"Can we go to 209?" Yue Xiaoyan looked at Xiaoxiao's swollen face.
Only after catching the fleeting emotion on Xiaoxiao's face did she frown. Having heard Xiaoxiao mention 209 with a hint of gloating, Yue Xiaoyan had speculated that Lu Cai might have fallen to 209. She inquired, and saw that Xiaoxiao was thinking and calculating for a moment.
When Yue Xiaoyan looked up at Ru De, she saw a look of understanding in his eyes.
Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "I don't dare to go!"
Even if you take me there, I wouldn't dare go. Yue Xiaoyan was silent. Who knows where this female ghost will take them...
Therefore, even if they knew Lu Cai's whereabouts, they could not find her.
Boom boom boom——
When the familiar knock on the door came from the side of the corridor, the two of them cried out "Oh no" and quickly ran back to the room, closing the door decisively.
The door frame and floor had been badly damaged, and the door wouldn't close properly. They simply abandoned the door and ran back into the house.
Shi Rukui opened the wardrobe on one side and saw the blue figure beside him rush in. He looked at the size of the wardrobe and was about to close the door and find a place to hide when the girl grabbed his sleeve.
Yue Xiaoyan pulled him in. Although she was timid, she wasn't the type to let others die for her. The cabinet door was about to close, and the two of them squeezed in with their hands and feet, and then the door was pushed open.
Fear filled the room like cold water. A chill ran up their spines.
The cabinet door was closed, and the interior was pitch black. They sat facing each other, Yue Xiaoyan leaning her legs against the wall, Shi Rukui bending her legs and carefully holding onto the cabinet door.
Just as the fear was about to overwhelm him, a cappella singing began to fill the air beside him. Shi Rukui tensed, knowing she was offering a "blessing." But it was a bit risky; if his energy ran out, the singing would attract the attention of the ghosts.
As the green light slowly fell from above their heads, it landed on their shoulders and arms, and gradually merged into their bodies.
Shi Rukui didn't feel anything unusual, but the sound of movement in the room made him feel a chill. He closed his eyes, unable to see even the last bit of light.
The fear of ghosts is the greatest harm suffered after entering a supernatural copy.
He calmed himself down, then slowly released his healing power. His limbs and body gradually warmed up, a warmth enveloping him, and the fear he had felt just now vanished without a trace.
Sometimes, overcoming psychological fear is also a form of healing.
He opened his eyes and looked at the light golden warm light surrounding Yue Xiaoyan, and slowly moved his gaze to the tightly closed cabinet door.
Footsteps sounded outside the cabinet door. Why could a ghost have such heavy footsteps? Perhaps it was to scare people.
With a creak, the footsteps stopped outside the cabinet door, and the humming sound still echoed in the cabinet.
A cold light shone into the cabinet from outside, and the two doors were suddenly opened.
Yue Xiaoyan closed her eyes and concentrated on singing the tune of "Blessing", but Shi Rukui could clearly see the scene outside the cabinet door.
A tall figure, wearing a black suit, with broad shoulders and a bare neck, and the collar of his white shirt was stained with bright red blood.
It turned out to be a headless ghost——
The ghost raised his hand, his cuffs were stained with blood, his fingers were shriveled and thin, and his nails were sharp, like the claws of a wild beast.
Shi Rukui pressed himself against the back wall, watching as a pale hand reached in and stopped before his eyes. Its sharp claws curved slightly, reaching toward his face and making a light scratch, as if testing something.
The faint green fluorescence continued to fade slowly. The ghost hand withdrew from the cabinet, and the headless ghost turned around and paced around the room.
Judging from the footsteps, the headless ghost did not seem to be in a hurry, and even seemed to be strolling leisurely.
The headless body swayed around the room, and the a cappella singing of "Blessing" never stopped.
Finally, the footsteps reached the door and the door slammed shut.
Yue Xiaoyan continued to sing slowly. After a long moment, once she was sure the ghost hadn't returned, she let out a long sigh. The pale green fluorescence slowly faded and disappeared. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, her head dizzy as she leaned against the back wall.
