The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 1030 Strange Siblings

Liu Sheng's hand rubbed against the cabinet door handle.

Your fingers glide across the grooves that time cannot erase, each stroke meticulously drawn by a craftsman.

and--

"This seems to be some kind of array pattern..."

Seemingly not expecting Liu Sheng to see this fact, the smile of the modern female star on the poster became somewhat stiff.

But she still tried her best to maintain a proper smile, and her eyes even showed a hint of pitifulness.

"You want freedom..."

"Because you've been imprisoned here... How awful!"

Liu Sheng continued to touch the cabinet door.

The voice was very soft, like a whisper:
"But...are you imprisoned? Or..."

"Is it sealed away?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Sheng lowered his hand.

The actress's smile could no longer be maintained.

His lips drooped, and his eyes were full of resentment.

She no longer looks as stunningly beautiful as when we first met.

The cabinet doors rattled loudly.

It even managed to create a crack!
A pair of venomous eyes peeked out from the crack, like sharp swords piercing Liu Sheng, who stood by with his arms crossed.

It looked like the thing inside was about to burst out!
However, at this moment——

Knock knock knock!
Another knock sounded on the door.

"Girl, are you done yet!"

"Girl! Girl! Are you alright?!"

It was Zhu Lin's voice.

The sound came from a very distant place, and it carried a hint of urgency.

Liu Sheng also heard the sound of claws scratching.

It was Xiaotian scratching at the door.

"I'm fine!" Liu Sheng replied.

This response broke the air of secrecy.

The cabinet in front of me calmed down.

The female star on the poster remains poised and beautiful.

Everything just now seemed to be just Liu Sheng's illusion.

"Are you really... alright? Do you need... do you need my help?" Zhu Lin asked again.

This statement is vague.

Is there anything I can do to help?

Liu Sheng turned back and took one last deep look at the poster before walking to the door and opening it.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Zhu Lin's face was flushed, and upon seeing Liu Sheng, he breathed a huge sigh of relief, muttering to himself:
"You're alright, that's good... I completely forgot, I really shouldn't have left you inside alone..."

"What? What could possibly happen in your room?"

While gently rubbing Xiaotian's head to comfort him, Liu Sheng said in a half-joking manner.

Zhu Lin's red face turned pale.

"No, no... I just remember..." she said vaguely after racking her brains, "There seems to be a big spider in the house, we have to be careful."

After saying that, she quickly closed the door.

Liu Sheng noticed that she glanced inside before closing the door, and he didn't know what she saw, but he was relieved.

"Oh, by the way, shall I wash your clothes for you?"

Zhu Lin turned around and reached out to take Liu Sheng's clothes.

"No need, I can wash it when I get back to the mountain."

"That's too heavy! I'll wash it for you while I'm at it!"

Zhu Lin snatched the clothes from Liu Sheng's hands.

Surprisingly, he's quite strong.

Liu Sheng also gave up arguing with this kind-hearted girl:
"Okay, thank you then."

Zhu Lin looked at her and said cautiously:

"Why don't you stay here for the night before you leave? It'll be perfect for you to enjoy the dry air all night; it should dry out the leaves."

Liu Sheng had a thought and nodded: "That's fine then, I'll take my leave of you."

Zhu Lin was surprised that Liu Sheng agreed so easily.

She paused for a moment, then burst into a joyful laugh.

"Great! I'll go do the laundry first, and then I'll cook you something delicious!"

Then he turned around and left.

Her steps were light and quick, as if she were truly happy.

Liu Sheng narrowed his eyes as he watched her retreating figure.

My gaze fell again on that pile of clothes—

There seemed to be a thin strand of hair swaying, but as Zhu Lin tucked it away, it disappeared.

[It seems this girl is no ordinary person.] Only then did "World" speak.

Liu Sheng nodded secretly.

By the way, how many processes are currently following me?

Only 1.87%.

"...So little?"

[Trust your super brain. Qiao Yu and the others are facing considerable trouble right now, so we're requesting to allocate some processes.]

【Is it that bad? What happened?】

[We encountered people from Longhu Mountain.]

Liu Sheng was also a little nervous.

So how is it now?

【do not know. 】

The world, however, rarely acknowledges this.

As you said, this village is now turning into a strange place. Unless the people here set up a shrine to Wangmiao Mountain, we probably won't be able to contact the outside world.

Liu Sheng frowned. [If we assume the shrine requires people to form a "bond of faith" with Wang Miaoshan, then that's probably difficult...]

Just then, Xiao Hu jumped out of the inner room through the narrow crack in the door.

The paw pad landed lightly without making a sound.

There was something in its mouth.

Liu Sheng took it and looked at it—

It turned out to be a photograph.

