The elevator began to run, and the two fell silent.

"It is said that if you are trapped in an elevator now, you will not suffocate under normal circumstances."

Qiao Du suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

"What?"

The little witch didn't know why Qiao Du was talking about this topic.

"Because the air conditioner has vents, even if the fan doesn't turn, there will be enough air for a while."

Qiao Du explained reluctantly.

"Why do you say this all of a sudden?"

The little witch was still puzzled.

"Because I feel like we're stopping."

Qiao Du pointed to the floor indication of the elevator.

They stopped at the ninth basement floor.

Ding Dong –

The elevator made an arrival sound, but it did show that it was the ninth basement floor.

"I don't know if the elevator can't go directly or if there is a problem, anyway, go out and have a look."

Qiao Twilight used a flashlight to illuminate the outside, dimly lit corridor, and found nothing suspicious.

He stepped over and slipped out of the elevator at a rapid pace.

In the past, Qiao Du watched horror movies, and there were classic elevator cutting scenes in them, either the person was caught by the elevator and torn into two pieces alive, or the elevator opened but the car did not arrive, and the person fell to death on the top of the elevator car and no one noticed.

The little witch looked at Qiao Du in confusion and also stepped out of the elevator.

Ebisu was silent, following behind the little witch, his expression was a little dazed, as if he remembered something, but he never grasped the point.

"Fluorescent flicker!"

Qiao Twilight screamed and shook the flashlight, I don't know if it was an illusion, the light seemed to be brighter.

"Maybe the elevator here was set up after the accident, so you can't go straight to the bottom floor."

Jo Twilight guessed, he looked around, but didn't find the stairs.

"No, there should be a staircase."

Qiao Du vaguely remembered that there was a staircase on the first floor, and he walked in that direction, and the little witch followed closely behind him, watching the shadows warily.

"Don't panic, as long as you don't panic, then they won't hurt you."

Qiao Du said.

"I—I didn't panic."

The little witch defended, her voice trembling slightly.

"You see, if a monster hides in the shadows and suddenly a grimace appears and startles, if you are frightened by it, then it proves that you can see it, that's bad, as long as you stay calm, you're very safe."

Qiao Du added.

"I—Of course I know, I'm just on my toes!"

The little witch protested.

"That's it."

Qiao Du thought for a moment and handed her the flashlight in his hand.

This is just like the fact that people who can drive cars are prone to motion sickness when they sit in other people's cars, the little witch's eyes must be attracted by the place illuminated by the flashlight, and the movement of the flashlight is carried out by Qiao Dui, which is easy to cause Qiao Dui to ignore the place that the little witch wants to see, which increases the unstable mood and is more likely to cause accidents and fears.

At this time, it is more reassuring to have more reliance in hand.

“？”

The little witch didn't understand what Qiao Du was thinking just now, but she still took the flashlight, she lit up the front, and suddenly saw that in the area illuminated by the flashlight, there was a figure on the wall near the ceiling.

“.”

The glow of the flashlight stayed there, and the little witch saw clearly that it was a melted human.

Like a melted candle, his lower body was soft and solid, his back against the ceiling, his hands spread out, as if he had been nailed to it for judgment.

The man's face was unrecognizable, unrecognizable, and it was a mess, like dough that had been kneaded by a beginner's apprentice chef.

"Have you ever seen an anime in which the human ancestors are a bit like this?"

Qiao Du suddenly spoke.

The little witch was stunned for a moment, and she didn't know whether to answer or not.

"If you think about it, you weren't even born when this animation was broadcast, and there was a generation gap."

Qiao Du sighed.

At the same time, bright red words emerged in the field of vision.

[They tried to struggle and escape, but the devastating power devoured their lives in an instant, the source of power is under the abyss, do you want to peep? 】

"Hmm."

Twilight seemed to have an answer, and he continued to move on, but the little witch could only follow.

As we move forward, there are more and more such corpses.

They were either clinging to the walls or sinking deep into the ground, hideous and eerie, and the silent corridor was particularly terrifying.

Twilight noticed that all the corpses had melted down the depths of the hallway, and they seemed to want to escape from there, but the spread of some force had frozen their lives.

"What's in the depths of the hallway?"

Qiao Du muttered, and asked Ebisu on the side.

"Do you remember anything?"

Ebisu shook his head, he looked at the corpses, although he didn't know the identities of these people, he always had a sense of familiarity, as if he was familiar.

Joe Twilight soon saw the sign of the staircase.

The staircase to the lower level is right at the end of the hallway, very quirky design.

The melted corpses also spread to the lower levels.

At this time, the little witch's flashlight turned, reflecting a piece of corpse, but it made Qiao Du see something different.

"Stop."

He motioned for the little witch to turn the flashlight back.

The two saw that at the corner of the next staircase, there was a corpse sitting.

It is an intact corpse.

He was wearing a white isolation suit, and his face could not be seen clearly from this angle, but judging by the shape of the clothes, he did not melt and was not the same as the human clothes worn by the others.

With a wave of his hand, another flashlight appeared in his palm, and he asked the little witch to keep his distance from him, and went downstairs alone, to the side of the man who was sitting against the wall with his legs outstretched.

The flashlight was raised, and he saw that in the transparent mask of the isolation suit, the other party's face was reflected, and it was a Japanese islander, whose face did not melt like other corpses, and his appearance could be recognized.

After recalling it, Qiao Du remembered that he was Ryujing Nagasawa, a B-level investigator of Wajima Culture, and that he was missing in the file.

Now it seems that he should have been sent to investigate the situation, and died in the institute.

It can be inferred that these melted people are estimated to be researchers at the time of the accident at the beginning of the accident twelve years ago.

Qiao Dui's flashlight shone on the corpse, wanting to see if there were any other clues.

[There is a secret in his hands, but unfortunately it has been sealed in the dust for too long, and no one can know it anymore!] 】

He looked into the corpse's hand and saw a piece of paper pinched there.

Reaching out to take out the piece of paper, Qiao Twilight looked at it.

Crookedly, with the words of Kazushima written.

"Do you recognize it?"

Qiao Twilight turned around and asked the little witch.

"I'll see"

The little witch took the piece of paper and looked at it with the light of a flashlight.

Soon, her expression became serious.

"There's only one sentence on it."

"Don't sell it, say it quickly."

Qiao Du urged.

"The gods are a lie."

The little witch said in a deep voice.

"I don't understand what that means, but it's certainly important information."

She looked at Jo Twilight.

Qiao Dui's inspiration struck, and she suddenly confirmed the corpse.

"Say, how did he die?"

“.”

The little witch was speechless for a moment.

All she could see was that the shadow under the corpse's butt seemed to squirm under the light of the flashlight.

(End of chapter)