Chapter 50: Shadows
I don't know who this is. Whether it's a man or a woman, I don't know what to say. On the wall is a blurry shadow that looks a bit like a black-and-white figure seen from a very poor resolution surveillance footage.
The man was suspended in the air, black all around, only the face was white. The facial features on the white face are blurred, and only two swarthy eye holes can be seen, and a black mouth with a triangular shape similar to that of a snake.
Wang Chen's first feeling was not fear, but horror, thinking that he was hallucinating or the special light and shadow effect formed by the staggered flashlight in the dark corridor. When he was about to look away, he noticed that the shadow was moving, and the body was getting bigger and bigger, and there was a very peculiar visual effect - the wall was like a window, and the figure was getting closer and closer from a long distance, trying to come down from the wall.
Moreover, according to Wang Chen's description, although the facial features of the figure on the wall were not clear, he could feel that the figure was smiling very gloomily, and the black hair was dancing wildly.
Wang Chen was sure that if the figure on the wall had a gender, it must be a woman.
He was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, his whole body stiffened, as if he was caught by something, and only he and the ghost figure on the other side were left in the entire world. At the moment when the ghost filled the wall and seemed to break through the wall, it suddenly changed direction, followed the wall all the way to the top of the wall, and disappeared in the direction of the rooftop.
This whole process is complicated to say, in fact, in just two or three seconds, Wang Chen seems to have experienced hellish torture, and his head is full of cold sweat. This kid is so cool, with long bangs, which are glued to his forehead at this time, lock by lock, and his small appearance is quite pitiful.
Hearing Wang Chen's description, Li Yang and I were just fine, Qin Dan, this girl, was not very afraid, but frowned and was thinking. The brass lock was the most cowardly, licking his lips and leaning against us, very uneasily shining a flashlight on the stairs leading to the rooftop.
After a while, Li Yang said: "Maybe this is some kind of trick to scare us back as a warning." ”
I thought about it for a while, and said to Wang Chen: "Why don't you go back, this place is really not suitable for you, let's do what we can, no one laughs." ”
Wang Chen nodded dejectedly, and finally knew how many catties and taels he had. He hesitated: "I, I, Lao Liu, you come with me." ”
I wanted to laugh, he was visibly scared. Okay, whoever let me bring it, I will be responsible for his safety if it makes sense.
I said to Li Yang and the others, "Don't move, I'll send him to the elevator and come back." ”
Li Yang said: "Don't worry, if you don't come, we won't go." ”
I took Wang Chen and started to walk down, and the stairs below were only three meters long, and I would have walked there in a few minutes if I was fast. I couldn't help but complain to him, it's not that this diamond doesn't do porcelain work, just you dare to mess with us, just as I was talking, I suddenly stopped.
Wang Chen stood behind me and asked what was wrong.
I turned my head, and he was startled by my hideous expression: "Lao Liu, don't scare me, it's not such a joke." What the hell do you see? ”
My heart was beating faster and I said to him, "Quick, quick, go back." ”
The two of us ran back, and Wang Chen climbed almost all the way back to the staircase. Li Yang and the three of them were standing and talking, seeing that we were back again, and hurriedly asked what was going on.
I panted, pointed down and said, "We...... There's no going back. ”
"What the hell is going on?" Li Yang's eyes widened.
I couldn't describe what had happened calmly, so I calmed myself down and slowly spoke to them.
Just now I went down the stairs with Wang Chen, and I walked in front. The light flickered in the darkness, reflecting the scene below the staircase.
It was a space of about 100 square meters, full of miscellaneous items, and two heavy white iron doors were very conspicuous, with door locks hanging on them, and they were fastened tightly. The door is written in black ink: The rooftop is dangerous.
My heart was pounding, I almost didn't pull into my trouser pocket, yes, the deep hallway in the doorway was supposed to be just below the stairs, and that was the only way we could get out. Now it's actually the top floor of the rooftop!
And the rooftop, which should have been in the direction above the stairs. What's going on?! Walking down to the ground, he actually made a circle and came down from above. Is this just a ghost hitting the wall?
Li Yang pondered: "We have been to the rooftop many times, and it is already the highest top floor, and there is definitely no staircase leading to the next step. If you're going around in circles, how can you end up on a staircase that doesn't exist on the rooftop?"
Copper Lock said: "This is not simple? I have the best way to deal with ghosts and walls. We divided into two groups, one group went up to the rooftop and one group went down to see if we could meet at the back. "
We looked at each other, and it was unimaginable that we could only bump into the experience of fiction.
The atmosphere at this time was very solemn, but Qin Dan chuckled: "Yes, little copper lock, you can use your brain."
Copper Lock said: "I've always been smart, okay."
His proposal was the best choice in the current situation, but I had a faint feeling in my heart that something was wrong, I couldn't explain the reason, my eyelids were jumping, and I felt that something was going to happen.
"Even if you divide into two groups, you have to pay attention to one problem." I said, "When each group is exploring up or down, it's best to stay on the stairs and not over the stairs to the rooftop. "
"What are you worried about?" Li raised his eyebrows.
I took a deep breath: "I'm not sure, I always feel that the ghost I hit the wall this time is very evil." We went separately to explore different spaces, and I was afraid that if we lost contact, we would maximize the danger. ”
Li Yang nodded: "What Lao Liu said is good. In this way, I will go up with the copper lock in a group, and you will go down in a group to see if we can meet in the back. ”
After the division of labor was completed, there was no nonsense, Li Yang led the copper lock down the stairs, and I took Wang Chen and Qin Dan and started to walk down.
Soon, we descended to the middle of the staircase. Qin Dan shone a flashlight at the bottom, and this girl's face was also terrified. Underneath the stairs is the rooftop that is clogged up with debris and closed by iron gates.
