The villain is trapped in the system and begs me to let him out [Moriarty who worries about the coun

"... Ruoying, little Ruoying, hey, why are you sleeping in this kind of place? Wake up."

In a daze, Du Ruoying heard a familiar voice. She slowly opened her eyes, looked at Su Xiaochuan in front of her, and at the misty sky behind him, then sat up suddenly.She looked around quickly and found herself lying in the grass directly under the balcony of the guest room.

Desperately searching for the memory of last night in my mind, I seemed to be drunk while chatting with Su Xiaochuan, and then was carried back to the room by William. As for what happened afterwards, I can't remember clearly...

and so--

What's the situation now?

Had she done something so unbearable to William that he had thrown her from the balcony?

"Fuck, this stingy golden retriever!" She cursed secretly in her heart.

"Great, you finally woke up." Su Xiaochuan breathed a sigh of relief, "How is it? Is it all right?"

"Thank you, I'm fine."

Su Xiaochuan reached out to help her up, and helped her pat the grass leaves off her body: "Get up quickly, although it is midsummer, the ground is cold after all, it would be bad if you caught a cold."

Du Ruoying rubbed her eyes sleepily: "Well, it feels like you got up so early, what time is it?"

"A quarter past five," Su Xiaochuan said, "I originally planned to go to the top of the mountain to see the sunrise, but I didn't expect to see you lying here as soon as I went out. Did something happen last night?"

"You have to ask someone upstairs." She looked up to the balcony and said.

After the two returned to the villa, Du Ruoying went straight to the door of the guest room. She tried to break in, but unexpectedly the door was locked, and no one answered no matter how hard she knocked.So Su Xiaochuan called Aunt Zhang and opened the door for her with the spare key.

However, there was no one in the house.

Du Ruoying walked to the edge of the balcony and found that there were traces of being stepped on by the soles of slippers on the handrail, and the incomplete pattern of the slippers did not match the shoes she was wearing. It seemed that William stepped on the railing and jumped from here.

This guy……

If you go out without going through the main entrance, what kind of plane are you doing?

She sat back on the bed with black threads all over her hair, took out her mobile phone and dialed his number, but no one answered.She called again, over and over, until she realized something might be wrong.

The long-lost sense of crisis resurfaced, and she found that she had almost completely forgotten that she and William had actually been living under the threat of the organization and were in danger of being hunted down at any time.If something really happened last night, she is almost sure now that it would not be a good thing.

However, the route down the mountain has not yet been opened, and it is unlikely that such a conspicuous and disturbing means of transportation as a helicopter will appear exclusively for them, so there is a high probability that William is still on the mountain.

In any case, losing contact is already a very bad sign, and he must be found as soon as possible.

"Will...he seems to have an accident," she grabbed Aunt Zhang and Su Xiaochuan, her voice trembling weakly, "I think he is still on the mountain, can you please go out with me to find him?"

"Little Ruoying, don't worry, maybe he just went to the top of the mountain to watch the sunrise like me." Su Xiaochuan comforted.

"But it's really strange that I can't get through the phone, and it's inevitable that it's not worrying." Aunt Zhang said.

Su Xiaochuan nodded: "Let's do it this way. I'll call Keya and Karl, and the three staff who stayed overnight in the West Building. The eight of us will search separately. I believe we will find him soon."

After he gathered everyone together, Du Ruoying noticed that the actual number of people was only seven. Among them, only two staff members came, one was the young design assistant Ms. Wen Qinglan, and the other was the chief designer Wu Mr. Ye Ling.

"Actually, we just found out that someone in the west building is also missing," Karl explained. "The missing person is my design director, Mr. Lu Zhu. I hope everyone can help find it."

After confirming that they had seen the photos of the two missing persons, they were divided into three groups, Du Ruoying and Su Xiaochuan.The three groups left the villa together, and then searched in three directions.

