sunk in yesterday

Just like Xia Zhuo's bizarre dream, the darkness filling the corridor disappeared.

With new progress, the rest of the people soon joined them on the stairs.

Compared with the fourth floor where everything is unknown, Chu Jin focused more on the wall.

As the saying goes, everyone has a love of beauty, and there is no doubt that the portrait is a rare beauty.

He kept saying that Xia Zhuo's growth was crooked, and he didn't inherit two ten-thousandths of his mother's essence.

That one ten-thousandth refers to his eyes that can still be called similar.

Originally thought that Xia Zhuo would chase after him angrily, shouting and beating him, but the other party didn't have time to pay attention to him at all, just stared straight at the person in the painting, and let out a faint sigh for a moment.

Although there are always hurtful jokes on weekdays, Chu Jin still knows what to say and what not to say. Seeing that he is not interested, he stops his curiosity and stops everything.

Now it was the morning of the third day, and there were only about twelve hours left before the birthday party.

A group of people arrived at the fourth floor by stepping on the stairs covered with footprints. Tan Xiaohei hadn't found the corridor light switch at the top of the stairs before, and they searched carefully nearby but found nothing. I don't know if there was no light in the first place or it was broken and re-dismantled, even if the visibility has improved. Some, but the unlit passage still inevitably makes people who look at it feel uneasy.

"You said, is the monster chasing us on this floor?" Chu Jin pressed Yu Ziang's arm, his voice was obviously not as loud as before, it was completely squeezed out of his throat.

Xia Zhuo was still immersed in the pity that the portrait could not be put into the warehouse to take away. Hearing this, he absently looked at the handprints extending all the way on the wall, "If you look for it, you will know it?"

"That's right... Bah, that's right. We will be the ones who are caught off guard when we see it." Chu Jin suggested, "Should we go and see if the elevator is there?"

Guan Yuzhou nodded, "You can confirm this first, and it can be regarded as leaving a way out."

Once the first goal is set, it's time to jump into action.

The circular aperture of the flashlight swayed in the dark corridor, and there were messy scratches on both the walls and the ground.

They deliberately slowed down their pace, trying not to make unnecessary noise, and the consistent footsteps echoed evenly, other than that, there was only the slight sound of the central air conditioner and exhaust equipment operating.

The Xia family opened up the room on the right and decorated it as a banquet hall. As a place that requires a lot of food and drinks, if there is an elevator on the fourth floor, it must be here.Unfortunately, perhaps due to the lack of time, the front and rear doors of the banquet hall were locked, and they couldn't get in at all, and they couldn't see the scene inside.

Chu Jin pushed the solid wooden door that didn't move at all, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Could it be possible to wait for the aborigines to open it?"

Tan Nian interjected softly: "Or, maybe it has something to do with the key on the monster's body?"

"Come on, don't we still have to deal with monsters?"

"Actually, it is a little easier to deal with than ordinary humanoid aborigines..." Tan Nian, as the No.1 who has close contact experience, stumbled to pass on his experience: "Its large size also means that its movements are slower. It’s like the ones I met before are so sensitive that sometimes even knives and knives can’t hurt them... And they can talk, killing them is more like killing people, and the feel will be different..."

Seeing him uttering shocking words in a serious manner, Chu Jin was silent, "That's right, it's much better to hit one than four."

After trying for a while to no avail, I can only go in the opposite direction for the time being.

No one spoke a word along the way, and they kept trying to open the doors of the guest rooms, but failed.

Several people had the same guess in their minds—the messy footprints on the ground could only go in and out, indicating that the monster probably never left on the fourth floor. Since it was not found on the right side, it must be on the left side.

As for whether it was in the corridor or in a certain room, no one knew the answer.

This caused Chu Jin to have a complicated mood.

He hopes that certain doors can be opened to tell them that what they have done is not in vain, and that the clues are still progressing; on the other hand, he also hopes that these doors should not be opened, so that people will not face the monster as soon as they enter In front of him, maybe he didn't even know how he died.

Guan Yuzhou, who was walking in the front, stopped suddenly, and the people who were close to each other almost crashed into a ball, as if they were afraid of disturbing something, one or two didn't ask, but moved forward in the direction pointed by his flashlight look.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, there was nothing unusual in the corridor in front of him, and a white wall blocked the road a few meters away.

