Chu Xiang took out a piece of paper with the specific address for this mission written on it:
The top floor of Building 10 in the East District.
The whole city is currently without power, and we have to walk up to the top floor, which immediately made Chu Xiang feel dissatisfied.
He turned to look at Cao Gui beside him, pointed to the buildings in the distance, and said:
"Let's go, grab our gear, the place we're going to is in that building."
Cao Gui glanced at the building. Wow, that building was quite tall. He swallowed hard and then bent down to pack his equipment...
"What are these?" Cao Gui asked, pulling out two pairs of snow hiking boots with high-strength alloy spikes strapped to the bottom.
Chu Xiang glanced at it, also puzzled:
"These are shoes specifically designed for climbing snow-capped mountains. How did they end up in our gear bag?"
"Should we bring it or not?"
"Take it with you. Commander Shen arranged it, so it will naturally come in handy."
Sure enough, when they arrived at the stairwell, they realized the advantage of these shoes; only these shoes could get them up the icy stairwell.
Cao Gui said with great admiration:
"As expected of Commander Shen, he's truly thoughtful!"
Chu Xiang didn't speak, silently changing his shoes. From the moment he entered the building, he felt something was off, and a strange unease settled in his heart...
Chu Xiang looked at Cao Gui with a calm gaze:
"Don't delay, it will take us quite a while to get up there."
After changing their shoes, the two started climbing up, one after the other...
More than twenty minutes later, the two finally climbed to the "top floor," panting heavily.
Cao Gui, who was in good physical condition, was the first to reach the household registration entrance and excitedly shouted:
"Brother Xiang, the door isn't locked!"
Chu Xiang hadn't recovered yet; his heart was pounding, and he was panting heavily...
He wasn't sure if it was from exhaustion or something else, but something felt off: "Strange, why do I keep having this weird feeling? This place is eerie!"
Cao Gui couldn't resist and gently opened the door. He was stunned to see an empty room...
Chu Xiang couldn't help but peek inside:
There was nothing in the house!
Chu Xiang looked back at the stairwell, his face full of doubt:
"This is definitely the top floor. Could the information be incorrect?"
Cao Gui was also a little flustered, standing still, not knowing what to do next.
"Let's go in and take a look."
Chu Xiang was still unwilling to give up and wanted to examine it more carefully.
The two checked the house three times but still found nothing unusual. Chu Xiang even went downstairs to compare the floor plan with the apartment below, but still couldn't find any hidden spaces.
"Brother Xiang, what should we do? We might have made a wasted trip." Cao Gui was a little disheartened.
Chu Xiang sat on the floor, disheartened, looking at the empty room, unable to make up his mind...
Suddenly, a few faint footsteps came from the ceiling.
Chu Xiang had excellent hearing, and his ears immediately perked up! He looked at Cao Gui and put his index finger to his lips: "Shh..."
He was signaled to quiet down immediately.
Their hearts pounded with nervousness. After a two-minute silence, they heard a few faint footsteps.
This time he was certain he hadn't misheard.
There are people upstairs!
In the days since Xu Neng left, Wang Feifei has spent a lot of time training on the 25th floor every day.
Hard work pays off; her skills have improved significantly, and she can now easily hit targets within ten meters.
Unfortunately, she was unlucky today. Chu Xiang happened to be downstairs at that moment, and the sound of her footsteps when Wang Feifei went to the target to get the arrows gave her away!
Chu Xiang and Cao Gui stood rooted to the spot, too afraid to move. Their dark pupils rolled upwards as they stared intently at the ceiling, a sinister smile on their faces.
They were extremely excited, just like solving a riddle!
They walked into the stairwell, trying to find the way upstairs, while Chu Xiang stared blankly at a wall...
But then they heard Cao Gui whisper:
"Look, Brother Xiang!"
Chu Xiang turned around and saw Cao Gui standing next to the elevator. The elevator door was open, and inside was a dark elevator shaft.
Chu Xiang said excitedly:
"How did you do that?"
Cao Gui was a little embarrassed and replied:
“I worked as an elevator repairman for three years,” he said, pointing to the control panel next to him.
Chu Xiang saw that the control panel had been forcibly opened.
“When we repair elevators, we need to disconnect the power to operate them. There is a manual emergency switch in this control panel.”
Chu Xiang walked over excitedly. The dark elevator shaft was indeed frightening, but for the sake of this mission, he decided to take a gamble.
"Brother, grab my hand, let me peek inside."
After saying that, Chu Xiang grabbed the elevator door with one hand, and Cao Gui pulled his arm. Chu Xiang leaned his body into the elevator shaft and looked up...
Sure enough, there was an elevator door upstairs; this wasn't the top floor!
After seeing it clearly, Chu Xiang immediately shrank back and excitedly asked Cao Gui:
"Do you have a way to open the elevator doors upstairs as well?"
"No problem, it's not difficult."
Just like Chu Xiang had done, Cao Gui leaned out, picked up the sled pole, and gently pried open the elevator door.
Chu Xiang looked at the dark elevator shaft, the walls of which were covered with ice crystals. He peered down, but the bottom was nowhere in sight, and he had no idea which floor the elevator car was on.
If you fall, you will surely die!
He felt a little flustered and couldn't help but ask:
"How do we climb up now?"
Cao Gui, true to his simple-minded nature, confidently declared, "I have a plan!"
Chu Xiang was thin, while Cao Gui was strong, so he suggested that Chu Xiang straddle his shoulders and climb up the door by gripping the crack.
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