If she encounters a ghost after three steps on this branch, her supernatural energy will not be enough—
——
The slender figure tilted its head slightly to one side, and the black-haired doll also turned its head.
Lu Cai frowned, his whole body on guard, a faint red light shrouding his skin.
The doll's smiling face turned toward Lu Cai, the rosy lips particularly conspicuous in the dim light. It slowly raised its right hand, its fingers slightly bent.
Under Lu Cai's vigilant gaze, the doll grabbed at its chest fiercely!
Having never seen such a scene before, Lu Cai was stunned by the operation. The next moment, a slight pain in her chest brought her back to consciousness. She looked down and saw a faint red light on her chest.
Remembering Shi Rukui's description of the voodoo doll, Lu Cai raised his eyes again to look at the half-human-sized doll. It trembled slightly, the wound on its chest healing and then opening again, and bright red blood oozing from the wound, staining its pink puffy skirt.
Backlash? When its attack is blocked by the opponent, the attack will be rebounded back to it?
Lu Cai suddenly felt that this voodoo doll was very unlucky to have met her.
Seeing that the curse was useless, the stiff smile on the voodoo doll's face disappeared, the slightly upturned corners of its lips began to droop, and its facial features became hideous.
It didn't give up and raised its hand to grab the shoulder again. Its sharp five fingers dug into the plastic shoulder and tore the fabric on the shoulder.
Bright red blood spurted out almost instantly, and it took a while for the bleeding to stop.
Lu Cai lowered his hand, gripping the dagger, and watched the figure and doll approaching the other end as if he were watching a farce. He wondered if this would become a shadow in the voodoo doll's life. After all, the target of its attack was not injured, and it was still staring at it in a gloomy and terrifying illusion.
No matter how the voodoo doll mutilated itself, Lu Cai remained unscathed. She raised her head and shifted her gaze to the calm figure behind the doll. Upon closer inspection, she saw it was a girl with a student-style haircut.
Xiao Xiao, the long-haired ghost, the cheongsam ghost, the tongue ghost, the axe ghost, and now the voodoo doll ghost. If Xiao Xiao is not lying, there are still two ghosts who have not revealed their faces.
Now she has seen six of the eight ghosts, and she has a general idea of what is going on.
The long-haired ghost has been dealt with by her, Xiaoxiao is under control, the cheongsam ghost is the least like a ghost, but his abilities are unknown, the tongue ghost likes to come out and make trouble from time to time, and the axe ghost has had one hand chopped off, and she doesn't mind chopping off its other hand as well.
As for the voodoo doll in front of him, Lu Cai raised his eyebrows. It seemed that except for self-harm, it had no other means of attack.
Lu Cai narrowed his eyes, clenched his dagger, suddenly jumped up, and ran towards the figure behind the voodoo doll.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but the voodoo doll that was busy scratching itself seemed to be frightened. Its hands trembled and its whole body jumped up slightly.
She curled the corners of her mouth, looking quite cute.
The adorable puppet shook itself, attempting to turn and run away, but its body was stiff, and its steps were slow and unsteady. In the past, its wobbly approach to humans was its favorite way to scare people. Who could have imagined that today, its small, slow steps would become an obstacle to its escape?
Lu Cai ignored the puppet and raised his hand to stab the figure.
The shadow didn't move at all. At the moment the knife fell, the shadow raised its head, and in the instantaneous light, a smooth chin was revealed.
"You are different from those two people." The figure's voice was very pleasant, clear and melodious, as if a cool breeze blew through the wind chimes on the eaves, tinkling.
The blade grazed the other person's nose, and the silhouette disappeared with a playful smile.
Crash——
Lu Cai stood firm and looked in the direction of the sound. The voodoo doll's limbs were broken and shattered. The black-haired head rolled several times and landed right in front of her toes.
The eyeballs on the doll's head turned and stopped at Lu Cai's face. It opened its eyes wide in fear and laughed twice. Then a black crack spread from the hairline of its forehead, across its forehead, through its eyebrows, along the bridge of its nose, and finally to its upper lip.
Black sewage mixed with blood gurgled out from the cracks in the head, and the stench filled the entire corridor.
