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Chapter 21 An Unexpected Eye Contact
After the uncle left.
Lin Yue calculated the distance she had run and realized she had run about another kilometer.
So now we are two kilometers away from completing the mission, and eight kilometers away from receiving the special reward.
The remaining targets are getting shorter and shorter.
Keep it up!
I mentally gave myself a little encouragement.
There was no longer any interference from the footsteps of a second person.
Once again, only the sound of Lin Yue's feet pounding the ground remained in the street.
"Tap tap tap—"
However, beyond this steady pace...
The air seemed to freeze slowly, and a chilling white mist floated and drifted across the street.
Lin Yue's expression froze, and she immediately became nervous.
The environment has changed.
This is one of the signs of evil spirits being unleashed!
But now that he's started running, he can't use his eyes to detect danger.
Lin Yue still remembers how the night runner in Song Jiale's story died tragically.
He could only quickly prick up his ears, trying to detect the evil spirit's presence through his hearing.
And his idea was correct.
Once you concentrate and calm your mind, things that were previously overlooked immediately come to the surface.
Lin Yue indeed heard some other strange noises mixed in between her footsteps.
"Tap tap tap tap tap—"
This is my own sound—the sound of plastic shoe soles rubbing against the ground.
It is also a human voice.
And that's all.
There was another very faint sound coming in quick succession behind me.
"Clusters clusters clusters clusters—"
The sounds were coming from very close proximity.
It was probably less than twenty meters away from me.
Lin Yue immediately felt a tightness in her chest, and sweat began to pour from her forehead.
When did this thing arrive?
Why didn't I notice they were so close?
Could it be that the sound of that person's footsteps just now covered up this sound?
After hearing this sound, more details were detected by the eardrum.
He discovered that although the sound gave the impression of running, upon closer listening, it was completely different from the footsteps he usually heard.
In normal running, the heel lands first, and the ball of the foot pushes off the ground to complete the alternating leg movements.
But the footsteps behind me.
It was as if someone was tiptoeing, with their heels never touching the ground, and only using the tiny area of their toes to frantically push against the concrete surface.
This is clearly not the posture a normal person should have.
Moving only on the toes...
Lin Yue remembered hearing ghost stories about guesthouses when she was a child. Ghosts were as light as air, so they could float and walk without their feet touching the ground, crossing rivers and streams faster than walking on flat ground.
He dared not speak, much less turn around.
We can only keep moving forward, pretend we haven't noticed anything amiss, and resolutely carry out our mission.
"There's not much distance left, just over two kilometers. The night run training mission will be completed. If the things behind really start killing people, then I'll decisively give up the special reward..." Lin Yue's forehead was covered in sweat, whether from exhaustion or fear, it was hard to tell.
As time went by.
Three kilometers have passed in the blink of an eye.
Those footsteps were still hanging twenty meters behind.
It neither sped up nor slowed down.
Lin Yue, whose attributes had already been enhanced several times, was starting to feel extremely tired.
But the footsteps sounded exactly the same as before.
Its speed is as stable as a robot's.
That's why Lin Yue became even more certain that there was a ghost following her!
Because the things behind him had absolutely no "human touch," such as the heavy breathing due to physical exertion, or the changes in the weight of their footsteps.
These characteristics are physical features that humans possess because they are living beings.
The guys behind them, none of them had any!
If this isn't a ghost, what else could it be?
Lin Yue bit her lip lightly.
They subtly increased their speed by a tiny bit.
I want to gradually get rid of that horrible thing behind me.
But to his surprise, as soon as he accelerated, the thing behind him also sped up.
"Tap tap tap—"
"Clusters, clusters, clusters—"
The two kinds of footsteps were intertwined like twine, and they couldn't shake each other off.
He then tried to slow down a little.
As a result, the thing behind him maintained its speed, and even took advantage of the moment when he slowed down to close the distance between them even more.
Lin Yue's expression changed instantly.
Quickly change your pace back to the original rhythm and restore your speed to normal.
The ghost was still following, but the distance it had covered when it caught up with the ghost had not returned to its original state.
Lin Yue's mood sank immediately.
If you speed up, the ghost speeds up too; if you slow down, the ghost doesn't slow down.
In other words, the distance between the two sides will only shorten, not lengthen.
Human physical strength has its limits.
Sooner or later, everyone will reach a point where they can no longer run.
Ghosts, however, do not have this restriction.
If they keep running, anyone will be driven to their death by this guy.
And the distance between the two sides was less than 20 meters, no, it has just shortened a little bit, so it is only about 18 or 19 meters.
Such a short distance.
If you choose to stop.
At this speed, this ghost could catch up and kill me in a matter of seconds.
In other words, running would mean certain death, and not running would also mean certain death.
The situation seemed to have led to an unsolvable narrow bridge; no matter which way one went, the end result was death.
His only consolation was that he hadn't recklessly accelerated to a point where his physical strength couldn't sustain it for long. Otherwise, he would have quickly lost this race between humans and ghosts and lost his life.
"Ho-ho-ho-"
Lin Yue was panting heavily.
At this point, as time passed in the race...
He has completed a distance of four kilometers.
Because of being chased by evil spirits, the mental stress was immense, and the physical exertion increased exponentially.
Lin Yue was covered in sweat, and her breathing became heavy and labored.
His physical strength was starting to wane.
If he hadn't boosted his attribute points several times before, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on much longer.
"Looks like my limit is five kilometers. I'd better finish the mission quickly and take the basic reward. No matter how good the special reward is, I have to be alive to get it." Large beads of sweat fell from Lin Yue's face to the ground, leaving a black water stain on the ground.
Through perseverance.
The last kilometer is becoming increasingly shorter.
900 meters...
800 meters...
700 meters...
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Lin Yue felt like she was running a countdown in her mind, calculating the remaining distance.
The ghostly figure behind him remained perfectly still.
Until there were only one hundred meters left.
Lin Yue was secretly delighted at this moment.
"One hundred left, then we can finish."
Perhaps it was his mood, but he seemed to have suddenly gained some strength, and his heavy steps became lighter.
Even so.
He did not rush to achieve quick success.
However, at this very moment...
The demon's pace slowed down.
It was as if they wanted to put a pause on this long pursuit.
"Clusters—clusters—"
This is a very good sign.
Lin Yue was secretly delighted. "Could it be that once the demon's pursuit method is discovered and it fails to catch up for a period of time, it will give up the chase?"
No wonder the system sets the completion standard at within five kilometers.
It turns out that once you go more than five kilometers away, the evil spirit will leave on its own.
It seems the taxi I booked was unnecessary.
But... how did that person in Song Jiale's story get chased to death?
Could it be because of "looking back"?
If that's the case, then the idea that he would never turn back even in death was the right thing to do.
Never mind, that's not important right now.
If we just persevere a little longer, the mission will be over!
The distance of one hundred meters is shortening at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Lin Yue's tense expression gradually relaxed, and a smile appeared on her face.
At that moment, a car in front of him suddenly braked and stopped abruptly in front of him.
"Squeak—"
The brake pads emitted a piercing scream.
Lin Yue's expression changed instantly, and she quickly closed her eyes.
But the car's arrival was so unexpected and sudden.
He inevitably saw things he shouldn't have seen.
On the smooth car window, due to the reflection of the moonlight, besides a face covered in sweat and slightly panicked, a hideous and terrifying bloody face was also reflected.
Both sides utilize mirror imaging.
Their eyes met, and they made eye contact.