Chapter 74: Being a Human Being
Chapter 74: Being a Human Being

Li Mu's method of opening the door is surprisingly similar to Bai Yanliang's, except that one uses his legs and the other uses his shoulders.

As a criminal policeman, he is no stranger to violent door breaking.

"boom!"

Suddenly there was a loud noise in the quiet room and the door opened.

It's a very ordinary farmhouse layout, nothing special about it.

If I had to say it, it was a little dim, after all, the windows were sealed.

Li Mu glanced around and without delay, he immediately started searching carefully.

The old village chief had a lot of miscellaneous items, most of which were very ancient utensils, calligraphy and paintings that Li Mu had seen before.

He didn't seem to be lying in this regard. It seemed that the old village chief's ancestors were indeed prominent.

Li Mu moved all these things aside, and finally found a box under the old village chief's bed.

The box is made of wood, dark yellow in color, and has a lock. The overall shape does not seem to be of this era, so it should be an antique.

Li Mu didn't hesitate at all, picked up the box and smashed it against the corner of the bed.

one time--

Two times——

Three times——

After hitting it for nearly twenty times, the locked wooden box was finally broken open.

Li Mu pushed aside the sawdust and finally saw what was inside the wooden box.

"Is this... a letter?"

Li Mu took out everything in the box, blew on it, and dust flew everywhere.

It turned out to be letters.

Logically speaking, there should be almost no correspondence in this era, but this is a deep mountain with inconvenient transportation and no signal, so it is not unreasonable to have letters.

But this contradicts another statement.

This village... isn't it impossible to get out?

But the existence of these letters shows that there must be someone going in and out of this mountain, responsible for delivering the letters. How did he do it?
Another point……

The letters were covered in dust and looked like they had not been touched for some time.

Does this mean that communication with the outside world... has suddenly ceased?

Did he cut off contact on his own initiative, or did something happen to the messenger?

Li Mu opened a letter while thinking.

He read through the letter quickly, but the content of the letter made Li Mu's face change drastically for the first time.

"Beast!"

Li Mu cursed angrily and opened another letter. The contents written on it were all similar.

Li Mu's veins bulged on the back of his hands as he crumpled the letter.

He could hardly suppress his inner anger. Now, he finally understood why there were only male villagers in this village, while all the female villagers were crazy.

This village... is simply a bunch of beasts!
Li Mu figured out the matter and his expression suddenly changed. If this happened, Lin Yan was in trouble!
He quickly stood up, put all the letters in his arms, and prepared to leave.

However, after turning around, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

wrong……

Did I close the door just now?

Li Mu looked at the tightly closed wooden door, sweat slightly forming on his forehead.

Impossible... I definitely didn't close the door.

Moreover, the door was forced open just now, but now... it is intact.

But... this is the only way out.

Li Mu stared at the door handle and gripped it.

The handle was pulled, but... the door didn't move at all!
Li Mu tried several times, but the door still wouldn't open!

Li Mu's face suddenly turned pale.

This ghost is nearby...

The village chief's room was not big and had no windows. Although it was risky, Li Mu still made a bold choice.

Bang your body against the door again!
"boom--"

"boom--"

"Bang——" However, this time, no matter how hard it was hit, the wooden door did not respond.

Damn!

Am I really going to die here?
Just then, Li Mu suddenly heard a voice coming from downstairs.

"Mr. Li? What's wrong with you?"

Yu Sheng, it’s Yu Sheng!

She is at Lu Bingyan’s house next to the village chief’s house!
She must have heard the loud noise of me banging on the door, so she came over to ask!

Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn’t open it from the inside, but what about from the outside?

However… before he could open his mouth, he heard a familiar voice at his door.

"It's okay, wait for me."

It's his voice!
It's his own voice!
There was a ghost standing only one door away from him!

It pulled the wooden door, making it impossible to open it!

Li Mu felt cold all over and a strong sense of fear surged up.

The one who is haunting me...it must be because of his identity as a haunting me...

It's staring at me...

At this moment, it was imitating his voice to answer Yu Sheng!

It wants to get Yu Sheng away!

"I can't open the door of Miss Lu's house, Mr. Li, can you help me?"

Yu Sheng's voice sounded again.

At this moment, Li Mu couldn't help but widen his eyes.

No, go away!
It's a ghost...it's a ghost!
Li Mu suddenly felt despair.

But he didn't dare make any sound.

The ghost closed the door, and the next step should be to kill him. Making any noise will only make him die faster!
But...if I do nothing, even if I die, Yu Sheng will still be deceived by it. If Yu Sheng takes it to open Lu Bingyan's door...

Li Muguang shuddered just thinking about that scene.

Li Mu was caught in a painful choice.

He might die soon.

If he spoke out to remind Yu Sheng, there was a high probability that the ghost would kill him immediately.

If he doesn't warn Yu Sheng, he will also die... and Yu Sheng will be implicated...

He was trapped, trapped in this dim room.

The ghost is guarding the door. It cannot go out, but it will definitely come in.

An extremely complicated emotion emerged on Li Mu's usually calm face. His hands were clenched tightly. Because he was too nervous and conflicted, his ordinary face looked a little hideous.

Li Mu's memory began to fade...

Looking back to the first time I entered Wu Ji, it was more than two years ago.

No one knew that Li Mu had been struggling to survive in Wu Ji for nearly three years...

He watched groups of people come and go, and then watched names disappear one by one.

His name slowly changed from the last to the first.

And since then...it has remained number one.

If the people in Wu Ji still have the belief to survive, then Li Mu... is that belief.

It's not referring to him as a person. What everyone believes in... is the name that ranks first and has never disappeared!
Its existence allows people who are almost in despair to see a glimmer of light, as if... as long as it has not dissipated, there will always be a day when they can get out alive.

But no one thought about it.

He is also a human being. He is a young criminal policeman. He will also be afraid, tired, and... die.

Li Mu looked down at his palm and seemed to hear a voice in his ears.

"...I volunteer to be a criminal police officer...I am loyal to my country...I am loyal to my people...I strictly abide by discipline...I keep secrets...I enforce the law impartially...I perform my duties conscientiously...I am not afraid of sacrifice..."

"I'm... a criminal police officer."

Li Mu raised his head, and an indescribable expression appeared on his ordinary face.

He straightened up and banged on the door desperately while shouting:
"Yu Sheng, leave now! The person who just answered you was a ghost!"

　This volume is almost over, and the next volume will enter the real line.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)