It was late at night!
Chen Ang and Nick were still in the corridor on the second floor. They heard a rustling sound coming from the bathroom on the second floor, where they had placed the mirror. It sounded like the sound of clothes rubbing against the ground, as if someone was crawling on the ground.
Chen Ang turned to look at Nick and said, "According to tradition, we should listen more secretly in the room!"
Nick nodded. "Good idea!"
Then, the two of them quickly returned to Chen Ang's room and stood at the door to listen carefully to the sounds in the corridor. The couple's bedroom was just a corner away from Chen Ang's guest room, and the bathroom was between them. Water dripped on the bathroom floor, making an almost undetectable sound.
But the people here had very sharp ears, so they could hear it clearly. They could even judge the direction and distance of the sound.
There were two things moving in the bathroom. One of them was crawling on the ground, its clothes rubbing against the ground, making rustling sounds. The other did not make any footsteps, but there was water dripping from its body. It seemed like its feet were not touching the ground, so they could only judge by the sound of water dripping. It walked out of the bathroom, and the door opened!
Soon, the rustling sound turned into the sound of clothes rubbing against the carpet.
They seemed to be looking for something, and the rustling sound approached the direction of Chen Ang's room. It would always sound for a while, and then it would be quiet for a while. It was very rhythmic. Nick silently counted the time between the sounds. He judged the distance between the 'walking and stopping' by the sound — that was the distance between the doors.
The thing crawled to the door of each bedroom, stayed there for a while, and then continued to crawl to the next bedroom.
Nick used a tactical hand gesture to signal to Chen Ang, "They're looking!"
Chen Ang replied, "They should be looking for someone. Do you think they can tell the difference between us and the person they're looking for?"
The two of them fell silent. The rustling sound came closer and closer. It was already next door — Nick's room. This time, it stayed a little longer, as if sensing that something was wrong in the room. Then, there was the sound of nails scratching against the door. It was not loud, but it was very obvious in the dark.
After a long time, the sound of nails scratching the door disappeared!
What followed was a long, long silence. It was so quiet that Chen Ang and Nick could hear the sound of water dripping on the other side. The dripping sound would also linger in each room for a while. They seemed to be searching separately. The sound of dripping water was easy to distinguish, because once it stopped at the door of a room for a while, the sound of dripping water would become the dripping sound of a drop of water falling into a puddle.
Nick took out his pen and wrote something in the little notebook he carried with him.
Chen Ang leaned forward to take a look. It was calculating the height of the water droplet from the ground based on the time and volume of the sound.
It was not difficult to calculate. Based on the sound of the thing moving, one could calculate its speed. Then, based on the landing point of the water droplet and the time between when it stopped, one could calculate how high the water droplet was falling from.
This was junior high mathematics, but the prerequisite was that one's ears and experience could accurately detect the sound of the water droplet.
This ability to discern the location of the target through listening was not something an ordinary person could do!
Chen Ang glanced at it and instantly gave Nick a look of disdain. Did he even need to use a pen to calculate this?
Chen Ang calculated in his mind and found out that the height of the water droplet was about 1.4 meters, and the ceiling of the second floor was only 2.8 meters high.
"1.4 meters!" Chen Ang repeated the number in his mind. This is not the height of a normal person. Even if the thing's head is touching the ceiling, the tip of its feet or the corner of its clothes — the water droplet will fall from the lowest point, and it will be 1.4 meters from the ground.
Chen Ang calculated the falling speed of the water droplets on the thing's body and calculated the different heights of the falling points. Then, he took the smallest value. That should be the water droplet falling from the tip of its feet — no, it was not a water droplet. Chen Ang had calculated the weight of the water droplet based on the acceleration, and then based on the weight of the water droplet, he calculated the surface tension of the liquid.
That was not pure water!
It was also not blood!
As for what kind of liquid it was, Chen Ang was more inclined to — oil!
If it was really that thing, would it be a midget … or a child? At that moment, the thing next door moved. Chen Ang began to smell a burning smell approaching. It was the smell of burning and rotting, the smell of a corpse. It was still crawling on the ground. He could see a shadow appear at the door, peeking out from the gap of the door.
The thing seemed to be lying in the gap of the door below, looking inside.
Chen Ang raised his head and saw that Nick had already leaned against the walls on both sides and was sticking to the ceiling in the corner. His four limbs were supporting the walls on both sides of the corner, and he was at ease. He even had the time to stretch out a hand and make a shushing gesture to Chen Ang.
Ha! You still say you're the director of SHIELD!
