Kaleidoscope of Death

Ruan Nanzhu heard the words, his thin lips moved slightly and was about to say something, but Lin Qiushi raised his hand, stopping what he wanted to say, and he said: "You are not in good health, if you force yourself to go up and something happens, What should we do in the future? Besides, you will never be able to accompany me through the next few doors."

Ruan Nanzhu heard Lin Qiushi's words, and after a moment of silence, he pointed to Cheng Qianli: "You go up with him."

Cheng Qianli said obediently, but did not refute.

On the contrary, Xu Jin hesitated to speak, and seemed to want to persuade Lin Qiushi not to go, but he didn't know what kind of excuse to find.

After the matter was settled, they soon found a wooden frame nearly ten meters high in the woods near the temple, which was almost as high as the temple.

"That's it?" Lin Qiushi stretched out his hand and pressed on the wooden shelf to make sure it was strong enough.

"Yeah." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Come down immediately if something goes wrong, and put safety first."

Lin Qiushi nodded and stepped on the wooden shelf.

This shelf looks old, but fortunately, the quality is good, and it doesn't feel shaky when climbing on it.Lin Qiushi walked very carefully, he said: "Cheng Qianli, you are not afraid of heights, are you?"

Cheng Qianli: "I'm not afraid of anything except ghosts."

Lin Qiushi thought that would be fine, and the movements without going through thousands of miles are quite neat. A sixteen-year-old child, his reaction ability is just at its peak. If he hadn't pulled Lin Qiushi when he climbed the platform last time, Lin Qiushi might have been cold.

The higher it went, the stronger the wind, and Lin Qiushi had to slow down at the back, and continued to go up while observing the situation.

The platform is about ten meters in total, and there is a wooden platform on the top that connects to the top of the temple.After climbing to the top, you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery, whether it is a magnificent temple or a mysterious jungle.Looking from top to bottom, it has a different kind of demeanor.

Seeing that he was about to reach the wooden platform, Lin Qiushi said, "It's coming soon, be careful."

Cheng Qianli nodded and said hello.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Qiushi turned directly onto the platform. He thought that there would be some uneaten corpses on the platform, but he found that the entire platform was empty—there was nothing.

No, to be precise, it's not that there is nothing, but that it has been completely eaten.All the bones, not even the hair, were left, only the faintly visible bloodstains on the wood grain told the visitors what had happened here.

Behind the platform, the roof of the temple should have been exposed, but at this moment, a thick layer of mist rose from the mountain, covering the scenery that should have been unobstructed, and everything became blurred.

Lin Qiushi took a step forward and made room for Cheng Qianli.

After Cheng Qianli climbed up the wooden platform, he saw Shan Lan stunned for a moment: "It's suddenly foggy at noon..." He turned his head and looked at Lin Qiushi, "Should we still go there?"

Lin Qiushi hesitated for a moment, then looked down.

Both Xu Jin and Ruan Nanzhu looked up, saw that they had finally climbed up the stage, and waved at them.

Because they were far away, Lin Qiushi couldn't see their expressions, and he seemed to be full of worry.

"Let's go." Lin Qiushi said, "As you Zhumeng sister said, if you want to get out alive, you have to bear some risks."

"Yeah." Cheng Qianli nodded.

The two walked forward slowly, the closer they got to the roof, the louder the uninterrupted music sounded, as if the person playing the instrument was not far in front of them.

Lin Qiushi took a step and walked from the platform to the roof.

When he stepped over, his footsteps paused slightly, and he felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the material under his feet.Cheng Qianli's reaction was similar to his, stomping on it with his foot: "...Damn it, this is not what I imagined."

"I don't know." Lin Qiushi said, "It's not a normal roof anyway."

Whether the material of the roof is soft or hard, if you have to describe it, they seem to be on a rather elastic trampoline.But according to the observation just now, if the temple is a drum, wouldn't the top drum be human skin?

The guess was confirmed, Lin Qiushi and Cheng Qianli's expressions became serious.

