CHAPTER XXXVII

Elevator horror

Why is it that the more critical it is, the more inexplicable the situation will occur?

Just ahead, the straight hole was blocked by a thick pile of dirt. This made the two of them have to stop, anxious.

The current situation is that there are pursuers in the rear and blockages in the front. It's basically impossible to go back, to get out of the way. Because there is only one thief hole, there is no choice.

Fang Xin looked back, the skeleton soldiers' movements were relatively slow, and the space for stealing the cave was relatively narrow. So, judging from the visual inspection, the skeleton soldiers are still relatively far away. For a while, I can't threaten myself.

So Fang Xin patted Du Zijuan's ass and said, 'You get out of the way, I'll go up and take a look.'

Du Zijuan was blushing for a while by him, and reluctantly stepped aside and said, 'Why are you like this!' Fang Xin smiled, didn't say anything, worked very hard, and squeezed to the front with great difficulty.

As they passed, the bodies of the two people were tightly pressed together. If it weren't for the back-to-back, Du Zijuan's face wouldn't know what to look like if she was ashamed.

Finally, the two of them finally changed their positions back. Facing the blocked thief hole in front of him, Fang Xin's brows furrowed tightly.

Hundreds of years have passed, and it is possible to steal the cave and collapse. But why did it happen that the robbery hole that came out of the cave collapsed, and the other robbery holes are still intact? It's also too weird, too coincidental.

Fang Xin grabbed a handful of dirt in his hand, and he found that the soil was actually soft. This surprised him, and he couldn't help but smile a little.

'What should I do?' Du Zijuan said anxiously behind her.

As for Fang Xin, he didn't say a word, and his hands began to pull the soft soil in front of him. For a while, the mud in the thief cave was splashed and dusty. Fang Xin's hands, head, including his mouth, were all covered with dirt. If you hadn't kept your eyes closed, I'm afraid you'd have been blinded.

Fang Xin couldn't take care of so much, for him, the first thing at the moment was to hurry up. Before the skeletons catch up, open the thief hole.

Du Zijuan didn't understand Fang Xin's intentions at first, but by the time she understood, Fang Xin had already advanced some distance. She looked behind her and said excitedly and anxiously, 'Hurry up, hurry, they're going to catch up.'

'Don't rush me!'

Finally, with Fang Xin's unremitting efforts, the one-meter-long thief hole that was blocked was dug through by Fang Xin. Fang Xin immediately greeted: 'Hurry up!'

The speed at which the two of them crawled in the thief cave was many times faster than before. Originally, they were crawling forward, but now, they are supported in four strands, like wolves running in the wilderness, and their speed is amazing. Because, behind them, you can almost see the skeleton soldiers' faces.

The reason why the next road is easy to walk is mainly because there are obvious changes from the original robbery hole. But where the specific changes are, Fang Xin couldn't think of it for a while.

It wasn't until he was passing through a burglar cave that he found a small butt of a cigarette. He seemed to understand something, but at the moment, he didn't have time to think about it so much, so he could only crawl forward desperately, trying to escape.

In the following period, there were no incidents. The two of them came to the end of the hole with a wooden plank.

Fang Xin felt very strange that the entrance of the thief cave was actually only covered by a fast wooden board. At this time, the two of them didn't know how much time and how long they had crawled in the thief hole. According to Fang Xinwei's estimate, it should be one or two kilometers.

But anyway, they can finally get out of the way. Don't worry about surviving in the cave.

As soon as Fang Xin pushed the plank, the plank was easily pushed away. Fang Xin poked his head out and looked around. It turned out that the hole was actually under a car.

Fang Xin didn't think about it, and got out of it. He lay under the car and reached for Du Zijuan.

After Du Zijuan climbed up, Fang Xin covered the wooden board again. The two men got out from under the car and looked around.

'What is this place?' Du Zijuan looked at this strange place and asked Fang Xin in surprise.

Fang Xin looked at it, and he said with great certainty: 'Can't you see, we are in the underground parking lot.'

'Underground parking?' Du Zijuan was even more puzzled, "Does the resort have an underground parking lot?"

'There is only one place in the resort with underground parking.' Fang Xin said without thinking, 'The place where we are standing now should be Taihu Bay Hotel.'

'You mean to say that they hit the hole here?'

'No, the place where we came up is not the original entrance to the cave.' Fang Xin thought for a moment, and then said, "Those tomb robbers in ancient times were all equipped with special skills. Once they have found the location of the tomb, they will make a hole nearby, and they will not place the entrance of the cave so far from the tomb.'

