Chapter 18: The Man on Tape
Qin Ding was demented at the gate for a few seconds before he thought of something, turned around and looked into the courtyard, and found a wooden stick in the corner, went over to pick it up, walked a few steps and threw it out of the courtyard gate.
I heard a clatter, and the stick lay on the ground outside, and then ...... Nothing happened.
He felt the muscles in his face twitch uncontrollably from too much fear.
The stick is fine, but he can't, this thunder is specifically to chop him?
Well, the tape is right, he can't escape from here.
The cold was violently tugging in his body, and Qin Ding could no longer comprehend the world with normal thinking. All the doubts about this place before fell apart, and he was completely convinced, convinced that he was involved in some unknown terrible thing.
Why did thunder strike him? He only remembered that the punishment was written in the agreement, and Uncle Ma also said that he couldn't leave casually during the probationary period, but he didn't expect it to be so outrageous.
He couldn't help but glance at the cracked stone slab and the striking scorched black marks, and his heart beat harder.
What now?
He thought of the words at the end of the tape, the words "I can't escape" and "I want to live" quickly shuttling through his head, and he suddenly realized that the only thing that could help him now was this passage.
He quickly closed the door, and it was best not to touch Uncle Ma at this time.
He walked back into the house, and the coolness was instantly enveloped, making people feel much calmer. He sat back in his chair and pressed the rewind button again, listening to the passage several times.
He scratched at his hair with some irritation, and it was a coincidence that some of the key words were inaudible as if they were deliberately against him, and even if some parts could be heard, there were many things that could not be understood.
What kind of mantra is the phrase "remember the ** mantra" in that passage and what is it used for? And the sentence "You must tell Bai Mian that it's black" is even more confusing, is Bai Mian a person? Who is it? Or do you want to tell someone that your face is black?
There is also the paragraph that seems to be more important but hides the key words, "watch out for what" or "watch out for whom".
I don't know why Qin Ding thought of Uncle Ma, and the only person he came into contact with in this place was Uncle Ma.
But then he shook his head again, so far, except for the weird knock on the door, and the things in the tape, there are actually not too many flaws that make him feel dangerous, and Uncle Ma is also good to him.
The feeling of irritability made him suddenly have a trace of wandering trance, maybe... He was able to leave after the probationary period, and he didn't need to pay attention to that paragraph.
The sunlight outside was even more intense, hitting the desk through the window. Qin Ding sighed, thunder can fall on him in this sky, what else is impossible. However, he was now passive, unaware of what was happening and what danger he was in.
His brainstrings were so tight that he didn't know what to do. In a trance, a figure suddenly appeared in his peripheral vision, which startled him a lot.
He hurried to look at the door, where a strange man with a slightly chubby figure was standing in the doorway and looked up at the doorframe.
Qin Ding was secretly surprised, where did this person come from, and there was no movement when he came in.
He got up slightly and asked, "You...... Who to look for? ”
The man withdrew his gaze from the doorframe and turned his head to look at him, a puzzled expression.
"Where's Old Leizi?"
Qin Ding didn't know who this person was, and he didn't know what he was going to do, let alone who Lao Leizi was.
Seeing that Qin Ding didn't speak, this person walked towards the writing desk, his eyes only wandered over him for a moment, and then he looked at the wall behind him, his face still with doubts.
"Where's the painting?"
Qin Ding didn't know what this person meant, but he heard how the voice was so familiar.
"Painting? What paintings? ”
The man's chin lifted and gestured to the wall behind Qin Ding.
"There was a painting hanging on this wall, it was a portrait of the Qingwei Sect Master, it was the treasure of the old Lei Zi, how did you pick it up?"
Qin Ding turned around and looked at the wall, there was a wide seal with a different color from the wall skin, which he noticed when he came yesterday.
"I ...... I just came, I don't know too much. ”
The man glanced over the desk, his expression even more puzzled.
"Are you...... New to the Boss? And what about the old thunderbolt? Where did he go? ”
Qin Ding actually didn't understand it too much, but he reacted to why it felt a little familiar, because this person had a northeast accent, and he was the soul killer in the tape.
His mood suddenly became complicated, with a hint of excitement and a hint of hesitation.
For a moment, he wanted to ask about his parents' disappearance, but the words at the end of the tape and the thunder that had slashed him outside the door reminded him not to be too presumptuous.
"I don't know who you're talking about, I just came here yesterday. And also...... What is a palm? Yes recorded. Do you mean to join? I'm not officially recorded. I'm still on probation. ”
The man narrowed.
"Probationary period? Can't you listen to tapes? ”
Qin Ding still had difficulty understanding this man's words.
The man moved a stool from the side and sat down in front of the desk, looking thoughtful, muttering to himself, "Could it be that the rules have changed here?"
Qin Ding looked at the man and secretly wondered in his heart, although the paragraph at the end of the tape had a lot of warnings, he was now passive, and he had to find an opportunity to ask for some useful information from the side.
"You're a Land Tiger?"
The man's eyes suddenly lifted, looking a little surprised.
"How do you know my name? Didn't you just arrive? ”
Qin Ding smiled embarrassedly.
"I've heard your voice on tape, and I know you're the Soul Hunter Lu Xiaohu."
The man straightened up, a little surprised.
"Tapes? Which tape? I've been transferred for three years, and I was transferred back some time ago, and I just took over the task, and today I'm here to deliver new tapes, how can you hear the new tapes I recorded? ”
Qin Ding felt that this person was really strange to speak, it was like this in the tape, and it was still like this when a real person met.
He gestured to the tapes on the table.
"That's it."
The man reached out and picked up the cassette case, and glanced at it, with an indescribably complicated expression on his face, and his eyes narrowed slightly
“…… Four discs? How could it be ......"
