Entering the elevator, Chen Ge pressed the number 23 on the control panel. The first floor he wanted to go to was the 23rd floor.
The silver elevator door slowly closed like it had been cut off from the outside world.
Chen Ge's breathing quickened. He personally did not like taking elevators. It was not because he had claustrophobia but because he did not want to be confined in a cramped environment.
The number on the monitor kept changing without any pause.
Looks like the situation inside the building is similar to what Wang Xin's mother said. The tenants here rarely take the elevator at night.
The elevator rose at a constant speed, and the number on the monitor changed to 23.
The voice rang, and the silver elevator doors opened to both sides.
The light came out from the elevator, and it was swallowed by darkness for about five meters. The corridor was dark, and there were closed anti-theft doors on both sides.
I've reached the top floor already?
The 23rd floor looked no different from the other floors, but the window at the end of the corridor was not closed, and Chen Ge could hear the wind howling.
It sure feels weird to take the elevator alone at night.
After the elevator door closed, Chen Ge pressed the number 2 on the control panel.
The elevator started to descend, and it reached the second floor without a hitch.
Why did the Society of Strange Tales design this? Can I really find the extra 24th floor by taking the elevator back and forth?
After the elevator door closed, Chen Ge moved to the 22nd floor.
When the elevator started and stopped, its speed would change, and there would be temporary weightlessness or extra gravity. This was why some people would feel dizzy and nauseous.
Chen Ge was physically fit, but after sitting in the elevator for almost five minutes, he felt uncomfortable. His heart was racing, and he could not calm down. He had a feeling that something bad was going to happen.
This repeated a few times, and Chen Ge felt annoyed, but he could not explain why.
The elevator returned to the seventh floor from the 18th floor. Then, he pressed the button for the 17th floor.
There were no accidents throughout the whole process. The method used by the Society of Strange Tales looked more like a psychological game.
The elevator rose at a constant speed, and the number on the monitor kept changing. Soon, the elevator slowed down again, and the silver doors slowly opened to both sides.
Chen Ge raised his head and looked out the door. There was nothing in the corridor, and the residents of the building seemed to be asleep. It was very quiet.
"I'm very lucky. I haven't met anyone yet. I can try to go to the 24th floor after a few more repetitions." Chen Ge was already used to this process. When he went to press the elevator button, his eyes inadvertently swept across the screen. The faint red number made his arm freeze in mid-air.
“16？”
He had clearly pressed the button for the seventeenth floor, and the button representing the seventeenth floor was still lit, but the elevator inexplicably opened on the sixteenth floor.
"Someone got on the elevator on this floor!"
Bending down, his right hand lowered to touch the butcher knife on his calf. Chen Ge stared at the empty elevator and remained on high alert.
The corridor outside was pitch-black, and it was impossible to see anything more than ten meters away. The surroundings were deathly silent, and no sound could be heard.
"Could it be a child's prank?"
The thought crossed his mind, but it was soon ruled out by Chen Ge.
Several seconds later, the silver elevator door slowly closed. Chen Ge looked at the empty elevator, and he did not dare to let his guard down. There was a high chance that there was something else standing next to him that he could not see.
Reaching his left hand into his pocket, Chen Ge took out his phone to look at the time. 01 am, it was already Wednesday.
The elevator continued to move upward and stopped at the seventeenth floor.
Chen Ge leaned against the wall and pressed the button for the eighth floor, but it did not take long for the accident to happen again.
The elevator stopped at the eleventh floor. After the elevator door opened, Chen Ge saw a white dress hanging in the middle of the corridor.
"Something else is coming up?" There was no wind in the corridor, but the dress swayed back and forth like it was floating toward the elevator.
Taking one step forward, Chen Ge quickly pressed the button to close the door.
The dress floated faster and faster like a person running down the corridor.
"Quick, close the door!"
When the white dress was two to three meters away from him, the elevator door closed, and it continued to descend.
Chen Ge leaned against the corner, and his palms were covered in cold sweat. Starting from a certain moment, the building changed.
The elevator reached the eighth floor safely, and Chen Ge stayed on that floor for a while.
According to the introduction on the flyer, he should be heading to the sixteenth floor now, but if the elevator wanted to go to the sixteenth floor, it had to pass the floor where the white dress was.
He was worried that the elevator would open on its own on the eleventh floor, and the white dress would be waiting for him outside.
His finger hovered over the control panel for a long time before he finally pressed the button. "If it's a red dress, then so be it, but there's no need to be afraid of a white dress."
Reaching out to hide the ballpoint pen inside his sleeve, Chen Ge kept consoling himself. "I have the Pen Spirit and Xu Yin with me. If it dares to come in, don't blame me for bullying you with numbers."
The elevator continued to move upward. When it was about to reach the eleventh floor, Chen Ge's heart skipped a beat.
However, to his surprise, the elevator did not stop at the eleventh floor this time. The number slowly changed, and before Chen Ge could sigh in relief, the elevator stopped at the thirteenth floor.
"Someone else is coming in?"
The silver elevator door slowly opened, and an old lady in a black dress and a thick scarf stood outside.
She looked very old, and the wrinkles on her face were like the skin of a bean. Her hair was silver, and her limbs were covered by her clothes.
The old lady did not seem to expect there to be someone inside the elevator, and she was stunned.
"Weird …" Her voice was soft, and she did not enter the elevator even when the door started to close.
"Why are there so many people taking the elevator so late at night? I can't even squeeze in. "
When Chen Ge heard what the old lady said, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He had planned to bully the white dress with numbers, but it looked like the situation had changed.
"No wonder the Pen Spirit is so obedient and did not react at all. This thing did not give me any hints."
He looked around. He was alone in the elevator, but thinking back to the old lady's words, Chen Ge's heart raced.
"Something must be wrong. Even at the Third Sick Hall, I was not this nervous." Chen Ge forced himself to remain calm, but his brain seemed to be stimulated by something invisible, and it kept sending out signals to warn him of danger.
"Something is wrong with this old lady as well. Wearing a black dress and scarf at night, is she that cold?"
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