It was a burned-black ground. On the originally precious wooden floor, a half-person-sized charred patch appeared. Different from the messy situation in other places, this place seemed to have been taken care of, and many details seemed to have been erased by someone. went.
There are still many dried stains on the wooden floor, as if a lot of meat sauce fell on the ground, and then someone deliberately picked them all up, leaving only those residues that were too small to be picked up, which made people understand that once Someone died tragically here...
"Alan." Olivia patted Alan's shoulder, and Alan suddenly trembled. He slowly turned his head, with a look of horror on his face, "Senior, what do you think this is?"
"Let me take a look." Olivia was also a little frightened, but for the sake of face, he coughed dryly, pointed to the ground and said, "Look at the biggest stain, it is obvious that an animal was burned and then When it was removed, a lot of grease had been burned out and flowed into the floor, which is why it formed this greasy black look.”
"Then, there were many smaller minced meats next to it, but obviously, these minced meats were not ignited, but someone picked them up deliberately. Why is it said that they were picked up? Because if it was specially It must be cleaned thoroughly without leaving these marks." Olivia pointed to the big hole in the wall, "Also, the animal seemed to have hit this wall before it died. It hit a big hole in the wall and fell here."
"Can a big hole be made in the wall?" Allen's eyes suddenly widened, "How is this possible?"
"I also have some doubts. Maybe the other party is not a human, but some other animal." Olivia analyzed, "Look, if it is a person, it will not have such a small burning area, unless his The arms and legs had disappeared long ago, leaving only the head and body..."
At this point, the two of them were suddenly stunned. The more they analyzed it, the more strange they felt, as if the whole room was surrounded by hidden ghosts.
Olivia swallowed and smiled bitterly, "I think we should leave here first. There is still a smell of barbecue here..."
"I agree too!" Allen nodded quickly, and the two of them ran out of the house without even having time to relieve themselves.
It wasn't until they completely left that weird house that the two of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Jenny, who was waiting outside the door, saw their performance and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you? Is there a corpse inside?" Something?"
"No, it's nothing." Allen blushed and shook his head quickly, "I just, just..."
"It's just that there was a dead dog in that house, and the smell was a bit unpleasant." Olivia quickly added, and then brushed off the two people's gaffe.
At this time, Olivia was no longer in the mood to continue exploring. He took the lead to walk forward, turning his head as he walked, and said to the two of them, "It is already three o'clock in the morning. Although there are no classes tomorrow, for the sake of safety, we It’s better to go back to school quickly, otherwise it will be very dangerous if you wait until dawn to break into the isolation zone... "
Olivia turned around as he spoke, but before he finished speaking, he suddenly stopped. The two people walking behind subconsciously looked towards Olivia, only to see his eyes staring straight at her. Behind the two of them, whether it was an illusion or not, his face looked shockingly pale under the moonlight...
"Senior, you..." Allen and Jenny also turned their heads, but except for the house just now, there was nothing of note behind them.
"It's nothing, I was just dazzled." Olivia quickly turned back and walked forward at a faster speed.
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The three of them returned to school under the cover of night. After saying goodbye to Jenny in front of the dormitory door, Allen ran back to the dormitory building with excitement on his face, but he did not notice that along the way, Olivia almost In silence, until he finally reached the door of the dormitory, Allen waved to Olivia, and then walked into his dormitory excitedly.
Looking at Allen who looked like a playful deer, Olivia's expression was very ugly. He silently opened the dormitory where he was and checked his phone. At this time, the time showed that it was only six in the morning, and there was still some time before dawn. .
Olivia and Allen's family can only be considered a middle-income family, so they did not choose to rent an expensive studio apartment in the school. Instead, like ordinary people, they lived in a dormitory called an En-suite-Room. This kind of dormitory is the so-called suite. Each resident has his own independent room, usually four rooms combined. There is a public door outside the room, and many people share the living room, kitchen, etc.
After returning to the dormitory, Olivia was not in a hurry to return to her room. Instead, she went to the bathroom and turned on the stainless steel faucet. Immediately, clean tap water flowed out.
Olivia washed her face in front of the faucet, and after washing away the fatigue from staying up late, she breathed a sigh of relief, slowly raised her head and looked at herself in the mirror.
