Chapter 195: Awakening

There were originally three boys in the ancestral hall, which made the girls feel somewhat reassured. However, Yang Lin and Wu Yunfei were actually killed one after another by Lin Yin, and the only remaining boy, Gong Jian, turned out to be Lin Yin’s accomplice…

Lü Yang saw the fear the girls had towards him, but he had a careless attitude. He paid even less attention to Gong Xue’s questioning.

He didn’t feel that killing this time was excessive at all. To outsiders, it might seem like Yang Lin just held Yi Ya’s hand, leading to a fit of jealousy. But Lü Yang knew clearly in his heart that Yang Lin and Wu Yunfei definitely had a plan and scheme when they targeted Yi Ya. If he hadn’t killed them decisively, the ones dead now would surely be him and Yi Ya.

Moreover, they would have been tortured and gang-raped to death.

Maybe Gong Xue and these other girls would have been added to that.

The evil side of human nature was fully exposed in the dangerous mysterious domain. For good people to survive in the mysterious domain and not die at the hands of evil ones, they must rise up and fight back, using violence to stop violence.

Goodness was not a pass in the mysterious domain. In the perilous mysterious domain, survival was above everything else. The goodness and justice in Lü Yang’s heart would not disappear because of this, but sometimes, he had to hide them in the deepest part of his heart, only revealing them when truly necessary.

Lü Yang killed Yang Lin and Wu Yunfei without hesitation and felt no guilt inside. But the one thing he didn’t expect was that the death and erasure of the Death Assassin Zhou Ling in the mysterious domain did not affect his relationship with Yi Ya. However, the deaths of Yang Lin and Wu Yunfei, and their erasure from the world by the mysterious domain, caused a big change in his relationship with Yi Ya.

He would only find out about this after the Mountain Peak Village mysterious domain ended and he returned to Guishe City.

Regarding this Mountain Peak Village mysterious domain, Lü Yang still had no clues or leads. From the nightmare yesterday, it seemed that after midnight, those Faceless Persons would likely appear in the village. Once they appeared, the real massacre would begin.

Lü Yang knew he couldn’t save everyone. He had to be ruthless and make choices. The few people around him were his final bottom line. As for the lives of the others, he couldn’t help them, unless they actively chose to stand with Lü Yang and accept his help.

Because Lü Yang didn’t have time to persuade them one by one.

…

More than ten minutes later, a series of messy footsteps sounded outside the ancestral hall. Unexpectedly, Counselor Chen, Gu Zheng, and the four boys returned, and they brought back three of the four missing students!

“Great! You’re finally back!”

” Instructor Chen! Lin Yin killed someone! It was so scary!”

“…”

The group of girls chattered noisily as they went to greet them, welcoming the brave men who went out to search, like heroes. Gong Xue also went forward to greet them; Lü Yang tried to stop her but failed.

“Where did you go? Why do you smell so bad?” One girl pinched her nose and asked the search heroes.

Lü Yang could smell the stench from seven or eight meters away. When this group came in from outside, Lü Yang smelled the strong corpse odor coming from them. Even the heavy torrential rain soaking their bodies couldn’t cover up the stench of corpses.

The people who entered didn’t answer the crowd. Instead, they looked around at everyone with gloomy faces, their expressions appearing very strange and unfamiliar.

Lü Yang quickly walked to the mural. After carefully examining the mural, he looked back at those who had just entered from the torrential rain. His face instantly turned pale.

“Go get your sister. We must leave this place!” After coming back, Lü Yang spoke quietly to Gong Jian.

Gong Jian looked strangely at ‘Lin Yin’, seeming not to fully understand her actions.

“Don’t you believe me!?” Lü Yang quietly got angry.

“How could I not? I believe you! No matter what they say, no matter what you did, I…”

“Enough! These people who came in are not human. They are all murderous Vengeful Ghosts! Time is urgent, quickly take your sister! If we’re any later, we won’t be able to leave!” Lü Yang interrupted Gong Jian and explained briefly to him, while his eyes kept closely watching the movements of Counselor Chen’s group. If Gong Jian didn’t listen to him, he would have no choice but to take only Yi Ya and run, maybe also bringing Hu Yulan.

But without Gong Jian, surviving later would be even harder. Lü Yang’s True Body wasn’t here; a meatshield like Gong Jian was essential for ‘her’ and Yi Ya now.

Telling Gong Jian that Counselor Chen and the others were ghosts was just Lü Yang’s way to make Gong Jian understand his words directly. Lü Yang knew clearly in his heart that these were neither people nor ghosts. They were very special Faceless Persons, similar to the Dark Predator, a kind of mysterious creature living in the mysterious domain and even the real world. Before figuring out their exact origins and how to deal with them, Lü Yang didn’t want to confront them directly.

