Heinrich, the president of Heimdall, is Swiss, and the West is particularly taboo about these things, so in Heimdall, no matter the number of stairs or the number of members or items, the number 13 will not appear, but at this moment, The stairs that Cui Zuojing stepped on suddenly became 13th.
13, 6th prime number, 11th deficient number, 8th unusual number, 7th Fibonacci number… Mathematically this number has been given many meanings, but none of them compare to those legends—finally During the dinner, the thirteenth participant Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 silver dollars; and at the banquet in Norse mythology, the thirteenth visitor Loki rushed in, causing Balder, who was favored by the gods, to die.
"I noticed." Dong Zheng grabbed Cui Zuojing's hand with his backhand, and the boy clearly felt that the man's palm was also full of sweat at this time. When they were still in school, both Dong Zheng and Cui Zuojing had heard such a strange campus talk: According to legend, there are unclean things in a certain school. On the fifteenth night of every month, the eyes of Lu Xun's portrait at the school gate would move. All teaching buildings will lose power, stairs will change from 12 to 13, water from laboratory taps will turn red, and the bathroom at the end of the corridor on the first floor will never come out again.
Cui Zuojing, who just entered junior high school, was once frightened by this story. His home is in the north, and every winter afternoon when school is over, it is so dark that he slips very fast every time he leaves the school. And now, he felt that creepy feeling again after a long time.
What a coward! As soon as the fear came out, he was smashed back by the boy with a hammer: You are Cui Zuojing! do not be afraid! Definitely can't be more timid than Dong Zheng! Be more of a man than him!
Cui Zuojing immediately took a big step and stood side by side with Dong Zheng, and said firmly in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Dong Zheng looked at the flashing green safety exit sign at the base of the wall, and felt that the bell on his chest seemed to be heating up again. He took a deep breath and replied in the communication link: "I'm fine."
The two continued to walk up, with the lantern in hand. They had not met other ghosts for a while, but they didn't know how long this state would last. The two clearly felt that in the dark corner where the light had not hit, there were countless pairs of eyes. is watching them quietly.
They went to the second floor, turned up the other side of the stairs, and on the windowsill at the junction of the second and third floors, was squatting a cat.
Behind it, the bloody full moon has broken into pieces, trapped by the window frame, casting a dark red silhouette around the tabby body. The tabby cat squatted gracefully, with its tail forming a circle behind it, quietly looking at the two people walking from below, with amber eyes with dilated pupils.
"Midnight?" Cui Zuojing asked in a low voice.
The cat didn't answer, it stood up, its tail shook slightly, and then the figure faded completely and gradually disappeared in place.
Only the amberstone eyes remained, like the lingering smile of the Cheshire cat in Alice's Wonderland.
"Is it?" Dong Zheng asked.
Cui Zuojing shook his head, it was not midnight, but it was obviously not an ordinary cat either.
"Let's go, get the magic weapon first." The unease in their hearts became more and more intense. On the way to Heimdall, they rarely heard the voices of other people being cleaned. Since they are pilgrims who can reach the top of the giant tree , almost all deaths happen in the box, there should be not many people with insufficient points.
In this way, midnight should have been busy with other things.
Dong Zheng nodded and continued upward, the light of the lantern was blocked by his body. At this moment, a puppet suddenly fell from the ceiling and smashed in front of Cui Zuojing.
The puppet's head slammed on the steps, and it was torn apart in an instant. Cui Zuojing subconsciously stepped back and leaned back to avoid the unknown object that almost fell against his face, which also completely shrouded him in front of Dong Zheng's. in the shadow.
In this area where the light of the lantern could not illuminate, countless black hands stretched out from Dong Zheng's shadow, grabbing Cui Zuojing's arms, legs and feet, covering his nose and mouth, like a black cocoon that almost wrapped the boy's entire body in!
Cui Zuojing didn't have time to speak at all, the solid ground under his feet was suddenly empty, and he was dragged into Dong Zheng's shadow by the black hands.
But the communication connection was still there. At the last second of disappearing in place, the bell trembled violently. At the same time, Dong Zheng clearly heard the shout from Cui Zuojing. When the crisis came, the teenager shouted not any words for help, but a sentence A full-fledged "Fuck!"
He turned around immediately, only to see two black hands that quickly retracted into his shadow, those hands were extremely slender and slender, not at all the proportions that a human would have.
The communication connection was forced to be interrupted, and Dong Zheng could not perceive the existence of Cui Zuojing's core, which meant that the boy had disappeared near him.
Ah Zuo was... swallowed into his shadow? !
Dong Zheng had never seen such an operation before. He squatted down and touched the entire shadow he projected on the ground. All the palms touched the roughness of the ground, and he did not perceive other abnormalities at all.
Dong Zheng stood up, he pursed his lips, and almost understood the reason.
As long as it is out of reach of the lantern, it is absolutely dangerous.
