Chapter 310 - 55

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Chapter 310: Chapter 55When the lights went out earlier, Zheng Haiyang thought it was just a normal trip or power outage, which is not uncommon in the countryside nowadays. Tan Wenbin felt a "thud" in his heart, the experience of eating at the Corpse’s house last time had left a shadow in his inner depths, but it was just that his hand holding the chopsticks trembled a few times, still convincing himself that he was being overly sensitive. Run Sheng held the chopsticks steadily in his right hand, still chewing in his mouth when the lights went out, but his left hand had already grabbed the handle of the Yellow River Shovel resting on the bench underneath him. The moment the lights came back on, Run Sheng glanced at the cauldron on the table and immediately set his eyes on Li Zhiyuan sitting opposite him. With just a signal from Xiao Yuan, he would not hesitate to lift the shovel and smash the heads of the two old people beside him. In fact, during the blackout, Li Zhiyuan had already picked up on the slightly trembling and wavering voices of the two old people, and the sound of the large bowl used earlier for serving vegetables being set down also made him feel something was off; whose bowl has sharp-ended supports underneath? Eating at home, it’s not like in a big restaurant, there’s no need to fear the food getting cold with an iron stand underneath and a block of solid alcohol lit for warmth. If not for the fact that he could continuously ascertain the location of Zheng Haiyang’s grandparents’ voices, Li Zhiyuan would have suspected that the heads of the grandparents were in this newly served container when the lights came back on. Since it’s called "head" vegetables, it would make sense if there were actual human heads inside. Because he had been blindfolded before, now his hearing was truly sensitive. But even though he sensed something was wrong, he still dared not act in advance. In an unfamiliar environment, he might have called for Run Sheng to overturn the table before the lights came back on. But no matter what, this was Zheng Haiyang’s home after all, and Zheng Haiyang was his classmate, Tan Wenbin’s good buddy, and he had just lost his parents; he was pitiable. seaʀᴄh thё Nôvel(F)ire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. The instant the light flicked on and he saw the cauldron, a strong aversion surged in Li Zhiyuan’s heart. What was the point of such meaningless emotional entanglements? It was really stupid! Fortunately, Li Zhiyuan woke up in time, suppressed this instinctual emotion, and did not break down in such a critical moment. The boy pinched the flesh on the back of his left hand with his right hand fingers and twisted hard. The pain was secondary, the most terrifying thing was that it proved that the current environment was not the Underworld, not a dream, not hypnosis. This was reality. This posed the question again before him: if Zheng Haiyang’s grandparents could do something like using a cauldron as a serving container, it proved they were already not normal. Dreams can be awakened from, but once things in reality are changed, they often cannot be restored. A similar difficult dilemma reappeared. But this time, Li Zhiyuan no longer hesitated, he immediately raised his eyelids and signaled to Brother Runsheng across from him. Run Sheng immediately lifted the shovel. "Clap!" The light went out again. In the entire room, from the bedroom door to the dam, all the talisman papers affixed turned black and fluttered down. Everything happened too fast, and immediately what emerged was a distortion and folding of the personal spatial perception. Li Zhiyuan obviously hadn’t moved, still sitting on the chair, yet it felt as if he was sitting on a roller coaster, and furthermore, sitting backward, as his body rapidly moved backwards. "Thump!" Three successive thudding sounds of falling to the ground. The noises differed in intensity; the closest was five meters away, the farthest over twenty meters. It seemed all three of them had stood up startled, resulting in all losing their balance and falling to the ground. Only Li Zhiyuan, because he was still sitting on the chair, managed to maintain stability. "Ah!" That was Tan Wenbin’s scream. The scream was first distant then near, then from near to distant again, echoing as if in a valley. The next moment, Li Zhiyuan heard footsteps behind him; the person was wearing cloth shoes and treading lightly. Among the four of them, only Run Sheng wore cloth shoes, but Run Sheng was heavy-footed, especially in such an emergency situation he would not possibly tiptoe. Li Zhiyuan braced himself with both hands on the bench, his body slipping down. "Buzz!" A sharp sound of air passed right above him. Was someone using a knife? Although he could see nothing in the pitch-dark surroundings, Li Zhiyuan could imagine an old man or an old woman standing behind him, holding a kitchen knife and slashing horizontally at the position where he was originally sitting. Li Zhiyuan turned around, his feet kicked off the ground, subconsciously adopting a horse stance, then grabbed the bench with both hands and pushed it fiercely forward. He had consistently practiced the horse stance and breathing techniques taught by Uncle Qin daily, and over time, it indeed yielded significant results; his stance had become more solid, and his exertion of force was greater and more enduring. It was only limited by his age, his body was not fully developed, making him still weaker compared to his normally developed classmates in his senior year of high school, but if assessed by his age group, he could dominate the elementary division. There was a collision felt through the bench; hitting the knees could easily destabilize the opponent, who must have fallen down. But before Li Zhiyuan could make any further moves, a strong sense of spatial displacement attacked again, and he immediately closed his eyes, trying to minimize the impact by shutting off his sensory channels, but then he realized that standing still this way was very dangerous. He immediately opened his eyes again, opened all senses, and then instantly got disoriented about left, right, up, and down, and began rolling uncontrollably after falling. This also caused him to hear the continuous chopping sounds again; it was obviously the elderly person he had knocked over, furiously hacking at the spot where he had originally been.

Chapter 310 - 55

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