The police officer he was questioning also looked anxious: "No, Sister Zhao, anyway... the matter is very strange, I can't explain it clearly for a while, you should come and see it yourself."
As he spoke, he entered the elevator, pressed a button, and the elevator slowly went down.
The morgue is on the underground third floor of the building.
When the elevator opened, a cold breeze blew in, making people shiver.
The forensic doctor was standing at the door waiting for them. When he saw them coming, he took the two men to the scene without any further ado.
"There were a total of twenty-four bodies. They were originally placed here. They were fine. But when I came here in the afternoon after lunch, they were all gone." The forensic doctor pointed to a wall cabinet in the middle of the room. The twenty-four drawers in the cabinet were opened, and there was nothing inside.
"Who opened the drawer? Is there any surveillance?"
"I opened it. I was planning to continue working when I came back, but I opened a cabinet and found nothing. I opened another one and still nothing. I don't know why I couldn't find it. I checked the surveillance camera and nothing was wrong."
"Is there really nothing unusual?"
"No."
"How long does it take you to have lunch?"
"Less than twenty minutes. I was thinking about this matter, so it didn't take me long."
Then... This situation is too bizarre, and it's hard not to give people a chill down their spine when they think about it. The policewoman surnamed Zhao asked some more questions, but still got nothing.
But in about twenty minutes, where would twenty-four bodies go? Even if it was just a skeleton, the size was still there. No matter how it was decomposed or hidden, it didn't seem like something that could be done in twenty minutes.
The information just sent out came to his mind, and Officer Zhao pursed his lips.
I have always heard of the legend of Yinming Road. Almost every day, some bizarre murders happen there, but the place has never been blocked. The news has been suppressed, and the secrets behind it have always been kept secret by everyone in the bureau.
I heard that one of the students insisted on going to the underworld to find out the truth, and ended up disappearing and there has been no news of him since then.
"You go ahead and do your work. I'll take care of this matter later." Officer Zhao said this casually, but he had already made a decision in his heart. After that, he hurried away with his subordinates.
"Go play hide-and-seek on Yinming Road?" In the office, Master Li said with a serious face, "Wen Qing, who initiated this? Do you know who will definitely go?"
Wen Qing saw the teacher's expression and immediately felt that he had found his backbone: "I heard what the class said, and they spread the word that someone posted on the forum, looking for people to accompany them to play, and they would pay as long as they went. Many people said they would go." He named the names one by one, "I heard that these people would go. Teacher, the Yinming Road is very dangerous, and we can't let them go there to play."
"Okay, the teacher knows about it, and this matter will definitely be dealt with." The head teacher, Mr. Li, agreed.
Wen Qing then left the office with a relaxed pace.
As soon as he left, Master Li frowned and said, "These bastards are so annoying and are courting death. Should I talk to the senior director about this?"
Unexpectedly, they, who usually chatted happily, exchanged hints with each other, but no one supported his statement.
"What, what happened?" Teacher Li was a little at a loss.
"Xiao Li, you'd better not get involved in this matter. Let him do whatever he wants." In the office, an older teacher said with a smile.
"Ah? How can we just ignore it? Why would he go to that kind of ghost place so late at night? Besides, how can he just go there and give money? He must be a liar, right? What if he is really abducted and sold?" Master Li was puzzled.
The two teachers sitting next to each other looked at each other tacitly and pursed their lips slightly.
"I'm just reminding you out of kindness. Let me put it this way, as long as it's related to that place, just pretend you don't know. It's for your own good."
Hearing this, Master Li was confused and asked, "What does this mean?"
I wanted to ask them one by one, but no one was willing to answer me, as if they were afraid of being tainted with bad luck. I seemed to understand what was going on, and immediately changed my words: "I know, the student wants to go and see it himself. As a teacher, of course I have to respect the student's personal wishes, as long as it doesn't interfere with his studies."
After hearing these words, the office returned to its former joyful atmosphere.
Wen Qing calmed down and returned to the classroom. The bell rang, and he hurried back to his seat to prepare for the next class. After a long math class, the next class was the class meeting with the head teacher.
Wen Qing looked expectantly at his head teacher, Mr. Li, who was walking to the podium, hoping that he could say something. Mr. Li did not disappoint him and began to talk about student safety issues, such as heating in winter, electrical and fire protection, and food poisoning prevention. He finally talked about being careful when going home at night. Facing Wen Qing's expectant eyes, Mr. Li moved his eyes away and talked about the class's academic performance.
