Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Chapter 373 Initiation Ceremony

After listening to Yu Ru's explanation, Deng Yue replied, "This so-called cult is really too strange. I don't understand how anyone could join it. Actually, on the day I died, I seemed to witness one of their initiation ceremonies. If I remember correctly, I was tortured to death as a sacrifice in this initiation ceremony."

Upon hearing this, the other ghosts and Yu Ru all looked at her, and Dai Zhenzhu asked, "Where were you sacrificed?"

"It's right here. This is actually a gathering place for some people, so it can't be simply said to be someone's house," Deng Yuehui pointed to the floor.

"Then what is that initiation ceremony?" Li Xu also asked.

Deng Yue thought for a moment and said, "Um... anyway, it was pretty disgusting. I didn't see the whole thing; I was blindfolded later. Let me tell you what I saw. There was a guy, completely naked, surrounded by a bunch of people. That guy was probably a new member joining the cult. Someone in a long robe made the guy kneel on the ground and crawl around the room barking like a dog. Then they made him lick someone's buttocks and even put his mouth to someone's anus to catch their freshly defecated feces. The key thing is... the guy who defecated had been made to eat a lot of chili peppers before he defecated, and what came out... um... you know, right? It's like making new members eat that chili pepper feces..."

"Yue~"

Before she could finish speaking, Yu Ru gagged and quickly covered her mouth, turning her back to him.

"Xiaocao, are you alright? This is disgusting, so I won't say anything more?" Deng Yue stopped talking and subconsciously stepped forward to pat Yu Ru's back.

The other ghosts also rushed forward to check on her. Dai Zhenzhu said thoughtfully, "Xiao Cao's throat was choked, and she's been eating only soup and porridge lately. Xiao Cao, you wouldn't..."

After a moment, Yu Ru calmed down. She composed herself, raised her head, and said, "I'm sorry, everyone, I lost my composure. I really like spicy food, and as Miss Dai mentioned, I've been eating porridge these past few days, so I thought of some unpleasant images."

"Then, should I still say it? Little Grass, do you want to hear it?" Deng Yue hesitated.

"Go ahead and say it, it's fine, just don't mention chili peppers again. I actually want to hear just how incredibly low these people's standards are," Yu Ru said with a smile.

"Oh... okay then."

Deng Yuehui continued to recount what she had seen and heard. The initiation ceremony was quite elaborate and lasted for three days and three nights. Barking like a dog was nothing compared to the other forms of humiliation. Eating excrement, taking urine baths, washing hair with dog blood, and group sex were things that would seem unbelievable to most people, but these were just the introductory tricks. The deeper levels were indescribable. The level of disgust was so extreme that if described and posted on any mainstream media, it would be immediately censored, and the cyber police would call within five minutes to inquire about it.

After hearing Deng Yuehui's description, Ji Gui and Yu Ru were so disgusted that they fell silent. For a moment, no one spoke, afraid that they would vomit if they spoke.

After a long silence, Yu Ru spoke up: "Miss Deng, were there any faces you recognized during the initiation ceremony?"

Deng Yue shook her head. "I had already had one eye gouged out at the time, so I couldn't see very clearly. What I told you was based on what I vaguely saw and heard, which I then deduced."

"Okay, I understand." Yu Ru nodded slightly, then changed the subject, looking at the ghosts and suddenly said, "Could you take turns supporting my waist?"

"Ok?"

The ghosts, not understanding her request, looked at her with puzzled expressions.

Yu Ru placed her right hand on her lower back and said, "Like this, you take turns putting your hands on my waist so I can feel it." She looked at Su Jinyi and then said, "Mr. Su, you can just wait on the side."

Although the ghosts didn't know what she was going to do, they did as she was told. After they took turns placing their hands on Yu Ru's waist, Yu Ru made them place their hands on her waist at the same time so that she could feel it all at once.

Yu Ru leaned against the ghosts' hands, closed her eyes, and carefully sensed their presence. Then, she straightened up and looked at the ghosts, asking, "When I fell, did you come over and catch me?"

"No," the ghosts replied in unison.

"No?" Yu Ru was somewhat doubtful. She stared directly into the ghosts' eyes for a while, then asked, "Really no?"

Several ghosts shook their heads.

"What happened? Did something terrible happen when you fell?" Dai Zhenzhu asked.

"Don't you think it's strange that I fell from such a height and was completely unharmed?" Yu Ru asked solemnly.

"What's so strange about it? You survived, isn't that a good thing?" Kang Zhuyu said.

“Yeah, speaking of which, why is it so amazing? You fell from such a height and you're completely unharmed. What did it feel like when you fell?” Li Xu also asked.

"Don't you feel any pain at all?" Su Jin asked curiously.

"It hurt, and it was very uncomfortable. The centrifugal force from the sudden fall made me feel suffocated. The skin was in conflict with the air resistance, like being cut by a knife. I felt like I was falling, but not entirely. I felt like from the beginning to the landing, it was as if five forces were taking turns supporting me down."

“Five kinds? Where did all these come from?” Dai Zhenzhu asked.

"The first layer was an unknown force. I felt that the moment I fell, time seemed to stop, and some force was slowing my descent. I can't quite put my finger on what it was." As she spoke, Yu Ru couldn't help but drift into memories, her thoughts wandering, her eyes fixed on a certain direction. "The second layer was my little robot, the third layer was several pairs of hands, the fourth layer was also an invisible force, soft and yielding, and the fifth layer was the male celebrity who caught me with his bare hands."

"So you suspect that we were the ones who caught you on the third floor?" Kang Zhuyu asked.

Yu Ru nodded.

“We wanted to pick you up, but everything happened so fast. We didn’t even have time to react before you were gone,” Li Xu said.

"Also, we don't dare to get close to you. We always feel like there's a layer of light around you, so holy. We feel like if we get close to you, we evil spirits will be annihilated." Dai Zhenzhu's face showed fear.

"Will you feel pain when you get close to me?" Yu Ru asked.

The ghosts shook their heads, and Deng Yue replied, "It doesn't hurt, it's just that seeing your light makes me a little scared."

“I am a human, not a god, so you don’t need to be afraid of me. Although this is a long-winded question, I still want to ask you one more time: can you answer me again? You really didn’t answer me?” Yu Ru asked again, looking directly at them.

"No," the ghosts said in unison.

"Can I touch your hands?"