Chapter 345 The strange stone box that accepts sacrifice
A feeling of horror spread into Katie's heart.
She lowered her head and saw that the Yushu Fire Finger in her hand had been untied at some point.
The Spiritual Official Seal can protect one's body, but the protective effect is not invincible. It mainly depends on the user's cultivation level.
In the past year, under the guidance of the God of Crowbars, she did feel a faint Qi.
But because she doesn't know the real breathing practice method, Katie can only deal with ordinary resentful spirits.
Obviously, the situation in the apartment was completely beyond her ability, and it was doubtful whether she could protect herself.
But Katie wasn't desperate yet.
The extremely dangerous situation actually calmed his mind a little.
After careful observation, Katie confirmed that the figure lying on the ground in front of her was not an evil spirit...
It is neither an evil spirit nor a real person, but more similar to the phenomenon of poltergeist.
Under the influence of special energy and magnetic field, what happened in the past is repeated in the original place.
Unlike mirages, all the people who appear in the ghost phenomenon have died.
The reason why Katie didn't dare to conclude that it was a poltergeist was because of the crying.
Everything that happened before her eyes was so realistic, it was almost as if she was at the scene of the tragedy.
Katie stood there, and the next second, the door not far away suddenly opened, stretched out a hand to grab the legs of the woman on the ground, and pulled her directly in!
"Please don't do this! I don't want to die yet!!"
The screams were mixed with intermittent pleas for mercy, but the woman's words were only met with cold and vicious scoldings.
"Shut up! Shut your damn mouth, or I'll cut your trachea open!"
The voice sounded like that of an elderly man, cold and cruel.
Since then, the girl has never made a sound, only miserable sobs can be heard from time to time.
Immediately, Katie suddenly felt a pain in her brain, and the dizziness made her stomach churn.
But at this moment, she could no longer care about the strange changes in her body and immediately opened the door.
The problems in this apartment are too great and we must leave immediately!
She stretched out her hand to shake the sleeping Anbei, but she didn't notice that a shadow behind her had approached her without anyone noticing.
wrong!
Katie immediately drew the knife and turned around, but her movements were still a step too slow.
A dull blow hit the back of her head, and Katie fainted without any suspense.
……
"Katie!"
The call in her ears made Katie wake up suddenly.
A cold and rough touch came from her cheek. She realized that she was lying on the ground and subconsciously wanted to get up, but found that her hands and feet were restrained and she could not move.
A heartbreaking pain came from the back of her head, which made Katie wake up for a moment, and she immediately remembered what happened before she fell into coma.
The hair was stuck, probably because the blood had coagulated.
What time is it now? !
Katie struggled to get up, and then she saw Amber who had called her before.
This little refugee girl from the Middle East was tied up tightly like herself.
After confirming that Katie was awake, Amber immediately talked about his experience.
The sound of Katie being knocked down woke her up. As soon as she looked up, she saw the landlord holding a bat and staring at her eagerly.
Realizing that something was wrong, she immediately wanted to resist and escape, but was caught by another more muscular bald man.
"They don't seem interested in our bodies, they..."
Amber shivered in fear when he said this.
"They want our lives."
Just before Katie woke up, Amber prayed to the landlord to let them go, but the landlord told them a story with a cold face.
In 1960, an archaeological team discovered a box in Mexico.
After the box was unearthed, all the members of the archaeological team died one after another, and the whereabouts of the box was unknown.
But in fact, there is only one person left in the archaeological team who is not dead.
He was seriously ill, but despite his illness, he took the box to Britain incognito, purchased this building, and began to recruit female tenants.
"That box has a special power. It can sacrifice human life in exchange for life."
"In order to survive, archaeologists and their wives continue to lure women into rooms and dedicate them to the existence in the box."
"This kept him alive with cancer for twenty years until his landlord and his brother killed him."
Repeated killings distort the archaeologist's mind and erase his humanity.
His goal has also changed from curing his own disease to immortality.
For this purpose, the archaeologist even frantically dedicated his wife, who had always taken care of him and helped him kill, to the box.
This was intolerable to the landlord brothers, who were sons, and they teamed up to kill the archaeologist.
But after the two dedicated their dying father to the box, they couldn't help but indulge in the feeling of gaining strength.
So, killing was passed down.
After listening to Amber's story, Katie finally understood what the poltergeist phenomenon she saw today was about.
It was clearly a reenactment of the scene in which the archaeologist's wife murdered an innocent female tenant.
After being swallowed by the box, the soul of the deceased cannot leave here, and can only become a lonely ghost wandering here.
These people who died in vain with strong resentment should have been extremely aggressive.
The reason for being so peaceful is because there is a most terrifying existence here that suppresses them and uses them as food reserves.
To be able to do this, the guarantee is also an evil god.
"Where are they now?"
Katie knew that if they were really sent to the box, their last hope of escape would be cut off.
"They just took away the other two tenants..."
Upon hearing this, Katie jumped into action.
There should be more than enough time to escape, you must break free of the rope quickly.
Katie tried to move her wrists, took out the blade from the layer of her cuffs, and cut the rope around her wrists.
Once your hands are free, immediately untie your arms, then your legs.
"Katie! You!"
Anbe witnessed the whole scene and could hardly believe his eyes.
"Are you a secret agent?"
"We'll talk about that later...I'll untie you now."
Katie immediately came to Amber's side, and while cutting the rope, she spoke about her temporary plan.
"After you are free later, contact the outside world for rescue as soon as possible. You can call the police or ask your uncle for help."
"I'm here to see if the other two can be saved."
Seeing other people being killed, Katie felt like she couldn't bear it.
If she can be rescued, she will be rescued. If not, she will leave in time.
Just as Katie was making arrangements very quickly, there was a sudden sound of heavy footsteps in the corridor not far away. Katie's movements didn't stop, but immediately sped up.
