When Lin Sanjiu opened a small gap in the door, she did not poke her head out immediately. Instead, she stretched out her hand. She spun the broken mirror in her hand, and the blurry reflection of the red-carpeted corridor appeared on the surface of the mirror.
After ransacking Unit 119, Lin Sanjiu knocked off the broken mirror from the wardrobe door. Afraid that she would suffer the same fate if she looked at the mirror, Lin Sanjiu deliberately rubbed the broken mirror against the corner of the table a few times. She only dared to use it to check the situation in the corridor after she made it very blurry.
Lin Sanjiu didn't have a choice. She didn't know why, but when she was in this apartment building, Lin Sanjiu's five senses were as muddled as a normal person's. When she saw or heard something, it was already too late.
Fortunately, the thing that used to be Geran was no longer outside.
She stared at the mirror for a full five minutes, but there was no movement in the corridor.
Lin Sanjiu turned her head to look at unit 119 one last time. She took a deep breath and opened the door.
Outside the window behind her, there was still the painting of the alley in the drizzle. The tranquil ink-like charm of the painting had disappeared. The spot where Livia stuck her face out of the window frame was now empty. All that was left was a gloomy fog that lingered in the grayish-green alley amidst the drizzle.
Feeling a little uncomfortable, Lin Sanjiu moved her shoulders and scanned the corridor. Then, she shut her eyes tightly. In the next second, her body had already shot forward like an arrow. She closed her eyes and saw nothing but darkness. Her heart was in her throat as she measured the distance between her and the corridor.
After the creaking sound of the door, something seemed to have changed in the air.
However, she couldn't see or feel anything at the moment. Lin Sanjiu felt as if every pore on her body was tightly shut. The moment she heard the voice, she immediately spread her skeletal wings to protect herself. She stretched out her arm and searched the air on her left side. Then, she rushed up the stairs without daring to breathe.
Lin Sanjiu ran all the way to the second floor in one breath. She only stopped when she heard her heart pounding. She opened her eyes nervously.
If he cast his gaze downwards, he would see Geran's deformed shadow cast on the stairs below. The shadow was stretched by the steps one by one. It was as if it was about to walk over.
"Geran is staying in room 101, so he definitely can't come up," Lin Sanjiu comforted herself silently. Although she did not knock on the door of the room on the second floor, she did not want to stay there for long, so she did not waste even half a second. He turned around and quickly ran up the stairs.
The conversation she had with Livia ten minutes ago replayed itself in her mind.
"... I can't tell you too much right now," Livia said. Her eyes were still in the corner of her eyes for a second, but the next second, they flashed back to the center of her face, looking like a picture that had been moved by some kind of computer special effects. "You've been in this room for more than five minutes, so you've probably become a bit of a nuisance.
He was now a preparatory resident. Let's see if there's any clean water in your room. "
Lin Sanjiu clenched the A4 paper with the words "Neighborhood Meeting" tightly in her hand. She stared at Livia, who looked like a painting out of the window, and slowly walked to the dining table.
With a casual glance, she found that something was wrong. Not to mention pure water, there were only one or two cans of carbonated drinks.
"Yes, this is.
The characteristics of a 'reserve resident' … "Livia's' drawing 'seemed to want to laugh, but the stiff image completely froze the corner of her mouth.
The 'Ready Occupant' has to go to the bathroom on the seventh floor to fetch water; I think this is a hidden hint - because the real
The 'sightseeing program' is behind the window of the washroom. You can only find the exit after coming in. "
After being stunned for half a second, Lin Sanjiu opened her mouth, feeling a little dry. "You … how did you know?"
"Didn't you knock on the door after I entered unit 603? At that time, before I could react, an old lady suddenly appeared beside me … In my panic, I didn't notice that there was a painting behind the window. I turned around and rushed to the window … I didn't expect that I would discover the real secret of this apartment building. "
"But you can't come in from this window. I think you can only come in when the original occupant shows up. You can only open the window in the apartment. " Livia seemed unwilling to talk too much through the glass, so she nodded at Lin Sanjiu as if concluding, "Anyway, you should go to the washroom on the seventh floor first."
