Nightmare Apostle

It was impossible to go back the way he came. Now there were only two ways left for Yang Xiao, either take the elevator where someone had just died or climb the stairs.

After calming down for a few seconds, Yang Xiao quickly returned to the elevator, waited for the elevator door to open, then stepped in, pressed the button for the 19th floor, the highest floor, and then quickly stepped out again, standing outside the elevator door, waiting for the old elevator door to tremble. After closing, the elevator slowly moved upwards, then turned to the stairs and walked down very lightly.

The "squeak" sound of the elevator gradually faded away, which gave Yang Xiao a sense of security, as if some kind of danger was moving away.

Although I am not sure whether this little trick can confuse ghosts, it is an attempt after all. Ghosts seem to have an obsession with taking elevators. The ghost that came to the door not long ago came up by elevator, and here, living in 529 The unlucky man also died in the elevator. There is some unknown connection between them.

He is located on the 5th floor, which is not very high. The stairwell is dark and cramped. There is only a light bulb hanging above the head at each corner. The light bulb is hung by an old-fashioned black wire. Occasionally, the wind blows and it will shake slightly. , the broken light cut the surroundings into pieces. For a moment, Yang Xiao felt that the hanging light bulb looked like a hanged ghost.

The walls painted with light green waterproof paint are mottled and have obviously not been taken care of for a long time. Black plastic bags occasionally appear piled up in the corners, and there is rancid sewage seeping out from underneath. I don’t know what’s inside. .

The uneasy atmosphere was brewing, and Yang Xiao couldn't help but speed up his pace. But suddenly, his feet paused, and he heard a familiar yet weird sound.

"Zhizhiyiyi"

His pupils jumped suddenly. Yang Xiao needed time to speed up and ran downstairs. He heard clearly that it was the sound of an old-fashioned elevator running. The dilapidated elevator that he controlled to go up was now going down, following him. Come.

He ran out of the stairwell and rushed into the apartment hall. The scene outside interrupted Yang Xiao's footsteps. He saw a gray area outside the apartment door, and it was actually foggy.

The garden square was submerged in the fog, and the other four tall apartment buildings were reduced to four huge shadows, like four dormant beasts. Occasionally, a few lights in the building were on, just like the giant beasts were unable to open their eyes. eyes.

"Hum Yi—"

Standing behind the door of the apartment building, he hesitated for a moment. The elevator around the corner behind him stopped on the first floor. Yang Xiao clearly heard the buzz of the elevator door opening.

Coming after me...

Without hesitation, Yang Xiao rushed into the fog without looking back and ran towards Building 3 where he lived.

He wanted to go home, that...maybe the only safe place.

The field of vision was filled with fog, and it had just rained outside. The long-disrepaired garden under his feet was quite muddy, but what made Yang Xiao more and more uneasy was the strange fog that appeared. The fog smelled of an indescribable weird smell. It seems to be the fishy smell coming upward from the sewer.

In addition, the mist also had a sticky feel. As Yang Xiao ran past, the mist surged, leaving a twisted human-shaped passage behind him.

"Crack."

"Crack."

"Crack."

Suddenly, Yang Xiao heard a burst of footsteps in the mist not far ahead. It seemed that someone was running, too.

As he stopped, a figure appeared behind a flower bed not far to his right. This figure also wore a mask on his face.

Unexpectedly, the other party was also stunned when he saw Yang Xiao. After hesitating for two seconds, he immediately turned around and ran in the other direction without saying hello to either party.

This is the choice of a smart person. Yang Xiao understood that the other party did not dare to confirm whether he was a human or a ghost, so he chose the safest way and left directly.

It was just a face-to-face meeting, and Yang Xiao vaguely saw the other person's mask. It was Dragon No. 41.

Yang Xiao also continued on his way, but before running 20 meters, he heard the patter of footsteps again. As the fog was pushed away, Dragon No. 41 appeared again.

It was obvious that both sides were panicking. Yang Xiao pulled out the human bone stick with his backhand, and Long Zi No. 41 also inserted his hand into his clothes. "Are you...are you a human or a ghost?" Long Zi No. 41 asked tentatively.

"It's a ghost." Yang Xiao replied without thinking.

Hearing this, the other party was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to be relieved. He slowly took his hand out and nodded, "That's good, so am I."

The voice sounds like that of a middle-aged man, with a sense of humor.