The doll, though bright and beautiful on the outside, was already filthy inside, filled with filthy water and large pools of blood.
Lu Cai took two steps back, and the sewage continued to flow out, forming a pool on the floor.
Was that girl the spirit of the voodoo doll? Did she abandon the doll to escape?
Perhaps, the other party did not give up the puppet, but gave up the voodoo doll.
Lu Cai looked at the broken doll on the ground with a blank expression. She turned and began to survey the corridor. She reached a door, tilted her head slightly, and looked at the number "209" on it.
It really is Shi Rukui's room.
Lu Cai grabbed the doorknob and opened it. Perhaps because the ghost had been dealt with, the room didn't seem eerie or scary, though it was pitch black without any lights on.
As she approached the house, her footsteps were particularly clear.
Cai Lu walked to the room card, raised his hand and touched it. The room card was inserted into the card slot, and then he pressed the light switch next to it.
There was a flash of "ziz", the ceiling light came on, and the side light in the corner also emitted a faint light.
The room was a bit messy, with a few bloodstains on the floor, and the mirror boards on the wall had been removed.
Lu Cai walked closer and carefully examined the mirror's wooden frame. Unfortunately, her memory was really bad, and she couldn't remember what the texture she had seen in 205 was like...
Giving up studying the wooden frame, she focused her attention on the reflection in the mirror. Just like what she had seen before, it was a room with data facing in reverse.
The lights in the room in the mirror were off, with only a dim bedside lamp on at the head of the bed.
She looked inside through the mirror and found a person lying on the bed by the window. The white quilt was slightly bulging and the person inside moved.
Feeling a little uneasy, Lu Cai glanced at the bed by the window behind him. Under the bright light, the bed was empty, and the quilt was lifted up, half hanging on the ground.
Turning my gaze back to the mirror, I saw a long-haired woman in white pajamas sitting up on the bed where another person was lying. She faced the window, her thick hair slightly curled, reaching down to her waist.
The woman's white nightgown was baggy. She stood up. She was tall, with long, slender legs. Her hair still covered her face, making it difficult to see her features.
Lu Cai stared at the woman, only to see her walking along the windowsill and gradually entering an invisible corner.
Feeling a little nervous, Lu Cai frowned and looked at the mirror, hoping that the woman would walk faster and pass by the mirror.
After waiting for a while, there was silence and the scene in the mirror seemed to have become a static photo.
When Lu Cai was about to lose his patience, the woman suddenly rushed to the mirror from the side, and her pale and swollen face was pressed against the mirror.
She took half a step back and found that the woman in the mirror had no intention of coming out, so she had time to look at her carefully.
The woman's face was swollen, but her fingers were still white and slender, and there were some purple bruises on her neck. She grinned wildly at the mirror, her features distorted, as if she had been soaking in water for a long time.
Finally, the woman bumped her head against the mirror, and bright red liquid flowed down from the top of the mirror, covering the entire surface.
All this trouble, just to perform a pantomime for her?
Lu Cai didn't quite understand this kind of performance art. As she turned around and prepared to stand up, a swollen smiling face caught her eye.
Their noses were almost touching each other's faces, and a strange fishy smell mixed with a pungent smell hit them in the face.
She stepped back and raised her dagger, only then did she see clearly that the smiling face belonged to Xiaoxiao.
"Hey man, you took the voodoo doll apart!" Xiaoxiao's tone was full of excitement. "She's so bad. Several times, I scared the people, but she ate them!"
Lu Cai put down the dagger: "Why are you here?"
Xiaoxiao raised her chin and pointed to the red line on her neck: "With this, no matter where you go, I can find you." She was a little complacent.
Lu Cai frowned and took a closer look. The small swollen face looked a bit like the woman in the mirror just now.
Could it be that Xiaoxiao was just passing by? But the woman in the mirror seemed taller than Xiaoxiao.
Lu Cai raised his left hand and stretched it towards Xiaoxiao's face. Xiaoxiao was probably scared and took a step back.
His hand stopped in mid-air, and Lu Cai retracted it: "What's wrong with your face?"
