Chapter 7 Hide and Seek

◎Almost caught it◎

Gu Nian was on the top floor, the 30th. When she reached the 29th floor, she did not continue going down. Instead, she came to the fire door, gently pushed it open, and then her pupils shrank.

There was also a new dismembered body on the 29th floor.

Curious about what Gu Nian was doing, the flat-headed brother came over to see what was happening. He was startled and couldn't help but exclaimed, "How come someone was killed on this floor too?"

Soon someone remembered the monster that disappeared at the beginning, and everyone looked unhappy.

Hearing their movement, someone on the 29th floor quietly opened the door a crack. Seeing a large group of people coming, he mustered up the courage to walk out.

From the other party's description, we learned that the murderer was the monster that disappeared on the 30th floor.

Finally, the people on the 29th floor decided to follow.

According to current speculation, there is an extra corpse on the 29th and 30th floors, and two monsters have disappeared. If it is in order from top to bottom, then the 27th and 28th floors will also be in danger in the next hour.

Gu Nian and the others informed the people on the two floors about this matter separately, but after all, the two floors were still fine for the time being, so only a small number of people chose to go down and take a look.

Gu Nian did not try to persuade the remaining people, but only told them the time when the monsters might appear and the key points to avoid them.

Before leaving, she asked one more question: "Does anyone know Lu Yiming? Or does anyone know a boy who lives here and has difficulty walking?"

Although the black-haired boy in the dream spoke awkwardly, he was actually a very nice person. He probably spoke to her in the beginning to remind her, otherwise she would not have figured out the situation so quickly, and might have been eliminated in the first round by all the secondary personalities.

As for the main personality, Gu Nian will still help if he can.

As a result, people on the 27th and 28th floors said they didn't know him.

Since no one knew her, Gu Nian had to give up. Maybe the master personality lived on the 26th floor. Since she couldn't find him for the time being, she had to leave.

A group of twenty or thirty people went down to the first floor lobby and found that there were also some people gathered there. These people were trying to open the door, but there was no progress yet.

Seeing such a large group of people coming down noisily, a man stepped out from the crowd and said, "Why are you all coming down? We don't need so many people here for the time being. Everyone, just wait at home and we'll think of a solution."

Just as Gu Nian was about to step forward, many people started crying and shouting.

"Wait, why wait? There are monsters in this building, man-eating monsters! People have been eaten on the 29th and 30th floors. There's blood everywhere. We need to get out!"

"How do you manage this building? Why can't the door be opened? Now someone's dead. Can you bear this responsibility?"

"I recognize you. You're the building manager, right? You must give us an explanation for this matter. Four people have died. This door must be opened today, no, within the hour!"

The building manager was completely stunned. A monster? A man-eating monster?

Before he could react, the people who were opening the door had already quit. They were all young and strong men from their respective families, and were called by the building manager to open the door. Now when they heard that someone had died in the building, their first thought was to go home. They had elderly people and children at home.

Soon, the only people in the first-floor lobby were those coming down from the upper floors.

The people who were crying were confused and had to hold the building manager back to prevent him from leaving.

The building manager finally realized the seriousness of the situation. It would be difficult to call back those who had left, but fortunately, so many people had come down. He was angry at being accused, but he still knew that the most important thing at the moment was to open the door, so he asked, "Is there a locksmith here?"

Soon a man stood up and said, "I am."

Everyone cheered, but Gu Nian was not happy because she saw that the building manager's face was not much better either. Maybe someone had tried it before.

Sure enough, the locksmith tried several times but couldn't open the lock.

The crowd started arguing again. What should they do if they couldn't get out? What if the monsters continued to increase in number? Then it wouldn't be a matter of just one person dying at a time. Everyone was extremely scared.

Finally, he took out a fire axe and prepared to chop the door open.

Gu Nian didn't try to break down the door. She went to the building manager and asked, "Have you tried the window?"

The building manager looked at Gu Nian in surprise. Seeing that she looked calm, he finally didn't hide anything and whispered, "The property management staff were here before. We discussed leaving through the window because we couldn't see clearly from outside. We even tied a rope, but after we left, the rope broke and we never came back."

This was different from what was agreed upon before. He didn't know whether the person had gone out or something had happened. In order to prevent the crowd from getting angry, he didn't dare to tell anyone about it.

The building manager sighed and looked worriedly at the crowd who were still trying to open the door. "Actually, opening the door may not be possible..." The main reason was that this was too strange. He had lived for decades and had never seen a day darker than night.

But he couldn't say anything about this. Everyone wanted to leave, and he couldn't persuade them with just a few words. Moreover, now that someone had died, forcibly stopping them would only make the situation worse.

With everyone's efforts, a hole was finally split open in the door, and cheers rang out. At this time, there were only more than ten minutes left before the monster appeared.

Seeing that the door could not be opened for the time being, everyone decided to wait for another hour.

As for who would die this time, everyone knew it tacitly and no one mentioned it, but everyone hoped in their hearts that it would not be them.

Because of the monster, those who came down from the upper floors were reluctant to return to the floors where the body parts were found. Those who knew people there sought shelter with those they knew. Finally, a small number of people remained, and with the help of the building manager, they finally found a temporary shelter.

Gu Nian was assigned to the eleventh floor, which was a house rented out by the building manager.

While waiting for the door to be broken, the building manager had already arranged for everyone on the floors to be informed of the monster. Meanwhile, the remaining people on the 27th and 28th floors were being persuaded to take shelter elsewhere. In other words, the entire 27th to 30th floors were now empty.

Five minutes later, the whole building fell silent.

Gu Nian counted the time. There were still seven minutes left before the monster would appear.

But when the third minute was counted, the familiar song sounded again, still on their floor!

The man and woman hiding with Gu Nian were trembling with fear, "No, didn't you say there were five minutes left?" How come they showed up so early, and on their floor!

Gu Nian made a silent gesture and pointed outside, and the two of them immediately dared not say a word. They looked at each other and went back to their rooms to hide.

Gu Nian ignored them. She quietly approached the door and lay on the door panel to look outside.

After she was sure that the monster had appeared and was heading towards her, she stopped looking outside and slowly lay on the ground with her palms touching the ground. A black thread as thick as a hair swam out through the crack in the door, and then she waited quietly.

Gu Nian was fully focused, waiting for the monster to arrive at the door.

In the corridor, a monster with a strange smile on its lips walked towards the room where Gu Nian was. However, the next moment, it roared in pain as if it had stepped on a red-hot iron, and then retreated rapidly.

Gu Nian thought something was wrong and quickly opened the door, but he only had time to see the monster's back disappear into the corridor.

Almost, just so close to catching it!

It wasn't Gu Nian's fault for being unprepared; this terrifying-looking monster was actually much weaker than it appeared. Gu Nian only realized this when the black line touched the other party.

Gu Nian raised his foot and chased after him.