Chapter 81: Jump If You Say So
When offering sacrifices to gods and Buddhas, it is mostly done in units of three.
The minimum is generally three incense sticks, going up in multiples of three, nine sticks, twenty-seven sticks, and so on, depending on the circumstances of the offering.
But burning four incense sticks is only done when worshiping ghosts.
Four incense sticks were burning on the offering table in front of her.
And a third of them had already burned.
Generally speaking, those who are meticulous about lighting incense and making wishes will wait until a third of the incense has burned before making their wish.
This signifies that a connection with the deities has been established through the incense and candles, and you can now voice your desires.
Of course, in reality, many people burn incense and make wishes simply for psychological comfort. Even if a connection is truly made, the deities may not necessarily fulfill your wishes. Nothing can be obtained without effort.
But in this terrifying world, this scene became interesting.
Looking at the four plates of offerings placed on the table, they were all four plates of meat. What kind of meat they were, she didn’t know, nor could she see clearly. Except for one plate that was clearly internal organs.
Bai Cha’s sense of crisis increased greatly.
Although she had a premonition before going to sleep that she should get some clues about this Buddha statue in her dream.
Right now, she didn’t move, but the rustling sounds in the room grew louder.
Suddenly, the door behind her creaked open slowly.
The sound a dilapidated security door made when opened was particularly jarring in this silent space.
Outside the opened door was a pitch-black space, where nothing could be seen.
The curtains were suddenly blown by the wind. It turned out the window wasn’t closed.
The cold wind shook the curtains, making a rustling sound.
The surroundings suddenly became extremely quiet.
The whispering sounds were gone.
Without knowing when, a pale red mist spread out, and Bai Cha’s heart began to beat rapidly.
The sense of danger hidden in all directions, the scalp-tingling feeling of being watched by countless eyes, made her frantically think about how to save herself.
Entering a dream with her own body was certainly an extremely risky thing. Because in the dream, she had nothing, not even a basic item.
Since she had nothing, if she really tried to run, she probably wouldn’t be able to escape.
Then perhaps…
Bai Cha suddenly turned around sharply and strode towards the altar.
Then she directly swept her leg across, kicking the Buddha statue on the altar to the ground.
The Buddha statue fell to the ground, making a crisp sound, and the head of the Buddha statue cracked open.
Bright red blood gurgled out.
Just like that day, the crystal ball music box shattered on the ground.
And her action seemed to press the pause button on the entire dream.
Immediately afterwards, it was as if the rewind button was pressed. The blood from the Buddha statue on the ground began to flow back, and the fragments of the Buddha statue gradually gathered, then flew back to the altar.
Bai Cha only felt her body sway, and she returned to the position where she had first appeared.
The door behind her also closed again with a heavy sound.
The whispering sounds appeared again, but compared to the last time, these sounds clearly carried anger.
Bai Cha narrowed her eyes and suddenly grabbed the vase on the shoe cabinet beside her and smashed it hard towards the altar.
With a bang, the sound of shattering porcelain and the sound of the Buddha statue falling on the altar occurred simultaneously.
This time, the Buddha statue didn’t break, but rolled a circle and stopped at the edge of the table.
Bai Cha picked up the things around her again, wanting to act again. However, everything rewound again just like before.
But unlike before, the vase didn’t return, but shattered beside her.
The surrounding sounds grew louder, and she could vaguely hear what they were shouting.
“Bai Cha! Bai Cha!”
Oh, so they were calling her name.
The eyes of the Buddha statue on the table were also locked on her.
One black shadow after another began to appear on the walls. These black shadows gradually condensed into human forms, staring at her menacingly.
Bai Cha didn’t hesitate at all and ran straight towards the altar. Seeing this, the surrounding black shadows instantly pounced on her.
She grabbed the Buddha statue, and her arm was even burned by the incense.
Then she raised the Buddha statue high in her hand, and the black shadows instantly stopped in their tracks.
Bai Cha knew very well that she couldn’t defeat these monsters, and she didn’t know how to leave this dream.
After the two previous tests, this time she didn’t smash the Buddha statue at the first moment.
She just held it up, even though she could feel the Buddha statue in her hand starting to become heavy, as if it was gradually changing from a light ceramic statue to a heavier bronze statue.
Bai Cha knew this wasn’t a long-term solution.
She looked towards the window with the Buddha statue in her hand.
It had to be at least ten stories high here.
Suddenly, she noticed a figure downstairs.
“Dad!” Bai Cha called out immediately, although she knew she might expose her identity now.
But she couldn’t care anymore.
Bai Cha directly hugged the bronze statue, stepped on the cabinet beside her, and jumped out of the window from upstairs.
The feeling of rapid descent made her heartbeat instantly soar to a terrifying number.
Everything around her was quickly flashing past.
Bai Cha had directly bet her life.
She was betting that Father Gu wouldn’t have time to see her clearly… She wasn’t even sure if she still looked like Gu Baixue, but the voice inside had called her name.
So she had to hurry. Even if Father Gu was suspicious now, seeing her jump directly down, he would more or less have to catch her, right?
What if he couldn’t catch her?
What could she do? In her current state of having no self-protection ability, did she have a choice?
Clearly not.
But as she had thought, when she jumped down after calling out, Father Gu did indeed, out of instinct, leap up and catch Bai Cha.
Falling from a high altitude, the force added by acceleration was enormous.
But Father Gu still steadily caught Bai Cha. To prevent the impact of their combined forces from hurting Bai Cha when he caught her, he even turned his body into a half-water, half-spiritual state at that moment, effectively dissipating the force of the impact.
Bai Cha breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the statue in her hand began to tremble.
Clang—
Father Gu directly drew his knife and slashed at it.
The statue flew out of Bai Cha’s hand and was simultaneously cut in half by Father Gu. It fell to the ground, and blood gushed out again.
But unlike the damage Bai Cha had caused, Father Gu’s strike made Bai Cha hear an angry voice.
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying force attacked the two of them.
Father Gu solemnly grabbed Bai Cha’s arm, and with a flash, they left the dream.
Before leaving the dream, Bai Cha specifically looked back at the apartment building.
Unsurprisingly, this should be the ex-boyfriend’s home.
Waking up from the dream, Bai Cha’s first action was still to look at Father Gu.
“Are you hurt?”
Father Gu stood by the bed, staring intently at Bai Cha, the cleaver in his hand not put away.
Although Bai Cha couldn’t see his expression, she knew he was currently assessing her.
She didn’t know if she had been exposed, but she was already prepared to use lies.
Although the time for lies was limited, as long as Father Gu believed her for the moment, that was enough.
She didn’t show the slightest flaw, not even an accelerated heartbeat.
