Invade the World

  Chapter 151 Familiar face

  Xu Xiangyang and Zhu Qingyue walked out of the safe house that was used as the starting point for the expedition.

  On the way the two came along, they found that there was far more than one room distributed on this impossibly long corridor.

  The daring squad leader who was a master of art at first pushed it in one by one interestingly, turning around under Xu Xiangyang's helpless gaze.

The girl’s attitude was as relaxed as if the three of them were shopping together in the newly opened mall that weekend, randomly found a dazzling array of shops and went in to look at it. Moreover, he knew from the bottom of his heart that the other party was really in a similar mood. Exploring this perilous house...

  However, Zhu Qingyue quickly gave up this practice.

  Because it is nothing more than a common display of bathrooms, bedrooms and utility rooms, the interior decoration and furnishings are much the same, and there is no point in paying attention to inspection.

There are no clues hidden in   , and there will be no terrible evil spirits popping out to scare people.

The seemingly weird mycelium-like substance is everywhere. It is so sticky that it covers the tables, chairs, beds, and the side of the road. When you walk closer, you will find that this gray substance will still be agitated like alive, making people look at it. The cold hair stands upright.

  But the existence of this thing did not cause any hindrance to the two of them, but it looked a little disgusting.

  Xu Xiangyang felt a little strange at first. Does the owner of the haunted house have no idea about the two of them wandering around? Judging from Song Deshou's ability to control this house, he should be able to grasp his own movements.

  If this continues, the two of them will really be no different from traveling.

   "—it makes no sense."

Mr.   's squad leader's statement can be described as hitting the nail on the head.

   Indeed, if it is a head-to-head confrontation, the most powerful evil spirit in the haunted house is not her opponent, and there is no need for other young men to come and die.

  Perhaps, trapping the two of them here is the greatest effort the owner of the haunted house can do. The old man in the haunted house and Song Yao should feel very unwilling, but this is the case.

  As for the kind of monsters that can possess human bodies, they are not even the opponents of human-faced spiders. Even among the evil spirits, there is a strict food chain hierarchy. The weird worms are obviously food for human-faced spiders.

   "By the way, think about it carefully, isn't this guy born from this lair?"

  Xu Xiangyang suddenly thought of something, and pointed to the evil spirit who had been with them.

   "Maybe, what will it know?"

   He squinted his eyes and looked at the lower abdomen of the spider evil spirit hanging upside down. The face inlaid on it was constantly squirming, wondering whether it was expressing anxiety or excitement.

  One person, one ghost, big eyes and small eyes.

  Even if it really knows, it is impossible to respond to Xu Xiangyang’s question, but it may crawl to the exit by itself...

   "Evil spirits are acting only by instinct."

Zhu Qingyue replied.

  Xu Xiangyang looked at the face for a while, and found that the other party was not moving, so he had to accept the squad leader’s statement.

  ……

  In Xu Xiangyang's view, the first thing to do is not to find a way out, but to find a way to solve the food and water problem.

  In contrast, water supply is more important than food.

  "A person can last for seven days without food, but at most only three days without water."

  This seems to be common sense that everyone has known since childhood, although Xu Xiangyang has forgotten where he heard about it.

  Furthermore, if the two of them can't guarantee their physical strength because of hunger and thirst, they will be attacked by evil spirits immediately.

   is a human being, a flesh and blood body, it will have this kind of weakness.

  Speaking of this, Xu Xiangyang’s lips have actually begun to dry out.

  After all, the outside world is still the hot summer season. They walked all the way, and after entering the haunted house, they did not have time to replenish water. They slept halfway to relieve fatigue, and felt that they hadn't drank water for several hours.

   "Hey, Xiangyang~ You come over and take a look."

  Not a few steps away, the squad leader’s surprise voice came from the opposite room.

"have water!"

  Xu Xiangyang opened the door, and what was greeted was a bathroom that can be seen everywhere in a haunted house.

   "This... definitely can't be used."

  Xu Xiangyang looked at the faucet twisted by Zhu Qingyue, dark yellow water columns continuously emerged from the rusty iron pipe, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

  And when she first checked the room, didn’t she already see it?

   "No, I just think it’s a bit magical. This place can guarantee water supply."

The squad leader shook his head.

   "Huh?...... What do you mean."

