Guan Tianxiang was puzzled.

It's as if they're being played with in the palm of someone else's hand.

Isn't the phone network down? How could a phone ring?

Nothing is going on in common sense.

The six of them looked at each other in silence.

The traditional telephone sound of "beep" resounded throughout the living room, which was originally the most mediocre telephone ringtone, but at this time, the telephone sound was like the laughter of death, shaking the hearts of each of them.

Whose phone is ringing?

Isn't it impossible to receive a signal here?

Due to the loud echo, Guan Tianxiang finally realized something.

This is not necessarily a mobile phone. Such a mediocre or even rustic noise should not actually come from any middle school student's mobile phone.

Because the sound is not emitted by their electronic devices.

After sitting for three or four seconds, everyone finally recovered from their sudden shock and turned their heads together to look in the direction where the noise had come from—a corner of the living room.

It was a snow-white wall, believed to have been re-oiled not long ago, and there was no sign of paint peeling. Guan Tianxiang immediately saw the off-white object hanging on the wall.

Guan Tianxiang's heart was full of excitement.

That's the phone in the lobby!

Guan Tianxiang turned his head to everyone with joy and exclaimed: "That's ......"

"Yes! Hurry up and listen! Shi Mi's shouts were full of anticipation and excitement.

Guan Tianxiang hurriedly picked up the receiver before the phone stopped, and he was very grateful in his heart, as if he had been redeemed from suffering: "Hello? "If Guan Tianxiang didn't guess wrong, the management office must have noticed the abnormality here, so every unit is ordered

telegram, explain and apologize to them one by one.

No matter what the other side of the earpiece said, Guan Tianxiang didn't mind, because he could finally understand what the current situation was all about.

However, something that Guan Tianxiang absolutely did not guess appeared.

He couldn't hear anything.

According to the noise that Guan Tianxiang heard, he could definitely judge that it was connected to the lobby. First of all, I would like to add that this phone can only talk to the management office in the lobby, and cannot talk to other units. Then, the caller must be in the lobby or not

Wrong.

"Hello? Hello? Guan Tianxiang's voice became louder and louder, but he still couldn't get an answer from the other party.

Suddenly, Guan Tianxiang heard some noises coming from the other side of the phone. It wasn't a voice: "Puff...... Puff puff...... The strange sound was staccato and he thought violently, still confused.

What is that sound coming from? Could it be the Persian cipher?

It's like the sound of metal colliding, a rhythm that repeats itself.

Guan Tianxiang was shocked and gasped, because the sound lasted for dozens of seconds, and the volume became louder and louder.

Don't...... What's the weird stuff going on?

Guan Tianxiang, whose palms were soaked with cold sweat all morning, suddenly couldn't help it, and shouted with all the courage of his life: "Who are you?" ”

Guan Tianxiang's voice was so frightened that Shanmu also scolded "what are you doing". The others frowned, confused.

Suddenly, the strange voice stopped, as if he understood Guan Tianxiang's words. This also made him feel extremely stunned, and everyone looked at him with little understanding.

Guan Tianxiang believed that the voice had heard him, and now let him wait for his reply.

Guan Tianxiang took a deep breath and said into the microphone in a puff: "What happened here?" Why so much smoke? He felt that he was getting closer to the truth. He couldn't help but feel inexplicably relieved.

Until, that sudden take-up.

"Toot—" echoed disappointment from the microphone. Guan Tianxiang stood by the phone, his hand still holding the microphone tightly.

That is, Guan Tianxiang didn't ask anything, only immeasurable question marks.

After more than twenty seconds, he finally came to his senses and put down the earpiece.

"How? What are the happy discoveries? Shi Mi looked at him expectantly.

Guan Tianxiang sighed and told everyone about the strange voice he heard and the sudden pause. In fact, the weirdness outweighs the disappointment.

"So terrifying...... Kenny's face turned pale, more terrified than Guan Tianxiang. He immediately hugged Jerry's stuffed doll tightly.

, he really hates stuffed dolls to the core, if the Bay Area finally builds an incinerator one day, he can't wait to send the city's stuffed dolls into it and burn them to ashes!

However, at this moment, Guan Tianxiang is useless to bother with such a sesame mung bean matter. His mind went blank because he couldn't guess what message the other person was trying to convey.

"It's fucking funny, calling and not talking, what's the difference between that and calling a chicken and not giving money?" Mao's words were full of foul language, but his words were not unreasonable.

Mei Tao's ring finger trembled, staring at the strange wall phone: "Indeed, if a normal person wants to call another person, he should have something to tell him, and he should take the initiative to speak, why don't you speak, there is a strange sound?" ”

They didn't say a word, Mei Tao stared at the direction of the refrigerator: "There are two possibilities, one is that he can't speak, and the other is ......"

