Exorcism in Los Angeles? Just talk it out!

Hehehehehehe...

Just as Christina walked over and unplugged the television, a sudden change occurred—

A strange laugh came from the television, followed by a flickering sound, as if the screen had transformed into an alternate dimension.

That's right, on television, the image is no longer a flat 2D visual, but a window, a portal to another time and space.

Upon closer inspection, at the other end of this square passageway, the disfigured, one-armed monster from the television is laughing maniacally, then slowly walking down the street, step by step.

Visually, it's shocking, eerie, sinister, and terrifying...

But everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

A chilling, oppressive coldness, a suffocating malice, silently entered the room, intensifying with each step the disfigured monster took closer.

The ground was covered in frost at some unknown time.

The old lady was the first to be unable to bear the atmosphere. Her eyes rolled back, and she clutched her chest and fainted.

"What, what is this thing..." The white young man, Lanster, chattered, his teeth chattering. He tried to run away, but found that his legs seemed to be fixed in the room by some invisible force, and he couldn't move at all.

【Oops!】

The abstinence master roared, taking out his ritual implements—a string of prayer beads and talismans—"You all run! This humble monk will hold it off..."

The saying goes, "If I don't go to hell, who will?" The abstinence master took out his magic weapon, intending to hold it back so that the others could escape first.

But before the abstinence master could rush over, several bullets hit the television set even faster than him.

blah blah blah!

Christina trembled, bit her tongue hard, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth. Finally, she broke free from the state of being unable to move and in the blink of an eye, she had already drawn her pistol and fired several bullets at the television.

But surprisingly, the bullet pierced through the television as if it had entered another world, and when it hit the ugly man, it didn't even cause a ripple...

As the ugly man approached step by step, the temperature inside the house suddenly dropped.

"Evil spirit, retreat at once..." The abstinence master forcefully threw out several talismans.

But the result was disappointing. It was unclear whether his magic was too weak or the ugly man's evil spirit was too strong. The talisman caught fire as soon as it was pasted on the TV and turned to ash in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, the abstinence master's face turned even paler; the power of this evil spirit far exceeded his expectations...

[It's all over—]

The chilling atmosphere reached its peak when the ugly man placed one hand on the edge of the television, preparing to come out.

Christina exhaled, and her breath turned into icy mist in the room. Trembling, she pulled the magazine from her vest, but due to the cold and fear, her hands shook so badly that she couldn't load it into the gun...

[Evil spirits truly exist in this world...]

She finally understood why the protagonist in horror movies just stood there dumbfounded, watching the evil spirit crawl out of the TV screen without running away...

I simply couldn't run; my body was frozen in the air.

The abstinence master took a deep breath, bit his tongue, and spat blood onto his prayer beads. His face was resolute as he declared, "If I don't go to hell, who will? Evil spirits, cease your arrogance! Today, this humble monk will perish with you..."

The ugly man's face showed a hint of disdain and mockery. Then, he pressed his hand against the edge of the TV, lowered his head, rolled his eyes, and looked at him with a strange, cackling laugh before slowly crawling out.

An evil spirit emerged from the television.

Click!

The fish tank in the room had frozen solid, and countless cracks appeared in the glass with a cracking sound.

A dim and cold mist appeared in the air...

Suddenly, just as it extended its upper body out of the TV...

call out--

A potted plant flew in and landed steadily in front of the Christina TV series.

Immediately afterward, a figure nimbly rushed in, holding a Terminator poster, and stuck it on its face...

The ugly man only saw the Terminator's face getting closer and closer to him...

Then, to the ugly man's astonishment and bewilderment, an indescribable constraint, the power of rules, tightly enveloped him, plunging him into darkness.

A nimble figure quickly ran in, turned off the dripping faucet, then grabbed a stool, stood on it, tightened the light bulb, wiped away the dust from the contacts between the bulb and the socket, jumped down, and pressed the switch—

The lights returned to a steady state and stopped flickering.

"Done, all done..."

Li Ang turned to Christina and the others, "Ahem, you're all alright now, everyone get up."

As soon as the almost frozen atmosphere disappeared, Christina lost all her strength, collapsed to the ground, soaking wet, and gasped for breath.

Christina shook her head, patted her fair and rosy cheeks to clear her mind, and looked at the ground. Where was there any frost?

Television? Where are the evil spirits?

It was as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

Christina stammered, "What...what happened..."

The old woman slowly woke up, her face filled with terror. "The evil spirit from just now..."

"That ugly guy from earlier..." said Lanster, the young white man.

"Oh, it's nothing..." Li Ang said. "The dripping water is just a loose faucet, and the flickering light bulb is just a loose switch. We'll replace the starter another day."

Christina regained a little clarity. "But that TV..."

Li Ang said, "The old lady's TV changes channels whenever the neighbor turns it on because it's the same model as theirs..."

Christina couldn't help but say, "But I've already unplugged it."

Li Ang turned to the old lady and said, "Grandma, this TV is probably a second-hand item, and it must have been very cheap."

The old lady nodded frantically, "Yes, yes, it's secondhand, how did you know...?"

Li Ang said, "The person who resold it tampered with it, installing a battery and a program. It will automatically switch channels or start up at a certain time every day. Once you unplug it, the built-in battery will start up and play a video of an ugly man pretending to be an evil spirit to scare you."

"So, everything that just happened was a visual illusion, making you think that an evil spirit had appeared. It was all just a prank..."

Tear—the self-proclaimed master of abstinence plucked out a large clump of his white beard.

[Calling a Deer a Horse] Proficiency +10*3

I see--

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on.

Under Leon's serious-sounding nonsense, the white young man Lanster, the old lady, and his partner Christina all suddenly realized what was going on.

[Speaking Nonsense] Proficiency +10*3

The old lady started cursing, "No wonder it was so cheap! You get what you pay for!"

"By the way, Grandma, we're keeping this TV to scare you, could you sell it to me...?"

"Oh, take it, take it. We don't need this broken TV anymore."

"No, no, although I, Li Ang, enjoy taking advantage of women, I only like young and beautiful ones..."

In the end, Li Ang still insisted on giving the old lady one hundred dollars and then bought the old television.

[Ding! Mission complete]

[Quest Rewards: 100 Experience Points, Unlock One New Affix]

[Ding! You have leveled up to level 4. You are rewarded with 1 free attribute point.]