Kaleidoscope of Death

After finishing the phone call, Lin Qiushi sat up from the bed.He went to the living room to check the door and TV, and made sure that these things were still the same as they were seen during the day yesterday, and there was no damage.

After confirming these things, Lin Qiushi hurried out the door, and halfway received a call from Wu Qi asking him why he didn't go to work.

"I have something to do." Lin Qiushi, who was in the car, had actually completely forgotten that he was going to work. He said perfunctorily, "Please ask me for a leave."

Wu Qi said: "Oh, how long will it take?"

Lin Qiushi: "Half a year?"

Wu Qi was shocked: "...Half a year?? Are you planning to resign?"

Lin Qiushi raised his hand and looked at his watch, he didn't have the mind to care about work matters: "Or just resign for me."

Wu Qi seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't get it out of his mouth. He just sighed: "Okay, I'll ask for leave for you. If you have anything to say, you must tell me, don't carry it yourself."

Lin Qiushi hummed, his expression still very serious.

The car went all the way, and after about an hour, it arrived at the place Lin Qiushi wanted to go. Lin Qiushi got out of the car, went upstairs, and knocked on the door. The action was done in one go, but in fact it was just such a few simple actions, but he did them in the car. A long time of mental preparation.

The door he knocked on opened after a while, revealing a beautiful face of a middle-aged woman—it was Ruan Nanzhu's mother.

Because before entering the door, Ruan Nanzhu took Lin Qiushi back home, so Lin Qiushi clearly remembered the location of Ruan Nanzhu's home, and he came here this time to confirm one thing...

"Hello, Auntie." Lin Qiushi greeted her politely.

"Hello." The middle-aged woman looked at Lin Qiushi and asked suspiciously, "What can I do?"

"I want to ask you, do you know Ruan Nanzhu?" Lin Qiushi asked cautiously.

"Ruan Nanzhu?" The woman's suspicious tone made Lin Qiushi's heart sink gradually, and the doubt on her face became stronger, "Sorry, I don't know this person."

"Do you know Ruan Baiye?" Lin Qiushi said another name, which was the name of Ruan Nanzhu's brother.

"Bai Ye? He's my son..." Ruan's mother said, "I'm not at home now, and I'll be back at night. Do you have anything to do with him?"

Lin Qiushi said: "You... only have one son?"

Mother Ruan nodded, looking at Lin Qiushi more and more strangely, that's right, suddenly came to the door and asked these questions, no matter how you look at Lin Qiushi, he doesn't look like a normal person.

Lin Qiushi didn't know what to say anymore. After saying goodbye to Ruan's mother, he hurried downstairs and rushed to another place.

The existence of Ruan Nanzhu has been obliterated. No one in this world knows the person named Ruan Nanzhu, even his parents, so even the obsidian no longer exists...

This time, Lin Qiushi went to the White Deer led by Li Dongyuan.

After arriving at Bailu's stronghold, Lin Qiushi found that a building that originally belonged to Bailu had become a commercial office building with the words XX Bank on it.Lin Qiushi stood at the door, thinking about how to get upstairs, when he saw a familiar face walking in from the door. The man was wearing a suit and was talking to the person beside him. Judging from his appearance, he was Li Dongyuan with a baby face.

Seeing this scene, Lin Qiushi hurried forward and called out, "Li Dongyuan!"

Li Dongyuan stopped, looked in his direction, his eyes were distant and cautious: "Who are you? Please make an appointment with my secretary first if you have something to do."

"I—" Lin Qiushi said, "Do you know me?"

Li Dongyuan raised his eyebrows. He didn't speak, but his expression had already given Lin Qiushi the answer. He didn't know Lin Qiushi well, and even thought Lin Qiushi's question was very strange.

"You don't know me?" Lin Qiushi couldn't tell what he was feeling at the moment.

"Should I know you?" Li Dongyuan had a half-smile, and looked around Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi suddenly thought of something again, he said: "Then do you know Zhuang Rujiao?"

Li Dongyuan remained silent, as if he was still unfamiliar with this name.

"Where's Jin Yurui?" Lin Qiushi tried again.

"You know her?" Li Dongyuan's smile faded, "You belong to her."

Lin Qiushi can finally be sure at this time why some people in this world do not exist anymore, because they are still alive and in the world outside the door, so they do not exist in this door.Both Li Dongyuan and Jin Yurui are dead, so they have brand new identities in this door.

Except for those who died inside the gate, other people who have nothing to do with the gate do not seem to be affected by this law. They exist outside the gate as well as inside the gate, and have nothing to do with life and death.

