Chapter 19: The Terrifying Corridor (Please Continue Reading!)
Spirit World Invasion?
Who is it?
A flicker of doubt crossed Ron’s mind as the information about the girl outside the door appeared clearly before him through the Demon King Meow.
[Name: Wang Jiajia]
[Occupation: Elementary School Student]
[Gender: Female]
[Description: An ordinary elementary school girl, half of her head bitten off by a spirit world creature, yet still alive due to some mysterious power.]
[Note: She wants you to save her mother.]
In Ron’s memory, she was a very cute girl. But now, with half her head gone and under the dim hallway light, she looked particularly terrifying.
Wang Jiajia, seeing Ron still not opening the door, began to cry helplessly. Her sobs echoed through the corridor, and Ron’s heart sank with unease.
Sure enough, the neighbor across the hall, seemingly drawn by the cries, opened their door without hesitation to investigate.
“Holy shit!” The neighbor exclaimed in terror upon seeing Wang Jiajia’s appearance.
Then Ron saw countless blood-red monsters crawling out from the shadows. They had humanoid forms, their bodies glowing red and covered in a layer of transparent slime.
As the unfortunate neighbor screamed, these creatures twisted their grotesque bodies and lunged toward him.
Their killing was professional, aiming first to snap the neck.
The neighbor didn’t even get a chance to scream fully; his final sound was only the rush of air and spurts of blood.
Their speed was terrifyingly fast. By the time Ron activated Demon King Meow’s abilities, the neighbor was already dead on the spot.
Damn it!
Ron quickly calmed himself. Such a scene was frightening but not enough to break his composure.
He estimated the entire building had been enveloped in the spirit world’s invasion domain—a dungeon-like space. This meant that until the gateway to the spirit world closed, no one here could escape.
If he didn’t act fast, all the residents in the building would likely be slaughtered by these monsters.
Outside the door, Wang Jiajia was terrified by what had just happened.
The little girl immediately realized the gravity of the situation. Her pitiful sobbing stopped abruptly, and she bit her lip hard to keep silent.
Her original plea to save her mother turned into a resolve not to cry and not to bring danger to the big brother.
Seeing her resolve, Ron took a deep breath and opened the door.
Upon seeing him open the door, Wang Jiajia screamed sharply, “Big brother! Don’t come out!”
But it was too late. The monsters screeched and surged forward.
Instinctively, the girl tried to cover her eyes—but her left hand grasped only empty air.
A look of confusion spread across her face.
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Meanwhile, the once ferocious monsters near Ron suddenly lost all vitality the moment they approached him and collapsed from the air.
Demon King Meow on Ron’s shoulder lazily yawned.
With each monster’s death, the faint red glow covering their bodies gradually dissipated.
At least in terms of existence rank, these monsters were weaker than ordinary humans in the magical spirit world.
Ron reached out to the bewildered and terrified Wang Jiajia. “Come on, take me to your home.”
“Big brother…” She looked up in confusion but then suddenly remembered something and instinctively stepped back, “Don’t come any closer… I…”
The little girl felt she had already become a monster and didn't want to trouble big brother anymore.
Such a well-behaved child.
Unfortunately, as the spirit world dungeon dissolved, her life was likely approaching its end.
Before that, the only thing Ron could do was avenge her.
He smiled gently and calmly. “Don’t worry, it’s going to be alright.”
He crouched down, looking at the half-missing part of her head. “Does it hurt?”
Wang Jiajia shook her head. “No.”
“So what happened?”
“Mom and dad were fighting again, then Dad went crazy.”
Mentioning this, Wang Jiajia finally recalled her parents and urgently grabbed Ron’s hand, pulling him down the stairs.
Big brother seemed powerful just now; maybe he could save Mom.
As they descended, the walls of the hallway began to change.
The peeling paint gradually filled with flesh and blood, writhing slowly before Ron’s eyes.
A faint, blood-tinged fragrance wafted through the corridor.
Low, strange murmurs of the monsters mixed with the shifting breeze struck Ron’s ears.
Amid the writhing flesh, many similar blood-red monsters broke through the flesh barrier, howling and crawling out.
Yet the moment they appeared, a dazzling red light flared on their bodies, swiftly followed by death.
Wang Jiajia was truly scared.
Her body trembled subtly.
Yet she bravely led Ron to her home’s door.
The door stood open, sounds of chopping coming from inside.
Crimson blood pooled at the doorstep, stopped by the threshold.
Ron stood at the entrance and immediately saw the scene in the living room.
A lizardman in a suit was roaring as he hacked at a corpse on the floor.
The body was unrecognizable, but Ron could faintly tell it was a black-haired woman.
Her pink pajamas were soaked in bright red blood, and her innards bloomed like flowers before Ron’s eyes.
“Why! Why! Why do this to me!”
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“Why did I do wrong?”
The lizardman muttered to himself.
This was the voice of the family’s husband.
[Name: Wang Dekang]
[Occupation: Corporate Executive]
[Gender: Male]
[Description: Executive at an internet company. His wife’s divorce lawsuit caused him to lose everything. Unable to understand why it happened, he broke down in rage and opened the gateway to the spirit world.]
[Note: Why? Why? Why?]
Ron furrowed his brow. This couple had been very loving a few years ago—why had they ended up like this?
But the situation no longer allowed him time to ponder.
Wang Jiajia saw her mother and ran over crying loudly. “Mom! Mom!”
“You only see your mother!” Wang Dekang, seeing his child, broke down further and raised the blade in his hand.
In an instant, Ron drew forth the [Devil’s Contract].
With the activation of the item card, Ron’s body rapidly transformed.
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