She Was Sentenced to Life Imprisonment [Unlimited] - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

◎ A human, after all ◎

“What’s wrong with us?” Jiang Nan frowned, looking at the girls in front of them who seemed to not be able to see them at all, and asked Luo Ning.

Only she and Luo Ning were left here, so she could only ask her.

Luo Ning lowered her eyes in thought, and after a moment, she came to a conclusion and said.

“This was originally an illusion, created to make us experience something firsthand. Now it seems that we have been rejected by the owner of the illusion. As for the reason…”

Luo Ning paused at the end of her sentence, then smiled and shook her head, indicating that she didn’t know, but whether she knew or not didn’t matter to her.

Hearing this, Jiang Nan lowered her eyes in thought. A moment later, she suddenly remembered something and looked at Luo Ning with a cold gaze, saying.

“What were you digging for back then?”

Jiang Nan’s sudden question about a previous event caught Luo Ning off guard, and she was stunned for a moment.

When she came back to her senses, she narrowed her eyes slightly. In the depths of her enchanting dark purple eyes, there was a captivating aura.

Jiang Nan was referring to the thing Luo Ning was digging for under the sycamore tree with the headless ghost before they entered this illusion.

Luo Ning smiled at her and said a soft “hmm” as if she was thinking, with emotions hidden in the depths of her eyes, and said.

“It doesn’t matter if I tell you…”

Then, her slender hand pressed on the other person’s thin shoulder, with a force that was just enough to restrain the other person. She leaned over to her ear and let out a soft chuckle. Her pleasant voice said something chilling.

“Of course I was digging for a ghost’s head.”

She deliberately dragged out the end of her sentence, and her tone was playful and indifferent, making it seem like a joke.

But Jiang Nan knew that it was not a joke.

However, compared to this, the hot breath on her neck made her feel a strong sense of unease. In the eyes of outsiders, their posture was too ambiguous and intimate.

Perhaps it was because the other person’s aura was too strong, Jiang Nan’s body stiffened for a moment. The fresh scent now gave her a strong sense of unease. She subconsciously struggled, and it was a good thing that Luo Ning let go of Jiang Nan, allowing her to successfully move a few meters away.

“You…”

Jiang Nan looked at the other person warily and spoke again.

“I have another question.”

Luo Ning smiled and spread her hands indifferently, motioning for her to continue.

A hint of confusion appeared on Jiang Nan’s face, and she said.

“Why did you help her?”

She was referring to the bridesmaid. When Luo Ning made a move, she felt that something was wrong.

In her opinion, Luo Ning’s every word and action was very casual. This was not a kind person. On the contrary, Luo Ning would never save someone for no reason unless it was in her own interest.

In fact, what she wanted to ask more was why Luo Ning said those words to her at that time.

Luo Ning chuckled, with a hint of playfulness, and after thinking for a moment, she said.

“I came here naturally to complete my mission. As for saving people, if it’s necessary, I can make a move.”

She said it casually, as if she didn’t care at all.

She looked at Jiang Nan, and the smile on her lips was gentle, but her words had a hint of a warning.

“Here, you can’t trust anyone, including me.”

No one is a good person. You’ve underestimated the enemy.

This was something Luo Ning was not satisfied with.

Her words made Jiang Nan stunned for a moment. The other person’s voice overlapped with the frenzied female voice that suddenly came from the system before, both similar and dissimilar.

After a while, Jiang Nan suddenly came back to her senses. The wariness in her expression increased as she looked at the other person. She coldly pushed away the hand that the other person had reached out and said.

“You’re overthinking it. I’ve never trusted anyone.”

Luo Ning didn’t care about the hand that was pushed away. She nodded with a hint of satisfaction, then rotated her wrist as if she was stretching her muscles, and smiled at her.

“I was thinking, if you’re scared, you can hold my hand.” She said it as if she had really just had a sudden surge of compassion and wanted to protect her.

Jiang Nan’s face was cold, and she refused.

“No need.”

Luo Ning looked at her as if she was looking at a child who didn’t know any better, like an elder who was worried sick about her.

Jiang Nan felt a little uneasy being watched by her and frowned, about to tell the other person to stop looking.

At this moment, a messy sound of knocking on the door suddenly rang out, as if a bunch of people were chaotically knocking on the door, trying to break in. Their gazes were also attracted by the sound.

Since they were rejected from the illusion, they naturally had nothing to worry about, but others were different.

“What should we do? Will they come in?” The bridesmaid said with a crying and fearful voice. The constant knocking on the door was annoying.

The other bridesmaid was still calm and comforted her.

“They won’t. We’ve locked the door. They don’t have the key…”

Before she could finish her sentence, the knocking on the door stopped. They thought the people outside had given up and let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, their faces turned pale in terror.

The sound of keys clinking came from outside the door, as if they were looking for a key, and then the sound of the lock turning. The rustling sound was like a ghost coming to claim their lives, approaching them and making them collapse step by step.

With the key, those people came in quickly.

A huge crowd instantly surrounded them, and there was no escape.

