Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Soul Child
As soon as I stepped out of the stone wall door, there was a "bang!" sound behind me, and the stone door then closed tightly, seamlessly connecting with the surrounding wall, and if I hadn't just come out of here, I wouldn't have seen that there was anything wrong with it.
And where I was at this time, I was already in the corner of the first floor on the north side of the orphanage.
The most important problem is that it is already dark.
The torrential rain never stopped, completely submerging the small playground of the orphanage, and in the dark light, only a faint splash could be seen.
I held the slinger stick in my left hand and the copper coin sword in my right hand, and I was actually more confident than just now.
I leaned against the wall behind me as much as I could, and I was vigilant and observed my surroundings first.
There was nothing unusual on the first floor, and it could be said that the entire orphanage was silent.
I wanted to hear if there were any footsteps so that I could judge Xu Zixuan's current position, but I didn't find anything.
When I fell from the second floor of the house just now, I clearly remembered that there were many pale children outside the door, and they were definitely not human beings.
It's just that because it fell too fast, I don't know if Xu Zixuan has guarded against them.
Thinking of this, my heart began to get nervous.
The strongest Xu Zizhao has disappeared from the house, life and death are unknown, if even Xu Zixuan has an accident now, then it will really be me fighting alone.
I didn't dare to walk around randomly, so I put away the sticks for the time being, took out my mobile phone and found Xu Zixuan's WeChat, and sent her a message:
"Xu Zixuan, where are you?"
After the message was sent, I waited in place for two or three minutes, but Xu Zixuan did not respond to me.
It can't really be an accident, right?
I pondered for a while, running away was not my style, and finally gritted my teeth and decided to look for it.
I just happened to try it, whether the copper coin sword that the old man in black had taken great pains to get me was useless.
Along the wall on the first floor, I walked cautiously towards the stairwell.
I don't want to be curious to look at the wooden doors and windows I passed, and it is better to encounter nothing along the way, and everything will be fine.
As soon as I reached the hallway, the biting cold wind blew again.
It was getting dark, and it was getting darker than it had been before, and I turned around cautiously in three steps, my ears pricked up and listening intently.
The black handprints of the children on the walls of the corridor make me feel hairy when I see them, and when I think back to the children in the corridor just now, it makes me feel creepy unconsciously.
I bent down slightly, held the bronze coin sword in front of my chest, and used my backhand to illuminate it.
In the terrifying environment, the beams of light and darkness form various blind spots, although I can see clearly, but also make the atmosphere more and more weird.
Fortunately, I made it to the second floor without any problems.
At this time, the second floor was empty, and the six open wooden doors proved that what I saw before I fell into the secret room was not dazzling.
It's just that now those children and Xu Zixuan are gone.
Just as I was staring at the wooden door at the end of the corridor, a voice suddenly came from behind me:
"Brother......
The voice shouted very softly, even a little faintly.
I only felt a cold sweat on my back, held my breath, mustered up the courage to turn around quickly, and at the same time raised the copper coin sword, and shouted:
"Get out of here!"
The louder I shouted, the more frightened I became.
Still, when I turned around and saw a figure, I was so scared that I almost lost my soul.
Five meters away from me, there was a little boy standing!
The little boy was short and thin, only half the height of the corridor railing, his face was bloodless, he was dressed in old and tattered clothes, and his dirty little feet were barefoot.
It just stood there and looked at me, motionless.
I knew it wasn't human, but I still nervously asked:
"You...... Who is it?"
The little boy tilted his head slightly, and suddenly took a step forward with an expressionless face.
I was still wondering if it would hurt me, but in the next second, the little boy became like a little beast, and actually bounced directly off the ground, and his little body instantly pounced on me.
In mid-air, its facial features, which it could not see clearly, became more blurry, and began to emit black smoke, especially the two eyes, which had become two black holes......
I didn't have time to see more, it happened so suddenly that I forgot the copper coin sword in my hand, and just bent down to dodge.
At that moment, a figure appeared behind me.
Just listen to the sound of "poof!".
The little boy's body disappeared in front of my eyes in an instant, turning into a cloud of black smoke and disappearing.
It was a scimitar that stabbed the little boy just now, and the person holding the scimitar was the Xu Zixuan I was looking for.
After Xu Zixuan finished solving the little boy, he grabbed me and ran with his feet up, without giving me time to buffer at all.
I gasped and asked:
"Where have you been?"
Xu Zixuan frowned and said coldly:
"Waiting for you in place!"
I went on to ask:
"What about your brother?"
Xu Zixuan took a deep breath, shook his head and said:
"Didn't find it!"
It can be seen that Xu Zixuan is very anxious and worried, but he didn't show it.
She glanced at the copper coin sword in my hand, stared at me and asked:
"Where's the copper sword?"
I thought in my mind, the matter of the secret room, let's not talk about it for the time being, after all, the person who left the note is the one surnamed Xiang, and he is the most important clue to crack the wolf, so until I find him, it should be kept secret.
I said casually:
"Picked it up in a room on the ground floor. ”
Xu Zixuan didn't know if he believed it or not, so he gave me a disdainful look anyway, and then dragged me to continue running.
But when we ran to the corner of the stairs, we both stopped at the same time.
Because of the location of the staircase, at this time it was full of ghost children, men and women, almost more than twenty, all staring at us expressionlessly, they were wearing dirty clothes, dense, in the dark environment, paper white faces, indescribably weird.
My scalp instantly tingled, gritted my teeth and pinched the copper coin sword, and reluctantly whispered:
"What to do?"
Xu Zixuan was no better than me, the tip of her nose was sweating slightly, and she kept clenching her silver teeth, and she couldn't pay attention for a while.
I knew in my heart that this was not the time to hesitate, and I might be devoured by these children in the next second.
So he decisively grabbed Xu Zixuan's hand, turned around and ran.
At the same time, he quickly said:
"Lead them upstairs and find another chance to rush out!"
Xu Zixuan's palms were sweaty, but the back of her hand was very cold, she tried to struggle a little, but seeing that I never let go, she acquiesced.
But just as we ran back to the second floor, a ghost child suddenly pounced on us in the corner hallway.
This time, because I was pulling Xu Zixuan, my mind was exceptionally sober, and I raised the copper coin sword in my hand and slashed it mercilessly.
"Zila!" the sword fell and scattered, and black smoke floated up!
(Good night)