Urban Oddities: Soul Contract

Chapter 9 Room Escape

"Help……"

"You...you are...Miss Xiaohua?"

Miss Xiaohua nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and explained in tears that she was going to work on the first day today. Before she knew it, her colleagues were all off work, and she was the only one who was still working overtime. She asked him to deliver the package because she wanted someone to accompany her downstairs. , Unexpectedly, the building suddenly lost power!

"During the power outage... it seemed like someone was walking past the door, it was so scary... woo woo woo..."

"Don't cry, don't cry, we will be able to leave here safely."

In fact, Huo Minghai was also panicked to death, he was almost fainted by fright, but of course a big man can't show weakness in front of a lady.

Miss Xiaohua raised her head and looked at him with bright eyes.

"So, don't make a sound." Huo Minghai made a silent gesture, for fear that her voice would attract bad things, Miss Xiao Hua immediately covered her mouth and nodded.

In the game, Huo Minghai's knowledge of the quest items is limited to Office 171, but Office 206 is in a mess, and he doesn't know where to find the clues.

Seeing him rummaging through things randomly, Miss Xiaohua couldn't help asking him what he was looking for. Huo Minghai told her about the game, pointed to the documents and hanging pictures, and told her that it was exactly the same as in the game, but...

On the hanging picture, the angel's blood and tears have extended to the picture frame!

Damn, what does this mean?That thing is out there? !

At this time, Miss Xiaohua said something unexpected to Huo Minghai.

"Qi Qiaoling you just mentioned, I know."

"Ah! Really?!" Opened the thick file, found the page of Qi Qiaoling, and handed it to Miss Xiaohua, "Is this the person?"

"Well, it's her." Miss Xiaohua nodded, "This company was formerly known as the 03 Biotechnology Research Institute, which illegally developed drugs and conducted experiments on living people. Qi Qiaoling is one of the experimental subjects!"

She pointed to a string of small characters on the corner of the paper. The light silver line was the words "03 Biotechnology".

"I heard from my colleagues that this building has been haunted since the closure of the 03 Research Institute. The most ominous thing is the resentment left by Qi Qiaoling. It is said that she struggled for three full days in the drug experiment before she died..." Miss Xiaohua said. Then, he began to cry again, complaining why he didn't have eyes, and came to such a wicked company.

"You must save me!" Miss Xiaohua grabbed Huo Minghai like a life-saving grass, but immediately withdrew her hand like an electric shock, rubbing her fingers, "This is..."

"Ash from the censer." Huo Minghai wiped some off his arm, "You also rub some, to avoid evil spirits."

"You made a mistake!" Miss Xiaohua turned pale with shock, "This ash is not for warding off evil spirits, but for attracting ghosts!"

"Ah?!" Huo Minghai's brain exploded.

"The bathroom is at the end of the corridor, turn left, go and wash it!" Miss Xiao Hua pointed in the direction, then retreated to the corner, staring at Huo Minghai in horror, for fear that he would bring something bad.

Huo Minghai gritted his teeth and said firmly, "You follow me too!"

"do not want!"

"At least two people can have a caretaker, right?"

"What if...you encounter something...how?"

"Take it." Huo Minghai handed her the thick document, "If there is something, don't be shy, just throw it on the head!"

Miss Xiao Hua was amused by him and wiped her face. Huo Minghai's firm tone gave her a lot of confidence.

"We will be able to get out!" Huo Minghai secretly clenched his fists, cheering himself up, and at the same time cheering her up. Miss Xiaohua nodded, and gently tugged on the corner of Huo Minghai's clothes.

"After we get out, we'll go..." Huo Minghai was taken aback suddenly, he had to go through the stairs to go to the bathroom.

And that staircase... is where the embroidered shoes appear!

Where is the girl with embroidered shoes?She can't find anyone, will she go back to the stairs again? !

Or...she's right outside the door?

No, no!

