See the Law of Deception

Chapter 138 The Substitute (12)

Du Yu didn't know what she felt for that brief moment.

Could it be that the ghost that transformed into her is still in the company, and she was targeted the moment she stepped in?

After thinking it over, Du Yu felt it was highly likely.

She had no idea that, in that brief moment, Qin Wan had borrowed all of her good fortune for the next period of time.

That wasn't the feeling of being targeted by a ghost; it was just a warning she had never experienced before, a warning of falling into an abyss of misfortune.

Du Yu followed after her.

Seeing her catch up, Lu Jinzhao and the other two slowly turned around and walked into the company.

Qin Wan, who was at the very front, had an exceptionally rosy complexion, as if she had taken some kind of special medicine or a highly nourishing tonic.

That's indeed the case. She devoured someone else's good fortune, and although she'll suffer the consequences, she feels great right now.

Qin Wan felt lightheaded, and although her brain functioned normally, perhaps due to a change in mindset, she felt invincible.

Even if you stand in front of a ghost, you can be spared from death due to various unexpected events.

Of course, there will always be someone else who will take her place in enduring misfortune.

Furthermore, she was also aware that this light-hearted feeling was not entirely real. She was indeed very lucky, but if she were really standing in front of a ghost, she wouldn't necessarily survive.

That's just an illusion, or rather, arrogance.

It was this feeling that made Qin Wan unwilling to frequently steal other people's good fortune.

She was afraid that if she were constantly immersed in such illusions, she would actually become stupid.

They did not discuss or formulate any detailed plan regarding how to kill Du Yu.

With Qin Wan around, there's no need for that at all.

She has already done her best. Zhou Ziming and Lu Jinzhao just need to seize every unfortunate opportunity that Du Yu will encounter.

She had only walked a few steps into the company when she heard a noise behind her.

Looking back, it turned out that Du Yu had accidentally slipped and almost fell.

"pity."

Qin Wan thought to herself.

If she were any stronger, she could not only plunder other people's good fortune but also bring them even more misfortune. Presumably, she wouldn't even need anyone else's help to kill someone.

Du Yu, who was behind her, was unaware of anything; she just felt that the ground seemed a bit too slippery.

She looked up at the three people in front of her: "Have you seen it? There's nothing here. Let's leave quickly."

"If the ghost really comes soon, it will be difficult to leave."

Hard to say.

The three of them thought to themselves that Du Yu was the most unlucky one here at the moment. If there really was something fishy, ​​she would definitely be the first one targeted.

Even if she doesn't know it, she will most likely unintentionally violate the taboos of ghosts and be attacked.

If Qin Wan weren't unable to steal someone's good fortune for an extended period, she could simply ignore her after taking away her luck. But now, they must kill each other as quickly as possible within this timeframe.

——Dong
Du Yu was hit by something, but luckily she dodged in time, otherwise she would probably have suffered a head injury.

The group looked over at the sound and saw that one of the decorations hanging high on the wall had fallen down.

"Wow, what bad luck!" Zhou Ziming said with a laugh.

Du Yu was getting impatient, but she was also starting to feel that something was amiss.

In reality, she would just think it was an accident, but here on the platform, this unusual accident might be hinting at something.

"Let's split up and take a look," Lu Jinzhao said without waiting for Du Yu's reply. After speaking, she gave Zhou Ziming a look.

Once she realized that Du Yu was really unlucky and might even have trouble drinking water, she decided not to wait any longer.

After saying that, Lu Jinzhao pretended to walk towards the door, and Zhou Zimo understood her implication and turned to walk in another direction.

Qin Wan naturally wouldn't stay put. Du Yu hadn't expected the three of them to choose to separate in such an obviously dangerous place, but in her haste, she still decisively chose to follow one of them.

She chose Qin Wan.

This is because, among the three, Qin Wan is the most like an "easy target."

When Qin Wan saw Du Yu following them, she immediately made a decision: "Shall we go to the rooftop and take a look?"

Although it was a question, even though Du Yu refused, Qin Wan only stood there for a moment before walking towards the rooftop.

The rooftop reminded Du Yu of Bai Xunyan and Yan Xiaoyu. She instinctively didn't want to go, but when she saw that Qin Wan didn't listen to her at all, she turned around to look for the others and found that Lu Jinzhao and Zhou Ziming were already gone.

Now she can only stay by Qin Wan's side.

Left with no other choice, Du Yu followed Qin Wan onto the rooftop.

Zhou Ziming and Lu Jinzhao, who had left the office area earlier, heard Qin Wan's words and ran up to the rooftop to wait for Du Yu to arrive.

