See the Law of Deception

Chapter 79 Wang's Funeral Home (19)

As Lu Jinzhao carried Xiao Ping's body into the cabinet in the morgue, he looked at the red rope and bell tied around his ankle and a bold idea popped into his head.

Seeing that she was hesitant to push the floor where Xiao Ping was placed, Meng Ning was puzzled and scared: "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Without much hesitation, Lu Jinzhao said directly, "I'm wondering what would happen if we cut this red string?"

Since the bell is the medium, what if there is no bell on the corpse?
Could this also be a solution?
If a passenger is bold enough to cut off the bells from the corpse's ankle on the first day, will they be spared from the ghost's pursuit until the last day?

Such an idea was clearly too crazy for Meng Ning.

Her face showed horror, and she gasped: "This..."

He paused for about three seconds before he hesitated and said, "...Could you give it a try?"

Lu Jinzhao glanced at her sideways, feeling a mix of amusement and a sense of wonder.

Meng Ning, this unremarkable girl who seems somewhat timid and unremarkable, is actually quite interesting.

She didn't immediately reject the suggestion because she felt it might actually work, but her suggestion to let Lu Jinzhao try it meant she was unwilling to do it herself, fearing that Lu Jinzhao might make a wrong judgment and bear the consequences.

They make judgments quickly and their decisions are always in their own best interest.

So the person who is still alive and standing beside me now is her.

But the next second, Lu Jinzhao changed his tune: "But I don't want to take that risk."

“I’ve decided to make myself deaf before nightfall, so there’s no need to deliberately destroy the bell.”

What difference does it make whether the corpse has a bandage on its feet or not if it can't hear?
Meng Ning's face showed a hesitant expression. Lu Jinzhao looked at her and felt that although she had potential, she was still too inexperienced.

She probably wanted to persuade herself, but didn't know how to start. She wanted Lu Jinzhao to take this risk as a test, but she couldn't use those manipulative tricks very well.

But she wasn't stupid enough, so instead of offering those shallow words of advice, she chose to keep quiet.

Lu Jinzhao suddenly smiled and raised his hand to cut the red rope around the corpse's ankle.

The bell fell into the palm of her other hand. She looked at Meng Ning's surprised gaze and said, "Just kidding. I already said, of course I'd cut it off to try it out."

Meng Ning's lips twitched slightly, her mind a jumble of complex emotions, unsure of what to say.

After Lu Jinzhao left, Meng Ning hesitated for a while but couldn't help asking, "Did your joke include what you said about turning yourself deaf before nightfall?"

"Ah," Lu Jinzhao glanced at her sideways, "this isn't it."

Meng Ning was even more puzzled.

Wouldn't cutting the red string then be a pointless exercise that involved taking unnecessary risks?

Lu Jinzhao had no intention of explaining.

The "purpose" she mentioned was only one aspect, or perhaps just something that happened incidentally.

She really did intend to go deaf before nightfall, and the more important purpose, or rather, the most fundamental reason she did it, was that she wanted to take the bell onto the train to see if it was a "paranormal object."

Does a bell tied to the ankle of a dead person, which is believed to revive at night and become a ghost, and whose sound will cause those who hear it to be hunted by the ghost, qualify as a supernatural object?
Obviously, yes. But the train needs to be tested to determine.

According to information obtained from the forum, some paranormal items were already paranormal items in the station, but they might not be called by that name. They might be called ritual implements, Buddhist implements, murder weapons, or something else. These paranormal items, which could have a certain effect in the station, will definitely become paranormal items if brought out, and often they are the kind with a lower cost.

Other items, which are harder to find, are those related to ghosts.

This bell, it can be considered "related to ghosts" at least, right?
Lu Jinzhao decided to give it a try. She couldn't just have the wooden box as her only supernatural item, could she?

Or perhaps they'll wait for a supernatural object, like this wooden box, to fall in front of them after its previous owner dies?
It should be noted that all known paranormal items were brought out from inside the platform. If that's the case, why can't she bring out new paranormal items herself?
Thinking of this, she thought of the sheepskin again.

She had guessed the origin of the sheepskin countless times.

When she learned that all the supernatural items came from the train, she asked Sheepskin if they came from the train, but Sheepskin did not answer any of her questions.

When it comes to the issue of sheepskin, Lu Jinzhao really can't speculate too much.

Because regardless of whether the answer she received came from the train, a whole host of questions awaited her, none of which she could answer at the moment.

If it came from a train, then who brought it off the train, how did it get to them, why didn't the person who brought it off keep it for themselves, and what was their purpose?
If it didn't come from the train, then why does it exist? Besides it, what else exists in the real world?

The answers to these questions seem far removed from her current situation.

She could only be more patient, and then even more patient.

"Alright, you should go back and get some rest." After leaving the morgue, Meng Ning looked at Lu Jinzhao and said, "I'll call you before nightfall."

Lu Jinzhao believed that what she was saying at that moment was true.

Because Meng Ning wasn't stupid, she knew that having a reliable teammate tonight was very important. Even if she coveted the supernatural item, she wouldn't choose to kill her companion now for a supernatural item whose purpose she didn't know and which she couldn't immediately help.

Even though Lu Jinzhao can walk today, she is not as free as before. She really needs to rest now.

Lying in bed, Lu Jinzhao quickly fell asleep, but she also set an alarm on her phone.

Before nightfall, Lu Jinzhao was woken up by her alarm clock. Before she was fully awake, Meng Ning returned to the dormitory. She wasn't surprised to see that Lu Jinzhao was awake.

"It's good that you're awake. What are you planning to do now?"

What she actually wanted to ask Lu Jinzhao was how to make herself deaf.
There weren't any sharp sounds here that could make them deaf, nor could they trigger a disease that could suddenly cause deafness. So, the only remaining option was physical methods, but the ears are connected to the brain, which was too dangerous!
Lu Jinzhao seemed to see through her thoughts and said bluntly, "There is no foolproof method, nor is there a safe way to make yourself deaf."

"The only thing I can do is to be ruthless with myself."

Meng Ning understood. Her face twitched, and she looked at Lu Jinzhao and asked, "If we lose our hearing, we won't be able to communicate."

If something unexpected happens tonight, it will become difficult for the two of them to share information.

More importantly, you might miss some important developments and become dull-witted.

"But that's still better than being attacked by a vengeful ghost."

Lu Jinzhao knew in her heart that Meng Ning did not believe her completely, but that didn't matter.

(End of this chapter)