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Ji Dong also wanted to answer Mo Tiangen’s question.
But right now, his throat couldn’t produce any sounds, there was no time to explain anymore.
Because in the next second, the man hanging upside down on the ceiling had already leaped down, landing on all fours like a huge toad. With a kick of its legs, it lunged straight toward Ji Dong in the corner of the wall.
It was the first time Ji Xiao’niao had seen this thing move up close.
At that moment, he noticed its biggest abnormality.
Although it had a “human” form, its body was wrapped in a white-striped patient clothing unnaturally.
If he had to describe it, Ji Dong felt that, compared to a “human,” the creature’s movements were more like a broken puppet’s.
The moment it landed, its two palms and two soles were facing different directions, neither of them facing forward. Its right hand even turned completely upside down, with the back of the hand facing the ground.
Not only its limb structure, but every joint hidden under the clothes were also very strange as if they were put together from different parts.
However, Ji Dong didn’t have time to study the monster’s appearance anymore.
In that instant, his mind went blank, and he was relying solely on his instinct for survival and combat. He conjured his black longbow, [Lone Silence], drew an arrow, and shot it towards the monster’s forehead with one swift motion.
As a result, the people nearby witnessed an incredibly eerie scene.
Ji Xiao’niao, with a face that had paled in fear, suddenly shot an arrow toward the empty corridor. The arrow flew about five meters before abruptly hovering in mid-air. After coming to a stop, the black feathers on it were still slightly trembling!
——Got it!
Ji Dong’s heart filled with joy.
However, it was apparent that the monster’s vital point was not on its forehead.
It stopped its pouncing motion and landed on the ground in a strange posture. Its dull and frozen pupils turned upwards as if contemplating what to do with the arrow stuck in its forehead.
Apart from Ji Dong, the other four people saw a floating arrow swaying in the corridor, as if someone was performing an extremely clumsy levitation magic trick with it.
Just then, Ren Jianmo’s figure flashed and he pounced towards the suspended arrow.
When he was about a meter away from the arrow, he waved his right hand and a cold light flashed, diagonally passing about thirty centimeters below the arrowhead.
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Ren Jianmo unsheathed his daggers. Guided by the arrow, he attacked the invisible monster.
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But unlike [Frost Blade]’s usual feeling of cutting flesh and blood, Ren Jianmo felt that the object he was chopping was very flexible to the touch, as if it was made of invisible rubber. His blade seemed to only dig into it, and required greater force than usual to cut through.
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In theory, such an injury should have instantly killed a human being.
However, the monster’s reaction was not to fall to the ground, nor did it shed a drop of blood.
It was as if it were a poorly manipulated puppet by an inexperienced puppeteer. It swayed back and forth a few times, before it clumsily reached up to remove the arrow lodged between its eyebrows and casually threw it aside. Then, it held its partially severed neck and kicked its bare feet against the ground, leaping high and disappearing into the hole in the ceiling.
Ji Dong: “…”
He staggered, leaning against the corner of the wall, feeling a sense of exhaustion after being startled.
To be honest, in the first three [Films] he had encountered many life-threatening situations, but this was the first time he felt his legs go weak from fear.
Indeed, the scariest thing about supernatural [Films] was that everything you encountered operated on its own set of rules, completely disregarding the laws of physics, making it impossible to predict. Anything could suddenly appear from the most unimaginable places, and no one would know how to deal with it…
The most dangerous part was that Ji Dong was the only one in the entire team who could see the humanoid monster. Even if his teammates wanted to support him, they wouldn’t know what they could do.
This made Ji Xiao’niao feel both helpless and terrified. If it weren’t for the need to find playing cards, he would just want to run away from this abandoned hospital as quickly as possible.
“That thing did it… go away?” Fan Luming asked cautiously.
Seeing Ji Dong nod, he took a few steps forward nervously, picked up the arrow that had fallen on the ground, and returned it to its owner.
“Is your throat injured?” Fan’s younger brother said, placing his hand on Ji Dong’s neck and activating his own healing ability.
Fan Luming’s ability was called [Metaphysical Yin Yang Heat Therapy].
According to the description of the ability, it used the principles of the five elements and yin-yang properties to activate the host’s cellular bioelectricity, releasing an electromagnetic field with heat and promoting the coagulation and repair functions of wounds.
This explanation made the younger brother, who was studying Western medicine, complain for a while, saying that it sounded like those Infrared light therapy lamps that were specially designed to trick the elderly.
But later, in actual combat, it proved to be very effective despite the unreliable name. Teacher Dagen, who had a hole in his stomach in the previous [Film] could testify that this move could be life-saving in critical moments.
Sure enough, about a minute later, Ji Dong’s throat, which felt like it was tearing apart from pain, felt better.