"Do you have anything else to do?" Li Dongyuan looked at Lin Qiushi who was thinking and raised his chin slightly, with an indifferent expression, "If you have nothing to do, go out first, this is the office."

Lin Qiushi glanced at him, turned around and left.

"Who is this person?" The people beside Li Dongyuan asked as they watched Lin Qiushi leave.

"I don't know." Li Dongyuan said, "I just feel a little familiar, forget it, you can bring the information over again, and I will confirm..."

Lin Qiushi left Bailu's stronghold, he glanced at his watch, it was twelve o'clock at noon.A thought arose in his mind, Lin Qiushi took out his mobile phone, and booked a ticket online to and from City C tomorrow morning.

He wanted to go to City C to confirm some things, and it would definitely be too late for him to go there today, so he had to hurry up tomorrow morning and try to get back and forth within a day.

In fact, Lin Qiushi didn't want to try to spend the night on the plane, who knows what terrible things will happen then.

After finding a place for lunch, Lin Qiushi returned home and took a nap.Thinking of what was going to happen that night, Lin Qiushi thought he would suffer from insomnia, but in fact he slept very well, and fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the bed, and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon when he woke up.Lizi sat next to him, meowing, looking hungry again.

Lin Qiushi got up, made some food for Lizi, and then ordered a takeaway for himself, watching TV while eating.

He saw Tan Zaozao's new movie promotion, and Lin Qiushi learned from the promotional language that Tan Zaozao had already won an award, and the award-winning movie was exactly the same as the one outside the door, but the director changed. Zhang Yiqing.

This world is so similar to Lin Qiushi's world, but there is an essential difference - Ruan Nanzhu, who Lin Qiushi most wants to see, is not here.

Fortunately, this door is probably an insurmountable difficulty for many people.Like Zhuang Rujiao, or Cheng Yixie, because they can meet their favorite person again here...

As the night darkened, Lin Qiushi made all preparations.

At about ten o'clock, it suddenly began to rain outside the house.

Lin Qiushi stood by the window as the rain was pouring down on the ground scorched by the sun, watching some people walking on the side of the road rush back home in embarrassment, leaving only empty street lights and occasional vehicles passing by outside.

Chestnut fell asleep, lying on the sofa, its breath became quiet, and the boring program was still playing on TV, a strange silence began to spread in the house.

Lin Qiushi smelled the smell of rainwater moistening the soil. He used to like this smell, but later he entered a certain door and encountered something. Since then, the fishy smell of rainwater has become unpleasant.

The hour hand is turning a little bit, and it will be twelve o'clock soon.

Lin Qiushi sat in the living room, like a soul waiting for the trial of death.The alternation of day and night is approaching, and the clock hanging on the wall finally rang, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong... Twelve bells rang, announcing the arrival of another world.

At twelve o'clock, the door of Lin Qiushi's house was knocked again. He came to the door with his bag on his back. Through the peephole, he saw a woman standing outside his door, smiling at him.

He remembered the woman's name, it was the NPC hidden in the crowd in Ajie's drum, Xu Jin.

"Come out quickly." Xu Jin said to Lin Qiushi, "Come out quickly, my sister is here to find you."

Lin Qiushi didn't open the door. He heard a soft sound coming from the window. Lin Qiushi turned his head and saw a person sticking outside his window.

It was a man who had been skinned, his whole body was bloody and bloody, his blood-red face stuck to Lin Qiushi's glass, his mouth was open, and his white teeth were exposed to Lin Qiushi.She seemed to be trying to open Lin Qiushi's locked window, and judging from her actions, she was about to succeed.

It seems that the only option is to open the door at this time, Lin Qiushi gritted his teeth, turned the doorknob, and faced Xu Jin outside the door.

Xu Jin obviously knew Lin Qiushi's worries, and she giggled, "How could I be willing to do anything to you?" She paused for a moment, her eyes resting on Lin Qiushi's backpack, "My diary, but It's still in your hand, did you take a good look at it?"

Lin Qiushi: "..." Why did he feel like he was being molested?

But right now he didn't have much time to worry about this problem, because Xu Jin's sister was about to climb over from the window, Xu Jin grabbed Lin Qiushi's wrist, turned around and ran, and the two walked along the corridor, Arrived in the elevator.

"Go in, but be careful." Xu Jin said, "There are other things wanting your life."

Lin Qiushi said: "What about you?" He remembered that the relationship between Xu Jin and her sister seemed to be not very good.

