Tinker Not With Relics Chapter 9

At that moment, Erick Qi felt as if he was trapped in an ice cellar, and his heart seemed to be clenched tightly by someone but he never forgot to let go.

"Ryan Xu..." He opened his mouth, but found that his throat was tight. He had clearly used a lot of effort, but when he spoke only came out in breath sounds.

Ryan Xu lowered his eyes and glanced at his pocket, then raised his eyes and stared at Erick Qi intently. His eyes were gray and as if covered with a spider web. They were dull and lifeless: "You saw everything? Then I don't need to pretend anymore." His tone was very strange, stiff and cold like an electronic sound, completely lacking the familiar tone from before.

If Erick Qi could still comfort himself before, thinking that Ryan Xu's creepy smile might have been reflected by the light of the flashlight, but now that Ryan Xu said this, Erick Qi could no longer deceive himself.

He stood there stiffly, holding the umbrella with his hand half hanging down, the umbrella handle pressing against his fingertips, pressing them so hard that they turned white and were almost numb from the cold. His other hand held a cell phone, the pale flashlight from the back of the phone cast a circular spot of light on the ground.

He stood inside the light spot, and Ryan Xu just stood outside the light spot. One was bright and the other was dark, as if they were standing at the two ends of yin and yang.

After Ryan Xu said "I don't plan to pretend anymore", a smell suddenly emanated from his body, a bit like the damp smell that comes out of a wooden box that has been vacant for years and is the moment it is opened, mixed with a little bit of rust, but it's not strong.

The smell wasn't that bad, but Erick Qi felt an inexplicable aversion and disgust towards it, as if he would feel inexplicably irritated if he looked at anyone with this smell for even a second. This disgust came as suddenly as the smell, but it was so overwhelming that it almost overwhelmed the fear in his heart.

It was this inexplicable feeling of disgust that made his nearly stagnant thoughts move again, and his hands and feet regained consciousness. So when he saw Ryan Xu suddenly raise his hand towards his neck, Erick Qi suddenly turned his head and dodged in time.

He took a step to the side and swung the open umbrella in his hand, hoping that this very flimsy shield could at least block Ryan Xu a little.

As a result, there was a "puff" sound, and Ryan Xu, who was pressed against the back of the umbrella, directly pierced through the umbrella with his hands. His ten fingers, bent into claws, appeared in front of Erick Qi in an instant, and those fingertips were no longer like those of a normal person. The nails were curved and sharp, emitting cold light like eagle claws. Even if he moved forward an inch more, he could dig out Erick Qi's eyeballs.

Erick Qi gasped and raised his head, barely avoiding the pair of sharp claws. Then he pushed the pierced umbrella forward with all his strength, turned around and ran.

He originally wanted to run back to the side of the road and get into the car, but the two of them had just changed direction, and the way back was blocked by Ryan Xu. At this time, he couldn't care less and had to continue running along this road.

There were completely bare trees on both sides, not even a spot of shelter, so he could only run as fast as he could in his life, straight to the farmhouse restaurant with a cheap neon sign hanging on the small mound in front of him. No matter what, it was almost everyone's instinct to run to crowded places when they were scared.

The ice and snow on the ground were the biggest obstacle at this time. If he was not careful, he could fall down on his back, but he did not dare to slow down at all.

He didn't know whether Ryan Xu had caught up with him or how far away he was. Because there was a dead silence behind him, the only sound he could hear on the road was the "crunching" sound of his feet on the snow and ice, and he didn't even bother to look back.

In my peripheral vision, the scenery on both sides rapidly receded, and the small mound of earth that looked like a grave mound was in front of me in an instant. The gray neon lights of Lezhi were on and off, hanging in front of the gate of the two-story building.

Erick Qi didn't care about his image and was too lazy to find the way up the slope. He just stepped on the gravel, grabbed a few dead tree roots sticking out of the ground, and turned over to climb up the slope.

