Ghost Compendium

Seeing that Wu Liang completely ignored her charm, the woman's once alluring face turned ferocious in an instant.

She lay by the edge of the bed, gritting her teeth and said, "Why aren't you afraid!?"

This question made Wu Liang feel a bit awkward.

What should he say? That he wasn't afraid because he could kill her with one punch?

Wouldn't that be a bit too rude?

After pondering for a moment, he decided to provoke the woman in front of him. Maybe he could get some useful information from her.

"Oh, maybe because I figured the state wouldn't issue an ID card to a Tang Dynasty woman born before the year AD 907, right? Tang Shiyue?" Wu Liang chatted merrily.

After speaking, he stood up, walked over to the dressing table, and pulled open the drawer that the woman hadn't closed after putting down her comb.

He reached inside, took something out, and slapped it onto the woman's face.

Along with the white rectangular card-like thing sliding off her face onto the floor, it was clear to see the words "Tang Shiyue" and her delicate face printed prominently on it.

There was also a birthdate starting with 2001 and an address belonging to the Mingyang District in the Capital City.

"Interesting, this should be your ID card, right? It seems your home is nearby, you were probably among the first victims of this long-term supernatural event, trapped here unable to leave?"

Wu Liang speculated to himself, not caring at all about the floral forehead decoration on the woman's forehead spreading across her face like a tattoo.

"But as an ordinary person, how have you survived here for half a year? Have you become an accomplice of the Fierce Ghost because of some condition? Or are you no longer human?"

As he spoke sentence by sentence, the woman's expression grew uglier and uglier.

Because the guy in front of her, who seemed so nonchalant, was exactly right!

At this moment, the pattern on her face was completely covered, and like an arrow off the string, she lunged from the bed.

The nails on her hands, which were originally decorative, somehow turned extremely sharp, clawing viciously at Wu Liang's head, while she said angrily:

"Why do you have to expose me? I'm much kinder than the other tenants! Wouldn't it be nice to let you die in a gentle place? You wouldn't even suffer!"

Slap—

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman found herself inexplicably lying on the ground.

Not only did her face feel burning with pain, but when she turned her head, she saw her sharp nails had disappeared, as if cut down by something.

What happened?!

"What did you do..."

Slap—

Another crisp slap, this time the woman covered her swelling face, barely seeing what happened.

The kid in front of her slapped her with such speed it was almost invisible, sending her spinning two or three times in the air before crashing to the ground!

What kind of power and speed is this?!

"Wait! You're not an ordinary person who came in by mistake, you're an Awakened!" The woman finally realized.

Because in the past six months, no Awakened had entered this long-term supernatural event, those she occasionally encountered were only ordinary people who entered by mistake or were framed.

So she almost forgot that Awakened existed outside.

Slap—

Another slap sent her curling up by the bed, hugging her legs and shivering, saying, "I didn't do anything..."

"Oh, sorry, I got used to it. I thought you'd be stubborn for a long time. Can we sit down and have a good chat now?" Wu Liang said apologetically.

Then he squatted in front of the woman, raised his hand and said blandly, "Tell me how you became like this in detail, otherwise you know what'll happen."

Seeing his raised right hand and feeling the burning sensation on her face that hadn't faded...

The woman hastily pleaded and began to explain all she had experienced—

According to her, this was once a newly built real estate area.

Many people came to see the surroundings and living conditions, preparing to buy houses.

At that time, she was an ordinary employee in the sales department of this real estate, leading customers to visit the buildings.

But the supernatural event suddenly descended, trapping them all in this building, unable to leave.

Originally they thought Official Awakened would come to rescue them soon, so everyone chose to hide in the most conspicuous room on the first floor to call for help.

But as days passed, everyone was starved to the point of losing sanity, and no rescue team appeared.

Now they had no choice but to fall into despair.

"The rats in the building... the cockroaches... we ate everything we could find!"

The woman muttered to herself, her expression slightly disoriented.

"Just when everyone thought they were about to die, someone suddenly said there were tenants upstairs, and they had food! Everyone rushed up first."

"But horrifyingly, people who entered that room never came out again, and no one ever saw the 'tenant' he mentioned, and eventually, even he disappeared."

"In the end, we found that to survive, we must obey the cruel supernatural conditions inside this building—becoming its tenant."

Then the woman pointed at the antique decor around her and continued:

"Moving into one of the rooms here will change according to the place we look forward to the most or miss the most. The tenant in this room will gain non-human powers!"

"Then all we need to do is kill people in our own room, and the power will grow stronger. We won't feel hunger or pain anymore."

"After scheming for half a month, only six of us survived in this building. Each of us occupied a floor, turning it into our favorite appearance, and then waited... for people who accidentally entered."

At this point, she was shivering, afraid to continue speaking.

Because she saw Wu Liang beginning to frown, his raised right hand ready to drop at any time.

"What's with the first-floor manager?" Wu Liang said after pondering for a moment.

Upon hearing the term 'manager,' the woman couldn't help but tremble a bit, speaking with a hint of terror: "She appeared out of nowhere after the six of us reached a balance!"

"Her head and limbs are pieced together from those who had died before. Whenever an outsider accidentally enters this building, she distributes them to us."

"Since she appeared, we have completely been unable to leave our respective floors! Just waiting for her to let people in... I haven't gotten anyone in a while."

Slap—

Wu Liang slapped her again, speaking with some disgust: "You still feel wronged after killing so many people? Do you still want to continue living on others' lives?"

"You!"

The woman was about to grit her teeth and shiver. Now she couldn't beat him, nor could she run away, only to rage impotently.

"You what! What do you want to say?" Wu Liang stood up, speaking disdainfully.

"You... can't you just not hit the right cheek..." Her last anger could only turn into grievance and complaint.

However, Wu Liang clutched her neck, dragging her to the door, then said: "Now I'm giving you two choices—either I kill you, or..."

"I choose the second one!"

"..."

Wu Liang was speechless for a moment. Did this person really want to live so badly? He hadn't even finished speaking yet.

"Alright, the second one it is!"

"Then I'll help you leave the fourth floor now, you take me to find the other tenants, I want to gather all of you to find the Fierce Ghost in this building!" he whispered.

Yet after hearing this, the woman timidly asked: "After I take you, could you beat them too? It's rough being the only one getting hit..."

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This woman must've been locked up too long; her mind was really a bit off?