See the Law of Deception

Chapter 178 The House of Evil Spirits (22)

When a large amount of blood was lost from his body, Lu Jinzhao immediately felt cold.

Then came a weakness and powerlessness that seemed to seep from her very bones. Due to the lack of blood, her body was rapidly deprived of oxygen. Her heart stopped beating, and she felt dizzy. Lu Jinzhao felt her consciousness beginning to blur.

But all of this was within her expectations. In fact, due to the physical changes brought about by the fusion with the ghost bone, her behavior after losing a lot of blood far exceeded what a normal person should look like.

The various organ failures and diseases that should have occurred due to excessive blood loss never appeared on her. Some of these were because her organs had already been partially destroyed by the extra hand that had appeared in her abdomen, while others were because her body was already close to being inhuman.

The bell hanging on her hand also ensured that she would not die immediately from the loss of oxygen and blood, which are essential for human survival. Although the discomfort was extremely intense and her consciousness became somewhat blurred, she managed to maintain this state, which was no different from that of a "mummified corpse".

Lu Jinzhao knew that he must look terrifying right now, to the point that he would need to be censored in a horror movie narration, but this was just the beginning.

The bell and the blood-sucking wooden box both serve to protect her to some extent, and her current existence, indistinguishable from a corpse, makes the ghosts that were originally chasing her in the room hesitate.

However, this state will only last for ten minutes, because the bell only works for ten minutes.

Furthermore, even with the two supernatural items at work, Lu Jinzhao still felt the blood slowly seeping into her withered body.

If things continue like this, the wooden box and bell will eventually become useless, but Lu Jinzhao is not worried at all.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that she was waiting for that moment to arrive.

Time passed little by little, and Lu Jinzhao could feel that his body was still undergoing some kind of change.

Blood had invaded her body, and the ghost behind the blood was trying to slowly control her new "corpse." However, there were two supernatural items and the consciousness of a living person inside the corpse, which made the invasion difficult.

However, as the amount of blood increased, when the places in Lu Jinzhao's body that should have been filled with human blood were replaced by this ghost blood, she began to lose control of her body and could not perceive the existence of her limbs. It was as if her body had been dissolved by the blood, and all that remained of her was her brain.

But Lu Jinzhao knew that wasn't the case. Her body was still there, but it had been invaded by blood and was temporarily "no longer under her control."

Logically speaking, she should have been completely devoured by the ghost behind the blood at this point, but at this moment, she still retains the consciousness belonging to Lu Jinzhao.

This preserved consciousness stemmed from the protection of the wooden box and the bell, and perhaps also from the fact that the ghost bones had modified her physique. She wasn't entirely sure; ultimately, making this decision was a gamble.

Even so, the situation was still very unfavorable for Lu Jinzhao. She was unable to move and only retained a faint consciousness. If things continued like this, what good would it do even if she survived tonight?

She even lost the ability to control her body to get back onto the train.

But that's not all she had prepared.

Soon, as time passed, the invasion of blood into her became more and more severe. When she felt that her consciousness was stained with a large area of ​​red, the bell finally reached its limit.

When she first received the bell, the newspapers on the train warned her.

Never wear it on your body for more than ten minutes.

She was curious about what would happen if she broke this rule.
However, she had never had the opportunity to experiment, but now, the opportunity has come.

This is also part of her "gamble".

As time passed a certain critical point, at that moment, the bell on Lu Jinzhao's wrist, which had been as lifeless as a physical object, suddenly rang. However, the sound was somewhat faint, unlike the one Lu Jinzhao had heard clearly at the funeral home.

Then, with the sound of the bell, the woven ropes began to break and disintegrate. They no longer wrapped around Lu Jinzhao's wrist, but instead, like living silver needles, burrowed into her body through her wrist.

At this moment, if Lu Jinzhao were "alive," her feelings would be incredibly painful.

She would feel hundreds of silver needles piercing her body, flowing through her blood vessels, into her lungs, her heart, and her brain.

But now, due to her body being out of control, she has completely lost the ability to feel pain.

Moreover, what flowed in her veins was no longer her own blood, but something she felt could call "ghost blood."

She shouldn't have been able to sense the strange changes in the bell, but after the ropes turned into needles and pierced her body, Lu Jinzhao subtly regained some of her physical sensation.

When she felt the presence of her "body" again, Lu Jinzhao knew that the bell's mutation had begun.

She had actually guessed what the consequences would be if she wore it for too long.

It's nothing more than the bell starting to "revive," becoming a ghost, no longer just a supernatural object, and completely out of control.

The bell itself is not a particularly powerful supernatural object, but if the bell comes back to life and becomes a ghost, then that's a different story.

Ghosts cannot be "killed". Even if they are both ghosts, at most you can suppress or repel them, but you cannot "kill" them.

At the funeral home, the "corpses" had bells on their ankles and were controlled by the bells. Now, these corpses have ghost blood flowing through their bodies and are controlled by that blood.

When Lu Jinzhao realized this, he felt that the two "ghosts" were very similar.

Now, the ghost's blood has flowed into her body, trying to control her "corpse." She has exceeded the limits of using the bell, causing the supernatural object to go out of control. The ghost begins to revive inside her, trying to seize control of her body.

She also fused with a piece of ghost bone, a supernatural item of death level. Even without more abilities, it was enough to suppress the two ghosts to some extent in terms of strength.

As for the wooden box, its main function was actually to drain her blood so that the ghost blood could enter her body.

Other than that, they are unlikely to play a significant role; at most, they can assist the bell in fighting against the ghost blood, further disrupting the chaotic supernatural power within the body.

The shadow puppet on her ankle was her "fuse," a substitute death to prevent her from actually killing herself, giving her one last chance to gamble.

Finally, and what Lu Jinzhao doesn't want to admit, that one-third was replaced by the soul of sheepskin.

The sheepskin, though said to be a supernatural item, is ultimately a ghost, and a powerful one at that, also classified as a "death-level" ghost.

This may be the key to her retaining a sliver of self-awareness.

But in any case, when Lu Jinzhao felt that her body was in a state of chaos, and she could feel her hands one moment and only her feet the next, she knew that she might have won the gamble.

By relying on the ghosts' lack of wisdom and their instinctive intrusion into the mind, they restrain each other within their own bodies, creating a temporary state of becoming "of the same kind".

(End of this chapter)