spooky invasion

Chapter 226 The Back in the Dark Corridor
The cloth strips tied on Luo Chu's back did not loosen.However, the torch fixed in the cloth strip fell for no reason.

There is no doubt that there is definitely an external force involved.

However, within the line of sight, not to mention people, even half a shadow was not seen.

Jiang Yue frowned and suggested, "Luo Chu, why don't you go ahead?"

"No, I'm still the empress." Luo Chu really didn't believe in evil, picked up the torch, carried it on his back again, and tightened the cloth strips again, making sure that it would not have any risk of falling.

This time, Luo Chu chose to walk backwards.

It was not easy to walk down the steps backwards, but the three of them went down the stairs very slowly, so they were not worried about accidentally falling down when walking backwards.

Jiang Yue still walked in front, holding the torch high, trying to expand the coverage of the lighting as much as possible.

Going down to the next floor, I heard the sound of running barefoot before, as if it had never appeared before.The corridor on this floor is dark, with no end in sight, as if leading to a gloomy hell.

Now that they decided to go downstairs, the three of them didn't bother to find out if there was anything hidden at the two ends of the corridor, and they didn't care what happened to the sound of barefoot running before.

Just as Jiang Yue was about to continue walking down the stairs, he suddenly heard a cough coming from the end of the corridor.At first the three thought it was an ear error.

Then there were several consecutive coughs, very clear.

This cough originated in the unknown darkness, and it seemed extremely strange. Every time they coughed, it seemed to beat hard in their hearts, making them shudder.

Luo Chu couldn't help but touched his waist, but Mr. Ke said: "Don't mind your own business, let's go downstairs, shall we go downstairs first?"

Let alone two coughs now, even if the sky is falling, Mr. Ke doesn't want to join in the fun, his only thought is to escape from this ghost place as soon as possible.

What's more, this cough appeared in the dark, which was obviously evil.

It's too late to escape, so why bother asking for trouble?

Jiang Yue pondered for a moment, but still suppressed his curiosity, he raised his foot and continued down the steps.

At this moment, a sigh suddenly came from the darkness.

Then, a voice said faintly: "You are a good man, why do you want to die?"

The voice sounded like it was old, and it looked a little old.It was somewhat similar to the coughing sound just now.

Jiang Yue paused, then stopped again.

Mr. Ke urged: "Go, go. This must be a ghost playing tricks on us, deliberately making us uneasy. It is afraid that we will leave!"

In Mr. Ke's opinion, what good things can happen in such a ghostly place?No matter who made the sound, it must have no good intentions, just to disturb their minds.

This kind of words must be heard in reverse.

The other party said it was a dead end, so maybe it was a dead end.

Jiang Yue ignored Mr. Ke's urging, and turned his head to stare at the source of the voice for a moment.

"Go and have a look."

His decision immediately made Mr. Ke anxious: "Don't go, you must not go! This must be the evil spirits luring us to die!"

Jiang Yue frowned and said, "Is it yours or mine?"

Mr. Ke really wanted to listen to me, but he really didn't have much say in the three-person team, and he couldn't afford to offend anyone here.

At the moment, he could only shut up resentfully, and followed Jiang Yue to turn around and walk towards the depths of the corridor on this floor.

The direction that the torch can illuminate is always limited.

The three of them slowly approached the source of the sound. The corridor is actually not long, but walking at this moment seems to have no end.

At this moment, a chair appeared in Jiang Yue's vision.

This chair is very spacious, with its back leaning against Jiang Yue and the others.

Jiang Yue faintly felt that there seemed to be a figure sitting in front of the chair.This figure is obviously very short, sitting on a chair, completely blocked by the back of the chair, only a little bit of hair can be seen faintly, it looks like the hair has turned white, it should be a little old man.

Jiang Yue slowed down and stopped about five meters away from the chair.

Ugh!
There was another long sigh, and the figure on the chair slowly stood up.Sure enough, he was a rickety little old man, who looked less than 1.6 meters high, and his body seemed to have shrunk a lot because of his old age.

"Senior?"

The short, stooped figure turned his back to them and said nothing.He staggered silently, and in the darkness, his back looked even weirder, dangling, ethereal, as if he would disappear into the darkness at any time.

Mr. Ke complained, "What the hell are you doing?"

Jiang Yue turned his head and glared at him, motioning him to shut up.