Huo Minghai looked at the angel hanging the painting, blood and tears stretched onto the frame, logically it should be Gameover.

But, the game is not over yet!

"Hold on to me, don't let go!"

"Ok!"

The two came to the door.

"Don't think about anything after you go out, follow me, don't make a sound, understand?" Huo Minghai took a deep breath, "Get ready—"

Count down to three, and slam the door open!

Outside the door, the cold darkness rushes forward!

detour!The farther away from that staircase the better!

Huo Minghai held the mobile phone in one hand and the hanging picture in the other, his heart was beating fast, the light was fluctuating, and Miss Xiao Hua dared not make a sound, she grabbed his clothes and rushed up the corridor on the other side. The third floor also had the same layout. There is a bathroom on every floor, just to be on the safe side, Huo Minghai climbed up another floor to the fourth floor before running towards the bathroom.

The building reverberated with the sound of running like a ghost, and his beating heart made his eyes go black. Huo Minghai only had one thought in his mind, which was to quickly wash off the incense ash that attracted ghosts. The surrounding air was getting colder and colder, and his sweaty clothes Sticking to the body, the corridor seems to be very long, no matter how hard you run, you can't finish it. At this moment, some small voices came.

"tick...tick...tick..."

water!It's water!

Outside the bathroom, there is a public washbasin. The unscrewed faucet is leaking water drop by drop. Huo Minghai rushes straight to the washbasin, turns on the water and then flushes his arms. Miss Xiaohua is squatting on the ground, probably because she is tired. Maybe it was frightened, and after Huo Minghai washed it off, he asked timidly: "Then... what should we do?"

Huo Minghai picked up water and splashed it on his face. The freezing temperature made his confused mind clear up a lot. He shook his head and looked in the mirror: "Go up!"

"Why? We should go out!"

In the mirror, Miss Xiao Hua was squatting, but the angle of the mirror could not see her, so Huo Minghai had no choice but to turn around and look at her with a serious expression: "There is a ghost in this building! She may be on the first floor, or she may have gone up to the second floor! Anyway We have to stay as far away from her as possible!"

Miss Xiaohua raised her head when she heard the words: "Is it really safe upstairs?"

Huo Minghai was silent for a moment, pulled up Miss Xiaohua, and said firmly, "At least it's better than the first and second floors."

"Yeah!" Miss Xiaohua grabbed the corner of Huo Minghai's clothes, "I'll follow you!"

If the light of the mobile phone shines on Huo Minghai's face, then Miss Xiaohua will definitely be able to see his sweaty handsome face. Huo Minghai secretly bit his tongue and told himself to hold on, not to faint, absolutely not to faint !

"Let's take the elevator up?" Miss Xiaohua suggested, but Huo Minghai quickly vetoed it. According to the plot in the movie, it's no wonder that nothing happens when you take the elevator in this situation!

"Da da da……"

After running a few steps, Huo Minghai suddenly stopped.

"What... what's the matter?" Miss Xiaohua stuck tightly behind his back.

"Shh, listen..."

The two held their breaths, and another footstep sounded in the empty corridor.

"Da da da……"

Shoes stepped on the ground, and someone was walking.

Huo Minghai frowned. The embroidered shoes are cloth shoes, so that shouldn't be the sound. Could it be that there are other people in the building besides them?

Really... is it human?

Huo Minghai raised his mobile phone, he had a light, at least he had to see clearly what the other party was!

The footsteps were getting closer, Huo Minghai squeezed the frame tightly, ready to throw it as a weapon at any time, but at the end of the light, nothing appeared.

Impossible... Listening to the sound, it should be very close, right?

The voice became louder and clearer, and it should be only ten steps away. Huo Minghai's heart jumped into his throat. Suddenly, an ominous premonition floated up. What if, the voice was not from the hallway? Words come...

The light of the mobile phone slowly moved to the stairs, just in time, a long-haired black figure turned up.

