Chapter 4: The Mysterious Shadow and the Book
"Hoo ......"
"Whew...... Whew......"
Lin Xuan gasped and went all the way down the stairs, he couldn't remember how long he had been running, but at least he knew one thing, that is, his current physical strength was running out.
The muscle cells were breathing violently in the legs, and the result was that Lin Xuan's legs were now gradually becoming as heavy as lead.
This is not the way to go
Even though he had run with all his might, Lin could still clearly feel the cold aura behind him approaching little by little. Lin Xuan's heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly thought of a way to break the game, but the weirdness behind him didn't seem to intend to give Lin Xuan time, and a piercing sound of breaking wind sounded, and a cold and cold slammed on Lin Xuan's back.
"Bang"
Lin Xuan's body tilted suddenly, and his body hit the railing gauntlet, making a dull sound of flesh hitting the iron.
There was no time to reminisce about the pain, Lin Xuan quickly adjusted his body, and then rushed down with the fastest speed that his body could explode now.
Lin Xuan has been in the police station for a while, from the police academy to the police station, he has never given up exercising over the years, which has allowed him to have a good physical fitness, but now even if his physical fitness is good, he has reached the limit.
If he had run at his usual pace, he would have been able to run for a few more minutes, but the acceleration had drained him of the last of his strength.
Lin Xuan didn't even have any doubt that as soon as he relaxed his mind now, he would immediately collapse to the ground.
Cold sweat dripped down his head, and as time passed, Lin Xuan suddenly felt very sleepy, this was the body was about to reach its limit.
Consciousness is gradually blurring.
Lin Xuan was still running down according to his inertia, but he no longer had the extra energy to go around the corner.
"It's over"
This was Lin Xuan's last thought before his consciousness completely disappeared, and then Lin Xuan's eyes went black, and his body rushed straight down because of inertia.
Below the stairs was a tightly closed stairway door, and the dark gray wall was strangely devoid of any floor signs, as if it didn't belong to any floor, as if it were a non-existent floor.
Lin Xuan stumbled forward, and his figure suddenly sank into the closed corridor door in front of him, as if this door didn't exist in the first place.
After passing through the door, the front of you was completely dark.
"Crunch, crunch"
Lin Xuan ran forward because of inertia, and smashed pieces of insect corpses and leaves under his feet.
In the darkness, the surrounding insect carcasses quickly dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then air-dried; The surrounding leaves gradually turn from green to yellow, and finally become dry and hard without a trace of moisture.
All the dust and all kinds of debris, some disappeared in an instant, and then some appeared in an instant, and everything around seemed to pass for years in an instant, and the things around them changed so fast that it felt a little unreal.
"Bang"
Finally, after running a certain distance, Lin Xuan couldn't support it anymore and fell to the ground all of a sudden.
Bursts of intense pain came from all over his body, Lin Xuan opened his eyes in a daze, and subconsciously observed his surroundings, but the surroundings as far as his eyes could see was darkness.
But fortunately, there was still a faint light in the darkness, as if a faint moonlight was spilling down the windows of the hallway.
But the strange thing was that Lin Xuan couldn't see any windows around him at all.
"Bang ......"
Not far away, there was the sound of feet crushing leaves and a faint breathing.
Little by little, the sound grew louder and louder from far to near, and at this time, Lin Xuan, who was just a little sober, quickly noticed this gradually approaching voice.
Lin Xuan frowned deeply
It's a bit of trouble now, he hasn't slowed down from the violent running just now, he tried to prop himself up with his hands just now, but there was a tearing pain in his abdomen, so at this time he could only hope that it wasn't the ghost thing just now.
The voice gradually approached, and in Lin Xuan's eyes, the darkness in the distance seemed to fluctuate suddenly, and a black shadow about one person tall suddenly rushed towards him, or rather, not far from the direction next to him, and it seemed that he didn't seem to notice Lin Xuan.
The shadow was fast, but it seemed to be hiding from something, and from time to time it looked behind him.
Seeing this, Lin Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, this black shadow didn't seem to be the ghost thing just now.
As long as it wasn't for it, nothing else seemed to be too much of a problem......
…… Right?
The black shadow went all the way forward, and the direction it ran in was not too close to Lin Xuan, but after staying for so long, Lin Xuan's eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, and just when the black shadow was not far from him, Lin Xuan finally saw the appearance of some black shadows clearly.
But...... What is this?
