The hotel manager personally came out to apologize to Kou Xuanling and said that they could stay in the hotel's presidential suite for free, but Lu Xiuzhi looked indifferent and did not respond. Chen Yang asked to check the surveillance camera, but the hotel manager refused awkwardly.
Chen Yang insisted on checking the surveillance camera: "We need to know whether this is man-made or an accident, otherwise we can't live here in peace."
The hotel manager knew that he was in the wrong. The other party had no intention of making a big deal out of it. So far, he had not taken the opportunity to blackmail or make a scene. His attitude was quite friendly. But his relatives almost met with an accident right under his nose, so he would not let it go. He hesitated for a while, but still took them to see the surveillance camera: "I assure you, the glass inlaid on the hotel windows is very tight, and we will have someone come to check the hotel every month to avoid accidents. The windows are also cleaned once a week, and the glass has not been replaced recently."
The group arrived at the security room. There was a camera installed outside the hotel, which happened to be able to shoot the accident from above. The hotel manager asked the security guard to retrieve the video footage, and his expression was quite ugly after watching the whole process. Because the camera showed that the glass fell from the window on the sixth floor, and it fell suddenly, which meant that it was a problem with the hotel.
The hotel manager looked grim, and now he just hoped that the guests in trouble could resolve the matter privately and not make a big deal out of it.
Ma Shanfeng: "It looks like an accident."
"It's too much of a coincidence. I always feel something is wrong." Chen Yang said, staring at the screen.
Du Shuo: "Replay, pause." The scene stopped at the moment when the glass was about to break through the window and fall down, "Zoom in."
The picture was magnified, almost filling the entire screen. Some neglected small details were also magnified, such as a thin black hand suddenly appeared at the corner of the window that was originally empty, and that hand pushed the glass window, and the next frame showed the glass window being pushed down.
The hotel manager was horrified: "Is this a deliberate murder?"
Hearing this, the security guard couldn't help but glance at the hotel manager and said in a local accent: "This hand looks like a ghost's hand. Besides, there are so many people coming and going in front of the hotel. How can we be sure that it will hit the person we want to kill?"
The hotel manager was also horrified when he saw the thin, dark hand that appeared out of nowhere, but he still rebuked the security guard: "There are no ghosts in this world, don't talk nonsense."
The security guard grinned, "Where there are more people, there are more evil spirits."
Hearing this, everyone present looked at the security guard unconsciously. The security guard scratched his head and said, "My grandfather told me so."
Chen Yang said to the security guy, "Please go back one second, capture the glass and zoom in."
"Okay." The security guard acted quickly, took a screenshot of the glass, and then enlarged it. The moment he enlarged it, he looked closely and his hands trembled: "Oh my god, there is a ghost!"
The hotel manager was also scared when he saw it. He saw a reflection in the magnified glass, which looked like a charred corpse, which was terrifying. The hotel manager was stunned, and then reacted: "No way, aren't these ghosts invisible? How can the glass reflect their shadows? Maybe it's someone pretending to be someone with a mental illness who is deliberately harming people. If this is true, we must call the police and arrest him."
The security guy said, "Do normal people look like this? My grandfather said that the mirror image is a channel connecting the living world and the underworld, so it's not surprising that it can reflect the appearance of a ghost."
Lu Xiuzhi: "Your grandfather is right."
The hotel manager and the security guard looked at Lu Xiuzhi, all surprised. How come they didn't notice such a person before? Logically, they shouldn't ignore him, but they felt it was normal and nothing strange. The two didn't think too much about it and quickly put aside the strangeness in their hearts, just like when Du Shuo suddenly spoke to attract their attention.
The hotel manager discussed with them in a friendly manner, hoping that the matter could be resolved privately. As for the evil ghost in the hotel, they would ask the Heavenly Master to solve it, and hoped that they would not spread the news.
Chen Yang came forward to handle the matter. He said, "We won't publicize it, but we hope that the room where the incident occurred can be closed and we can investigate it thoroughly. In addition, I would like to ask if there has been a fire in this hotel before?"
The hotel manager said with certainty: "Absolutely not. The hotel was originally a vacant lot and has been turned into a hotel since it was developed."
"Really?" Chen Yang retracted his gaze and looked at Lu Xiuzhi. Ever since Kou Xuanling was in danger, he was like a taut bowstring. "What do you two think?"