After saying that, Livia slowly turned her head away. She disappeared from the window as if she had turned into another path.
Lin Sanjiu clutched the paper in her hand and stared blankly for a long time.
The edges and corners of the paper ball rubbed against her skin. The only option left for her was to go to the washroom on the seventh floor.
Even though Lin Sanjiu didn't know if Livia was telling the truth, she wouldn't stay in room 119 obediently and wait for the "neighborhood meeting" to begin.
"Dong Dong" the footsteps were about to reach the third floor. He stopped abruptly.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Manas asked nervously.
Lin Sanjiu tilted her head and thought for a moment. Suddenly, she turned around and walked down the stairs slowly. As she walked, she whispered, "I suddenly remembered that there is one more thing I can do."
Her steps and movements were very light and slow. If one did not pay attention, one would think that there was no one in the apartment building.
After about forty minutes, the door of the washroom on the seventh floor creaked open. A tall woman walked out from behind the half-opened door. It was Lin Sanjiu.
There was a puddle of water on the floor tiles of the washroom. Under the dim light, it looked as if someone would slip and fall if they weren't careful. The fluorescent lights flickered on and off, and the quiet and cold washroom seemed to be dyed with a layer of grayish blue.
Lin Sanjiu looked around and realized that the windows of the men's and women's washrooms were not in the same position due to the layout of the apartment building. She stepped into the puddle of water and opened the door of the last cubicle. She saw Livia's face through the window.
Lin Sanjiu could vaguely see the shape of a beach behind Livia's face. Livia was standing close to the window. Lin Sanjiu could see the shadows of a few palm trees behind her large face.
"You're finally here," Livia's eyes followed Lin Sanjiu's movements. He turned stiffly from left to right, "... What took you so long?"
But she didn't seem to take it to heart. She said, "It's good that you're here. Hurry up and get ready to come in. Just open the glass window. Just stick your head in. "
"Okay," Lin Sanjiu replied and walked over. As she opened the glass window, she asked, "So the scenery behind these windows is connected?"
"Yes," Livia shifted her gaze downward and looked at Lin Sanjiu's hand, "... This is the only way to find the exit."
As soon as the glass window was pulled open. A gust of sea breeze blew out from the window, ruffling a few strands of hair in front of Lin Sanjiu's forehead. Livia's face suddenly became much livelier, and her movements became much smoother. "Yes, yes. Just come in like this."
Lin Sanjiu smiled at her. Then, she raised her skeletal wings.
In the blink of an eye, before Livia could realize that something was amiss, Lin Sanjiu shot her skeletal wings at the "painting" in front of her like bullets. The white shadow formed by countless sharp blades covered the face in an instant. Lin Sanjiu only retracted her skeletal wings when Livia's face was smashed into a pile of paper scraps accompanied by a shrill scream. Lin Sanjiu retracted her skeletal wings and took a few steps back. She carefully looked at the "painting".
Lin Sanjiu's attack had destroyed the bottom right corner of the painting, which was the part where Livia appeared. Lin Sanjiu could barely make out the original content of the painting. However, after the shrill scream died down, Livia's unscathed face emerged from the mess of paper scraps. She struggled out from the bottom right corner of the painting and moved to the bottom left corner. She stared at Lin Sanjiu with bloodshot eyes.
"Why … Why did you attack me?" Livia's shoulders rose and fell as if she was gasping for air.
"I should have thought of this earlier," Lin Sanjiu sighed softly, "... I think. "I think I owe you an apology."
Livia glared at Lin Sanjiu, but she didn't say a word.
"I wonder if you have met an evolver called Geran in this building? Even if you didn't, you should have met him now … Both you and Geran entered this attraction before me, "Lin Sanjiu stared at Livia and said slowly," After I entered, the difficulty of this attraction increased. "After I came in, the difficulty of the project suddenly increased. I don't know exactly how it increased, but because of this, both you and Geran died."
Livia waved her hand and a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles appeared in her hand. "I found this under the window of the men's washroom … Now that I think about it, Geran was probably in the same situation as you. Geran was probably in the same situation as you. He must have been bewitched by someone and walked into that window … "
Livia's gaze fell on the spectacles and she sneered.
