When Lin Sanjiu raised her hand, she couldn't believe what she was about to do. However, the doubt disappeared as soon as it appeared. Then, she grabbed the brass door handle. With a click, she turned the knob and pushed it open. Slowly, she opened the crimson door of unit 320.
Then, she stepped in with one foot.
It all started from twenty minutes ago, when she met Livia in the washroom.
Lin Sanjiu could see the black hair on the top of the washroom door like a nail.
She summoned her [Tornado Whip] without making a sound. Then, she bent down and climbed up the toilet seat. She took up a relatively high position.
"Push the door open," a cool female voice echoed in the small cubicle.
Now that the real danger was right in front of her, Lin Sanjiu was able to calm down. No matter what was outside the door, it was much better than the feeling that she couldn't see or touch it and that she couldn't hit anything when she threw a punch.
The strand of hair moved slightly, and then the bathroom door was pushed open with a creak.
Apparently, the person outside had just touched the door lightly. The door slid open slowly, revealing Livia, who looked normal, to Lin Sanjiu.
She had dark brown hair, a medium height, and a tired face. She was indeed the Livia that Lin Sanjiu had met a few times.
"What are you doing?" When Livia saw that Lin Sanjiu was ready to strike, she immediately took a few steps back. Her voice was filled with doubt, "Are you going to attack me?"
Lin Sanjiu frowned and tightened her grip on her [Tornado Whip]. In the end, she decided not to act rashly. Lin Sanjiu frowned. She tightened her grip on her [Tornado Whip] but decided not to act rashly.
It was easy to attack Livia here, but Lin Sanjiu didn't want to get involved in a fight without knowing what was going on.
After all, she didn't know much about this place...
"It's nothing. I'm just taking precautions." Lin Sanjiu waved her hand and put away her [Tornado Whip]. After showing that she had nothing in her hand, she slowly walked out of the cubicle. "What took you so long to change your clothes?"
Livia became suspicious and slowly relaxed her guard. However, he was still a few steps away from her. "… What took so long? I'll be out soon. "
Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes and glanced at her. In the end, she decided to change the topic. "You won't get an answer if you continue to harp on this question.
"… How much do you know about this place? What should we do next? "
"Not much," Livia said simply. "I've checked in two or three rooms, but they were all empty. There were only a few posthumans. I don't know who to look for even if I wanted to ask for information."
After a pause, Lin Sanjiu looked at her and spoke. "… If you want information, I know a way."
Livia raised her head and looked at her in confusion. It was the expression a posthuman should have when she was trapped in an attraction.
Lin Sanjiu did not explain further. He gestured for her to follow him, then turned around and walked out of the restroom.
If Lin Sanjiu wanted to verify Livia's words, it was actually very simple.
After walking out of the female restroom and turning left, they would reach the staircase. After instructing Mrs. Manas to keep an eye on Livia, Lin Sanjiu led Livia to the sixth floor. Before they reached the bottom of the staircase, they could already see the door to unit 601. Beside it was unit 603, which was half-revealed.
Lin Sanjiu stopped and turned to look at Livia. "Which rooms have you been to?"
"I've been to the first few rooms on the sixth floor," Livia said with a puzzled expression. "… What's wrong?"
"I don't think you would mind going in again, right?" Lin Sanjiu smiled at her calmly. "Don't go to unit 601. Go to unit 603."
Livia seemed doubtful about Lin Sanjiu's request. However, after glancing at Lin Sanjiu, she did as she was told. "Didn't I tell you already? What's there to see?" she muttered to herself. Then, she turned the doorknob of unit 603.
Just as Lin Sanjiu's eyes widened, the door to unit 603 was opened by Livia.
As if to prove her point, Livia said, "Look!" Livia did not wait for Lin Sanjiu to say anything. She stepped into the room.
From the staircase, Lin Sanjiu could only see part of the room through the half-open door. There was a vase of dried flowers on the shoe rack at the entrance. Beside it was an empty coat rack. She couldn't see the room from the wall.
"I can actually go in!"
