Chapter 135

When did the empty soul begin to be filled up bit by bit with past memories?

Gu Yunshu had no particularly clear idea of ​​this. The only thing she could be sure of was that it all started when she put on the work badge of the demolition office.

That faint binding relationship, like a sparse net, caught the quicksand that should have continued to drift away with time, and in the long time that followed, it became more and more dense and tight, so tight that it not only helped her retain the remaining self, but also helped her to continuously pick out something from the depths of her vague memories as she pondered deeply in the dead of night.

So some of the past that had been forgotten came back bit by bit - Gu Yunshu had never told Xu Ming in person, but she knew it very well in her heart, but with this point, it was enough for her to continue to be used by Xu Ming, to fight for the demolition office, or to exaggerate, to risk her life for them.

However, perhaps because she had "died" twice, most of the memories she found back were memories of being dead.

Moreover, these memories were not coherent, one frame after another, like a stream of consciousness movie that was cut into pieces. There was only one continuous plot, which was the first thing she remembered and the most impressive -

the scene where the plot began was in Hongqiang's small room on the second floor. The girl in beautiful red shoes stood in front of them with a friendly smile. While talking about her future rescue plan, she handed a business card to them.

On the business card was a familiar leaf pattern and a clearly printed name.

[Anxin Gardening·Lin Yanhu]

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"I remember seeing you once before."

In the dark space, Gu Yunshu squatted beside the only light source, staring at the red shoes without blinking. The latter was now trapped in the light of the flashlight, still tense and unable to move, and even unable to make a sound. He could only stand there with trembling lips, listening to Gu Yunshu continue to himself:

"At the Butterfly Building.

"But at that time, I didn't remember who you were... Later I remembered it, and I could never forget it. "

However, the person who took the heart didn't even remember who was there at the time.

"You said you would take them away." Gu Yunshu said softly, "You will end the whole weird story, and no one will accidentally walk in again. I trust you, so I gave it to you."

"But you didn't do anything you said."

"..." Red Shoes' eyes flashed, and she had difficulty opening her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but no sound came out.

Gu Yunshu glanced at her lightly, sighed, and stood up.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you. I just don't want you to go up. "

It is not easy to kill an abnormal being directly. At this time, Gu Yunshu did not want to cause trouble because of her personal grudges. She did not lie - her current goal was to leave the red shoes here first.

After all, there were other people upstairs, and Xu Ming also had his own plans. He could not let this guy go upstairs and cause trouble. Gu

Yunshu secretly calculated, put the flashlight on the ground, stepped back a few steps, and looked around carefully.

She had her own plan to bring Red Shoes here first and then trap them with the flashlight. Red Shoes’ vision was limited and she couldn’t see clearly, but Gu Yunshu could see clearly. Not far away, in the darkness, there was another insect nest lurking quietly.

The flashlight could indeed trap people, but if someone moved the flashlight without permission, then everything would be in vain. So Gu Yunshu chose this place specifically: firstly, there was an insect nest nearby, and there were lights on near the nest. Unless someone was like Red Shoes, Secondly, Red Shoes has been targeted by the swarm of insects. And once she walks out of the range of the flashlight,

she will be targeted by another swarm of insects from a nearby insect nest. Although it is not a completely unsolvable situation, it is enough for her to think carefully.

The only worry now is whether she has other accomplices. Will she notify her accomplices to come for the rescue... Gu Yunshu frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and walked towards Red Shoes, reaching out to search her body.

Sure enough, the first thing he found was a pile of membership cards. Gu Yunshu quickly checked them, walked out of the light circle, and began to use his work badge to send a message to Xu Ming to report the number; just after he finished writing the message, he suddenly heard a slight movement behind him, and turned his head alertly, only to see that Red Shoes had opened her mouth at some point and was desperately sticking out her tongue at him.

...Gu Yunshu didn't know what she meant at first.

Until she noticed again the heart-shaped hole on the tip of the other's tongue.

Gu Yunshu: "..."

Frowning slightly, she lowered the brightness of the flashlight a little: "What do you want to say?"

"I can help you! "Red Shoes, who finally had the strength to speak, spoke without hesitation, "The Tin Soldier's Heart is not with me now. I was dragged into this weird story, and the heart disappeared as soon as I came in!"

"But I know where the heart is now. Give me a chance and I'll get it back for you, okay?" "

..."

