Two hundred and eighteen eerie flames
Gao Jin was taken by Zhao Chen to an abandoned commercial and residential building in Nancheng District, Lingjiang City. On the way here, Zhao Chen told Gao Jin about the matter.
This commercial and residential building is 15 years old. The first to third floors are large shopping malls, the fourth floor is a large parking lot, and above the fifth floor are six six-story residential buildings.
Ten years ago, it was still very lively, but ten years ago, a fire in the three-layer fabric wholesale market burned many people to death. It was then that the place was gradually abandoned.
In fact, there are rumors that this building is not clean. Legend has it that from time to time, someone will mysteriously disappear here, and it is as if the world has evaporated, and this person will never be found again.
According to the materials that Zhao Chen saw in the archives, the first time someone mysteriously disappeared was in March of the following year after the fire, and the missing person was a man living in Building No. 4.
On the day of the incident, this person worked overtime at the unit, and came back at 9 p.m. to park his car in the parking lot on the fourth floor, and also took a parking card. As a result, his family did not see him home until dawn the next day, and they could no longer contact him, and only then did they find out that he was missing. He has not been seen since, and there has been no news of him to this day.
Later, the police launched an investigation and found that this person had indeed mysteriously disappeared in a commercial and residential building that night. But there is no one alive or dead, and there is no corpse, and finally I can't draw a conclusion.
However, less than a month later, another person disappeared mysteriously. This time it was broad daylight, and an old man who went downstairs to buy groceries, and after he came out of the house, no one saw him again. The police have stepped up their efforts to investigate, but still have not found any leads.
Originally, I thought that this case was committed by some perverted murderers, but I checked all the households door to door and found some suspects, but in the end, because no effective evidence was found, the investigation reached an impasse.
But what made the police even more troublesome was that while the suspect was being detained for investigation, another person mysteriously disappeared. This time it was a police officer who was investigating in the building, and he was still talking on the phone with his colleagues a few minutes before his disappearance, saying that he had nothing to gain and was about to go downstairs. But this turned out to be a last word, and there was no news after that.
The three cases of mysterious disappearances of people in succession have caused panic among all residents. For a while, people were panicked, and they were reminded every day. The people who live here do not dare to go out alone, day or night. And people outside don't dare to come here to find people, so they avoid it.
Every now and then, people disappear at irregular intervals. It can be as short as two or three weeks several times in a row, and as long as a year and a half without any accidents.
Merchants and residents are tormented and scramble to flee. Since six years ago, this place has not been inhabited anymore. Even some scavengers don't dare to live here.
But there are still people who disappear mysteriously in this place, and the developer was ready to demolish this place four years ago. However, as soon as the construction team entered in the morning, two workers disappeared mysteriously at lunchtime, and when they searched for these two workers, three more people suffered the same fate one after another.
As you can imagine, the construction team was evacuated in the evening of the same day. The developers also died down, and no longer dared to fight the idea here.
Gao Jin was secretly surprised in his heart, and felt very strange. Since this place is so ferocious, it is obvious that some monster is causing trouble, so why doesn't the spirit world let itself come over to deal with it? It's under your nose, and it's really unreasonable not to let yourself deal with it.
However, after thinking about it, after all, he had only just become a detective in the spirit world for two months. Maybe the monster here has been destroyed by the previous detective, but he just doesn't know it.
But since I'm here, I'll do some research. Gao Jin saw that Zhao Chen's interest was very high, and he couldn't help but wonder a little, "Zhao Chen, why are you so excited, aren't you afraid of monkeys?" ā
Both of them now refer to monsters collectively as monkeys, which is a metaphor. It doesn't matter if you talk about it publicly, after all, only the two of you know what it really means.
"I'm afraid, who said I'm not afraid, my palms are in a cold sweat." Zhao Chen said as he cautiously looked around.
The two are now in the mall on the first floor and are walking towards the stairs leading to the second floor. There was discarded debris everywhere, dust and fallen leaves everywhere, and the occasional rat and cockroach crawling around.
It's daylight, but it's dim. The strong flashlight in Zhao Chen's hand emitted a strong beam of light, but it could not reach a large area.
Stopping and stopping along the way, nothing suspicious was found. Everywhere was covered with a thick layer of dust, and there was no trace at all.
Coming to the second floor, the light here is much better than the first floor, but again, there is nothing to be found. Originally, Zhao Chen also mentioned that YƬ and Gao Jin were patrolling separately, which was more time-saving. But Gao Jin just said lightly: "When you meet a monkey, you will stop cooking." "Overthrow Zhao Chen's mention at once.
