Chapter 10: The Vanishing Man

I watched from afar as the big sarcoma of the hundred ghost babies disappeared into the depths of the bamboo forest, and I didn't know where it went. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAt this moment, a figure appeared on the stairs, silently like a ghost.

In the darkness of the night, only a human figure could be dimly seen. The shadow stood at the top of the stairs on the second floor, quietly staring at me, neither going down the stairs nor going up. "Whoever stands there, come out!" I shouted, and my voice echoed throughout the space, but the shadow remained motionless.

I endured the pain and limped towards the shadow. At this time, I thought to myself, if only I could see where the light switch in this hall was when I went out during the day. There's no need to risk approaching at this point, turn on all the lights, and everything will be clear.

Feet on the stairs make a crisp sound. My eyes were fixed on the black shadow above, and if it suddenly swooped down at this moment, then I must have rolled down this staircase towards the bottom. One step, two steps, three steps...... Da Da Da ...... Da Da Da ......

I had reached the middle of the stairs, and the shadow was finally able to see a little mold. Covered in flowers, it seems to be a paper man who was once popular in the countryside. Thinking of this, I was shocked, is this set also popular in this coastal area, but why does it appear in this bamboo building in the middle of the night? There's something weird about it.

My heartbeat began to accelerate, who put a paper person here for no reason, and when Gillian went upstairs before, it was obviously not, could it be out of thin air? Just as I was thinking about this, the shadow actually moved, still silent.

It actually floated towards me slowly, and it can only be said to be floating. Because there is no sound, it is as if it is swimming in the air. Slowly approaching, I finally saw who it was!

Dressed in a colorful dress, with a high bun on her head, and a fat face, this is actually the female boss of the bamboo building.

"Hello boss. What about not sleeping in the middle of the night and going out for a walk? I asked, vigilant to the extreme.

She didn't even look at me, but walked straight past me and down the stairs towards the gate. I don't know when it was drizzling outside the door, and her shadow had walked out more than ten meters in the haze. Seeing that it was about to disappear on the white steps, I must follow to see what kind of medicine this boss sells in his gourd.

I limped down the stairs step by step, and by the time I reached the door, the colorful shadow of the boss had long since disappeared. This thing is getting weirder and weirder, does it mean that we have fallen into some kind of trap since we entered here?

Just when I thought that my scalp was about to explode, the corner of my eye suddenly glanced at the black figure at the staircase again. The shadow, like a dwarf, seemed quieter and darker. "Who?" I shouted again.

"It's me." Suddenly, Gillian's voice came from the top of the stairs. "Come on, Lao Yang is not here at all, and my cousin has disappeared. Gu Fei's daughter-in-law was also not there. ”

Gillian said this, and her tone had become a little urgent. Listening to the meaning of her words, this place has been completely reduced to an abandoned bamboo building, and no one is in it at all. I hurriedly jumped upstairs and followed Gillian around the various rooms, the first being room 302 where Lao Yang was.

The room didn't look much different from when I left in the evening, the bedding was messy, and the room facilities were still the same. But I always felt that something was wrong.

"Gillian, do you see any difference between this room and when I left?"

"I should say that there was a difference between when I left and now. I left after dark, Lao Yang was still lying on the bed moaning in pain at that time, and Gu Fei's daughter-in-law kept comforting him. My cousin was spinning back and forth on the ground. Gillian said, walking to the window and looking at the night sky outside.

A damp, cold wind blew in through the window. "You say this no different than when I went out. But I always feel that this has changed a certain amount from when I went out. I said, thinking carefully in my mind about where the problem was.

"It's the wind, it's the air, it's the smell." Gillian said abruptly back.

It dawned on me. Yes, it's the taste. Before, Lao Yang spit out a mouthful of dirty blood on the ground, black and with a strong fishy smell. But now the air is not filled with this disgusting smell, but with the smell of fresh rain.

"The pool of blood on the ground is gone. Who opened the window? I asked.

"I don't know. No one opened the window at all when I left. Gillian said, looking for the pool of blood on the ground with her head down. She circled the bed from the window.

"No need to look for it. If the traces of such a strong smell were still there, it is estimated that no one in this room would be able to breathe comfortably. I said, and began to scrutinize the message behind it all. Now we can make two assumptions. First, Lao Yang did not passively disappear, that is, they found something to pursue by themselves, or something that made them extremely scared, and then they took the initiative to leave here and move to a safe place."

"Two, it's that someone came and took them all away. But it doesn't make sense in this way, ordinary people come here, at least with the skills of their cousin, a fight is inevitable. Even if my cousin can't win, he can't be subdued so quietly. As I spoke, I felt a deep sense of powerlessness, and everything seemed beyond the scope of ordinary people's thinking.

"Nope. There is a third case. Gillian suddenly said indifferently, the tone was like a resentful woman who came back to seek revenge after decades of death.

"What is it?"

"It's not people who come here to take them away." Her words resounded through the space, and I suddenly felt a creepy feeling. It seems that there is a ghost in this space, hidden in the shadows, and suddenly jumps out and devours everyone.

"If it's the first one, then we'll just wait for them to contact us. But if it's the third one, then they're in the most critical situation right now, and we can't afford to sit still. As I spoke, I remembered what I had just seen downstairs. I told Gillian about the little boy I met behind the female boss when I went out before, the sarcoma of the hundred ghost babies I saw outside the window, and the strange shadow of the female boss.

Gillian became silent, as if she had thought of something, but she didn't dare to say it easily. "Let's plan for the worst, let's find this bamboo building first, maybe Lao Yang and them will hide in the rest of the rooms."

I nodded and followed her out of room 302.