"What was that just now?"
Chen Danshen broke out in a cold sweat and felt a little curious.
"I told you, the Yin soldiers are here to borrow the road."
Lu Ban answered as a matter of course.
"But isn't that superstition? And this thing would only appear if there was some major disaster, right?"
Chen Danshen was a little hesitant and expressed doubt.
"Not necessarily. Jiangcheng has been plagued by disasters before. Have you heard of the rumors about the men's dormitory building at Jiangcheng University?"
He Youwu suddenly spoke at this time.
"What rumors?"
"Look, there are two particularly tall male dormitories at Jiangcheng University, both of which are 20 stories high."
He Youwu spoke in a very soft voice, as if he was afraid that something outside might hear it.
"It is said that this was an ancient battlefield. Jiangcheng was considered a battleground in the past. Hundreds of battles, big and small, were fought outside the city, and the dead were buried in the wasteland. In modern times, new areas have been developed, and those former burial sites have become real estate projects in the development zone. The campus of Jiangcheng University is one of them."
"Is this true? Don't lie to me."
Chen Danshen felt his arms going numb, which was a physical reaction caused by being too nervous before.
"Really? Because the Yin energy is too heavy, two tall buildings were built there. They are all occupied by boys and are used to suppress the undead spirits of the ancient battlefield. So, during normal school hours, there are usually no problems. But during holidays, when the students all go home, there is not enough Yang energy, so accidents are easy to happen."
He Youwu said this in a serious manner.
Upon hearing this, Lu Ban also added.
"Yes, I am from Jiangcheng University. I heard from my senior that he stayed at school during his junior year because of an internship during the summer vacation. At that time, there were not many people in the dormitory building. He returned to school from the company one night, alone. The dormitory building was pitch black, and only the dormitory aunt on the first floor had the lights on."
"He lived on the 15th floor and was about to take the elevator. When he walked by, he found that the dormitory manager seemed to be sleeping, lying in the room with a white blanket covering her body."
"The senior didn't pay much attention. He walked into the elevator, pressed the 15th floor button, and went to check his phone messages. After waiting for a while, he heard the elevator arrive, opened the door, and walked out without paying attention."
"But when he walked out of the elevator and headed towards his dormitory, he felt something was wrong. He took out his key to open the door, but found that the key would not turn."
After listening to Lu Ban's description, Chen Danshen broke out in a cold sweat again.
"Please don't tell ghost stories at this time..."
"What's next?"
He Youwu urged Lu Ban, probably because he thought he shouldn't be the only one who was scared to death.
"Um."
Lu Ban nodded and continued.
"The senior student tried it and found that the furnishings next to him were different. He saw that the lights in the next dormitory seemed to be on, so he knocked on the door. Soon, the door opened and a boy who looked a little sick was standing at the door. The senior student didn't know him at all."
"He asked, and the other party said this was the 13th floor. The senior then realized that he had gone to the wrong floor."
"He hurriedly thanked me and turned to leave, but suddenly he saw a large black-and-white portrait of a deceased person on a bed in the dormitory, with two green candles lit next to it."
“Although the senior student felt an indescribable strange feeling, he did not dare to ask more questions. He could only leave in a hurry and climb the stairs to the fifteenth floor.”
"He felt very strange. He was the only one in the elevator, and no one pressed the 13th floor button. Why did the elevator stop there?"
"Why would you put a portrait in the dormitory on the 13th floor?"
"The next day, the senior student went downstairs in the morning and asked the dormitory manager about what happened yesterday. But the dormitory manager said strangely that the dormitory managers were having a meeting at that time last night. They were all in the next building, so there should be no one in the dormitory manager's room."
"He hurriedly asked about the matter on the thirteenth floor. The dormitory manager was stunned and asked how did you know."
"The senior student looked confused. He didn't know what the dorm aunt was talking about, so he asked again."
"The dormitory manager then told him that the people living on the 13th floor were seniors. One of the boys committed suicide by jumping off the building during the day because he didn't have enough credits and his graduation project was blocked. They had a meeting last night to discuss this matter."
"The senior suddenly remembered at this moment why he looked at the boy and the portrait in a strange way."
Lu Ban lowered his voice.
"Because the person in the portrait is that boy!"
The air in the car fell silent, and after a long while, Chen Danshen forced a smile.
"…This is one of those ghost stories that every university has, right?"
"Anyway, Jiangcheng University is not very quiet here. My former senior also told me so."
He Youwu felt that after this experience, he had changed from a staunch atheist to a somewhat suspicious person.
I think no matter who it is, if they saw that scene just now, they would be a little scared.
"I'm sorry, this problem may have occurred because you guys were carrying me."
Lu Ban said something, urging He Youwu to continue driving.
Strangely enough, after driving a few hundred meters forward, He Youwu's cell phone suddenly made a sound.
"Turn left at the intersection ahead, be careful to change lanes..."
He looked at the navigation, and the straight "Yin Yang Road" was gone, replaced by the familiar Jiangcheng streets.
After turning a corner, I could see shops and a few pedestrians around.
"Okay, it seems like I've gotten out of this."
He Youwu's clothes were already soaked, so he dared to relax and slow down.
The police car did attract a lot of people's attention. They saw the police car enter the community and Lu Ban walked downstairs from the car, and they all talked about it.
After seeing off the two policemen, Lu Ban walked into his building, got into the elevator, and pressed the button for the 13th floor.
He glanced at his phone and saw that there were already discussions on Weibo about whether there were any criminals in their neighborhood.
bite--
The sound of the elevator arriving was heard and Lu Ban walked out.
“It’s so dark.”
He stomped his feet, but the voice-controlled light did not light up. Lu Ban turned on the light on his mobile phone, but found that the corridor was a bit shabby and dirty, unlike the clean corridor in front of his own home.
He looked back at the floor and found it was the seventh floor.
"strangeness……"
Lu Ban could only press the up elevator button and wait with his phone in hand.
The surroundings were relatively quiet, with only the occasional sound of talking, cars and dogs barking coming from outside.
Lu Ban watched the elevator go down from the thirteenth floor and gradually approach the seventh floor.
At this moment, he caught a slightly different sound.
Crunch——
There was a slight sound of a door opening. Lu Ban turned his head and saw the door at the end slowly opening under the green light of the emergency lamp.
He looked inside and it seemed like there was someone sitting there.
bite--
The sound of the elevator arriving was heard, and Lu Ban turned around to see that the elevator had stopped on the eighth floor.
The logic of the elevator would lead to such a situation only if someone went down from the 13th floor to the 8th floor.
The sound of the steel cable running was heard again, and Lu Ban turned his gaze from the display screen of the elevator floor to the door that had just been opened.
Then he saw an old man with a hunched back standing next to him.
The old man said nothing and just looked at Lu Ban blankly.
bite--
This time the elevator really reached the seventh floor, the door opened, and Lu Ban walked in.
He originally thought that the old man also wanted to take the elevator, but he was standing at the elevator door, motionless.
"Are you going down?"
Lu Ban asked and pressed the button for the thirteenth floor.
The old man just shook his head and waved at Lu Ban.
The movement was like that of a puppet, dull, wooden and awkward.
Lu Ban waited until the elevator door was completely closed, and this time noticed that they had indeed reached the thirteenth floor before he walked out.
Familiar corridor, familiar security door.
He returned home.