Olivia's face in the mirror was pale, and her eyes were filled with red bloodshot eyes, which seemed to be the result of staying up late. Seeing his appearance, Olivia couldn't help but smile bitterly. He dared to swear that he would never look like this again. To that damn ruin.
Just before, when he walked out of that weird room, he glanced back inadvertently, but that glance gave him an unparalleled chill...
He saw a woman.
A woman wearing a white dress, who was as white as paper. The woman had long black hair, messy and scattered on her face, making it difficult for people to see her appearance. But this picture made Olivia's whole body... The hairs on his body stood on end, and an indescribable chill rose up from his body, making him almost scream!
He was a little unsure whether what he saw in his casual glance was an illusion or... reality
Shaking his head, Olivia dismissed the unrealistic idea from his mind, then turned and walked towards his room. However, in his eyes, the once-familiar dormitory seemed to have lost all traces of people, and everything was cold and strange. , it wasn’t until I returned to my room and turned on all the lights in the door that I felt a little relieved.
"Huh, maybe I'm just too excited..." Olivia shook her head and took out all the gems in her pocket. These gems shone with psychedelic light under the light. It was only then that he showed a happy smile, He silently opened the drawer, put all these gems into the drawer, and then locked it tightly. This was the reward he deserved for the night.
After doing all this, Olivia lay on the bed with a touch of exhaustion and fell asleep contentedly...
Olivia had a dream.
In the dream, he seemed to feel something reaching out from the bedside to his head, and there was an itchy feeling on his face, just like a woman's hair scratching his face, but when he wanted to open his eyes, When I woke up, I found that my eyelids were very heavy and I couldn't wake up completely no matter what.
It feels like a ghost is pressing down on the bed...
Olivia was a little strange. While half asleep and half awake, he kept trying to move his body. When the feeling gradually faded, he finally opened his eyes, but only then did he realize that the blazing sunshine had already followed the treetops. Shining in from the window.
The design of the room is very suitable for the lighting angle. His bed is just placed in a position where the sun can shine directly. As long as it is dawn, the warmth of the sun will always shine on his body for the first time. But today, something is strange. He only feels his body. It was very cold, as if the sun had never shone on him before. It was not until he woke up that the sun completely shone on him.
"Huh..." Olivia scratched his head and slowly sat up. But the moment he sat up, he seemed to see something curled up beside his bed with his peripheral vision. He looked over subconsciously, but he Nothing was seen.
"Looks like I'm really tired." Olivia comforted herself secretly. He put on his slippers and yawned as he walked out of the room. In the dormitory, other students had already gotten up. One person was making breakfast in the kitchen, and three others were Sitting on the sofa in the living room, he kept chatting excitedly. The curved TV in the living room was playing an advertisement specially customized for the university dormitory. The Catholic Pope was wearing a safety helmet and holding his chin with a serious face. At the same time, a calm narrator The opening:
"The 11th Catholic Commandment: You must wear a condom!"
Olivia just glanced at it and stopped paying attention. She walked directly to the kitchen door, knocked lightly, then opened the sliding door a crack, stuck her head in and said, "How about it, Chef Chloe's Is breakfast ready?”
"Olivia, what's breakfast? It's already lunch time, okay?" Chloe, who was in the same dormitory, kept coughing and seemed to be fascinated by the pepper. "I've been calling you for breakfast for a while, but you're already in the dormitory. He didn’t come out, tell me, where were you last night? Did you go out with Jenny from the next class?”
Olivia suddenly smiled like a man could understand, "Do you think I will tell you?"
"Fuck!" Chloe stretched out her hand and made a V-shape with the back of her hand facing out, "You crazy beast!"
The two laughed and cursed a few times before Olivia walked out of the kitchen, then went to Allen's bedroom next door and knocked politely on the door.
There were footsteps inside the door, and then it opened with a creak, and a black-haired young man who looked somewhat similar to Allen said, "This is Senior Olivia, are you here to see Allen?"
