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As soon as he stepped into the elevator, Zhang Ye was enveloped by an extremely cold but extremely viscous black breath. His body seemed to be submerged in water, and every time he moved, he would encounter great resistance.

"What... what is this?" Zhang couldn't help asking.

Lian Li and Xiao Hei also followed, but their reactions were completely opposite to Zhang Ye's.

"Master... This, is this heaven?" Li Liai stretched out his hands excitedly, as if wanting to embrace the black aura around him.

What the hell?A strange story about being in heaven?No matter how you think about it, it's not a good thing...

Xiao Hei was even more exaggerated. He turned his body into a black mist, fully in contact with the black breath in the elevator.

"You...don't feel uncomfortable?" Zhang Ye asked with difficulty.

"No, it's very comfortable!" Li Li's voice was full of joy.

It seems that this black breath should be some kind of substance that is beneficial to ghost stories, but it is not sure whether it is harmful to the human body.Zhang also pondered secretly.

"Whoa-"

The elevator doors closed slowly.Due to the blockage of the black breath, the elevator instantly became pitch black, and Zhang couldn't perceive where Li Li and Xiao Hei were.Even the elevator, which could only accommodate seven or eight people, seemed to have become extremely empty, like an endless void.

"Little Hei? Are you there?"

"Master, we are here." Li Li replied.

Hearing the crackling sound, Zhang Ye was silently relieved.Fortunately, I am not alone.

"Do you know where Xu Caikun is?" Zhang Ye continued to ask.

"I don't know, we couldn't sense him as soon as he entered the elevator." Xiao Hei replied.

really!

Although the surveillance video Jiang Tingting showed herself earlier was extremely weird, but in comparison, the black aura in front of her eyes seemed even more terrifying.

As Zhang stopped asking, the elevator became extremely quiet, even terribly quiet.

After an unknown amount of time, the elevator stopped, and with a tooth-piercing rattling sound, the elevator door opened.

The scarlet light flickered in the corridor, and Zhang Ye's brows were unconsciously locked together by the scene in the corridor - as if many years had passed suddenly, large pieces of wall skin had peeled off on the surrounding walls, and even some A thick layer of mold had grown in the place, and there were disturbing colorful graffiti on the walls-everything seemed to reveal the eerieness of this scene.

Zhang also seemed to have made up his mind, took a deep breath, tried to get out of the elevator, and then looked back at the floor sign above the elevator.

"Floor 4?" Zhang also froze.

First of all, in the original surveillance video, there is no elevator to open this scene on the 4th floor.Secondly... Zhang also felt that he had been in the elevator for at least 3 minutes, how could he only reach the 4th floor?No matter how slow the elevator is, it should be above the 10th floor, right?Even this kind of passenger elevator specially used in small high-rise buildings, if it doesn't stop halfway, it only takes a few tens of seconds to reach the top floor.

At this moment, Zhang also heard Xu Caikun's voice coming from the elevator.

"Huh? Why did it stop on the 4th floor? I obviously didn't press the 4th floor... There is no one outside... What's going on? Why can't the elevator door close?"

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ye heard Xu Caikun scold angrily, "MD, why is this elevator broken? How many times this month..."

The elevator is always broken?

This is an important message.

With today's technical means, it is almost impossible to equip a community with elevators that always go wrong.At least the elevators used in residential areas have been tested and allowed to be used only after they are confirmed to be ok.In other words, this elevator should have a problem recently!If there were always problems, Xu Caikun's performance shouldn't be so obvious, it should be easy to understand.

Combined with Li Lie's previous statement that all the weird spirits in Xu Caikun's novels are manifesting in the present world, Zhang also seems to have grasped some important clues.

The root of everything lies in Xu Caikun's novels!

Although according to the previous setting, such a conclusion should be drawn at the first time.But... After all, the information I got now is all from Lia Li and Xiao Hei!It’s fine if they sincerely surrender, but what if they deliberately approach themselves and deceive themselves with lies?
Not impossible.