"There are too many things that I can't guess." Lin Sanjiu ignored Livia. She lowered her head and looked at the spectacles in her hand. Then, she placed it on top of the toilet bowl. "For example, what would happen after you entered the window? What kind of life form are you and Geran in now? I can't figure it out no matter how hard I try. However, there is one thing that I am sure of. You and Geran died because of me. That's why both of you are trying your best to lead me to my death. "
"Then … why didn't you believe me?" Livia tilted her head and asked Lin Sanjiu through the broken painting.
"Because of the residents of this building," Lin Sanjiu answered softly. "If there's one difference between you and Geran and the residents of this building, it's that both of you are 'unplanned'.
'Unplanned '… You were supposed to be evolvers who participated in the project, but because of an accident, you fell into a trap and died here. You were trapped here. Hence, what you said was not part of the attraction's plan. Regardless of whether it's correct or not, only the original residents of this building can tell me what the attraction wants me to know. "
Lin Sanjiu looked at Livia's pale face. Since Livia had moved, Lin Sanjiu could finally see that there was no neck or body under the realistic "head". "Before I came to see you, I knocked on all the doors that I didn't knock on. I have already gotten all the information I need."
When Livia heard that, her eyes suddenly rolled and sank into the corners of her eyes, leaving only the whites of her eyes. Then, to Lin Sanjiu's surprise, Livia burst into a shrill laughter.
"So, you relied on the residents of this building?" Livia laughed uncontrollably as if she had heard something very delightful. "If I knew you were such an easy person to deal with, I wouldn't have wasted so much effort. Take a good look. Your neighborhood meeting has already started."
Before Livia's voice trailed off, Lin Sanjiu felt a chill run down her spine. Her skin tensed up.
At that moment, the small cubicle she was in suddenly became even darker than before.
She didn't know when, but there was a swarm of feet beneath the door. They were all of different sizes and were wearing shoes of different styles. They stood silently outside the cubicle, just one door away from her. Even without looking up, Lin Sanjiu knew that there were things poking out from the walls of the cubicle.
The shadows cast by those things covered the already dim light. They cast a crisscrossing shadow on Lin Sanjiu's body, making her look like a plate of food under a knife and fork.
Knock! Knock! Someone knocked on the door of the cubicle.
Right below the door, there was a pair of dirty Converse shoes.
The woman's voice, which sounded like she was intoxicated by alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, suddenly became very sober. She smiled at Lin Sanjiu through the door, "Is that the big sister from just now? Open the door. I have something to tell you. "
The washroom was silent for a few seconds.
"Young lady, you don't want to open the door?" The old woman's voice rang out with a smile, "I'm old. It's tiring to look at you through the crack of the door."
As the old woman said that, a silvery shadow slowly appeared from under the door. It seemed to be hanging upside down. The first thing that appeared was the top of the old woman's curly hair, followed by her hairline and forehead...
Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She pulled the cubicle door open.
The light in the washroom was so bright that it almost blinded her eyelids. Countless shadows were cast around her. Lin Sanjiu could feel the "residents" standing around her. She closed her eyes tightly and took a step out of the cubicle. (To be continued.)
PS:
"Oh my god, I'm finally done writing this attraction. I'm so tired! I originally planned to finish it in three chapters, but I'm not good at planning, so I overwrote it … It's not easy to get it back. Recently, I've been drawing a portrait of a male celebrity that I'm infatuated with. I'm so moved that I don't even want to write anymore! After all, every minute I spend writing is taking up time with my idol … Sigh, I'll continue drawing after I post this chapter. He's so damn cute!
Thank you to Qiu Wan, 2 from Mikasayou, Hashimoto Man, Aunt 9, Margaret's Green Eyes, Ghost Heartless, 3 from Egg Tart, 2 from Egg Grandson, Broken Bones Mulberry Elm, Bread and Milk House, Lou Yuran, Shigeru is the Great Lizard, Book Friend 160112231317670, 2 good luck charms, Positive Comment Bird, and
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