Chapter 3: The Wish

Hearing Mo Yuan utter the words, Dong Xie's heart trembled, and he even began to look around as he said, "Then …… then could this apartment also be haunted …… " Before that extremely terrifying word could even come out of Dong Xie's mouth, Mo Yuan immediately comforted, "Well …… this you can rest assured. Inside this apartment, it is a forbidden area that any …… of those things can't step into, and once they forcefully step in, they will be swallowed up by the power of this apartment." "Really …… really?" Dong Xie was relieved to hear these words, but then thought of a point: "No, you lied! Before I saw my shadow, it actually moved on its own, that's not even …… those things?" Mo Yuan and Dong Xie both knew what "those things" referred to, but Dong Xie really didn't dare to say that word out loud. It sounds unbelievable, knowing that he himself is a writer of horror thrillers, and the plots in his novels have made many readers afraid to go to the bathroom at night. Even, in order to collect material, he himself had watched nearly a hundred horror movies from Asia and Europe. However, facing a real evil spirit in reality, Dong Xie was highly fearful, especially after the experience he had just had. "That shadow is only cursed, and is not an evil spirit itself. You can rest assured of that." "Is it ……?" Only then did Dong Xie sit down again, at this time he looked at Dong Ning who was sitting next to him, and suddenly felt some embarrassment in his heart, had he acted too timidly in front of his sister just now? "Well ……" Dong Ning but did not pay much attention to this point, but continued to ask Mo Yuan some details: "Well …… the shadow was subjected to a …… curse? So, our shadow will now turn us …… when we break the rules." "Right. That, and if you guys don't believe me, you can download the file and check it out. You guys can save the image file inside your own cloud disk to watch it over and over again." After Dong Ning glanced at Dong Qi, he said, "Well …… well, I believe you, Mr. Mo. So those evil spirits, will they kill us …… while we are on a mission?" "You can say so. However, the evil spirits will be subject to great restrictions on their activities, which means that the occupants will be given the hope of finding a way to live during the course of their mission. The life paths indicated by the blood letters may also exist in more than one kind …… Then there will also be hints during the execution of the blood letters' tasks ……" "What does the so-called life path refer to?" Dong Ning inquired quite carefully, "It's similar to a cheat in a game? A spell that can subdue evil spirits? Or is it some sort of special path that can save us from the curse?" Mo Yuan observed that although Dong Ning couldn't stop her shoulders and hands from trembling, her expression still showed composure and her question was quite organized. "This, the information inside the group can answer you ……" "I want to hear your opinion." Dong Ning's character had always been a believer in the idea that all books were better than none, and that practical experience was much more important than rigid written records, "Which of the so-called paths to life do you mean that I mentioned?" Dong Xie had to admire his sister, whose brain was now completely blank and confused. Perhaps because of that sudden car accident back then as well, he could be said to be in unprecedented pain, and even closed himself off for a time, refusing to accept the truth. At that time, it was his younger sister Dong Ning who allowed him to pull himself together. "The last kind. The path to life is usually finding some sort of special means so that the evil spirits can no longer lay their hands on the occupants. The specifics, it's complicated and can't be explained in a sentence or two." "Mo Yuan, there's a new resident here …… Hmm? You're here?" Because the door was not closed, there were already converging tenants who had arrived here at this time. The first one to enter the door was Zhao Long, who was also going to carry out the instructions of the Bloodletter this time. He, in turn, saw the siblings Dong Evil and Dong Ning at a glance. …… That day was definitely a day that could be described as purgatory for Dong Xie Dong Ning's siblings. Through the written materials and images that had survived from the past residents, the duo had watched almost all night. Dong Ning was still in college, so it was fine to give the teacher a vacation. And Dong Qi himself is to create network novels as a career, so just need to send a leave notice on the line, of course, inevitably by a large number of readers in the "chapter said" inside a lot of curses, saying what this month has been broken several days, why still need to take a leave of absence. "All in all ……" Two in the morning. After drinking I don't know how many cans of coffee, Dong Ning wrote Dong Xie a summary that she had written after synthesizing all the information and showed it to him. "Currently, the occupants who have been identified in the written records as having left the apartment are the following: Li Yin, Ke Yinye, Ke Yinyu ……" After reporting the names of a few people, she continued, "To summarize, eight years ago, after the last batch of residents completed the so-called 'Demon King Level' blood words, this apartment underwent a renewal. To put it simply, the current apartment, rules and facilities alike, have changed drastically. For example, the way the residents enter the apartment is different, and the interior of the apartment has undergone a major 'renovation'……" "I just feel crazy right now, how could this kind of thing that is literally like something that only happens inside novels and TV dramas happen to me ……" Dong Xie looked at some of the core points that his sister had helped him to list out, and said, "I'm sorry …… Ah Ning, it's my fault for bringing you to such a place ……" After the confusion, Dong Xie also came to his senses, at times like this, he had to protect his sister no matter what in order to survive. "I was supposed to do a makeup live broadcast today …… The new TF lipstick color I bought I haven't even tried it yet ……" Dong Ning said, picked up the information on the table and hit Dong Qi fiercely s head and said, "Okay! Cheer up, idiot big brother! What's the use of talking about this! You don't have a time machine to go back in time and change, so you can only face it. When mom and dad left, so difficult days, I have survived. And that time than …… I think now is actually okay." Speaking of this, Dong Ning's eyes also began to overflow with tears. Dong Xie understood his sister's character, even if it was a critical juncture, she would gag and say something immodest to bitterly amuse. The car accident when she was a child had given her a much stronger endurance than the average person in the face of adversity. "This is the closest occupant to us now who completed the ten times of blood word instructions, his name is Fang Han! At that time, completing the word blood ten times could grant a wish, a new feature only available since that 'renewal' of the apartment eight years ago. Only, it was said that it could grant wishes, but it was by no means omnipotent. Anything about resurrecting the dead to conquer the world can't be done." Speaking of "resurrecting the dead", Dong Ning's tone became obviously sad. Obviously …… she thought of her parents who died in the car accident ……