Lin Sanjiu didn't even realize that she had already dashed toward unit 603. Coincidentally, Livia's voice came from inside the room, "Come and take a look. This is an empty room …"
A gust of wind blew against Lin Sanjiu's face, causing her fringe to flutter. Lin Sanjiu froze for a moment. She felt that something was wrong. The door to unit 603 was closed by the gust of wind. Livia's words came to an abrupt halt. Even the last syllable was cut off as if it had never been there.
Lin Sanjiu froze at the door.
After standing in the dead silence for some time, Lin Sanjiu raised her trembling hand.
"Dong, dong." Two hesitant knocks on the door echoed far away in the corridor.
No one answered the door.
Lin Sanjiu's left palm was already sweaty. She squeezed the [Tornado Whip] card tightly. She held her breath and listened for a while. After the echoes disappeared, the apartment building was still as silent as before.
Just as she raised her right hand and was about to knock on the door again, the doorknob of Room 603 turned, and the dark red wooden door was silently pulled open a gap.
A human face peeked out from the slit, but it wasn't Livia's.
The person who opened the door was an old lady with a face full of smiles.
Her silver-gray hair was neatly curled, and her loose skin was folded into deep creases on her face. Everything on her face was sagging, except for her mouth, which was painted with red lipstick. Her lips were curled up into two sharp corners.
"Young lady, who are you looking for?" the old lady asked slowly. Her voice was soft and hoarse.
"This, this is definitely one of the residents of this apartment building."
Lin Sanjiu involuntarily took a step back. She felt the edge of the card pressing against her palm. Only then did she regain her composure, "Who are you? Didn't you see a woman enter this apartment just now? "
"I've lived here for twenty years. I didn't see anyone come here, "the old lady's gray eyes stared at Lin Sanjiu from under her drooping eyelids. When she smiled, her mouth seemed especially big," There might be a few thieves. But I'm old, so I couldn't catch them. They all escaped through the window. "
"Window?"
For some reason, Lin Sanjiu raised her eyes and looked over the old lady's head. She saw that there was an open window on the wall opposite the door.
There was an alleyway outside the window, but it was so far away. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell if it was a realistic painting or a real alleyway.
However, she still remembered the feeling of a gust of wind caressing her face.
"So, did Livia leave through the window?"
"If there's nothing else, I'll go back and rest," the old lady said. Her eyes never left Lin Sanjiu for even half a second as she spoke. She smiled as she closed the door, "Come and visit me when you're free. Granny is very happy to see a young person."
The door of unit 603 closed once again in front of Lin Sanjiu.
As soon as the wooden door closed, the apartment building fell into a lifeless silence. There was no sound of footsteps, no sound of breathing, as the person moved away from behind the door. It was as if there was a lifeless object standing behind the door … Lin Sanjiu shuddered. She turned around and dashed toward the staircase.
"Where are you going?" Mrs. Manas cried out in alarm.
"I... I have an idea," Lin Sanjiu's voice trembled slightly, "I think both of them are right."
"What do you mean?"
"There must be something in this apartment building.
The rules of 'knocking' and 'entry' go hand in hand. "
The two rules of 'entering' are parallel, "Lin Sanjiu answered quickly as the sound of the staircase rang out." Geran and Livia discovered it. They must be telling the truth. There's nothing wrong with them. At least, there shouldn't be any problem until just now. "
If a posthuman knocked on a door, someone would answer the door. However, if a posthuman pushed the door open or opened the door before someone answered the door, the apartment building should be empty. In that case, the apartment should be empty … This also explained why Geran and Livia's statements were completely different!
From her own experience, the residents of this apartment building would probably trick posthuman to knock on their door, just like the group of teenagers and the old lady.
Lin Sanjiu rushed down to the third floor. Her heart thundered as she took a deep breath. Then, she walked to the door of unit 320. She twisted the doorknob.
She might very well be wrong; and if she was, what would happen next?
However, the door to unit 320 opened.
