A Terrifying Encounter with a Sinister Sect

I fell in love with a blind girl. She was gentle, caring, and attentive to me. Soon, we started living together.

One night, I was sleeping soundly when I was awakened by the sound of running water. I turned around and saw that the light in the bedroom bathroom was on. Probably, she was in there. I didn’t pay much attention and went back to sleep.

However, soon, a layer of dense sweat soaked my whole body. Why would a blind person turn on the light when going to the bathroom at night…

I lay on my back, facing away from the bathroom, motionless, deliberately slowing down my breathing. My heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

“Click.”

This was the sound of the light switch being pressed. I could feel that she had lain back on the bed and hugged me from behind. The light breath blowing on the back of my neck was extremely cold.

The next morning, I was still ** the strange scene last night. She was sitting opposite me, having breakfast.

She couldn’t possibly see. I had seen her eyeballs before. They were more like an ink – wash painting. The ink in the eyeballs seemed to be smudged in water, extremely fantastical.

But why did she turn on the light last night? With a heavy heart, I wanted to leave home and calm down. I ate a few bites of bread hastily. Even though it was still early, I said I was going to be late and prepared to go out.

Just as I turned to leave, I seemed to see her raise her head in the direction of the wall clock. Do blind people also need to look at the clock…

A day’s work made me physically and mentally exhausted. After careful consideration, I thought I was overthinking. Maybe I just wasn’t used to living with a blind girl at the beginning. Living together for a while would definitely improve the situation.

I drove to the place where the girl worked to pick her up from work. This was a music store, and she was a pipa teacher.

She had already packed up and was waiting for me at the door.

I walked up, held her hand, and she smiled back. Without saying a word, we knew it was each other.

I took the bag in her hand, helped her into the back seat, and placed the bag beside her. Then I carefully fastened her seat belt.

She always sat in the back. The spacious space made it more convenient for her.

The car passed an intersection, and a child on a bicycle suddenly rushed out. I slammed on the brakes and turned the steering wheel hard. The car spun around on the road. Fortunately, we didn’t hit the naughty child.

She asked me what had happened.

I said it was nothing. A child had rushed out at the intersection, and it was okay now.

We continued driving home. Through the rear – view mirror, I saw her bend down, pick up a small hairpin, and put it in her bag. Maybe it had fallen out of the bag during the braking just now.

But how did she know the hairpin had fallen out…

After dinner, I held her hand and walked in the park downstairs. This was something she liked to do, and she liked to have me accompany her to do it.

There were many children practicing roller skating in the park, and there were also dancing grandpas and grandmas. It was very lively.

She didn’t talk much, and I also quietly held her hand. Her long, waterfall – like black hair emitted a faint fragrance.

A little girl in front was skating on roller skates. Suddenly, she accidentally plunged into the grass on the side of the road, with only two little legs sticking out and shaking.

I was just about to tell her this funny scene, but when I turned my face towards her, I found that there was a smile on her face. It wasn’t an ordinary smile, but the kind of smile when you see something interesting and can’t help laughing.

I felt more and more that something was wrong. Was this gentle and beautiful woman really blind? Everything was too strange and too unreasonable.

Should I ask her directly? But would this make her think I was a bit neurotic? Girls like her lacked a sense of security the most. Would this hurt her feelings?

During the lunch break, I told my childhood friend about some strange things that had happened recently. My childhood friend was also incredulous.

“If what you said is true, there must be something wrong with her,” my childhood friend said.

“But why would she pretend to be blind and approach me?” I asked.

“First of all, we need to confirm that she is pretending to be blind, not really blind,” my childhood friend said firmly.

“It’s very difficult. I don’t want to hurt her. What should I do?” I was in a dilemma.

Finally, my childhood friend came up with the following plan:

Tell her that I had something to do at night and couldn’t pick her up from work, and ask her to take a taxi home by herself. Later, my childhood friend and I would go home together. My childhood friend would go in, and I would wait outside the door. If she was really blind, she would think it was me who had come home. As long as my childhood friend didn’t speak, she wouldn’t notice anything unusual. If everything was okay, my childhood friend would come out quietly, and I would go in. Everything would be as usual.

If she was pretending to be blind, when she saw a strange man at home, she would be terrified and her true nature would be exposed. Then I would rush into the room and ask her for the truth.

I exclaimed that it was奇妙蛙 eating妙脆角 into the米奇妙妙屋, which was extremely wonderful.

It was already dark, and a blue curtain covered the earth. My childhood friend and I exchanged glances in the corridor. My childhood friend took the key, opened the door, and entered my home.

The corridor was extremely quiet. After the sound – controlled light went out, only the dark blue outside the window reflected everything in front of me. I held my phone anxiously, waiting for the result of the test.

Three minutes later, the door opened, and my childhood friend came out.

“There’s no one at home,” my childhood friend said.

I quickly picked up my phone and called my girlfriend.

My girlfriend said that it was too stuffy at home, and she was sitting in the small park downstairs in the community to get some fresh air and wait for me to get off work.

I felt a warmth in my heart and deeply realized how important I was in this blind girl’s heart. Since I had chosen to be with her, I naturally wanted to be her lifelong support.

My childhood friend and I went downstairs together and saw my girlfriend sitting on a bench in the small park. Her plain white long dress was extremely dazzling in the dim night.

I bid farewell to my childhood friend and walked over to sit beside my girlfriend. When she heard my voice, she naturally leaned her head on my shoulder. I held her hand tightly. How could such a girl not be lovable?

After sitting in the small park for a while, I held her hand and walked home. Walking on the gravel road in the community, suddenly a figure flashed out from the greenery in front. In the night, I couldn’t see his face clearly.

When we got a little closer, I found that it was my childhood friend. It turned out that he hadn’t left. He made a gesture of silence to me, indicating that I shouldn’t show any abnormality.

I didn’t say anything and just held my girlfriend’s hand and continued walking forward. My childhood friend stood in the way my girlfriend had to pass. If my girlfriend didn’t dodge, she would bump into him.

In the night, the footsteps of me and her were extremely clear. The early autumn evening breeze was very refreshing, but it couldn’t blow away the fine sweat on my forehead.

Just as my girlfriend was about to collide with my childhood friend, my childhood friend quickly dodged, and nothing happened.

I didn’t dare to show any abnormality. I just looked back and saw that my childhood friend made a phone gesture to me and then turned and left.

After returning home, I made a simple dinner. The days of living together were plain but happy. She lay on my arm and fell asleep soundly, and even her slight snoring revealed a woman’s unique coquettishness.

I remembered the scene when my childhood friend left, so I picked up my phone. The faint light of the phone screen was a bit dazzling. I clicked on the message from my childhood friend, and there were only three words.

Something’s wrong.

What’s wrong? I replied to him.

Soon, my childhood friend sent another message: I can’t say. Let’s talk about it tomorrow. Be careful.

After that, my childhood friend’s avatar turned gray, and he went offline.

I turned off my phone, but suddenly found that the slight snoring of my girlfriend in my arms had stopped at some point.

After turning off the light of the phone, I was briefly blind in the dark. I couldn’t see my girlfriend’s face. I didn’t know if she was looking at me in the dark at this moment…

Soon I could see clearly that her eyes were closed tightly. She just stopped snoring, her breathing was even, and her complexion was calm.

The next day, I came to the company early. My childhood friend was already waiting at my workstation.

“You said something was wrong last night. What was wrong?” I asked.

My childhood friend explained that he had lived with his grandmother in a senior community for some time. There were many blind people there, including his grandmother. He knew what it was like to get along with blind people. It was a kind of personal experience that permeated every detail of life after a long period of brewing. It was indescribable, like a magnetic field.

But yesterday, he didn’t feel this way with my girlfriend, even though she really looked like a blind person.

I couldn’t understand what he said and just smiled. Maybe there were differences between young people and the elderly.

My childhood friend didn’t seem to give up. He proposed to invite me and my girlfriend to dinner. By then, he would observe carefully.

I agreed, but still said that we couldn’t hurt her and shouldn’t go too far.

I couldn’t concentrate on my work all day. All kinds of thoughts were intertwined in my mind. Was she really blind? If not, how should those abnormal behaviors be explained? If she was, why did she pretend to be blind? Did she see the message on my phone last night? But she didn’t hurt me either. What did she want to do?

My childhood friend booked a table at a boat restaurant on the Chengming Lake. Such a high standard was really unexpected.

When I held my girlfriend’s hand and boarded the boat, the slightly swaying boat board made her a little scared. After boarding the boat, she held my hand tightly all the time. I took the opportunity to hold her in my arms and comforted her softly.

Entering the hall, the elegant orchestral music echoed in my ears. The hall was very lively, and the restaurant was full every night. I asked the receptionist about the seat information. Looking back, I found that my girlfriend was standing beside me, facing the direction of my childhood friend.

Did she recognize my childhood friend? Did she recognize that this was the person who blocked her in the community and wanted to test her…

My childhood friend’s performance was normal. His humorous conversation during the meal made my girlfriend giggle non – stop. Such a harmonious atmosphere made me feel much more relaxed.

The waiter brought three glasses of drinks. My childhood friend thoughtfully took them and placed them in front of us. My girlfriend groped for the cup, took a sip gently.

After my girlfriend put the cup back on the table, my childhood friend slightly got up and turned the cup of my girlfriend, changing the direction of the handle.

I understood that my childhood friend’s test had begun again.

The chatting continued. My childhood friend vividly told the embarrassing things we did when we were kids while staring at the cup on the table.

Finally, my girlfriend stretched out her hand, still groping for the handle, picked up the cup, and took another sip gently.

I didn’t feel anything wrong, but my childhood friend’s face became very ugly. He got up and said he was going to the bathroom and left in a hurry.

Soon, I received a message from my childhood friend: Come to the bathroom.

I had to excuse myself to make a phone call to a client and also left the table.

“What did you find?” I walked to my childhood friend beside the sink and asked.

“Don’t you think it’s very strange that she drank the drink just now?” My childhood friend asked rhetorically.

I shook my head.

“Suppose you turn off your phone and put it beside your pillow before going to bed. But you seem to be insomnia, and after a long time, you still can’t fall asleep. So you want to see what time it is. What would you do? Would you grope for your phone slowly beside your pillow? No, because you remember where you put your phone. You have the position of the phone in your memory. So normally, you should directly reach out to get the phone, even though it’s completely dark in the room and you can’t see anything.

“The same is true for her. After she drank the drink for the first time and put the cup on the table beside her, the second time she drank the drink, she only needed to directly reach out to the place in her memory, and she could touch the handle of the cup more or less accurately, instead of groping slowly like the first time to find the cup. I turned her cup to make her confused. When people are confused, they will show their flaws. She must have seen me turn her cup. If she didn’t drink that cup of drink next, it would seem deliberate. So she had to drink it, but in this way, her behavior betrayed her.”

After listening to my childhood friend’s words, I was a little at a loss for a while. It was just drinking a drink. What my childhood friend said was too far – fetched.

Seeing that I didn’t believe it, my childhood friend didn’t say anything more and returned to the table. We ended the dinner hastily. After that, my childhood friend didn’t talk much.

On the way home, I asked my girlfriend what she thought of my childhood friend.

I thought my childhood friend’s humor and eloquence would leave a good impression on my girlfriend, but unexpectedly, she just said coldly:

“I don’t like this person.”

The next day, my childhood friend didn’t come to work. I sent him several messages and called him several times, but there was no response.

During the lunch break, I called my girlfriend, but it was also unanswered. I immediately called the music store where my girlfriend worked, and the other side told me that my girlfriend had asked for leave today and didn’t come to work.

A bad premonition welled up in my heart. I immediately packed my things and drove home. I climbed the stairs in one breath and was already sweating all over. The early autumn afternoon was even more sultry. The autumn tiger really lived up to its reputation.

Pushing the door open, my girlfriend was lying on the sofa in her pajamas, wearing headphones and listening to the radio.

