The two men stared at each other through the rearview mirror, neither of them giving way, and it seemed like they were staring at each other for a long time. Finally, Chu Xiu clicked his tongue, put away his gun, moved his wrist, and hid it somewhere unknown.
Lu Yanli's expression gradually relaxed, but the speed of the car did not decrease. He rushed through the empty road like a whistling thunder, rushed through the green tree full of black cat corpses, and finally stepped on the brakes in front of the intersection. Then, he slammed the steering wheel and drifted at an extremely dangerous angle. Chu Xiu could even hear the sound of sparks from the tires and the road surface.
After the car turned at the intersection and drove onto Yinming Road, Chu Xiu finally sat up straight.
"Good driving skills," he praised.
Not everyone can successfully turn at the intersection in this situation.
Lu Yanli's expression became even colder. Without even turning his head, he said in a cold voice, "Sit tight."
After saying that, the next second, he stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and in an instant the sound of the vehicle's engine echoed throughout the woods.
“Fuck you! You…” Before Chu Xiu could finish his words, he was almost thrown off his seat. After he sat down with difficulty, he realized that something seemed to be wrong.
Lu Yanli doesn't look like the kind of person who would risk his life to threaten himself, so what would make him risk his life by speeding
The angle of the rearview mirror seemed to be specially adjusted, so no one except the driver could see the scene behind. Chu Xiu had to find the right angle on the bumpy road, and finally saw the thing that made Lu Yanli drive away so fast.
That, that is…
Chu Xiu’s eyes widened.
At the intersection that was getting farther and farther away from them, an extremely familiar figure walked out. He was wearing a brown leather jacket and was tall and thin. That person... was himself!
That "person" also noticed them and stood at the intersection, staring straight at the direction where they were going.
A chill rose directly from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Chu Xiu now wished he could snatch the steering wheel and drive himself, but seeing that Lu Yanli was also facing a formidable enemy, he felt relieved instead.
"Did you see it?" Lu Yanli asked suddenly from the driver's seat.
Chu Xiu nodded.
"This damn place is actually..." Lu Yanli exhaled heavily, "What on earth are you guys trying to do? Are you really looking for death?"
"You are here now." Realizing that being tough might drive people into rebelliousness, Chu Xiu took a step back and softened his tone, "What are you doing here?"
"You don't need to know so much." Lu Yanli didn't appreciate it and said coldly.
The surrounding trees quickly retreated, and the howling of the wind could be felt even through a layer of glass. Driving at such a high speed, they soon saw the exit.
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Yanli was somewhat unwilling, but since he had met Chu Xiu, he would not give up this clue before finding out whether the other party was real or fake.
"Where are your three friends?" Lu Yanli asked.
Chu Xiu said: "He left me to play games and ran away. By the way, are you still staying in that hotel?" He wanted to know if there was really someone impersonating him.
Hearing this, Lu Yanli laughed unkindly, and then sneered at Chu Xiu's expectant look, "No comment."
"Also, I'll take you to the next intersection and you can get off there."
"No, no hurry." Chu Xiu said, "Are you interested in playing another game with me?"
"Not interested. Also, put your gun away." The car stopped suddenly, and Lu Yanli said coldly, "Now, immediately, get out of the car!"
"Okay." Chu Xiu got out of the car indifferently.
There were very few people near Yinming Road, and even fewer people who came here for work. There were still some buildings around. Chu Xiu looked around, installed a silencer on the gun in his hand, and then aimed at the tire of a four-wheeled vehicle not far away.
He pulled the trigger.
Inside the hotel, four people sat together, still digesting what Wen Zhengxin said.
They spoke in low voices and Wen Zhengxin could not hear clearly. He could only try hard to make out their lip shapes and expressions, hoping to find hope of escape from their faces.
"Well...some things in the world don't disappear just because you say you don't believe them. I've told you about my experiences, and you should know that there are some things that humans shouldn't touch." Wen Zhengxin shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Whether you believe it or not, I swear, what I said is true."
