Chapter 29: The Second Floor
Jiang Ziyao's face turned red, and he said, "There are 6 of us, and you only have 3 votes. org "He still doesn't agree to go upstairs.
Xu Wen sneered: "Xie Jiayin is unconscious, I'm afraid it can't be counted as voting for you, right?" At most, it is an abstention, so, 3 votes to 2, go upstairs. โ
Jiang Ziyao looked at Xiang Beni and wanted to say something to Beni, but Xiang Beni was silent, it should be regarded as a tacit acquiescence to Xu Wen's statement, Jiang Ziyao's face twitched a few times, and suddenly his hand loosened, and he shook off Xie Jiayin's arm on his shoulder!
"Why should I listen to you? Lao Tzu just doesn't go! Jiang Ziyao almost roared.
Jiang Ziyao was originally holding Xie Jiayin in a coma with me, and he shook his hand violently, and the weight of Xie Jiayin's entire body suddenly pressed on my side, and what was even worse was that Jiang Ziyao shook off Xie Jiayin's arm very violently, driving Xie Jiayin's entire body to throw it behind me-
Fortunately, I reacted in time, hugged Xie Jiayin's waist, and at the same time glared angrily at Jiang Ziyao: "What are you doing? She's unconscious! You almost threw someone to the ground, do you know?! โ
Jiang Ziyao turned around and said angrily: "I want to go to you, I won't go anyway." โ
I thought to myself: this is quite unexpected! This Jiang Ziyao is such an impulsive and thin-skinned idiot! And Mi Hai, who seems to be reckless and brainless, is brave and resourceful.
I laughed angrily: "Oh, it's good, everyone has their own little calculations, and werewolves are going to be happy when they see this scene." โ
I no longer care about the negative Jiang Ziyao, I just look at Xu Wen with my eyes to see how he reacts.
"What about you, will you go upstairs with us, or will you stay here?" Xu Wen asked Beni.
"I ......" Xiang Beni looked at Xu Wen, then at Jiang Ziyao, with a tangled and hesitant expression, and finally said, "I...... I'll follow you. โ
In this way, Jiang Ziyao is left alone to insist on his own opinions.
We didn't care about him anymore, Xu Wen opened the way, and stepped into the stairwell first, followed by two girls.
"Classmate Jiang, face is nothing compared to life." I finally reminded Jiang Ziyao, and then carried the unconscious Xie Jiayin on my back and followed Xu Wen and his party.
Perhaps it was my words that finally woke Jiang Ziyao up, or maybe it was the overwhelming fear of being alone, and as we turned around the corner of the stairs, I heard footsteps behind meโand Jiang Ziyao finally followed silently.
The upward stairwell was lit only by a dim ceiling light, and the yellowed light shone on the walls and staircase floor, reflecting a large pool of dark brown stains.
These stains, like those in the hallway, are remnants of blood and fat.
In fact, from the very beginning, everyone smelled a strange smell in this building...... But I can't tell what it tastes like.
The series of killings that had just taken place in the darkroom had been bloodyโbut the smell was a reminder to everyone.
At this time, even the guy with a dull sense of smell has already smelled that the faint strange smell that permeates this building is actually the smell of blood!
Rotten, dry flesh and blood emanated with the stench of rotten rust and excrement.
The staircase spirals upwards in a circle, and when Xu Wen turns the second corner of the staircase, the lights in front of him automatically turn on - we found out that the lights installed in the stairwell turned out to be infrared remote control lights.
But the position of the upper floor was obviously much higher than we expected - we had already passed through the corner of two stairs and still did not see the corridor on the second floor.
The higher up the stairs, the stronger the smell of blood became.
"Xu Wen, it smells so bad......" Li Yuanxiang covered his nose.
Xiang Beni was a little better, but she also had frequent sniffling, and my nose was also quite uncomfortable, which really didn't smell good.
"Huhโwe're ......"
Xu Wen's voice came from the front.
I looked up - and sure enough, the stairs up ended, and a dark hallway appeared in front of us.
Xu Wen turned his head and asked me, "Go on?" โ
It's all here, naturally there's nothing to say, I nodded.
The two girls naturally had no objections - as for Jiang Ziyao, Xu Wen didn't pay attention to him at all.
Jiang Ziyao also knew that he was at a loss, but he just hung silently at the back of the team.
The hallway is equipped with the same infrared remote control lights as in the stairwell, but the lights here are dimer and more sensitive, and the lights above our heads will go out as soon as we move away.
This creates a problem: our vision is always limited to a very small area by this dim and stingy light.
And the corridor on this floor is also very different from the corridor on the first floor.
The corridors here are not only long and narrow, but they also have forks in the road!
For the first fork in the road, we chose the left.
For the second fork in the road, we chose the right side.
There are several forks in the road, and the left, left, and right sides are selected.
And now, we have a three-way intersection with three lanes in front of our eyes!
"Detective Ji, it seems like ...... here" Xu Wen's face became ugly.
Of course I understood what Xu Wen was going to say, because I also thought about it.
"Actually...... Maze. Well, if it's a maze, it all makes sense. That's why the light of the infrared remote control light here is so dim, and it is very sensitive, and the detection distance is so short......"
I gasped slightly - Xie Jiayin is 1.7 meters tall, and as soon as I carried her on my back, the touch on my back told me that Xie Jiayin's figure was very material, but this also led to Xie Jiayin's weight not being light.
I carried her on my back to climb the stairs and walk the maze, so naturally I began to struggle a little.
Li Yuanxiang looked at the three bifurcated passages in front of him, and his face was a little hesitant: "That...... Which way do we go? โ
Xu Wen didn't answer Li Yuanxiang's question, but still looked at me: "Detective Ji? โ
I thought for a moment, "We don't know how big this labyrinth is - if it's as big as the dark room downstairs...... If we wander around, we will probably be trapped in this labyrinth. โ
Xiang Beni said timidly: "The previous rule didn't say that the last ten minutes of the 'day' would make us go to the designated place and wait for the 'night' to come...... How long has it been now? I'm afraid the 'night' is coming soon, right? We...... Why don't you just wait here for the time to pass, okay? โ
"I agree with Beni, but improve it a little." "Perhaps," I said, "while we can remember our way back, we'll retreat to the entrance to the labyrinth, and then mark the walls as we go, so we don't get lost." โ
I also have lingering fears about this strange building.
First, the strange and huge dark room downstairs took the lives of 4 people, and now there is a labyrinth, and the devil knows what will happen in the maze......
That's why I'm making such a very conservative opinion - leave a mark, don't get lost!
However, this building is like a living thing, as if it understands my words, and it suddenly changes!
I felt a violent tremor on the ground beneath my feet!
The whole building shook!
"Earthquake?!" Li Yuanxiang stepped forward and hugged one of Xu Wen's arms, with a shocked look on his face.
"No, it's not an earthquake!" Xu Wen stared at the wall under the light with round eyes, and the look of horror on his face was no less than that of Li Yuanxiang, "The walls and the ground are unexpectedly, unexpectedly, they are all moving!" โ
That's right, the walls and the floor are moving!
There were originally three forks in the road in front of us, and now, there are only two left!
I subconsciously looked behind me โ it was horrified!
The way we came, it was gone!
Behind us now, there is a wall!