Venom's identity has been exposed! Nick, you still say you don't have Spider Sense …
Chen Ang stood in place, and the thing seemed to have seen his feet. It began to use its claws to grab the door and climb up. The sound of its nails scratching on the door was a little irritating. The thing climbed to the position of the keyhole and then looked inside. A blood-red eyeball appeared opposite the keyhole, and Chen Ang stood with his back against it.
His body was like a puppet on a string, posing in a classic Michael Jackson pose.
His body was tilted forty-five degrees, facing the floor, and his hair fell down to cover his eyes. His body was so stiff that it didn't look like a human at all. His whole body was full of mechanical rigidity and numbness, and there was not even a trace of a living person on his body. The thing seemed to be quite curious.
It stared at Chen Ang for a long time, and its eyes were full of curiosity.
Although the glass of the eyeball was burned a little yellow and turbid, the emotion that was revealed still made its eyes a lot more vivid. Nick inexplicably felt that it was a little cute.
Human instincts determine that they can't resist the ignorant eyes of small animals – the childlike state, the instinct to protect the cubs, this is the source of cuteness.
It turns out that as long as the eyes are in place, anything can be cute.
The thing looked for a while, and it seemed to be really curious. But it still slid down the keyhole with reluctance, and then continued to climb to the room next to it. After it left the door, Chen Ang's body instantly stood upright, as if he was pulled up by a string.
Nick also quietly climbed down from the corner of the wall.
The dripping thing had already passed the door of the wizard couple's bedroom. No one knew what the couple did, but the thing didn't seem to notice. It stayed at the door for a while, and then left. The two of them met at the door of the stairs outside the corridor.
There was also an old rusty mechanical elevator for people who couldn't move easily.
When Chen Ang and Nick came, they paid special attention to the elevator because it was too old. Luke's lawyer also told them that it was installed for the convenience of the paralyzed Ben. After Ben passed away, they didn't remove it, but no one had used it for ten years. Now it seemed that Luke wasn't being honest.
It was used every night!
Just as the two things were about to start the elevator, they suddenly heard some whispers. The voices were very soft, almost like a few wisps of air. Then the two things stopped for a while, and started to move towards Chen Ang's room.
Nick subconsciously raised his head, and saw that Chen Ang was already supporting himself on the ceiling in the corner. His body was curled into a ball, like the shadow in the corner of the wall. This time, the two little things moved faster, and soon they would reach their door. Nick gave Chen Ang the middle finger. He had no choice but to unbutton his shirt, and put on his coat to stand where Chen Ang was.
Leaning forward, he lowered his body bit by bit with difficulty. He relied on his ankles, and his calf muscles were tight.
He couldn't do it as freely as Chen Ang. Without the help of the mechanism, he could only do it with his muscles. Even Nick was in a difficult position.
Fortunately, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to do it.
The dripping sound stopped at the door, and so did the dripping sound. Then there was a very soft knock on the door. The knocking sounded at the same time, as if someone was knocking with both hands at the same time.
Who would be that bored?
The thought just flashed across Nick's mind when another image popped into his mind. A body hanging from the ceiling approached the door. His toes shook, and he knocked on the door, making two soft knocks.
Someone looked down through the crack in the door above, but he saw nothing.
It only saw a black shadow in front of the bed …
The thing was confused, and the whispering started again. The two things seemed to be arguing. Their voices were a little louder, but it still sounded like they were hissing from their throats. The thing on the ground seemed to be in disbelief, and the sound of its nails scratching the door came again.
It moved closer to the keyhole, wanting to see the strange doll again, but there was only a black shadow.
A cute scream of disbelief came from the other side of the door.
Chen Ang quietly moved to the ceiling next to the window. He used a small mirror to reflect a small part of the moonlight onto Nick. Instantly, the black shadow dissolved! Nick, who was standing at an anti-gravity angle at a 45-degree angle, was exposed to the moonlight. A small scream came from the other side of the door. The two things looked at Nick's huge, dark body through the gap of the door and the keyhole, which was comically facing the floor at a 45-degree angle.
The two little things were whispering to each other again. They seemed to be discussing something excitedly.
If Chen Ang's performance was as precise and stable as a puppet's, then Nick's performance was quite funny, like a clumsy clown. Fortunately, the two things were really easy to fool. They didn't care about the replacement. They watched for a while and left. After a while, the creaking sound of the elevator was heard.
In the room of the two wizards, Madam Caroline suddenly said, "They're a little early today!"
"The doll in the attic didn't respond!"
"Maybe the doll is broken again!" Mr. Luke said. "Go get a new one tomorrow morning!"
"We're running out of time! Justine! "Caroline called the other person's name.
The first night passed just like that! Soon, the sky turned bright, and the rooster crowed in the courtyard …
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