In this small room, a group of men gathered together and chatted in low voices.

To Lin Mo, this place is like a refuge.

Although it is dangerous and scary, the men here are quite optimistic.

Lin Mo has read Lu Zhaowen's information.

The other party is Zhang Yun’s boyfriend.

She is the female college student who thinks she is smart and doesn't care about anything, but in fact she has been stripped naked.

Lin Mo did not tell Lu Zhaowen about this matter, for fear of discouraging this guy.

I believe no one would be in a good mood if they were betrayed by their girlfriend.

In any case, the men in the house are at least not completely dead. Their bodies are dead in the real world, but at least they are still alive in the nightmare world.

"In this damn place, living is worse than being dead."

Lu Zhaowen said something at this time.

Upon learning that the two brothers Lin Mo and Lin Yuan came in specifically to find them, Lu Zhaowen and the others were very happy, but they obviously also knew the reality and the situation here.

"Once you enter this place, don't even think about leaving."

A man next to him said something.

The other person is older and may have had all kinds of experiences. With so much experience, there is a gleam of brilliance in his eyes.

The youngest of these people has been missing for several days, and the longest has been four to five days, or even seven to eight days. It's obvious that they've been trained to be able to survive here for such a long time.

In other words, only suffering can make people grow.

Especially men.

Sometimes this kind of growth can transform a person overnight.

The elder brother's luck was obviously better. He met Lu Zhaowen and others as soon as he came in. But Lin Mo was different. He rushed into one of the most terrifying forbidden areas in Horror Street, the garment shop, without knowing anything.

But fortunately I got out alive.

Lu Zhaowen said that Lin Mo was the first person to emerge alive from a garment shop so far.

This is not nonsense.

None of the people who went in before came out.

Of course, Lu Zhaowen also helped in this matter. He made a device outside, using a rope to pull an iron basin supported by a stick. He ran to a safe place, pulled it, and then hid.

The noise created will lure the scary old woman out.

"Remember, never go to a clothing store again. In fact, it's not just clothing stores. You can't go to many places in Horror Street. If you go there, you will definitely die. This is a bloody lesson."

Lu Zhaowen said.

Although they only stayed in Horror Street for seven or eight days, they have already summed up a survival guide.

It's called The Terror Street Survival Guide.

On a simple map, streets and alleys were drawn in a tic-tac-toe pattern, with some discovered shops marked, but not many of them were well marked. Most of them, accounting for more than 80%, were marked with question marks.

In other words, Lu Zhaowen and his friends knew something about this horror street, but not much, only about 10% or 20% at most.

But he definitely knows more than Lin Mo and Lin Yuan who have just arrived.

For example, this small house is one of the few "safe houses" in the horror house.

Why is there a concept of a safe house? Because every twelve hours, there will be a parade of residents in this place, and all kinds of ghosts and scary things will come out.

If there is no safe house, the consequences can be imagined.

Some people say that you can escape at other safe times.

Lu Zhaowen and others tried it.

They couldn't run away at all. No matter how they ran, they would eventually encounter the strange white fog, which would send them back to this terrible place.

I can't run away, and I can't fight either. I can only live in fear.

This is what Horror Street looks like.

For Lin Mo and his team, there has been great progress because they have found the missing victims.

Perhaps, the real secret about Bingcheng’s disappearance will soon be revealed.

Lin Mo asked them one by one, asking them if they knew how they got to this place.

No one knows the result. After they came to this place, they discussed it with each other, but they still didn't know what was going on. They just came here for no apparent reason.

Moreover, many of them died without clear reasons.

Lin Mo and Lin Yuan looked at each other.

I thought to myself that it would be better not to tell them the truth. Otherwise, if they knew that it was the female family members and friends who they considered very close who sacrificed them, they would be so sad.

Lin Mo couldn't do such a thing as rubbing salt into the wound, especially to these honest people.

Lu Zhaowen and his friends were quite curious about the clothing store.

Because I have never been there, I only know that it is extremely dangerous inside and once you go in, you can't get out. But the more I know about it, the more curious I become.

Lin Mo had been there before, so he asked Lin Mo.

