I use deceit to create immortality

Chapter 9 Forbidden Terror at Midnight
As Granny Nan made a strange noise...

The footsteps outside seemed to be attracted too.

"Midnight, watch out for candles..."

The night watchman's ethereal and deep voice sounded like gibbering.

At the window, traces of bright red blood began to seep into the wooden house.

Jiang Ning's face darkened slightly, and he immediately realized that the current situation was not good.

"Grandma Nan is in a state of hunger... Judging from the direction she is crawling, she probably wants to eat me."

"However, the strange bloody eye outside seemed to be attracted to it because it heard the movement in the wooden house."

"what to do……"

"If I don't do anything, I'm afraid I will be eaten by Granny Nan."

"But if you make too much noise, it is likely to trigger the attention of the bloody strange eyes, which will lead to more terrifying tricks..."

Jiang Ning's mind was clear. He remembered that when midnight came, the fog spread to the entire village. Granny Nan immediately blew out the light at the door and got into the bed, probably to avoid the monster that was beating the clock.

If after midnight, the monster on duty notices signs of activity in the house, it will bring unpredictable consequences...

It is conceivable that the bloody giant eye is a more terrifying trick, and even Granny Nan and Xiaoxiao must abide by the rules.

chi chi!chi chi!
The dark crawling sound is getting closer...

Granny Nan, wrapped in the quilt, crawled forward like a giant caterpillar, slowly approaching the earthen jar where Jiang Ning was.

at this time.

She suddenly lifted the quilt, revealing a rotten face.

The flesh and blood on the face had long been distorted and blurred into one piece, as if pork had been stuffed into a blender, beaten into a paste, and evenly spread on the face.

There are also yellow teeth scattered around the fleshy face, which looks even more terrifying than the monster with jagged fangs!
At this moment, Jiang Ning no longer hesitated and directly chose to take action!

His movements were as fast as lightning, and he instantly opened the earthen jar above his head, and his figure jumped out of the earthen jar.

Absorbing Yang Qi and improving the body...

The stiff feeling I had when I moved my limbs in the cemetery disappeared.

Jiang Ning feels that he now controls his body like a martial arts master who has practiced internal strength. Every movement is precise and swift, and his body follows his heart.

At that moment, his mind completely calmed down, and every move he made was controlled with the minimum effort and the maximum strength used.

This requires precise control of each muscle and mastering the correct force to achieve this.

It takes at least three to five years of practice...

However, facing the danger of death, Jiang Ning's mind instantly entered an extremely calm state.

Under the pressure of this crisis, his greatest potential seemed to be unleashed endlessly.

Almost as soon as he rushed out of the earthen jar, Jiang Ning's fingers were like a thunder, clamping the quilt wrapped around Granny Nan, and instantly lifted it off.

At the same time, with a tap of his right foot, he immediately retreated three to five meters away and came to another corner of the wooden house.

boom!
At this moment, the window of the wooden house was suddenly broken open by a huge force.

A bloody tentacle, which seemed to be composed of countless internal organs, suddenly rushed into the room and rolled up Granny Nan's body.

"No!"

A look of despair flashed across Granny Nan's eyes, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying...

But the bloody tentacles didn't give Granny Nan any chance to react, and directly rolled her body outside the house.

Almost in the blink of an eye...

Granny Nan's figure disappeared from the house.

Jiang Ning's heart almost jumped into his throat, but he quickly wrapped himself up tightly and used the quilt he snatched from Granny Nan to wrap his whole body tightly so that no part of his body was exposed.

Then, he took a deep breath, stopped his heartbeat, and controlled his breathing.

With rich experience in playing the role of a corpse, plus the progress bar of [Body], I unknowingly reached 220...

Jiang Ning quickly returned to the state of a corpse and stopped all functions on his body, sleeping here like a wrapped mummy.

Click!Click!
In the darkness, a creepy chewing sound could be heard vaguely.

Granny Nan's screams stopped abruptly.Immediately afterwards...

The bloody tentacles reached the house again and made a rustling sound, as if they were exploring everything around them.

Jiang Ning held his breath and restrained all skills and activities on his body. Except for keeping his consciousness awake, any part of his body was almost the same as a corpse.

His perceptual ability has become extremely powerful. Even if there is a slight movement around him, or if there are any moving objects around him, he can capture signs of activity with his keen senses.

The tentacles were slowly squirming inside the wooden house, as if they were looking for something...

When it spread to Jiang Ning's side, it suddenly stayed briefly.

It seems that there is something different here...

Jiang Ning suppressed his fear and remained calm even in the face of a fatal threat.

At this time, there must be no mistakes!
Once the heart beats faster due to excessive nervousness and the blood in the body becomes active again, it will exit the state of corpse acting, leading to being discovered by this terrifying existence.

The tentacles stayed briefly for a moment, and then exited the house.

Jiang Ning's hanging heart finally relaxed, and she felt lingering fear.

"It was really dangerous just now!"

"If I were just one step away, I would probably be discovered by this ghost."

"Fortunately...it seems that it can only deal with one person at a time, so it gave priority to attacking Granny Nan."

"It seems that at night, even if you stay in a wooden house, you must hide in a place where the bloody tentacles cannot peek. Otherwise, if it is discovered, it will be attacked."

"The reason Grandma Nan hid under the quilt was because she knew the dangerous rules."

"But she still wants to eat me even if she takes the risk... Are I really that hungry? Can't I keep it until tomorrow morning?"

A question flashed through Jiang Ning's mind.

Obviously, Granny Nan knew that if she was discovered by the bloody tentacles, she would be fatally attacked.

But she could obviously wait until midnight, get up the next morning, and eat again.

Why not choose to wait a little longer?
Could it be...that there was some special reason in the morning that made her swallow him before midnight?
Various questions flashed through his mind, but now, Jiang Ning didn't even have the courage to get out of the quilt.

The window was broken with a big hole.

Although the bloody tentacles were gone, without cover, no one knew whether the monster would come back again.

It should be safe to stay under the quilt and wait for dawn the next day, after the taboo time for killing at midnight has passed.

Since Xiaoxiao and Granny Nan can move around in the village, it means that the midnight taboo must have a time limit, otherwise he will die when he first comes here.

In the darkness, Jiang Ning continued to act as a corpse, but now the progress became slower.

There is no Yin energy to absorb, no Yang energy to absorb...

The progress bar will pop up the small numbers "+1" and "+2" after a long period of time.

He could only rely on counting sheep to roughly judge how much time had passed.

In danger, Jiang Ning did not dare to fall asleep at will.

It seems that due to the improvement of his body, his brain is now more alert than ever. Even though he has not slept once in time, he still does not feel sleepy.

Jiang Ning tried his best to use seconds as a unit, counting one sheep for every second that passed.

"Fifteen thousand three hundred and twenty seven..."

"Fifteen thousand three hundred and twenty eight..."

Finally, after counting tens of thousands of sheep, dawn broke the next day.

Jiang Ning quietly opened a gap from the quilt and found that the soft morning light poured in from the window, leaving a dappled sunlight on the simple wooden floor.

He confirmed that the surrounding situation should be safe, took a long breath, and slowly opened the quilt.

at this time……

Jiang Ning turned his head, his face stiffened, and his whole body suddenly lost the ability to move.

Grandma Nan was standing in front of him, showing a kind smile.

"Good morning, young man."

(End of this chapter)