Book 1, Volume 2: The Hunting Game, Chapter 8: Investigation
Shanghai, southwest corner of Xinpu District.
A seemingly abandoned hospital is a bit out of place with the bustling street market in the distance, because no one has been there for many years, even the asphalt road is a little damaged, and the road is overgrown with grass that reflects the terrifying atmosphere, and it is rumored that this place is haunted and once became a place of urban legend to scare children, but it is on this even more creepy night that a taxi comes like a ghost car at this time and slowly stops at the entrance of the hospital.
"You two, this is it. However, judging from the somewhat pale face of the driver's brother in the driver's seat, he had reached the limit of the pressure he was under by coming here in the middle of the night, if it weren't for the extra money given by these two almost his annual salary, he wouldn't want to come to this gloomy place if he was killed, but well, under the premise of having a blind sense of security, making money is the king!
"Thank you. Chen Linxuan and Bai Mocheng opened the car door and got out of the car, staring at the hospital called Tartarus in the dark night, which was never marked on the map, so they still inquired for a whole week, and finally got the address of this hospital inspired by this urban legend.
"Then I... Gone?" the driver asked with some trepidation, didn't the other party think about coming back when he gave so much money and it was only a one-way trip?
"Hmm. Chen Linxuan replied casually, shaking her hand to signal that the driver could go.
Although the driver was puzzled, he hurriedly reversed and drove away from here as if he had been amnestied, "Damn, I came to this kind of place so late, and I still have a controlled knife, and I look very beautiful, are they two female ghosts?"
And here, when the driver completely disappeared from view, Chen Linxuan and Bai Mocheng could finally let go of their hands and feet and start acting.
"Let's get moving. The two of them glanced at each other, and at the same time jumped briskly, jumped against the wall, stepped on five steps in a row, and jumped again with the help of strength, and jumped up several times with their hands and feet in succession, and soon the two of them had stood neatly on the wall of the hospital as high as 15 meters.
Needless to say, Bai Mocheng can't practice for thousands of years, and Chen Linxuan is not an otaku girl who only likes to stay at home in the traditional sense, she just likes to sleep in bed, her parkour skills have reached the level of being able to climb the school dormitory building with bare hands before the spiritual awakening, originally they could rely on spiritual magic to enter directly, but considering the potential dangers and unknown circumstances of this hospital, the two still chose not to startle the snake.
However, the two of them stared at the wall tiles under their feet, and frowned at the same time, something was wrong, it was too high, for a hospital, what did it do with such a high and thick wall, this level of thickness and height, plus the density of mixed metal, could completely withstand the high density of shelling on the ground.
Moreover, although it has been damaged, both of them can feel that there is a remnant of the spirit array on the top of the wall, and it should be able to envelop this fifty-story building when the spirit array is complete, a military facility?! It seems that the hospital where Lin Xinyue was born in this information is not simple!
"But, why is it built here? Isn't it better to build it in the suburbs?" Bai Mocheng thought, the desert line, everyone has changed a lot, especially Bai Mocheng, who has lost her immortal body, but has devoted herself more to the big living environment of the scarlet night, this time, it is her last era imprint, so of course she has to cherish every minute and second she has passed, especially... This feeling of going out on an unknown mission with Sister Alice is really nostalgic.
"It's true that this place is located at the junction of the city and the suburbs, but it is more inclined to the city, and the more hidden the special facilities, the better, but this..." After the two slid down the fence, Chen Linxuan looked around at the surrounding environment.
Obviously it is a quiet and leisurely environment surrounded by green trees, but because of the current dark night and dilapidated hospital, it looks eerie and terrifying, if someone else comes here, it is estimated that they can be scared back now, but Baimo City has always been the master who is not a big deal, and Chen Linxuan, although he was relatively timid before, but after the spiritual power awakened, he was able to eat barbecue while watching the whole series of guinea pig experiments and finally scared away the entire barbecue bar, which did not scare them, but aroused their curiosity.
