Chapter Twenty-Seven: Footsteps Behind Him
Cen Jingguo held a flashlight and walked cautiously in the dark and uninhabited corridor.
Although he was separated from the others, he didn't have any fear, just raised a hand to cover his nose, as if he couldn't stand the rotten smell of this big house.
After all, the sudden incident of fright and separation just now is actually just something they have rehearsed a few times a few times, whether it is the so-called sudden fright, or the members are separated in a panic, it is like this.
It's all things that have been arranged clearly, and he naturally won't feel scared because of this, but he still can't help but feel some feelings in his heart-
Because generally speaking, people of their age, at this time, if they haven't gotten off work, then they are standard office dogs who work overtime in the company and are tired to death.
If it's already off work, then it's either going to hang out with friends or something, or going home to seize the opportunity to enjoy the rare rest and entertainment time in the evening, after all, you have to continue to work the next day.
And a guy like himself who is "messing around" and comes to the haunted house to explore the spirit at this time is probably really quite rare.
Of course, Cen Jingguo is not saying that he hates this kind of life, on the contrary, he still enjoys it, at least he doesn't have to be as busy as a working dog every day, and even taking a breath is a luxury.
It can be said that every day is more leisurely, and the income is quite good.
I have to say that before graduation, such a soul-exploring team with these classmates and a pat on the head is really promising in a sense, at least it is much more promising than many students who work in a proper manner.
With the help of the popularity of this time, the live broadcast programs of myself and others are even more sesame.
As long as it is properly managed, it is not expected to become the first brother of the platform, but it is estimated that it will soon become one of the promotional selling points of the platform.
- For example, a house that belongs only to you, or is it thinking about the possibility of marrying a girlfriend?
How to say it, don't blame him for being short-sighted and not long-term enough, he can only see the house and marriage...... Who can know that these two things are precisely the goals that many people disdained when they were young, and the dreams that they can't reach when they become adults.
Anyway, that's probably it, Cen Jingguo felt that just thinking about these two goals was already a manifestation of his arrogance.
"It's impossible to work part-time, it's impossible to work in this life......"
This young man, who was also about twenty years old and had just graduated a few years ago, muttered in such a low voice, feeling happy and relaxed.
He shone his flashlight around as he listened carefully to the sounds of the others coming from inside the room, trying to find his way in the darkness.
He walked very carefully, and the reason why he was so careful was because it was the second floor, but the floor was wooden. And the floor of the hallway also has a somewhat rotten feeling, and it "creaks" when you walk on it.
This made him unimpressed, and even had a feeling that all the plants and trees were soldiers.
Although it is said that as a well-developed, thriving team, and they have worked together many times, they can't be so reckless as to really come in and visit the soul without doing any safety measures-
After all, you have to set up the stage in advance, otherwise, who can guarantee that the performance will be exciting? And since it's been arranged in advance, it's impossible not to do safety measures, right?
But that's not completely insured, the reason why an accident is an accident is, as the name suggests, unexpected, so Cen Jingguo still doesn't dare to take it lightly.
That's right, it's not the first time they've come into this big house, and they've already been here a few times, both for the setup and the rehearsal.
From the start of the broadcast to the present, almost all the suspense scenes and exciting plots are actually "scenes" that have been arranged a long time ago, and they are just playing acting skills from beginning to end.
The reason why I say "almost" is because there will always be some small surprises, and they will never be able to do everything and everything.
After all, it is such a disrepaired, dilapidated, damp and decaying old house of the last century, and there will be some rats, cockroaches, spiders and so on.
They can't arrange these disgusting things, and they don't plan to arrange them. Besides, if the girls in the team are frightened by these emergencies a few times, they can also increase the authenticity of the show, so as not to appear too deliberate.
Cen Jingguo doesn't think there's anything wrong with this, besides, to put it bluntly, how many viewers in the live broadcast room really came to watch for the supernatural concept itself?
It's like watching a sister paper live broadcast to play a horror game, how many people really go to watch the game, not to see the sister paper being scared.
Otherwise, their soul exploration team would not be centered on the two girls in the team.
So, how do you say that? Men are all big pigs' trotters?
He pretended to sigh, feeling that his body and mood had been sublimated, and he was not at the same level as those big pigs' trotters.
But at this time, Cen Jingguo, who was sighing meaninglessly, suddenly heard something strange in the darkness in front of him.
He subconsciously stopped, and then called softly: "Sister Chai? Xiao Gang? Ah Wei Boss? …… Wait, it's not going to be the first base, right?! ”
The young man swallowed his saliva a little weakly: "It's really you a dead, just say it out loud, what do you want to do if you don't speak?" ”
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“……”
There was no response, but Cen Jingguo was not afraid of suddenly thinking of something like this, after all, the voice of his call just now was also very low and low, and it was normal for the companions in front of him not to hear it.