"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.' The idea of ​​running away was left, and he rushed to the other end of the stairs desperately. Climbing the stairs was really a terrible thing, but under the will to survive, Huo Minghai didn't feel tired at all, and went up one floor after another until he was caught by a The iron gate blocked the way, so Huo Minghai knew how to stop.

"What... what should I do... I can't go up, the stairs are locked!" Miss Xiao Hua panicked.

"Let's find a room on this floor to hide!"

His lungs seemed to be on fire. Huo Minghai was gasping for air, every inch of his body was screaming. He didn't know which floor this was, but he went to a very high floor and picked a room in the middle of the corridor. , After entering, I realized that it turned out to be a rather large laboratory. I closed the door as quickly as possible, turned the lock, and Miss Xiaohua pushed a small cabinet and closed the door.

"Why did you choose this room..." Miss Xiaohua looked around, the walls were covered with diagrams of acupuncture points in the human body, and drawings of various chemical equations. , There is also a large mirror embedded on the wall next to the experimental table.

"In the middle of the corridor... Huh... When escaping, you can run to the right or to the left, at least you won't be blocked." Huo Minghai sat in the corner, his tense heart finally relaxed a little, and the tide of fatigue It was like churning, he really wanted to just sleep like that, and when he woke up, he found that it was just a dream.

Miss Xiaohua sat next to Huo Minghai, and suddenly said, "What do you think this laboratory is for?"

"Preparation... Potion? Anyway, let's just wait here until dawn."

In this kind of place, it would be a lie to say that you are not afraid, Huo Minghai looked around vigilantly, for fear that something would pop out suddenly.

"I remember my colleague said that Qi Qiaoling died in a laboratory close to the top floor." Miss Xiaohua went to the laboratory table, flipped through the materials, and said to herself.

The silence in the room was terrifying, only the occasional sound of papers being flipped, and Huo Minghai's suppressed panting.

No...it seems, what's wrong?

After calming down, Huo Minghai suddenly discovered some unreasonable details.

Isn't Miss Xiaohua tired?Why didn't you hear her panting?

"Hey, come here and take a picture." Miss Xiaohua greeted.

Cold sweat oozes from the palms of his hands, Huo Minghai walks lightly to her side, and secretly looks at her face while using his mobile phone to light up the data.

Miss Xiaohua is delicate and delicate, with tender skin, no matter how you look at it, she is a normal girl.

Miss Xiaohua turned her head, made a face at him, pointed to the information and said, "Look, according to the record, Qi Qiaoling secretly made a curse doll at that time, and during the few days she was dying, she kept talking to the doll, cursing the people here. Everyone... Hehe, as you can see, the 03 Institute of Biotechnology has closed down, and even the new pharmaceutical companies are gone."

"It's really scary." Huo Minghai also lowered his head to look at the information. Inadvertently, the light of the mobile phone shone under the table, and he saw something.

"All the people in the building can't leave."

Miss Xiaohua's voice was like a bug, scratching Huo Minghai's scalp numb.

"Hey, why are you shaking so much?"

"I...I'm going to the bathroom." Huo Minghai turned around stiffly, and then his arms were grabbed.

"I will go with you."

Feet in embroidered shoes stepped into the light.

Huo Minghai looked palely at the big mirror on the wall.

In the big mirror, it should be Miss Xiao Hua's position, but there is nothing!

——Remember to burn incense, watch out for phone calls, and watch out for traps!

It turned out that from the moment he entered the building, he had already fallen into a trap!

"All the people in the building can't leave."

A cold breath blew past his ears, and Huo Minghai felt a pang in his chest, and suddenly a loud noise came from the corridor, and then, the door was slammed by a force.

It's over... I can't go out...