"Of course we believe it." The petite Shi Yan walked up to him and asked softly, "So, where is the statue you brought with you?"
Wen Zhengxin didn't want to speak, but these four people seemed to be tough guys. He stammered for a long time, but still said reluctantly: "No, it's gone..."
"Gone?!" The four of them said in unison, with Nie Yunzhen being the most excited. He was the first to ask, "When did he disappear?"
Wen Zhengxin's voice was even lower: "Just this morning, I had wrapped it up and put it in my bag, but when I looked in the morning, it was gone."
Put it in the bag
Then why was the statue I saw when I entered the room placed on the bedside table
Who put it there
Nie Yunzhen, overwhelmed by excitement, suddenly thought about what was wrong. His brain seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water. After calming down, he asked again: "Are you sure you put it in the bag?"
"I'm sure. I really put it in my bag and wrapped it with the parchment paper that the master gave me. I also stuffed the bag into the closet. When I opened it in the morning, the bag was still there, but the things were gone." Wen Zhengxin added hastily, "If you don't believe me, you can go and search. As long as you find it, I can lend it to you for a few days. I'm also anxious to find it now. If it... if it is stolen by some random people, it will definitely lead to disaster!"
Wen Zhengxin said this, but he was a little unsure in his heart. He was really afraid that these people would run into his room to check on a whim, and then his secret would be exposed.
Nie Yunzhen's face also turned pale.
He recalled the moment he stole the statue.
There was no parchment, so it was placed on the bedside table. The front desk clerk fainted easily, as if he was deliberately creating an opportunity for him.
Also, who was the person seen walking into the room in the surveillance video
They didn't notice that outside the hotel, a girl in a bloodstained school uniform was climbing on the outer wall. Her limbs were twisted and her face was an abnormal purple-blue color. She left a long bloodstain on the ground where she was climbing, and then gradually disappeared.
But strangely, no one noticed this. Before the girl crawled all the way underground, her dark green eyes stared at a window, full of resentment and sinisterness. She stared for a while and slowly climbed into the elevator on the first floor.
"Now, let's go look for it. If we find it, we'll have one more bargaining chip." Nie Yunzhen suggested.
Shi Yan always felt that he was too enthusiastic about this matter. It was obvious that the so-called statue had not yet been confirmed to be effective. If he was accidentally contaminated by some strange curse, it would undoubtedly be digging his own grave.
But even Chu Xiu agreed with this statement.
The hotel was safe until now, and no one died, partly because of Chu Xiu's presence. So Ye Shengke and Shi Yan agreed to go downstairs, and the four of them accompanied Wen Zhengxin downstairs to find the person in charge of the hotel.
The hotel business was obviously not very good today, with few guests. Wen Zhengxin happened to know the hotel owner, so after making a phone call, the manager soon brought all the security guards and waiters to look for him.
"It's really troublesome. We don't know who stole it and we spent so much time looking for it." The two waiters hid in the toilet and chatted under the pretext of going to the restroom, with many complaints in their words.
"Has anyone strange entered the hotel recently? He seems a bit strange to me. He won't let anyone into his room to look for it, and he won't let anyone clean it even after he's been staying there for several days. I don't know what's inside."
"Hey, do you think he could let it go on his own?"
The two were chatting through the door when they suddenly heard light footsteps walking into the toilet from outside the door, and they immediately fell silent.
If they say bad things about the guests and someone with ulterior motives hears them and reports them, they will be in trouble.
Just after the two waiters went quiet, the sound of water flowing from the faucet was heard in the toilet.
It turned out that he just wanted to wash his hands... The two of them hoped that the man would leave quickly so that they could continue gossiping.
However, after a long time, there was no sound of footsteps leaving, and the faucet was still running, with water flowing continuously.
Oh... This is so annoying. He must have washed his hands without turning off the tap. If he is found out, he will be fined. Another person thought helplessly.
She lowered her head, then stood up, pulled up her panties, and put them on quickly. Then, she stood up and adjusted her skirt, while turning back to press the flush button. Then, she turned around and raised her head—
A rotten and blue face appeared above the door. When she looked up, a strange smile appeared on that face.
