"Monsters? What kind of monsters have you seen here? " Han Fei did not fully believe the woman's words. A normal housewife would have a hard time surviving inside a wardrobe full of monsters. It was not something that could be done with luck alone.
"The deformed arms that you encountered earlier are the most common monsters here. They are like parasites that live inside the wardrobe. They keep rummaging through the clothes' pockets. They appear to be able to extract the owner's memory from those objects and feed on them. I call them multi-armed bugs, or sometimes scavengers.
"In addition to the scavengers who collect memory fragments, there are also some monsters that are similar to humans, or rather, they were originally humans, but they have become muddle-headed and lost their self-awareness. I call them the Lost Ones."
"A long time ago, I once followed a Lost One inside the wardrobe. After following him for a long time, the Lost One suddenly disappeared. In the place where he had left, I found nothing but a bloody garment, similar to the one he had worn. "
"The multi-armed bugs and Lost Ones will not harm us. The most dangerous monsters inside this wardrobe are the other types of monsters.
One of them disguises itself as a wardrobe door. When you think you've found a way out, when you open the door, you'll find a gaping mouth inside.
"Another type of monster looks like a human but wears the bloody clothes inside the wardrobe. They are the most dangerous monsters. They will disguise themselves as clothes. When you get close, they'll grab you and bite you."
The Butterfly's wardrobe appeared to exist between the nightmare and reality. It was like a tunnel filled with mold. Inside it lived the people and monsters who were lost in the nightmare.
This strange wardrobe probably had something to do with the Butterfly's power. In Han Fei's memory, the Butterfly's specialty was to enter a person's dream and then slowly influence reality through the dream.
"It's not easy for you to survive in a place like this." Han Fei sighed sincerely. "Do you still remember how long you've been living here?"
"There is no sun, moon, or star. There is no reference. Initially, I tried to calculate the time but my mind is getting muddled. Now I can't even tell if it's day or night outside."
"Then how did you survive here? Is there food and water inside the wardrobe? " Han Fei stared at the woman with suspicion. He acted like a normal person but he already had a guess in his heart. The woman was probably dead and the woman before him was just a ghost who had not forgotten her past.
"Water …" The woman was silent. After a long time, she raised her head. "I was worried that I might scare you, so I planned to tell you after some time. But since you've asked, I won't hide it from you anymore. Come with me. "
The woman gripped the fruit knife tightly. It was obvious she was nervous like an inexperienced hunter.
The blood stains on the clothes thickened. After avoiding the arm of the monster, the woman led Han Fei deeper into the wardrobe.
From time to time, a strange voice drifted into his ears. It felt like the clothes worn by the dead suddenly spoke.
The further he walked, the more anxious Han Fei became. The clothes around him were drenched in blood and some of them were still dripping. It was as if they had just been ripped off from the dead.
As he got closer to the clothes, he could faintly hear moans of pain.
"We're here, I call this place the canteen."
They walked for half an hour before the woman stopped. She picked up the bleeding clothes. After apologizing to the clothes, she popped them into her mouth.
Fresh blood poured into her body. The woman's eyes slowly reddened. After she sucked on the blood, she turned to look at Han Fei.
Her lips were dyed red and her teeth were stained. Blood splattered on her face. She looked as scary as a ghost, completely different from before.
"Do you think I'm that scary? But don't forget that I've saved your life. " The woman put down the clothes. "To survive here, this is the only way. Initially, I was very against it but I had no other choice. My son might be treated as a player by a ghost. With that in mind, I'm willing to do anything. "
"You're a great mother."
"There's no need to flatter me. When you're hungry enough, you'll make the same choice because it's the only way." After the woman drank the blood from the clothes, her blood vessels started to expand. Her face paled. Whenever she spoke, there would be two voices coming from her lips but the other one was very weak.
Now Han Fei understood why the woman's voice was so strange. To survive here, she had drunk the blood from many dead people's clothes.
"Other than me, have you met anyone else here?"
"Yes, but most of them are on the verge of madness. Some have already become lost souls. They'll probably become new clothes hanging in the closet soon." The woman looked at her skin that was turning red from drinking the blood. "Actually, there's another reason why I saved you."
"What is it?"
