Excessive ferocity due to caution

The sound of footsteps struck Zhao Yi's chest like a death knell. Without thinking, he ran straight for the other side of the stairs in the scrap metal collection building!

As the owner of the footsteps arrived on the fourth floor, the notebook given to Zhao Yi by Xu Shengzhi immediately began to heat up!

Later on, it even became so hot that Zhao Yi felt it was burning hot!

That thing behind me... it's definitely not your average supernatural thing!

Zhao Yi quickly ran to the stairwell, the candle flame in his hand flickering erratically without any wind, as if some unseen ghost was lurking behind him, constantly blowing on the red candle in his hand!

Influenced by the footsteps behind him, Zhao Yi's right hand began to itch, followed by a sudden sharp pain. Zhao Yi looked through the candlelight and saw that the black energy that had been in his hand earlier was now trying to break out of his body!

Zhao Yi clearly remembered that, according to the previous time pattern, the black aura should not show any abnormalities for at least three more hours!

Clearly, the dark aura he sensed from the security personnel at the company... was related to the owner of the footsteps behind him!

Left with no other choice, Zhao Yi heated the candle in his palm, suppressing the black energy that was trying to break free of his hand!

This time, the candle consumed a lot of energy. Originally, this new candle could be used three times, but now it has only been used once, and the blue-purple wick has returned to its normal color!

Zhao Yi ran to the stairwell entrance, only to see a small, dark figure rush out of a room near the entrance. It had a dark, lumpy object in its mouth, and as it passed Zhao Yi, it frantically fled upstairs!

By the flickering candlelight, Zhao Yi could barely recognize the fleeing shadowy figure as the ghost baby who had just kicked a human head like a ball!

Zhao Yi was originally planning to run downstairs, but after seeing the ghost baby, he suddenly changed his mind and followed behind the ghost baby!

One after the other, Zhao Yi went upstairs and continued to run towards the sixth floor with the ghost baby!

The footsteps behind him maintained their rhythm, but their speed was not slow at all, and they were even gradually closing the distance between them and Zhao Yi!

With a slight thought, Zhao Yi took out another intact red candle from his person, lit it, and placed it on the stairs!

Judging from the previous reaction of the ghost baby to the candle in Zhao Yi's hand, this kind of candle bought from the supermarket does indeed have a certain degree of restraint on ghosts. Placing it on the ghost's path might slow it down!

however……

As Zhao Yi stepped onto the sixth floor, he heard footsteps behind him... and stopped for a moment.

Just for a fleeting moment!

A strong sense of crisis overwhelmed Zhao Yi. He rushed to the sixth floor and saw a staircase leading to the rooftop in the middle corridor!

The iron gate swung open, and the ghost baby, with the dark lump in its mouth, ran towards the rooftop. But suddenly, its umbilical cord got caught on the old lock on the iron gate, and it couldn't break free no matter how hard it tried!

The ghost baby howled in desperation, opening its blood-red maw and frantically biting at the lock, but it couldn't budge it at all!

Seeing a giant, tall figure appear at the entrance of the sixth-floor corridor, letting out a hysterical howl, Zhao Yi felt his scalp tingle and his eyes go blurry!

"Shut up if you don't want to die!"

Zhao Yi shouted.

The ghost baby was stunned by him, and stopped crying for a moment. It stared wide-eyed at Zhao Yi, who was running frantically towards it, and the terrifying black shadow chasing closely behind him.

Zhao Yi reached the iron gate, slapped the ghost baby hard across the face, and pushed it away. Then, using a candle for light, he untied the umbilical cord from the lock on the iron gate, and the two of them ran quickly towards the rooftop!

boom!

They had barely gone upstairs when a loud crashing sound came from the iron gate!

The entire building was shaken!

Standing on the sixteenth step of the stairs, Zhao Yi could only see the dark figure's feet.

The worn-out leather shoes were company-issued work shoes, almost identical to those Zhao Yi was wearing.

The ghost infant huddled beside Zhao Yi, clutching a dark, trembling mass. Its fear of the creature outside had reached its peak; even several meters away, it dared not move an inch!

After a long while, the burly, dark figure outside seemed to lose interest in Zhao Yi and the ghost baby, and turned to leave.

After it left, the ghost baby started babbling at Zhao Yi, seemingly thanking him for saving its life.

Then it led Zhao Yi to the rooftop of the building.

The stars and moon shone brightly, casting a soft glow on the platform covered in trash. Zhao Yi finally saw clearly what the dark, lumpy thing in the ghost's mouth was...

She was a woman with a shriveled figure, almost skin and bones!

An umbilical cord was still attached to the woman's lower body, right on the ghost baby's belly. Just by observing the slight rise and fall of the woman's chest, Zhao Yi was able to determine that the woman was still alive.

Yes……

The woman was still alive after giving birth to a ghost baby!

Moreover, judging from her physical condition, any normal person would have been dead long ago.

Her survival is clearly inseparable from the ghost baby.

Even so, the woman was completely unable to move or speak. At this moment, she was no different from a person in a vegetative state, except that the ghost baby just didn't want her to die.

Standing on the rooftop, feeling the cold wind blowing, Zhao asked the ghost baby about the scrap metal collection building, but the ghost baby could only babble incoherently, its mouth wide open and filled with a foul stench, unable to utter a single word.

Left with no other choice, Zhao could only settle for second best and have the ghost baby take him to find the coffee cup.

The ghost baby seemed very familiar with that coffee cup.

After a series of nonsensical exchanges, Zhao Yi finally understood what the ghost baby meant.

He stayed on the sixth floor, guarding the iron gate for it. It went to help Zhao retrieve the coffee cup. The ghost baby said it knew the location of the coffee cup and was very familiar with it.

Zhao Yi agreed, and they carefully went down to the stairwell. The ghost baby told Zhao Yi to stay behind the iron gate, while it carried its mother and ran wildly, quickly disappearing into the dark end of the corridor...

About five minutes later.

The notebook on Zhao Yi's chest suddenly became hot!

He went down to the iron gate and looked into the distance.

Sure enough, the ghost baby ran back carrying its mother, panting heavily, and almost fell down on the way!

Behind it, that terrifying, burly black shadow reappeared!

"Hurry up!"

Zhao Yi shouted and opened the door.

The ghost baby took three steps in two and darted into the iron gate. The next moment, Zhao Yi locked the iron gate!

boom!

A terrifying, burly black figure appeared in front of Zhao Yi and slammed his fist hard against the iron gate!

Boom!

The whole building shook slightly.

Unfortunately, the iron gate seemed to be protected by a mysterious force, and it withstood the punch with an unknown amount of power!

Chi-

Zhao struck a match, lit the candle, and held it up to look at it.

The burly, terrifying black figure outside the iron gate immediately revealed its true form.

That was... a pale-faced man.

His chest was a bloody mess, with a large hole, and his heart was missing.

In his hand... he was also carrying a rusty, broken knife!

PS: This is a make-up update for yesterday.