The sound of dripping water became clearer and clearer.
This time, not only he himself but everyone heard it, that clear sound of dripping water ringing in their ears.
People looked up and shone the flashlight. The ceiling was wet, with water dripping down in streaks.
The museum's decoration is terrible... Others thought so and continued to work.
The man who took away the two glass cups stared blankly at the ceiling, feeling that something was wrong.
What exactly is wrong
The water on the ceiling accumulated more and more, flowing freely, and gradually, it formed a strange pattern in the man's eyes.
He wanted to see the pattern clearly, so he had to raise the flashlight higher and open his eyes wider, trying to see it clearly.
But the museum was too dark, and even if he tiptoed and held up the flashlight, he couldn't see clearly. The man couldn't help but feel anxious - what on earth was up there
What is it
Yi Yun stared at the man and saw him suddenly stop and stand there with his head tilted up, motionless. Alarm bells went off in his heart.
Because she was staring ahead alertly, she even ignored the increasingly gloomy breath coming from behind her.
Lightning flashed across the sky.
At that bright moment, the middle-aged man's eyes widened, and he finally saw the pattern clearly.
On the ceiling, water flowed out a pattern of a human face.
The flash of lightning was fleeting, and soon the museum was plunged into darkness again. But the middle-aged man's eyes widened.
Why did he feel that he could see more and more clearly
No, it wasn't that he saw more and more clearly, but that the face was getting bigger and bigger, and it showed a strange smile to the middle-aged man.
He seemed to hear a strange sound.
Everyone is laughing.
Inside the empty museum, there was a maddeningly lonely laugh, and it was hard to tell whether it was male or female, and it was sometimes far away, sometimes near. The image of a ghost was very similar to that of a human imagination, and there were grayish-white, translucent shadows floating in the darkness.
The gray shadow laughed and stretched out his hand to him...
Yi Yun stared at the other person for a long time and didn't even notice when Cao Yi disappeared behind him.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she stayed far away from the middle-aged man and could only vaguely see his dark silhouette.
What's on the ceiling
She looked up in confusion and took the photo, but still could not see anything clearly.
The next moment, her pupils shrank.
The man is gone!
Yi Jun subconsciously took a step forward and looked around in disbelief.
The whole place was empty except for the wet ground. With a "tick-tick" sound, drops of water fell from the ceiling, splashing small water droplets.
Even if he was running away, it's impossible for him to disappear without a trace in such a short moment, so... something weird must have happened!
What just happened
Did the middle-aged man disappear because he took the cultural relics that had just been unearthed from the tomb, or because he kept looking up
"Cao Yi, you..." She didn't dare to look up again. She took two steps back and turned her head to look, only to find that the other person was gone!
This made her almost scream.
Before she knew it, she realized that she was the only one left in the museum hall.
What about others
Yi Yun didn't dare to think too much and walked inside hurriedly. She took out her cell phone to contact other people, but found that the signal was bad and the message could not be sent at all.
Stay calm... According to their experience, it is taboo to shout at this time, and try not to look for your companions, because it is very likely that it is a ghost in disguise.
Yi Yun bit her lips softly, but still quickened her pace.
… Try to survive, otherwise what will happen to my daughter? Someone will raise her.
She didn't take on tasks very often, and the first time she received a task was when she went to pick up her daughter from school.
Yi Yun still remembers that it was a night with heavy rain, and the weather was as bad as it is now. After she took the person home and was urging him to take a shower, a voice rang in her mind. The voice told her that she must rush to a place to complete the task before midnight next Wednesday. At that time, she would go to another world.
Yi Yun didn't believe it at first, but the nightmares that continued for three consecutive days forced her to believe it. The nightmare also told her that if she didn't participate, not only would she die suddenly on Wednesday, but the task would also be transferred to her daughter.
How could she bear it?! How old is Nannan
In this way, she started her mission journey again and again. Every time she escaped, she almost lost half her life. She began to resent the mission and the other world. Inevitably, she began to resent her own daughter.
If it wasn't for Nannan... If it wasn't for her, if I hadn't gone to pick her up from school that day, would this kind of thing have never happened
Yi Yun dared not look directly into her own heart and could only numb herself with maternal love - she lived not only for herself, but also for her daughter.
The flashlight on the phone flickered twice, dimmed, and then the already weak light disappeared completely.
The hall was truly plunged into endless darkness.
The cold sweat on her forehead became more severe. Yi Yun hurriedly fiddled with her phone, but it had already been powered off. She took out the flashlight and just turned it on, a faint sound of electricity passed through, and the beam of light also disappeared in an instant.
