Invade the World

  Chapter 168 Overwhelming disadvantage

  They followed in the footsteps of the woman in white pajamas, all the way to the door of a bedroom.

  The captain made a gesture to stop them on guard. Qian Yingxiu took the initiative to let the tadpole-like evil spirits drill through the gap under the door crack without ordering.

   "...no abnormalities."

   she replied.

  Sun guided the door to kick open.

  The space in the bedroom is quite spacious. There is no one but the lights are still brightly lit. The team members are not surprised at this. There is no real electricity in the haunted house, but because it is at the junction of reality and the distant realm, the internal scenery remains the same.

  They walked into the room and began to check the internal environment.

  "This is the room of Song Jing and Qi Qiufang, right?"

  The captain held up a photo on the bedside table and found the couple in wedding clothes.

  "Are there any suspicious objects in the bathroom? Don't forget under the bed."

"no."

  Everyone checked around and took off the switches and light bulbs. They found nothing.

   "I knew I would just do it..."

  Aping’s tone is rather regretful.

  If they find the trace of the female ghost, they will directly summon evil spirits to launch an offensive as soon as possible, maybe they will have the opportunity to keep the other party behind.

   "No, it is correct to act cautiously."

  The captain shook his head and asked:

   "What's the time now?"

   "...The compass and clock are malfunctioning." Qian Yingxiu glanced at the watch and replied, "According to the above display, we have been in the haunted house for about half an hour."

  Whether it is the regular swing of the pendulum, or the modern clock made based on the regular vibration of the quartz crystal, it may fail due to various factors in the haunted house.

  Using an atomic clock may be able to get a more accurate answer without interference, but unless it is for research purposes, it will not be specially carried when going to the haunted house for investigation activities. In such a closed environment, there is no stimulation of the sense of time for a long time, and the human body clock is prone to confusion, which may have a negative impact on the task itself.

  So, each of them wears a special watch, which is connected to the human heartbeat and calculates the process time based on the number of beats. Compared with mechanical equipment, it is not accurate, but it can minimize the influence of the haunted house on the human body’s sense of time.

  Of course, if the haunted house environment can even interfere with the physical condition of the person, the heartbeat clock will also fail; but in that case, “on time” itself is meaningless.

  "Start preparing for the camp tonight."

  The leading man waved his hand, and quickly decided his next goal.

  Wanting to survive in a haunted house for a long time is like traveling on a dark wilderness full of dangers.

  Everyone has limited energy. In order to prevent sudden attacks by evil spirits, they need to take turns on duty and find a suitable "campsite"...

"okay."

  Aping responded.

  He took out a boxy electronic device from his travel bag, stretched the antenna on it, and began to concentrate on recording the test.

  Qian Yingxiu glanced, what he saw on the LCD screen showed strong colors of red, green and yellow. The images were intertwined and moved together like life, a bit like real-time weather images, but also like some kind of infrared display device.

  The power of the distant realm will affect the electronic equipment. The specific reasons are different, but the existence of this phenomenon itself is the common sense of the supernatural world;

  According to this phenomenon, the people in the haunted house can use electromagnetic waves to reversely lock the area with relatively weak remote power, which is the most suitable "campsite" for the action team.

  ……

  When they came to the new room, they put down their luggage and equipment. The four people sitting together really smelled like a wild trip. It seemed that they almost started a bonfire and danced hand in hand around the flames.

  However, they obviously can’t relax so much. Although there was a bed in the room, no one was laid back leisurely enough to lie down there, let alone the pink atmosphere of loneliness.

  Even Qian Yingxiu, the only female player, has no special treatment in this regard.

  On the first night, everyone slept on the floor in their clothes. The jackets on their bodies were thick and warm enough, and there were small inflatable pillows under their hoods, which could be used as a substitute for sleeping bags.

  Of course, there is still a long time before falling asleep. Except for brainstorming and discussing the situation, each team member has his own task to complete, but discussing the status quo did not consume them too long. The final conclusion is nothing more than continuing to execute according to the plan.

  In this process, everyone behaved very silently. Unless there is a need to communicate, there will be no dialogue between each other.