This sentence is not Gao Jin's alarmism, but as soon as he comes to this place, he always has a very dangerous feeling. Although he didn't notice the aura of a monster, it didn't mean that the place was safe. Maybe somewhere, in a dark corner, a monster is peeping.
The two wandered aimlessly, not knowing what they were looking for. I just think that if I go through each place, I might be able to lure the monster out. Anyway, no matter what it is, when I see the two of them walking around here, I will definitely come out to say hello to them.
An hour later, the two men arrived at the parking lot on the fourth floor. The entire floor is a parking lot, and there is nothing suspicious as far as the eye can see.
"Gao Jin, what do you say is going on? Am I mistaken, or are we at the wrong time, the monkey is out to visit relatives? Zhao Chen took out a cigarette and took a break while smoking.
Gao Jin shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "No, the monkey should be here, I guess it hasn't woken up yet." ā
"Damn monkey, why don't we shout a few words and summon it?" Zhao Chen joked. After walking around for more than an hour without incident, he didn't even see the hair of a monster, and he had already relaxed his vigilance.
While the two of them were talking, Gao Jin suddenly felt a very dangerous aura approaching quickly. And the source is actually the floor slab under your feet!
Without the slightest hesitation, Gao Jin hurriedly grabbed Zhao Chen's collar, and with a force under his feet, he retreated backwards for a full five or six meters.
And almost at the moment when Zhao Chen left, a large red thing jumped up from the floor where he was standing, and in the blink of an eye, it flew up to the fifth floor through the floor above.
Zhao Chen's reaction was also extremely fast, and when he was dragged by Gao Jin, he didn't forget to look back, and just caught a glimpse of the thing submerged into the floor above, and couldn't help exclaiming, "Damn, what is that?" ā
"Fire, it's a fire." Gao Jin said. Although the mass of things just now was very fast, Gao Jin could also see that thing clearly, it was actually a red flame.
"You mean the monster wants to breathe fire and burn me?" Zhao Chen's eyes widened, trying to find out what kind of monster was attacking him.
"It's not a monster, that fire is weird, look at the floor." Gao Jin was talking, but he was secretly on guard to prevent the thing from reappearing.
"Floor?" Zhao Chen hurriedly looked at where he was before, but saw that the floor slab was intact, and there was not even a trace of burning.
At this time, Gao Jin felt a wave of energy fluctuation coming from the floor above his head, and he quickly took two steps back, while his right hand had already grasped the Ice Spirit Blade. It was a blow that hit the ball that fell quickly from the floor. However, the thing was unaffected, and in the blink of an eye it was sinking into the floor.
"Damn, that thing is a flame, I can see it very clearly this time." Zhao Chen said, his right hand subconsciously touched his waist, but suddenly found that he was not wearing a gun. He was transferred to the Archives Section and did not have to go out on duty, and his gun had long since been recovered.
"Be careful, that thing is so weird." Gao Jin hurriedly put away the Ice Spirit Blade. He could see the blow just now, and the entire blade slashed over the thing, but it didn't kill at all. Since the Ice Spirit Blade couldn't hurt that thing, he wanted to see if the Spirit Power Bullet was useful.
Take out the python pistol and quickly condense eight spiritual power bullets. While being vigilant about the movement around him, he skillfully loaded the bullet into the runner.
"Gao Jin, I said you should have taken out your phone a long time ago. But this thing can only be hit once, you have to see it clearly. Zhao Chen shouted.
Gao Jin's python revolver was just an old-fashioned big brother phone in Zhao Chen's eyes. However, last time Gao Jin said that this thing was a phone on the surface, but it was actually an electric shocker. Therefore, Zhao Chen also thought that this thing was an electric shocker, and it was an electric shocker that could only be used once.
"Be careful yourself, walk next to me." Gao Jin didn't dare to stay too far away from Zhao Chen, that strange flame was too fast, and he was worried that if the distance between the two of them was widened, it would be too late to rescue Zhao Chen.
After another ten seconds, Gao Jin felt the breath of fire again. It was speeding up from under the slab where it was, and it seemed to be targeting itself.
Gao Jin hurriedly dodged to the right, and at the same time aimed his right hand at the place where the flames burst out, and fired two shots in succession.
Although the two white spiritual power bullets were shot one second apart and their positions were also off, they accurately hit the flames one after another.
However, the result was even more unexpected. The flame flew into the floor above as if nothing happened, and the two spiritual power bullets hit the floor, all of which turned into countless spiritual power points of light, and they didn't hurt the flame at all.
"How is this possible? Am I wrong? Gao Jin couldn't believe what he was seeing. He couldn't help but wonder if he had misjudged that the flames were really spewed out by monsters. But this monster is too perverted, right, can it breathe fire through the air?