Soon, two footsteps sounded; it was Qin Wan and Du Yu, who had arrived a step late.

Zhou Ziming and Lu Jinzhao hid behind the rooftop door, one on each side. After hearing the noise, Lu Jinzhao saw Zhou Ziming put his hands together and quickly make a few movements. Then, his temperament changed and his eyes suddenly became completely different from usual.

To be honest, Zhou Ziming was more gloomy and numb than usual, as if he were possessed by a ghost.

The door to the rooftop was open. Qin Wan walked in and clearly saw Zhou Ziming and Lu Jinzhao, but she kept her eyes straight ahead and pretended nothing had happened as she walked out of the rooftop.

Seeing this, Du Yu, who was following behind her, naturally had nothing to be wary of. However, just as she was crossing the last step towards the rooftop, she inexplicably tripped on the step and stumbled and fell towards the door.

This wasn't a big deal; at most, she was just unlucky. Having experienced so many life-or-death situations, she could easily react to such an accident. Before her body even fell, her hands were already braced. If nothing unexpected had happened, she wouldn't have even been injured by this fall.

However, the person who had been waiting inside the door made their move the instant her figure swayed and she lost control.

A powerful whip kick landed heavily on her side with lightning speed. Du Yu didn't even see the person who kicked her before her body flew in another direction.

She was horrified and didn't even have time to pay attention to the excruciating pain in her body. Her first instinct was to activate her destiny and the supernatural items she was carrying, but the next second, a cold aura pressed against her calf.

She can't move.

She sensed footsteps rushing towards her from the direction of the person who kicked her away. A fierce glint flashed in Du Yu's eyes. Her destiny did not require physical movement to use. In fact, she felt she should thank the supernatural power that had rendered her immobile!

She immediately redirected the attack to the person who kicked her. She didn't need to see that person or know who it was; as long as there were living people within range, her destiny could take effect!

Sure enough, the next instant, the feeling of being unable to move due to the supernatural power disappeared, and the approaching footsteps stopped.

Just as a sense of smugness rose in Du Yu's heart, the next second, she suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing from her upper right. She instinctively raised her hand to block it, but a sharp knife, with a force that no ordinary person could match, pierced through her palm and then into her neck!
".No!"

A sense of terror welled up in Du Yu's heart. She anticipated the extremely unfavorable situation that was about to unfold for her, and she could smell the scent of death once again.

She immediately wanted to have the wound on her neck replaced by someone else, and this time, she chose the person who had stabbed her.

A strong sense of malice appeared in Du Yu's eyes.

"Damn it! Damn it! You dare to hurt me? Then you'll get what's coming to you!"

The next instant, Du Yu felt the sensation of his trachea being severed and his breath being filled with blood disappear.

Even though she was unable to move her body again, she still showed a happy smile.

That damn guy, he should have cut his own neck by now, right?

She looked at the person holding the knife with malice, but only saw a girl with a calm face, long black hair hanging down above her, and dark eyes staring at her like a deep cave.

There was nothing on her neck.

There were no wounds, and her expression was calm.

Even when she noticed the gaze directed at the immobilized Du Yu, a strange smile appeared on the girl's unnaturally pale face. "What an interesting fate. Can it transfer the damage you suffered? No wonder you insisted on following us."

Was discovered.

but why?
Why wasn't she injured?

"Transferring damage? Then how are we supposed to kill her?" A familiar male voice rang out from the other side, and Du Yu recognized it as Zhou Ziming's voice.

Damn it! Damn it! They clearly didn't seem like the kind of people who take extreme stances, so how could they so decisively decide to kill themselves?!

Aren't they afraid of something unexpected happening?

"It's not difficult."

Hearing the girl's indifferent voice, Du Yu was startled and quickly said, "Haha, any damage that could kill me will be transferred. If you want to kill me, are you prepared to die yourselves?"

"You can only transfer one type of damage at a time, right?"

The girl's voice was accompanied by a rustling sound, and a cold, venomous touch, like that of a snake, snaked up from her back and crawled onto her face.

How did she find out so quickly?

Du Yu felt a chill in her heart. Indeed, her destiny was powerful, but it wasn't strong enough yet. She could only sacrifice one person at a time.

But so what?
If they want to kill themselves, they must sacrifice the life of one of their companions!

They had no grudge against each other; surely no one would be willing to give up their life just to kill her?

Then she saw something crawling onto her face.

It is a shadow puppet.

He was so close, his face was right next to hers. He stood up and looked at her. The shadow puppet's features were not delicate, and even looked rough. She could clearly see the shadow puppet in front of her, which looked like a magnified image, and behind the shadow puppet, the black-haired girl looking down at her.

