Chapter 195
This bizarre scene dominated the entire audience for five seconds.
When those dim figures tried to get off the elevator and blend into the crowd as if nothing had happened, everyone reacted.
There's a ghost!
The alarm on the top floor had already been sounded, indicating that a strange intrusion had been discovered. All elevators were immediately stopped, and other people were restricted to their original positions as much as possible to reduce unnecessary circulation.
It is easy for a ghost to attack other living people by surprise when there are living people to cover them. It also has a chance of success if it hides and ambush a lone person, but it is unlikely for it to come out and commit a crime in public.
Both sides activated their respective abilities at the same time, and four of the five ghosts in the elevator were quickly subdued and devoured. Only one who was standing at the back was discovered, and he let out a strange laugh and slipped away through the gap in the elevator, thus escaping.
Non-civilian staff quickly formed a team and carefully carried bags to explore and clean up the body parts in the elevator.
Everyone on the top floor had a solemn expression, but they seemed to be used to this kind of scene and did not take this little episode to heart, nor did they seem to care very much.
Lu Jiamu did not relax his vigilance, but he did not look at the movements in the elevator. Instead, he mixed in the crowd and carefully observed the layout of the pipes that passed through the brain monster.
The failure of these little ghosts to land doesn’t mean anything.
They didn't realize how devastating a visit from a ghost as intelligent as the Diary could be. It's possible that no one in their generation would ever have the chance to deal with a ghost like the Diary.
After all, this kind of ghost should have been the disaster itself that existed at the beginning of the strange advent.
They will quickly show signs of human-to-human transmission like a living plague.
The diary itself has not appeared yet, but since it dared to take direct action, it means that the people it has contaminated are definitely more than just these five. The ones pushed out now are just spies, or they are trying to make a feint to the east and attack in the west.
Lu Jiamu didn’t know what the ghost was up to now, nor did he know how many ghosts there were in the black tower, what new abilities it had developed, and what level of Gu breeding the blocked first floor had reached.
But at the same time, the main conflict now focuses on the ghosts and the natives of the Black Tower. If the sky falls, someone will naturally rush to the front, and Lu Jiamu will not be in trouble, so he is not the one who should be worried the most.
After all, Lu Jiamu wasn't up to anything good. If they were to quarrel a little, it would actually provide him with some cover. It would be best if they both died.
Several non-civilian staff members walked into the elevator cautiously, packed the body parts and dismantled the ceiling to check upwards. Just when they took a look, they suddenly heard a slight mechanical "click" sound.
Everyone in the elevator froze for a moment, not daring to be careless, trying to figure out what was going on.
The next second, the elevator car suddenly lost control and fell rapidly. The speed was so fast that several people in the elevator hit their heads on the roof and died on the spot.
Several ghost faces lying on it flashed past everyone's eyes. Before they could climb up to the floor, they fell down with the others.
Only one person with the fastest reaction realized that something was wrong the second before the elevator fell, and he acted decisively and jumped out.
Loud and sharp noises such as bang, bang, and crackling continued to be heard.
He looked back and saw that there was a bottomless abyss just half a foot behind him. The huge sound of metal collision and screams kept echoing in the empty well.
The elevator had been out of service for a long time, and the people inside had no chance to press the buttons for other floors to slow down their fall. They plummeted straight down from the 20th floor to the bottom, and only stopped when they hit the bottom and were crushed.
How could this elevator suddenly fall? The others on the floor were still confused about what was going on. They stood there without moving, staring at the survivor who had just jumped out of the elevator.
The survivor who jumped down became nervous when being stared at, and waved his hands hurriedly, trying to say something.
But before he could finish his words, several elevators nearby started moving slowly, and the floor indicators indicated that they were rising slowly.
Is this going to resolve the crisis?
Just as someone was thinking this, they heard a clear click from the elevators that were moving. The elevators lifted up with all their strength, and then suddenly rushed down at high speed.
Even through the elevator door, I could hear screams coming from inside.
The floor indicator lights were jumping wildly, indicating a high-speed descent. The numbers at the end were flashing so fast that they were hard to read: 19...18...10...5...boom...
The civilian staff were unable to react to what was happening and stood there in a daze.
Is it a ghost? Or is it man-made?
Everyone looked around nervously.
Soon after, more and more elevators made that clicking sound, then fell rapidly out of control and crashed to the ground.
Even if it was a ghost, it would be impossible for it to jump back and forth between several independent elevator shafts in turn and chew the steel cables so quickly and cut them all at the same time.
At this time, everyone vaguely understood that the fall of the elevator might be a decision made by the people above. After evaluating all the people stranded in the elevator, the upper management decided to directly eliminate those who were suspected of being infected, rather than letting them go.
It's just that some insignificant people were abandoned.
Knowing that this was the decision-maker's intention, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and then turned their attention to the survivor who had just jumped out.
Amid the survivor's panicked explanation, several other non-civilian personnel stood up, picked him up and threw him out without hesitation, and there was another burst of screams that quickly faded away.
Lu Jiamu was no longer surprised by their inhumane operations.
Several non-civilian staff members stood in front of the elevator shaft, observing the situation from below, waiting for instructions from above.
Now that there are ghosts on more than one layer, they must re-evaluate and decide which layer to start dividing and what to keep and what to discard.
But the Black Tower is actually a perfect self-sufficient entity. It was designed so that even if the next world they migrate to is desolate, they can still rely on the Black Tower to survive, and even expand outward with the Black Tower as the axis.
