Nightmare Apostle

Seeing the gun, Yang Xiao's legs went weak and he collapsed on the ground, crying with tears streaming down his face: "I...I'm just a seller, making some hard money, and I'm afraid of the police. Who did I provoke? There were two groups of police officers a day." Come to check on me and even shoot me with a gun. You have the ability to catch bad guys. How can you take it out on someone like me? Ming Ming Ming Ming...

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Yang Xiao's cry really frightened the man outside the door. The man looked at the layout of the room and thought about it. If he was really the kind of guy he thought he was, why would he make a living by selling flesh and blood, even if he was the worst apostle? , as long as you are willing, you can still find a job as a bodyguard.

While the man was thinking, suddenly, the intercom on his waist rang twice, and then the woman's urgent voice came out: "Captain, there is a situation in Building 2, Room 529!"

Hearing this, the man left Yang Xiao and ran towards the stairs. At the same time, the man's urgent voice came: "Don't come close, pay attention to safety, repeat, don't come close, I'll be here right away!"

The footsteps gradually faded away, and after confirming that the man was gone, Yang Xiao got up and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his backhand. Although the crying scene was fake and was performed by Yang Xiao on the spot, the acting was sincere and almost looked real.

But that man was not easy to deal with. Yang Xiao could clearly feel that the other man was also doubtful. Fortunately, this last call saved him.

There was something going on in Room 529 of Building 2. Yang Xiao thought for a moment and decided to go out and take a look. It was unrealistic to stay in the room until the end. In order to prevent the captain from just putting on a show for him, Yang Xiao waited for half an hour. , then quietly went out. Before going out, he found a copper key in the bamboo basket hung behind the door.

After testing, he found that the key opened the outermost iron door. As for the inner door, he could not find the key.

After listening for a minute behind the door, he took out the human bone stick and probed, but found no sign of an ambush. Then Yang Xiao quietly opened the door and walked out.

The corridor was quiet, and the previous movements did not attract the attention of any surrounding neighbors. Until now, Yang Xiao had not heard the sound of anyone moving in the nearby rooms. He suspected that he was the only living person on this floor.

Putting the human bone stick in his waist, Yang Xiao slowly closed the inner door, locked the iron door outside, and walked quickly towards the stairs.

The apartment was older than Yang Xiao imagined. The hallway was made of dark cement, and at regular intervals there was a light bulb above the head, emitting a dim yellow, half-dead light.

There are dozens of rooms on the entire floor, with light bulbs extending all the way, and occasionally a few are extinguished.

There was a black mass nearby that could not be dissolved.

Going downstairs along the old staircase, the handrails of the staircase were still made of wood and felt slippery to the touch, as if they were covered with a layer of grease. Yang Xiao tried to tread lightly to avoid disturbing things that might exist in the darkness nearby. .

I walked cautiously all the way to the first floor and walked out of the stairwell. I was facing a rather grand hall.

Although it is dilapidated now, you can still see from the details that it was once extremely luxurious and glorious. There are still remaining oil paintings on the entire wall. On the right side of the door, there is a guard room with a large glass, but it has long been gone. The house is empty.

There is a notice posted on the glass of the security room. It is written with a thick brush: Dangerous building! All residents are required to move out within seven days, otherwise they will be responsible for the consequences! !

Three bold exclamation points were used in this short paragraph, which made Yang Xiao notice something strange.

But think about it, other residents in the building have left probably because of this notice, but the wording of the notice is too strong, and...:. It is also too simple. Regarding the resettlement issues after the move, and what problems occurred that caused Dangerous buildings were not mentioned at all.

Through the glass window, Yang Xiao saw a blackboard hanging on the wall of the security room. There were words written in chalk on the blackboard. Judging from the position, there should be 6 characters, but the first two characters were roughly erased, leaving only The last four words: Go home immediately!

Go home immediately. With the thick exclamation mark at the end, Yang Xiao confirmed that this was a warning!

The ghost who came to the door, the empty apartment, the vague notice, and the warning with the keywords erased... These instincts made Yang Xiao feel uneasy. He subconsciously played a crossword puzzle and went home immediately when he heard the sound? No, these are four words, go home immediately after the strange noise? It doesn't sound very smooth, and it doesn't conform to normal people's language logic.