Xu Jin said: "Me?" She rolled her eyes and smiled suddenly, "How do you know that I don't want your life?" After she said this, the skin on her body began to fall off piece by piece. Lin Qiushi was taken aback, hurried into the elevator, and pressed the number keys.

Xu Jin giggled again, her laughter was as crisp as a silver bell, in stark contrast to her terrifying appearance at this time.

Although his appearance became scary, Xu Jin had no intention of chasing Lin Qiushi.

The elevator started, and it stands to reason that Lin Qiushi should be safe, but his weird feeling of danger struck him again.

Lin Qiushi looked around, and after seeing something hanging in the elevator, goose bumps appeared all over his body.Behind him, on the wall of the elevator that was supposed to be empty, there was actually a huge black picture frame hanging on it. There was nothing inside the picture frame, but the direction the picture frame was facing was exactly where he was standing. .

Lin Qiushi reacted quickly and directly pressed the floor closest to him. At the same time, some faint black water stains seemed to float on the white drawing paper inside the picture frame. It was just a drop at first, and then began to spread on the drawing paper open.

But the water-stained shape became more and more like a woman, blurred and enlarged on the drawing paper, and filled the entire huge picture frame in a very short time.

Fortunately, the elevator just arrived at the nearest floor, Lin Qiushi turned and left, and just as he left the elevator, a pair of pale hands stretched out from the drawing paper, groping around, as if trying to grab something.

Lin Qiushi was currently on the sixth floor. After getting out of the elevator, he turned around and entered the safe passage next to him, and then went down the stairs.

The lights in the stairs were very dim, and he could barely see the road under his feet. Lin Qiushi ran down two floors, but felt that something was wrong. When he looked carefully, he found that he was actually spinning around on the sixth floor.

The staircase seems to have become a Mobius ring, no matter whether it is going up or down, the front and back are the sixth floor.

Lin Qiushi stopped galloping, looked around for a moment, and noticed that black water stains began to appear on the white ceiling in the stairwell, and even the air was filled with the chilly watery smell. taste.

The thing was chasing after him, Lin Qiushi made a decisive decision, turned and left the stairwell to the aisle.However, as soon as he returned to the aisle, Lin Qiushi found that the scene of the aisle had undergone a terrible change. The walls on both sides were covered with black picture frames. Inside the picture frames were human beings with grim expressions. On the floor, there was a thick black blanket - the color of this blanket was exactly the same as the one he had seen in the door.

Lin Qiushi raised his head and looked at the end of the corridor. There was also a painting hanging at the end of the corridor. That painting was a woman in black with a long pointed hat. Her eyes were half closed, but she seemed to be staring at the end of the corridor. Lin Qiushi was looking at him.

Lin Qiushi wanted to leave the corridor, but when he turned around, he found that the stairwell he had just come over had disappeared, while the distance in the corridor seemed to be gradually shortening. Lin Qiushi clearly felt that the painting of the woman was getting closer and closer to him, getting closer...

At this moment, a drop of water fell on Lin Qiushi's forehead, and Lin Qiushi reached out to wipe it, only to find that it was blood.He raised his head reflexively, and found that at some point a black hole appeared on the top of his head, blood dripped from the hole on his head, a pair of black eyes loomed in the dark, and then came out of the hole A pair of bloody hands stretched out towards Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi reflexively wanted to retreat, but strangely, those hands stopped in front of him, and he miraculously did not feel any danger from them.

The corridor is constantly shrinking, as if Lin Qiushi is about to be trapped in a cage. Lin Qiushi gritted his teeth, raised his hand to hold the bloody hands, and then felt a force that pulled him from the smaller and smaller corridor. brought out.

"Oh, it seems that I can't do it without me." This is Xu Jin's voice, but she is completely unrecognizable from the outside. The skin on her body is gone, leaving only scarlet flesh and blood. At this time, her eyes are smiling Looking at Lin Qiushi contentedly, this strong contrast is very weird, but Lin Qiushi doesn't find it scary.

"Thank you." Lin Qiushi thanked her.

Xu Jin didn't speak, she looked past Lin Qiushi and looked behind him.

Lin Qiushi seemed to notice something, turned his head to look, and found a pair of red eyes appeared on the other side of the darkness.

"Sister, my sister." The owner of the eyes is also a monster whose skin has been peeled off. She has no legs and can only walk with her hands, but her movements are not slow. She stared at Lin Qiushi with vicious eyes, bared Teeth, like a hyena looking for prey, the malice in her eyes is about to turn into substance, she said, "Why did you betray me? Do you like him that much? Since you like him, how about I let him stay with you?"