As if afraid of being interrupted by Gu Yunshu, Red Shoes spoke very quickly, so fast that her speech was a little unclear. After she finished speaking, she held her breath and stared at Gu Yunshu closely. Her expression was anxious but also sincere, very realistic.

Gu Yunshu was silent again.

After a pause, he said softly: "I thought you would apologize first. "

Red Shoes stopped pretending this time. She closed her eyes and sighed crisply, "I want to say it, but do you want to accept it?"

"There is no reason not to accept a sincere apology. As for what you said..." Gu Yunshu pursed his lips and picked up the flashlight again, "Sorry, I'm not interested."

"Wait, are you sure - those are your roots!" Red Shoes seemed to have not expected that she would refuse, and suddenly panicked, "You, you really don't need it? You still want to do good things, right, you want to save people, you want to help anyone... Then you should take it back. There is a big difference in strength between having roots and not having roots..."

"Thanks to you, I understand this very well." Gu Yunshu said slowly, "But I don't want to go with you. I don't want to go to the 100th floor."

"?!" Red Shoes was stunned again when he heard it, "You know? "

Was it Crazy Bag who leaked the information? No, she found the information by herself and destroyed it after getting it. She didn't even tell Crazy Bag...

" "I didn't know it at first." Gu Yunshu shrugged in a very Xu Ming style again, "But now I know. Thank you for telling me."

"...You lied to me?" Red Shoes finally reacted and wanted to say something else, but Gu Yunshu had already turned the brightness of the flashlight back down without hesitation.

Are you kidding? What do you mean by lying?

The demolition office's customary questioning is over.

Gu Yunshu thought righteously, picked up his work badge, and sent a message to Xu Ming again.

Well... From the current situation, those who were forcibly taken away by this strange story are not only mutant roots, but also dead people who have multiple roots at the same time. After the dead enter the strange story, their roots will be stripped away and sent to the 100th floor together with the mutant roots...

Wait, something doesn't seem right.

Lin Yanhu's current state... is she considered a dead person? Or is she also considered a mutant root... ?

Gu Yunshu paused with the tip of his pen, and a hint of hesitation appeared in his eyes. He subconsciously looked in the spot of light cast by the flashlight, but his sight suddenly paused -

he saw that Red Shoes, who had just raised her neck stiffly, had lowered her head without knowing when.

Her neck drooped limply, like a piece of noodle that was stretched too much, extending to an astonishing length. Her head with long hair was tied at the end of her neck, almost hanging down to her own knees.

It was a very strange posture. Gu Yunshu frowned and looked for a while, but suddenly he was startled, hurriedly stepped forward, turned up the other person's head and saw that Red Shoes' eyes were completely empty - the eye sockets were empty, and the two eyeballs were missing.

Thinking it was bad, Gu Yunshu hurriedly looked around again. After a quick inspection, he was surprised to find that the left arm that Red Shoes had left nearby was no longer there.

After a closer look, he discovered that the hand was now desperately crawling on the ground with its palms and fingers, and had already crawled several meters!

"......!" On the other side, as if it had noticed Gu Yunshu's gaze, the arm immediately crawled faster.

Faster, faster - Red Shoes encouraged himself in his heart, wishing to install wheels on all five fingers, but he regretted that he had cut off too much at once when he made the exchange, and now he couldn't even run smoothly.

It was an opportunity that she had finally caught... While Gu Yunshu was lowering the brightness to loosen the restraint, she transferred her consciousness to the separated body. This was not a difficult operation for a spirit, but it was a life-saving skill for her now.

Of course, just transferring consciousness was useless. In order to ensure that she could escape smoothly, Red Shoes also transferred her senses. It was a pity that she was in a hurry at that time, and she only had time to transfer her senses, but not her mouth... But it didn't matter, this kind of thing would come naturally when her soul was stable in the future. It

didn't matter if she didn't bring it now, and talking would only slow down her escape. Although he was running quite slowly now...

When he noticed Gu Yunshu's footsteps chasing him from behind, Red Shoes was startled and immediately dug his feet harder on the ground.

In his anxiety, his body seemed to hit something, and his whole arm was numb from the shock. Red Shoes raised the two eyes embedded in the back of his hand anxiously and angrily, and the moment he saw the other person's appearance clearly, his eyes suddenly lit up.

...It was Big Eyes!

The eyes embedded in the back of his hand blinked vigorously, and Red Shoes cheered in his heart. He never expected to meet Big Eyes here!

