I, the screenwriter, have experienced a resurgence of inspiration.

run.

run.

run!

Clutching the shards of glass, Chen Xi charged forward like a cheetah, the hem of his wide leather coat fluttering loudly—

The fear of being targeted by a giant creature surged straight up my spine, as if I were carrying a mountain on my back.

"Thump—! Thump—! Thump—!"

The ground trembled with each step, the paper signs along the roadside rustled, and scraps of paper flew everywhere.

Chen Xi didn't dare to turn around, relying on the reflection of the broken glass in his hand to determine his location.

Despite not being familiar with the terrain, she deliberately chose to venture into narrow alleys. The old streets of Mong Kok spread out like a spider web, so narrow that only two people could walk side by side.

The Black and White Impermanence, standing over ten meters tall, were too large to squeeze in; they could only block the alley entrance, with white light sweeping into the alley.

Black Impermanence stretched out his giant hand and reached into the alleyway. His black fingernails scraped against the brick wall, making a piercing "crunch" sound and sparks flying everywhere.

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

Chen Xi gasped for breath against the cold brick wall. The alley was pitch black deep inside, with only a white light sweeping across the entrance.

She could even smell the stench emanating from Black Impermanence, like a lump of rotting corpse that had been decaying for decades, mixed with the rusty smell of iron chains.

His large hand groped around at the alley entrance, and several times, his fingertips brushed against the brick wall above her head, the wind he stirred up stinging her face.

[Stranger...come out...]

The voice of the Black Impermanence was like a thunderclap rolling from the ground, making people's eardrums ache.

Chen Xi dared not be careless, so he held his breath and moved little by little deeper into the alley.

At the end of the alley, a corner leads to a tenement building.

Chen Xi's eyes lit up.

The building's layout is even more complex, making it even harder for the Black and White Impermanence to find her.

She rushed over and slammed her head against the wooden door of the tenement building. A strong musty smell immediately hit her.

The building was pitch black, the handrails were sticky and covered with some kind of grime. Chen Xi took a few steps up, and the steps creaked and groaned as if they might collapse at any moment.

She climbed all the way to the fourth floor in one go, and finally turned into the corridor.

The corridor was narrow, with subdivided rooms on both sides, and it was pitch black. At the end of the corridor, the glass window was gray and let in a few pale lights.

—It is Bai Wuchang searching for her whereabouts.

It turns out that the white light they saw during their night patrol was the Black and White Impermanence arresting people.

Chen Xi slowly moved to the window, lifted the curtain slightly, and cautiously looked outside.

The Black and White Impermanence statues at the alley entrance did not leave.

The White Impermanence floated in mid-air, his white robe hanging down and trailing on the rooftop. The paper effigies were crushed into dust with a "sizzle".

His eyes were fixed on the building, beams of white light sweeping from bottom to top, searching floor by floor like searchlights, meticulously scanning each level.

Black Impermanence stood by the building, head down, his face covered by a black cloth, facing the entire building.

He twitched his nose, as if checking for the scent of a living person.

"Damn it!"

Chen Xi shrank back, leaned against the cold wall, and quickly stuffed a glass marble into her mouth.

[Glass marbles (iron): When ingested, they can astringe yang energy and block out breathing sounds. Effective against yin evil spirits below the level of fierce ghosts. A single marble lasts for twenty minutes.]

A human skin suit can fool ordinary little ghosts, but it can't fool vengeful spirits, let alone mythical underworld deities like the Black and White Impermanence.

She hopes the other person will leave if they can't find her.

Although this tenement building is not tall, only six or seven stories, the environment is complicated and there are many obstructions.

If they can hold out for another twenty minutes, Zheng Wenxuan and the others should be able to return to Shengjing Building safely.

Chen Xi gripped the revolver tightly, his palms sweating profusely.

The blood bullet in the gun is her own blood, which is effective against ordinary ghosts and monsters. So, will it also be effective against the Black and White Impermanence?

But this is the worst-case scenario.

Black and White Impermanence are the first "abnormal creatures" from the mythology system to appear in the current dungeons.

If there are Black and White Impermanence, it means that the mythological system that has existed in China for thousands of years is very likely to reappear with the revival of spiritual energy.

Chen Xi slowly raised the glass in her hand and glanced downstairs.

There is a rusty drainpipe behind the building, running from the roof to the ground; it looks fairly sturdy.

If she climbs down the pipe, she can get to another street and maybe shake off the two ghosts.

The thought had just formed in Chen Xi's mind.

"Buzz—"

The entire floor suddenly shook, and the light outside the window instantly went out.

