C18 — Strange Tales by the Lakeside
by UntamedSWith the sound of a gu-nshot, a large amount of blo-od splattered on the grass, and Ma Yuanan’s body fell straight down, causing everyone present, except Zhuo Yu, to be caught off guard and stare in disbelief.
This old man, who once caused trouble and tricked dozens of people to death in films, and the leader of the Soul Hunters Union, lay on the green grass in an unclear manner, with repentance and despair still lingering in his empty eyes, and blo-od oozing from his mouth.
Ma Yuanan had committed sui-cide.
What the hell happened!
The exorcists were even more unable to believe their eyes, they were far away and didn’t hear what Zhuo Yu was talking to the captain about. However, no matter what they spoke about, the captain…
[Actor Ma Yuanan, dead. Died by sui-cide.]
Zhuo Yu let out a loud laugh as he listened to the system’s broadcast, the rich ink colour in his eyes fading: ”What kind of exorcist is this? After I said a few words, his faith was shaken and he would rather commit sui-cide and go to hell to redeem himself. I thought this game would be more interesting, but it’s really disappointing.”
Zhou Wu stared at Zhuo Yu in disbelief as he was slowly backing away.
“Dear Mr Zhou, I have discovered a secret.” Zhuo Yu stopped laughing, his eyes looked over like a falcon, “There is a connection between the character and the actor, I precisely used the personality conflict between that priest character and the actor to make him develop a cognitive barrier and use the character to ki-ll him.”
“That guy might have been forcefully involved, but you are different.” Zhuo Yu’s words pierced into Zhou Wu’s heart like a knife, “So, are you going to learn from the priest and repent for your behaviour of bullying the weak?”
Zhou Wu’s face suddenly turned pale, as if he had been poked in the deepest hidden part of his past.
He often bull-ied and ostracised his roommate during his time at university on the basis of his physical fitness, and because of a verbal argument, he even beat the other person to the point where he was hospitalised. However, his family had some money, they quickly settled the matter, but his roommate became mentally ill and dropped out of school, his good years were wasted.
He didn’t think anything of it, but a few years later he heard that the roommate had died at home from burning himself because he couldn’t stand the mental torture.
His roommate’s family kept going to school and his house to make trouble, and all they got was a sentence from Zhou Wu: “His ability to bear is too low. It’s none of my business that he died.”
In Zhou Wu’s mind, people without power deserved to be bull-ied.
But when he came to the set, he realised that he could also be the weak one, standing in the position of being looked down upon, then he realised how his classmate felt back then.
He was repenting, though not too sincerely, but right now, Zhou Wu was more afraid that he would have to take a bullet later as well.
“How do you know? Something is wrong. You are not Zhuo Yu. Who are you?!”
Zhuo Yu smiled. “Oh, it sounds like you know me well. Is it possible that you didn’t know Zhuo Yu from the beginning?”
Zhou Wu trembled like a sieve, he understood, this person had entered the set and immediately disguised himself, wearing a gentle and relatable face, but inside he was thinking about how to eat others alive, this guy was a madman!!!!
Zhou Wu turned around and ran. The exorcists hiding in the bushes couldn’t help themselves and rushed out, wanting to avenge their boss.
However, Zhuo Yu’s playtime was already over.
The masked man who was as tall as a small mountain appeared, his crocodile mask was as horrifying as a ghost or a god, the giant axe was like a light toy in his hands, as soon as the axe flew over, it chopped over the exorcist who rushed at the front, the powerful impact caused him to follow the axe and he flew backwards more than five metres away.
The man gritted his teeth and pulled out the healing spray he had redeemed with Flame Points from the grid space, saving his own life while the blo-od was still fresh and he could still move, but at the moment he was unable to get up and could only collapse on the grass, breathing heavily.
“Lao Er!” The other two exorcists gritted their teeth, but they couldn’t get too close to the BOSS, so they planned to use baiting tactics.
Just because the Holy Water couldn’t take effect on Zhuo Yu didn’t mean it wouldn’t take effect on the BOSS either!
The two of them taunted the BOSS to the utmost, saying things like what a stupid, big man with an intelligence not as good as a three year old, but the BOSS completely ignored all of this, until they brought up Zhuo Yu.
“That crippled lover of yours is just waiting to be r-aped and k-illed by me first!” The lewd, short exorcist yelled, ignoring the fact that there was an audience watching the film, he justifiably spat out vulgar and nasty words.
Soon, the exorcists noticed that the BOSS’s gaze had changed.
“Wow.” Zhuo Yu laughed and clapped his hands, “It’s the first time I’ve seen someone actively seeking death.”
“Run!”
The two of them ran towards the lake shore in a hurry, there was a large amount of holy water buried there, as long as the BOSS was weakened by the holy water, then they would have a fighting chance!
As a union that had always hunted film bosses, they naturally possessed flame points that were hard for ordinary players to reach, which allowed them to get quite a few good skills and life-saving props. Ma Yuanan was actually the one with the strongest strength; his puppet dolls could often fight the film monsters, but Ma Yuanan didn’t even have a chance to cast them out before Zhuo Yu tricked him to death.