He tried to make two syllables, still sounding hoarse, but at least he could speak.
“Okay, the rest of the wounds aren’t important, don’t worry about it.”
Ji Dong pulled Fan Luming’s hand off, took advantage of the time of reprieve they had, and said, “While that thing is gone, I need to tell you what I saw!”
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They found a small and empty room nearby and gathered around Ji Dong.
This way, although it couldn’t guarantee complete safety, at least, if the attacker appeared again, Ji Dong could be alerted in time.
After listening to Ji Dong’s description, Mo Tiangen rubbed his chin and said, “So you’re saying that was a person?”
“I don’t know if you can call it a person…”
Ji Dong’s face was still pale, and as he spoke, his gaze kept shifting, scanning his surroundings.
“His limbs were very strange as if he had no joints. When he moved, he was twisted and contorted in unnatural angles that a normal person couldn’t possibly be able to do.”
He paused for a moment, then raised his hand and made a twisting motion with his wrist.
“Or, you could say that it looked as if all of its joints had been dislocated, and then reconnected with something elastic. When that ‘person’ jumped down from the ceiling, its right hand was completely inverted.”
Ji Dong pointed to the back of his hand. “It was using the back of its hand to support itself.”
The rest of the group exchanged confused glances upon hearing this.
They couldn’t imagine how the ghost could support itself using the back of its hand without seeing it with their own eyes.
Ji Dong continued, “Also, it was wearing a set of patient clothes.”
Mr. Dagen instantly imagined a bunch of horror movie scenarios in a hospital, “Could it be that this hospital had killed patients and stolen their organs, and now the restless spirits are haunting the place?”
“Don’t interrupt!”
Fan Hemian raised her hand and hit Mo Tiangen with her elbow. “Let Ji Xiao’niao finish speaking!”
“Um…”
Ji Dong tried hard to recall the details he had seen. “Oh, there was something else that was really strange!”
He clenched his fist with one hand and pounded his knee. “The patient clothes on that person were worn backwards.”
He remembered clearly that when that thing jumped up to the ceiling, the hem of its clothes flew up, revealing it’s bareback.
“Wait a minute!”
Fan Hemian interrupted him abruptly. “Are you saying that the person was wearing the patient’s clothes backward?”
He confirmed, “There was no other clothing on it, right?”
At that time, the thing moved too fast, and Ji Dong couldn’t see it clearly. He could only rely on his memory and nodded with uncertainty, “I think so, maybe…”
“Hmm, this is very interesting…”
Fan Luming lowered his gaze and pondered for a moment, “Generally speaking, patients who undergo surgery or critically ill patients in the ICU would wear patient gowns backwards for convenience…”
He thought for a moment, “In that case, the ‘thing’ lurking here should be a patient that this hospital has previously treated.”
Teacher Dagen immediately perked up, “See, I told you, it’s organ trafficking!”
Fan Hemian gave him a heavier strike with her elbow this time, then turned to Ji Xiao’niao, “Besides wearing the patient gown backward, did the ‘person’ have any other distinctive features?”
She thought for a moment and added, “It would be best if it’s something regarding their appearance.”
Fan Hemian shook her phone, “Once we know what they look like, it’ll be much easier for us to find them.”
Ji Dong could only regret not having any artistic talent and having a limited vocabulary, making it difficult to accurately and vividly describe someone’s appearance.
Even though that monster had an ordinary-looking face, just by standing there motionless, with just one glance, you could perceive its “abnormal” nature.
If he had to describe it, he felt like that “person” had been exposed to the scorching sun for a while. The entire face, along with the exposed skin, lacked elasticity due to dehydration, yet it had a sticky and eerie sheen on the surface…
Ji Dong didn’t know what that meant, so he tried his best to describe what he saw to the other four.
Fan Hemian and Mo Tiangen looked completely confused.
And Ren Jianmo just furrowed his brows in contemplation, making one wonder what he was thinking.
Only Fan Luming had a furrowed brow and tightly pursed lips, desperately trying to grasp onto the fleeting spark of inspiration in his thoughts.
“Oh, right!”
Ji Dong suddenly thought of another detail, “It seemed like there was a strap tied on that ‘person’s’ left ankle! It looked like one of those plastic wristbands that hospitalized patients have, with words written on them!”
“Wait a moment! Wait a moment!”
Fan Luming widened his eyes and asked repeatedly, “Are you sure it was on their foot?”
Ji Dong nodded vigorously.
“That’s not a wristband that hospitalized patients wear!”
Fan Luming, a medical school prodigy, immediately said, “That’s a foot ring that gets tied on a corpse!”
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My six month old told me: when in doubt (afraid), drink milk and play Raffi. 🤔