Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

She nodded, her lips trembling, and said with lingering fear: "I, I have hinted to myself many times, but that guy still..."

"It's not your fault."

Shen Qiyin interrupted her and analyzed, "It seems that excessive psychological suggestion can become a powerful psychological influence, causing individuals to distort their perception of reality...

Oh, the situation is much more troublesome than I imagined..."

Chapter 20: San value drops wildly!

It is indeed very dangerous that Tang Miao's cognition was tampered with and his sanity was almost wiped out.

But thanks to her perseverance, Shen Qinyin was able to grasp the "efficiency" of that thing in polluting humans.

Forty minutes.

This is the limit for ordinary people like Tang Miao.

Shen Qiyin assessed her previous mental state and believed that after being strengthened by the mental perception ring, she should be able to hold on for an hour.

She threw away the burnt remains of the holy wood in her hand, took a deep breath, and concentrated on sensing her surroundings.

That thing is gone.

Shen Qiyin didn't believe that it would give up so easily. Perhaps it was afraid of the power of the holy tree and chose to retreat temporarily.

It probably won't be long before it makes a comeback.

It is not clear how long the repelling effect of the holy wood can last.

The "entity" in the basement before, after using the holy wood, only bought Shen Qinyin less than a minute.

Judging from the performance, the effect of the holy wood on the "green haze" is far greater than that of the entity in the basement. Accordingly, the safety period should be extended a lot.

While thinking, Tang Miao beside her seemed to have discovered something. She gently poked Shen Qiyin's shoulder and pointed at the door and said:

"Qiyin, there seems to be something over there, and it's glowing."

Shen Qiyin looked in the direction of the sound and saw a piece of glass the size of a fingernail lying quietly under the right side of the door.

Without waiting for Shen Qiyin to speak, Tang Miao took the initiative to pick it up and handed it to her: "This, should be something that guy dropped. It can be used by qualified people, right? I can't use it, so I give it to you."

"Thank you."

As Shen Qiyin took the fragment, she immediately used her notebook to assess its value.

It’s pitifully low, only worth 5 desire stones.

Although it just offset the cost of upgrading the Holy Wood, Shen Qinyin did not feel relaxed.

Because this fragment fell into the room.

This means that thing has already penetrated into the room...

No, it should be said that from the moment it arrived, it has filled the entire villa.

That thing is no longer a simple physical existence. It is more like a consciousness entity at the idealistic level. The physical tempered glass and doors are definitely not able to stop it.

In that case, it doesn't make much difference whether you stay in the room or go out.

If I choose to stay in the bedroom and fight a protracted battle with that thing, can I hold out until sunrise?

"Ugh..."

"Uuuuuuu——!"

After an unknown amount of time, a faint sobbing sound like a woman crying came from outside the door.

The sound was thin as a thread at first, intermittent, like a candle in the wind, swaying and about to go out.

But the next second, the crying sound was already very close!

It was as if that thing was standing at the door right now, peering at the two people in the room through the gap in the door panel with its extremely evil eyes!

A strong sense of oppression suddenly spread, the air seemed to solidify, and even breathing became extremely difficult.

Although there was no air inlet in the room, an extremely cold wind blew at this moment, bringing a biting chill that penetrated the heart.

The faint light from the desk lamp flickered continuously, and in the darkness, the unknown fear surged like a tide.

Shen Qinyin looked at the mechanical clock on the wall, her gloomy eyes like deep pools.

Half an hour...

Shengmu bought them half an hour.

It's just past ten in the evening, and there are still more than eight hours until sunrise.

If they could obtain 5 Desire Stones every time they drove away the "Green Haze" to replenish the consumption of upgrading the Holy Wood, then to be on the safe side, they would light a Holy Wood every hour. At least eight Holy Woods would be needed to keep them going until sunrise.

But Shen Qinyin was sure that things would never be that easy.

She could feel that the attack launched by the "Green Haze" this time was much more fierce than the last time!

The air in the room became heavy, the temperature dropped sharply, and an indescribable chill quickly spread.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes...

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!"

“Woo woo woo: Shue 嬔▇▇ woo|{}|▇▇......”

Amidst the mournful cries, there seemed to be tiny whispers, as if countless dead souls were whispering in his ears.

Tang Miao, who was already wearing thin clothes, couldn't help but hug her arms and shivered.

Shen Qiyin cast her eyes on her, pointed at the closet and said, "There are winter clothes in the closet, take one and put it on first."

"..."

Tang Miao nodded dazedly, stood up and walked towards the closet.

Looking at her back, Shen Qinyin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Does “green haze” really have the ability to change the ambient temperature?

The chill really made people feel cold. If we estimate it based on our physical sense, the temperature in the room was probably very close to zero degrees.

However, the hot air you exhale is not visible.

When the outside temperature is too low, the exhaled water vapor will quickly liquefy into water droplets after encountering the cold air and suspend in the air to form mist. Since you cannot see the mist, it only means that the temperature in the room is not as low as you imagined.

