Chapter 045 You Absolutely Can't Escape
Lin Xi not only rejected Sister Sun, but also said with more energy: "Ah? I'm not sleepy, Sister Sun, if you are sleepy, go to sleep. I'm a young man, I can stay up all night, if you want to sleep, go to sleep, I'll call you when the time comes."
Lin Xi could imagine what would happen if he were an ordinary person and fell asleep now. Before four o'clock, his dear colleagues would definitely leave the duty room directly. After four o'clock, because he was still sleeping, the rules would be triggered directly and he would die tragically.
Humph, don't even think about it, that won't happen. Even if I really overslept, it would just be a snack for Ning Ning, it wouldn't be like a ghost twisting my head off.⑧
Seeing that Lin Xi wasn't feeling sleepy at all, Sister Sun stopped trying to persuade her. While Lin Xi and Shen Sang Ning were entwining their fingers, she glanced at the nearby surveillance screen. In fact, when she first learned about the surveillance, Lin Xi was thinking, "This is it!" Was Ning Ning's previous scene of eating ghosts caught on camera? Were these ghosts deliberately playing dumb to play along?
But Lin Xi quickly realized that if the surveillance was really useful, he would have been discovered long ago, and it would be impossible for him to deal with so many ghosts who secretly came to him to take possession of him. In other words, these surveillances were just for show. In fact, this was indeed the case, the surveillance was indeed ineffective.
Sister Sun had just come in and said, "It's always good, sometimes bad." There was a high probability that it hadn't been good at all. Lin Xi noticed that although the time on the surveillance camera kept changing, the actual footage remained the same. There was no sign of the leaves being blown by the wind; everything was still.
The most direct evidence was the security guard in the security booth. He didn't even move.
The security guard could actually remain completely motionless, after all, he was a ghost. But in reality, he did move; he wasn't a mummy. He'd made some movements when he first arrived, and he'd just waved at them. Just like his three fellow ghosts, who would repeat the same thing when not on patrol, the security guard should do the same.
The action may be repetitive, but it is definitely not static.
Lin Xi's sixth sense was really strong. She keenly noticed that something was wrong with her colleague. For example, several hours had passed, but the thickness of the front and back sides of the page in Uncle Li's book had hardly changed, and Xiao Zhao's Rubik's Cube was still turning mechanically with a "click" and "click" sound. The reason why it became white noise was that Xiao Zhao's rotation frequency was almost consistent, but now he had not even completed one side.
As for Sister Sun, it was even more obvious. Lin Xi had knitted a scarf for Chen Sangning before. She wasn't very skilled in this skill, and her movements were clumsy and unpracticed. But even so, following the video, she could still learn to do it well. A few hours was enough for her to knit a long section. But Sister Sun's section seemed to have never grown any longer.
They are repeating something with no apparent meaning or end in sight.
This may be the true meaning of workers slacking off.
There's nothing you absolutely have to do, but if you don't slack off, you'll always seem like you're losing out. So even if the work you do is meaningless and endless, as long as you do it while you're at work, it feels like you're making a killing.
Lin Xi understood them because she was also a worker before.
It was almost four o'clock. When Lin Xi grabbed her flashlight and keys, she looked up and found that no one had left. When she reached the door, she saw only a deserted hallway. They were determined not to let her get close to them, afraid that if she got too close, other ghosts would come out to cause trouble.
"Hmm..." Lin Xi smiled and turned on the flashlight. The flashlight beamed across the corridor, and as the light moved back and forth, Lin Xi saw a figure flash by at the end of the corridor. Lin Xi's dynamic vision was quite good, and she could tell that it was not one of her colleagues because the person was not wearing work clothes.
The figure, like a ghost, suddenly darted towards the third floor. According to normal patrol procedures, Lin Xi should have asked, "Stop! I'm talking to you! Who are you?" while rushing over to investigate. After all, "there are no ghosts in this world." But Lin Xi was no fool; there was no way he would do such a thing.
She simply pretended not to see it, took out the key and entered the room opposite. She shone the flashlight around and exited after checking, then locked the door.
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Following this procedure, she checked the corridors and rooms on the left side of the duty room, and then went to the right. During this process, Lin Xi saw the strange figure several times.
It seemed to genuinely want to attract her attention, but Lin Xi acted as if she were blind and didn't see it. After the figure slipped past her peripheral vision, she muttered to herself, "Okay, no problem," and left the room, locking the door. She did this several times, then returned to the hallway, checked the distribution box, and then, following Sister Sun's instructions, shone the light up the third-floor staircase.
At the corner of the stairs on the third floor, a head suddenly appeared.
Even though Lin Xi was prepared, her heart still skipped a beat when she suddenly saw a head appear at the stairwell. Especially since the head was facing downwards, completely upside down on the stairs. Without even moving the flashlight upwards, the mere sight of a head was truly unbearable.
