8, half past three

"What do you mean ......", the fat man said with a pale face: "That Sister Huang just now...... Is it a ghost? ”

"It's obvious." Su Zhiyuan sighed.

"If you calculate it this way, the real Sister Huang must be dead, then the poetry rain ......"

"Who knows, maybe dead, maybe not." Su Zhiyuan thought about it and turned around and went downstairs. "Let's go to the living room."

Zhen Cheng has been a soldier, this kind of person is very vigilant, in order to avoid any stress reaction from the other party, Su Zhiyuan did not slow down. But when he came to the first floor, he found that there was no one here.

The fireplace is burning brightly.

But the man who was supposed to be sitting in front of the fireplace was gone.

The fat man was terrified, "Didn't you say that ghosts only kill one a day?" This...... It's all three, right? ”

Su Zhiyuan didn't say anything, his eyes swept over the living room, and suddenly stopped somewhere, "Brother Zhen, we are people, not ghosts." ”

The words fell, and a tall figure stood behind the sofa not far away, it was Zhen Cheng. He looked at Su Zhiyuan and the fat man vigilantly, and he was still holding a dagger with a cold light in his hand.

"What are you going to do down here?" After observing for a while, Zhen Cheng put away his weapon and glanced at the staircase behind Su Zhiyuan, "What about Sister Huang and Dui Shiyu?" ”

"Probably dead."

“?”

Zhen Cheng took out the dagger again. In his understanding, the ghosts in this copy should not kill women, and now Su Zhiyuan said so......

The fat man hurriedly told Zhen Cheng what had just happened.

Zhen Cheng let out a long sigh after hearing this, "If you say that, there is a high probability that the two of them have already been killed." ”

The fat man nodded, praying in his heart that the two girls would not die as ugly as Ai Renqi.

The only good news is that the ghost has come out to kill people tonight, which means that the remaining few people are relatively safe.

Su Zhiyuan saw that it was not yet dawn, and proposed: "Let's take a break, I'll keep vigil first, and replace people in two hours." ”

Zhen Cheng nodded.

He has experienced this kind of thing many times, and there is no big turmoil in his heart, so he just lies down and rests. Only not on the couch, but in front of the fireplace.

The fat man didn't dare to sleep, but after the fireplace was baked like this, fatigue came like a tide, and he couldn't bear it a little. He hadn't had a good rest in a long time.

He also slowly fell asleep.

By the time the fat man woke up, it was already dawn. Su Zhiyuan and Zhen Cheng didn't know what they were arguing about in front of the fireplace. Su Zhiyuan still looked calm and breezy, but Zhen Cheng looked very excited.

The fat man rubbed his eyes and sat up.

Su Zhiyuan turned his head to look at him, "Woke up?" ”

"Hmm." The fat man was a little embarrassed, after all, he was supposed to have a share of the vigil last night, but he slept until dawn. "Would you like to go upstairs and have a look?"

"It's a little early, let's wait until it's completely dawn."

The fat man nodded, took the initiative to go to the kitchen to get some food, and after a few people dealt with it, the sky was already completely bright.

"Let's go, go upstairs and have a look." Su Zhiyuan took the lead.

This time, several of them brought self-defense weapons. Zhen Cheng was still holding the dagger from last night, Su Zhiyuan went to the kitchen to get a rolling pin, and the fat man directly brought the small bench in front of the fireplace.

The three of them held their breath and slowly walked towards the master bedroom.

In fact, before the two women appeared after dawn, they had already determined that the two were dead.

The door to the master bedroom was ajar, and no sound came out.

Su Zhiyuan leaned sideways and pushed the door open completely.

The fat man immediately raised the bench.

But the picture in the room made everyone stunned.

Su Zhiyuan and the three of them had already done a good job of psychological construction before entering the door, even if Sister Huang and Dui Shiyu died miserably, they could not change their faces.

However, the room ......

Nothing!

There were no bodies, no ghosts, no struggles, or signs of a fight.

Nothing.

Even the quilt on the bed was neatly folded, the chairs were placed right in front of the table, and a dressing gown was folded on the sofa, as if the hostess of the villa had tidied up the room before going out.

It's weird!

"People, what about people?" The fat man's brain was a little overloaded, and he looked at Su Zhiyuan blankly.

Su Zhiyuan squatted down and checked under the bed, while Fan Zhencheng held the dagger and approached the wardrobe step by step, then behind the sofa, and the bathroom...... In the end, they even went through all the other rooms.