Lin Xuan's eyes gradually became dull, as far as his eyes could see, the whole body of the black shadow in front of him was like a collection of black shadows, the mouth could be seen on his face but there were no eyes, and his whole body was pitch black, without any significant features.
"This is not a human ......" Thinking of this, Lin Xuan swallowed with some difficulty.
"Huh"
As if aware of something, the fast-moving figure of the black shadow suddenly stopped.
Its head turned sharply to Lin Xuan, but then its body suddenly froze motionless, only its head trembled from time to time for some unknown reason, as if listening to something.
Lin Xuan on the side stared at it nervously while muttering a little in his heart.
"Is it listening to the sound and distinguishing the position? But my voice is not as loud as it is running, so there is no reason to target me. ”
I thought so, but in order to survive, Lin Xuan still quietly reduced the frequency of breathing.
"If you can be reluctant, this is the true meaning of life." Lin Xuan silently praised himself in his heart, while carefully observing the movements of the black shadow.
It seemed like a long time, but the shadow was stunned for a few seconds before moving again.
Lin Xuan looked at the black shadow that didn't know where to take out an unknown object and rushed straight towards him, and slowly made a "? ”
Thinking so, seeing the black shadow rushing over, Lin Xuan had actually tried very hard to support his body, but his body was extremely stiff now, and the only thing that could move his whole body was his eyes.
Soon, the black shadow rushed in front of Lin Xuan, and with the faint light that came from nowhere, Lin Xuan vaguely saw that it was holding a book-like object that looked very thin in its hand, and it was strange that this shadow-like weirdness could actually take out a book out of thin air.
But obviously, there was no interest in solving Lin Xuan's doubts, the black shadow suddenly stretched out his hand and plunged straight into Lin Xuan's chest, Lin Xuan's pupils instantly contracted, and the severe pain made him tremble around his eye sockets.
"It hurts!"
"It hurts!"
No matter what Lin Xuan thought, he didn't expect this black shadow to kill him directly, there was disbelief in his eyes, his gaze moved down little by little, and his eyes were full of blood red, and blood flowed down his chest and spread.
"Poof"
With a muffled sound, Lin Xuan's consciousness became blurred, his eyelids were half-closed, and at the last second when Lin Xuan's consciousness disappeared, he seemed to feel that the black shadow had been staring at him.
Although he didn't think that the shadow had an eye.
"Puff"
As the last support dissipated, Lin Xuan's body fell to the ground like a tattered sack.
……
……
Lin Xuan woke up suddenly, gasping for breath, with a look of horror in his eyes, and the pain in his chest was still clear.
Quickly turning his head to look around, Lin Xuan found that he was now in the dark corridor.
"I ...... Coming back?
No, there was no wound on the chest, or ...... I never actually left?
What the hell is this...... What's going on? ”
Observing the familiar scenery around him, Lin Xuan suddenly fell into a daze with some messiness, but he didn't realize that he was already in danger.
The cold breath scraped against Lin Xuan's neck, and Lin Xuan remembered that there was a strange one behind him, and his back was suddenly soaked in cold sweat.
Standing in the middle of the stairs, he didn't have time to react before his neck froze.
His body suddenly lost its balance, and he slammed headfirst into the concrete platform below, and his body made close contact with the cement, making a muffled sound of a heavy sack falling to the ground.
"Snap"
At the same time that Lin Xuan fell on the cement platform, a book suddenly fell out of Lin Xuan's arms and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Gritting his teeth and enduring the pain all over his body, Lin Xuan's eyes barely opened a little and looked at the book not far away.
He hadn't brought any books with him, but he remembered that the bastard had seemed to have stuffed something for him.
"What is this book?
Why did it appear in my arms, obviously I didn't have a wound in my chest.
Shadow...... Was it all an illusion? Lin Xuan had a lot of questions in his heart, but it was obvious that he didn't have time to think about it anymore.
Jia Ming, who was above the stairs, stared at Lin Xuan with a strong look of resentment in his eyes, like a demon who had just come out of hell.
"Bang la la"
I don't know if the book between Lin Xuan and Jia Ming is because of the inertia of falling, but at this time, the pages are turned without wind.
Lin Xuan, who was sore all over the concrete floor on the side, was keenly aware that Jia Ming was still standing on the stairs at this time and did not move, and there seemed to be a trace of hesitation in his eyes that were originally about to move.
For Lin Xuan, the feeling may not be obvious, but for Jia Ming on the stairs, he can clearly feel that there is some dangerous aura on this book.
"The book ......"
Lin Xuan looked down and saw the book in front of him.
