He fiddled with the corner of the curtain as quickly as possible. Although the incident happened suddenly, Lao Xu still handled it calmly.
This is the style of Chinese soldiers.
No matter when, where, or what kind of crisis situation they are in, they can always deal with it rationally.
Relying on Lao Xu's calmness and composure, the curtain was quickly pulled away from a corner.
After escaping, Lao Xu didn't care about anything else and immediately set out to deal with Hu Xiaodong and Huo Yuankai in the dark curtain.
After some pulling and pulling, Hu Xiaodong and Huo Yuankai, who had regained their brilliance, had the opportunity to examine the situation before them.
"This..." The following words seemed to be choked by something in his throat. Hu Xiaodong stared blankly at the thing in front of him, his mouth half-opened and speechless.
It was a rectangular cage made of steel columns, and its position was just around the dining table where Hu Xiaodong and others were sitting just now.
No wonder the woman just emphasized that she should be seated, it was just for this trick.
Turning his eyes, Hu Xiaodong found the woman's location, and then asked in confusion: "Auntie, what do you mean!?"
In fact, this is nonsense. Since the other party has already done this, the truth is all there.
It's just that Hu Xiaodong couldn't understand why the manor still resorted to such methods when he had clearly done enough covert cooperation.
The woman changed her previous kind face, and her wrinkled face showed a touch of playfulness and ferocity.
That posture seemed to mock the self-righteousness of Hu Xiaodong and others.
"What do I mean!? Xiao Hu, why are you still asking me this question?" With a rhetorical question, the woman returned the topic to Hu Xiaodong.
Hu Xiaodong was really helpless about this.
He did notice that something was wrong with the woman before, but if you ask him to ask, Hu Xiaodong is really confused and has no idea at the moment.
Not only him, but also Lao Xu didn't understand why the manor suddenly launched an attack.
But these are not important. What is important is that something has happened and a solution must be found.
"Auntie, we really don't understand what you are doing. We have made it very clear in the previous conversation. We are willing to join the manor, and we are grateful for everything you have done for us. But you do this..."
Pulling Hu Xiaodong, Lao Xu interjected: "You are not doing this because of what happened last night. If so, then I can only say that I am sorry. We have nothing to do with each other. If you implicate us because of this, it seems a little bit... Can’t you make sense?”
"Have you finished talking?" The old woman asked calmly and calmly.
"Now that I've said it, I'll say it." The old woman crossed her arms and paced, saying: "You think too much. We don't have any grudges against you. What happened last night has something to do with you." It doesn’t matter that there is no relationship. The important thing is... I have just said many times that I will accept you in the manor because of your sense of responsibility. The manor owner is very satisfied with what you just said in the conversation with the manor. That’s why I gave it to you. An opportunity for you to join our family.”
Hu Xiaodong still didn't understand the meaning of the woman's words despite the incomprehensible reply.
"Can you please speak more clearly, what exactly do you want to do!?"
"Tsk tsk, Xiao Hu, you are fine with everything but you are too anxious. Haven't you always wanted to integrate into our group? You still have something to do before integrating. What you are encountering now is our test for you. "
"Test!?" Hu Xiaodong blurted out almost subconsciously, noncommittal: "What test?"
"You will know soon, but before that I have to remind you that you must remember what you promised before, otherwise if you regret it later and lose the opportunity to integrate into our group... the consequences will be very serious."
What the woman said made people's hearts tremble.
As for people, what they fear most is encountering this kind of situation.
Nothing is more frightening than the unknown.
"Auntie, we will naturally fulfill what we promised, but... can you let us out first?" No matter what, let's get out of the iron cage first, otherwise if we encounter danger, we will really be like a turtle in the urn. There is no chance of cell phone.
"It will be released naturally, but we have to wait until the ceremony is over."
The woman's words are even more shocking.
"What do you mean? What kind of ceremony!?"
There is no doubt that when it comes to ritual, it always feels bad.
Regarding this point, Xu Renjie raised it directly with a solemn expression.
Unfortunately, his question was ignored by the old woman, who raised her hand and patted the sky twice again.
"Pop!"
As the wind of his palm fell, the closed door was opened, and then a group of survivors walked in one after another.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Lao Xu's heart became more and more tense.
Looking at the posture, the ritual in the woman's mouth must not be a good thing.
"Hey, you, what on earth are you going to do!?" Hu Xiaodong was obviously losing his temper.
Because Hu Xiaodong could not see any sparkle in the eyes of the survivors who came in.
These guys look like devout believers portrayed in horror movies and TV shows.
Without exception, these guys all held candles in their hands.
In such a scene, the only thing that Hu Xiaodong could think of was evil.
Hu Xiaodong and others didn't know what the other party was doing.
Hu Xiaodong and others didn't know what the old woman meant by "enlightenment."
But there is no doubt that no matter what they plan to do next, it will be unfavorable to Hu Xiaodong and others.
Still ignoring Hu Xiaodong's question, the old woman looked serious, and then the hand she slowly raised fell heavily.
As his palm settled, the curtains around the room were immediately closed, and the originally bright room suddenly fell into darkness.
But within two seconds, flickering candles were lit one after another at the "greetings" of the survivors of the manor.
This situation made Hu Xiaodong 100% sure that this manor was a church-like group.
Just looking at their dull expressions, it is obvious that this is not a good church.
His mind couldn't help but think of things done by the Horrible Church in past movies and TV shows.
Hu Xiaodong couldn't help but sweat dripping down his back.
"As everyone knows, these three are newcomers who just arrived at our manor the day before yesterday. They passed the review of the manor owner, and now we are going to give them a chance to integrate into our big family. Are you ready?"
Nodding silently, a group of survivors seemed to have been brainwashed and lowered their heads as if possessed.
It’s over! Needless to say, nothing good will happen after this.
Sure enough, just as Hu Xiaodong expected, after getting everyone's affirmative reply, the old woman said immediately: "Then let's start voting. According to the moment, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3. Everyone will select you in turn. Tell me the number!"
Taking the pen and paper from the guard, the old woman gave the final order.
"Vote!? What did you vote for!?" (To be continued.)