“Why didn’t you go to work?” I asked.

My girlfriend took off her headphones when she heard my voice and answered, “Why are you back? Don’t you need to work?”

I explained that I couldn’t get through to her on the phone, so I called the music store, and the music store said she had asked for leave. I was worried, so I came back to have a look.

She opened her arms, and I walked over and sat beside her and hugged her.

She said that she didn’t feel well in the morning, so she asked for leave. She didn’t want to worry me too much and affect my work, so she didn’t tell me.

After hearing that, I hugged her even tighter.

I still felt very hot, so I looked up at the air conditioner. It was running normally.

No, if my girlfriend had been at home all the time and the air conditioner had been on, the room should be cool. But now it was so hot in the room, which meant that the air conditioner had just been turned on not long ago. In other words, my girlfriend had just come home…

I tried my best to calm myself down and didn’t show any abnormality. I told my girlfriend that I was going back to work and would contact her by phone if there was anything.

She nodded obediently and kissed me gently on the cheek. Her soft red lips were extremely cold at this moment.

When I went to the door to change my shoes, I found that the soles of my girlfriend’s boots on the shoe rack were covered with a lot of fine sand.

After returning to the company, I couldn’t concentrate on my work anymore. I called my childhood friend several times in a row, but it was still unanswered.

That night, I received a call from my childhood friend’s girlfriend, asking if I knew where my childhood friend was. I had a very bad feeling and immediately called several colleagues who were close to him. They also said they couldn’t get in touch with him.

For several days, there was still no news about my childhood friend. I accompanied his girlfriend to the police station to report the case. The police attached great importance to it and immediately retrieved the surveillance videos of various sections on the day my childhood friend disappeared. After a whole day of investigation, they finally determined that my childhood friend had gone to the Seaside Square that day, and the clue ended there.

What did my childhood friend go to the seaside for…

I recalled the fine sand on the soles of my girlfriend’s boots that day. It was very likely that she had also gone to the seaside that day. Was there any connection between her and my childhood friend’s disappearance?

Looking at the police officer in front of me, I wanted to say something, but in the end, I still didn’t say it. After all, it was just my unfounded speculation.

Should I really have a good talk with my girlfriend and put everything on the table? I felt that if I continued to suspect like this, I would collapse sooner or later.

After coming out of the police station, I drove to the music store where my girlfriend worked. Full of doubts, I couldn’t wait any longer.

When I arrived, I found that the music store was locked.

I immediately called my girlfriend and asked what she was doing.

“Of course I’m working at the music store,” my girlfriend answered on the phone.

“Oh, okay. I’ll pick you up tonight, and let’s go eat hot pot,” I didn’t say that I was standing downstairs of the music store and just found an excuse to get by.

The music store was clearly locked. Why did she lie and say she was working at the music store…

I was just about to turn around and leave when a man’s shout came from the second – floor window. I immediately froze in place, and a very familiar feeling welled up in my heart.

It was my childhood friend!

I didn’t care about anything else. I climbed up the pipe outside the building directly to the second – floor window and peeked through a small gap. But the scene in front of me made me break out in a cold sweat instantly.

In the room on the second floor, my childhood friend, covered in bruises, was kneeling on the ground. The owner of the music store had inserted a sharp blade into my childhood friend’s neck, and black blood was gushing out of his mouth.

There were also some young women sitting around, including my girlfriend. At this moment, she didn’t look like a blind person at all. She stared fixedly at my dying childhood friend, with a sickly joy on her face.

Call the police immediately!

But at this moment, the pipe I was standing on finally couldn’t bear the weight and broke with a bang. The noise startled the women in the room. The owner of the music store immediately rushed to the window to cover it, and the others also became chaotic.

I returned to the front of the music store, called the police while banging on the door.

This kind of storefront didn’t have a back door, and the windows were all installed with anti – theft frames. So as long as I guarded the front door, when the police came, with the ironclad evidence inside, these perverts couldn’t escape.

Soon the owner of the music store came to open the door and politely asked what I wanted. My girlfriend also came out and regained her original weak state as a blind girl.

At this moment, there was no trace of the madness on the faces of these two people. They really looked like two people who were working seriously in the music store.

I pointed at them, unable to say a word for a moment. Only my hand was trembling constantly, and a feeling of coldness welled up in my heart.

Soon, the two police officers in charge of my childhood friend’s disappearance case rushed over.

I immediately reported the situation truthfully to the officers. My childhood friend was in this music store right now. They would find out as soon as they searched.

The male police officer was very shocked after hearing what I said and also became extremely vigilant. He asked the female police officer to guard the door well and prepared to go in with me to search.

At this time, a group of girls came out of the music store and enthusiastically said goodbye to the owner of the music store. It seemed that they had just finished their instrument lessons.

I quickly told the male police officer that these women had also been watching the murder just now and couldn’t let them go.

The male police officer comforted me that it was really unreasonable to detain so many people without conclusive evidence. If they really found my childhood friend in the music store, they wouldn’t be able to escape by then.

I looked at these women. They were all wearing the unified school uniforms of the music store and each carried a small canvas bag. One of the women was carrying a huge cello case.

My childhood friend must be in this cello case. They were going to transfer the body! I grabbed that woman. This action really scared her a lot, and she almost screamed.

The male police officer quickly stepped forward to mediate and asked the woman to open the cello case and have a look.

The woman reluctantly opened the cello case, and there was only a valuable cello inside.

It seemed that my childhood friend was still in the music store.

The male police officer and I no longer paid attention to these women and rushed directly into the music store to start searching every corner carefully.

I don’t know how long it took. It was even getting dark, but we didn’t find any trace of my childhood friend.

“Are you sure you saw them killing people?” The male police officer was also a little confused.

“I’m sure!” I answered firmly.

“Are you sure no one left before we came?” The male police officer asked again.

“I’m sure. I’ve been guarding the door all the time,” I replied categorically.

“Is it possible that there is a secret room or a hidden compartment here that can hide people?” The female police officer also put forward her own idea.

The male police officer picked up the walkie – talkie and said a few words. Soon two police cars stopped in front of the music store, and a team of police officers with various professional instruments entered the music store to start a comprehensive and all – round investigation.

Until late at night, the final conclusion was that my childhood friend was not in the music store.

The female police officer also retrieved the surveillance videos in this area. Because this was an economic street, the surveillance coverage was very comprehensive.

The surveillance video showed that from the time I arrived at the music store until the police officers came, no one left the music store from other places.

I sat on the side of the road in a daze, with cold hands and feet and slightly trembling lips.

This was impossible. It was impossible. My childhood friend definitely didn’t leave the music store. Could he have disappeared into thin air? What kind of magic did these women have that could make people or corpses disappear out of thin air…

My girlfriend walked up to me, gently pulled my arm, and called me to go home.

I shook off my girlfriend’s hand and shouted in horror, “Stay away from me, you murderer!”

My girlfriend was stunned in place after hearing what I said, then lowered her head with a look of grievance and heartache. Tears were already welling up in her eyes.

“Dear, have you been under too much work pressure recently? I’ll accompany you to see a psychologist tomorrow…”

Anyone could see that this was a gentle, kind, and considerate girl. But the more she was like this, the more terrifying I felt.

In the end, I left her and drove away.

I would never go home again and live with this devil who pretended to be blind. In the end, I came to my childhood friend’s home.

My childhood friend’s girlfriend was at home. She had already talked to me on the phone today and knew what had happened to me. At this moment, her eyes were red and swollen. It seemed that she had been crying all the time recently.

Although we didn’t find my childhood friend in the music store, my childhood friend’s girlfriend still believed me very much. She spread a mattress in the living room and took me in for one night.

At a little after twelve o’clock at night, the doorbell of my childhood friend’s home rang. My childhood friend’s girlfriend looked through the peephole and then turned around to look at me, with a look of horror on her face.

“Who is it?” I asked.

My childhood friend’s girlfriend answered tremblingly, “It’s your girlfriend…”

I had already turned off my phone. It seemed that my girlfriend couldn’t get through to me, so she came directly to find me.

At this time, the voice of the owner of the music store came from outside the door. She said that my girlfriend was worried about me, so she asked her to come with her.

I gestured to my childhood friend’s girlfriend not to open the door and not to respond, while dialing the male police officer’s phone.

The male police officer on the other end of the phone sounded sleepy. It seemed that he had already rested.

He advised me to calm down. Since we had thoroughly searched the music store today and hadn’t found any trace of my childhood friend, maybe I had really had an illusion at that time.

I firmly believed that what I saw was true and begged him to come as soon as possible, and then hung up the phone.

There was silence outside the door for a while, and then there was a rustling sound. The door handle also started to turn crazily.

My childhood friend’s girlfriend looked at me in confusion.

They were prying the lock!

I took my childhood friend’s girlfriend, ran to the kitchen to get a sharp knife, and then took her to the second bedroom and locked the door from the inside.

Sure enough, after a while, the outside door opened.

Two clear footsteps were walking around in the room. They were searching for me.

My childhood friend’s girlfriend hid behind me, staring fixedly at the door of the second bedroom, covering her mouth tightly. I could clearly feel that she was trembling and sobbing.

I also held the sharp knife tightly. Facing two women, I thought I still had a chance to fight.

The clear high – heeled footsteps finally stopped outside the door of the second bedroom. The door handle turned twice, but it didn’t open because it was locked.

“Dear, you’ve been under too much pressure recently. Come back with me and have a rest,” my girlfriend’s voice came through the door, calm and emotionless.

I thought they would continue to pry the lock and break in, but soon there was a messy footsteps outside and a heavy closing sound.

Did they leave?

Immediately, the door was knocked again, and the male police officer’s voice came from outside the door.

I let out a long sigh of relief and walked out of the second bedroom with my childhood friend’s girlfriend. The room was empty, with no trace of being broken into.

I opened the door, and the male police officer was standing outside. Behind him were my girlfriend and the owner of the music store.

“They just pried the lock and broke in to harm us. Police officer, arrest them quickly!” I immediately shouted.

My childhood friend’s girlfriend also burst into tears when she saw the police.

“Police officer, you can see that my boyfriend may be under too much pressure recently, and his friend is missing. He’s already mentally collapsed. I’m very worried about him, so I came with the boss to have a look at him.” My girlfriend looked innocent at this moment, with a look of grievance in her tone.

“Yes, police officer. You see, this blind little girl is really not easy. We’ve been standing outside the door for a long time, and he didn’t even open the door for us.” The owner of the music store also chimed in.

Today, a lot of police force and resources had been consumed, but no trace of my childhood friend had been found in the music store. The owner of the music store didn’t say anything and had been actively cooperating with the police investigation. The male police officer didn’t know what to do at this moment.

His experience and intuition told him that I wasn’t lying, but without any useful evidence, he really couldn’t take any measures against my girlfriend and the owner of the music store.

In the end, the male police officer put forward a solution:

I would stay at my childhood friend’s home to rest tonight and calm down. The male police officer would drive my girlfriend and the owner of the music store home. Tomorrow, everyone would go to the police station and sort out the clues of my childhood friend’s disappearance together.

The male police officer took my girlfriend and the owner of the music store downstairs and drove them away.

Along the way, the two women in the back seat were extremely quiet. There was only the buzzing sound of the engine in the car, which made the male police officer feel a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly, the male police officer’s phone rang. He pressed the Bluetooth headset he had been wearing, and the voice of the female police officer came from the other end of the phone.

“Senior, I know why we couldn’t find anyone in the music store today. They transferred the missing person out!” The female police officer’s tone was a little anxious.

“How is that possible? Could they transfer a whole person right under our noses?” The male police officer retorted.

“What if it’s not a whole person?” The female police officer asked rhetorically.

“What do you mean…” A bad premonition made the male police officer’s hand holding the steering wheel become cold.

