To my surprise, the underground research institute has been abandoned for so long, but the monitoring system in it can barely function with backup power.

Under Ye Xianguo's hard work, the pictures of the research institute, including the foreign pavilion, began to appear on the display screen in the center one by one. We want to use this monitoring system to find out the way to the B area of the Western-style Pavilion, so as to rescue Lu Yuan and Lin Jie from it!

When Ye Xianguo was quickly changing the monitor screen, a familiar figure quietly appeared in front of me.

There will be no mistake, this person is Xiaoxue! It's just that by Xiaoxue's side, there was actually a person holding her hand and walking slowly towards the dark space in front of her.

I don't know who the figure standing next to Xiaoxue is, and to be honest, I can't see him clearly because of the angle. It's just that guy gives me a very familiar feeling, as if the same image has appeared in my mind before.

What makes me feel even more incredible is that Xiaoxue at this time, like a puppet that has lost her soul, walks with mechanical steps, and follows the figure into the dark space in front of her. Her appearance at this moment reminded me of the self I saw from the monitor in the black gold case.

I'm sure Xiaoxue must have lost consciousness and didn't even know what she was doing right now.

I don't understand, what method did the other party use to make a good person look like this!

Ye Xianguo glanced at the screen, frowned, and then slowly spoke: "If I'm not mistaken, your friend should have been hypnotized!" ”

Hypnosis? I understand this technique!

This is a substitution of consciousness triggered by a variety of different technologies, where the person is extremely reactive to the suggestion of others. It is a highly suggestive state. and respond accordingly in perception, memory, and control.

Hypnosis is a special kind of sleep-like and non-sleep-like trance state of mind caused by artificial induction. It is characterized by the weakening or loss of the hypnotized person's independent judgment and voluntary action, and the distortion or loss of sensation and perception.

However, as we all know, psychological resistance is a major cause of hypnosis, and it is difficult for the hypnotist to complete the so-called hypnosis if it is not for the cooperation of the hypnotized person.

When I was locked up in the police grocery store that day, my consciousness was a little blurred because of the high fever of the fever, and in this case, someone induced me to enter a hypnotic state, which can be explained. But what about Xiaoxue? She wasn't in any better spirits at the time, not in all the situations she had that night.

Moreover, in such a dark underground research institute, if you meet a stranger, the psychological vigilance will definitely only increase, and in this way, it will be even more difficult to enter the hypnotic state!

Looking at the two people on the screen who kept moving towards darkness, a terrifying thought suddenly rose from the bottom of my heart. It is very likely that Xiaoxue knows the guy next to her, and because of this, she let her guard down, thus giving the other party an opportunity.

I didn't know where the figures were going to take Xiaoxue, and as I watched them step by step into the darkness, I suddenly couldn't control myself, and it was as if I was watching the most important thing drift away from me.

"Ye Xianguo, tell me where this monitor is in the underground research institute, I have to rescue Xiaoxue!"

Ye Xianguo stared at the screen and watched hard for a long time, and suddenly as if he had discovered something, he stretched his tightly knit brows: "If I'm not mistaken, they should be in Area D now, the theoretical research area!" ”

The theoretical research area is two large areas away from the church where we are now. In other words, if I rush over to rescue Lin Xiaoxue now, not only will it take a lot of time, but it is very likely that I will not be able to rescue Lin Jie and Lu Yuan in time.

After all, Ye Xianguo had already told me not long ago that the oxygen content in the air in Area B of the Western-style Pavilion was already terrifyingly low, and if they continued, they might be worried about their lives.

On one side is Xiaoxue, on the other side is Lin Jie and Lu Yuan, and the current situation can't tolerate a trace of hesitation, what should I do! What should I do?

"Well, decided no! Finally..... Ye Xianguo just wanted to continue urging me, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. Then, he stared at the surveillance screen in front of him with wide eyes, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

What I didn't expect was that just when I hesitated, Xiaoxue and the figure in the center of the screen suddenly changed. The figure seemed to have taken something out of its coat pocket and groped its way towards the nearby wall. Xiaoxue, on the other hand, continued to walk forward step by step, seemingly unaffected by the departure of the figure at all.

"Oh no, this guy knows we're spying on him!" Before Ye Xianguo's voice fell, in an instant, he saw that the display screens were splashing with fire, and the smell of burnt wires instantly filled the entire small room.