Why, why don't you say it
Is there any arrangement
Wen Qing waited in confusion, but her doubts were not resolved until the afternoon when school was over. It seemed that Teacher Li was determined not to take care of her.
"Teacher Li..." After school, I ran to the office to look for someone, but the head teacher was not there. All the other teachers were busy with their own things, and when I asked them, they all said they didn't know.
I told the head teacher of the next class about this matter, and he just nodded in agreement, which seemed to be a perfunctory response.
Wen Qing was extremely anxious, but the teacher next door didn't seem to want to help at all, and told him not to interfere too much. He approved the students who wanted to take leave for evening self-study, and only reminded them to be careful.
But, how can we be safe in that place
Wen Qing gritted his teeth and chased after him.
The master doesn’t care, he is going to get the person back!
In the office behind him, a group of people were watching Wen Qing's receding back with subtle expressions.
"Are you sure this method will work?"
"There should be. I just posted the message on a forum of a nearby high school. The tuition fee of this school is not expensive, and many students come from ordinary families. Many people will come for the money."
Near Yinming Road, in an SUV, a man and a woman were having a discussion. After discussing some details, they finally began to turn to the real problem and cast their eyes to the back seat.
"What about him?"
In the back seat, Chu Xiu was still unconscious, as if he was experiencing an extremely painful nightmare, his whole face twisted in pain.
"Let's hide him now?" This was the last bit of kindness in Shi Yan's heart.
That way, when the students came looking for him, they wouldn't think of him as a player in a game of hide-and-seek. Of course, if he was alone and unconscious and encountered something, he would be powerless to do anything.
Nie Yunzhen looked at the sky outside. The sun was gradually setting and the sky was filled with dim yellow. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's go together."
Because they had to meet up with the students in advance, they came to Yinming Road in advance. Upon hearing this, Yan started the car and headed into the depths of the dense forest.
“I don’t know what it’s like here after I left yesterday. I hope it won’t be…” Shi Yan had a trace of worry between her brows. She held Fang Xipan’s hand tightly, squeezing it so hard that her fingertips were tingling.
Nie Yunzhen was also silent: "If I want to complete a mission... I shouldn't be so unlucky."
I drove through the road in fear, but luckily there wasn't any trouble. However, a few hundred meters before the intersection, there was a yellow seal around the tree, and there was a notice on the tree next to it, claiming that a serious car accident had occurred here last night and no outsiders were allowed to enter.
"Car accident?" Shi Yan and Nie Yunzhen in the back seat looked at each other and saw seriousness in each other's eyes.
The car accident mentioned in the notice, could it be that it happened last night
After stopping the car and taking a closer look, the two got out, and Nie Yunzhen carried the unconscious Chu Xiu on his back with difficulty. He looked thin, and it was particularly heavy to carry him. Shi Yan supported him to prevent him from falling, and the two walked deeper into the woods.
Outside the city police station, there were many reporters who came to hear the news. When they heard about the important news, they ran faster than wolves smelling meat.
"Excuse me, is it true that a major car accident occurred on Yinming Road? People are now very skeptical about the truth of the case. Can the relevant responsible personnel answer this question?"
"It is said that no one survived the scene, so why did the police rule it a suicide? Did the people in the three cars commit suicide at the same time?"
Besides, Officer Zhao’s car had been stopped by someone. It wasn’t that everyone recognized him, but because he had to drive there, when he saw a police car that probably carried his superiors, he immediately went to stop it in an attempt to dig up more news.
Officer Zhao felt annoyed in the car.
Can you tell me? I know there are doubts in this case, but can you tell the public? Say that there are ghosts in this world? Hahaha, it's hilarious.
We can’t say anything. The autopsy results were supposed to be compared with the city’s missing persons list to find the deceased. Now the body is missing and the test results have been stolen. We don’t even know who died. What can we say
At this moment, my cell phone received a MMS message from someone unknown. As soon as I saw the content of the MMS, my eyebrows immediately stood up and I was so angry.
"Who is so wicked? Telling students to go there to play hide-and-seek?! This group of students, are they going crazy because of lack of money?" He lowered his head and cursed, then drove slowly back to the yard, preparing to notify the local school.
He did not doubt the content of the MMS. After returning to the compound, the security guards stopped the group of crazy reporters. Officer Zhao logged into the forum where the anonymous person had sent the screenshot just now and decided to see what was going on.
The result was shocking.