“Do you remember that after we arrived, a group of girls just left after finishing their instrument lessons? We only searched the cello case that could hold a whole person, but that was just a decoy to deceive us. Is it possible that after they realized that their criminal behavior had been discovered, they immediately dismembered the victim? Each of those girls was carrying a small canvas bag, and the bags contained pieces of the victim’s body. Each of them took a small part of the victim’s body and transferred the victim right under our noses like this…”

Listening to the female police officer’s step – by – step reasoning, the male police officer was so shocked that he couldn’t say a word. The breath of the two women behind him had completely disappeared. The space in the back seat of the car seemed to extend infinitely, as if a black hole was slowly swallowing him from behind.

He was just about to say something when he felt a coldness in his throat and a mouthful of sweet blood choked out. At the last moment, he vaguely saw that the girl who was supposed to be blind had climbed from the back seat to the front seat, snatched the steering wheel from his hand, and her eyes were no longer dull at this moment, but full of viciousness…

At this moment, I was sitting in my childhood friend’s home, gulping down a mouthful of beer. Before finding strong evidence, even if the police believed me, they couldn’t take any measures against my girlfriend.

Judging from tonight’s situation, they should have come to silence me. Then my childhood friend’s home was no longer safe. I asked my childhood friend’s girlfriend to buy a ticket and go back to her hometown to avoid for a while, and I would stay and continue to deal with them.

After being frightened tonight, my childhood friend’s girlfriend immediately agreed with my idea.

I didn’t sleep all night. The next morning, I sent my childhood friend’s girlfriend away and then rushed to the police station. There, I saw the haggard female police officer.

She told me that the male police officer died last night on the way back from my childhood friend’s home. She also told me the inference about my childhood friend being transferred last night.

“The male police officer must have been silenced by them!” I said without thinking.

“I think so too,” the female police officer said with a sigh.

“Then arrest them quickly!” I was a little anxious.

“Let me show you something first.” The female police officer took me into the monitoring room and retrieved the surveillance video from last night.

The surveillance video showed that after the male police officer sent my girlfriend and the owner of the music store home, he drove towards the suburbs and finally disappeared on a small road leading to the reservoir.

Then the female police officer opened a video in another folder. This was the scene inside the suburban reservoir.

In the dim picture, the male police officer parked the car in front of the surveillance camera, got out of the car, faced the surveillance camera, and slashed his own throat with a dagger. Then he trembled and returned to the car, drove it straight into the reservoir.

At this moment, I was so shocked that I couldn’t say a word. How could this be possible?

“This morning, we salvaged the senior’s car in the suburban reservoir. He was sitting in the driver’s seat, wearing a seat belt, and holding the dagger tightly in his hand.” The female police officer turned off the computer, and her eyes became red at this point.

I slumped into a chair, feeling as if my brain was being torn apart by something.

The female police officer continued, “Your girlfriend and the owner of the music store are making statements in the next room because they were the last people in contact with the male police officer. But since there is no evidence, they will be able to leave soon.”

“It must be them. We can’t let them go. They are a group of crazy people, a group of devils…” I sat on the chair, shaking constantly, and muttered in a daze.

“I think so too. Last night, I was on the phone with the senior. As soon as I finished my inference about their transferring the body, the phone was immediately hung up. This is blatant silencing.” The female police officer said.

“Your senior has been silenced. The next one might be you. What are you going to do next?” I asked.

“Everything as usual. Let them come at me. Only when they take action can I collect evidence and avenge my senior!” At this moment, there was a touch of determination on the female police officer’s face.

“Let me protect you.” I said this without much confidence, but as a man, I had to say something nice. Besides, this female police officer was quite pretty.

“Forget it. I guess you are being watched by them too now.” The female police officer’s tone was a bit disdainful, which made me very uncomfortable.

“My reinforcements will arrive soon. Let him protect you secretly. There will definitely be no problem.” I said firmly.

The person I mentioned was a very good friend of mine. He was also very familiar with my childhood friend. The three of us grew up together, but now he works in another city. He has practiced martial arts since childhood and is very strong. He is the kind of person who can give people a sense of security.

After hearing that my childhood friend was missing, he planned to come and help me find my childhood friend’s whereabouts. He should arrive today.

I didn’t directly contact my friend because I thought that both the female police officer and I might be under the surveillance of my girlfriend and her group. There was no need to expose my friend’s card yet.

I sent a message to my friend, roughly explaining the current situation. Words like dismemberment and resurrection shocked my friend deeply.

I created a small group and added the female police officer and my friend into it. Finally, my friend checked into a hotel opposite the female police officer’s community. In this way, if there was any emergency, he could take care of it.

These days after work, I would stay in different hotels. At least it was a little safer this way.

After taking a shower, exhausted, I lay on the bed. At this time, my phone vibrated.

[“Someone is following you.” My friend sent a message in the group and @ the female police officer.

Immediately after that, he sent a photo. At the gate of the female police officer’s community, a person in black clothes and a mask was standing there.

[“I know. This person has been following me since I left the police station.” The female police officer replied.

[“It seems that they have taken action. You must be careful.” I also instructed in the group.

[“I have called several female colleagues to my home. They will arrive soon. With more people, there should be no problem. You keep an eye on this person and stay in touch.” The female police officer @ my friend.

[“Understood. I’m on my way.” My friend understood what the female police officer meant. Keeping an eye on this stalker might lead to some discoveries.

Since they had already taken action against the female police officer, what about me? Thinking of this, I quickly went to the door and looked through the peephole. After confirming that there was no one outside, I carefully inserted the latch and took out the telescopic baton hidden in my backpack just in case.

The group was quiet for a while. I sat on the bed quietly, trying hard to connect the strange things that had happened these days, but I had no clue.

After a while, my friend sent another message in the group: [“That person saw several girls going to your hotel room, and he has left. I’m going to follow him now.”

[“Be careful and stay in touch.” I replied in the group.

Knock, knock, knock!

I had just put down my phone when there was a knock on the room door. I held the telescopic baton tightly and walked to the door. Looking through the peephole, a woman in cleaning clothes was standing outside.

“Who is it?” I asked through the door.

“Sir, I’m the cleaner. Do you need your room cleaned?” The woman outside replied.

“Oh, no need.” I refused loudly, still staring fixedly at the peephole.

“Okay.” The cleaner gave a resentful look at the peephole, as if she wanted to look at me, but she didn’t leave. She stood at the door without saying a word, expressionless.

I stood behind the door, not daring to breathe. The two of us just stood like this, separated by a door.

Are you kidding? How could a hotel arrange for a cleaner to clean the room at night? Moreover, this woman looked very familiar. She seemed to be one of the girls learning instruments at my girlfriend’s music store.

After about three or five minutes, the woman took out her phone as if she was sending a message, and then turned and left.

Listening to the footsteps and confirming that the woman had gone far, I finally let out a sigh of relief. It was no longer safe here. They knew how to pick locks. I couldn’t just sit and wait to die.

I quickly packed my things, put on my backpack, and quietly opened the door and left.

I didn’t take the elevator because the small space was too dangerous. I went downstairs from the emergency exit in one breath. I came to the street. There were bustling cars and people around. I looked back and saw that on the second floor of the hotel, the cleaner was standing in front of a window, still expressionless, staring fixedly at me.

At this time, a taxi just stopped in front of me. I got in without saying a word. The most important thing now was to leave this place.

I had already told the group that I was being followed too. The female police officer suggested that I go to the police station. It was the safest place there, and she would also rush there with her colleagues as soon as possible.

I was just about to tell the driver to go to the police station, but I immediately realized that after getting in the car, I hadn’t said where I was going, and the driver hadn’t asked me either. However, at this time, he had already driven me on the road.

“Go to the police station.” I whispered.

The driver didn’t answer, not even reacting at all. He just drove numbly.

I pulled the door handle and found that the car was locked from the inside.

“Who are you!” I shouted in horror.

At this time, my girlfriend’s voice came from the passenger seat: “Dear, I’m so worried about you.”

I picked up my phone to notify the female police officer, but the red exclamation mark after the message I sent made me a little desperate. The signal bar was also empty. It seemed that there was a signal shielding device installed in the car.

The car drove all the way and soon came to a remote urban village and stopped at the entrance of the village.

The driver was a big, burly man. He pulled me out of the back seat, pressed a sharp blade against my waist, and then put a baseball cap on my head, covering my face. My girlfriend also got out of the car. At this time, she became that pitiful blind girl again, gently holding my hand and leading me into the village.

Walking in the alleys of the urban village, it was extremely quiet around, only with the occasional barking of dogs.

Not far away, a strong black figure was walking towards us. Because there was no street light, I couldn’t see the person’s face clearly in the dark.

Until the black figure took out his phone as if to send a message, and the light of the phone shone on his face. It was actually my friend!

I wanted to shout for help, but the blade pressed against my waist made me dare not move rashly. Just like this, we passed by my friend.

In a hurry, I had an idea and pretended to trip. Then I said loudly, “My shoelace is untied.”

The footsteps behind me also stopped suddenly. Obviously, my friend recognized my voice…

My move made the big man beside me a little vigilant. It was only after the footsteps of my friend gradually going away that he relaxed a little and pushed me with the blade, indicating that I shouldn’t play any tricks.

My friend must have recognized my voice. Would he save me? Why was he here?

We continued walking towards the depths of the urban village and finally came to a large house. A short – haired woman was standing at the door, as if she was waiting for us.

The short – haired woman threw a syringe to the big man. It seemed that there was some kind of liquid in the syringe. The big man nodded with a whimper and then entered the house.

The short – haired woman drew a long knife from her waist and pointed it at me. My girlfriend grabbed my hands from behind and began to tie my wrists with a rope.

“What are you going to do!” I asked angrily.

Before the short – haired woman could answer, with a whoosh, a cold wind blew, and a brick hit the short – haired woman on the head. With the blood gushing out from her forehead, the whole person fell to the ground.

My girlfriend was a little stunned at this moment, but then she reacted and began to shout. Immediately, there was a noisy footsteps in the house.

My friend came out from behind a wall, pulled me and ran towards the outside of the village.

We didn’t run for long before a beam of light shone from behind. There were mixed voices of men and women shouting at us.

I didn’t care about anything else. I just followed my friend and ran all the way. I fell several times during the process, and it was all thanks to my friend that I could get up.

We ran to a roadside in one breath, stopped a taxi and rushed straight to the police station. Looking back, we had left the group of people chasing from the village behind.

“Why are you here?” I asked while panting heavily.

“I was following the person who was stalking the female police officer and followed him all the way to this urban village. I saw that person enter this house, so I also climbed over the wall and entered. But there were too many people in the house and it was too dangerous. I quickly escaped and wanted to retreat and discuss countermeasures with you. As a result, I met you on the way out of the village.” My friend explained.

Half an hour later, the two of us were sitting in the hall of the police station, wolfing down instant noodles. The female police officer reported the situation truthfully, and a team of police officers had already gone to raid the urban village.

After my friend finished eating the instant noodles, he suddenly remembered something and took out a small booklet from his arms. He said that he stole it when he sneaked into the big house.

The booklet was very simple. There was a picture of a green mantis with a woman’s face on the cover. There were some obscure and difficult – to – understand contents like scriptures on several pages.

My friend and I were completely confused after looking at it, but the female police officer seemed to see something terrifying. She immediately packed her things, stuffed the booklet into her briefcase, and drove us to an old community.

After turning several corners in the community, we finally came to a door of a household. The female police officer knocked gently, and an old man who looked about seventy or eighty years old and was hunched over came to open the door.

The female police officer introduced that this was Captain Wang, a retired police officer for many years.

The light in the room was dim, and there was a unique smell of old people everywhere. It was a smell that made people feel that they were about to die and had a lonely life.

Captain Wang sat at the desk, turned on a small desk lamp, and put on his reading glasses. He stared at the booklet for a long time.

“Yes, it’s them.” Captain Wang took off his reading glasses and rubbed his nose bridge. His tone was very heavy.

