Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

Midnight fell again.

After a good night's sleep, everyone came to the glass room on the top floor.The black box was still at the door, and everyone resisted the urge to look in when passing by, lest they be pinched off like member A.The night was as thick as insoluble ink, and the wind slapped on the windows, making the glass rattle.I don't know if it's an illusion, but today's glass house gives people a sense of precarious uneasiness.

Everyone sat in a circle, all with anxious expressions on their faces.What was different from usual was that this time everyone deliberately moved the stools away from the only two people left in the film studio, as if their existence was an ominous sign.The president and the glamorous member C naturally also found that they were isolated, and the two simply got closer, clinging to each other as if they depended on each other.

The rock monk holds a rosary in his left hand and a copper bowl in his right.It's just that that posture is not begging for alms, but like holding a brick, ready to throw a bowl at all times.He also looked a little nervous, muttering sutras in his mouth.Everyone listened without saying a word, and they couldn't help turning their bodies sideways to him, as if they wanted to rub some Buddha's light with You.

The hour hand finally pointed to twelve o'clock. With a "click", the lights went out, and the glass room fell into complete darkness.The sense of helplessness like being in an isolated island enveloped everyone again.

Xu Rendong pursed his lips.Sure enough, no matter how many times he experienced it, he still hated the dark.Lian Qiao gently squeezed Xu Rendong's hand, then stood up, and said slowly: "What I want to tell today is a true story that happened to me."

In the darkness, Xu Rendong heard the slight sound of the chair moving.He felt that Lian Qiao picked up the chair, but instead of creating a stereo effect around everyone like him, he went straight to the center of the crowd.So everyone felt that Lian Qiao was talking to himself, as if he was confiding in the middle of the night.

"When I just graduated from school, I looked around for a place to live. At that time, I was too shy to ask my parents for money, so I couldn't afford to rent a house that was too expensive. I was a person who had never experienced hardship. Ken went to live in a dilapidated and small old house. After going around like this, I actually found a house. The house is located in a remote place. It is a small single-family building with no other residents around. The house is quite It’s old, but it’s well-furnished and the rent is cheap. It’s strange that I’m the only one renting such a nice house. The owner explained that he’s kept the house empty and closed it until recently. So I’m the only tenant for the time being.”

"This kind of nonsense, even a young man with no social experience like me will not believe it. There must be something wrong with this house, either it is a haunted house, or something else has happened. But I have been educated in Marxism-Leninism since I was a child. Atheists, of course, don't care about that. As long as the rent is cheap anyway, and there are no other tenants, I happen to be quiet."

"That's how I moved into this house."

"This house has three floors. The first floor is the living room and kitchen, the second floor has several bedrooms, and the third floor is a glass sun room. If you come in during the day, the lighting is very good. But if you come up at night, it will be a little scary. Because There are no lights around, and only my house is lit in a few hundred meters. It makes me feel as if I am standing alone on an island, surrounded by an endless dark sea. Especially on windy days, it will be like now In this way, hu... hu... like something howling out of sight, like a wild animal scratching the windowpane with its claws."

At this time, a gust of wind blew out of the window.The window rattled and shook, as if something really was beating on the window.

Everyone gradually understood that the story of Lian Qiao happened in the villa they were in.Being in the place where the ghost story happened personally gave everyone a strange sense of substitution.In the darkness, everyone seemed to follow Lian Qiao's perspective, walking through the empty bedrooms and observing the villa.

"I was a materialist until that night."

"It was a Friday night, and I was exhausted. I went back to the apartment, lay on the bed and fell asleep. I don't know how long it took, but I was woken up by a strange sound. Tuk, duk, duk, bounce on the ground one by one. Finally, when it can’t bounce anymore, it just rolls somewhere.”

At this moment, the voice of "Du, Du, Du" actually sounded above everyone's heads.Everyone was suffocated in fright, but Xu Rendong could tell that it was not some marbles bouncing on the ground, but the sound of Lian Qiao hitting the ceiling with his knuckles.