Huo Minghai's arms were sore and sore, as if he had been injected with an anesthetic, and the numbness continued to spread. Huo Minghai fell limply to the ground uncontrollably, letting Miss Xiaohua drag him into the depths of the laboratory, the door slammed It became more and more urgent, and finally, several rays of light flashed by, Miss Xiaohua looked back, and saw that the door was torn apart, and standing outside was——

"Huo Minghai, what a runaway!" The long-haired figure let out a roar.

Huh, you seem to be scolding me?

Huo Minghai thought in a daze, but before he recovered, there was a chopping sound in his ear, the sound of the table breaking, and the strength in his arm loosened, Huo Minghai fell to the ground, just touching the angel hanging the picture with his hand, As soon as he was hugged into his arms, his body suddenly flew into the air, the wind whistled in his ears, and the icy air blew, Huo Minghai woke up quite a bit, and just when he saw clearly, he almost fainted again.

The long-haired man was carrying him, running down the stairs round and round, which made Huo Minghai dizzy, and his stomach was overwhelmed.

"Why did you come to this kind of place...Hey, don't vomit! Woohoo..."

Huo Minghai supported the wall, and when he vomited cleanly, he was dragged down by the man again.

"You...you slow down..."

"If you slow down, you will die!"

It turned out that I met a great savior!Huo Minghai's heart was clear, it was really dangerous just now, if the savior hadn't arrived in time, he might have become the little brother of that ferocious ghost!Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the man's next words were like dropping an atomic bomb on Huo Minghai's mind.

"This is simply not a place where humans can come!"

In the mushroom cloud that exploded with a bang, only a few words floated out.

"You... you are not human?"

"No." Looking back, seeing Huo Minghai's panic state, the man added angrily, "You still don't recognize the one who signed for it? I'm General Chu, remember it for me!"

The stairs went down round after round, and when Chu Gan almost fainted, the two finally realized something was wrong. After running for so long, they still haven't bottomed out. Is this building so tall?Go to the corner and look, the floor sign is the 21st floor.

"Which floor did we come down from?" General Chu Gan asked.

Huo Minghai was speechless, he was running in a daze at the time, how could he pay attention to how many floors?

The two went down another floor silently, and looked up, the twentieth floor.

Going down again, the floor sign becomes the 21st floor again.

Chu Gan will drag Huo Minghai down one floor after another, and the floors are repeatedly changed between the 21th and [-]st floors.

General Chu Gan let out a long sigh, and sat in the corner sullenly, thinking about what to do. He and Huo Minghai were in an inexplicable space. It was the first time he encountered the situation.

"It's... a ghost hit the wall..." Huo Minghai finally experienced it. It's interesting to read the story, but it's frightening to experience it in reality. Miss Xiaohua wearing embroidered shoes will appear at some point, but...

Huo Minghai secretly glanced at the savior.

The great savior gave him a blank look: "This place is shrouded in a strong resentment, trapping many people, fighting her in her base camp? You think too much!"

"so many people?"

Chu Gan pointed his finger at the darkness, and Huo Minghai took a photo with his mobile phone, and there was faint smoke and dust floating around. After watching for a long time, he suddenly had the illusion of a translucent person walking around.

03 Institute of Biotechnology conducted human experiments, and the unjustly dead souls gathered together, covering the entire building, forming a powerful field of resentment, which not only swallowed all the employees of 03 Institute of Biotechnology, but even the pharmaceutical company that moved in later. Didn't let go.

The resentful spirits tasted the sweetness and waited for the next batch of prey, but unfortunately no one dared to come in again, so they had to use various methods to introduce humans, and the corpses that ate their souls were abandoned outside the building, so they became a topic in the news. unsolved case.

When Chu Gan will see that woman, he will understand that she is the worst resentment in this building!

"Why did you come to this place?" General Chu really didn't understand, the resentment emanating from here was strong, and when humans approached, they should have a premonition!

When Huo Minghai explained that he was delivering the package, Chu Gan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Where is the package?"

Huo Minghai tilted his head and thought for a while, then hesitated and said: "It seems... I forgot it in 171..."

