The sound of footsteps from below was approaching.

Finally, after ten steps in a row, the sound of heavy footsteps appeared on the third floor.

Then it suddenly vanished.

Xiang Nanxing tightened his abdomen, pressed his body tightly against the door panel behind him, and didn't dare to come out with his eyes wide open. Opposite him was Ji Fenghua, who was also so nervous that his whole body stiffened, the two of them looked at each other, and neither of them could see the situation in the corridor, so they could only prick up their ears and try to listen to the movement coming from there.

In just a few seconds, it seemed like a century had passed for them.

It wasn't until he heard footsteps start to appear again, and gradually went up the stairs to the fourth floor, that Xiang Nanxing breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled at Ji Fenghua with difficulty, and the latter directly replied to him with a roll of his eyes, and the meaning was obvious: You have gambled too much.

However, Xiang Nanxing could only smile bitterly. If you don't gamble like this, what choice can you have? Just now, the best way to do this is to run towards the stairs on the other side at full speed, go down, and try to get to the door first, but this will definitely make a noise, although not as obvious as the footsteps of the other party, but it will also be heard. As long as "Magician A" turns around and walks down and returns the way he came, he will have a chance to block them in the door before Xiang Nanxing and them reach the exit.

Even if the two of them came out first, in that case, the enemy was basically chasing after them, and it would not be so easy to get rid of them. Xiang Nanxing didn't know enough about the other party's situation now, although he was heavier than ordinary people in terms of weight, but judging from the strength he showed just now, this guy's durability might be enough to hold on until the two of them were exhausted.

Therefore, he cannot actively reveal his position unless he has to. But if you move silently, the other person will go upstairs before reaching the staircase, and then they will be directly exposed to each other's field of vision, which is no different from making a sound.

There is no way out, and it feels like you have been cornered. However, at that moment, Xiang Nanxing suddenly thought of a question.

It's not "why does the other party know they're on the third floor," it's "does the other party really know they're on the third floor?" ”

The inference just now was based on the premise that the other party would directly search the third floor, so they had to leave immediately, but if the other party knew that they were here from the beginning, there was no point in keeping quiet. The second option that Xiang Nanxing thought should be ruled out directly, and their only option should be to flee at full speed, no matter how loud it would be.

And that's probably what the other side expects.

Rather than predicting that they were on the third floor, but choosing a different strategy and searching floor by floor, "Magician A" decided to pass through each floor at a constant pace as he entered the door, looking to see where he would elicit a reaction from the other party. Due to the huge gap in the combat power of the two sides, once they face each other, it is basically a sure defeat, so most people will leave in time before the other party approaches. In other words, if an enemy appears on that level, most people will flee in fear - and "Magician A" is aiming for this.

And Xiang Nanxing decided to take a gamble, betting that the truth of the matter was as he speculated. He motioned for Ji Fenghua to stand up straight and hide in the recess of the classroom door like him, and put himself away as much as possible to avoid exposing any parts. Although he still had all kinds of spare keys left by Yue Ming on him, because of the sound that would be made during the opening of the door, he finally decided to adopt such a risky method of hiding instead of hiding directly in the room. And this made the two of them nervous for the next few seconds.

Luckily, it was the opening scene that happened in the end, and "Magician A" only stopped at the top of the stairs for a short time before stepping upstairs. The silence on the second and third floors presumably convinced him that the two prey were hiding on the higher floors, and that he was going to continue upwards, putting further pressure on their already fragile nerves until they forced a sound.

"Yours." Ji Fenghua waited until he confirmed that the footsteps had gone up to the fourth floor before he dared to say a word to Xiang Nanxing with his mouth. She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, stood on tiptoe and continued to walk towards the staircase on this side. At this time, the other party is walking up, and it is the perfect time for them to leave this place down.

However, after she took a few steps, she suddenly found that Xiang Nanxing did not follow, and when she looked back, she saw that he was standing in place with his chin in his hands, as if he was thinking about something. Ji Fenghua waved his hand vigorously a few times, but he didn't react.

"What are you doing?" She finally couldn't help but whisper.

"I'm hesitating." Xiang Nanxing replied lightly, "But now the hesitation is over." ”

He strode past Ji Fenghua and walked directly to the stairs. His steps were light, but fast, and in a few moments he reached the top of the stairs. At this time, Ji Fenghua finally chased after him and grabbed him.

"What do you want to do, at least say it?" She looked dissatisfied, "Even if you don't treat me as a senior sister, at least I'm a temporary partner, don't you need to communicate at all?" ”

"Ah, I'm sorry!"

Xiang Nanxing woke up like a dream at this time: "I was thinking too much about it just now, and I forgot it all of a sudden, sorry, sorry." ”

He clasped his hands together and nodded again and again: "But for the senior sister, you should ignore me, you just need to go down as planned, and then leave this building." ”

"What about you?"

