At this moment, he suddenly frowned and reached into his pocket to take out his cell phone.
The girl's eyes immediately lit up. She thought that she had the good-looking boy in front of her under her control, and she couldn't help feeling a little proud.
"That's right, come, add me, sister, I will tell you a lot of things~"
As she spoke later, her tone became increasingly seductive and low, and she spoke each word with great emphasis, which was extremely seductive.
Xue Jing ignored her, but looked at his phone silently with a frown.
He felt a barely perceptible tingling sensation on the palm of his hand that was touching the phone. If he had not practiced the Armor-shaking Technique for many days, which made his skin's sense of touch more acute, he would not have been able to notice it.
Before he could think about it, the phone screen suddenly went dark.
Immediately afterwards, all the lights in the banquet hall went out instantly.
The scene fell into complete darkness.
"Eh? What's going on?"
Someone immediately spoke in surprise.
"The power is out?"
"Wait, let me turn on the flashlight on my phone... Huh? My phone is out of battery too?"
The scene was noisy.
Xue Jing patted the phone in his hand and narrowed his eyes slightly.
—He was very sure that his phone was fully charged.
Moreover, it wasn't just his phone. In such a dark situation, among the dozens of people at the scene, not one took out his phone to light up. Obviously, no one's phone could be turned on.
In addition, all the lights in the banquet hall went out... This must be because all the electrical equipment had problems.
These phenomena made him think of one thing.
"EMP..." he whispered to himself.
Electromagnetic pulse is a high-tech means that can instantly destroy all electronic equipment.
"Oh! I'm so afraid of the dark, handsome boy, you have to protect me." The girl hugged Xue Jing's arms tighter and buried herself deeper and deeper into the softness.
She laughed, not paying much attention to the sudden darkness.
It's just a power outage, no big deal.
At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the direction of the banquet hall entrance.
"Bang!!"
The sound of breaking glass and something falling was so harsh in the darkness that everyone was startled.
"What the hell!?"
"Fuck, you scared me!"
"ah!!"
The girl in the dress was also frightened and couldn't help but scream.
Xue Jing took the opportunity to break free from his arm, took two steps forward, and scanned the surroundings quietly with his deep eyes.
In the darkness, there seemed to be an invisible monster crawling there.
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Chapter 65: Take Action
"What's that noise over there?"
"Someone must have bumped into the gate while running around and broke the glass. Really, it's so dark, why shouldn't they be more careful?"
"Whose phone still has battery? Mine is totally unusable."
"Mine too."
"Mine too... Who has a charger?"
"There's a power outage here, what's the use of a charger? Do you have a power bank?"
There was a lot of noise at the scene, but everyone basically just thought that the hotel had a sudden power outage, so there was no chaos.
"Something's not right." Pei Tiancheng pressed the power button of his phone for a long time, but there was no movement.
He frowned, "How is it possible that when the hotel loses power, so many people's phones are out of battery at the same time?"
In the darkness, Ye Chenglin said, "Let's not talk about this for now. We don't know when the power outage will end. Let's leave the hotel first. The elevator may not be usable. Let's go down the stairs... Who has a lighter? Take it out and light the way."
Pei Youguang quickly said: "I have."
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a brand-name kerosene lighter.
“Snap—”
He twirled his fingers and lit the lighter.
A light source appeared in the dark hall.
Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief for some reason. Humans have a fear of darkness ingrained in their genes, and seeing the light again even gave them a feeling of happiness.
"Everyone, please gather over here."
Ye Chenglin clapped his hands and spoke loudly.
"Follow the light, come over here, let's walk out slowly, don't crowd, and be careful where you step."
Most of the young people in the hall were either Ye Chenglin's friends or brought here by Ye Chenglin's friends. The sense of security brought by the light of the lighter made people want to get closer, so they gathered together obediently.
"Ah, we were having a great party, but the power went out all of a sudden. What the hell is going on at the Ruizhu Hotel?"
"It may not be a problem with the hotel. Maybe there is a problem with the power plant? Maybe the whole area has no electricity."
"I think this is quite interesting and exciting. If this were a suspense horror movie, we would probably be in danger now, haha."
Everyone was laughing and chatting. Although they were in a dark environment, there were so many people and there was light. These two factors drove away most of the uneasiness and formed a very wonderful "exciting and safe feeling."
This resulted in most people being in a good mood and not feeling too dissatisfied with the sudden end of the banquet.