"Which floor is 171 on?"

"First floor." It was a girl's voice that answered him.

A white figure walked out of the corner.

General Chu Gan stood up vigilantly, protecting the tender and delicious Huo Minghai behind him.

The embroidered shoes walked down the stairs step by step, Xiaohua smiled very confidently.

"Even if you have the ability to go to heaven and earth, you can't escape this building!"

It’s okay if you don’t say anything, but once you say it, Chu Gan will immediately think of something. He can’t go to heaven, but he can go to earth!Wouldn't it be enough to break through the ground?

Huo Minghai stared dumbfounded at him pulling out a sword from his body, stabbing at the ground with all his might, a tsunami-like spiritual power spread out, cracks snaked around like spider webs, the floor collapsed suddenly, and Huo Minghai's feet suddenly collapsed. In the air, at the moment of falling, Chu Gan will pedal over the gravel, drag Huo Minghai up, and when he is about to hit the ground, he will strike out his sword again!The strength surged, the building shook, and the floor collapsed again. The two of them broke through layer by layer, and finally fell to the first floor. When they looked up, they saw a huge hole!

"Hmph, let's see how she chases." Before Chu Gan could finish his sentence, there was a ding from somewhere.

This is... what sound?

The two froze for a few seconds, cursing at the same time in their hearts.

Hold!It's an elevator!

There is no need to turn around, the cold aura behind him is enough to remind Huo Minghai that Miss Xiaohua has already caught up!

171 rushed over in a blink of an eye, and with a few sword strikes, he smashed the wall directly. Huo Minghai rushed in and successfully found the mission item on the table.

"Packed here! And then?"

"Sign for it!"

"...What?" Huo Minghai watched in a daze as Chu Ganjiang grabbed his hand, pointed at his finger and opened his mouth to bite, ignoring Huo Minghai gasping for breath in pain, Chu Ganjiang pressed his bloody finger on the receiving box. People column.

At the same time, the white shadow chasing to the wall let out a shrill scream, and Miss Xiaohua's body began to stretch and deform, converging into a cloud of black air and getting into the package.

The package in his hand sank, and the contents inside shook as if they were struggling. Huo Minghai was so frightened that he let go of his hand, and the package fell to the ground.

"Tsk tsk, you signed for it, she is yours, you have to be responsible to her." Chu Gan picked up the package and stuffed it into Huo Minghai's arms, patted the package and said, "It deserves it, who asked her to send it to herself!"

The sender's serial number was not actually a phone number. Xiaohua just found a reason to lure Huo Minghai over and randomly filled in the meaning of the code on her body. I really signed her...

It was late at night, and in the deserted streets, Huo Minghai was riding his bicycle, trying his best to turn a blind eye to the things behind him.

The small package struggled fiercely in the package basket, rolling from side to side, while Chu Gan would sit on the basket with his legs crossed, arms crossed, and watch the scenery calmly.

There was a big man in the car, but Huo Minghai didn't feel the weight of him at all.

Maybe, the sword spirit is weightless, right?

Not only is it weightless, but it can also spell spells. Otherwise, how could passers-by turn a blind eye to the strange man sitting on the basket?

The company is open all night, looking at the brightly lit hall, Huo Minghai, who escaped from death, was so moved that he almost cried, put the car away, and tremblingly held the package, he decided to put her in the warehouse, the warehouse is so big, for Isn't it easy for her to divide her place?

Su Mu was busy when he saw Huo Minghai coming over with the package in his hands, with a surprised expression on his face.

The package placed on the stage struggled violently, rolled around, and fell to the ground with a thud. Su Mu picked it up and condemned: "You two had a fight? Is there anyone who treats a girlfriend like this?"

Huo Minghai: "...she is not my girlfriend."

Su Mu looked thoughtfully at the man next to Huo Minghai.

Chu Gan waved his hand: "That girl is looking for him, he just doesn't want him."