"Brother, stop running around. Didn't you notice something is wrong with this place? I live in Building 5, but I haven't gotten there even after running for so long." Long Zi No. 41 took a breath and kept looking around.

"It's a ghost hitting the wall." Yang Xiao saw clearly that the man was wearing a pair of white sweatpants. He breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice, "You and I have bumped into each other before. We were obviously running in two directions, but we met here again. Isn't this right?" science."

With the human bone stick in hand, Yang Xiao couldn't detect the man's evil thoughts. It seems that both of them were trapped in a ghost wall, and cooperation at this moment was the right way.

"Brother, where do you live?" Long Zi No. 41 asked.

"Building 3."

"No. 3?" Longzi No. 41 seemed to be frightened when he heard this, and took a step back unconsciously, "You...which room do you live in?"

"Why are you asking for such details?" Yang Xiao asked.

‘Don’t get me wrong, I just came out of Building 3. There was a dead man lying in the security room in the lobby, with only half of his body left. "Long Zi No. 41 hurriedly explained.

If what the man said was true, then the ghost killed another person while he was away. This ghost was really efficient.

"clang!"

Suddenly, a sound came from nearby, startling the two. The sound was quite crisp, like the sound of metal hitting stone.

"What's going on?" Yang Xiao suddenly became alert.

And Dragon No. 41 seemed to know the origin of the sound, and he was so nervous that he couldn't speak clearly, "This...

This is the ghost nearby, it's targeting us!"

"Have you heard this sound?"

"Of course, I was chased all the way by this sound." Dragon No. 41 wanted to cry but had no tears, "Let's run!"

At this moment, there was no better choice, and the two no longer entangled in their own residence, but turned around and ran away from the sound.

But they couldn't run away at all. Every time the two stopped, the sound suddenly sounded, not far from them, as if to tire them to death.

"Don't run, you can't run away, follow me, I have a magic weapon that can break illusions, I don't know if it works." Yang Xiao stared at the direction where the sound came from, and was about to take out the ghost lantern, but was stopped by Dragon No. 41.

"Don't do that. Once you take it out, you will be locked by the ghost. This ghost is scarier than the ones you have seen before!" Dragon No. 41's voice changed in a hurry.

And it was this sentence that instantly made Yang Xiao suspicious. Once he was locked by the ghost, wouldn't it give this person a chance to escape? He couldn't understand why he was so nice to him when they just met. He would rather suffer with him. Could it be... a kind person?

Once the suspicion came, it was hard to let it go. Yang Xiao looked at this teammate calmly. He seemed to have no problem. His body was clean and there was no injury on his waist. His performance at the beginning was also easy to gain trust, but he just felt something was wrong.

"Brother, what can you do?" Yang Xiao asked tentatively.

The other party sighed and shook his head, "Not yet. How about this, you follow me and let's try again."

People like Yang Xiao who often encounter ghost walls know that once you encounter this thing, no matter how many times you try, there is no problem unless you find a flaw.

The man in front of him behaved a little strangely, not like an experienced apostle. Yang Xiao followed him silently and observed calmly. As the man's legs swung, Yang Xiao finally found out what the problem was. It was the man's shoes. He was wearing a pair of leather shoes!

The people who came here were all desperate people, dressed differently, but one thing was that they must wear a pair of light shoes on their feet.

Taking a deep breath, Yang Xiao realized that he had been fooled. The guy in front of him was not a human, but a ghost!

He flipped his palm, and the ghost lantern appeared instantly. As the green light spread out, the "Dragon No. 41" walking in front showed his true body. It was indeed the real body of Dragon No. 41, but only the upper body was, and the lower body was a rotten and smelly corpse.

The upper body of Dragon No. 41 is extremely mismatched with the lower body. It is large on the top and small on the bottom. It is pieced together abruptly. Now it is following the footsteps of the legs, swinging left and right like seaweed. The scene is extremely terrifying.

It can be imagined that the ghost tore off the upper body and put it on its lower body after killing him.

At the same time, an extreme evil thought came from the human bone stick, which came from the guy in front of him!

He used the human bone stick to detect it before, but because he didn't see the disguise of this ghost clearly, the ability of the human bone stick was also blocked. Sure enough, it was not so easy for him to take advantage of the loopholes in the mission.

But now the situation is out of control. This half-body ghost turned around, about 5 meters away from Yang Xiao, raised the weak left arm of Dragon No. 41, waved at him, and between the man and the ghost, a black hole suddenly appeared on the ground.

