Zhang Chao was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then quickly reacted:
"Masaka! A thousand-mile marriage tied by a thread, and you're going straight to a hotel upon meeting? Zhang Wei, you and Miss Lu... hehehe."
As Zhang Chao spoke, he slapped the driver's shoulder in the front seat:
"Driver, turn around, head to the airport, and hurry, it's urgent."
Zhang Wei ignored Zhang Chao's boisterousness, as he was already thinking of asking the driver to speed up. He then lowered his head to chat with Lu Lianxue via WeChat.
...
Meanwhile.
At Jin Guan City Airport, in the arrival hall.
As it was early morning, there weren't many people in the airport. One could see, among the scattered individuals in the hall, a graceful figure sitting on a public seat by the hall.
She was wearing a goose-yellow short-sleeved shirt, paired with tight jeans. Coupled with her stunningly beautiful face, even while looking down at her phone, her beauty could not be concealed. Passersby frequently cast sideways glances at her, their eyes filled with a hint of astonishment, almost mistaking her for some female celebrity.
That was Lu Lianxue.
To spend May 20th with Zhang Wei, she had specifically booked her ticket the night before and flown to Sichuan Province early in the morning.
At this moment.
Lu Lianxue was looking down, chatting with Zhang Wei on WeChat. She would occasionally glance at the messages Zhang Wei sent, and would giggle with amusement.
[Lu Lianxue]: I'm wearing a goose-yellow short-sleeved shirt today. Xiao Lin picked it out for me. She said you like yellow the most, Zhang Wei, so wearing this color would attract you the most.jpg/
After sending the message.
Lu Lianxue tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, glanced down at the clothes she was wearing, and broke into a radiant smile.
This outfit was chosen by Xiao Lin for her last night. According to Xiao Lin, Xiao Wei Zi liked the color of the clothes, and the tight pants accentuated her figure, which would make Xiao Wei Zi completely infatuated. This was how her first time with Xiao Wei Zi began.
Thinking of this.
Lu Lianxue couldn't help but adjust her clothes.
Just then.
Ding dong.
Zhang Wei sent a message.
Hearing the WeChat notification sound, Lu Lianxue put down her hands that were adjusting her clothes and picked up her phone, preparing to read Zhang Wei's message.
Huh?
As she picked up her phone, Lu Lianxue sensed something and looked around, her delicate eyebrows knitting together.
Although she was chatting with Zhang Wei.
Lu Lianxue had also been observing her surroundings. The hall was not crowded at the moment, and the environment had not changed from before. Looking out through the massive floor-to-ceiling windows of the hall, the sky was bright and sunny, with the sun's rays shining down.
Yet, in this seemingly normal scene in the hall, Lu Lianxue frowned, realizing something was amiss.
It was too quiet.
The environment and people in the hall had not changed, but the sounds had suddenly fallen silent. Looking out through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto the road outside, all vehicles had disappeared. This was an airport, after all; even in the early morning, there would be taxis at the arrival exit.
But now, not only were there no taxis on the road outside, but not a single person could be seen. The eerie silence outside made it feel as if she were in a deserted Silent Hill.
And the situation outside was not what made Lu Lianxue feel most uneasy.
Instinctively.
Lu Lianxue looked at the people in the hall.
Although there were few people in the hall, there were still dozens of them. Yet, at this moment, not a single sound was uttered... No, not just sound, they had all stopped, as if frozen in place, all standing or sitting where they were.
This strange scene sent an inexplicable chill down her spine.
If it weren't for the fact that they were still breathing evenly, Lu Lianxue would have almost believed she was in a world that had been frozen in time.
"Ghost domain? Bewitched?"
Lu Lianxue's pretty face darkened, her beautiful eyes darting around. Forgetting about chatting with Zhang Wei, she took out her spiritual artifact.
She pondered in her mind.
She looked at the people nearby who were 'frozen'. She noticed that each of them had vacant eyes, as if their attention had been captured by something. This was a typical symptom of being bewitched.
However, she had never encountered such a widespread bewitchment before.
Considering that this was an airport, the arrival hall on the first floor alone occupied a vast area. With no one outside the windows now, it was clear that she and these people had been drawn into a ghost domain.
Even the outside had been drawn into the ghost domain. Based on preliminary judgment, at least the hall they were in had been drawn into the ghost domain, and in the worst-case scenario... the entire airport had been drawn into the ghost domain.
This was the airport of the metropolis of Jin Guan City, occupying a vast area. If the entire airport were drawn in, even in the early morning, at least fifty or more people would have been affected.
Upon learning the situation.
Lu Lianxue immediately called the Wei Dao Division, preparing to inform them of the situation while attempting to rescue people. As a member of the Wei Dao Division, citizens were their responsibility to protect.
However, before she could take any action.
Lu Lianxue felt dizzy and disoriented, her vision blurring. Faintly, she seemed to hear a low hum in her ears.
As the jade pendant she carried shattered, her expression changed drastically.
According to popular belief, in every region, there is a common saying that jade can protect people. If one keeps a piece of jade for a long time, it can even help ward off disaster and save a life at a critical moment.
This was why people of high status in ancient times liked to wear jade. One reason was to display their status, and the other was the saying about nurturing jade. When the jade that had been with them for years shattered, it meant the jade had blocked a fatal disaster for its owner.
Lu Lianxue's jade pendant was also like this.
It was a jade blessed by an elder from Longhu Mountain, and she had worn it since childhood. Ordinary ghosts' illusions could not affect her.
However, now...
A bewitched state had caused her jade to shatter.
A Ghost King!
And not just an ordinary Ghost King.
Realizing this.
Lu Lianxue gritted her teeth and abandoned the idea of rescuing people, turning to rush out of the airport.
Her strength was indeed greater than before, but she could at most deal with a Red Clothed Fierce Ghost. She was not yet capable of dealing with a Ghost King, let alone one that was not ordinary. Facing such a level, her only outcome would be death.
Rather than staying here, failing to save anyone and losing her own life, it was better to take the message out and provide information for the subsequent support from the Wei Dao Division with the information she had witnessed.
Just as she was about to rush out of the airport.
She seemed to sense something and looked back at the hall.
She saw that all the people who had been bewitched and motionless earlier had now moved. They all raised their heads and looked at the ceiling.
As Lu Lianxue ran, she followed their gaze upwards, and her pupils instantly contracted.
At some point.
From the airport ceiling, thick, old, foul-smelling hemp ropes had descended. Each rope had a noose tied to its end. These ropes had appeared out of nowhere and covered the entire ceiling.
No.
Not just ropes.
Lu Lianxue looked at the ceiling in horror.
She saw that not only were there ropes on the ceiling, but there were also corpses hanging there, one after another, their skin deathly pale. These corpses were of men and women, old and young, dressed in various ways.
But she still recognized that those corpses were identical to the people in the hall. It seemed as if those corpses were their future.
This was not her baseless speculation.
It was because, among the corpses on the ceiling, she saw a corpse. It was wearing a goose-yellow short-sleeved shirt and tight pants. Although the corpse's skin was deathly pale, it could not conceal the beauty of its face.
That was a corpse that looked exactly like Lu Lianxue!
At this moment.
Lu Lianxue, who was running, felt her scalp tingle, and her hair stood on end.
...