Chapter 47
But when the two of them chased out, they didn't see any trace of the "property".
Xu Guannan looked at Lin Sheng in confusion, obviously not understanding the situation.
Lin Sheng glanced around the community, his eyes full of vigilance, and began to explain,
"He knocked on the door so loudly just now, but the lady across the street didn't wake up. This means that only we could hear his knocking."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two saw a man enter the community gate. His figure and dress were the same as the man who had just escaped.
When the two saw the man's appearance clearly, Xu Guannan's eyes widened a little. He saw that this man looked exactly like the man who had just escaped!
Before Xu Guannan could ask, Lin Sheng spoke first.
"He's not the same person from before. It's obvious that the monster just now is disguised as a property manager. There are two possibilities for him doing this. One is that he wants to check on our investigation, and the other is that there's something he wants in the house!"
Lin Sheng expressed his inner guess and immediately turned around and went upstairs.
Xu Guannan followed closely behind.
As soon as Lin Sheng stepped into the door, he heard some movement coming from the bedroom. His nerves suddenly tensed up and he walked into the room quietly and lightly.
Xu Guannan quickly caught up and stood behind Lin Sheng. He also heard the noise coming from inside. Seeing Lin Sheng walking over, he wanted to grab Lin Sheng.
But Lin Sheng raised his hand to avoid it. Lin Sheng seemed to have predicted Xu Guannan's action in advance and moved his hand away first. Ignoring Xu Guannan's uneasy gaze, Lin Sheng approached the bedroom.
A layer of frost gathered between Xu Guannan's brows, and a sense of vigilance rose throughout his body. He followed Lin Sheng closely, keeping a certain safe distance between them. In case of any emergency, this distance would ensure that he could pull Lin Sheng back immediately.
For a moment, the house was unusually quiet. The noises in the room seemed to echo throughout the house, knocking on people's hearts and making them feel uneasy.
"Bang!"
The "person" in the bedroom accidentally knocked something over, and the noise inside stopped instantly. Lin Sheng didn't dare to delay any longer, and rushed in in an instant, shouting,
"Don't move! Get down!"
Seeing the situation, Xu Guannan rushed forward almost at the same time, wanting to protect Lin Sheng behind him, but when his eyes fell on that "person", his pupils shrank slightly and his heart tightened.
The "person" was wearing a black windbreaker, with no facial features except for two black holes. When facing the two people, the black holes on his face shrank slightly, and in an instant broke through the glass and jumped out of the window.
Seeing the opportunity, Lin Sheng threw out a binding talisman. Just as he was about to tie it up, he saw it suddenly turn into a pool of black water and slide along the wall out of the window.
"Damn it! I actually let it get away."
Xu Guannan frowned, a fear of facing the unknown arose in his heart.
"What the hell is this?"
Lin Sheng walked forward and squatted in front of the black liquid. Just as he was about to touch the liquid, he heard Xu Guannan shout,
"Don't touch it! What if..."
Lin Sheng ignored his thoughts and reached out to touch the unknown liquid on the floor. He rubbed it with his fingertips, and a slippery feeling spread from his fingertips. He put it close to his nose and smelled it carefully. A faint fishy smell rushed into Lin Sheng's nostrils.
Xu Guannan looked around and looked around the bedroom vigilantly, fearing that the thing would come back. Seeing the confusion on Lin Sheng's face, he couldn't help but ask,
"What did you find?"
Lin Sheng had some guesses in his heart, but he didn't dare to make a conclusion easily. He slowly stood up and looked out the window.
"Legend has it that there's a creature from the deep sea that, after falling in love with a human, boldly comes ashore. It can change its appearance at will, disguising itself as a human, approaching the target and killing everyone around them who can rely on it, ultimately leaving them to rely on themselves for survival."
Xu Guannan's brows furrowed even more. At this moment, Lin Sheng seemed to be surrounded by a layer of fog, making it impossible for him to approach her or understand her heart. Xu Guannan had never heard of Lin Sheng's stories.
"How do you know this?"
Lin Sheng did not answer, but responded with silence. The expression on her face showed that she was already lost in thought.