Soon, Du Ruoying found bloodstains in a bush, followed the bloodstains, and the two came to a huge muddy ground with a string of lonely shoe prints in the middle, Du Ruoying recognized the location of the shoe prints The pattern is consistent with the pattern seen on the balcony railing, and the shoe print zigzags forward, pointing directly at the opposite cave.

Will it be William?

However, since there are only a bunch of shoe prints, it can be seen that there is no second person chasing after him. If it is really William, at least it means that he is in a relatively safe situation. The reason why he did not answer her call is probably because he lost too much blood and passed out.

"I just walked around and found that the only way to get to the opposite cave is through this muddy land, there is no other way." Su Xiaochuan said.

Hearing this, Du Ruoying glanced down at her shiny white leather shoes.

"Why don't I carry you there, it's a pity that such beautiful shoes get dirty." Su Xiaochuan stretched out his hand.

"No, no need, just stick it in the mud and go back to wash it." She forced a smile, and then stepped on the mud with a heartache and determination.

"About that cave, I've heard some interesting rumors. In fact, it used to be a big air-raid shelter," Su Xiaochuan said. "After the war, the villagers divided it up according to households, and everyone enclosed the land for growing mushrooms. Plant shade-loving crops, or use it as a wine cellar and warehouse. Only this small area is reserved as a public place for meetings and sacrifices. Now that the villagers have all moved away, this place is abandoned, but— —" His tone suddenly became low, "It is said that they once believed in an evil and terrible god, and they often secretly used living people to perform sacrifices here. Anyone in the village who was convicted of a crime would eventually become a sacrifice. In countless Drenched in the blood of the villain, the entrance of this cave gradually became tainted with an ominous atmosphere. Even this piece of land that has been in a state of mud all year round is said to have been formed by the corruption of countless corpses full of resentment. When Keya and the others moved here, I also visited many well-known Feng Shui masters, and they all said that this cave is very evil. Some Feng Shui masters who did not know the heights of heaven and earth tried to suppress it, but they either contracted serious diseases or suffered accidents. In short, they all died in the end. Died suddenly."

"Hey, hey, don't just make up such scary stories..." Du Ruoying's footsteps suddenly hesitated.

"I didn't make it up. If you don't believe me, you can ask Keya later." Su Xiaochuan said, "Until now, this cave is often haunted. If you pass by there alone in the middle of the night, you will easily encounter will-o'-the-wisps and ghosts—"

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it!" She quickly interrupted him, "It's...it's the 21st century, ghosts, how can it be possible!"

"Ahaha, sorry, sorry, I didn't know Xiao Ruoying was so afraid of ghosts."

"No... it's not that I'm afraid! I just don't believe it!"

"Okay, okay, I understand, as the saying goes, 'If you believe it, you have it, if you don't believe it, you don't have it'. If you don't believe it, Xiao Ruoying will definitely not meet you."

"How can something that doesn't exist at all come across!" she argued.

Having said that, she really began to feel that this dark cave had become terrifying, as if it would eat her up at any moment.

But William may still be inside, she can't back down.

Finally, the two passed through the mud. Du Ruoying found a stone to wipe off the mud from the soles of her shoes, and then glanced back——

Now, there are three sets of footprints on that piece of ground.

It wasn't until they got to the front of the cave that they realized that the entrance of the cave was locked by a rusty iron gate. The rust of the padlock and the bolt formed a thick layer. Can't see clearly. .seven

"The entrance to the cave is locked. Adults must not be able to get in. It seems that Professor William is not here."

"But his shoe prints have indeed come here, and there is no trace of leaving. There is nothing here except the cave. It is impossible for him to go to other places."

"Okay then, let's take a look inside." Su Xiaochuan took out his mobile phone as he spoke, but unexpectedly his hand slipped and the phone fell to the ground. Fortunately, there was no serious problem. He heaved a sigh of relief and turned on the rear flashlight.

The pale circular light shone inward, slowly swept across the damp cave wall, and then swept across the ground, and then, a touch of gold broke into their field of vision——

It's William!

