Chapter 34 Wishful thinking
Chapter 34 Ruyi

Bai Yanliang's voice was not passionate, but it was like a sharp knife stabbing straight into Ding Peng's heart.

He has Ding Lei's face, wears Ding Lei's clothes, uses Ding Lei's identity, and enjoys Ding Lei's wealth, but... he is not Ding Lei.

He was just a scoundrel who was taken to the criminal police bureau every other day.

Bai Yanliang loosened his grip on his hair and looked away.

The safe was still open.

He took a few steps closer and when he got close to the safe, he discovered that inside was an antique jade ruyi.

This jade ruyi is shaped like a long-handled hook with a hook head as flat as a palm leaf. It is round, pure white and smooth. The delicate white color seems like clear water flowing in the jade, moist and shiny.

But... taking a closer look, Bai Yanliang discovered a faint red line in this ancient white jade ruyi.

"Is that what you did for it?"

Bai Yanliang turned his head and looked at Ding Peng.

This man has been silent since a while ago, with his head down, and no one knows what he is thinking about.

After hearing Bai Yanliang's voice, he raised his head slightly, looked at Bai Yanliang, and said in a dry and hoarse voice: "Do you know... why this place is called Ruyi Hotel?"

Bai Yanliang just looked at him quietly.

Ding Peng forced out a rather sarcastic smile: "This is the most valuable thing in this hotel, the heirloom of Li Yuhua's family."

Seeing that Bai Yanliang was still silent and didn't even look at the jade ruyi, Ding Peng really looked at Bai Yanliang:
"You are different from me."

"Aqiao, I hurt her..." A trace of pain appeared on Ding Peng's face. Bai Yanliang could see that this pain was different from the pain that had a dagger stabbed in his palm just now.

"I stole the Li family's treasure and also released a monster..." Ding Peng covered his face tightly with his left hand, his voice trembling.

Bai Yanliang finally spoke. He looked at the jade ruyi and asked, "Did it kill Zhang Qiao?"

Ding Peng nodded, his expression filled with regret and fear.

"After I got the stuff, I gave it to Aqiao for safekeeping, but... since then, Aqiao has been having nightmares every day."

From Ding Peng's narration, Bai Yanliang heard a horrifying story and finally understood why Zhang Qiao died under the bed in Room 405.

"At first, it could only appear vaguely in Aqiao's dream, but then... its appearance became clearer and clearer, and it got closer and closer to Aqiao..."

"Aqiao was very scared, but at that time... I thought it was all caused by Aqiao's inner anxiety, and I didn't take it seriously until... it emerged from Aqiao's dream and appeared in front of Aqiao and me."

Ding Peng was shaking all over. Just thinking about that monster made his scalp tingle and he was terrified.

"As soon as it appeared, it walked towards Aqiao, who was so scared that she ran out of the room. I... I was also so scared that I ran away with Yu Ruyi in my arms... When I finally mustered up the courage to go back, Aqiao was already dead... dead under the bed in Room 405."

Bai Yanliang looked at Ding Peng, who seemed to be in pain, and for the first time, a hint of obvious sarcasm flashed in his eyes.

The pain and regret this person felt at this moment were more about moving himself than remembering Zhang Qiao.

His selfishness and meanness are engraved in his bones, which can be seen from his description. At the critical moment of life and death, what he thought of was to escape with his baby?

Bai Yanliang was too lazy to look at him any more.

He turned around and picked up the jade ruyi. Bai Yanliang couldn't help but shudder when he held it.

This jade ruyi has no warmth or warmth of jade at all. Instead, it is as cold as ice, just like... it was just dug out from a thousand-year-old tomb...

"Where...where are you going?"

Hearing Bai Yanliang's movement, Ding Peng quickly raised his head and asked.

However, although he was asking Bai Yanliang, his eyes were subconsciously looking at the jade ruyi held by Bai Yanliang.

Bai Yanliang stopped, turned his head to look at him, said nothing more, and just closed the office door.

He had no interest in saving or lecturing such beasts.

And what he has to do now is, of course, the last thing.

Put those who were released... back into prison.

……

It's getting late.

Li Yuejun and the criminal police were already on their way, but this woman didn't listen to Bai Yanliang after all.

