Chapter 97 Tentacles in the Dark
Realizing that something was wrong, Yu Leng walked to the door of the store and nervously looked outside.
In the corridor on the other side of the corner, a dead silence and darkness seemed to be flowing.
Lu Jiamu looked at the motionless black shadow, waved his hands, and called out twice, but still got no response.
Yu Leng couldn't see what was going on over there, but seeing that Lu Jiamu had already walked back, he asked in a low voice, "What happened?"
"She may be dead."
Lu Jiamu said as he went into the store to look around.
Yu Leng didn't dare to join in the fun alone, so he immediately went to call others, and everyone woke up after a while.
Lu Jiamu finally found a crutch with a hook, and walked out of the store again with it. Although the others didn't know what happened, they followed him and came to the corner of the stairs.
They saw that there seemed to be a power outage on that side, and the boundary between light and dark in the building light was clear.
In the dark area, a black shadow with unclear details was standing there quietly.
Everyone secretly swallowed their saliva: the blonde girl would definitely not run into the next corridor without permission, but she was not with them, so it must be...
Lu Jiamu still didn't dare to walk directly into the dark area. After standing under the light and observing for a while, he extended the armrest of his crutch towards the shadow.
The shadow's position was just right, just out of reach of the crutch, but just a little bit away.
Lu Jiamu hesitated for a moment, and had to stretch his arm into the dark area.
As soon as he entered, he felt that although it was only a short distance away, the temperature in the shadow was much lower than outside.
Although there was nothing in the shadow caused by the power outage in Lu Jiamu's field of vision, he clearly felt something cold and soft tightly wrapped around his arm.
However, this distance is enough to hook the black shadow.
He dodged once and took the opportunity to swing his arm to the side, hooking the black shadow's neck.
The touch from the crutch felt extremely stiff, but he still pulled back hard.
The black shadow fell towards them, with its upper body out of the shadow, revealing a head of golden hair that was already dry and messy, like dead grass.
It was indeed a blonde girl, but her face was hideous and her body was dehydrated, almost like a mummy. She had been dead for a long time.
Lu Jiamu had just returned to normal in a flash when something in the shadows wrapped around his arms and crutches. The suction was so strong that it seemed to want to pull him into the darkness, causing him to stagger.
There must be something in the darkness, something related to the death of the blonde girl. But there was still nothing in his sight.
Lu Jiamu gave up his crutches and did not dodge, allowing the cold and soft thing to wrap tightly around his arms.
Afraid that it would run away, Lu Jiamu grabbed it with his backhand. With his other hand, he had already taken out the scalpel he had picked up earlier, ready to stab the invisible monster.
Although no one could see anything in the dark area, and Lu Jiamu suddenly tensed up and kept struggling with something as if he was acting for them, the death of the blonde girl was enough to make several people realize that something was wrong.
Moreover, the crutch that Lu Jiamu had abandoned was actually suspended in the air as if it was frozen.
Coleman, who had been watching the situation nervously, saw this and although he was even more afraid to enter the area without lighting, he still rushed over, hugged him around the waist and pulled him back with force.
When he pulled, Coleman realized that there was really something pulling Lu Jiamu, and the force was very strong.
The thing in the shadow didn't seem to want to enter the illuminated area, and seeing that it couldn't pull Coleman back, it tended to retreat.
But Lu Jiamu had been trying to prevent it from escaping from the beginning, and he was also holding on to it tightly. In the competition between the two, Lu Jiamu's arm was almost dislocated.
But as he was pulled into the light little by little, the invisible things also revealed their substance after leaving the shadows.
What was pulled out from the shadow was a thick gray-white tentacle, which kept twisting, entwining and flapping.
The scalpel in Lu Jiamu's other hand had already stabbed into the tentacle.
I don't know if it was because the scalpel was too sharp or the tentacle was too weak, but this time it was a very smooth piercing, and it felt like cutting sashimi with a sharp knife.
Is it so smooth?
