I am so familiar with this mask. It is the mask worn by the person who followed us today! And this person is most likely the real culprit behind the bomb control this time!
The masked man smiled at us strangely, and while we were still not able to react, he turned around and ran upstairs. Lin Yingxue and I didn't care about the two police officers at this time, and chased upstairs at the same time! If we catch this man, then we don't have to waste time investigating the cause of Director Zhao's death and can get out of the current predicament!
When we rushed to the fourth floor, we found that the masked man who had run upstairs earlier had completely disappeared, and there was not even a sound.
Lin Yingxue wanted to continue chasing upstairs, but I immediately stopped her and said, "Don't panic, listen to the sound first."
I don't know why, but the building was surprisingly quiet at this moment. No matter whether it was Bai Longfei and the security guard Xiao Wei who left first, or the office director and others who left second, even the two police officers who temporarily separated from us, they all disappeared completely, as if they had already left the newspaper building. In the entire building, there were only Lin Yingxue and I left.
We listened quietly for more than ten seconds, and when we were sure there was no more sound around, I said loudly, "It seems that the man is hiding on the fourth floor. Xiaoxue, we must catch him!"
Lin Yingxue looked at me with some confusion. I winked at her and she didn't ask any more questions. She held the dagger in her hand, motioned me to stand here and not move, and then walked towards the dark corridor alone.
At this moment, standing on the standpoint of a man, I would definitely not let Lin Yingxue take the risk alone. But compared with Lin Yingxue, I am a weakling in combat. I am like heaven and earth compared to her. If I go there, I can only cause trouble and will not play any role. With this contradictory mood, I felt very uncomfortable watching Lin Yingxue disappear into the dark corridor.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a little imperceptible sound coming from the other end of the corridor, as if someone was moving on tiptoe little by little in the dark corridor!
When I heard the voice, I instantly realized that Lin Yingxue might have been chasing in the wrong direction. I wanted to call Lin Yingxue to come over, but I was afraid of alerting the enemy. After thinking it over, I decided to go over and take a look by myself.
At that time, I didn't know where I got the courage to make such a hasty decision. I looked around and found that there was nothing on the ground that could be used as a weapon. In the end, I had to turn off the flashlight temporarily, and then hold it in my hand, ready to use it as a weapon. As long as I saw the masked man, I would hit him hard on the head when he wasn't paying attention.
Due to staying in this dark environment for a long time, my eyes have adapted to the environment in front of me. Even without the light of the flashlight, I can roughly see the outline of the surroundings. As I walked into the corridor little by little, I could see more and more things clearly. I found that there was no one in the corridor and the doors of all the rooms were closed. The sound I heard just now should have come from one of the rooms.
Because I was not sure whether I could beat the other person, I also moved with low steps. I couldn't even hear the sound of my footsteps, and I believed that the masked person would not be able to hear them either.
I continued walking forward for about ten meters, and suddenly I remembered a question. When I saw the masked man before, the clothes he wore were pure black!
I can still vividly remember the visual magic of Qiongqi and Lisha using black clothes to make them disappear in an instant when we were in the White Building. Although I can see the outlines of my surroundings clearly at this time, if a person in black clothes walks past me, I think unless I hear a sound or feel it, I will not be able to spot him with my eyes alone!
Thinking of this, I somehow looked in the direction of the stairs behind me, and immediately saw that there was some light from the neighboring building in the direction of the stairs. The masked man in black was standing there, staring at me motionlessly!
I didn't expect that he would come up behind me without me noticing at all!
When I spotted the other person, I immediately shouted Lin Yingxue's name, and stood up and rushed towards the masked man in black. However, after running a few steps, I stopped instantly, and I braked too hard and almost fell to the ground.
Because when I was running, I felt like my feet touched something. It felt like a thread blocked my way. When I touched the thread, a lot of clips from TV dramas and movies flashed through my mind. If I broke the thread, would it directly detonate the landmine buried here and blow me to pieces
Having stopped, I no longer dared to move around. I couldn't see clearly what was happening around me, and what the line under my feet was connected to. If I just pulled my legs back, would there be any danger
Under the continuous stimulation, my clothes were already soaked with sweat. If someone stood in front of me and slashed me at this time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have any ability to resist.
