"I'm afraid the time in the rift is not the same as the flow of time in the outside world." Wen Jiubai said slowly, "Chinese people have long said that 'one day in the sky, one year in the ground', the rift opened is another dimension. It’s not surprising that space and time are different.”
"My God..." Su Xiaoyun murmured, "How many things happened while I was away?"
I sneered a few times, "It's nothing, not many. It's just that countless people are missing. Liang Kaifeng and another girl from the journalism department have passed away in suspended animation. There is no heartbeat, but there is still breathing."
Su Xiaoyun covered her mouth in surprise, "How could this be..."
"That evil spirit called Parasitic Soul stole their souls, and it must have wanted to strengthen itself to seek revenge from you." I said, "We should still have a chance to rescue them now, otherwise... I'm afraid their It will end just like your sister did."
Su Xiaoyun pursed her lips, trembling a little, then looked at Wen Jiubai for help, "Mr. Wen..."
Wen Jiubai seemed to know what she was going to say, and sat in a more comfortable position without haste, "Not without it."
"What?"
"The way to save people." Wen Jiubai looked at Su Xiaoyun and said, "I said before that any connection between monsters and people, to put it bluntly, depends on a certain contract. Because Yin and Yang, people and ghosts are in Two different worlds that happen to be parallel, logically speaking, the two will never intersect. However, because of the contract, there is a connection, and because of the existence of this contract, people will be troubled by ghosts."
I frowned impatiently, and interrupted Wen Jiubai, "It's time like this, can you stop talking about your incomprehensible theories. Just tell us what the solution is and it's over ?”
Wen Jiubai smiled, as if he had nothing to do with me, "Well, the method is very simple. Destroy or seal the cursed parasitic soul, and your friend's soul will naturally return to the body."
Su Xiaoyun and I looked at each other and were dumbfounded. This method is very simple, but it is too difficult to say and do.
However, Wen Jiubai seemed to see our concerns, and said with a smile, "Don't worry too much, everything that has ever existed will always leave traces. I also accepted the commission from Liang Kaifeng's father. The location of the evil spirit, I will definitely help you find out."
After speaking, Wen Jiubai stood up, signaling to end today's conversation.
"It's getting late, I still have time to sleep for a while when I go back."
Although Su Xiaoyun still looked anxious, she nodded and stood up. I breathed a sigh of relief, when I was about to leave the old house with Su Xiaoyun, I was stopped by Wen Jiubai.
"Gu Yu, you stay here."
I immediately turned around angrily, "Huh?"
"Anyway, it's past three o'clock in the middle of the night." Wen Jiubai said leisurely, "Don't go to sleep, I still have something to tell you."
"Hey, what kind of discrimination are you doing!" I said dissatisfied.
"Well, she's a girl. You have to be sympathetic." Wen Jiubai's peach blossom eyes narrowed, and he looked very happy, "Bai, send her back to the dormitory, please make sure she arrives safely."
"Okay!" As soon as the words fell silent, he jumped out and jumped all the way onto Su Xiaoyun's shoulder, "Let's go, it's very dangerous at night, let me escort you back, young master!"
Su Xiaoyun couldn't help showing a smile, she looked at me, as if she wanted to say something, but was urged to leave by Bai Yiyi.
The room suddenly became empty, only Wen Jiubai and I were left. I looked back at him, but this guy had already sat down, drinking tea slowly.
"Would you like a cup?" He noticed my gaze and raised the teacup in his hand, "The best Longjing tea."
"No, thank you." I said dryly, and sat across from him, "I still drink Longjing tea, like a little old man."
Wen Jiubai couldn't help laughing, shook his head, and even the tea in his quilt rippled, "You."
"I still don't quite understand." I didn't bother to talk to him, so I started the topic straightforwardly, "Didn't that parasitic soul come to the Yang Realm to get the skin in the first place? Didn't you say that it can only get a body if it gets a body?" Did you pass through that gap and come to our world?"
"I'm right." Wen Jiubai took a sip of tea.
"Then it got the skin now?"
"Probably not. Otherwise, our Su Xiaoyun should have died in Huangquan long ago, instead of being able to find us a complete account of the cause of the incident."
"Then how did it steal the souls of those people? It doesn't make sense." I was puzzled.
"So I said, it's a contract, a contract." Wen Jiubai tapped my head lightly with his finger.
I rolled my eyes, "What kind of contract is not a contract, I don't understand at all!"
"The parasitic soul is much smarter than you." Wen Jiubai raised the corners of his lips and said, "Don't you realize that all the people whose souls were taken away had strange dreams before?"
Ah, indeed. I thought of the strange campus rumors that had been circulated before. All the people who disappeared later dreamed that someone was knocking on the door outside.
"Dreamed of someone knocking on the door outside, right?" Wen Jiubai asked again.
I nodded.
Wen Jiubai rubbed his chin, "So, among the dreamers, is there anyone who hasn't opened that door?"
I was taken aback, and thought for a while, "Should... no? After all, I heard the knock on the door, so I basically opened the door to see who it was?"
Speaking of this, I suddenly realized that I stared at Wen Jiubai with wide eyes, "No way? Could it be... because of that door opening?"
Wen Jiubai nodded, "This is the same as agreeing to the name. The action of opening the door is equivalent to agreeing to the parasitic soul occupying one's body and controlling one's spirit. I think that many people were actually controlled by the parasitic soul that night. But they don't know it themselves. Therefore, those people will disappear inexplicably, or even fake their deaths."
Now, the truth of the supernatural incident on campus is completely solved. There is no dispute between anyone and anyone, nor is it a girl who committed suicide by jumping off a building with resentment in her heart. It's just a pure evil spirit that unilaterally kills innocent humans. I slumped back on the chair, with sadness, anger, resentment, and so on in my chest. Many emotions filled my chest, and it felt like it was about to explode.
"Damn it." I scratched my hair and murmured, "Why are there evil spirits and monsters in this world! What reason do such purely evil things exist in this world!"
As long as I think of Liang Kaifeng and the girl from the journalism department, they may not be rescued but just die like this, I feel an indescribable depression in my heart.