It was the group of male relatives who had tried to harass them. They were like a pack of hungry wolves, and in their green-glowing eyes, there was undisguised greed and desire.

“On a happy day, what are you doing hiding here? Come and play with us.”

The smell of alcohol filled the air. They were also using the excuse of being drunk to openly reveal the beasts hidden in the darkness.

“We don’t want to play. If you keep doing this, we’ll call the police.”

The bridesmaid who was still calm stood out and spoke with a trembling voice, trying to block the people behind her with her body.

But she was too weak. Even if she stood out, she couldn’t stop them from wanting to be beasts.

When they heard “call the police,” they looked at each other for a moment, then burst into crazy laughter, full of mockery.

“Little sister, that won’t scare us.”

As the door closed, it completely released the beasts deep within them. They approached with vulgar and lewd smiles, which were disgusting. The air was filled with the sour smell of men.

They laughed and went forward, ignoring the bridesmaid who stood out. They grabbed her long hair and forcefully dragged her to their side, letting others restrain her hands and feet. Their gazes were sizing her up, and their malicious expressions were sickening. He laughed and said.

“Dressed like this, it would be too rude not to play. Come on, let’s rip off your skirt.”

It was just a bridesmaid dress.

The man whistled like a hooligan. The next moment, they pressed down on them like devils.

Fabric was torn, and they let out heartbreaking screams, but that only made them more excited.

The soundproofing of the house was not good. The sounds of their collapsing screams drowned out the noise outside.

The people outside were chatting, and a light-hearted custom of wedding pranks overshadowed this matter.

The groom and bride heard the commotion, but they didn’t do anything. Instead, they continued the wedding with a clear conscience.

Firecrackers went off, covering up the desperate screams.

The festive bright red on the ground seemed to have become the bl00d that was shed.

Jiang Nan and Luo Ning were in the room, witnessing everything that happened. They couldn’t get out and they couldn’t do anything.

Luo Ning raised her hand and kindly covered Jiang Nan’s eyes, but considering that the other person didn’t like people getting close, she left a distance of an inch. She caught a glimpse of the other person’s pale, tightly pursed lips from the corner of her eye and said indifferently, without much emotional fluctuation.

“We have been rejected from this illusion. You can’t kill them.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nan turned her head to look at the person beside her and saw that the other person’s expression hadn’t changed much. The corner of her mouth was even still smiling, as if she were an outsider who hadn’t seen anything.

She began to wonder. No matter how she looked at it, Luo Ning didn’t seem like a normal person. Although her every move was close to a human’s, her emotions were always flat, as if nothing could arouse her interest.

Jiang Nan admitted that she wasn’t a human either. She was just an NPC who had escaped from a game dungeon.

But when she saw these scenes, she couldn’t control the rage that she showed.

Luo Ning reached out and stopped Jiang Nan who was holding a knife. She shook her head at her and said.

“What can you do?”

Jiang Nan’s eyes were cold, and the strong killing intent made people shudder.

“I can kill them.”

Every word was firm and had a hint of bloodlust.

Luo Ning glanced at the knife in her hand and said with a light smile, as if stating a fact, and also as if it was a provocation.

“You can’t do it.”

This was a disguised way of reminding her that she was too weak.

Hearing this, Jiang Nan met the other person’s eyes, which were as mysterious as an abyss, making people fall.

Perhaps she didn’t even notice it herself, but the knife in her hand let out a faint whine, followed by a powerful pressure that made people’s hearts pound.

Luo Ning noticed it. A hint of a smile, which was crazy and bloodthirsty, flashed in her eyes. Her lips parted slightly, as if to entice.

“Do you want to kill them?”

As her words trailed off, her hand grabbed Jiang Nan’s wrist. The purple eyes reflected the blade in front of them, filling with a crazed obsession.

“As expected, it’s very beautiful.”

The blade, carved with intricate vintage patterns, flashed with a cold light, reflecting the beautiful and enchanting faces of the two of them.

It was like a drowsy ghost that had crawled out of hell to claim lives.

The next moment, her nonchalance was replaced by a cold ferocity. A powerful sense of oppression descended, making people’s hearts pound.

Before Jiang Nan could recover from her expression, she felt the hand grabbing her wrist move, and it guided her to stab the blade into a person’s back.

When the sharp blade entered the person’s body, it didn’t miss. The sound of the blade piercing through flesh and bl00d echoed in her ears, like the most pleasant music, making her feel intoxicated.

A harsh shriek echoed through the room, through the wedding. A strong, pungent black gas emerged from that person, who became shriveled like a deflated balloon.

At this moment, the others also stopped what they were doing and stiffly turned their heads, their empty eyes staring at them.

After Jiang Nan realized what had happened, her face was not good. She wanted to break free from the other person’s restraint.

“Don’t move,” the person said.

The illusion in front of her twisted and collapsed, as if ghosts were surrounding them.

“What are they?” Jiang Nan asked her.

Luo Ning answered with a faint smile on her lips.

“They’re human.”

When she opened her eyes again, it was no longer the oppressive room, but another scene.

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