Chapter 17: The Strange Iron Box
I was also quite scared, but when I saw the cowardice of the copper lock, I secretly thought it was funny, but fortunately there was a more timid bottom, otherwise I really couldn't afford to lose face.
I forced myself to calm down, patted him on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Old copper, be steady, don't embarrass the Lantern League." β
The brass lock grabbed my clothes and shivered behind me.
Li Yang stood in front of the wall, staring up at the pattern on it with a flashlight, and the scene was very strange at this time. None of us spoke, and the air almost froze.
He suddenly turned his head and raised his nose: "Do you smell anything?" β
I sniffed carefully, and there was an indescribable stench in the air. I said to the copper lock, "Old copper, aren't you pulling your pants?" β
"Fuck, no matter how scared I am, I can't get incontinent." Copper lock was not convinced.
Li Yang sniffed around like a dog and walked around the bathroom. My heart was all mentioned in my throat, my back was soaked, and I trembled and said, "Brother Li, let's stop smelling it, let's leave quickly." It's a toilet, and it's normal to smell it. β
Li Yanghu frowned suspiciously, scratched his head and said, "Since you are here, how can you go like this." β
He pulled his phone out of his pocket, turned up the camera mode, and shot at the wall.
The screen of the mobile phone emitted a glittering light, reflecting on his face, which looked very gloomy.
"The light is so bad, can you use your mobile phone?" Copperlock hid behind me and said, "Otherwise, use mine, Samsung." β
"Pull it down, I guess your phone is now short-circuiting the urine bubbles." Li Yang said.
Patting and patting, he suddenly turned off his phone, strode to the curtain, and pulled it suddenly, revealing the bathtub behind him.
At the moment when the bathtub was exposed, I seemed to see a black mist evaporating from it.
Li Yang went to take a flashlight, and the copper lock and I also came over. In the light of the flashlight, I saw that inside the bathtub, there was a tank full of black water, and the edge of the water was about to go out of the cylinder.
"Weird, where did this water come from?" Copper Lock asked.
"The faucet isn't tightened." I guess.
Li Yang came to the head of the bathtub and held up his flashlight to find the faucet. The faucet is still very eye-catching, made of brass and glowing a faint white glow in the light. Li Yang carefully stretched his fingers under the faucet, then retracted his hand, and the rubber gloves were really black and wet.
To be sure, the black water does come out of the tap. Because the water surface in the bathtub is so high that it almost touches the outlet, the water comes out of the faucet without the sound of dripping.
Li Yang pulled down his mask, put the black water on his fingers in front of his nose and sniffed it, nodded and said, "That's the smell just now, fishy." Copper locks, you sniff. He reached for it.
The copper lock seemed to have been bitten by a dog, and quickly jumped away: "Don't make trouble." β
"Strange, what kind of bathtub is black water coming out of the faucet?" Li Yang half-knelt in front of the bathtub, almost lying on the edge of the tank, squinting one eye and looking sideways at the dark water.
"What is there to study here. Maybe the water pipe burst and got rusty. Or the groundwater is contaminated. It's all possible. I said.
Li Yang seemed to have found something, and thoughtfully: "Copper lock, you twist the faucet of the washstand." β
"What for?" Copper Lock's expression was extremely painful, he wanted to leave this ghost place quickly, and he didn't want to make any trouble.
"Just do it, don't talk so much nonsense. You see what kind of water is coming out there. Li Yang said.
The copper lock walked over and twisted the faucet of the washstand, revealing a clear trickle of tap water flowing from it.
"Holy, what's going on? Could it be that the washbasin and the bathtub are each fed with two pipes? "The copper lock was shocked.
"It's kind of interesting." Li Yang stood up, carefully held on to the edge of the bathtub, slowly leaned his body against the wall behind the bathtub, and began to slowly tap the wall with his fist.
Copperlock and I tugged at each other's arms, neither of us spoke, completely stunned by his doggy audacity.
Li Yang listened to the sound while knocking, and after knocking on one place, he slowly moved his body to continue to knock on the next piece. At this time, he was completely volleyed above the black water, and I was really afraid that he would fall into the water if he missed.
This pool of black bathtub water, under the light of the flashlight, looks extremely deep, as if there is no bottom.
After knocking for a while, Li Yang retracted his body, stretched his waist and said, "The back should be empty." It is clear that the black water in the bathtub is coming from the space behind this wall. β
"So what do you want to do? Find a construction team to chisel the wall open? Copper Lock said.
"Don't say it, you're a pretty good idea." Li Yang looked at him. The copper lock was looked at: ", what are you staring at me for?" β
"Lao Tong, I'll discuss something with you. Anyway, this house is also going to be rented, so you might as well rent it. I'll contact a buddy's engineering team, and we'll remove this wall quietly and see what's behind it. Li Yang said.
"You didn't ...... Just kidding, right? Copperlock opened his mouth wide.
"Do you see me with such a serious expression, like a joke?" Li Yang said.
", who's who you like to find. I don't dare touch this place again. β
"I'll get you the rent." Li Yang is good at persuasion.
