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MD Chapter 19
🕑 Added 2023-11-05 03:38:13 +0000 UTCSimultaneously, on the first floor, Lynne yawned, legs propped up as he sat before the chair, waiting patiently. Yet at that very moment, all of a sudden, he abruptly heard the echoes of chains from behind.
Lynne swiftly turned his head, and then he promptly saw those bodies, peeled and dried, that were hanging upside down just moments ago, they were now all standing on the ground. Unmoving. A bizarre and chilly aura instantly rushed over him.
Lynne widened his eyes. He slowly twisted his head back, sitting upright solemnly.
Click——
A noise emerged.
He suddenly turned his head again, And then he immediately saw those skinless corpses that were standing just now; it seemed they had suddenly moved closer to his position.
"A haunting?"
Lynne raised an eyebrow. This time he didn't look back, instead he stared directly at those skinless bodies, to see whether they would move again. For a long while, he blinked.
In an instant, when Lynne opened his eyes again, a skinless corpse silently appeared before him; its horrifying face was now less than 5 centimeters away from his.
Lynne stared, his body rigidly leaning back.
…
On the second floor, the Blood Clad Evil Spirit laughed coldly, her eyes gleaming, as she watched Lynne, rigid in the mirror, a face full of delight. And in the Vision World channel, various spirits were even more excited.
"Indeed worthy of the Evil Spirit Queen! The way she crafts terror is too powerful; if I were that guy, I would probably be frightened as well!"
"Yes! Yes! So many skinless corpses of his kind coming to life, anyone would feel their hair stand on end!"
"He must be so scared now that he dares not blink again if he blinks, he will get his neck bitten off in an instant!"
The spirits discussed excitedly. Then they saw, in the picture, Lynne, carefully leaning back, staring with wide eyes. Then he slowly extended his hand, cautiously reaching toward the mouth of that skinless corpse.
"What is he doing?"
The spirits were stunned, somewhat puzzled. Because it seemed like his actions were not those of someone scared out of their wits.
Click——
Under their astonished gaze, the Lynne in the image swiftly broke off a gold tooth from the mouth of the skinless corpse close at hand. He wiped it with a handkerchief, blew on it, and pocketed it.
Blood Clad Evil Spirit: "…"
Burnt Ghost: "…"
Blood Doll: "…"
Instantly, the previously exceptionally excited regional channel fell into silence. Everyone's face was filled with stupor. This wasn't right. This seemed somewhat in conflict with their imagined development.
"What is he doing?"
In the regional channel, a message stupefiedly asked.
"Gold seems to be very valuable in the human world; it's a hard currency like the skull coin…" a spirit explained.
But this explanation was completely unconvincing.
[Skeleton Demon]: "Look quick! He's moving! Is he finally planning to run away this time?!"
The spirits immediately fixed their eyes on the screen.
On the screen, Lynne slowly crawled out from underneath the arm of that skinless corpse, eyes wide open, without blinking. Then he went around to the back of that skinless corpse. He drew a boning knife from his waist.
With a splurch, it was thrust in from below.
Blood Clad Evil Spirit: "!!!"
Blood Doll: "(ΩДΩ)!!"
Burned Ghost: "He thrust it in! He really thrust it in!"
All the dark creatures watching in the regional channel felt a tingling down below, their hearts tightened, faces revealing expressions of fear.
Splurch——Splurch——Splurch——
Every time Lynne in the image stabbed with the knife, all the dark creatures watching in the regional channel shuddered.
Then they saw the young man in the image, after stabbing from below more than a dozen times, turned his head again, eyes wide, and went to another skinless corpse.
Splurch——
It was the same spot again, the same stab.
"The Anus Exploder! (ΩДΩ)!!"
At this moment, tranquility in the regional channel shattered. With every stab Lynne made, a shiver ran down their spines, their senses tightening as though the blade was piercing them, not the puppets.
"Something's off! Really off!!"
"These puppets... they can't frighten him at all! It seems the more he stabs, the more invigorated he becomes!"
"I can't stand this! It's tormenting! I don't want to witness such hair-raising scenes! (ΩДΩ)!"
"He seems utterly fearless!"
Their gazes were glued to the screen, where Lynne was locking onto his next target. The Blood Clad Evil Spirit, gritting its teeth, immediately issued a command.
"Eliminate him!"
Instantly, the seemingly frozen skinless corpses on the screen began to contort eerily. One of the corpses abruptly opened its mouth, unleashing a terrifying, hoarse howl towards Lynne.