“What is it? What do you mean?” My friend asked impatiently. We had been in a confused state since the beginning, and this feeling was really uncomfortable.

“Before retiring, Captain Wang organized police forces from various cities and counties to wipe out multiple cult organizations. Judging from this booklet, it looks very much like a cult that was rampant in this city many years ago.” The female police officer explained.

“It’s the Goddess Sect. This cult was originally an anti – social organization, and later it developed more and more extremely and became a typical primitivist sect. They believe that the world should be ruled by women and should return to the matriarchal society. God only created women, and men are servants created to serve women.” Captain Wang said as he took out a file bag from the bookcase. There was the same pattern of a mantis with a human face on the bag.

“They regard the mantis as a sacred object. They think that after mating, the female mantis will eat the male mantis, which is a microcosm of the supremacy of the divine right shown by God. They also imitate this behavior. The believers of the Goddess Sect are all women. Each believer will choose a man as her servant. They will approach and infiltrate into the man’s life, subtly brainwash the man they choose for several years or even more than ten years, and finally completely control the man and make him a puppet for their own use.” Captain Wang showed us some photo materials as he spoke.

“How can it be considered that the brainwashing is successful and the control is complete?” I asked with a shiver, subconsciously.

“Just like the mantis, the final result is to sacrifice oneself, literally sacrificing a part of one’s body…” Captain Wang replied.

“Then why did they approach me?” I continued to ask.

“I have a speculation. Your girlfriend pretended to be blind and approached you to choose you as her servant. When you are completely addicted to her and become a puppet who obeys her completely, she will ask for your corneas. This is your sacrifice for her.” The female police officer put forward her conjecture.

After hearing this, I felt dizzy. If I had lived with my girlfriend for several years or even more than ten years, would I be willing to give my eyes to her? I wasn’t sure.

But it was this uncertainty that was the most terrifying. It meant that I couldn’t see clearly and couldn’t predict the final result.

“The Goddess Sect absorbs beautiful and attractive women. They have indeed trained a group of puppet servants who are willing to do anything for them. They are like a dormant chrysalis. After breaking out of the cocoon, they bring extremely terrifying consequences. They control these fanatical servants to burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil. In the process, they even use drugs to strengthen the physical control of these servants and have become one of the most harmful cults to society.” Captain Wang said, and there was even a trace of sadness in his old and solemn tone.

“Then how was it dealt with in the end?” My friend asked while looking at the photos.

“Because their system expanded too fast, we also策反了 several servants who were not so deeply brainwashed. According to the various information they provided, more than a thousand police officers from multiple prefecture – level cities jointly launched an operation, established five temporary command centers, and raided them when they held a general assembly. It was really a fierce battle. I didn’t expect that after so many years, they would appear again.” Captain Wang replied.

“Regarding the death of my senior, I speculate that in fact, they killed him on the way home and found a servant who looked similar to my senior in the cult organization. He got on the car in the surveillance blind area on the way and then drove the car to the reservoir and committed suicide by cutting his throat in front of the blurry surveillance at night. This person walked a little lame in the surveillance. This should be his way of sacrifice – sacrificing his leg. After he drove the car into the reservoir, they arranged for someone to dive into the water, take away the servant’s body, and disguise the scene in the car as my senior’s suicide.” The female police officer said, and her eyes were a little red at this point.

I recalled the big man who drove the taxi and hijacked me with my girlfriend. He didn’t seem to say a word. When he received the injection of drugs thrown by the short – haired woman, he just made a whimpering sound. It seemed that he was also a servant, and his way of sacrifice might be his tongue.

I imagined that if I was really completely brainwashed, cut out my own eyes and sacrificed myself, and then still had to do these heinous things like a madman, I felt a burst of coldness.

At this time, the phone rang. The female police officer answered the phone, and her face became a little solemn.

“The search of the urban village has ended. They have all transferred. We didn’t catch anyone.” The female police officer put down the phone and said.

“This is normal. They are very cunning. You should also be careful. Once you are chosen as a servant, either you die for her or she kills you. They will definitely try their best to get rid of you.” Captain Wang said to me earnestly.

“Then what should we do now?” My friend was also a little panicked. After all, the other side had a large number of people and was hiding in the dark. It was really scary.

“The most important task now is to ensure your safety. I will drive you back to the police station first. During this period, you will stay there. I will arrange people to protect you. I also need to report the recurrence of the Goddess Sect to my superiors as soon as possible.” The female police officer said as she packed up some materials given by Captain Wang and drove us back to the police station.

On the way back, when passing a small road, a traffic policeman on a motorcycle stopped us and asked to check the female police officer’s driving license on the grounds of speeding.

I took the driving license and handed it to the traffic policeman. He reached out to take it, and his movements were a little stiff.

The traffic policeman held the driving license and looked at it for a while, and then handed it back. I reached out to take it and pinched the traffic policeman’s glove by the way. There was nothing in his glove!

He didn’t have a left hand!

I turned to look at the female police officer. Obviously, she also saw what had just happened. The two of us looked at each other and understood everything.

This was a servant!

After a short silence, the female police officer stepped on the accelerator hard, and the car suddenly rushed forward.

Just as we were about to reach the next intersection, a beam of headlights shone on us, and a van rushed out from the intersection on the side, almost hitting us and flying out.

The female police officer and I struggled to climb out of the car. My friend was pinned in the back and couldn’t move. An iron bar penetrated his thigh and nailed him firmly in the car.

Seeing two men getting out of the van and the fake traffic policeman chasing after us on the motorcycle.

“Don’t worry about me. Run!” My friend shouted in pain.

Reluctantly, I took the female police officer’s hand and ran towards an old building on the side of the road.

Both of our mobile phones were lost in the car accident, and we couldn’t call for support in time. We could only keep running towards the top of the building.

When we reached the top floor, we didn’t find a place to hide. There were seven or eight households on this floor, and all the anti – theft iron doors were closed. The sound – controlled lights were flickering on and off, and there were also faint footsteps in the stairwell. They were chasing us.

Just then, a door suddenly opened, and a middle – aged man in his forties or fifties came out with a bag of garbage. He was wearing a vest and shorts, stepping on a pair of worn – out flip – flops, with only a few sparse hairs left on his head, and a cigarette in his mouth.

Seeing us in a mess and covered in blood, the man was also startled and immediately wanted to go back into the room and lock the door.

The female police officer quickly took out her police officer’s ID from her arms and asked the man to let us in too.

The man was stunned for a moment and finally nodded, opened the door and let us into the room.

As soon as I entered the man’s house, I smelled a damp smell mixed with a musty smell of old things. I didn’t know how long it had been since the windows were opened here for ventilation.

The living room was in a mess, with all kinds of miscellaneous daily necessities and food residues piled up everywhere.

“Do you have a phone here? Can you lend it to me?” The female police officer asked.

“It’s broken.” The man pointed to the phone thrown in the corner of the living room. There was already a thin layer of dust on it.

“What about a mobile phone?” I asked immediately.

“I don’t have a mobile phone.” The man spoke in a very low voice, and his yellowish – brown teeth were really unpleasant to look at.

The female police officer and I looked at each other, feeling very helpless.

Knock, knock, knock!

At this time, there was a knock on the door. It must be the servants of the Goddess Sect who had chased us up.

The female police officer made a shushing gesture to the man, wanting to pretend that there was no one in the room. But soon, there was a rustling sound at the lock, and they started to pick the lock.

I was really helpless. Could everyone in this damned cult pick locks?

The female police officer took me and hid in the bedroom, told the man not to let it slip, and if there was any emergency, to shout out.

The bedroom was not lit, and the dim moonlight shone through the balcony into the room, making everything not very clear. There was a double bed in the room with a thin quilt on it, and there were all kinds of things that couldn’t be seen clearly piled up around it.

I heard the footsteps of the man in the living room. He went to open the door, and a man came in while saying something. I put my ear to the door, wanting to hear what they were saying, but their voices were too low, and I didn’t get anything. But I could feel that they seemed to be very familiar with each other.

Suddenly, there was a scream outside the door, and then it became quiet.

I was a little strange and wanted to ask the female police officer if she had heard the scream outside the door. But when I turned around, I found that the female police officer was looking up and motionless.

I also looked up, and in the faint moonlight, I saw a piece of human skin stretched completely on the ceiling. Where the chandelier should be, there was a human head hanging.

At this time, the man’s low voice came from outside the door: “Open the door. The people who chased you have been dealt with by me…”

Fortunately, the bedroom door had been locked by me, and he couldn’t get in for a while.

“It’s him… It’s actually him…” The female police officer muttered, obviously also frightened.

“Who is it?” I started to look for weapons for self – defense in the room and asked the female police officer.

“Judging from this killing method, it looks very much like the serial killer, the Skinning Butcher, who was very rampant in the neighboring province some time ago. But why is he here…” The female police officer quickly regained her senses and searched for self – defense weapons with me.

After searching for a long time, we found nothing.

“Can we escape from the balcony?” The female police officer suddenly suggested.

I looked at the balcony, and a black figure made me despair. The Skinning Butcher didn’t know when he had stood there, just looking at us quietly.

“If I offer you to her, she will love me more…” The Skinning Butcher said in a low voice, raising the iron hook in his hand. In the moonlight, the iron hook shone with a cold light.

No wonder the Skinning Butcher was familiar with the servants who chased us. It seemed that he had also been brainwashed by the Goddess Sect and became a fanatical follower and servant of one of the believers.

However, it had to be said that as a serial killer, the Skinning Butcher was really cruel. In order to show his loyalty to his goddess, he actually killed another servant accomplice and wanted to take all the credit by himself. Unexpectedly, such a cruel and cold – blooded butcher would one day become a lapdog.

“What are you waiting for? Run!” The female police officer suddenly pulled me, and I also immediately reacted and followed her to turn around and open the door and run out.

We rushed downstairs in one breath. The street was quiet. The female police officer’s car was still leaning against the wall, with fragments scattered all over the place after the collision. But my friend was gone in the car.

I didn’t have time to worry about my friend’s safety. I followed the female police officer and rushed into the opposite block. The two of us didn’t know how long we had run until we finally saw a convenience store that was still lit.

We rushed into the convenience store, ignoring the frightened eyes of the clerk. The female police officer showed her police officer’s ID and then used the landline in the store to call for help.

I slumped on the ground, exhausted at this time. I picked up a bottle of drink on the shelf and wanted to drink it, but after all the strange things that had happened these days, my nerves were extremely tense. Looking at the seemingly harmless clerk in front of me, I still put down the water bottle and didn’t drink it.

Ten minutes later, two police cars stopped at the door of the store. Captain Chang, whom I had met several times in the police station before, was in charge. He was also the superior of the female police officer.

Captain Chang was very efficient. He immediately arranged for people to divide into groups and conduct various evidence – collecting work. After the scene was basically in order, he personally drove me and the female police officer back to the police station.

In the conference room of the police station late at night, all the leaders and team leaders were present, listening attentively to the female police officer’s report and analysis of the encounters with the Goddess Sect during this period. There were also several veteran police officers who had participated in the suppression of the Goddess Sect many years ago.

I was wrapped in a blanket and sitting in the corner. Some scattered wounds on my body had been bandaged, and the hot tea in my hand gave me a great sense of security.

“Now there is a serious problem. One of our informants has fallen into the hands of the Goddess Sect cult organization. Judging from the style of this cult organization in silencing people, the informant is in great danger. We must immediately launch a rescue operation.” The female police officer finally put forward this point. I knew that the informant she mentioned was my friend.

“It’s difficult. This group of cultists are very cunning and good at disguising. There are also a group of servants who are willing to die for them. We are in the dark and they are in the open. We are very passive.” Captain Chang looked very worried. He had also fought against the Goddess Sect cult before and knew how difficult these people were to deal with.

