I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 114 What day is it today?

"..."

Lin Xing'an ignored Taoyuan and walked towards the photo wall in disbelief.

He looked at all the photos one by one.

There are photos of Yu Yu drinking coffee.

There are photos of Yu Yuxue making coffee.

There are photos of Yu Yu eating pastries.

There are also countless check-in photos of customers.

Ten, twenty, fifty...

But there was no trace of Yu Shi herself on the entire photo wall.

Or rather, she disappeared from the photo...

The photo of Yu Yuxue making coffee clearly shows her looking at her side.

It was obvious that someone was feeding Yu Yu when she ate the cake.

but now……

"Gudong..."

Lin Xing'an's eyelashes trembled slightly.

He seemed to have thought of something, ran into the bedroom, and looked at the two yellow notes stuck on the electronic watch.

It was extremely smooth, without any trace of writing.

But...how could it be absent?

It was posted in this position, obviously wanting him to see it the first thing when he wakes up, so how come there is no writing on it?

Lin Xing'an's heart sank to the bottom little by little.

Yu Shi disappeared, along with all traces of her existence...

In this situation, Lin Xing'an could only think of one possibility...

When awakened humans are discovered and eaten by gluttonous ghosts, their traces in this world will disappear...

Since he was one month old, he has witnessed the disappearance of too many children in the community.

And now...

"Eve, once humans awaken and are eaten by gluttonous ghosts, their traces in this world will disappear."

"All the confused people and confused ghosts will not remember him. Only we who are awakened will remember him, right?"

Lin Xing'an asked with a trembling voice.

【Yes】

"Even you won't remember them?"

Taoyuan will remember, but I am just his 'offline version', so yes, I won't remember them either.

All traces of them will disappear, including the information I have stored about them.

"..."

Lin Xing'an sat at the bar and closed his eyes.

"It doesn't matter. As long as I can determine when my aunt had the accident, I still have a chance to save her..."

He took a deep breath.

"Last night, when I passed out, I saw that it was my aunt who picked me up..."

"It should be after Doctor Xu arrived that my aunt realized something was wrong and rushed over."

"The fact that I'm here now means everything went well on my aunt's journey back."

"So... after settling me down, the gluttonous ghost chased me here? And took my aunt..."

"Then why am I okay? Since it's chased me here, there's no way the gluttonous ghost will let me go..."

"And last night..."

Lin Xing'an was suddenly stunned.

"Hiss... Last night I..."

His eyes widened little by little.

"I remember... the door, the angel, the words..."

Lin Xing'an's breathing became slightly rapid.

“How could I have overlooked…”

He frowned.

After waking up, he had no recollection of how he survived last night...

It was as if he had forgotten the memory of that angel.

It's not that I forgot, it's just that... I automatically ignored it...

There were so many questions and so many strange things, but he completely ignored them!

If I hadn't been thinking about it now, this matter might have just passed...

"When I was pushed to my limit by those dark forces, my blood seeped into the strange patterns."

"The pattern seemed to come alive, giving blood to the coffin in the middle."

"Then the coffin turned into the light gate I saw in my dream."

Lin Xing'an started from the beginning and sorted out his memories bit by bit.

In other words, the coffin was actually a passage, a passage... that led to an unknown place.

Then the coffins in Puguang Temple should be similar.

This means that there is more than one passage leading to another world, and this passage is controlled by the gluttonous ghost.

"Since it is controlled by the gluttonous ghost, then the other side of the light gate cannot be Taoyuan Village."

"The white shadow in my dream was deceiving me for some purpose."

“And the reason I feel close to you is because…”

Lin Xing'an pursed his lips slightly.

"It's because the angel who walked out of the door looked exactly like Yu Shi..." "She said... I came from the world behind the door."

"she……"

Lin Xing'an thought about the angel's reactions when he saw him and every word he said to him.

Putting everything else aside for now, the core of her words is "After a week, all the sacrifices will die."

"A week later, the Taogui will hold an event on Puguang Mountain regarding 'Mother'."

"Could it be that Auntie is…"

"But that's still a week away..."

Lin Xing'an suddenly stopped moving.

He looked at the dust on the table, as if he had thought of something...

"...Eve."

【I am here】

"What's the date today?"

[5 month 27 day]

"On the 27th..."

Lin Xing'an gasped in disbelief.

"How long have I slept..."

9 days, 12 hours and 43 minutes

The Bluetooth speaker's light flashes.

The cold electronic voice said lightly.

Lin Xing'an closed his eyes.

What he thought was yesterday was actually ten days ago...

The 24th, the day when "all sacrifices will die", has passed.

"Taoyuan, if a person hasn't been eaten by a gluttonous ghost, can you find him now?"

After a long silence, Lin Xing'an looked at the Bluetooth speaker in front of him again.

【Can】

"Okay, then next, I'll tell you, if you don't remember... just keep silent. Understand?"

His voice suddenly trembled.

【clear】

"Ms. Orange, Ms. Orange from Sunshine Kindergarten."

"..."

"Qiao Qiao, professor of photography at Nancheng University."

"..."

"Zhang Yunxi, Xu Can's classmate at Nancheng No. 1 Middle School."

"..."

"Fang Dajun, the... manager of Dajun Kitchen."

[The owner of Dajun Kitchen is Liu Qiao, who has two children, and there is no Fang Dajun]

"...Where's Wang Xi, the clerk at Dajun Kitchen..."

"..."

On the Bluetooth speaker, the blue light kept flashing.

But Eve no longer responded.

The coffee shop fell into silence in the afternoon.

In the orange-red sunlight blocked by the curtains, fine dust particles danced in the air.

Lin Xing'an's eyelashes trembled slightly.

Because he saw a photo framed in an album behind the bar, next to the cash register.

It was that rainy night, and after everything that happened, Teacher Orange sent him home.

In that underground garage, in Teacher Orange's van, Fang Dajun took selfies of everyone in the car with his mobile phone.

And now...

In the entire photo, only he at that time was left.

He was soaked and pale.

Everyone is dead...

There's not even a trace left...

A voiceless sadness and pain quietly crept into Lin Xing'an's heart at some point.

It made him feel a sudden burst of heartache.

Auntie, Teacher Orange...

Why are you all so suddenly...

He closed his eyes and slumped over the table.

Lin Xing'an felt lonely, as if he was the only one left in the world, and felt confused and helpless for a moment.

Just as the angel said, all the "sacrifices" will die after a week, on the 24th...

And because he wasn't a 'sacrifice', he escaped...

"no problem, no problem……"

After a long silence, Lin Xing'an opened his eyes.

"still have a chance……"

He let out a breath.

There is a gleam in the eyes!
(End of this chapter)