The post is real, and the students who responded are also real. A rough count shows that about thirty replies expressed their desire to go.
Damn…
A handsome man with a cold temperament stood outside the group of reporters, with a press card hanging around his neck. Unlike the others, he took out his cell phone, sent a message, and put it back in his pocket, not trying to squeeze forward like the people around him.
At a high school on the other side of the city, a group of students boarded a bus that they rarely took.
They were all high school students from the same school, wearing the same school uniform. Some of them had never met each other, but when they saw that they were all sitting in the same car, they knew what each other was going to do, and soon they exchanged names and got to know each other.
The driver was curious and thought there was some activity today, but the student just mumbled and hesitated to get by.
After school, take a subway, get off three stops away from the terminal, transfer to the terminal, and finally transfer again to get home.
Everyone was a little reserved at first, but when it came time to change buses, a group of young people became excited and didn't care whether they knew each other or not, or whether it was taboo or not, and they loudly discussed the content of the games they were going to play that night. In the end, they started telling ghost stories, which scared the few girls in the group.
"Speaking of which, who is the ghost?"
"It should be okay to lose, right? But it's really exciting. The most I've ever slept on a grave before."
"When I was in the countryside, my mom took me to a cemetery. I was still young at the time and didn't know much. I just saw a sister sitting there crying and combing her hair. I wanted to go and see her, but my mom forcibly took me away without letting me say a word. After I got home, I was sick for several days before I recovered."
"When I was a kid..."
It was the last transfer, and there was no one else except the driver. For a moment, the bus was unusually busy. Before getting off the bus, everyone happily said goodbye to the driver and left. The driver showed a strange smile on his face and asked him to come again next time.
But his smile seemed to be saying that he hoped to see him alive.
The students didn't care and walked down one by one, and were shocked by the scene before them.
"Is this... the Yinming Road?"
"It's really desolate! Even the trees don't have leaves."
"And this place really has a spooky feel to it."
Eleven people gathered together, which gave them some courage. Therefore, when faced with such a desolate and almost terrifying scene, everyone was still smiling and didn't care too much.
"Hey, by the way, where's the person we agreed to play hide-and-seek with? Where's the person who posted the message?"
"He told us to go forward until we see a sign for Yinming Road. There's a car there, and that's his."
The eleven of them walked forward, chatting and laughing. Not far away, they saw an off-road vehicle. It seemed that they saw them in the rearview mirror, and the driver opened the door and got out.
Just like what the post said, there were two people, a man and a woman.
"Hello, are you here because of this post?" The woman in the picture greeted with a smile. She was petite and looked very friendly, so the students who were originally a little worried were no longer afraid and started chattering.
"Yes, I came here after seeing this post. Are you looking for someone?"
The woman said gently, "Yes, I want to play adventure games, so I came here. By the way, my name is Shi Yan, and you can just call me Sister Shi Yan. Can you introduce yourselves?"
The man who was not easy to get along with also smiled: "It's Nie Yunzhen."
“My name is Fang Nan. I want to ask you about the game reward you mentioned…” Fang Nan was still a little embarrassed. Students always feel uncomfortable when talking about money.
Shi Yan smiled shyly again: "Don't worry, I won't leave you any less." She took out a stack of banknotes from her bag and gave one to each person. Everyone was too embarrassed to take it, so she forced it into their hands: "Take it, just treat it as a deposit, but don't abandon me and run away in advance, we are both a little timid. When the time comes, we will meet up and leave together, and I will give everyone the rest, okay?"
I got the deposit in person, and I didn't have any worries at all. We were all students, not very familiar with each other, and we were able to get the thousand dollars safely. No one wanted to do anything illegal in the wild, so we all reported our names obediently, and everyone brought their school badges. Some of them showed him their school badges in case he didn't believe them.
Shi Yan and Nie Yunzhen silently noted the number of people in their minds. There were eleven students in total.
Three girls: Yun Qian, Ling Weiwei, and Zhang Dan.
Eight boys: Tian Le, Fang Nan, Liang Qiucheng, Sun Hao, Xie Yu, Zhang Zhijie, Huang Yuanwang, and Liu Chengliang.
"Okay, let's discuss the rules of the game now." Shi Yan clapped her hands, "This game will start after twelve o'clock. Everyone knows hide-and-seek, right? After twelve o'clock, we draw poker cards and randomly select one person to be the ghost. The ghost stays near the car, and the others have ten minutes to hide. After ten minutes, you can start catching people. The game lasts half an hour in total. After half an hour, everyone will gather by the car."