There was always a voice in his heart urging him to go back, but Yang Xiao was deeply restrained. He knew that based on his experience in previous missions, he had just been visited by a ghost not long ago. In a short period of time, as long as he did not make any mistakes, he should It's relatively safe.

The apartment he was in was Building 3. When he walked out of the open door, he saw a garden-like place with a small square in front of him. The area was not small. Looking up, the rain had weakened a bit. , but there was no sign of stopping. It was still raining sparsely, and dark clouds were covering the top of the head, like a mass of muddy ink. Under the dim sky, Yang Xiao vaguely saw four other huge buildings standing in the rain.

Just as Yang Xiao was hesitating, a bolt of lightning pierced the darkness. With this moment of light, Yang Xiao could clearly see the numbers on the four buildings. He no longer hesitated and rushed towards Apartment Building No. 2 in the rain. His target was 529.

Room.

The five apartment buildings are built around a central garden, but the distance between them is not uniform. Fortunately,

Apartment No. 3 where Yang Xiao was located was relatively close to Apartment No. 2. When he ran into the lobby door of Apartment No. 2, he didn't get too wet.

The rain was so cold that it seemed to take away all the heat from the body. Yang Xiao didn't want to be exposed to the rain again.

Apartment No. 2 was just as quiet as Apartment No. 3 where he was. He tried to walk as slowly as possible since he came in. After all, the three investigation team members from the Patrol Department were probably here as well. Once they were bumped into,

It's not easy for him to explain.

According to Yang Xiao's judgment, being able to allow several investigation team members, including the captain, to live in the apartment proves that a very serious supernatural event must have occurred here. Moreover, based on previous contacts, this person has a very keen sense of smell and his judgment is extremely accurate. No ordinary captain.

When passing by the old elevator shaft, Yang Xiao accidentally discovered that the elevator was stopping on the 5th floor. He immediately turned around and chose a farther staircase on the other side of the corridor to go upstairs, hoping to avoid the elevator that might still be near room 529. investigation team.

But he thought too much. After arriving on the fifth floor, he observed for several minutes and found no trace of the investigation team. Those people must have left.

He walked out of the stairwell and counted the room numbers on both sides of the corridor until he found room 529. To his slight surprise, the door was unlocked and half-open, revealing a gap about 3 or 4 fingers wide. Quietly.

This seemed unsafe, maybe it was a trap. Yang Xiao backed away slowly, planning to go to the back road to investigate first to avoid being blocked in the room. He walked a few steps along the corridor and found the elevator shaft. There was a tight door next to the elevator shaft. Yang Xiao originally planned to go to the stairwell to investigate, but when he reached the elevator door, he suddenly stopped and twitched his nose hard. He smelled a strong smell of blood. .

After a short judgment, he was convinced that the bloody smell came from the elevator. He tightened the human bone stick and carefully sensed that there were no evil thoughts in the elevator. So he stepped forward, pressed the elevator button, and quickly backed away, posing With a posture of facing the enemy, the next second, the old elevator door trembled open, revealing a corpse covered with white cloth and piled in the corner.

But what made Yang Xiao frown was that only half of the body was left. To be precise, it was the lower body. The shoes of the corpse were sticking out of the white cloth. They were a pair of trendy sneakers. The logo was a check mark with a smooth twist. Judging from the trousers, they were still the same pair. Branded black sweatpants.

Through these two things, Yang Xiao could confirm that the guy who died in the elevator was not from this era, but a player who entered here to participate in the competition like him. However, because he was missing his upper body, Yang Xiao could not know this person's mask number.

Worried about an accident, Yang Xiao did not pull away the white cloth, nor did he rush into the elevator to touch the body. He turned around and walked towards room 529. Based on the words that came out of the man's intercom before, combined with his current judgment, Yang Xiao suspected that the intercom was inside. What happened probably refers to the man's death, and the people in the investigation team must have regarded the dead man as a resident of Room 529, just like they did when they faced themselves.

I had used a human bone stick to detect it before and found that there were no evil thoughts in the room. Yang Xiao slowly opened the door. The layout of the room made Yang Xiao frown. The things here were more eye-catching than his house. It was certain that the original owner of this room and The original owner of his house was a fellow traveler, and... played more fancy, with some long and thick things that couldn't be described at all.

After confirming that the room was complete, he turned back and closed the door. Yang Xiao quickly rummaged around the room.

He hoped to find something like notes or work records that would help him analyze the current situation, but unfortunately he found nothing.