No... Don't panic...
Yi Yun tried to open her eyes wide and walked slowly into the hall. In order to avoid bumping into the cultural relic cabinet, she walked slowly along the wall.
There was a faint light ahead, which was as attractive to people in the dark as a water source in the desert to travelers who had been short of water for a long time. Yi Yun knew it might be a trap, but he couldn't help but walk forward step by step.
When she got closer, she realized that it was a small exhibition hall with the door closed. A faint green light poured out from the crack in the door.
For some unknown reason, she knocked on the door.
"Just open the door and you can come in." A young man's cold voice came from inside.
Yi Yun then realized that the door was locked from the outside. She pulled the bolt, hesitated for a moment, and finally pushed the door open.
There are still square display cases placed along the walls, but nothing important is important. The focus is on the exhibits in the glass case in the middle, which is as big as a child's head, round and smooth, and emits a faint green light.
Almost the moment you see it, you will think of a word - night pearl.
It was the first time that Yi Jun saw a night-shining pearl. She exclaimed slightly, then discovered that there was a young man standing next to the display case.
The answer just now seemed to be his.
Under the soft green light, the man's shadow fell on the wall, and he did not look like a ghost.
The man turned around and Yi Yun was stunned.
Isn’t he the man who forced them to change rooms yesterday
Lu Yanli recognized the other person and nodded slightly: "So it's you."
He stood in the hall and observed for a while, then saw that the two men suddenly stood there motionless. He was worried that he would become like this if he watched them for too long, so he left.
But no matter how careful he was, he still accidentally entered an exhibition hall. Not long after he entered, a strong wind blew, closing the glass door and apparently closing the bolt. He could not get out and could only wait.
Meeting a familiar face, Yi Yun couldn't help but feel a little relieved: "Yes, what a coincidence. By the way, my friend, my name is Yi Yun, what's your name?"
"Lu Yanli."
"So it's Mr. Lu. By the way, do you know anything about it?" Yi Yun pointed at the night pearl.
"Sorry, I don't understand." Lu Yanli's attitude was very cold. But Yi Yun didn't give up. She was eager to find a companion to go with her so as to give her courage.
Since the door was open, Lu Yanli had no reason to stay for long. He turned around to look at the Night Pearl again, thanked the other party coldly and politely, and left the exhibition hall.
Just as Yi Yun was about to chase after him, two more people walked in from outside the door.
It was Jing Tao who found another tourist who was also trapped in the museum. The latter's eyes immediately widened and he kept circling around the night pearl.
"Oh my god, it's really a night-shining pearl! It must be very valuable, right?"
"You guys, in such a dark place, using a flashlight consumes a lot of power. Why don't you take this out? Isn't it just so that you can see clearly without a flashlight?"
The man kept chattering, and although his words were blunt, the subtext was obvious.
Jing Tao seemed to be tempted, and Yi Yun played along with him: "But it's not a good idea to take it out like this, right? The staff of Wanli will count it later..."
"Just take it out and have a look at it. We are not putting it back. It shouldn't matter, right?"
Yi Yun fell silent, apparently convinced by him.
Tick-tock sound.
Water dripped onto the glass counter.
They stood in a circle around the night pearl and suddenly noticed a figure slowly walking past the door.
Lu Yanli returned to the hall. He used his memory to find the place where the middle-aged man had just stood, and squatted down to observe carefully.
The floor that was flooded just now is now clean without any water stains.
Since he disappeared, then... where did the glass lamp go? Why did the water stains on the ground disappear
Lu Yanli stood up and returned to the counter where the glass cups were placed. The ground was still littered with broken glass.
He vaguely heard some sound, hesitated for a moment, and walked towards the door.
He wanted to try and see if he could leave.
As soon as this thought came into his mind, Lu Yanli realized that the road ahead seemed extremely long. The gate was clearly in front of him, but no matter how he walked, he still stayed where he was.
He stopped, looked at the door again, turned around and walked inside.
After walking for a long time, he still couldn't reach the end. He even had an absurd thought in his mind: Is this museum really that big
"ah!!"
At this moment, a shrill scream was heard in the museum. Then, a series of panicked footsteps came from the right, and it seemed that the person who heard the sound was very scared.
They were the tourists who came to visit, a man and a woman. The man was a tasker, and the girl was an ordinary tourist.
They rushed out of some small exhibition hall and tried to run to the door. Obviously, they failed. Lu Yanli watched them running, but the distance between them did not increase at all.
"What should I do? I don't want to come!" The girl cried with snot and tears. "If I had known, I wouldn't have come. What kind of museum is this? It's obviously haunted!"