  Xu Xiangyang quickly reacted.

  The first few rooms of the corridor are okay, but this side is already quite deep.

  The light in the room just now can also be turned on. The artificially laid electric wires and natural water pipes can never extend to such a deep place.

  The internal structure and mode of operation of the haunted house is really a mystery.

  In addition to this, there are some incomprehensible places, such as most rooms without dust-unless it is the kind of utility room that is deliberately kept as dirty and no one enters the atmosphere.

  Like the safe house they found, it was so clean and tidy that it looked like it was being cleaned frequently... However, this can be explained by a more reasonable guess, such as the fact that the dust of the real world cannot invade far away.

  Considering from this perspective, the maintenance and repair of the haunted house is quite convenient. The ability of the old man in the haunted house to renovate the house at will and make all the doors and windows disappear in one go is probably more effective than the engineering team.

Huh? Is it possible that living in a haunted house is more convenient than a normal house in reality? It's very suitable for lazy people who don't like cleaning.

  Xu Xiangyang's mind is full of such messy thoughts.

  "Where shall we go next?"

  She pointed to the corridor ahead.

   is still the same as the road when it came, although there is a dim light to guide it, it can't illuminate the end of the road at all.

   "Go on?"

   "Just go find someone?"

  Xu Xiangyang's inspiration flashed, and he put forward his own suggestions.

"people?"

   "Well. Those four people who were eaten by the house, are they a psychic squad sent by the official department? Compared to Song Yao, the haunted house should be relatively weak against them. We can choose to meet with them first."

   "Is it a charity?"

  Sir squad leader laughed.

  "It’s always a good thing to be able to save people. There are many people and there is more power. And maybe you can get some information from them."

   "Obviously they don't know if they are alive or dead?"

   "Aimless exploration is even more meaningless."

  He sighed.

   "At least I don't think we can walk to the end of this haunted house on our two legs."

  A house is very small; but what if there is a world behind that door?

"I understand."

  The girl nodded, looking confident.

  "...Do you have a way to find them?"

  The squad leader smiled and raised his finger to him.

   "Did you forget? Even the twisted rope around Song Yao's neck is still in my hand. Those four people are even more incapable of resisting."

  Only Song Deshou, who has broken free from the line, is now fused with the haunted house-it is not accurate to say that it is free, but in fact it is trying to get rid of the destiny of being controlled before being restrained.

   "Okay, let's go and take a look."

  The problem was solved again in twos or twos. It was an adventure without any sense of crisis or difficulty, Xu Xiangyang couldn't help feeling in his heart.

  *

  They walked slowly in the corridor for a long time, unimpeded all the way, only the throat is getting dry.

   "It hasn't been so long, is it the illusion of a haunted house?"

  He felt that the road under his feet was winding and winding, as if he had gone around several big circles without knowing it.

   "I still hold the thread in my hand, so I won't lose my way."

  Zhu Qingyue’s performance is as calm as always, but occasionally she still notices her subconsciously sticking out her tongue to lick her lips.

   "You will only lick more and more dry like this."

  Xu Xiangyang makes suggestions based on his own life experience.

"you're lying."

   "Really. Think about it, how can you quench your thirst by drinking your own saliva?"

   "So is it okay to drink someone else's?"

  The girl has an uncontrollable expression, like she just told a good joke.

   "I think so."

  He nodded seriously.

  When it comes to water shortage, let alone saliva, even if it is other people’s urine, you have to force yourself to drink it. The teenager recalled the cruel story of how explorers survived in the desert that they had once told in popular science books. He prayed from the bottom of his heart that things would not develop to that point, and at the same time answered casually.

   "Hey, your reaction is really boring."

  But for some reason, after hearing this sentence, Zhu Qingyue turned her head a little unhappy.

  ...It's still the same as usual, I don't understand her thoughts. Xu Xiangyang thought a little confused, what kind of response should I make to be considered "interesting"?

   At this moment, a chill rose on his back, his expression became serious, and he raised his hand to stop his companion from moving forward.

"etc."

  Xu Xiangyang narrowed his eyes.

  "I felt the breath of evil spirits in front...It was very light, more than one, not the old man in the haunted house, and it was not the same as the monster insect and the human face spider."

  He answered very quickly. While checking the specific situation through his psychic ability, he reminded his companions, and he would try to describe the situation clearly in the shortest words and sentences. This is the result of several exercises and battles.