"That's it, hurry up!" Once again, the cedar kept spinning in circles due to excessive nervousness. “…… It's the other side of the earpiece, not people. Mei Tao put on a pair of glasses, and his expression was still calm.

"You might as well say it's an avatar ......" Shi Mi smiled bitterly, trying to make the atmosphere more relaxed, but soon the room was shrouded in suspense and fear again, and they felt like caged birds, allowing their owners to eat and drink.

Guan Tianxiang disappreliantly focused on the phone in the lobby, and somehow, he felt a cold wind.

Mei Tao was still staring at the refrigerator: "On the other hand, why did he suddenly stop speaking when he heard you ask who he was?" ”

"Because what is he trying to hide?" Cedar was thoughtful.

"That's right." The corners of Mei Tao's mouth rose in an exaggerated amplitude.

"Don't hesitate, watch it for so long, drink." Ah Mao seemed to see through Mei Tao's thoughts, and took out Lang Jianmei tea, the only drink in the refrigerator, into the refrigerator and threw it to Mei Tao.

Mei Tao caught it, looked at the green packaging in his hand: "I hate Lang Jianmei tea ...... the most" After saying that, he twisted the cap of the bottle vigorously and poured the tea inside into his mouth.

When humanity reaches a critical juncture, it will abandon its principles.

Seeing that Mei Tao had already drunk half of the 500ml delicious drink, Kenny said, "Then what will the other party be?" ”

"I don't think he's playing on the phone, he should have a purpose in calling." Shi Mi analyzed.

"Could it be that he can't speak?" Guan Tianxiang finally gave up being an autistic only man, plucked up the courage, and tried his best to join the discussion.

Ah Mao said suspiciously: "He can't fucking speak, so what the hell is he calling?" ”

"Can you turn on the lights on your phone a little more...... It's so dark here, it's so scary......"

Kenny turns on the phone's light mode and places it on the wooden floor, and they follow.

"Fuck, my phone is only 30% charged, and I'm glad I have a charger." Mao triumphantly took out the cuboid charger. Guan Tianxiang looked around, and the mobile phone lights of the six of them lit up the small living room, which can be regarded as giving Guan Tianxiang a little sense of security, which can be regarded as a comfort, right? It's fine at dawn.

Mei Tao finally licked the last sip of tea, so it was obvious that he was on the verge of dying of thirst: "It's so unpleasant, if I wasn't super thirsty, I wouldn't have wronged myself." He continued: "No matter who the other party is, I only know that the other party must be calling from the lobby, which is enough to prove that there is something strange in the lobby, and everything may be caused by ......the lobby."

"By the way, Jerry, he's been gone for a long time!" Kenny suddenly remembered, and looked unconsciously at the door.

The iron door was obediently closed, and there was no movement. Guan Tianxiang no longer had the courage to look through the hole in the door and peek into the situation, because his courage had been completely dispelled by the inexplicable call.

Well, Guan Tianxiang admits that he is a timid person.

Guan Tianxiang looked at his watch, which seemed to have become his most trusted confidant, and it was now 3:31. It had been about an hour since Jerry left, and according to his calculations, he would be able to run back and forth in more than ten minutes. Where did he go?

"Now that the lobby is so unsettling, will Jerry be more than lucky when he goes down?" Mao smiled bitterly and gritted his teeth.

Mei Tao coughed a few more times: "We can't contact Jierui either, instead of waiting here, it's better to do something practical." ”

He walked to the phone in the lobby, picked up the microphone, and pressed a button.

Guan Tianxiang immediately understood his motives.

Twenty seconds passed, and Mei Tao put down the off-white microphone: "No one listened." ”

"How's the reasoning, Master?" Shi Mi stared at Mei Tao, expecting his micro-talk.

Mei Tao didn't respond, sat up, and struggled to move his ring finger.

Tired of spinning in circles, the cedar lay on the ground, groaning, "What's going on here? ”

Who knows.

"You watch here first, I'll pee." Ah Mao went straight to the toilet again.

After he closed the door, Guan Tianxiang looked out the window, the smoke seemed to be thicker, and Guan Tianxiang could barely see the scene outside.

Guan Tianxiang once read a book in which a group of students saw a white fog around them on campus, only to realize that the school was just their fantasy.

Could it be that the Jerry family in front of them is also an illusion? Nothing exists?

That's just Guan Tianxiang's whimsical idea.

Now the mystery is piling up like dust on a table—starting with the elevator stopping, then the doorbell failing, then the lights not working, the lack of internet signal, the white fog outside the window, the mysterious sound of footsteps, and finally the strange phone call...... All these strange events, Guan Tianxiang can't sort out them well, and build the pieces of blurred and broken pieces into a complete truth.

Suddenly, a shrill voice rang through the room, and each of them was shaken.

"What sound?" Shi Mi was the first to speak, and then everyone looked at the door of the toilet.

It was a male voice, full of fear.

It was Mao's scream.