As he gradually lost consciousness, a gust of cold wind blew, and the flame of the ghost lantern trembled a few times and then went out. Yang Xiao was like a puppet, shaking his body and walking forward step by step, and he was about to fall into the black hole.

Yang Xiao relied on his remaining willpower to desperately establish a connection with the robe, intending to summon the power of his good sister, even if he had to pay a tragic price afterwards, he didn't care, but the next second, just when Yang Xiao was about to step into the air and fall into the black hole, the crisp sound of metal hitting stone came again.

"Dang!"

At the same time, Yang Xiao also heard a distorted, mantra-like sound behind him, accompanied by a flash of light and shadow, and the illusion in front of him was shattered. "Dragon No. 41" was knocked out and fell into the mud, and a guy holding a black heavy ruler blocked Yang Xiao.

The control was released, Yang Xiao knelt a few steps, quickly regained his state, pulled out the human bone stick with his backhand to protect himself, and held the ghost lantern in the other hand.

Most of the fog around him dissipated, and the dark hole on the ground disappeared. The "Dragon No. 41" who was knocked out not far away stood up strangely in a posture that a living person could never do. His two arms shook as if they had no bones, his head drooped weakly to one side, and his whole body was lifeless. He was obviously not a living person.

"Thank you!" The person in front of him saved him, so he still had to say thank you.

"I have reminded you many times, why can't you react?" The person in front of him complained without turning his head.

"Besides, don't go out when it's foggy, don't you know?"

The voice was also a young man, not much older than Yang Xiao, wearing a gray sports suit, holding a large black ruler with a very textured texture, about one meter long, not like metal, but like some kind of jade.

Without waiting for Yang Xiao to speak, the man spoke again: "It's not in vain to save you, I am also trapped in this ghost wall,

Wait until I get rid of this guy, you use your lantern to take me out!"

"No problem!" Yang Xiao had no reason to refuse. The man seemed to be very confident in himself. After saying that, he stretched out his ruler and pointed it at "Dragon No. 41" who was walking stiffly. He whispered, "Forward, 20 steps."

The next second, Yang Xiao widened his eyes and saw the man in front of him disappear in an instant. Then he appeared behind the ghost, grabbed the black heavy ruler, and smashed it down fiercely.

"Bang!"

Dragon No. 41's head exploded like a watermelon. The whole headless cavity did not spurt out much blood. After taking two more steps, he fell to the ground powerlessly.

The legs continued to twitch, and the connection between the upper and lower body became unstable. Things like internal organs began to flow out. Yang Xiao pulled out the human bone stick and hit the shaking lower body. After two sticks, the legs stopped moving, and the upper and lower body also split into two halves. The whole body rotted at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a pool of disgusting corpse fluid that seeped into the ground.

Seeing Yang Xiao's human bone stick, the man couldn't help but admire, "Good stuff!"

"Yours is not bad either." Putting away the human bone stick, Yang Xiao stared at the black heavy ruler in the man's hand, and this admiration was sincere.

The man wore a Tianzi No. 9 mask. Although he was young, he was quite powerful, and the magic weapon in his hand was also the best. In the previous battle, Yang Xiao judged that the man's magic weapon was similar to his soul-catching mirror.

It's just that he needs to use the mirror or the pool as a transmission medium, while the man doesn't. The ruler in his hand can measure the distance between him and the enemy and then transmit it. But there are pros and cons. The transmission distance of this ruler should not be far, and it is estimated that it cannot open another relatively independent mirror world like his soul-catching mirror.

"I don't thank you for your kindness. What's your name, brother?" Yang Xiao bowed.

"Your surname is Lu, and your name is Wencheng. What about you?" Lu Wencheng raised his chin and wiped the blood on the ruler with one hand, full of the breath of a master.

"Yang Xiao."

"Brother Yang, you are too slow to react. Also, don't you read the notice before you go out? You dare to go out and wander around in the fog?" Lu Wencheng asked.

"What notice?" Yang Xiao realized it later, "No, I mean... what is written on the notice?"

"Go home immediately when you are in the fog. It is written on the blackboard hanging in the security room. I live in Building 5 and have just been to Building 4. The security rooms of both buildings have it written." Lu Wencheng explained.

Hearing this, Yang Xiao took a breath. There were also words on the blackboard in the security room of Building 3 where he was, but the most important first two words "fog" were erased. This could not be done by the people of the Patrol Department. It must be done by someone who lives in the same building as him. Almost immediately, Yang Xiao thought of the colleague with code name 437 mentioned in the notes of the room owner.