Puchii—
But before the howl could escape, it was interrupted by Lynne's boning knife—just used on another below—piercing directly through its mouth. And then, under the dumbfounded gazes of countless audience members in the regional channel, Lynne seemed to unleash his unparalleled prowess.
One slash, one fall!
One slash, one fall!
One after another succumbed fluidly, each stab striking with meticulous precision. In less than three minutes, dozens of skinless puppets were toppled by him.
"…"
The regional channel plunged into silence. All the evil spirits blankly stared at the screen, at Lynne's gallant silhouette wielding the knife.
"Is...is this human being so formidable?"
"He's taken them all down!"
"And it seems like he isn't afraid at all!"
"How come I'm the one getting a bit scared! (ΩДΩ)"
And just as they were staring in astonishment, they suddenly saw Lynne sprinting towards the gate. In an instant, a gleam sparked in the evil spirits' eyes.
"He's trying to flee?!"
But just a few seconds after Lynne disappeared from the screen, they immediately heard a series of hissing sounds emanating from outside the frame.
"What's that noise?" an evil spirit exclaimed in shock.
And it was in the next moment that Lynne rapidly dashed in, furiously (艹皿艹) holding an electric saw, brandishing it—brandishing it—like a homicidal maniac.
Everyone: "(ΩДΩ)?!!"
"Dare to frighten me! Have a death wish! (艹皿艹) Today, I will chop you all up and feed you to Babe!"
Brandishing—brandishing—
Right under everyone's incredibly horrified gaze, Lynne, clutching the electric saw, protruding (艹皿艹) started executing humanitarian destruction on those skinless puppets on the ground, sufficient to make children cry.
Zingzingzingzingzing——
For a moment, myriad horrific and bloody scenes unfolded before the camera.
[Blood Doll]: "(Screaming)Too scary! He doesn't even spare the corpses!!"
[Long-haired Ghost]: "(Extremely Terrified) Yes! He sawed like this yesterday! Ah—ah—"
[Burnt Ghost]: "(Head-Clutching in Terror) He's not a normal human at all!! Your Majesty, you can't deal with him using the means for normal people! When he saws people, he's even more ruthless than his master!!"
Within the regional channel, countless [Sanity-1] filled the screen. Seeing the audience about to be frightened into psychological trauma, the Blood Clad Evil Spirit hastily turned off the screen, clenched her fist, and (〃′皿`)q declared: "This… this guy!"
…
First floor.
[Ding! Blood Doll's attitude toward you has reached extreme terror; you have gained 100 experience.]
[Ding! Burnt Ghost's attitude toward you has reached a psychologically shadowed level; you have gained 150 experience.]
[Ding! Long-haired Ghost's personality trait [Timid] has successfully been changed by you to [Withdrawn]; you have gained 200 experience.]
[Ding! Your fame in Wandering Soul Lane has increased by 30!]
Lynne: "???"
Holding the electric saw, he turned his head blankly, looking around. Something wasn't right. He just sawed some puppets; why suddenly gain so much experience, and what's with those familiar names? Could they all be in this room?
Lynne swiftly looked around, holding the electric saw, meticulously searching the room, but he didn't find anything else.
"How strange."
Lynne, puzzled, shrugged, then cleaned up the scene. He casually sat back on the chair, even pulled out a small bottle of old wine from his bosom, poured it into a goblet, and started savoring it with his eyes closed.
...
Within the regional channel, the various dark creatures finally, with wide eyes, gradually recovered from the horror they just witnessed.
"I think this guy must have been trained long ago! And seeing the way he sawed people just now, this is definitely the result of being immersed year-round in the presence of his freak teacher!!"
"He doesn't seem afraid at all!"
"Exactly! I think making this guy collapse is definitely not a simple matter!"
The Blood Clad Evil Spirit, with narrowed eyes, said: "So what? No matter what, he is still a frail human after all. If he's not afraid of physical monsters, I don't believe he can similarly be immune to the elusive spirits!"
Swoosh——
She forcefully pulled another tentacle that was hanging down next to her. In the scene, Lynne, who was savoring his wine with his eyes closed, suddenly felt a chill breeze blow past his ear, making him shiver subconsciously. The flames on the two candlesticks on the table also began to flicker abruptly.
Lynne paused. He put down his glass, looking around at the dim surroundings, he wondered: "What's going on now?"
For some reason, the atmosphere around him seemed to have become chilly all of a sudden. At this moment, Lynne caught a movement in his peripheral Vision World—the eyes of the portrait in a painting hanging on the wall seemed to have moved.
