Fortunately, nothing happened on the bus. The further the bus drove, the newer the furnishings on the bus became. When we arrived at the destination and everyone got off, the bus was completely new and looked no different from an ordinary bus outside.
It was already late at night when I got on the subway, and the sun hasn't risen yet. Outside the window is the city at night, with lights dimming.
"Get out of the car." The driver said in a hoarse voice.
The back door slowly opened.
Lu Yanli walked in the middle and got off the car. Only when his feet stepped on solid ground did he feel that he had escaped from that alien dimension.
The same was true for the others. At first they were thankful that they had managed to survive, but then when they saw the few people left, they felt a sense of sympathy.
There were fourteen people who initially entered the world, but now there are only six left. However, their real mission has not yet begun...
He Lou took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.
This mission must be extremely dangerous! He must survive.
He secretly glanced at Lu Yanli, the man who had always acted stupid and had unrealistic naive fantasies.
Is he really as harmless as he seems? Is he alive because of luck, mission protection, or something else
Without waiting for them to speak, Lu Yanli identified the direction and took the initiative to say, "Thank you so much. We have been busy all night. If you don't mind, would you like to rest at my house? I will definitely treat you well."
Then he added: "I have three rooms at home, so we can still sleep together. After all, it's not very convenient to stay in a hotel..."
After coming out of the blood mist, everyone's body was covered with a thin layer of plasma. If we stayed in a hotel like this, the waiter might call the police.
He Lou and his friends were going to Lu Yanli's house anyway, so how could they refuse? They agreed without even a symbolic refusal.
They got off the bus next to a square. It was late at night, and there were only dim lights inside and outside the square. It was a cool autumn night, and the wind was a bit chilly, so everyone quickened their pace.
Lu Yanli took the initiative to walk in front, saying as he walked: "I have been interrupted before, so I'd better finish talking about my neighbors. My upstairs neighbor..."
Everyone tried hard to find the key point from Lu Yanli's long-winded nonsense.
A new neighbor moved in upstairs. He had never met him before, so he knocked on the door to get to know him, but he didn't open the door. But Lu Yanli was sure he was at home. Every night he could smell the strong smell of blood coming from his house, as well as the sound of chopping meat, which disturbed Lu Yanli's sleep.
At first, he thought his neighbor loved to eat meat and bought some raw meat to process. But then he thought more and more that something was not right. What kind of raw meat could bleed so much? If it was an animal, why didn't he hear any sound from the animal
After discussing with several other neighbors, they were all frightened by their own imagination and decided to call the police. However, strangely, the police found nothing after they went to the door. The other party's house was clean, except for some meat stuffing for dumplings in the refrigerator. The blood plasma and corpse they imagined... nothing.
In front of the police, the neighbor said that he just wanted to eat dumplings, but he had to work during the day and only had time to chop stuffing at night. He didn't expect to cause misunderstanding.
The police also conducted a blood test, which proved that the house was clean.
It seems that it was really just a misunderstanding.
The neighbor was wearing a mask, so the others couldn't see his face clearly. Seeing that he had a good attitude towards the police, they thought they had really misunderstood. After the police left, they took the initiative to apologize and asked if they would treat him to a meal, but the neighbor fiercely drove them out.
Lu Yanli shuddered: "That man... He was wearing a mask, and before he left, he called me, and then..."
Then he took off his mask, and underneath it was…
"What is it?" Huangmao asked.
Lu Yanli was in a trance for a moment and shook his head: "I can't remember it."
As they were talking, they had already arrived at the building in the community where Lu Yanli lived. Everyone who had been attracted by Lu Yanli's conversation along the way did not notice that there was something wrong with their shadows.
The street lights were dim, and their shadows were dim as well. It was clear that Lai Fong Wan was just wearing her hair down to her shoulders, but when she lay on Lai Fong Chi's back, her shadow revealed a woman with waist-length hair.
When the wind blew, the shadow's long hair fluttered and slowly merged into the shadow of the building.