"Are there those strange things in your room?" Yang Xiao asked obscurely.

"Yes, and it is the top brand, with very good performance." Lu Wencheng straightened his back and answered. I don't know if it was an illusion, but Yang Xiao felt that this guy was quite proud.

Yang Xiao nodded, and his guess was confirmed. His identity was sold, and so was Lu Wencheng.

The guy who died in Room 529 of Building 2 was also sold. According to this calculation, the 11 people who came in this time should be the same.

In other words, there should be a contestant living in Room 437 of the building where he was at the moment. It was this person who secretly erased the words on the blackboard and almost killed himself!

Injecting mental power into the ghost lantern, as the green light dissipated the fog, Yang Xiao saw messy footprints under his feet. According to Lu Wencheng, he saw that he was blinded by a ghost and kept wandering around here. In fact, he was just going around in circles, so he used a magic weapon to knock on the rockery stone to remind him, but Yang Xiao misunderstood and regarded him as a ghost.

"This ghost is too cunning. He seems to be able to read the memory of the hunted person." Yang Xiao recalled the behavior of the previous ghost and suddenly said.

The two talked as they walked. Soon, under the guidance of the ghost lantern, they finally walked out. Several buildings around them gradually became clear. "Brother Lu, where do you live?" Yang Xiao asked before leaving.

"Building 5, Room 1607, how about you?" Lu Wencheng asked.

"Building 3, Room 1014." Yang Xiao replied.

After the two exchanged phone numbers, they hurriedly left. Wandering around the fog, they felt unsafe. Moreover, there seemed to be some great terror that had not appeared. Yang Xiao instinctively thought of the black hole that had appeared on the ground.

If Lu Wencheng had not helped, he would probably have fallen into the black hole. As for what was waiting for him inside, Yang Xiao didn't know.

Carefully returning to the room, Yang Xiao remained alert all the way, with the human bone stick in his hand. He was worried that the guy in Room 437 would ambush him. Now was not the time to settle accounts with him. He had to focus on dealing with the ghost first.

Returning to the 10th floor, he stopped and raised his head. "] There is a metal plate on the door with the number 1014 written on it. Yang Xiao took out the key and turned around, inserted the key into the keyhole of the opposite room, and twisted it gently, and a fenced iron door opened.

Yes, the room Yang Xiao actually lived in was room 1047, and room 1014 was just opposite him. Although Lu Wencheng saved him, he still had to be vigilant, so that even if Lu Wencheng came to find him, he would know and it would not delay anything.

There is another thing. Lu Wencheng also said clearly that saving him was not in vain, and he also saw the ability of his ghost lantern to break illusions. After all, it was not only Yang Xiao who was trapped by the ghost fog, but also Lu Wencheng. The purpose of saving him was to save himself.

The first thing he did after returning was to check the room. He specifically checked the placement of several items.

He left notes on a few useless notebooks on the table, and hid the really important notes. After checking, he confirmed that no one came in during the time he was away.

After resting for a while, he walked to the window and looked out through the corner of the curtain. The sky was getting darker, not as dark as covered by dark clouds, but at night.

For some reason, Yang Xiao always felt cold, that kind of coldness. He wrapped himself in a quilt and sat on the bed, but he still couldn't help but shiver.

His mind was getting sleepier and sleepier, his eyelids were fighting up and down. This sleepiness was strange. Yang Xiao forced himself not to sleep, and tried his best to connect what happened during this period. According to the known information, this ghost's killing targets are all They are men who sell themselves in the red light district. This must be related to what happened to this ghost.

In Room 529 of Building 2, he found several newspapers with key parts torn out. The news revealed on them pointed out that vicious cases had occurred in the East Asia Mansion, the methods were cruel, and people were missing, all of which were related to the red light district.

Whether the money has not been negotiated, or because of love and hatred, these are all unknown. Yang Xiao thought that he would go out again if he had the opportunity. Lu Wencheng said that there might be clues in Building 1. He had already found out that there was an office in Building 1, which he had served as The management office of the entire East Asia Mansion.

Under Yang Xiao's strong self-control, the strange sleepiness that came over him was forced back, but strangely, the chill that enveloped his body became more and more terrifying, as if there were a pair of gloomy eyes, hidden in something he didn't know. place, staring at him coldly.