Just when I felt helpless, a beam of light suddenly shone from the front, making it difficult for me to open my eyes. When I adjusted to the light and looked forward, I found that Lin Yingxue was rushing towards me with a flashlight, and the masked man in black who was standing at the stairs had completely disappeared without a trace.
At this moment, I didn’t have time to care about the man in black, so I hurriedly said to Lin Yingxue, “Don’t get too close, help me see what’s going on here.”
Lin Yingxue noticed my abnormality from a distance, and stopped about three meters away from me. She kept waving the flashlight around me, making it impossible for me to see clearly what was going on with the wire.
Lin Yingxue fiddled with it for about twenty seconds, then said to me solemnly, "Don't worry, do as I say, and don't move."
Seeing her serious expression, I became even more nervous. I swallowed and nodded slightly.
"Don't use force on your right leg. Try to squat down first."
At this time, let alone my right leg which was leaning on the string, I didn't even dare to move my left leg which was fine. I tried to lower my body with both legs motionless, and finally I slowly squatted down.
After I squatted down, Lin Yingxue continued, "Now just use your hands to break the string. Don't stand up. Just maintain your current height."
I was stunned when I heard this! What did Lin Yingxue mean? Could it be that this line was not connected to a landmine? Although I had thousands of questions in my mind, I still had no doubt about what Lin Yingxue said. I paused for a moment, took a few deep breaths, grabbed the thin line under my feet with my hands, gritted my teeth and tore the line off on the spot!
The moment the line was broken, I subconsciously closed my eyes. However, at the same time, I heard something above my head, brushing against my hair and passing over my head, finally hitting the wall, making a crisp sound, and then the thing fell to the ground.
I slowly opened my eyes. Lin Yingxue had already walked in front of me. She helped me up from the ground and said, "Why did you come here alone? Don't you know it's dangerous?"
Seeing her anxious look, I felt a little warm in my heart. I knew she was worried about my safety. It made me feel like I had made a mistake when I was a child and I felt a little helpless.
Lin Yingxue shook her head helplessly, helped me up, and looked at my body carefully to make sure I was not injured. Then she squatted down to look for the thing that had just fallen on the ground.
She was looking for something on the ground, and I looked up to see what the thread I stepped on just now was. When I looked up, I found that there was a strong rubber band fixed to the wall above my head and parallel to my head. I immediately used a flashlight to carefully look at the rubber band, and then I found that at the end of the rubber band, there was a black thin thread similar to the one used for sewing clothes, which was made of the same material as the thin thread under my feet.
Lin Yingxue also found something that fell on the ground, picked it up and showed it to me. It was a dagger. The dagger was not very long, but very sharp. It seemed that this should be the trap set by the masked man.
Because the rubber band is parallel to my head, once I step on the line without knowing it, the rubber band will drive the dagger towards my head. The force of the sharp dagger and the rubber band is enough to allow the dagger to pierce my head!
Thinking of this, I felt a pang of fear in my heart. It was obvious that I was lucky not to step on this line when I came in, and I reacted in time and stopped when I left, waiting for Lin Yingxue to rescue me. If I had broken this line without knowing it, I really don’t know what would have happened.
"What happened just now? Why did you come here alone? Did you find the masked man?"
I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead, lit a cigarette to calm myself down, and briefly told Lin Yingxue what had just happened.
After hearing this, Lin Yingxue sighed and said, "It seems that the masked man has escaped. It may be difficult to catch him now."
While Lin Yingxue was speaking, I carefully looked at the dagger in my hand, and suddenly felt that this dagger seemed a little familiar. After thinking about it carefully, I finally understood why this dagger seemed a little familiar.
Because this dagger is the one that the masked man who followed us today put inside his mask! But I clearly gave this dagger to Bai Longfei, so why is it here