hell in disguise

Jiang Yu was locked on his couch in the cabin, wrapped his whole body in a quilt, shivering like a child.

The magnetic needle used to tell the direction was spinning like crazy in the water bowl.In the deathly silence, even the sound of the waves was unusually small, and there was no wind. Even if the sails were full, he didn't know where the boat with only him left was drifting at the moment.

No, he's not the only one on board...

And one more dead man...

In the suffocating silence, the sound of fingernails scratching wood became more and more distinct and could not be ignored.He covered his ears vigorously, but the voice seemed to be scratching at his heart, which couldn't be stopped at all.He felt a cold and unfamiliar atmosphere wrapped around the familiar ship, and he didn't know what would happen next.He didn't dare to think about what happened to the other four people. Why did they all disappear suddenly?

Or... was it actually him who was missing?

Could it be... the ghost in the bottom warehouse?

But what about corpses?

The long night never seemed to end.It should be the time of sunrise tomorrow, but the sky outside the cabin is still a solid darkness.

"Who's home in Artemisia, there is no sage or foolishness in gathering souls. How can the uncle urge you, and people's lives must not be hesitated~~~"

The sudden singing sound seemed to come from a very far away place, the weird tone of the spy, the shifting tone of the mouth, Jiang Yu's scalp was about to explode.If he is the only one on board, who is singing?

Could it be... the one in the bottom warehouse...

And... this song sounds familiar... but I can't remember where I heard it.

The endless oddities almost drove him crazy.He was afraid of death, he wanted to go home, he wanted to hug his daughter again, he didn't want to die, he had to do something.So he got up the courage to leave the bed, picked up an old harpoon from the corner of the cabin, took off the oil lamp on the wall, held it tightly, and looked out the cabin door.

There was still solitude on the boat, except for the singing that was so faint that I don't know if it was a hallucination.He swallowed his saliva, walked around, and came to the trap leading to the bottom warehouse.He got down on his stomach, put his ear on the board, and listened to the sound.

The singing... seems to be coming from below!

He could hardly hold the harpoon in his hand, and his whole body was shaking like chaff.Although he was also a lean and strong man, but in front of the ghost, he returned to his very young age in an instant, becoming a child huddled in a corner and calling his mother.He took a deep breath and told himself not to be afraid, he must go back, and he must go back to see his wife and daughter.Without him, how would the two of them live?

He gave a low growl, half fear, half anger, and lifted the wooden board.At that moment, the singing stopped suddenly.

Not only did this not relax him, but it made him more nervous.He climbed down the ladder, held up the oil lamp to shine a light, and then gasped.

Where the corpse was originally covered, only the worn canvas remained, but the corpse was gone.

Did the second uncle move the corpse away, or did the corpse leave by itself?

But at this moment, there was a loud noise behind him, and Jiang Yu suddenly turned around, only to see that the trap was closed.He even forgot the harpoon, and hurriedly climbed up the ladder with the oil lamp to push it, but the trapdoor seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and he couldn't push it no matter what.He yelled and called the names of the other four people one by one, but no one opened the door for him.Moreover, a sudden gust of wind blew out his oil lamp.

He fell into a solidified darkness.

Jiang Yu suddenly calmed down, his heart beating violently on his chest, only his own rapid breathing could be heard in the cold air.In the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, his whole body seemed to be petrified, and an urge to cry welled up in his eyes.

He threw away the oil lamp, tremblingly climbed down the ladder, touched the harpoon on the ground, and hugged it to his chest like a life-saving straw.The strong stench of corpses in the air made it difficult for him to breathe.He touched a pillar, and crouched under that pillar, his eyes widened in the darkness, waiting for the hostility that was about to move in the darkness.

Suddenly, the singing sound appeared again.

This time, it was not in a distant place, but in this bottom warehouse, right near him.

"Who's home in Artemisia, there is no sage or foolishness in gathering souls. How can the uncle urge you, and people's lives must not be hesitated~~~"

Jiang Yu shouted, "Who! Who's there!"

The only answer to him was a singing voice that seemed to be slowly drifting closer.

Suddenly, the singing stopped for a moment.When Jiang Yu's tense nerves were hanging nervously, not knowing whether he should relax himself, suddenly a hot and humid breath sprayed in his ears, and whispered.

"it's your turn."

Jiang Yu screamed and stabbed the harpoon in his hand fiercely.With a snort, the harpoon seemed to be plunged into something soft that looked like rotten meat.

He jerked his harpoon out, staggered to the ladder, and slammed into the trapdoor.The door, which was still motionless just now, was knocked open by the brute force he used in panic.He rushed outside, running like a headless chicken towards the cockpit.At this time, his ankle was suddenly grabbed by a strong force, and he fell face down. Looking back, he saw the swollen corpse stretched out a wet, rotten and white hand to grab his foot, On that face that was so rotten that the facial features could not be seen clearly, some leech-like insects crawled out of the black eye sockets and the gap-like mouth.

Jiang Yu screamed and poked the harpoon in his hand backwards.The face of the floating corpse was poked again and again until the skull was shattered, and the brain turned black and splashed out.The hand finally let go of him, and he got up and continued to run forward.As soon as he opened the door of the cockpit, he suddenly saw the floating corpse standing in front of him again, with a strange smile on his already battered face.

