See the Law of Deception

Chapter 147 The Substitute (21)

Qin Wan did not change her mind because of this.

Choosing to believe in ghosts is the most foolish thing to do.

The ghost wouldn't let her go just because she had truly betrayed her companions; it was just another trap to kill her.

She hadn't forgotten that this was her misfortune, not Lu Jinzhao's.

What seems to be the most unfavorable situation for Lu Jinzhao is also the most unfavorable situation for Qin Wan at this time!
Therefore, no matter what the ghost asks her to do, she must not do it.

Seeing that she remained unmoved, Lu Jinzhao, the stand-in standing behind her, frowned slightly, as if she had encountered a situation she could not understand.

Ghosts cannot understand human emotions, nor can they possess all human intelligence simply by creating a substitute. However, this substitute of Lu Jinzhao is indeed slightly "smarter" than the substitute of Zhou Ziming next to him.

More and more hands landed behind Qin Wan, and cold sweat dripped down her forehead. She clutched her pocket watch, her mind racing, trying to think of any other way.
What other methods are there besides pocket watches?

Have no idea.

Qin Wan was frustrated by this.

Perhaps this is why, even though she possesses a destiny, she still has to expend a great deal of her lifespan just to survive on the platform.

If it weren't for the good fortune that granted her this special destiny, the favor she received, and the acquisition of sufficiently powerful supernatural items, she would probably have died long ago.

Qin Wan's emotions suddenly sank into a dark quagmire, and with the cold touch behind her, her emotions were being pulled down endlessly.

Until Lu Jinzhao, who had been observing coldly all along, suddenly walked towards her.

Because of the ghost, Qin Wan was not in the same place at this moment, but a few steps away from Zhou Ziming and Lu Jinzhao, but not far. Lu Jinzhao obviously needed a closer position.

She stopped in her tracks when she reached Qin Wan.

Qin Wan was a little confused about what she was planning to do when she heard Lu Jinzhao ask, "How many minutes of your bad luck are left?"

"About two minutes."

Lu Jinzhao nodded: "I can help you, but you'll have to exchange the skin on your back for three ribs, is that alright?"

"Okay!" Qin Wan immediately agreed.

Then, she felt Lu Jinzhao's slightly cool hand take her wrist, and something like a bracelet was tied around her wrist.

The moment she tied it on, Qin Wan immediately sensed that it was a supernatural item.

Immediately afterwards, her body temperature began to drop at an unscientific rate, her heartbeat slowed, and her rapid breathing, which had been excessive due to tension, instantly calmed down. Her bodily functions seemed to be subject to some kind of restriction, continuously decreasing, decreasing, and decreasing toward death.

The moment she tied it, the number of cold hands behind her stopped increasing!

After all, what can a ghost get from a "corpse"?

But the hand clinging to her back didn't fall off. The moment the bell was tied on, this supernatural object clouded the ghost's senses. In its eyes, Qin Wan had become a "corpse," but the hands that were holding her knew that she was alive, not a corpse.

Thus, the bell and the ghost became embroiled in a supernatural confrontation.

Lu Jinzhao could see the bell shaking wildly in a way that had never happened before. The bell rang continuously and louder and louder. She immediately realized that this was because the bell was not powerful enough to completely block the ghost's senses. It definitely wouldn't last more than ten minutes.

No, I'm afraid even five minutes wouldn't be enough.

Lu Jinchao frowned slightly, sensing that things couldn't go on like this. So, the supernatural items obtained from low-level dungeons really couldn't last long in high-level dungeons?

"Qin Wan".

In the darkness, someone began calling Qin Wan's name. "Qin Wan."

"Qin Wan, Qin Wan, say something!"

With each call, a group of dark figures began to gather on the street.

They couldn't see faces or figures, only the sounds of people gathering around them.

With each call, the bell on her wrist shook more and more violently, as if it might break and shatter at any moment.

Having just felt somewhat relieved by the bell's effect, Qin Wan immediately looked up at Lu Jinzhao: "What should we do?"

The ghost seemed unable to find Qin Wan, but due to the influence of "misfortune," its target remained Qin Wan, so in the darkness, it kept calling out Qin Wan's name.

"I have to get out of here, at least get rid of those hands on my back!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jinzhao immediately decided: "Let's go!"

But Qin Wan had only taken one step forward when she let out a cry of pain.

"My back hurts so much!"

Those hands, which were just lightly touching her back, felt like nails piercing her back the moment she tried to leave!

With each step forward, it felt as if my flesh and soul were being torn apart.

The voices calling for Qin Wan from all around were getting closer and closer, almost forming an encirclement, and Lu Jinzhao saw that a crack had appeared on the surface of the bell.

Less than half a minute had passed!

That's so useless.

She didn't want Qin Wan to die here, because she couldn't be sure what Qin Wan would look like after being replaced by a ghost.
Can her body still be used?

Therefore, it would be best to let Qin Wan live.

Without hesitation, Lu Jinzhao flicked his fingers slightly, manipulating the shadow puppet to climb onto Qin Wan's back.

"It will hurt a little, just bear with it."

As she spoke, the shadow puppet sensed the hands belonging to the stand-in landing on Qin Wan's back and began to frantically gnaw at them.

These hands are not the ghosts themselves, but rather blank substitutes wandering the city, none of whom have yet obtained "humanity." They all yearn for Qin Wan and are unwilling to let her leave. Each hand tries to reach into Qin Wan's body and brain, to take away her soul and everything.

"Don't just stand there, try leaving."

Lu Jinzhao grabbed Qin Wan's other wrist, instantly dissipating the eerie power of the shadow puppet that had immobilized Qin Wan. Whenever Qin Wan tried to take a step forward, a hand would pull her from behind, and the shadow puppet would immediately find that hand and bite off its fingers.

During this pulling process, blood kept flowing down Qin Wan's back, which was already covered in blood and torn open.

Even when the pain made her mind go blank, Qin Wan still had time to think: The skin on my back is all rotting, does the deal with Lu Jinzhao still count?

But Lu Jinzhao did not give up on her because of this; she has always been a person of her word.

One by one, the hands that had been holding her down fell away. Qin Wan struggled to walk forward, and with each step, large amounts of blood and bits of flesh fell from her back.

She thought that perhaps there was hardly any flesh left on her back, only bones.

But miraculously, she was still alive and could walk.

She realized that it was probably Lu Jinzhao who had put the bell on her that was making a difference.