The three continued to explore the basement. They found a secret door hidden in the corner. There was a faint blue light around the secret door, as if calling them.
"This secret door looks eerie. I wonder what's hidden inside," Ouyang Zhenghao said warily, his hand unconsciously tightening around his weapon. A wave of fear surged in his heart, but curiosity and a sense of mission drove him forward.
Lin Yu took a deep breath and slowly pushed open the secret door. Behind it was a narrow passage. Stones emitting a strange glow were inlaid on the walls, illuminating the path ahead. A pungent odor filled the passage, like a mixture of sulfur and decay, making one want to vomit.
They walked cautiously along the passage, and suddenly, a huge circular room appeared in front of them. In the center of the room was a sarcophagus, engraved with strange runes and patterns. The runes glowed dark red, as if telling an ancient and evil story.
"This sarcophagus... could it be related to the strange phenomena in the building?" Chen Yao said, her eyes revealing confusion and fear. She walked closer to the sarcophagus and tried to identify the runes, but they seemed to carry some kind of magical power, causing her head to ache.
Lin Yu and Ouyang Zhenghao also gathered around. Lin Yu carefully examined the patterns on the sarcophagus, trying to find clues. "These patterns seem to depict a sacrificial ritual. Perhaps the Japanese invaders performed some kind of evil sacrifice here, which triggered all this." Lin Yu said, his eyes revealing a hint of worry, fearing that the sarcophagus concealed a greater evil force.
At this moment, the sarcophagus suddenly shook violently, and black smoke leaked out from the cracks in the sarcophagus. The smoke quickly spread out, forming a huge black vortex that seemed to swallow them up.
"Oh no, run!" Lin Yu shouted, pulling Ouyang Zhenghao and Shen Yao out of the passage.
However, the suction of the black vortex grew stronger and stronger, and their steps became heavy, as if countless invisible hands were pulling them.
"No, I can't escape!" Ouyang Zhenghao shouted in despair. He felt his body was uncontrollably approaching the vortex.
Lin Yu frowned, quickly thinking of a countermeasure. He discovered that the suction was strongest at the center of the vortex, while the edges were relatively weaker. "Stay to the edge of the vortex, don't get sucked into the center!" Lin Yu shouted.
The three of them struggled with all their might towards the edge of the vortex. Their bodies were enveloped in black smoke, their vision blurred. Every step forward required immense effort.
Suddenly, Shen Yao shouted: "Look, the runes on the sarcophagus have changed!"
Lin Yu and Ouyang Zhenghao looked over and saw the runes on the sarcophagus flickering even more intensely, and the arrangement of the runes seemed to form a new pattern. An idea suddenly struck Lin Yu. "Perhaps we can use these changes in the runes to find a way to break the vortex! Chen Yao, you quickly study the runes. Ouyang and I will try our best to stabilize ourselves and prevent ourselves from being sucked in!" Lin Yu said.
Chen Yao suppressed her fear and physical discomfort, carefully observing the changes in the runes. Her mind raced, trying to decipher the meaning behind the runes. "These runes seem to be summoning some kind of power. Perhaps we can reverse the summons and cut off its power!" Chen Yao said.
"How do we operate? Tell us quickly, we can't hold on any longer!" Ouyang Zhenghao shouted anxiously. At this moment, he felt that his strength was about to run out, and his body was almost sucked into the vortex.
Chen Yao quickly pulled a small energy device from her backpack, adjusted it to the opposite frequency of the rune, and threw it towards the sarcophagus. The moment the energy device touched the sarcophagus, it emitted a dazzling light, competing with the runes on the sarcophagus.
The suction of the black vortex weakened instantly, and the three people took the opportunity to break free from the pull of the vortex and collapsed in the passage.
"Finally... I escaped again." Ouyang Zhenghao said while panting, his face full of fatigue and relief.
Lin Yu stood up and looked at the sarcophagus, his eyes revealing determination. "This sarcophagus must be the key. We can't retreat. We must figure out its secret and completely resolve the crisis in this building." Lin Yu knew that they had reached the core of the mystery. Only by completely uncovering the secret of the sarcophagus could they truly save the building and let the souls of those who died rest in peace.
The three approached the sarcophagus again. The runes on the sarcophagus had stopped flashing and calm had returned. Lin Yu carefully pushed open the lid of the sarcophagus. Inside lay a skeleton dressed in Japanese military uniform, holding a tattered diary in its hands.
Lin Yu picked up the diary and found that the paper had turned yellow and the handwriting was a little blurred, but still barely recognizable. He slowly opened the diary, which recorded the atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders. It turned out that they tried to summon a powerful dark force through an evil sacrificial ritual to help them win the war. The basement of this building was exactly the sacrificial site they chose. They killed countless innocent people here and used their blood and lives as sacrificial offerings. However, when the ceremony was halfway through, for some reason it suddenly got out of control, and the dark force backfired, causing the invaders to die. But their evil resentment and the wronged souls of those innocent people were trapped in this building, triggering a series of strange events.
"So that's how it is. The greed and cruelty of these invaders caused all these tragedies." Lin Yu said angrily, his eyes full of hatred for the invaders.
"Then what should we do now? How can we calm the resentment of these wronged souls and resolve the crisis in the building?" Ouyang Zhenghao asked, his eyes revealing worry, worried that all this is not over yet.
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