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Chapter 702 Zhan Lan's Escape Journey
Zhan Lan, still shaken, sat in the passenger seat of the Ferrari.

As she tossed the rose petals out of the car, she opened the front trunk and found a sparkling diamond ring inside.

"Ah this..."

"It's just a little prop for joking around," Cheng Xiao said with an awkward laugh.

These were originally props for Zheng Zha to play the role of a domineering CEO.

Now, not only has the male lead run away and the male supporting actor temporarily filled in, but the teen idol drama has also turned into a horror survival blood movie. This is too big a leap.

"What should we do now?" Zhan Lan asked, somewhat at a loss.

She was completely bewildered and didn't know why she was being targeted by these strange things.

I don't know why my classmates and even the entire university have fallen victim to it.

I was just late with my manuscript!
Cheng Xiao said with a bitter face, "Only by finding the darkness in your heart can we find it."

"Take measures according to the disease."

“I have no darkness,” Zhan Lan retorted immediately.

"My mind is incredibly healthy!"

"Try your best to remember again," Cheng Xiao suggested.

Do you have any particularly resentful, regretful, or painful memories?

Zhan Lan murmured, "My parents divorced when I was young, so I could only live with my grandmother."

Is this what you call darkness?

Cheng Xiao hesitated slightly, but also felt that this was not a demon in his heart.

"Were you bullied in high school, and were falsely accused of having to work as a hostess?" Zhan Lan continued.

Is this what you call darkness?

Cheng Xiao's face stiffened: "I don't think so."

"I'm being pressured by my editor to write articles, and I can't afford the rent," Zhan Lan thought for a moment.

Is this what you call darkness?

Cheng Xiao shook his head with a wry smile.

"So what if you embark on the path of a writer but achieve nothing?" Zhan Lan asked.

Is this what you call darkness?

Cheng Xiao shook his head and said, "You're too career-oriented."

"Is it any darker?" Cheng Xiao prompted.

What are you most afraid of?

"What am I most afraid of?" Zhan Lan thought for a moment and shook her head.

"I'm just an unknown writer, what could I possibly have to fear?"

"Do Ju-on, Ringu, and The Haunted Village count?"

"And another thing is poverty."

Zhan Lan lowered her head and said, "The money I earn each month is barely enough to pay the rent to the housekeeper."

"If you can't go to a restaurant, even eating at KFC is a luxury."

"Let alone buying clothes or cosmetics."

"Ugh--"

Cheng Xiao's expression stiffened even more.

"Your fear is too common."

"Is there anything more personalized?"

Zhan Lan lowered her head and began to think.

It seems I've never felt fear or resentment towards anything, even though my parents abandoned me, I still had my grandmother's love.

I should not lack love.

So, what am I afraid of?

Grandma's passing?
still?

“Zhan Lan…”

Just then, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice rang out again.

This time, the voice was very close, as if it were right behind her.

The voice was sticky and gloomy, like a ghostly ghost, making her scalp tingle instantly, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over her head and to her feet.

But she froze on the spot, unable to even open her mouth.

Cheng Xiao, being more experienced, immediately noticed that something was wrong with Zhan Lan.

"careful!"

He grabbed Zhan Lan and, without saying a word, slapped her awake.

Although he didn't see anything unusual, he instinctively sensed extreme danger.

The rightful owner has arrived.

Moreover, the fuel tank appears to have leaked during the impact, and the car is slowing down.

Cheng Xiao slammed on the brakes and pulled the terrified Zhan Lan out of the sports car.

At this moment, the monster horde from afar had caught up with them, both in front and behind.

Cheng Xiao frowned.

Has the entire city turned into a monster's lair?

He didn't stop, leading Zhan Lan back and forth through the alleyways.

Occasionally, monsters would appear to block the way, but Cheng Xiao easily dealt with them with a few punches and kicks.

“You…” Zhan Lan was dumbfounded.

Cheng Xiao casually replied, "I'm a Taoist priest from Maoshan, so it's normal for me to know a little bit of martial arts."

As the world descends into the abyss, the limits of Cheng Xiao's abilities are slowly being unlocked.

But it’s not all good news.

This means that the lower the probability that they will defeat the monster and help Zhan Lan overcome her inner demons.

Even now, they still don't know the truth about their inner demons.

Cheng Xiao had tried his best to dodge, but the monsters were too fast, and they surged in from all directions.

The frantic roars were getting closer and closer.

"What should we do?" Zhan Lan asked in alarm.

Cheng Xiao frowned. Why were these monsters able to pinpoint their location so accurately?

Logically speaking, Zhang Jie should have helped them with the blocking.

Could it be that--

Cheng Xiao looked up and suddenly stared at the rooftop several kilometers away. In his field of vision, the reflection of a high-powered sniper scope flashed by.

In that instant, the shadow of death descended.

Cheng Xiao had no time to think and rolled forward with a near miss.

With a loud crack, a huge crater appeared on the ground where he had just been standing.

