Chapter 89

Although getting one more root is always a good thing, Xu Ming actually hesitated a little when going upstairs.

The reason is very simple. Xu Ling had not gone up to the fifth floor before because of the alienated Hu Bo on the fourth floor. Hu Bo himself was a monster catalyzed by Xu Ling. There might still be some induction between the two...

and now that the root on the fourth floor was taken away by me, would Xu Ling, who was on the third floor, sense this? If she sensed it, would she take this opportunity to follow her up?

... But Xu Ming was just worried. After all, if he didn't take this root, he wouldn't be able to find the exit of the fourth floor; and since he had taken it, he couldn't send it back. He

could only bite the bullet and take a gamble... and on the bright side, there might be an induction light on the fifth floor.

With this thought in mind, Xu Ming quickly turned the corner of the stairs leading to the fifth floor. As soon as he turned out, he felt a bright light in his peripheral vision. When he looked up again, he was even more stunned.

- Bad news, just like the fourth floor, the corridor on the fifth floor also has no induction lights.

- Good news, even without induction lights, the corridor on the fifth floor is still full of light.

From Xu Ming's perspective, he can clearly see the half-open door of Room 501. Those bright lights are pouring out from the half-open door, flowing like water, as ethereal as gauze, revealing a temperament that is incompatible with the entire unit building.

To put it a little exaggerated... even a little dreamy.

It was like a scene from a fairy tale.

Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to take a step forward, but he heard the puppy in the bag whimpering softly. Xu Ming suddenly came to his senses, looked down at his bag, and turned to look at Po Haitang behind him, only to find that the other party had fallen behind him by several steps.

"...Hey?" Xu Ming looked at Po Haitang who was still standing at the corner, and couldn't help but raised his eyebrows, "Are you sure you don't want to follow closely?"

"At this time, Xu Ling might suddenly rush up from below."

"......!" Sure enough, when Po Haitang heard Xu Ling's name, his face twisted, but when he looked up at the fifth-floor platform covered with light, he thought about it and shrank back again.

"I think this location is good." It muttered softly, "There's an iron gate below, even if the kid wants to come, it can at least stop him... right."

Xu Ming: "..."

The uncertain tone showed that it didn't believe it itself. But even so, it still insisted on not going up.

Does it mean that the fifth floor will put more pressure on it?

Xu Ming turned his head again and looked at the corridor filled with warm light above. After a little thought, he patted the bag lightly, signaling the little dog to go back to the rule book again.

Then he ignored the Po Haitang behind him and walked forward cautiously, walking all the way to the junction of the stairs and the platform. The moment he stepped onto the platform, he touched the bracelet on his wrist again - a

new round of dream simulation began.

This time, the simulation was of the fifth floor platform. Xu Ming knew that in some aspects, the perception of abnormal beings was far more sensitive than that of living people, and Po Haitang and Xiaogou had already responded to the fifth floor. In this case, he had to be careful.

However, after walking back and forth twice on the platform, he did not find anything special. Xu Ming pondered for a moment, and his eyes finally fell on the half-open door of Room 501.

According to the existing intelligence, Room 502 should be the room of the building manager, and Room 501 belongs to the assistant of the building manager, nicknamed "Pickpocket". From the records, he should be a male with a lively personality. Like the building manager, Ms. Tian, ​​and his aunt, he is a special psychic who can use "roots".

The induction lights and electric meter boxes in the corridor were all arranged by him. Even until now, these settings are still stubbornly operating, becoming one of the last lines of defense in the unit building. However, his own situation...

is quite... quite puzzling.

The vague and strange words and disturbing descriptions make my back inexplicably cold when I think of them now.

It is precisely because of this that although the light flowing from behind the door is so pure and dreamy that it makes people intoxicated, Xu Ming still maintains the most basic vigilance against it - after realizing that there is no danger that can be triggered in the corridor, she chooses to temporarily cancel the simulation and carefully put one foot into the room of 501...

and immediately launched a new scene simulation the moment she stepped in.

There is no way. The dream simulation can only simulate the scene where one is "there", and the weirdness outside the scene cannot be copied. In order to obtain the situation inside 501, Xu Ming can only take a small risk first.

Fortunately. The simulation was completed smoothly. But in a blink of an eye, she was already standing at the replica of the entrance of 501, which made Xu Ming breathe a sigh of relief. Out of caution, she quickly left the room of 501, and only looked inside through the door, holding her breath.

The first thing she saw was still warm light.

The warm light in the room was brighter than outside. It filled the entire living room as if it had substance, like a soft veil, or like a diffuse mist wrapped in moonlight. Almost at a glance, people can't look away.

Even in the simulated scene, Xu Ming couldn't help but be mesmerized. The remaining rationality controlled her body, preventing her from pushing the door open directly, but her sight was completely out of control. She kept exploring inside almost instinctively, trying to see every texture of the light, trying to see the deepest part of the light.