The rickety old man walked a dozen steps, and finally stopped.

The place where he stopped was the doorway of an apartment.

The old man's movement was very slow, but the movement of pushing the door was very skillful, as if he had done this movement at least thousands of times, and he was very familiar with it.

The door was pushed open, and the old man walked slowly into the apartment.

Jiang Yue whispered, "Go and have a look."

Mr. Ke hesitated and said, "Do you have to go? Are you not afraid of being a trap?"

Jiang Yue said coldly: "If you want to set up traps, where can you not set them up? What's the difference between this place and other places?"

"Let's go." Luo Chu was very vigilant and walked backwards.After stealing his back once, he is now extremely vigilant and on guard everywhere.

While speaking, the three of them had arrived at the door of the apartment.

Jiang Yue pointed out the torch and scanned the apartment, and found that it was just an ordinary apartment, but the decoration was old-fashioned and relatively simple. Compared with the apartments upstairs, it looked a little shabby.Moreover, many daily necessities in the house look very old.

Jiang Yue approached slowly, and what he saw was an old cloth sofa in the living room, with obvious holes in several places.

An old-fashioned coffee table is also mottled and bumpy, and it looks like there are at least 30 to [-] years of time.

There are some newspapers on the coffee table and a cheap thermos.

In addition, there is also a portable player for listening to music. Generally, the elderly like to have such a one in their hands.

Jiang Yue looked at the date of the newspaper, the latest one showed the date was twelve days ago.

The vacuum flask was filled with water, but the water inside had already cooled down.

Jiang Yue held up the torch and took a look around, but the old man who came in earlier didn't seem to be in the house.

The three of them were secretly startled, and followed to find the kitchen from the living room, then the bathroom from the kitchen, and then went to the bedroom.

Every corner has been searched, but there is no trace.

It was as if the old man just entered the door of this apartment and completely evaporated from this world.

President Ke rattled his teeth: "I'll just say it's haunted..."

The windows are closed, and the possibility of jumping out of the window can basically be ruled out.

Jiang Yue sniffed, frowned, and said, "This house must have been unoccupied for a while! There is a slight musty smell in the room."

"Xiao Jiang, if no one lives in this house, then who was that old man just now?"

"Alas..." Jiang Yue sighed. In fact, everyone has the answer in their hearts, but no one wants to reveal the answer by themselves.

Most likely, the old man I saw just now is no longer alive.

Moreover, the day of the old man's death should be within half a month.It can be inferred from the date in the newspaper that the old man's death will definitely not exceed half a month.

Although it had been less than half a month, the apartment had been invaded by spiders due to the lack of popularity. Spider webs had appeared in the corners of the walls, and faint dust had settled on them.

Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything unusual about the apartment.

Neither the imaginary clues appeared nor the traps Mr. Ke imagined appeared.

That weird old man seemed like an insignificant symbol that appeared in a nightmare, and it didn't stir up any waves.

"Let's go, I think it's just playing tricks, why waste time?" Mr. Ke urged.

Jiang Yue didn't move, and started searching in the apartment.

Various details show that this is indeed the residence of a widowed old man.But the old man should like literature and art very much. In addition to a lot of books, there are many ethnic musical instruments in the apartment, such as flute and erhu.

In addition, there are the traditional Four Treasures of the Study, and many calligraphy and painting works of old people.Although they are all spontaneous creations, they are also quite skillful.

It can be seen that the old man should be an old man who has a great interest in life, but returns to basics.

It's a pity that such a lovely old man is probably no longer alive.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yue felt somewhat sad.

Organize these items of the old man one by one and put them back in place.

Suddenly, Jiang Yue saw a group photo on the drawer of the TV cabinet.

The group photo said, it was a group photo of the first Owners' Party of Yinyuan Apartment.

In this big group photo, there are at least a hundred people by visual inspection. Although it is a large group photo, everyone in the photo is still very small, but the outline can still be discerned.

Although Jiang Yue hadn't seen the old man's face before, judging from his back and temperament, Jiang Yue easily found out the old man's position in the group photo.

The elderly take their seats in the first row with seats, and they are in a relatively central position.Although it is not a C position, it can be regarded as a relatively core position.

It can be seen that this old man should be a relatively well-known figure among the owners of the entire apartment building, and it is estimated that his original social status will not be low.