“Difficult or not, we have to do it. Notify all the teams in the bureau to put down their current work and fully engage in the search and rescue operation of the informant. If there are not enough people, apply for reinforcements from neighboring cities. Work around the clock and comprehensively screen the city’s surveillance system. Conduct a carpet – style visit and investigation. Notify the Transportation Department to block all roads out of the city and set up checkpoints. We must dig three feet into the ground and find these crazy people!”

Director Jiang’s voice was powerful, and each word was as heavy as a hammer, hitting people’s hearts. A heroic spirit accompanied by his strong aura infected everyone present.

Director Jiang’s name is Jiang Daoli, and he is very reasonable in dealing with things.

“This group of cultists are very cunning. According to their style, after causing a stir, they will disappear for a long time. Unless we can force them to take action.” Captain Chang was still a little worried.

“I have a way to lure them out!” I suddenly shouted, and everyone’s eyes focused on me.

Yes, if we just waited, my friend would probably lose his life. My childhood friend had already died at the hands of these cultists, and my friend must not have any more accidents.

“Young comrade, what can you do?” Director Jiang asked.

“My transportation ticket – booking app is bound with my girlfriend. If I book a ticket back to my hometown online now, she will see my booking record synchronously. She must kill me, so she will definitely not let me leave this city.” I said as I touched my pocket and only then remembered that my phone was long gone.

“Okay, then you book the ticket now. Book it for tomorrow. We will deploy police forces at the station. At least we have to regain some initiative and ensure the safety of the informant!” Captain Chang immediately made a decision, and the people in the conference room immediately became busy.

The next afternoon, I dragged my suitcase and stepped into the city’s long – distance bus station.

My girlfriend must also know that this was a trap, but it was also a trap that she had to enter. How would we meet? Whose death trap would this finally become…

The waiting hall was very lively, but I paid attention to every person passing by. The plainclothes police arranged by Director Jiang almost covered the entire area, and a large number of police forces were also deployed outside the station. In a few minutes, the whole station could be surrounded tightly.

The bulletproof vest hidden in my coat was heavy and stuffy. Coupled with my extremely nervous mood, soon beads of sweat appeared on my forehead.

An old farmer in a straw hat squatted down near me by the wall and took out a piece of dry food from his backpack and stuffed it into his mouth to chew.

I couldn’t help sighing that the world was hard. I hoped that if there was any accident later, I wouldn’t hurt this honest and simple old man.

As time passed slowly, it was almost time for the bus to depart, but there was no abnormal situation. I was a little anxious. Didn’t my girlfriend and her group plan to take any action?

I looked up at a man in front of me. He was a plainclothes police officer. He raised his chin to indicate that everything was normal.

I slowly stood up, dragged my suitcase and walked towards the parking lot.

After checking the ticket number, I got on the bus back to my hometown. The driver was an uncle with sunglasses and long, fluffy hair. From time to time, people in the bus spoke in their hometown dialect, which made me feel very亲切.

I sat in the seat according to the seat number on the ticket. Next to me, an aunt in a mask was lying on her side and sleeping soundly.

At this time, I noticed that the old farmer in the straw hat had also got on the bus and sat in the last row.

The bus slowly started and carried me on the way back to my hometown.

It seemed that my girlfriend and her group had given up chasing me. If it weren’t for rescuing my friend, I really wanted to go home like this and have a good rest for a few days. All the strange things that had happened these days could be regarded as a nightmare.

The bus drove slowly all the way. I looked at the scenery outside the window and looked back a little. I could see two black cars following not far behind. These were also the police forces arranged by Director Jiang.

Suddenly, the bus turned sharply and the speed soared, driving in the wrong direction. At the same time, several vans also came over and blocked between the bus and the police cars.

Soon, the black cars behind disappeared. It seemed that they had been shaken off.

I stood up in surprise and looked at the driver of the bus. He had tied up his long hair at some point. At this time, I realized that there were only two terrifying scars on both sides of his head, and his ears were gone.

At this time, the passengers on the bus were already screaming in fright, and it was about to become chaotic.

Several men in the front seats stood up, took out several long knives from under the seats, and pointed at the people on the bus and shouted, “Don’t move. Be honest. You will be let go when you get to the place.”

The people in the bus were so frightened that they quickly shut up and sat trembling in their seats. No one dared to make a sound anymore.

“Dear, we finally meet again.” My girlfriend’s voice came from beside me. The aunt who had been sleeping soundly just now was sitting upright, calmly took off her mask and sunglasses. It was my girlfriend.

Although she was wearing a middle – aged – style dress, her hair was permed into small curls and dyed wine – red, but her beautiful face still made me feel extremely cold.

“Hehe, you don’t pretend anymore?” I said coldly, staring at her and asking.

“Dear, you and I should be the most loving lovers in the world. As long as you say you love me, we can be together like before, okay?” My girlfriend’s tone was very charming at this time, and her hands were also placed on my legs.

“Humph, love? You just want to brainwash me into a puppet at your mercy.” I said as I shook off my girlfriend’s hands and turned my head away.

“Okay, although I really can’t bear to kill you, but since I can’t get your heart, then I can only take your life!” My girlfriend was obviously angered by me and said through gritted teeth.

“Kill me, can you let my friend go? Our grudges have nothing to do with him. Don’t hurt him.” I quickly brought up my friend, wanting to judge my friend’s current situation through my girlfriend’s reaction.

“Your feelings are really good, just like our feelings before. Don’t worry, I will let you be good brothers in hell.” My girlfriend said with a laugh, and a sickly ecstasy appeared on her face.

At this time, the bus also stopped. I looked out of the window and found that it was a wild field around.

“Saintess, what should we do now?” A servant with a knife asked my girlfriend for instructions.

“Kill them all. Leave no one alive!” My girlfriend casually threw out a sentence and then got up and walked towards the front of the bus.

That servant then grabbed a passenger and raised the knife to chop down.

“Don’t move. Police!”

Only a loud shout came from the back of the bus. The old farmer in the straw hat had stood up, took out a pistol from his bag and pointed it at my girlfriend and several servants.

The old farmer took off his straw hat, and I realized that he looked a little familiar. If he removed the beard on his face and his skin was a little whiter…

It was Captain Chang!

“Captain Chang, why is it you!” I exclaimed in surprise.

“I specially disguised myself and followed you. I also bought the same bus ticket as you. I knew that these desperadoes were very cunning. I didn’t expect that even the driver was one of them.” Captain Chang replied to me while walking forward with a gun and taking away the long knives from several servants.

Ten minutes later, several police cars surrounded the bus parked in the wild field. My girlfriend and several servants were all arrested and taken back to the police station together.

I and the female police officer were anxiously waiting in the office. The police interrogation of my girlfriend and several servants continued until three o’clock in the morning.

Captain Chang, who was in charge of the interrogation, walked into the office with a water cup and sat down on a chair tiredly.

I quickly asked about the interrogation result and whether there was any clue about my friend.

Captain Chang shook his head and said that this group of cultists had very tight mouths and didn’t reveal anything. One servant even wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide, but was stopped by the police in time.

“But don’t worry. Judging from their reactions, your friend must be still alive. Today on the bus, I heard someone call that woman Saintess.” Captain Chang said.

“What does that mean?” The female police officer asked.

“In the Goddess Sect, the Saintess has a very high status. She is the successor of the cult leader, the Goddess. Now that this Saintess is arrested, they must be like ants on a hot pan.” Captain Chang explained.

“Great. Then we now have the conditions to negotiate with them. We can exchange my friend back!” I said happily.

“How can you talk like that, young comrade? We represent justice. We never negotiate with evil forces. So many people are watching. You should talk on the right track!” Captain Chang scolded.

“Yes, yes, yes.” I quickly made a gesture of shutting up.

“Now this group of cultists must want to rescue their Saintess. So during this period, they will try their best to contact you. You must be careful and inform us in time if there is any situation.” The female police officer instructed me.

I slept in the lounge of the police station for a whole day and woke up in the evening. It was not a way to stay here all the time. I decided to open a room in a hotel next to the police station and stay there first.

After leaving the police station, the lively scene on the street made me feel much more comfortable. People who had eaten dinner were walking on the road, talking and laughing. The various snack stalls on the street emitted a burst of fragrance.

I touched my stomach and felt really hungry.

I came to a small stall and bought a portion of fried chicken nuggets.

I sat on a bench by the side of the road and was just about to take a bite of the chicken nuggets when a little girl leading a small dog came up and stopped me.

“Uncle, can I have a piece?” The girl looked about six or seven years old and was leading a white dog.

I touched the girl’s head and handed the chicken nuggets to her.

The girl took a small piece from the bag and actually crouched down and fed it to the dog.

I was a little stunned watching the girl’s strange behavior. The dog that ate the chicken nuggets suddenly convulsed a few times on the ground and soon died.

The girl didn’t seem surprised. She slowly picked up the dog and said in a voice that only the two of us could hear, “See? It’s very easy for us to want you to die. Tomorrow night at nine o’clock, go to the Electromechanical School. If you dare to tell the police, then you and your friend will all die!”

After saying that, the girl hugged the motionless dog and left, disappearing into the noisy crowd.

I didn’t find any information about the Electromechanical School in this city. Finally, with the introduction of a taxi driver, I learned that the Electromechanical School was originally a vocational school for electromechanical professional training in this city. It had been closed in the 1980s. At present, only a few abandoned teaching buildings are located in the northern suburbs of the city.

I took a taxi and turned several corners on the remote small roads in the northern suburbs. Finally, after passing through a forest, I arrived at this campus that had been deserted for many years. The sporadic buildings had been eroded by the years and were in a terrible state. The tallest three – story small building had a wall covered with withered and dense ivy. Through the gaps in the leaves, the moss covering the old brick wall could be seen.

It was just seven o’clock now. There were still two hours before the time specified by the girl. Looking up, the sun had long disappeared. Half of the sky was red and the other half was dark blue, with a few scattered clouds floating in it, making this school, which was like a cemetery, even more eerie.

“You came a little early.” A familiar voice suddenly came from behind. I turned around and saw that the person coming from the depths of the forest was actually the Skinning Butcher.

I immediately reached my hand to my waist and held the electric baton I had prepared in advance.

“Don’t be nervous. I won’t kill you today.” The Skinning Butcher seemed to see through me and stood at a distance from me.

“What do you want me to do here? Where is my friend?” I asked aggressively.

Before the Skinning Butcher could answer, a woman’s voice came from the depths of the forest again: “You are quite trustworthy. You didn’t bring the police.”

When she walked closer, I saw clearly that this was a woman with a hot figure. She had short hair that reached her ears and was wearing a tight black hip – hugging skirt. Her long legs wrapped in black stockings were stepping on a pair of black high – heels.

She seemed to be leading a dog. No, it wasn’t a dog. It was a man, a naked man, crawling on the ground at the woman’s feet. His hands and feet had been cut off, and the stumps were wrapped with thick tape, which made him only able to crawl on the ground with the stumps, fawning on the woman beside him, just like a well – trained domestic dog.

“To be honest, the Saintess is just so – so. She can’t even control her own servants. Unlike me, the dog I trained is so obedient.” The woman in black said with dissatisfaction in her tone. The man crawling on the ground heard this and crawled more vigorously on her legs.

I was so shocked by the scene in front of me that I couldn’t say a word. It was hard to imagine what a deformed and distorted hell this cult had evolved into.

“Since you’re here, come in then.” A series of footsteps came from the school. It was the owner of the music store.

The Skinning Butcher saw the owner of the music store and immediately threw his iron hook on the ground, rushed forward and knelt down, and took out a roll of something from his arms.

“Dear, this is a gift I prepared for you.” The Skinning Butcher bowed slightly and held the thing above his head.

“Wow, what a beautiful cloak.” The owner of the music store took the thing in the Skinning Butcher’s hand, slowly unfolded it, and put it on happily.

Although it was a little dark, I could still see clearly that what the owner of the music store put on was clearly a complete piece of human skin.

The woman in black and the owner of the music store whispered for a while and then led her servant into the school and disappeared.

