Chapter 52: The Thirty-Third Steps
Chen Juan once told Wu Dan in the corridor that there were three ghosts in the classroom.
That is to say, counting Chen Juan in the corridor at that time, in addition to Sun Dalin and Sun Erlin in the classroom, there is also a fourth ghost hidden, that is, this ghost is controlling the game of "Saucer Immortal".
As it turns out, this ghost is not only terrifying, but also really has the ability to predict.
Wu Thant held the toolbox in his arms and cautiously walked towards the iron gate.
She used her flashlight to shine a light on the steps, and there was a white porcelain bowl on top of it, which was the bowl they used to play games.
"I was so nervous playing with those three ghosts just now that I didn't bother to pay attention to it."
"Now on its own, this bowl is really a bit special......"
The surface of the porcelain bowl is excessively white, and at the bottom is a strange colored eye.
"That's right! It's that porcelain bowl in Tuwen Village! They're exactly the same......"
It dawned on U Thant that the pattern at the bottom of the bowl had already been deeply seared into her mind.
"Tuwen Village and Dongfeng Private Middle School seem to have some kind of connection."
"This strange bowl seems to tie all the threads together."
"It seems that if we want to find out the truth about Tuwen Village and Dongfeng Private Middle School......
She put the porcelain bowl in the toolbox, stood on the top of the steps and did not dare to move, and if she took one step further, she would be able to escape from the top floor, and perhaps gain a glimmer of life.
But as soon as he thought of the ending of those three ghosts, Wu Thant hesitated.
She didn't dare to gamble.
"Good people and good women to both sides. In his left hand, he brought nectar water. In his right hand, he took a willow branch. On the head of the crown of the five Buddhas. Recite Amitabha in your mouth. Foot on lotus thousands of leaves. Sitting in the lotus reunion. Wearing a bamboo leaf Baijing dress. ”
"Nestled in a futon around the circle. A thousand hands and a thousand eyes are dedicated. The Eighteen Venerable Beings made a pilgrimage towards Guanyin. Someone recites the Guanyin mantra. The fire pit turned into a white lotus pond. Pilgrimage of Avalokiteshvara. Twilight remembers Avalokiteshvara. Thoughts start from the heart. Chanting the Buddha does not leave the body. ”
"Thousand-handed, thousand-eyed Guanyin. Xiangshan will be Guanyin. Tianzhu Lingshan Guanyin. Guanyin on Putuo Mountain. Guanyin in the Chaoyun Cave. Avalokiteshvara on the south coast. Guanyin at the head of the North Sea River. The lotus sends the son Guanyin. ”
"Guanyin on the wind and waves. Materia Medica, Lingshan Guanyin. Flower Fish Blue Guanyin. White-clothed and plain-headed Guanyin. Guanyin in the purple bamboo forest. Blessing the King of Mercy. Thirty-six wishes for Avalokiteshvara. Layers of flame Guanyin. ”
She took out a net bottle from her toolbox, took a willow branch from the bottle, and swung it up the steps.
Sitting quietly on the steps, U Thant suddenly woke up, and she shone a flashlight on the inside of the top floor, giving her the illusion that the blood stains on the white walls painted an abstract picture: one eye, one strange eye.
She felt sick to the human organs scattered on the ground: bloody hearts, broken lungs, stomachs cut in half, and filthy intestines......
The organs that should have rotted a long time ago were so intact, Wu Thant was naturally sensitive to the smell of blood, and she was sure that these organs in front of her were definitely not man-made, they were dug out of the body alive!
"More than 2,000 students in the school, most of them died in a week, and that's not a small thing......
Wu Dan learned from Su Daoqin's memory that the police knew about the collective suicide of students from Dongfeng Private Middle School at that time, which caused a sensation in the town and the mayor.
The local police cooperated with the city's serious crime team to investigate, but unfortunately the murderer behind the scenes was not found after more than half a year, and it became an unsolved case.
In order to avoid causing panic among the masses, the government forcibly blocked the information, and the nature of the case was determined to be suicide.
"Suicide? It's fair to say that one or two students were born unexpectedly......"
"But this kind of collective jumping off the building with a clear purpose and as if it was agreed in advance is absolutely impossible to commit suicide!"
In order to find out the truth of the matter, U Thant had to take a gamble.
Wu Thant stepped over the steps, closed his eyes, held on to the handrail of the staircase, and cautiously probed with his feet.
"One...... Two...... Three ......"
She felt her body fall rapidly, and it seemed like an abyss in front of her.
"Seven...... Eight...... Nine ......"
U Thant's eyes were still closed, and she remembered that there were eighteen steps on the first floor, and when she counted to thirty-two, it meant that she had successfully escaped from the top floor and reached the third floor.
Holding on to the handrail of the stairs, she took "footprints" step by step.
"Sixteen...... Seventeen...... Eighteen ......"
Wu Dan successfully walked the first flight of stairs, but still did not dare to open her eyes, she held on to the handrail of the stairs and stepped into the second flight of stairs.
"Nineteen...... Twenty...... Twenty-one ......"
Stepping up the second flight of stairs, she felt her surroundings change, and an inexplicable sense of oppression forced her to breathe.
"Twenty-six...... Twenty-seven...... Twenty-Eight......"
Wu Dan vaguely heard the bell of the end of class, and then a noisy sound came into her ears, she was in a cold sweat, but there was no turning back when she opened the bow, she could only go down hard.
"Thirty ...... Thirty-one...... Thirty-two ......"
When he counted to "thirty-two", Wu Thant took a deep breath and suddenly opened his eyes.
The moment she opened her eyes, she was completely stunned.
In front of her was the iron gate, and she was standing on the steps, and from beginning to end, U Thant stayed where she was, not taking half a step forward at all.
"How so?!"
"I've walked the thirty-two steps, why am I still on ......the top floor?"
U Thant's scalp was numb, and fear spread deep and took root in her heart.
"I don't believe in this evil yet! Try again! ”
This time, she left the iron gate directly and generously, and walked down the stairs with her eyes open.
"Seven...... Eight...... Nine ......"
This time Wu Dan did not close her eyes, but her heart was still silently reciting the number of steps of the stairs, so that her heart felt steady.
"Nineteen...... Twenty...... Twenty-one ......"
Stepping up the second flight of stairs, she became cautious, checked her position, and when everything was correct, she let go again.
"Thirty-one...... Thirty-two...... Thirty-three ......"
"Three...... Thirty-three?! ”
When U Thant counted to "thirty-three", her face became ugly.
"Before I came, I carefully counted the steps of the stairs, and there were only thirty-two steps......
"How can there be an extra level now?"
If you want to completely destroy someone, you must first make that person crazy, and a game of cat and mouse is played.
U Thant's two feet were still on the thirty-third step, and she didn't dare to take a step back, let alone take a step forward.
She stood on the steps and watched a few students in school uniforms in the hallway stand in front of the balcony, taking out their lighters and lighting the cigarettes in their mouths without hesitation.
The scene was so realistic that she couldn't see any flaws at all, but Wu Thant knew that all this in front of her was a hallucination created by the ghost, deliberately misleading her.
Because she herself stood on the thirty-third step that didn't exist at all.