"Could it be the key to breaking the game?"
As time passed, the pages turned faster and faster, and at one moment suddenly a terrifying sense of oppression emanated from it without warning, wave after wave.
Lin Xuan next to him suddenly subconsciously tensed his muscles, he could feel a terrifying aura from the book in front of him, staring at the book was like facing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and the scene in front of him was like an abyss, and he couldn't see it at a glance.
Looking closely, Lin Xuan could vaguely see that there were patches of black ink on each page, but as the pages fell, the handwriting on them disappeared instantly and became a blank.
Looks like ...... I have to say that it's a bit ridiculous to think that the data stored on the computer is formatted, but it's true.
Lin Xuan didn't know what was written on each page, but he could vaguely sense that it was very important information, so he stared intently at the page, trying to find some key information.
But for some reason, it was as if there were several invisible walls between him and the page, and he couldn't see the contents of them anyway.
The speed of turning was very fast, and in just a few blinks of an eye, the book had turned to the last page, and the handwriting on it was instantly emptied, so that the whole book became blank, and the terrifying aura just now became very weak.
It's as if in an instant, the book has been emptied of all data. But just when Lin Xuan was thinking like this, new handwriting suddenly appeared on the book, different from the past, this time Lin Xuan could clearly see the handwriting on it.
"Included weird: telephone
Ability: Can disguise itself as any person it kills and spread the kill by calling other people's calls, but at the same time can only have one call, and has a certain intelligence.
Place of origin: Building 703, Area B, Central Garden, Dongcheng District, spread through the mobile phone on the body of the killed Jia Ming.
Strange Event Deaths:
Jia Ming: Born in an ordinary family, he successfully confessed to Zhong Yue at the age of 22 and became boyfriend and girlfriend; At the age of twenty-three, he had a strange encounter at home and died.
Zhong Yue: Born in an ordinary family, she became Jia Ming's girlfriend at the age of 20, and died at the age of 21 when she encountered a strange phone call at the Hongyue Hotel. ”
As the last word "death" completely fell, Lin Xuan's consciousness shook suddenly, feeling like the back of his head had been violently hammered with a brick, and his consciousness became blurred for a moment.
Vibrate, everything around you changes in an instant.
Lin Xuan only felt that the world was spinning at the moment, and the corridor was faintly filled with silver stripes, as if the sections of coding in the computer were constantly flowing, appearing and disappearing, repeating the cycle, as if he was doing some kind of programming.
……
"Buzz"
Listening to the sound of the mobile phone vibrating from his pocket, Lin Xuan seemed to suddenly come back to his senses, his pupils dilated, and his mouth gasped heavily.
"Ahem...... Ahem, what's going on? After coughing lightly a few more times, Lin Xuan came back to his senses a little.
He raised his head and looked at the stairs, there was no one on it, only a few faint rays of light from the windows of the corridor, the ghost thing just now was now gone, Lin Xuan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
I still don't understand it, but it's a good thing that the is gone, and it's all safe for the time being.
"It was ...... just now" Thinking that he seemed to be in a state of spatial turbulence just now, Lin Xuan's expression was solemn for a while, and his eyes couldn't help but turn to the book not far away.
Is it because of this book......
"Buzz...... Buzz"
The vibration of the mobile phone in his pocket interrupted Lin Xuan's thoughts, and only then did he remember about the phone, he took out his mobile phone casually and connected the phone.
"Hey, Xiaolin, where are you now?"
Hearing Team Zhou's inquiry, Lin Xuan glanced at his surroundings and replied with a wry smile: "It's here in Building 703 of the Central Garden." ”
"Huh? You've arrived? It was Xinyu who told you, then you should know that there was a murder here, it's on the third floor, you hurry up. ”
Lin Xuan was suddenly a little stunned, Team Zhou is also in this building? And, there are homicides here?
But didn't Team Zhou tell him to meet at the Hongyue Hotel during the phone call?
What's going on?
Lin Xuan shook his head, his face gradually became solemn, now he didn't have time to think about it, the top priority was to go to the third floor to see the situation first, subconsciously, he glanced back, wanting to recognize the floor number, but soon he was stunned.
He remembered that he had run the stairs for so long and had never seen the building marked with a number on each floor...... But what is the situation with this big "two" behind him?
He remembers that he doesn't have a number on this floor, huh? Of course, it is not ruled out that he is confused and misremembered, but after thinking about it, he decided to go up and take a look, and then the next layer is the third floor.