Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 286 The Terrifying Evil Spirit of the Perrin Family

What is the scariest profession?
This issue has been the subject of various discussions within the reincarnation community, but there is no universally accepted conclusion.

Some believe it's witchcraft, others think it's a hunter, and still others believe it's a witch or a curse...

Different professions have their own advantages and disadvantages, and no profession can directly kill ghosts and evil spirits, so it is difficult to judge which profession is absolutely overwhelmingly powerful.

However, for Jiang Jin, the most terrifying profession is undoubtedly that of a charlatan lawyer!

“He said…” Lian Xuan gritted his teeth, “the most terrifying profession is actually the priesthood!”

Hearing this, Jiang Jin was also taken aback.

what?
A priestly profession?

“Zhiping told you this because your brother chose this profession, right?” Blood Lord nodded. “That’s right. Priest is the most terrifying profession, not only against enemies, but also against oneself.”

Jiang Jin was a little confused. Why was the priest the most terrifying profession?
"Is that really the case? Then why..."

"Zhiping is willing to explain this to you, but I have no obligation to. How about this, if you want to know, put in more effort in the next dungeon, and I might consider telling you." Blood Lord spoke politely and answered all his questions in front of Jiang Jin because Jiang Jin's talent and potential were amazing, and he would need Jiang Jin's help in the future.

Lian Xuan, a mere LV2 medium, is nothing more than an ant in his eyes. And he expects me to give him a free lecture? How dare he! Does he think he's as easy to talk to as Zhi Ping? The fact that he's gone this far is largely out of respect for Zhi Ping.

“Alright,” Lian Xuan said, not annoyed, which matched his impression of the Blood Lord. “I will do my best.”

Clearly, his goal was to maximize his younger brother's strength, so he wanted to learn more about the priesthood profession.

Caroline asked in confusion, "Are you Chinese? What are those two gentlemen talking about?"

Jiang Jin gripped the steering wheel and replied awkwardly, "It's nothing, what I was talking about has nothing to do with your family."

Afterwards, Jiang Jin drove Caroline's car on the country road to Harrisville, Rhode Island.

More than fifty minutes passed, and the closer they got to Perrin's address, the more oppressive the atmosphere became inside the car.

Deathstroke, who had been quietly curled up in the back seat, suddenly became restless.

The Blood Lord sitting next to it also frowned. Even though his level had dropped, his intuition for danger remained sharp.

Currently, as a Level 2 Soul Eater and Ghost Raiser, he can sense an ominous resentment permeating the area ahead.

He had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

This is completely different from the information he had previously obtained about the instance!
As the vehicle approached a lake, and Lian Xuan could see the Perrin family's large, solitary house and the bare, twisted tree by the dock in front of it, his pupils contracted slightly.

“That tree…” Lian Xuan said in a low voice to Blood Lord, “Something is very wrong with it. I can feel an extremely strong resentment clinging to it. Blood Lord, I plan to first leave my body and go to the contaminated layer to investigate.”

Blood Lord nodded: "Be careful. Also, from now on, just use the alias Ye Xiao."

Lian Xuan closed his eyes, formed a hand seal, and chanted incantations.

The next moment, a semi-transparent phantom, exactly the same as Lian Xuan's true form, slowly rose from above his head.
This is one of his professional skills as a Level 2 medium who can see spirits: [Out-of-Body Experience].

The phantom instantly pierced through the car roof and entered the contaminated layer. The most powerful aspect of this skill is that it allows the soul to penetrate deep into the contaminated layer while the user's SAN value remains at the materialistic level! This was also a major reason why Lian Xuan chose the medium profession in the first place.

Within the contaminated layer, Lian Xuan's soul swiftly drifted towards the withered tree by the dock.

The closer you get, the stronger the chilling, despairing aura becomes.

The instant his soul touched the depths of the Lost Layer—

He saw it!

Hanging from a thick branch of a dead tree is a woman dressed in an old-fashioned dress with long, flowing hair!

Her body swayed gently in the wind, her face was bluish-purple, and her eyes, filled with endless resentment, were fixedly "staring" in the direction of the Perrin family's house!

Just a moment after meeting that resentment in his eyes, Lian Xuan felt as if his soul was about to be frozen!
A powerful pulling force seemed to want to leave his soul on that tree as well!
"Not good!" Lian Xuan was terrified and immediately severed the connection. His soul was pulled back to his body as if by a spring!
Lian Xuan suddenly opened his eyes, his face pale, his forehead covered in cold sweat, and he was panting heavily.

"How is it?" Blood Lord asked in a deep voice.

“That tree…” Lian Xuan said with lingering fear, “deep within the contaminated layer, there’s a female ghost who hanged herself, clinging to it with immense resentment! It and the things in the house… are one!”

Jiang Jin's Ghost Eyes had already been activated, but he saw nothing.

Blood Lord's expression remained unchanged; he simply nodded.

He knew what it was. At that moment, the car had already stopped in front of the Perrin house.

This is a two-story colonial-style house that looks quite old. Although spacious, it appears particularly gloomy and lonely in the dim light.

Caroline led them into the house.

The homeowner, Roger Perrin, was a middle-aged man who looked somewhat tired and helpless. Their five daughters, Andrea, Nancy, Christine, Cindy, and their youngest daughter, April, were also gathered in the living room, their faces showing obvious fear and unease.