Kou Xuanling came back to his senses: "Let's go back first and talk about it later."
Seeing that they had no intention of pursuing the matter, the hotel manager was relieved and grateful, so he personally led them to the presidential suite. After seeing the hotel manager off, Ma Shanfeng said, "Why don't you ask an old friend of mine to tell you whether you have a bad luck recently."
The so-called fleeting year refers to this year's luck. Ma Shanfeng used a relatively gentle wording. In fact, according to Kou Xuanling's situation, if there is really a disaster in the horoscope, it should be a sudden disaster in the fleeting year. The longevity star meets the four evil palaces of tomb, disease, death, and extinction. Life and death are determined, and destiny cannot be violated.
Lu Xiuzhi said: "No need, no matter if it's bad luck or not, I will protect him."
Chen Yang grabbed Du Shuo's arm and asked silently. Du Shuo whispered in his ear: "Life and death are determined."
The subtext is that destiny cannot be violated. If Kou Xuanling really encounters an evil star in the year, and the longevity star is in the four evil palaces, if it encounters the annual evil star again, his life may be in danger. These are related to fate, and fate is determined by heaven, and even Du Shuo cannot interfere.
Seeing Chen Yang frowning and showing sadness in his eyes, Du Shuo's heart softened and he said, "The fate of life and death has not yet been determined. As long as it has not been determined, everyone has a chance of survival. Lu Xiuzhi will not let Kou Xuanling get into trouble. You don't have to worry too much."
"really?"
"Yeah." Du Shuo hugged Chen Yang to comfort him.
Ma Shanfeng and his wife and Zhang Qiudao also knew that the situation was somewhat serious, so they were all thinking about whether there was a way to save Kou Xuanling. Wei Xuan stared at Da Pang, who had a stiff head like a ball, and was extremely reluctant. In the end, he could not resist Wei Xuan's covetous eyes and attacked the witch doll with her.
The witch doll that Chief Yi gave to Wei Xuan was definitely not as good as the doll in any aspect. The three of them disliked each other and almost fought again. In the end, they reluctantly reconciled for Chen Yang's sake. At this time, they still pulled each other and occasionally fought.
Wei Xuan said, "The bad luck in the current year is mostly caused by encountering evil spirits. The evil spirit, the robbery spirit and Yuan Chen are the three most evil spirits in the eight characters. If you offend these three evil spirits, you will encounter unexpected disasters and misfortunes. The so-called evil spirit is the evil spirit, and it will be fierce when it encounters evil. The evil spirit will not stop until blood is seen. The charred corpse that pushed the glass down just now should be the robbery spirit, one of the three evil spirits, which will create all kinds of unexpected disasters and lead to unexpected disasters."
Lu Xiuzhi looked at Wei Xuan with an ambiguous look: "You know it very well."
"I will read more when I am bored. Compared with the Taoist magic of catching ghosts, I am more familiar with Feng Shui and the Book of Changes." After all, in Wei Xuan's era, the Book of Changes and the Book of Changes were more popular and more in line with the knowledge that people pursued at that time.
Lu Xiuzhi: "So if you want to save Xuan, you have to ward off evil."
The doll kept jumping and said in a thin voice: "Us, look for us." After attracting everyone's attention, it said to Chen Yang proudly: "I am a witch, and I have a strong evil spirit. I can ward off evil, so look for me-"
The fat man sat on the doll's head, and the 50-jin weight was too much for the doll to bear. The fat man said coldly and proudly: "Since we are friends, I can also help your friend ward off evil spirits. After all, I am a cat ghost, and I have a lot of evil spirits. But Chen Xiaoyang, remember you owe me 500 dried fish, and Kou Xuanling, you owe me 200 bottles of cat wine."
Wei Xuan grabbed Dapang's tail, smiled and said obediently: "I am a flying zombie, and I have a lot of evil spirit. I can help you." He smiled and grabbed it hard. Dapang jumped up with a roar, turned around and scratched Wei Xuan. Wawa took the opportunity to escape from the pressure of the meat mountain, jumped into the air and kicked Dapang in the fat face.