He laughed silently in the dark.No wonder Lian Qiao wanted to move the chair over. It turned out to be a stepping stone to knock on the ceiling.Lian Qiao learned from him really well, and the sound effects are well matched.

Lian Qiao knocked a few times, climbed down from the chair tiptoe, and continued:

"I know this situation very well. I checked the information specifically. The sound that sounds like marbles is actually the wooden structure between the floors is aging. In the dead of night, the sound of wood curling sounds like glass marbles. I didn't take it seriously, but just as I was about to go back to sleep, there was another sound of footsteps in the ceiling."

"The footsteps sounded very hurried, like a child chasing a glass ball. I was taken aback, and I couldn't help but have doubts in my heart: Could there really be a bear running in? So I went to the sun room I have checked everywhere, and there are no children. Sure enough, I was thinking too much. The house must be too old, which is why there is such a strange sound. I must call the landlord over tomorrow and ask him to find someone Fix it well. However, just as I turned and went downstairs..."

When Lian Qiao said this, he suddenly stopped.Everyone was listening intently, when he stopped, everyone involuntarily held their breath, pricked up their ears, and listened to his next narration.

After a while, even Joe lowered his voice with a trace of fear in his tone:

"I watched helplessly, and a glass bead rolled down the stairs in front of my eyes."

At the same time, a voice sounded in everyone's ears.

"Tude."

It was the sound of glass marbles rolling down the stairs.

"Tu...Tu...Tu.Tu.Tu." The marbles rolled faster and faster, and every impact seemed to hit everyone's heart, which made everyone feel cold.

Everyone gasped in horror.Xu Rendong was also shocked, but quickly calmed down: These must be props secretly prepared by Lian Qiao to create a terrifying atmosphere.

However, at this moment, Lian Qiao was also in turmoil in his heart.

If the light is turned on at this time, Xu Rendong will be able to see Lian Qiao's pale face in an instant.

The sound was really not made by him.No matter how capable he is, he can't make marbles, that is to say...

His ghost stories have begun to become reality!

At this time, the fake fear turned into real fear. Lian Qiao suppressed the urge to hiccup, and continued to say in that terrified tone: "I...I'm sure, when I checked the glass room just now, the ground was clean... what None... I was terrified, where the hell did this marble come from?"

He swallowed quietly, trying to suppress the tremor in his voice: "The marbles are rolling very fast. I chased the marbles and ran downstairs. But just after the corner, the sound of the marbles disappeared. I think Check to see if the marbles rolled under the TV cabinet, just lying on the ground, but saw a pair of eyes staring at me under the cabinet!"

"There is only a gap of two or three centimeters under the cabinet. It is absolutely impossible to hide another person. I was so scared that I screamed and crawled back. At this moment, the woman under the cabinet seemed to be strangled from the neck. There was a horrible sound coming from deep in the throat."

Lian Qiao took a deep breath and grabbed his neck in the dark.

"Gluck cluck cluck..."

Hearing this, Xu Rendong finally understood that Lian Qiao was telling the story of "The Grudge".

Although Xu Rendong doesn't watch horror movies, he has heard of this classic Japanese ghost movie. The female ghost Kayako in "The Grudge" was a housewife before her death. Her husband suspected her of cheating, so he beat her to death.The bodies were packed in sacks and hidden in the attic above the ceiling.Therefore, the resentful spirit of Kayako lingers in this house all the time, and everyone who enters the house will be cursed and killed by Kayako.

The iconic sound effect of Gayako's appearance is the kind of "cluck" sound similar to choking his throat.Therefore, even after Qiao learned this, everyone had the image of Kayako crawling on the ground with his whole body pale and dragging his body with his arms.

But why did Lian Qiao talk about "The Grudge"?Xu Rendong remembered that in the "The Grudge" series of movies, Jiaye was almost invincible.However, the advantage of Japanese-style horror is that it focuses on a kind of psychological horror. Ghosts always approach you little by little, scare you with various means, and make you die in despair in a mental breakdown instead of directly killing you you.

... At least it is much better than the bloody and violent ghosts in American horror movies.

