"Qingqing, what's wrong?" Yun Qian noticed that her good friend was not quite right today.
She looked pale, as if she was afraid of something. Just now after class, if she didn't pat the other person on the back, Wen Qing would scream.
This is not like her.
Wen Qing still had that terrified look on her face. She seemed to want to say something, but she bit her lips tightly, shook her head, and said nothing.
Yun Qian felt uncomfortable seeing her like this. She reached out and held her hand, only to feel that it was extremely cold. "Let's go together after school, shall we?"
"No, that's not necessary." Wen Qing shook his head again, "I have to go do something."
"What's the matter? Do you want me to go with you?" Yun Qian said, "You know, my parents have always ignored me. I have finished my homework today, and it's boring for me to go home."
Seeing Wen Qing hesitate, she reached out and shook his arm: "Okay... Wait a minute, ..."
At this moment, Yun Qian suddenly smelled a strange smell, and this smell... came from Wen Qing's schoolbag. She asked curiously: "Qing Qing, what's in your schoolbag? It smells very..."
"Nothing!" Yun Qian asked casually, and Wen Qing's face changed drastically and he quickly covered his schoolbag.
"Nothing!"
Seeing this, Yun Qian's suspicion grew even stronger, but seeing Wen Qing's nervous expression, she decided to take a step back: "Okay, okay, if you say no, then no."
After school, she quietly followed Wen Qing, got on a bus with her, got off at the stop, changed buses... She repeated this process, and the places she went to became more and more remote.
What exactly is Wen Qing going to do? Will she do anything dangerous
In the end, Wen Qing boarded a bus with only a few passengers. Yun Qian was discovered as soon as she followed.
"I, I'm just worried..."
Yun Qian knew that no one liked being followed, so she clutched the corner of her clothes tightly, looking embarrassed.
"Oh, forget it. After I finish my work, let's go back together."
"Yeah, okay. By the way, Qingqing, what are you going to do?"
Wen Qing lowered her head and a tear fell: "Xiao Mi is dead, I want to bury it."
"Ah, ah?"
Yun Qian didn't know whether to feel sad for Xiao Mi's death first, or whether to ask her why she chose to bury her in such a remote place. She had always seen how much Wen Qing valued the cat. She thought for a long time and squeezed out a dry sentence: "Please accept my condolences. Don't be too sad..."
"By the way, why is Xiao Mi... Is he your father?"
Unlike his daughter, Wen Qing's father has always hated cats, especially black cats. He is in business and always feels that black cats are bad luck and will bring him bad fortune. Yun Qian went to her house a few times and heard them quarreling over the cat. Her father was so angry that he threatened to buy rat poison to kill the cat.
Even because Wen Qing insisted on raising a cat and was unwilling to stay at her grandmother's house, Wen Qing's father let her live with the cat at her grandmother's house.
"That's not the case. My dad was on a business trip a few days ago and hasn't come back." But when it came to who did it, she shook her head and was unwilling to say.
Yun Qian realized belatedly that the strange smell in her backpack might be...
Thinking of this, she shuddered and subconsciously moved a little further away from her backpack. Suddenly she realized that she was not being righteous enough. She reached out and held the other person's cold hand, and asked in a low voice: "Why do you want to go so far? By the way, where are you going?"
"Yinming Road..." Wen Qing whispered a place name. Her voice was deep and her face was terribly pale. Yun Qian was frightened by her for a moment. After a long while, she asked, "Why do you have to go there?"
Yinming Road is located in the southwest edge of their city, which is remote. It is said that they originally planned to build a station there to promote economic development, but accidents always occurred after construction began. The death rate of workers was abnormally high, and the contractors were no exception. Whoever took over would die. Later, some master was invited to take a look, and the station was changed into an ordinary road, but it was given such a weird name, and no one raised any objections. The name Yinming Road has been used until now.
Everyone said that the area was the boundary between Yin and Yang, and few people went there. As a result, Yinming Road became more famous, and many people went there to test their courage or to attract attention, and many of them disappeared or had accidents.