"Stop talking, keep your voice down, what if we're discovered?" The man's voice was also full of urgency, "Let's find a way to get out?"
"Yes, it rains, so what? The worst that can happen is we catch a cold. Let's go now."
"- No- call them?"
"Are you stupid? Where are you?"
Because it was too dark, they seemed to not notice Lu Yanli, chatting as if no one was around. It was not until the latter coughed lightly that they realized that there was a person standing in the corner. The girl screamed again in fear, and the man hurriedly stopped her: "Oh, it looks like a person."
"Excuse me, may I ask, what is the matter with your haunting?"
Seeing that the other person seemed to be a human being and looked calm, the two of them came over immediately.
"... We just went to another exhibition hall, and there was a suit of armor in that hall, so we took a closer look..." At this point, the girl reached out and hit the other person hard, "It was obviously him who moved the armor."
"Anyway, the head of the armor accidentally fell off, and when we were about to put it back on, it suddenly moved and chased us! This museum must be haunted!"
Lu Yanli smiled and said, "Maybe. What if it's a robot? I heard that some museums would do this, using robots disguised as collections."
"Yes, is that so?" the man was skeptical.
Deep down in his heart, he knew that this must be a ghost, but he still hoped that the strange thing would come soon. Lu Yanli's words comforted him to some extent.
How long has it been? They didn't even see the shadow of the Pisces Jade Pendant. But it was too unfair to be targeted by the ghost.
"Yes, if it was really your haunted creature, why did it chase us out?" Lu Yanli's voice was very gentle. Even though his face could not be seen clearly in the dark, the couple still wanted to believe each other and felt that he was right.
Lu Yanli had already guessed that each collection seemed to have a certain attack range, which might be why the museum lured people to disperse and enter different exhibition halls.
However, this still needs to be verified.
"But it's better to be a little cautious about these things. After all, they are antiques."
Lu Yanli's words like "what kind of ghosts are there in the world" actually made his words more credible.
The girl thought it made sense, and her fear of ghosts made her subconsciously trust the man.
"But, but we just ran away..." the girl stammered.
The man changed the subject.
"By the way, my name is Lu Yanli, and what about you?" In the darkness, Lu Yanli slowly approached, staring at the two of them with his eyes that were darker than the night.
"My name is Wang Pengfei."
"Ke Xiaoxue."
Ke Xiaoxue was still very scared and asked, "If you don't mind, can you let us go? I feel like something is really wrong. We wanted to run just now, but we didn't get out." Her voice gradually became weaker, "It's just like... being stuck in a maze."
Because of the psychological suggestion just now, they all developed a sense of familiarity with Lu Yanli.
Lu Yanli smiled warmly and said, "Okay."
Coincidentally, he also needed to witness this phenomenon with his own eyes to verify his speculation.
As a provincial museum, the local government is willing to spend money. The entire museum covers a large area and is divided into three main exhibition halls and 42 sub-exhibition halls. Two main exhibition halls C1 and C2 are parallel, and 30 sub-exhibition halls D1-D31 are located on the first floor. The rest are all on the second floor and are closed all year round, generally not open to ordinary tourists.
They passed the first row of display cases.
Lu Yanli remembered it very clearly, there were small jade artifacts inside.
The taskmaster named Wang Pengfei read it carefully before going to the next row.
Soon, we passed the second row, where most of the display cabinets were filled with jewelry.
Wang Pengfei deliberately tried to test Ke Xiaoxue and whispered, "Look, this hairpin is pretty, isn't it?"
Under the illumination of the flashlight, the jade hairpins flickered with a soft and warm light.
It was fine to visit during the day, with the mentality of admiring the cultural relic. Now, it is right in front of her, within her reach. Only those who know about it will know about it, and only those who leak it... When Ke Xiaoxue looked at the hairpin, her mentality immediately changed from that of a tourist looking at a cultural relic to that of a woman looking at an ornament.
Really... So beautiful...
She reached out and groped over the glass case.
Lu Yanli tried not to stop him and just stood far away.
Wang Pengfei was even happier: "If you like it very much, we can take it out and wear it for a while. We won't take it away and put it back after wearing it. It won't cause any trouble."
Ke Xiaoxue murmured: "Just put it on?"
"Yes, just put it on and take a look. It's already been put out there for us to see, so it should be okay to touch it, right? Besides, they are all jade artifacts, so be careful and you won't damage them."
While Ke Xiaoxue was still hesitating, Wang Pengfei had already taken out a metal knife from his pocket and started cutting hard.