"Why don't we go to the dead suite now? Wouldn't it be more exciting?"
Someone in Ye Chenglin's small group suddenly proposed.
"Forget it. There's not even any light. This is too scary. I'm a little scared..."
A girl refused in a low voice.
"What are you afraid of? There are so many of us here. Even if a ghost comes, it won't know who to catch. Besides, don't we have Master Pei here? His martial arts skills are so high that he can protect us if anything happens."
The man said casually.
Pei Tiancheng smiled and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a strange rustling sound. He immediately turned around and seemed to see a black shadow rushing past.
"What the hell!" he shouted.
Everyone was startled by him.
"What's wrong, Master Pei? What happened?"
"Don't scare me, I have a bad heart. Is there really a ghost?"
Pei Tiancheng stared in one direction. In the dim firelight, everything in the hall was only vaguely visible and it was difficult to see clearly.
"Maybe I saw it wrong."
He spoke uncertainly.
And just as he finished speaking—
"puff-"
Everyone saw a flash before their eyes, and the person in Ye Chenglin's group who suggested exploring the dead suite disappeared on the spot!
"Ying Yang!?"
"Where are the people? What happened?!"
"Hey, don't scare me!!"
The next moment, a shrill scream suddenly came from the banquet hall.
“No, what is that, ahhhh!!”
The screams were so tragic that they made people feel creepy, as if they were suffering from pain beyond imagination.
"It's Ying Yang's voice!!"
"What on earth happened!?"
Everyone was immediately shocked.
Several disciples, including Li Zhaoquan and Zhang Daqing, immediately came to the front of the crowd. Zhang Daqing said with a serious look:
"Everyone, gather together and don't run around!"
While organizing discipline, they communicated very quickly:
"Did you see it clearly?"
"No, there's only one lighter and it's still too dark. I only saw a shadow and I don't know what it is."
"Does anyone have a lighter? Light them all up!!"
One of the dojo disciples shouted loudly.
Although the young people present were in a panic, fortunately they were still obedient. Seven or eight fires gradually lit up in the crowd, making the hall a little brighter.
“What the… what the hell!! What is that!!”
Suddenly, someone stretched out a trembling hand and pointed to a corner of the hall.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and immediately, they heard screams one after another.
“Ahhh!!”
In the corner, there was a corpse lying there with holes and bite marks all over its body. Its face had been chewed away, but from the clothes on its body, it could be seen that it was the person who had just disappeared screaming.
And on top of the corpse, a monster was lying.
The monster was completely black and looked nearly two meters tall. It had human feet, but its arms on both sides had six sickle-like sharp insect legs covered with barbs. Its head was also very similar to that of a human, but it had two huge compound eyes and two tentacles on the top. Its mouth also looked like an insect's mouthparts, which was constantly retracting and chewing a ball of flesh.
On its back, there are several huge thin wings stacked together like those of a cockroach. Its butt also looks like the lower body of a cockroach. There are two tail hairs at the tips that keep trembling like steel needles. The whole thing looks like an alien monster that is a mixture of a cockroach and a human superimposed on each other.
Everyone, including several disciples who were practicing martial arts, couldn't help but feel their scalps tingling and their hair standing on end.
Insects are creatures that make most people shudder, and cockroaches are one of the most physically uncomfortable insects.
And a cockroach-man that is bigger than a human and even looks like a cross between a human and a cockroach...
“Ahhhh!”
Everyone immediately retreated and ran away from the monster, sticking to the wall of the hall, still screaming.
"What on earth is that? An experimental subject that escaped from a biotech company? Or a creature from the borderland?"
Zhang Daqing was dumbfounded.
"I don't know... What do you think? Do you want to fight or not?" Li Zhaoquan swallowed.
“Fight? Let’s not talk about whether we can beat it or not. I’m most afraid of bugs. I don’t even want to touch it…” Another disciple of the dojo shook his head hurriedly.
At this time, some people couldn't stand it anymore and directly left the group, running towards the door of the banquet hall, trying to escape.
"Hey! Don't move!"
Zhang Daqing hurriedly scolded him, but the man turned a deaf ear.
The 'cockroach man' seemed to sense that his prey was trying to escape. He tilted his head slightly, looked at the man, and his two tentacles shook.
The next moment.
"Bang-"
The floor exploded, and the cockroach man turned into a black shadow and sprinted towards the man at an extremely fast speed, like a black lightning.