"Let's just forget about it." Wen Qing remembered that person's reminder, "Let's take Xiao Mi away quickly, and nothing will happen."
"Okay." After hearing what Wen Qing said, Yun Qian had no choice but to feel relieved.
As she watched the bus moving further and further away from the road and the surrounding scenery becoming more and more desolate, she couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
"We've arrived at Yinming Road." The bus slowly stopped and the driver said in a hoarse voice.
There were only two girls on the entire bus besides the driver.
Yun Qian and Wen Qing got out of the car one after the other, and shivered in the cold wind. Yun Qian looked around and said, "So this is Yinming Road. It's really desolate."
All the trees had lost their leaves. The whole space was silent, empty and dead. There was not even a bird. Apart from a well-maintained road on the ground, the surrounding area was all bare yellow soil. The air was condensed and dry, making people uncomfortable.
Wen Qing: "No, let's go a little further." After that, she walked forward with her schoolbag on her back. Yun Qian hurried to follow.
The sky gradually darkened.
It seems that it gets dark earlier here and is colder than other places.
In the distance, an off-road vehicle drove up with four people in it.
In the city, Lu Yanli left the strange hotel. He stood alone in the middle of the road, not knowing what to do for a moment.
Just then, his leg was rubbed by something soft.
Lu Yanli looked down and saw a black kitten. It looked up, its eyes were a transparent green, shining brightly in the sunset. It was chewing something in its mouth.
There was a missing cat notice posted on the telephone pole in front of it, and the cat on it looked exactly like it.
Lu Yanli called out tentatively, "Xiao Mi?"
Unexpectedly, the cat nodded in a very human way, then jumped. Lu Yanli subconsciously reached out to catch it. The cat jumped onto his hand, put down the object in its mouth, and then jumped onto his shoulder.
Lu Yanli picked up the card in his palm and took a look. It was a girl’s student ID card. The name on the student ID card was exactly the same as the contact person on the missing cat notice.
I guess this girl is the owner of the black cat.
Lu Yanli was not that kind, and the matter seemed weird no matter how he looked at it. He turned his head and was about to refuse when he met the black cat's eyes.
He nodded, agreed, and found Wen Qing's home address.
Wen Qing was not at home, only an old woman was there. She was very welcoming. After Lu Yanli said goodbye to her, he looked back inadvertently and saw the cat on the balcony with complicated expressions in its eyes.
It doesn't look like a cat, but those eyes look more like... a person.
He stared at the cat for less than a second, then immediately turned around and walked away.
Inside the house, the old man took the kitten down from the balcony and muttered to himself: "…Where could Qingqing have gone? Why didn't she come home so late?"
The old woman forgot her abnormality. At this moment, she has become a normal grandmother who depends on her granddaughter for life.
The kitten did not cry and was stroked obediently. A few red rays flashed in its dark green round pupils as it watched the old man's back as he hurried into the dark room.
"I didn't expect that we still have to go to Yinming Road to make this game."
There were four people in an off-road vehicle, three men and one woman. A man sitting in the back seat said.
Shi Yan took over the conversation: "Well, it seems that the place should be safe." Since they got here safely yesterday, then today... there shouldn't be any accidents, right
Ye Shengke nodded: "I hope so."
The road became increasingly gloomy as we drove forward. Even though the sun had just started to set, the afterglow of the setting sun was unable to shine in, as if the clouds here could swallow up all the light and heat.
In the end, it became increasingly gloomy and the front became increasingly darker, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Even the light from the car lights seemed to be swallowed up by the thick night.
They came to a place they had not been to last night. After reaching the intersection, they hit something as soon as they turned a corner. However, they didn't care. None of the four people suggested getting out of the car to take a look, and the car continued to drive forward.
We continued driving forward for a while, and there was an abandoned building.
The car lights came on, shining on the abandoned building that was less than two stories high. The building was not large, about two or three hundred square meters, and was very dilapidated. Half of the second floor had collapsed, and if it was left outside, it would be the type that could be demolished at any time as a dangerous building.
