Metaphysics Live Stream, Going Viral Across the Internet Ch. 30

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Shen Huo passed through the forest. Although it wasn't fully dark yet, he could feel those monsters waking up.

Just as Shen Huo expected, the daytime limited their activity, and at night they would go from the forest to the hotel to kidnap people, taking them up the mountain to feed the evil spirits.

He carefully made his way through the jungle, leaving the monsters' area behind.

By then, night had fallen.

Shen Huo breathed out, wiped the sweat off his face, and asked a question he really wanted to know.

"What exactly were those fleshy monkeys just now?"

"Ever heard of mountain demons?"

Mountain demons? Yeah, he really had heard of them.

Mountain demons, also called ghost baboons, howl like ghosts and look like spirits, but they're actually just weird-looking monkeys.

Just by looking at Shen Huo's expression, you could tell he misunderstood.

"This mountain demon isn't that mountain demon. They're a kind of spirit in the mountains, controlled by evil spirits," Yang Yiyi continued. "The villagers in the village got infected by the evil spirits and mutated into these mountain demons. They'd never have imagined they'd be eaten by the very deties they worshipped. It's pitiful and tragic."

Yang Yiyi's words were full of ridicule for the ignorant villagers of Huai Tree Village.

"So these fleshy monkeys are called mountain demons? That's kinda fitting," Shen Huo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

Looking at the winding mountain path, Shen Huo thought to himself, this is way too hard to walk.

He hadn't felt it going downhill before, but going uphill was clearly harder, and his breathing was rough; the altitude at the mountainside was already high.

Plus, he hadn't eaten much all day, and his stamina was draining fast. No need to say, he was in a real mess right now.

Shen Huo took out some snacks Wu Tong had given him before they left and ate while climbing.

Soon he reached the graveyard where they were chased by monsters before. Looking around, the whole mountaintop was covered with graves, dense and creepy, making his scalp tingle.

Just as Shen Huo tried to walk around the graves, suddenly white bony claws shot out from the ground and grabbed his foot tight.

His step seemed to trigger some kind of trap. The flat ground erupted with more white bony claws.

They surged toward Shen Huo in unison, and the ground started collapsing, his body sinking down.

Seeing this, Shen Huo picked up a stone from the ground, smashed the claw grabbing his thigh, and ran forward.

"What's going on?" The female ghost hovered beside him, her expression serious. "The energy in the mountain has changed."

Shen Huo kicked apart one of the white bony claws and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?"

Yang Yiyi said, "The evil spirits' power has grown stronger. They absorbed the mountain's essence, hollowing it out. The leftover evil energy made the corpses in the mountain mutate! Anyone who breaks in will immediately alert them."

"You mean the evil spirits' power has grown? But no one from our crew has been hurt..." Shen Huo's voice suddenly stopped.

Yang Yiyi looked at Shen Huo and said, "Someone's soul has already been possessed by a mountain demon. Their soul might be eaten by the evil spirits."

"Qi Mengman's possessed!" Shen Huo said. "What about the crew?"

Yang Yiyi sighed, "I don't know about the others, but the girl who stayed in your room is fine. Before I left, I left some of my own ghost energy in your room. She should be safe."

She hadn't done the same for the others.

First, she needed to save some strength to fight the evil spirits.

Second, having been a ghost for so long, she lost all human sympathy and pity.

To be cold: those people had nothing to do with her, so why should she be the good ghost for them?

Did she have to play the saint and do-gooder again, only to end up dying miserably like before?

She touched the scar on her neck, a shadow flickering in her eyes.

Having learned a painful lesson, she wouldn't make that mistake again!

Shen Huo didn't know about Yang Yiyi's inner change; he was only focused on avoiding the white bony claws.

"What do I do about these things? They're blocking my way, and I can't get through."

"Sorry, this isn't a life-or-death situation. I won't act recklessly. If I move, the evil spirits will notice me immediately!"

Damn it!

Shen Huo was frustrated. He grabbed a wooden stick from the ground and smashed many of the white bony claws, stepping on the soft earth as he ran forward.

When he finally got past the graveyard, he collapsed on the ground, completely unable to move.

Before, when he hit those things with the stick, it felt like hitting mud—he couldn't put any strength into it.

"Shen Huo, watch out ahead!"

Yang Yiyi's voice grew urgent.

Shen Huo sprung up, and the palace before him transformed into a festive wedding scene.

Seeing the red silk decorations, Yang Yiyi's emotions nearly broke; the temperature around them suddenly dropped.

Shen Huo rubbed his arm. "Miss Yang, are you okay?"

His voice snapped Yang Yiyi back from the edge of losing control.

Her face looked a bit drained, then she waved her hand at Shen Huo, "I'm fine."

"What's going on here?"

Yang Yiyi shook her head, "I don't know, but I'm sure my main body is inside, and the evil spirits are probably hiding in the palace. Be careful."

Shen Huo carefully stepped through the palace gates, which were lined with red lanterns swaying in the wind.

Among the red silk, a strange face flickered for a moment, but vanished the next second as the silk fluttered.

Shen Huo kept walking forward, unaware of the movement behind him.

"Boom—"

Thunder roared, heavy rain pounded the windows, making a pattering sound.

Night fell, and the creatures in the forest woke, rushing straight down to the hotel at the foot of the mountain.

The lanterns changed—the flames inside turned into blood-red eyes, and mountain trolls were hiding inside the lanterns!

They broke free from the lanterns' bindings, hanging from the ceiling and moving toward the rooms upstairs.

The pattering footsteps echoed down the hallway.

Inside the room, Wu Tong gripped a fruit knife tightly.

A heavy knocking sounded on the door, making her body tremble suddenly.

"Shen Huo, it's your sister Ma Xi! Please open the door! It's too scary out here—those things are coming! Let me in!"

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