Finally, her eyes locked on that point, the brightest point of the light. Under her unblinking gaze, the vague mist finally receded, and the thing hidden in the deepest part of the light finally revealed its true appearance to her -

she saw a lamp.

A huge lamp, almost two people tall. The lamp was embedded in the wall, and the thick wall was propped up with fine cracks. The warm and bright light came from this absurdly large lamp, but when looking directly at the lamp, one could only feel the warmth and not be blinded at all.

The only thing that was of some concern was the position of the wick - from Xu Ming's perspective, he could clearly see it. In the light at the wick, there were two very obvious, suspended shadows.

Just like the spots on the moon, the marks were actually very faint, but because the surroundings were too bright, they could not be ignored. Xu Ming subconsciously looked at the two shadows a few more times, but soon she realized something was wrong. She

didn't know if it was her illusion, but as she observed, the two shadows seemed to become more and more obvious.

Not only was it becoming more and more obvious, but it was also getting bigger. Its length and thickness were growing visibly. Xu Ming carefully observed its changes and squinted unconsciously. The next second, she seemed to have discovered something and her eyes suddenly widened

.

No, it wasn't "getting bigger"...

The two shadows were "approaching" - under her gaze, they were approaching her little by little from the depths of the light!

"!" Realizing this, Xu Ming was startled and immediately forced herself to close her eyes. The moment she didn't want to close her eyes, she felt a slight touch on her back, which startled her heart and she dodged to the side subconsciously. As soon as she moved, she felt another slight touch on the other side of her back...

This time Xu Ming felt it very clearly. The touch felt very light and the contact area was small, as if she was touched by something small.

She hurriedly dodged to the side, and the moment she turned around, she saw clearly what had hit her -

it was two legs.

Two legs hanging from the air.

Wearing torn jeans, hanging straight down, dangling in the air and swaying slightly. It was the tip of the toes that had just touched her back.

... Xu Ming felt her scalp explode instantly after realizing this. What was worse was that although her mind was clearly telling her to get away quickly, her sight seemed to be drawn by something, and she almost couldn't help but look up.

Xu Ming couldn't describe what she saw at that moment. In fact, she had almost no impression of it. The only thing she remembered was the strong emotion that suddenly exploded in her mind at that moment, almost piercing into her bones and even her heart -

... fear.

It was unknown how long it took before the paralyzed brain finally worked with difficulty and belatedly remembered the name of this emotion.

At this time, at least two minutes had passed since Xu Ming was forcibly ejected from the scene simulation.

"...Um, Teacher Su Ming?"

Staring at her stiff back, the whale man who was still hiding below spoke cautiously: "Are you okay? You don't look too well... Boss?"

"..." Xu Ming closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and after a long pause, he shook his head gently.

"It's okay." She pursed her lips and tried to calm herself down. Looking at the corridor filled with soft light again, the consciousness that was frightened and stiffened finally began to work again.

...So what is that light? Or, what is that huge light fixture embedded in the wall? Is it the root left by the "pickpocket"? Where did the "pickpocket" go?

Or is it just the two legs... Xu Ming blinked, and somehow, he suddenly remembered the simple drawing he found on the first floor.

The drawing was made by Uncle Hu in 401, and almost every resident in the building was included. The two rooms on the fifth floor, however, were all painted with question marks.

Another point is that there is a pair of pants painted on almost every staircase in the drawing...

Xu Ming was also wondering why there were flying pants in the unit building. Now it seems that it is most likely not pants - but legs.

The function of the induction light is to create pressure and fear, and the source of its light is the root of the assistant to the building manager. In other words, what she just saw was probably what the induction light would look like after being fully triggered, and the pair of "legs" were probably just a specific form of the light creating fear...

He had already begun to mutate long before Uncle Hu noticed it. After the mutation, he would naturally trigger the defense mechanism of the induction light, so in his eyes, every time the induction light came on, it meant a pair of legs that could create intense fear...

and this was reflected in his paintings, as pants flying all over the floor.

Xu Ming: "..." Thinking of this, for some reason, the fear became a little harmonious.

And coming to the point, why were they legs? Although the legs hanging in the air are a bit scary, it seems strange to limit it to this form...

"Oh, this is not a great reason." While thinking about it, the voice next to him gave a simple answer in time, "It's just because he is most afraid of this, so he smuggled some private goods."

"Oh--" Xu Ming nodded in sudden enlightenment. Indeed, this makes sense...

? Wait.

Subconsciously glancing at the empty left side of his room, Xu Ming paused for a moment, then as if realizing something, he immediately turned his gaze to Room 502, which was also on the left -

"Huh? Sorry." As if noticing her gaze, the voice rang again, "Did I scare you? I haven't seen you for a long time, so I couldn't help but want to interrupt. I'm sorry, really sorry."

Xu Ming: "..."

"That." She couldn't help but say, "but I didn't say anything just now."

"Sometimes, thoughts also have voices." The voice said as a matter of course, and after a brief pause, it spoke again, "Speaking of which, should I introduce myself first?"

"Yang Duyi, the person in charge of this unit building, polite."