“This is it.”
Shi Yan carefully looked at the building in front of her and said with emotion: "It's really eerie."
The house was decayed and dilapidated, like a natural haunted house. Even when it was illuminated by car lights, it was hard to feel at ease, as if there was something extremely evil inside.
Not to mention, in a while, they will play the legendary ghost-summoning game in there.
"Come to think of it, the game that the mission assigned to us is also available in our place, and it can actually be found in this world. But if it were in the past, I would definitely think it was a scam."
"If only it were a lie, we wouldn't have to be like this..."
"Forget it. What's the point of talking about this now? Let's first determine the steps of the game later."
The mission required one hour, and after one hour, they could leave. The four of them carefully looked at the building in front of them, but it was too dark in the building and they could not see anything.
"Let's go down and take a look first, at least to confirm which room we will play in later." Chu Xiu said.
As he spoke, he was the first to get out of the car, holding a flashlight in his hand and standing beside the car.
Seeing Chu Xiu getting out of the car, the others also unbuckled their seat belts and got out. One of them stood beside him holding a flashlight.
Facing the building, they sensed an extremely cold and strange aura that they had not felt when they were in the car. Just looking at it made their hearts tremble.
However, no matter how scared you are, you still have to do the mission. Chu Xiu said calmly: "Let's go, we'll come back later."
The four of them walked side by side, approached, and pushed open the door on the first floor of the small building.
The door was made of iron and was covered with rust. The paint had long since faded and it took quite a bit of effort to push it open. It made a long, creaking sound that made one's teeth ache.
Immediately afterwards, the scene on the first floor appeared before their eyes.
There was a thick layer of dust on the ground, which flew up when the door was pushed open. There were spider webs everywhere in the corners, and there were a few broken tables and chairs in the room.
"I heard that a railway station was to be built here before, but it was abandoned not long after it was built because of repeated accidents. Now it seems that this building might have been built by the workers at that time."
They looked up some information about Yinming Road on the way. No matter from which perspective, Yinming Road did not seem to be a good place. There were many rumors about ghosts. Now after seeing it with their own eyes, they felt that most of those rumors were true.
The hall on the first floor was very spacious and square, without too many clutters. I shone the flashlight everywhere, and there was nothing "abnormal" in sight. Of course, playing supernatural games in the wilderness was not normal.
"Are we going to play in this hall?" Shi Yan asked.
There was too much dust in the hall, so she covered her mouth when asking this question.
"Yes, it's right here." Chu Xiu said.
Now everyone else was also puzzled, "Why?" Nie Yunzhen asked.
"Because, according to the rumors of the Four Corners Game, the more circles you go around, the more likely something will happen. Given the time limit, we might as well go around in a bigger circle." This way, they would have to go around in fewer circles. The probability of hearing a cough would be lower, and correspondingly, the probability of not hearing a cough would also be lower.
Although there is no guarantee that ghosts will not appear at all, it can reduce the probability.
The other three people understood and naturally had no objection. They walked around the room, noted the time, and checked their watches.
In order to avoid dying in the mission due to time issues, they basically spend a lot of money to buy the most accurate watches. Everyone's watch is luminous, and the two hands emit green light in the dark.
It was now eleven twenty-five, and it would take the four of them about twelve minutes to make one circle.
In other words, a cough should be heard every twelve minutes, and even if they deliberately slow down their pace, it should be fifteen minutes at most.
In an hour, they have to walk at least four rounds.
Then, the four of them returned to the car and waited quietly.
Time passed by minute by minute, and soon the hour hand pointed to twelve o'clock.
It’s midnight.
The four got out of the car again.
The rules of the game do not allow any light, so they didn't even bring a flashlight. After getting off the car, the lights were turned off. There was not a single bit of light from the stars or the moon tonight, and the entire forest was immersed in the thick darkness.
The door was still open, they walked in slowly, and then closed the door.
"Now, find your position according to what we just discussed." Chu Xiu said softly. As soon as he finished speaking, he walked towards the position on the diagonal side.