"It doesn't matter. Let's take a look."
As he spoke, he had already cut a slit in the glass cabinet. With a turn of his wrist, he cut out a hole the size of five fingers stretched out.
"Take out whichever one you like and try it," Wang Pengfei advised her.
Ke Xiaoxue couldn't resist the temptation any longer, she reached out and slowly took down a jade hairpin from the shelf.
“It’s really beautiful…” Her expression gradually became obsessed, but she didn’t realize that something was wrong and continued to caress her face obsessively.
Wang Pengfei and Lu Yanli were completely certain that the collections in the museum were indeed strange.
A light slowly came from the side, a little fluorescent green. Wang Pengfei looked back, his face full of shock, and hurried over.
"Fuck, you guys are so awesome, you even found the Night Pearl." He turned off the flashlight, his face full of amazement.
Yi Yun smiled helplessly.
She and Jing Tao both knew that the cultural relics here could not be touched casually, so they simply lured the ordinary tourist and let him take the night pearl away.
Now, the tourist, holding the night-shining pearl, could hardly hear anything they said and just followed the two of them stupidly, acting as a mobile light source.
Yi Yun still had some concerns in his heart: "Do you think they will mutate?"
Jing Tao shook his head: "It shouldn't happen. Look at the man who took the glass lamp. He disappeared directly. The worst result should be disappearance, right?"
The man holding the night pearl followed them, and when he was a certain distance away, he suddenly stopped. At the same time, Ke Xiaoxue, who had put on the jade hairpin and was touching her face with an intoxicated look, seemed to have just noticed it, and suddenly turned around and stared at the other person intently.
The three taskers then realized that something was wrong.
"What's going on?"
Why do they seem so unfriendly? It's almost like they're hitting me.
Lu Yanli took another step back, standing in the darkness, looking at the only three smart people among this group of taskers.
Jing Tao stretched out his hand tentatively, and tried to pull the man holding the night pearl forward, but the latter's feet seemed to be rooted and he could not move.
It was as if, if he took one more step forward, something terrible would happen!
Jing Tao had to give up.
Yi Yun pursed her lips and said, "You guys, the museum is unusual this time, what is the solution?"
She counted on her fingers: "Once people get close to cultural relics, they will be attracted to them. Taking them away by force is likely to cause harm, so the first way is not to take the cultural relics."
"But now, two people holding cultural relics at the same time cannot approach each other. Is their inability to approach each other a universal phenomenon or an individual phenomenon?"
Wang Pengfei understood: "Well, let's ask another person to do the experiment."
Jing Tao and Yi Yun agreed.
The three of them seemed to have intentionally or unintentionally ignored Lu Yanli, who was very satisfied with his hypnosis effect and stood quietly in the corner, waiting for the results of their experiment.
They quickly discussed the division of labor. Wang Pengfei stood there waiting, while Jing Tao and Yi Yun took the people holding the night pearl to try to bring other tourists in for the experiment.
Another drop of water fell, dripping onto the ground where a shallow layer of water had already accumulated.
Jing Tao and Yi Yun left, and the light gradually dimmed.
"By the way, the person who took the glass cup disappeared, so where did the glass cup he was carrying go?" Jing Tao asked after the two left.
Yi Yun shook his head: "I was staring at him, but I didn't realize that he disappeared the moment I turned my head. Even Cao Yi disappeared."
As they talked, they passed through a small exhibition hall.
It was dark inside, but a slight sound was heard.
"Is anyone here?" Yi Yun shouted inside, and at the same time asked the person holding the night pearl to stand inside, so that the soft light could illuminate the entire small exhibition hall.
Under the illumination of the Night Pearl, the entire exhibition hall was in full view. They spotted a girl curled up in the corner of the exhibition hall. She was trembling all over, her clothes were soaked by the water on the floor, and she was shivering.
And that girl... who else could it be but Cao Yi
"Cao Yi? Why are you here?" Yi Yun asked in a louder voice.
The latter was still curled up with his back to them, seemingly unable to hear or answer. Yi Yun had no choice but to step forward and reach out to turn the other person over, but was immediately shocked by the other person's face.
Cao Yi's face... Why does it look so much like an animal
It's just like the legendary cat demon.
She suddenly opened her eyes, their light flashing green, and Yi Yun could even see her pupils forming a straight line.
"What... is going on?" Jing Tao was startled, "Run!"
Yi Yun turned and ran, Jing Tao pulled her along, leaving the stupidly standing tourist there, and ran away.
Cao Yi sat down, as if he was not used to the light, and stretched out his hand to knock over the night pearl.