Deities Are All Just My Food-Chapter 2252 - 1005: You Will Die When the Midnight Bell Rings! (Part 2)

Chapter 2252: Chapter 1005: You Will Die When the Midnight Bell Rings! (Part 2)

The tentacle’s speed was too fast!

In the moment Lin Baici was touched by it, he wanted to take a stanced position and counterattack, but it was too late.

Bang!

Lin Baici was pulled to the ground, and that enormous force was tightening around him, wanting to strangle him while dragging him into the study.

It was as if he was being pulled into hell.

The stone floor was very smooth, and Lin Baici couldn’t stabilize his body at all. As he was being dragged past the study’s doorway, he extended his right hand to grab the door frame.

Power of Hundred Horses!

Lin Baici activated Divine Grace, thinking that such powerful strength would be enough to stabilize himself, but it wasn’t.

As he activated Divine Grace, the force pulling on his neck increased, and if not for promptly activating Steel Body, his vertebrae would have snapped.

Lin Baici immediately understood that under the rules’ corruption, the harder he tried, the stronger the pulling force of the tentacle became.

So he decisively withdrew the Power of Hundred Horses, wanting to use both hands to control his body, but when he was about to drop the candelabrum from his left hand, he hesitated.

What if...

What if this candelabrum was the key to escaping?

Lin Baici looked at the candelabrum, with its well-arranged three lamps, forming a triangle.

Now the candle flames flickered, like fallen stars in the world.

Lin Baici didn’t know what would happen if he was pulled into the study, he was just instinctively resisting, but the tentacle wrapped around his neck was getting tighter, and the force stronger.

Lin Baici, though relatively experienced, hadn’t been in the Forest Cottage for long. However, through his inability to activate the Antler Bone Flute and the feedback from using the Power of Hundred Horses, he guessed a possibility.

That was relying only on items original to the cabin to break the stalemate.

Once the occupant used their own items, they’d likely face double backlash.

"Damn it!"

Lin Baici cursed, holding the candelabrum in his left hand, placing it close to his neck to roast the tentacle with candle fire.

A wave of heat immediately washed over!

Scorching Lin Baici’s chin and neck skin.

Hurts!

Even with Lin Baici’s endurance, he couldn’t help but gasp in pain, instinctively wanting to remove the candelabrum, but he somehow persevered with sheer willpower.

"Hang on a bit longer!"

Lin Baici gritted his teeth.

Crackle! Crackle!

It wasn’t clear whether it was the tentacle or his skin making noise under the heat.

Lin Baici felt like a steak on a hot grill, almost cooked through.

"Even the ancient torture of burning couldn’t be worse than this!"

Lin Baici endured.

Suddenly, the tentacle loosened and retracted back into the study.

It worked!

Lin Baici smiled in relief and stood up quickly to check.

Inside the study, everything was as it was before; there was no telling where the tentacle had come from.

"Should I burn these books?"

Lin Baici rubbed his neck, contemplating.

[The candelabrum can scare away the tentacle, but it must succeed in one go!]

[If you can’t withstand the pain and remove the candelabrum, the next time the roasting time will double to achieve the effect.]

[Remove it once, and it doubles!]

Eater God’s comment.

"Any other precautions?"

Lin Baici asked.

[Fear nourishes ghosts!]

"What do you mean?"

Lin Baici inquired again, but Eater God fell silent, no longer responding.

"Does it mean the more I’m afraid, the stronger the ghosts in the house become?"

Lin Baici almost deduced.

It’s not fear!

Strictly speaking, it’s emotional fluctuation.

Any panic, anxiety, fear, and other negative emotions, the more intense they fluctuate, the stronger the evil ghosts will grow.

Conversely, as long as one remains calm, these ’ghost events’ are small matters, maintained at the lowest intensity.

Like just now with these two cases.

If Lin Baici had feared and ran, then the bride and groom in the painting would have leapt out and chased him.

Likewise, the more tumultuous Lin Baici’s emotions, the stronger the tentacle’s strength would become, and even multiply, until he was bound like a dumpling and crushed into meat paste.