This feeling makes people crazy. Yang Xiao picked up the ghost lantern and shone it around, but found nothing. The next second -

"Da da da da..."

The hair on Yang Xiao's back stood up. He looked up suddenly and heard someone running past above him.

It's right above him!

There's someone upstairs! !

But at this time, who would hide upstairs? The whole building is about to be moved out. Besides, he has been in this world for a while and has never heard any movement upstairs.

Holding his breath, Yang Xiao didn't dare to move. The chill on his body became more and more serious. He gave up his fantasy, he was being targeted by a ghost, but... why was this?

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Before Yang Xiao could think about this problem clearly, a dull sound of chopping meat came. The sound was heavy and muffled. Every blow seemed to cut into Yang Xiao's heart. This scene instantly reminded him of what the investigation team leader once said to him: No matter what strange sounds you hear at night, don't be curious, don't move, and don't be interested.

Taking a deep breath, Yang Xiao tried his best to calm down. He made up his mind, even if the other party was dancing upstairs,

He would never ask a question. After a few chopping sounds, the other party seemed to know that Yang Xiao would not be fooled.

Then the upstairs fell silent again.

After waiting for a minute, Yang Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had guessed correctly. The other party probably just wanted to scare him with his voice so that he would open the door and run out. It would be fine for an ordinary person, but he used this little messenger to target him, Yang Xiao. Still thinking too much.

Wrapping up the quilt tightly, Yang Xiao fell back on the bed, trying his best to stretch his tight body. He had been too nervous during this time.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The sound of chopping meat sounded again, this time from a closer distance. Yang Xiao sat up from the bed like a corpse, his face suddenly turned pale. He listened. This time the sound of chopping meat came from the room, and the direction was... towards the bathroom.

That ghost...came in!

Didn't leave the door!

At the same time, another piece of advice from the investigation captain also came to mind: That voice... may not be outside.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The sound moved again, this time... .This time it actually appeared in the closet, facing Yang Xiao's closet. The straight-line distance was no more than 2 meters at most. What was even more terrifying was that Yang Xiao could even see the closet door shaking violently.

It's like... .It was as if something was using the closet door as a cutting board. He grabbed the big knife and chopped it hard. If you listened carefully, you could hear the crisp sound of bones being split.

It was a large bone, with blood vessels and muscles attached. You can imagine that the closet must be a scene of flesh and blood.

If this continues, he will definitely die, and there is no chance that the next knife will strike him. Now there are not many choices left for Yang Xiao. Either stay, or open the door and rush out, but the latter will inevitably die.

Yang Xiao chose to stay, but he did not sit still and wait for death. Taking advantage of the moment when the chopping sound paused, Yang Xiao decisively took out the bronze mirror from his backpack, removed one side, and used the ability of the soul-capturing mirror to sneak into the world in the mirror.

At first, Yang Xiao was worried that he would fail. After all, the ghost's restriction ability was extremely strong, but as the light and shadow in front of him dimmed, he successfully entered the mirror world that reflected the apartment room. Everything here was the same as the apartment room.

"call--"

7

Yang Xiao jumped out of bed. Although he was now safe from the ghost's pursuit, this was not a long-term solution, and opening the mirror world rashly would most likely attract the terrifying old ghost in Taoist robes.

He planned to hide here for a while, half an hour at most, and then leave.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Yang Xiao went to the bathroom. Sure enough, he saw a terrifying scene inside. He saw three vicious knife marks left behind the wooden door of the bathroom. Each knife was strong enough to cut down people effortlessly. arm.

Yang Xiao, who returned to the bed and sat down, couldn't help but feel scared. Sure enough, the chopping sound he heard before was not an illusion, nor was it a bluff. It was... there was a real ghost!

If he fell asleep at that time, he would be like a fish on a sticky board, at the mercy of others. I am afraid that when someone opens this door the next day, or a few people from the investigation team break in, they will only see the remaining half of his body.

The ability of this ghost is really terrible. It is somewhat similar to the person who attacked him in the academy before, but it is much stronger than that person.

Yang Xiao was exhausted after thinking for a long time and resisting the sleepiness. He fell on the bed, exhaled a long breath, closed his eyes, stretched out his fingers and pressed hard on his temples. As the fatigue eased, Yang Xiao also planned to get up.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

There was a violent vibration under the bed. Yang Xiao was stunned for a moment. His whole body shook with the vibration. The sound of chopping meat and bones sounded again, this time under the bed.