Chapter 44 Inheritance

"Inheritance?" Fatty's eyes widened.

"Mm," Jiang Cheng nodded, while keeping an eye on the surroundings, quickly explaining to Fatty, "You saw what happened to that white-robed priestess."

"That's right," Fatty nodded, and after a moment said, "She died horribly. She was killed by those invaders and then eaten alive."

Probably recalling the scene that had been instilled in his subconscious, Fatty's face twitched a few times. For someone who had been influenced by modern ideas, cannibalism was really…

"But the curse still exists," Jiang Cheng suddenly said.

Fatty blinked, his thick eyebrows almost twisting together, "Doctor, I don't understand..."

Jiang Cheng exhaled and changed the subject, "Have you ever wondered how the old woman escaped?" He paused. "All of her teammates died in the forest, and there was no food or water there."

"Doctor," Fatty said with an embarrassed expression, "I've actually thought about this. You mentioned it before..."

In the old woman's raving when she went mad, she had once said with a sneer that all the people who had disappeared before were alive, living in… her body.

It seemed that she was telling the truth. She had eaten them all.

Moreover, on the night the biker girl disappeared, Jiang Cheng, leaning in the corner, had keenly noticed that everyone was making "gurgling" stomach noises due to hunger, except for the old woman, who was very quiet.

Her face was hidden in the darkness, and only a pair of eyes faintly gleamed.

She didn't seem hungry or thirsty.

Fatty was stunned, and then seemed to suddenly remember something. His thoughts raced back to the scene he had witnessed in the forest a few hours ago.

After the real aboriginal village chief took the child, he placed him on the stone plate, but the "monster" summoned by the white-robed priestess swallowed him in one gulp.

The sound of bones and flesh being repeatedly chewed and crushed still filled Fatty with terror.

"Ka… crunch…"

"Crunch… crunch…"

Fatty's pupils suddenly constricted. This wasn't a memory, but… He immediately looked towards the half-open stone door.

The terrifying chewing sound was back…

The sound was coming from the crack in the door.

Exactly the same…

Exactly the same as the sound made by the "monster" summoned by the white-robed priestess when chewing corpses!

Sure enough.

The doctor was right. The old woman was the former white-robed priestess, or at least, their abilities were the same!

That terrifying monster… was hidden in their bodies!

It was an inheritance…

The reason why the old woman was the only survivor was not because she was so powerful, but simply because… she was lucky enough to be chosen as the new vessel for the eerie stone plate.

That's right, a vessel!

Fatty didn't even realize that such a word would flash in his mind, but undeniably, in that instant, he had indeed found the word.

It was so fitting.

The "monster" that caused the curse was now hidden in the old woman's body. It… was the source of the curse.

"Doctor," Fatty's voice changed with excitement. He grabbed Jiang Cheng's hand. "I understand now! We can only end this mission by killing this old woman!"

"She is the source of the curse. Those guys in Black Stone Town are just a strange power attached to her," he swallowed and continued quickly, "As long as the old woman dies, then I think the guys in Black Stone Town will cease to exist as well."

In contrast to Fatty's excited expression, Jiang Cheng's face was much calmer. He first shook off Fatty's hand, and the latter touched his nose a little awkwardly.

"Doctor," Fatty was a little unsure, and after a while, he tentatively asked in a low voice, "Did I say something wrong?"

"Not really," Jiang Cheng's expression became slightly tangled. He stared at Fatty and slowly said, "Actually, what you just said is already 80 or 90 percent in line with what I was thinking."

"Then why are you making that expression?" Now it was Fatty's turn to be confused.

"I don't know either," Jiang Cheng answered honestly, smacking his lips. "I just feel weird in my heart, especially since you can understand the things here. It always makes me feel like I've overlooked something." He added, "Something very important."

Fatty: "…Doctor, I feel like you're implying something."

"Alright," Jiang Cheng waited a little longer, until there was absolutely no sound in the lighthouse, then he said, "Let's go in and take a look."

"Okay, Doctor."

Jiang Cheng walked to the door, paused, and suddenly moved out of the way, "Fatty," he turned his head and called out, "I'll push you in first. You're big, it's not convenient for one person."

"Doctor, don't be like that. If you're afraid there's danger inside and need someone to scout ahead, just say so," Fatty said in Jiang Cheng's tone, with exaggerated intonation.

"Ahem."

After Fatty whispered that it was safe inside and that they could enter, Jiang Cheng waited another minute before cautiously slipping in. This series of actions made Fatty, who was hiding behind the stone door, smack his lips.

Chen Ran, who was lying against the wall… was indeed gone.

Only the old woman remained, curled up in the corner, with a satisfied smile on her face.

As if knowing that her identity had been exposed, the old woman raised her eyebrows, and her withered hand was still stroking her stomach, as if comforting something inside.

Fatty felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the back of his head.

He always felt that for the old woman, his plump body should be more attractive than the doctor's lean physique.

"Doctor," Fatty didn't dare to look at the old woman, so he could only look at the doctor, his lips trembling, "Why do I feel like she's always staring at me?"

"Don't worry," Jiang Cheng was about to continue, but Fatty interrupted him understandingly, "Doctor," he said with a mournful face, "I beg you, please be a good person. Just tell me what you're thinking, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to hear it later."

"Two paths," Jiang Cheng didn't avoid the old woman's gaze, because according to the known information, at least in this stone room, unless alone, there was no precedent for the old woman eating people.

He didn't think that he and Fatty were worth her making an exception for.

"First, you go and stab her to death," Jiang Cheng took out a dagger and waved it, then thought for a while and relaxed the requirements depending on the person, "Two stabs are fine, three stabs at most! I'm worried that you'll stab her too many times and make her angry, and we'll both be in trouble."

Fatty glanced at the old woman, and when his eyes met hers, Fatty's whole body trembled.

"Doctor, I choose the second path," he said pitifully, "To be honest, Doctor, I've never even killed a chicken at home. When I buy vegetables and fish, I also choose the ones that have just died. I can't bear to touch the live ones."

"Deal!" Jiang Cheng grinned.