"I feel like I can't hold on much longer. If I become a piece of clothing in the closet, I hope you can take me with you and help me find my son while ensuring your own survival." The woman did not force Han Fei, she used a negotiating tone. "When he disappeared, he was wearing a teddy bear pajamas. If he's still alive, I hope you can help take care of him. If he also becomes a piece of clothing, then can you put me with him? "
"Don't be so pessimistic. Perhaps we can find him and leave with him."
"I hope so." The woman thought Han Fei was trying to console her so she did not take him seriously.
"I'm serious." Han Fei was about to ask for more information when the woman signaled for him to bend down.
The bloody clothes in the distance swayed slightly, and a moment later, a man in a shirt with sparse hair, who looked to be in his forties came out.
He did not notice Han Fei and the woman. He half squatted on the ground and slowly moved his body.
"What is this place?!" The middle-aged man's face was twisted from fear. His mental state was unstable like he was on the verge of a breakdown.
He did not dare call for help lest he attracted the monster's attention. He could only move slowly on his own.
The middle-aged man crawled forward for a while. In front of him, there were still bloody clothes. His eyes were red, and his face was very pale.
"Why is this happening?"
The man's emotions became unstable. Before he completely collapsed, Han Fei and the woman walked out from their hiding place.
"Calm down, we're trapped inside this closet just like you …"
"Don't come any closer! Just stand there and talk! " The middle-aged man saw the unwiped blood stain on the woman's face and the fruit knife in her hand. A very bad thought crossed his mind.
"You'd better keep your voice down. If you attract the monster's attention, are you sure you can outrun the two of us?" Han Fei had a lot of practical experience in psychology. Before he appeared, he had already put away the Blade of Rebirth.
Raising both of his hands, Han Fei slowly approached the middle-aged man. "From the looks of it, you haven't been inside this closet for long, right?"
"I'm not sure about the actual time, probably about 10 hours. I stayed where I was until I noticed the monster's presence. " The middle-aged man was extremely insecure. In that situation, Han Fei's voice gave him a sense of security.
"Can you tell me how you got into this closet?"
"I have no idea!" The middle-aged man scratched his already thin hair. "I heard knocking coming from my neighbour's house in the middle of the night. It was so loud that I couldn't sleep. I wanted to go upstairs to take a look but I realized his door was not locked."
"You went in? Why didn't you call the police? "
"I was so angry that I didn't give it much thought. When I entered the house, I realized there was no one there. Just as I thought that was strange, I suddenly heard a sound coming from the bedroom. I pushed the door open to take a look."
"Did you see anyone inside the closet?"
"I saw the tenant lying on the bed, sleeping like a log. I thought he was pretending to be asleep, so I walked over to wake him up. But when I touched his face, I realized something was wrong. " The middle-aged man regretted his actions but it was too late now. "His face was as cold as a freshly removed pork from the fridge."
"Cold skin means that he's been dead for quite some time. Looks like the knocking upstairs was not his doing. There should be someone else in the room. That person is most likely the killer." Han Fei analyzed calmly.
"That's what I thought as well. But when I tried to run, I lost control of my body. My head felt heavy and heavy. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in this place. " The middle-aged man sighed bitterly. "I just unwound the shares I bought yesterday. I thought I was lucky, but I didn't expect that to be my final moments."
"The culprit who dragged you into the wardrobe, his real target was your neighbor. Your entry into the wardrobe was just an accident. Can you tell me more about your neighbor?" Han Fei was confused. The middle-aged man appeared to have been dragged into the wardrobe recently. In terms of time, the Butterfly had been under intense investigation by the police. They needed to look for Huang Yin's weakness, so they would not make a move so easily.
"That neighbor of mine is a strange man. We've been neighbors for several years but we haven't exchanged more than 3 words. He has an eccentric personality and always chooses to eat in the dead of night. I heard from the people in the neighborhood that he used to work in a big company. Later, he seemed to have suffered a blow and became depressed and decadent. "
"He worked at a big company?" Han Fei narrowed his eyes. "Do you know his name?"
"His name is Feng Ziyu. Recently, he's been acting strangely. He's been acting mysteriously every day, it's like he's living in his own imaginary world. "
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