On the night of September 13, Ding Jie squandered the money he had stolen, took everyone to the most upscale hotel for a feast, and then rented a five-star presidential suite, one for each person. He and Zhang Jin somehow managed to summon several voluptuous models, and had sex with them in the room. Nice's injury had long since healed, and he seemed bored, so he went to the hotel's gym to vent his excess energy.
Li Chengren and Ye Mei have been very close these days. After dinner, he asked Ding Jie for some money, invited Ye Mei to dance in the ballroom, and gave her flowers, coaxing Ye Mei into almost forgetting about being cursed by Sadako.
Yuan Zhi was disabled, but she couldn't suppress her desire to watch TV. Of course, she wasn't cramming horror movies, but watching Korean idol dramas. She asked the waiter to rent several sets of movies, piled them up on the bedside, and studied the bloody plots and disgusting dialogues in the dramas day and night.
Meng Xiang was not as relaxed as them. In the past few days, except for occasionally chatting with Yuan Zhi and chatting with Nice, he had been locking himself in the room to cultivate his spiritual power. Although he had not been practicing for a long time, he could clearly feel the rapid growth of his spiritual power, which made him very proud and secretly praised himself for choosing a wise path. Unfortunately, Ding Jie forbade them to go out at will, so Meng Xiang had not been able to test the extent to which his strength had increased.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the doorbell rang. Meng Xiang shouted reluctantly: "Who?"
"It's me, Zhang Hui."
This was beyond Meng Xiang's expectations. He had never talked much with the newlyweds. Zhang Hui once went to Izu with him, but Zhang Hui, who was frightened at that time, had ignored Meng Xiang since he came back. Meng Xiang was also happy and at ease. He didn't expect that Zhang Hui would come to his door now. He hurried to open the door and pretended to be nice.
Zhang Hui was much thinner than when he first entered the samsara world, with a protruding jaw and sunken eyes, like a person with severe insomnia. Meng Xiang invited him to sit down in the room, but he sat down on the bed and said awkwardly, "We haven't talked since Izu came back. Are you looking for me this time because you're bored?" Zhang Hui was very introverted and pessimistic. He didn't have much contact with Li Chengren and Ye Mei, who were also newcomers, so he usually stayed alone.
"No, I just want to ask, is the death rate of newcomers in the reincarnation world high?" Zhang Hui muttered for a long time before asking this question in a low voice.
This was difficult for Meng Xiang, because this was only his second horror film, but taking Nice as a reference, he had experienced 6 horror films, and there were only 5 people in the team including him, and on average less than 1 newcomer could survive each horror film. He immediately replied: "It's quite high, on average less than 1 newcomer can safely survive the first horror film. This is my second horror film, and I was lucky in the last one. I narrowly escaped death several times, but at the end, the captain completed the task before I died, so I survived."
Zhang Hui's body trembled slightly, and he lowered his head to play with the prop. Meng Xiang didn't like dealing with such a gloomy and indecisive person. Seeing that he was silent, he didn't bother to pay attention to him. On the surface, he sat and chatted with Zhang Hui, but in fact, he secretly adjusted his spiritual energy according to the Kaio-ken technique to buy time to improve his strength.
After a long while, Zhang Hui suddenly looked up, his eyes wandering, as if he was hesitant about something. He asked in a deeper voice: "In Izu, I was frightened by a ghost, so I have no idea how you fought off the evil ghost. Do you think we can kill Sadako? Or, are the remaining four chances to kill Sadako enough?"
Meng Xiang didn't expect him to ask this question, and he blurted out, "The chances of killing Sadako are quite high. After all, there are four chances. If you know Sadako's background, the chances of success will naturally increase.
"So, are we just pawns left behind to find out Sadako's strength?" Zhang Hui stared at Meng Xiang with eyes full of despair. Meng Xiang regretted saying the wrong thing to scare the man, but at the same time he despised Zhang Hui, a young man, who was as timid as a woman. Ye Mei had also witnessed Sadako's curse, and she survived it, but Zhang Hui actually fainted at the sight of a ghost, which was a disgrace to a man. He was unwilling to answer this question anymore, and sat cross-legged on the bed and said indifferently: "We must stay optimistic, maybe we can complete the task in the first ambush. Things are unpredictable, there is no need to be so pessimistic."
Zhang Hui held his head in his hands and cried softly, and his intermittent words entered Meng Xiang's ears: "Those evil ghosts are so scary. They have no hands, no feet, and their faces are festering. And it is rumored that Sadako has scared people to death even when watching movies. How can she survive being cursed by such evil ghosts? It is better to die than to endure such torture..." He walked out of the room slowly like a zombie without a soul, without even closing the door, and disappeared into the corridor.
"If a man is like you, it would be better for him to die." Meng Xiang thought to himself. He closed the door and continued his spiritual practice.
The wall clock time was exactly 7:05, which was the time when Asakawa Reiko watched the cursed videotape in Izu. At this time, a living life in the Nameless Team had been lost.
"Wow, someone jumped off the building." The constant noise outside the hotel prevented Meng Xiang from meditating. He walked to the window angrily and looked down, cursing fiercely: "Damn it, if someone jumps off the building, just go farther away. Aren't you afraid of disturbing others?" He saw that the area in front of the hotel was already full of people. Soon after, the sound of an ambulance came from afar.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Meng Xiang felt irritated and walked over to open the door and said impatiently, "Damn it, don't you let me rest?"