The image above shows Zhu Lin as a child, being held in the arms of a woman whose appearance rivals that of the actresses on the poster—presumably her mother, who is still wearing a Taoist robe and has her hair tied in a Taoist bun.

There was another man next to him, wearing a short shirt that was common for men in the village, but his face had been burned off, leaving only a black hole.

Zhu Lin's voice could still be heard from outside: "Girl, what would you like to eat? Pig's head meat rolls or stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat?"

Liu Sheng quickly threw down what she was holding.

Xiao Hu caught it and quickly disappeared into the inner room like a puff of smoke.

Just then, Zhu Lin walked into the living room, wiping the foam off his hands. He looked at Liu Sheng with one eye and then at the inner room with the other, as if he had heard something and was checking it.

After looking for a long time, his eyes finally returned to Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng pretended not to see anything and said with a normal expression, "They all sound good. You decide what's best for you."

"I see... How about I make them all?"

"Won't this be too expensive?"

"No, no!" Zhu Lin hurriedly shook her head. "It's rare to have a friend of similar age to me... come to my house..." Her face flushed slightly. "Of course, I should treat them well."

After saying that, she hurriedly went to the kitchen to prepare.

Just then, an anxious voice suddenly came from outside.

"Not good! Not good!"

"Xiao Zhu, Xiao Zhu! Something terrible has happened!"

Zhu Lin hurriedly opened the door. "What's wrong, Aunt Wang? Why are you in such a hurry—"

Liu Sheng looked outside and saw a slightly plump village woman standing outside the gate, looking anxious but not daring to step inside.

I don't know if it was out of politeness or for some other reason.

"How can you not be anxious?" Aunt Wang interrupted her impatiently, "Xiao Zhu, you must go and take a look! That Tie Zhu... isn't acting normally!"

Zhu Lin was taken aback: "Not normal?"

"Yes! After we got back, she was fine at first, but suddenly she developed a high fever, was talking incoherently, and had red marks all over her body! Like she was being... strangled by something!"

Zhu Lin panicked.

"Wait, let me grab my things."

She hurriedly ran back to her room, making sure to close the door behind her.

Soon he came out with his bright red backpack on his back. The backpack was already zipped up and stuffed full.

"I need to go out for a while..."

"Can I go with you?" Liu Sheng asked.

"Ah? But..."

Zhu Lin didn't know what to say.

But Liu Sheng immediately added, "I won't delay your business."

Zhu Lin was still somewhat hesitant.

Aunt Wang, pacing back and forth outside the door, urged loudly:
"Grandma, what time is it? Stop talking! Tiezhu isn't going to hold on much longer!"

"Okay!" Zhu Lin didn't have time to think further, and solemnly instructed, "You must listen to me later, and don't move around..."

Liu Sheng nodded: "Don't worry."

When Aunt Wang saw Zhu Lin come out, she didn't bother to ask why there was an extra Liu Sheng and a big yellow dog. She just hurriedly led them to Tie Zhu's house.

"Aunt Wang, do you know what's wrong with their family?"

"Who knows..." Aunt Wang shook her head. "They seemed fine yesterday, and the whole family even went to the night market! Could it be related to the night market? I've always suspected something was wrong with this new night market; it doesn't seem like a good place..."

Zhu Lin frowned: "But our whole village went there, and nothing seems to have happened!"

“Oh…yes…” Aunt Wang said in a low voice, “But their children seem strange. They never talk or smile, and I’ve always found it creepy.”

"Please don't say that," Zhu Lin said in a low voice. "They're just... young and have strong personalities."

"Pshaw, I think it's a case of the upper beam being crooked, and the lower beam being crooked too..."

However, since they had already arrived at Tiezhu's doorstep, Aunt Wang didn't know what else to say.

One painful scream after another came from inside the house.

However, it didn't sound like something a child would say.

A large number of villagers had already gathered outside, all curiously peering inside and chattering amongst themselves.

A little girl, no more than five years old, sat on the steps, clutching a rough, dirty rag doll, her face still expressionless.

She seemed detached from this world, and the noisy discussions around her had nothing to do with her.

Aunt Wang led the two people and the dog through the crowd. Seeing the little girl's appearance, she gave Liu Sheng a meaningful look, as if to say:

See, am I right?
“Aunt Wang, why don’t you take her home first?” Zhu Lin looked reluctant. “It’s too chaotic here…it’s not good for her.”

"She doesn't want to come with me," Aunt Wang shook her head. "You'll see!"

"How about you go home with your aunt? She'll be right next door, so she won't bother your mother."

As she spoke, she reached out to grab the little girl's hand.

But the next second, the little girl opened her mouth to bite, and Aunt Wang quickly withdrew her hand, thus avoiding being bitten.

"Look! Look!"

"This..." Zhu Lin was at a loss.