Du Zijuan didn't understand, she said, "But we obviously came out of the thief hole."

Fang Xin chuckled and said, "Do you remember the place where the collapse was in the middle? That's where the grave robbers dug the hole. And the passage we passed later should have been dug up by later generations.'

'Descendants dug it up? For what?'

'Have you noticed that the latter part of the hole is very smooth, not like it was dug by hand, but like it was dug by a machine?' Fang Xin paused, and then said, "And, you see, what I found.'

As he spoke, he took out the cigarette butt he had picked up earlier in the cave and said, 'This cigarette was found in the cave. Chinese brand. Just imagine, the ancients crossed over? Or did the cigarette pass through?'

'I see.' Du Zijuan suddenly realized, 'These dozen tombs, and someone went into them later. It's a pity they didn't find the bronze seal.'

And it's been a few years.' Fang Xin added.

'So what do we do next?'

'Leave the parking lot and continue looking for Xiaoxue.' Fang Xin said, 'I have a hunch that she must be at the resort.'

In the underground parking lot of Taihu Bay Hotel, only a small number of cars are parked today. What made Fang Xin feel strange was that the exit of the parking lot was actually closed. A heavy iron door, tightly locked.

And the planks they climbed out of suddenly moved.

Fang Xin's face changed drastically, and he knew that those skeleton soldiers had already chased after him. It's like a wolf smelling delicious food, chasing after the prey in their mouths.

Fang Xin didn't think about it, he picked up Du Zijuan again and ran to the other side of the parking lot. If Fang Xin's estimate is correct, there should be two exits for the underground parking lot. Now that one is locked up, one can only expect from the other.

Sure enough, on the other side of the parking lot, Fang Xin saw an elevator. And at this time, the elevator lights are on. In other words, this elevator can operate normally. This gave them hope for their escape.

'Let's go!' Fang Xin decisively pressed the button. While waiting, the two looked back from time to time. Maybe it's because the thief hole is under the car, and those guys who have no brains and developed limbs have not squeezed out for so long.

Even so, the hearts of the two people are still very nervous. Because, they don't know, when those skeleton soldiers will climb up. At this time, the elevator seems to come very slowly.

With a ding, the elevator door finally opened. The two of them quickly got inside and pressed the button just in time.

At the moment when the elevator door closed, Fang Xin saw that the wooden plank at the entrance of the cave had been turned aside, and two or three hideous skulls came out and looked around.

The elevator door slowly closed in the anxiety of the two. Du Zijuan leaned softly against the corner of the wall like a deflated ball. Fang Xin wasn't much better, he wiped the sweat that came out of his forehead. Seeing Du Zijuan's seemingly decadent appearance, he couldn't help laughing.

'Laugh what laugh!' Du Zijuan gave him an angry look.

I thought everything would be gone, even if the clumsy skeletons could take the elevator up. At this time, the two of them had already fled and disappeared.

But the elevator didn't stop when it went up from the basement to the first floor. When Fang Xin reacted, the elevator stopped on the second floor.

Du Zijuan asked Fang Xin suspiciously: "Why did you press the button on the second floor?"

Fang Xin also felt inexplicable and incredible. He stuck out his tongue and said mischievously, 'No, I obviously pressed the first floor, why did I run to the second floor.'

As he spoke, the elevators slowly opened. Two people stared at the door, wondering if someone might have pressed the elevator button. Otherwise, the elevator would not have been able to stop on its own.

But when the elevator door opened completely, both of them were dumbfounded. They saw two skeleton soldiers with steel knives standing at the entrance of the elevator. As if they had been waiting there for a long time, waiting for Fang Xin and the others.

Du Zijuan was the first to scream, and she was so frightened that she almost fell to the ground. She had no idea that the skeletons would follow so quickly. It's just a lightning speed, and it's hard to guard against.

And Fang Xin's first action was to quickly close the elevator door. He knew that if he met the skeleton soldiers head-on, he would not have any chance of winning. So, the only option is to dodge, or run away.

The two skeletons were very sluggish, and when the elevator door was almost halfway closed, they seemed to wake up from their sleep, raised their steel knives, and rushed into the elevator.

Before the person arrives, the knife goes first. Two sharp steel knives stabbed in the moment when the elevator door was about to close. Fang Xin and Du Zijuan were stunned, but fortunately, the elevator door had been closed at this time, and no matter how capable the skeleton soldiers were, it was impossible for them to break in.

