False evidence

Chapter 289 Water Spider

Wei Min didn't look strange at all; on the contrary, she seemed very conflicted and in pain.

It was precisely this expression that filled me with extreme fear.

I stopped shouting and said in a low voice, "We came to help Liu Hong, please...please don't hurt my friend."

Seeing her slowly close her eyes, I cried out, "You'll die..."

Hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

"Sanqi! Are you alright?" Meng Chao's voice came from behind.

Wei Min suddenly opened her eyes.

I was extremely anxious, but I didn't even have the strength to speak loudly.

The worst fears came true: the little girl named Wei Lan wouldn't have any selfish thoughts.

Her ears are incredibly sensitive.

She must have overheard something, which is why Meng Chao and Pi Dan came back.

Wei Min's eyes sharpened, and she suddenly stood up.

I wanted to grab her, but my fingertips slid over her smooth calves and I couldn't get any strength in.

“Let’s go…let’s go!”

I used the last of my strength to pound the floor.

The moment the door was kicked open, I completely lost consciousness...

I felt a tingling or itchy sensation in my neck, and I suddenly opened my eyes.

Everything was dark before my eyes, and I couldn't move my limbs.

Although I couldn't see, I could still sense that I was completely naked.

What's even more terrifying is that it wasn't my hands and feet that were bound, but my entire back, including the back of my head, was as if it were stuck to some kind of elastic and extremely sticky panel.

This immediately reminded me of the mice on a sticky trap, but it's different.

I instinctively tried to struggle, but I heard a voice say, "Don't move!"

My heart trembled: "Liu Hong?"

"it's me!"

The other party spat before responding.

"What is this place?"

"Why are you here too?"

Both asked the question at the same time.

"Ptooey... Ptooey!"

The other person spat a few more times and said, "I don't know what happened. I have two will-o'-the-wisps left, each of which can only provide light for a maximum of three minutes. I'll light one now. Try to see your surroundings clearly and see if you can escape!"

He wasn't speaking loudly, but I felt a buzzing in my ears.

This situation is like two people being trapped in a narrow, enclosed space, where even the slightest sound will cause the echoes to bounce and overlap.

"Are you ready?" Liu Hong asked.

The tingling and itching in my neck continued, and I was terrified.

Because I could clearly feel something like a living creature slowly crawling around my neck!

"Okay." I carefully squeezed out the two words from my throat.

"Poof" sound.

A flash of green light appeared.

I finally saw the situation I was in and almost screamed out loud.

The so-called will-o'-the-wisp is just a little green light.

It was faint, but enough to illuminate the small space.

Right now, I feel like I'm inside a large glass bottle.

The four walls are smooth and crystal clear.

This made the already dim green light appear several times brighter.

That's why I could clearly see Liu Hong on the other side.

To be precise, I saw a cocoon!

It was a huge cocoon made of grayish-white filaments. Inside, there was clearly a person.

Its entire body was wrapped in a cocoon, even its head and face were covered with many silk threads.

But you can still vaguely tell that this person is Liu Hong.

Now I finally understand why he kept spitting.

As a creature the size of a thumb, with several long, segmented limbs, crawled across his face, a translucent filament trailed across his lips.

There were not just one, but at least hundreds or thousands of the same arthropods, spinning webs around him in circles.

"Pfft...cough cough cough..."

Liu Hong spat again, as if he had choked on his own saliva, and coughed violently.

One of his eyes was covered by silk threads, and the other eye, which was exposed, was filled with terror.

I easily understood why he was frightened.

Because, the moment I felt a tingling sensation on my cheek, my eyes moved down and I vaguely saw a living thing crawling past under my eyelids!

“They’re water spiders…where did all these water spiders come from?” Liu Hong’s voice trembled involuntarily.

"I studied veterinary medicine, not entomology! How could there be green water spiders?" I felt like my throat was full of insect eggs, making it difficult to speak.

Liu Hong's body trembled slightly: "Green? What I see is red! You're all red! Semi-transparent..."

I shuddered violently.

It then dawned on me that my situation was probably similar to his.

There were just too many spiders crawling on my body, so I felt numb and couldn't feel anything.

Judging from the sound, the will-o'-the-wisp that Liu Hong mentioned must have come from his mouth.

I don't know what it is, so I'll just assume it's a special kind of light source.

It was fluorescent green, suspended in mid-air, and fell very slowly.

However, judging from the downward trend, this light will not last long.

I felt like I was in a situation a hundred times worse than a nightmare, but just a second before, I noticed a detail.

That is, when Liu Hong was trembling, I saw the 'bottle wall' around him shake rapidly.

"call!"

I blew hard, blowing away a strand of spider silk that had wrapped around my lower lip. "How did you get here?"

"I do not know!"

Why didn't you let me move just now?

"I've been through everything you've been through. I tried to struggle, and with the slightest effort, my whole body ached and went numb. I've already passed out twice! I didn't know why before, but now I do. Water spiders bite too!"

A chill ran down my spine, and my nerves jolted my body into a sudden spasm. Then I saw a flicker of light and shadow before my eyes.

"I'll do it again..."

I gasped.

Liu Hong asked, "What did you find? Don't move! Being bitten doesn't feel good!"

Do you know where we are right now?

"I really don't know!" Liu Hong said bitterly, "Tomorrow is my birthday, and I know I won't see the sun rise tomorrow morning, so..."

"So you came looking for your mistress and daughter whom you've been keeping!" I rolled my eyes and said sullenly, "It's raining anyway, you won't see the sun even if you live until tomorrow."

As they were speaking, the green flame had already fallen to the bottom and gone out.

In the darkness, Liu Hong sighed, "I really can't understand why Xiaomin would want to harm me. She clearly knew I didn't have long to live..."

"It seems she's not trying to harm you, but me!"

I haven't forgotten Wei Min's words.

She made it very clear that she knew Liu Hong wouldn't live past forty, so she wanted me to be her stand-in.

I don't know what kind of evil abilities she possesses, but it's clear that although Liu Hong and I seem to be going through thick and thin together, we are in different situations.

Most obviously, the water spiders crawling on Liu Hong were emerald green, while according to Liu Hong, the water spiders crawling on me were red!
I thought about it carefully again, and then said to Liu Hong in a deep voice:

“Your grandfather came to my house looking for me, which is why I tried so hard to find this place. I originally wanted to help you, but now... it seems I can only save my own life first.”

"I'm already grateful you came. It's only right to protect yourself!" Liu Hong spat twice more. "But I don't understand, what the hell is this place? I've traveled all over the country for most of my life, and I've never experienced anything this bizarre!"

"We're underwater!"

(End of this chapter)