After all, I am not a useless passer-by, but a "detective" who has come to solve the case with 27 foreign aids!So far, it is not clear whether the man behind the scenes is a person or a ghost story, but he will never allow himself to investigate!Perhaps... Ling Xiaotao's attack was a good warning - the other party has already started to attack!

So to sum up, although Zhang Ye really wanted to subdue Lia Li and Xiao Hei, he still kept enough vigilance in his heart.

Just as Zhang Ye was thinking secretly, he suddenly saw Xu Caikun coming out of the elevator!
what happened?

There was no such segment in the previous surveillance video!

Which one is the truth?Surveillance video or phantom?

After Xu Caikun entered the corridor, he walked straight to room 401 without saying a word.

Zhang Ye frowned and followed.

The door of Room 401 is wide open, and with the help of the scarlet light in the corridor, you can probably see the living room inside the house—like the old-fashioned decoration in the 80s and [-]s of the last century, as well as the Chinese-style Eight Immortals table and wooden chairs... No matter how you look at it, it feels very weird.

Xu Caikun seemed to be controlled by some force, and walked slowly into Room 401.

Just when Zhang Ye was about to follow, the surrounding scene changed suddenly.

Bright corridors, neat passages, clean walls, everything is completely different from the weird scene just now.

"Master... this is the 13th floor!" A crackling voice sounded.

Zhang Ye turned around suddenly and saw the floor sign above the elevator.

13!

It's really the 13th floor.

What happened to the scene just now?A fantasy within a fantasy?
"What happened just now?" Zhang couldn't help looking at Lia Li and Xiao Hei.

Lia Li simply narrated what happened just now to Zhang Ye. Facts have proved that Li Li and Xiao Hei also saw the strange scene just now, so it can be concluded that the previous scene was not deliberately planned by the mastermind behind the scenes. under the illusion.Because Guitan has also experienced all this, even Lia Li and Xiao Hei can accurately tell the image and location of the graffiti on the wall in that strange scene, which is exactly the same as Zhang Ye's memory.

"You said... the scene just now is a clue left by Xu Caikun?" Zhang couldn't help asking.

"It's possible." Xiao Hei nodded first, "According to my understanding, Xu Caikun likes to set puzzles in novels for readers to answer."

Zhang Ye nodded silently, but his heart was still full of doubts.

An author who likes to set up puzzles, why should he leave clues in a way that is almost straightforward?Even if a fool saw the scene just now, he would know that there is a problem with the elevator and room 401!
So what is his real purpose?

wrong!

Now is not the time to be entangled in the case, you have to find Ling Xiaotao first!
"Xiao Hei, I have a task for you."

Xiao Hei nodded and looked at Zhang Ye.

"Please look for a girl with thick bangs and a loose white T-shirt in this unit building." Zhang Ye instructed: "When you see her, tell her 'Zhang is also waiting for you at the gate of 1301'."

Xiao Hei nodded, and disappeared into the corridor as a wisp of black smoke.

"Master, so your name is 'Zhang Ye'." Lie Li smiled softly, and then said, "What do I need to do?"

Zhang Ye blushed slightly.I don't know why, but when other girls say my name, I always feel a little embarrassed.

"You... go and find other ghost stories. If you can, please persuade them not to hinder us." Zhang also thought for a while, and then instructed: "You have to be especially careful about tall, thin humanoid monsters in robes."

"I know, the one who attacked your companion." Li Liao nodded, "Being able to break A-level Taoism head-on, this kind of strange talk is at least S-level."

After waving at this piece, Li Li turned and walked into the elevator.

Watching the elevator door close again, the corners of Zhang Ye's mouth slowly curved.

"Next, it's time for me to take action."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Ye shook the "Xilei Jinling" on his right wrist, and a pure innate qi rushed in.The next moment, two transparent figures appeared in front of Zhang Ye.

"Master." The two figures knelt down in front of Zhang Ye in unison.

"Can you feel the breath of the Yin spirit?" Zhang Ye asked.

"Right here...everywhere!" replied one of the figures.

