Volume 3 Chapter 3 Part3 (1/2)
Illusions, Lies, Truth Volume 3: In the Name of G.o.d, Part One
Original novel in Chinese by: 御 我 (Yu Wo)
Chapter 3: Existence's Bane, Part 3—The Society—translated by Translator
Lu Yang arrived at the club's location for the first time as a member of the Supernatural Phenomena Studies Society and had no comments about the walls mottled like those of a ghost house.
Unexpectedly, Lin Zhixiang was actually present as well. Jiang Ziya had thought that she wouldn't attend anymore. Her initial reason for joining the club had just been a desire to figure out whether or not unexplainable happenings truly existed in this world, and using that to clarify what in the world her existence's bane's natal chart truly was.
”h.e.l.lo.” Lin Zhixiang looked at Lu Yang a bit nervously. She hadn't seen him when she went to Qing Wei Gong in the morning, but she kept hearing from the elders about a ”Xiao Yang.” Even though they hadn't brought up anything substantial, she could tell that this ”Xiao Yang” was nothing to sneeze at.
When he saw Lin Zhixiang, Lu Yang frowned. He had already told Jiang Ziya not to mention what happened to Li Yao for now. They should complete tonight's night venture before bringing it up to prevent something else from happening. However, the latest they would be able to put it off would just be until tomorrow, as Lin Zhixiang was likely to hear about it.
A female student had died in the abandoned building, and eight people had actually died in the same building within a single year. This case was too large; the ma.s.s media would definitely report on it. It was already no easy feat for the police to keep it under wraps for a day.
Another person close to her had died. It was going to get even harder for Lin Zhixiang to believe that she was no longer the bane of all existence.
Jiang Ziya also saw Jian Zhi and his angel. The moment Jian Zhi saw Lin Zhixiang greet Lu Yang, he immediately stared at Lu Yang as if he had seen a great rival. The angel was floating behind him and was even holding a small bow with a red heart as the arrowhead.
Can I please request Jian Zhi to just confess to Lin Zhixiang already! Jiang Ziya felt that this situation was really frustrating. Isn't Lin Zhixiang too oblivious? Everyone can tell that Jian Zhi likes her. She's the only one who hasn't noticed—then again, if I were foretold to be the bane of all existence, I probably wouldn't care about a small matter like someone having a crush on me.
”Welcome, new member.” Xu Xikai walked over.
Following his response to the club's location, Lu Yang similarly had no comments in regards to this pale club president who looked like a ghost. He then took another look at the scarce ten or so club members around him. Every single one of them was a bit odd. There was someone who was wearing a whole bunch of crosses around the neck, someone whose hand gripped a Buddha statue, and even someone who had plastered a bunch of charms over a bag—Hey, you do know that one of the charms is for giving birth successfully, right?
Lu Yang's head hurt a lot. Just how bad is Jiang Ziya at choosing a club? You can't make a worse choice even if you rolled dice to determine it!
Xu Xikai counted the people present and nodded as he said, ”Twelve people. That's everyone. Let's pay our respects or say our prayers first. Then, we'll go to the Literature Department's east-facing cla.s.sroom. We have a time constraint with having to be there at twelve o'clock sharp, so it's the first location.”
Only twelve? Jiang Ziya looked at the number of people there. Indeed, there were fewer now than on recruitment day. Looks like not everyone wants to partic.i.p.ate in this kind of event.
Xu Xikai reminded once more, ”Everyone, remember to never ever use anyone's name during this entire venture.”
After everyone responded, he then declared, ”Let's depart.”
They walked through the school in the middle of the night, extremely unaccustomed to this kind of silence.
”The school in the middle of the night really makes me uneasy.”
Someone muttered that, and everyone else showed agreement on their faces.
”It feels so grim, like something might appear each time we turn a corner.”
”I know, right!”
Even though that was what they said, after having the silence broken, their moods were no longer as tense, and they began to chat normally. Soon, they arrived at the Literature Department's east-facing cla.s.srooms. Xu Xikai used a key to open one of the cla.s.srooms and led everyone inside.
Xu Xikai said helplessly, ”Since the legend doesn't specify which cla.s.sroom it is, only that we would see a student fall past the window in the east-facing cla.s.sroom and smile at us, I just asked for permission for the cla.s.sroom with the largest window.”
Lu Yang asked, ”Where did these legends come from?”
Xu Xikai explained, ”Some of them are tales that have been pa.s.sed around for a long time. Some of them are rumors spread by word of mouth among the students. It's nearly impossible to figure out the source.”
Seeing that he had no more questions, Xu Xikai turned toward everyone and said, ”Let's begin preparations. We only have twelve minutes left.”
Following that, they began to set up all sorts of camcorders. The club's newcomer duo had nothing to do, so they chilled by the side.
”Ten minutes left. Please take your positions.”
”Five minutes left. Please remain quiet following this.”
As time pa.s.sed second by second, everyone waited with bated breath.
At last came the final countdown. Ten, nine, eight…