Lin Qiushi took a few steps forward, and found that every time he walked forward, the drum under his feet would make a crisp knocking sound. He had only heard this sound the day before yesterday—when the knife fell from the sky.

So it wasn't someone beating the drums, it was someone running on the roof?

In the hazy mist, music guides their direction.The temple was not too big, but Lin Qiushi felt that he had been walking for a long time, so long that he began to wonder if he was going around in circles, and finally something different appeared in front of him.

It was a back view, the back view of a young girl.

Although the long black hair covered most of her body, Lin Qiushi could still tell from her clothes that she was dressed exactly like the girl who appeared in the illusion yesterday.

"Where are you?" The girl said suddenly, "Where are you?"

Both Lin Qiushi and Cheng Qianli held their breaths. They both knew that the girl in front of them could never be human.

"Where are you?" The music came from beside her. The girl seemed to have noticed their arrival, and stopped playing the music. She said, "Someone is coming."

She turned around slowly, revealing her front face.

It was a face without skin, red flesh and blood attached to her cheeks, the eyeballs had been gouged out, leaving only the black eye sockets, she said: "I'm in so much pain."

Lin Qiushi held his breath, he grabbed Cheng Qianli who was next to him, and turned to leave.Cheng Qianli seemed to have been stunned by the scene in front of him, and he followed Lin Qiushi without saying a word.

The two people's feet stepped on the soft drum surface, hitting a crisp drumbeat.

"It hurts so much." The girl's voice was behind her, and she repeated the words, "Where are you?"

The drumbeat became louder and louder, and Lin Qiushi felt his body began to become heavy. He was panting heavily, but he couldn't make himself run faster.The suffocation of lack of oxygen began to attack his body... Lin Qiushi found his body so bulky for the first time.

Almost exhausted, Lin Qiushi's footsteps gradually slowed down. He glanced behind him, but he didn't see the little girl who was supposed to be chasing them.

"Huhu..." Panting heavily, the moment Lin Qiushi stopped, he heard a voice.

The voice came from his back, and the little girl said, "Why don't you play the drums?"

Lin Qiushi turned his head stiffly, and saw a bloody face behind his head, quietly staring into his eyes.

"Cough, cough, cough!" Because of this fright, Lin Qiushi coughed violently, his body staggered and fell to the ground, and his hands touched the human skin under his feet.

Very soft to the touch, even with the unique temperature of the human body, Lin Qiushi lowered his head and tried to calm his cough, but the girl lying on his back crawled in front of him.

"Where is she?" The girl was still asking, she tilted her head, as if she could only say these two words, "I'm in so much pain."

Lin Qiushi raised his head and finally saw her appearance clearly.

She has no legs, so she can only crawl on the ground with her hands. The skin of her whole body has been peeled off, revealing the red texture and flesh and bones.The eyes also seemed to have been gouged out. At this moment, those dark eyes stared at Lin Qiushi indifferently, waiting for his answer.

Lin Qiushi suddenly remembered the words on the diary, he swallowed heavily, and said his answer: "She is looking for you."

The girl quiets down.

"She has been looking for you." Lin Qiushi said, "until she left this world...she has been looking for you."

The girl slowly straightened her body, then stretched out her hand, and slapped the drum heavily.

"Boom!" The crisp sound of drums made people feel chills all over, the mountains and mist in front of them dissipated, and the scenery in front of them began to become clear.

"Do you... want to see her?" Lin Qiushi asked.

"Bring her to me." The girl said the last words, and then disappeared before Lin Qiushi's eyes.

For the rest of his life after the catastrophe, Lin Qiushi's body was almost completely exhausted. He barely stood up, but he saw Cheng Qianli who was also squatting next to him.

When Cheng Qianli saw him, he said with difficulty: "Fuck, Lin Qiushi, let's go down quickly."

Lin Qiushi nodded, and walked to the edge of the table with Cheng Qianli.

Cheng Qianli's face was pale, and he didn't say a word along the way. He also had some blood on his body, but he didn't know if it was from the little girl.

Climbing down the wooden platform softly, both of them looked like they almost died.

