What's even more frightening is that there is still a trace of smile on Yao Shunyu's pale face, just like what Luo Yunshan said, he seems to be having a sweet dream that he will never wake up from.
This was not the first time Jiang Cheng had seen a similar scene, but this time it felt particularly strange to him. He subconsciously thought of the Bliss Tower located deep in the mountains.
Yao, Shun, and Yu... probably died in that building.
No. 13 looked at the screen of his mobile phone, and an unknown premonition slowly unfolded between his eyebrows. "What a terrible way of killing. It is somewhat similar to No. 3's ability, but it is much stronger than No. 3."
At least in everyone's impression, No. 3 is absolutely unable to weave such a huge and terrifying dream, let alone go thousands of miles away to lure people into their dreams and kill them in their dreams.
"Are there any other discoveries?" Jiang Cheng looked at Luo Yunshan, "During the time when Yao, Shun, and Yu died, did people nearby hear any strange sounds, such as the noise of signals, or..." Jiang Cheng paused, then continued in a low voice: "The noise of music."
Luo Yunshan hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head, "Probably not. The room he lives in is relatively poorly soundproofed. We asked the tenants living nearby and no one heard the strange noise, but it may be that no one paid attention."
"Also, we found nearby surveillance cameras. He has not come out since he moved in. Moreover, he moved in late at night, and he was alone."
"How long does he plan to stay?"
"He paid for just one night. According to the landlord, this man mentioned when he came to get the keys that he would leave before dawn."
Jiang Cheng keenly sensed something was wrong and frowned slightly, "Why would the landlord pay so much attention to Yao Shunyu? They obviously only met once."
Luo Yunshan nodded towards Jiang Cheng and said in a tone of approval or suspicion: "We have thought of what you have thought of, but I can tell you that the landlord has no problem. The reason why he paid special attention to Yao, Shun Yu, It’s entirely because the latter’s behavior is so weird.”
"According to the landlord's recollection, this person moved in early in the morning and acted very nervous and sensitive to light. He always stood in a relatively dark place and turned around and looked behind him from time to time. The landlord asked if there were any of his friends outside. Wanting to come together, Yao Shunyu's expression changed instantly, he took the key and left in a hurry."
"He didn't look like he was short of money. The landlord introduced him to several better rooms, but he was not interested at all. He only chose the most remote one. The landlord was worried that he would not be satisfied with the outdated facilities in the room. He said I wanted to take him to see the house together, and if he was not satisfied, I could change it, but he rejected it."
Moving in early in the morning and leaving before dawn, combined with Yao Shunyu's vigilant behavior, Jiang Cheng was convinced that Yao Shunyu must have sensed something and that he was avoiding the pursuit of something.
But judging from the results, he still failed.
Jiang Cheng recalled Li Bai's last phone call. Li Bai on the other end of the phone seemed to be avoiding something, fear, uneasiness, vigilance, and a feeling of helplessness that could not be described in words. She said...the mission is not over yet.
"Do you know the whereabouts of the other person? Li Bai." Jiang Cheng asked.
Hearing Jiang Cheng mention the name Li Bai, Luo Yunshan had a strange look on his face, and then shook his head, "No, we followed the phone number you gave us and found the user of this number, but the other person's name was not this I don’t know Li Bai by name, he’s a university professor, he’s over 60 years old, and… and he’s a man.”
These words made Jiang Cheng's hair stand on end. It was as if everything had changed overnight. All the people closely connected with him were being eliminated in some incomprehensible way. Lin Wan'er disappeared, and her whereabouts were unknown. With them Yao, Shun and Yu, who came out of the mission together, died, and Li Bai had no trace at all. Only the fat man was always by his side.
"What do we do next?"
No. 2 looked at Luoyunshan. The other party had direct contact with the superiors, and he still needed to make decisions about task arrangements.
"You guys have a good rest today. We need time to integrate the information obtained from different channels. At the same time, the manpower deployed is on the way. If nothing unexpected happens, we will continue to enter the mountain tomorrow. There are arrangements from above, requiring that Lin Wan'er and the others must be rescued alive. When you see a dead person, you want to see a corpse." Luo Yunshan said.
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, No. 13 snorted coldly and replied shamelessly: "What the higher-ups are really concerned about is the whereabouts of those frozen disciples."
