Kaleidoscope of Death

The oil lamp that fell from the backpack rolled to the ground.

Lin Qiushi turned around and also saw the hostess who was holding a knife at the gate of the yard and staring at them resentfully.What relieved Lin Qiushi was that she couldn't leave the yard with the knife, so she just looked at them from a distance. Although this scene looked scary, it was not life-threatening.

Gu Longming slapped Lin Qiushi on the shoulder, and sighed: "Lin Lin, you are really amazing..."

Lin Qiushi didn't know what to say, so he simply smiled and said, "Put the oil lamp in your bag first."

"Well, good." Gu Longming nodded, and began to quickly clean up the oil lamps on the ground.

There was a deep knife mark on many oil lamps in the backpack. You should know without thinking. If the knife had not been cut on the oil lamp but on Lin Qiushi's back, Lin Qiushi would have died on the spot.Although the oil lamp was cut out of the gap, the lamp oil was solidified anyway. Under the watchful eyes of the hostess, the two of them hurriedly picked up the oil lamp from the ground, turned and left.

They stole a total of seven oil lamps, and even if something happened, they would definitely make it to the end. However, if Lin Qiushi's guess is correct, something will definitely happen tonight.

The two of them went back to the house, put the oil lamp away, and didn't plan to go out again, and planned to stay in the house to guard.After all, so many lights are too heavy to carry around, and it is not safe to put them in the house.In case of being replaced or stolen by that guy Yan Shihe again, the loss outweighs the gain.

Gu Longming was still immersed in the scene just now, he said: "Lin Lin, do you often encounter such things?"

Lin Qiushi recalled it for a while and nodded.

"Damn it." Gu Longming was full of admiration, and he didn't know how to praise Lin Qiushi. He danced and gestured, "You don't even know how terrifying it was at that time. A 40-meter-long sword—fortunately, you ran away first." 39 meters!"

Lin Qiushi: "..." He didn't know what to say for a while.

They were afraid that the oil lamp would be stolen, so they even ate lunch in the house. Lin Qiushi was really bored, so he dug out the genealogy from his bag to see if there were any clues on it.

Who knew that after turning on the oil lamp and looking through the family tree, new changes appeared in the photos on the family tree. Lin Qiushi found that some of the children in the photos disappeared, leaving only the image of the hostess.

Gu Longming was standing beside Lin Qiushi, and he also saw this change in the genealogy. He widened his eyes, glanced at Lin Qiushi, and said, "After we took the oil lamp, these little ghosts disappeared. It seems that they are really mistresses. lock them up..."

Lin Qiushi nodded: "It should be." Then their guess was correct.

Gu Longming hesitated and said: "But..." He pointed at the remaining photos that remained in their original state, "What's the matter with these brats?"

Lin Qiushi said, "The ancestral hall."

As soon as he said that, Gu Longming immediately thought of the densely packed human oil lamps in the ancestral hall that was as bright as day.Apparently in this small town, putting the tablet in the ancestral hall not only served as an offering, but also suppressed those little ghosts.

Originally, Lin Qiushi was thinking about whether to release these little ghosts, but since Yan Shihe took someone to get the lamp before, and the last person who got the lamp had a very miserable end, Lin Qiushi didn't want to take the risk unless necessary. risk.

The two of them thought so at first, but soon, Lin Qiushi realized that something was not right.

Just in the evening, the hostess appeared outside their window.

Although she didn't hold a knife in her hand, she just stood in the corridor, with obvious hatred in her black eyes, as if she was waiting for something.

Gu Longming spotted her first, and quickly called Lin Qiushi over.

"What is she doing outside?" Gu Longming felt creepy looking at her now, and rubbed the goosebumps on his arms, "It looks like she is waiting to kill us..."

Lin Qiushi frowned, feeling something was wrong, he thought for a while, stood up from the room, and walked outside.

The hostess was still staring at him.

Lin Qiushi tentatively walked out of the yard, but he didn't expect that the hostess followed him out.Although the speed was not fast, it really seemed like a spirit behind the back, and the malicious eyes almost stuck to Lin Qiushi's back.

Gu Longming looked at Lin Qiushi and said, "What shall we do?"

Lin Qiushi pursed his lips. He looked at the sky. The sun was about to set. The sudden abnormal situation on the hostess obviously indicated something.He thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go, let's go to the ancestral hall."

"Go, go to the ancestral hall?" Gu Longming was a little stunned listening to Lin Qiushi's words, "But aren't there all little devils there?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Have you seen the mistress?"

Gu Longming hummed.