Except for the fact that the overhead lights were not able to illuminate, all the patterns were the same as the third floor where they lived, and the messy footprints on the ground disappeared out of thin air about one meter in front of them.

Chu Jin suddenly raised his head stiffly to look at the ceiling, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, not on the top of the head.

He still remembers the fear of being dominated by the Hanged Man in a dream—appearing directly above you at every turn, three hearts are not enough for this!Since then, he has developed a good habit of looking up anytime and anywhere, correcting the ancient view that "CT does not look up".

Xia Zhuo also muttered in bewilderment, "It shouldn't be." He stepped forward and touched the wall, and the real and cold touch spread along the palm of his hand. They had indeed reached the end of the corridor.

The monster is neither on the right nor on the left, and none of the doors on the fourth floor can be opened, which brings everything to an impasse again.

If nothing was found, what was the point of them going up to the fourth floor?What is the reason for opening the fourth floor?

Is there something wrong, or is there some detail that has been overlooked?

Xia Zhuo looked at Guan Yuzhou suspiciously, who was also staring at him, frowning and thinking about something.

Then, Guan Yuzhou turned his face slightly and looked in the direction they came from.

There is nothing in the empty corridor, only long dark blocks embedded in the wall every ten meters, like vertical coffins.

By the way... the door.

When they were on the second floor before, the dream reminded them of the importance of the "number" of closing the door once.

A thought jumped out of his mind, and Xia Zhuo immediately concentrated on counting.

one two Three……

No mistake, there are six doors in total from the one closest to them to the central staircase.

This is where the problem arises.

There are seven guest rooms on the left side of the third floor.If the upper and lower patterns are exactly the same, then there should also be seven fans here!

Chu Jin was still knocking on the wall, trying to find a hollow place.But he knocked all the way from the bottom to the top, and even asked Yu Ziang to lift himself up so that he could reach a higher place. Suddenly he heard the harsh friction sound of "Zilla" behind him, and subconsciously turned around, Xia Zhuo took out the ax again. Out.

The blood-stained ax blade set off a spark on the ground, as fierce as it could be.

"Give way."

Chu Jin quickly jumped aside.

Then Xia Zhuo softly handed the ax to Guan Yuzhou.

A gust of wind roared and split the air, Guan Yuzhou held the handle of the ax and slashed on the wall precisely and quickly.There was a loud rumbling sound wherever it reached, with the potential to shake the ground. A large piece of cracked wall skin in the shape of a spider web rustled and fell down, and a black hole the size of a fist formed impressively.

He took advantage of the opportunity to hook the wall back with the curved tip of the blade, and the large chunks of stone raised dust, and the secret hidden in the wall was exposed in front of his eyes in an instant—the seventh door found it.

From Xia Zhuo's perspective, he could just see the wooden door frame hidden inside.

But at this moment, there was a sudden movement behind him.

Yu Ziang said in a low voice vigilantly: "Something is coming."

The sound of destroying the wall was so loud that it probably spread to every corner of the entire building.

Guan Yuzhou didn't stop, he let go instead and continued to smash the place where he hit just now. Most of the loose stones fell off in the blink of an eye, and it didn't take much effort for them to walk through the cracks exposed on the wall.

come on.

Xia Zhuo took a deep breath, reached out and tried to push the last door.

Almost without any hindrance, the door fluttered open to them, and a dark, damp and cold breath rushed towards them.

It was as if a box that had been sealed for a long time was finally pried open, and the strong musty smell made people hold their breath temporarily.There was a clear sound of heavy and dragging footsteps from the other end of the corridor. Before they could relax, they quickly hid in the door along the crack.

The flashlight flickered, slowly illuminating the furnishings in the room.

In the center is a dusty bed, the light green bedding printed with small leaves reflects the glare of light under the lamp.There is a timeless car model on the bedside table beside it, but it seems to have been dropped a few times, the rear mirrors and some small parts on both sides are all gone, and the paint sprayed on it is also worn off.The potted plant by the window has long since died, the desk is empty, only a bottle of black ink has been knocked over, and the pen is gone...

Although the breath of life has long since disappeared, Guan Yuzhou knows this place.

