Qin Feichang is not the type who is good at fighting, but as a member of the Qin family, he has been trained by his elders before and has mastered some necessary self-defense skills.
She took her weapon, followed the mysterious black cat, and stepped into the fog.
She guessed that they had fallen into Egbert's nightmare as soon as they arrived on the island. In that dream, the fog in front of them was sparse and they could easily walk through it, but now, the fog was so thick that they couldn't see the road ahead clearly, and there were many human figures in the fog.
Their figures were vague, swaying back and forth in the mist. Once you touched them, your body would feel as if it were immersed in ice water, numb and stiff.
If it weren't for the black cat in front of her leading the way and clearing a path that was barely big enough for her to pass through, she probably wouldn't have been able to get through the fog.
She can run a company to make money, train subordinates, and arrange work, all of which she can do in an orderly manner, but facing so many ghosts and non-human creatures face to face is not her strong point at all.
Now, she was like a student who was good at liberal arts but entered a science laboratory, with no room to develop her talents.
The ghosts were staring at her, so she had no choice but to follow the black cat and finally passed the fog. What appeared before her was a ruin that was even more desolate and dilapidated than the ones she had seen in her dreams.
The burnt and mottled buildings looked cold and gloomy under the dim sky, with a classic horror movie tone. Corpses that had turned into skeletons could be seen everywhere, making the place even more deadly.
Even though Qin Feichang had no research in this area, seeing this scene, she was very sure that this was a deadly place. This was much more difficult than she thought, and it was too hasty to come here in a few days.
She followed the black cat's footsteps and recalled what had happened in her dreams. After careful analysis, she suddenly realized that it was Egbert's subsequent behavior that confused her.
From the sense of crisis she maintained at the beginning to her almost fearless attitude later on, all this was due to Egbert's intentional or unintentional indulgence, so she began to feel that this place was nothing special.
But if you think about it carefully, is Egbert really such a "love-brained" person? After sleeping with her a few times, did he become Rose's sweetheart
So she was still deceived by his appearance and the personality he displayed.
So what does he want
If he wanted to kill them, his actions were too slow and casual. If he said he didn't want to kill them, his nightmare made them all fall at the first step into the island. If the black cat hadn't appeared, she would probably have been immersed in the dream and died here together.
So, he still wants to play a trick on them
Threaten them to make them despair, indulge them to make them find hope, and then hit them to make them disappointed... This is really a bad character.
Qin thought about it all the way and had no other thoughts in her mind. She didn't even think about her work. She just wanted to beat that cunning little lunatic to death.
It was still the rose garden full of black thorns. In reality, the thorns did not grow into the shape of a cage that covered the whole sky. They were just a little messy, and the gaps between the branches revealed the maze behind. The black cat stopped at the entrance of the maze, looked at her, and then gradually disappeared, leaving only a red line in place.
Qin Feichang pressed his glasses, picked up the red string, and silently tied it around his wrist.
The clan god is the belief of all the Qin clan members. No matter what the relationship between this black cat and their clan god ancestor is, she now feels full of power.
Just a nightmare ghost that can become a dark horse.
She drew her knife, cut off the branches blocking her way, and entered the maze. This maze was different from the first time she came here in her dream. It was so complicated that it could trap people to death. Relying on her strong memory and calculation ability, she quickly generated a map in her mind.
The approaching footsteps disturbed the rose garden that had been silent for hundreds of years, and a skeleton deep in the rose garden moved.
"… Strange, how come she came so quickly?"
When Qin Feichang reached the depths of the maze, he saw a statue of the Virgin Mary with a kind face. In the statue's bent arms, a skeleton wrapped in a scarlet cloak was curled up. The thorn branches growing under the statue's feet were entangled, entangled with the skeleton and the statue.
The skeleton is crystal white with a warm luster on the surface.
Qin Feichang: It looks like it has been painted.
The first time she saw the skeleton, the skull's head moved and turned to "look" at her, revealing two black eye sockets. Qin Feichang raised his gun and shot, aiming at the two eye sockets.
After a few loud bangs, she watched the statue of the Virgin Mary collapse and stones scatter.
Where is the skeleton? Qin Feichang was searching for the skeleton among the rubble on the ground. Suddenly, she felt a chill on her back. Something was resting on her shoulder.
The skull of Egbert hung around her neck and said grimly, "Why do you attack me as soon as we meet? Isn't that bad?"
"Before I get killed by you, I have to vent my anger." Qin Feichang thought that physical means were useless. He threw away the gun and tried to tear off the pile of bones hanging around his neck.
"You're more powerful than I thought. I didn't think you could reach me." The skeleton was wrapped in a red cloak, and his tone changed from gloomy to admiring.
Qin had already seen his face-changing skills, so he was not affected by him. He kept his own pace and said calmly, "Didn't you deliberately lead me here? The castle at night, the gorgeous architectural decorations, the banquet hall and bedroom you showed me, all these are clues. As long as you are determined, you can find this place."
Having said this, she turned her head, stared at the strange skeleton, and said firmly: "I guess you are trapped here, and you want to use the people on the island to leave."
Yes, she guessed right.
For so long, from his death, he became a nightmare ghost and stayed here. At first, he looked for happiness in the curse, but those who came here were all the same, cowardly, stupid, and without any surprises. After the resentment disappeared, their deaths were not so interesting.
