Unscientific existence always misses me

Almost at the same time, there was a strange sound of metal scraping outside the window, as if some long metal object was approaching here little by little.

In the dark room, the two of them were close together, not daring to make a sound.

Aunt Wang's opera singing next door and the snoring of the neighbors have all stopped.The current No. [-] courtyard is quiet and there is no sound at all. It is obviously the most vibrant summer night, but you can't even hear the insects. up.

Only an empty silence remained.

In such silence, the sound of metal scraping became extremely obvious, as if stepping on the most sensitive nerves of people, approaching a little bit.

The sound was intermittent, it seemed to move forward for a while, then stop for a while, and then continue again.

Xiao Cheng heard that his heart rate was gradually increasing as the thing approached, he did not act rashly, and still waited motionless.

Finally, the sound of scraping metal approached Aunt Wang's house, even—just outside the room they were in.

Accompanied by the sound, Xiao Cheng saw a strange picture, a long shadow of something appeared on the window, he couldn't see what it was through the curtain, but the twisting posture was very similar to a The big snake, however, has an indescribable stiffness.

Adding the almost synchronized metallic sound, the feeling was even more strange, making it impossible to guess what was going on outside.

Is this what Aunt Wang and Grandpa Wu said about the danger at night?

The "big snake" lingered outside the room for a while, as if confirming something. After a while, its shadow slowly descended, gradually left Aunt Wang's house, and continued to move towards the next door.

Xiao Cheng quietly breathed a sigh of relief, the feeling of a monster staring at the door is really bad, especially when the monster is unknown, the fear is doubled.

Suddenly, there was a sound in the corridor outside, which seemed to be the sound of human footsteps, as if someone was walking.

Not only Xiao Cheng heard it, but Su Heyan's gaze was like the window.

What's worse, the "big snake" also heard it, and it stopped its forward movement. A few seconds later, the scraping sound of metal suddenly accelerated, and it chased in the direction of the footsteps. His master sensed that something was wrong, accelerated his feet, and ran towards the distance.

When the sound of the two sides chasing gradually faded away, Xiao Cheng's side fell into a stagnant silence again.

Xiao Cheng reached out and patted Su Heyan's hand covering his mouth, signaling for him to let go.

Su Heyan finally let him go.

Xiao Cheng mouthed to Su Heyan: Go out and have a look?

Su Heyan: Are you not afraid?

Xiao Cheng: It’s useless to be afraid.

Su Heyan curled his mouth and patted Xiao Cheng's head: Let's go.

The two got up from the bed lightly, their clothes were still on, and they could move after putting on their shoes.Su Heyan quietly approached the window, carefully opened a corner, and looked outside.

After a while, Su Heyan looked away, shook his head at Xiao Cheng, indicating that there was nothing.

The two opened the door lightly again. Aunt Wang's room was quiet and there was no sound at all. She didn't respond in any way until the two left her home.

Xiao Cheng finally stood in the corridor, the corridor was empty at the moment, there were no "big snakes" or many people.

Su Heyan squatted outside the window of their room, looking down at the ground, Xiao Cheng also leaned over to look at it, and after a closer look, he found that there were a few white marks left by scratches on the ground, which were probably left by the "big snake" just now. down.

Su He extended his fingers and pointed around.

Xiao Cheng followed his movements and saw that the surrounding ground was almost covered with traces of metal scrapes. These traces were light or heavy, and the old and new looked different, obviously left at different times.

In other words, the "big snake" may appear frequently, or even every night.

Su Heyan made a gesture to Xiao Cheng, signaling to move on, Xiao Cheng nodded, followed Su Heyan in the corridor and moved forward lightly. They were heading in the direction where they heard the footsteps and the "big snake" chased them. .

I traced the scratches along the road all the way, but found that the position of the traces became more and more deviated, and finally disappeared at the railing.

Is it!