Ghost... It's a ghost!!
Before she could scream, a long, soft, pale arm covered her mouth tightly, and then the hand pressed her into the toilet.
There was a loud sound of pumping and she struggled desperately, but it was no use. With the gurgling sound of bubbles, her whole body seemed to have been sucked out of her bones. Her soft flesh was squeezed into the small hole by the water flow, and only a little hair was left floating on the water.
The pump button was pressed again, and a large amount of blood gushed out in an instant. After flushing for a while, the blood gradually disappeared.
The bathroom was quiet, as if no one had ever been there.
"Well, it's not that we didn't try our best. We really have mobilized everyone to look for it, but we still can't find it." On the first floor, the manager was still apologizing, "Except for a person named Lu who checked out in the past two days, everyone else is still here. Look, Mr. Wen, is there anything you can do... or maybe you accidentally left it somewhere in your room and can't find it?"
"Do you have that person's contact information?" Wen Zhengxin interrupted his attempt.
"Don't worry yet." Nie Yunzhen said, looking at Wen Zhengxin with suspicion in his eyes, "You said that you have searched all the rooms, what about yours?"
"Mine? If I had found me, would you make such a big fuss?" Facing the questioning, Wen Zhengxin said angrily, but it seemed like he was hiding something.
"Since there is none, it doesn't hurt to take a look." After Chu Xiu made the decision, he asked the manager to take them to Wen Zhengxin's room.
"Hey, there really isn't anything. You won't find anything even if you go. I've looked for it several times..." Wen Zhengxin tried to stop them several times, but failed. Instead, it made them more determined.
Soon, the door to his room was opened.
A very strange, slightly rotten smell came from the room.
Shi Yan glanced at Wen Zhengxin suspiciously. The latter's face was as pale as paper. After he repeated a few incomprehensible words, he simply shut his mouth.
This smell... comes from the closet.
The manager winked, and one of the security guards who followed had to step forward. He prepared himself mentally and opened the cabinet door.
There was nothing. The closet was empty except for a few sets of spare bedding placed by the hotel.
The stench that sounded like rotten eggs also completely disappeared the moment the door opened.
"Look, there really is nothing."
After several people went to his room and searched carefully several times, they had to come to a conclusion.
Wen Zhengxin did not feel any relief at being lifted from his doubts. On the contrary, his face became even worse. He walked to the door alone, his face full of horror.
How come...
How come the closet is empty? Where... where has she gone
"What's wrong with you? You look very nervous." Ye Shengke followed him to the door, handed him a cigarette and smiled.
To the nervous Wen Zhengxin, this smile was more terrifying than direct intimidation.
"No, no, I just thought about the evening..." Wen Zhengxin's throat was dry. He took the cigarette but didn't smoke it. Instead, he put it in his pocket. His hands were shaking, but his face had regained its composure.
No, no... He didn't want to play this game, he wanted to find a way to escape.
His daughter is still obsessed with him.
If something happened to her, what would Qingqing do? Her grandmother had already... no one wanted to keep her alive.
She was so young, still a child, and she wasn't someone who would offend anyone. Who on earth was so cruel? To break into someone's house and kill someone?!
Thinking about how he had finally returned home from a business trip a few days ago and had taken a detour to visit her at her grandmother's house, only to see his daughter lying in blood, he felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife, and he wished that the person lying on the ground was himself.
Fortunately... Fortunately, although Qingqing's grandmother is superstitious, her statue can bring the dead back to life!
As long as he can kill all the creatures that Qingqing liked most during her lifetime within seven days, Qingqing can survive!
For this reason, he killed the ominous black cat immediately, and then sent Qingqing and her grandmother on their way with tears in his eyes.
The color of the statue became redder and redder. When it became red enough to drip a drop of blood, Qingqing came back to life.
He knew that Wen Qing's best classmate in school was Yun Qian, so he drove to follow her after school and kidnapped her back home.