Outside the door was a sweet waitress who seemed frightened by Meng Xiang's vicious attitude. She bowed and said with a little panic but very gently: "Sorry to bother you. Someone just jumped off the building in the room next to you. Excuse me...Excuse me, is it your friend?"
This time, Ding Jie rented a presidential suite for everyone. Zhang Hui lived in the next room. Meng Xiang was shocked and ran over. He saw that Zhang Hui's room was very clean, as if no one had lived there. The window was open and the wind blew the curtains, but there was no sign of Zhang Hui. He took the elevator to the hotel downstairs and squeezed through the onlookers. It was indeed Zhang Hui. He jumped from the 18th floor, his head was cracked, his body was broken, and he was no longer in human form.
Zhang Hui committed suicide by jumping off the building, which made Ding Jie lose interest in fighting with beautiful women. The original detailed plan was disrupted, and they lost an opportunity to kill Sadako. The result might be fatal. He drove all the beauties out of the room, biting a cigar in his mouth, and closed the door with a "bang", ignoring Meng Xiang and others.
Nice and Yuan Zhi looked at each other and went back to their rooms. Zhang Jin was still smiling, with the excitement still on his face. He went back to his room to vent his energy, while Li Chengren and Ye Mei trembled and hugged each other. It was unknown whether it was intentional or not, but in the end, Li Chengren pulled Ye Mei into his room...
That night, Meng Xiang was in a state of confusion. Zhang Hui's death had nothing to do with anyone else. It was just that he was pessimistic and obsessed with trivial matters. He jumped off the building because he couldn't bear the pressure. But what Meng Xiang said to him before seemed to make Zhang Hui, who was still wavering, decide to commit suicide. He felt a little guilty and self-blaming. When he couldn't concentrate, he chose to sleep soundly.
The next day, September 14, at 12 noon tomorrow, Sadako will come out to kill Li Chengren, and it will also be the day they try to kill Sadako for the first time. Ding Jie came out early and said nothing about what happened last night. Apart from eating and drinking, he wandered around the hotel as usual, occasionally teasing beautiful women. But after dinner in the evening, Ding Jie announced his temporary decision: let Yuan Zhi watch the video tape.
Yuan Zhi did not refute, she chose to accept it silently. Ding Jie's decision is understandable. According to the original plot, on the morning of the 14th, Takayama Ryuji watched the videotape, and on the 21st, Sadako climbed out of the TV and killed Takayama Ryuji. Originally, this was their last chance to kill Sadako. Now that Zhang Hui committed suicide, they must strive for one more chance. As long as Yuan Zhi watched the videotape, they could ambush Sadako again on the night of the 21st. This was their last chance. Even if they were not injured in the 4 ambushes, they did not have many talisman bullets, holy water and talismans. After using up these weapons, it would be useless even if they were given 10,000 more chances.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, in Yuan Zhi's room, the video tape showing Sadako's curse was not a Korean drama. Meng Xiang sat aside, and he chose to remain silent because he didn't know how to comfort Yuan Zhi.
While watching the videotape, Yuan Zhi, who was leaning on the bed, suddenly said to Meng Xiang: "Meng Xiang, I mentioned to you before that the man who unlocked the potential lock level 1 in the first horror movie, his name is Leng Tianyou."
For a moment, Meng Xiang didn't understand why Yuan Zhi mentioned "him" in her heart. He watched TV quietly, waiting for Yuan Zhi's explanation.
Yuan Zhi took a deep breath and leaned against the bed. Her eyes were sharp. She was not looking at the videotape, but her future. She paused and suddenly said forcefully, "Since I once begged you to spare my life, if you have the chance to meet him, please help me tell him, 'I'm sorry for getting you into trouble. Please give up your hatred and live well.'"
Meng Xiang didn't quite understand, so he turned around and asked, "Isn't he dead? How could I possibly meet him again?"
Yuan Zhi sighed, her expression changed suddenly, and her face was smiling like a ripe apple: "You need to spend more time studying the 'Book' of the Lord God Space. The Reincarnation Squad is divided into the main team and the sub-teams. The main teams are divided by region, namely the East Continent Team, the South Continent Team, the West Continent Team, the North Continent Team and the Central Continent Team. Our Nameless Team is a sub-team of the Central Continent Team. In addition to the teams divided by region, there are several special teams, one of which is called the 'Devil Reincarnation Squad'. This team is composed of all the resurrected people who died in the reincarnation world. As long as the Lord God determines that the potential has reached a certain level, and there is no one with the same ability in the 'Devil Reincarnation Squad', then the dead person can be resurrected in the 'Devil Reincarnation Squad'. There is no limit on the number of people in the 'Devil Reincarnation Squad', but the plot difficulty of the horror movie they experience is twice that of ours, and the rewards are also twice as much, so the death rate of the team is very high, but those who survive are also very strong."
"You mean, Leng Tianyou might be resurrected by the Lord God in the Demon Reincarnation Team?" Meng Xiang didn't pay attention to the introduction of the Reincarnation Team in the 'Book'. Now after hearing what Yuan Zhi said, he understood Yuan Zhi's intention. He said solemnly with a hint of sadness: "I think you should tell him in person. If you are killed by Sadako, it means that our mission has failed, and we will go to hell with you."
Yuan Zhi seemed to be thinking about something, and then said quietly, "Just promise me, and don't worry about other things."
"Yes, yes, I promise you." Meng Xiang sometimes felt that women were really unreasonable, but seeing Yuan Zhi's serious look, he could only reluctantly agree.
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