Xiao Cheng quickly poked his head out and looked down, but the ground in the courtyard below was clean, without the bloody scene he imagined, or there were no traces of anything. Looking around, he still couldn't see anything resembling a "big snake".

The "big snake" and the unknown person just disappeared out of thin air.

Su Heyan walked to Xiao Cheng's side, Xiao Cheng shook his head at him.

At this time, there was another sound from the stairs not far away. The rhythm sounded like footsteps, but the visitor was very careful to put his footsteps very lightly. will be found.

Both Xiao Cheng and Xiao Cheng turned to the direction of the sound and waited silently.

Appearing at the top of the stairs was a tall woman with heavy makeup on her face, raised eyes, full red lips and long curly hair, with a lazy and seductive charm.She was wearing a red velvet dress, with a suit jacket on her shoulders, a simple and elegant wedding ring on the ring finger of her left hand, and a cane in her right hand. She was tall, thin and very aura.

Xiao Cheng's eyes fell on the cane. Like his long-handled umbrella, this cane is something that modern people seldom carry with them. If this person does not have a special aesthetic hobby, then this cane is probably also a tool for Weapons of Retention.

Su Heyan spoke first: "He Siyuan."

The woman named He Siyuan looked up at the two of them, and nodded politely: "Good evening, Su Heyan, and this one should be Xiao Cheng, right?"

"You know me?" Xiao Cheng was surprised.

He Siyuan smiled: "Every partner of Su Heyan is a hot topic in the executive department, especially you who have been in the position for the longest time, and someone even opened a bet on how long you can last, come on, I am very optimistic about you, But it’s been more than a year.”

Xiao Cheng: "..."

It can't be seen that the colleagues who usually see Su Heyan as quiet as a chicken are having a good time in private, and they dare to ignore the dog to open the market.What's more, the time in office is the same as when he ascended the throne.

Xiao Cheng took a peek at Su Heyan, who had a calm expression on his face, as if he was not part of the topic.

"Now is not the time to chat." Behind He Siyuan, another man walked out.

This man is dressed in a black combat uniform, with a heroic appearance, a cynical look on his face, but sharp eyes. Through the material of the clothes, it can be seen that his muscles are tight and well-proportioned, not too exaggerated, but absolutely no one will doubt it his combat effectiveness.The fly in the ointment is that this handsome guy's hairline is a little dangerous, as if he will recede into the regrettable area if he doesn't pay attention.

He watched Xiao Cheng and Xiao Cheng introduce themselves: "Song Cheng, the investigator."

Song Cheng has a shrewd and capable aura, which is different from Jiang Yuanwei's gentle and elite sense. It is a kind of sharpness that has been tempered, similar to a soldier or a criminal policeman.

Sure enough, professionals are not the same. After two days in, they still have to be fully groomed. Xiao Cheng's previous worries have also been put down a little bit.

He Siyuan turned to look at Song Cheng: "Don't be so nervous, that thing just passed by, it won't come this time."

"That thing?" Su Heyan asked what he cared about.

He Siyuan: "A remnant entrenched here, so to speak... It's like a snake made of metal pipes, it will come and go at night, patrolling to see if there are any restless people wandering outside."

Xiao Cheng: "Is this what the residents say it's not safe at night?"

He Siyuan nodded.

Su Heyan: "Can it be dealt with?"

He Siyuan played with the cane: "Before I figured out the situation, I didn't plan to confront it for the time being. At present, this thing is elusive, and it often disappears on the wall or ceiling. I suspect that it has other abilities besides physical attacks. .”

"Do you know who it was chasing just now?" Su Heyan asked.

"I'm not sure about that." He Siyuan said.

Su Heyan changed the question: "How is your situation?"

This time the person who answered was Song Cheng: "We were arranged to be guests at different people's homes. He Siyuan was at Li's house, and I was at Lao Zhang's house. Judging from the owner's attitude and the traces in the room, it should be that he wanted to leave us alone." Assimilate into their family."