"I'd like to check it out." Xiang Nanxing clenched his fists, "While the other party is still upstairs, there should be enough time before he reacts, I can first see if there is anything unusual about the 'incredible incident' here, and it will not be in vain to enter this building." ”

Ji Fenghua glared at him dumbfounded: "Are you crazy!" ”

She grabbed Xiang Nanxing by the collar and pulled him down, then shook him violently, as if to shake him awake from this illusion. "Think about it, now is the only chance! Even if the other party is just testing as you said, if he walks a few more floors and still finds that there is no movement, he will feel that something is wrong! She lowered her voice and shouted almost in Xiang Nanxing's ear, "You think you can predict this time?" He might have started to doubt when he got to the fifth floor, or he could have been on the sixth floor, or maybe he was just the fourth floor, and he was starting to doubt now. Once he goes back and searches, do you really think you can outrun him? ”

"At least there's value in giving it a try." Xiang Nanxing replied calmly.

Ji Fenghua looked at him coldly for a few seconds, the kind of scrutiny that his eyes looked at from top to bottom. "Very well, you really opened my eyes today." After she finished saying this, she suddenly showed a sneer at Xiang Nanxin, "Then I will also let go, and I will be regarded as sacrificing my life to accompany the gentleman." ”

"What?" Xiang Nanxing was really taken aback this time. Ji Fenghua's meaning couldn't be more obvious, and looking at her expression, she really planned to accompany herself to explore!

"But you also said it just now, in case he comes back to his senses early......" Xiang Nanxing hesitated, "To be honest, I'm not sure I'm sure you're safe at all." ”

"I can't keep you safe with the same words." Ji Fenghua shrugged, "They are all adults, and they are conceited in life and death, so don't worry about so much." Do you think you're a superhero who wants to protect all the world? You have to have superpowers. ”

She looked at Xiang Nanxing, and suddenly said something that didn't match her: "Speaking of which, you haven't heard the hella orchestra live before, right?" ”

Xiang Nanxing was slightly stunned, and then realized that this was a concert that she originally planned to invite herself to attend. "Nope." He honestly admits, "I haven't even heard of those who aren't there." But why ...... suddenly at this time"

"The hella orchestra is known for its 'depiction of hell.'" Ji Fenghua said to himself, "Everyone agrees that its music has a super infectious power, which can lure out those dark parts of people's hearts, if it is a person who is not strong in concentration, he will be pulled into the abyss in minutes, and in serious cases, he may even have a mental breakdown - this is not alarmist, there are a few people who are sent to first aid in the middle of the concert every year - and those guys whose psychological defenses are far stronger than ordinary people may also accidentally show their true side in this." ”

She shook her head, "Honestly, that's why I wanted to ask you out, but I don't need it now." At this point, we are faced with a situation that is far more dangerous than the music portrays, and every choice you make in it allows you to see a new world, but also a richer shadow in the distance, and if I could keep looking, I think I would see more. Is this enough to use this as a reason to be peers? ”

"This reason is really straightforward, and it doesn't hide the motive of looking at me like a monster at all......"

"Come on, do you think you're still an ordinary person?"

Xiang Nanxing smiled bitterly, but finally nodded. Time waits for no one, the two of them have wasted dozens of seconds in this extra conversation at the top of the staircase, and the footsteps have also gone to a higher place during this time, maybe the fifth floor, maybe the sixth floor, even if he goes to the top floor and turns back, there is only two or three floors of space left.

They slowed down their steps and quickly descended the next floor, and then relied on Xiang Nanxing's memories to walk along the second floor to the direction of the oil paintings they had explored before. Ji Fenghua followed for a while, and suddenly asked curiously: "Speaking of which, what is the content of this 'incredible event'?" I'm so mentally prepared to say it. ”

"'An oil painting that changes at night.'" Xiang Nanxing said simply, "It is rumored that the oil paintings here will show a strange smile at night, as if they have been possessed by evil spirits. However, according to the results of my earlier investigation, it is actually someone who applied a special fluorescent paint to the oil painting. This is only evident at night when the light is dim, resulting in two different appearances of the painting during the day and at night. It's the old man in the middle of the front, and we're here. ”

While they were talking, they had already come to the oil painting, and Xiang Nanxing had no lighting tools available, so he could only lean his face closer to the oil painting to observe it carefully, to see if the glowing position on it was still those. Then he used his finger to touch the corner of the person's mouth in the painting. Confirm the fluorescent paint on your fingertips by the hazy moonlight that comes in from outside. Everything was business as usual, as before, and the old man in the painting was still smiling strangely at him, with a certain demonic feeling.

Only this time, his nose seemed to catch a different smell.

"Is it blood?" Xiang Nanxing was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard an irrepressible low scream in his ears! He turned his head sharply, only to see Ji Fenghua covering his mouth and looking at the portrait on the other wall in horror. Xiang Nanxing saw that this portrait, which had been unchanged from the last exploration, had also undergone strange changes at this time. Blood seems to seep from the eyes, nose, ears, and mouth of the person in the painting, dripping down the cheeks. The crimson color seemed to have a fresh and dynamic sense of flow, even if Ji Fenghua was somewhat mentally prepared, but suddenly seeing this, it was inevitable that he would be startled.

No matter how terrifying a painting is, it's just a painting, and the portrait doesn't kill, and both of them here understand this. However, after this scream, the two of them invariably sank in their hearts.

Because at this moment, the two of them clearly heard the sound of heavy footsteps above their heads.

Then he accelerated violently, jumped down the stairs, and struck at high speed in this direction!

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