The boy who followed him disappeared without a trace in an instant. After a brief panic at the beginning, Dong Zheng quickly calmed down. In this case, his thinking was also very clear, and Cui Zuojing was swallowed into him. The shadow of , I still don't know how to find him, the safest move is to find the magic weapon first.
The two have already separated. In order to deal with him, Midnight must do something to hinder the function of the lantern. Unlike Cui Zuojing, he has no experience in fighting Midnight.
Dong Zheng rushed to the third floor and ran to the props showroom. Under the absolute rational decision-making control at the core, he followed the most perfect strategy in every move, but the emotional thinking in his heart was never suppressed, and the strong worry made him Breathing and heartbeat were all messed up.
Is the situation on the left side okay
Out of sight behind him, a Siamese cat leaped lightly up the stair railing, the footsteps of men echoed so clearly in the silent corridor, Siamese blue eyes narrowed slightly, whiskers quivering on his cheeks .
It followed, the tip of its tail sweeping an elegant arc in the air.
His eyes were engulfed by darkness, as if his whole body was wrapped in viscous liquid, and his eyes, ears, mouth and nose were all blocked, making Cui Zuojing completely lose his sense of the outside world.
Biting chills invaded from every corner, engulfing skin, blood, and bones.
Cui Zuojing struggled to curl his right arm, his wrist touched his chest, and the three seals engraved on the inside of his wrist lit up in an instant. The time power of the first seal and the space power temporarily stored in the second and third seals broke out, breaking the shackles of ghosts in an instant.
Under the power of the elemental source, the shadow quickly lost water and melted like a slug sprinkled with a lot of salt. Cui Zuojing fell to the ground, he coughed a few times while clutching his chest, turned over and sat on the ground.
The explosion just now made all the ghosts disappear. The power of time and space is powerful, but it can only be used once in a short period of time, because they are not supposed to be used that way.
Cui Zuojing looked around, he was still there, and Dong Zheng was nowhere to be seen.
He should have been pulled into Dong Zheng's shadow just now, and now this place... is a different dimension
Cui Zuojing looked at his palm, the space power of morality is still with him, maybe he can use this to get out.
The boy stood up, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and lightly pressed his left hand on the second and third seals.
The door of the props display room also failed to cause any obstruction to Dong Zheng. Dong Zheng went straight to the area where the magic tool was located. He remembered very clearly what props were in Heimdall, and there was one thing that was very suitable for him now.
Dong Zheng stopped in front of the compartment where a porcelain bottle was placed. The small white bottle was closed in a transparent cover, and the label read [Bright Holy Water].
Even as a member of the organization, renting requires points as a mortgage, but now Dong Zheng is really penniless, so he directly forgot all the rules and regulations, the kernel invaded, and after a few seconds, the cover automatically opened.
Dong Zheng has carefully studied Heimdall's security system in private, and now in his eyes, the entire organization is as undefended as if it had been stripped away.
He reached out and took out the vial, unplugged the cork, and dipped the arrows of the crossbow in it one by one. After soaking all the eight arrows he was carrying, Dong Zheng put the vial in his pocket and finally had confidence in his heart.
Now he finally has the ability to fight back.
As for the question of stealing the magic weapon... Dong Zheng put the cover back on, and turned around and told Heinrich that there should be no problem.
He picked up the lantern and was about to go back to find Cui Zuojing when he suddenly saw the cat's shadow cast on the wall.
Dong Zheng made a move and whispered: "Midnight?"
The Siamese cat walked out from behind the shelf, its steps were graceful and light, it squatted ten meters away from Dong Zheng, stared at the man with blue eyes, and said, "Well, it's me, I didn't expect that the first time we met was at this time. "
"I didn't expect it either." Dong Zheng held an arrow in one hand and a lantern in the other, guarding.
"Don't be so nervous." Midnight laughed, "I actually saw you a long time ago, but you just didn't pay attention, remember? In the doll's house box, you were locked in prison, It was raining outside, and the little black goat went out alone for a while."
Of course Dong Zheng remembered, because on that day, when the young man came back wet and shivering and squeezed beside him to keep warm, he was squeezed into the corner by Cui Zuojing, clinging closely to each other, his arms touching each other. The moment he reached the boy's waist, he felt an unexpected heartbeat.
"Did he go to see you then?"
"To be precise, I went to see Chang Hui. Between the two of them, there are some little secrets that others don't know about." Midnight flicked his tail lightly and continued to meow, "You know why that little devil is so persistent in his thoughts. Do you want to make a deal with him?"
"I don't know, and I don't want to know." Dong Zheng didn't give Midnight a chance to continue to sow discord. "Where is he?"
"When we first met, why did you make the atmosphere so stiff?" Midnight sighed, her blue eyes suddenly turned green, "It seems that you don't want to continue chatting with me anymore, just right, I should also Start working."
Before the words could be heard at midnight, a black hand stretched out from the shadow of the void behind Dong Zheng, and swiftly passed around his shoulder, trying to snatch the lantern in his hand!