  Even when they were eating, they still bowed their heads and ate convenience food silently.

  Qian Yingxiu swallows compressed biscuits into the stomach like a jujube. The taste is not good, it can only be said to be suitable for satisfying hunger.

  She sits on the floor, her hands on her knees, her backpack leaning on her back, and she glances over each of her companions’ faces hidden under the brim of the hat.

  Leading aside, she has a good relationship with Aping and the captain. After all, they have experienced more than a dozen missions together.

  This is different from ordinary colleagues. It is a comradeship that is fighting side by side on the front line. The relationship between each other is not uncommon. When there is no task, often meeting in private and gathering is a deadly friendship.

   However, even with people with such deep trust, every time they enter the haunted house, the atmosphere in the team will quickly become depressed.

  On the one hand, I was worried that their conversation would be noticed by evil spirits. On the other hand, the atmosphere in the haunted house has always been so heavy...heavier that people can't open their mouths or even breathe.

  The woman looked at the dark window, and suddenly this thought came to her mind:

  The haunted house is the junction between reality and the distant world. If the ordinary house looks out of the human landscape, then if a person stands inside and looks out of the window of the haunted house, what will he see?

  Will the true appearance of the "Distant Land" appear in the eyes of another world?

  Qian Yingxiu thought in her heart, but now she didn't mean to get up.

  In fact, she had this idea more than once, but every time she tried it failed.

  The people in the haunted house cannot see the scenery outside, nor can they open the seemingly fragile glass window. Whether it is a window or a door, it has a symbolic meaning in the world of haunted houses, and it is not so easy to open.

"I'm going to rest."

   Qian Yingxiu felt a little tired, so he said to the men. The team members had already decided on the order of duty, and under the watch of her companions, she quickly fell asleep in peace of mind.

  *

  Qian Yingxiu was awakened by a moist coolness, and the cold invading the bone marrow permeated from the bottom of the body.

  She opened her eyes, and there followed a light floating feeling...

  The woman panicked and tried to get up, but she did not prevent her hands from supporting the floor slipping aside, and then falling back.

  Severe pain came from the back of her head, making Qian Yingxiu finally awake.

  She quickly turned on the flashlight and took a photo next to her, and found that all her companions had disappeared, and the floor had become wet, shimmering in the beam of light.

how come……

  Qian Xiuying was taken aback.

  Under the premise that someone is on duty, even if something unexpected happens, her companions will not even have the time to wake her up? Moreover, if the situation is really so critical, how could she still... be okay?

  She checked her body, and there was indeed no trace of trauma. But at this moment, Qian Xiuying suddenly found that she was slowly sliding on the floor like a magnet on a blackboard——

  It's not that someone is grabbing her feet and dragging, but it's more like a natural movement in the direction of gravity.

  Qian Xiuying hurriedly, subconsciously pulled aside twice, but because the ground was too slippery, she could not stop the downward tendency.

  ——It's the room.

  The direction of the whole room is upside down, so her body will slide towards the direction of the **** of the floor.

  As long as she hits a wall on one side, her body will naturally stop because of the support...

  However, when Qian Xiuying glanced at her feet, she felt her scalp exploded and almost stopped her breathing.

  ——There are no walls at all!

  The end of the plank... is a dark void!

  Slide down again, she is about to slide off the cliff from the floor of the room, and fall into the invisible abyss.

   Unstoppable fear came to her heart, and Qian Xiuying quickly grabbed the bedpost beside her. The weight of the bed is heavier, and although it is also slowly sliding down, it can still provide her with support for the time being.

"come out!"

  The dark tadpole-like evil spirit under her control leaped out suddenly. The tail curled up and grabbed the woman's wrist. At the same time, the lanky body was deformed and stretched like plasticine, and the other end curled up the far threshold.

With her own evil spirit clasping her wrist like a rope, she clasped the door crack with her other hand, and the room did not really incline more than ninety degrees, Qian Xiuying was finally able to fix her position relatively stably. Relieved.