"Come less, I'm not short of money. I just go to the crematorium every day to be on duty, and I don't live in this unlucky house. β
"Be quiet, this ...... There seems to be something in the water......" I said slowly. The two of them looked at me together, and my expression was ugly because I was almost frightened and incontinent.
Just now, I was lying on the edge of the bathtub, following Li Yang's example, squinting my eyes and looking at the surface of the water, and under the light of the flashlight, I clearly saw that some bubbles were floating up from under the black water.
This pool of water, looking deeper, is a void pitch black, like an abyss.
Suddenly a strange thought came to me, could this water be the hell I had been looking for? Imagine a picture of Li Damin walking into the bathroom, staring at this pool of black water, with a sacred expression, slowly taking off his clothes, stepping into the bathtub with a reverent face, and gradually disappearing under the black water, going to the weird and mysterious underworld.
Li Yang heard me say that there were bubbles coming out from below, and his expression suddenly became a little excited, and I was startled, for fear that he would rush into the water impulsively.
He was still quite sensible, picked up a leather pistol next to the toilet, and slowly poked into the black water.
Copperlock and I stood at a distance leaning on each other, watching nervously, like staring at a time bomb, and the atmosphere was not daring to breathe. Soon, the whole body of the leather was stuck into the water, and it didn't seem to reach the bottom yet.
Li Yang simply sat on the edge of the bathtub, leaned over, tightly grasped the handle of the leather pick, and leaned down.
"There's something under the bathtub." Li Yang exclaimed.
"Isn't it empty down there?" I asked in a trembling voice.
Copper lock smiled: "Lao Liu, are you stupid, can this bathtub be empty?" If it was empty, how could there be such a full tank of water. β
I laughed to myself, thinking that I had been naΓ―ve about the idea of a bathtub connected to the underworld.
Li Yang said: "Don't be stupid, come over and help, I just ran into something." β
The two of us walked over and looked at each other, "How can this help?" We don't have the tools at hand, how can we fish them out? β
Li Yang thought for a while and said, "That's it, I'll reach out and fish, and you two will look at it." β
"Don't ......" I looked at the tank of black water and had an ominous premonition: "The water here can't be poisonous, right?" β
"It's fine." Li Yang rolled up his sleeves, slowly stretched his right hand into the water, and slowly leaned down. In a few moments, his entire arm was submerged in the water, and his body was completely lying on the edge of the bathtub, and his face was almost touching the water.
We watched it thrillingly, and we had to admire his courage.
"Touched it." The corners of his eyebrows furrowed: "It seems to be a box." β
Before the words fell, he slowly straightened up, only to hear the sound of rushing water, and sure enough, he fished out a black square from below.
As soon as he took it out, he quickly ran to the washstand, turned on the faucet, and rinsed his arms. Then I washed the thing that I had fished out.
Rinsing away the black water outside, we saw that this was still a really green iron box, boxy, all iron, without any ornamentation. It looks particularly sturdy, and the head of the box is locked and fastened tightly.
The brass lock tapped his fingers twice, making a "clang" sound of rough iron, and then he shook it again, and there was a sound of something hitting each other with a "bang, bang, bang" from inside.
"Don't move! Be careful, what if it's glassware inside? "Li Yang is thoughtful.
"I said let's go." The brass lock pleaded bitterly.
"Lao Tong, look at your cowardice, I wouldn't have called you here if I knew that I would have come. Don't you find it all exciting? Li Yang said: "Like a real-life escape room game?" With such a creative secret room, you can't even play with it. β
"Oh, yes." He added: "I'm not kidding when I asked you to rent this house. Think about it. β
"Okay, okay, let's talk about it." Copperlock was reluctant to continue the topic.
We took another cursory look around the bathroom, but we couldn't see anything. There are so many puzzles here, each of which takes time and effort to explore, and looking at the watch, it's almost three o'clock in the morning.
Sleepiness came in waves, and I didn't have the energy to follow them anymore.
The copper lock is also a yawn one after another, Li Yang is an authentic night owl, his eyes are bright, and he seems to be unfinished.
Yawning this thing is contagious, seeing that we yawn constantly, it made him hit a few times, and he looked a little defeated. A wave of his hand: "Go back." Let's see if there's a chance tonight, and we'll do it again. β
Copper Lock smiled bitterly: "Brother, you spare me." I'll give you a key, and you'll come by yourself in the evening." β
"Go, go." Li Yang rubbed his brows and beckoned everyone to go back together.
We were about to get out of the bathroom when suddenly there was a strange sound overhead. It seems to be the wind, and it seems that someone is "kicking" and running.
To know that this is absolutely impossible, we are now on the top floor, and above is the heavily locked rooftop, how can someone run on it in the middle of the night?
Li Yang made a gesture, let's not make a sound, everyone held a posture like a puppet, motionless, and their ears were all pricked up.
The bathroom was silent, we didn't dare to breathe, and our hearts were in our throats. I don't know how long it took, maybe two or three minutes. My mind was so numb that I had lost the concept of time.