"nearby?"

  The squad leader asked in a low voice.

   "It seems to be gone."

  Continuing forward, when they saw the door that was not covered by mycelium, they understood that it had come back after a long circle.

   "Isn't this a ghost hitting the wall? After all, the person we are looking for has actually been here."

  Zhu Qingyue’s “line” led them to this place, and Xu Xiangyang felt a breath nearby, and the answer was self-evident.

   "...Well, but I still can't rule out the possibility of being deliberately guided."

  Xu Xiangyang still frowned.

  "All the members of the psychic team..."

  Sir squad leader’s voice became softer again.

"Yes."

  Sadly, that group of people is probably not alive anymore.

  But why did they come to this room?

   is under the control of Song Deshou, ready to ambush us and attack us? And then left when we weren't there?

No.

  Xu Xiangyang shook his head.

  The owner of the haunted house has no reason to make such a mistake, and we have no way to sneak.

   "Let's take a look?"

  Zhu Qingyue made a gesture, and her pupils showed expectation.

  "Can't you let us..."

  Xu Xiangyang raised his finger and made a silent gesture to her.

  The girl nodded quietly.

  Yes, his psychic ability is enough to hide his sense of existence under the eyes of evil spirits, and by the way, he can take other people to act.

  I have tried it once before, and it’s hard to say how effective it will be for a higher evil spirit like the owner of the haunted house; however, it may still be a source of trust for finding clues to escape.

  It is better to use it at a critical moment, and it is not the time to expose it.

  Since he was not prepared to be sneaky, he could only sway, Xu Xiangyang followed the remaining breath into the room and stopped by a piece of floor near the bed.

   "It disappeared near here."

  He makes a judgment.

  Zhu Qingyue walked to him and suddenly squatted down, startling him.

   "You, what are you doing?"

  "Since it is such a wide room, it is normal to have secret rooms and secret passages."

  She tilted her head and looked at the floor, then stretched out her hand and carefully touched the nearby gap.

"really have?"

  Xu Xiangyang was a little surprised.

   "...No, I'm not a detective. I can't tell."

  Zhu Qingyue honestly shook her head.

   "Then what are you doing there, stand up."

  He grabbed the girl by the arm angrily and pulled her up from the ground.

  The squad leader didn't mean to resist, his body leaned softly on Xu Xiangyang, but one hand stretched out to the ground.

  "——Then use a simpler and more rude method."

she says.

Before the words fell, the floor under their feet cracked from it, as if torn by an invisible huge palm; the fragments of the torn wood plank splashed around, and the cracks grew bigger and bigger, like the open mouth of a giant underground beast, Most of the ground supporting the room was lifted off.

   "Hey, hello! You are...!"

  Xu Xiangyang almost didn't jump up in shock.

   "Ah, I found it."

  Zhu Qingyue grabbed his hand to prevent him from falling, and said while pointing to the exposed underground cavity below.

He took a deep breath and tried to calm his mind. Standing on the edge of the crack and looking down carefully, he saw something interesting in the cement gap: it was a number of mountaineering backpacks leaning against each other, and several large bags of sky blue. The package is covered by the waterproof fabric.

  Seeing this scene, Xu Xiangyang quickly understood.

  Could it be that this room—

   "Probably the foothold of that group of psychic team members."

As the squad leader said, he hooked up several backpacks with "strings" and threw them on the undamaged floor next to them.

  After the zipper is opened, all the contents inside are scattered on the ground.

  The two of them were not in the mood to distinguish between them for the time being, and they began to look for identification documents that could prove the owners of these items.

   Less than ten minutes later, a few work permits were placed in front of the teenagers and girls.

   "Three men and one woman, four people in total, it seems that they haven't run away..."

  Zhu Qingyue murmured to herself for a while, but found that her companions around her had been silently staring at one of the photos on the work permit.

"What's wrong?"

   "...clear moon."

  Xu Xiangyang rubbed his chin and asked in an uncertain tone.

  "Do you think this person looks familiar?"

  The girl leaned over to identify it carefully, as if she thought of someone. She raised her head and faced the face of the fallen spider evil spirit hanging upside down on the ceiling.

   "...is very similar."

The squad leader nodded unconsciously.

  (End of this chapter)