Ruan Nanzhu hurried forward to inquire about the situation.

Lin Qiushi sat on the ground and shook his head, and described what happened above in simple words.

"Cheng Qianli, what are you hiding in your arms?" Ruan Nanzhu noticed something else.

Lin Qiushi looked towards Cheng Qianli, only to find that Cheng Qianli's T-shirt was bulging, and at a glance, he knew there must be something inside.

Cheng Qianli took a deep breath, and took out something from his bosom—it was a bone flute.Although the shape has changed, it can still be seen that it is made of human bones.

Lin Qiushi: "...you are really brave." How dare you bring this thing out? ?

Cheng Qianli, who was courageous once in a while, was frightened and started to cry. Like a rabbit, his nose and tears all fell on Lin Qiushi, saying that it was not easy for me, seeing that thing standing in front of you I didn't dare to rescue him, so I could only grit my teeth and stomp my feet, to see if I could bring something out, after all, it's all here...

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Ruan Nanzhu reached out and touched his head: "Don't cry, it's not ashamed to be so big."

Cheng Qianli was wronged: "I still have two years to come of age."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Talk to that thing above, and see if she can let you die quickly because you are underage."

Cheng Qianli: "No, no, no..."

Seeing the bone flute, Lin Qiushi also understood why the girl's legs looked like that, and he said, "But since the girl was brought down by Cheng Qianli, it shouldn't be a big deal."

Ruan Nanzhu: "So she wants us to bring her sister here now?"

Lin Qiushi: "It should be like this." He thought for a while, with a little confusion on his face, "But how can we tell her sister's bones?" If he guessed right, his sister's bones should be in Taqun On the other side, there are countless bones in the tower group, it is impossible to try them one by one.

Ruan Nanzhu fell into deep thought: "There is always a way."

Cheng Qianli finally recovered from the panic, wiped off his nose and tears, and began to exaggerate how dangerous it was on the roof.

"You don't know how scared I was when I saw that thing lying behind Brother Lin Ling." Cheng Qianli said, "I wanted to tell Brother Lin Lin, but that thing kept staring at me, and I thought we were both It will be explained above."

"Oh." Lin Qiushi said, "I almost thought that too." He lowered his head and pulled at his T-shirt, which was blood-red, as if he had just experienced a murder.

"It's good if you can come down." Ruan Nanzhu calmly comforted the two of them, "It seems that the key should appear when the sisters meet, but we still need to find that door..."

While talking, they walked towards the temple. When they were about to reach the temple, they saw Meng Yu talking with a girl. The two looked intimate and had an ambiguous atmosphere.

Ruan Nanzhu and Xu Jin looked at each other in a tacit understanding.

Xu Jin whispered from the side: "It's really a good place to fall in love." After speaking, he glanced at Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi was baffled, but Ruan Nanzhu stuck to Lin Qiushi's side very understandingly, and said with a smile, Lin Lin, was it hard to squeeze with Muyu yesterday?How about the two of us sleeping on the same bed today...

Lin Qiushi: "As long as you are happy."

Xu Jin's teeth itched in anger.

After realizing that he was being seen, Meng Yu was not in a hurry, and greeted them with a smile.

"Did you find anything?" Meng Yu asked.

"No." Ruan Nanzhu replied calmly.

Meng Yu raised his eyebrows, his expression was half a smile but not a smile, his peachy eyes moved to Lin Qiushi: "What did you encounter, and why did your clothes become like this?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "It's bad luck. I met the little monster I saw last time, but I escaped." He said, coughing a few times, with a weak willow and supportive posture, which is life-threatening Show some pity.

Meng Yu didn't ask any further questions, but just said to be careful, then turned around and left with the woman.

He let them go so easily, which made Lin Qiushi feel a little unbelievable, but Ruan Nanzhu waved his hand, frowning and said that he should not pay too much attention to him, he should also be an old man who took over the job.As long as the person who received the job can be guaranteed to get out alive, it is naturally the best thing for someone to take the trouble to open the door.