No.

Nothing.

Two big living people just disappeared out of thin air.

Su Zhiyuan fell into deep thought, and suddenly said after half a sound: "Is it possible that the two of them did not die, but went back after completing the copy?" ”

Zhen Cheng also thought about it when he heard this, "Return after completing the task...... This is unlikely, but ...... There really is only one explanation. ”

The fat man was puzzled: "If the mission is completed, why did we encounter a ghost last night?" ”

Su Zhiyuan knew what the fat man wanted to say, since they had met a ghost that looked like Sister Huang, at least Sister Huang should be dead.

And he paid special attention to the movement next door last night, and did not hear any sound. In other words, the two of them did not leave.

As for jumping out of the window, it is even more impossible, after entering the villa, the door and window are locked by a strange force.

So there are only two possibilities.

First, Sister Huang and Dui Shiyu were killed by ghosts, and their bodies were hidden by ghosts.

Second, the two of them completed their mission and went back before the ghost came to this room. The ghost that looked like Sister Huang I saw last night was actually in the air.

"If you complete the mission, how will you go back?" Su Zhiyuan asked.

"If you find all the clues, a door will appear, open it and walk in to return to the real world." Zhen Cheng said.

"However, the location of the door is random, and it is usually related to important clues."

"The kind of door you see when you come to Abyssal Space?" Su Zhiyuan was thoughtful.

"That's right. You can think of it as a conduit connecting two worlds. ”

"Understood."

Su Zhiyuan and the others returned to the first floor, and now they need to reorganize their thoughts.

"Let's assume that Sister Huang and the others have completed their mission and gone back. So how did they do it? Su Zhiyuan asked.

The fat man hesitated and said, "Why do I think they let the ghosts kill them?" ”

Su Zhiyuan glanced at the fat man and said seriously: "If the two of them are really killed by ghosts, I can tell you very responsibly that we are all dead." ”

Seeing Su Zhiyuan so serious, the fat man shrunk his neck and stopped talking.

Zhen Cheng nodded, "You're right, they should have found a way to leave." ”

"So, it's our turn......" Su Zhiyuan stood up.

The sun was shining outside the window, but he knew that the day would only last about three hours at most.

And now, half of it has passed.

Everyone had a hunch that once it got dark......

It will never light up again.

"Let's find it separately." Su Zhiyuan looked at Zhen Cheng and said, "There is not much time left, you have to hurry." The fat man follows me, you go to the second floor and see if there is a key or something. We need to go to the third floor to have a look. I've seen the lock to the third floor, and it can only be opened with a key. ”

"Okay."

Zhen Cheng was also very simple, turned around and went to find the key.

Su Zhiyuan and the fat man chose to search the living room on the first floor, which was larger.

Soon, Su Zhiyuan found a rope at the staircase on the first floor, and the other end was connected to the depths of the corridor on the second floor. Following the rope, they found that the rope was linked to the study, which was where the fat man and Su Zhiyuan hid last night.

Su Zhiyuan thought about it for a moment and was sure that there was no rope last night.

Zhen Cheng also ran over when he heard the movement, what did he find? ,“”

Su Zhiyuan pointed to the rope.

Soon, they followed the rope back to the firewood room on the first floor. The door of the firewood room was hidden.

Zhen Cheng's face changed, "That's not right! Last night I was afraid that something would come out of it, so I tied the door with hemp rope, when was it opened? ”

The fat man looked inside and picked up two pieces of hemp rope from behind a pile of firewood.

The fracture of the hemp rope is quite neat, and it is obvious that it has been cut by a sharp object.

Zhen Cheng took the hemp rope and looked at it carefully, and confirmed: "It's the knife, the one in the black bag." ”

Su Zhiyuan nodded, looked around, walked to the inside of the firewood room, and found that there was a door here. Judging from the traces, it should have been blocked by firewood, but it had been removed.

He pushed hard, but he couldn't move.

From the location, it is speculated that this should be the back door of the villa. Looking out of the window, the ground was different from the front yard, there were not many fallen leaves, but it was a little muddy because it had just rained.

Moreover, on the muddy ground, there are indentations of wheels everywhere.

However, why are there cars coming here in the wilderness?

Of course, Zhen Cheng felt that it didn't matter anymore, because the way Sister Huang and the two of them left was already obvious.

