The bedroom door that Lai Sheng had been unable to open opened on its own when his life was in danger.
It was his father who walked out from the door, his father who had turned into a monster.
The man seemed to be afraid that Lai Sheng would see his current appearance. He had been hiding. It was not until the Death Curse hand was about to touch his child that he let go of all his worries.
Even if he was hated and feared by his own child, he had to help.
The only thing that could maintain his rationality was pain in his eyes. He felt so useless. He could not even create a beautiful dream for his child.
However, he did not expect that Lai Sheng would still recognize him at a glance even though he had changed into this appearance. There was no fear in the boy's voice. It was as if no matter what he had become, he would still be the father in the boy's eyes.
His lips were sewn shut by the Death Curse. The man tried his best to open his mouth but that only caused the Death Curse to spread around his face.
Unable to speak, it was as if there was an invisible wall between him and his child. Both of them had tried their best to break it but it was to no avail.
"You're really back. Mother did not lie to me! She said if I don't sleep, I won't be able to see you again … "The boy's eyes reddened. Only before his father, he did not have to pretend to be strong. At that moment, the sadness and longing exploded. The boy cried. For a child, this cryptic world was still too scary.
Lai Sheng wanted to get close to his father, but his father, who had turned into a monster, did not dare to touch Lai Sheng. His body, which was covered in death curses, rushed out from the bedroom like a giant shadow. Black fog surrounded his body.
The Red Specter did not expect there to be a soul chaser hiding inside the bedroom. It was even more surprised that the other soul chaser did not only fail to capture the soul but was trying to stop it.
The eyeball that was written with the black words turned in confusion. Then a fist filled with death landed heavily on its face!
The whole face sunk inward. Flesh and blood mixed with the Death Curse, sinking deep into the skull.
Lai Sheng's father was like a large tree. His roots covered Room 4064. Whenever he moved, the shadows in the room would follow him.
The lights in the room flickered. When the light disappeared, the man had already appeared behind the Red Specter. His five fingers gripped the monster's head and raised it high into the air. Then he slammed the monster's head heavily into the ground.
Grabbing the Red Specter's wrist, the man crushed the monster's arm and dragged the Red Specter into the house.
The man's killing intent was triggered. The deathly words on his body were like needles stabbing into his body. It seemed to be a warning to the Soul Chaser.
Pain and torture could not change the man in the slightest. Black curses kept appearing in one of his eyes, and Lai Sheng's figure was reflected in his other eye.
The little boy stood where he was. He had no idea he was his father's only light in the cryptic world.
The door closed, and the sound of tearing and smashing came from the corridor. It sounded like a sack full of things being torn apart bit by bit.
A few minutes later, when Ai Le appeared on the 6th floor again, the man returned to Room 4064.
He was furious, manic, and exuded a strong sense of death. However, such a monster had a hint of gentleness in his left eye.
His mouth was sewn shut, and his ears were blocked by the death curse. He could not communicate with his child, and he could not hear his child's words clearly. However, he could sense Lai Sheng's emotions.
Blood leaked out from his lips. The man tried his best to open his mouth, and the black threads that were filled with curses were pushed open. He seemed to want to call out the child's name again, but he could not even do that.
The lights in the room dimmed. The man appeared to be a shadow. Wherever he stood, light would be consumed.
Father and son met again at the Ziggurat. The ghost that summoned the soul saw the child that he could not bear to part with.
Lai Sheng reached out his hand toward the man. He was a strong man, but he was still a child.
Looking at Lai Sheng's pitiful state, even an outsider like Han Fei wanted to hug him, much less Lai Sheng's biological parents.
The man raised his hand lightly, but when Lai Sheng approached, he put his hand down and took a step back.
He did not want his child to see such an ugly version of himself. If possible, he wanted the boy to retain his previous image of himself.
"Sigh." The bedroom door was slowly pushed open. A woman wrapped tightly in clothes stood at the door. She looked at the father and son in the living room. Her eyes were soft and sorrowful. "Lai Sheng, stop moving forward."