Jiang Li and Xu Zhian hid on the rooftop. On the other side were three water tanks placed close together. Two dead people were rotting in two of the tanks.

Xu Zhian was not worried about his broken hand. As long as he could return to Wuji, he would be able to survive even if he only had one breath left.

What he was worried about was the success or failure of this time.

As for Jiang Li, she was leaning against the wall, not saying a word, silently looking up at the familiar yet unfamiliar starry sky, not knowing what she was thinking.

The night was getting darker, and a chilly atmosphere was hovering over the Ruyi Hotel, like a rotting corpse oozing foul blood.

The elevator stopped at the fourth floor.

A man stepped out.

Bai Yanliang looked at the place in front of him that had become unrecognizable, but his heart was not too shaken.

However, although he had expected that the fourth floor would be dangerous, he still did not expect it to become like this.

The spreading water stains looked like solidified blood under the dim light.

The corridor, which should have been snow-white, was covered with dirty marks.

At first glance, this place looks like it has been abandoned and decayed for many years.

Bai Yanliang stepped on the wet ground and felt that the water stains were too sticky.

Looking down, they turned into bloody faces.

An unsettling and terrifying atmosphere lingered all around. The walls and floors seemed to be rotting like living skin, emitting a faint, sickening smell.

Room 406, just ahead, the door is open.

Bai Yanliang turned a blind eye to the bizarre scene before him and walked straight over with the jade ruyi.

However, at this moment, a drop of water quietly fell on Bai Yanliang's head!
Bai Yanliang looked up, and his calm heart began to fluctuate slightly.

Because... a pale, bloated, pupil-less woman was lying on the ceiling, her whole body was wet, staring at him with malice!
At the same time, in front of him, at the dark stairs, a figure slowly appeared.

And with the appearance of that figure, Bai Yanliang's eyes showed great surprise for the first time!
It was a man who looked 70% similar to him, dressed in a suit and looked very mature. At this moment, he was looking at him with a smile...

elder brother……

The surprise in Bai Yanliang's eyes flashed away, and then he quickly regained his composure. He completely ignored the female ghost above his head and the man in front of him.

Continue walking towards Room 406.

The malicious pupils lying on the ceiling moved with his movements, and the smile of Bai Yanren in front of him gradually became weird.

But... Bai Yanliang was absolutely sure.

These two ghosts can't hurt anyone at all.

Because the one that really kills people... is this!
Bai Yanliang stopped, stood at the door of Room 406, and looked inside the room.

There...a twisted humanoid shadow was spreading in the darkness.

It walked towards Bai Yanliang in a strange manner, like a boneless snake.

A thin and twisted limb stretched out from in front of Bai Yanliang's eyes to behind him. A terrible cold breath rose from behind him. Bai Yanliang could clearly feel its breath... It was death.

But... the more this happened, the more confident he became.

"I don't know what you are, but this...is not your world."

Bai Yanliang raised the Jade Ruyi and smashed it hard into the depths of Room 406!

There... a large mass of twisted darkness is brewing.

When the ordinary Jade Ruyi touched the darkness, something strange happened suddenly!

This twisted monster seemed to be sucked in by something and shrank back quickly. Not only it, but also the female ghost on the ceiling and Bai Yanren in front of the corridor were sucked in!

However, Bai Yanliang did not feel any suction!
He looked calmly at the jade ruyi lying on the ground. It was emitting a faint white light and madly absorbing the weirdness around it. After a few breaths, all the strange anomalies disappeared!

Bai Yanliang finally let out a breath, leaned against the door, and took out two earplugs from his ears.

It worked!
He was betting! This time, he bet right!

It is no coincidence that Ding Lei, Li Yuhua and Zhang Qiao were all able to turn into ghosts.

They were affected by the things in the Jade Ruyi, but they had no ability to kill people at all.

But the one who can really kill people is that twisted black monster!

And the medium it needs to kill people is... sound.

To be precise, it was the sound of water.

Bai Yanliang, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was suddenly startled. A blood-red mist suddenly rose from above his head. At the same time, the surrounding scenery faded rapidly!
Bai Yanliang looked at the bizarre scene in front of him with flickering eyes, and was just about to reach out and touch the door beside him which had turned black and white.

This world is shattered like a mirror!

Human figures gradually appeared in front of him.

He is back!

(End of this chapter)