American homeless people, surviving in the city

Chapter 143 Corpse Trick

"So what? I don't care!"

Despite the burly man's earnest persuasion, the cult member woman didn't listen to a single word. She retorted without hesitation, her voice filled with near-hysterical frustration: "You're all dawdling! Is there any way you'll make it in time?!"

"I must save my husband! He might be in this house, facing the threat of those two terrible faithless men! I must come and save him quickly!"

"By the time you all finally manage to assemble, my husband might be dead!"

After arguing with the burly man, the cultist woman started shouting the name that Lin Qi couldn't understand in the cabin again.

Lin Qi lurked in the shadows at the corner of the second-floor staircase, quietly holding his breath.

He had already realized that the cultist woman who had suddenly and recklessly barged into the house was the wife of the Indian man he had just killed!

The cultist woman continued shouting, but the cabin remained silent; no one could answer her. Her voice grew increasingly shrill, and even from a floor away, Lin Qi could sense the grief, anger, and murderous intent in her tone.

Sylvia crouched beside Lynch, listening to the piercing cries. Her body trembled slightly, but she gritted her teeth and refused to make a sound.

She was gripping the rusty kitchen knife so tightly that Lynch didn't even notice when she had pulled it from the Indian man's body. However, it was indeed one of the few things left that gave her courage.

Lynch looked at Sylvia, and Sylvia returned his gaze. Both of them saw confusion and helplessness in each other's eyes.

Although the two people downstairs hadn't noticed them yet, they were already surrounded by cultists in the wooden house. What could they do?

Watching the cultist woman and the burly man carefully walk step by step from the entrance into the wooden house, Lin Qi felt his heart pounding like a drum.

He knew perfectly well that once these two discovered his and Sylvia's whereabouts, it would all be over.

Given their current condition, there's absolutely no way they could defeat that towering man—what a joke, that guy's shoulders are wider than a door!

Even if Lin Qi were in good physical condition, he would have to think twice before fighting against an opponent of this size, as the two were not even in the same weight class!

Not to mention, with the help of the cultists' flashlights, Lin Qi also noticed that the tall man had a pistol tucked into his waistband!

The other side is strong and has a gun, how can we fight them!

But staying here and waiting to die wasn't a solution either. Listening to the cult woman's shrill cries, Lin Qi suddenly had an idea.

He leaned close to Sylvia's ear and whispered, "We can't just sit here and wait to die... Come with me, I have an idea!"

Sylvia nodded without hesitation and then followed Lynch.

Using the shadows deep in the stairwell as cover, the two moved silently into the depths of the corridor.

Time was of the essence, and the two of them no longer had time to completely conceal their footsteps.

At first, the two cult members on the first floor were still arguing with each other and did not hear the noise coming from Lin Qi and his companion upstairs.

But soon, due to the all-wood structure of the cabin, the occasional creaking of the wooden floorboards as Lynch and his companion walked on the second floor quickly attracted the attention of the cult duo downstairs.

The female cult member suddenly became agitated: "Is it him? No, if it were my husband, he would have responded to me by now!"

Her voice suddenly became even more anxious: "No, it's those two bastards! They're hiding up there!"

The female cult member was frantic and rushed towards the stairwell. The burly man took a deep breath, then let out a long sigh, and followed behind her.

Soon, the two cult members arrived at the bottom of the stairs leading to the second floor.

As he walked, the burly man continued to shout, "Come out! You pathetic faithless people! Surrender! The Rainbow Body Society will forgive your sins. As long as you sincerely convert, you can wash away your karmic obstacles!"

"If you continue to resist stubbornly, after you die you will fall into the boundless hell, where you will suffer the punishment of having your tongues pulled out, your eyes gouged out, and be burned alive, never to be reincarnated again!"

"Lay down your weapons; resistance is pointless!"

However, after a few shouts, the second floor remained silent. From the perspective of the two cult members, all they could see was darkness at the end of the staircase leading to the second floor.

The feeling of being ignored made the female cult member even angrier, and this time she could no longer sit still.

After hurling a curse in a language Lin Qi couldn't understand, the female cult member took the lead and charged up the stairs without hesitation. The burly man followed behind, frowning, his pistol always at the ready.

The flashlight beam swept across, illuminating the connection between the end of the stairs and the second-floor corridor, but the two cultists saw nothing.

"...Maybe those two bastards have just hidden somewhere."

The female cult member scoffed indifferently and continued climbing to the second floor. Suddenly, she felt her foot slip, almost losing her balance and nearly falling down the stairs.

"What is that sticky stuff..."

Thinking it was because she wasn't feeling well, the female cult member spoke somewhat timidly, shining her flashlight at her feet to see what was causing her to slip.

"...Did you step on something?"

At the same time, the burly man steadied the female cult member while curiously shining a flashlight under his feet.

The next second, their expressions changed drastically at the same time.

Under the beam of the flashlight, the two realized that the sticky substance flowing on the stairs beneath their feet was actually bright red blood!

"ah"

The female cult member screamed instinctively, and the burly man's face turned extremely ugly.

But none of them realized that what Lynch was waiting for was the moment they moved the flashlight beam away from directly in front of them!

The next second, Lin Qi suddenly darted out of the darkness, but he didn't rush to take this opportunity to fight the two of them in close combat. Instead, he first pushed something down the stairs with all his might!

Suddenly sensing something rushing towards him from the darkness, the burly cultist was terrified. Instinctively, he raised his flashlight again, shining it at the lunging creature, while simultaneously drawing his pistol from his waist and pulling the trigger without hesitation!

But when the flashlight beam illuminated the thing that lunged at them, what appeared before the female cultist and the burly man was a distorted, deathly pale face!

The newcomer's face was paler than most, and it reeked of blood. Even more terrifying was the gruesome bloody hole in its chest!

The thing that suddenly rushed in front of the two men and blocked several bullets from the burly man was none other than the corpse of the dead Indian man that Lin Qi had thrown from the second floor!