Huo Minghai: "..."

Su Mu knocked on the registration booklet and said with a smile, "What's her name?"

Huo Minghai: "...Xiaohua."

"what!"

"What... what's wrong?"

"Little flower from Labor Road?" Su Mu looked and looked at the address of the courier, and after confirming something, he stuffed the package into Huo Minghai's arms and told him to go to Manager Zhong Kui.

Manager Zhong Kui was very straightforward. After hearing what Huo Minghai said, he smiled and stamped the company's seal on the bloody fingerprints.

"Okay, just let me handle this package."

"Then he..." Huo Minghai pointed at General Chu, who also made a bloody fingerprint himself, and signed for it by mistake.

He secretly sent a message to ask, and Du Jiajun replied that General Chu's body was sleeping soundly on the upper bunk!

How strange that a sword can actually leave the body!

If Manager Zhong Kui also helps to deal with it by the way...

"NONO, the front desk doesn't recruit men." Zhong Kui waved a finger.

What?front desk?

The next day, when Huo Minghai went to work, he finally understood what Manager Zhong Kui meant.

Miss Xiaohua wearing embroidered shoes is receiving guests with a smile, registering information at the front desk, leading guests to wait on the sofa, serving tea and water, and serving them properly. The portrait of an angel hanging on the wall will shed blood and tears from time to time. The guests thought there was something wrong The agencies stopped to watch, while Miss Xiaohua stood aside with a smile and no words.

Damn, is this the Wraith Little Flower? !

Huo Minghai was puzzled, when Xiao Hua finally found him, her eyes stared like someone who had been starving for days saw (once) mouth-to-mouth (and ran away) barbecue!

Bathed in laser light, barbecue means a lot of pressure. The kind and friendly Miss Xiaohua faced the tender and delicious food. She once delivered it to her mouth, but she was let go and stole the chicken. The culprit was the barbecue. Jun Shi couldn't help but grit his teeth with hatred.

In the dead of night, there will be a snoring puppet doll sitting on the chair at the front desk. The doll is wearing embroidered shoes and has curses written all over her body. It is the resentment from her master Qi Qiaoling. Only a string of numbers is written on the corner of the clothes. It was the date Qi Qiaoling made her, and she always thought it was a meaningless code, so she wrote it on the courier slip.

Building 11, No. 3309 Street, Labor [-]th Road, became a dangerous building overnight, and was bought by Boss Yan at a low price. Residents nearby watched curiously as the construction team came in wave after wave, repairing the building to make it look radiant , named Tiandi Biopharmaceutical Company, is operating vigorously.

"Why didn't you see Tiandi Pharmaceutical recruiting people?" Huo Minghai put down the newspaper, "The building just built is full of employees?"

"There are so many ready-made buildings in the building, do you still need to recruit them? It is said that Boss Yan plans to build another building and allocate the extra manpower there." Su Mu said.

"In the building... readymade?" Huo Minghai thought of something, and it instantly petrified.

"What did you say?" Du Jiajun patted the big rock.

"Cut." A disdainful voice came from somewhere at the front desk. Xiaohua was also reading the newspaper. He heard from the people over there that not only was there no money for a part-time job, but the contract period also depended on the mood of the boss. How long is a ghost's life? It's just that you can taste the elixir that you have developed, such as improving your cultivation, poison, laxative, weight loss, and deformation. Ghost, no matter how you eat it, nothing will happen, right?

The elixir made by the research madmen secretly gave a pill to the boss Xiaohua. As soon as Xiaohua smelled it, she knew something was wrong. She couldn't kill anyone if she took it, but she didn't know what side effects it would cause, so she secretly threw it into Huo Minghai's bowl while eating in the cafeteria. , at the time when there were the most people off work that day, a certain man sang and danced ballet steps all the way in full view. Du Jiajun managed to catch up with him, knocked him out with a knife in his hand, carried him away on his shoulder...

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