The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 151 - 113: Sharp Knife_2

Chapter 151: Chapter 113: Sharp Knife_2

[Remark: Only black tea is available?]

[Price: 50 Star Coins]

There were four teacups with tea left inside. Zhou Yuan, adhering to the principle of not leaving anything behind, sold them all.

[Star Coins +200]

There was still some tea left in the teapot, which could sell for 500 Star Coins.

[Star Coins +500]

[Total Star Coins: 12700]

Due to the special effects of this anomalous movie, Zhou Yuan’s backpack slot had also been reset. The items he bought in the previous round no longer existed, accordingly, his Star Coins had not decreased either—he judged from the outside audience’s description that he had purchased some surveillance camera item from the mall.

After exploring the entire first floor, the time was now exactly 10:30, and the first murder case was about to be discovered.

According to the original plot of the movie, the goatee teacher would go to find the officer at this time, but after knocking multiple times with no response, the group broke the door open, only to be shocked to find the officer dead in his bed.

The officer’s throat had been pierced, and a large amount of blood had stained the sheets red, splattering onto the walls, and even reaching the ceiling.

However, due to Zhou Yuan’s intervention, the plot was likely to change.

Zhou Yuan did not wait idly but instead started exploring the third floor of the villa.

This luxurious villa was enormous, with many rooms inside. It might have once been the ancestral home of a prominent family. Even if a general family hired a large number of servants, they wouldn’t need so many rooms.

The third floor seemed to have been deserted for a long time, with a thin layer of dust covering everything.

Just as Zhou Yuan walked to the door of a certain room, bang!

The door suddenly burst open, shaking down countless dust particles. The room inside was pitch black, like the gaping mouth of an abyss. A powerful suction force abruptly pulled Zhou Yuan inside.

With a bang, the door closed, and everything returned to silence.

Zhou Yuan’s vision blurred for a moment. Warm sunlight shone through the window, and outside, there were birds chirping and flowers blooming, vibrant with life. The bustling sounds reached his ears. He turned his head and found himself standing in a high school classroom.

"Wearing the Illusion-Awakening Charm at all times is a good habit..." Zhou Yuan muttered to himself. Clearly, he had been pulled into an illusion, and this place was probably the classroom where the nine movie protagonists were back then.

The class bell rang, and students gradually walked into the classroom, including the young movie protagonists.

Soon, the teacher walked in and began teaching history. The classroom remained quiet. The students listened attentively, occasionally bowing their heads to take notes. Everything seemed normal until...

Suddenly, the teacher’s lecturing voice ceased. The students who were taking notes looked up and found that the teacher’s entire eyeball had bizarrely turned black.

Fizz...

The ceiling light started to flicker violently. Everyone saw a shadow with ram horns and bat wings reflecting on the wall with each flash, and an evil, cold demonic aura spread throughout the classroom.

"Demon!"

Someone screamed and tried to escape the classroom, only to find that they couldn’t push open the door no matter what.

"Silence."

The teacher spoke indifferently. Instantly, everyone was immobilized by an unknown force, like statues.

Squish!

The next moment, the teacher dug out his own heart with his bare hands. Crimson blood spurted out, and the heart continued to beat slowly in his hand even after being removed from his body.

Seeing this horrifying and bloody scene, many timid students almost fainted, but a force forcibly kept them conscious.

"Now you have only two choices."

The teacher’s voice became incredibly sinister, as if made up of countless overlapping sounds.

"First, sign a contract with me and Satan. I will grant you everything you desire, but you must become my followers and spread sin and vice in the world.

Second, become like him, have your heart dug out by me.

Choose."

The teacher showed a sinister smile and laughed eerily.

In the prolonged silence and paralysis, someone screamed in terror, "I choose the first!"

"I...I don’t want to die!"

Then, the scene suddenly changed.

In a solemn and austere church, a priest with a cross hanging on his chest and dressed in white clerical attire sat on a chair opposite the table.

On the other side sat a veiled woman, wrapped tightly, revealing only a pair of resolute brown eyes.

"You possess a very powerful evil force."

The priest said gravely, "Have you... made a deal with a demon?"

The woman nodded, "That was many years ago. After dealing with a demon, I got everything I wanted: money, men, fame... But I regret it now, as more and more people have died because of me. I must end it all."

"I can help you..."

The priest wanted to say more but was interrupted by the woman, "You can’t help me. This is my destiny, our destiny... If outsiders interfere, things will only get worse. I came to the Vatican this time only to obtain some Holy Person’s Blood."

"The Holy Person’s Blood is nearly depleted. I can’t give it to you, but..."

After hesitating for a moment, the priest took out a dagger from his pocket, "This is a blade bathed in Holy Person’s Blood. It’s one of the Holy Artifacts in the exorcism world, capable of instantly killing demons possessing humans, including their entities in Hell. I hope it can help you."

"You... you’re giving me such a precious Holy Artifact?" The woman was shocked.

"Who in the exorcism world doesn’t know your name, [Maeve]?" The priest said softly, "The apocalypse is approaching, Heaven is disconnected, and humanity can only save itself. If anyone can stop the apocalypse, I believe it’s you."

Then, the illusion changed again.

The surrounding scene reverted to the appearance of the room, but a figure was sitting by the table, sharpening a knife, with crazed and bloodthirsty eyes.

"Everyone has gone mad."

Zhou Yuan turned around to see a weary-faced woman who had appeared at some unknown time, her brown eyes looking at him. "Forty people, representing forty different sins.

From the moment we signed the contract with Satan, we became the embodiments of sin walking on earth. Each of us is stained with the blood of innocents, causing chaos and death wherever we go.

Under the blessing of demons, we enjoyed perfect and happy lives, with everyone getting what they desired. To prolong this happiness, we were willing to kill each other, dragging the entire world into Hell."

As the clock struck midnight, the man in the room stopped sharpening the knife, stood up with a ferocious expression, and walked outside with the knife. Soon, the sounds of a fight could be heard.

"At the second sacrificial ceremony, I tried to destroy the ritual array with an exorcism Holy Artifact, but I failed and was hunted down by all the survivors. Fortunately, my years of exorcism experience had equipped me with skills that allowed me to escape by a hair’s breadth.

Since then, I’ve traveled around the world, searching for a way to break the ritual.

Regrettably, until now, I haven’t found one."

The woman named Maeve gazed at Zhou Yuan, "The final ceremony is about to begin. Out of desperation, I was forced to take a gamble. If I don’t succeed, I hope you will use the Holy Artifact to kill me."

"So..."

Zhou Yuan asked seriously, "What do you want to do?"

Without a word, Maeve ended the illusion abruptly.

With a blur of vision, the room reverted to its old appearance, covered in dust. A sharpening stone lay on the table, indicating that the room’s owner had never returned, nor had anyone else entered.

As Zhou Yuan pondered Maeve’s intentions, a scream came from downstairs.

A murder had occurred.

He did not go directly downstairs but activated Ghost Walker to sink down, descending to the first floor, and only then did he ascend the stairs to the second floor.

"What happened?"

A terrified nun exclaimed, "William is dead! Bob is dead, Lisa is dead too!"

What!

Zhou Yuan was shocked. How could three people die at once?

This had never happened in any previous storyline.

Was the plot... going berserk?