Each of them has walked up this staircase.
Although the environment is very dark, no one has ever had an accident here.
And according to the third rule that I saw when I first entered the shopping mall, [The elevator is under maintenance and it is prohibited to take the elevator. Please use the safe passage to go up and downstairs. 】
It is enough to infer that this stairwell is safe enough.
The man stood in the stairwell, holding the cigarette with his fingers and bringing it to his mouth, while constantly convincing himself in his mind.
However, even though he had given himself a good enough reason, the hand holding the cigarette still trembled uncontrollably.
After trying several times, he put the cigarette butt into his mouth.
After biting the cigarette, the man breathed a sigh of relief.
Nothing happened in the stairwell.
He felt in his pocket and pulled out his lighter.
"Bah, bah."
The lighter struck sparks, and a faint orange flame lit up in his hand.
The man quickly put his face close to the lighter and lit the cigarette.
The tobacco burns, and in the darkness, a little light the size of a bean appears.
When the man saw that the cigarette was lit, he immediately put out the lighter and put it back in his pocket.
He held the cigarette between his fingers and took a puff.
The smell of nicotine rushed into his mouth. He inhaled it deeply into his lungs and exhaled it slowly.
He tried his best to smoke faster and complete this task as soon as possible.
Obviously nothing happened at this time and everything was safe, but the man felt an indescribable feeling of uneasiness in his heart.
"Ahem..."
He smoked the cigarette too quickly and was momentarily distracted, causing the man to choke.
He hunched over, holding a half-burned cigarette butt in his hand, and began to cough violently.
"Cough cough cough..."
Gray-white smoke spurted out of his nose as he coughed.
The man coughed and gasped, almost choking on tears.
But suddenly, he felt something strange.
Enduring the discomfort in his throat, he forced himself to stop coughing.
"Cough cough cough..."
The coughing sound hasn't stopped yet.
Moreover, the coughing became more and more violent, even making those who heard the sound wonder if they were also coughing out their lungs?
Cold sweat broke out from the man's back in an instant.
The blood on his face had faded away, and his hands and feet were as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
Because, at this time, he had discovered to his horror,
The coughing sound came from right behind him.
A hoarse voice, mixed in with the heartbreaking cough, slowly sounded: "Rubbish... rubbish..."
In front of the supermarket.
Everyone was waiting for the man to come back.
Most people have similar thoughts to men. I feel that there should be no danger in this stairwell.
However, I couldn't bear the fear in my heart and didn't raise my hand in time.
Until, the shopping guide’s voice sounded:
"Sorry, this customer failed the 8th challenge."
Everyone was stunned.
Before they could react, the shopping guide had already started reading out the content of the next challenge.
"It is said that if you bend down and look behind your crotch, you may be able to see something unclean. Challenge No. 9——"
The smile on the shopping guide's face gradually widened, and the corners of his curved mouth seemed a little mysterious.
But the next second, the smile on her face froze and gradually turned dull: "Huh? This customer, you...?"
Wang Qing bent over, lowered his head without any psychological burden, and looked back from his crotch.
She was a little embarrassed when she heard the shopping guide's question, "Ah, I'm just curious and want to give it a try."
But it doesn't seem to be of any use.
Wang Qing saw nothing.
She straightened up nonchalantly and sat down with a calm expression.
Sure enough, everything is feudal superstition.
The shopping guide looked at Wang Qing carefully before continuing: "The 9th challenge..."
She forced a smile on her face, but it no longer had the meaningful and spine-chilling feeling it had just now.
Even his speaking voice was involuntarily lower than before.
"In the safe passage, complete the action of 'bend down and look back from your crotch' and hold for 10 seconds."
10 seconds.
The time can pass by counting to 10.
But no one dared to accept it.
Not to mention how evil the content of this challenge is.
Just now, the shopping guide suddenly announced that the last investigator who went to the stairwell to smoke failed the challenge. They didn't know exactly how he failed.
It’s just that I haven’t seen that person come back for a long time, so I can’t help but guess in my heart:
Is that person... dead?
But, if he died, how exactly did he die? Why die?
The stairwell had always seemed safe before it became clear.
Every one of them walked there.
This confusion lingers in everyone's mind, making them afraid to act rashly.
Fang Yajing's eyes fell on Wang Qing, with a hint of sizing and thinking.
In the last challenge, Wang Qing must have known there was danger from the beginning, so he didn't raise his hand to participate.
It wasn't the reason she said she didn't know how to smoke.
So once, she didn't raise her hand, why?
But clearly, Wang Qing dared to enter even such a dangerous environment as the bathroom on the second floor.
Why did Wang Qing refuse the challenge when it was the turn of the stairwell?
Fang Yajing knew that she definitely had her reasons for everything Wang Qing did.
Could it be that the seemingly safe stairwell is more dangerous than the bathroom on the second floor?
Also, when the shopping guide was just halfway through what he said, Wang Qing couldn’t wait to bend down and look back from his crotch. What was his purpose?
Fang Yajing recalled Wang Qing's every move just now.
If she looked down the way Wang Qing just did, then what she saw should be the entrance to the stairwell?
Could it be that Wang Qing saw something that made him choose not to participate in this challenge?
But Fang Yajing clearly did not feel any dangerous atmosphere coming from the direction of the stairwell at that time.
Could it be...that there was something wrong with her talent?
Fang Yajing fell into confusion.
Everyone is undecided.
Just when everyone was unsure about paying attention, the shopping guide spoke again: "Why don't you raise your hands? Isn't there anyone willing to accept this challenge? In that case, we can only skip it."
"Wait a minute." The fitness instructor suddenly said, and when the shopping guide looked over, his voice became timid and he asked in a low voice, "Can we discuss it?"
The shopping guide shrugged, "Of course."
Fang Yajing released her fingers from the fitness instructor's waist.
Calmly, he pulled the headscarf.
Just when the shopping guide said the word "skip", Fang Yajing clearly saw that the corners of Wang Qing's mouth curved suspiciously.
At that moment, something quickly ran through Fang Yajing's mind.
She quickly pinched the fitness instructor to remind him to speak out.