It looked like something huge was blocking out the light.

Chen Xi's hair stood on end.

It's not an exaggeration; it's true that every single hair stood up, making my scalp tingle and my neck feel like it was crawling with worms. The bioelectricity from the approaching giant creature surged through my limbs and bones, causing my hair to stand on end.

She slowly, very slowly turned her head.

A huge face was pressed against the outside of the glass window.

The face of the Black Impermanence.

A giant several meters tall leaned over, pressing its face against the fourth-floor glass—a blindfold hung down, its edge brushing against the windowsill, its nose pointing directly at Chen Xi's hiding place.

The glass was covered in dust, obscuring its full facial features; only the lower half of its face was visible beneath the black cloth.

Its skin was bluish-black, its lips were purplish-black, its mouth was agape, and its nostrils twitched slightly, as if it were checking for the scent of a living person.

The distance is ridiculously close.

Chen Xi could even see the vertical lines on the giant ghost's cheeks and the dark patterns embroidered on the black cloth.

It's right here.

Less than a meter away from her.

The pressure from the massive object pressed against his face felt like a mountain was crashing down on him, making it difficult for Chen Xi to even breathe.

She covered her mouth tightly and held her breath, beads of sweat uncontrollably seeping from her forehead.

"Heh...heh..."

Black Impermanence seemed somewhat confused, letting out heavy breathing sounds from his throat. His breath hit the glass, immediately creating a layer of icy fog.

He twitched his nose in a daze, and his fan-like black hand reached straight for the glass window.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud.

A giant hand reached into the corridor and grabbed things haphazardly, sending shards of glass flying everywhere and filling the entire corridor with a foul stench!

It is searching for itself.

Chen Xi hid behind a pile of old newspapers, calmly analyzing the situation:

The human skin suit couldn't conceal her living presence; it could confirm that it was in the building, but the glass marbles masked the sound of her breathing.

It seems these two big ghosts won't leave easily.

"Clang!"

"Splash—!"

The giant hand pounded haphazardly in the corridor, its fingertips sweeping across the subdivided flat doors, shattering the wooden doors into pieces like pieces of paper.

The little devil hiding inside screamed and ran out, but as soon as it came out, it was grabbed by a giant hand.

"Squeak—"

The little devil didn't even struggle before he was squeezed into a ball and carried away like a radish.

The hand reached further in, its fingertips less than half a meter from the corner where Chen Xi was hiding.

A cold wind, carrying the stench of corpses, rushed towards us.

Chen Xi pressed himself against the wall, his back completely soaked in cold sweat.

Can't wait.

Staying here will only mean waiting to die.

Chen Xi stared at the giant hand's movements, silently counting the seconds in his mind, and a somewhat immature escape route gradually took shape in his mind.

one two three!

Black Impermanence pulled his hand back half an inch, as if to touch it from a different angle.

It's now!

Chen Xi lunged forward and rolled away nimbly from under the giant hand.

As she rolled, she pushed off the edge of the windowsill with one foot, used the momentum to leap over, and with a push of her hands, she flipped herself out of the window.

"call--"

The wind instantly filled the human skin clothing.

As the feeling of weightlessness washed over him, Chen Xi's forehead veins bulged, and he gripped the drainpipe outside the wall with both hands!

"Clang!"

She was hanging from the water pipe, which shook violently, and rusty debris was falling down.

Black Impermanence reacted, roared, and slapped back with his giant hand.

"Snapped!"

The slap landed on the wall, and the entire tenement building shook three times, with plaster falling off the walls in a flurry.

Using both hands and feet, Chen Xi immediately slid down the water pipe.

The water pipes were icy cold, and rust stains covered my hands.

She glided incredibly fast, the wind whistling in her ears, along with the angry roars of the Black and White Impermanence.

【stranger!】

Two beams of white light slammed into her head. As the light fell, the iron chain swept past her head with a whoosh, but just managed to smash into the wall next to her, creating a huge crater!

"Splash—"

Bricks and stones flew everywhere, and the outer layer of the outer skin fell off, revealing the paper frame inside.

Chen Xi slid down even faster.

The alley leads to the more bustling Temple Street—if you can escape, you can hide!

But the next second, Chen Xi's eyes widened in surprise—the various little GGs on the wall, which looked like plasters, suddenly came to life, twisting and deforming little by little!

The human face on GG has bulging eyes, a split mouth that reaches the ears, revealing sharp teeth, a blue face and fangs, and looks exactly like a fierce ghost from ancient Chinese mythology.