Lin Qiushi said: "Do you think she is waiting for the night?"

Gu Longming: "..." It's okay if Lin Qiushi didn't say anything, but when he said it, he had a sudden feeling that the way the hostess followed them obviously wanted to fear that they would run away, and she was afraid that they would run away. What will you do to them at night?

Because they took away the hostess' oil lamp during the day, they couldn't say what would happen tonight.

"Let's go." Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Lin Qiushi put all the oil lamps into Gu Longming's bag without hesitation, and the two walked towards the ancestral hall.

When they were going out, they happened to meet Yan Shihe. Seeing their hurried expressions, Yan Shihe smiled and asked, "It's so late, where are you going?"

Lin Qiushi ignored him and left.

The ancestral hall was still some distance away from the courtyard where they lived, and the hostess followed them all the way out the door, and she didn't stop until she was about to reach the ancestral hall.

She seemed to be very scrupulous about this, and there was a bit of fear in her resentful expression, and she even took a step back slowly.

Seeing this, Lin Qiushi felt relieved.

Gu Longming said: "Wow, she really went back..." He saw the hostess turned around unwillingly and slowly left.

Lin Qiushi sighed: "Well... finally left."

The two of them walked to the gate of the ancestral hall and saw the gatekeeper still dozing off, so they didn't intend to greet them at all.

Lin Qiushi was a little hesitant. He saw the enshrined tablets at the door, and there were a few vacant places. The lamps there were stolen by people led by Yan Shihe.

"Let's light up the three lamps first." Lin Qiushi said, "Fill in the empty space."

Gu Longming nodded.

They took the lamp, lit it, put it in the vacant place, and sat down against the corner, waiting for the night to come.

I have to say that staying overnight in this kind of place is really a test of courage.Sleeping will definitely not be able to fall asleep, Lin Qiushi leaned against the wall, lowered his head and started playing Sudoku again.Gu Longming was bored and watched from the side. He looked at it for a while and said, "Are you so good at Sudoku?"

Lin Qiushi said: "I like to play when I have nothing to do."

It was getting dark outside, but the oil lamp inside the ancestral hall was still on, illuminating the whole ancestral hall like daytime, which was not as scary as imagined.

But there are so many memorial tablets standing behind them, and the two of them are afraid of any accidents, so they can't sleep—in fact, it is Lin Qiushi who really can't sleep, and Gu Longming, who is already dizzy, looks drowsy up.He also seemed to feel a little embarrassed, finally broke free from sleepiness, wiped his face with his hands, and said with some embarrassment: "Sorry, I almost fell asleep..."

Lin Qiushi: "Why don't you go to bed first? I'll call you if something happens." He felt a little uncomfortable seeing Gu Longming wanting to sleep.

Gu Longming shook his head, rejected Lin Qiushi's kindness, and explained: "Actually, I'm not like this usually, this is the first time..."

"Okay, okay, I see." Lin Qiushi waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.

Gu Longming smiled helplessly.

The night gradually deepened, and the outside was plunged into darkness, only the inside of the ancestral hall was brightly lit, and everything was silent.

In the blink of an eye, it was twelve o'clock. Lin Qiushi, who had been playing Sudoku, suddenly stopped what he was doing.He heard a sound, the sound of a sharp object dragging on the ground, accompanied by the sound of fine footsteps.Gu Longming saw Lin Qiushi's dignified expression, and said, "What's wrong?"

Lin Qiushi didn't speak, stood up from the wall and looked out the window.In the dark night, he saw a figure approaching slowly.

As the figure got closer, Lin Qiushi could clearly see the figure's appearance. She was the mistress of the courtyard, wearing a long skirt and with black hair.She held a long knife in her hand, and the knife was covered with bright red blood and some things that looked like pieces of meat.

She tilted her head towards the ancestral hall, half of her face was soaked in blood.

It can be seen from the appearance of the hostess that there is no doubt that she has carried out a brutal massacre just now, and no one knows how many people she killed in the yard.

"There is something on her feet!" Gu Longming said suddenly.

Lin Qiushi looked up and found that there was really something on the hostess' feet, which were little ghosts sticking to her legs. These little ghosts were gnawing on something with their fine teeth open.If you look carefully, you will find that the meat on the hostess' legs has been almost eaten away, exposing the white bones.

They are taking revenge... Although the speed is a bit slow, they are doing serious harm to the mistress.

Lin Qiushi was thinking about this, when he saw the hostess raised her hand, and then made a throwing motion, and swung the long knife in her hand directly.

The long knife pierced through the air and pierced the window frame directly, almost breaking the window frame.

