Forbidden Land – CH 085

Late at night, in the ancient Ming Dynasty building, Zhang Chao turned his head and suddenly realized that he wasn’t the only one casting a shadow on the ground.

Beside his shadow appeared another dark figure.

With long, flowing hair and a loose, flowing dress, she stood motionless in the doorway, but the night breeze gently stirred her hair and clothing, causing her shadow to sway slowly.

“Ah!” Zhang Chao cried out, leaping backward against the wall and turning to look at the doorway.

The girl in black stood motionless at the threshold, her face deathly pale, her serene eyes fixed on Zhang Chao.

Suddenly seeing someone standing in the doorway, staring intently at him, Zhang Chao panicked and stammered, “You… what are you doing?”

The woman remained silent, still watching him intently.

Zhang Chao asked, “You… what exactly do you want?”

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At this moment, the woman spoke slowly, her voice clear yet ethereal. “Why are you following me?”

“I… are you a human or a ghost?” Zhang Chao’s thoughts were somewhat confused.

The woman gave a chilling laugh. “Guess?”

Zhang Chao panicked. “Why are you scaring me?”

The woman slowly said. “You…and…why are you following me?”

Zhang Chao swallowed. “I…I think you’re too strange.”

The woman snorted coldly. “Scaring you is just a warning.”

Only then did Zhang Chao realize that this woman was a person, not some ghost. He slowly calmed down, panting, “A warning…what warning? Why are you warning me?”

The woman said. “To tell you not to follow me anymore; otherwise, there’ll be even more severe warnings.” Suddenly, she shouted sharply, “Aren’t you afraid?”

An echo reverberated throughout Nanhua Garden. Zhang Chao was completely overwhelmed by her aura. He whispered. “The morgue of the School of Medicine, was that you speaking?”

The woman neither admitted nor denied it, only saying. “From now on, don’t follow me anymore!”

After saying that, she turned gracefully and walked away. After taking a few steps, she suddenly turned back and said, “Don’t go to the School of Medicine tonight either.”

Zhang Chao asked urgently, “Why? What secret does the School of Medicine hold?”

The woman didn’t turn around, only replying, “I hope you’re not the third to jump.” She then let out a chilling laugh and quickly walked out of Nanhua Garden.

“I hope you’re not the third to jump.” Could it be that this woman in black knew the secret behind Bai Qiu and Li Weihao’s suicides?

Could this woman in black be the one disguised as the woman in ancient costume?

But how did that explain the woman singing opera coming from that room?

She told him not to follow her and told him not to go to the School of Medicine. It seemed this woman must know a lot about the School of Medicine.

Maybe, maybe, all these things were related to her!

Zhang Chao pressed himself against the wall, pondering. After several minutes, he gradually calmed down. Looking at the darkness around him, he panicked and quickly fled.

Upon reaching the outside of Nanhua Garden, the bicycle was still parked on the grass.

Zhang Chao went to get it. As he bent down to unlock it, he caught a glimpse of something—what was that?

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About a hundred meters to the southwest, on the grass, stood something that looked like a log.

Zhang Chao stared at it for a few seconds, then the log suddenly moved, running as fast as a dog, speeding westward, and quickly disappearing into the bushes and grass.

Zhang Chao stood there stunned for a moment, wondering if this was the mountain spirit he had encountered before.

Could there really be mountain spirits at Zijingang?

And what secrets might be hidden in the dense swampy fields to the west?