The man's words were very quiet, and he stopped talking and seemed to be talking to himself, but Qin Ding clearly felt that there was confusion from that tone.
Could it be that the tape is really missing a reel, but how to explain the serial number?
"Uh...... Isn't it a four-plate? ”
Qin Ding regretted it after speaking, if Lu Xiaohu happened to be the person mentioned in the paragraph at the end of the tape, and he couldn't ask him about this set of tapes, then if he asked like this, it would be like hitting the muzzle.
The man glanced at him, but did not speak, his eyes still full of doubt.
Qin Ding's heart was no longer hanging, and he could feel that Lu Xiaohu should not be that person, but maybe it was another person mentioned in that paragraph.
"Can I ask you some questions?"
The man put the cassette box back on the table and looked up at Qin Ding, "What do you ask?" ”
"White noodles?"
Qin Ding actually felt that this was also very risky, but there was no way, what was said in that paragraph, "You must tell Bai Mian to be black in order to save his life." ”
He couldn't figure out the meaning of this sentence, not to mention that this sentence also had two concepts, whether to tell a person named Baimian to be "black", or to tell someone to tell "Baimian is black", which undoubtedly added double the difficulty to him, but fortunately, his own intention was to convey the message, so he planned to try the blind cat to kill the mouse.
The man stared at him, apparently not understanding what he meant.
"It's dark!" Qin Ding tried one by one.
"What are you talking about?"
"The white face is black."
An idiot look gradually appeared in the man's eyes, and Qin Ding could conclude that Lu Xiaohu was no one.
He smiled.
"I'm not kidding you, I'm going to have to ask you about business. What's the deal with the occasional sizzling sound on these tapes? ”
The man narrowed his eyes again.
"Stirring? Aren't you already in charge, how can you still hear the sizzling sound? ”
"Isn't the sound of Zizi made up by the Soul Killer? I'm still on probation, and I haven't officially become a master. ”
The man's eyes were even stranger.
"You can listen to these tapes, right?"
"Yes."
"That's right, this kind of sealed tape is very special, and no one else can hear it except for the palm.
Also probationary period, what are these bells and whistles, I will have to ask Lao Ma later, now the rules have changed.
Also, didn't the old horse explain it to you? The sound is a ghost language spoken by a fierce spirit, and the palm can be understood. ”
Qin Ding was surprised and digested what the man said, these Uncle Ma didn't reveal anything at all, could it be that Uncle Ma really has a problem?
"Who are you talking about old Leizi?"
"Didn't you see him? He's always been in charge here. It's really strange, how can he step down? ”
For some reason, Qin Ding thought of the knock on the door, and also remembered that Uncle Ma said that there was no one else here.
"I ...... I just came, but I haven't seen anyone else except Uncle Ma for the time being. ”
The man's face was puzzled, and he seemed to be thinking about something.
"Uh...... That one...... Uncle Lu, I would like to ask you one more question. ”
"You have a lot of questions, go ask Lao Ma."
"No, that's a question that can only be asked of you."
"Can only ask me? What? ”
"There's something wrong with the B side of this tape, I'll tell you."
Qin Ding said as he picked up the tape recorder and began to fiddle.
"Tsk~, you stop, I can't hear it when it is played, didn't I say it, no one can listen to the sealed tape except for the palm note. What the hell happened to tape? ”
Qin Ding put down the tape recorder, he didn't know what a "protective seal" was.
"Well, it's just that part of the tape has become a chattering movement, and I can't hear it clearly.
I just happened to meet you.,I want to ask what's going on.,By the way, let you help recall.,I'll write that paragraph into a notebook.。 ”
The man was stunned for a moment, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and Qin Ding thought that he had said something wrong.
"By the way, I was just going to ask you, why are you listening to these tapes again? Do you want to re-record it in the 'transcript'? ”
This time Qin Dingmeng was replaced, what is the problem, it's too weird.
"Uncle Lu, that's the work I arranged here, I don't know what you mean."
The man picked up the cassette case from his desk and looked at it again.
"You see, this tape box has a 'sealed' mark on it.
I mean, these tapes have been recorded before, they have been recorded in the transcript, they are all sealed and preserved, so there is no need to enter them again, and it is impossible to damage them, and the heavenly fire cannot damage them. ”
Qin Ding roughly understood it, but a certain word made it difficult for him to understand, what was "Tianhuo"?
After the man finished speaking, he suddenly "hissed", as if he had thought of something again.
“…… Unless ......"
"Unless what?"
"Unless tapes and transcripts are ......"
Before the man could finish his words, a cough came from the door.
Qin Ding looked over there, and Uncle Ma was looking at them with a smile on his face with a lunch box.
"I said Lao Lu, after three years of leaving, the business is still very skilled, and it was completed in just a few days, how many levels is it this time?"
The man turned around, with no superfluous expression on his face, feeling a little cold. He pulled out a yellow bead and two tapes from his pocket.
"Huh! What's not skilful about this. Give, tertiary level, just into the climate. ”
Uncle Ma put the lunch box on the small table aside, then took the tape and beads, glanced at Qin Ding by the way, and then put his gaze back on the man.
"Let's go out and let this kid eat first, or the food will be cold in a while."
Xiao Qin, you eat first, and I'll talk to him about something in the courtyard. ”
Qin Ding was a little irritable in his heart, but he still responded. He thought to himself, if this Uncle Ma came a minute late, maybe he would be able to inquire about more information.
The man glanced back at him, didn't speak, and walked out with Uncle Ma.
Qin Ding was in the mood to eat now, his mind was full of what the man had just said.
"Unless what?"