Kaleidoscope of Death

After briefly describing everything he saw in the environment just now, Lin Qiushi fell silent.

Ruan Nanzhu fell into deep thought when he heard his words. After a while, he said, "Let's go to the top of the tower to have a look."

After speaking, he got up and went towards the top of the tower. Lin Qiushi followed behind him in a daze. He always felt that the illusion just now was not that simple, and seemed to be hinting at something.

The top of the tower is empty, nothing.

At the top is a hollow skylight, as long as you look up, you can see the sky outside and some special circular sculptures on the spire.

Ruan Nanzhu looked at the sculpture in a daze, Cheng Qianli and Lin Qiushi didn't bother him.

Lin Qiushi turned around on the top of the tower, but found nothing, but when he was about to talk to Cheng Qianli, there was a slight sound from the wall beside him.

It sounded like someone was digging the wall with their fingers, which made people feel very uncomfortable.Lin Qiushi has now vaguely noticed that his hearing seems to be too sharp, and he can easily catch the sound that everyone can't hear. Looking at Cheng Qianli who is in a daze, it is obvious that he did not hear this sound at all.

Lin Qiushi didn't ask Cheng Qianli if he heard anything this time, he walked directly to the wall and tapped it lightly with his hand.The sound of scratching the wall inside stopped immediately, and then Lin Qiushi made a new discovery. He found that only this part of the wall on the top of the tower was empty.

"There seems to be something inside." Lin Qiushi suddenly said.

"What?" Cheng Qianli said, "Is it here?" He also knocked, and sure enough, he heard a hollow sound coming from inside.

Ruan Nanzhu withdrew his gaze from staring at the top of his head: "What?"

"This wall is empty." Lin Qiushi said, "I want to see if I can pry it open."

Ruan Nanzhu walked over, stretched out his hand to touch the edge of the wall, then took out a sharp hard object from his pocket, and began to pry it slowly.His movements were very dexterous, as if he was very familiar with this kind of work, and soon, he actually pried out a gap on the edge of the wall.

Lin Qiushi was dumbfounded: "Can it still be like this?"

Cheng Qianli: "This is still a normal operation, Brother Ruan is amazing."

After the wall in front of him was pried open, a secret compartment was revealed, which was a small red box that was not locked.

Ruan Nanzhu reached out and took out the box.

The attention of the three people was on the box. With a slight movement of Ruan Nanzhu's hand, he opened the lid of the box, revealing something that looked like a hardcover book inside.

"This can't be a diary or something." Cheng Qianli became interested in an instant, picked up the notebook and began to open it, "Is there any clue of the key in it?"

After opening the book, they saw the contents inside.

The same sentence was written all over the front of the book: She is gone.

She's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone, different notes, the same words, occupy every page of paper, people who see it feel very uncomfortable.

Ruan Nanzhu quickly flipped to the end, and when he was about to finish, he finally saw different words.On the last page of the book, the four words "she is missing" were replaced by another sentence: I can't find her.

"What is this?" Cheng Qianli immediately remembered the clues they got, "Is this written by my sister?"

Ruan Nanzhu still lowered his head and carefully checked the book. After a while, he pointed to one of the pages and said, "There is another page in the middle, which was torn off."

Lin Qiushi took a look and found that there was indeed a page missing.It's just that the tearing is very neat, if you don't look carefully, you really can't see it, and thanks to Ruan Nanzhu's carefulness, you can see it all.

"How did you find out that there is something wrong with this wall?" Ruan Nanzhu asked.

Lin Qiushi: "...I heard someone scratching the wall."

Cheng Qianli stretched out his hand and scratched the wall a few times: "Is that so?"

The creaking sound made Lin Qiushi's scalp explode instantly.

Ruan Nanzhu scolded: "Put your paw down again and go back to see how I ask your brother to deal with you."

Cheng Qianli quickly retracted his claws, and said aggrievedly that he was just demonstrating.

Ruan Nanzhu: "The grass on the head of the grave demonstrated in this way is already five meters high."

Putting the notebook into his carry-on bag, Ruan Nanzhu said, "I feel like we have to go back to the temple."

"What do you mean?" Lin Qiushi didn't understand.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "It's just a guess right now, I'll tell you when I'm sure."

They were discussing, but there were shrill screams from the first floor, followed by the sound of people running in panic on the stairs.

"There are ghosts, there are ghosts!!" The owner of the voice kept calling for help.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu looked at each other, seeing the same expression in each other's eyes, Lin Qiushi said, "Let's go."

Ruan Nanzhu nodded, and they all planned to go down to see what happened.

By the time they reached the fourth floor where the accident happened, the commotion had subsided.

