The zombie demon's speed had gotten so fast that I couldn't capture it even with the Spiritual Eye.
When I heard Han Dai's cry for help and looked up,
the little zombie demon had already landed on Han Dai's nape with a rusty wire in its tiny hand, strangling Han Dai's slender swan-like neck, "Kill... kill you... kill you..."
"No... you can't..."
If Congcong exerted just a bit more force, Han Dai's head would fall off. I threw caution to the wind and rushed forward, grabbing the wire with my hands, "Congcong, aunty is begging you, don't kill anyone. No matter how much you hate Han Dai, you shouldn't take matters into your own hands."
"Hungry, I'm hungry... eat her... master told me to eat her..." Congcong was completely controlled, her body emitting black Demonic Qi that made the room's temperature plummet to freezing.
I was frozen stiff, all my joints rigid, but still unyieldingly tried to block the wire from claiming Han Dai's life, "If you're hungry, we can drink milk... sweet milk is very tasty. If you eat a person, you'll never be able to drink sweet milk again... Please don't eat people, aunty is begging you."
"Milk... sweet milk... tastes good..." Tears of blood streamed from Congcong's eyes, the bright red in her eyes fading significantly, yet her face contorted as if enduring immense pain, "Congcong wants milk, wants to drink... the sweet milk aunty brings! Sweet... tastes good..."
Her grip on the wire began to loosen.
Her small body suddenly jerked, her eyes uncontrolled and turned an even more terrifying scarlet, "It hurts so much, I want to kill her..."
Congcong was completely controlled by the one manipulating her from behind!!
If she didn't obey the command to kill Han Dai, Congcong would be in pain.
Her demonization would intensify, the black Demonic Qi stripping her of everything human, a torment so agonizing it was unbearable.
I almost tore my vocal cords, my anger uncontrollable as I urged Bai Yinman, who hadn't taken any action, "Bai Yinman! Are you going to watch your own child kill someone right in front of you?"
"Why can't I??" Bai Yinman suddenly snapped back to her senses, scoffing coldly.
At this moment she seemed to share a crazed connection with the little zombie demon, her face twisted with ferocity, "Han Dai deserves to die!! I won't save her, stop wasting your breath."
Han Dai's will to live was incredibly strong, she used all her might to hold onto the wire, "The real... wrong is the one who caused your stillbirth, not me..."
A crisp "snap" suddenly rang out.
One of Han Dai's fingers was cleanly severed by the wire.
The bloodstained severed finger fell to the ground, a drop of blood splashing on my cheek.
Han Dai screamed in agony and fainted from the pain.
But Bai Yinman was indifferent, her heart as cold as devoid of any human emotion, "Maybe you weren't the cause of my difficult labor, but did someone hold a gun to your head and force you to drop my child? You are a beast in human clothing!! You deserve this end..."
With Han Dai no longer protecting herself and resisting, the wire dug into my flesh.
If I didn't let go, my fingers would be the next to be severed.
"If Congcong's hands are stained with a human life, she will completely become a real zombie demon, never to be reincarnated..." I was nearly at my limit, blood streaming from my hands holding back the wire, my forehead beading with copious sweat.
But I didn't want to give up, not for Han Dai, but because I didn't want Congcong to fall into an unredeemable abyss.
Bai Yinman's face changed in an instant, "What? How could this be!! Miss Wan, what should I do?! Tell me!"
"Soothe her with your mother's identity!" I cried out loudly, my fingers bloody, my forehead sweating profusely.
It was all my fault for having a brain lapse just now. If I had told Bai Yinman immediately about the consequences of Congcong getting hurt or involved in a killing, she would have intervened sooner, and I wouldn't have had to endure this ordeal.
Without any hesitation, Bai Yinman lunged forward and hugged her child, the frenzied little zombie demon, and held her tight in her arms, "Congcong!! Don't kill, listen to me, don't kill! I am your mother, I am your mother, do you still recognize me?"