If it was just now, Fang Xin would have been a little closer to the door. That, two powerful steel knives, it is very likely to pierce his body directly, killing him.

When the steel knife stabbed in, a strong wind drove by it hit Fang Xin's head, causing him to take several steps back again and again. Fang Xin had no choice but to use his body to block in front of Du Zijuan. It's a subconscious choice he makes, a choice he doesn't make through his brain.

The elevator slowly rose again, and the two steel knives slid down with the elevator rising, but they never pulled out of the gap in the elevator door.

Just as the steel knife slid to the bottom of the elevator, two crisp sounds were suddenly heard. The two steel knives hung down as if they had lost power. Fang Xin and Du Zijuan glanced at each other, and they didn't know what was going on in Lu Dao.

After waiting for a while, Du Zijuan gasped and said, 'What's the matter?' They...... How did they catch up so quickly? It's really ghostly, and I don't owe them anything, why do you keep staring at us.'

To be honest, Fang Xin couldn't answer. He couldn't figure out why the skeleton soldiers had chased after him so quickly.

The elevator continued to rise, and Fang Xin suddenly remembered something. He turned his head with a pale face and asked Du Zijuan, 'I...... What floor did you just press?'

However, Du Zijuan's answer surprised him even more: 'Did you press it?' How did I not see it.'

Fang Xin remembered, he only pressed a button, and he didn't press the number of floors at all. But now, the number of floors on the elevator panel is jumping up and down.5, 6, 7......

Fang Xin was dumbfounded, and he asked Du Zijuan again: "How many floors does Taihu Bay Hotel have?" Du Zijuan still shook her head helplessly, she really didn't know, because she had never been to Taihu Bay Hotel at all.

So, how many floors does Taihu Bay Hotel have? Fang Xin thought about it, or rather, he estimated the number of floors of the big hotel based on what he had seen from the outside.

By the time he thought it through, he already sensed that things weren't going well. So, he quickly pressed the elevator button, hoping to stop the elevator. Because, he knows that the Taihu Bay Hotel is definitely not that high.

'What are you doing?' Du Zijuan asked in a panic. She wanted to stop it, but it was too late, Fang Xin had already pressed the button. The elevator came to an abrupt halt and the numbers on the panel stopped on the twelfth floor. And Fang Xinzhi Road, the hotel does not have twelve floors at all.

Both of them were nervous, especially Fang Xin. He didn't know if the skeleton soldiers would appear again when the elevator doors opened. And once it appears, how to deal with it.

The most important thing is that he wants to know what kind of situation can occur before the twelfth floor, which does not exist at all. Is it an ethereal space, or the elevator panel is broken.

But no matter what the case is, it's not a good thing for Fang Xin and Du Zijuan.

The elevator door finally opened, and the first thing that caught my eye was the two truncated arms, the skull arms, lying at the elevator door. The two arms are still tightly gripping the two steel knives.

It turned out that the two severed arms were left by the two skeleton soldiers in front of them.

But there are no new skeletons in sight at the elevator door. Looks like they're not keeping up. This made both Fang Xin and Du Zijuan breathe a sigh of relief.

After waiting for a while, seeing that there was indeed no movement, Fang Xin stepped out of the elevator. Du Zijuan also trembled and followed out.

The entire corridor on the first floor is very quiet, and there is no one to be seen. Although the sun is warm, it does not shine on the empty corridors. The whole corridor was as silent as death, as if I was asleep.

Two people walked down the hallway, walking through one room after another. The doors of each room are locked, and the rooms are equally quiet, without a trace of life.

Du Zijuan asked behind her in fear: 'Did we really go to the twelfth floor?'

'No!' Fang Xin said categorically, "When you walked over, didn't you notice that we were on the third floor, not the twelfth floor."

'What elevator would stop on the twelfth floor?'

'There is only one explanation, the elevator panel is broken. Other than that, I can't think of any other reason.' Fang Xin explained, the specific reason, he didn't know the way.

Du Zijuan thought about it, maybe it was really the case, so she didn't say anything more.

After turning a corner in front, Fang Xin continued to walk forward. There are two elevators in the whole hotel, and he wants to see if the other elevator panel is good or bad.

Finally, not far ahead, another elevator appeared. Fang Xin looked up, and on the panel on the top of the elevator door, a big 3 flashed.

Thus, Fang Xin judged that it was not that they hit the ghost, but that the elevator panel was indeed broken. No wonder the elevator would go up unwillingly and stop at the non-existent twelfth floor.