A gust of wind hit, although there was nothing abnormal, but it made the two of them feel cold, although it was autumn, but the two of them were still wearing summer clothes.
"The yin energy here is really heavy. Bai Mocheng quickly confirmed the direction and location, and she was happy with the feeling now, because she didn't know how many years it had been, and she had almost forgotten this feeling that made her nervous.
"Let's go to the data room on the seventh floor first. Chen Linxuan learned the direction of the target from the hospital design drawings handed over to her by Qinghuan in her hand, confirmed the safety of the surroundings, and pushed open the door of the hospital with Bai Mocheng.
It's a normal hospital layout, there are no problems, except for the stripes on the corridor wall that look like children's weird graffiti, which makes people feel uncomfortable in this environment, everything is normal, just like a hospital that closes at night, but, will a normal hospital be completely closed because of the night?
Going up the stairs, the messy graffiti patterns along the way always made Bai Mocheng feel furious, and she couldn't help but stop and stop, standing on the stairs carefully to observe these patterns that could cause her inner turmoil.
"What's wrong?" Chen Linxuan, who was walking in front, noticed Mo Cheng's movements, and she also stopped, turned sideways and asked.
"It's nothing, I just think this graffiti is very..."Bai Mocheng just raised his head and turned to answer, suddenly her expression changed, and she pulled out the PT945 pistol that Qinghuan gave her that she was carrying, and fired three shots directly at Lin Xuan.
Mo Cheng wants to kill herself? No, she could have taken a more effective approach, so something must have gone wrong, if something went wrong...... Lin Xuan's mind was rapidly calculating, in this case, there was only one possibility, there was something behind her!
Almost the moment the bullet grazed her, Lin Xuan confirmed her judgment, Mo Cheng's target was really not herself, the thumb of her left hand gently pushed the black feather sword out of the sheath, and then turned around and pulled it out with her right hand.
Tianyunliu Knife Drawing Technique - Yunyao!
Chen Linxuan, who didn't want to learn this kind of boring swordsmanship before, still learned these things that she thought was troublesome under the "coercion" of Dao Chongxianyue, even without the blessing of spiritual power, her sword speed could still split the bullets of the sniper rifle.
However, Chen Linxuan looked behind him in a daze, it was empty, there was nothing but the wall, so quickly a sword actually split the air?
Impossible! Either Mo Cheng really wanted to kill herself, but she wouldn't be so bad that she could shoot at such a close distance, or... Chen Linxuan took a step back with her backhand sword, her eyes became more and more fierce, and the beating flames were already faintly burning in her pupils.
And Bai Mocheng didn't say a word, after firing four shots in a row, a dodge jumped from the stairs to the wall and slid to the wooden board at the staircase on the seventh floor, holding guns in both hands, aiming at the corridors on the left and right respectively, searching the surroundings with eyes like torches, even if there is no immortal body, even if her spiritual power is still recovering after returning from the desert, she is still a fearless witch.
"Mocheng, what was it just now?" Chen Linxuan followed, the two leaning on each other's backs, guarding each other in an opposing direction.
"Look for yourself where I just shot. Bai Mocheng replied in a low voice.
Gently moving up, the spiritual power in his body covered his eyes, and his eyes swept away, except for some common graffiti on the wall, there was nothing abnormal, just an intact wall.
But, no, there is no problem, it is the biggest problem!
By the way, I only heard the sound of Mocheng shooting, but I didn't hear the sound of the bullet hitting the object at all, so where did the bullet go?
What makes Chen Linxuan feel even more tricky is that if Mocheng really hits something, he started to draw the knife when he passed by, almost at the same moment of drawing the knife, PT945's muzzle velocity is 345 meters per second, the interval difference is only 0.2 seconds, but it is this 0.2 seconds, so that he can't even see the shadow of the other party?