Luckily, Lin Xi reacted quickly. She calmed herself down and pretended not to see anything. She simply moved the flashlight to the side, pretending not to see anything. Trying to trick her? No way! Lin Xi walked straight to the first floor. The ghost thought she had escaped with her life, but in reality, she had let the ghost live.
If Lin Xi hadn't been afraid that her colleagues hadn't gone far and she would be in trouble if they accidentally discovered her, she wouldn't have been so frightened and kept silent.
She went to the lobby on the first floor and first walked around the checkout counter and waiting area, making sure nothing was amiss before heading to the restroom. As soon as she arrived, Lin Xi noticed something was amiss: all the stall doors were closed, despite having been open during her previous inspection. The fact that they were now closed meant something was definitely wrong, and Lin Xi had to open each door one by one.
After such a long time, Lin Xi guessed that his colleagues had already left the building. Lin Xi was a little worried and whispered, "Are my colleagues still there?" The ghost might have thought Lin Xi was asking for help from his colleagues, hoping they were by his side. But in reality, Lin Xi was asking about Shen Sang Ning.
Lin Xi's hand covered her chest. Shen Sangning's fingers passed through her chest and landed on Lin Xi's palm. Shen Sangning tapped Lin Xi's palm twice. This was the code they had agreed on in advance: one tap meant "yes," two taps meant "no." This answer also meant that the colleagues had truly left.
It seems that they are more afraid of being held accountable by their boss for not completing their work than seeing themselves killed by ghosts.
Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief after knowing that his colleague was not around.
It’s better if she’s not around. Only when she’s not around can I let my wife out.
Lin Xi opened the doors of the cubicles in the women's restroom one by one. When she opened the fourth door, something unexpected happened. The door did not open, and there was a sound of liquid sliding down. Lin Xi subconsciously took a step back and shone the flashlight downwards. She saw blood-red liquid slowly flowing out of the cubicle, and soon it would flow to Lin Xi's feet.
She didn't want to touch these things and get her shoes dirty, so she quickly backed away. To others, her actions were seen as fear. After Lin Xi pushed forward several steps, a creaking sound came from the quiet toilet. Lin Xi looked up, shining her flashlight over, and saw the toilet stall door open, revealing a fierce ghost.
The ghost was wearing a blood-red dress and sitting on the toilet, her posture twisted, with countless blood flowing from her body. At the same time, Lin Xi also heard some noises and looked towards the door, only to see a human head in the dark doorway.
Oh, it’s the ghost from upstairs following us down.
The lights above her head began to flicker. The flickering lights, the blood-soaked toilet, the twisted female ghost in front of her, and the human head at the door would have frightened a normal person to the point of trembling. At least in Lin Xi's live broadcast room, that was all:
[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Help! Help me! I'm so scared!]
[Bullet screen protection! This scene is too outrageous! ]
[Ning ning ning ning, hurry up and save Lin Xi! Save me too!]
At this moment, Lin Xi also performed the human-like action, which was to flee. At least in the eyes of the two ghosts before her, she wanted to escape. Compared to the blood-soaked and twisted female ghost, the human head at the door clearly looked easier to deal with. So Lin Xi ran towards the door, and when the human head showed a creepy smile, Lin Xi quickly reached the door.
"You absolutely can't escape... huh?"
Before it could finish its ferocious words, it saw Lin Xi raise his foot and kick the head back into the toilet, pulling the door shut at the same time. Lin Xi used quite a lot of strength, and the head was quite elastic, so it felt like kicking a ball.
The moment he kicked the head, Lin Xi realized it truly only had one head. It wasn't because the flashlight wasn't shining upwards that he couldn't see its body on the third floor, but because it truly only had one head. In that case, there was a cabinet on the second floor, just to be safe. The door slammed shut.
The toilet door seemed quite heavy, but Lin Xi used great force to make the door shut.
The head rolled several times on the ground, even across the bleeding ground. The blood on the head made it look even more terrifying. It was still a little dazed. It didn't expect that in its current state, this seemingly weak girl in front of it would dare to volley it and kick it out.
If it hadn't been so surprised, it should have gotten rid of Lin Xi just now.
The female ghost with twisted joints was also speechless: What is she doing? Not only did she fail to get rid of the person on the second floor, but she was also kicked. It would be so embarrassing for the cabinet if she told others about it.
The evil ghost decided to regain some dignity, so more blood appeared in the bathroom. She also twisted her joints and walked out of the toilet cubicle. In the open space of the bathroom, the evil ghost collapsed on the ground with only her hands and legs to support herself. She looked terrifying. The human head was also laughing beside her, reminding Lin Xi to remember the consequences of kicking it.
Lin Xi twisted her neck, moved her body, then put her hands together and made a heart shape with her hands.
When the two ghosts were confused, Lin Xi placed his hands on his chest with the shape of a heart.
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