“Ding-ling-ling—”
A rapid ring of a cell phone startled the two of them, instantly breaking the silence. Their eyes were instantly drawn to the source of the sound - the wardrobe.
Xu Guannan almost instantly reached for the gun at his waist, and the expression on Lin Sheng's face tensed up in an instant, and both of them became defensive.
The two of them tacitly understood each other and walked lightly towards the wardrobe. A tense atmosphere spread quietly. The ringing continued. The person who called did not seem to intend to give up and dialed the number over and over again.
Xu Guannan raised his hand to block Lin Sheng, signaling her to step back. He moved forward to the wardrobe, put his hand on the wardrobe door, opened the wardrobe in an instant, and pointed the gun into the door.
The cell phone was hidden in the clothes and kept making noises, but there was nothing unusual.
Lin Sheng took a clear look at the situation inside the cabinet door and made sure there was no danger. He stepped forward and found the still vibrating phone. The words "Li Ke" were jumping on the screen.
After the two saw clearly, their eyes suddenly became cold.
Lin Sheng clicked the answer button and heard a quick shout from the other end.
"Xiaoyu? Xiaoyu? Is that you? Save me, save me."
It’s Li Ke!
Lin Sheng immediately responded.
"Li Ke? Where are you now? How are you doing?"
Li Ke on the other end did not respond immediately. She was obviously stunned by Lin Sheng's voice, but she did not think too much about it. Soon, Li Ke's pleading cry for help came from the phone.
"Great God, please save me. I'm being held captive in a hotel by Lu Yu. I don't know the exact location. He lied to my parents, saying we were traveling, but he actually kidnapped me. Great God, please save me."
Lin Sheng quickly calmed down and said calmly,
"Calm down first. Don't be afraid. Now, come closer to the window and describe the scenery outside to me. Find the most distinctive building."
"Okay, here I am... There is a dome and a spire nearby, and there is a shopping mall nearby, I can see... Ah!"
A terrified scream came from the phone. Lin Sheng immediately felt something was wrong and shouted nervously to the other side,
"Li Ke? Li Ke? What's wrong with you?"
But all I heard was the sound of the call being hung up from the other end, and no more response.
Lin Sheng looked at Xu Guannan, his expression suddenly tense, and he asked doubtfully,
"Can you locate her based on this number?"
Xu Guannan sent Li Ke's phone number to Wen Yan and asked him to find out Li Ke's location.
Lin Sheng opened the phone interface and searched through it, trying to find useful information. He opened the photo album and accidentally found a photo of three people.
There are two girls and one boy in the photo, with Li Ke standing between them. The girl on the right is looking at Li Ke's face, while Li Ke and the boy on the left are looking at the camera together. They are both smiling happily, which is in sharp contrast to the girl on the right.
Xu Guannan walked to Lin Sheng and also saw the photos on the phone. Lin Sheng analyzed,
"I remember Li Ke said that Xia Yu didn't approve of her and Lu Yu being together. Later, because of their cohabitation, Xia Yu even severed ties with Li Ke and stopped communicating with her. But...why did Xia Yu disappear? And the time of her disappearance almost coincided with the timeline of Lu Yu's personality changes."
"Both of them have a very close relationship with Li Ke. It's very likely that the thing just now killed Lu Yu and Xia Yu and disguised itself as Lu Yu."
Xu Guannan thought for a moment and then spoke.
As soon as he finished speaking, the cabinet door in front of him suddenly fell down and hit Lin Sheng straight down.
"careful!"
Xu Guannan pulled Lin Sheng over, held her in his arms, and raised his hand to block the cabinet door.
The cabinet door hit Xu Guannan's arm, leaving a bloody mark. Xu Guannan's brows turned cold, and he raised his eyes to look at the wardrobe. He saw only two pieces of clothes hanging inside. He frowned slightly, walked to the wardrobe, stared at it suspiciously, and raised his hand to reach for the underwear in front of him.
This frightened Lin Sheng, who thought he was suddenly possessed by evil spirits and shouted in surprise,
"Hey, what are you doing? It's not nice to touch girls' underwear, right?"