The boy did not listen to his mother. He insisted on moving forward.
"Lai Sheng! Stop! "The woman's voice turned stern, but she did not dare to get too close to Lai Sheng.
Seeing the woman's hands that were hidden inside her long sleeves, Han Fei seemed to understand something. He walked to Lai Sheng's side and stopped him. "I think you should tell the truth to the boy, even if tonight is just a dream for him."
Lai Sheng started to cry. Before his parents, he finally behaved like a normal child.
The woman and the man in the bedroom turned to Han Fei at the same time. They stared at Han Fei for a long time before the mother finally spoke. "I know where your lost soul is hidden. I can give it to you, but I hope you can do us a favor."
"What favor?"
"Take Lai Sheng away from here."
Hearing his mother say that, Lai Sheng's face was filled with disbelief. The mother who loved him the most had said something like that!
The small body stood in the middle of the living room. Lai Sheng wiped away the tears on his face. He was so helpless that it made one's heart ache.
"Lai Sheng, I've lied to you." She looked at Lai Sheng, who was crying non-stop, and the expression on her face was filled with pain. "Father left your world a long time ago. I always thought that I could take care of you. I swore to give you double the love and let you be the happiest child. Your memory also stopped here. But you've forgotten what happened next. I fell sick. You crawled next to my bed and stayed by my side. But in the end, I still left you. "
"I …"
"Without Daddy and Mommy, we really couldn't let go of you. In the end, that obsession was used by someone and that is why you are here. All the Soul Summoning Rituals were prepared for you. "
As the woman spoke, she pulled back her sleeve. The Death Curse crawled on her arm like a mold that could not be removed. "We thought once we turned into monsters, we would have the chance to see you again, but after you arrived, we realized its real target was you."
"Is it referring to the manager of the Ziggurat? Is it still human to use a child? "Han Fei hoped that the couple could help him, he was already laying the groundwork.
"It is not human, it is not even an animal. It is a real demon, it represents the ultimate evil." The woman was also turning into a monster but she did not worry about herself. Her eyes were focused only on Lai Sheng. "Our deaths were not an accident. All the coincidences were his means to kill us and it was all to drag Lai Sheng into the Ziggurat."
"You knew that this would harm Lai Sheng but for the sake of your one-sided longing, you still chose to summon the soul?" Han Fei asked tentatively.
The woman smiled bitterly. "My child's father became a mindless monster. My memory was tampered with. I once treated this place as reality, I thought I was still alive. It was not until the Soul Summoning Ritual was successful and I personally summoned my child's soul into this dirty and scary world that my memory that was tampered with by the manager recovered. "
Her fingers were clenched so tightly that they were white. "It did this on purpose. It wanted me to realize that I was the murderer of my own child."
Leaning against the door frame, the woman had lost all of her strength. Just the thought of it filled her with despair. To kill the person that she loved and missed the most, to suffer pain and torture.
"The manager of the Ziggurat hated the good in human nature. It toyed with human nature and tortured living people as if to prove the weakness of human nature. This was also exposing its own weakness because it had never received anyone's love or help. " Han Fei knew about the things that the Butterfly had done. He did not need any sympathy or understanding for something like this.
Since it did not believe in the good in human nature, then Han Fei might as well show it the worst side of human nature and let it die the most tragic death.
When Han Fei conversed with the woman, the boy kept struggling. He did not understand why his parents would be in so much pain when it was supposed to be a family reunion.
Seeing the curse start to appear on his mother's face, Lai Sheng panicked. He begged Han Fei to let go, begged his parents not to leave, begged all the adults present but his pleas were destined to go unanswered.
"Why are you doing this? Didn't you say adults won't lie to children? I'm not afraid of you turning into a monster, I'm not afraid of turning into a monster myself. As long as we're together, everything will be fine. "
Even if this was a nightmare, as long as everyone was there, he would rather continue this nightmare.
The summoned soul would forget the fact that it was a soul. It would cling to its past memories and habits. At that moment, it was the purest version of itself.