This time I was mentally prepared, quite calm, and carefully observed.
The location we are at this time should be on the wall on the west side of the roof. As far as I can remember, there were no stairs at all in that area of the real rooftop, just a towering white wall!
We continued to go down the stairs to the bottom of the stairs, and a few steps remained, to the rooftop. According to the agreement before departure, our range of activities can only be on the stairs, and no one is allowed to cross this line.
The powerful pillars of light of the three wolf-eye flashlights swept across the top floor of the rooftop in front of them, and within the light range, no figure could be seen. We focused on the staircase leading to the rooftop, where there was no one there.
Suddenly, when he was not mentally prepared at all, Qin Dan shouted in the girl's unique sharp voice: "Li Yang, copper lock, can you hear it?" ”
I'm scared, damn it, this girl can't say hello in advance until she shouts. Wang Chen is a chick, he is as timid as a mouse in this environment, this voice frightened the flashlight in his hand, and he fell on the stairs unsteadily, and rolled down with a grunt, and actually rolled to the platform on the top floor.
The flashlight is still super bright, and as the direction of the scroll changes, the huge light and shadow reflected on the wall are constantly shaking, like a spotlight in a dark theater.
We looked at each other, Wang Chen's face turned pale, and he clung to me tightly, his teeth chattering.
At this time, from what seemed to be far away above, there was a buzzing copperlock voice: "In...... We're one step away from going up to the top floor, and we're shaking the aperture against the wall with a flashlight, see? ”
Qin Dan shouted with a sideways face: "I didn't see it!" ”
Now it's certain that the rooftop where the two of us went to was two places at all!
The pores of my whole body opened instantly, and a strong fear came over me like a tidal wave. At this time, I immediately decided: "Hurry up!" ”
But both of them were stupid in place, motionless, especially Wang Chen, his eyes bulged, his throat kept moving, and his hands trembled and pointed in one direction.
I followed his hand to see that the flashlight that was rolling on the platform had stopped, and the pillar of light shot out from the top of the flashlight, shining on the two large white iron doors that were tightly closed to the rooftop.
Just in the spot of light, a faint black shadow hung faintly. It's not its size that's scary, it's its strange shape.
It was a shadow of a person.
It can be about 1.5 meters, its head is very large, it looks like a rural basket, and its body is in a strange rickety shape, and two arms as long as its body faintly appear on both sides of its body, looking a bit like a primitive man who has just learned to walk upright.
Although it was only a vague outline of a shadow, the first impression was that it should be facing away from the light and not reflected on the wall head-on.
Don't ask for anything, that's how I feel.
If it was just such a shadow, at least Qin Dan, who had experienced a hundred battles, would not be frightened and stiffened on the spot. Because there are many reasons for the illusion of shadows, such as the interlacing of light from different light sources, the transmission and refraction of special objects, etc., the reason why we are so scared now is because this shadow is - alive.
It's moving.
Clever readers, will remember this detail. Wang Chen's flashlight was stationary on the platform at this time, and the light source it emitted was also stable. In other words, the shadow is moving, not because of the poor vision caused by the change of the light source, but because it is really moving on its own!
The rickety back seemed to be looking for something, and the shadow flickered big and small. I felt that its position was changing, suddenly very close to the wall, and suddenly far away from the wall.
Its movement is not haphazard, but seems to have a purpose.
My hands were covered in cold sweat, and the staircase was silent, and neither of us spoke. I guess both of them won't even be able to step on their legs now.
The dark shadow on the wall froze, no longer changing. Suddenly, it turned its head, very slowly, slowly, all at once. And the direction of turning our head is directly facing the staircase where we are.
Wang Chen was frightened, Qin Dan was a girl after all, although she had experienced a lot, but at this time, she was also close to collapse. It's just me, and I'm still calm. It's not that I'm bold, it's because my personality is very introverted, even if I am afraid and afraid, I will squeeze my emotions in my heart to the greatest extent without releasing them. This mentality is very bad and it is easy to get depressed, but in some cases, it is I who is the most sober. For example, now.
I yelled, "Run." With two hands, he grabbed Wang Chen and Qin Dan with the other, and desperately pulled them up the stairs.
The shadow on the iron door must have spotted us, and it staggered through the spots, dragging two long arms, faster and faster, moving towards us on the wall.
The two of them finally reacted, and they crawled with them, only hating their father and mother for having two legs missing, and running upstairs. We didn't dare to look behind us, I felt a numb scalp at the back of my scalp, and I did feel something, and I followed it not far behind me, and it was getting closer and closer.
This psychological feeling of oppression is simply breathless. I stumbled on the ground with one foot in the air, and despite the burning pain in my knees, I hurriedly got up and continued to run.
After running a short distance, I saw Li Yang and the copper lock coming down from upstairs. Two people stood on a high place, shaking us with a flashlight, and the copper lock was surprised: "I wipe, what's wrong with you?" I was spoofed by a ghost. ”
Qin Dan ran between the two of them and leaned against the copper lock, and the girl panted: "Really, there are really ghosts!" ”
Wang Chen hid behind Li Yang, trembling.
Not to mention that Li Yang really has the momentum of a superior, the more tense the situation, the more still water he faces. He patted Wang Chen's shoulder to signal not to panic, and asked me who climbed up: "Lao Liu, what's going on?" ”
After finding the large army, I felt a little more at ease, turned my head and shone a flashlight below, the black hole in the depths of the stairs, although I couldn't see anything, but I always felt that there seemed to be something hidden in the deep darkness.
I rubbed my forehead, leaned against the wall and gasped, waving my hand: "Let Qin Dan say it." ”
The brass lock looked at us panicking, and he was a little frightened, and carefully shone his flashlight on the stairs below.
Qin Dan calmed down and recounted what had just happened. I made a few more additions on the side.