Gu Longming was taken aback, and backed up a few steps involuntarily, he said in horror: "What, what is she going to do, maybe we are hiding in the ancestral hall, she wants to kill us too!"

Lin Qiushi frowned: "That may not be the case."

While they were talking, they saw the hostess slowly walking to the window and pulling out the long knife. Through the window, she looked at them coldly with her bloody face.

The hostess said suddenly: "Even if I die, I will kill you." After she said this, she actually walked towards the door.

Gu Longming was so frightened that he jumped up and said, "What the hell, what should I do!" Lin Qiushi's guess was indeed correct, but luckily they are hiding in the ancestral hall right now, if they were still in the yard, they would have died long ago.

Lin Qiushi turned his head to look at the neatly placed oil lamps under the tablet.

Gu Longming saw Lin Qiushi's movements: "Could it be that you want to—"

Lin Qiushi calmly said: "We have to fight." The hostess is not human, they must not be able to beat them, but these vengeful little devils may not be able to.The hostess has already got a few little ghosts wrapped around her legs. If they continue to procrastinate, the hostess will naturally disappear, but the hostess obviously hates them so much that she intends to kill the two of them with her last breath. .

The hostess had already reached the door, Lin Qiushi knew that he could not wait any longer when he saw this, he gritted his teeth, walked under the oil lamp, and extinguished five or six oil lamps on the table in one breath.

As soon as the oil lamp was extinguished, Lin Qiushi felt the sight from the ceiling. He raised his head and saw red eyes on the ceiling. At this time, those eyes looked towards the hostess at the door.

The hostess had already entered the door with a knife in her hand. She seemed to be planning to break the jar. After entering the room, she rushed towards Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming.Lin Qiushi quickly turned around to avoid it, but the ancestral hall was not big, and the hostess cut down a row of tablets with a knife.

With a soft "creak", Lin Qiushi heard the sound of the door closing, and then the baby's wailing sound was heard from the ceiling. The hostess' face changed drastically when she heard the crying sound, and the action of culling Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming became more ferocious.Fortunately, Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming are not weak chickens who do not work hard and can't distinguish five grains. The two moved around in the ancestral hall. Although they were embarrassed, they also avoided the first few knives made by the hostess.

The things on the ceiling finally fell down, they were soaked and swollen babies, they fell directly on the hostess' body, and began to open their fine teeth, biting the hostess' body.

The hostess screamed in pain, and she really kept moving her hands. Gu Longming was unlucky, he was slashed on the arm with a knife, and almost fell to the ground in pain.

As the speed of the baby's gnawing became faster and faster, the hostess gradually changed from a human figure to a skeleton, and her movements became slower, until she finally knelt on the ground.

The meat was eaten first, and then the bones were eaten. After the last bone was eaten, Lin Qiushi heard a crisp sound.The sound was the sound of bronze objects falling on the ground. Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming looked up and saw a striking bronze key in a pool of blood.

Although Lin Qiushi had vaguely guessed, he was still a little surprised when he saw that the key was in the body of the hostess.

"Fuck, shit, shit!!" Gu Longming was so excited that he almost jumped up on the spot, and said, "Key, key! We found the key!!" He was about to rush over, but saw a crowd of people around the key. The little ghosts in the circle, these little ghosts all look like they are full and drunk, but they are still a little scary.

Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming were thinking about how to get the keys from the inside of these little ghosts, but they found that the appearance of these little ghosts had changed. The swollen face gradually returned to its original appearance, and the fine teeth became Baby teeth that haven't yet grown in.

The headache-inducing crying also stopped, and turned into giggles.

After satisfying the final obsession, their bodies became transparent, and finally turned into a little halo, and disappeared into the ancestral hall.

Lin Qiushi walked over slowly, picked up the key, and said, "It worked."

Gu Longming was incoherent happily, and said: "What should we do, go out? Where are the keys and the door??"

The key was found, now the door remains.Lin Qiushi turned around in the ancestral hall, and after confirming that there was no door, he said, "It should be in the courtyard, let's go back and have a look."

"Okay." Gu Longming was very happy.

So the two went back to the yard in the dark, the hostess was gone, and so was the kid, the quiet outside made people feel at ease.

After they returned to the courtyard, as soon as they entered, they saw the tragic situation inside.

I saw two people who had been cut in half lying in the middle of the courtyard. They seemed to have been cut in half by the hostess, and they lost their breath.

"All dead?" Gu Longming said in horror.

