Tiger Fang's voice came from Wei Ba's phone, warm and gentle, shining into her heart like sunshine.
"Sister Huya, listen to me, the ghost is hiding in the printer. It dragged me to this side of the cave. You can see it if you move the printer away."
"Okay, don't worry, we'll be able to meet soon."
Listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, Tail was still a little worried: "You must go to the left passage! When I just came out of the cave, I heard the sound of wheels rolling behind me. Something was chasing me. I didn't dare to think too much at the time and just chose a random direction to run. I didn't dare to call you until the sound disappeared."
"We're here. Just walk forward. Don't be afraid and don't hang up." Hu Ya's voice kept coming from the phone, as if she was a caring older sister.
Accompanied by that voice, Tail felt her body regain strength, and she walked towards the deeper darkness.
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“The phone call is not working.”
Anan stood in the middle of the fork in the road, looking at the two white-painted roads on the left and right, and fell into deep thought.
"Where should I go?"
This question has puzzled him for a long time. The underground morgue scene is completely different from other horror scenes. It is like a maze with an extremely complex internal structure, and they are now deeply trapped in it.
"No one answered the phone. The owner of the haunted house is very thoughtful. A signal jammer should be installed in this scene." Xiao Li tried to explain it scientifically.
"It's not a jammer. The signal is full, but no one is answering the call." Huya put away her phone. She stood next to Anan with a hint of worry in her eyes: "Weiba may have accidentally dropped his phone somewhere while running for his life."
Hu Ya gave the answer that is closest to reality, and this is also the explanation she gave to herself.
“What should we do next? Another fork in the road, which way should we go?” Yang Chen looked at Hu Ya who was using her phone in the haunted house, and subconsciously moved away from her. Something was not right, and he didn’t want to be the first to do so, so he tried to keep a low profile.
His eyes secretly swept over the people around him, and Yang Chen felt more and more uneasy. He secretly paid attention, vowing to find the source of that uneasiness.
"There are no signs on the two roads, both are painted white. According to what the medical student said, this is the corpse transport passage, a road prepared for the dead. We'd better not go in casually." After Xiao Li finished speaking, he glanced at Bai Qiulin. He might want to get Bai Qiulin's support, but unfortunately Bai Qiulin's attention was never on him from beginning to end.
"We can only take a gamble." Huya and Anan didn't discuss it with the others. They looked at each other and directly chose the passage on the left. "The tail's phone was connected, but no one answered. It must have been dropped while she was running. And she was so hastily running for her life that she didn't even bother to pick up the phone. It means that she must have been chased by something scary, most likely a small car with wheels. In that case, she would definitely choose a passage that is close to her, and the passage on the left is closer to her."
“Your speculation seems more like self-deception to me, and it’s completely untenable.” Yang Chen was young after all, and he couldn’t bear to listen any longer, so he retorted: “What if the terrifying monster chasing Tail rushed out from the left passage? At this time, she can only run to the right. If we go to the left passage, we will only collide with those monsters.”
"Relatively speaking, the probability of Tail entering the left channel is greater, which is enough for me." Huya and Anan entered the left channel without looking back.
The two editors insisted on leaving. In order to keep the team intact, Yang Chen had no choice but to follow them even though he was dissatisfied.
The team of twelve people has become nine people. If it splits further, the chances of passing the level will be even slimmer.
Sighing softly, Yang Chen felt more and more that he could not see through the boss of the haunted house: "Based on my understanding of the boss, after getting the photos, the true horror of this scene will be revealed. Now it's just an appetizer."
Just thinking about it a little more deeply, Yang Chen couldn't stop sweating on his forehead. The other party obviously hadn't exerted any strength yet. It had only been a few minutes since they entered the scene, and the team that was originally united had already fallen apart. If things continued like this, let alone passing the level, it would be a problem whether they could enter the core area and find the photos.
"The owner of this haunted house is too perverted. He won't leave any chance for survival!"
Yang Chen sighed in his heart, but his expression did not change at all. He was worried that his emotions would affect others.
“We can’t rely on others. We can only focus on ourselves and give priority to our own people.” Yang Chen looked back and saw that the group of tourists who entered the haunted house had split into several small groups.
The two editors were in the front, Bai Qiulin and Xiao Li, two individual travelers, were walking together, and at the end of the team were Lao Zhou and Duan Yue.
“Those two editors didn’t listen to advice and have their own ideas. Bai Qiulin is arrogant and cunning.” Yang Chen looked around and finally set his sights on Old Zhou: “This young couple is kind. The husband has a strong sense of justice and is tolerant and generous, while the wife has a weak personality. They are very suitable to be teammates. I need to get in touch with them more.”
Yang Chen whispered to Li Xue, slowed down, and took the initiative to move closer to Lao Zhou.
When Lao Zhou found out that Yang Chen took the initiative to come and chat with him, he showed strong vigilance. He still remembered Yang Chen’s cold words when the chef ran away just now.
He did not give Yang Chen a good look. In his opinion, if Yang Chen could abandon the chef, he would also abandon himself in the future.
"What are you doing here?" Old Zhou had a stern face, but Duan Yue was trying to persuade him.
Yang Chen apologized in a low voice, told Lao Zhou his difficulties, and carefully analyzed the situation at that time to Lao Zhou. Finally, Lao Zhou's expression eased a little.
But when Yang Chen proposed to join forces with Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou refused without a second thought. When Duan Yue asked, Lao Zhou said in a voice that Yang Chen could just hear: “Joining forces with them is like seeking the skin of a tiger. We are too cunning to be sold out by them and help them count their money.”
Duan Yue nodded as if she understood, but Yang Chen beside her could only smile bitterly. However, the more Lao Zhou said this, the more determined he became to win Lao Zhou over.
He didn't know why, but he felt more and more uneasy, as if danger was lurking around him or even among the tourists. So at this time he had to gather more forces to deal with the sudden situation.
While Yang Chen continued to lobby Lao Zhou, new changes occurred in the passage ahead.
The smell of formaldehyde grew thicker in the air, and gusts of cold wind blew out from an open iron door at the end of the corridor.