bookbashuk Chapter 7: Two Ghosts Fight, Deliveryman Benefits
Chapter 7: Two Ghosts Fight, Deliveryman Benefits
An extremely awkward atmosphere filled the air. This violent way of clearing the way was so wild that when Lu Dan poked half his body out from the dust storm, he was face to face with the woman in red. The scene froze as if the internet had crashed.
The female ghost was still holding the red high heel in her hand, her pale face filled with confusion—have deliverymen expanded their business scope to include violent demolitions these days?
"Excuse me, if you don't mind, could I please let you pass?"
Lu Dan forced a fake smile that looked worse than crying, his face covered in dust and dirt. At the same time, his body betrayed him by shrinking to the side and pressing himself tightly against the leg of the offering table.
His dodge was not only to avoid the female ghost's gaze, but also to make way for the center position.
A beast-like roar came from the hole in the wall behind them.
Completely possessed by the ghost fetus, Chen Feng was like a lump of rotten flesh forcibly stuffed into a washing machine, squeezing out of the half-meter-wide hole with flying brick fragments and cement slag.
The mutated left leg swelled up like an elephant's leg, the skin stretched to its limit, and a human face with only one eye twisted wildly at the knee, greedily staring at the shoe in the female ghost's hand.
"Give me the shoes!" Chen Feng, or rather the thing that had taken over his body, spoke in a high-pitched and eerie voice, with a strong tea-like smell.
Lu Dan suddenly had a sudden realization.
The original script was about finding a missing roommate, but now it seems that this is not a missing person at all, but a bloody battle for fashion items.
The one possessing the fake Chen Feng was not the red-clad female ghost in front of them, but Mengmeng, who had stolen the shoes to investigate the ghost.
The plot is so melodramatic that it's almost touching.
"Get acting! Don't just stand there!"
Lu Dan growled at Lin Xiaoxiao and Master Zhang, who were still standing there in a daze by the hole in the wall. He then instantly switched to acting, curling up under the altar and letting out a pig-like scream: "Ah! Officer Chen has gone mad! Officer Chen is possessed by a ghost! Help!"
According to the system rules, once someone leaves the safe house area, they must immediately revert to their original character.
If they were to go out of character (OOC) in such a chaotic situation, the system would probably unleash a bolt of lightning and turn them into charred remains before the female ghost could even make a move.
Lin Xiaoxiao, on the other side of the hole in the wall, reacted extremely quickly. She immediately put on a terrified expression, tears streaming down her face without even needing eye drops: "Mengmeng, is that you? Mengmeng, what are you doing on Chen Feng? Waaah... Don't kill me..."
Master Zhang scrambled over, clutching the broken string of beads, trembling as he muttered, "Every wrong has its source, every debt its debtor. This old Taoist's power is weak; please, ladies, have mercy..."
Although the three actors' performances were somewhat exaggerated, they managed to maintain their characters' personas.
The two female leads present were clearly not in the mood to appreciate the poor performance of this live human.
The red-clad female ghost's gaze passed over Lu Dan and locked onto the monster staring at her shoes.
When enemies meet, their eyes are filled with hatred. To the woman in red, this thing in front of her not only broke into a house but also showed off by wearing a pair of particularly beautiful high heels.
For Mengmeng, the red-clad female ghost not only stole the red high heels but also killed her.
The red-clad female ghost's neck cracked, and the red shoes she had been holding suddenly flew up on their own, like two sharp red blades, stabbing fiercely at Chen Feng's bloated, mutated leg.
"That's mine! I've paid the price with my legs! It's mine!"
The monster possessing Chen Feng let out a shrill scream, and its elephant leg swept horizontally, smashing towards the red-clothed female ghost with tremendous force.
Room 404 was turned into a large-scale demolition site, where yin energy and resentment collided, and the resulting shockwave overturned the altar.
The table was covered with dead men's feet, which flew around like raindrops.
Lu Dan crouched low, weaving through the flying shoes and furniture debris like a nimble cat.
This is the escape route left by the designer: use the hatred mechanism between monsters to create chaos, and run away in the chaos. This is called the snipe and the clam fighting, while passerby A benefits.
"Run towards the door, don't look back!"
Lu Dan grabbed Lin Xiaoxiao, who was still faking her tears, and gave Master Zhang, whose legs were weak, a push.
The three of them pressed themselves against the wall and rushed toward the door amidst the terrifying background noise of two female ghosts tearing each other's hair and kicking each other in the stomach.
The battlefield behind them was incredibly brutal.
The female ghost in red had been enhanced and was clearly superior. Her hair pierced into Chen Feng's body like steel needles, frantically sucking away his life force.
Chen Feng, who had the physical advantage, was not to be outdone. His mutated thighs tightly strangled the female ghost's neck, trying to suffocate her—even though ghosts don't actually breathe.
With a sharp crack, a bone-cracking sound rang out.
Lu Dan glanced back and saw Chen Feng's head being twisted off by the red-clothed female ghost and rolled into a corner like a ball.
But the headless corpse did not fall. The ghostly face on its left leg let out a satisfied sigh and continued to tear at the mutilated body.
"This is too dedicated..." Lu Dan felt a chill run down his spine and ran even faster.
As I rushed out of the door of 404, the seemingly impossible maze in the stairwell appeared to have been rendered ineffective because the homeowners were busy fighting – the blocked stairwell now revealed steps leading downwards.
"Run! Keep running until the very end, don't stop!" Lu Dan roared.
The three of them rushed down the stairs frantically.
Third floor... Second floor... First floor...
Only when I rushed out of the building and the icy rain lashed down on me again did that piercing, deathly stare finally disappear.
The three collapsed in the mud, gasping for breath, their lungs throbbing with intense pain, but also overwhelmed with the relief of surviving a disaster.
Master Zhang lay sprawled on the ground, tears streaming down his face: "That scared the hell out of me! Making money is really tough!"
Lin Xiaoxiao wiped the rain off her face, her originally gentle eyes now showing even more vulnerability.
Lu Dan had a cigarette dangling from the pack, but he couldn't light it because the lighter had fallen on it.
Just then, a line of bright red characters appeared on the corneas of the three people:
[WARNING! Key plot character Chen Feng has been confirmed dead.]
[Warning! The main character dies, and the plot logic breaks down.]
Chen Feng is dead.
Lu Dan slowly stood up, his gaze sweeping over his two companions, whose faces were equally pale.
In a horror movie, if the main character who leads everyone to escape dies halfway through, how can the remaining supporting characters survive until the end credits roll?
Chen Feng is the designated force and game-changer. Even in the second playthrough, he still bears the responsibility of physical combat and suppressing the vengeful spirits.
Now the tank is gone, the damage output is gone, all that's left is a charlatan, a scheming woman, and a nobody who can't do anything but deliver takeout and talk big.
Dear designers, the challenge is: how do you use three cannon fodder characters who are easily crushed to death to complete a script that even the protagonist can't handle and is destined to die?
The rain poured down harder and harder, as if playing a mournful tune for this horror film that was about to have a terrible ending.