"Here we are. I live here."
After stepping out of the elevator, Lu Yanli walked enthusiastically to a door, took out the key and opened it.
He Lou looked up at the house number, 304.
This means that his upstairs neighbor lives in 404.
In horror movies, the number 4, which sounds similar to death, is often used as a symbol of horror, such as license plate numbers, mobile phone numbers, etc. He Lou didn't think it was that strange. He stood at the door and quickly took a look at the furnishings in the room.
The house was large and quite spacious, and looked like an ordinary place where a single man lived. Li Fangzhi looked at her watch, and it was 11:52.
They finally arrived at the location before the mission required time.
And no one knows what will happen next.
Lu Yanli also looked at the time and said, "It's so late, everyone must be tired. There are two bathrooms in my house. Let's discuss the order to take a shower. By the way, did you bring any clothes?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Seeing this, Lu Yanli said, "If you don't mind, you can all wear mine? It's just..." He glanced at the Li sisters apologetically.
Lai Fang Zhi said, "Do you have any clean pajamas? I can go buy some tomorrow."
Having reached their destination, her tone returned to its previous coldness.
Lu Yanli's previous performance did make them lower their guard, but it also made them look down on him. In their eyes, Lu Yanli now only played the role of providing information. The mission required them to stay for a full week. In order to complete the mission rigorously, they had better not go out, but there might be loopholes to exploit.
Lu Yanli walked into the room with a good temper: "I'll look for it, it should be there."
He still didn't take off his hat and mask. Under the shadow of the brim of his hat, his eyes showed neither sadness nor joy, but inexplicably held a hint of irony.
Lu Yanli took out several sets of clean new clothes and walked out.
Li Fangzhi had already put her sister on the sofa. She took the clothes, nodded with satisfaction, and glanced at everyone except He Lou: "Let's go first."
At this moment, there was a very loud "bang bang, bang bang" sound of chopping meat suddenly coming from upstairs, which was particularly obvious in the quiet night.
The man chopping the meat had such great strength that one wondered if he was planning to chop the chopping board as well.
Everyone present couldn't help but look up, trying to see through the ceiling what was happening upstairs. At the same time, a strong and pungent smell of blood drifted in from the window.
Lu Yanli pointed upstairs, with helplessness evident in his eyes.
Huang Mao made small talk: "With such great strength, no wonder you suspected him before..."
"There's nothing we can do. The police came and found nothing. But I still feel something is wrong. These days, every time I go to work and walk downstairs, I can see a man standing at the window upstairs of my house." Lu Yanli sighed, "Although I can't see his face clearly, I can feel... he is staring at me."
After he said that, the others followed suit and said, "It's okay, we're here."
"There are so many people here now, he doesn't dare to do anything."
The sound of chopping meat disappeared only after everyone had finished washing up. The strong smell of blood lingered in the nose until it gradually dissipated after the sun rose.
That night, everyone didn't get enough sleep, and they didn't feel very energetic when they woke up in the morning.
Fortunately, Li Fangwan finally woke up after sleeping for a long time. For some reason, no one doubted her and they were just happy for her awakening.
At the moment, they were sitting together eating breakfast, and He Lou and the Li sisters were discussing things in low voices.
The deadline for completing the task is one week. Although it is possible that a ghost may suddenly go crazy and kill people maliciously, there is usually not much danger on the first day.
Lu Yanli had said before that he and his neighbors had called the police and knocked on the door, and that they were not in any danger at the moment. So He Lou was inclined to go upstairs and take a look during the first two days of protection.
"Who wants to go with me?" His eyes moved between the Li sisters and the remaining three people.
"It would be best if we could lure it away, and then we can go in and investigate."
Lu Yanli seemed to remember something: "You said to lure him away, right? He seems to go out every three afternoons."
"How do you know?"
"Because I've been following him." Lu Yanli said.
