See the Law of Deception

Chapter 131 The Substitute (5)

"Don't rush, I have another way."

Yan Xiaoyu did not completely panic because of her current situation.

"Let's attract the attention of the other passengers first."

She couldn't just be kicked out of the company like that. No matter how she thought about it, having her identity taken over by a ghost in this place called "Substitute" was an extremely dangerous thing.

She looked in Du Yu's direction, about to call out something, when she saw the figure who had been facing away from her slowly turn around.

She saw the ghost's appearance, which was not unfamiliar at all; it was so familiar that it was like looking in a mirror.

That was exactly like Yan Xiaoyu.

Even though she was prepared, Yan Xiaoyu still felt a sense of near horror when she saw that face.

She opened her mouth, about to call out Du Yu's name, but saw "Yan Xiaoyu" smile at her.

A very small smile, as if it were learning or imitating.

But at this moment, Yan Xiaoyu felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

She finally understood, understood the strange feeling she had when she saw the woman's face as the elevator doors closed.

The woman was "Xiaoyue" until the elevator doors closed and they made eye contact, but the moment their eyes met, the woman's face changed instantly.

His facial features flowed like melting candle wax, and were reshaped into completely different appearances.

In that instant, she saw the process of facial features changing, resembling Xiaoyue, yet not resembling Xiaoyue.

Unlike Xiaoyue, the part that is clearly changing in her shape is different.

The moment the elevator doors closed, "Xiaoyue" gave her a tiny, almost imperceptible smile.

She couldn't make a sound.

It wasn't because of this horrifying discovery, but because, in a physical sense, her vocal cords, her ability to speak, had disappeared.

Or rather, they were deprived of it.

Because she heard the ghost talking.

Even from a distance, she clearly heard "Yan Xiaoyu" ask, "What happened?"

As she spoke, she tilted her head in confusion, but her eyes were almost blank.

It looked rather clumsy.

But no one noticed anything unusual.

Her colleagues didn't recognize her at all and seemed to find her actions particularly funny. One of them took a makeup mirror out of his pocket and held it up in front of her.

"Take a good look at yourself."

The moment Yan Xiaoyu saw herself in the mirror, she was truly frightened.

"What...what is this?!"

Her colleague, holding up the mirror, sneered at her: "It's you. Don't you recognize me?"

No, that's definitely not her!

Yan Xiaoyu shook her head, raised her hand to touch the unfamiliar face, her expression terrified.

This is a face that can only be described as terrifying. The left eye is a small, single-lidded eye, while the right eye is a double-lidded, slanted eye. The nose is large and covered with blackheads, making it look like a completely unhygienic man. Half of the skin on Fang Yuan's face is clear, while the other half is covered with acne scars.

This doesn't even qualify as a normal "human face"; it's simply a "face" pieced together from several completely different facial features and skin!
My colleague, facing such a face, was still able to communicate normally instead of shouting "monster."

How does your face look in other people's eyes?
And who is she now?

Yan Xiaoyu waved her hands abruptly, trying to get her teammates' attention. However, for some reason, her colleagues who had just been looking at her had all looked away, as if she no longer cared about anything.

Her actions only caught the attention of her colleague. "Have you gone mad?" the colleague frowned and called security.

Yan Xiaoyu tried to break free from her obstruction, but found that her strength was slowly waning.

She raised her hand and tossed the coin into the air; in that instant, her lost strength returned.

She shoved aside the colleague who was blocking her way, but in the next instant, the world suddenly went dark.

It felt like the lights had been turned off, or like I had suddenly lost my eyes.

It was pitch black all around.

She heard the sound of a coin hitting the ground, and then her hands were grabbed and she was dragged backward, as if security had arrived to pull her out of the building.

Yan Xiaoyu struggled without daring to move. She knew that all the abnormalities happening to her body were caused by a ghost attacking her. Her destiny was able to effectively resist the erosion of supernatural forces on her, but even so, Yan Xiaoyu could feel that she was still constantly "losing" something.

First her face, then her voice, then her strength, then her vision, taste, and smell. Soon, she could no longer hear.

She was being pushed and dragged, not just by her hands, but also by countless hands on her ankles, shoulders, and even the top of her head, squeezing and tearing at her, dragging her into the darkness.

She persevered for a while because her destiny helped her resist some of the erosion by supernatural forces.

She could sense that if someone called her name, recognized her, and uttered the words "Yan Xiaoyu," she might be able to break free from her restraints and survive this attack.

but no.

She didn't tell anyone about the anomaly she noticed, so no one paid any attention to her.

".how so?"

Yan Xiaoyu thought in despair.

She could no longer make a sound, see any images, or hear any sound. Just a second ago, she had even lost the ability to control her limbs.

Everything she had was being stripped away, replaced, and made into the possession of that ghost.

Yan Xiaoyu realized that she was doomed to die.

In that instant, she even felt a sense of pleasure.

"Du Yu didn't notice either, did she?"

"A ghost has silently replaced her teammate. Next, it should be her turn, right?"

If she could still control herself, she would almost burst out laughing.

In the next instant, Yan Xiaoyu's "consciousness" was completely erased.

Meanwhile, in Yan Xiaoyu's seat, the woman whose eyes had been numb seemed to awaken from a dream. Her eyes, which had been devoid of any spirit, suddenly shone with a human luster.

A new "Yan Xiaoyu" has been born.

She heard Du Yu calling her name, so she looked up at him.

What Du Yu said to her was both a request and an order.

Yan Xiaoyu stood there, taking about a second longer than usual, before nodding slightly.

She is sorting through the past and memories that belong to "Yan Xiaoyu".

After speaking with Du Yu, as she sat down, "Yan Xiaoyu" looked at Du Yu with a slight smile on her lips.

For a fleeting moment, her face became blurry.

Even though Du Yu was looking at Yan Xiaoyu, he couldn't, or rather, couldn't perceive this momentary blurriness.

But she instinctively felt something was off, yet she couldn't quite put her finger on what was strange.

He could only look deeper and longer at Yan Xiaoyu, trying to find the source of that subtle, strange feeling she had just experienced.