The little girl grinned, her snow-white teeth gleaming with a sharp, cold light, but her eyes were wet, and she was still clutching the doll in her hands, like a frightened little animal.

"Alright, I'll stay here outside with her. You go inside quickly," Aunt Wang said, her heart softening.

Zhu Lin was very grateful upon hearing this.

"Then it's up to you!"

He then rushed into the house.

Just as Liu Sheng was about to follow them inside, Aunt Wang called out to her:

"Wait, this dog can't go in!"

"Alright, Xiaotian, you stay outside for now."

Liu Sheng didn't argue much. Instead, she took a deep look at the little girl who was touching the doll with her head down, and whispered a word of advice:
Keep a close eye on things.

"Wang!"

Xiaotian obediently agreed.

Liu Sheng then followed him into the house.

As soon as I entered, the door slammed shut.

A foul stench lingered in the room, mixed with a strong smell of blood, immediately reaching the nose.

The one who closed the door was Aunt Mingde, whom Liu Sheng had seen not long ago.

Tiezhu's mother.

She now looks completely different from before. Her face and hands are covered with bloody marks, as if she had been scratched by fingernails, and her hair is disheveled, as if she had been through a fight.

Her eyes were cloudy and unfocused, and she gripped Zhu Lin's arm so tightly that it almost dug into his flesh, her frantic state bordering on hysteria.

"Xiao Zhu, please help! You must help! Tie Zhu... Tie Zhu..."

"Aunt Mingde, don't panic!" Zhu Lin forced himself to remain calm and pulled away Aunt Mingde's hand. "I'll go and see what's wrong with Tiezhu first."

However, as Zhu Lin walked past the bed, she also gasped in shock.

Tiezhu was lying on the bed with a wad of cloth stuffed in his mouth and his hands and feet tightly bound with hemp rope—this was probably the source of Aunt Mingde's wounds.

However, it's understandable, because his eyes are now bloodshot and filled with a terrifying bloodlust, and he's making low growling noises.

Just as Aunt Wang had said, his body was covered with bright red marks, forming uneven grooves that seemed to cut deep into his flesh, as if something like hair was wrapped around it, but it was not visible to the naked eye.

Liu Sheng's gaze sharpened slightly.

I remembered that clump of hair deep in the pond.

Zhu Lin was shocked and couldn't help but take a half step back.

Aunt Mingde saw this and tears streamed down her face as she pleaded incoherently:
"What's wrong? Is there no hope? No, Xiao Zhu! You have to think of something! Your mother used to be the most resourceful! You must be too, right!"

Zhu Lin took a deep breath:

"Aunt Mingde, don't worry, let me try to calm him down first!"

She then hurriedly took out a talisman from her red bag, bit her fingertip so that blood seeped out, and quickly drew a string of strange runes on the paper.

Upon closer inspection, Liu Sheng discovered that it shared the same origin as Qiao Yu's, resembling a "soul protection charm," which indeed seemed to have some merit.

Zhu Lin affixed the talisman to Tie Zhu's forehead.

There was a soft hissing sound, as if something was being burned.

Tie Zhu's body shuddered violently, his limbs stopped struggling abruptly, only the whites of his eyes bulged towards the ceiling, and his breathing gradually calmed down.

The bed frame was creaking.

Finally, it quieted down.

Seeing her son calm down, as if he had returned to his former quiet and obedient self, Aunt Mingde couldn't help but sob.

"Tiezhu...Tiezhu! My son!"

She cautiously took a few steps forward, her hands trembling as she touched her son's bloodshot cheeks, almost bursting into tears.

However, at that very moment, Tie Zhu's eyes twitched.

The talisman on his forehead burned rapidly.

Liu Sheng, who had been closely monitoring the situation, immediately became alert.

He took two steps forward, grabbed Aunt Mingde by the collar, and suddenly dragged her backward.

"Danger! Get out of the way!"

Before she could finish speaking, a deafening roar came from the bed.

The iron pillar, which had just calmed down, struggled violently again, many times more intensely than before!
His eyes were completely bloodshot, the blood twisting and churning beneath his skin like countless worm threads writhing inside him, finally breaking open wounds filled with fine, sharp teeth.

This also includes the areas that Aunt Mingde had just touched!
Those strange "mouths" gnawed at everything they touched—clothes, rags, and ropes—nothing could withstand their sharp teeth.

If Liu Sheng hadn't intervened, Aunt Mingde's hands would probably have suffered the same fate.

"not good!"

Upon seeing this, Zhu Lin hurriedly drew another talisman and was about to rush over and stick it on.

However, she didn't have time.

As the wooden bed shook violently and completely shattered, sending splinters of wood flying, Tie Zhu finally broke free of his restraints!

It let out a beastly roar, bared all its sharp teeth, and pounced on Aunt Mingde, who was completely stunned!