My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 60 - 54: The Rope

In a daze.

It seemed like the past reappeared.

She was an employee at this supermarket. Due to her upbringing, she was reclusive and silent, not very well-liked... She couldn’t match her eloquent colleagues at work, and didn’t get along well with them. Many said she was gloomy, with her only good trait being her beauty. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

And it was this only trait that others talked about that caused her harm.

One day, the supermarket manager who had been harassing her asked her to come to the basement to find something...

Screams, cries, and yells.

After the violence.

Only the girl was left lying in the dim and cramped room.

The manager was so bold because he believed her temperament... would prevent her from speaking about this incident.

When she heard such words from the perpetrator.

The girl silently got up and found a rope.

And before she died.

Her only thought was — I really wish I could swap lives with someone else.

... That way, my life should be more exciting.

"..."

The scene paused at the moment the girl stopped struggling... dying in pain.

Then.

Chen Lusi suddenly snapped back to reality, staggering as he landed on the ground.

"What’s wrong?"

By this time, Wu You and the others had already followed in.

But they didn’t see the girl’s body.

The body had vanished.

They only saw a thick white hemp rope stained with dark red blotches, falling from mid-air.

After steadying himself, Chen Lusi didn’t rush to respond but slowly looked up at the thread he had cut.

After the thread had been severed, it swayed a bit, and then, as if controlled by someone, it began to retract upward... gradually disappearing into the void.

At the same time.

A few kilometers away.

Sun Rensheng felt the line suddenly loosen from his right palm, as if the force on the other side had disappeared.

"... Was the retrieval this smooth this time?"

Sun Rensheng completely retracted the thread, then looked down at his palm with some confusion.

Under normal circumstances.

When Wutong Authority strengthens the dead’s intense thoughts into legend and activates them, he, as the controller, would experience a certain degree of backlash when trying to withdraw.

After all, he was manipulating the dead’s most intense thoughts before their death... Once control is lost, the dead would have extremely strong emotions of resentment.

But Sun Rensheng quickly put the matter behind him.

After all, the authority had been retrieved smoothly without any issues.

Moreover, in his view, the deceased this time was a bitch who didn’t even know how to struggle... It was only normal to retrieve it easily.

Of course.

The most important reason.

Was that he still felt fiery.

He was already preparing to select the next deceased.

This time, he decided to find a deceased with even stronger thoughts before death, to completely scare that fool named Chen Lusi out of his wits!

"Just wait!"

Sun Rensheng stood up and spat fiercely.

[Folklore System Level 1 Authority — Wutong.]

...

After watching the thread disappear, Chen Lusi then lowered his head again.

For some reason.

He still felt like someone was manipulating that girl.

If that were the case... it had to be said, the person on the other end of the line was really quite vile.

Playing with the dead.

Even in Chen Lusi’s view... this was too malicious to simply laugh off.

"Chen Lusi."

Wu You saw that Chen Lusi hadn’t spoken all this while and gently shook his shoulder.

"I wasn’t swapped."

Chen Lusi turned to look at Wu You and the others who had come in, explaining: "I just saw something that caught my attention."

"Something that caught your attention?"

Wu You was a bit puzzled.

Chen Lusi briefly explained the cause and effect.

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

"The thread... What is that? And why could your blade sever the thread?"

Jin Yi was the first to react and asked curiously.

"I don’t know."

Chen Lusi thought for a moment, then gently shook his head.

Jin Yi was slightly stunned, then glanced at Wu You and Xia Panqiu, thinking it was their internal secret, and closed his mouth without asking further questions.

Wu You and Xia Panqiu did know the actual situation.

What Chen Lusi said was the truth, he really didn’t know...

Even Ah Yue and Xiaoxiao still hadn’t figured out what Chen Lusi’s authority was.

However.

The two of them did not explain.

Wu You looked at the thick white hemp rope lying on the ground, covered in dark red blotches, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked: "So... is this the source of everything? The culprit for swapping us with impostors?"

"Yes."

Jin Yi nodded in response: "According to the scene the girl let Chen Lusi see at the end... this should be the source, the effect presumably still remains, barely considered an ancient object."

Xia Panqiu pursed her supple red lips and said softly: "So, this was her final thought before death..."

This statement rendered everyone silent again.

Even though this thing nearly had them hanged... they were ordinary people, incapable of being entirely rational about things.

In the silence.

"Want to swap lives with someone else..."

Chen Lusi also turned his gaze towards the white hemp rope on the ground, muttering to himself, then walked over, bent down, and picked up the rope.

Though the body was gone, the dark red flesh was still smeared on it.

Chen Lusi reached out to pat it, but the dark red stains had seeped into the fibers, impossible to remove.

He soon gave up, took the rope, and returned to the group, handing it to Peng Wanyong, while asking: "Do you know about this, Officer Peng?"

Peng Wanyong looked at Chen Lusi’s face, saying seriously: "I will investigate."

"Thank you."

Chen Lusi expressed his gratitude, then looked at the other four: "Now, how are you going to handle this rope that hanged someone?"

Jin Yi softly said: "This counts as an ancient object. Although it’s unclear how much power it still has outside without the deceased, it obviously can’t just be left here. We should take it.

You saved my life... I can’t say let’s take it back with us, your Third Squad should keep it, I’ll omit the related information in my report."

Upon hearing this, Chen Lusi hesitated for a moment, then reacted, handing the rope to Wu You and Xia Panqiu.

"..."

Wu You scratched his head, thought for a moment, and said: "Put it in the bag for now, let’s take it back, and let Xiaoxiao decide."

"Okay."

Chen Lusi nodded, unzipped his bag, folded the rope, and placed it inside.

"Let’s go."

Wu You patted Chen Lusi’s shoulder as he packed away the rope: "It should be resolved, let’s go outside to get some air... Officer Peng, it’s all yours here, should be fine, contact us if any issues arise."

Peng Wanyong nodded: "Alright."

Chen Lusi didn’t object, confirming that everything was in order.

The group began to exit.

Chen Lusi remained at the rear of the team.

And just before walking out.

He suddenly sensed something, turned around to look.

But there was nothing behind him.