The staircase between the third and second floors disappeared all at once?

In this circular space, surrounded by walls and those eight doors, there is nothing left, no stairs to be found.

What's going on? There are no stairs, so how did I get up just now?

However, there is no staircase to be found here, as if the staircase has been swallowed up by the wall!

Could it be that this place is also like a school-run factory, and there is also a dark wall? The staircase, hidden behind the wall?

I walked around the circular wall, pushing hard, and by the way, pushing all eight doors as well.

Those walls were real, knocked on, and that hollow sound was not heard. As for the eight doors, they can all be pushed open, but it is pitch black behind. I didn't dare to rush in, so I pushed open the door and retreated.

Perhaps, there will be something strange on this ground?

I crouched down and even put my ear to the ground.

The floor was made of black tiles, so cold and cold that I didn't find anything suspicious, and of course, I couldn't find any crevices in the ground.

I stood up and looked at the place again.

Obviously, the only exit from here is the eight gates.

I've pushed open the eight doors just now, but it doesn't seem to be an office, it's more like a passageway. Perhaps, only by passing through those passages will you find the principal's office.

But through which passage should I enter? Could it be that I have to go through all eight gates?

Too many choices are not necessarily a good thing.

Forget it, I'll just find a door to enter, anyway, since it's a passage in the back, it must be able to lead somewhere, right?

So, without much thought, I pushed open a door and walked in.

At first, it was pitch black, and I had to turn on my flashlight and even hold my pistol in my hand. I was afraid that the man in black would suddenly emerge from the darkness. Now, whenever I go to a dark place, I reflexively develop this fear.

As we walked, a bright light appeared in front of us.

I walked towards the light, and finally walked out of the passage.

But when I walked out of the passage, I was stupid! The flashlight in his hand also fell to the ground.

I'm back in the same hall!

In the center of the hall, the fountain is still the same. On the roof of the hall, the dim incandescent light shone on my face. The light I saw just now came from this lamp.

In the middle of the round white wall, the eight black gates are still evenly distributed.

What's going on?

I was stunned, but when I looked back, I realized that the place where I was standing was one of the eight gates. However, there was still no sign on the door, nothing.

No, no, I must have made a mistake! The passage I just walked into must be wrong!

So, I turned around, picked up the flashlight that had fallen on the floor, pushed the door open again, and returned the way I came.

I went through that aisle and back to where I started. It's almost exactly the same as the new hall I saw when I walked through the passageway!

Since the road just now is not right, then, I will go to the door next to it and take a look, maybe, this time, I will find the right way, right?

So, I pushed open the door next door and walked inside.

There is still a passage in this door, just like the one I walked through just now. In the passage, it was also pitch black.

Not long after walking, there was a light ahead.

I prayed to myself, please, don't let me go back to the hall I used to be again.

But when I walked out of that passage, I was dumbfounded!

I'm back in that hall!

Oh my God, what's going on? This, this must be something wrong!

I'd love to go back and try to get in through another door again.

This time, however, instead of doing so, I suddenly changed my mind and walked straight to a door in the "new" hall.

Could it be that if I walk through this new hall again, I will be able to go to different places?

I must admit: I did so in a blind risk. What if I went in and saw the same hall? When I try to go back, I can't find my way back.

However, I did not lose my sanity and calmness, and I deliberately left a mark on myself.

I marked the door I had just passed through, and the door of the new door I was about to enter. I used the bottom of the flashlight to draw a cross on the ground. That way, even if I make a mistake again, at least, I know which door I've walked into.

After making the mark, I walked through the new door, hoping that I would be able to get out of the labyrinth.

This time, however, I was disappointed.

I'm back in that hall again!

Forget it, I'd better go back.

So, I retreated.

However, when I returned to the middle hall, I was surprised to find that all the marks I had left on the ground had disappeared! There was no mark on the ground except for clean tiles!

No way? What's going on? Could it be that someone secretly erased the mark I left here?

I searched the ground hard, but I couldn't find those two marks!

I was still a little unwilling, so I drew a cross on the ground of the doorway I had just come out of, and added a circle to the outside of the cross.

Then, through the door next to me, I got in again.

Of course, this time, what I saw was the same hall.

I went back again, but this time, the mark I had just made was gone!

At this moment, I completely fell into despair and panic!

There must be ghosts here! What am I going to do? Where do I get out of?

