After closing your eyes, darkness covers everything, but this darkness does not represent despair and loneliness, but makes people feel like they are in a huge bubble that can contain all fantasies.
Memory and reality are lingering like a dream, and as we move forward step by step, the hard shell of the real world is opened.
Chen Ge now understands why all nightmare-level daily tasks require closing his eyes to complete.
What he wants to enter is another world, and what he wants to see is the obsession hidden in the back of the real world.
Counting the steps silently in his heart, Chen Ge quickly walked to the second floor while supporting the wall.
Fingertips can feel the dust on the wall, nose can smell a faint musty smell, and the sound of his own footsteps echoes in his ears. At this moment, the insurmountable visual barrier has been hidden, and the world has become a little different.
"There is nothing abnormal about the white tiger, which means that there is no danger yet. The first and fourth floors are equipped with lights. The real trouble is the fourth floor and above."
Going upstairs blindfolded is not too difficult for Chen Ge. He can reproduce the scene in the corridor in his mind, and his body is used to the height of the stairs. All you need to do now is concentrate, don't get distracted by anything, and walk to the top of the building slowly.
"I should be on the second floor now."
Moving his footsteps, Chen Ge was about to go to the third floor when he suddenly heard a loud quarrel coming from a certain household in the corridor on the second floor.
"I know drinking every day! Has your family ever managed the life of me and my child? From the time of pregnancy to the present, you didn't ask any questions or say a word. I spent my own money every time I checked, and I was really fed up with it. Your mother's face is gone!"
"If you feel wronged, get out! If you didn't go out without locking the door, Dabao wouldn't be lost!"
"You're blaming me, right? You're leaving in the middle of the night, and I'm still pregnant with the second treasure. Has your heart been eaten by a dog?"
"Don't mess around, I'll say it again, I'm going to work that day!"
The sound insulation effect of the floor is actually not bad, but the couple quarreled fiercely, and it seemed that they even moved their hands behind.
About ten seconds later, Chen Ge heard the door open. Someone walked out of the house. Judging by the sound of footsteps, the other party was wearing leather shoes, which should be the man.
The quarrel continued, the man scolded and slammed the door shut.
Footsteps sounded in the corridor, and a strong smell of alcohol approached Chen Ge. The man suddenly stopped yelling after entering the stairs. He seemed to be startled by Chen Ge standing in the corridor.
The footsteps paused for a while, then walked downstairs, and disappeared after a while.
"How much alcohol did this guy drink?"
The surroundings were quiet again, but the smell of alcohol did not completely dissipate.
Chen Ge continued to go up, he counted the steps silently, and when he reached the third floor, he suddenly felt a little strange.
"How can you still smell alcohol?"
"If the man has left, the alcohol should be completely gone, unless he follows me!"
A picture appeared in Chen Ge's mind, and he walked blindfolded in front, followed by a mentally distorted, grim-faced drunk.
"When people are under a lot of pressure, they do get pleasure by bullying the weak." Chen Ge didn't turn around. If the other party was a bad person, it would be okay to say, but he was afraid of another situation.
"I heard from the driver on the way here that there was a fatal accident in this building some time ago, and the deceased happened after being drunk, so it is possible that the person following me was not a human being."
The nose can clearly smell a smell of alcohol, but the ears can't hear anything.
"I just got to the third floor when I encountered a problem, and I have to go more than a dozen floors..."
Fear itself can be overcome, but what is difficult to overcome is the unknown. Chen Ge is now in a very tangled situation.
The daily task of this nightmare is much more difficult than he imagined. Now that he has just reached the third floor, he has given up the task decisively, and it should be no problem to escape.
But going further up, the risk of abandoning the mission increases.
"Nightmare-level daily tasks have a very low refresh probability. If I give up this time, I don't know when I will encounter them again next time."
After staying on the third floor for a while, Chen Ge took another step towards the fourth floor.
After getting close to the light, even with his eyes closed, Chen Ge could vaguely feel the change in the light, and he could be sure that this was the fourth floor.
"A quarter of the way has gone, and there has been no problem for the time being."
Holding the wall, Chen Ge moved cautiously towards the fifth floor. During the process of raising his leg, his shoes suddenly knocked over something.
The sound is crisp and clear, like a porcelain bowl.
He slowly squatted down and groped on the ground, his fingertips touched apples, steamed white rice, and two wooden chopsticks.
The chopsticks seemed to be stuck in the white rice, and I could feel it, but one end was sticky.
"Placing rice in the corridor? Did something happen on this floor?"
Only the first and fourth floors of the whole building are equipped with lights, which inevitably makes people think.
Putting the tableware and chopsticks back together, Chen Ge arched his hand towards the position of the tableware and chopsticks: "I'm really sorry, please forgive me. If you want to make amends, you can go home with me when I leave, and take whatever you like. ."
After speaking, Chen Ge left the fourth floor and walked towards the fifth floor.
The last ray of light disappeared, Chen Ge turned his back to the light source on the fourth floor, and walked up slowly step by step.
On the fifth and sixth floors, when he went all the way to the seventh floor, the smell of alcohol around him disappeared.
"Have you left?"
"If the other party is a man who died a few days ago, he followed to the seventh floor and left suddenly, indicating that there may be something more terrifying than him on the seventh floor, and he did not dare to come up."
"There is another possibility that something terrifying is standing in front of me now, and this new guy scared the man away."
I know what is in front of me, but I can't see it. This feeling is very uncomfortable.
"There is no warning for the white cat, that is to say, it is acceptable."
Chen Ge bent down slightly and lowered his center of gravity to prevent himself from falling in unexpected situations.
Slowing down, Chen Ge moved up a little bit, but when his arm was raised and then lowered, he froze in place.
The touch from the fingertips is no longer a cold wall, but with a hint of elasticity, just like human skin.
After standing for about a few seconds, Chen Ge's hand slowly slid, and through the touch from his fingertips, he was sure that he had touched a human face!
The Adam's apple rolled, and Chen Ge's body seemed to freeze.
If someone else came here, he might have screamed out of fright, but Chen Ge didn't, he still maintained an amazing calm.
With a slight pressure on his finger, Chen Ge understood two things through the touch.
The first one is the face of a child; the second one is cold and biting, as if it had just been taken out of the freezer, the other party must not be human.
"The nose is very straight, I have an impression of this face."
Chen Ge remembered the missing person notice he saw on the wall when he first entered the corridor.
The child on the notice has a similar face.