Therefore, in addition to accommodating a large number of elite population resources, there are also complete supporting facilities. Now that the ghosts have reached the top floor, even if they want to be divided, it is impossible to leave only the head without the organs.
The existence of the Black Tower has always benefited from the monitoring and control of this area by the predecessor research institute. They stand proudly in the world adhering to the principle that ghosts do not appear out of thin air, but come from outside.
The little ghost will pass if you endure it, and the big ghost will be discovered early and cannon fodder will be sent to drive it away, and the problem will always be solved.
This resulted in them not having any adequate plans for this kind of internal traitor that originated from within the Black Tower, broke out suddenly and on a large scale without any warning.
The situation at the top level was already a bit chaotic, with people constantly asking about specific situations, giving oral reports, and exchanging information, but no specific conclusions were reached.
Just as he hesitated, the rustling sound of crawling was heard again from the abyss of the elevator shaft.
The people gathered around the elevator shaft looked inside nervously and listened attentively.
Then I heard someone whispering down below, echoing between the iron walls, and gradually forming clear words:
Join us... join us... we will all be back in the end, on our side, in another way of existing, without pain and fear.
This world is so bitter, why do you still stay here and fight? If you keep going, you will only get hopeless. Giving up now is the best choice.
The voice transmitted upwards with an inexplicable magic that made the people who heard it feel very tempting and reasonable, and they wanted to lie down immediately.
Even the dark and bottomless abyss of terror below seemed sweet and gentle.
The people gathered in front of the elevator shaft were the first to be affected, and became confused after being disturbed by the sound.
Since the end is death, why bother to live a few more days? Now below is the ultimate cozy nest, the only solution once and for all, and it is completely different from those scary ghosts outside. It doesn't look scary at all, and it can even comfort people.
Then several people really jumped down one after another, and the ghost below persuaded them without even having to talk. It may be that talking in the well has some special superposition effect, or it may simply be that the daily pressure of living here is too great.
This immediately woke up the others, and they realized that something was wrong below again. The people nearby immediately pulled them away from the elevator shaft.
A strange laugh came from the elevator shaft, as if the speaker was very proud of his own achievement.
Lu Jiamu recognized the sound of the diary and knew that the diary was about to come up, and he also activated some kind of ability.
It's true that your brainwashing skills have improved after a while.
The rustling sound was getting closer and louder, accompanied by the dense banging sounds like many slaps on iron, and a huge bloated figure gradually appeared in everyone's sight.
Those were the ghosts of the people who were killed by the elevator crash and the people who jumped down.
However, they are not like other ghosts that can walk independently after death. It is as if they were smashed into pieces and then barely glued together, forming a huge strange ball with multiple hands and feet scattered on both sides, flapping around at the same time, which causes them to crawl so fast in the passage.
They squeezed out of the elevator door before it closed and poured onto the ground. Diary's face slowly emerged from the crowd of ghosts.
The Diary Ghost had completely lost the ability to move because he had lost both arms, his neck was almost broken, and one of his knees was kicked and shattered. He was sandwiched in the middle by this monster and was successfully carried up, but then the monster spit him out and threw him on the ground.
It lay alone on the ground, seemingly not feeling anything was wrong. Its eyes kept scanning to find Lu Jiamu, and it laughed strangely: "I just need to find someone who can let you go."
But it itself had been broken into pieces that were too abstract, and the other people present could hardly tell what it was, so their attention was still on the huge fusion monster, and they didn't pay any attention to what it was saying.
The monster had already appeared, but the rustling sound in the elevator shaft had not yet stopped. Many more ghosts popped their heads out from the various floors of the elevator.
The floors are closed and the living people on each floor are isolated and helpless, which is also a benefit to it as it makes it easier for it to launch sneak attacks one by one.
And even if the elevator is closed, there are still other passages between many floors, but it takes more time to find them.
All the mouths of the fused ghosts began to murmur at the same time: "We just need to find one person..."
It felt that the other side had too many people and was difficult to handle, so it wanted to divert the conflict and control Lu Jiamu first.
But although most of the people on this floor were classified as non-combatants, none of them were really delicate and good-tempered, and they didn't have the habit of surrendering without a fight and talking to ghosts about terms. Besides, that brain was something that everyone agreed to protect at the cost of their lives, so they would never let ghosts get close.
They simply didn't listen to its continued deception and just wanted to force them back to the bottom level together to guard the monsters they had raised.
The fused ghost obtained the direct instruction from the diary. It not only had its skin fused to it, but all its abilities were superimposed. It was extremely strong and resistant to attacks, and it was constantly twisting and surging, trying to devour nearby living people. Every time it devoured a living person, it would also merge the other person into its own body.
The elevator started running up and down again, trying to transport the fighting force up from below.
At the same time, newly born ghosts were also climbing up through the gaps in the elevators. The scene was becoming more and more chaotic, and the residents of the Black Tower seemed to be at a disadvantage. Some had already been squeezed off the skywalk due to the overcrowding.
Now that there are wolves in front and tigers behind, it is the best time for him to add icing on the cake for them.
Lu Jiamu led Yu Leng to retreat as far as possible behind the crowd, then pointed downwards: "I'm going down first, you can act according to circumstances. I won't force you to do anything."
Yu Leng nodded hesitantly.
Seeing this, Lu Jiamu jumped down from the corridor without hesitation and landed on the huge brain.
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