Luo Yunshan did not shy away and nodded directly to admit, "Yes, those guys are too dangerous, and they are only one step away from being completely eroded. No matter which city they appear in, they will be a disaster." Disaster, we can’t afford that.”
No. 13 still wanted to argue, but was stopped by the more rational No. 2. No. 2 turned to look at Luo Yunshan and said in a low but very formal tone: "Mr. Luo, please tell the superiors about this matter. We at Crimson will do our best to cooperate, and we only ask for one thing: once there is any news, good or bad, please inform us as soon as possible, and we are willing to pay any price for it."
"I hope everything goes well. Next time we go into the mountain, we will find those missing people." Luo Yunshan sighed, then turned around and looked at Jiang Cheng: "You are very special. The other party is influencing you through the things inside your door. , I now believe that you have really seen or even been to that Paradise Tower, and the scent of the sachet and the smell of wine on your body cannot be faked."
"You must be careful. The degree of influence may become stronger in the future, but there is a limit to what we can do, and more depends on you."
"I have personally selected a few reliable people, all of whom are disciples. I have asked them to stay by your side during this period. I hope they can be of help to you."
Luo Yunshan had good intentions, but he was decisively rejected by Jiang Cheng. "Thank you for your kindness, but I think it's not necessary. How does the person you choose compare with him?" Jiang Cheng indicated the position of No. 2 with his eyes.
After a pause, Luo Yunshan breathed out, "Of course I'm not as good as him."
"The other party's ability can ensnare the things in my door. It is no longer something we can deal with with conventional means. Letting these people stay by my side will only create more variables out of thin air." Jiang Cheng said without concealment.
The conversation was not pleasant, but concise and effective. Luo Yunshan still had something to do, so he left first. Before leaving Jiangcheng, he added Luo Yunshan's contact information and asked for photos of Yao, Shun and Yu.
This time they were arranged into a hotel with better conditions in the town, the same one as Jiangcheng Fatty's. No. 2 and No. 13 lived next door. The people arranged by Luo Yunshan were already in place, but they were only responsible for the outside and The security in the corridor may have been specially ordered by Luo Yunshan, but they did not come to disturb Jiang Cheng and others.
This time the room was larger and the facilities were more convenient. The fat man seemed to be very tired. He lay on the bed talking to Jiang Cheng and comforting Jiang Cheng. After a while, he fell asleep first.
Although Jiang Cheng was also very tired, he just couldn't sleep. All kinds of scattered and weird pictures kept circling in his mind, including cottages, caves, torch-carrying teams, cliffs, Paradise Tower...
But what puzzled Jiang Cheng even more than these, and even frightened him, was the elusive figure.
The other party has appeared twice, and every time it appears, it is accompanied by various visions. The most important thing is that only you can see it. Could the other party be the initiator of all this, the owner of the Bliss Building?
Too much information poured into Jiang Cheng's mind, and for a while he couldn't distinguish between it. There were also rumors about the mysterious big tomb in Xixieming Mountain. Could it be that the so-called Ji Le Tower... was in a tomb?
The more Jiang Cheng thought about it, the more likely it became that he had seen with his own eyes those people with torches walking into the canyon, their bodies gradually descending and disappearing little by little. There had been rumors of ghost feasts in the mountains for a long time, and this happened to coincide with what he saw in the fantasy. That scene matches.
The lights are brightly lit and the sky is dark, the music and singing are dancing and feasting, the jade neck and the red lips are the fox's eyes, and the frost and the snow are stunning. The missing people are all invited to the Paradise Tower to attend a ghost banquet.
Recalling the extremely extravagant atmosphere in the Bliss Tower, Jiang Cheng still had lingering feelings. Although the feeling was extremely prosperous, it was like flowers in the moon mirror in the water. It made people feel unreal and would collapse at the touch of it. It was like a finely crafted object. Paper figures, no matter how gorgeous their makeup is, always give people a pale feeling.
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng was almost certain that the guests he saw in the Paradise Tower, the enchanting dancers, and the musicians playing hard were not living people.
Under the seemingly prosperous atmosphere, there is a gloomy and dead atmosphere hidden, like an ancient tomb that has been dusty for thousands of years, with an stale atmosphere everywhere.
Jiang Cheng suddenly felt cold all over his body. He even suspected that he had never walked out of the Bliss Tower. Now he was actually in the ancient tomb, and everything in front of him was just an illusion of nothingness.