Chu Xiu went to the upper left, Ye Shengke went to the upper right, Nie Yunzhen was in the left corner of the door, and Shi Yan was on the right. Each person stood in a corner, facing the wall.
"Are you all standing straight?" Chu Xiu asked.
"alright."
"I have arrived."
"Can."
"Okay, everyone, take a look at your watches and cover them with your sleeves. We'll officially begin in three seconds," said Chu Xiu.
three,
two,
one.
The game begins.
Chu Xiu walked along the wall in a clockwise direction.
It is said that a lack of vitamin A in the human body can lead to night blindness, making it difficult to see clearly at night.
In order to facilitate their mission, the four of them had already trained their night vision abilities and reached the peak of their personal qualities, but it was of no use. In a space without any light, no matter how good their night vision abilities were, they could not see anything.
Chu Xiu could only walk straight down along the wall.
His light footsteps sounded in the darkness.
After walking for about five minutes, he vaguely sensed a person in the distance ahead.
Judging from the direction, it is Ye Shengke.
Ye Shengke obviously sensed it as well. When the person came, he stepped back and gave the corner position to him. Then, it was Ye Shengke's turn to walk down step by step.
He was much luckier because the lobby on the first floor of the building was not a square, but a rectangle that was wide horizontally and narrow vertically, which meant that the distance he had to walk in the first round was not long.
But he still slowed down a bit.
The two people in the other corner counted down in their hearts and estimated the time. Sure enough, after nearly five minutes, the first sound of footsteps stopped. Then, a second person, different from the footsteps that had just sounded, appeared in the hall.
It is not difficult to see that now it is a different person walking down.
Ye Shengke couldn't see anything clearly. There was no difference between opening his eyes and blindfolding them. He tried to walk in a straight line, moving forward step by step in the darkness.
Darkness can devour a person's will. As he walked, Ye Shengke couldn't help but think wildly. He was worried that a female ghost would suddenly appear in front of him, and then he was worried that when he reached the next corner, it would not be his senior who would replace him. Just when he was frightened by his chaotic imagination, the next corner... arrived.
There was a person standing there, and I could vaguely sense the warmth from that person, and also smell some feminine fragrance.
It’s the senior!
Shi Yan moved a seat for him, turned around, and walked forward step by step.
The route she was going to take was quite special, as it would pass by the main gate. After walking for a while, Shi Yan estimated that she had reached the main gate.
There, there came a chilling feeling unique to metal.
She hesitated for a moment, wishing she could open the door and run away right now, but Shi Yan thought about the consequences of not completing the task, so she gritted her teeth and continued moving forward.
When the other three heard Shi Yan's steps pause slightly, they all thought something had happened and were startled. Fortunately, the steps were quickly adjusted. Ye Shengke comforted himself in his heart, maybe she just tripped.
Soon, Shi Yan walked to Nie Yunzhen's position.
Nie Yunzhen noticed that someone was walking towards him. He could feel the heat source moving towards him, so he stepped back to make room. Then he turned around and walked clockwise to the next corner.
Under normal circumstances, the next corner should be empty now. He needed to cough and then walk to Chu Xiu's position.
Will it really be empty
What if... What if there is something there, what would it be
Nie Yunzhen took a deep breath, but he was not particularly scared.
He specially changed into a piece of clothing with a big pocket, and now, his pocket contained the statue.
Although this statue looked weird no matter how he looked at it, he no longer cared about that. Even if there was an evil spirit inside the statue, as long as he could survive these seven days, it would be fine.
What does it matter if you believe in something? He prayed to gods and Buddhas so many times, which god protected him? As long as his life could be saved, it didn't matter whether he believed in ghosts or evil gods.
Wait, wait…
Where's the statue?!
Nie Yunzhen reached out to touch it, but didn't touch it. He was suddenly shocked and broke out in a cold sweat.
