Qin Manjiang didn't call rashly, and since Li Xi chose to send a message, it means that his current situation is likely to be inconvenient to call.

At present, the only thing that can be determined is that he is still alive, between half past ten and zero last night.

Why is this happening?

Qin Manjiang didn't understand, but through the phone call just now, he vaguely noticed something.

Li Xi's time over there seems to be a different speed of time in the real world.

It seems that as long as there is no connection between the two, time in that world will not flow.

It's like the cat in the box, forever in the unknown without intervening.

This also gave Qin Manjiang more time to prepare.

The most important of these is to find a way to go back to yesterday, and since Li Xi's phone call can be made today, it shows that he has some kind of secret connection with Qin Manjiang.

Although Qin Manjiang had not yet realized what this connection was, he was sure that it must exist.

Moreover, as long as you communicate with Li Xi by calling or texting to confirm, sooner or later you can find out the reason why he is "trapped" in the weird.

But this process is not infinite, as long as the two establish a connection, the time flow of the two worlds will be synchronized, and the time over there will begin to turn, and the fire will be ignited at zero, in other words, Li Xi's life is only one and a half hours from half past ten to zero o'clock.

Blaze...... Fire.

Take No. 36 Tiannan Road, critical cinema as the keyword, supplemented by fire, fire, and soon, some search results appeared on the mobile phone screen.

Mostly last night's news.

But after taking a closer look, Qin Manjiang's gaze froze for a moment.

At No. 36 Tiannan Road, Fucheng, the critical cinema was built fifteen years ago. Cinemas are generally luxuriously decorated, the electrical wiring is complicated, and there are many combustible and flammable materials, and once a fire occurs, the fire is easy to spread and expand.

There was a fire ten years ago, and since that fire, strange phenomena have been seen in renovated movie theaters.

For example, the mirror in the toilet of the movie theater was pressed with dense black handprints, and a figure suddenly appeared in the corner of the front row where no one should have been on the way to the movie. Even more bizarre is the fact that some people have seen strange characters in movies shown in some cinemas that should not belong to the original movie.

All kinds of rumors are rampant, which has caused the number of people in the cinema to plummet.

Until recently, the combination of the latest horror movies and theaters with urban legends has piqued people's interest.

There were more people in the cinema again.

Li Xi should have gone to the cinema because of this, and that person was interested in everything except studying.

Same fire, same location...... If this is a coincidence, Li Xi's brain will not believe it.

So, is the culprit responsible for this paranormal phenomenon the deceased ten years ago......

After checking on the Internet for a while, Qin Manjiang found nothing, and he didn't even know how many people died ten years ago, whether they were men or women.

The message seems to have been deliberately blocked.

This is even more bizarre, an ordinary fire does not need to be covered up like this.

Glancing at the news on the TV screen, Qin Manjiang was silently preparing, the fire had already been extinguished, and the firefighters were doing their best to search and rescue.

There should be no chance to go in during the day today, and then sneak into the fire scene at night, and then get in touch with Li Xi, this is Qin Manjiang's current plan.

The mobile phone gives the two people a connection in time, so arriving in the same place is a spatial connection.

Qin Manjiang took a deep breath and put the hammer, wrench, strong flashlight, chili water, as well as crosses, garlic, Guanyin pendants, and jade Buddhas...... For people, for ghosts, for the East, for the West, don't seek to catch them all, in short, more or less bring a point, what if it's useful?

After all, since receiving Li Xi's phone call, what has happened is not something that can be explained by the education he has received in the past two decades.

Looking up at his face in the mirror, his facial features were clear and well-defined, he was wearing a pair of silver half-rimmed glasses, his eyes were particularly narrow, and his hair was a little long.

In Li Xi's words, Qin Manjiang's face and name are simply those Sven scum who are gentle and elegant in the early stage and blackened into villains in the later stage of the chosen TV movie.

It's not very handsome, and the expression is quite soft, but it always gives people the feeling of sharpening a knife behind their back.

Pinched, it hurts, it's not a dream.

Qin Manjiang is not gentle and elegant, and he doesn't want to be a scumbag.

He just wants to live in a solid way.

At work, he picked up his mobile phone, called the boss of the part-time office he was going to go to today, made up a reason and apologized, which can be regarded as a little sense of responsibility that an adult should have.

As for studying, let's put it on the steam for the time being, anyway, I've already taken so many days off.

What made him most uneasy was that his sister Qin was satisfied, the hospital arranged a treatment for her tonight, and he originally planned to stay overnight tonight, what if this treatment made people wake up?

But as soon as Li Xi's incident happened, everything could not go according to the predetermined plan.

My sister can only ask others to take care of her tonight.

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"Hello?"

The class president, who was eating breakfast in the school cafeteria, received a strange phone call.

"I'm Qin Manjiang."

Qin Manjiang's voice was rarely a little hesitant.

"It's you, are you coming to class! Classmate Qin? The squad leader's voice was a little happy for him.