He wrapped his clothes tightly and stood up, intending to find some thick clothes to wear. He remembered that the backpack provided by Luo Yunshan contained thick clothes and blankets.
The backpack was thrown on the floor behind the door. The moment he walked over and bent down, his peripheral vision inadvertently glanced at the small mirror hanging behind the door. The next second, he felt as if he had been thrown into an ice cave.
Not far behind him, behind the curtain, stood a dark figure.
Jiang Cheng quickly turned around, assumed a vigilant posture, and stared at the position of the curtain, but he did not see any black shadow. After a few seconds, Jiang Cheng adjusted his breathing and turned his head to scan the mirror at a very fast speed, which made his hair stand on end. A scene appeared. The black shadow was actually closer to him, clinging to the curtain. There was still a few centimeters of gap between the hem of the curtain and the ground, revealing a pair of black shoes.
He subconsciously wanted to wake up the fat man, but he didn't. The current situation was extremely strange. Waking up the fat man would not only help solve the problem, but would drag the fat man into danger.
He was certain that as long as he didn't wake Fatty up, whatever happened later would be his own business. The other party... the other party didn't seem to be interested in Fatty either, and just came to see him.
The other party's target is only themselves.
It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that cannot be avoided. There are so many masters near him, but no one is aware of the other's arrival. This is enough to explain the problem.
But before taking action, Jiang Cheng made a bold move. He turned on the camera on his mobile phone, pointed the lens at the curtain, then adjusted the angle and put down the mobile phone, and walked towards the curtain warily.
Jiang Cheng has already considered that he is likely to disappear next, so what he needs to do is to leave as many clues as possible, at least to warn others.
It was getting closer and closer, but the black shadow was still there. There was only a thin curtain separating him. Jiang Cheng held his breath and stretched out his hand to pull open the curtain.
Behind the curtain...it was empty, nothing.
Just when Jiang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, his breath suddenly stopped, and then he slowly lowered his head, and a pair of shoe prints suddenly appeared on the floor under the curtains.
The shoe prints were wet and muddy, as if they had trudged from the mountains.
That's the guy!
You can’t go wrong!
Unexpectedly, the other party really haunted me and came all the way from the mountains to this place.
At this point, it would be a lie to say that you are not afraid, but it is useless to be afraid. The top priority now is to figure out the other party's purpose. Judging from the previous times, as long as the other party appears, it means that something terrible will happen soon.
Like a mourning bird.
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Cheng still did not choose to wake up Fatty. Looking at Fatty's sleeping face, Jiang Cheng felt very complicated in his heart. He had lost his trace. If something happened to him again, then Fatty...
After sorting out his thoughts, Jiang Cheng took back his phone. He first checked the video he had just taken. What made him frown slightly was that a black figure was actually captured in the picture, but it looked very unclear. His body shape, height, etc. were all unclear. It was hard to distinguish, as if it had been simulated. He was the only one clearly visible in the picture. He slowly walked over and then opened the curtains. The whole video was filled with a sense of immediacy like a low-budget horror movie.
Then he stabilized his mind, returned to the photo album, and found the saved photos of Yao, Shunyu, and a bold guess emerged in his mind. Since this black shadow came to him again and again, what about Yao, Shunyu and Li Bai? Is their disappearance the reason? It is also related to this black shadow. Could this black shadow also appear in the photos of Yao, Shun and Yu?
Seeing the sleeping face in the photo, Jiang Cheng forced himself to look away and searched around the bed. Because the background in the photo was dark, it was difficult to search. Jiang Cheng could only zoom in and look carefully. I originally thought there would be nothing to gain, but as I zoomed in on a spot next to the bed, Jiang Cheng's eyes slowly changed. He moved closer to the screen. After a few seconds, Jiang Cheng's body suddenly paused, and then he began to tremble violently. .
He did not find the black shadow, but he accidentally found another thing. No, no, to be precise, he identified another thing!
On the sheet of the bed where Yao, Shun, and Yu lay, Jiang Cheng saw a flower. It was a very familiar flower. It was obviously inconspicuous, but Jiang Cheng happened to notice it. It was an orchid pattern, printed on the sheet, almost It's about to be washed away.
The same pattern as on the sheets in the small hotel where he stayed before!