Despite the fact that one was rough and the other was delicate, she inexplicably saw a resemblance between them.

In particular, when the shadow puppet, which should have been an inanimate object, opened its mouth, drawn with lines, and revealed a strange smile.

"You insist on coming with us because your destiny has distance restrictions, right?"

The girl uttered words she did not want to hear.

"Qin Wan, go a little further away. Zhou Ziming, you two should go downstairs first and come back up in ten minutes."

"Yes, she should have been completely dead by then."

"No!" Du Yu suddenly shouted.

She felt it, she felt it!
This girl in front of me, I'm really confident I can kill her!

Is she immune to "substitute death"?
Yes, there wasn't a single scratch on her neck!

Damn it, isn't that her nemesis?!
How could she have met such a person!

"We can cooperate, we really can cooperate, please don't kill me!" Du Yu begged for mercy.

Although she was begging for mercy, Lu Jinzhao clearly saw the resentment in her eyes.

"No, that won't work." Lu Jinzhao smiled again.

Qin Wan and Zhou Ziming had already obediently left, so her conversation with Du Yu, who was about to die, became much more casual.

“Your being alive is less useful to me than your being dead,” Lu Jinzhao said honestly.

"That's amazing! The knife is still stuck in your neck, but your speech isn't affected at all?"

"Your destiny is really useful!"

Lu Jinzhao sighed, "She really likes it."

She liked everyone's destiny.

"My destiny also allows me to die in someone else's place."

Yes, it has that effect, but Du Yu has never used it, nor does she intend to.

"Mmm." Lu Jinzhao nodded. "It's even better now. Is there more?"

Her tone revealed anticipation.

Du Yu suddenly fell silent. She stopped speaking because she sensed that the girl in front of her, though seemingly very emotional, was actually nothing.

She saw no human emotion in those dark eyes, only pure darkness.

Du Yu's greatest pride was her ability to see into a person's soul through their eyes, and any emotion evoked by those eyes brought her joy. But at this moment, she could see nothing.

It was as if the soul of the girl in front of him was nothing but darkness.

"What are you?" she couldn't help but ask.

"Hmm?" Lu Jinzhao looked at her with a puzzled expression, still smiling. "Your last words are so strange."

"I understand," Du Yu suddenly muttered to herself, "You're not human at all."

"You're like Bai Xunyan and Yan Xiaoyu, possessed by a ghost, no, replaced by a ghost."

"You are a ghost."

A strange conclusion.

It seems like she had a mental breakdown because she knew she was going to die?
Lu Jinzhao looked at her with regret on his face.

"It's almost time," she said, and then the shadow puppet suddenly burrowed into Du Yu's clothes and pressed itself against her stomach.

“I think your destiny is not strong enough, otherwise, with such a useful destiny, you would still be stuck at the second-tier platform.”

"There must be a lot of restrictions, right?"

"For example, only one type of damage can be transferred at a time, and it can be transferred to one person."

"For example, there are scope limitations."

"And what about the timing? The size of the wound, or rather, its lethality?"

"Let's do an experiment."

The girl looked at her with a smile and said cruel words.

Then, Du Yu clearly felt a sharp pain in her stomach!
"What...what did you do?!"

She asked.

Her stomach hurt terribly, as if something was tearing at her flesh.

She couldn't move. She wanted to transfer the supernatural power that was suppressing her immobility to Lu Jinzhao, but she had just transferred the power to the wound on his neck, and she couldn't do it a second time!

Her hesitation in making a move allowed the girl standing above her, bending down to look at her, to confirm something.

She drew her knife and sighed, "Is that all? It's a bit of a shame. But it'll do."

He was speaking in words that Du Yu couldn't quite understand, and then Du Yu felt as if her stomach had been forced open.

Something has crawled inside and is gnawing at her flesh and internal organs!

Her consciousness began to fade, blood was being lost in large quantities, and as her internal organs were being devoured and some functions were lost, she was heading towards death.

A strong sense of resentment flashed in Du Yu's eyes. Why did she have to run into this woman?!

She clearly still has supernatural artifacts she hasn't used if she could move!
But, no if.

Ten minutes passed quickly.
When Qin Wan and Zhou Ziming returned to the rooftop, they only saw Lu Jinzhao fiddling with a corpse whose internal organs had been removed.

And she seems to be peeling the skin off this corpse?
The girl, her hands covered in blood, saw the two men's surprised looks and gave them a slightly apologetic smile.
"Um, my destiny chart needs some materials, could you please understand?"