Students all carry watches, so they can still tell the time.
"Are there any rewards or punishments for winning or losing?" a student asked subconsciously.
Shi Yan wanted to say no, but she didn't want a large number of students to die. It would be troublesome if they were turned into ghosts by aliens, so she changed her words and said, "There will be no punishment for the loser, but if you are not caught once, you can add another 200 yuan, and I will find you next time."
Hearing this, the students immediately became excited.
Shi Yan was very considerate. She looked at the sky and said, "I didn't expect so many people to come. The car we prepared is not big enough, so we can only send you back in two trips. I hope you don't mind. Just wait here for a while. By the way, everyone should not be afraid, right?"
"Of course I'm not afraid. I'll just wait until the time comes."
"But I'll have to trouble you to take me back when the time comes."
Under the gentle smile of the beautiful lady, who would admit that they are afraid? Yun Qian also forced herself to say that she was not afraid for the sake of money. After the group explained the detailed rules, they began to chat unconsciously. Shi Yan also took a small piece of tablecloth from the car and placed it where the car lights could shine. Several boys picked up some branches and lit a bonfire away from the car.
If you ignore the eerie and gloomy surroundings, it really looks like an outdoor barbecue.
Time passed by little by little, the night wind grew colder, and except for a bonfire, the night was as dark as ink. The temperature was getting lower and lower, and from time to time one could hear the sharp howling of the night wind like the roar of an animal.
Shi Yan took a lot of food down from the car. Everyone shared the food and reviewed their books by the campfire, gradually falling silent.
I thought it was an easy job, but I personally experienced that it was extremely hard to wait until after midnight. Many people felt a little regretful, but since they were here, they couldn't ask him to send it back until the game was finished, so they could only grit their teeth and endure it.
I don’t know how long I waited, but it was midnight when I arrived.
An extremely terrifying chill swept over, and everyone present shivered, but they just thought it was an illusion caused by the temperature drop at night, and hurriedly wrapped their coats tightly.
"Okay, now everyone come and draw lots." Shi Yan took out a complete and unopened deck of playing cards, took out a big joker card, and then drew one of each suit from A to 3, and put them together with the big joker card, making a total of thirteen cards.
"The person who draws the joker card will be the joker. The sign that you have caught someone is to take away their playing cards as proof. Is that okay?" Shi Yan asked again.
Tian Le asked: "What if the other party refuses to give it?"
Shi Yan tilted her head and said, "How about this, let's make three rules. If you are caught by a ghost (note, I mean caught, not seen), it's fine if you touch it. The person who is caught must consciously hand over the playing cards and return to the car. Even if you start the engine, the lights will not be turned off. It should be very obvious."
This way everyone will have no objections.
Hands reached out and drew a card.
"Okay, show your cards now."
Unexpectedly, the one who drew the joker card was the timid Yun Qian.
“Ah? Yes, yes…” Yun Qian was a little hesitant. She had just agreed with Ling Weiwei to hide somewhere together, but now she had to be a ghost and catch people alone. Fear appeared on her face.
"It's okay, it's just a game, just for fun. You don't have to catch it." In fact, Shi Yan hoped that he couldn't catch him. He could see at a glance that Yun Qian was the most timid among this group of people, so she manipulated the situation behind the scenes and gave the Ghost King card to him.
"Okay, fine. I'll try my best." With the comfort from her classmates, Yun Qian clenched the joker in her hand.
All the roles had been selected, so there was no need to delay any further. After Shi Yan hurriedly arranged everything, everyone dispersed, leaving Yun Qian lying alone in the back seat of the car.
He followed the rules very well, didn't look around, glanced at his watch from time to time, and calculated the time silently.
Deep in the dense forest, at the bottom of a slope, a man suddenly opened his eyes and then gasped.
He glanced at the sky, then immediately took out his cell phone to check the time, and his expression changed drastically.
It's past midnight, and the game of hide-and-seek begins!
However, he was not punished for the mission. His phone popped up with a message from Shi Yan, telling him everything that happened after he fell into a coma. In the end, she said that she and Nie Yunzhen could only do this much, and the rest was up to him.
Fortunately, fortunately he did not abandon me.
Chu Xiu stood up and brushed off the dust on his body. He looked around, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything clearly. He decided to just wait where he was.
He sent a message to Shi Yan, asking for information about hide-and-seek.