  She looked down, and the whole bed had moved a little bit past the edge of the floor, watching it sway, and she might fall into the abyss at any time;

  Qian Xiuying didn't dare to care, after all, her feet were still in the air with nowhere to support at the moment, and she could only sway gently with the vibration of the room.

  She reluctantly calmed herself down and tried to think about the current situation.

  This situation...probably it is the power of the owner of the haunted house, who can make arbitrary changes to the environment in the house. This shows that she has been targeted by Song Deshou.

  Qian Xiuying turned on the communication device placed next to her neck and tried to contact her companion.

  "Hello, hello? Are you there? Is anyone there?"

   did not make her wait too long, the captain’s voice came from the headset.

   "We will be in the corridor with... we are in the corridor... the room may collapse at any time... Xiuying... come out, come out soon..."

  The noise in the middle makes the other party’s speech sound intermittent and unclear.

  The man's voice is still calm, but he can still hear the uncontrollable anxiety in his tone.

  Qian Xiuying didn't hesitate anymore, letting the worm-like black shadow's body be retracted, like a rope that automatically bounced, dragging her to the door.

  In the case that her body was out of balance and it was difficult to borrow force, she still kicked the door desperately, and "Gu Lulu" rolled out embarrassedly.

  When Qian Xiuying wanted to get up again, the vision in front of her returned to normal in an instant, and her feet were standing on the flat ground again, which made her a little dizzy.

  At this moment, she saw her captain standing in the corridor not far away and waved to herself.

   "Come here!"

  Qian Xiuying saw the figure of Aping and Sun instructed, and he was relieved immediately, and hurriedly walked in the direction of the three companions.

   "The room just now... does not seem to be where we were originally."

   she said loudly.

   "Well, we know." Guidance Sun replied with a serious face, "Everyone fell into different rooms, and communication was interrupted for a while. Fortunately, no one was injured or left behind."

   "Is it Song Deoksoo?"

  The other party nods.

   "It is eyeing us, but it hasn't appeared yet. We need to get out of here as soon as possible now."

  No wonder no one had time to inform her, presumably the change happened in a very short time.

"good!"

  Qian Xiuying speeds up the pace and prepares to reconcile with her companions.

However--

   "Boom!"

  She and the wall of the triple room slammed a big hole through it, fragments of reinforced concrete splashed around, and billowing smoke filled the passage.

  An old man in a Chinese mountain suit appeared in front of everyone, looking as if it had penetrated the wall and came out. This scene is almost like a scene in a martial arts movie.

  And the moment the old man appeared...

  In the narrow corridor, I don’t know when the wind started.

   is not an ordinary wind, but a gloomy, gloomy wind.

  Blowing over everyone like a whirlwind, the wind seems to be able to wipe off human skin, erode human flesh and blood, and corrupt human bone marrow.

  The members of the psychic team immediately released their own evil spirits to resist the power of the old man in the haunted house, but they were all suppressed, and they staggered backward one by one.

  The location of the old man, whether it is a road or a wall, is slowly fading and becoming blurred, just like when light passes through this space, it appears distorted.

  As a sensory medium, Qian Xiuying, who is least good at confrontation, hugged her forehead and screamed with twisted face. Her evil spirits could not completely stop the dark aura surrounding the old man in the haunted house, and the brain was directly eroded...

   "It's Song Deoksoo!"

   "Hurry up, do it!"

  ……

  While her thinking was blurred, she heard the shouts of her companions not far away.

  Qian Xiuying raised her head in a daze. The surface of the woman's pupils reflected a wing that fell from the sky and covered with jet black feathers. She recognized that it was the evil spirit belonging to the captain.

When this wing is curled up and envelops a person, the intensity of interference with the physical world has reached such a level that even with the impact of a rocket, the psychic medium inside the wing can survive the explosion and shock waves unharmed. There has been more than one time. She protected her and her companions from fleeing in front of terrible evil spirits.

Is    the captain? He came to protect me?

  However, Qian Xiuying soon discovered to her horror that he could not protect anyone. Because the evil spirit summoned by the captain just showed its hideous original appearance, the old man in the haunted house grabbed its huge wings and forcibly tore it off, and the feathers withered from the air...

  (End of this chapter)