Chapter 55: Chang Street Slaughterhouse
When she used force under her hand to slightly twist the heads of the animals, preventing those pairs of eyes from staring at her any longer, Lu Jinzhao heard that those rustling sounds suddenly became denser!
It was as if her action had angered them.
Those sounds were rapidly closing in on her!
This was not good news; cold sweat instantly broke out on Lu Jinzhao’s forehead.
But the arrow had left the bow with no turning back; even if she stopped now, the things making sounds behind her might not let her go.
It was better to burn one’s boats.
Lu Jinzhao’s eyes hardened; she reached out to touch the wooden box and parchment in her clothes pocket, then without any further hesitation, quickly exerted force to twist the swaying iron hook in direction, and then decisively ran toward the position of the next string of heads.
After she successfully turned a string of heads, she could feel that the certain piercing “gaze” that had accompanied her since entering the slaughter room had weakened.
It worked.
Confirming this, Lu Jinzhao let out a slight breath, but she still didn’t dare to lower her vigilance; in fact, she became even more urgent.
Because those dense sounds behind her were still continuously approaching!
Every time she successfully shifted the gaze of a string of heads away, those sounds became even more ferocious.
Nine meters, eight meters, seven meters
Soon, they were right behind her, continuously lunging at her!
“Just one last string left.”
As long as she dealt with this string, there would be no “eyes” in this area that could see her.
That feeling of being watched had already become extremely faint, about to disappear soon.
However, the sounds behind her had also come to an extremely close position!
She reached out to touch the last string of heads, and only when she lifted her hand did she realize her fingers were slightly trembling.
Fear, anxiety, tension made her mind still relatively clear, but her body involuntarily reacted.
But there was no time to worry about that.
She took a deep breath, controlled her trembling hand to press against the rotting sheep head, then pushed hard.
Originally, those heads were strung together, so she only needed to push one to turn the iron rod stringing them along with it, but this time, when she pushed the sheep head and slowly twisted it to the side, only this sheep head moved.
Lu Jinzhao’s complexion suddenly paled.
Such an accident at this moment was absolutely aimed at taking her life!
She had no time to think too much and immediately reached out to start turning the other animal heads.
The sounds behind her got even closer.
Five meters, four meters, three meters
Fortunately, she turned the heads quickly too: two, three, four
“Almost, almost done…”
Time, she just needed a little time!
Lu Jinzhao’s fingers twitched nervously; due to the immense pressure and fear, sweat from her forehead flowed into her eyes, yet she didn’t dare blink.
“Just one last one!”
But she could also feel that the things behind her were already within arm’s reach.
Her brain sent waves of scream-like buzzing; it was instinct reminding her that danger and death were approaching.
Her legs trembled, wanting to run away immediately and escape this ghostly place, but she forcibly suppressed it.
“Can’t stop, stopping means real death!”
Even though every cell and hair on her body was screaming to flee, Lu Jinzhao stubbornly stayed in place, continuously manipulating these rotting heads.
Until she felt a cold touch land on her ankle.
In that instant, the cold aura spread from her ankle throughout her body; Lu Jinzhao felt her body instantly freeze stiff, unable to make any further reaction.
The intense fear and sense of crisis from impending death made her body even produce some phantom pain: scalp numbing, a shiver of goosebumps all over.
Even so, Lu Jinzhao didn’t fall into a blank-minded state; she gritted her teeth and, instead of immediately reaching for the wooden box in her pocket, lifted her hand to turn the last head away!
When the last pair of “eyes” could no longer gaze at her, in the same instant, the cold touch on her ankle disappeared.
Just an instant, yet Lu Jinzhao felt like a fish thrown back into the pond, regaining the ability to breathe and live.
She held the pose in place for several seconds, waiting for her body’s stress reaction to subside, then suddenly gasped for air, her eyes swaying uneasily as she recalled what had just happened.
“…What was that thing?”
Toward the thing that had just touched her ankle, Lu Jinzhao felt lingering fear; she hesitated for a moment before turning back to look at the ground.
Nothing was there.
Only on her pristine white ankle was left a dirty mark, like a finger print, reminding her that something had indeed approached her just now.
She stood in place listening carefully for a while longer.
Those rustling sounds had completely disappeared.
She should be temporarily safe.
“I shouldn’t have violated any taboo”
“Could it be because of this cow?”
What she brought was a cow, not a person of the Ox zodiac sign, so she encountered danger?
But because she hadn’t violated the taboo, it wasn’t a certain-death situation, but a crisis that could be simply resolved.
Although the situation just now was extremely perilous, in comparison, merely turning a few heads in direction could indeed be called “simple.”
“Having passed this hurdle, it should be fine.”
Lu Jinzhao wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, not daring to continue resting here; she led the cow and continued toward the slaughter room depths.
Without the interference of those “gazes,” it didn’t take long before she saw the shadow of the butcher’s table.
It was indeed as special as Wei Ling had said; with just one glance, Lu Jinzhao could confirm this was definitely not a butcher’s table for slaughtering animals.
No matter how she looked at it, it was for slaughtering humans.
A chill spread from her heart, but for some reason, Lu Jinzhao didn’t see the figure of the “butcher” that Wei Ling had mentioned.
She was relieved about this; her current state was far from good, and naturally, it was better not to see a ghost if possible.
“Could it be that the commotion just now attracted the butcher away?”
Unclear, but no need to investigate.
Lu Jinzhao tentatively tied the rope leading the cow to the butcher’s table, then slowly retreated.
No abnormalities occurred.
Until she kept retreating, unable to see the butcher’s table and cow anymore, and gradually returned to the entrance position, still no further abnormalities appeared.
She finally let out a breath.
The door closed automatically, just like when Wei Ling had come.
Lu Jinzhao raised her hand to push the door; her hand was still somewhat weak, and the first grip on the doorknob didn’t push it open.
She was stunned for a moment, her brain jolting, almost thinking another accident had happened, but after she exerted force again and smoothly pushed the door open, she realized it was due to her body’s fatigue earlier.
Outside the door, Wei Ling stood a bit farther away; seeing Lu Jinzhao come out, she suddenly let out a breath of relief.
“You finally came out.” Her tone carried relief and worry.
“What did you encounter? Why were you inside for an hour?!”