"Luo Chu, do you know this old gentleman?"

Jiang Yue pointed to where the old man was in the photo.

Luo Chu glanced at it and carefully identified it for a moment: "It's him? The old principal Mei? The old principal of Xingcheng No. [-] Middle School. A senior in the education industry of Xingcheng."

Old Principal Mei?
Jiang Yue seemed to have heard of this name before.Before his father left home, he was an official in the education department, and he seemed to have mentioned Old Principal Mei a lot.

Xingcheng No. [-] Middle School has always been the best middle school in Xingcheng.It wasn't until these ten years that Yangfan Middle School slowly caught up, and even had the potential to catch up.

But Mr. Mei should have retired 20 years ago.

Who would have imagined that the old principal Mei spent his old age in this simple apartment when he was full of peaches and plums all his life?

"I heard that Mr. Mei's children are all abroad, and it is rare to come back once or twice a year. It is said that Mr. Mei's most regretful thing in his life is sending his children abroad. Of course, this is just a rumor. Except for his close friends People, no one knows the truth."

Luo Chu actually knew a lot about old Principal Mei.

His tone suddenly froze: "Xiao Jiang, what we saw just now is old Principal Mei?"

"Most likely." Jiang Yue sighed.

Luo Chu's heart tightened, and he also knew that the old Principal Mei he saw just now was probably not a human being, but a ray of ghosts that did not dissipate.

It's just that he has nothing to do with the world, so at this age, who is he going to provoke?
Jiang Yue suddenly said: "Luo Chu, Mr. Ke, take a look. Is there anyone else familiar with this photo?"

Luo Chu was taken aback, what did other familiar people have to do with the current matter?
But he reacted quickly and immediately thought of something.

Pick up the big group photo and look it up carefully.

In his line of work, his eyesight is very vicious.Soon, he found a woman who was fourth from the left in the second row.

This woman is actually the deceased who was murdered and dismembered in the apartment upstairs?
"Is it her?" Luo Chu pointed at the woman in the photo and murmured.

"Wen Yuqian." Jiang Yue nodded.

Luo Chu stared at the big group photo with an ugly expression again, and said in a complicated tone: "People who don't know this big group photo have already..."

The possibility that Luo Chu mentioned is the worst possibility.

When Jiang Yue felt that this possibility was extremely high.

In the entire apartment building, there may really be no living people left.Even if there are, they have either moved away, or they have real estate elsewhere, and they do not live here permanently.

For those who live here permanently, I'm afraid it's really bad luck.

"I said, this entire apartment building is full of ghosts, you still don't believe it. This is a ghost building, the whole building is full of ghosts! No one is alive! No, there is also a half-dead old Dong!"

When it comes to Old Dong, the three of them are equally at a loss.

Old Dong was tied up on the corridor by Mr. Ke before, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

If this is a ghost building, where did he go?In this haunted building, his situation is likely to be fatal.

But if you live, you want to see people, if you die, you want to see corpses.

Even if he died, where would he die?
The most important thing is, if the residents of this entire building are really dead, who did it?How did it work?
An apartment, each of which is a single apartment, must have two or three hundred households.Even if the occupancy rate is half, there are still many people.

Judging from this group photo, there are indeed quite a few people.Maybe there are people who did not participate in this party.

So, how could so many people be killed so cleanly?Didn't a single one slip through the cracks?Did no one notice the anomaly?
If it is artificial, then this is definitely not something that one person can do.

If it is a ghost, then what kind of ghost has this method?
According to Jiang Yue's previous reasoning, Wen Yuqian should be the first victim. She was killed and dismembered, and she became a ghost with resentment.Thus causing trouble in the entire building and angering other residents.

But now it seems that this reasoning may not be the only answer.

Of course, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Judging from the photo, Wen Yuqian looks sweet, soft and weak, and she doesn't look like that kind of strong woman. It is difficult to combine her in the photo with the ghost who comes and goes without a trace.

Of course, the bigger question in Jiang Yue's mind was not Wen Yuqian.

It was Old Principal Mei.

The three of them were about to go downstairs, and the old principal Mei appeared in the form of a ghost. What exactly did he want to show them?express what?
Impossible, Old Principal Mei appeared in the corridor for no reason, led them to this room for no reason, and had no intention at all.

There must be something they haven't dug up.

(End of this chapter)