Chapter 5: Fighting Ghosts (Part 1)

He glanced at the blue watch on his left hand, the numbers on it read: 01:10

A glimmer of silver light appeared, and many things that had been surging in the darkness seemed to vanish in an instant

With a loud bang, the large bed crashed into Huo Jianguo like a calf.

Huo Jianguo, lying on the ground, slightly opened his eyes. In a blur, he saw one person... two people... three people... four people... five people... six people... many people... many who were not human...

The dagger pierced into the large bed, producing a sound of "clang!" which was the noise of metal striking.

Huo Jianguig turned the umbrella upside down, the handle hooked onto the bedpost, while his other hand tightly gripped a dagger as he charged forward

Suddenly, he felt something gently wriggling behind him. He turned around abruptly and gasped in shock. Behind him stood the wax figure, its face adorned with a strange smile

His mind is completely blank

Another red string has snapped

He turned his head and found nothing behind him, but in the darkness, a white shadow was swaying not far away. Then, a mass of black shadow fell from the sky, with a whoosh, it enveloped him from above.

His mind suddenly became a bit muddled, and he felt as if his strength had been instantly drained away by this strange laughter.

With a swift sound, the red tentacle lashed towards Huo Jianguo

Then, he closed his eyes and fell down in despair

The wax figure suddenly rose, emitting a burst of laughter that sounded like "hehe." That laughter was akin to a haunting melody, causing Huo Jianguo to lose his senses in an instant

He raised his head and saw Qu Si standing on the bed, holding a red string in her hand. The red string trembled and shook in her grasp, resembling a red snake.

He took a deep breath, feeling a softness in his chest, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a thud

In the dimness, he seemed to sense that he was about to touch the edge of a secret and ancient object, which was waiting for him not far away

The woman in white in the television slowly stands up

Huo Jianguo let out a light exclamation, rolling his body in response, and thrusting the black umbrella in his hand towards the person who was only half-visible.

He tilted his head slightly and glanced at the black watch on his right hand, the number on it: 3

In the dim light, he seemed to see the red string on the bed quivering, like the tentacles of an octopus, wildly waving in the air

Huo Jianguo let out a light exclamation as he simultaneously swung the dagger in his hand, directly severing the red rope in front of him. He then rolled over, leaned against the wall, and stood up.

Faced with the ghostly bed that had toes, and the countless drifting and wandering souls in the room, Huo Jianguo was finally stunned

Two bed legs broke free from their restraints, advancing in unison, "clack clack!" moving forward, forcefully breaking free from the other two red ropes

The red rope sways back and forth in the room

Huo Jianguo took a deep breath, pulled out a dagger from his pocket, and the dagger glimmered with a silver light in the darkness

Gaga! The large bed let out a strange cry once again, and then its two legs suddenly rose high, stomping towards Huo Jianguo's head like iron hooves

At that moment, a piercing scream was heard

Subsequently, he felt a chill at his neck, as if something had grazed it, causing a slight pain

Almost simultaneously, he felt something pressing down on him. He suddenly rolled over, and the silver dagger in his hand thrust out in an instant

Huo Jianguo tightly grasped the bed leg, raised his dagger, and with a swift "whoosh!" plunged it down.

Huo Jian returned before he had a chance to react, a piece of black cloth was suddenly draped over him, and within the black cloth, he smelled the scent of tobacco

With a sound of "shua la," the black cloth was torn open, and his head emerged from within, but the sight before him made him gasp in shock

That is truly a ghost

However, his body moved, yet his feet did not shift; his feet were firmly grasped by something. At that moment, he recalled the female ghost that had emerged from the television. Although it was a minor spirit, sometimes, a minor spirit could cause significant trouble

A small figure dressed in a black suit walked down from the hanger

He stared blankly at the face of the wax figure, and vaguely, he felt that the face was quite familiar, as if ... ...

Just as the iron hoof of the large bed was about to crush Huo Jianguo's head, a voice suddenly reached his ears. The voice was very low, yet very clear, seemingly not coming from the surroundings, but from beneath the ground. The voice said: "One life for another."

In front of him stood a person, or more accurately, half a person; this individual had only an upper body, with no lower body, and his lower half was suspended in mid-air

The figure on the bed suddenly stood up and began to walk back and forth quickly on the bed.

When a loud sound echoed, the iron hooves struck the ground, but they did not land on Huo Jianguo's head, as he had already rolled to the side of the clothes rack

He lifted his foot to kick that little rascal, but after a kick, he missed and only kicked a bundle of air

The large bed moved around the room with a creaking sound

Upon seeing the foot of the bed raised, Huo Jian returned in astonishment, unable to suppress a soft exclamation.

With each step she took, she let out a sharp scream; with every step, another scream followed. The large bed beneath her movement emitted a cheerful sound of 'ga ga ga ga'.

A pungent smell of medicine permeated the room

With a single poke, that person seemed to be struck; his belly was soft and squishy, resembling cotton.