"Yes, is your brother here?" Olivia opened the door casually and walked in, sitting down on the sofa. He knew this young man. This is Allen's twin brother, named Ivy, who is older than Allen. Born about ten minutes late, they were both excellent students and eventually entered Queen Mary, University of London together.
"I don't know if he is here." The black-haired young man Ivey shrugged and said casually, "I knocked on his door during breakfast in the morning and there was no response. I called him, but no one answered. Maybe Went out early in the morning.”
Olivia was stunned. For some reason, he suddenly felt flustered. He quickly stood up, walked to Allen's door in a hurry, and knocked hard.
Dong Dong Dong…
There was no response from the door.
"Let's see, it's true." Ivy said helplessly from behind, "My brother has always been like this, and I'm used to it."
"Something's wrong!" Olivia's expression suddenly became serious. He quickly took out a meal card from his body and swiped it into the gap. There was a click and the locked door opened.
"Cool!" Ivy whistled behind him and patted Olivia on the shoulder, "Hey buddy, how about you teach me this trick later?" As he said, he stuck his head in, and then revealed that as expected The look on his face said, "I told you earlier, he is indeed not at home."
Olivia's eyes flashed solemnly, and he walked slowly into the door, only to see Allen's bed was in a mess, the curtains were tightly pulled, and only a little light penetrated, making the room look a little dark.
Whether it was an illusion or not, Olivia felt an abnormal coldness in this room. He subconsciously checked out and reluctantly picked up his cell phone and dialed Allen's number.
"Du..."
There was a busy tone on the phone, but before the busy tone ended, a familiar ringtone suddenly rang in Allen's room. The two of them looked subconsciously and saw that the ringtone was coming from under the bed...
By now, even the careless Ivy felt something was wrong. He subconsciously walked into the room and pulled up the sheets slightly, only to see a black BlackBerry phone lying upside down on the ground and buzzing continuously. A buzzing vibration came out, and it seemed extremely strange in the silence between the two of them...
"What's going on, where is my brother?" Ivy picked up the phone from the ground, but saw a bright spot flashing under the bed. He subconsciously squatted down, stretched out his hand to touch the bottom of the bed, and touched a hard object. Then they immediately withdrew their hands. Only then did the two of them see that it was a women's ring with a huge diamond inlaid on it, weighing four to five carats.
After seeing the ring, Olivia's uneasiness became more intense. He narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath and said, "I remember that your brother doesn't seem to have the habit of going out without his mobile phone."
"Yes." Ivey said solemnly, "And this ring. I can guarantee that it is not my brother's."
Olivia did not answer. Obviously, this ring was the jewelry that the three of them searched in the ruins last night. However, there was no need for him to say more about this. After thinking for a moment, he seemed to have thought of something. Olivia Suddenly his expression changed, he quickly picked up the phone and called Jenny.
But this time, the call was quickly connected, and Jenny's voice rang slowly on the phone, as if she hadn't woken up yet, with a dull tone in her voice, "Hello, is this the senior?"
"It's me." Olivia breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at Ivy, who was still wandering around Allen's dormitory, and said in a low voice, "Jenny, are you still sleeping?"
"Yes, we didn't come back until six in the morning last night. We must have slept a little longer. There are no classes today anyway." Jenny said matter-of-factly, "Senior Olivia, do you have any questions?"
Olivia opened her mouth, but she didn't know where to start. In the end, he just sighed secretly and whispered, "It's nothing, I just found that Allen was missing. I just asked him if he was with you." ”
"No, I haven't seen Allen since I returned to the dormitory." Jenny shook her head and said, "Okay, if there is nothing else, I will continue to sleep. You know, sleep is very important for girls."
"No problem, I wish you sweet dreams." Olivia smiled bitterly and was about to hang up the phone, but Jenny's surprised voice suddenly came from the other side of the phone, "Senior, what's that sound over there? Hello, hello? "
"What's wrong?" Olivia was slightly startled, but whether it was due to poor signal or other reasons, Jenny's "Hey, hey" sound kept coming from the other side of the phone. No matter what Olivia said, the other side listened. Not here.
In desperation, Olivia had no choice but to hang up the phone, shook her head, turned around and told Ivy that if she saw Allen coming back, she must notify her first, and then returned to her dormitory angrily.