"However." Ruan Nanzhu said, "I think Meng Yu looks familiar..."

Lin Qiushi: "Familiar?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "I seem to have seen it somewhere." He pondered for a moment, but he didn't seem to come up with any answer, so he gave up, "Forget it, since he is not a threat to us, let's go out and think about it, the most important thing now is The thing is to find the key early."

Lin Qiushi nodded.

After they returned to the temple, they found that the atmosphere in the temple seemed not right. After careful questioning, they found out that the monster they saw yesterday reappeared when they went out. Knives, so everyone ran out to hide and didn't come back until the monster disappeared.

Someone in the crowd said that the monster seemed to appear with the sound of drums. Lin Qiushi immediately remembered that he and Cheng Qianli had been running on the roof for a long time, and it probably had something to do with them.

But even though he thought so in his heart, he didn't say anything, he just expressed doubts with everyone.

Fortunately, apart from this incident, the team did not have any new victims.

In the evening, the tour guide still arrived at the agreed place on time. She smiled and repeated what she said the day before yesterday, and then took everyone back to the residence.

After saying the appointed time for tomorrow, the tour guide bid farewell to everyone. Before leaving, she suddenly said something she hadn't said the day before yesterday. .”

As soon as this sentence came out, the relaxed smiles on everyone's faces immediately faded away, and some people even showed panic on their faces.

The tour guide didn't seem to notice, waved his hand casually and disappeared in front of everyone.

"Twelve? Why twelve? Don't we have thirteen people in total?" There was a noisy discussion in the crowd, "Could it be that someone will die tonight..."

"Yes, it must be so." Someone responded, "So there will only be twelve tomorrow, and one will not survive tonight."

The more people talked, the more panic they felt. Obviously, no one wanted to be that poor victim.

On the other hand, Meng Yu and Ruan Nanzhu were quite quiet, listening to other people's discussions in silence, without expressing any opinions.

"I'm so sleepy today, go back to sleep early." Yawned lazily, Ruan Nanzhu was completely unaffected by the tour guide's remarks. He rubbed his eyes and leaned on Lin Qiushi's shoulder with a tired expression.

"Let's go." Lin Qiushi nodded.

Meng Yu was sitting next to her, and after hearing Ruan Nanzhu's words, she said with a smile: "The girl is really big-hearted, can you fall asleep?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "If you can't sleep, you don't have to die?" He waved his hand lazily, "Damn or die."

Meng Yu: "That's the truth."

The four of them returned to the residence, and after a brief wash, they all lay back on the bed.

As said during the day, Ruan Nanzhu slept on Lin Qiushi's bed tonight, while Cheng Qianli was driven to sleep alone.

Xu Jin was already numb, and habitually watched the two throw dog food. She didn't seem to be in a good mood today, she didn't talk much all day, and fell asleep early after going to bed.

"What do you think of the tour guide's words today?" Just when Lin Qiushi thought Ruan Nanzhu was asleep, he leaned into Lin Qiushi's ear and whispered something.

"Maybe what they said is right?" Lin Qiushi said, "Something will happen tonight..."

"I don't think so." Ruan Nanzhu said, "But I'm not sure yet, I won't know until tonight."

Lin Qiushi stroked his hair: "How does your body feel?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "It's much better." He said, "Go to sleep."

"Yes." Lin Qiushi nodded.

At night with Ruan Nanzhu by his side, he always sleeps more peacefully.The same is true tonight, Lin Qiushi slept until the next day, and was not awakened during the period.

On the contrary, Cheng Qianli looked like he had stayed up all night, and said, "Brother Lin Lin, you really have a big heart."

Lin Qiushi: "How to say?"

Cheng Qianli was stunned: "Did you forget the bloody handprint we saw under the bed yesterday??"

Lin Qiushi: "..." Hey, he really forgot, but he still pretended to be how I would have forgotten, and said earnestly, "I haven't forgotten, how could I have forgotten such an important thing."

Cheng Qianli: "Aren't you afraid?"

