The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 147 - 111: The Spirit of the Contract_2

Chapter 147: Chapter 111: The Spirit of the Contract_2

Suddenly, the warm light turned crimson, enveloping the entire room in a dangerous blood-red hue, filled with an eerie atmosphere.

The nun stared in terror, clutching the cross at her chest, praying incessantly.

The light went out, and darkness lingered for a long time. In the silence, only the nun’s frantic muttering could be heard.

Whoosh!

The crimson light flared up suddenly, and a pale face appeared before the nun, bleeding from seven orifices, eyes filled with resentment, staring directly at her.

"Ah!!!" The nun screamed in terror, aiming the cross at the disheveled female ghost.

"Ah!!!" Fang Qing let out a piercing scream, her body and limbs convulsing violently, as if encountering a purifying force that could exorcise her.

Then, she suddenly froze and slowly grinned at the nun:

"Just kidding."

"You...what are you?" The nun forced down her fear, trembling as she gripped the cross, as if it was the only thing that could give her a bit of security.

"The ritual isn’t complete, you, you shouldn’t be here! Get back to Hell!"

Hell? Go back?

It looked like these people were performing a demon summoning ritual?

"Heh...foolish humans," Fang Qing said in an exceptionally sinister voice, "You have touched a power you should never have touched. Now the gates of Hell are wide open, and countless ravenous demons will descend upon the world through those gates. And you will become the sacrifices for this doomsday banquet!"

"No...no...nonononono..."

The nun screamed in horror, "This isn’t what we agreed on!"

"Oh?"

Fang Qing quickly pondered, "A demon made a deal with you? Haha, you have disgraced God."

"It’s Satan!"

The nun quickly said, "Satan came to us, promising us eternal life and power beyond this world. You can’t kill me, I have a deal with the King of Hell!"

Satan...

Zhou Yuan and Fang Qing were both shocked.

In the real world, there indeed had been such an abnormal entity, the King of Hell ruling over countless demons...

But seventy years ago, the Control Bureau had eradicated "Satan" and "Michael," the highest combat forces from Hell and Heaven.

So the Satan the nun mentioned could only be the version within this film’s universe.

But even so, it couldn’t be taken lightly. In most films, Satan exhibited reality-warping abilities that no low-tier extraordinary person could handle directly.

"Haha..." Fang Qing laughed, "You actually believed Satan’s lies? Do you think it would really give you what you want?"

"We signed a contract." The nun forced herself to stay calm, "Even Satan can’t violate a contract. Demons are the most strictly bound to contract rules."

Indeed.

Demons could be said to be the most contract-abiding entities in the world, without exception. Even a King of Hell like Satan had to obey contracts.

Yet it was this commendable contract spirit that had trapped countless demons.

——Some extremely sinister individuals or organizations would find people to sign contracts with demons, summoning them to the present world. As soon as a demon appeared, the extraordinary people lying in wait would pounce and gang up on it, using various control methods to brainwash the demon into a loyal henchman.

During that time, many demons suffered; even succubi avoided taking clients, fearing to be converted from public use to private use.

So the demons united to form the "Demon Human Rights Committee," protesting to the Control Bureau, crying out and complaining at the headquarters every day, demanding normal human rights. The authorities intervened to curb this evil trend.

In short——even in a film universe, demons were bound by contracts. If these people really had a contract with Satan, Satan wouldn’t kill them.

So what was it that killed all the main characters in the film?

"You have a contract with Satan, so Satan won’t kill you. What does that have to do with me?"

Fang Qin spread her fingers, blood gushed at her fingertips, and her nails elongated, turning into five sharp, crimson claws.

"Give me a reason not to kill you."

The nun’s face turned ashen, retreating continually until she hit the wall. She had screamed so loudly just now, yet now there was no response from outside...

Could they all be dead?

"I...I’ll talk, I’ll talk!"

Under the pressure of impending death, the nun could no longer endure, her mental defenses collapsing, "But, we must sign a contract, you can’t kill me!"

"Okay."

Fang Qing agreed readily, manipulating the blood into forming a parchment, with lines of terms written in blood.

"Press your handprint."

The nun pressed her hand onto the parchment, feeling a sharp pain as blood oozed out, forming a bloody handprint.

Fang Qing symbolically pressed her handprint, and immediately said, "The contract is established, speak."

The nun took a deep breath, her sense of tension and fear slightly diminished. But just as she opened her mouth, black smoke surged from her throat.

Next, black hellfire erupted from her body, scorching her skin away in the intense heat, instantly turning her into a human torch.

Fang Qing’s expression tightened as crimson blood gushed out, clashing with the hellfire, erupting in thick smoke, sizzling loudly.

Even though she acted quickly, it was too late to rescue, and the nun’s screams were cut short as she was charred to ashes by the hellfire.

The next moment, crack.

The charred body split open, a shadow darting out, a sharp knife aiming straight at Fang Qing’s neck.

Bang!

Blood waves surged, a horrific force blasting out, smashing the shadow to the ground, the whole body twisted and bent grotesquely like a crumpled paper ball.

Countless hands reached out from the blood sea, grabbing the shadow’s body, pulling it down bit by bit.

But just then, with a bang, the shadow exploded, turning into countless black smoke, dissipating into nothingness.

Fang Qing contemplated for a moment, then with a thought, she returned to Zhou Yuan’s bedroom, dispelled the Ghost Domain, and appeared before him, recounting what had happened.

"Your Ghost Domain was invaded?" Zhou Yuan was quite surprised.

"That shadow wasn’t strong, its invasion was purely accidental. It must have established some connection with each film’s main character, and whenever someone tries to reveal a secret, it kills them and emerges from their corpse to kill the investigator," Fang Qing analyzed.

"They have a contract with Satan, so the killer isn’t Satan...someone else, perhaps another demon?"

Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment, then asked the off-site guest, "How far into the movie are we now?"

"Forty-five minutes," a scholar answered, "I suggest you try an extreme method, blow up the entire villa. Even if the shadow appears, you have the strength to deal with it."

"I stocked you with a lot of explosives, just use them already."

Chen Guangxi said, "Stop wasting time on puzzles and exploration. In the face of overwhelming firepower, all the monsters and demons are paper tigers."

Zhou Yuan thought for a moment, it was indeed feasible.

"Let’s have an artistic explosion."

He took out various powerful bombs from his backpack and had Fang Qing place them all around the villa, every floor, every room, in fact, ensuring saturation.

Once everything was ready, Zhou Yuan went outside the villa, taking cover behind a tree.

"Sorry, everyone."

Click.

He pressed the remote detonator.

Boom!!!

Blinding flames shot skyward, a tremendous noise erupted, massive airwaves surged, causing the rain to momentarily pause.

The villa shattered into pieces, a small mushroom cloud slowly rising.

Amidst the collapsing, fiery ruins, a powerful malevolence exploded.

[Who cares about the plot, skip, skip, skip, just skip it all! Fast forward to the boss fight!]