Xiaoxiao tilted her head: "I don't know. Sister Chunling said that I was not like this when I first became a ghost, but later it slowly became like this-" After saying that, she covered her mouth.
Lu Cai raised his eyebrows: "Sister Chunling?"
Xiaoxiao shook her head in panic.
"That female ghost in the cheongsam is called Chunling?" It's not hard to guess. Xiaoxiao treats other ghosts with indifference and amusement. Even when the long-haired ghost died, she didn't seem sad. But the cheongsam ghost was willing to save Xiaoxiao, which shows that the two ghosts have a good relationship.
A little panicked and at a loss.
Lu Cai smiled and said, "Where are my friends?"
Xiao Xiao finally calmed down and looked at Lu Cai carefully: "They are in room 205. The headless ghost came and I got scared so I ran away -"
"Headless ghost?" Lu Cai stopped smiling. If the headless ghost was the seventh ghost, then the figure following the voodoo doll would be the eighth one?
Xiao Xiao nodded anxiously: "Ever since I came to the hotel, he has been headless. Every day he knocks on the door of the hotel room, looking for his head everywhere. Unfortunately, he has no head, so he can't hear or see, so he can only feel with his hands. If he finds you, he won't care whether you are a human or a ghost, he will tear your head off!"
After listening to her detailed account, Lu Cai couldn't help but ask, "What about you? How do you usually harm others?"
The female ghost lowered her head, her messy hair hanging on the side of her face. After a long time, she uttered a sentence: "Helping the long-haired ghost to deceive people, it is too stupid and doesn't know anything except eating..." Her voice gradually became smaller.
Seeing that she is afraid of this or that, and is so timid, I guess her life here is not easy. She looks like a little punching bag who is bullied by all kinds of people.
Of course, the premise is that she is telling the truth at this moment. Lu Cai's eyes darkened. After all, this little girl's ability to deceive people with sweet words is quite impressive.
I don’t know how Shi Rukui and Yue Xiaoyan are doing now.
"Can you take me back to Room 205?" Lu Cai stared at Xiao Xiao.
Xiaoxiao closed her eyes and felt for a while, then opened them: "The headless ghost seems to have left. I can only sense the location of other ghosts, but can't find the designated room."
As Lu Cai expected, she prepared to stand up.
"However, if you kill a ghost, the range of the ghost mirror illusion will be smaller." Xiao Xiao looked at Lu Cai seriously, "If you don't believe me, I'll take you to see the mirror fragments--"
This surprised Lu Cai a little, not because of the hint Xiao Xiao gave, but because the fact that she was willing to give the hint was itself strange.
Before, Xiaoxiao was obviously very unwilling to cooperate, but now he actually took the initiative to reveal the clues?
Don't tell me it's a trick.
Lu Cai remained calm and nodded. Xiao Xiao grinned, then stood up and waved to Lu Cai: "Follow me!"
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Cai stood up and followed Xiao Xiao out of the room. Looking at the female ghost who seemed to be jumping for joy in the dim light in front of him, Lu Cai became more and more confused.
Xiaoxiao nimbly jumped over the pool of black blood and the broken remains of the doll on the ground, then turned to look at Lu Cai.
Under the bright light, there is a clean and pretty little face, with dark and bright eyes, a straight nose, natural red lips, a big smile on her face, and soft and slender hair, with the ends of her hair slightly lifted by the wind.
The light blue plaid dress is also brightly colored and doesn't look worn out at all.
Lu Cai paused for a moment, then continued walking forward. It was only a moment, like a beauty turning to bones, and the girl's pretty face became swollen and distorted again.
"It's here!" Xiaoxiao stopped and pointed to the floor at the end of the corridor.
Lu Cai approached and followed her lead. There were still many mirror fragments on the ground, but among them, there was a complete mirrored surface of about one square meter, reflecting the dim ceiling.
"That's the mirror of the voodoo doll ghost!" Xiaoxiao explained.
"You mean, every time a ghost dies, the mirror will condense?" Lu Cai asked her.
A small nod.
Lu Cai looked at her with a critical eye: "Aren't you the 'ghost under the eaves'?"