"it's your turn."

"No!!!!" Jiang Yu raised the harpoon again.But this time the floating corpse rushed towards him, threw him to the ground, grabbed his harpoon and threw it aside.The strength of the corpse was astonishing, and the sticky and slippery skin made him feel horrified and disgusted.An insect on its face, whether it was a maggot or a leech, wobbled and fell onto his face.With a loud shout, he raised his foot and kicked the floating corpse away, turned over and reached a sail rope piled in the corner of the pier tower, slammed it around the floating corpse's neck, stepped on the floating corpse's shoulder with both feet, and tightened it tightly.The floating corpse kept struggling, and let out a terrifying roar.Jiang Yu exerted all his strength, and suddenly heard a click, which seemed to be the sound of bones breaking.And the floating corpse no longer moved.

He staggered to his feet in a state of shock, picked up the harpoon, and climbed upstairs.Before him he could see the whole ship tottering on the dark sea like a nightmare from which he could not wake up.

He turned the rudder wildly, not knowing where he was steering the boat.Suddenly, a strong force came up from behind, followed by the horrible stench of dead corpses.The corpse's neck was tilted to one side strangely, and a black tongue covered in mucus protruded from the rotten mouth with only one or two teeth left, and licked his face.Jiang Yu struggled like crazy, but he couldn't shake it off.They knocked down the oil lamps hanging from the rudder tower, and the lights ignited the bodies behind them.The corpse finally let go of him, and his whole body was instantly engulfed in flames, screaming and dancing twistedly.Jiang Yu jumped off the rudder tower in desperation, and when he landed, his feet felt a sharp pain.When he turned his head to look, the entire cockpit had been annihilated in the flames.

The fire came fiercely, quickly devouring everything it encountered.Jiang Yu knew that he could only jump into the sea to escape.He rushed over to the side of the boat and looked back again before going down.

That look completely destroyed him.

There was a man lying on the ground with his head almost smashed out.That's what he'd just poked with the harpoon.

But he can still recognize it from the clothes.

That is Xu Tai.

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Jiang Yu let out a scream, and the red color in Yan Fei's eyes faded instantly, he blinked and woke up.

Yan Fei still has lingering fears about what he saw just now.In order to understand the ins and outs of the matter, he put his consciousness on Jiang Yu.So all Jiang Yu's fears still have a certain influence on him.

Seeing that Yan Fei's face turned pale, Tan Yangzi quickly squatted beside him, grabbed his shoulder, "Yan Fei"

Hearing Master's familiar voice, Yan Fei breathed a sigh of relief.At this time, Jiang Yu was still neighing non-stop, and someone outside began to knock on the door, asking them what happened.

Yan Fei immediately held Jiang Yu's head with both hands, forcing his confused eyes to look at her, chanting a mantra in a low voice, and a layer of red light appeared in his eyes.Soon, Jiang Yu stopped neighing and fell asleep.

There was no screaming, and it was a little quieter outside.Yan Fei roughly described what he saw in the dream.

"It seems that the other four people were killed by Jiang Yu. I suspect that those people also had hallucinations and have been killing each other. I just don't know why the ghost let Jiang Yu go in the end."

Tan Yangzi thought for a moment, then went to open the door and came into the yard.

All the villagers quickly surrounded them.

At this time, the statute of limitations of the corpse candle has passed, and the people have returned to the appearance of ordinary villagers.All the innocent and panic-stricken faces were anxiously waiting for Tan Yangzi to tell them what was going on.

Tan Yangzi asked the village chief, "Have you heard this song?" After he finished speaking, he winked at Yan Fei.Yan Fei began to hum softly the little tune he heard in his dream.

"Whoever lives in Artemisia, there is no virtuous or foolish person to gather souls. Uncle Gui, what kind of urging is there, and people's lives must not be hesitated for a while."

Tan Yangzi closely observed the colors of the crowd.I saw the faces of the old village head and many other villagers suddenly changed, becoming extremely ugly, and full of fear.But when Yan Fei finished singing, the village head denied it, waved his hands again and again, "No, no! Never heard of it!"

Tan Yangzi narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at these lying villagers.

What are they covering up?

But he didn't expose the lie, he just nodded slightly, as if he accepted their answer.Then he said, "This ghost is named Shui Langjun, and he does evil in the sea. If I want to subdue it, I need someone to take the two of us out to sea."

All the villagers looked at each other with fear on their faces, and no one said anything.

There was a subtle change in Tan Yangzi's previously indifferent expression, a forceful pressure radiated from him, and his eyes became more and more majestic, "If you don't go out to sea, will you never go fishing again?"

There was a rustling sound, everyone shunned each other, and no one wanted to go out.The old village chief also squatted beside him with his hands in his hands and said nothing.

After a while, another young man in his twenties finally stood up and said, "I'll take you there!"

The old village head became anxious when he saw it, "Liu Xi! Shut up!"

But the young man said to the old village chief, "Father, just let me go. It's not an option to procrastinate like this!"

It turned out that this young man turned out to be the son of the old village chief.

Seeing him stand up, two young men of about the same age expressed their reasons to follow him.The old village head had no choice but to lend his fishing boat to them.So Tan Yangzi and Yan Fei will temporarily stay in this village for one night, and they will go to sea at dawn the next day.