There were many people in the old house, and the old neighbors knew each other well. Several neighbors had noticed that Qingqing had not appeared for two days. He had to go back and bring the statue to the hotel, and then strangled Yunqian in front of the statue.
He had planned to do the same thing today and put Yun Qian in the suitcase and take her out, but... why, she disappeared? !
Qingqing hasn't been resurrected yet, did she undergo a mutation first
Where did that statue go
A guess suddenly flashed through Wen Zhengxin's mind, and then he began to tremble and feel cold all over because of his guess.
Could it be that... Yun Qian took her away
She watched the death with her own eyes. If it was really her... then what would her condition be now
But he didn't say it. He had already committed a heinous crime, and there was no turning back. If the truth came out now, he would never have the chance to get the statue back, nor would he have the chance to revive his daughter.
At this moment, a girl in a school uniform with a resentful face had already crawled to the basement of the hotel. Her eyes rolled straight up, and her gaze seemed to penetrate through layers of walls and find the enemy who killed her.
"What are you struggling with?" Ye Shengke asked him.
Wen Zhengxin shook his head, wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes without leaving any trace: "Nothing."
After all the trouble, we also had a meal on the way. Now it was gradually getting dark.
Tonight, they are going to play the elevator game in this hotel.
The old man said that both Ye Shengke and Shi Yan wanted to change places. Even Nie Yunzhen lost her confidence after the statue was lost. Only Chu Xiu was determined to try in this hotel.
The others couldn't persuade him, nor did they understand why he was so persistent, so they had to agree.
On the other side of the city, a luxury hotel.
Two men were sitting in the lobby on the first floor, talking about something, but they didn't seem to be on good terms. Both of them seemed to be suppressing the urge to quarrel. The atmosphere was tense and the waiter didn't even dare to come forward to pour them tea.
"Don't worry, we'll go back after playing this game today." Chu Xiu said.
"Really? Don't think I don't know what you are planning. You just want to find someone to be a scapegoat." Lu Yanli retorted.
Chu Xiu put both of his hands in his pockets, but Lu Yanli had no idea what he was holding in his pockets.
"There's no need to say that. You may not really die." Chu Xiu's finger was on the trigger all the time, and he still had a nonchalant and relaxed tone on his face.
He looked relaxed, but Lu Yanli knew that if he intended to leave, he would shoot without hesitation.
"Why don't you find someone else?" Lu Yanli was not very willing to participate in this game. He only planned to record and did not want to take any risks.
However, there was a voice deep in his heart telling him that if he could survive this game safely, he would get unexpected rewards.
Chu Xiu looked up at the people in the hotel lobby, two or three lazy security guards, two front desk clerks, and a few guests who came out of the elevator and were muttering about wanting to complain.
“I don’t want to work with idiots,” he said.
Lu Yanli raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that he had discovered something, but after careful consideration, he felt that it was not the case, so he hummed indifferently.
The two of them sat for a while, randomly checked in and booked a room, and then, no one knew who suggested it first, but they sat in the room strangely and played poker.
The game was a simple blackjack, and with both players consciously letting the hands win, the number of wins and losses was surprisingly similar.
Soon, it was midnight.
"Let's go."
Chu Xiu put his hands back into his pockets. He had only used one hand the whole time he was playing poker. The muzzle of the gun in his pocket was always pointed at Lu Yanli, and he hadn't let go until now.
"By the way, I need to tell you the rules now. I'll only tell you once, and I hope you remember them clearly." Chu Xiu just thought about it and added immediately that he had not yet told Lu Yanli the rules of the elevator game.
"... In short, if you meet a woman on the road, don't talk to her, don't look at her, and don't attract her attention, otherwise you will be taken to an unknown place."
"It sounds pretty scary." Lu Yanli commented calmly.
At the same time, two groups of people stood in front of the elevators in the first-floor lobbies of the two hotels.
Before getting on the elevator, Nie Yunzhen explained the rules in detail to Wen Zhengxin again, hoping that he would not drag his feet. The latter agreed with a gloomy face.
