r18novel Chapter 58 "Humanity"
Chapter 58 "Humanity"
Marcus immediately changed his tune.
Arya nodded. That woman from yesterday tasted really good.
Sun Rui overheard their conversation. He didn't go far; after turning the corner of the stairs, he used Ghost Haze to cover his body.
"So Huang Mengjie was switched as soon as she left my side. If it weren't for that subtle difference, I really wouldn't have been able to notice. These people all have the heartbeat and body temperature of a living person. Simple physiological characteristics can't distinguish them. Could there be a second Huang Mengjie here?"
Another question: How is this replacement achieved? What triggering mechanism is required?
"Let's go check out the fourth floor first. Everything here is too realistic; the details are most likely hidden here." Sun Rui walked down the stairs like a ghost, without making a sound.
He now has some understanding of the Ghost Post Office's mission, and perhaps being put in room 404 was the reason he came here.
Sun Rui arrived at the fourth floor.
Scanning the hallway, I found that the layout was the same as outside. If there was any difference, it was that someone had lived here.
He stepped forward, inserted the key into the lock of door 404, and with a click, the door opened easily.
The furnishings inside were new, as if they had been deliberately arranged, but Sun Rui still smelled a faint stench of blood.
Based on the rumors he had heard before, Sun Rui was fairly certain that the person who had gone missing in the apartment had probably wandered into this place by mistake.
"The day and night here are reversed compared to outside. It should be dark outside long ago, but it's still early morning here. It's just that the morning is eerily quiet." Sun Rui pulled back the curtains and looked at the scenery outside.
It was very quiet. There were no cars honking, no animal calls in the morning, only a few figures hurrying by. Occasionally, they would look up at Sun Rui with longing in their eyes, which looked very strange.
"There isn't a single normal person here. Let's go out and see if this world is exactly the same as the outside world." Having obtained no further useful information from the room, Sun Rui left immediately.
In addition, the mark he left behind can serve as a safe escape route in the event of an unmanageable paranormal event.
Soon Sun Rui went out and passed by the father and daughter in the apartment. The two of them did not react at all, but looked a little disappointed, as if they had lost their beloved prey.
Sun Rui ignored their expressions and went straight to the restaurant where they had eaten before, following Yinhu Avenue.
"Is the boss in?" Sun Rui called out a few times.
Soon a familiar person came out; it was the restaurant owner whom Sun Rui had met before.
"What do you need?" the restaurant owner asked.
"I'd like to eat something. Do you have any good recommendations?" Sun Rui stared at the boss's face. Although the boss tried to hide it very well, Sun Rui could still see excitement and anticipation on his face.
"We have many dishes, but we don't know what you'd like to eat. Why don't we come in and chat?" The owner stepped forward, trying to pull Sun Rui inside.
He was just an ordinary person; even if he were a supernatural being, how could he possibly have encountered Sun Rui?
"There's no need to go inside. Just show me the menu, and I'll eat outside," Sun Rui said.
"This..." The restaurant owner was clearly not expected Sun Rui to say this. His expression was a little distorted. "No, none of our food is taken out. If you're hungry, come in and eat."
Sun Rui thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible. Bring out your store's best food for me to try. If it's good, then I'll go in and eat."
The restaurant owner looked excited: "Are you serious? I'll go prepare right away, as long as you're willing to come in and eat."
Sun Rui smiled and nodded. So the restaurant owner isn't going to keep up the act anymore?
Soon a plate of steak was served, still bloody, clearly not well-done.
"Eat up, this is the best food in our shop. I guarantee you'll come back after you try it!" The owner placed the food at the door and gestured for Sun Rui to pick it up.
"I already said we're eating out. Your place is inside the restaurant now. Have you forgotten our bet?" Sun Rui said.
"Uh... okay." The owner seemed to hesitate for a moment, then took the food out.
Just as the shop owner stepped out of the store,
Sun Rui smirked coldly: "You're so easy to fool. Looks like your IQ isn't that great either."
Taking advantage of the moment when the other party was stunned, he suddenly grabbed the other party, and his palm instantly turned black. This was the ghost realm of the burned ghost, and he wanted to try to kill this thing.
Marcus's reaction when he left the apartment earlier, and Sun Rui's probing just now, both proved one thing: the people here seem to have their own territory. So what happens when they leave their territory?
"What are you doing? I'm just trying to be nice by bringing you food, let me go!" The restaurant owner struggled violently.
This kind of strength is not something an ordinary person possesses. Sun Rui's ghost domain gradually covered the boss's entire body, perfectly covering the boss's body. Suddenly, the force loosened, and the boss flew out!
After escaping Sun Rui's grasp, the black mud on the boss's body quickly disappeared.
"Let me back, let me back!" The boss scrambled back into the room.
next moment.
boom!
A gunshot rang out, and a bullet pierced right through the back of his head, leaving a hole from which dark red blood flowed.
The boss's life vanished in an instant.
"They were killed so easily; it seems they escaped the restaurant," Sun Rui pondered. "We need to find another group for comparison."
He soon set his sights on a barber at a street-side salon.
boom!
A single shot from a long distance hits the target.
However, there was no death as expected. The barber simply glanced at Sun Rui, then removed the bullet that had been lodged in his brain, and his head automatically recovered.
"It really is related to territory. If it's supernatural power, can it kill the 'people' within the territory?" Sun Rui was very curious. If so, his danger in the apartment would be greatly reduced.
The barber seemed to realize Sun Rui's intention and began to retreat from the doorway into the house.
"Anyway, there are plenty of people here, so we can just try it on anyone and see," Sun Rui said with a smile.
The two shots seemed to have alerted the people around him, but some people just stood quietly at a distance and watched him without taking a step toward him. These people seemed to be just passersby who stopped to watch the excitement.
But Sun Rui knew that these people could no longer be considered human; the only thing that seemed to limit them was their respective 'territories'.
He walked toward a young man dressed in a suit and tie, looking exactly like an office worker stopping to watch the commuting excitement on his way to work.
The young man looked at Sun Rui with excitement, waiting for him to step into his territory.
Without hesitation, Sun Rui stepped directly next to him.
The man suddenly grabbed Sun Rui with one hand.
"The delicious food is mine!" The man licked his lips, with bits of bright red meat still stuck between his teeth.
The people on the street all cast envious glances.
"I really envy your confidence," Sun Rui said casually.
The ghostly aura of the burned ghost spread along the man's arm, and at the same time, the ghostly haze also spread into the man's arm. Soon the man disappeared, leaving nothing behind.
"So it really can kill him?" Sun Rui asked, but he had a feeling that things weren't that simple.