During the days when the curse lurked, he was trapped on this dead and forgotten island, so quiet that even the ghosts dared not approach.
Because of the curse, he bound the descendants of those people in nightmares, and he himself was also bound by the curse. Slowly, he began to feel bored.
Then this time, he happened to meet someone different.
The skeleton finally let her go, and a firefly-like flame seemed to ignite in his dark eyes. He said faintly, "People who are too smart are not likable."
Indeed, people who are too smart are not easily deceived, and people who like to deceive people don’t like smart people.
"Just tell me what you want to do. I can help you in exchange for breaking the curse and leaving here safely." Qin said very directly.
Egbert stopped beating around the bush and said, "I want to use your body to leave here."
Qin Feichang instantly understood why he rolled together with her again and again in his dreams. It turned out that he wanted to borrow her body.
"It seems that you have chosen me since the third time I entered your nightmare world." So he became proactive from that time on. Qin Feichang asked: "Have you ever thought that if I fail to find this place, your calculations will be in vain?"
"I have left many marks in your body. You will find me." Egbert laughed. "Besides, even if I fail, I can always wait for the next time."
Qin was noncommittal. "Please do whatever you want. Don't waste time. Leave here as soon as possible."
The skeleton held her hand with the dark curse pattern on it, and said in a confused and sighing tone, "Even now, you are still not afraid... Are you really not afraid of what I will do to you now?"
Qin Feichang: "No matter what you want to do, can I refuse?"
Since she couldn't refuse anyway, what was there to be afraid of? When she just graduated from school, her elders arranged for her to study at Qin's company and told her that even if she was at a disadvantage, she must not lose her composure. Resentment, anger, unwillingness, these negative emotions, were all things she learned to control very early on.
Egbert liked to see people desperate and defeated, but he never got what he wanted with Qin Feichang. This really made him care.
"In that case, fine, I will make a contract with you." He suddenly thought of something and his tone was full of anticipation.
Qin Feichang only felt her hands were cold and heavy. The black curse changed before her eyes. Messy black lines moved on her skin, forming new patterns. They were branches and blooming roses that coiled up her arms.
The pattern continued to spread without stopping, and soon occupied most of her arm. The fine and dense needle-like pain with a cold feeling fell in her body. The skull holding her wrist slowly covered the vivid skin as the pattern spread.
He was like a rose rooted in her flesh and blood, showing a charming smile. He lifted her arm and kissed it gently, and said, "This is a contract, but also another curse. From now on, your body and soul will completely belong to me, and you will become my slave..."
His voice paused, his expression suddenly changed, his eyes slightly widened, and he asked in surprise: "What's going on!"
The black pattern on Qin Feichang's arm gradually turned red. Egbert could feel his curse being changed and countered by another force. They mixed together and climbed up his arm from his fingertips, leaving a red pattern on his arm.
Seeing the red rope tied on his hand disappear and seeing Egbert's expression change, Qin Feichang's mouth curled up.
The Qin clan's clan god ancestor loved his children the most. She guessed that the red thread was not simple, but she didn't expect it to be so powerful. The changes in the contract or curse stopped, and she naturally sensed that this curse connected the two of them.
Qin Feichang held Egbert's hand with his backhand, smiling, "Not only do I belong to you, you also belong to me, this is fair, right?"
Egbert's face turned dark. He finally peeled off his disguise and revealed his true anger. Things were beyond his control and he simply couldn't stand it. "You!"
Qin Si held his arms leisurely, feeling that Egbert in front of him was like a young lady who didn't want to get married but was married for no apparent reason.
She couldn't help but deliberately said coldly: "It has come to this, what else can we do, just make do with it."
Egbert's face twisted and he bit his finger. He looked at the red curse pattern on the back of his hand with flickering eyes and covered it with his other hand.
Qin felt dizzy for a moment and found the scene in front of him distorted. He guessed that Egbert was going to do something, so he immediately grabbed his hand.
With this grab, the red rose pattern on her arm became hot.
She temporarily lost consciousness and her body became light, but she soon smelled the scent of roses.
Roses - This is a garden full of roses. Hiding in the rose bushes is a child who looks like an angel, with long eyelashes half covering his eyes like black grapes.
Many people were looking for him, but he hid among the flowers and remained silent, with a cunning and happy look on his face.
He crawled out from the rose bushes, hid from the maids and ladies, ran to the hall, stepped on the patterned carpets, climbed up the high steps, and hid in the closet of a room on the second floor. It was unknown which lady's closet, and he dragged the beautiful skirt over to cover himself and hide himself.
He was playing hide-and-seek. This boundless and magnificent palace was the child's paradise.
Qin Feichang saw that the child had grown a little bit, and was led by the priest to the church. He put on gorgeous clothes and sang hymns under the colorful windows of the church. The child's voice was clear and ethereal, echoing in the church, and many people below looked at him lovingly.
In a blink of an eye, he was sitting under the gallery again, learning to paint facing the flowers blooming outside. His teacher had a stern face and taught him sternly. The ten-year-old boy was not convinced and dipped his hands in paint, smeared all over the canvas, turned around, jumped off the stool and ran away, making his teacher yell behind him in anger.
The scene changed again, and he was learning to dance in the circular dance studio. The 12-year-old boy had grown tall, with a slender neck, and he spun gracefully and beautifully, as light as a swan.
The sun shone all over him and his eyes were filled with pride.