Countless hands, thirsting for the blood of the living, reached out from the wall—

Paper hands, withered hands, hands with long nails, short hands... densely packed, reaching out from the GG card and grabbing at Chen Xi!

He was pursued by the Black and White Impermanence in front, and troublesome little devils behind.

"You son of a bitch!"

For the first time ever, Chen Xi swore, grabbed the water pipe with one hand, raised the revolver with the other, and fired several shots at the ghost hands!

"Bang bang bang!!"

The blood bullet, imbued with the energy of yang blood, struck the ghost's hand with a "sizzle" sound and emitted white smoke.

The ghost hand suddenly retracted, letting out a piercing scream.

But more and more hands appeared on the wall, densely packed, like a crimson tide!

The faces of the people selling medicine, clothes, and fish balls—all of them turned into ghost faces and reached out to grab her.

Under the white light, the entire wall seemed to come alive.

Countless hands reached out to grab Chen Xi, some grabbing her arms, some her hair, and some her ankles.

As Chen Xi slid down, he fired his gun, the sound of gunfire like popping beans.

Blood bullets rained down, shattering one ghostly hand after another.

Justice will prevail!

Player "Chen Xi" defeated "Skin-Scratching Ghost"! Attack power permanently increased by 1 point (maximum 300 points)

Player "Chen Xi" has defeated the "Bat Demon"! Attack power permanently increased by 1 point (maximum 300 points)

Player "Chen Xi" has defeated the "foreign devil"! Attack power permanently increased by 1 point (maximum 300 points)

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The bullets were fired faster and faster, and Chen Xi's face gradually turned pale.

With a sharp "rip," the hem of the human skin garment was torn open by a ghostly hand!

Fresh blood and the scent of living people gushed out, and dense, ghostly hands frantically dragged her into the wall!

Chen Xi was already quite weak due to excessive blood loss.

If this continues, she will either be dragged into the wall by the ghostly hand or fall down and be taken away by the Black and White Impermanence.

She immediately pulled out the blood-nourishing pills and qi-boosting pills from her backpack, and without caring about the dosage, stuffed them into her mouth and swallowed them without even chewing.

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and a warm current flowed throughout the body in an instant.

The wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, the dizziness disappeared, and the strength returned.

[System notification: Use 3 Blood Replenishment Pills to restore 50% of your health]

[System notification: Using 2 Qi-Boosting Pills has restored 40% of your mana bar.]

The state instantly reached its peak.

Chen Xi immediately gritted his teeth and fired three shots at the densest cluster of ghost hands:

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three shots created an opening, and she leaped out, using the swaying water pipe as a springboard to jump out through the gap in the ghost hand!

I've got you...

The voices of the Black and White Impermanence rang out from above, tinged with excitement.

A huge shadow fell, chains rattled, and the mourning staff whistled as it slammed down!

The bright light, like a spotlight on a stage, illuminated Chen Xi clearly, leaving him nowhere to hide.

The chains of Black Impermanence and the mourning staff of White Impermanence came crashing down from two directions at the same time.

It was so fast that it left only a blur.

There's no way to avoid it!

"BOOM—!!!"

A deafening roar shook the earth.

Smoke and dust billowed into the sky, and pebbles flew dozens of meters away.

The ground was smashed into a crater ten meters in diameter, the bottom of which was nowhere to be seen.

The chains and the mourning stick slammed into the bottom of the pit at the same time, causing the surrounding buildings to crack and reveal the paper skeletons inside.

As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, the surrounding area echoed with ghostly wails and howls.

The pit was empty.

There was only a large, tattered human skin garment spread out at the bottom of the pit.

Chen Xi has disappeared.

Black Impermanence froze, slowly withdrew his hand, scratched his head, and let out a low, questioning growl from beneath the black blindfold:

The stranger... has disappeared.

The White Impermanence also floated over, its white light sweeping back and forth in its eye sockets.

But after scanning several times, I couldn't find even the slightest trace of a living person.

"Hmm..."

The White Impermanence let out a resentful howl, its voice shrill and piercing, like a woman's sob, or like fingernails scraping glass—

The two giant ghosts circled the edge of the pit twice, but still couldn't find anyone.

Finally, Black Impermanence tugged at the iron chain, and the little demons strung on it squeaked and chattered.

Bai Wuchang glanced in the direction of Shengjing Building before slowly turning around.

The two ghosts walked towards the end of the street and continued their patrol.

The streets have returned to quiet.

Only the large crater in the ground, and the lone human skin garment inside it, proved that the thrilling chase just now was not an illusion.

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