Lin Mo also spoke the truth.

It was said that it was just an ordinary-looking clothing shop with a lot of clothes and many mannequins, but the clothes there were all made by people.

Hearing this, Lu Zhaowen and the others were all wondering, how did this man make clothes? "There was an older brother before, his name was Huang Wenbin. When we first came here, Brother Huang took good care of us. He even saved me. Later, he passed by the clothing store and saw a skirt. He said he wanted to take it back for his daughter, so he went in and never came out again. Could it be that he was also made into clothes?"

Lu Zhaowen sighed repeatedly as he thought of the past.

He kept saying how good this big brother was and how caring he was, but unfortunately, good people don't live long.

Seeing that he missed Huang Wenbin so much, Lin Mo took out Huang Wenbin's skin from his arms and handed it to him.

"This is your Big Brother Huang. Although he hasn't been made into clothes yet, there's only a layer of skin left. But he can hear you when you talk, and he can even respond to you with expressions. If the key doesn't work, you can try it."

This was purely well-intentioned, but when Lu Zhaowen saw the human skin, he was frightened, especially the facial features spread out on the skin, which made him shudder and step back repeatedly.

I was speechless for a long time.

Lin Mo thought that the other party didn't recognize him, so he found a ball and put the human skin on it, saying that it would be much better this way, at least Huang Wenbin's facial features could be seen.

This set of operations was obviously effective. Lin Mo found that no one dared to talk to him anymore, and they all tried to stay away from him.

How can we do good things but still create a sense of distance?

God is my witness, Lin Mo was just being kind-hearted.

But then I thought, for him it was something that was already commonplace and not surprising, but for ordinary people, it might still be a bit heavy and too shocking.

We need to give them some time to buffer and adapt.

Anyway, with this one move, Lin Mo established his dominant position in this small team.

The few people in this room now are the only remaining missing persons. Some of them have never gone out since they hid here. Although they all look optimistic, they are actually very desperate.

Maybe in their eyes, sooner or later they will die miserably in such a horrible place.

Lin Mo thought he should cheer everyone up and said that he came here to rescue them. As long as everyone cooperated, he would be able to leave safely after he figured out the situation in this horror street and found a way out.

You know what, the people in the room were in a better mood.

Maybe they thought that since Lin Mo was so abnormal, he must have some skills. After all, it was impossible for ordinary people to survive in a clothing store for so long.

Moreover, they said that they were experts from the Security Bureau and might be able to take them away from this horrible haunted place.

Although Lu Zhaowen said that it is impossible to leave this horrible street.

But Lin Mo still planned to give it a try.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Lu Zhaowen said.

The middle-aged man in his forties next to him also nodded and said that he would go too and could help if needed.

Others won’t go.

There are too many people involved and the target is too big. If something scary happens to come, it will be more trouble than gain.

So Lin Mo, his brother, Lu Zhaowen and the middle-aged man named Lao Guo pushed the door and walked out together.

I felt a little safe in the house just now, but when I got to the street, that sense of security was gone.

Lu Zhaowen and Lao Guo were both experienced. They stuck to the corner of the wall, bent over, lowered their heads, lowered their bodies, and walked without making any sound.

Lin Mo and Lin Yuan followed suit.

Next they tried to walk in one direction, but after passing an intersection and walking a hundred meters forward, they encountered white fog.

The white mist enveloped them, and when it dissipated, they were still standing in the center of the street.

It is probably the center of the 'tic-tac-toe' street.

Lu Zhaowen said that every time he was brought back by the white fog, he would appear here in most cases, just like a character refresh point.

Of course there are exceptions. There will be refresh points in the other four directions of the tic-tac-toe street.

The reason why Lin Mo and his brother got separated was because they entered two different refresh points.

Now that Lin Mo and Lin Yuan have tried it themselves, they have found that there is indeed no way out of this place.

As long as you reach the border of Horror Street and encounter white fog, you will be sent back.

Lu Zhaowen said that they tried dozens of times and failed every time, so they realized that they could not get out of this place.

Lin Mo thought about it and said that they knew too little about this horror street.