"Uh, it's almost there." Qin Manjiang skipped this topic, "Squad leader, can you do me a favor." ”

The squad leader put down the bun that took a small bite, held the mobile phone in both hands, and nodded subconsciously: "Well, you say." ”

“……”

"Hmm...... Uh-huh...... Okay, I got it. ”

"Thank you." Qin Manjiang breathed a sigh of relief, and he said quite solemnly: "I will repay you." ”

"No, no, we're all classmates, I hope you can come back soon......"

"Doodoo ......"

Hung up.

The squad leader looked at the mobile phone blankly, met the narrow eyes of several roommates across the table, and was a little embarrassed: "You guys...... See what I do......"

"It's him again, isn't it? That gloomy man with glasses, skipping class all day, I think he's about to be dropped out of school, Xiaoru, you can't fall into him! ”

"It's just ......"

"What, I...... He ......"

She was so stupid that she couldn't speak for a long time, and her face was red.

Classmate Qin just asked me to take care of my sick sister tonight, he always doesn't come to school because the burden on the family is heavier, and he needs to take responsibility, he is not an enterprising person......

"I won't tell you ......"

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August 12, 9 p.m.

Qin Manjiang carried a backpack and stopped a taxi.

"No. 36 Tiannan Road."

After reporting the address, he found that the car was not moving.

Qin Manjiang looked at the driver: "What's wrong?" ”

"Want to go to No. 36 Tiannan Road? There was a fire there just last night, are you a journalist? The driver asked.

Qin Manjiang nodded with a smile and said, "Sort of, are you going?" Don't go and I change cars. ”

"Go, of course, it's just that on this big night, most people don't take a taxi to the place where the fire happened, I'm curious to ask." The vehicle started, and the driver explained simply.

Qin Manjiang didn't seem to care, and asked casually: "By the way, master, has there been a fire in that movie theater before?" ”

"Ah...... Yes, yes, yes, it happened, it happened for many years, and the fire was very big, but it was a thrill, the adults all escaped, and only one child died. ”

Child?

Qin Manjiang sighed in his heart, the news that could not be found on the Internet, he casually inquired in the taxi, and it turned out to be really rewarding.

"Speaking of which, the kid also asked for himself, he didn't know how to run around by himself, as if he ran to some narrow place and was trapped, and was burned alive."

When the driver said this, Qin Manjiang subconsciously looked at the driver, but he caught a glimpse of the safety tag hanging under the rearview mirror, saying that the road was safe, and turned around.

If it was caused by shaking in the car, it would never turn so fast, and there was no wind in the car, but it was spinning like something was fiddling.

Qin Manjiang inexplicably felt a chill, but the driver didn't know it, and he kept saying his views on the fire incident that year:

"Later, I heard that the child was hiding in the toilet, and the toilet door was broken and couldn't be opened, who do you think can blame for this?"

"What the hell is the weather...... How do you ...... so cold?" muttered the driver.

Of course, it's going to be cold, and the safety tag next to you is about to take off......

Qin Manjiang leaned closer to the car door, and the situation was not for him, he would rather jump out of the car.

He'd never seen anything like that before, but since that phone call, he seemed to be drawn into some kind of unbelievable unknown horror.

However, Qin Manjiang also knew very well that there must be some reason why this kind of thing could be bumped into by himself and Li Xi in the vast sea of people.

Maybe...... The answer to my father's death and my sister's madness can be found in it.

The driver didn't seem to feel very well, and finally shut up and stopped talking.

All the way, Tiannan Road is not remote, and it is even relatively close to the city center, but for some reason, there are fewer and fewer vehicles today, the road seems to be narrower, and even the light of the street lights is more dim.

Half an hour later.

"It's here, there's a cordon in front and you can't get in, so go over by yourself."

The driver's voice rang out.

Paid and got off.

The driver quickly left the place with one foot on the accelerator, and seemed to feel unlucky.

Qin Manjiang turned his head to look at the critical cinema that had become a ruin, the firefighters had temporarily left, and a cordon had been set up around the ruins.

Qin Manjiang took out his mobile phone, Li Xi's time was only one and a half hours, and with a little less, he had to race against time to get information.

But before he could send a message, he happened to receive another call from Li Xi.

"What's wrong, are you alright?"

Qin Manjiang asked in a low voice.

Li Xi's voice was quite uneasy: "Brother Qin...... There are madmen...... There's a madman trying to kill me! I'm hiding in the toilet, and ...... The other people in the cinema were a little weird too, I ......"

Qin Manjiang didn't finish listening to his words, he only felt a numb scalp.

The words of the taxi driver just now came to mind:

"Later, I heard that the child was hiding in the toilet, and the toilet door was broken and couldn't be opened, who do you think can be blamed for this......"

"Get out of the toilet, quick!"

Qin Manjiang said as he crossed the cordon and ran briskly towards the ruined toilet of the critical cinema.

"But...... Can't get out. ”

Li Xi's voice was pitiful,

"The restroom door seems to be ...... Broken? ”