Just before Fang Xin was stunned, Du Zijuan pressed the button of the elevator. Fang Xin wanted to stop it, but it was too late. Although he didn't know what he wanted to stop, he always felt that something would happen in the elevator.

At this time, the elevator opened with a very obedient ding.

And the moment the elevator door was opened, when the two of them saw the scene inside the elevator, both of them were stunned. They would never have imagined that the inside of the elevator would be like this.

I saw that the elevator was dark and pressing, crowded with skeleton soldiers. Their faces were hideous, and they stared at the two of them in unison. It seems that Fang Xin and Du Zijuan are the uninvited guests who disturbed them.

Countless shiny steel knives were raised in unison, and a skeleton soldier rushed out of the elevator. Immediately after, the rest of the skeleton soldiers rushed out and rushed towards Fang Xin and Du Zijuan.

'Run!' The two of them are dying again. Running down the stairway, desperately rushing forward. And the skeleton soldiers behind him are still chasing after them, biting and holding on.

After turning a corner, I finally saw the elevator in front of me, which was the elevator that the two of them had just come up. I'm afraid that right now, that is the safest place.

When he was about to reach the elevator, Fang Xin instructed Du Zijuan: 'Don't take the stairs, it's not safe there.' The reason why Fang Xin said this is because next to the elevator is the staircase. And under normal circumstances, many people can't help but choose to take the stairs and ignore the existence of the elevator.

It may be because the speed of running is too fast, so that when Fang Xin came to the elevator entrance, he couldn't brake because of the coherence.

The most important thing is that neither Fang Xin nor Du Zijuan thought that an elevator would disappear and disappear without a trace.

So, when Fang Xin realized that something was wrong, it was too late. However, at this critical moment, Fang Xin still made the right choice.

saw that he pushed Du Zijuan back first, and as soon as he used his feet, the whole person jumped up all of a sudden. Fang Xin looked at the steel cable in the elevator tunnel, and pounced on it, holding the steel cable tightly with both hands to prevent himself from falling.

Fang Xin thought that his push should not let Du Zijuan fall into the elevator tunnel. But he was wrong, because the whole thing happened so suddenly, and the elevator disappeared too bizarrely. Fang Xin's push did not reach the point. Du Zijuan fell into the elevator tunnel without knowing what was going on.

After Fang Xin stabilized his body on the steel cable, he noticed that Du Zijuan was gone. His first reaction was, would Du Zijuan be killed by skeleton soldiers......

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he screamed: 'Zijuan, Zijuan, where are you?'

screamed a few times, and suddenly heard a faint voice from under his feet: 'I'm here, Fang Xin, save me!' The voice is dying, like a struggle before death.

Fang Xinxunsheng looked down, but saw that Du Zijuan was about five or six meters under his feet. She was suspended from a bulge in the tunnel wall. This protrusion is a steel structure and should be very strong.

However, Fang Xin saw that Du Zijuan's originally pink and slender jade hands were now bloodstained and miserable. The clothes on his body have also become disheveled, revealing tender, dripping skin. Xiuya's jet-black hair, at this moment, became unkempt. turned a young girl into a beggar on the street.

Seeing Fang Xin looking at him, Du Zijuan and his party burst into tears. She cried and said, "Fang Xin, I can't hold on anymore, come and save me."

It turned out that in the position where Du Zijuan was standing, there were exactly two protrusions above and below. So that Du Zijuan can step on one with both feet and grasp the other with both hands. Unfortunately, the width of the bulge is only half the width of the ball of the foot. Without that, it won't last long.

Du Zijuan said, and couldn't help but look at her feet. It doesn't matter if I want to, I almost lost my soul. The elevator tunnel is bottomless, and the further down it goes, the darker it becomes. If a person does fall, he will have to become a crippled flesh.

And at this time, Fang Xin was also uncomfortable, his entire body was suspended from the steel cable. If you are not careful, you may fall into the abyss.

"Zijuan, don't worry, I'll come down to save you right away.'" As he spoke, Fang Xin began to slide down the steel cable.

At this moment, he saw the group of skeleton soldiers swarming to the elevator door. To Fang Xin's surprise, the skeleton soldiers completely disregarded their own safety and bravely rushed towards Fang Xin. Fang Xin had no choice but to decline quickly.

So, I saw those skeleton soldiers, desperately falling into the bottomless elevator tunnel. Not even a scream came out, and a group of dozens of skeleton soldiers just disappeared into the darkness of the elevator tunnel.

