Chapter 250

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Chapter 250: Sacrifice

After understanding, the shopkeeper didn’t ask too much. She just left the temple after Chu Jiang told her the direction, ready to bring the policewoman, Michiko, over.

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn’t discover anything, Chu Jiang also breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past month, he didn’t don’thing. He finished what he needed to do for the saleswoman.

This person is always a danger, but now that she still retains her human thinking, Chu Jiang couldn’t just kill her.

So in the end, Chu Jiang left a secret plan with her.

If the saleswoman suddenly loses her sanity and becomes a terrifying ghost during the ongoing exploration process, Chu Jiang has ways to counter her, so the team won’t be wiped out because of it.

Speaking of this past month, Chu Jiang really doesn’t know what to say. He has been further affected by the terrifying ghost.

To be precise, Chu’s Jiang power has further awakened within him.

Originally, Chu Jiang’s hands could only transform into zombie hands, but now it has spread to both forearms, all the way up to the elbow.

Why did this happen?

Because for the past month, Chu Jiang didn’t eat or drink. In order to ensure that the host doesn’t die from thirst, his bloodline power spontaneously surfaced to continue transforming his body.

Chu Jiang never expected that, through this method, he could further tap into the power of his bloodline.

But thinking about it, it actually makes sense. If a person can survive without eating or drinking, they can only transform further towards becoming a ghost.

Of course, this is also related to Chu Jiang officially embarking on the transformation process. If he were still a student, not awakened yet, not eating or drinking would only result in starving himself to death.

Moreover, Chu’s Jiang power stops spreading after reaching the elbow. In other words, this method can only help Chu Jiang to progress this far.

To spread to the shoulders, upper body, head, and lower body afterward, it may require more danger and stimulation from external supernatural powers.

But Chu Jiang doesn’t want this process to be too quick. After all, he doesn’t have the complete knowledge inheritance of the Chu’s Jiang lineage. He doesn’t know what he will become after fully transforming into a fierce ghost.

Even though the old man said that the ultimate form of Chu’s Jiang can still maintain the thoughts and rationality of a living person, Chu Jiang wants to be even more cautious.

……

When it comes to starving, the firefighter is doing alright. Although he feels like it has been almost a day and needs to replenish food and water, he can still hold on for the most part.

Others are even harder to say, probably the most confused will be the skinny man, if he can safely arrive at this temple.

Speaking of the temple, it was after Chu Jiang entered this desert, went through many difficulties, and activated several altars that needed supernatural powers to open, that it appeared here in the desert out of nowhere.

At first, he didn’t know that this place could synchronize everyone’s time. He only found out after he tried moving the firefighter here.

And if they want to leave here and go to the next room, they can probably only figure it out with this temple.

By the way, the real danger of Room 4 has not appeared yet. As for the different speed of time, it’s likely just an appetizer for Chu Jiang, so he didn’t rashly explore the next level of the temple.

Yes, the temple has an underground section. Chu Jiang plans to go there after gathering everyone.

……

After a period of back and forth relay, the five survivors in the team finally gather in the temple.

But… the skinny man is seriously injured.

Even Chu Jiang couldn’t predict how incredibly slow time was flowing for the skinny man.

Even when a policewoman tried to move him, even though she slowed down as much as possible, the skinny man still ended up with symptoms of being burnt to a crisp halfway there.

Sending him back to where he came from at this point would only make things worse, and staying halfway was not a solution either. So the policewoman had no choice but to grit her teeth and slowly carry him to the temple.

By the time they reached the temple, the skinny man, Deng Xiaodao, was barely breathing, with only one last breath left.

This made Chu Jiang reconsider his "appetizer" remark. The difference in the flow of time seemed to be random. He could only be grateful that he wasn’t the slowest one.

As for the others, they were grateful that they weren’t the fastest. Because apart from the salesgirl who could go without eating or drinking for a month, anyone else who arrived the fastest would die too.

Oh no, as long as they could stomach it, they could survive a month by using the others as food. And because of the difference in their times compared to their own, they didn’t have to worry about the meat rotting…

Lying inside the temple, the skinny man couldn’t even open his eyes anymore.

From the skinny man’s perspective, as soon as he entered room number four, he saw a dimly lit desert world before him.

Before he could even observe his surroundings, he felt intense pain all over his body. In an instant, he entered a state of near-death. If it wasn’t for him being the Ghost Master, he would have already lost his breath.

The skinny man had no idea that so much had happened during this time. All he felt was that the danger in Room 4 was even more terrifying than he had imagined. He didn’t even have time to react.

However, Deng Xiaodao was unwilling to simply die like this! So, he gritted his teeth and made the choice to take that path, the path he had been afraid to take before…

In the temple, everyone gathered around the skinny man, who had been burnt to a crisp. Not a single person spoke, and the atmosphere was very heavy.

In the end, the saleswoman looked indifferently at Chu Jiang and said, "Let’s go, he’s as good as dead. No need to bother with him."

Unexpectedly, before Chu Jiang could answer, everyone witnessed an unbelievable scene. The skinny man stopped breathing, but just a few seconds later, he suddenly sat up with a snap.

The skinny man opened his eyes, but his gaze was empty and gloomy. There was no hint of human spirit in his eyes.

The firefighter was so scared that he hid behind the policewoman. Chu Jiang furrowed his brow slightly and asked, "Deng Xiaodao? Are you now a human or a ghost?"

"I guess I’m a ghost," he said as he stiffly stood up. "Does anyone have spare clothes they can give me?"

When he spoke, he used his hand to brush off the burnt black shell on his body, and his body underneath seemed to regenerate.

"I do have clothes, but you need to explain first. Otherwise, I won’t feel very at ease, going on a journey with a ghost."

The skinny man revealed an ugly smile, "Isn’t there already one? Adding me shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

Of course, saying it like that, the skinny man still explained it to Chu Jiang. After all, he still maintained his human rationality for now. As for whether he could keep it permanently, even he was uncertain.

"Have you ever heard of a Scapegoat Ghost?"

Chu Jiang nodded, "This is a folk belief. It says that certain people who die tragically, when they become ghosts, often get trapped in a certain place and cannot be reincarnated."

"For example, the most common ones are water ghosts who drowned in the river."

"If these ghosts want to be reincarnated, they can only harm people. By killing innocent living beings and turning into a ghost, the older ghost can then go and be reborn."

"But the new ghost can only be trapped in one place, waiting to harm the next innocent person."