He clearly... clearly put the statue in his pocket and carried it with him. When did it disappear? How did it disappear
Could it be that... the three of them stole it
Once this thought came to mind, it was like weeds in spring, which could not be removed. The more Nie Yunzhen thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible, and his breathing became faster.
Just then, he walked to the next corner.
There is no one there.
Nie Yunzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and then he coughed heavily a few times, and then he took a step forward.
Hearing the cough, the other three also breathed a sigh of relief.
In the first round of the Four Corners game, there are no ghosts.
But just after Nie Yunzhen took the first step, he suddenly thought of something, and suddenly, his hands and feet became cold.
Why, why did it seem like someone was coughing with me just now?!
He only coughed three times. Where did the fourth one come from
Already... there's already a prankster here!
And now, it is very close to me.
Nie Yunzhen's heart began to beat wildly, but the four-corner game could not stop. Even though he was so scared that his hands and feet were cold and weak, he had to cheer up and walk down step by step.
Where is that ghost now? Will he follow me
No... No!
Why not go with someone else?!
Thinking of this, Nie Yunzhen couldn't help but quicken his pace, but what made him collapse was that no matter how big or fast his steps were, there was always another light footstep following him... like a shadow.
Weird, why did Nie Yunzhen suddenly speed up? Chu Xiu thought about this question quickly, and was shocked by the answer that came to his mind.
Could something have happened
Not long after, Nie Yunzhen arrived. Chu Xiu could also sense the breath of a living person on him. He felt relieved and walked to the next corner.
Nie Yunzhen stood in the corner, facing the wall. He thought that the "thing" had left with Chu Xiu, and he felt relieved.
But what he never expected was that after a while, someone blew gently on the back of his neck.
His whole body was stiff as a piece of wood, and his mind was filled with the gentle but bone-chilling breath.
No one was allowed to speak, so Chu Xiu didn't notice the look of despair on Nie Yunzhen's face. Even if he had noticed, he wouldn't be able to help her.
The footsteps sounded again.
Round and round, he didn't know how long he had walked or how many times he had gone around. When Chu Xiu continued to move forward and reached the next corner, he suddenly thought of a problem - he hadn't heard the coughing sound for a long time!
So, now there is a person standing in each of the four corners.
Chu Xiu's heart started beating wildly.
Where will that extra thing be
Chu Xiu no longer had any idea and could only follow the rules and continue moving forward.
There are still "people" in the next corner.
If you look down from above, you can see that they walked around and around, almost making you dizzy. Just like Chu Xiu just now, he clearly wrote down the number, but he was bewitched by an unknown thing and forgot how many circles he walked and how long he walked.
If nothing unexpected happened, Chu Xiu would be lost in a cycle forever.
"Finally it came out."
Seeing a figure coming out of the gate, Shi Yan breathed a sigh of relief and greeted him in a low voice.
There was no coughing sound for a while just now. I guess they have attracted some unclean things. It’s better for them to leave quickly.
Chu Xiu nodded and got in the car.
Nie Yunzhen said, "Quick, fasten your seat belts and go back now."
What they didn’t know was that in that building, the real Chu Xiu was walking around in circles.
He was playing the four-corner game with three unknown creatures.
"Where to go now? Why don't we go back to the hotel?" Nie Yunzhen suggested, "We haven't checked out yet anyway."
He couldn't find the statue and became anxious, wondering if it had been left in the hotel.
"Okay." Without waiting for Shi Yan and Ye Shengke to object, Chu Xiu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, nodded and agreed.
Nie Yunzhen looked at Chu Xiu with gratitude, and the car started and drove towards the hotel at a high speed.
On the other side of the city, Lu Yanli checked into a hotel.
He didn't know why he went to the hotel. He always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something. The sweet expression on the front desk clerk's face made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"... When I woke up, something so precious of mine was gone! If you don't give me an explanation, I'm going to call the police!" Just as he was checking in, a man came out of the elevator with a furious look on his face, shouting as he walked.
Behind him was another waiter who looked bewildered.
The elevator door slowly closed and stopped at the number 1, but then it opened again, and then... the number on the display dropped madly.