"I thought... I was the one who harmed them." The strange man's tone was tinged with sadness and self-blame, yet also filled with regret and remorse.

“It really is you.” Wu Xie said directly, “If you hadn’t been so scheming and thinking about some kind of scheme to defy fate, he wouldn’t have tried to change his fate to prevent you from doing so, which would have made him look like this. You wouldn’t have caused yourself and your wife so much pain and ended up with such regret.”

“I…” The strange man stopped speaking and only sighed softly.

Suddenly, a rapid drumbeat shattered the tranquility. The drumming seemed to come from afar, yet it reached everyone's ears clearly. Immediately following was the old man's mournful scream.

"Where did this drummer come from?" someone asked loudly.

"Hey! Old man, how are you?" a man asked anxiously.

However, the old man could only groan in pain, "My eyes! My eyes!"

It's unclear whether he covered his eyes with his hands; Wu Xie only saw blood continuously flowing from the small hole. Clearly, his eyes had been severely injured.

Judging from the sound, it seemed as if the old man's eyes had been gouged out alive.

However, just as one problem subsided, another arose. Ling Xiao's emotions also became abnormally agitated, as if he had lost his mind. He rushed towards the load-bearing wall recklessly, muttering to himself, "Who's talking? Where?"

Seeing this, Jieyuhua rushed forward to try to stop him, but Lingxiao completely ignored her pleas and attempts to pull him away. He desperately pounded on the load-bearing wall with his hands, the sound deafening, and his movements became increasingly violent, his palms turning red from the excessive force.

Xie Yuhua was extremely anxious and tried with all her might to pull Ling Xiao back, but Ling Xiao was completely ungrateful. Not only that, he even hit Xie Yuhua a few times. Fortunately, Xie Yuhua dodged in time, but she was still accidentally injured a few times.

At this moment, Ling Xiao had fallen into a state of madness. He had completely lost his ability to control himself, as if he were being driven by a mysterious force.

"He's been poisoned," the young man quickly concluded.

Hei Xiazi used a knife to prick Ling Xiao's index finger, and the blood turned black.

"Is it that painting?" Jieyuhua gave the answer. Heixiazi paused, clearly indicating that while he didn't have a very clear answer, he was pretty close to it.

"Damn it, who's playing tricks?" the fat man shouted, holding up a flashlight.

Apart from the three of them, the others were more or less affected by the drumming and became somewhat crazy.

Wu Xie had lost his mind and began banging his head against the wall repeatedly, as if trying to shatter the hard stone; Cheng Yu clenched his fists and punched the wall again and again, each punch using all his strength, as if to vent all the pain and anger in his heart; Pan Zi was even more frenzied, like a wild beast out of control, he repeatedly lunged at the wall with his body, trying to break through the obstacle.

"Quickly cover your ears!" Xie Yuhua's expression changed, and she quickly grabbed Ling Xiao's hand while covering her own ears with her other hand.

The sound was incredibly eerie, sending chills down one's spine. It seemed to possess some kind of magic, capable of directly affecting one's mind. Ling Xiao also harbored an unknown Gu poison; who knew what the consequences would be?

Therefore, he did not hesitate to protect Ling Xiao first, preventing him from hearing that terrifying sound again. He tightly grasped Ling Xiao's hand, forcefully pulled him to his side, and then used his body to shield him, hoping to minimize the impact of the sound on him.

In the midst of this chaos, the young man disappeared without a trace. The drumbeats only lasted for a while before gradually changing. After a rustling sound, the drumbeats stopped, and the group gradually quieted down. Only Ling Xiao, who was missing a soul, had a particularly weak will. Even with Jie Yuhua covering his ears, he was still the last one to recover.

The empathetic girl gave him a few sips of water. The fat man leaned against the wall, shaking his head vigorously. He blinked, composed himself, and said, "This is too weird. It's even more bizarre than eating poisonous mushrooms. I thought..."

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