The three non-humans with strong evil spirits instantly wrestled together. Ma Shanfeng and his wife softened their hearts instantly. They didn't know who to help, so they could only try to stop the fight. Chen Yang grabbed Wei Xuan and the baby in one hand, and said to the fat man who was licking his paws and showing disdain, "Behave yourself."
Chen Yang looked up and said to Kou Xuanling: "In this case, let Wei Xuan, Wawa and Dapang follow you from now on. Is that ok?"
Lu Xiuzhi held Kou Xuanling's hand tightly, his face tense. Kou Xuanling held his hand back and said with a smile: "You don't have to follow me all the time. Just help me ward off evil spirits when we go out to play. And Xiuzhi is with me, he won't let anything happen to me."
Chen Yang looked surprised. He had forgotten Lu Xiuzhi's identity. With Lu Xiuzhi around, Kou Xuanling would not be in danger. However, Du Shuo also said that the gods and demons were related to fate. Fate was determined by heaven, and the most feared thing was excessive human intervention.
"In short, it's better to be careful in everything."
This matter came to an end for the time being, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Waiting for the arrival of the next morning, Ma Shanfeng received the answer from his old friend, confirming that Kou Xuanling would encounter an evil spirit within seven days, and he needed to be careful. Fortunately, there was a glimmer of hope to avoid the evil spirit, which made Lu Xiuzhi dare not let Kou Xuanling leave his sight for a moment.
Everyone had no mood to play, and they surrounded Kou Xuanling for the whole morning, but nothing happened. Ma Shanfeng sighed and said, "Go play on your own. If you surround Old Kou, the evil spirits won't dare to come. But if we don't let him resolve the evil spirits himself, the danger will still follow him like a shadow."
Chen Yang looked at Du Shuo and asked silently. After getting a definite answer, he clapped his hands and said, "It's not easy to come to Shimen Town, let's go out and have some fun. As Uncle Ma said, Lao Kou's evil spirit needs to be resolved by ourselves. Even if we hide, it will still be there as long as it is not resolved. Instead of waiting to die, it is better to take the initiative. At least we have the initiative. Big Fatty, you follow Lao Kou."
Dapang: "No problem." Then it jumped onto Kou Xuanling's knees and looked at him face to face.
Kou Xuanling was silent for less than two minutes, his face turning pale: "Fatty, can you please go down?"
Big Fatty: "No. I have to keep an eye on you and protect you from evil at all times. Remember you owe me two hundred bottles of Maomao brand red wine. You have to pay me back as long as you are alive."
Kou Xuanling grabbed Lu Xiuzhi's sleeves and said, "Your legs are going to be broken by sitting on them." Lu Xiuzhi pinched the fat on the fat man's neck and pulled it off Kou Xuanling's knees, saying, "You can squat on me."
Da Pang spread out his limbs, and suddenly his fur stood up, and he howled twice before quickly falling silent. He was a cat ghost, and when facing Lu Xiuzhi, he was as scared as a mouse seeing a cat, and after his fur stood up, he became as quiet as a quail.
Chen Yang: "Why don't you buy a baby carriage?" After saying that, he handed them the web page interface he had searched a long time ago and said, "You can let Big Fatty follow you, but you don't have to hold it, and you can still be like a family of three."
Kou Xuanling refused coldly: "I can't give birth to a fifty-pound meat mountain."
When Lu Xiuzhi heard the words "family of three", nothing else could enter his mind. He stared at the phone interface with a thoughtful expression, and after hearing Kou Xuanling's refusal, he cast a thoughtful look on his belly. If he couldn't give birth to 50 kilograms, what about 5 kilograms
Kou Xuanling grabbed the soft flesh on Lu Xiuzhi's thigh and pinched it fiercely: "What are you thinking about?"
Lu Xiuzhi's lips trembled, he held back the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and said calmly: "Your life and death are more important now, what else can I think about?"
Hearing this, Du Shuo laughed lightly. No one else noticed, but Chen Yang, who was sitting next to him, noticed it. Chen Yang hooked Du Shuo's hand, hooked it in his palm, and asked in a low voice: "What are you laughing at?"
Du Shuo bit Chen Yang's ear and answered him: "No."
Chen Yang was half-believing and half-doubting, but he couldn't pry open Du Shuo's hidden words, so he had to give up. The group finally decided to go out and play. After all, in order to ward off evil spirits, the most important thing was for the gods to appear.