He had taken off his mask after taking a bath last night. As expected, he was a very handsome man. Now he said this with a smile, which made everyone's backs chill for no reason.
"I am observing him every day now. This is the conclusion I came to after two weeks of observation. He is not at home from 2 to 5 pm every three days. He will drive to the Ocean Park in the city center..." Lu Yanli spoke slowly about the results of his tracking observations.
He still looked harmless, and although he looked a little cold, Lu Yanli kept smiling, as if he didn't realize how abnormal his behavior was.
really…
He Lou even had a feeling that it had finally come.
How could Lu Yanli always maintain the mentality of a cowardly and nice guy when facing these strange events frequently? There must be something abnormal about him, and this is normal.
"Then let's go knock on the door and ask today." He Lou made up his mind, "Li Fangwan, are you feeling better now?"
Li Fangwan was silent for a long time after she woke up. What others didn't notice was that her hair had grown longer. She raised her eyes and said calmly, "Okay."
No one else seemed to notice that there was something wrong with her attitude.
"Huang Wei, you go too."
Huang Wei was just about to find an excuse to refuse, but Li Fangzhi stared at him sharply. Huang Wei swallowed and had to agree.
If Li Fangzhi didn't say it, He Lou might still protect him. But if Li Fangzhi said it, He Lou would definitely watch him die.
With Li Fangwan around, Huang Wei, who was controlled by Li Fangzhi, naturally couldn't escape He Lou's control, Lu Yanli thought.
Around ten o'clock, a group of people went upstairs. Lu Yanli raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Sir, are you home? I'm your neighbor who lives downstairs from you."
"gentlemen?"
For some reason, this door gave him an especially chilly feeling. It was not yet a cold season, but when he reached out and knocked on it, he felt a chill that penetrated his bones.
The smell of blood seemed to be getting stronger.
After knocking for a long time, no one responded, as if no one had ever lived in this room.
The door opposite creaked open, and a bald head popped out from the crack. After seeing Lu Yanli, he grinned and opened the door: "Xiao Lu, are you here to settle accounts with this guy again?"
Lu Yanli smiled bitterly: "Yes, did you hear it last night? It was too noisy, I couldn't fall asleep the whole time."
The bald man stared at the door, then whispered, "Forget it, just bear with it. This guy is very weird, something is wrong." He saw the people behind Lu Yanli and asked, "By the way, who are these people?"
"They are all my friends who came to see me." Lu Yanli said.
"Oh, my friend, okay." The big man scratched his head, "I advise you not to expect him to change his ways. I'm planning to move away anyway. Damn it, he quarrels every day, it's so annoying!"
"Moving?" Lu Yanli seemed inspired.
"Yes, I have chosen a house and I will move out next week. Don't be offended by him." The big man said, "If you want to move out, move out quickly. I heard that no one lives in the house opposite my new house yet."
"Okay, I'll consider it." Lu Yanli said.
The big man closed the door, and Lu Yanli introduced the man to the others: "That man is Guan Yunlong. He has been very caring towards me since he came. If he really moves away, I will be reluctant to let him go. I am considering whether to move out as well."
As he said that, he went back and knocked on the door again, but as expected, the door was still not opened.
"Why don't you try knocking on the door too?" Lu Yanli knocked for a while and shook his hands.
Huang Mao said, "Let me do it."
He used the same rhetoric as Lu Yanli, and after knocking for a while, he somehow moved closer and looked through the peephole.
The image in the cat's eye was all white, with some red threads. He didn't know what it was, but he felt a palpitation for no reason. He Lou pulled the other person back and said, "Are you going to die?"
The yellow-haired man then shook his head, as if surprised at why he suddenly acted so stupidly.
After returning to Lu Yanli's residence without success, He Lou asked, "What did you see just now?"
"I didn't see anything, just... all white." The yellow-haired man shuddered suddenly.
"Forget it." He Lou turned around and asked, "When will he go to Ocean Park again?"
Lu Yanli calculated the time and said with certainty: "Today is the day."