The gate of the farmhouse was closed, with a red paper couplet pasted beside the door and a red paper lantern hanging on the eaves. However, the lights inside were probably broken and were only half-bright, and the colors they illuminated were very dim and old.

Erick Qi suddenly stopped in front of the door, and then he was able to take a breath. He glanced back quickly, but did not see Ryan Xu at all.

He was stunned for a moment, then he didn't care about anything else. He thought about going into the house first. After all, he felt safer where there were many people. At worst, he could wait for others to finish eating and leave, then follow them out and back to the side of the road.

There was a big copper ring on the gate of the farmhouse, but Erick Qi didn't care whether to knock on the door or not. He just reached out and pushed the door open. After stepping in, he immediately slammed the door shut and hurriedly inserted the bolt.

The dark red painted door of the hall on the first floor of the small building was not closed tightly, leaving a gap.

At this moment, the light coming through the crack in the door was like his own father and mother to Erick Qi.

He walked quickly to the red painted door, raised his hand and was about to push the door, but it was as if a bucket of ice water was poured over his head, and he froze there -

Because he suddenly realized that there was no human voice at all in this huge building.

Erick Qi was so eager to escape that, apart from his heartbeat like a drum and his heavy breathing, he focused all his attention on listening carefully to the movements behind him, and he didn't care about anything else. Now standing in front of the door, he could find a temporary shelter by pushing the door, and he finally felt a little relieved, so he had the energy to pay attention to other problems. However, this attention made his heart feel on edge again.

Just when his mind went blank again with a buzzing sound, the hall door that had been left a crack was opened from the inside.

Ryan Xu, who had been pushed away by his umbrella two minutes ago and left behind, was now holding the door, standing under the dim light, and gave him another stiff and lifeless smile.

Do you have it! Finished! Not! Finished!

At that moment, Erick Qi's tightened heart strangely surged with irritation and anger. He actually had the urge to tear off the other person's smiling face. He always felt that such a smile was extremely inconsistent with Ryan Xu's originally gentle appearance. However, the remaining rationality suppressed his urge to commit suicide.

He was stunned for only a moment, and was about to turn around and run away, but he heard Ryan Xu's stiff tone and lack of movement: "I have already led him here, why are you still dawdling?"

Erick Qi was shocked, he was clearly talking to another person!

It would be fine if it was just one person, but if two such groups came to tease him, he would really not be able to escape if he was a little later.

Thinking of this, he turned around and was about to rush out when he felt a heavy hit on the back of his neck by some B@st@ard. His eyes went dark, his legs went limp, and he fainted before he could even feel the pain.

...

The deep darkness before my eyes had not yet dissipated, but the dull pain in the back of my neck had gradually become more pronounced, coming in waves, causing my head to buzz and feel dizzy, and my stomach to feel nauseous, making me wonder if even my bones were dislocated.

Erick Qi gradually regained consciousness in this unignorable pain. For a moment, he was a little confused about what was happening to him. Just as he was about to open his eyes to take a look, he heard a stiff male voice with almost no tone coming from not far away: "I don't have much time. I'll leave first."

As soon as he heard the voice, the series of strange things that had happened before, which had shocked Erick Qi's worldview, finally emerged in his mind. So, he only moved his eyelids twice, and then suppressed the intention of opening his eyes, and continued to pretend to be dizzy, wanting to listen to what else happened.

Just as the man's voice fell, there was a sudden sound of wind, and I don't know whether it was the wooden door or the wooden window that made a low "creaking" sound, and then it closed with a "snap". Then, something fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

After that, there was no new movement. Erick Qi could only hear some "crackling" sounds and the "bubbling" sound of boiling something in a casserole. It seemed that someone was using firewood to make a fire and cooking something.

He waited for a long time, and finally couldn't help moving his eyelids, half opening his eyes, wanting to see what the person who stayed behind was doing.