Xiao Cheng thought that it was indeed the case. Aunt Wang treated them too kindly, as if she was treating her own son. In connection with what she said before, she lived with two sons but there was no son in the house. Let the two of them fill the vacancy of the son.If a little girl enters the No. [-] Courtyard by mistake, she will probably fill the position of her granddaughter.

He Siyuan looked at his expression: "It seems that your experience is similar?"

Xiao Cheng nodded: "How did you survive two days without being assimilated? After a friend of mine came in, he forgot his identity in one night."

"Because I am a capable person, the deeper I am infected by the core stone, the slower I will be affected by other remaining objects." He Siyuan's red lips curled up, and she looked at Song Cheng, "As for Song Cheng, this Although the guy is not capable, he has firm willpower and deep obsession, so he is not easy to be influenced."

Xiao Cheng glanced at the expressionless Song Cheng, it seems that this person is also a person with a story.

Song Cheng didn't explain much, but said in a deep voice, "I won't die easily until my wish is fulfilled."

He Siyuan's red lips curled up: "I just like to cooperate with obsessive people like you. Persevering people always have a particularly tenacious vitality."

Su Heyan brought back some off topic topics: "Where are Fang Lie and the others?"

Song Cheng looked a little more serious: "We have asked about them among the residents, and no one has any impression of these names. We have also tried to find them in the past two days, but there is no trace of Fang Lie and Liang Shengqi. Instead, we found Gou Wenqi from the investigation team, his condition is not very good, he has been assimilated into a resident."

"Currently living in Uncle Li's house on the first floor, the persona is an autistic old man who hardly ever goes out, so don't worry about his safety for the time being."

When Xiao Cheng and Su Heyan heard this, their hearts sank a little.Fang Lie and Liang Shengqi are executive commissioners. In this kind of independent space, disappearance is not a good thing, even worse than becoming a resident, which looks bad.

He Siyuan: "According to what I know about Fang Lie, he has always been very confident in his attack power and likes to take the initiative. He may have fought against that night watchman."

"And then didn't you do it?" Su Heyan said.

He Siyuan straightened his temple hair: "That would be terrible."

Either it means that the attack ability of that thing surpasses Fang Lie, or that thing has a special ability to overwhelm Fang Lie, in short, it is difficult to deal with.

"By the way." He Siyuan suddenly added, "In the past two days, we checked the people in the building. Apart from some more people who were not on the list of missing persons, some people on the list of missing persons were missing. Now these people have disappeared. The reason is unknown."

After a brief exchange of information, the two teams informed each other of their current residence to facilitate future exchange of clues, and then divided into two groups to continue exploring this mysterious No. [-] courtyard.

Xiao Cheng and Su Heyan cautiously continued to advance in the corridor, trying to walk lightly to avoid attracting that wandering object.

It was very quiet along the way, the entire No. [-] courtyard was completely different from the vitality in the daytime, and all the sounds seemed to disappear, including the snoring and grinding of teeth in those rooms.

Ahead, the door of a family is ajar. I don't know if it's for ventilation, or if it's out of curiosity.

Su Heyan looked at his partner and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to go in and have a look?"

Xiao Cheng: "Break into a private house?"

"How could it be called breaking through if he didn't close the door himself?" Su Heyan said confidently.

Xiao Cheng: "..."

The dog is still your dog.

He was about to say yes, when an abrupt creaking sound sounded in the corridor.

Xiao Cheng quickly looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a metal strip-shaped object twisting on the ceiling of the corridor, which was probably the metal pipe snake.The original hard ceiling was now like mud, and the body of the thing inside protruded little by little, and the whole body was about to be revealed.

Looking closely, this thing is indeed made of old pipes. The surface is rusty, with traces of wind and rain. The pipes are connected together to form its long snake-like body.

The wrist was suddenly wrapped by Su Heyan's slender fingers, and he quickly led Xiao Cheng into the room with force, and closed the door gently.