As a medium, Lian Xuan saw an even more terrifying sight as soon as he entered the house!

Behind the Perrin family, a twisted, black, smoky shadow was faintly visible and lingering.
As a spiritual medium, he immediately knew that the shadow was a projection of a deeper evil spirit on the material plane, clinging to the family like a leech.

This house itself is a massive pollution layer force field! The material structure inside has been eroded and riddled with holes!
The death knell began to roar incessantly, and even phantom images of hundreds of ghosts began to swirl around its body.

“Roger, these are the Warrens’ students. They’ve come to check on things for us.” Caroline introduced Jiang Jin and the others to Roger: “They are Mr. Jiang, Mr. Ye, and Mr. Lian.”

Upon learning that they were Chinese, the girls all looked curious and surprised. That year, Sino-US relations had begun to thaw, and the famous "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" had taken place in the first half of the year. The Perrin family had watched the broadcast and were deeply impressed by the Chinese athletes.

"Hello...hello?" Roger tried to speak his broken Chinese, which he had learned from watching the China-US table tennis competition on TV earlier this year.

Upon hearing the Chinese spoken with a Northeastern American accent, Jiang Jin quickly replied in fluent English, "Mr. Perrin, we speak English. Mrs. Perrin told me about your situation on the way here. Could you tell me more about it?"

So the Perrin family began to recount in more detail the horrific events that occurred after they moved into the house:
The Perrin family purchased the house through a bank auction. The seven-member family was initially excited about moving into their new home, but little did they know it would become the beginning of a series of nightmares.

Initially, their dog Sadie refused to go inside for some reason, and the next day, Sadie died inexplicably in the yard.

Caroline then pulled up her sleeves and trouser legs, revealing numerous bruises, especially on her arms and legs, which looked as if she had been severely beaten. Caroline, however, had never suffered any physical injury, yet the bruises inexplicably increased daily.

The daughters chimed in with their own comments.

Nancy exclaimed, "There's always a strange, foul odor coming from the house, but we can't find the source of the smell!"

Christine said, "Every day when I wake up, the clock is stuck at 3:07 a.m.! No matter how many times I reset the clock, it doesn't work!"

Cindy also said, "At night... when we're sleeping, we feel something pulling on our feet..."

Blood Lord was gathering information, and it wasn't too different from the original movie plot. Jiang Jin, after all, had only watched short video movie summaries and couldn't remember much of it.

What's even more terrifying is yet to come.

Christine led them to her and Christine's bedroom, pointed behind the door, and said confidently, "I remember that night, I clearly saw a figure behind the door! Christine didn't see anything, she went behind the door and said there was no one there, but I clearly saw that figure standing right behind her!"

Jiang Jin immediately gestured for Deathstroke to run behind the door, lower his head, and begin sniffing.

Nancy said with lingering fear, "I really didn't see anything, but the door suddenly closed by itself! There was no wind, and I didn't touch the door!"

Jiang Jin immediately understood that Christine's SAN value had likely fallen into the Mysterious Layer, while Nancy's SAN value remained in the Material Layer, so she hadn't seen anything. However, the evil spirit was already powerful enough to interfere with and erode the Material Layer.

“There’s one more thing,” Caroline continued, “Once I went into the basement, and in the darkness, a pair of hands suddenly reached out and clapped behind me! But there was no way anyone could be behind me! And then, that night…”

The most chilling thing is about to happen.

That night, the eldest daughter, Andrea, woke up to find her younger sister, Cindy, staring intently at the closet. Finding this strange, she comforted her sister and put her to bed. Suddenly, she heard terrifying noises coming from inside the closet.

Andrea is still shaken: "I ran to the wardrobe and opened it, but I didn't see anything. But then, I immediately saw a terrifying old woman squatting on top of the wardrobe, and then she jumped down and pounced on me!"

Roger looked extremely tired: "When we heard Andrea's screams, we rushed into the room one by one, but all we saw was Andrea screaming..."

Blood Lord listened and found that it was still consistent with the plot.

Jiang Jin looked at Andrea. As things stood, this evil spirit seemed unlikely to fully infiltrate the material layer; only the Peren family could detect it occasionally. Furthermore, the evil spirit was greatly weakened in the material layer, only able to appear briefly. Therefore, for such a long time, it could only operate at the boundary between the mysterious and material layers, resulting in its record… being merely killing a dog?

After all, the people here cannot be converted into reserve reincarnators and protected by cleaners and new reincarnators. Once they enter the Lost Layer, they will never be able to come back alive.

Judging from this, the difficulty of this horror dungeon seems... not too bad, right?
“Shall we go and take a look at that wardrobe?” Jiang Jin immediately said to the Perrons. “Afterwards, when the teacher and his wife arrive, I will give them a detailed report on the situation.”

"Okay, come with me."

Not long after, they arrived at Andrea and Cindy's bedroom. Looking at the wardrobe in front of them, the doors were wide open, and all the clothes inside had been taken away.

At this moment, Jiang Jin walked to Lian Xuan's side and said to him in Chinese, "Mr. Lian, why don't you use your soul to leave your body and check the condition of this wardrobe inside the Lost Layer? I'll have Deathstroke go in with you. With Deathstroke there, you'll definitely be able to return safely!"

(End of this chapter)