Xu Guannan paused, chose to ignore her scream, pushed his clothes aside, and pushed open the secret door.
Hearing the creaking sound, Lin Sheng realized something was wrong. A trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, but it quickly disappeared. He turned on the light of his mobile phone and moved closer.
"I'm sorry for misunderstanding you. But there's a secret door, Officer Xu. Do you think...is there a body inside?"
"have no idea."
Since meeting Lin Sheng, Xu Guannan's horizons have broadened. Even if Lin Sheng said that there were monsters and demons hidden inside, he would not find it strange.
The two walked into the dim passage, and the moment they stepped into the dark room, the dark room suddenly became bright.
The wall facing the secret passage was covered with glass mirrors, reflecting the two people's figures in the mirror.
On the wall to the right of the entrance, there is a white blackboard one meter wide and two meters long. Two portraits are pasted on the blackboard, one of a man and one of a woman. There are crooked words written under the photos, but they are still recognizable - "Lu Yu" and "Xia Yu".
In the photo of "Lu Yu", both eyes were cut off and a black cross was drawn on both parts of his face.
And in the center of the entire whiteboard was a photo of Li Ke.
"Lu Yu and Xia Yu are dead."
Xu Guannan recalled Lin Sheng's guess and continued,
"Shh, kill them all."
Looking around the dark room, Lin Sheng muttered to himself,
"It seems that the eyeball Li Ke saw last time was Lu Yu's, but where is the body?"
Xu Guannan moved closer to the whiteboard, frowning slightly, staring intently at the photo, as if he wanted to stare through the whiteboard, and suddenly spoke.
"There seems to be a strange smell."
Lin Sheng turned his head with a vigilant look, and saw Xu Guannan raised his hand to wipe the black cross on the photo, and heard him say,
"This isn't a marker, this is... human blood."
Hearing this, Lin Sheng's eyebrows frowned.
"The body must still be here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Sheng let Wangcai out of the treasure bag. Wangcai sniffed the air carefully and finally shouted at the mirror.
The two looked at each other, Lin Sheng took a few steps back, and Xu Guannan stepped forward, picked up the wooden chair next to him, and smashed it directly at the mirror.
There was a loud bang, and the mirror shattered in an instant, with debris scattered all over the ground. A hollow face appeared behind the mirror, its eyeballs had been gouged out long ago, and black velvet grew out of the mouths of the two corpses.
The two men worked together to dig the body out of the wall. The body's limbs were covered with black velvet in the blood vessels, and its face looked terrified.
"The black silk is to preserve the body from decay. They probably saw Chi's appearance before they died. How is Wen Yao doing?"
Xu Guannan took out his cell phone and looked at the message he sent to Wen Yao two hours ago. He hadn't received a reply yet, so he turned to Lin Sheng and shook his head.
Lin Sheng didn't have time to doubt, an idea immediately popped up in his mind.
"It's bad, Chi has gone back a long time ago, they are in danger!"
After saying that, Xu Guannan immediately sent a message to Tang Ziyan, got the detailed address, and also notified Chu Xiao to bring people to perform an autopsy.
When the two arrived downstairs at the hotel, they saw Tang Ziyan and his men guarding the exit.
"Captain, Sister Lin, you're finally here. Wen Yao's been in there for an hour and a half, and there's been no movement at all."
Lin Sheng felt the change in the hotel's magnetic field, narrowed his eyes, secretly put a talisman into Xu Guannan's pocket, and calmly ordered,
"Officer Xu and I will go in to look for the person. The rest of you will remain on standby. No unauthorized personnel will be allowed in or out."
"clear!"
An hour and a half ago,
Wen Yao brought the two into the hotel, but found that the three were walking in circles. There seemed to be no corridor in the hotel. No matter how the three walked, they would always stop in front of an elevator. In desperation, the three could only enter the elevator.
But after pressing the button for the 26th floor, Wen Yao and the other two waited in the elevator for more than ten minutes. The elevator kept going up, but still did not reach the 26th floor.
The three realized something was wrong and looked up, only to find that the floor number displayed on the elevator kept jumping back and forth between "10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 10..."
"No, this number is wrong!"
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