He didn't know how long he had been unconscious. He just felt that when he opened his eyes, his vision was very blurry. He couldn't see the surrounding scenery clearly for a while. He only saw a ball of fire flickering not far away, which made his eyes a little sore and covered with a layer of mist.

He blinked several times before the scene in front of him became clear, but when it became clear, he found that his eyes were meeting with a person about one meter away from him!

When you open your eyes, you find a person with an expressionless face and eyes downcast, looking at you in an ambiguous and sinister manner, without moving an inch. Anyone would be scared, let alone in this situation.

Erick Qi felt like his bile was about to burst out of his body.

He looked at the other person in surprise and suspicion.

She was a very thin old lady, with a hunched back and a frail appearance. Her pale hair was combed into a bun on her head, but it was not combed carefully enough, so several strands of hair fell out and scattered around her ears. Her face was facing away from the firelight, so her appearance was not clear, but her eyes, whose whites were obviously larger than the black parts, were particularly clear, and those eyes were now staring at Erick Qi.

The moment Erick Qi saw this pair of eyes, he felt extremely familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere before. Within two seconds, he suddenly remembered that these were the eyes that appeared in the dark corner behind Sister Olivia in the screenshot accompanying the news report.

So what the hell is going on here? ! Stealing a bracelet can lead to so many problems!

Surprise, suspicion and irritation poured down his head, making Erick Qi unable to hold back and about to explode.

He thought to himself, if he, an adult, couldn't outrun an old lady, he could just go back and find a rope and hang himself at the door of the dormitory for everyone to see!

Once he made up his mind, he raised his head and tried to sit up, but at this moment, he saw something he hadn't noticed before -

The old lady sitting there with her sleeves rolled up had neither a shadow nor feet...

Erick Qi: ... I don't know if it's okay to pretend that I haven't moved and am still dizzy at this time...

But the next second, he realized... this was obviously not going to work!

Before he could make any move, the old lady with her sleeves rolled up raised her hand and the lid of the pot cooking on the firewood pile not far away was lifted. A broken bowl that had been used hundreds of years ago on the eight-immortals table next to it suddenly flew into the pot, scooped up half a bowl of something unknown, and then fell into the old lady's hands.

The old lady, who looked like she was trembling as she walked, took the bowl and suddenly appeared in front of Erick Qi. She raised her hand and pinched Erick Qi's chin, trying to force him to drink the contents of the bowl.

It was not until then that Erick Qi realized that he had no idea who had used some trick on him. He had no strength left in his body. Except for his head, he could not move any other part of his body. He really could not outrun this old lady!

Erick Qi shook his head, trying to move away from the bowl.

He thought that after cooking it for so long, whether it was poured into his mouth or poured on his face while he struggled, it would definitely burn his skin and cause blisters. But when he really poured it near his mouth, he found that it was incredibly cold. In this kind of weather, it was so cold that it gave him goose bumps.

Most of the bowl of water boiled from something unknown was splashed all over his mouth and collar, but some of it still inevitably choked him in the mouth.

Suddenly, a strong fishy and bitter taste spread throughout his mouth, almost making Erick Qi vomit it out, but the old lady covered his mouth and forced him to swallow some.

For a moment, cold wind blew everywhere, ghosts cried and wolves howled. Erick Qi didn't know whether the thing he swallowed had a hallucinogenic effect or it was real. He saw many people with gloomy faces suddenly rushing into the room. There was a woman with long, dry and messy hair, lying on the ceiling. Her head turned over, and she gave Erick Qi a miserable smile with a pale face. The corners of her mouth suddenly cracked to the roots of her ears, revealing a row of sharp teeth like a whale shark.

Erick Qi: ... Is there anyone who can hear me shouting for help in this godforsaken place...

Just when that group of guys, each one talking louder than the other, suddenly rushed towards Erick Qi, a whistling sound of a knife pierced through the heavy ghost cries and broke through the air!