Xu Jin tilted her head and smiled, she said, "But sister, even if you do this, I won't like you."

After she finished speaking, she said to Lin Qiushi to run quickly, and rushed towards her sister in front of her, and the two monsters were entangled together.

Lin Qiushi stood up and ran towards the light. When he ran into the light, he realized that he had run out of the apartment and was standing in the courtyard of the community.

It was still raining outside, Lin Qiushi took out an umbrella from his backpack, opened it slowly, and walked into the rain.

Crash, clatter, the road is empty, only the splash of rainwater on the ground.Originally, the sound of the rain was noisy, but at this time, the noise made the world even more silent.

"Help--help--" The miserable cry for help suddenly came, and in the rain, a stumbling figure appeared. Lin Qiushi could barely see the appearance of that person clearly. It was a lovely and pitiful girl, wearing a long skirt, staggering Running in the rain, she seemed to be being chased by something. After seeing Lin Qiushi standing not far away, she seemed to have found an oasis in the desert, and ran towards Lin Qiushi: "Help!! Help!!"

She said: "Please help me, something is trying to kill me..." She fell to the ground and looked at Lin Qiushi pitifully, "You are also a person who passes through the door, right? I also pass through the door, this door is so scary -"

If this was in the real world, Lin Qiushi must have stepped forward to help the girl up, but at this time he did not move, and his brows were slightly frowned. In fact, he felt that the person in front of him looked familiar. Everything at night was familiar, he must have seen this person somewhere.

"Sir, sir." Seeing that Lin Qiushi was indifferent, the woman who fell into the rain got up slowly by herself. She raised her hand to wipe the rain off her face and said in a trembling voice, "I know a safe place where I can take you In the past, do you want to come with me?"

Lin Qiushi said: "I know you?"

The woman said: "We met inside the door before, and you helped me." Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she looked pitiful, "It's just that I didn't live up to my expectations, and I still didn't survive."

"Have you seen her at the door?" Lin Qiushi felt that her eyebrows and eyes were familiar, and he said, "Which door?"

The woman walked towards Lin Qiushi, and she said, "That's the fan."

Lin Qiushi looked at her, but suddenly said: "There is something behind you."

The woman's footsteps stopped.

"A huge picture frame." Lin Qiushi said, "She's chasing after it."

The woman turned her head in horror, but she didn't see anything behind her. She suddenly realized that Lin Qiushi had recognized her, and her pitiful expression suddenly became cold.

"Long time no see." Lin Qiushi said, "Yang Meishu."

The woman sneered: "You still recognize me?"

Lin Qiushi spread his hands: "I don't want to, but people who are malicious to me can be counted with one hand. Since you are not a ghost, you must be someone who hates me..." He paused and said quickly, " She really came after her."

Yang Meishu didn't believe Lin Qiushi's words. She said, "Do you think I'm stupid? You lied to me once, and you want to lie to me a second time? I..." She was talking excitedly, but she felt a gust of wind behind her , Yang Meishu turned her head and saw the woman in black standing behind her, her pale face was expressionless, holding a black photo frame in her hand, and she was throwing towards Yang Meishu.

Knowing that she was doomed, Yang Meishu let out a shrill scream. After the scream, she turned into a painting in the hands of a woman, drenched all over, with resentment in horror, but so vivid.

Lin Qiushi took advantage of this opportunity and ran further away.The woman didn't seem to have any intention of chasing him, but just stared coldly at Lin Qiushi's retreating back.

The heavy rain was pouring, and Lin Qiushi was drenched all over his body. In such a heavy rain, the umbrella almost lost its effect. As he ran forward, he took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Ruan Nanzhu.

"How is your side?" Lin Qiushi thought for a while, and then sent another sentence, "My side is fine, you don't have to worry."

The text message was sent, but there was no response for a long time. It was not until Lin Qiushi found a shelter from the rain that the text message rang again. There were only six words on it: I'm fine, don't worry.

Lin Qiushi looked at the text message and smiled wryly. He couldn't have imagined that if Ruan Nanzhu was really okay, he wouldn't just send such a short message.Ruan Nanzhu brushed so many doors, God knows how many malicious NPCs and humans who died inside him at night, based on Lin Qiushi's understanding of him, if he wasn't too busy, he would definitely send a message to Lin Qiushi to ask about the situation .Even replying to text messages is so short now, the situation over there is definitely not optimistic.

Really wanting to be by his side to accompany him, Lin Qiushi clenched his phone tightly, thinking bitterly, no matter what he went through, as long as he could be by his side.