With their biggest trump card gone, the exorcists could only hope that the holy water was powerful enough!
“Snap,” a thin sound, a transparent fishing line was finally touched by the boss, the holy water bottle violently exploded, glass shards mixed with liquid poured all over the man, and even the crocodile head was dripping holy water, but…
It was useless.
This showed that the boss wasn’t a ghost but a real human.
“This can’t be!!!” One of the exorcist’s eyes widened in anger, and he suddenly ran faster with the wind at his feet.
If Zhuo Yu was a human, that was understandable, but how could the boss be a human? He was clearly a monster! He hadn’t aged after living for more than fifty years!
The boss paused for a moment as he looked at the glass shards and crystalline liquid all over the ground, and an extremely irritated emotion ran through him. This was church holy water, so just then, this group of invaders were trying to ki-ll Zhuo Yu with this, right?
They saw that Zhuo Yu was also a human and wouldn’t be injured, so they came out to intercede under false pretences.
If Zhuo Yu was really a spirit body and not reincarnated ……
Intolerable …… unforgivable!
It got dark very early in the Golden Lake; the exorcists arrived at their destination in the afternoon, but now, the crows had already landed in flocks to wail on the branches, and the dusk sun was hiding behind the mountains, and the huge full moon was about to rise in the sky.
Zhuo Yu picked up Ma Yuanan’s pistol and slowly came to the exorcist who had been cut down by Asha.
“Let’s play a game too.” Zhuo Yu blinked his pretty almond-shaped eyes, “Let’s see if you can last longer than that old man?”
The exorcist twitched and was still hit in the end.
Inside the wooden house, Liu Jingyun shivered as she looked at these two intimidating big men.
Zhuo Yu …… Zhuo Yu had talked the actor to death, and was ready to mentally manipulate the other one, as an actor and a survivalist, she should make a decisive decision to drive and run away now, while the BOSS hadn’t yet returned, and the heartless Zhuo Yu didn’t have the effort to deal with her, and hurriedly run to Spring Town to take refuge.
Compared to what curse or what Yin corpse, it was obvious that Zhuo Yu was a bit more terrifying.
But the bits and pieces of solving puzzles and adventures together with Zhuo Yu came to her mind, as well as the other party’s praise filled with approval. She believed that Zhuo Yu had absolutely no malice towards her, and besides, those exorcists didn’t look like good people at all.
Coupled with her desire to survive that she never wanted to give up easily, she knew that she was now facing a big decision.
Was it to run away, or to choose to stand on Zhuo Yu’s side?
Zhuo Yu, who was outside the wooden house, also deeply hypnotised this exorcist under his character increase skill, and extracted quite a bit of information from his mouth.
“Soul Hunters Union? I didn’t expect to mess with the union in the first film.” Zhuo Yu held his chin, “This is really exciting, I like it.”
He looked back at Liu Jingyun who was standing in the doorway and faintly said, “Have you chosen?”
Liu Jingyun was shocked, she didn’t realise that her mental activities had been seen through long ago?
However, she didn’t take a step, much less try to escape, but firmly nodded her head, “Since I met you, it means that fate has helped me make a choice from the very beginning.”
“Smart girl.” Zhuo Yu looked at her appreciatively, “Do you want to join my union?”
“A union?”
“These few useless things are the ones who came from the actors’ union, you can understand it as a team formed by the actors themselves.”
“I want to join!” Liu Jingyun immediately answered.
She wasn’t a fool, she knew that Zhuo Yu’s future was unlimited, and right now, Zhuo Yu was throwing out an olive branch to her.
Although she didn’t know what she had that could attract his appreciation, as a woman with a weak physique and no outstanding looks, she had to rely on the strength of a team to defend herself. Just like when she first entered the film, no one looked up to her and Zhou Wu left her on the highway and there would be no one to recognise her abilities. Even if she was good in reality, in the eyes of these actors, she was just “a woman who might be a drag”.
That was the reality. There was no gentlemanly courtesy on the set, but more brutal ki-lling.
But Zhuo Yu gave her the possibility of escaping.
She had to take every opportunity to move up, and she, a weak girl, had to become a well-traveled powerhouse and find a way to get off the set! No one would ever abandon her and look down on her again!
“Very well.” Zhuo Yu stroked his palm and laughed lightly. In this horror film set, even if one’s personal strength was strong, it was inevitable to be overstretched, not to mention that he was a bad person. If he wanted to weave a future, he must first form a team.
A timely reminder appeared from the system.
[Actor’s Union: when an actor successfully survives a film, he will have the authority to form a team. Actors can send invitations to each other, and when the number of members reaches two, they will automatically form a team and open the union system.]
Since this kind of actor with little ability could form the “Soul Hunters,” Zhuo Yu thought, why couldn’t he build one?
Liu Jingyun would be his first team member.
The hoots of the owls and crows grew louder and louder, as if they were about to pierce the night sky, which meant that the Golden Lake had completely entered the night.
The fourth night of the seven days of suffering came.
Night of the Living Death.
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