Lin Qiushi: "Are you afraid that you can solve the problem?" He patted Cheng Qianli on the shoulder, "Be brave!"

Cheng Qianli nodded heavily, with little stars of admiration in his eyes.

Then Lin Qiushi slipped cowardly to Ruan Nanzhu's side, and whispered: "Nan Zhu, do you still remember the bloody handprint from yesterday?"

Ruan Nanzhu said, "Yes."

Lin Qiushi: "Aren't you afraid of falling asleep with me like this?"

Ruan Nanzhu looked like he didn't understand what you were talking about: "I'm not afraid of ghosts, I'm afraid of what that bloody handprint is doing."

Lin Qiushi: "..." The boss is indeed a boss.

Because of the words of the tour guide yesterday, the whole team panicked, but when everyone got together in the morning, they found that the imaginary victim did not appear.

There were thirteen people yesterday, and there are still thirteen people today, one is not too many, and one is not too many.

"It's okay, that's okay, that tour guide really scared us." Someone in the crowd sighed.

"That's right, fortunately there are not many people." The answering voice was also very loud.

But Lin Qiushi noticed that Ruan Nanzhu's complexion suddenly became dark after he found that there were not few people. He didn't eat, and his eyes wandered among the crowd.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qiushi was a little puzzled.

"It's better than a dead person." Ruan Nanzhu didn't seem to be in a good mood, "I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing again."

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

Ruan Nanzhu said: "Generally, key NPCs will not lie."

Lin Qiushi said: "So..." When he heard this sentence, he immediately understood the meaning of Ruan Nanzhu's words, "It means that among the thirteen of us, one is not human?"

"If someone died yesterday, things would be easier to handle." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Unfortunately not."

He picked up the water glass and took a sip, "Now it's troublesome."

This is naturally very troublesome. It has been the fourth day since I came here, and Lin Qiushi didn't even remember all the names of all the people, not to mention how difficult it is to find out who is not a human from these people.

Most people feel happy after finding out that nothing happened yesterday.

Besides Ruan Nanzhu, there is also Meng Yu.

The expressions of Meng Yu and Ruan Nanzhu looked somewhat similar at first glance, their brows were slightly frowned, and there was a bit of indifference and contemplation in their eyes.

Soon, the two noticed each other, Meng Yu stood up, walked to Ruan Nanzhu's side, showing a habitual gentle smile: "Can we go out and talk?"

"Of course." Ruan Nanzhu responded. He turned his head and said to Lin Qiushi, "Wait for me for a while."

So they went out with Meng Yu.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Qianli and Xu Jin, who went out to get breakfast, met Ruan Nanzhu who was walking out with Meng Yu as soon as they came back. He didn't hear Ruan Nanzhu's words, so naturally he didn't know Ruan Nanzhu's guess. Together with others rejoicing that no one died last night.

Lin Qiushi originally wanted to say something, but suddenly hesitated, and finally said: "Meng Yu has something to tell him."

"Oh." Cheng Qianli nodded.

Xu Jin whispered beside him: "Brother Lin Ling, aren't you jealous when the two of them are alone?"

Lin Qiushi: "Jealous? Why are you jealous?"

Xu Jin: "...you and Zhu Meng are not..."

Lin Qiushi explained: "We are just friends."

Xu Jin: "Friend???"

Lin Qiushi: "Simple boyfriend and girlfriend..."

Xu Jin fell into silence: "Brother Lin Lin, you are really a good person." It's just that the hair is a little green.

After a while, Ruan Nanzhu and Meng Yu came back from the outside, and the gloom on their faces disappeared a lot. Although they didn't smile, they were better than when they went out.

"What did you say?" Cheng Qianli asked curiously.

Ruan Nanzhu: "What do children ask so many questions?" He turned to look at Lin Qiushi, "Do you want to know what we said?"

Cheng Qianli: "..." That's too much.

Lin Qiushi nodded obediently.

Ruan Nanzhu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Kiss me once, and I'll tell you."

Lin Qiushi: "Huh??"

Xu Jin looked on with a heartbroken expression.