I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 103: How to Kill It (Updated twice a day after release, words per update, words in total)

Lin Xing'an was in a daze for a moment.

He was pulled into the illusion by the clouds.

In front of me is an orphanage that has been abandoned and dilapidated for who knows how long.

The creaking sound of the swing could be heard.

Lin Xing'an was stunned.

A skinny-looking little girl in a tattered gauze skirt was swinging on the swing with her back to him.

"I don't know who you are, but you must be human."

"Because my ability is auxiliary, it only works on humans. I have been using illusions to stimulate people's potential. Unexpected, right?"

"Furthermore, my ability will only work on those who are full of hope."

"Thank you. Even now, I still have hope in facing that gluttonous ghost."

The sound of clouds and mist came from the swinging of the swing.

"On March 06th, I received a mission and came to Villa to investigate. It seems this place is related to the heavy snow a week ago."

"I was very careful, but I was still discovered by the gluttonous ghost."

"It's a gluttonous ghost with two abilities: a Class C [Hallucination] and a Class B [Possession]."

"Because I possess the same ability as it, it didn't kill me immediately, but instead possessed me."

Yunxia's voice paused.

It's like a jammed radio.

Lin Xing'an also realized that this was not the illusion that Yunxia had just released.

This is an illusion that Yunxia had "recorded" long ago...

"Its [Possession] ability does not allow it to acquire any of the host's abilities or memories, not even the body's muscle memory."

"It just 'purely' takes over your body."

"But maybe it's because we both have hallucination abilities, so its abilities seem to combine with mine in a certain way."

"Its hallucination-inducing properties are strong because of the reality and compulsion within the illusion, but the conditions for triggering them are extremely harsh."

"One must be in its ghostly realm and in extreme mental distress before it will pull one into the illusion."

"And after you pull it in once, the next time you want to pull it in, it will be even more painful, but there is a limit to the pain."

"However, the harsh triggering conditions mean that once you're pulled into the illusion, you'll be at its mercy. Besides extremely realistic scenes, it can even manipulate your memories within the illusion."

"Only those who are mentally stronger than it can hope to break free from the illusion."

"But...it's really difficult. The illusion will make you deny yourself, and it's almost impossible to break free."

The cloud swing swung higher and higher.

It's like it's about to fly.

"But after possessing me, as long as I could sense 'hope', I would be pulled into the illusion by it."

"The simplicity of my triggering conditions completely makes up for its lack of power."

"I never imagined that the ability I used to help my fellow human beings would one day become a sharp knife to stab my fellow human beings."

"But it is precisely because of this that this gluttonous ghost retained my consciousness and did not completely erase me immediately."

"And this also gives me the right to interfere with its ability to use it to a certain extent."

"I sometimes interfere with its 'detection of hope,' and sometimes change the content of its hallucinations."

"But this is only a rare case. Most of the time, I can only watch it torture humans."

"But fortunately, I used this time to discover its fatal weakness, and I finally know how to kill it."

Yunxia's voice paused again.

This time, the entire dilapidated welfare home scene behind seemed to flicker as well.

Lin Xing'an pricked up his ears and paid close attention.

"Its fatal weakness lies in [Possession]."

"Its [Possession] ability is to inject its own darkness into the person it wishes to possess."

"As the darkness surges into you, you'll feel an indescribable pain. This pain will instantly break down your mental defenses and allow it to take over your body."

"This wisp of darkness contains its consciousness, but its most important function is that it will penetrate into the darkness within you, devouring your darkness and transforming it into its own."

"After gaining control of your body, your spirit doesn't dissipate immediately."

"Even if your body dies, your spirit will only feel pain; it will not be affected in any way."

“Only when your darkness is completely and thoroughly transformed into its darkness will your spirit disappear and you will truly die.”

"Sometimes it just injects darkness into your body, but it doesn't take away control of your body after the intense pain."

"This ray of darkness will secretly transform the darkness in your body into its own without you noticing."

"Turn you into its shadowy 'vessel'."

Yunxia's words brought a hint of bitterness and realization to Lin Xing'an's lips.

No wonder after the shadow ghost died, Yin Hui entered Teacher Orange's body...

Because that shadow ghost had already been infiltrated by this illusion ghost...

It has long since become a murky "vessel" for hallucinatory ghosts...

It was by injecting the darkness of this shadow ghost into Teacher Orange's body that this illusion ghost completely took over Teacher Orange's body.

"Theoretically, its Yin Hui can be divided into countless parts, allowing it to control countless people and gain countless Yin Hui."

"But it doesn't dare."

"Because its darkness can devour and transform your darkness, and you, too, can use your own darkness to devour and transform its darkness."