The screaming woman was tremblingly hiding in the arms of the man who was walking with her. Her face was full of horror, and she pointed at the wall tremblingly: "There, there is a ghostly shadow over there—"

Because of her screams, almost everyone gathered on the fourth floor. Lin Qiushi looked at the place the woman was pointing at, but only saw a black wall.

"What ghost shadow?" The man holding the woman asked, "What did you see?"

"It's a ghost shadow." The woman trembled, "I can't say..."

"What a fuss." Someone in the team muttered in a low voice, "It's almost like entering the door for the first time. When you see a ghost and call it that, it's really useless."

The woman seemed to have heard this man's words, and suddenly became very angry. She said: "What's wrong if I yell out something, it's better than just dying dumb like this."

"Okay, okay, as long as nothing happens." Meng Yu tried to smooth things over, "Don't gather so many people on the same floor, in case something happens, you won't be able to escape..."

Seeing that nothing serious happened, everyone planned to leave one after another.

The screaming woman was also about to leave, but she seemed to be caught by something on her clothes, at first she thought it was the person behind, and tugged on her sleeves unhappy: "What are you doing, don't pull my clothes. "

"I've already said, don't pull my clothes!" She was pulled twice, and finally got angry, and glared angrily at the back, but this glance made her blood freeze instantly.

There was nothing behind her, no one there.

"Ah..." The woman's body felt a little cold, and she hurriedly stepped forward to leave here, but just as she was walking, a pair of bloody hands suddenly stretched out and grabbed her feet.

"Ah... oh!" The woman wanted to scream, but her mouth was covered by her other hands. She turned her head with difficulty, and saw that on the smooth wall just now, there were countless pairs of scarlet arms stretched out, entangled Her body dragged her into the wall abruptly.

Her mouth that was about to scream was tightly covered, and she couldn't make a sound.

The male companion who was walking with her also noticed that something was wrong, but when he turned his head, the woman had already been pulled into the wall... But within a few breaths, a big living person who was still fine disappeared just like that.

A look of bewilderment appeared on the man's face, and he said, "Have you seen Xiaoyou?"

Xiaoyou is that woman's name.

"Xiaoyou? Wasn't she still here just now..." The person walking in front was also a little puzzled, and looked behind him, but he didn't see the shadow of the woman, "Did she go upstairs?"

"I'll go take a look." The man quickly climbed to the top of the tower, but he didn't see the person he was looking for at all. When he returned to the crowd, his pale face was covered with cold sweat, "She... She's gone."

gone?As soon as this was said, everyone fell silent.If it is in the outside world, if a person suddenly disappears, you can definitely find it if you look carefully, but in the world inside the door, disappearing is almost equal to death.

"Didn't someone disappear in the temple hall yesterday?" Someone remembered something, "Would they all..."

"I don't think there is any need to look for her." Meng Yu said suddenly, "She must be gone."

"Why do you say that!" The man looked a little annoyed.

"Don't you remember what the tour guide told us when he brought us here?" Facing the man's hostility, Meng Yu looked very calm, "She said, in the tower group, you can't make loud noises, did Xiaoyou scream just now? One sound?"

The man fell silent.

"Some words still need to be listened to." Meng Yu said, "What about you, what did you see on the stairs just now?"

He faced Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu and asked.

"I saw a drum." Ruan Nanzhu said softly, "I didn't dare to touch it, so I came down."

Meng Yu: "Drum? I'll go and have a look." As he spoke, he turned around and went to the roof with a few people around him.

Ruan Nanzhu looked at his back, but lightly pursed his lips.

They all kept the secret of the diary very tacitly. Although they don't know why, they always feel that it is better not to rush to say it.

Xiaoyou who disappeared never appeared again.

The people hiding in the tower were trembling, and no one dared to wander around anymore, fearing that the screams they saw would lead to death.

Lin Qiushi and the others didn't wander around anymore, Ruan Nanzhu leaned on Lin Qiushi's shoulder and closed his eyes to rest.

Cheng Qianli squatted at the window and looked out, not knowing what he was looking at.

The sky gradually darkened, and the howling wind became louder and louder, even carrying a tinge of mournfulness.

Lin Qiushi was originally leaning against the wall, but after leaning for a while he felt uncomfortable, so he straightened up and sat up.Although this posture is tiring, when he thinks about what he saw in the illusion just now, he feels that it doesn't matter if he is a little tired, it's better than relying on human skin.

"How long is it?" Cheng Qianli asked in a low voice.

Lin Qiushi glanced at his mobile phone. At this time, there were still 10 minutes before the time they agreed with the tour guide.

Cheng Qianli: "Twenty-ten minutes, it's still so long..." He lay on the window listlessly, "I miss the oil tea made by my brother, the spicy one."

