steps, it was difficult to take a step forward as if the legs were filled with lead water. When he turned around to look, his lingering resentment condensed into a ferocious evil ghost lying on the ground with all fours on the ground, chasing after him quickly.

"Only ten steps left..." The blood from the corner of my mouth flowed to my chin, and I struggled to lift my legs.

Hideki's out-of-tune voice rang in his ears, and his body was torn into pieces by evil spirits and scattered like snowflakes.

One step, two steps, three steps...

The evil spirit roared, and a small figure stood in front of him. Sakura screamed, her face was as white as paper, leaving only a pair of black eyes.

Astonishing resentment emerged from her young body, as if a bloody butterfly flew out of a broken cocoon.

The evil ghost's footsteps were blocked by Shengsheng, and the two fell into a stalemate.

I didn't know what was happening behind me at this time, I just felt like I was carrying a big mountain on my back.

Lifting the leg, then lowering it, the steps became heavy and slow.

Four steps, five steps...eight steps, nine steps!

There is only one level left of the twelve steps, and Sakurako and the evil spirit are still fighting.

"Okay, I can do it."

I stepped on the twelfth step. I used all my strength and was about to step forward, but when I looked down, there was a thirteenth step under my feet!

"Impossible, I can count them clearly. I have already walked through twelve steps, why is there one more step?!"

Stopping in place, there seemed to be countless arms grabbing me at my feet, and beads of sweat dripped on my forehead. I stared at the extra staircase, wondering whether I should take the last step.

The sound of collisions downstairs gradually weakened, and Sakura was shot away like a rag doll. Nothing could stop the evil ghost anymore.

The resentment changed, the black smoke dissipated, and the ferocious evil spirit transformed into a thin boy.

His face was blurry, just like his experience in this school, no one would take him to heart, no one could remember his appearance.

Just one step away...

"You are the ones who killed me, you are the ones who forced me to death, and you should pay the price." The boy kept repeating similar words, his resentment getting worse, and the body on his back seemed to be alive, and he strangled him fiercely. Hold my neck.

"It's their fault that they bullied you, but you were the only one responsible for the killing. I'm curious, how much resentment do you have, and you still refuse to stop after killing so many people?" I knew I was going to die, so I stopped struggling.

"You all deserve to die! You deserve it! It's all your fault! It's all your fault!" The boy approached step by step, and the darkness completely covered my eyes.

He walked past me, but instead of killing me immediately, he stepped onto the thirteenth step.

At that moment, the road to the roof was blocked, and a dark cave appeared that seemed to be hanging in mid-air.

Looking inside, one can see the pale souls in school uniforms crying, they will be imprisoned here forever.

"It turns out that you can really see another world when you step on the thirteenth step." This was the only thought in my mind. Breathing became difficult, and I felt like I was leaning towards the hole.

When half of the body was about to enter, a clear and familiar voice suddenly sounded in the distance: "Gao Jian!"

"Who's calling me?"

When I opened my eyes in a daze, I could only see a red dress blooming like fire at the end of the night.