In other words, the chill they felt was probably a psychological effect.

Or maybe it was the cognitive pollution that thing caused to them.

"Idiot!!"

Suddenly, Tang Miao, who was rummaging through the closet for winter clothes, uttered a cry of "Chinese quintessence" and jumped back from the closet as if she had been electrocuted!

Shen Qiyin looked in the direction of the voice and saw Tang Miao's face full of horror, his bloodshot eyes looking like they were about to shed tears of blood.

"What is this? What the hell is this?!"

She pointed at the wardrobe, her expression almost broken, and screamed at the top of her lungs.

Shen Qinyin frowned and cast her scrutinizing gaze towards the wardrobe.

Inside, there were clothes that were familiar to him.

They are of different lengths, styles and colors, hanging quietly in the closet.

Two of the clothes had their sleeves extended, their hands linked together, and their pockets at the hem opened and closed, as if they were singing:

"The long skirt spins in circles, the thick cotton-padded jacket is soft and fluffy, the long skirt and cotton-padded jacket go hand in hand, spring, autumn, winter and summer together."

"Good friends, inseparable. Even exchanging organs is beautiful. Your blood, my flesh, I'll eat it with joy!"

Shen Qiyin's lips moved and she began to sing along with them involuntarily.

The next second, she seemed to suddenly remember something and bit the tip of her tongue hard!

The intense pain instantly woke her up, and the clothes in the closet returned to their original state.

She looked at Tang Miao, who was holding his head with a look of horror on his face, squatting against the wall farthest from the wardrobe and shivering.

Shen Qinyin no longer hesitated and decisively upgraded the "torch" she had made in advance into a holy wood!

The dazzling and holy white light bloomed again, and the evil power that filled the bedroom began to retreat and dissipate like a shadow under the scorching sun.

After the light faded, the bedroom returned to its previous tranquility, and Tang Miao, who had been terrified, regained clarity of mind.

Compared with before, the speed at which the Holy Wood dispelled the entity this time was significantly slower, which was enough to show that after the entity strengthened its strength, the effect that the Holy Wood could have on it would be greatly weakened.

This time, even he only managed to resist the entity's cognitive contamination for thirty minutes.

If the "Green Haze" becomes more aggressive next time, how long can they last?

Ten minutes? Or even five?

Chapter 21 Leave the rest of your life to me

Shen Qiyin was already certain that the possibility of staying in the bedroom until sunrise was completely shattered.

If they still refuse to come out, the final outcome will be that the holy wood will be used up and they will be dragged to death.

We must find a way to break the situation.

She lowered her head, her thoughts racing.

Tang Miao once said that "green haze" also has a concrete image.

This image of an entity is usually its highly condensed external manifestation, or in layman's terms, its "essence".

If you can use exorcism items to directly damage its "body", you should be able to buy yourself more time.

Shen Qiyin has already confirmed this with the entity in the basement.

She speculated that this should be a common feature of all entities, and "green haze" is no exception.

The problem is, if she chooses to leave the bedroom, Shen Qinyin has another thing to consider.

That is the strange beast.

According to Tang Miao, the "green haze" will turn humans into extraordinary monsters. The Holy Lance of Exorcism may be able to deal with it, but it will become quite difficult if the number is too large.

Wanna take a gamble...?

"Qiyin, this is for you."

While thinking, Tang Miao handed a transparent glass bead to Shen Qinyin.

Just like before, this was the fragment of the Fear Core she had picked up from the doorway.

Her face was pale, and there were dense beads of cold sweat on her forehead. Although her body was shaking, she still maintained the utmost restraint.

Seeing this, Shen Qiyin couldn't help but calm down and comforted him in a gentle tone: "Don't worry, everything will be fine."

“…Ah? Ah, um!”

Tang Miao knew that Shen Qinyin was comforting her, so she forced a smile and signaled her not to worry.

Shen Qiyin lowered her head, held the glass bead, and asked the notebook to assess its value.

This time, the value of the fragment increased to 10 Desire Stones.

Just as I thought, although that thing becomes more difficult to deal with, the value of the fragments dropped after driving it away will also become higher.

However, this value is nothing compared to the pressure they face.

Shen Qinyin glanced at the time on the wall clock. Before she knew it, 15 minutes had passed since the "green haze" was driven away.

This means its next attack will come within 10 minutes.

Shen Qiyin opened the notebook in her mind and found that there were still 28 Desire Stones left.

Theoretically, by spending more Desire Stones, you should be able to upgrade to more powerful items.

But Shen Qiyin was very worried that the enhancement gained by adding money to upgrade would be linear growth rather than exponential growth.

In layman's terms, if the Holy Wood is compared to a cup of 25-degree water, what Shen Qiyin upgrades with 20 Desire Stones must be at least 100-degree water, rather than giving her four cups of 25-degree water and asking her to add them together.

If that's the case, the quality won't change at all, and that's a big loss...

"Woooo..."