Lin Qiushi reached out and touched his head.

These 10 minutes can almost be described as days and years, and even the simplest conversations in the team are gone.

As the sky gradually darkened, the tour guide in red clothes finally appeared in front of everyone.

"How are you guys, are you having fun today?" The tour guide smiled and waved the flag in his hand, "I believe everyone must have a good understanding of the local customs and culture."

No one spoke, and everyone's faces were lifeless, as if they had survived a catastrophe.

"Then, let's go back." The guide smiled and led everyone into the jungle.

It was really not easy to go down the mountain when it was getting dark. Everyone supported each other and finally returned to the residence after an hour's journey.

After a simple dinner, they all went back to their rooms to rest with tired looks.

Cheng Qianli went back to the room with Ruan Nanzhu and the others. He originally slept in the same room with the other two, but because so many things happened today, he wanted to spend the night with Lin Qiushi.

"You really want to squeeze with me?" Lin Qiushi said.

"Squeeze." Cheng Qianli looked at Lin Qiushi pitifully, trying to soften his heart, "I'm already familiar with you."

Lin Qiushi glanced at Ruan Nanzhu, and after Ruan Nanzhu nodded slightly, he said hello.

Lin Qiushi agreed, but some people became dissatisfied. Xu Jin didn't dare to follow them to the top of the tower today, and sat alone under the tower for a whole day. Now, hearing that Cheng Qianli would stay here at night, she whispered: "You don't think he's fat?"

Cheng Qianli was inexplicable when he heard this: "Fat? I'm not fat."

Lin Qiushi: "Yes, he is not fat."

Xu Jin: "..." Then why did you say I was fat yesterday?Can this person be better?

Lin Qiushi obviously completely forgot the excuse of rejecting Xu Jin yesterday, and started discussing with Cheng Qianli who slept inside and who slept outside today.

Xu Jin was sitting on the edge of the bed pouting and sulking, while Ruan Nanzhu comforted her, saying that you are not fat, it is because of Yu Linlin's aesthetic problem, and men are big pigs.

Xu Jin agreed aggrievedly.

Lin Qiushi and Cheng Qianli were at a loss the whole time, and they didn't understand what was going on in their conversation at all. He was just worried that he would become a big pig's hoof if he couldn't get close to Xu Jin and the man and woman.And Xu Jin, the biggest trotter here is sitting next to you...

Today, after a day of walking on the mountain road, everyone is a little tired, and they almost touch the pillows, even Lin Qiushi, who has always been a light sleeper, is no exception.

But in the middle of the night, Lin Qiushi always felt that someone was walking around him. He thought it was Cheng Qianli and didn't pay much attention to it. When he got up the next morning, Cheng Qianli complained to Lin Qiushi that he was waking up all night.

"Wake up at night? I don't have one." Lin Qiushi, "I slept so soundly yesterday that I didn't go to the toilet once."

"You lied." Cheng Qianli said, "You obviously woke up..."

Lin Qiushi: "I really didn't get up, but I also felt that someone was walking."

The eyes of the two moved to the other two people in the room. Xu Jin shook her head in panic and said that she hadn't gotten up yet. Ruan Nanzhu didn't even need to ask. He is usually the one with the best sleep quality, and his kidney function is also very strong. Basically, I sleep until dawn every night, and I never wake up at night.

"Who is leaving then?" Cheng Qianli turned pale.

While the two were talking, Ruan Nanzhu suddenly stood up. He walked in front of the two, squatted down, and cast his gaze under their bed.

Lin Qiushi was taken aback by his actions: "What's wrong?"

Ruan Nanzhu didn't say a word, just pointed out: "Look for yourself."

Lin Qiushi and Cheng Qianli bent down tremblingly, and saw what Ruan Nanzhu said.I saw that the wooden floor under their bed was covered with dense red bloody handprints. These handprints spread from the floor to the wall, which looked extremely infiltrating.

"Damn it!!!" Cheng Qianli finally couldn't hold it back, and started screaming like a screaming chicken again, which made Lin Qiushi's head hurt, and even felt that the scene was not so scary anymore.

"Can you stop calling that?" Lin Qiushi said painfully.

"It's so scary!!" Cheng Qianli lay on Lin Qiushi who was half squatting, grabbed his hair, and screamed miserably.

"You let go of my hair, let go!!" Lin Qiushi was also angry, "Quickly let me go!!"

Cheng Qianli: "I'm so scared!!!"

Lin Qiushi: "Muyu—" Do you know what a designer cherishes most?It's hair!It's the hairline!This little bastard Cheng Qianli scratches his hair like weeds, who knows if it will affect the roots of his hair!

Cheng Qianli finally let go: "I'm sorry, I'm too excited."