In a matter of moments, all monitors were rendered useless and could no longer function.

Not only the monitors, but also the emergency lights in the room were all turned off.

Just now, the other party must have done something to the emergency power system. It's just that I don't understand, how did he know that Ye Xianguo and I were monitoring him through the monitoring system? Could it be that bastard can be unpredictable?

In this way, we have no other choice, without the guidance of the monitoring probe, we can only choose to rescue Lu Yuan and Lin Jie first, and wait until we meet them, and then discuss what to do next.

Fortunately, during that time just now, Ye Xianguo finally recalled the secret passage to return to Area B of the Western Pavilion. Judging from his tone, the secret passage should not be very far from here, and if it goes well, it won't be long before he can successfully rescue the people trapped in Area B of the Western-style Pavilion.

Without further ado, you have to act now!

Because the other party damaged the emergency power supply system, at this moment, whether it is the church or the access outside, it is all in the dark, and you must rely on a tactical flashlight to barely see the surrounding situation clearly.

Ye Xianguo is old, and it is still difficult to identify the location of the secret passage in the dark. Therefore, although I was very anxious, I did not dare to urge the gray-haired old man, so I could only follow him silently, waiting to identify the situation in the surrounding passage.

"By the way, old man!" At this moment, I suddenly remembered a very important matter, so I simply opened my mouth directly and asked Ye Xianguo in front of me: "The kind of bell I heard in the passage before, but the old gentleman did it deliberately in order to introduce me into the room?" ”

Hearing me say this, Ye Xianguo's face suddenly turned to ashes, and he looked at me with a puzzled expression: "Bell? What bell sounds? I just used a diary and emergency lights to guide you step by step from the Western-style hall into the church. As for the sound of the bell, I don't know at all! ”

Suddenly, cold sweat continued to flow down his back.

At this time, there is no need for Ye Xianguo to deceive me at all, so what he said cannot be a lie. What's more, it was only after listening to the sound of the bell that Xiaoxue suddenly lost her mind and walked towards the passage vigorously, and I couldn't catch up.

I don't know who would deliberately shake the bell inside the underground institute to draw us in. Could it be the figure I saw in the monitor just now, who has been following Xiaoxue? Unknown.

"Regarding the bell, there has always been a tradition in the institute, I wonder if you are interested in hearing about it?"

I don't know if it's an illusion or something else, when I looked back just now, I suddenly felt that Ye Xianguo seemed to be a different person. The whole face became unusually pale, without the slightest blood, and the pupils turned upward, leaving only the whites of the eyes in the eyes.

Fortunately, in the next second, this strange situation disappeared, and he quickly returned to that old appearance. I don't know if I was mistaken or hallucinated.

"Oh? Tradition, what tradition, I would like to hear it in detail! ”

Ye Xianguo slowed down for a while, and then continued to speak in an extremely hoarse voice: "A long time ago in Europe, some coroners would keep a tradition of tying a bell around the corpse's feet and neck before putting it in cold storage. ”

Because the human body is a very complex living organism, there have been cases of suspended animation more than once in clinical practice. I have a friend who specializes in burning corpses at a funeral home, and he told me that in the early years, when corpses were cremated, I could often hear heart-rending shouts from the incinerator.

Once the person is completely dead, the bell on the ankle will no longer ring, and the coroner can rest assured that the body will be autopsied. On the contrary, it means that the other party still has a chance to rescue.

I've also heard of this tradition, and when I was in a deserted village before, it was with the help of this method that I found the real culprit.

It's just that Ye Xianguo suddenly mentioned this tradition to me here, which made me feel that things are most likely not simple. Could it be that he wanted to tell me that there were still a few dried corpses soaked in formalin in the institute, and that the sound of the bell was made when the dried corpses shook their feet and necks?

"If I'm not mistaken, I should be almost there, there's somewhere around the corner ahead!"

I have to say that Ye Xianguo is a smart person, and he knows that continuing to talk about that kind of topic in this environment is tantamount to increasing the burden on my heart. So he stopped at the right time.

Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but quicken my pace and walked around the corner.

"Jingle bell, jingle bell!"

But at this moment, the strange bell sounded again. Along with the sound of bells, there was a strange figure around the corner ahead!