Chapter 14 The Truth

Although Zhu Jie wasn't clear about what Li Bai meant by making contact, she fully understood the urgency of the current situation. Wu, almost the only fighting force, had been diverted. The remaining people would be lambs to the slaughter when facing those monsters.

"You're awake?"

As Jiang Cheng entered the room, Zhu Jie naturally remained in the outer hall, doing some cleaning work, but in reality, she was watching the activity in another room in the courtyard. Dr. Zhou was there, discussing the next plan with Wang Fugui and Tang Qisheng.

Seeing Jiang Cheng, Li Bai excitedly repeated what she had said to Zhu Jie earlier, and urged Jiang Cheng to bring Wu back immediately.

At first, Jiang Cheng was also shocked by what Li Bai said, but after a moment, he calmed down again, and a hint of vigilance appeared in his eyes as he looked at Li Bai. "You said you were appointed by the state to be responsible for contacting and supporting the troops, then why didn't Lin Wan'er mention this to me before?"

"This... I don't know either. Perhaps this matter is top secret, and she will only be informed when the operation truly begins. But when she sees Commissioner Lin, she will definitely recognize my identity."

"Alright, since you said that those people who can't give the password are fake, then tell me, what is the real password you agreed upon?" Jiang Cheng asked again.

At this moment, a trace of hesitation appeared on Li Bai's face, but after a moment, she resolutely shook her head. "I'm sorry, I can't say."

"Why?"

"Because I just woke up and have no idea what happened here. I can't judge whether you are real or fake. If the Night Watchmen get the password, then the real Jiang Cheng and Wang Fugui will be in danger." Li Bai spoke firmly, with no room for negotiation.

"But if you don't say anything, how can you prove that what you're saying is true?" The distrust in Jiang Cheng's eyes deepened. He slowly retreated, "To be honest, I suspect that you are the Night Watchmen's mole, otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that you and Yao Shunyu both fainted, and he was so badly injured? Wu took people to the Barren Mountain to kill Da Heitian. Did that hit your weak spot? You want to turn against us and make us kill each other!"

Li Bai gritted her teeth, tore open her clothes, and took out a light blue ribbon from inside. "I have this too. The higher-ups gave it to me before the operation began. Jiang Cheng, please believe me, those people are fake!"

Carefully taking the ribbon, he confirmed that it was the same as the ones Dr. Zhou and the others had. And the number on this ribbon was.

Just as Jiang Cheng was pondering the ins and outs of the matter, he didn't notice that the flame of the oil lamp in the room seemed to be lowered by something, and the remaining flame became precarious.

"Hmm?" Zhu Jie's incredulous voice came from the hall outside.

"Da da da."

Accompanied by a burst of hasty footsteps, two figures barged in. Fatty rushed into the bedroom, his face full of fear. "They're here! Da Heitian is here!"

"What?!"

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart. What time was it? At most, it was not even 9 o'clock. There was still a long time before midnight.

Then Jiang Cheng looked behind Fatty. Only Tang Qisheng, who was equally flustered, had followed. "Where's Dr. Zhou?"

"Dr. Zhou was worried that the bloody smell from the roe deer's corpse in the disassembled room would attract evil spirits, so he fetched a basin of water to deal with it, and told us not to wander around in the house." Fatty had a very good impression of this Dr. Zhou, who was refined, amiable, and very righteous.

"The torches outside... the torches outside are extinguished!" Zhu Jie suddenly reminded.

Taking a few steps to the door of the hall and looking outside, the originally bright sky was now hazy. The torches stuck on the walls of the courtyard gate had been extinguished without anyone noticing. Even more frightening, the paper figures behind the door were also hiding in the shadows.

Jiang Cheng had a feeling that these paper figures were not necessarily covered by the darkness. Perhaps they had already started walking and left silently.

Seeing Jiang Cheng close the door and even insert the bolt behind the door, Fatty was stunned. "Dr. Zhou is still outside!"

"Cough... Cough cough... There is no Dr. Zhou at all. They are fake!" Li Bai coughed violently as soon as she got anxious.

Fatty and Tang Qisheng were completely stunned. The two of them didn't come back to their senses for a while. But what surprised them even more was that Jiang Cheng pointed at Li Bai, "Tie her up for me!"

"What the hell is going on?" Fatty's head was spinning. How could everything be in such a mess after not seeing each other for a while?

"Hurry up!"

Although they didn't understand what was going on, out of trust for Jiang Cheng, Fatty, Tang Qisheng, and Zhu Jie still carried out the order. Li Bai didn't resist at all, but stared out the window with a complicated expression, as if she was also worried about something.

The room became completely silent. Everyone was afraid to breathe. Looking outside through the cracks in the window, they could only see a piece of darkness. It was as if the entire courtyard, or even the entire village, had disappeared. The house they were in was the only existence in the darkness.

This was very close to what Yao Laohan said, but it was also different. It seemed that many things that Jiang Cheng couldn't understand had happened here.

Just as everyone was waiting anxiously, there was a faint rustling sound outside the door. The sound was very light, but it was immediately captured. Zhu Jie and Tang Qisheng, who were hiding in the hall, leaned closely against each other. An ominous atmosphere infected everyone.

Until the sound stopped outside the door.

"Dong."

"Dong."

Someone was knocking on the door very softly, and only knocked twice.

"Who is it?" Jiang Cheng lowered his voice.

"It's me, Dr. Zhou." The voice outside was very low, and the tone was constantly trembling, "Li Bai, where is Li Bai?"

Jiang Cheng suddenly had a bad feeling. "What do you want to ask her for?"

"Quick, leave quickly, before they react, we... we've fallen into a trap!" Dr. Zhou's tone outside was almost crying.

"What's going on?" Jiang Cheng still had no intention of opening the door, and Dr. Zhou outside didn't ask him to, but his next words made Jiang Cheng feel cold all over, "We've been deceived. There's something wrong with the old couple. The reason they were able to survive is because they are Da Heitian's believers!"

"I found a secret room in the woodshed in the backyard. It was arranged as Da Heitian's altar. There were also two naked headless corpses hanging in the altar, and two heads were placed on the offering table on the left and right, just... just the two people you brought! Li Bai and Yao Shunyu!"

"They're already dead. They are sacrifices, sacrifices used to summon Da Heitian!"

"The two paper figures outside are paper bodies prepared for them, those two child servants!" (Tong Nan Tong Nu)

"Don't... don't disturb them. They may not have realized that they are actually dead. Once disturbed, I'm afraid they will turn into vengeful ghosts and start killing people!"

"The two people you... you rescued are two dead people!"