Chapter 751 Taboo
“Did you see Gao Yan move the hourglass with your own eyes?” Jiang Cheng confirmed for the second time.
Shen Mengyun nodded and said with certainty: "He was the one who moved it. I can see clearly that the hourglass is located relatively high, and it was difficult for him to reach out to get it."
" Then after moving the hourglass, the ghost appeared. "Jiang Cheng said: "Suddenly."
"Yes." Shen Mengyun sounded a little excited as if he was afraid that Jiang Cheng would not believe him. "Mr. Jiang, I won't lie to you. That ghost. Ghosts really appear suddenly.”
She explained while gesturing with her hands: "Because ghosts have that smell, so if they come from a far away place, the smell should be transmitted little by little, but this time it is not the case. It is very strong all of a sudden. It's pungent."
Recalling Shen Mengyun's words, Jiang Cheng restored the picture in his mind.
Gao Yan is a cautious person, even cherishing his life to a certain extent.
He would not touch the hourglass for no reason.
Unless he discovered something.
Another point is that according to Shen Mengyun's description, the moment Gao Yan reached out to take off the hourglass, the ghost immediately appeared nearby.
This shows that there is some unknown connection between the ghost and the hourglass. If you move the hourglass rashly, the ghost will be summoned to you immediately.
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng raised his head and began to carefully observe the hourglass on the bookshelf.
Although the hourglasses here are different in details, in terms of style, they should all come from the same place.
The one in front of him was very delicately made, with some slight protrusions around it, like tiny thorns, and
Jiang Cheng frowned.
What is this?
Through the transparent container inside the hourglass, only a small part of the fine hourglass inside could be seen, but Jiang Cheng vaguely saw something.
In the innermost position of the hourglass, most of it was buried by the sand that leaked out.
Yes. Red.
And a little bit black.
In order to see it more clearly, Jiang Cheng stood on tiptoes and brought his face up, getting closer and closer until the thing suddenly turned.
Jiang Cheng was unprepared for this sudden change, but in the next second, he finally saw the true face of that thing.
It is an eyeball.
It was still the kind that had been burned by fire. It was already a little shriveled, and the surface was covered with ugly black wrinkles. What made Jiang Cheng even more suffocated was that this eyeball was staring at him, with the pupil shrinking to a slit. .
There was so much resentment in his eyes.
This eyeball is alive!
Jiang Cheng figured it out right away, these eyes belong to a burnt ghost!
But before he could react, he suddenly felt a sharp pain that shot through his arm. The next second, cracks appeared in the scene in front of him.
After a while, it shattered like a mirror.
Jiang Cheng blinked uncontrollably and looked down at his right hand. Where the severe pain came from, there was a round human head.
The human head is biting itself.
Yes. Shen Mengyun.
Seemingly aware of the changes in Jiang Cheng, Shen Mengyun slowly raised his head, but still maintained a posture ready to bite him at any time.
While meeting Jiang Cheng’s gaze, a touch of surprise appeared on Shen Mengyun’s face, “Mr. Jiang, you finally reacted!”
"What are you?" Jiang Cheng looked at his right hand, which had neat teeth marks on it. You can imagine how much effort Shen Mengyun used.
Shen Mengyun glanced at the hourglass, with a hint of fear flashing in his eyes. He turned his head and quickly said to Jiang Cheng what he had just seen: "Mr. Jiang, just now you stretched out your hand to grab the hourglass. What should I call you?" You, you didn't even respond."
"I tried to pry your hand off, but it couldn't be done at all. You seemed to be possessed. I had no choice but to..." She glanced at it. Jiang Cheng's right hand, the meaning is self-evident.
"That's right." Shen Mengyun seemed to have recalled something, and changed the topic: "The way you grabbed the hourglass just now is a bit like Gao Yan."
Jiang Cheng looked at that An ordinary, everything-normal hourglass.
It sat there without moving at all. The sand inside gradually slipped away, leaving only a little bit, and there were no eyes inside.
Everything just happened was like an illusion.
But Jiang Cheng himself knew that it was definitely not the case. He did indeed see a shriveled eyeball hidden inside the hourglass.
If Shen Mengyun hadn't happened to be around and interrupted him in time, I'm afraid what happened to Gao Yan would have happened again to him.
"I know why Gao Yan touched the hourglass." Jiang Cheng looked at Shen Mengyun, his eyes more thoughtful, "He was confused by the eyes inside, and he touched it out of control. Touch the hourglass.”
Then, he briefly told Shen Mengyun about his experience.
“So that’s it.” With Jiang Cheng’s lessons learned, Shen Mengyun became more and more taboo about hourglasses and didn’t even dare to look at them carefully.
"If that's the case, wouldn't the hourglasses scattered in the library all have the eyes of the Scorched Ghost?" Shen Mengyun asked, "Then it doesn't matter where we hide, anyway, the Scorched Ghost Everyone can see it."
It can be heard from her voice that she is very resistant to this result, so her tone also has a bit of a broken can.
Jiang Cheng thought for a moment and comforted: "It shouldn't be that bad. From what I saw just now, the eyes in each hourglass are in a deep sleep state."
"As long as we keep a distance from the hourglass and don't wake it up, we should be fine." Jiang Cheng looked at Shen Mengyun and said.
While they were talking, the last bit of sand in the hourglass finally leaked out.
This also represents the end of the mission on the third floor of the library.
Jiang Cheng sent a message to Fatty Huaiyi. Then, the originally quiet environment began to gain popularity. Fatty and Huaiyi walked out one after another.
After seeing Jiang Cheng supporting Shen Mengyun and coming out from behind the bookshelf, Fatty's originally cautious eyes turned playful.
Before the fat man could talk nonsense, Jiang Cheng told them what he had encountered and some analysis.
When they heard that hourglasses contained the eyes of burned ghosts and could attract ghosts, Fatty and Huaiyi carefully searched around and avoided all the hourglasses they could find.
"Damn." Fatty muttered in a low voice: "I asked you why you were so kind in this mission and got us so many timers. It turns out they are all time bombs."
What Huaiyi was thinking There were a little more, and after looking around, he whispered: "There are a lot of hourglasses, and some locations are relatively hidden. It is difficult to avoid them all."
"Bata."
"Bah."
There were footsteps behind them. Everyone turned around and it was Wang Qi who came over alone. "It's nice to see you." Wang Qi grinned and said.
Wang Qi came out of the place where Shen Mengyun ran before. It seemed that he hid well and the ghost did not find him.
Of course, this is probably due to Gao Yan.
“That’s right.” Wang Qi took out his cell phone, shook it and said, “I sent a message to Gao Yan, but he didn’t reply.” (End of Chapter)