"Lai Sheng, even though we can't hug you anymore, we'll always be there for you. We'll become the wind, the rain, the pine tree, the birds that fly across the sky, we'll always be with you. "
"You lied to me, you lied to me again!"
"There's only 3 hours left until 4: 44 pm. Lai Sheng, it's time for you to go. We're already very lucky to be able to see you on this last day." The woman did not waste any more time. She signaled for Han Fei to let go.
The moment Han Fei let go, the boy charged at his mother. He ran as fast as he could like if he slowed down, his mother would evaporate like a bubble.
The small body ran towards his mother but he could not close the distance between them.
When the boy passed the mirror next to the sofa, the silent father took out the colored picture behind the picture. He looked at his son and tore the picture into pieces with his own hands.
The paper scraps fell to the ground. Large shadows rushed out from the mirror in the middle of the living room. The whole of Room 4064 changed.
Mold and dust covered all the furniture. The ceiling cracked inch by inch and Yin energy leaked out. The floor was covered in paper money and the room was littered with lit Soul Luring Wax.
This was the original appearance of Room 4064.
After the shadow covered the whole room, it rushed towards Lai Sheng.
As the Soul Luring Wax was blown out, Lai Sheng's consciousness started to fade.
Moments later, the shadow dissipated to reveal a boy lying on the sofa. He was softly wrapped in Yin energy. He was fast asleep.
"There's no time. You need to leave with him as soon as possible." The Death Curse appeared around the woman's neck but she did not seem to mind it. She kept her eyes on the boy on the sofa. "If you cannot leave before 4: 44 pm tonight, I'm afraid you will never be able to leave."
Before he lost his soul, Han Fei's eyes couldn't see the Soul Chaser at all. But just now, both he and Lai Sheng could clearly see the Soul Chaser's appearance. This meant that Lai Sheng was also on the verge of death, half a step into the coffin.
'The manager will return at 4: 44 pm?' Han Fei understood the meaning of this time. Perhaps he would be able to see the Butterfly's true form tonight.
"Yes, you need to figure out a way to leave before it returns. When it does, all of our eyes will be its eyes, our ears will be its ears, and our love for Lai Sheng will be the blade that kills him. "The woman's face continued to deteriorate.
"Before this, we did not dare to leave because without our protection, Lai Sheng would die. It used that to its advantage to allow us to reunite with our family.
"But now, we are lucky to have met you inside the Ziggurat. I will return your soul to you. I hope you can fulfill your promise to us and bring Lai Sheng back with you.
"I like what you said. Now, it's time for us to hand our lives over to Lai Sheng.
"Leaving him is the last love we have."
After the woman said that, she slowly walked to the sofa. Before her face was completely taken over by the Death Curse, she kissed the boy's cheek lightly.
"Daddy and mommy did not lie to you. We really love you."
The Death Curse crawled over her lips. The woman stopped suppressing it. The Death Curse completely lost control and covered the woman's face.
The blood that seeped out from her skin dyed her clothes red. With her last bit of rationality, the woman said, "The remnant of your childhood memory has entered Lai Sheng's consciousness. We did not have the time to stop it. Actually, the Lai Sheng that we saw earlier is not just him, he also has part of your personality."
"My remnant of my soul has entered Lai Sheng's consciousness?" Han Fei was waiting for his own remnant of his soul, but he did not expect the woman to say something like that.
"The soul that you are missing contains your memories from different times. They should have been attracted into other people's consciousness. I do not know whether this is part of the manager's plan or because your soul is unique." The woman's voice was intermittent. Her body was slowly morphing into a soul chaser.
"To find all the remnant souls, we need to find a living person that matches them and then bring them away with us." The woman's head slowly drooped. The veins on her skin became more obvious. When she raised her face again, her delicate features were already taken over by the Death Curse.
Before Han Fei could say anything, the woman had already lost her mind. Her sharp fingers stabbed at Han Fei's heart.
Just as Han Fei was about to be stabbed, the shadow in the room shielded him.
His father, who only had one eye that remained conscious, stood before Han Fei. He hugged his wife, who had also become a soul chaser, silently.
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