Although the opponent who was stripped of his roots didn't look much better than herself now, with holes all over his body... But this didn't stop Red Shoes from sticking to him, pulling up the opponent's trousers with all her strength.

Help me, help me, help me - because she couldn't speak, she could only convey information to the opponent through her eyes and gestures. Help me get through this wave, and I'll give you all the cards and intelligence.

But Big Eyes didn't seem to understand what she meant. He just leaned over and picked her up, holding her in his hands, thinking. When

she raised her head again, she met the vigilant gaze of Gu Yunshu opposite her.

...Is it the opponent's companion? Or just passing by? He looked even more difficult to deal with, not like a simple dead person. But he didn't seem to have any bad intentions...

Gu Yunshu blinked and made a quick judgment in her heart. Because she was worried that Red Shoes was making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, she left the flashlight where it was, still using it to restrain Red Shoes' original body. This also resulted in her not having any powerful weapons at hand. If she really wanted to fight, I'm afraid it would be a bit uncertain...

Wait, what is that on his chest... Is it an ID card? ?

Noticing the thing hanging around the other person's neck, Gu Yunshu was slightly startled; at the same time, the big guy holding the fleeing arm seemed to notice her, and his eyes moved obviously. Then he heard a hum and said seriously:

"Poplar flowers are blooming."

... ?

Gu Yunshu looked at him subtly, and remembered the "Employee Code" that Xu Ming had issued earlier. After a brief thought, he followed the code and continued: "Blooming flowers."

... It was absurd. This was actually the code for the demolition office.

What was even more absurd was that he actually used this code one day...

Gu Yunshu closed his eyes with mixed feelings, and glanced at the colleague in front of him whom he had never met before, and felt even more strange in his heart; the big guy's expression suddenly became serious, as if he had suddenly met a superior he hadn't seen for a long time, and even gave Gu Yunshu a very strange salute.

The next second, he saw him lift his arm without hesitation - and

slammed the arm in his hand directly into the ground.

The sound of "bang" was earth-shattering. In the darkness, it was even more shocking.

To be honest, even Gu Yunshu was a little scared. Of course, what was more shocking was the red shoes that were slammed directly into the ground - the five beautiful fingers were trembling, and the veins on the back of the hand were bulging, and each one seemed to reveal a question.

Big Eyes ignored her, and just picked her up again, holding her in his hands like a fish.

"Hello, comrade from the demolition office." Then, Big Eyes spoke seriously, "Excuse me, has this guy committed a crime again?"

Red Shoes:...

Wait a minute.

What do you mean by "again"?

The same question popped up from Gu Yunshu's mouth, and Big Eyes immediately gave an enthusiastic answer:

"Oh, I noticed this girl before. She was always following others, sneaking around. I thought she had bad intentions, so I found an opportunity to hit her twice and punished her a little. She didn't follow those two people anymore, and I thought she had given up, but she's still looking for trouble..."

Red Shoes: ...

So it's you!

Red Shoes was stunned for a moment, then struggled even harder.

So the psychopath who chased her and beat her up several times is this guy! Is he really sick? He suddenly went to try to establish some kind of relationship with the demolition office. He really thought he could get away with just a work badge...

Wait a minute.

Work badge?

Red Shoes was stunned again. Considering the characteristics of this layer of insects gnawing at memories, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

No, no way? If that's the case... then it's wrong! It's completely wrong!

Fool! You got it wrong!!

Red Shoes roared crazily in her heart, but she couldn't say a word. The only thing she could do was to give Big Eyes the finger. On the other side, Gu Yunshu grasped another key point and asked curiously: "Use your ability to punish her? What do you mean?

" "Now she can't see the original lights on this floor. Did you do that?"

"Hmm..." It was Big Eyes who responded to her slowly. Almost at the same time, Red Shoes froze in place.

Unable to see the original light in the building - she always thought that this was a punishment for violating the rules. But if you think about it carefully, Big Eyes does seem to have similar abilities...

Red Shoes never knew the details of Big Eyes' origins. She only knew that he was picked up by Crazy Bag. Unlike her and Crazy Bag, Big Eyes' physique is more biased towards the roots, so even if he lost other roots, he can still retain some of his original abilities.

And his original abilities are divided into Two kinds.

One is the ability to see labels and keywords on other people.