Lynne quickly turned his head in that direction. He crossed his arms and walked up to the painting under the wall, looking up at the blonde, blue-eyed man depicted on it, resembling a human noble.
"So, why is there a painting from the human world here?" Lynne wondered. What he didn't realize was, in the darkness behind him, something was slowly approaching him, step by step. The candlelight flickered. And it was at this moment, slowly, Lynne suddenly felt a coldness on his shoulder, as if something was pressing on it. Almost instinctively, Lynne turned his head to look at his shoulder.
In an instant, eyes met eyes. A face of a female ghost, pale and rotting, bleeding from all facial orifices, was almost at zero distance, looking right into his.
"..."
"..."
The air plunged into an eerily silent ambiance.
In the regional channel, one after another, the dark creatures watching the scene all held their breaths, their eyes wide, staring anxiously at the unfolding tableau.
"Indeed, such an elusive ghost is the most terrifying!"
"If I turned my head and saw this, I'd probably be scared to wet my pants."
"This human's mental fortitude can't possibly be so strong that he isn't afraid of even such a sudden incident!"
Everyone was holding their breath, staring at the scene. In the picture, a few seconds of brief silence. Then they suddenly saw Lynne wink flirtatiously at the ghostly face on his shoulder.
Everyone: "(꒪Д꒪)ノ??"
That ghostly face seemed also to freeze because it could clearly feel that the human in front of it did not seem to show any fear at its appearance.
Lynne closed his eyes, took a breath, and sighed: "Don't bother, are you also one of the extras that lady conjured up to mess with me? Tell her, don't pull off these flashy stunts, I am a guest after all, and doing this to me, your guest, really puts me in a difficult position."
That ghostly face paused for a moment. Then suddenly, its eyes widened, and its mouth opened several meters wide, letting out a horrific, howling scream at Lynne.
Slap——
Lynne delivered a crisp slap to that ghostly face with the back of his hand.
Everyone: "!!!!"
That ghostly face, caught off guard by this sudden slap, quickly recovered its original appearance, with a stunned expression on its face.
Lynne waved his hand, eyes still closed: "Stop screaming!"
Regional channel.
"Wait a minute! Something's off! Something's off! Isn't that supposed to be an elusive ghost? Why could he slap it so crisply? (ΩДΩ)!"
"Can he actually touch even ghosts?!"
"There's a problem! There's a problem!"
In the picture.
After Lynne slapped the ghostly face back to its original form, he kindly stretched out his hand, grabbed the ghostly face's hair, turned around, and his eyes immediately landed on a headless, semi-transparent body a few meters behind him.
Gently, Lynne placed the stunned head back onto the translucent body.
Click, click——
Fixing her in place.
"Don't throw your head around or scare people for no reason. Why not just be a quiet girl? Why mimic others in scaring people?"
Lynne tenderly smoothed the rotten hair on her decaying cheek.
The ghost stared blankly at him and finally couldn't help but ask: "How can you touch me?"
Lynne immediately chuckled and pulled out an empty potion bottle from his pocket, saying: "I'm an alchemist, you know. I deal with spirits all the time. If you don't drink potions that allow you to touch evil spirits regularly, how can you perform surgeries on people?"
The ghost: "(꒪Д꒪)…"
Lynne, oozing charisma, lifted her hand and gentlemanly smiled, "Miss, what's your name? May I get to know you?"
This sudden, charming inquiry immediately rendered the entire regional channel silent. Everyone was staring blankly at the unfolding scene, feeling as if things were taking a weird turn.
Something's off! Really off!
Meanwhile, the female ghost in the picture was momentarily flustered. Recalling her mistress's instructions, she hurriedly distorted her face, trying hard to create a terrifying scene. In an instant, her entire face split right down the middle.
Plop, plop——
Two eyeballs fell from her sockets onto the ground.
"…"
"…"
A brief silence.
Lynne gave no reaction. The female ghost still rigidly maintained her horrifying pose. An overwhelmingly awkward atmosphere spread unrestrainedly.
"Aren't you scared?" She finally managed to ask in a dazed manner. The feeling was akin to a comedian trying hard to tell jokes to please the audience, but the audience remained expressionless, offering no cooperation. It's extremely awkward.
Lynne coughed lightly, patted her shoulder, and said, "This way of scaring has already been used on me by your mistress. Although I'd like to play along, I feel... it won't make you feel any better..."
Ghost: "(꒪Д꒪)…"
Lynne kindly picked up her fallen eyeballs from the ground and pressed them back into her sockets.
