“Doctor,” Fatty pointed at the things that surrounded them and said, “Do you need me to lure those things away?” His method had to do with the stone plate, and he needed more time.
“No.” Jiang Cheng said directly, “I need your help to activate the stone plate for me.”
“Okay.” Fatty only shuddered when the dagger cut open his palm. He stopped moving and took a deep breath. He pressed his bloody palm to the stone plate. Instantly, the red mist bloomed. It enveloped the stone plate, Jiang Cheng and Fatty. The moon in the sky became a blood moon. The ritual… had started.
When the red glow appeared, the surrounding monsters’ eyes turned red. The joy flowed out of their eyes. They charged forward fearlessly. When they touched the red halo, they collapsed like they were poisoned. No… It was more like they were splashed with acid.
Their skin started to melt away. Then, it was followed by their flesh. They rolled around in pain. Their white bones were slowly exposed. It was very gory. However, more monsters rushed away to join their kin. The madness and the joy in their eyes were overbearing.
However, Fatty’s attention wasn’t on them because… he saw a thin figure appear on the stone plate. It was the aged woman! She had appeared…
It looked like the Doctor was right. It was an inheritance. The aged lady didn’t die like her former teammates because she was selected to be the new vessel. This curse couldn’t be solved. Batches of ‘invaders’ would be prompted to kill the ‘locals’ to become the new ‘locals’. Then, they would wait in pain for the next patch of ‘invaders’ to help them seek salvation. This was a cycle.
It was endless. The key to the cycles was the strange creature inside the aged woman. And now… the new cycle was about to begin.
“Doctor,” Fatty turned around, “And…” He paused, gritted his teeth and said, “Does this mean I’ll be eaten too?”
“I understand.” Fatty nodded. As he pulled his gaze back, he leapt onto the stone plate. His blood slid down his fingers and dripped on the pure white ground. It spread on the plate.
The aged woman still had a twisted smile. Her snake-like tongue swirled around her lips. Fatty had seen this gaze before. Before she ate Chen Ran, she was as well. Fatty didn’t expect he’d experience something similar one hour after that. A giant shadow appeared beside the old lady. Her shadow became twisted. There was nothing there, but she left behind a giant shadow with horns and a giant tail on the stone plate.
There should be a strange, giant thing before him, but Fatty couldn’t see anything. Even so, he could sense the horrible chill that exuded from the thing.
“Goodbye, Doctor,” Fatty faced away from the Doctor and slowly closed his eyes.
“Goodbye,” Jiang Cheng whispered back.
The next second, Fatty’s large body was picked up from the ground. His two legs struggled a few times in the air. Then, with a loud crack, the legs stopped moving. After that, he was swallowed.
When that was over, the aged woman turned her gaze to Jiang Cheng. She licked her mouth hungrily… as if Fatty was not enough to sate her appetite.
Jiang Cheng turned around to look at the monsters who rushed into the red mist and turned into bones. He frowned with disgust. It was about to be over. Less than ten monsters struggled in the pool of blood.
Jiang Cheng suddenly laughed. He turned around to regard the aged woman. He sighed. “Okay. I’ll make it easy for you.”
Then, before the aged woman and the invisible monster, he cut his eyes and leapt onto the stone plate. Then, the creepy munching sound became again. However, the aged woman stopped laughing. Her face was dark.
On a bed made of solid wood, someone opened his eyes. He was a very handsome young man. His presence was as warm as jade. His light brown eyes looked harmless and weak. He looked like someone who needed protection.
He didn’t hurry to sit up. Instead, he moved his stiff neck. Then, he narrowed his eyes to study the black ceiling. A few minutes later, he slowly sat up. This was an unusually large bedroom. It was impossible to tell the personality of the owner because the room was practically empty… other than the bed.
The man left the bed and walked to the side of the bedroom. There was a wooden double door about three metres tall.
Placing his hand on the doorknob, the man suddenly laughed. No one would have thought such a gentleman would look so ghastly when he laughed. Two sides of his mouth opened to reveal his pearly whites.
The wooden door with rose carvings opened. The faded light showered on the young man. He narrowed his eyes. Outside the door was a giant space. A few rows of unique seats were arranged neatly.
A sad piano tune floated around his ears. It was Moonlight Sonata. The intense third part was about to begin.
There was a piano about ten meters in front of him. The soft spotlight shone down on it. The place exuded the sensibility and beauty of the Baroque era.
“You’re back.” The piano stopped to be followed by a woman’s voice.
Chen Ran grinned and studied the woman. “Am I the only one who thinks… that tune is only suitable at a funeral?”
The woman’s fingers danced on the keys as if to show off… Or maybe she had nothing else better to do. “Does it really matter to you?”
Chen Ran’s grin grew wider.
“Mister is waiting for you,” The woman turned to him for the first time. Her common face and everyday appearance couldn’t match the expensive piano, but they both… had this mysterious aura.
“Is it… to ask about that person?” Chen Ran raised his brow exaggeratedly, “Mister sure does care a lot about him.”