The baby sat on Chen Yang's shoulders, Wei Xuan was held by the hands of Ma Shanfeng and his wife, and Da Pang followed Kou Xuanling and Lu Xiuzhi closely. As they chatted and laughed, they came to the hotel lobby and met many tourists booking and checking out. The lobby was bustling with people, and two women were talking and laughing loudly. One of them had a baby carriage next to her, and the cute baby in the carriage was sleeping soundly.
The woman was chatting so much that she unconsciously let go of the baby stroller. A pedestrian passed by, pulling a suitcase with a parasol stuck upside down next to it. The pedestrian walked and looked, not noticing that the parasol handle hooked the brake lever of the baby stroller. The baby stroller slowly slid two or three meters and stopped. A tourist with a large backpack turned around, and the backpack touched the baby stroller, pushing the baby stroller forward. It hooked the umbrella in the hand of a passing man, who didn't hold it tightly. When the umbrella was hooked away, he felt panic and surprise.
The stroller turned several times on the smooth ground, and the careless mother finally realized that the child was missing. She turned around and looked for the stroller and shouted. Others noticed and made way. Chen Yang heard the sound and looked up, just in time to see the stroller turning. He was about to step forward to stabilize the stroller when he saw the parasol hanging on the stroller suddenly pop open, and the tip of the umbrella jumped out at the moment of popping open. The speed was extremely fast, like a bullet.
The sharp tip of the umbrella stabbed directly into the right eye of Kou Xuanling who happened to look up. Da Pang suddenly stood up and made a threatening and warning noise. Everything happened so suddenly that Kou Xuanling was a little unable to react. The next second, a hand suddenly stretched out from nowhere to pull him away and hugged him tightly. The tip of the umbrella that suddenly ejected pierced through the vase and stabbed into the wall. The woman rushed over to stabilize the stroller and breathed a sigh of relief.
Except for Chen Yang and his friends, no one noticed this horrifying scene. The man whose umbrella was taken away felt a strong sense of resentment after the panic and surprise. He grabbed a sharp fork from a food cart that happened to pass by him. The only thing in his eyes was the woman who smiled sweetly at another man. He wanted to scratch that pretty face and make her despair.
The man was so angry that he didn't notice that there was a wet spot on the smooth floor under his feet. His shoes were not slip-resistant, so he stepped too hard and accidentally slipped. The fork in his hand was thrown into the air and rubbed against the iron wall lamp, bringing out a string of sparks. The fork rubbed against the wall lamp and decorations continuously, and bounced onto the hanging board of the marble chandelier. The expansion screws fell down, and the marble chandelier made a slight creaking sound.
The man who fell down got up while cursing. The fork flew out and spun rapidly in the air. Tourists dodged in panic. The fork went towards Kou Xuanling, but this time everyone was prepared. Big Fat jumped up and slammed the fork to the ground.
At the other end, a marble chandelier weighing over 100 kilograms creaked and suddenly fell, hitting the cursing man. After a loud bang, blood flowed out like a winding river.
After a long silence, the tourists in the hall screamed in fear and rushed to the door.
Who would dare to stay in a hotel where a murder occurred due to a safety accident? Chen Yang looked up at the hanging board on the ceiling, picked up his phone to take a photo, heard a "click" sound, turned around and found that it was an unfamiliar woman, holding the camera and doing the same thing as him.
The hotel manager rushed over with a tearful look on his face. He really dared to guarantee with his head: "There is absolutely no problem with the safety of our hotel. We just checked the safety accidents two days ago. Glass fell yesterday. We plan to ask workers to come and check the safety again today."
Unfortunately, another accident happened before the people arrived, and this time someone actually died.
Chen Yang: "Your guarantee is useless, the person is still dead." He just felt the presence of the evil spirit, but it is not difficult for the evil spirit to create something out of nothing. It will use all kinds of coincidences and existing problems to accelerate the death of the person who encounters it. Such coincidences are collectively referred to as accidents.
In other words, although the marble chandelier falling down had an impact on the gods, it also had safety issues. It was inevitable that it would fall down, it was just a matter of time. But if the hotel manager had really asked the workers to check the safety today, found the marble chandelier had a safety accident and reversed it in time, then the death would not have happened.