“Come with me.” The owner of the music store led me towards the three – story teaching building. The Skinning Butcher also followed behind, very respectful.

When we walked to the door of this dilapidated abandoned building, the owner of the music store stopped.

An old man was lying on a rocking chair at the door. If he didn’t move, he would look more like a corpse. His shriveled skin had a layer of dark brown age spots, and his uneven sparse beard was also gray.

When he supported his hunched body and stood up, I realized that he was actually wearing a pair of rusty shackles. Maybe he had worn them for too long, and a small piece of the shackles had been embedded in his ankle, and the joint was covered with a layer of shiny pus.

“Just follow him.” After saying that, the owner of the music store turned and left.

I followed the old man into the dark building. Because it was too dark, I could only grope for the moldy brick wall and follow the sound of the shackles hitting the ground with difficulty. But the old man in front didn’t seem to be affected by the darkness at all and led me all the way to the third floor.

It seemed that he had been here for a long time.

When we walked to a room deep on the third floor, the old man slowly pushed open the door, and the faint candlelight in the room made me regain some vision.

There was a big bed in the middle of the room, and there were countless layers of white gauze curtains hanging around the bed, making it impossible to see the scene inside.

“Dear, he’s here.” The old man said softly to the bed.

Soon, the gauze curtains trembled slightly, and someone lifted them from the inside. A extremely fat old woman crawled out from the gauze curtains. She stretched out her fat feet and stepped on the old man. The terrifying weight of her fat body made the old man lying on the ground tremble constantly.

The old woman wobbled out of bed, dragged her fat body to a wide chair beside the bed, and sat down with a plop.

“You are the leader of the Goddess Sect, the so – called Goddess?” I didn’t know where the courage came from. Before the old woman could speak, I asked directly.

“Yes, I am…” The old woman hadn’t finished speaking when she began to pant heavily.

The old man who was still lying on the ground beside him heard this and quickly got up and began to comb some transparent thin tubes on the bed one by one.

At this time, I realized that countless thin tubes were connected to the old woman, continuously transporting some liquid to maintain her weak life.

“What have you done with my friend? Where is he!” I continued to ask aggressively.

“Don’t worry. He’s still alive.” The old woman replied in a hoarse voice.

“What do you want me to do here? What do I have to do to get you to let my friend go?” I continued to ask.

“I want to make a deal with you.” The old woman said as she waved her almost swollen hand, and the old man beside her immediately bowed and stood in the corner of the room.

“Do you want to exchange your Saintess back? She is in the police station now. If you want to negotiate conditions, you should talk to the police. I can’t do it.” I replied coldly.

“Hehehe, you misunderstood. A waste who can’t even control a man is not worthy of being my successor. What’s the use of her coming back?” The old woman giggled, and her laughter sounded like someone was twisting a rusty valve, very harsh.

“Then what do you want?” I was a little surprised to hear her say that.

“I want you to kill her and bring me her head. Then I will let your friend go.” The old woman lowered her voice and said.

“Humph, you are really cruel. When she loses her value, you just kill her. You are really a group of heartless madmen.” I sneered.

“You think too simply, child. This is one of the tenets of our sect. If the Saintess can’t completely control her servants, she is a sinner who violates the will of God, and her head is the token for us to replace the Saintess.” The old woman replied.

“These abnormal rules are all made up by you. In my opinion, you are just a group of madmen living under formalism!” I said with my arms crossed and continued to scold.

“No, no, no. It’s true that I made the tenets, but this is what they want. I just want this society to return to the normal state of being ruled by women. But under the stimulation of the divine authority, the whole sect has become more and more crazy, and this kind of craziness has escaped my control. It seems that I am leading them, but in fact, they are controlling everything.” The old woman tried to make me believe that she was also helpless through this kind of vague sophistry.

“Then you should stop these ridiculous behaviors. You have become cultists who kill people indiscriminately. Your so – called teachings are just excuses for you to absolve yourself!” I said sternly.

“It’s too late to stop. They have felt the power in the Goddess Sect. No one can resist this unlimited power. What they follow is not me, but their inner desires.”

Seeing that I didn’t speak, the old woman continued, “Anyway, if you want to save your friend, exchange the Saintess’s head for him. I’ll give you three days. If I don’t receive the Saintess’s head in three days, you will receive your friend’s head.”

After saying that, the old woman stood up, twisted her fat body, climbed onto the bed, and got into the layers of gauze curtains.

I followed the old man out of the room and was once again immersed in the darkness. Only the sound of the shackles dragging on the ground in front could be heard, and it echoed around.

“You are her servant.” I said.

“Yes, I have followed her all my life.” The old man replied, and the sound of the shackles continued.

“Since that’s the case, why did she put shackles on you?” I asked a little puzzled.

“I was once madly infatuated with her. I did a lot of cruel things for her. Being able to become the Goddess’s servant was also the pride of my life. I was willing to dedicate my life to her.” The old man murmured.

I didn’t say anything and just followed him, waiting for him to continue.

“But, child, people always wake up. After the crazy infatuation with her, I began to reflect and question. Finally, one day, I escaped from the heart maze she built for me. But by then, I was already over fifty. I found that I couldn’t leave her. These shackles were not imposed on me by her, but I voluntarily imprisoned myself by her side.” The old man said calmly, but each word was colder than the sound of the shackles dragging on the ground.

“Since you know they are committing crimes, why don’t you stop them!” I asked rhetorically.

“I can’t. Although I know I am deeply sinful, I still love her deeply…” The old man said and then stopped talking.

“Is my friend still alive? Where is he now?” I asked.

“He is in this building.” The old man said.

“Let him go. He is innocent. Your target is me and the Saintess. It has nothing to do with him.” I begged, feeling relieved to know that my friend was still alive.

The old man didn’t respond and just led me to continue walking downstairs.

“At least let me see him.” I begged again.

The old man’s footsteps disappeared in front, and after a long pause, he said softly, “Come with me.”

He led me to the second floor, turned several corners in the corridor, and finally stopped in front of an iron door.

He pushed open the iron door, and my friend was hanging in the middle of the room. The faint candlelight reflected the shocking wounds on his body. There was a mixture of blood and saliva at the corner of his mouth. A woman in a blue dress was feeding him water.

The old man gave her a look, and the woman in the blue dress took the water cup and retreated outside the room.

“You have three minutes. I’ll wait for you outside.” After saying that, the old man also walked out of the room and closed the iron door.

I quickly rushed up, called my friend softly. Hearing my voice, my friend, who was pale – faced, struggled to raise his head. Seeing that it was really me, he couldn’t restrain himself anymore, and tears immediately poured out of his eyes: “Take me away. Take me away. I want to leave here.”

I felt very uncomfortable. Because of my business, my childhood friend died tragically, and my friend was also tortured like this. A deep sense of guilt welled up in my heart.

But there was someone guarding the door, and there were all cult members of the Goddess Sect outside. How could I save my friend?

Suddenly, an idea came to my mind. I took out the small knife from my waist and quickly cut the hemp rope that bound my friend, put him down, carried him on my back, and tied him tightly with the hemp rope again. Then I opened the inner – locked window.

The cool breeze of the autumn night blew into the room. I stepped on the window frame and tentatively stepped on the thick ivy on the outer wall. In this way, I carried my friend and slowly climbed down.

The old building in the last century was not very high. Seeing that we had climbed to the first floor, suddenly there was a burst of footsteps not far away.

I held my breath and didn’t dare to make a sound. I poked my head out to look and found that it was the woman in black I had met at the door, leading her servant passing by downstairs.

Fortunately, what she was leading was not a real dog, otherwise we would definitely be discovered.

After the woman in black left, I continued to carry my friend and climbed down. After landing safely, we quietly escaped to the outside of the school and got into the dark forest.

Carrying my friend, I quickly walked through the forest. The old man should find out that we had escaped soon, so I didn’t dare to stop at all and wanted to escape as far as possible.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, we finally walked out of the forest and came to a road. I continued to walk along the road. After a while, we met a truck.

After stopping the truck, I roughly explained the situation to the driver. Knowing that there might be a group of killers chasing us behind, the driver was also very cooperative and immediately drove us towards the city.

Along the way, I held the small knife at my waist tightly. The stimulation of all kinds of strange things these days made me dare not trust anyone easily. If this driver had any abnormal behavior, I would stab him immediately.

Fortunately, nothing abnormal happened along the way. Seeing the gate of the police station, I finally let go of the heart that had been hanging.

My friend was quickly sent to the city hospital, and the team leaders of the police station also quickly assembled in the conference room. Everyone’s eyes fell on me, which made me a little uncomfortable.

“Nonsense! It’s simply nonsense!” Director Jiang scolded angrily, blaming me for acting rashly and putting my own safety at risk.

I truthfully reported everything I saw in the Electromechanical School, emphasizing the details of the conversation with the cult leader, the Goddess.

Captain Chang acted quickly and immediately led a team of special police to rush towards the Electromechanical School in the northern suburbs.

“That old woman is still alive. She was one of the few fish that slipped through the net in the suppression operation many years ago. Calculated, she is already over eighty years old now.” Captain Chang added.

After being in a safe situation, I gradually calmed down, but a strange sense of panic emerged. Everything seemed too smooth. Under the control of such a sinister and cunning cult, I could escape with a person who was tortured half to death. This was too abnormal.

I also told the police about the Goddess Sect’s request for the Saintess’s head and repeated the old Goddess’s statement about replacing the Saintess with a head.

“That Saintess self – harmed in the police station today, and she is also in the city hospital now!” The female police officer suddenly stood up and interrupted me.

Damn it!

This thought came to everyone’s mind.

Immediately arrange a vehicle, and a group of people rushed to the city hospital in a hurry and rushed into the ward where my friend was staying. The room was already empty.

Everyone then rushed into the ward where my girlfriend was staying. The police officer on guard was leaning against the corner and had completely fainted. Blood was sprayed everywhere in the room, and a female corpse was lying on the bed with its head missing.

The police reacted quickly, and various instructions were issued immediately. Everyone hurriedly took action.

I stood there in a daze. It turned out that everything was their trap, and I was just a tool they used. The one who really came to take my girlfriend’s head was my friend from the beginning.

Was he also brainwashed by the cult? Or did the cult give him some conditions that he couldn’t refuse? Could it be that they caught my friend’s weakness…

My thoughts were extremely chaotic. I was pulled by the female police officer and walked through the hospital. I couldn’t hear the noise around me at all, and instead, there was a ringing in my ears.

When I came to my senses, I was already in the hospital’s monitoring room.

The police officers who went to raid the Electromechanical School in the northern suburbs sent back news that the cult members had transferred, and the entire abandoned school was now empty.

The female police officer looked through the monitoring and soon found my friend’s trace in the monitoring.

He quietly slipped out of the ward and no longer had the dying and precarious state at the beginning.

He walked straight upstairs and slipped into my girlfriend’s ward. After a while, a nurse pushed a cart full of medicine into the ward, but nothing abnormal happened. It seemed that my friend was hiding in the ward at this time and hadn’t taken action yet.

After the nurse left, after a while, my friend walked out of the ward, holding a black bag in his arms. The bag might contain my girlfriend’s head.

Soon news came that the police had tracked down my friend’s trace. He had checked into a hotel not far from the hospital.

Captain Chang also quickly organized police forces to surround the hotel and learned the room number where my friend was staying through the front desk record.

A group of people quietly摸到 the door of that room, broke in, and entered in one go. But the scene in the room was really surprising.

My friend was lying on the bed, holding a woman’s head in his arms, and black blood was still gushing out of his mouth. He was already completely dead.

And I could see that the woman’s head was not my girlfriend’s, but the woman in the blue dress who had fed my friend water in the Electromechanical School.

Another piece of news came from the police. The headless female corpse in the ward did not belong to my girlfriend, but to a nurse in the inpatient department, that is, the woman in the blue dress that my friend was holding.