Midnight?!
Cheng Xiao's heart skipped a beat.

Just then, a second bullet struck and pierced the wall behind him.

Cheng Xiao suddenly realized something, so he quickly threw away his headset and rushed into a nearby building with Zhan Lan.

The midnight hour was affected!

how come? !

But he must have been fighting back, otherwise, with his zero-point shooting skills, two bullets would have killed him long ago.

But what about Zhang Jie?!

Cheng Xiao didn't notice that after they entered, the building seemed to distort, and strange faces appeared on the tiles of the building's exterior wall.

Cheng Xiao was in a real bind. His teammates were out of contact, and his inner demons were nowhere to be found. With Zhan Lan, who was like a nagging monk, he had nowhere to hide.

He wasn't worried about his own safety; he was afraid that Zhan Lan would be taken away by those monsters just like Luo Li had been taken away.

He is not a psychic, and without Zhang Jie's psychic protection, he might be in danger.

Inside the building, after Cheng Xiao took down several monsters that darted out from the corners, he gradually sensed that something was amiss.

Zhan Lan behind him had been silent for a long time, and the touch of his hands was getting colder and colder.

It doesn't feel like human skin, but rather a cold piece of plastic.

Ah, good—

when?
Cheng Xiao didn't even turn around; he just kicked out suddenly.

With a loud thud, the head of the fashion mannequin behind him was kicked off.

Cheng Xiao felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the plastic mannequin that was so common in shopping malls.

Something's happened! The female lead has disappeared!

This is more troublesome than the loli disappearing.

Once Zhan Lan's consciousness is deeply entrenched, no one knows what terrifying things might happen.

Cheng Xiao disregarded the need to suppress his abilities, transformed into a gust of wind, broke through the building, and rushed towards Zhang Jie.

On the rooftop, Zhang Jie pressed down on Zero with one hand and suppressed the monsters with the other.

Cheng Xiao simply turned around, and the gust of wind swept all the monsters off the rooftop.

"What happened?" Cheng Xiao asked anxiously. Zhang Jie said with a wry smile, "Something terrible has happened."

"Zhan Lan kept falling into the abyss, but she actually awakened the light of her soul ahead of time."

"I almost fell for it without realizing it, and at midnight I was caught completely off guard."

"What is the light of her soul?" Cheng Xiao's expression was somewhat stiff.

Compared to Zhan Lan's established mental abilities and her continuously declining world level, the Light of the Mind is an unexpected factor.

Zhang Jie sighed and turned the clock over. When Cheng Xiao saw the murderous and cold, dazzling pupils, he felt as if death was threatening his entire body.

It was obvious that Zero had seen through the death line on his body.

He wanted to kill himself!
He quickly dodged out of Zero's sight.

“Zhan Lan’s inner light is her inner demon,” Zhang Jie cursed.

"Forcibly excavating his heart, even creating inner demons."

"Now her inner demons have stolen this light of the soul."

"With both combined, the corrupting power of her inner demons is comparable to that of an evil god!"

"Zheng Zha and I are fine, but I'm afraid you're in great danger!"

"Ring Point has now been forcibly imbued with a demon by her, and is completely in chaos."

"How can they be so difficult to deal with!" Cheng Xiao felt a chill run down his spine.

“At this point, Zhan Lan may have already fallen into an even deeper abyss,” Zhang Jie said.

"What if the world's level continues to decline!"

"That would be a real problem."

Zhang Jie paced anxiously back and forth on the rooftop, and couldn't help but light a cigarette.

"Give her a little more time."

"If she can't do it, then I'll have no choice but to forcibly end this world."

As he spoke, his spiritual power began to spread out infinitely, deeply merging with this world of inner demons.

The world, which was forcibly falling, was lifted up by Zhang Jie.

Zhang Jie's face turned pale instantly.

"Hey, Zhang Jie, what are you doing?" Cheng Xiao asked nervously.

"I forced myself to hold on for him, to buy Zhan Lan time," Zhang Jie said.

He used his spiritual power to support Zhan Lan's astrological world, but this also meant that Zhan Lan's inner demons could more easily erode him.

Overcoming one's inner demons can help withstand most mental attacks, but it does not mean one is immune to mental attacks.

"The clash between spiritual rebels is often silent yet deadly," Zhang Jie said with difficulty.

"If you are not careful, you could easily be seriously injured or die."

"Zhan Lan, give it your all!"

Meanwhile, Zhan Lan was alone in the dark building, cautiously leaning against the wall and peering forward.

The blond man, Cheng Xiao, disappeared in a flash, leaving her alone in this terrifying building.

It was pitch black and eerie, as if many things were watching her from the shadows.

She walked carefully, afraid of making a noise that might wake some monsters.

Just then, she saw a plastic mannequin not far in front of her, its entire face almost completely shattered.

The cracks had made it impossible to tell the gender of the plastic mannequin's face.

Immediately afterwards...

There was a rustling sound.

