Chapter 128: Escape And Kill
The entire candle visibly shortened by a section to the naked eye, the disappeared part looking as if it had been ignited in an instant, the brilliant yellow candlelight nearly condensing into dazzling gold light.
Could something have gone wrong?
In shock, Zhang Qian immediately scanned around, trying to find anything unusual.
Nothing in front, nothing above…
He suddenly turned his head.
A terrifying scene shocked him, causing his pupils to contract sharply and his whole body’s muscle to tense involuntarily.
The profound darkness had already unknowingly drawn near, sticking to his heels and sealing off the corridor behind him.
A foul, nauseating stench hit him in the face, like a pile of rotting meat formed from countless layers of decayed flesh, various strange smells blending together, making one nearly vomit.
The darkness that had originally been a hundred meters away had somehow come here.
Clearly Zhang Qian had always been paying attention to the situation behind him, yet he still hadn’t noticed the darkness approaching until the candle’s burst burning made him aware something was wrong.
This darkness was like a fierce tiger choosing a person to devour, with no warning before launching an attack, and once it struck, it was a certain death blow.
Fortunately, the candle did not disappoint Zhang Qian, like an uncrossable chasm lying between him and the darkness.
The orange-yellow candlelight formed a sphere, isolating this darkness outside.
But this still wasn’t enough.
The darkness seemed to have fluidity, unable to rush into the candlelight, so it simply parted from all sides, forming a depression, as if it wanted to devour Zhang Qian along with the candle.
Fierce Ghost? Supernatural phenomenon?
None of these problems mattered; what mattered was that it was very dangerous and wanted his life.
After figuring out the current situation.
Zhang Qian didn’t hesitate at all and immediately bolted toward the depths of the corridor.
Although the front wasn’t necessarily safe, it was still better than waiting to die here.
The candle’s ability was stronger than he had imagined, not only able to influence supernatural things but even able to withstand a fierce ghost’s attack.
Most importantly, it wasn’t a one-time item; even after withstanding one fierce ghost attack, it still hadn’t failed and was still working.
Holding the candle in his palm, Zhang Qian tried his best to maintain the flame’s burning, not daring to let it go out.
Facing this unknown danger of a fierce ghost, this thing was his lifesaver.
The candle now wasn’t bursting like at the beginning, but its burning speed was still much faster than when it was in the room earlier, the long flame even somewhat scorching his hand.
“Consuming very quickly; that previous burst burning already used up a good length of the candle. A few more times, and the whole candle will burn up.”
While thinking of countermeasures, Zhang Qian kept watching the candle’s situation with his peripheral vision.
If the candle burned out without finding another way to resist the fierce ghost, he estimated he would be done for here.
“Bang—”
With a muffled sound, the candle flame suddenly flickered again.
Looking back, that darkness was indeed closely following behind him, showing no intention of giving up the pursuit.
However, seemingly affected by the candle, its advancing speed was now much slower, and it would take some time to catch up.
Withstanding another attack, the candle shortened by another section, but the darkness behind it didn’t suffer any substantial damage.
Dragging on like this, Zhang Qian would definitely die first in the end.
He had to make some attempt.
“The distance has widened; I can try…”
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Qian suddenly turned around and took a deep breath.
In his hand, a golden Desert Eagle was still chambered, its two-dot mechanical sights aimed at the central position of the darkness.
“It was too close before; now the distance is just right—not afraid of a sudden face rush, and easier for me to aim.”
Zhang Qian held the trigger, estimating the distance between them.
“I just don’t believe I can’t hit such a big thing; I only hope the gold has some effect, otherwise I’ll have to think of something else.”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger, firing two shots in a row to prevent missing before stopping.
The bullet’s primer immediately exploded under the firing pin, propelling the bullet head spiraling out, tearing through the air and drilling fiercely into the darkness.
But that patch of darkness wasn’t affected at all, merely rippling slightly twice, not even slowing its movement.
It looked easier than a pond swallowing two small pebbles.
Zhang Qian, who had fired and run, also noticed the situation behind him, cursed under his breath, and then holstered the still-warm Desert Eagle.
“No effect or did I miss? Could the gun only work on zombies and that kind of fierce ghost, useless against this ghost-like thing?”
Urgent footsteps echoed through the whole aisle.
But Zhang Qian had no mind to control it, just burying his head and running as fast as possible.
If it had the ability, let it chase all the way; even if hope was completely lost, he had no intention of waiting to die.
Suddenly, a different doorway appeared ahead.
On the right side of the corridor, a somewhat twisted iron door hung half on the door frame, at risk of falling off at any moment.
This was the most damaged door Zhang Qian had seen so far; the previous doorways, no matter how rusted, had their overall structure undamaged.
This door was already on the verge of scrapping; even forcing it back wouldn’t make it close.
Not only that, inside the door frame was pitch black, with no light shining out.
Overall, the other rooms were just temporarily abandoned, but this room had already been left to waste.
“First time encountering this… should I go in to hide?”
In hesitation, Zhang Qian glanced at the darkness’s position with his peripheral vision.
At its unhurried speed, it would take a while to catch up.
“Should still have time; no need to gamble on whether this room is safe.”
He didn’t even want to risk entering rooms with lights on and intact doorways, let alone this eerie one.
There could be fierce ghosts inside rooms, and although most were quiet, now that the room was in this state, could the fierce ghost inside still quietly play dead?
He just wanted to evade the fierce ghost, not provoke another one.
Even staying in the corridor felt more comfortable than going inside the room.
Having made up his mind.
Zhang Qian deliberately bypassed that doorway, while trying his best to focus his line of sight on the path ahead, not daring to peek inside the room.
Nothing unexpected happened; the anticipated danger didn’t appear, as if Zhang Qian had just been overthinking earlier.
“Guessed wrong; good thing that room couldn’t hide anyone, or I would have wasted a chance at survival.”
Not to mention whether that hanging door could close, just looking at the doorway’s twisted shape, it had no ability to isolate external fierce ghosts.
After passing through without incident.
Just as Zhang Qian was about to continue running, a dull sound suddenly came from behind.
Like some heavy object falling onto the carpet, the whole aisle shook a few times.
Deleted a chapter, why not even a prompt…