Just as Lin Sanjiu had guessed, the room that she had seen once before was now empty. The stains and empty wine bottles were still there, but the "people" were gone. Even the smell of burning plants in the air had disappeared.
Lin Sanjiu used her wings to hold the door shut. Then, she cautiously took two steps inside.
Behind the window of unit 320 was a painting of a desert. Even though the painting was lifelike, Lin Sanjiu could tell that it was just a painting.
Lin Sanjiu backed out of Unit 320, feeling a little dazed. When she was leaving, she was very careful not to touch anything with her wings. As long as the thing in Unit 320 didn't open the door because of the sound she made, it shouldn't be counted as the "third knock".
With her heart hanging in her throat, Lin Sanjiu reached the first floor smoothly.
"It seems like you guessed correctly," Mrs. Manas was a little speechless. Mrs. Manas was a little speechless. "But... even if we know this, we still can't find the exit!"
Lin Sanjiu glanced at the door of unit 101, but she did not walk over. Instead, she walked deeper into the corridor. She frowned as she pondered, "There must be some meaning to these rules. The way to find the exit must have something to do with these rules …"
To test her theory, she started from unit 120, which was the last room in the corridor. She opened every door without asking. Just as she expected, all the rooms were empty. There was no sign of anyone living in them. However, the paintings behind the windows were all different.
"It's the same here," Lin Sanjiu stood at the door of unit 108. She scanned the interior of the unit. She didn't know if she was disappointed or relieved, "There's nothing here."
It was a single apartment, and it was so small that Lin Sanjiu could see everything in it. Just as she was about to close the door and move to the next room, she heard a soft, familiar voice behind her, "Miss Lin."
It was Geran.
Mrs. Manas had already deactivated her [Higher Consciousness Scan] since it was useless in this place. Lin Sanjiu couldn't see what was going on behind her at all. However, at that moment, she suddenly thought of something. Her hair stood on end.
The reason why Geran thought that unit 101 was the "life door" was because unit 101 was empty. However, he had knocked on the door and pushed it open. That was why unit 101 was empty. In other words, if he had waited a little longer after knocking on the door, someone might have answered the door...
However, Geran didn't wait. He went in and settled down in unit 101.
In this sense, he and Livia had done the same thing. Regardless of whether they were still alive or not, they still "lived" in the apartment.
"Miss Lin, can you hear me?" Geran's voice echoed in the corridor. It sounded as if he was getting closer to her. "I think I found a way out … Do you want to come and see?"
Lin Sanjiu would never forget that she had knocked on the door of unit 101 twice.
The [Tornado Whip] appeared in her left hand. Then, a strong gust of wind swept toward the source of the sound. She had used all her strength in this attack. However, when the attack that was powerful enough to destroy half of the building dissipated, Geran's voice rang beside her ear quietly. "You're right. You're right. You're right.
"Miss Lin, why don't you turn around?"
When he said that, there was no air current in the air. (To be continued.)
PS:
[Sinful Dream, your Heshibi has come too often. I feel like I've already dug out all the words of gratitude. What should I say next? Only then will I be able to express my feelings of being unable to repay your kindness!] The debt is as high as a mountain … In the end, all I can say is a rather weak "thank you". I'm really touched...
I saw someone in the comments saying that 39 has been a little cowardly recently. Hahaha, you guys didn't expect her to leave the game in such a fearless manner. Hahahaha — Of course, I'm a good dog that doesn't give spoilers.
Recently, I've been trying to write a scarier story, but I haven't been able to reach the level I want. I'm a little dissatisfied. If I don't rush to update, the atmosphere would be more enchanting (?). ...
Here, I would like to thank Akagura, Shuyo 160110011207005, Rainbow7689, Hatsuyuki Hitman, M.L.O. (Pregnant Ninja) for their perfume sachets, inkstone, Hashimoto Man, Nie Xiaowu 01, Whitey 361, Mikasayou for their perfume sachets, Egg Sun, Heartless Specter, Lidaren, Armored White Apple, Violent Orange, SA County Hotel, Plain Bird, Egg Tart for Driving Practice!
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