At this point, the problem I was facing was not to find the principal's office on the third floor, but how to get out of this weird, labyrinthine building alive!

Now, I regret it. That's right, the blood word "HELP ME" is really a decoy. This time, I was fooled.

I don't have to worry about the man in black coming, because I'm probably going to be trapped here forever.

However, I was still not reconciled. So, as if I was angry, I simply didn't make any marks, and completely relied on my own feelings, found a random door, and got in.

I passed through the passage behind the door, and in front, it was still the same hall. This time, without looking back, I passed through several doors in a row, and of course, through several identical halls in one breath.

Eventually, I collapsed on the floor of the hall exhausted, never to get up again.

I finally understood: this is a repeating labyrinth, more complicated than a matryoshka doll, and no matter which door you enter, you will eventually have to return to this hall.

It's over, am I really going to die in this hellish place? How I wish all this was just an illusion!

I closed my eyes, hoping that when I opened them again, I would be able to fly to a different place.

However, when I opened my eyes, I was still in the hall on the third floor. The eight black gates, encircling me, seemed to be looking at me and laughing at me with big eyes.

"You idiot, you can't get out now, hahaha!"

"Little fool, don't be overwhelmed! Still want to save people? Save yourself first! ”

"None of the people who enter here will get out alive!"

I looked around in horror and felt like I was about to be swallowed up!

I don't know, starve to death here, what kind of scene is that? So, it must be tragic, right?

I looked up blankly, at the dim chandelier, and then at the high roof.

I can't fly, if I were a bird, I would have to rush out of that roof, even if I was hit by the roof, I would fly into the sky!

I lowered my head again, but shook my head again. Tears are about to fall.

Farewell, Mary!

I pulled out my gun, but the hand holding it was shaking.

What a difficult choice it is to shoot yourself!

No, no, I'm not going to kill myself! I'm sure I'll be able to get out there and I'm going to try again!

But how do I try it? No matter how I go, I can't seem to get out of here, huh?

No, don't despair, calm down! There must be a way, there must be a way to get out!

I looked at the eight doors again, trying to find out what kind of mystery they were hiding.

Eight gates, isn't this like a gossip array?

Suddenly, I thought of the famous "Eight Formations" in history.

Legend has it that during the Three Kingdoms, Lu Xun of Wu pursued Liu Bei of Shu and once mistakenly broke into the eight formations arranged by Zhuge Liang in advance, and almost wiped out the whole army. Fortunately, I met the guidance of a master, and I escaped from the Eight Formations.

If it's an eight-array diagram or a gossip diagram, surely there will be a door that can think of the right exit.

By the way, I haven't tried to get through all the doors just now, so why don't I try them all now?

This time, I have confidence.

So, I tried it one door at a time in a clockwise direction. This time, I didn't need to use any signs, as soon as I entered this door and found that I couldn't get through, I would come back immediately, and then follow the clockwise direction to enter the other door next to it, and then enter another door. I just had to memorize in my mind that this was the first time.

However, I walked eight times in a row and still got back to where I was.

Those eight doors all lead to the same place - the hall on the third floor! In other words: none of these eight gates will allow me to escape!

At this moment, I fell into complete despair, and I felt that the day was going to fall.

It seems that this is not a simple question of choosing one out of eight, this is the Nth power of eight!

If it is acceptable for me to try eight times, then it is almost a catastrophe for me to enter all eight doors and still find a way out!

Am I just going to have to wait here to die?

Once a person falls into despair, he can only give up the struggle.

I decided to give up struggling, so I lay down on the cold tiled floor and looked up at the roof. This time, my tears finally flowed!

Mary, I'm sorry, I can't see you again, take care of yourself!

I closed my eyes, tears streaming down the corners of my eyes and into my mouth. The tears, very salty, very salty.

In front of me, Mary's beautiful face, blue eyes, and golden hair appeared.

Suddenly, the picture returned to the bed of the ghost hospital, and on the whitewashed wall, there were several eye-catching red letters written - "036"!

036？

I sat up sharply.

Why, why am I reminded of this number again?

By the way, didn't I use this number last time to open the safe in the police department's archives?

Well, this time, can I try this auspicious number as well?

I don't know why I use the word "auspicious" to describe these three numbers? Perhaps, this is not some auspicious number, but a terrible number that hides some kind of terrifying secret?

But now, I'm going to give it a try.

However, what does these three numbers have to do with these eight gates······