At the clear dividing line, as Lu Jiamu's other arm approached, several tentacles showed their tips, trying to wrap around him again and pull him back.
It seems that in this darkness, there is not just one but many such tentacle.
But Lu Jiamu had already given up his arm that was about to be dislocated while cutting the fish. He exerted force on his wrist, rotated it quickly, and cut off the entire tentacle while pulling.
The remaining part instantly shrank back into the shadows, and the darkness was so calm as if nothing had just happened.
They also retreated backwards under inertia, and moved away from the corner of the stairs. The gray tentacles still wrapped around Lu Jiamu's arms flapped violently for a few times, and then they could not move anymore.
A few people nearby looked at the miserable state of the blonde girl and stepped back.
Yu Leng asked: "She must have noticed something when we were all asleep, but thought it was not a big deal and there was no need to wake us up, so she came here by herself, right? We didn't hear her screams."
Johnny swallowed with lingering fear: "How long have we slept without knowing it? This is too bad. If none of us realized that she was dead, we would all be reunited with her soon."
"Should we leave soon?"
Several people retreated back to the store and looked at the corner of the corridor vigilantly.
They originally thought that there were no monsters in this section of stairs, and that there was little risk in resting here. Even if there was an emergency, it would be enough to wake up the others immediately. Therefore, in order to allow for a better rest, they only arranged for one person to watch over it.
"It's only been three hours. Not long."
Lu Jiamu untied the limp tentacles bit by bit and took a look at them.
Ignoring the color, this tentacle looks and feels like a slightly larger octopus tentacles, and it is very easy to cut.
"We have dinner for today." He turned around holding the tentacle and smiled friendly, "Let's have sashimi."
The corridor fell into an eerie silence and no one responded.
They felt their scalps tingling as they looked at the huge gray tentacles: ... Sashimi? How dare you say that in front of everyone? Do you think everyone else is blind?
But what he said is actually a very realistic problem.
They have been in the hospital for more than two days now, but have only been given a little saline solution to drink, nothing to eat, and no hope of getting out immediately.
If they didn't want to starve to death, they would have to find something to eat sooner or later. If there was no food in this hospital, there would only be monsters besides themselves.
At least what Lu Jiamu is holding in his hand now looks more like deep-sea octopus tentacles.
"Then..." Johnny carefully broke the silence and asked tentatively, "Who will try it first?"
Although it looks like deep-sea octopus tentacles, it is not. Whoever tries it first is an idiot.
The others all looked at him.
Coleman spoke first and bluntly: "I don't want to taste it."
Yu Leng immediately followed: "Me neither."
Wei Xiaoyan also shook her head.
Lu Jiamu looked at him while holding the tentacle, smiling without saying a word.
Even though they had been through hardships together, the four of them were truly united in their stance. None of the four of them wanted to try the food.
Although it would stand to reason that "whoever proposes it should try it" and "if you don't eat it, I don't eat it, and no one should eat it", Johnny doesn't dare to offend anyone now.
The black-haired girl also shook her head slightly, but Johnny knew that he and she were in no position to refuse. At least now everyone was still in harmony, and even though they were in a weak position, they were not forced.
He looked at the black-haired girl and said, "How about this, we play rock-paper-scissors, and whoever loses gets to eat."
The dark-haired girl nodded slightly.
Johnny swallowed, "Best of three."
"good."
The two of them quickly completed the rock-paper-scissors game in front of four other people, and Johnny lost to the black-haired girl.
With the help of Yu Leng, Lu Jiamu reattached his dislocated arm, but he still couldn't use much strength. He had to take the scalpel in his left hand, wiped it on his sleeve, and then cut the tentacle: "Just eating sashimi? Do you need to dip it in alcohol?"
The tentacles were cut into even thicknesses and very neatly in his hands.
"No, no." Johnny immediately waved his hands, "I'm not used to eating raw food. I want to eat cooked food."
As he spoke, he rummaged around in the store and pulled out an alcohol lamp. He then took out a lighter from his pocket, lit it, and poked out a piece of tentacle to roast it over the flame.
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