Maybe the way to leave here is not through the street.

They couldn't get out before only because they didn't find the right exit.

"Expert Lin, you work in the Security Bureau, so you must have seen a lot of weird things like this. If it were you, how would you solve the current problem?"

Lu Zhaowen asked.

Lin Mo said that others didn’t know, but if it were him, he would choose the simplest and most direct method.

"What method?" Lu Zhaowen's curiosity was aroused.

"Just ask the locals directly." Lin Mo said as a matter of course: "It's like when you arrive in a strange city, you get lost, and don't know how to get to a certain destination. The first step is to ask for directions."

At this time, Lin Mo said in his heart, I am not talking nonsense.

Sometimes, people are indeed scarier than ghosts.

Otherwise, how do you think you ended up in this hellhole? You were sacrificed by the people around you.

Thinking of sacrifice, Lin Mo asked Lu Zhaowen and Lao Guo if they had ever heard the word sacrifice or something similar here.

Sacrifice is usually related to mysterious events, or religious or superstitious activities.

Lu Zhaowen shook his head, obviously not very clear. Lao Guo thought about it and said that he knew there was a very ancient Taoist temple on this Horror Street. It was not big, and there were incense and the sound of chanting inside, but he didn't dare to go in.

After Lao Guo said this, Lu Zhaowen also remembered that there was indeed such a place.

"That place is very strange. Let alone going in, we dare not even get close to it."

The reason why they felt that place was weird was very simple.

As the saying goes, when something is out of the ordinary, there must be something wrong.

In such a scary place like Horror Street, there is actually a Taoist temple. There are incense smoke wafting out of it and people chanting sutras. You can tell there is something wrong just by thinking about it.

Only a fool would go closer to take a look.

After all, in this place where even buying clothes in a store has become a horror scene, a weird Taoist temple would be even more difficult to find.

"You did the right thing. Never go to a place that doesn't feel right. Most people die because of their curiosity. As long as you can control your curiosity, you are mature."

Hearing Lin Mo's praise, Lu Zhaowen was somewhat happy, and Lao Guo also nodded repeatedly.

"Let's go and take a look now."

Lin Mo turned around and said so.

"Aren't you going? Expert Lin, what are you going to do?" Lu Zhaowen was puzzled.

"I'm curious." Lin Mo replied.

“…”

Lu Zhaowen and Lao Guo were speechless for a moment.

Lin Mo said at this time that everyone has curiosity. Ordinary people need to control their curiosity, but capable people do not need to.

"For example, I have the ability to deal with various emergencies, so I can go. Besides, we have to leave this place eventually. Maybe that strange Taoist temple is the key."

This is of course true.

It’s still because of the ‘sacrifice’.

From the memories of Zhang Yun and others, we can see the importance of "sacrifice". This is the last test of the Pastoral Society. They will send the information of the person to be sacrificed to the group leader.

The sacrifice is performed by the group leader.

Of course, it is still unknown how the group owner operated specifically, but it doesn’t matter.

Now that Lu Zhaowen and other surviving victims have been found, it means that this "Horror Street" is the most critical place. Lin Mo is almost certain that the answer he wants is in this Horror Street.

To be honest, even if you ask him to leave now, he won't leave.

Lin Mo will not leave until the matter is thoroughly investigated.

Lin Mo felt that the 'group leader' discovered before was not the real mastermind, but just a scapegoat. Lin Mo wanted to know who the real mastermind behind this incident was.

He doesn't ask for much.

Just find the other person and kill him.

Reasonable and legal.

At this time, Lao Guo took out a pocket watch from his arms and looked at it. He said that there was only more than half an hour left before the monster parade which was held every twelve hours.

"To be on the safe side, let's go to the safe house first and wait until this wave of monsters has passed before coming out. We'll have plenty of time. Otherwise, time is too tight now. If we run into any trouble along the way and waste time, that would be bad."

Lao Guo is in his forties. He is very experienced in what he says and does, and he prefers to be cautious.

Lin Mo thought it made sense.

"Okay, let's go back first and talk about it after the monster parades through the streets."