Zhang Ye couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly.

No wonder since I entered the Hongguang community, I have been feeling uncomfortable all the time, and I can't even determine the location of the ghosts. It turns out that there are ghosts everywhere here!
"Go and look for a girl with thick bangs and a loose white T-shirt, and if you find it, tell him 'Zhang is waiting for her at the gate of 1301, too'."

That's right, Zhang also ordered the two figures to find Ling Xiaotao.

There was no way, so far the only person he could trust was Ling Xiaotao.

The two figures disappeared in the blink of an eye after accepting the order. Zhang Ye's mind was immersed in the "Xilei Golden Bell", and he accurately sensed the positions of the two figures.

After observing for about 1 minute, Zhang Ye opened his eyes again and looked towards Room 1301 in front of him.

Do you want to check it out now?
After hesitating for a while, Zhang also glanced at the countdown in the corner of his eyes.

It has been 3 hours since I received the task, and there seems to be no substantial progress.Although the task deadline was 7 days, Zhang Ye had a feeling in his heart that the longer the task was delayed, the worse it would be for them!

So Zhang didn't hesitate anymore, and with a wave of his right hand, the white "source fire" gushed out instantly, melting the door lock of 1301 into a hole the size of a fist!

Flower wipe!It really deserves to be the "source of fire", this effect is awesome!

Zhang Ye stretched his hand in through the door opening, and pulled the anti-theft door open with force.

Xu Caikun's home subverted Zhang Ye's perception of Internet writers.

Clean, tidy, no peculiar smell, items are placed neatly, without a trace of disorder.The ground is mopped clean, and even the reflection can be seen!

"Is this... really the home of an 'otaku'?"

Zhang Ye stretched out his hand and wiped it from the coffee table. There was no dust, as if... someone just wiped it off!
Strange!

It must have been at least a few days since Xu Caikun disappeared?Otherwise, it would not be the turn of the 27th Institute to send someone to deal with it... Then why does his house still look like it has just been cleaned?
and many more!

has a problem!
According to normal logic, a person who disappears for more than 48 hours will be filed and treated as missing, and the police should come to deal with it, instead of directly alerting the 27th!And in the course of the investigation, some incredible phenomenon must have occurred, and the relevant departments will treat Xu Caikun's disappearance as a supernatural event, and the investigating police will be replaced by personnel from the 27th Institute!And Ling Xiaotao is obviously the leader of the 27th Institute...

So... Room 1301 will definitely be strictly searched by the police, and it should even be cordoned off...

But today's room 1301 has no trace of being searched!

Could it be that there are other people in the room?
correct!

The name of the task released by the system is clearly "The Vanishing Lover". How could I have preconceived that Xu Caikun is an otaku without a female ticket? !

What a misstep!

I have never noticed such an obvious hint!
Zhang couldn't help but rubbed his head in annoyance.

and many more……

Xu Caikun has a female ticket...so now there is a woman in room 1301? !

Waterfark...

I won't be regarded as a pervert who broke into the house!

Zhang also suddenly felt dizzy.

From the very beginning, he treated this case as an outright supernatural event, but he ignored the "reminder" given by the system task. As a result, in the current situation, he really can't advance or retreat.

At this moment, Zhang Ye suddenly heard the sound of flushing from the toilet!

Fuck... Could it be that Xu Caikun's female ticket is about to come out after going to the toilet?I really have to hurry up...

Thinking of this, Zhang Ye rushed to the corridor in three steps and two steps, but the moment he saw the anti-theft door, he wanted to die.

Maggil, how should I cover up this situation...

Just then, the toilet door opened.

"Squeak-"

Zhang also leaned against the wall of the corridor, wanting to cry but without tears.

"Huh? What happened to the door?"

Hearing this voice, Zhang was taken aback for a moment, and then he hurriedly turned around and walked to the door to look at room 1301.

"Yo, Zhang Ye, did you find it?"

"Ling... Ling Xiaotao?!"

Zhang was also completely dumbfounded.