"Squeak-"

There was the sound of metal rubbing that made goose bumps, and the pipe snake outside the door twisted its body in place like a living thing, and then gradually moved, crawling in the corridor.

"Squeak-"

"Squeak-"

The voice was a little closer to where Xiao Cheng and the other two were, and they leaned against the door without daring to make a sound.When the voice reached the door, it suddenly stopped, as if it had noticed something.Through the door, Xiao Cheng couldn't see the metal snake's movements clearly, but he could hear the scalp-numbing sound of the metal on his body rubbing against each other every time he moved.

The metal snake has been standing outside the door, as if it will attack in the next second.

The icy breath came through the door panel, making one's skin crawl unbearable.

Xiao Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help reaching out to touch the black umbrella hanging on his arm.

If you conflict with the other party now, it's not good.Their understanding of this thing is limited to He Siyuan's rough explanation before, even He Siyuan has never fought it personally, and Fang Lie, who seems to have done it, has disappeared.

The outstretched hand was gently held down by Su Heyan, Xiao Cheng looked up at Su Heyan suspiciously, Su Heyan was slightly taller than him, from this angle he could see the shadow of the other's straight nose bridge and brow bone.

Su Heyan turned to Xiao Cheng and gently mouthed: Breathe.

Xiao Cheng understood in seconds, and immediately held his breath.

After the breathing of the two people disappeared, the big metal snake seemed to have lost its target. It twisted back and forth at the door of this family, looking a little uncertain, but it was reluctant to leave.

The big snake didn't go away, and the two didn't dare to continue breathing.

Xiao Cheng didn't breathe much, and the situation was urgent and it was not suitable to take a deep breath. The only air in his lungs was quickly consumed.

The big metal snake in front of the door is still hovering, and has no intention of going away for a long time.

Xiao Cheng cursed the broken snake in his heart, but the feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger. He tried to control the energy of the heart according to the method taught by Su Heyan to relieve the pain.

But unlike in water, people can't breathe in water, so they don't need to deliberately control their breathing, and with the help of the pain of drowning, the ability of the heart can be stimulated more smoothly.Right now he is standing here, surrounded by fresh air, but it is really difficult to control himself not to breathe.

At the critical juncture, Xiao Cheng covered his mouth and nose, physically controlling himself not to breathe randomly.

Su He extended his hand, and lightly tapped the back of Xiao Cheng's hand.

Xiao Cheng instantly realized that this was Su Heyan telling him to control the rhythm of his heartbeat.He let go of his thoughts and adjusted his heartbeat to the rhythm of Su Heyan's fingers.

Gradually a warm current gushed out from his heart, relieving him of the pain of suffocation.

At this time, the big metal snake outside the door that could not capture the movement of the two also gave up. It turned around and continued its night patrol.

After the sound of scraping metal finally disappeared, Xiao Cheng took a long breath: "Thank you."

Su Heyan leaned against the door with folded arms and looked at him: "Thank you?"

Xiao Cheng glanced at him.

Su Heyan: "Don't you just want to talk?"

Xiao Cheng: "Tell me."

Su Heyan: "I want a set of cotton sofa covers, the one in your house is prickly in sleep."

Xiao Cheng didn't expect that he actually made such a humble request: "...Can't you have something else to pursue?"

"Other?" Su Heyan raised the corner of his mouth, "Yes, but we'll talk about it later."

Xiao Cheng suddenly felt that there was some kind of backlash in these words, but Su Heyan didn't continue anymore, and just asked him, "Can you do it?"

Xiao Cheng scratched his chin: "All right..."

Since Su Heyan chose the cotton sofa cover himself, Xiao Cheng dropped the folding bed fork that he planned to buy for him.

At a certain moment, Xiao Cheng suddenly felt a little pain in his conscience, feeling like a hateful landlord who exploited long-term workers, but his conscience quickly left the pain behind.

Anyway, Su Heyan chose it himself.

The author has something to say: Su Heyan lost his folding bed*1

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