Gong Jian went to Gong Xue’s side, whispered something in her ear. Gong Xue looked unbelieving, but Gong Jian didn’t listen to her objections and forcibly pulled her back to ‘Lin Yin’s’ side. The siblings had quite different builds, so Gong Xue couldn’t resist.

“What exactly are you doing?” Gong Xue glared angrily at Gong Jian.

“Let’s go out through that door!” Lü Yang said to Gong Jian, then grabbed Yi Ya’s hand, called to Hu Yulan, and ran towards the other door of the ancestral hall.

When Counselor Chen entered earlier, Lü Yang ran to the mural. On the mural, Lü Yang didn’t see the scene from last night’s nightmare; the three students’ faces did not appear on the mural as in the dream. But he noticed that there were eight fewer Faceless Persons in the mural!

Nine people returned, but only eight Faceless Persons were missing from the mural. Why was there a difference of one person? Lü Yang had no time to think about it. But since eight Faceless Persons had entered the ancestral hall, and most of them were physically strong males, while the remaining normal humans in the hall, besides Gong Jian, were girls who couldn’t fight, once these Faceless Persons dropped their disguise and suddenly attacked everyone, the normal humans would definitely not be their match.

They hadn’t attacked yet after entering the ancestral hall, probably because they had just awakened, and their abilities weren’t fully aroused, or due to some restriction of the mysterious domain, like the time not being past midnight yet. But it was easy to imagine that every minute they delayed in the ancestral hall increased the danger significantly.

While running to the other door, Lü Yang hesitated for a moment, but still shouted loudly to the girls in the ancestral hall: “Counselor Chen and the others have turned into murderous Vengeful Ghosts! If you want to live, run with us!”

“Really?”

“How could Instructor Chen be a Vengeful Ghost?”

“…”

“Quiet! Don’t listen to her! Nonsense!” Hearing Lü Yang’s shouts and the girls’ cries, the previously silent Counselor Chen finally spoke. His voice was very stiff, hoarse, and seemed irritated, but this didn’t arouse suspicion among the girls around him.

On the contrary, ‘Lin Yin’s’ earlier unusual actions and behavior, and her skill in killing both Yang Lin and Wu Yunfei in the ancestral hall, made the girls feel she was more like a life-seeking Vengeful Ghost. So no one listened to ‘Lin Yin’s’ words; instead, they ‘united’ more closely around Counselor Chen and the returned boys.

“Can’t you smell the corpse odor on them? They are Dried Corpses that climbed out of the cemetery! If you don’t come with us, you will all die here soon!” Even though Lü Yang knew that every minute delayed increased the danger to him, Yi Ya, and the others, he still tried his best to explain to those girls, hoping to save a few more people.

“We! Looked for people! Smell! She! is the Vengeful Ghost!” Counselor Chen glared fiercely at Lü Yang and explained with difficulty to the girls the reason for their corpse smell.

“We listen to you, Instructor Chen!” The girls from Counselor Chen’s class first expressed their trust in him.

Director Gong was clearly being held by ‘Lin Yin’s’ accomplice Gong Jian and struggled hard without being let go. Now ‘Lin Yin’ wanted to frame Instructor Chen; her evil intentions were obvious. Moreover, it was still thundering and raining heavily outside. The choice of more than ten girls was clear.

Lü Yang sighed. What he did just now was still driven by the good side of his heart, wanting to save as many lives as possible. But like this, he was powerless.

These poor girls, since they refused to go with him, then each would have to face their own fate.

“Where exactly are you going!?” Gong Xue forcibly grabbed the wall and stopped at the ancestral hall entrance, asking ‘Lin Yin’ and Gong Jian unhappily.

“You have to believe me. Only by following me can you survive.” Lü Yang said to Gong Xue while observing the movements of Counselor Chen and the others.

“Believe you? You are a murderer! You are the one possessed by a Vengeful Ghost!” Gong Xue looked at ‘Lin Yin’ with suspicion, then suddenly pushed Gong Jian away and prepared to run back.

Gong Jian rushed over in two steps, picked up Gong Xue from the ground, and slung her over his shoulder like a sack, bottom up. Then he walked over and declared his stance to ‘Lin Yin’: “Yinyin, wherever you go, I’ll go with you!”

“Put me down!” Gong Xue fiercely punched, pinched, and squeezed Gong Jian’s body, but Gong Jian remained completely unmoved.

“Follow me!” Lü Yang already had a place in mind. Perhaps only that place was the safest. It should be said it was the hint given to him by last night’s nightmare.

Lü Yang guessed that this mysterious domain was not completely bounded by the stone wall of Mountain Peak Village. It should also include the Cliffside Cemetery on the hill behind Mountain Peak Village!

Otherwise, in last night’s nightmare, Lü Yang wouldn’t have initially appeared in one of the Coffin Pits in that cemetery. And the Coffin Pit, that most terrifying place, was likely the only safe place in this mysterious domain