Xu Jin looked at the two people in front of her numbly, then turned to Ruan Nanzhu and said, "Zhu Meng, let's go eat."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Okay."

Then the two held hands and happily went out for breakfast.Staying on the two big pig's hooves stared at the bloody handprints on the ground in a daze.

"Let's go." Lin Qiushi said, "Since we are still alive, it means it didn't want our lives."

Cheng Qianli sighed: "This door is too dangerous." Fortunately, he didn't get up yesterday to see what was going on. If he did, God knows what he would see crawling on the ground.

After a listless breakfast, the tour guide appeared on time again.

She is almost like a doll, with that stylized smile on her face forever, and even the amplitude of waving the flags in her hands seems to be the same.

She said: "Today we are going to take you to see a temple. That temple is the most beautiful building here. I believe that everyone will be overwhelmed by its elegance after watching it. It's not too late. Let's start now." !"

Lin Qiushi frowned: "Why are these words so familiar?"

"Of course it's familiar." Meng Yu happened to be beside him, and said in a neutral tone, "She also said exactly the same thing on the first day."

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Sure enough, after everyone set off, the tour guide began to introduce the local customs and habits, but everyone had heard these words on the first day, and there was almost no difference in the order or tone of speech.

This weird situation made everyone look uncomfortable.

"Don't you want to repeat it all the time?" Xu Jin whispered, "Do we have to go to that tower again?"

"It's hard to say." Lin Qiushi shook his head, "I guess I have to watch it for another two days."

Xu Jin fell silent.Go to one place to die a few people, and there are only a dozen of them in total. Do they have to die in this world until there is only one person left to escape?

Apparently Xu Jin was not the only one who had such an idea, and everyone had unpredictable expressions on their faces.

The second time they came to the temple, the four of them did not rush in.

This was Ruan Nanzhu's proposal. He said that since he observed the inside before, let's observe the outside this time, so he led the three of them to explore around the temple.

The temple is surrounded by dense trees, and the sun is shining layer by layer, leaving only dim spots on the ground.

There are some small vines and ferns attached to the stone road, which will make a rustling sound when stepped on.The temple was very high, and the top could hardly be seen from their angle, and the music continued continuously, as if the people who played the music would never stop.

"The architectural style of this temple is so strange." After observing for a while, Lin Qiushi, the designer, felt that something was wrong the more he looked at it, "Is the whole temple circular?"

"Round?" It's okay not to mention that, Cheng Qianli also noticed it, "That's right, the whole temple is round."

There are not many circular temples, and it can even be said to be rare.

"What do you think of when you see the circle?" Ruan Nanzhu asked.

After a moment of silence, Lin Qiushi and Cheng Qianli gave the same answer: "Drum."

Ruan Nanzhu: "I think..."

Lin Qiushi: "Huh?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "We have to go to the top of the temple to have a look."

Cheng Qianli's eyes widened when he heard it: "Are you really going? On the top of the temple... But the person who disappeared the day before yesterday was because he looked at the ceiling?"

"Yes." Ruan Nanzhu said, "But the clue should be on it." He reached out and pressed his bag, "Do you still remember what we saw on the tower yesterday?"

Of course, it is impossible to forget that Lin Qiushi still remembers the touch of his hand on the human skin drum.But what Ruan Nanzhu was talking about should not be the drum, but the diary they found in the wall.

"We may not have much time." Ruan Nanzhu said, "We have to find a way."

At first glance, there is no basis for Ruan Nanzhu's saying that time is running out, but Lin Qiushi remembered the bloody handprints under his bed.He wasn't sure if it was an accident or a warning, all in all, those things were clearly not good omens.

The temple is so high that there are no stairs to go up to the top floor.

But there are always more ways than difficulties, as long as you think about it, you will always find a way.

After walking around the side of the temple, Ruan Nanzhu had an idea, and the remaining three were a little stunned when they heard his idea, and Lin Qiushi was also stunned: "You mean to use that wooden platform that day... ...?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "Yes."

Lin Qiushi: "But isn't that wooden platform a sky burial platform?"

Ruan Nanzhu nodded.

Lin Qiushi worried: "And there are those things on it, so rushing up like this..."

Ruan Nanzhu glanced at him: "If you want to survive, you have to take some risks."

That's right, Lin Qiushi sighed slightly in his heart, shaking off the hesitation in his heart: "You are too weak, let me do it."

The author has something to say: Ruan Nanzhu: All men have big pig's trotters, so I like to eat pig's trotters.

Lin Qiushi: ...

When Lin Qiushi yelled yesterday, he was actually in an illusion, but in order to avoid misunderstanding, I modified the adjective and deleted loudly.