Shi Yan and Nie Yunzhen ran eastward together. They had been here before, so they naturally knew where to hide. With their physical fitness, ten minutes was enough for them to run very far.
Shi Yan had already turned her phone to silent mode. She estimated that ten minutes would pass, so she picked up her phone and was immediately surprised.
"Chu Xiu, wake up." He lowered his voice and replied to the message.
"Really? That's great." Nie Yunzhen was genuinely happy.
On the other end of the phone, Chu Xiu, who received the news, was extremely shocked.
He actually found a student to play with, which was fine, but the ghost was actually Yun Qian?!
Shi Yan and Nie Yunzhen both survived because he had been resurrected once and avoided Yun Qian and Wen Qing. Naturally, he didn't know that something was wrong with the two girls.
Chu Xiu took a deep breath, and couldn't help feeling powerless as he couldn't escape his fate.
He immediately sent a message to Shi Yan and Nie Yunzhen.
"If the student who is a ghost you are looking for is really called Yun Qian, I can only say, run! Run quickly! Don't let me catch you."
"Because it's really a ghost!"
The first piece of news left Shi Yan and Nie Yunzhen a little confused, but the second piece of news made him freeze all over and send a chill down his spine.
At this time, ten minutes later, it’s time.
The hunt begins.
A pale hand pulled the car door open, and a girl in school uniform slowly walked down from the car door and looked at the dark dead forest.
Now, I am going to find my good friend .
The figure walked forward slowly, and the moment he passed the campfire, the fire went out instantly.
However, the students didn't know that the brave boys didn't dare to hide alone, so they had to gather in groups of three or four. Zhang Zhijie, a timid boy among them, was different from the others. After running a few laps, he walked back to the parking lot.
As long as he came here and got money, he wouldn't bother playing hide-and-seek, and there would be no punishment for losing. It would be better to be caught early, go to the car and have a good rest, and read more books.
He had calculated very well. He walked along the road and saw Yun Qian coming towards him. He smiled and went to greet her, holding out his hand: "Come on, grab some and give you some extra points."
It was too dark at night, and he could only see the expression on Yun Qian's face when he got closer. He immediately felt that something was wrong.
"You, what's wrong with you? You look so pale." Zhang Zhijie waved his hand in front of her eyes, "Why are you in a daze?"
The next second, the person in a daze became him.
Yun Qian opened her mouth, but not to speak. Her mouth opened wider and wider, as if her lower jaw was detached from the joint and her skin had infinite stretchability, slowly opening to her waist and abdomen.
“You… you are…” It’s a real ghost!
Yun Qian is a real ghost!!
It's a pity that he never had the chance to say these words again, nor did he have the chance to remind himself of his studies.
A boy's scream resounded through the night sky. Then, a playing card fell to the ground.
The hand picked it up, put it in the pocket, and said in a hoarse and cold voice: "First one, find it."
"A victim has been found." As soon as they heard this voice, the three people who were actually doing the task knew what was going on. They had to run forward as hard as they could to increase the distance.
Now, no one knows where the ghost is. If it has some other powers, such as clones or the ability to confuse people, it will be even more difficult to deal with.
Of course, his classmates also heard his screams, which were too shrill and didn't seem fake at all. Suddenly, his heart began to tremble.
"What's going on? This voice seems to be Zhang Zhijie's."
"What's going on with Zhang Zhijie?"
Most students carry their cell phones, otherwise they wouldn't know about the forum. Even the poorest Tian Le was with Fang Nan, who also carried his cell phone. Fang Nan scratched his head and asked others in the group what was going on.
Someone in the group responded quickly.
"Really? Are you really going to play?"
"You are so brave."
"Wait, you said you heard Zhang Zhijie's screams? Who is the ghost now?"
Fang Nan replied: "It's Yun Qian, didn't you just say ?"
However, the next message in the group made him tremble all over.
"Yun Qian? Didn't Yun Qian die in an accident five days ago? Don't be ridiculous."
Yes, yes…
The memories in his mind gradually became clearer, and Fang Nan recalled them bit by bit.
Yun Qian... died a long time ago.
So, the one playing hide-and-seek with him now is... a real ghost!
“Run away!!”
A hotel in the city center.
A handsome man was sitting in the room, checking some information. On the desk was a newspaper with a news report of a major tragedy in bold font.
Behind the black photo was Yun Qian's face.
Next to Yun Qian's face, there were a dozen neatly arranged photos, all of which were of young high school students.