Fang Xin let out a long sigh at this time, and at this time he had already slipped to a position parallel to Du Zijuan. His feet were tightly wrapped around the cable, and his left hand was also gripping the cable, locking himself firmly to the cable.

After fixing it, Fang Xin freed his right hand and stretched it out to Du Zijuan.

'Zijuan, reach over. Don't worry, it'll be fine, I'll catch you.' Fang Xin is full of confidence. Because the elevator tunnel is not big, it is located in the middle of the tunnel. As long as Du Zijuan also stretches out her hand, it is completely within reach.

But Du Zijuan was still very nervous and scared. Her spirit was on the verge of collapse, and she really didn't have the courage to give orders to her hands.

Her hands were shaking, her legs were shaking, her lips were shaking. Her whole person was just so stunned, her eyes staring at Fang Xin with fear.

Fang Xin didn't expect Du Zijuan to be indifferent. He also began to get anxious: "Zijuan, there's no time, quickly stretch out your hand. Trust me, you'll be fine.'

Du Zijuan woke up like a dream, and stretched out her hand to Fang Xin with trembling.

As soon as Fang Xin grabbed Du Zijuan's hand, he slammed it hard, and he heard a sound, and Du Zijuan's whole person was grabbed by Fang Xin and hung in the air.

Du Zijuan was less than a hundred pounds, but Fang Xin still had a lot of sweat beads at this time. The hands are also sweating, so that the body attached to the steel cable is slowly sliding.

It can't just be hung up, Fang Xin knows this very well. He shouted at Du Zijuan: 'Zijuan, hook the tightrope. Otherwise, we'll both have to finish playing.'

Du Zijuan didn't know where the courage came from, maybe she was too scared, so she was no longer afraid. As soon as I saw her legs hooked, the person landed firmly on the steel cable.

Unloading a heavy burden, Fang Xinchang sighed and said, "Zijuan, you have nothing to do, right?"

A weak girl came from below: 'I'm fine. Fang Xin, what should we do next?'

Before Fang Xin could think about it, he suddenly felt that the steel cable in his hand was shaking. Moreover, the amplitude is getting bigger and bigger. Fang Xin secretly screamed badly, it seemed that those clumsy skeleton soldiers also caught up along the steel cable.

Fang Xin looked up at the top of the tunnel, there was only one way to go. So, he said to Du Zijuan: 'Climb up, be fast.'

After all, the two of them have not undergone any professional training, especially Du Zijuan as a girl. Even the horizontal bar in the school before, she may not be able to climb it, let alone climb several floors now.

However, people always have potential. It's not the same when your own life is seriously threatened. Therefore, the weak Du Zijuan actually followed Fang Xin and climbed up little by little.

I don't know how long it took, but the two of them were already exhausted and out of breath. Happily, the two of them finally climbed to the top. What surprised Fang Xin even more was that the elevator door on the top floor was open. Not only that, but at the top of the elevator tunnel, there happens to be a beam.

So, Fang Xin said to Du Zijuan: 'Zijuan, do as I do, and we can get out.'

Du Zijuan nodded slightly, and saw Fang Xin's hands slowly move to the beam, moving towards the direction of the elevator door little by little. After a while, he landed firmly at the elevator door.

As soon as his feet landed, Fang Xin's entire body seemed to be soft, and he collapsed to the ground.

However, he hasn't forgotten that there is also a Du Zijuan in the elevator tunnel. He reluctantly stood up, stood at the elevator door, and stretched out his arms to greet Du Zijuan.

And Du Zijuan's willpower is far better than Fang Xin's imagination. Just as Du Zijuan was about to approach the elevator door, Fang Xinyi hugged her over.

The exhausted two collapsed to the ground at the same time. Facing each other's pale and colorless faces, both of them couldn't help but laugh.

However, they know that the danger is not over.

Fang Xin climbed to the elevator entrance, poked his head out, and looked down. As he expected, the skeleton soldiers did climb up the tightrope. It's just that all the skeletons are mutilated. Either you don't have an arm or a leg, or your head is gone. But no matter what is missing, they are stubbornly crawling towards the crow.

Fang Xin didn't look at it much, he immediately made a decision and pressed the button on the elevator panel. Fortunately, the elevator door was swiped and it really closed. Locked those skeletons in the elevator tunnel.

Only then did the two of them feel as weak as if they were falling apart.

Suddenly, in the silent corridor, a girl's cry came: 'Is there anyone?' Is anyone there?'

When Fang Xin heard this, he immediately stood up.

'Is it Xiaoxue?' (To be continued......)