How could this be? Where was my girlfriend?

Just as the question arose in my mind, I quickly figured everything out. This was an almost perfect mystery, a deadlock formed by sacrificing two lives.

It seemed that my friend had been completely brainwashed by the Goddess Sect and became the servant of this nurse.

She took advantage of her position as a nurse to poison the police officer on guard of my girlfriend and make him faint. Then she told my friend the ward number where my girlfriend was staying. This was why my friend could go straight to my girlfriend’s ward in the monitoring, as if he knew in advance.

After my friend entered the ward, the nurse also pushed the medicine cart in immediately. The medicine cart should contain the tools they used to cut off the head, but they cut off the head of this nurse, not my girlfriend’s.

My girlfriend changed into the nurse’s clothes and pushed the medicine cart away. And my friend held the nurse’s head and left blatantly under the surveillance, deliberately exposing his whereabouts all the way, attracting the police’s attention to himself, and finally in this small hotel, took poison and died with the woman he served, both dying for their loyalty to the cult.

And my girlfriend successfully escaped from the police’s control and survived.

In the following period of time, the police mobilized a large amount of manpower and resources and began to conduct a carpet – style search of the whole city. At the same time, they notified the neighboring several towns and set up checkpoints on all roads out of the city.

I was also regarded as a key protection object and temporarily moved into the dormitory area of the police station to live with the police officers, eating and living together.

A few days later, a woman completely wet came to the gate of the police station and handed a letter to the guard room, specifying that it should be handed to me.

After explaining to the police officer on duty, the woman took out a lighter and set herself on fire and committed suicide in public.

Opening the letter in front of the main police officers in the police station, the handwriting was so familiar. It was from my girlfriend:

Dear, my love for you is like a raging fire. Do you see?

After investigation, this self – immolated woman was an ordinary middle school teacher in this city. Needless to say, she was also a fanatical cult member.

“Arrogant! Too arrogant!” Director Jiang angrily patted the table in the conference room.

“This group of cult members have ordinary occupations and identities as a cover on the surface. We are in the dark and they are in the light. We are too passive.” Captain Chang said helplessly.

I was still sitting in the corner of the conference room, looking at the gray avatar of my girlfriend on my phone, and I sent a message: What do you want?

Unexpectedly, soon my girlfriend’s avatar lit up and also sent a message: I want to see you, dear.

“She replied to my message!” I immediately shouted.

The police officers were attracted by my shout and all gathered around.

“Immediately ask the technical department to locate the source of the information.” Captain Chang immediately ordered.

“You continue to chat with her.” Director Jiang also signaled me not to interrupt the chat.

I quickly sent another message: Where? When?

After a while, my girlfriend replied: Tomorrow night at seven o’clock, at the entrance of the music store.

After that, my girlfriend’s avatar never lit up again and didn’t reply to me.

The signal source of the phone was located at the gate of the police station.

A group of people rushed out of the police station and found the phone discarded on a curbstone at the roadside.

After retrieving the surveillance, it was found that the person who had just chatted with me was not my girlfriend, but a man sitting at the gate of the police station. After sending the last message, the man put the phone on the curbstone and then got up and left.

The surveillance coverage in the city was very comprehensive, and soon the man’s whereabouts were found. It was an old factory family courtyard. When the police rushed into the room, they only saw a hanged male corpse. The room was full of photos, and the person in the photos was the woman who had committed suicide in front of the police station a few days ago.

The conference room was dead silent. Looking at this group of cult members blatantly challenging the bottom line of the law but unable to find any useful clues, everyone felt extremely frustrated.

Finally, it was Director Jiang’s powerful voice that gave everyone some confidence:

“That music store is located on the commercial street in the city center. That Saintess probably won’t come in person. There will be many variables at that time. While we are closely monitoring, we also need to be careful of various unexpected situations and ensure the safety of the informant at all costs.”

The so – called informant here was me.

It seemed that this banquet was a must – go. I suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. I had put myself in danger again and again. If I was careless once, I might lose my life.

Time passed quickly, and it was already the next evening. I had already put on a bulletproof vest and hidden a pinhole camera installed by the police on my body. I came to the entrance of the music store.

The music store had long been closed and no longer in business, and the surrounding area had been secretly monitored by the police. I had to squat at the entrance of the music store and wait to see what actions this group of cult members would take.

After an unknown amount of time, there were few pedestrians on the street. I looked at my phone and it was already eleven o’clock at night.

Until a figure entered the surveillance sight. It was a woman in a large windbreaker, wearing sunglasses and a mask.

Although the evening breeze in early autumn was a little cool, it was far from cold enough to wear a coat. The appearance of this woman immediately aroused everyone’s vigilance.

She slowly walked to the entrance of the music store, took out the key and opened the door, and walked straight in.

I looked around and saw no other abnormalities, so I had to follow her in.

As soon as I entered the music store, I saw that the woman was standing straight inside, turned around to face me, took off her sunglasses and mask, and with the help of the streetlight outside, I saw her face clearly and was shocked speechless.

It was my childhood friend’s girlfriend.

At this time, her eyes were red and swollen, and tears were flowing non – stop. She murmured, “Save me, please save me…”

As she said that, she untied her coat, and there seemed to be something wrapped around her waist, bulging.

The police officers on the other side of the camera saw this and immediately exploded. It was a circle of phone bombs!

Regardless of whether we were exposed or not, the police officers quickly surrounded the entire music store and simultaneously evacuated the surrounding residents and the public in an emergency.

A group of anti – explosion police also quickly took their positions and, with the cooperation of the bomb disposal experts, slowly approached my childhood friend’s girlfriend.

As I was being taken away, I shouted to my childhood friend’s girlfriend, “Did they have anything to say to you to bring to me!”

My childhood friend’s girlfriend stood there, not daring to move at all, sobbing and saying, “They asked you to hang a confession banner to her at the Municipal Square three days later and commit suicide in public. Otherwise, they said that more people would die in front of you, and it would never end…”

I couldn’t hear what was said later. I was just being pulled away from the music store by the police officers.

As expected, she still wanted me to die and become her servant…

Fortunately, the bomb was not triggered. The experienced bomb disposal experts defused the detonation device in the shortest time and took it to a safe place to detonate and discard it. My childhood friend’s girlfriend also saved her life and was sent to the hospital for observation and treatment.

It was learned that my childhood friend’s girlfriend received a letter asking her to come back to cooperate with the investigation of my childhood friend’s disappearance case. As soon as she got off the long – distance bus, she was drugged and hijacked. Obviously, this letter was forged by this group of cult members.

At the entrance of the conference room of the police station, Director Jiang patted my shoulder to comfort me, saying that he would never compromise with this group of cult members and would never let me be hurt.

But I knew that if my girlfriend didn’t receive my suicide confession three days later, there would definitely be a bloodbath.

In the conference room, a familiar figure was sitting in the main seat. Everyone was respectful to him. This person was Captain Wang, the retired old police officer who had uncovered the mystery of the Goddess Sect for me before.

Captain Wang said in the conference room that after further research on the Goddess Sect and combined with his previous experience in dealing with this cult, I was not the real servant of the Saintess.

I was just a test product before she took over as the cult leader, the Goddess. After completely conquering and controlling me, she would ask me to sacrifice my life for her, and my death would become her succession ceremony.

No wonder she had been pestering me. Only when I really died for her could she become the new Goddess of the Goddess Sect in a legitimate way, thus controlling these crazy desperadoes and inheriting the supreme power given to her by these madmen.

On the day of my suicide, the Goddess Sect would hold a grand succession ceremony to establish the birth of the new Goddess.

At the same time, according to my description some time ago, the woman in black leading the servant in the Electromechanical School was finally successfully identified by the police. She opened a tattoo shop in this city and was a severe sadomasochistic fetishist.

Soon Director Jiang formulated a series of plans. Captain Ding of the plainclothes team would disguise himself as a sadomasochistic fetishist and approach the woman in black to find out the time and place of the Goddess Sect’s assembly as soon as possible.

At the same time, I also needed to perform a fake suicide scene in public to cooperate with Captain Ding to wipe out this group of cult members in one fell swoop.

However, there were two difficulties that needed to be solved urgently.

One was how Captain Ding could gain the trust of the woman in black in such a short time, especially since this group of cult members were extremely cunning and might not trust outsiders so easily.

Captain Wang quickly gave a suggestion. Let Captain Ding disguise himself as a pervert who had been secretly following and in love with the woman in black for many years, saying that he had fallen deeply in love with the woman in black and was willing to cut off his hands and feet and completely become the woman in black’s domestic dog.

This crazy idea really moved the woman in black. She said that there would be an event three days later and was willing to take Captain Ding to participate. By then, Captain Ding could cut off his hands and feet in public to show his loyalty to the woman in black.

Although using the woman in black’s arrogance and vanity successfully got in touch with the Goddess Sect’s assembly this time, it also increased the risk of the operation. If something went wrong, Captain Ding might really lose his hands and feet.

The next and most difficult thing was how to make me fake my death in public and make this group of cult members believe it completely?

Three days was neither long nor short. The police jointly with the neighboring towns carried out a strict blockade of the whole city. A large number of plainclothes police were arranged in every corner of the city to closely monitor every move in the city.

Captain Ding sat in the conference room with a sad face, smoking. Although the woman in black had agreed to take him to the assembly three days later, she required him to appear naked at the assembly to satisfy her vanity.

“If I can bring these madmen to justice, I don’t care if I have to show my old face and be naked. But in this way, I definitely can’t carry any communication and positioning equipment, and the follow – up work will all depend on you.” Captain Ding stubbed out his cigarette and instructed.

“Don’t worry. We will definitely handle it well.” Captain Chang patted Captain Ding on the shoulder with a smile. The more dangerous the task, the more calm and composed these experienced old police officers were.

“Forget it. If you are one minute late, I will lose my hands and feet!” Captain Ding shook off Captain Chang’s hand angrily.

The female police officer also walked into the conference room and came to me.

“This is a pill prepared by the experts in the city hospital. After taking it, you will enter a short – term fake death state, and there will be very strong reactions, which may be a little painful.” The female police officer took out a transparent bag and handed it to me. There was a red pill inside.

I took the pill and nodded silently.

“At that time, there will be many plainclothes police at the Municipal Square. After you take the medicine, we will immediately ask the plainclothes police to call an ambulance to transfer you. But in case there are still their people in the hospital, you will not be completely safe until you are transferred to the underground morgue of the hospital. By then, Captain Meng will arrange people to pick you up in the morgue and transfer you back to the police station to ensure your safety.” The female police officer said again.

“Hello, I’m Captain Meng of the plainclothes team.” A male voice came from behind. I turned around and saw a very tall man.

I shook hands with Captain Meng and talked briefly, and then got up and left the conference room.

Subsequently, the police held a series of meetings and made a strict deployment of the entire operation again.

Soon three days passed, and it was time to settle accounts with the Goddess Sect.

Because it was the weekend, at nine o’clock in the morning, there were already many pedestrians at the Municipal Square. I found a small maple tree and hung up the printed confession banner.

My actions quickly attracted a group of onlookers. I knew that among these people were plainclothes police and also the spies of the cult.

After hanging up the banner, I placed the flowers in my arms on the ground, turned on the megaphone, took a deep breath, and began to confess my love to my girlfriend crazily.

I shouted louder and louder, and my emotions became more and more excited. Beads of sweat began to appear on my forehead, and my throat even felt a sharp pain.

The onlookers pointed at me and even some people started to record videos with their mobile phones. For a while, the attention of the whole square was attracted to me.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost烘托, I took out the red pill and swallowed it in one gulp, and continued to shout:

“Dear, let me sacrifice my life for you…”

Before I could finish speaking, a fishy sweetness rushed to my throat, and a sharp pain hit my chest, as if I was being torn apart from the middle.