Suddenly there was a pattering sound from the glass behind him, and it started to rain outside.The rain quickly became heavier, and the bean-sized raindrops kept beating the windows, as if someone was irritably tapping the windows with their fingers in the endless darkness.No one dared to look back, let alone get up to check the situation outside the window.Even Joe was disturbed by the manic sound of the rain, and it took a while before he spoke again.

"This house is unlivable."

"I escaped from the house and found the landlord that night and asked to return the rent. The landlord was very angry and said that the contract had been signed, how could I go back on my word. No matter how much I argued, he firmly refused me. I had to live outside One night. For the next few days, I was afraid to go back to the apartment, so I had to argue with the landlord. However, even if I lived in a hotel, there would still be strange noises in the room at night. I stayed up all night I can't sleep well, and my spirit is about to collapse."

"My friend saw that I was haggard, and suggested that I go on a trip to relax. I accepted the suggestion and came to a hot spring hotel in the mountains. The hotel is very simple, and the hot spring is also relaxing. The magic is that when I live here, those terrible sounds at night are no longer there. I didn’t show up either. I was very happy and decided to celebrate, so I drank with the hotel owner. After the owner got drunk, he took out a video tape and asked me if there was something good, would you like to watch it together. I agreed..."

Everyone: "..." It seemed that they had already guessed what he was going to say next.

Sure enough, after some foreshadowing, Lian Qiao quickly got to the point: "...a dead wood forest appeared in the picture. In the middle of the dead wood forest, there is actually a..."

Everyone couldn't help holding their breath, and a sense of pictures began to appear in their minds.

Lian Qiao: "...the elevator."

Everyone: "???" God damn the elevator, shouldn't it be a dry well!

Even Joe seemed to feel embarrassed, holding back a smile and said: "I also thought it was very abrupt, but the scene at that time was so strange. In short, there is an elevator in the middle of the dead wood forest, a silver-gray metal elevator car. I think Clearly, I have one of these elevators in my rented apartment."

Everyone: "..." Your setting is too deliberate!

Lian Qiao continued: "Just when I was wondering, a pair of pale arms suddenly stretched out from the elevator door and opened the elevator door abruptly. It was a woman in a white dress, with long hair covering her face ...she stood there without saying a word, looking very creepy. I couldn't watch it anymore, so I turned off the TV."

"At this moment, the hotel's phone rang." Lian Qiao spoke faster, as if wanting to end the story as soon as possible, "A female ghost told me on the phone that I would definitely die in her hands in seven days. Can I What to do, of course, hang up the phone and ignore her. Nitrogen I am actually still very scared. I heard that showing the video to others can transfer the curse, so I brought the video back from the hotel. But I am a gentle Kind little cutie, how could I harm others, so I just threw the videotape in the apartment...under the TV in the living room on the first floor of the apartment. Oh yes, I found a silver-gray metal button in the videotape box, watch Getting up is compatible with the elevator in the video. In this way, I spent several days in a daze, and somehow, I returned to this apartment.”

"—and today happens to be the seventh day."

The voice just fell.

"Slap".light is on.

Lian Qiao stood quietly in the center of the crowd, and slowly turned his gaze to Xu Rendong.Xu Rendong stared straight at his feet, and after a while, he was relieved to confirm that there was no sign of him turning into an ice sculpture.

The director of the film club suddenly said, ""Sadako vs. Kayako"?"

Lian Qiao gave him a thumbs up and said with a smile, "You really have read countless films."

Everyone: "What the hell?"

The president explained: "This...is also considered a horror movie. The protagonist violated the curse of two female ghosts at the same time. In order to save his life, he let the two female ghosts fight, and he took the opportunity to escape...Although it sounds a little funny, but it It's really a horror movie."

Everyone was shocked: "Is this all right?" But it seemed that they understood why Lian Qiao told this story.

The president's expression was complicated: "But are you sure it's okay? How did you change the plot to actually let Sadako climb out of the elevator... Is this really okay..."

Everyone also questioned, thinking that Lian Qiao's operation was too bold.

Xu Rendong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the door, and said coldly, "Are you blind?"

Everyone looked in the direction of Xu Rendong's finger, and were stunned at the same time.