novelhk Chapter 70: When the world calls your name
Chapter 70: When the world calls your name
"Um……"
The man was holding onto the table.
Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, and a dull, sharp pain shot through his heart, radiating throughout his body.
pain.
It hurts too much.
It felt like countless needles were scraping his heart, threatening to pierce his diaphragm and enter his blood vessels at any moment.
His sweat was all cold. A gust of wind blew by, and the chill seeped into the depths of his skin through his pores, forming a venomous cold current that burrowed into his heart.
The sound of marathon runners' footsteps could be heard all around.
But at this moment, the man could hear almost nothing, only the increasingly strange beating of his own heart.
"Bang……"
"Bang……"
"Bang……"
The man felt a chill on his back, as if some kind of plastic bag had been pressed against his back, giving off a strange, dead skin-like sensation.
"You...stopped, right?"
The man clutched his heart, his pupils trembling violently. He dared not turn around to see what that thing was.
There was one thing he was certain of.
That was definitely a living thing.
Suddenly, the thing behind him moved, rubbing against the man's face little by little along his shoulder. The man could no longer hold on, his eyelids rolled upwards uncontrollably, and goosebumps fell all over his body.
In an instant.
A gliding sound, like something tearing through the air, echoed through the sky.
"Gah!"
A jet-black raven, like a golden eagle, spread its wings and swooped down to crash into the monster behind the man.
The monster was caught off guard.
The crow's claws left a deep wound.
The wound wasn't bleeding, but it was covered with a layer of black liquid.
The monster bared its teeth and raised its head.
The next second, countless crows could be seen circling in the sky.
It blotted out the sky and blocked out the moon.
It was as if a god had descended to earth.
The long-armed monster was stunned.
"You're so ugly! I've never seen such an ugly ghost before. Which door did you come out of?"
The crows coalesced into a human figure.
It was Zhang Ze.
The monster glanced at it, then turned and ran.
However, Zhang Ze was no pushover either. In terms of strength, he was also a top-tier red-clothed warrior, so he wouldn't let the monster slip away right under his nose.
Lingling appeared in front of the monster in an instant.
"Gah!"
Countless black liquids gushed from the severed hand, engulfing the long-armed monster like the digestive juices of a pitcher plant. The monster grinned and let out a shrill scream before being quickly devoured by Lingling.
As for Zhang Ze...
Then he slowly walked out from around the corner.
Ordinary people can't see ghosts, they can only see countless crows circling and flying, unaware that a supernatural event that was right in front of them was abruptly cut off by Zhang Ze.
Take another look at the man clutching his heart.
Zhang Ze pulled out an emergency defibrillator from the side and used it to save the man's life.
A few minutes later.
The man's breathing finally caught up.
“Who…who are you?”
"What just happened?"
Zhang Ze glanced at the man, finding him to have absolutely no connection to Yue Pan. To avoid misjudging him, he asked directly, "Do you know Yue Pan?"
"Yue what? Pan what? Never heard of it." The man looked completely bewildered.
Well, it seems he's just an innocent, unlucky guy.
Zhang Ze discarded the defibrillator and ignored the guy.
As Zhang Ze stood up, his phone suddenly rang; it was a call from Chen Ge.
"Zhang Ze!!"
"Yue Pan's video feed changed!! You rushed in and saved Yue Pan in the video, then the image suddenly started distorting, flashing a lot of static like a TV signal cut off, and then, and then..."
"And then what happened?" Zhang Ze pressed.
"Then it switched to a new video! This video is set at a private school in Xicheng District, there's a dance studio there. You might not know the way, but Yue Pan in the video has already entered the fifth floor of the dance studio, he's going to jump off!!"
Zhang Ze: ?
Is Yue Pan destined to die today?
"Don't act rashly if you don't know that place. Wait for me to get there!" Chen Ge said confidently on the phone. Xicheng Private School was Zhang Ya's school, and he was sure Zhang Ze wouldn't know the way.
As a result, Zhang Ze retorted with a single sentence.
"No matter how fast you run, can you outrun a crow?"
Chen Ge fell silent.
At that moment, Chen Ge burst into tears. Why didn't he have a decent means of transportation? Relying on his two short legs was just too uncool!
On the other end of the phone.
Zhang Ze once again used crows to travel.
Under the cover of night, no one in Hanjiang City noticed that an iron curtain of crows had somehow enveloped the city's sky.
A few minutes later.
Zhang Ze arrived at the private school in Xicheng.
The school had been abandoned for many years. If you entered through the main gate, you would most likely get lost. The internal routes were interconnected, and even Chen Ge had a lot of trouble entering for the first time.
Zhang Ze does not have this problem.
Crows can fly.
Directly target the dance studio.
The crows crashed through the glass and surged into the dance studio.
At the window ledge, a female student in a school uniform opened the window with a blank stare in her eyes. She had already stepped out with one foot, her movements stiff and mechanical.
Zhang Ze once again caused the crow to grow ghost eyes.
From the ghost's perspective, the female student's upper body is being draped in an upside-down figure, which is guiding her to open the window, walk onto the windowsill, and push open the window in preparation for jumping.
"Gah!"
The appearance of the crows broke the eerie scene.
The crows swarmed in and tore the upside-down monster to pieces.
The girl instantly snapped out of her daze, glanced down at the five-story building, and let out a scream.
“Help!!”
Her legs buckled, she lost her balance and fell down the stairs.
Free fall occurs at extremely high speeds.
In addition, in the dark, normal people cannot see people wearing dark clothes clearly. They appear as tiny black dots falling rapidly, with almost only a second to react.
Zhang Ze was faster.
In an instant, a rope was drawn, which wrapped around the girl's legs. Then, a crow was used to support the female student's body, reducing the impact.
Until it is actually implemented.
The girl screamed incessantly and sobbed uncontrollably.
However, when I touched my body, I found that I was perfectly fine and had not broken into pieces. My buttocks were just a little sore from the fall.
"What... what exactly is going on?"
The girl looked up at the sky. The flock of crows had flown away at some point. What she had just experienced felt like a dream, but a nightmare she would never forget.
Zhang Ze continued to receive calls from Chen Ge.
"Another new death video?"
"This damn guy's got his hands on me, huh?"
Zhang Ze's face instantly darkened.
The Ghost Stories Research Company must have noticed him. He ruined their plans, and their next move will definitely be more than just targeting Yue Pan.
But... when has Zhang Ze ever been afraid?
The worst that can happen is that I die once.
Anyway, Zhang Ze is no longer alive.
He wanted to see if this so-called ghost story research company had any top-tier red-clad figures comparable to himself.
"Zhang Ze, the situation is bad; you've angered them."
"Why don't we return to the film and television base first and discuss this further?"
Chen Ge said on the phone that he was still very cautious. The enemy was in the dark while he was in the light, and the enemy was suspected of having red-cloth level combat power. He really didn't dare to confront them head-on.
"If I miss this opportunity, the next one might be two weeks from now. I don't have time to waste," Zhang Ze replied.
The third ward is still waiting behind.
He didn't want to waste his time here.
"What do you mean?" Chen Ge immediately sensed something was wrong; he detected a hint of madness in Zhang Ze's tone.
"It means..."
Zhang Ze suddenly recalled a certain scene, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
Coincidentally, he also wanted to test the limits of his current supernatural powers.
"When people call my name, it means the age of the paranormal is about to end!!"