I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 517 The Shadow Behind the Door_1

Chapter 517: Chapter 517 The Shadow Behind the Door_1

"Boom!"

Another thunderous roar!

"Eee—"

A living room window, previously shut tight, slowly opened.

The noise it made as it opened was akin to a beginner scraping on a hideous violin, the sound transitioning from shrill to low and sounding incredibly unsettling.

"Ah!!!"

An abrupt scream from a woman came from outside the window, and you and Ruan Yuling instantly turned your heads to look out.

"Clop... Clop... Clop..."

It was like the sound of walking on an old wooden floor in an empty corridor, echoing in the living room and reaching your ears as if it were approaching from afar, drawing nearer to you both, step by step.

Ruan Yuling, instinctively snuggled up to you, her hands naturally embracing your arm.

A flash of thunder and lightning streaked by, followed by a deafening boom.

"Boom!"

In an instant, it was as if a thunderstorm unfolded outside the window, with flashes of lightning and the incessant roar of thunder.

"What is that?"

Ruan Yuling pointed at the wall straight ahead of you, and as the flash from the lightning lit up the space, a woman’s shadow appeared on the wall. The woman ran back and forth, her movements looking agonizing.

She was struggling, wailing!

However, you couldn’t hear a sound; yet, it was the very absence of sound that made it all the more terrifying. The fear that burgeoned from the depths of your heart was ever ready to make you shiver.

The wind, carrying rain, blew inside through the opened window, and for some reason, you and Ruan Yuling both detected a pungent odor!

The shadowy woman kept running back and forth in the light, her movements becoming increasingly tortured, until finally, she collapsed to the ground, reaching out to grasp the windowsill as if trying to climb inside.

But at that moment, the thunder and lightning abruptly ceased, and everything instantly fell silent, leaving behind only the uneven breathing of you and Ruan Yuling.

"What was that just now?" Ruan Yuling turned to ask you.

"I’m not sure yet, but it’s very likely a clue."

As you were speaking, the wooden door by the creepy large oil painting suddenly opened on its own.

Following that, a shadowy figure slowly emerged from the darkness inside the doorway.

He moved slowly and his actions seemed uncoordinated; it was too dark to see clearly.

Approach it?

What a joke!

Even though you were gradually getting accustomed to the horrifying atmosphere here, you were still human after all, with a certain apprehension towards things that incite fear. Besides, given the Sen Luo Eye was out of action, you were as good as a normal person, capable, at most, of a bit of Five Elements Dao technique.

It drew nearer, the shadowy figure making its way towards the stairs leading to the second floor; it was about to enter the area where the dim light reached.

When the dull light illuminated the shadow, Ruan Yuling couldn’t help but exclaim, "Ah!"

Your brows furrowed immediately.

This was once a person, or more precisely, she had once been a person. Her appearance was extremely horrifying and nauseated anyone who saw her.

By appearance, she seemed to be a woman, yet her body looked as if it had been destroyed by some sort of highly corrosive substance; there was not a single piece of flesh on her that was intact. Her skin festered and crusted, and in some places, even stark white bones could be seen!

Fortunately, the woman did not walk toward you; she went upstairs on her own, moving slowly.

After much thought, you suddenly pulled Ruan Yuling’s arm and said to her, "Let’s go, we’ll follow her."

"Ah?"

Ruan Yuling obviously hesitated, instinctively shrinking her delicate neck.

"She is very likely the last clue to this situation. As long as we find the last piece of the piano score, we’ll be able to leave this place."

After thinking it over, Ruan Yuling nodded somewhat helplessly and said, "Alright."

With that, the two of you followed the woman’s footsteps at the same slow pace.

With every step the woman took, the floorboards showed varying degrees of corrosion; she must have still had some potent corrosive liquid on her.

Following her up to the second floor, this level presented a different scene altogether.

From where you stood, the corridor was still old and the lighting dim; however, directly in front of the woman, the corridor seemed to be gradually renewing itself. At the foremost door, you could even see two classical sconces shining with normal light.

Although it was slow-moving, the woman eventually pushed open the wooden door.

There was bright light inside the door and, as it shone upon the woman’s body, a miraculous sight unfolded. The woman donned a noble and elegant European dress, her body draped with golden long hair, and she entered the room with joyful steps.

At that moment, the room was somewhat different from any scene you had seen before. Inside the door was not endless darkness, but an impenetrable brightness.

"I don’t know why, but I always feel that this room filled with white light, compared to those dark rooms, gives me an even more dangerous vibe," Ruan Yuling suddenly said.

"Let’s go, even if it’s the Underworld inside, we have to enter."

Ruan Yuling nodded and took a step, though her right hand still grasped your left arm tightly.

This room was indeed strange.

It was filled with white light from your angle, but from the outside looking in, it wasn’t the least bit blinding.

Exchanging a glance with Ruan Yuling, the two of you took a deep breath, lifted your feet, and walked in together.

After entering the room, the door slowly closed behind you.

What appeared before you was a mist-like white light that gradually faded, and to your surprise, you found a baby’s room before your eyes.

The baby room was adorably decorated with an assortment of toys, including a wooden baby crib.

Soon, the crib began to gently rock, and the sound of a baby’s happy laughter followed; then, the rocking horse beside you started to sway lightly as if a child was there playing, and the building blocks not far in front of you started to assemble automatically...

In short, the whole room came alive.

Looking at Ruan Yuling, she asked, "Could this be hinting at something to us?"

You nodded lightly, "Probably, let’s wait."

No sooner had you spoken than an angry man’s voice sounded in the room, followed by a woman’s voice. Both were loud, and then a child’s crying filled the room.

However, the man and the woman were speaking a foreign language, gibberish to Ruan Yuling, who turned to you and said, "Are they arguing, saying something?"

"Yes, they are. They’re speaking German, and even with an old dialect from decades ago, I can understand bits and pieces of it. The man is saying he just saw the woman’s ex-boyfriend upstairs, saying the man is still hung up on her, having come all the way from Germany to China to find her. The woman is explaining to the man that they’ve long been over, and there’s no connection between them anymore."