Lin Qiushi shook his head. When he entered the yard, he heard voices coming from a room not far away. He didn't expect the hostess to attack other people after they left.According to the rules inside the door, there is actually a limit to the number of people she can kill in one night, otherwise the other people in the yard may be in danger too.

Lin Qiushi didn't want to waste any more time, so he and Gu Longming went straight to the courtyard where the hostess was. After entering, they found the iron door hidden in the cabinet in another bedroom of the hostess.

Seeing the iron gate, Lin Qiushi relaxed. Just as he was about to take out the key to open the iron gate, the closed door behind him suddenly opened. Yan Shihe came out from inside, holding a gun.

"Good evening." Yan Shihe greeted them with a smile.

Lin Qiushi paused when he opened the door, needless to say he also understood Yan Shihe's meaning.

"Give it to me." Yan Shihe stretched out his hand.

Lin Qiushi was silent for a moment, then handed the key to Yan Shihe, who knew that after Yan Shihe got the key, he shot Lin Qiushi in the foot.Lin Qiushi was caught off guard for a moment, screamed in pain, and fell to the ground.

"Haha." Yan Shihe laughed, "It seems that he is invulnerable."

"Fuck you—" Gu Longming supported Lin Qiushi, and cursed angrily, "Is there something wrong with your mother? Just take the key, and why are you shooting!"

"I like it." Yan Shihe said coldly, "Can you control it?" He turned the key on his finger, and said, "Get out of the way, I'm leaving."

Gu Longming knew that they were not Yan Shihe's opponents at this time, so although he was angry in his heart, he still stepped aside.

Yan Shihe walked forward, holding the key, opened the iron door, then bent down to pick up the clues that fell from the iron door.

Xiaoqian stood behind Yan Shihe and didn't dare to look towards Lin Qiushi and the others until Yan Shihe picked up the clue, but Lin Qiushi saw her suddenly quicken her pace and walked behind Yan Shihe.

Then, he suddenly raised his hand and made a stabbing motion.

"Ah!!" Yan Shihe let out a scream, and the clues and the gun in his hand fell to the ground.

Xiaoqian bent down, picked up the clue with a smile, and then kicked Yan Shihe's gun to the side.

I saw a gleaming dagger stuck behind Yan Shihe, Xiaoqian smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Yan." If there are two people, she puts the clues in her pocket, pulls out the dagger from Yan Shihe's body, and smiles: "If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't be able to pass through this door." Then she looked at Lin Qiushi and Gu Longming, "Of course, Thank you both too."

After saying this, he went to the door.

"Let's go too." Lin Qiushi looked at Yan Shihe who fell to the ground, gritted his teeth, and said, "Take his gun first."

Taking advantage of Yan Shihe's inability to move, Gu Longming picked up the gun that Xiaoqian kicked away, and then helped Lin Qiushi up.Lin Qiushi took the gun from Gu Longming and stuffed it into his trouser pocket, and the two of them walked slowly into the shining door in front of them.

After passing through the tunnel, the images around Lin Qiushi rotated and finally returned to reality. However, as soon as he came back, he felt serious discomfort in his body. After making a difficult call to Ruan Nanzhu, he passed out.

Two days later, Lin Qiushi woke up from a coma.

He was used to being in the hospital often, so he was not surprised when he saw the white ceiling, but he was relieved—at least he came out alive.

"Are you awake?" Ruan Nanzhu's voice came.

Lin Qiushi turned his head and saw Ruan Nanzhu. He was sitting with his backlit, and he couldn't see clearly, but his voice was gentle.

Lin Qiushi inexplicably felt that he missed him a little bit, but he quickly put this kind of strange emotion behind him, and hummed in a low voice.

"It's a high fever again." Ruan Nanzhu said, "You must be injured inside."

Lin Qiushi thought for a while, and said, "I was shot when I went out."

Ruan Nanzhu said, "Is that the one you brought out?"

Lin Qiushi nodded.

Ruan Nanzhu was quiet for a while: "Normal guns cannot be brought in."

Lin Qiushi was taken aback.

Ruan Nanzhu explained: "That gun should not be an ordinary gun."

"It's not an ordinary gun...?" Lin Qiushi remembered the appearance of that gun. It was silver and white, and it felt quite heavy in his hand. "Could it be brought out from the door?" Now that I think about it, Yan Shihe is probably also a gun. The old man who brought people through the door.

"It's very possible." Ruan Nanzhu said, "You should take a good rest first."

When Lin Qiushi heard the words, he felt that he seemed to be lucky. He was just afraid that Yan Shihe would attack them again, but he didn't expect to bring out a prop.