Chapter 447: After Modification: Chapter 447 Terrifying Realm
Zhang Dadan turned his head and glanced at him, advising, “If you’re scared, just go back first! I can handle this!”
To be honest, Zhou Yong was a little hesitant upon hearing this, but brotherly loyalty finally won out.
Zhou Yong continued to tug on Zhang Dadan’s sleeve, closely following him, muttering, “We came together, so we should go back together!”
“You’re not afraid to go back alone, are you?” Zhang Dadan cautiously scanned the surroundings as he replied casually.
Seeing Zhang Dadan belittle him like this, Zhou Yong, slightly buzzed from the alcohol, let go of Zhang Dadan’s sleeve, puffed out his chest, and boldly said:
“It’s just some dirty stuff, right? What am I afraid of? Let them come out, and I’ll piss on them to death!”
Zhang Dadan, who was intently searching, almost stumbled to the ground hearing Zhou Yong’s shameless boasting.
He was about to tease Zhou Yong when suddenly, a strange noise came from the weeds by the roadside, followed by a black figure leaping out.
Before Zhang Dadan could react, Zhou Yong jumped up, both feet off the ground, and bear-hugged Zhang Dadan, screaming like a stuck pig, “A ghost… a ghost…”
Zhang Dadan took a closer look, only to see a black cat casually strolling about, occasionally looking up curiously at the two of them, as if watching two idiots.
“Enough! Weren’t you acting all tough? How come a cat scared you?” Zhang Dadan struggled to break free from Zhou Yong and scolded him helplessly.
Zhou Yong, scared out of his wits, finally opened his eyes and slowly looked over, only to see a black cat staring at him arrogantly.
“Damn you! Scaring me like that, I’ll skin you alive!” Zhou Yong jumped off Zhang Dadan and made a move to chase the black cat.
However, the black cat disdainfully glanced at him, meowed angrily, then leaped into the darkness and disappeared.
Once the black cat vanished, Zhou Yong complained again, “Why aren’t the streetlights working? Made me see it wrong!”
Zhou Yong had never encountered anything supernatural before. Suddenly coming to a haunted place naturally made him jumpy and paranoid.
Seeing Zhou Yong acting all jittery, Zhang Dadan took out a talisman and handed it to Zhou Yong, saying, “Here, put this Evil Exorcism Talisman on your chest. Even if you run into something, it’ll give you some protection.”
Zhou Yong was a bit surprised but took the talisman quickly and secretly took another talisman from his pocket, sticking them together and placing them in his shirt pocket!
The two of them roamed around the incident location again but found nothing unusual, and Zhou Yong’s fear and terror gradually subsided.
“I think this haunted thing is probably just someone’s made-up story! Where’s the damn ghost?” Zhou Yong fumed.
Though Zhang Dadan hadn’t seen any ghosts, he sensed a trace of evil energy, so he remained vigilant and kept his guard up.
“Stop complaining. Let’s wait a bit more. If we don’t encounter anything, we’ll head back.” Zhang Dadan patted Zhou Yong and comforted him.
Hearing this, Zhou Yong started muttering, “Are you really trying to encounter ghosts?”
“I must be out of my mind, not sleeping and following you around like this, it’s enough already!”
“If I knew we were going to be here this long, I should’ve brought some snacks; now I’m hungry!”
“…”
Just as Zhou Yong was grumbling and nagging, a faint, eerie laughter came from the direction of the slaughterhouse.
Zhang Dadan noticed the oddity and quickly shouted to Zhou Yong, “Be quiet… listen to that sound!”
Zhou Yong, having never cultivated, had ordinary hearing and naturally didn’t hear the faint laughter, thinking Zhang Dadan was trying to scare him on purpose.
“Dadan, enough already! I wasn’t prepared earlier, or I wouldn’t have been scared by a stray cat!” Zhou Yong argued.
At this moment, Zhang Dadan had no mood for jokes, and said seriously, “I’m not kidding! I already heard its laughter!”
Seeing Zhang Dadan so serious, Zhou Yong became anxious and subconsciously grabbed Zhang Dadan’s sleeve, hiding behind him.
However, as Zhou Yong listened with bated breath, he only heard the rustling of the wind through the trees and the buzzing of mosquitoes.
“Dadan, are you messing with me? Why can’t I hear anything?” Zhou Yong asked timidly.
Before Zhang Dadan could respond, Zhou Yong suddenly felt a chill, because he really heard an odd sound.
It was a rumbling sound, as if something was rolling on the road, and the sound was getting closer.
Zhou Yong gripped Zhang Dadan’s sleeve tightly, trembling, “Dadan… I… I hear… hear it! What… what is it?”
Seeing him so scared, Zhang Dadan regretted making him drink earlier, thinking he should’ve just knocked him out!
Zhang Dadan raised an eyebrow angrily, “With me here, what are you afraid of? Can you get a grip?”
“You… you’re a virgin, of course, you’re not scared! I’ve already… done it…” Zhou Yong retorted furiously.
Seeing Zhou Yong still taking jabs even now, Zhang Dadan lost his patience, “Damn you! Virgin? Your whole family’s virgins! Even your dad is a virgin!”
As they bickered, the sound got closer and was now right next to them. Zhang Dadan looked around but saw nothing.
What’s going on? Why can’t I see any ghosts? Could their power be far above mine?
Ghosts exist mainly by the breath in their chest, whether it’s resentment, anger, dissatisfaction, or hatred…
To increase their power, besides this breath, they need to absorb the energy of strong men.
But in Stone Town, few died violently; they shouldn’t have absorbed much energy. How did they reach such a terrifying level with just the breath in their chest?
Zhang Dadan scanned the surroundings and saw nothing. Zhou Yong, hiding behind him, noticed something strange.
“Dadan, look… what is that…” Zhou Yong tugged on Zhang Dadan’s sleeve, pointing at the road ahead, panicking.
Zhang Dadan looked down and saw a toy car sitting in the middle of the road, as if confronting him.
“Why is it a toy car? What the hell?” Zhang Dadan pondered but couldn’t figure it out.
The sound earlier did seem like it came from this toy car, but it looked so new; how could ghosts get it?
And if these ghosts are out to haunt, why throw a toy car? Just nostalgic? Fine, they were kids after all!
“Dadan, let’s go back! Even if we encounter ghosts, can you really handle it?” Zhou Yong said nervously.
Zhang Dadan’s thoughts were jumbled, causing some impatience, and he snapped, “I told you not to come, but you insisted, and now you’re scared. Why bother?”
Zhou Yong didn’t get angry, replying fearfully, “Why bother? I’m scared something might happen to you!”
With a loyal, ghost-fearing friend like Zhou Yong, Zhang Dadan wasn’t sure if it was a blessing or a curse. He sighed helplessly, preparing to persuade him to go back.
But just then, another sound suddenly arose, coming straight towards them, a deep, bone-chilling sound.
“Bang… bang… bang…”