CH 483

483: A Scream in the Night

Rui Baby explained in detail the difference between congenital yin and acquired yin and the reasons how an area with extreme yin could be formed.

At this point, Ming Xi and the others realized the kind of place they had mistakenly entered. Yaoyue’s eyes had changed as Baby Rui explained. She thought about all the beasts in the catalog, but couldn’t find a match for the baby. She couldn’t recall any beast with such deep knowledge of the dead that looked like him.

“Then according to you, wouldn’t those places where a lot of people die become places with high concentrations of yin?” Tang asked interestedly.

“Che, dumb mortal. Very particular criteria must be met for extreme yin areas to be formed. If it was just a bunch of people dying, then the entire world would already be covered in extreme yin and the undead would have occupied every space already.” Rui Baby rolled his eyes and sighed at the low IQ of human beings. Sure enough, a genius like him was hard to come by.

“Sister Yaoyue, is what this little guy said correct?”

Yaoyue nodded. “Yes, it is exactly as he said.”

Everyone heard the conversation. Their hearts weighed heavily at the revelation, and as a result, they were even more vigilant.

“What should we do now? How long will the rain go on for? We can’t stay for forever!” Geente was irritable.

“This rain is not something ordinary humans can withstand. Evil spirits will likely overcome anyone who rushes out. Their hearts will become dominated with killing intent.” Yaoyue warned.

In other words, if they rushed out, they would lose their minds and become a lunatic.

Eventually the temperature in the room stabilized but it was still cold enough to make people shiver.

Ai Lin shrugged. “It seems we won’t be able to leave until the rain stops.”

The same was true in the original story, but in that one, there was no necromancer like Yaoyue and no smarty pants baby to warn them. In that one, people had rushed out and suffered an unimaginable fate.

Everyone who rushed out died in the rain.

The rain outside the window now was so dense, they couldn’t see anything except flashes of lightning as the thunder boomed.The atmosphere put everyone on edge.

They sat to wait out the rain. Eventually they got bored enough to start chatting with each other.

A few people talked to Mogefei’s group. As for Yaoyue, though she had a bad temper, she wouldn’t randomly make enemies, so she didn’t alienate those who came to chat with her about the rain. She wasn’t friendly, but she didn’t put on airs either.

The rain continued unrelentingly, as minute by minute, time passed. It was nighttime, but since they couldn’t see outside, they could only assume the time based on how long they had already been inside the building. Some snacked and others slept.

Their sleep was disturbed when a scream suddenly rang out in the second half of the night.

Feng Wu awoke in a daze. Several other people were also awakened, having had fallen asleep earlier.

Somebody yelled, “What’s the matter?! What happened?!”

“Who’s screaming in the middle of the night?! Geeze!” said a person annoyed at being disturbed.

“What’s going on?” Caesar asked.

He hadn’t brought a lot of people on the trip, but his group was still the largest of the four in the building.

One of the two girls who interrupted Caesar’s conversation with Zi Cheng earlier yelled out, “Master Caesar! It’s bad! I think Regina is dead!”

“Lead the way.”

The girl nodded and hurriedly led Zo and Caesar to a small kitchen not far from the hall everyone was resting in. She explained the situation quickly.

Regina had her period and needed a private place to clean herself. But Caesar said the mansion was dangerous and everyone needed to stay close together as much as possible.

With this in mind, they didn’t intend to go far. After searching a bit, they came upon the kitchen. Regina would use it to wash up while she would stand watch outside the door.

If something happened to them, everyone outside would certainly hear it; so they didn’t think it would be dangerous. They never expected something to happen where they wouldn’t even have the chance to call for help.

When Regina didn’t come out after ten minutes, she got worried and knocked on the door. There was no answer. Immediately she knew something was wrong. She forced open the door only to be confronted with a cold, blue-faced corpse.

That was when she screamed and ran to get Caesar.

The scream had been so loud, it woke everyone up. Mogefei went over with Ming Xi and Feng Wu to check on the situation.

“Regina died so tragically! Woo. . . woo. . . Who in the world killed her?!” The girl cried sadly.

Both girls adored Caesar and Regina was even interested in Zo, but despite this they had a good relationship and weren’t at odds with each other. The current trip was just supposed to be an outing; instead Regina ended up losing her life.

“Xiao Ni, did you see anything when you came in?” Zo asked after looking around. He saw nothing strange other than the wet patch near the open window.

The rain outside was filled with such strong yin and suffocating qi that no human could have come through the window. That meant whatever killed Regina couldn’t be human. Interesting.

“Rui, go and check Regina’s body for cause of death.”

There was no obvious trauma on Regina’s body. Her clothes weren’t askew and her face was abnormally calm, so calm in fact it gave the people there the chills.

Rui was Caesar’s subordinate. He caught Caesar’s eye because he was a youth in his twenties with good talent.