Chapter 14: Canteen Haunting
The Zumin Community Canteen was once the busiest place in the neighborhood.

But now it is deserted.

The tables and chairs were scattered in disorder, cutlery was thrown everywhere, water drops kept falling in the corners, nourishing a patch of moss. Even in the daytime, the cafeteria still exuded a strong smell of uneasiness.

Wu Xian and Shi Ji were standing at the entrance of the cafeteria.

"Yesterday I wanted to find some ingredients to make a hot meal for everyone, and I came here while searching. I found some frozen pig intestines and some tableware in the freezer outside the cafeteria. These are for you to cook."

"After that, I wanted to find some other ingredients, so I walked into the cafeteria."

"Everything was fine, but I suddenly felt extremely hungry, as if I was tempted by something and was eager to find something to eat."

"I lost my mind at that time, holding the pig intestines..."

Wu Xian looked strange: "If I remember correctly, the pig intestines you found were not washed."

"Luckily I didn't wash it!"

Shi Ji slapped his thigh excitedly.

"Because I didn't wash it, I couldn't eat it, and that's when I finally came to my senses."

"When I wake up..."

"I saw a skinny man holding me and biting me desperately. His eyes were green and he was shouting while biting me."

"Hungry, I'm hungry..."

Shi Ji lifted up his clothes to show Wu Xian. There were dozens of tooth marks on the left side of his chest and abdomen. If he had woken up later, he would probably have been bitten ripped open.

"I struggled to escape from there, I was so scared, I can't even describe it..."

Wu Xian suddenly remembered that Shi Ji seemed to be wearing different pants yesterday morning and evening...

Stopping the bad associations, Wu Xian looked into the cafeteria.

He could vaguely see two blurry statues of gods placed on the table at the innermost part of the cafeteria, which proved that Shi Ji had not deceived him.

When he withdrew his gaze, Wu Xian caught a glimpse of a half-skinny face exposed behind a pillar. Saliva was constantly flowing from the corners of its mouth, and its eyes seemed to want to devour Wu Xian.

Wu Xian asked Shi Ji: "From what you said, this evil spirit is quite difficult to deal with. Once you get deep into the dining hall, you will be bewitched by it and won't even notice that you are being eaten to death. How do you plan to worship the gods then?"

Shi Ji picked up the bag in his hand and said, "Of course I'll use this!"

He opened the bag, which was filled with pig intestines. The intestines gave off a pungent smell and looked half-cooked.

Wu Xian was full of questions: "Strangle him with large intestine?"

"No, fish it with your gut!"

"Fishing him?"

Shi Ji sneered.

"My narrow escape yesterday was not in vain. I gained two pieces of useful information from it."

"The first is that this thing's ability to confuse people is only effective inside the community cafeteria where it is not exposed to direct sunlight. The second is... this thing doesn't have very good teeth."

"Tooth...I see!"

Wu Xian thought for a long time before he understood, and his eyes became strange. What kind of genius could come up with such an idea?

Shi Ji's expression was extremely ferocious, as if he had a deep hatred for the evil spirit.

"Since this thing is starving, it definitely can't refuse food. The large intestine is the toughest when it's half-cooked. I'm going to use the large intestine to lure it out of my range, and then..."

"I'm going to make it pay for what it did to me yesterday!"

According to Wu Xian's observation, Shi Ji's personality should be simple and honest, the type that doesn't get angry easily. What could make him so angry that he wanted to eat the evil spirit and sleep on its skin?

I'm afraid his experience was not as easy as he said. For example, when he was chewing the large intestine, it wasn't that he couldn't eat it...

……

Although the plan to lure out the evil spirit sounded ridiculous, Wu Xian had no better idea.

After a brief discussion, the two began to act.

The half-cooked large intestine was thrown into the shadow. Wu Xian originally thought that the evil spirit was at least smarter than the fish, so it would have to wait for a while.

But he didn't expect that before the large intestine even hit the ground, it opened its mouth and bit him.

Feeling the force coming from the other end of the large intestine, Wu Xian and the other man hurriedly pulled together, and a skinny figure was immediately pulled out.

The thing that flew out was a male.

He was only wearing tattered beach pants, his body was so thin that it was unrecognizable, with only a layer of fascia covering his bones, his skin was dark yellow and rough, and his legs were spread apart like a toad, allowing him to move on all fours like an animal.

As soon as it was pulled out, black smoke started to come out of its body and it let out a series of miserable howls. Its body began to shrink backwards, but it was reluctant to leave the pig intestine in its mouth and just backed away reluctantly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Xian grabbed the large intestine, and Shi Ji picked up the mop handle and smashed it at the hungry ghost.

Shi Ji's expression was ferocious, his teeth were about to break, and he put all his strength into every blow. Unfortunately, he was too weak, and sweat broke out on his forehead after just a few blows.

After being hit several times, the hungry ghost couldn't bear it anymore and shrank back into the shadows like a wounded puppy.

Wu Xian was speechless. Shi Ji's operation could be said to be as powerful as a tiger. The damage was 2.5, but after fighting for such a long time, only the skin on the hungry ghost's head was broken.

However, this also allowed Wu Xian to make new discoveries.

First of all, the weapons distributed by Qi Zhiyong are really useful, but they are just useful.

It's like a couple whipping each other with a small whip.

Does it hurt?

It does hurt, but it's unlikely to cause any serious injury.

Also, when they were dealing with Mr. Wang the refrigerator ghost, black smoke appeared on Mr. Wang's body after he basked in the sun. Wu Xian speculated that sunlight was harmful to evil spirits and could even kill them.

But that doesn't seem to be the case now.

Because the hungry ghost had been exposed to the sunlight for a while, it still suffered no fundamental damage. It just looked a little weaker and its activity became less than before.

Maybe the sun is just an environment that makes evil spirits uncomfortable, maybe different evil spirits have different adaptability to the sun, maybe...

There are many possibilities, but no matter what the answer is, if you still think you will be safe in the sun, you will definitely suffer.

The hungry ghost hid back.

However, neither of them was worried anymore. It was false that fish had a memory of only seven seconds, but something driven by desire might have a memory of even less than seven seconds.

Shi Ji threw the large intestine over again, and after a while the evil spirit bit it again.

This time, Shi Ji pulled the large intestine, while Wu Xian chopped it fiercely with a bloody kitchen knife, leaving deep knife marks on the hungry ghost's body.

After going on like this a few times, Wu Xian started to feel annoyed.

There was nothing wrong with Shi Ji's plan, but killing with ordinary weapons was too slow. It would take an unknown amount of time to kill the hungry ghosts. This was a good deal for Shi Ji, but a huge loss for Wu Xian.

So Wu Xian drew out his copper coin sword, ready to play some cards.

But this time, the hungry ghost did not take the bait and let the large intestine keep swinging in the cafeteria, remaining unmoved.

Wu Xian suddenly became anxious.

If it doesn't come out, how do we calculate the time wasted before?
　Thanks to the readers Huanye Yimeng, why are there people calling him Fengpi, Xiaoyinghan, Yihe Xiyuan, and Pinzui Taoist for their rewards. Thank you all for your support and encouragement. I will write seriously!

　　
　
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