The fat man was overjoyed, and slammed directly into the door, but still failed.

"Don't waste your efforts, you can't hit it." Su Zhiyuan shook his head.

The fat man took two steps on his hind legs, a little panting, "But there is no need to bump into it, how can we get out?" ”

Zhen Cheng, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "The time hasn't come yet." ”

"When?"

"Hmm." Zhen Cheng explained: "It is estimated that it will take a special time for this door to open. ”

"Half past three."

Zhen Cheng looked at Su Zhiyuan for a while, "Sure enough, you guessed it too." ”

"Why is it half past three?" The fat man was still at a loss.

"The first deceased to die in the bathroom." Su Zhiyuan said, "He put Zhen Cheng's watch on his hand during the vigil, and the next day I took a special look, and the time stopped at half past three." ”

The fat man was stunned, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong, "Isn't the time here out of order?" Even the daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter, and the watch can still be used? ”

"It works." Zhen Cheng said: "On the day Ai Renqi died, I heard some movements, and when I looked at my watch, it was also half past three. But not long before that, I looked at my watch at eight o'clock. That is to say......"

"That is, at a certain point in time, all the tables will point to the time of half past three." Su Zhiyuan took over.

The fat man finally understood, and then began to be scared again, "If you count it like this, it's half past three...... Is it the time when the ghost appears? ”

Without waiting for Su Zhiyuan to reply, the fat man continued: "So last night in the study, you were actually looking at the watch, you were waiting, waiting for the watch hand to point to half past three." At that time, the ghosts were not with us, so you immediately went to find Sister Huang and them, and after finding that they were nothing abnormal, you realized that something might have happened to Brother Needle! ”

In an instant, he figured it all out!

Su Zhiyuan patted the fat man on the shoulder, returned to the sofa and closed his eyes. Zhen Cheng also went back to the fireplace to bake the fire, leaving the fat man alone and still brainstorming.

"There are six sets of wheel prints on the outside, which correspond to the three days we spent here...... The car comes once a day! The fat man muttered to himself.

……

Finally, it got dark.

Zhen Cheng glanced at the time from time to time.

I don't know how long it was, when the fat man felt a little hungry, Su Zhiyuan suddenly stood up.

"It's half past three."

Zhen Cheng also got up at the same time, and a dagger was already in his hand.

The three of them walked towards the firewood room together, and they all behaved cautiously. After all, the mission is coming to an end, and no one wants to have any accidents at this juncture.

The moment they pushed open the door of the firewood room, a beam of light shone in through the window from a distance.

The fat man recognized it at a glance, it was the bus they were on before!

Zhen Cheng's expression loosened a lot, walked to the door of the firewood room, and gently pushed it.

The door opened.

The fat man burst into tears in an instant!

Zhen Cheng was the first to walk out, followed by the fat man, and Su Zhiyuan fell behind.

Maybe it's been in the villa for a long time, and the fat man who went out was blown by the cold wind, and couldn't help but shiver twice.

Zhen Cheng pulled the zipper of his coat up, and Su Zhiyuan also wrapped himself tightly, only the fat man shivered in the cold wind.

The doors of the bus slowly opened.

Beli is still the same people, a couple, a mother and son, and a driver and guide.

Director Wu happened to be standing at the door of the car, with a smile on his face: "I'm sorry everyone, the car has just been repaired, I'm sorry...... Come on, get in the car, let's go home. ”

Tsk, go home......

The fat man couldn't wait, and when he was about to get into the car, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded behind him!

"Stop!"

The fat man subconsciously stopped, turned his head suspiciously, but saw Zhen Cheng looking at him with a gloomy face, and Su Zhiyuan beside him.

"You two, go back!" Zhen Cheng, who had a beard, was quite strong, and he still held a dagger in his hand, Su Zhiyuan and the fat man could only slowly retreat step by step.

Zhen Cheng didn't care about anything else, and saw that the two of them were far away from the bus, and got on the bus with one arrow step.

The fat man saw that everyone had already gone up, and was about to follow, but found that his arm was pulled by Su Zhiyuan.

"What's wrong? Come on, the car will drive away in a while! The fat man looked at him suspiciously.

Su Zhiyuan still didn't move, his eyes slowly swept from the car, and finally looked at Guide Wu.

"What's wrong, passenger? Don't you get on the bus? The smile on Guide Wu's face remained unchanged, "If it's late, you won't be able to go back." ”