"So it doesn't dare to inject only a small amount of Yin and Hui, because the less Yin and Hui you inject, the easier it is to transform them."

The clouds swinging on the swing slowly stopped.

But he didn't get off, but continued to sit on the swing.

"It's just that the transformation process will be very painful, just like regaining control of your body." "And once it finds that your consciousness seems to be awakening and starting to transform its dark thoughts, it will lose control and instinctively inject more darkness into your body."

"To suppress your consciousness and devour you faster."

"Until all its darkness, including the darkness it has injected into other people, is filled into you."

"And you, as long as you digest and transform all its darkness, it will die."

"This is how to kill it."

Yunxia’s words made Lin Xing’an gasp.

He had just experienced that kind of mental pain...

"I tried, but I'm only one person, and unfortunately, I failed."

"Because the intense mental pain of resisting its darkness is exactly what it takes to be drawn into hallucinations."

"So once it senses something's wrong, it'll immediately pull you into an illusion. The combination of [Possession] and [Hallucination] makes it incredibly difficult to kill."

Yunxia shook her head and said.

"However, its attempt to transform my darkness also failed."

"It realized it couldn't kill me completely, so it panicked and tried to get out of my body."

"But it can't come and go as it pleases here."

Yunxia's voice became much hoarser.

"I have locked its darkness inside me. I won't let it out again, nor will I let its other darkness in. But I don't know how long I can hold out."

"It harmed my body and tortured my adopted brother. It forcibly injected darkness into my adopted mother and then stripped her of her, turning her into something neither human nor ghost."

"It found the murderer of my father and made this person who insulted me pretend to be my father, so that I could see that face day and night and call him daddy."

"It knows that deceiving me causes me pain, so it uses my appearance to continually deceive its fellow humans."

"It knew my biggest fear was suffocation, so it tried every possible way to make me experience suffocation."

"It knew I was always full of hope, so it tried every possible way to make me despair."

"It thought that this would cause my spirit to collapse, allowing me to relax and release it from my body, but..."

"I'm not that fragile..."

Yunxia walked down from the swing, turned her back to Lin Xing'an, and spoke softly.

Her voice was so calm, drifting away on the wind in the illusion, as if she was stating something insignificant.

But every word she said would make Lin Xing'an's heart tremble.

No wonder the hallucinating ghost sighed that he was finally free...

Yunxia used her body to lock this phantom ghost for two whole months...

Lin Xing'an looked at the thin clouds in front of him, and an indescribable respect surged in his heart.

It turned out that the hanging he saw was not the hallucination of the ghost trying to kill Yunxia, but the hallucination of the ghost repeatedly torturing her with the suffocation of hanging...

It turns out that the hallucinatory ghost asked him to kill Yunxia just to make her suffer more...

It turns out that the shadow ghost is not Zhou Ziming's father, but the person Yunxia hates the most...

It turns out that it keeps Zhou Ziming and Zhou Ziming's mother "alive". There is no other reason for all of this.

All this was done to make Yunxia collapse, to make her surrender, to make her completely lose hope and let it go...

Yunxia said it easily.

But how could the pain and perseverance contained in it be simply brushed aside like this...

"It would be painful if I tried to kill it."

"I don't know if anyone will see this vision. I don't know if I will be dead by the time you see it."

"But if I'm still alive, consider me your hope."

"There is no pain in illusion."

"Hope will favor everyone."

Yunxia turned around and walked towards Lin Xing'an step by step.

She grew taller step by step, and transformed from a skinny little girl into the Yunxia that Lin Xing'an was familiar with.

The illusion behind her, the dilapidated abandoned welfare home, also shattered and dissipated bit by bit.

"…transforming its darkness…"

The illusion is about to disappear.

Lin Xing'an also used this precious time to close his eyes, recover his spirit, and think.

He thought of the illusionary ghost's darkness entering his body and transforming into a fierce ghost that continuously devoured his darkness with big mouthfuls.

"That's it devouring and transforming my darkness..."

“But how do I transform it?”

A look of doubt appeared on Lin Xing'an's face.

The reason why the illusion ghost could devour so concretely was because the darkness that penetrated into Lin Xing'an's body carried its consciousness with it.

"I can only control the shape of the darkness within me. The best I can do is intercept the darkness of that phantom ghost."

"But it devours in reverse..."

Just when Lin Xing'an was feeling puzzled, the sound of clouds breaking apart came faintly, as if hearing the doubts in his heart.

"Only by being stronger than it can you devour it..."

"call……"

Like a breeze blowing...

Without giving Lin Xing'an time to think about her words, the illusion shattered quietly...

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(End of this chapter)