The other party should be the bald man that Anbe mentioned. The other party should be coming here to move them to the location of the box.
It seems that those two innocent people should have...
Katie immediately changed her mind.
"I'll stop him later, you take this opportunity to run away!"
Amber didn't say anything and just nodded.
She also knows that now is not the time for mother-in-law and mother-in-law.
Katie looked around, took the lamp and held it in her hand, took off her shoes, and quietly came to the door, waiting for the other party to enter.
However, the heavy footsteps suddenly stopped at the door.
The other party didn't seem to want to open the door immediately, but seemed to feel the changes in the room and became alert.
Suddenly, the door was slammed open!
The huge bald man went straight towards the corner where Katie was hiding and swung the bat in his hand!
Caught off guard, Katie could only hide.
She has not received professional fighting training. Even if she regulates her body according to health regimen, she is just a little stronger and more dexterous than ordinary women.
The moment she saw the opponent's size, Katie judged that she could never be his opponent.
"Run!"
She turned around and shouted at Anbei who was stunned by this sudden scene. At the same time, she quickly stepped forward and hit the other person's face hard with the lamp in her hand!
The big man with the pain in his face groaned in pain and closed his eyes. Taking advantage of this gap, Anbe immediately walked around the corner and got out of the door.
She ran like crazy, but when she was going down the stairs, she missed her footing and tumbled down the stairs.
My head seems to be broken, and my ankle just buckled...
The severe pain did not dampen Anbe's will to survive. She struggled to get up and headed towards the door, but she suddenly stopped the next second.
The tall landlord stood in front of the apartment door, holding a long knife in his hand. It seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.
At the same time, the sound of fighting upstairs also stopped.
The bald man carried the fainted Katie and looked down at Amber below with a grin on his face.
The latter only felt that there was silence around him, and he could not even hear his heartbeat.
She allowed the other party to lift her hair and lead her into the secret room where the candle was burning.
While passing by a certain room, Anbe saw the two headless corpses that were hung up.
That was the tenant who was joking with her last night.
Will she end up in the same fate?
Coming here from a war-torn country, I have experienced so many hardships.
Seeing a wonderful life right before my eyes, I ended up dying here.
Anbei was placed numbly on her back in front of the altar. In front of her was a stone box that opened automatically.
Huge hands stretched out from it and slowly touched her cheek.
In front of Anbei's eyes, everything was replaced with wards in the hospital.
She lay next to her mother, receiving the touch of the woman on the hospital bed.
"Stay here, Amber, stay with me forever..."
The gentle words caused something strange in Anbei's heart.
Forever...
She stood up and looked at her mother's gentle smile, but she no longer missed her as before.
"Mother, you have been...sick for three years..."
In the past three years, she gave up her studies and her future, and traveled around in order to collect medical expenses.
It is precisely because he does not have any skills that even when he comes to Britain, he can only do the lowest level of sorting work.
Looking back, she couldn't remember any details other than working part-time day after day.
Does she want her to live like that forever?
She was unwilling to give in.
I still have a good life and a bright future.
She wants better food, nicer clothes! Want to be as charming as Katie and be a city girl!
She hates everything in the past!
The sandy streets, the poor families, the ragged clothes!
Amber couldn't wait to burn it all!
But the woman in front of me, not only took away three years of my life, but also trapped me with her for the rest of my life...
To endure such a dark life for the rest of my life...
Forever...forever! ! !
The words that were originally extremely tender and beautiful fell into Anbe's ears like a vicious curse.
Her eyes began to change, gradually turning from numbness to resentment.
Regardless of the other party's horrified expression, Anbe suddenly picked up a pillow and covered her mother's face!
Even if the person below struggled, she would not let go.
Ten seconds...twenty seconds...thirty seconds...
I don't know how much time passed, but it wasn't until there was no movement from the people below that Anbe let go of his hand.
Looking at the corpse, Anbe suddenly felt that this scene looked familiar...
Just like when she suffocated her friends who were traveling with her in the woods on the border in order to snatch the last piece of food...
Why forget it?
Amber doesn't know either.
But now, she felt as if she had sublimated.
In the real world, Amber suddenly opened his eyes.
She didn't know why the box didn't swallow her life. She got up from the altar and used the candlelight on the side to burn the ropes that bound her.
After walking out of the secret room, I saw the long knife that the landlord was holding was thrown to the ground casually.
Anbe picked it up, dragged his broken right foot, and followed the sound of the conversation.
The landlord and the bald man focused all their attention on Katie, and did not notice the movement behind them at all.
Anbei slashed suddenly, hitting the landlord's thigh, and then slashed the latter's neck!
The landlord couldn't believe it and died on the spot before he could figure out the situation.
But the bald man immediately rushed out, grabbed the knife-holding arm, and broke Anbe's wrist with such force!
Under severe pain, the latter could only let go.
The strong man was about to pick up the long knife, but suddenly he stumbled to the ground!
Amber turned around and saw that it was Katie.
The latter had woken up a long time ago and was just waiting for the right time. Now that he saw Abe's sudden counterattack, he naturally wanted to help!
But her current physical condition can only push the opponent away, and she can't make any further movements at all.
Anbei took this opportunity, limped and picked up the long knife, and in anger, hacked at the strong man randomly!
Soon, the latter was dying and unable to move.
Amber turned her head and looked at Katie who was exhausted. She recalled the dead tenant and felt hatred surge in her heart.
She didn't know where she got the strength to drag the strong man's body to the secret room.
He watched helplessly as the box swallowed his head before turning around and leaving.
Before taking two steps, Anbe suddenly stopped.
Lowering his gaze, he saw that the twisted ankle had returned to its original state at some point...
(End of chapter)