He turned his back to them, lying on his side on the ground, motionless, and seemed to be in a very bad state.If you look closely, you can still find some blood stains under his scattered blond hair.

Du Ruoying's heart sank suddenly.

She rushed to the door and grabbed the iron bar and shook it, but the iron door didn't move at all: "Hey, Will... Will!!" She tried to pull the lock with her bare hands, but it still couldn't be opened.

"Ruoying, calm down," Su Xiaochuan persuaded her to stop, "This is not good, this door is very strong, let me do it." He picked up a rock, hit it once, twice, three times on the lock , until the lock was broken, he opened the iron door, and then rushed to William's side with Du Ruoying.

Du Ruoying's first reaction was to feel his pulse and breath, and found that he had just passed out. Although she couldn't wake him up for a while, she noticed a slight movement of his fingertips.Apparently, her touch had stimulated his dormant consciousness.

Du Ruoying couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Her eyes quickly adapted to the darkness in the cave, which allowed her to perceive more details, but all of those details exuded an extremely disturbing atmosphere.

This sealed cave has a long and narrow interior space like a church. There is a heptagonal brown stone platform corresponding to the altar of the church. There are many chains hanging from the sky. It seems that something is hanging, but because Covered by the white cloth, only a little outline can be vaguely seen.There was a circle of extinguished white candles around the stone platform, and they were all about to melt.

Behind the stone platform is the end of the cave, which is blocked by a huge concrete block five meters high, let alone a person, even a cat may find it difficult to get through.The cement block was covered with cobwebs, dust, and moss, which looked very old.A smell of mushrooms came faintly from the unblocked gaps, which reminded her of what Su Xiaochuan said just now: "This used to be a big air-raid shelter. After the war, the villagers divided it up by household, and everyone circled it separately." land, used to grow shade-loving crops like mushrooms..."

Is what he said true?

Then this heptagonal stone altar, wouldn't it be an altar for sacrificing living people?

Du Ruoying stared uneasily at the white cloth hanging on the stone platform, feeling both curious and fearful in her heart, finally, curiosity prevailed, and she slowly approached it.However, the closer she got, the more disturbing the feeling became, and she gradually realized that it was a strange fishy smell that was intensifying. It was mixed with the pungent musty smell in the cave, and it smelled suffocating.

Du Ruoying stretched out her hand to uncover the white cloth, revealing a scorched corpse in a weird posture. The corpse was suspended by iron chains, like a broken marionette. The degree of distortion is impossible for normal people. The elbows are bent backward at [-] degrees, and the feet are unnaturally flattened outwards.Apparently, he had had his limbs broken.And this binding method can only be achieved by "breaking his limbs first, and then hanging them up".

In other words, it was murder without a doubt.

The face of the corpse was smoky red and black, and the face was extremely ferocious, but that was the place with the weakest degree of burns all over the body, so it was not difficult to recognize that he was the missing design director, Mr. Lu Zhu.The blood scabs and burn marks on his body were very fresh, and the time of death did not seem to be long. The initial estimate was between two and four in the morning.

Su Xiaochuan was also stunned for a moment by the scene in front of him, but he quickly realized that he should do another thing first, which is to call others.

"Well, I found it... Yes, I found it all, and Mr. Lu Zhu also found it," he said, "Well... you should come and have a look. clear."

"The situation... is a bit complicated?" Du Ruoying repeated it dumbly.Now she only felt that her brain was running like a gear that lacked oil, and it was stuck.However, this retelling is like the drop of engine oil that fell in time, allowing the gears in the brain to resume high-speed operation——

The closed cave, the locked iron gate, the iron locks and bolts that have been rusted for a long time and connected with rust, as well as the muddy ground on the road that must be passed, and the string of lonely footprints on the muddy ground, they together form a double world. chamber of secrets.And there were only two people in the secret room, one was the dead man whose limbs were broken and then hung up and burned alive, and the other was William.

If the real culprit is not a ghost, but an ordinary human who cannot fly into the sky, then——

It could only be William.