For some reason, no one was in the two hotels at the moment. The once bustling city had also become quiet, the first floor lobby was gradually filled with cold air, and the front desk clerk was drowsy.
"Let's start." Chu Xiu stepped into the elevator door and Lu Yanli followed him in.
The hotel where Lu Yanli and Chu Xiu were staying had a total of eighteen floors. They first pressed the button for the top floor, eighteen, and the elevator slowly rose.
"Do you think anyone will get on the bus along the way?" Chu Xiu was just trying to make small talk.
"Perhaps."
To their disappointment, the elevator went up to the 18th floor without any malfunction. When the elevator door opened, they saw a corridor with warm yellow lights.
"Next, it's the second floor."
Lu Yanli pressed the two button, and the elevator slowly descended and slowly reached the second floor.
"Then, it's the seventeenth floor."
The elevator goes up.
Unconsciously, the two of them had formed a habit. When the elevator arrived and opened the door, they did not walk out, but pressed the next floor of their destination. They both stared at the buttons on the elevator, not allowing themselves to press the wrong button.
Gradually, the cold air gradually invaded the elevator, and the coldness surged up bit by bit, permeating the entire elevator car, making people feel like they were in an icy cave.
"Do you feel... a little cold?" Chu Xiu turned his head and asked.
Lu Yanli nodded.
Needless to say, I could feel that the coldness was not only caused by the weather, but more of a chilling coldness that came from deep in my heart.
They didn't know how many times they pressed the button and how many times the elevator stopped. Finally, they pressed the center floor.
Both of them had already closed their mouths. The chill became more and more obvious, almost sticking to their entire bodies, freezing them into ice men.
The elevator door opened again, and this time it stopped at the eighth floor.
What shocked them was that after the elevator door opened, it was no longer the familiar warm yellow-lit corridor of the hotel, but only darkness. The darkness was filled with the smell of rotten dust, as if the corridor outside the door had not been repaired for a long time.
The elevator lights flickered.
What frightened them even more was that there was a woman standing outside the door.
The moment they noticed someone outside the door, they both lowered their heads immediately. No one looked at her, and they allowed the woman to walk into their room.
Don't look, don't listen, don't hear her speak.
For a moment, there were only two people in the elevator breathing shallowly.
After the woman walked into the room, she randomly pressed a number on the elevator, and then she stood quietly in the middle of the room without moving.
The elevator slowly descended, and I didn't know where it was going.
"Hello!"
The woman began to speak.
Her voice was very strange, hoarse, cold, and slow, as if it had been in a freezer for a long time, and she was not able to speak fluently.
Both of them pretended not to hear and lowered their heads.
There was a mirror on the elevator door, and seeing the mirror might be a violation, so they all stared at the tips of their shoes.
"Why are you ignoring me? Where do you want to go?"
"Oh, by the way, I haven't told you yet, I'm going to the eighteenth floor, which floor are you going to?"
"Speak up... Why are you ignoring me? Which floor are you going to?"
“Hurry… say it!”
Don't answer her!
Otherwise, she will take you to another world.
No one wants to experience what the other world is like.
In another hotel, five people took the elevator at the same time.
As luck would have it, the elevator they were in also had 18 floors. When the five people pressed the button again and again, at the ninth floor, the scene outside the door changed dramatically, and a woman walked into the elevator.
The game result is actually true...
The five people all lowered their heads or raised their heads, and in short, they looked away from her, not even paying attention to their mirror images, and let the other party press a number on the elevator.
"Hello... where are you going?"
The woman's voice was hoarse and cold.
Wen Zhengxin stood very close to her, and the others couldn't help but worry about him, fearing that he would suddenly talk to her.
Fortunately, although Wen Zhengxin was shaking all the time, he held on and did not break the rules. No matter how the woman tried, he did not get out.
Even so, the game didn't seem to be doing them any favors.
The elevator slowly descended, and it kept going down. It seemed like there would never be an end, and no one knew where it would go.
And where they couldn't see, a girl in school uniform, covered in blood, was lying on the top of the car. Her blue face was full of hideous hatred, and she was staring at the people inside through a layer.