Hospital 444
Chapter 519 - 21 Soul Sacrifice

Chapter 519: Chapter 21 Soul Sacrifice

"You can rest assured," Yan Shixiong continued, "The east corridor has already been ordered sealed by me. I have arranged for people to monitor the area day and night, and should anything go wrong, there will be an immediate report. However, it will eventually invade the area where we live."

Does that mean we’re "safe" for now?

Even though An Xiunian didn’t know how Yan Shixiong had managed it, this arrangement at least bought her a bit of time.

But this meant she couldn’t afford to expose herself even more. These people had the means to contend with ghosts; killing a living person like her would be a cinch for them.

"Why not hold another Soul Sacrifice Ceremony? Perhaps it could appease the karmic obstacles. Once they’re appeased, we can deal with the Malevolent Ghost. With your involvement, I can have arrangements made immediately. In this regard, even the people from Hospital 444 don’t have the ability," he suggested.

To host another one...

Clearly, this so-called Soul Sacrifice Ceremony wasn’t the first iteration. Moreover, it required Yan Xin’s "intervention."

If they really went through with the ritual, her fake identity would undoubtedly be exposed.

No! Absolutely not!

The consequences of exposing her Westerberg identity were obvious. These people revered not Yan Xin’s body but the soul that dwelt within it!

"Soul Sacrifice Ceremony... let’s not do it for now," An Xiunian said, steeling herself, "Since you think it’s unsafe here..."

If it’s unsafe here, then just move out for the time being! The Yan Family owns far more properties than just this villa.

"We can’t leave this place," Yan Shixiong shook his head, "This villa is the ideal location. For conducting the Soul Sacrifice Ceremony, this is the most appropriate place."

They can’t move out?

An Xiunian felt as if her head was about to split in two.

The place was already haunted, yet she had to stay here and couldn’t flee!

"You don’t need to worry, I’ve already instructed that no one shall go there, so, no one will die here," he assured her.

The sentence from Yan Shixiong that followed, though brief, revealed much to An Xiunian.

Meaning, what needed to be "worried about" was solely the villa’s servants carelessly wandering into that area. In other words, Yan Xin, Yan Shixiong, and the others weren’t really afraid of the Malevolent Ghost.

What exactly were the abilities of the Yan Family?

Could they possess the constitution of a grave robber like Zhang Qiling?

Or did the family have the skills of the Winchester brothers?

Yet, if he was really that powerful, why did he seem so fearful and insistent on holding the Soul Sacrifice Ceremony? Clearly, he was reassured because he believed An Xiunian was Yan Xin!

Beyond that, another critical piece of information emerged.

"No one will die here."

When he said this, clearly, Yan Shixiong was quite certain.

Not going to the east side of the villa meant no one there would die. This also implied something: the ghost wasn’t as omnipotent as those in horror films and was currently confined to just the east side of the villa.

However, An Xiunian believed this wasn’t because the ghost was inherently limited, but rather because the villa, "ideal for a Soul Sacrifice," had the power to temporarily suppress the ghost’s movements.

If that was the case, there was still time to buy.

An Xiunian now found the situation incredibly eerie: she was currently on guard against "herself" from beyond the grave coming to kill her!

Returning to her room, she locked the door once again.

At this moment, she sat back on the bed, breathing heavily and watching her surroundings with a pounding heart.

A ghost!

The real Yan Xin had returned as a ghost!

So, what should she do now?

What’s the best course of action?

Escape! Escape is the best option!

But how? Where to escape to? And even if I escape, will that ghost continue to follow me?

However, I couldn’t possibly preside over the Soul Sacrifice Ceremony.

"The person in Hospital 444... Maybe I can only rely on them now."

Initially, An Xiunian harbored a strong apprehension about Hospital 444, but now, she couldn’t afford to care about that, she had to take the risk. Otherwise, staying here was akin to waiting for death!

But when would they contact me?

Clearly, they were somewhat wary of me too, by using this method.

"Yan Xin, or rather the person inside this body... their goal from the start was my body!"

That was why Yan Xin took the bus.

That day, she boarded the bus and pretended not to recognize me, then used her phone to take pictures on the bus.

When I struck up a conversation with her, she might have been a bit surprised, because she didn’t realize I could still recognize her. After all, it had been so long, and even classmates might have completely forgotten what each other looked like.

"Why did she choose me?"

She targeted my flesh and wished to possess me...

In fact, she might have succeeded by now. Only, An Xiunian’s physical body had died, which turned the possessing her into a malevolent ghost!

"Then, under normal circumstances, the original Yan Xin’s physical body would also become a corpse, right? And the Yan family couple would probably choose to arrange for me to work in the Lanxin Group? Or through some other means, gradually integrate me into the Yan family."

Thinking of this sent a chill down An Xiunian’s spine.

From the beginning, I had been calculated, and I was blissfully unaware.

"The one who should have died lived on, and she lived on."

So, the eerie old lady wasn’t a coincidental appearance.

From the start, Yan Xin knew that the old lady would be there.

How did she know?

An Xiunian considered two possibilities.

The first possibility was that Yan Xin had some sort of precognitive ability.

The second possibility was that the old lady’s appearance was orchestrated by Yan Xin herself.

At present, An Xiunian leaned more towards the second possibility.

The reason was simple; taking bus route 34 was An Xiunian’s own itinerary, so it was hard to believe that the old lady’s appearance on the bus was a coincidence or an accident.

Therefore, it was precisely because Yan Xin had chosen An Xiunian as her new vessel that the old lady appeared on the bus.

"Soul Sacrifice Ceremony..."

She further speculated that the old lady’s appearance on the bus was precisely because of the Soul Sacrifice Ceremony presided over by Yan Xin.

Just now, Yan Shixiong mentioned that when they learned that everyone else on the bus had died, they were surprised.

His surprise wasn’t due to someone dying but that people other than "Yan Xin" had died. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have specifically emphasized that everyone else had perished.

"From the beginning, they planned to sacrifice the other lives on the bus!"

Soul Sacrifice...

As it was a ceremony, it required offerings.

All these lives were the offerings!

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