This was a test of having a strong heart, but not everyone’s stress tolerance was like Lin Baici or Xia Hongyao’s.

Lin Baici initially intended to burn those books, but now he dropped the idea.

Wouldn’t burning them show that I’m afraid?

Better to leave them!

Lin Baici continued to wander, entering any accessible room without discovering any more anomalies.

Outside, the sky quickly turned dark.

"No lights? That’s not supposed to be?"

There are no streetlights in the town, but from this angle, you can see the cottage Xia Hongyao and the others chose.

They would surely find a way to light it up, but Lin Baici couldn’t see it.

"Nothing happened, right?"

Lin Baici approached the glass window.

He could see the outside, but...

Could this be an illusion?

Should I open the window and take a look?

Reason told Lin Baici not to do it, but he was worried about Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu.

One has low intelligence, and the other is weak in combat. Encountering such eerie pollution, it would be tough to escape unscathed.

Lin Baici’s hand grasped the window handle, but he hadn’t opened it yet.

A dry, tree bark-skinned large hand suddenly smashed through the glass, reaching in and clutching Lin Baici’s neck.

Crash!

Glass shards scattered everywhere!

"Coming again?"

Lin Baici choked instantly, quickly placing the candlestick under that arm.

The arm, burned with pain, swung fiercely to the side, trying to knock over the candlestick.

Lin Baici dodged and grabbed the arm, starting to pull it inside with force.

Let me see what this thing really is?

Both sides were deadlocked.

Lin Baici’s face turned red, suffocating like this won’t do.

He decisively let go of the candlestick, drew the hand ax from his lower back, and chopped down at the arm.

Crack, crack!

After three chops, the arm broke off.

Lin Baici, like in a tug-of-war where the rope suddenly breaks, fell backward but immediately got up the next second. His left hand exerted force, ready to throw the hand ax, thinking it might kill a monster!

But in the end, Lin Baici didn’t throw it.

Without the hand ax, Lin Baici would be weaponless.

A fist-sized hole appeared on the glass.

Lin Baici walked over, looking outside.

Sure enough, the cottage where Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu were was lit with faint lights.

This indicated that the view outside seen through the glass wasn’t real.

"Seems safe for now!"

Lin Baici decided to continue exploring and turn the cottage upside down.

This surely is dangerous, but Lin Baici wanted to clear the game quickly. Otherwise, the longer it drags, the higher the death risk for Xia Hongyao and Gu Qingqiu.

Lin Baici went upstairs, intending to start from the top, breaking open locked doors, when the phone rang again.

Ring ring!

Lin Baici returned to the living room, picked up the receiver: "Hello!"

"Bai Ci?"

"Qingqiu?"

Lin Baici didn’t expect that the call would be from Gu Qingqiu: "Why don’t you call me your schoolmate anymore?"

"Can you guess?"

Gu Qingqiu didn’t answer directly.

"Are you verifying whether I’m the real one?"

Though Lin Baici couldn’t see, he imagined Gu Qingqiu on the phone must be smiling slightly.

"As expected of my favored schoolmate, quick thinking!"

Gu Qingqiu did it on purpose. She was testing if the person was really Lin Baici because who knows?

"What’s your current situation?"

Gu Qingqiu didn’t know how long the call would last, so she didn’t waste time: "I’ve encountered two ghostly events and resolved them both!"

"After one event, I got a phone book, and I just called the Goryeo girl and the black man."

Gu Qingqiu briefly introduced.

"I’ve faced several too!"

Lin Baici shared his experiences, then warned: "From my analysis, as long as you’re not scared and remain calm, the danger in those ghostly attacks will be minimal!"

"I see!"

Gu Qingqiu suddenly understood; she wondered why those crises were so simple, turns out she wasn’t scared.

"What’s your phone number?"

Lin Baici asked.

"It’s not listed in the phone book!"

Gu Qingqiu regretted.

"Then contact me every hour, and quickly find Hongyao and tell her this!"

Lin Baici instructed.

"Alright, stay careful!"

Gu Qingqiu hung up.