The evil spirit played a catalytic role in this accident, catalyzing a potential safety accident that might not have resulted in death into a fatal accident.
The hotel manager had no choice but to call the police and received many cancellation calls throughout the day.
Chen Yang and others were sitting in the reception area of the lobby, while the police were handling the bodies and investigating the situation. Chen Yang looked away and said, "Do you feel something is wrong?"
Lu Xiuzhi scowled: "The evil spirit wants Xuan's life."
Zhang Qiudao reacted: "The gods and demons have no independent consciousness."
Kou Xuanling will encounter evil spirits within seven days. Evil spirits are invisible and intangible. They are born out of necessity and are neither gods nor ghosts. They are everywhere, as common as air. There are different levels of evil spirits. Most of them are ordinary evil spirits that can be easily resolved. Evil spirits are more difficult to resolve and will cause the person who encounters them to encounter various unexpected disasters.
The accidents that Kou Xuanling encountered in the past two days did not seem strange, as if they were really a disaster from the sky and were purely accidents. However, Chen Yang and others realized that the gods were using and creating various accidents to kill him.
Chen Yang: "There is a big difference. The difference between active and unintentional passivity lies in whether there is self-consciousness. From the shadow reflected on the glass window yesterday to the marble chandelier today, we can feel the initiative of the evil spirit. It actively kills the people who hit it, instead of letting nature take its course, and deliberately cuts off their last chance of survival." He turned to ask Du Shuo: "Can the evil spirit have self-consciousness?"
Du Shuo: "Yes. But not many." After a pause, he said: "In fact, encountering this kind of spirit with independent consciousness is considered lucky for those who are trapped in a dead end."
Chen Yang: "What do you mean?"
"The gods and demons are supposed to be things without independent consciousness. Anyone who is directly related to the destiny of the heaven cannot have self-awareness. Once they have self-awareness, they will be stripped away by the heaven. They have nothing to do with destiny and can be killed."
Chen Yang: "What this means is that even if Lao Kou encounters a vicious evil spirit that is doomed to die, he can break the deadlock by killing the conscious evil spirit?"
"yes."
Lu Xiuzhi played with Kou Xuanling's hand, his tone extremely cold: "That thing is extremely cunning, we have to lure it out first." In the tense scene that just happened, the evil spirit only appeared for a moment and quickly disappeared.
If Chen Yang and the others were not extraordinary people, they probably would not have noticed that the evil spirit had its own consciousness, and would have really regarded what happened to Kou Xuanling as an ordinary accident after being hit by the evil spirit.
Wei Xuan propped up his cheek, swung his calves, and said innocently, "In that case, the series of accidents that happened just now seemed a bit unnecessary. Did they deliberately make things so complicated because they found out that we can block the evil spirits?"
Doll: "Sly! Sly!"
At this time, a cautious question came from behind: "Excuse me, have you also encountered the 'God of Death'?"
Chen Yang looked back and saw a man and two women standing behind him. One of the girls was taking photos just like him, and when he remembered that he hadn't looked at the photos he had taken, he took out his phone.
At this time, the girl holding the camera said, "Are you looking for the photos you just took? The photos here are clearer. Do you want to see them?"
Chen Yang looked up: "What do you mean by 'Death' you mentioned just now?"
The girl sitting opposite said excitedly, "It's 'Final Destination'. Although they escaped a major accident, the people who survived are destined to die, so they will still die."
"Um?"
The girl said, "The man who was hit by the marble chandelier just now should have died a long time ago. He was traveling with his friends a month ago, and a car accident occurred on the way. The whole bus was crushed. But he miraculously survived because the bus stopped at a transfer station for supplies, and he got off the bus to go to the bathroom when no one was paying attention, and was unable to get back on the bus. So he luckily avoided a fatal car accident, but unfortunately he couldn't escape the hunt of the god of death."
Chen Yang didn't quite understand their current purpose: "So what is the purpose of your investigation?"
The girl said in a serious tone, “Because we also had a near-death experience a week ago, and now we are being targeted.”
The author has something to say: Yes, this chapter was inspired by "Final Destination". I watched the first season and then when I looked up information, I found that there were actually many people who escaped death, but died in coincidental accidents shortly afterwards.
It really feels like "Final Destination", this kind of accident is very scary.