This is uncomfortable, but not unexpected. After all, the people from the investigation team have already arrived early. Even if there are some important things, they may have been taken away.

Yang Xiao had no doubt about the captain's ability. Just from his own test, the other party directly suspected his identity.

But fortunately, he didn't find anything this time. At least he found a corpse. From the state of the corpse, it can be judged that the ghost's killing method was to cut the person in half.

He continued to think along this line of thinking. Since the dead man died not far from his home, he most likely encountered the same thing as him, and the ghost screamed. But if this man could get through to this third scene, he would naturally be able to do so. He was not an idiot. Like himself, he also saw through the other party's tricks. But what this person didn't expect was that the ghost didn't really leave, but was hiding nearby, waiting for him to go out.

After this man heard the ghost's footsteps walking away, after a while, he planned to go out to look for clues. His choice was the same as his own, which was to take the stairs. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the elevator door, the elevator door opened inexplicably.

The ghost was standing inside waiting for him. He was caught off guard and dragged into the elevator to kill him. This is why this man's body appeared in the elevator.

Yang Xiao was more confident in his guess. After all, if the door was opened when a ghost called, the person should have died in the house, not in the elevator.

Since there were no extra clues, it would be useless to stay for a long time. Yang Xiao chose to leave and try his best to restore the moved items before leaving. When he walked behind the door, he found a cloth bag hanging behind the door filled with newspapers.

It seemed that this man had the habit of reading newspapers. Yang Xiao curiously pulled out the newspapers, but accidentally discovered a strange scene. He saw that several newspapers had been cut out, and several pieces of content were missing.

No, it wasn't cut. To be precise, it should have been torn by hand. It didn't look like it was done by the original owner of the house. It was probably done by the teammate who died in the elevator.

As for why he did this, it must be because there was important information in the newspaper.

Yang Xiao took out the missing newspapers and carefully examined them one by one. He noticed that the cut parts were located in the less popular places on both sides, and because they were torn by hand, they were not torn cleanly. From the wrinkled edges, Yang Xiao found some missing words. These words could not be connected because of the missing previous text, and could only reflect some fragmentary information.

After extracting these information, the valuable ones are these: East Asia Mansion, red light district, cruel means, missing.

The next second, a rumbling thunder came, Yang Xiao returned the newspaper to its original position and left immediately. He had a very bad premonition, and the words written on the blackboard in the security room downstairs kept popping up in his mind,

Go home immediately!

He had been outside for a long time, and he had to go back immediately. There was silence in the corridor. Yang Xiao walked quickly to the elevator. Yes, he planned to check the body before leaving. It was worth it even if he had to take some risks. After all, the important parts that were torn off were likely on the body of the deceased.

Yang Xiao pressed the elevator button and waited anxiously. With a friction sound, the elevator door slowly opened. But the next second, Yang Xiao was stunned. A chill rushed up from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. The bloody white cloth fell to the ground, and the half-body... disappeared!

Gone!!

Almost instantly, Yang Xiao pulled out the human bone stick, picked up the ghost lantern with his other hand, and looked around vigilantly.

His chest rose and fell violently, and his breathing was rapid. He did not feel the existence of evil thoughts for the time being, but under the illumination of the green light of the ghost lantern, he found a line of shallow footprints on the ground.

That was not blood, but more like the oil dripping from the corpse after it rotted. He held a lantern in one hand and shone it on the ground, following the footprints of the corpse oil, walking all the way, and finally returned to the corridor and returned to room 529. After seeing the footprints left in front of the door, which suddenly became messy, Yang Xiao felt like he was splashed with a basin of ice water. He never thought that just when he was collecting clues in room 529, there was a ghost standing just one door away.

The ghost walked back and forth in front of the door, looking for an opportunity to enter.

Fortunately... Fortunately, he locked the door at that time!

Just imagining this scene in his mind is enough to make people collapse. A corpse with only half of its body stood up by itself, came to his door quietly, stood for a long time, and then left.

Soon, Yang Xiao found the direction of the footprints. The footprints led to the other side of the corridor crookedly and disappeared in the gloom. At this moment, Yang Xiao, who was holding the lantern, shook his fingers unconsciously. He suddenly realized one thing. The direction the ghost left was the way he came.

The ghost did not leave. It just followed its scent and waited for it on the road where it was most likely to leave.