See the Law of Deception

Chapter 209 Heredity (15)

—Thump thump

—Thump thump

In the darkness, Lu Jinzhao heard his own heartbeat for the first time in a long time.

A clear, steady, and unhurried voice.

Even though the sense of crisis caused her skin to sting slightly, Lu Jinzhao remained relatively calm. She didn't make any unnecessary movements, even though she felt a cold wind slowly blowing over her head.

It was as if a face in the darkness was looking down at her.

Can't move.

The fact that the memorial tablet is out of one's possession already signifies danger, and disobeying the mission requirements is tantamount to courting death.

Therefore, no matter what happens, it's best not to move.

Time passed slowly, and Lu Jinzhao clearly felt something above his head, but that thing did not make any further moves.

"Is it because I didn't break any mission rules?"

The removal of the memorial tablet from her body did indeed bring misfortune, but it didn't seem serious. At least the "silence" neutralized most of the invasion of the unknown supernatural forces, and the rest were quietly neutralized by the ghost blood after entering her body.

"Perhaps because it is still in the early stages, the consequences of the memorial tablet being separated from the person are not yet serious."

She believes that not only she, but all passengers are currently capable of coping with this erosion.

The key is what happens next.

Lu Jinzhao didn't think this mission was only slightly dangerous.

Ten seconds later, the ghost probably realized belatedly that such "scare tactics" were ineffective, so it began its next move.

In the silence, Lu Jinzhao first heard a faint sound, like something being touched, followed by a cracking sound, like wood sliding on the ground.

She was startled and immediately realized that the voice came from her memorial tablet.

Her memorial tablet was being moved.

This was terrible news. Lu Jinzhao suddenly understood why the person he had just seen had such a terrified expression.

The task has a time limit. She must ensure that she can immediately take the memorial tablet and leave when the time limit ends, without disturbing those who come in afterward. After all, the task has a clear requirement of "no companions allowed". If she stays in the ancestral hall, she will not only lose the money she paid for her life, but also trigger the "no companions allowed" task requirement.

The shadow behind her was just an appetizer; the real crisis was what was dragging away her memorial tablet.

Fortunately, Lu Jinzhao was not entirely unprepared.

Tan Meng's limbs stretched out instantly, touching the original location of the memorial tablet in less than a second. At first, Tan Meng did not grab the tablet, but Lu Jinzhao immediately judged the current location of the tablet based on the sound, and Tan Meng's hand also stretched out immediately.

Touched.

just
The moment she touched the memorial tablet, a hand also touched her shoulder.

The touch was very light, neither cold nor heavy, just like someone gently placing their hand on her shoulder.

But Lu Jinzhao knew that this was impossible.

At this moment, there was no other living person in the room except her.

The hand on his shoulder showed no signs of anything unusual at first, just a light touch, yet it still made Lu Jinzhao extremely wary.

The Stand and Nemesis swayed slightly, a sign that Lu Jinzhao was unconsciously preparing to use them, and that the signal had been received by them.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.
The hand resting on her shoulder remained motionless, but the more it did so, the heavier Lu Jinzhao's mood became.

The first thing to move was the memorial tablet that was bound by [Tan Meng].

Tan Meng's hands only bound part of the memorial tablet; the other part was still being held by something unseen. The stalemate lasted only a very brief moment before that thing began to drag the tablet again. The instant it dragged the tablet, Lu Jinzhao immediately controlled Tan Meng to tighten her arms, but the force of dragging the tablet was not so great that she couldn't resist even with Tan Meng. Instead, the hand on her shoulder suddenly began to drag her body.

Even her martial arts-trained body was no match for the ghost's dragging. The ghost's blood was more of a barrier to its invasion and control of her body. Lu Jinzhao could only use shadow puppets to resist this terrifying force.

Even so, it couldn't completely counteract the force. Whenever the memorial tablet was moved, she would use [Tan Meng] to control it, and the force of the hand on her shoulder would increase again.

It wasn't just the dragging; the grip on the shoulders also became stronger.

Even with [Substitute] and [Silence] in effect simultaneously, Lu Jinzhao still heard the sound of bones cracking. Worse still, the ghost blood was also circulating, indicating that his body was not only being dragged by "physical" forces, but also being invaded by unseen supernatural forces.

"It's not a coincidence."

Lu Jinzhao was certain that every time the hand on her shoulder tightened its grip, it meant she was about to stop the memorial tablet from being pulled away.

If she doesn't intervene, the memorial tablet will be taken away by something in the darkness.

Taking action to grab the memorial tablet would violate the rules of the mission.

Even if the body remains still and other methods are used to preserve the memorial tablet, it will still trigger an attack from the ghost, and the attack will gradually worsen until the body can no longer bear it.

They're practically leaving no way out!

The only solution seems to be to modify the task requirements.

Thinking of this, Lu Jinzhao gritted his teeth, feeling the pain as if his body was being pulled and almost torn apart by two different forces, and had no intention of changing the mission.

"One of the purposes of this mission is to deplete our life-saving funds, right?"

When Lu Jinzhao realized that the only way to get out of her current predicament seemed to be to modify the mission, she also realized that perhaps this was one of the purposes.

The cost of modifying this mission will definitely be quite high.

Murder, seize the memorial tablet, and spend the money meant to buy one's life.

"I don't want you to achieve either of them."

—Tear

The sound of shattering echoed in the ancestral hall.

[Stunt double] Du Yu's arm was torn off and replaced Lu Jinzhao's arm.

The ghost's power was terrifying enough to break human bones and tear human bodies apart, but Lu Jinzhao remained unmoved.

If she were to remove the supernatural abilities of [Substitute] and [Silence] attached to her right now, she would probably be dragged away by the ghost immediately. Only when the shadow puppet and the ghost are in a standoff can she stand safely in place. However, such a standoff can continue indefinitely until the ghost achieves its goal, but the shadow puppet cannot.

Fortunately, the task has a time limit.

She just needs to hold on until the time is up.

The sound of skin being torn echoed intermittently in the dark shrine. When the [stand-in] had lost both arms and its body was cracked, the light bulb above its head finally made a sound and then lit up again.

Time is up.

When the lights come on, everything in the darkness disappears again.

They seem to be too young to be exposed to light.

Lu Jinzhao retrieved [Tan Meng]. Its overused "wrist" developed some small cracks. [Silence] shrank in size, and [Substitute] lost both hands and had several cracks on its body.

However, Lu Jinzhao himself was completely unharmed.

"This is only the second task."

If she continued to be consumed by tasks like this, even with her numerous shadow puppets, she would definitely not be able to keep up.

(End of this chapter)