I fell to the ground, unable to hear the shouts of the people around me. More and more blood gushed out of my mouth, and the scene in front of me became more and more blurred. I vaguely saw people running away in all directions, and vaguely saw that the sky had also turned blood – red.

Let’s talk about Captain Ding. Early in the morning, he met with the woman in black, got on a van, and then, according to the woman in black’s instructions, took off all his clothes in the van and put on an eye – covering blindfold.

Fortunately, Captain Ding’s mobile phone and locator in his clothes were thrown in the van, and the police could track Captain Ding’s location based on this.

The van drove around the city with Captain Ding for several laps, and it was impossible to tell where it was going. Just when the police thought that Captain Ding had been exposed, the van finally drove straight towards the west of the city.

Finally, before entering the dikou Village in the west of the city, Captain Ding’s clothes were thrown out of the car.

In this way, the police lost Captain Ding’s specific moving track. Fortunately, a large number of police forces were deployed throughout the city. Director Jiang immediately arranged people to guard all the exit roads of the dikou Village.

After nearly half an hour, no car drove out of the village. Director Jiang realized that the final assembly place of the Goddess Sect might be in the dikou Village.

In order not to alert the enemy, while dispatching police forces to the dikou Village, Captain Chang also disguised himself and entered the dikou Village as a passerby to inquire about the situation.

Captain Ding was dragged out of the car and took off his blindfold. In front of him was an empty farmhouse yard, and there was no one around. There was no sign of a cult assembly at all.

“You don’t really think you are going to be taken to the Goddess succession ceremony, do you, Officer?” A slightly hoarse male voice came from behind.

Captain Ding suddenly turned around and saw the Skinning Butcher standing behind him, holding an iron hook in his hand. A cold light flashed in front of him, and Captain Ding groaned and was knocked unconscious.

When I opened my eyes again, I was being pushed by two doctors in white coats and walking through the corridor of the hospital. The hospital bed seemed a little old, and the bumps made my chest ache.

I squinted my eyes and didn’t dare to make a sound. Only when I reached the morgue and met with Captain Meng could I be completely safe.

The doctors pushed me into the elevator and went all the way down to the underground morgue of the hospital. The cold hall was filled with cold air. The doctors pushed me to a corner and then left in a hurry.

I slightly raised my head to observe the surroundings. There were dozens of corpses parked around at this time, and the sound of the exhaust fan was buzzing in the empty hall.

Soon the elevator door opened again, and it was Captain Meng who came. After the elevator door closed, he shouted in the direction of me, “It’s okay.”

I was just about to get up when I found that the dozens of corpses covered with white cloth around me suddenly sat up at the same time. When they took off the white cloth, I realized that I had entered a terrifying hell on earth.

Among these people were my girlfriend, the owner of the music store, the old woman and the old man with shackles I met in the Electromechanical School, all kinds of people, men and women.

“The police have all been lured to the dikou Village. We have half an hour to hold the ceremony and evacuate.” Captain Meng walked up to the old woman and said softly.

The old woman waved her hand, and Captain Meng stepped back respectfully and stood beside a beautiful woman. Obviously, Captain Meng was the spy planted by the cult in the police station and also the servant of this beautiful woman.

“Dear, we meet again.” My girlfriend walked up to me and gently lifted my chin with her fingertips.

I wanted to struggle to get up, but found that the effect of the medicine had not passed, and my whole body was as if it was falling apart. As soon as I moved a little, it hurt terribly, so I had to lie on the hospital bed and glare at the group of madmen in front of me.

The dikou Village was just a smokescreen. The real assembly place of the Goddess Sect was the morgue of the city hospital.

My girlfriend’s voice rang out again: “Dear, we have been waiting for you for a long time.”

At this time, the Skinning Butcher’s eyes were full of fanaticism. He knew that the dikou Village had been completely surrounded by the police and it was almost impossible for him to escape, so he had made up his mind to die from the very beginning.

He wanted to peel off the skin of the police officer in front of him to prove his loyalty to the cult and the owner of the music store.

Just as his iron hook was about to pierce Captain Ding’s throat, the courtyard door was kicked open.

“Don’t move. Police!” Captain Chang shouted, holding a pistol.

The Skinning Butcher reacted very quickly and immediately dropped Captain Ding and dodged into a nearby民房.

Captain Chang first stepped forward to confirm that Captain Ding was not in danger, and then also held a pistol and groped into the house.

As soon as he stepped in, the Skinning Butcher hiding behind the door hit him hard with the iron hook. Captain Chang couldn’t dodge in time, and his wrist was hit hard. The pistol was also thrown into the dark room and disappeared.

Seeing that Captain Chang had lost his pistol, the Skinning Butcher became even more daring and rushed forward to fight with Captain Chang. In a hurry, Captain Chang also had to pick up a wooden stick beside him to resist, and the two of them fought together. It was really a fierce battle:

Just when they first fought, they didn’t know each other’s strength. When they met again, they showed their respective skills. One was a murderous tiger on the mountain, and the other was a righteous dragon. This one’s cold iron hook was extremely fierce, whirling around the waist like the wind. That one’s stick was not empty, blocking left and right. If the hook touched, blood would surely gush out. If the stick hit, the eyes would surely be blinded. The two of them were really worthy opponents, and their moves were endless. As the saying goes, evil can never prevail over good. It was destined that this devil would be captured and brought to justice. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that there is a god three feet above the head. Today, Captain Chang has made great achievements.

When the police officers who came to support rushed into the house, they saw that the Skinning Butcher was covered with wounds and lying on the ground dying, and Captain Chang was also sitting against the wall, his arm was scratched by the iron hook, and blood was flowing continuously.

After安顿 the wounded, the police also realized that they had fallen into the trap of the Goddess Sect. This was not the assembly place at all. Now a large number of police forces were tied up here, and they didn’t know what tricks this group of cult villains were playing.

“Captain Meng should have settled the informant, right?” Director Jiang asked the police officer beside him, but the answer was that they couldn’t get in touch with Captain Meng.

Everyone shouted that it was not good and quickly rushed to the hospital.

The cold air in the morgue was getting heavier and heavier. I, who was already weak all over, felt that my hands and feet were starting to get numb from the cold. Although my body had recovered a little, I still didn’t dare to move rashly while lying on the hospital bed.

The cult members around me had surrounded me and were chanting some strange incantations in a low voice.

The old woman took out a bright silver dagger and solemnly handed it to my girlfriend.

When my girlfriend took the dagger, the fanaticism in her eyes reached its peak. Her hands were trembling slightly, and her eyeballs were full of bloodshot eyes, like a devil who had just escaped from hell.

“Now kill him, and you can replace me as the incarnation of the true god in the world. You will lead the whole sect and continue to fight to repair this dirty and chaotic world.” The old woman’s voice echoed in the hall, like another shot of stimulant for my girlfriend.

She held the dagger tightly and walked up to me. The strange and evil smile made my scalp tingle.

“Dear, falling in love with you is your honor. Dying for me is even more your honor…” She said as she raised the dagger and aimed it at my throat.

Endless despair made me tremble all over. Was I really going to die at the hands of this group of madmen? First my childhood friend, then my friend, and finally it was my turn?

At this moment, I regretted a little and was also a little unwilling. I regretted that I shouldn’t have involved so many innocent people and put their lives at risk. I was unwilling that I still couldn’t bring these bloodthirsty madmen to justice.

“Hurry up and do it. After it’s over, evacuate according to the plan, leave this city, and spread the Goddess Sect to every corner of the world. Under your leadership, the Goddess Sect will flourish!” The old woman’s voice came again.

“Dear, goodbye. I love you…”

Just as the dagger in my girlfriend’s hand was about to fall, the already dim lights in the hall suddenly went out, and everything was immediately plunged into endless darkness.

I seized the opportunity to quickly turn over and get off the bed and ran out in the dark according to the path in my memory.

“Catch him!”

Soon, beams of light were shone behind me, and my girlfriend’s heart – rending shouts also came from behind.

Although my body was still very weak, I knew that if I didn’t escape, I would surely die.

I rushed out of the door in one breath, but saw my childhood friend’s girlfriend standing at the door, holding the power switch tightly in her hand.

I remembered that after removing the phone bomb that day, my childhood friend’s girlfriend had been observing and treating in the city hospital.

Without caring about anything else, I took her hand and continued to run towards the corridor. Countless demons were chasing closely behind.

“I saw you being pushed by two doctors to the basement today. I had seen these two doctors when I was kidnapped. I recognized that they were also cult members, so I followed them here…” My childhood friend’s girlfriend explained as she ran.

“Don’t worry about that. Run!” I didn’t dare to relax and pulled her to continue running upstairs.

Several plainclothes police officers on the way tried to stop this group of cult members, but unfortunately they were outnumbered. Soon they were pushed aside by the cult members, and many patients and doctors in the hospital were also injured along the way. The scene was extremely chaotic.

My childhood friend’s girlfriend and I were chased and could only keep running upstairs until we saw the exit leading to the rooftop. Just as we ran out of the door and came to the rooftop, I suddenly felt a sinking in my hand and couldn’t pull my childhood friend’s girlfriend anymore.

I turned around and saw that she was just standing at the door, a sharp blade had penetrated her body and the tip of the blade was exposed, and behind her was my girlfriend with a distorted expression.

I let go of my hand and stepped back. My girlfriend held the dagger and walked towards me step by step. I knew that I had actually no way to retreat. Because of the violent running, my chest was also aching.

“I’m going to kill you. I’m going to kill you…” My girlfriend kept muttering, and the tip of the dagger was dripping with my childhood friend’s girlfriend’s blood as she slowly approached me.

The sound of police sirens came from downstairs. I knew that the police had arrived.

“Give up. The police have surrounded you. You can’t escape!” I shouted at her as I backed away, trying to wake up this possessed woman.

Her footsteps didn’t stop because of my shouting. Instead, they became more urgent, and the dagger in her hand was slowly raised.

At this time, I had retreated to the edge of the hospital building. Looking down, the height of dozens of meters made me dizzy. The water of the Fengming River below was flowing rapidly.

“Do you love me?” Just when she was only half a meter away from me, my girlfriend stopped and asked softly.

“Love, love, love. I love you. Please calm down first and put down the knife.” Seeing a chance to survive, I quickly agreed and said.

My girlfriend showed a satisfied expression, and the fanaticism on her face disappeared immediately, replaced by the familiar warm and pure smile.

Just when I thought she had finally calmed down and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly rushed at me with the dagger.

The sharp blade inserted into my chest, and the coldness on the tip of the dagger instantly spread all over my body. The violent impact made me fall backward, and my girlfriend hugged me tightly and fell down with me.

“I love you…” Her voice was imprinted in my heart through the wind in my ears.

I woke up lying in a hospital bed, with all kinds of tubes inserted into my body.

“You’re awake.” The voice of the female police officer came from beside me.

“I’m still alive…” I murmured. The dry and tearing feeling in my throat made me feel painful.

The female police officer told me that the police fished me out of the Fengming River that day when I was on the verge of death. After several days and nights of rescue, they finally snatched me back from the hands of death. And I had been in a coma for several days.

Although they encountered some resistance of different degrees, the cult members of the Goddess Sect were finally all arrested. Through tracking and investigation, a large number of fanatical servants hidden in society were also caught. The entire Goddess Sect can be said to have been completely wiped out.

My childhood friend’s girlfriend was out of danger after rescue, but she hadn’t woken up yet and was still under observation and treatment.

My girlfriend’s body hadn’t been found yet. The police had organized more divers to salvage in the Fengming River.

A few months later, I recovered and was discharged from the hospital. I bid farewell to the female police officer and others, packed my luggage and left this city.

After this incident, I seemed to understand a lot of things, and my mentality also changed a lot. In the end, I settled in a small southern county and lived a simple and plain life.

One evening, I was packing up the dried clothes on the balcony when I heard a faint sound of the pipa coming from the distance.

I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a blind girl holding a pipa on the balcony opposite me, smiling sweetly at me.