To be honest, Lin Mo was also very curious about this monster parading in the streets.

He wanted to see how terrifying this monster would be when it paraded through the streets.

But since you have just arrived, it is better not to be too radical and it is better to be cautious.

Besides, there are still several survivors this time, and I can’t put them in danger just because of my curiosity.

So the four of them started to head home, preparing to go to the safe house first.

But after walking for a while, Lao Guo, who was walking in front, stopped.

When Lu Zhaowen looked forward, his expression changed drastically.

"Oh no, how did I encounter it!"

"Who did you meet?"

Lin Mo walked over and saw a figure standing on the road ahead.

The other person seemed to be wearing a cleaner's clothes, holding a broom in his hand, and was sweeping the street.

But no matter how I look at the movements, they seem awkward.

It's like a video with crazy frame drops and severe lag, so the cleaner's movements look disjointed.

The problem is this isn't a video.

The older brother took a look and said, don't be nervous, it's just a vengeful spirit with an obsession, just ignore it and it will be fine.

The problem is that the only two people who can truly not be nervous at this moment are Lin Mo and Lin Yuan. Lu Zhaowen and Lao Guo are extremely nervous.

Lin Mo asked his brother if he could go over and ask for directions.

My brother said forget it, it’s better not to provoke this kind of vengeful spirit with obsession. Not to mention how dangerous it is, but it will be a troublesome thing to be entangled by it after all.

If we start fighting, and attract other strange things, wouldn't it be more trouble than gain? Lin Mo nodded and said it made sense.

I can only temporarily suppress the thought of asking for directions.

Lu Zhaowen and Lao Guo said that they had encountered this cleaner before.

Fortunately, the other party did not actively attack them.

Of course, they didn't dare to get close. As soon as they saw this guy, they immediately turned around and took another route.

At worst, I can just take a detour.

It's not a big problem.

They planned to take a detour to avoid the cleaner.

However, when Lao Guo put away his pocket watch, he accidentally took out a cigarette box from his pocket and it fell to the ground.

The sound of the cigarette box falling to the ground was very faint.

Lao Guo didn't think much about it and was about to bend down to take it.

But the next moment, he felt a hand pressing on his back, and then Lin Mo's voice came.

"Don't move!"

It was obviously said in a low voice.

Old Guo shuddered.

He knew something was wrong.

But he still didn't quite understand what the problem was.

Because he himself felt the danger.

It was like being stared at by a man-eating tiger, and the hair on my body stood on end.

Soon he discovered that there was an extra pair of feet in front of him.

It was the cleaner's feet.

When did the other person stand in front of you?

Old Guo's cold sweat ran down his neck.

Because he was bending over, he couldn't see the cleaner's upper body, but even if he was asked to look, he probably wouldn't dare to.

He didn't see it clearly, but others saw it clearly.

Just now, after he accidentally dropped his cigarette box, the cleaner ran over almost instantly.

The speed was like speeding up a video of a person walking ten times, it was stuttering and moving quickly.

They saw the cleaner's face.

It was a hideous face with bulging veins and an angry expression.

The other person stared at Lao Guo with malicious intent.

Lin Mo was sure that if he and his brother had not been here, Lao Guo would have been dead.

The older brother was about to take action, but Lin Mo reached out and held him down. Then he chuckled, bent down, picked up the cigarette box on the ground, walked over, and threw it into the garbage bag that the cleaner was carrying.

"Protecting the environment starts with me. Don't worry, we never litter fruit peels or paper scraps. We never did before and we won't do so in the future!"

Lin Mo said to the cleaner with a smile.

Then he turned around and scolded Lao Guo.

Don't you know how hard the cleaners work? They get up early and stay up late just to give us a clean living environment. If everyone litters like you, the cleaners will be exhausted and can't clean up.

"Apologize to them!" Lin Mo said angrily.

Lao Guo was also smart. He walked over, bowed, and said sorry, I was wrong.

"I'm telling you, don't do that next time."

After saying that, Lin Mo smiled at the cleaner and said, "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him. If he throws things around again next time, I'll just twist his head off."

(End of this chapter)