It's not okay if you don't lower your voice, although this big house is spacious, but it's not so spacious that you can't hear it when you shout inside, if the level of this big house is really so out of the sky......
- I guess the family who used to live here really woke up every morning and spent two hours walking from the bed to the bedroom door.
And it is also necessary to keep the voice down, and the current plot arrangement is "because of the fright, the team members were separated in a panic", mainly to let the two girls in the team come to the other members......
In the meantime, others also have time to lay out their next steps.
Therefore, they must be cautious, yelling is not in line with their principles of action, and they must be careful to avoid it, not to be encountered by the live camera in advance, otherwise it will also have an impact.
Cen Jingguo blinked, shining the light of the flashlight, and in front of him was the end of the corridor at his feet, which seemed to be a hall...... It was pitch black in the depths, and the light of the flashlight shone through, as if it had been swallowed up by darkness.
It's good everywhere, it's just dark, and you can't see anything.
However, the young man did not notice this detail, and he only sighed, a little worried that he had not memorized the structural diagram of the big house.
Then he slowed down and slowly walked into the darkness ahead.
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The rotten smell of the hall was even stronger, and there was a damp feeling in the air, which made people feel unusually uncomfortable. The ground is covered with garbage and debris, and I don't know when it was left behind, and some places will slip if you step on it.
Cen Jingguo cautiously walked around, he had been here once before, but it was daytime at that time, and now it was pitch black and could only be explored by the light of the flashlight, so he always felt that it was not the same place at all.
It was already strange, but now it seems even more strange.
The hall was silent in an eerie atmosphere, except for the slight sound of his own footsteps, walking back and forth. No matter how bold it is, in such a gloomy environment, people will still unconsciously feel hairy in their hearts.
In addition, I don't know why, it seems that after walking here, I suddenly entered a completely silent world, and it always felt as if the rest of the house was also very quiet, and there was no sound coming from any more, as if everyone else had left at the same time.
This somewhat made Cen Jingguo feel a little numb in his scalp, and he didn't feel anything at first, but after a few more turns, he found that there was nothing here, and he didn't know what the voice he heard just now, and he wanted to leave a little.
"Maybe I heard it wrong......
Forced to compose himself and give himself a reason, the young man turned around, waved his flashlight, found the direction of the corridor, and returned the way he came.
As soon as he turned around, he had only taken a distance of less than two steps, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the expression on his face froze completely.
- Soft but unusually clear footsteps came from behind him.
The creaking sound of the decaying floor, slight, but quite clear.
“……”
“……”
Cen Jingguo suddenly stopped subconsciously, he thought that he might be having auditory hallucinations.
Sure enough, he had just stopped, and the footsteps behind him disappeared. He blinked, then slowly turned around to look behind him, but luckily some horror movie didn't show up, and there was nothing behind him.
It was still the empty and dark hall on the second floor, with rotten furniture scattered to the ground, and there was garbage everywhere that couldn't be distinguished, but there was no second person.
He carefully shone every corner with the light of his flashlight, and even the ceiling was not spared, so that he could not see any place to hide people.
So, Cen Jingguo felt relieved, but there was a little more nervousness in his subconscious.
"I must have heard it wrong, I guess it was my own footsteps...... Forget it, don't waste time, go find them. ”
Not to anyone, but to himself, to comfort himself while dispelling the fear of the silence around him, and then he turned around and forced himself to keep walking.
However, he had just taken two steps when footsteps sounded again behind him.
At a distance, it seemed to be from the corner of the wall at the end of the hall, where someone was approaching behind him. And the frequencies are all different, and it is absolutely impossible for them to be the footsteps made by themselves.
Cen Jingguo, who could still maintain his composure one second, felt abandoned by the world in an instant the next second.
With a bang in his head, he didn't have time to think about anything, and subconsciously stopped again. And this time it was the same, the moment his footsteps stopped, the footsteps also stopped.
Cen Jingguo didn't dare to move, he couldn't describe what kind of mood he was in at this time, he just felt that every second was torment.
Slowly, he mustered up the courage to look behind him, but the result eased his tense spirit somewhat.
Or nothing.
He turned around stiffly and slowly, looking at the equally dark corridor in front of him, it was dark, and he couldn't see his fingers.
The young man tried to restrain the fear in his heart, and did not look back, but walked forward again stiffly and step by step. Sure enough, the footsteps behind him rang out again.
This time he didn't dare to look back at what was behind him, he just stared straight ahead, following the light of the flashlight.
However, the footsteps behind him became more and more powerful, as if they were getting closer and closer to him.