Chapter 135 National Destiny: The Evil Cultivator’s Playground 23
"The door is locked, how can we get in?" Liu Lei asked in a low voice, his brows furrowed, obviously a little anxious.
"Don't worry, I have a way." Chi Meng responded softly, controlling the puppet thread to slowly extend towards the door lock.
The puppet thread seemed to have life. It flexibly went around the keyhole. With a slight flick, the door lock opened with a "click".
"What an amazing puppet technique!" Qian Zhe exclaimed, his eyes gleaming with admiration.
Several people pushed the door open and found that the library was empty, with only rows of bookshelves standing quietly, filled with all kinds of books. They walked around the bookshelves carefully, fearing that they would disturb anything.
Qian Zhe couldn't help but run over and patted Chi Meng on the shoulder, praising her: "Chi Meng, your puppetry is amazing! You can use it like this."
Chi Meng ignored Qian Zhe's praise. She concentrated on controlling the puppet ghost and let her explore the way ahead. Several people followed closely and entered the library quietly.
The library was dark, with only a few dim lights barely illuminating the surroundings. They hid behind a row of bookshelves, holding their breath, fearing that they would be discovered by the ghosts.
At this time, Chi Meng asked the puppet female ghost to deliberately make some noise outside. Sure enough, after a while, the voices of the ghost principal and several librarians talking came from the dark room.
"Something seems to have happened outside again?" A shrill female voice sounded in the dark room, and along with her words, bursts of slight whipping sounds could be heard.
"Don't be distracted, finish these first." The ghost principal's low voice carried unquestionable majesty. He held an old camera in his hand and pointed the lens at the bed.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, as if there was a real commotion. The librarians looked at each other, all with nervous expressions on their faces.
"Go on, go and take a look." The ghost principal put down the camera and winked at one of the librarians who was pregnant.
The administrator put on a stiff and flattering smile, held a key in his hand, and walked quickly towards the door of the dark room.
"Okay, go ahead."
The librarian opened the door and cautiously stuck his head out with a flattering smile on his face.
However, just as he stepped over the threshold, a dark shadow quickly passed by. He didn't even have time to react before he felt a sharp pain in his neck, and then he lost consciousness.
Outside, Chi Meng was standing quietly in the darkness. She flicked her finger lightly, and the puppet thread retracted like a spirit snake, with an unconscious librarian hanging at the end.
She smiled gently, wrapped the other end of the puppet string around the administrator's waist, and then gently pulled him to the door of the dark room.
"Puppet ghost girl, it's up to you." Chi Meng ordered softly.
The puppet female ghost immediately understood. She floated to the door and deliberately made some noise.
In the dark room, the ghost principal and the teachers heard the sound, and they all showed confusion and uneasiness on their faces.
"What's going on? What exactly happened outside?" asked the ghost principal with a frown.
"I'll go and take a look." A teacher next to him nodded and was about to go out, but he saw the door was pushed open and the administrator just now walked in slowly.
The librarian who was controlled by Chi Meng has now regained his ability to move, but his eyes are empty and lifeless, and it is obvious that he has been completely controlled by Chi Meng.
In the darkroom, the ghost principal and the teachers were all staring at the door nervously. After a while, the librarian returned to the darkroom door.
"Principal, outside... I don't know what's going on outside, the ghost students are rioting." The librarian stammered.
"Riot?" The evil principal was furious when he heard this. "These evil students are becoming more and more lawless! Go and organize some people to suppress them immediately!"
The librarian nodded and was about to turn around and leave, but was slapped to the ground by the ghost principal.
"You useless idiot! You can't even handle such a small matter!" the ghost principal cursed angrily, "I'd better go by myself!"
After saying that, he hurriedly left the dark room with a few teachers.
After they walked out of the library, Zhu Lili, Liu Lei and Qian Zhe immediately rushed out from behind the bookshelf and went straight to the dark room.
In the dark room, Li Jing was still tied to the bed, her face was as pale as paper and her body was covered with scars.
Bright red blood flowed from her body, staining the bed sheets red.
Seeing this scene, Qian Zhe couldn't help but feel distressed. Although he knew that Li Jing was a female ghost, he still felt a little bit sorry to see her suffering such torture.
Zhu Lili quickly took off her coat and covered Li Jing with it, then pulled the ropes tied to her limbs apart.
The moment the rope was broken, Li Jing's body trembled violently, and then she opened her eyes.
"Thank you..." Li Jing's voice was weak but full of gratitude.
"Don't be polite, let's leave here quickly." Liu Lei said as he was about to step forward to help Li Jing up.
The moment Li Jing was rescued, she seemed to have regained hope for life.
She sat up with difficulty, and held Zhu Lili's hand with trembling hands, her eyes flashing with complex emotions, gratitude, fear and anxiety about the future.
"I...I really didn't expect that someone would be willing to save me."
Li Jing's voice was a little choked up. She looked up at Zhu Lili, her eyes full of reluctance and gratitude.
Zhu Lili gently patted the back of Li Jing's hand and comforted her:
"We are all human beings, whether human or ghost, we should all be respected. How could we stand by and watch you suffer like this?"
Liu Lei also nodded, agreeing with Zhu Lili's statement. He stood up, helped Li Jing up, and asked with concern:
"Can you still walk? We have to get out of here."
Li Jing nodded. Although she was still a little weak, she knew that now was not the time to rest.
She took a deep breath, endured the pain in her body, and slowly stood up with the help of Zhu Lili and Liu Lei.
The four of them walked through the dark room carefully, fearing to disturb something. They came to the lobby of the library and found that the entire library was empty, with only dim lights flickering.
Liu Lei looked around and made sure there was no danger before leading everyone to the fifth floor of the library.
The library reading room on the fifth floor is a relatively secluded place with a wide view, from which you can clearly see the situation of the two teaching buildings opposite.
The four of them came to the reading room and found a corner to sit down. Liu Lei climbed up to the window, stuck his head out, and observed the situation in the teaching building.
"They're gone!" Liu Lei suddenly said in a low voice, his face becoming solemn.
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked out the window nervously. They saw the ghost principal and several ghost teachers walking towards the teaching building aggressively, their faces full of anger and anxiety.
Liu Lei watched them nervously, praying secretly in his heart that he would not be discovered.
However, things did not go as smoothly as they imagined. When the ghost principal and the ghost teachers arrived at the teaching building, they found that the ghost students were sitting quietly in the classroom and there was no riot.
They looked at each other in confusion, with puzzled expressions on their faces.
"What on earth is going on?" The ghost principal frowned and asked, "Didn't they say that the ghost students rioted?"
"Yeah, we don't know what's going on either." A ghost teacher replied, "The librarian just said..."
The ghost principal suddenly interrupted her and said in a deep voice: "Stop talking nonsense, first catch a few ghost students and ask about the situation."
After saying that, he rushed into the classroom with a few ghost teachers and began to question the ghost students.
However, they did not get any useful information from the ghost students. The ghost principal and ghost teachers looked at each other, and an ominous premonition rose in their hearts.
"Oh no! This is a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain!" Principal Ghost suddenly exclaimed.
"Something must have happened in the library!"
Upon hearing this, the faces of several evil teachers changed drastically. They rushed out of the classroom and ran towards the library.
Liu Lei saw this scene from the window, and his face turned pale. He turned around and looked at everyone, and said anxiously: "They are coming! What should we do?"