"What did you hit just now?" Lin Xuan's eyes had completely turned red, and her crimson hair had begun to shimmer with a faint light like stars, since their existence had been exposed, there was no need to hide it, and they would directly operate their spiritual power to the peak state.
"A woman. Bai Mocheng guarded the surroundings with guns in both hands, and she was a little surprised that the bullets blessed by her spiritual arts did not cause damage to the other party, and it stands to reason that some general spiritual techniques can cause damage to creatures in various states.
"A bloody man with mutilated limbs... Rip Girl. She continued to guard each other with Lin Xuan as she walked towards the data room at the end of the corridor.
"This setting... I don't like..."No matter how bold a girl is, she instinctively feels a sense of disgust when she knows that she has to deal with something that distorts her face.
From the staircase to the data room, the corridor was only fifty meters away, but Bai Mocheng and Chen Linxuan walked for five minutes under full alert, but to their surprise, except for the accident on the stairs, nothing unusual happened.
"The door is locked. Chen Linxuan tried to push the door down, and then felt a resistance.
"Do you want to be more direct?" White Ink City's left hand was still guarding the corridor direction, and the muzzle of his right hand was already aimed at the doorknob.
"Keep on guard, give me twenty seconds, and it will be troublesome to destroy the traps inside. Chen Linxuan pushed away Mo Cheng's hand, put the sword back into the sword bag on his back, and then pulled down one of his crimson hairs, looking like this, he was ready to pick the lock.
"Where did you learn such a profession?" Bai Mocheng turned his head to look at Chen Linxuan's skillful movements without any pause, this is a horizontal movement that only high-level habitual criminals have.
"Thief, if you are interested in this person, you will learn something related to him. Chen Linxuan replied while fiddling.
"I don't know..."Don't say that Bai Mocheng doesn't know each other, it's the other people in the scarlet night, except for Ji and Su Jiuxia, it is estimated that no one knows each other.
"Okay, it's ready to be opened. Chen Linxuan put her hair into the keyhole, and after some small movements, she put it into a hook and loop sleeve, and pressed both ends with both hands.
"Then why don't you open it yet?"
"But the door was locked from the inside. Chen Linxuan glanced at Mo Cheng, a hint of hesitation flashed in her scorching red eyes, "There is still a key inserted in the inner keyhole of the door. ”
"Well, got it. Bai Mocheng gave a clear look, and at the same time pointed his gun at the door.
There are only two possibilities for locking the inside, either someone outside has locked the door in some special way, but this is a hospital, under normal circumstances, no one will be so bored, even if you want to keep something, you should choose a more secure and hidden place instead of a data room that keeps general medical records, or there are still people inside, or someone locked it inside, anyway, no matter what the situation, there is something inside!
"The people inside, should... I'm running away from something. Chen Linxuan slowly pulled her hair with a slight force with both hands.
"How do you know?" Bai Mocheng curious.
"Isn't it the same plot when ordinary supporting characters escape from pursuit?" Chen Linxuan's scorching eyes sparkled, "Escaped to a place where she thought she was safe, and then locked the door, and was secretly rejoicing when she was killed by the villain who suddenly appeared." ”
"Click!", with a soft sound, the closed door opened slightly.
At the moment when Bai Mocheng just opened a crack in the door, he turned forward sideways and rushed in neatly, and Chen Linxuan quickly followed.
"This..."A strong and pungent smell of blood came to his face, making Chen Linxuan, who had just rushed in, feel a little uncomfortable all of a sudden, and Bai Mocheng was standing next to the file shelf three meters away in front of him, looking a little strange in the moonlight, as if he had found something.
"Looks like your plot isn't quite accurate. Bai Mocheng put down his hands holding the two guns and turned back.
"What's wrong?"
"It's the villain who was killed. Mo Cheng pointed to an open place near the window in the third shelf, "There are a total of eighteen corpses, and two are relatively intact, but none of these corpses have heads." ”