Rewind the clock to midnight the day before.

That is, May 17th.

At midnight on this day, a tragic incident occurred in Shinan Hospital, where 384 people died.

And in an old apartment in the Red Star community, a different story is happening.

"At present, the disappearance of Qingxi Villa in the southern suburbs of Jinguan City is still under investigation, according to the on-site investigation, this may be a homicide case, and the suspected murderer is likely to be absconding......

It's past twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and in the living room of this old apartment, an old TV set that has been out of date is still working, and the light emitted by the TV screen is the only light source in the room.

On the sofa facing the TV, an old woman wearing an old gray blanket was also asleep.

"The police are confident that if it turns out to be a homicide, then the suspect must be hiding somewhere within the city limits. The police appeal to the general public to strengthen their vigilance, if you find any clues related to the disappearance of Qingxi Villa, or find suspicious people, please do not panic, and immediately contact the police, for the public who provide important clues to the case, the police will give a cash reward of 100,000 yuan. ”

"Well, it's murder again...... This world ...... What a ......."

The old woman on the sofa didn't hear what was being said on the TV at all, she didn't even open her eyes, she just muttered a few words in her mouth, and before she could finish speaking, she moved her body, leaned on the sofa and fell asleep again.

The news program on TV finally ended, an advertisement for a new sports car began to play, and the light on the TV screen brightened with the colorful sports car advertisement.

When the light suddenly brightened, you could see that there was already one more person in the room at some point.

The glow of the television reflected the appearance of this uninvited guest: a young woman with curly red hair and a delicate figure.

However, this graceful girl, her red wavy hair, has become a little disheveled by the lack of care recently, her originally sexy lips have become white and chapped, and above the slender bridge of her nose are a pair of charming and slender eyes, but at this time, these eyes are spraying with fear and anger flames.

This woman named Yang Lan is the initiator of the disappearance of Qingxi Villa and the murderer of Cheng Cheng's wife Li Xue.

If it weren't for Yang Lan's behavior of disposing of corpses and abandoning cars, which caused her to miss the best opportunity to escape from Jinguan City, she would not be hiding in this old apartment now, panicking all day long.

The owner of the apartment is a distant relative of Yang Lan, who should call her grandmother when she was a child, but when she grew up, she gradually became estranged, but Yang Lan still dialed the grandmother's phone at the last moment, and then temporarily stayed under the pretext of visiting the old man.

In fact...... She should have been suspicious a long time ago, right?

This grandmother knows her relationship with Li Xue, and the TV station has been broadcasting photos of Li Xue, who is suspected of being a missing person, in the past few days, and the old man sits in front of the TV all day, how could he not see the news of this case?

Yang Lan looked at the old man's back and clenched the iron blunt instrument in her hand—this was found in the kitchen, and the original purpose was to crack open the big bones used for stewed broth.

It is not the first time that the police announcement on TV has been broadcast, although the old man is both behind his ears and dazzled, but ......

Someday she'll know.

The feeling of being like a rabbit being chased by a hunting dog, Yang Lan felt that she had had enough.

"Even if it's a day, an hour, or a minute,......" the murder weapon in Yang Lan's hand slowly raised, "Let me be at peace for a while." ”

Five minutes later.

Yang Lan sat down on the floor, sweating profusely, and her face became more and more pale.

Crimson blood seeped silently from the bottom of the sofa, drop by drop, and slowly fell to the floor.

The murder weapon was thrown aside, covered in disgusting stains.

Cheerful music came from the TV......

is a new song of the GSM band, and this band used to be the band that Yang Lan's classmates liked when she was in college, including Yang Lan of course, and Li Xue, who has been killed by Yang Lan.

Yang Lan suddenly cried, this kind of cries that were extremely suppressed, at midnight, sounded like the sobs of an unjust soul.

The end of one fear is the beginning of another, and this cycle is irreversible.

And it was only at this time that Yang Lan finally understood that she was at the end of her rope.

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The memories of midnight the day before flashed in front of Yang Lan's eyes like a marquee, but the blood seemed to overflow from the memories, staining her vision into a bloody color......

The kitchen knife that had been used to dismember corpses was still in Yang Lan's hand, but the blade of the kitchen knife was facing her own face.

Chop.

Chop, chop, chop, chop.

Blood poured down, and soon became a pool of blood foam at Yang Lan's feet.

Yang Lan's face had been cut into a bloody blur and unrecognizable by herself—her lips were torn, the skin and muscles of her cheeks were draped into bloody strips of flesh, her white teeth and bones were faintly visible, she trembled all over, and her throat emitted a strange whimper sound that seemed to laugh but not laugh, cry but not cry, but her right hand still held the knife, mechanically slashing at her face again and again.

At this moment, the little girl in the sky blue dress suddenly turned her head to look at the door of the apartment, and the half-human, half-spider monster climbed up the wall and hung upside down on the ceiling.

As soon as the little girl's gaze left, Yang Lan's movements stopped, but in a blink of an eye, the little girl turned her gaze to Yang Lan again, the latter's body twitched violently, and the knife in her hand slashed at her neck!

"Bang ——!"

The apartment door was kicked open!

The old knife took the lead and rushed into the room, followed by me.

At this time, the blood that spurted out of Yang Lan's neck artery was like a fountain, dripping the entire living room.

Although he had already prepared in his heart, the treacherous and extremely bloody picture in front of him still made the old knife exclaim, "Fuck!" ”

Sensing other dangers, I shouted, "Be careful! ”

Before the words fell, from the direction of the ceiling above the door of the room, a dark shadow swooped down on us—

I was on the spot with a forward roll, and the old knife did a similar evasive action, but my left upper arm still stabbed violently, and when I looked, the sleeve of my shirt turned into strips of cloth, and the upper arm was cut like a child's mouth, and blood suddenly flowed down my arm.

There was a violent sound, mixed with an exclamation from the old knife: ", what kind of monster is this?!" ”

When I looked up, I saw a huge spider-like monster between me and the old knife, the entrance was already a mess, the built-in shoe cabinet was completely broken, all kinds of shoes were scattered all over the ground, the walls left a few deep claw marks, and the solid wood floor was also shattered.

The monster scraped the wooden floor with its razor-sharp nails......

The puppet, which looked like a hybrid of a human and a spider that had been skinned alive, slowly turned its head, staring at the old knife for a while, and then at me and Cheng Cheng outside the door.

"Wait! This face—"

Just as the monster turned its head to look at me, I suddenly realized that although the monster's body had undergone a terrible mutation, and it was completely impossible to see the original appearance, the human head still looked like a middle-aged man.

"That's what you see, that's right. This face is the missing security guard, Li Huai'an! The old knife immediately confirmed my suspicions.

And Cheng Cheng, who was standing at the door, trembled and let out an exclamation: "Xiao Zi-"

I followed Cheng Cheng's gaze, only to find that between the spider monster and the woman spurting arterial blood, there was also a little girl in a sky blue dress.