Xiao Xiao didn't care: "This is not a big secret, and even if you kill all the ghosts, you may not be able to get out. This is just a hint-"
"What if I want to kill you?" Lu Cai asked tentatively.
Xiao Xiao immediately stiffened her back: "I... I am very obedient... You also need a ghost to explain to you..."
Lu Cai smiled. If Xiaoxiao was really helping, it would be interesting.
As for helping, they will only help if there is profit to be made, not to mention that they are from opposing camps.
What's that little picture?
Lu Cai was not in a hurry. He would eventually find out what this untruthful female ghost was planning.
"Who are we going to deal with now?" Lu Cai asked her casually, "Which of the remaining ghosts do you think is the weakest?"
Xiaoxiao didn't answer.
"Back under the eaves again?" Lu Cai glanced at her. "Why don't we go chop off that big tongue?"
The tongue has been copied and has probably infected a large area. Even if the tongue cuts off its arm to survive, it will probably suffer eight hundred casualties.
For Lu Cai, the chances of winning are relatively high.
The second is the Axe Ghost. One of the Axe Ghost's hands is broken. As long as he is not like the gecko that can grow back after being broken, Lu Cai can deal with him for a while. After breaking his other hand, he can slowly interrogate him. Maybe he can get a surprise.
Xiaoxiao looked at Lu Cai, who looked like he was peeling leeks in his own field, and didn't dare to respond.
Lu Cai closed his eyes, sinking into the ocean of data. Everything he saw was red, like blood surging through his veins. The ball of data, rotated in reverse, huddled in a corner, cautiously emitting a dim light.
In the reverse data group, a dim red light, like a wisp of smoke that was about to disappear, meandered in one direction.
She opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the red light. There were so many fragments in between, no matter how she stepped on them, she would fall into other fragments...
Frowning and looking carefully, he saw that the joints between the fragments were not tightly fitted together. With more than three fragments, a fulcrum could be formed to step on.
Lu Cai turned and looked at Xiao Xiao: "If you are scared, wait for me here."
After saying that, she jumped up lightly, stepped on the nearest step, then jumped up again and landed farther away.
The thin figure jumped into the distance, and the small eyes followed closely, watching the sound jump up and down, like a nimble squirrel, leaping lightly on the branches of the vast forest.
Is this "freedom"? She was a little obsessed.
Finally, the figure stepped on the outermost mirror and was immersed in the ripples of the mirror.
That was indeed the hiding place of the tongue ghost. Xiaoxiao stood there without moving. She had never been there before. Even if she followed her sister Chunling, she would not dare to go there.
In the dim corridor, people passing by always fail to notice that there is a picture frame hanging on the wall at some corners.
Xiaoxiao raised her head and looked at the wall across from her. Hanging on it was an oil painting, its rich, heavy colors creating a dim, dark room. In the corner stood a large, rectangular glass container, leaning against the wall like a crystal coffin containing a human body.
——
"Look at this painting!" Yue Xiaoyan spoke softly, afraid of disturbing anything.
Shi Rukui, who was walking in front, was pulled by her clothes, but he didn't show any anger. He turned around and looked in the direction of her finger.
It was a pencil sketch, in black and white shadows, outlining a strangled man in a suit.
The man was tall and straight, with well-proportioned features, a cold, hard face, a straight nose, and deep eye sockets that suggested a mixed-race Chinese-American. But what caught people's attention the most was his long tongue, which had been forced out of his mouth due to being strangled...
Yue Xiaoyan shuddered, feeling that the man in the painting looked familiar.
Shi Rukui moved closer to the sketch page and observed it carefully through the glass frame: "This clothing... belongs to the headless ghost from before."
"So... is this the scene of his death?" Yue Xiaoyan stared at the picture frame. "Was he strangled to death?"
"This is the bedding room—" Shi Rukui paid attention to the items around the man.
Yue Xiaoyan looked carefully. In the background was a closed cabinet door. The man was lying on the messy bedding. In the distance was a half-open cabinet door. Inside were layers of partitions, with neatly folded quilt covers and pillowcases.
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