When Xia Zhuo made videos with him, he would often bring shots into the room.He has seen Xia Zhuo's closet stuffed with clothes of various colors, the pot of succulents that are not well-raised, and the other party who has no patience sitting at the table and tracing the copybook.

With a clear sound, Yu Ziang pushed the switch on the wall, and the pale round lamp above his head instantly illuminated the whole situation, casting thick shadows on all the furniture and furnishings.

Only then did they realize that the wall behind the bed was covered with painful scratches and smeared brown liquid, and scattered broken nails and short black hair stained with liquid were scattered on the floor next to it.

Dense wires hang down along the bed board, connecting to an old instrument hidden under the curtain behind the bed.Guan Yuzhou was stunned for a moment, he stepped forward and lifted the quilt violently, the dust choked the few people nearby coughing, but their attention was soon attracted by the thing buried under the quilt—it was a The straps are either broken or intact, and most of the edges have come off the thread, leaving only messy marks of struggle and tearing.

Everyone stopped moving, and the whole room fell into dead silence.

Xia Zhuo looked at all the scenes dizzily, which was both strange and familiar to him.Even if he learned about Zhien Academy from Yu Ziang and Chu Jin, he did not easily apply the execution methods mentioned to his past.But now the unshakable evidence suddenly ran before his eyes, the burning pain in his heart and the coldness continuously oozing from the bone crevices in his body contradictoryly impacted his body, making his face completely lose all color.

Guan Yuzhou's fingertips also began to tremble. He touched the whitish restraint belt without saying a word, then gritted his teeth suddenly, and cut off the red and blue intertwined wires with an ax like crazy, leaving different shades on the solid bed board. The dents and collision sounds are extremely clear and intrusive, almost affecting everyone's heartbeat.

It wasn't until he completely destroyed the bed full of signs of abuse that he raised his head furiously, staring at the bloodstained place on the wall with his red eyes——

The smell of blood in the air intensified.

"click".

The other three followed the sound, and Yu Ziang, who was the closest, immediately turned around and walked to the door in two steps, grabbing the handle vigorously and shaking it up and down.However, the door seemed to be welded to death from the outside, no matter how much force he used, it would not budge.

Realizing that they were locked here, he couldn't help frowning, and carefully looked at the structure of the entire room again.

The originally stable lamp above the head began to flicker irregularly, and patches of black blood slowly slid down from the ceiling along the wall, leaving behind hideous and distorted crawling marks wherever they went.They filled the confined space little by little, and the strong malice squirmed and approached everyone present, as if weaving a strong giant net to drag them all to hell.

"Fuck!!!"

"Zi-pa".

As Chu Jin couldn't hold back his exclamation anymore, the lamp was covered in blood, and everything fell into darkness again.

The spare flashlight gave off a weak gleam, but it couldn't even clearly see the palm within a few centimeters.

The temperature in the whole room dropped rapidly, and the already cold moisture rubbed against every inch of human skin like the tip of a knife. Strong uneasiness gripped Xia Zhuo's heart. His hands on the cabinet stiffened involuntarily, his body Every cell in his body was clamoring to remind him of the danger again—the sound of procrastinating footsteps appeared again!The rough soles of the shoes are slowly stepping on the smooth floor, the slight rustling sound from the friction of dust echoes under the sound of the sparse liquid surging, just listening to it makes one's hairs stand on end.

There is someone in this room!The sixth person besides them!

Xia Zhuo's scalp went numb, and he subconsciously wanted to find Guan Yuzhou who was a few meters away.However, before he could react, the cabinet with his palms together trembled violently. He only felt the support force disappear, and then he fell into a closed and narrow space.

His knee slammed against the panel, and he screamed in pain, but was suppressed by an invisible thing, and he could only watch the cabinet door silently close again.

He can't make a sound!

However, at this moment, he heard the sound of metal colliding.

--clatter!

This sound was extremely short, but it was close at hand, right beside him!

He stopped breathing and tried to look across the cabinet in the dark.

"whee."

Weird laughter clung to his ears, and the man in the white coat turned his head slowly and stiffly, a pair of red eyes bent into distorted shapes, and there were smiles stretching to the ears one by one on his face.

"Caught you."

The author says:

It's almost over! (referring to this dream)