The other is that he can take away other people's ability to see something - or perception - by touch. Thinking about it

this way, maybe I was not punished by the rules, but was directly deprived of the ability to "see the light", which seems to make sense... Wait, if that's the case - as if realizing something, the red shoes suddenly struggled harder, and while struggling, they desperately stretched out their fingers towards their own body in the distance, trying to quickly transfer their consciousness back. Unfortunately, it was too late - "Then can you do me a favor? "Gu Yunshu, who finally understood Big Eyes' ability, spoke thoughtfully, and his voice floated through the darkness to Red Shoes' ears, "I don't want her to transfer back to her original body, that would be very troublesome. In order not to delay the director's work, we'd better keep her here for a long time..." "Oh, I see." Big Eyes nodded with sudden realization, "Then you wait." As soon as the words fell, the big hand like a cattail fan covered Red Shoes' eyes again. Through the eyelids, the terrible coolness penetrated in like needles. And when the hands moved away again, Red Shoes knew that everything was over. Big Eyes is not a person who is good at thinking. He is better at one-size-fits-all. So in the face of Gu Yunshu's request, he decisively chose the most once-and-for-all method- he deprived Red Shoes of all perception of the outside world in one breath. . Unable to sense the existence of another body, naturally there is no way to transfer back. In a sense, he did help Gu Yunshu. Red Shoes had no idea what happened after that. Having lost all her senses, she felt like she was wrapped in a cocoon, instantly isolated from the world. She didn't even know if she was put back on the ground. Her five fingers scratched the solid surface in vain for a long time before she finally slowly... She was certain that she had been "released". She didn't know if Da Yan and Gu Yunshu were still there, nor did she know if the swarm of insects were still staring at her. She wanted to speak, but couldn't even shout; she wanted to beg Gu Yunshu for mercy, but her fingers, which could not be precisely controlled, were like clumsy mice, moving uncontrollably on the ground, and finally leading her to a direction that she herself could not identify. She suddenly remembered her original roots - or rather, The ability that was first possessed in the rule book. No matter where she is, no matter what ghost story she is in, no matter how many people's anger and hatred she carries, as long as she puts on a pair of red shoes and walks with her eyes closed, the shoes will definitely lead her to the exit of the ghost story. Of course, every time she uses it, she has to pay a heavy price; but it must be said that this ability has indeed saved her many times. However, this time, she doesn't even have feet to wear shoes. * Same time. In the elevator compartment. The elevator was in operation. Xu Ming took the time to read the rule book in his hand. After seeing the message that Gu Yunshu had just passed over, he raised his eyebrows thoughtfully. Lu Yueling was curiously looking through the content that others had added to the settings book. Noticing the change in her expression, she couldn't help but look over: "What did you find out again? " It's not me, it's Sister Yunshu." Xu Ming closed the notebook, "She got new information. In addition to the mutant roots on the 100th floor, there may be other roots." Lu Yueling: "...Other roots?" "Stolen from others. Most likely they are piled up on the 100th floor." Xu Ming exhaled softly, "This is interesting. Now I don't feel like I'm going to save people, but more like robbing a bank." "You said it as if you could rob it." Lu Yueling muttered, and flipped the setting book back, "Speaking of which, what setting did you just write? Which floor did you add it to?" "The 100th floor." Xu Ming said, "But I didn't dare to add anything too exaggerated. I just added a safe zone first. " After all, we are not sure what the situation is there yet. If there is a need to supplement the settings later, we can contact other people to help. "Okay..." Lu Yueling muttered, looking a little disappointed. As soon as she finished speaking, there was a "ding" sound - the elevator stopped abruptly, and then the two doors slowly opened. Only Xu Ming had used the card to go to the designated floor. If Lu Yueling stepped out directly, she would just be randomly sent to another floor as in the past. Therefore, she stretched her waist cooperatively, leaned directly in the direction of Xu Ming, and stuffed herself back into Xu Ming's rule book. I don't know if it was an illusion, but as soon as she got in, the rule book seemed to have become heavier. Xu Ming carefully stuffed the book back into his bag, checked his personal belongings again, and confirmed that he had everything he should bring. Then he took a deep breath and walked out carefully. After stepping out, the elevator behind him did not disappear directly like before, which made Xu Ming a little surprised. …But after returning, she didn't plan to take the same route back. So Xu Ming only looked back cautiously, and after confirming that there was nothing strange about the elevator, she tiptoed away. Unbeknownst to her, just after she walked away, the elevator door that had been closed opened again and didn't close again; the cabin was empty, but the lights were on, and they stayed on for a long, long time.

It's like someone has been standing there for a long time.