It sounded like some hard plastic being dragged across the floor.

Zhan Lan's hair stood on end, and she began to tremble with fear.

"Zhan Lan!!!"

"We've found you!!"

The mechanical chanting almost made Zhan Lan faint.

She bit her tongue, the sharp pain bringing her back to her senses. Then, without looking back, she ran frantically to the side, preparing to move to the location of the emergency exit.

As a loyal viewer of hundreds of horror movies, she firmly remembers one key point: never take the elevator in a horror movie!!
The rustling sound grew louder and louder.

Out of the corner of her eye, Zhan Lan saw almost every plastic mannequin behind each counter standing up in strange movements and moving toward her.

The pace wasn't fast, but it was about the same as a normal person's brisk walk.

Not only that, she also heard similar noises coming from downstairs.

Just as they were about to approach the entrance to the emergency exit on this floor, a plastic mannequin suddenly rushed out.

Zhan Lan was unable to dodge in time and her left foot was grabbed by the model.

"Ah!" Zhan Lan was terrified and tried to shake off the hand, but the plastic hand only tightened its grip.

Immediately afterwards, pieces of plastic fell off the model's face, and a red, humanoid monster, resembling a skinned humanoid, roared at her, as if trying to say something.

"Zhan... Lan..." The strange voice made Zhan Lan's hair stand on end.

As more and more plastic mannequins began to shed their "skin" in the field of vision, they surrounded us.

Zhan Lan was instantly terrified and went berserk, kicking the monster's head wildly.

When a person is on the verge of death, their potential explodes. With a frenzied kick, Zhan Lan broke the model's arm.

She scrambled to her feet and rushed straight to the emergency exit without looking back.

Just as the plastic mannequins were about to surround her, Zhan Lan plunged into the emergency exit and quickly locked the door from the inside.

In the very next second, bang!
The strange plastic mannequins had already moved to the other side of the door, stiffly pushing the passageway door.

Inside the semi-transparent glass door, a series of eerie, stiff plastic faces were stacked together, appearing to writhe and change at any moment under the green light.

This bizarre and inexplicable scene is terrifying.

Learn about Soso...

Before Zhan Lan could even breathe a sigh of relief, a strange moving sound came from downstairs in the stairwell.

Zhan Lan looked downstairs and her pupils immediately contracted. Inside the stairwell, stiff plastic mannequins were hopping and jumping upwards.

Because their legs are bent and cannot bend, they are approaching rapidly like zombies, and there are at least dozens of them.

Seemingly sensing Zhan Lan's gaze, all the plastic mannequins stopped moving and looked up at the same time.

The next moment, their zombie jumping movements became even faster.

Zhan Lan dared not linger any longer and immediately fled upwards!

While the area above might not be safe, the area below is already a dead end.

Even if you're forced into a corner with no way out, you should at least try to buy some time.

That golden-haired Taoist priest from Maoshan might actually come to my rescue!

Under extreme pressure, Zhan Lan escaped to the top floor in one breath.

She hurriedly grabbed something and locked the security door.

Then she turned and went to the elevator. Seeing the floor that was going up, Zhan Lan's eyelids twitched wildly.

These monsters can even ride elevators?!
Having no other option, she smashed the elevator's dashboard, forcing the elevator to stop.

Fortunately, there was only one escalator on the top floor. Luckily, she had worked part-time at the mall and knew how to operate escalators. She simply adjusted both escalators to downward and set the speed to the fastest.

They piled up a lot of miscellaneous items to delay their pursuit.

In this way, those plastic mannequins that can't bend will only be doing useless work.

Fortunately, this is a department store, so finding some obstacles isn't difficult.

What should I do next?
Before she could even catch her breath, she saw a plastic mannequin, like a spider, crawling up the wall.

She looked down and almost fainted.

At least a hundred plastic mannequins were seen climbing up the glass wall, making a rustling sound like a swarm of spiders.

Ruined.

Zhan Lan had only one thought in her mind.

"Zhan Lan..." That familiar yet unfamiliar voice rang out again.

Zhan Lan was taken aback; the voice seemed to be coming from within this floor.

She had no choice but to keep running forward following the sound.

The bizarre, spider-like models behind me were moving faster and faster, becoming increasingly agile.

As she continued running, Zhan Lan, a homebody, was nearing her physical limit, but she dared not stop.

The emergency exit door burst open with a bang, and a group of plastic dolls tumbled and crawled toward him.

Zhan Lan gritted her teeth, turned a corner, and saw a door in front of her.

“Zhan Lan…”

The sound grew louder and louder. Ignoring it, Zhan Lan twisted the door open and slammed it shut.

The grotesque plastic mannequin is only three steps away from her; she could grab the hem of her clothes with just a reach.

But unexpectedly, after closing the door, it seemed as if she had entered another space.

There was no sound outside.

“Zhan Lan…”

That familiar yet unfamiliar voice was no longer ethereal, but truly reached Zhan Lan's ears.

(End of this chapter)