noffsinger Chapter 745 Chaos World
Chapter 745 Chaos World
Chen Yile tightly grasped the red cloth strip and swung down as it swayed.
The sawdust above his head fluttered down, and a small handful of it landed in his collar, making him so itchy that he shivered.
He turned on the flashlight of his phone and looked closely at the marriage contract.
A few words were written with a brush on the yellowed rice paper: "Li Yue'e and Lin Awang got married on the sixth day of the third month of the Wuxu year."
As far as he could remember, his mother had indeed used the name "Li Yue'e" before.
"The youngest of the Lin family was already pregnant when she escaped." A sudden voice broke the silence. Aunt Wang appeared behind them without them noticing, snatched the marriage contract and crumpled it into a ball. "You are the child that shouldn't exist!"
Before Chen Yile could react, he saw Aunt Wang take out a bronze sword from her arms.
There was a bell-like object hanging on the sword tassel, shining coldly in the dim light.
Chen Yile stepped back subconsciously, but kicked over the shelf behind him.
With a rattling sound, the rusty iron nails scratched the palm of his hand.
The smell of blood made the words on the marriage contract seem to come alive, twisting and crawling on the ground towards display case No. 15.
Some old items that were just collected yesterday are stored there.
"Stop it!"
Aunt Wang threw out the silver bracelet and accurately put it on the handwriting that was crawling towards the display cabinet.
Chen Yile quickly cut his finger and dripped blood onto the counter, which barely blocked the strange words.
There was less than a minute left until midnight, and the ground of the entire warehouse began to shake slightly.
Chen Yile noticed that the display case was twisting and deforming, as if something was trying to break free.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise from display case No. 15, and glass fragments flew everywhere.
A red lacquered wooden box flew out from inside.
Chen Yile quickly caught the box and opened the lid - inside was a pair of elbow scissors tangled with hair, with weathered debris faintly visible on the blade.
"These are the Lin family's midwifery scissors." Aunt Wang's voice trembled slightly. "They should have been used on your neck forty-two years ago."
"When you were born, your body was covered with scales. The midwife was about to kill you with scissors, but your mother desperately stopped her."
Blood was seeping out of all the display cases, and the birthmark on Chen Yile's wrist began to feel hot. Only then did he realize that the shape was exactly the same as the birthmark on a child in the photo.
As the clock struck midnight, the entire warehouse sank three inches, and an ebony coffin made of golden nanmu wood appeared in the exhibition hall.
The coffin lid slowly opened, revealing four curled-up young skeletons, each with a rusty nail driven into their heart.
The outermost skeleton wore a silver bracelet on its left wrist.
"The Life-Filling Lock needs a new owner." Aunt Wang slumped over beside the crack in the foundation. "It rotates every fifty years."
Before he could finish his words, the roof of the warehouse suddenly collapsed, moonlight and cold wind poured in, and four blurry figures fell around the coffin along the beam of light.
Chen Yile grabbed the delivery scissors, cut his palm, and threw the bloody weapon into the coffin: "I will pay back what I owe to the Lin family today!"
The moment the blood dripped onto the coffin, countless maggots swarmed out from the cracks in the foundation.
Aunt Wang suddenly tore open her clothes, and a mark appeared on her skinny chest. She jumped towards the pile of bones and stabbed herself in the heart with a sword.
"This cycle of reincarnation should be broken!"
Chen Yile saw the four skeletons turned into dust along with Aunt Wang.
The matter was finally settled, and the sky in the east was turning pale.
Aunt Wang’s watch is always frozen at zero, just like the starting point of reincarnation.
The truth in the illusion was revealed, and Chen Yile's consciousness was instantly pulled out.
Chen Yile's consciousness gradually returned, and the world before him seemed to be reshaped in an instant.
He opened his eyes and found himself in a wasteland, surrounded by endless dry grass.
The distant skyline was covered by thick dark clouds, with a few faint rays of sunlight occasionally shining through, but they could never illuminate this desolate place.
Most places in the underworld are so dark that it is difficult to tell whether it is day or night.
Suddenly, a dazzling light caught his attention.
In the distance, a cave entrance suddenly appeared. The entrance was surrounded by a dazzling array of colorful lights, which was particularly eye-catching in the dim environment.
Chen Yile's heartbeat quickened and he walked forward involuntarily.
He approached the cave entrance and found that the light film was rippling like water waves.
His fingers touched it lightly, and ripples instantly appeared on the light film.
This should be the entrance to the next level of the underworld map.
The light at the cave entrance suddenly shone brighter and brighter, almost engulfing him.
An invisible force seemed to be driving him, and he took a step forward involuntarily and stepped over the light film.
In an instant, the surrounding scene changed rapidly like a torn scroll.
He entered a fantasy world...
The winter in Dongcheng City is always cold.
The biting north wind howled through the streets, blowing up fallen leaves and garbage bags on the roadside.
Chen Yile wrapped his down jacket tightly around him and walked quickly on the way home.
His phone suddenly vibrated, it was a new message.
"Hello? Mr. Chen?"
A hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone, "I'm Lin Xue, a colleague you worked with before."
"Oh, Lin Xue." Chen Yile stopped and took out his cell phone. "What's going on?"
"Some strange things have been happening in Dongcheng City lately." Lin Xue's voice was filled with a hint of nervousness. "Some people have died within three days after dreaming of the same man's face. They can't explain the content of their dreams, but they become extremely terrified when they think of those nightmares."
Chen Le frowned: "It sounds like an urban legend."
"But this isn't a legend." Lin Xue lowered her voice, "Three people have already died."
Chen Yile's heart tightened. He was a paranormal investigator, specializing in strange events that couldn't be explained by science.
Although this type of work is not widely known, he has solved many difficult cases with his keen intuition and solid investigative skills.
"What exactly is the situation?" he asked.
"The first deceased was Zhang Xiaoyun, 30 years old, a company employee." Lin Xue paused. "She started having nightmares three days before her death, waking up every day."
"She said she dreamed of a strange man's face - pale, distorted, with a strange smile at the corner of his mouth."
"But the next day she didn't remember the details, she was just filled with fear from those nightmares."
Chen Yile closed his eyes, and that terrifying face appeared in his mind.
He had seen too many traces of supernatural events, but this method of killing people through dreams was the first time he had heard of it.
"Are there any other victims?" he asked.
"The second person was Li Ming, 25 years old, a food delivery driver," Lin Xue continued. "His symptoms before death were exactly the same as Zhang Xiaoyun's. The third person was Wang Fang, 45 years old, the supermarket owner. She passed away early this morning."
Chen Yile took a deep breath: "What is the cause of death of these people?"