Chapter 8: The Return of the Strange Tale
"You say this house is dangerous, but isn't it just an ordinary house?" Gao Ming looked like I was going to die, which made the investigator even more anxious.
"The original occupant of 2507 committed suicide, so you must not live here for the sake of cheap rent." The investigator's face was disfigured, and his expression could not be seen, but it could be heard from his anxious tone that there was indeed a big problem with Room 2507.
"Why? Could it be that Brother Zhao's death was not an accident, but a killing by him? ”
"Don't ask why!" Sweat slid down the scars, and the investigator pointed to his terrifying face: "If you don't want to become like me, move out quickly!" ”
It was clear that the investigator knew something, which made Takamei even more curious: "You're going to have to give us a reason, right?" ”
Suddenly asked to move out, a normal person would not want to.
"It's not just you, until the source of the anomaly is determined, the residents of your layer will have to move out temporarily." The disfigurement investigator saw Gao Ming last night and knew that Gao Ming was not so easy to fool: "You subdued the Rainy Night Killer, I admit that you are very bold, but some dangers are invisible!" Those things are the main reason for the many homicides in the old city port area! ”
"What do those things mean......" Takamei narrowed his eyes, ordinary people would be scared when they saw the investigator's face, but he was very interested in this investigator.
"The more you know, the easier it is to be entangled in them, everything I say and do is for your good, to protect you, and I hope you can trust me." The investigator spoke bitterly, but Gao Ming and Xuan Wen were still unmoved: "You really don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin!" ”
Gao Ming slowly lowered his head, he didn't know if he could cry when he saw the "coffin", but Xuan Wen would definitely not cry when he saw the "coffin", just like seeing a capsule hotel.
"If you really don't want to move out, then what I'm going to say next, you must keep it in mind." The investigator could not persuade the two to leave, so he could only give them some warnings: "You should replace all the things used by the deceased in the house as soon as possible, day or night, and do not imitate the movements of the deceased before his death, let alone have the same emotions as the deceased before his death." ”
"I can understand what it means not to imitate the deceased?" Gao Ming was a little puzzled: "Could it be that in the place where he died, he will come back if he has the same emotions as him?" ”
The investigator did not answer, nor did he deny it, and after saying that, he went upstairs, as if to go upstairs to investigate something.
"This investigator from Xinhu seems to know a lot." Xuan Wen silently walked behind Gao Ming, her gaze was dangerous and charming: "No one comes to disturb us anymore." ”
She closed the security door and approached Gao Ming gently, her lips moving slightly: "The game you made can be understood as the part where the two worlds overlap, and you are the key to open the game in advance." What we have to do is very simple, that is, in the murderous house of the deceased, repeat his previous life, generate the same emotions as him, and make ourselves completely him. Then the obsessions, evil thoughts, pain, and regrets that he left between the two worlds will be brought back by himself, and the strange talk will be forcibly triggered with you as the center. ”
"This sounds familiar to me." The investigator's warning just now still lingered in Gao Ming's ears: "Eldest sister, are you sure it's okay to do this?" ”
Hearing the title of high life, Xuan Wen was stunned for a moment, but she still patiently explained: "The strange talk game is the most terrifying and terrifying, once it is fully formed, fear will take root in the hearts of everyone who has heard the strange talk, eat away at everyone's heart, and we have no ability to deal with it at all." So there is only one way in front of us, and that is to trigger it in advance and strangle it in the cradle. I know it's dangerous, and it can kill people, but if I don't do it, I'll die ten, or even a hundredfold! ”
What Xuan Wen said also makes sense, at this stage, just some family games and love games are alienated, which is already terrifying, and when those weird games and the city are completely integrated, the situation that Gao Ming has to face will be even more dangerous.
"There are some things that you can't hide."
"Okay, then I'll give it a try."
Under the guidance of Xuan Wen, Gao Ming sat in front of the mirror in the living room with a blank posthumous photo.
All the lights in the room were turned off, and four white wax sticks were lit in the four corners of the room.
The light of the fire flickered in the darkness, raindrops fell, thunder roared, and the occasional lightning bolt streaked by.
Adjusting his breathing, Takamei closed his eyes as he thought back to the dead in his mind.
Brother Zhao's full name is Zhao Xi, he is an abandoned baby picked up by the old lady on the third floor next to the garbage heap, he has never been to school, he has been wearing torn clothes since he was a child, the children in the compound and the old lady's second son often bully him, but he never resists.
When he grew up, Zhao Xi worked as a porter in the port area, earning tuition fees for his younger brothers and sisters, working hard and supporting a family.
Although he was very tired, Zhao Xi was happy every day, he would greet anyone he saw, and the children who bullied him in the yard before would now call him Brother Zhao.
Time passed day by day, Zhao Xi became the most enthusiastic person in Lijing's apartment, he himself did not get married and started a family, but whoever has any trouble, he will help if he can. Later, his younger brother was imprisoned for breaking the law, and he was also at home taking care of his adoptive mother and pregnant brother-in-law.
It stands to reason that such an optimistic and strong person would not choose to commit suicide, and the neighbors felt incredible, only Gao Ming saw some details in advance.
Zhao Xi has been engaged in heavy physical labor all year round, and his physical condition is very bad, and after he injured his leg last year, he was fired from the factory.
With no education, a disabled leg, and not very good health, it is difficult for Zhao Xi to find a job, he stays at home, but he is coldly regarded by his brother-in-law and adoptive mother.
Zhao Xi knows that he is a picked up child, and he wants to be recognized more than anyone else, and he is more eager to have a real family. But no one can afford him, and he doesn't have any way to relieve his emotions on weekdays, he only holds his mobile phone, maybe in his opinion, the mobile phone understands him better than his family.
All the optimism, strength, enthusiasm he showed on the outside was more of a disguise that he imposed on himself, and he didn't want to be "abandoned" anymore.
But the more he thought about it, the more painful his heart became.
I can't see hope, I can't change, I become a burden, and I finally start to hate myself.
The temperature began to slowly decrease, and all kinds of negative emotions came in.
Gao Ming sat in the living room, as if returning to the night when Zhao Xi committed suicide.
There was no light in the room, the clouds were oppressive and there was no light, there was no rope around his neck, but he felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to breathe, he touched his neck with both hands, and there was a kind of disgust in his heart.
Neither the window nor the door were exits, and it was as if he was locked in a corner forgotten by everyone, where there was only himself, a powerless self.
Headaches, palpitations, brain seems to be broken, can't sleep, just want to open your eyes and tear at memories.
The world in the mirror begins to distort, shadows flood the room, and regret and obsession seep into the depths of the soul.
The familiar chill crawled down his spine, and when Gao Ming opened his eyes, all the candles in the living room had been extinguished, and the entire room 2507 was wrapped in shadows!
Looking up at the mirror, Gao Ming's pupils narrowed, and a twisted world turned upside down was reflected in the mirror.
"Bang!"
Before Gao Ming could react, a loud noise came from downstairs, and he hurriedly ran to the balcony to check.
In the courtyard of the Lijing Apartment, next to the entrance of the second building, there was a corpse with twisted limbs and a broken neck, staring straight at the balcony of 2507.