Chapter 474 - 483: The Other One
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[What did I just see? Why is there a shadow behind him?!]
[Good heavens, someone please tell me I’m just seeing things!]
[The female ghost just said there was another one! Don’t tell me it’s another ghost!]
[Who else gets it, fam? I’m hiding in the bathroom, shaking like a leaf!]
[You think hiding in the bathroom is bad? I’m out here night fishing alone!!!]
[I’m about to piss my pants! I don’t dare make a sound, afraid my ’energy field’ will attract the ghost’s attention!]
The old man didn’t notice. He was busy digging at the mud with a branch.
The branch plunged deep into the earth. When he felt something hard, a look of delight crossed the old man’s face. ’I’ve finally found the female ghost’s bones!’
’Once I dig up these bones, I can finally go home.’ An unconscious smile spread across his face as he dug with renewed vigor.
After clearing away another patch of dirt with his hands, he finally saw something white. He shone his flashlight on it and confirmed it was a bone.
A flicker of fear passed through the old man, but it was quickly overwhelmed by his joy. ’Finding this means I can go home! I don’t have to stay in this godforsaken forest anymore!’
The old man kept digging furiously, completely unaware that the unknown black shadow behind him was slowly pressing itself against his body.
"This isn’t so hard, after all!"
Feeling a renewed hope for survival, the old man’s speech became casual, almost giddy. ’I’m the kind of badass who can meet a female ghost and live to tell the tale!’
He glanced at the female ghost floating nearby, then gloated softly to his phone.
The phone’s screen was off, so the old man couldn’t see the flood of comments in the livestream chat. He just kept digging furiously.
Su Nian watched him with a calm expression. In truth, the old man was indeed facing a perilous trial today, but that trial wasn’t just the female ghost.
The thing behind him was the real terror.
[Oh my god, isn’t the old man watching the stream?]
[Streamer, hurry and warn him! What are we gonna do?]
[That thing behind him is pressing against his back!]
[If it really gets on his back, then what?]
[Don’t tell me the old man’s going to be possessed by that ghost!]
Seeing the chat urging her to do something, Su Nian just shook her head.
Then, she typed: Don’t expose it yet. If the old man suddenly sees it, the shock could frighten his soul right out of his body.
The old man was still focused on digging. As he continued his work, an entire skeleton, from the skull to the rest of the body, was gradually unearthed.
The most striking feature was the woman’s skull. It had a large hole in it, as if her head had been struck with a sharp object while she was alive.
The old man tremblingly dug out the bones one by one and laid them to the side before looking cautiously at the female ghost.
"What do I do with them now?"
"Take my bones away from here. As long as they are away from this lake, my soul will no longer be suppressed by its waters!"
"Alright!"
The old man nodded and hurriedly began to pack the bones into the bag he was holding.
After he finished packing them, he pounded his sore back and straightened up. But just as he did...
A sudden shiver ran down his spine, and he felt his back ache even more intensely. At that moment, the female ghost looked like she wanted to say something but held back, silently drifting farther away from the old man. He was still stretching his stiff joints, oblivious to the fact that his posture had become more stooped and bulky, as if someone were stacked on his back. He could no longer stand up straight.
[Oh my god, that ghostly thing is on him!]
[What does this mean? Is the ghost really going to possess him?]
[It’s not going to just squeeze out his soul and take over his body, is it?!]
The female ghost floated in mid-air. ’This old man is my benefactor, after all. Should I tell him or not?’ she wondered.
But just then, a black shadow gently detached itself from the old man’s body.
It slowly turned, a dark, blurry mass, and faced the female ghost. Its features were indistinct.
Yet, for some reason, it radiated a sense of sinister, grotesque horror.