"Buzz——"
There was a strange roar coming from deep underground.
Immediately, the lights above dimmed.
In an instant, all the people working in the museum stopped. As if they were accustomed to it, they did not panic or hide, but stopped in place, waiting quietly for the arrival of light.
A few seconds later, a sizzling sound of electricity came from above the head, and the incandescent lights came on again.
Just at the moment when the light returned, an innocent person on duty saw a dark shadow flashing past the corner of the stairs in the distance.
"You saw it too, didn't you?"
The guards appeared beside him without anyone noticing.
"Yes, it is......."
The voice of the person on duty was slightly trembling.
The guard put his hand on the handle of the knife, looked at the clock on the wall, and whispered:
"It seems like it's not an illusion."
It's not an illusion,
That's...reality.
…
Reina squatted by the door, took out a piece of wire from her pocket, and gently inserted it into the door lock.
No one knows how Reina escaped the museum's inspection, entered the museum's interior, and took advantage of the lights out to reach the management office area on the second floor.
Just a simple cover can achieve your goal.
The museum's guards are no more than that.
Rena thought this while slowly twisting the wire.
The door to the archives room then opened, and the interior space was dark, seemingly unaffected by the corridor lights. Reina did not dare to turn on the light, so she could only light her own candle to barely see a small area in front of her.
Rows of bookshelves are neatly arranged, looking no different from the library outside. My fingers gently brushed the file bags on the shelves, and the yellowing papers were covered with a heavy sense of history.
However, everything here is clean, and there is no dust on the stacked books. It seems that the cleaning work of the archives here is very good.
"The most stupid thing people do is record secrets on paper, which can be easily saved, easily tampered with, and easily... destroyed."
Lena murmured softly.
Of course, what she thinks is even more stupid is that some people spend a lot of money and do whatever it takes just to satisfy their curiosity.
There are always people who will work hard to uncover the "mystery".
Reina searched on the bookshelves. Most of them contained information about the collections in the museum, or some insignificant historical records.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up, she stopped in front of a certain document bag, and fixed the candle on the iron frame.
"Instructions on establishing the Polnia Museum, borrowing permission, Class B, this is what I found."
With that said, Reina carefully took down the document bag, trying not to make any noise, easily opened the seal, pulled out the paper inside, and put it under the candlelight.
"Huh?"
A puzzled look appeared on his excited little face.
The thick paper in my hand was blank, with no words on it.
"Tear-"
There was a sound like someone's shoes were dragging on the floor. Reina raised her head, and her scalp was numb instantly. Behind the two-story shelf opposite her, she could vaguely see a black figure standing.
"Tear-"
The same voice sounded again.
The second before Lena blew out the candle...
Moved.
When did that person appear?
Or is he always here?
Reina couldn't understand. She could only grit her teeth and try not to make a sound. Unknowingly, cold sweat soaked her back.
About, a minute later?
wrong! Maybe not even a minute, the man started to move again, and every time he moved, he would make that weird "tearing" sound.
Moreover, what Rena was sure of was that that person seemed to be moving in her direction.
No, you have to stay away!
The woman's instinct tells her that the man is in danger and she must stay away.
After Reina was sure, she stabilized her breathing, squatted down slowly, and put the document bag on the ground silently. Without the light source, she couldn't see anything clearly, and there were no windows around that could provide some bright,
"Tear-"
In the darkness, you can only rely on the sound to judge the distance of the person.
She hunched over and backed away slowly, using the cover of the bookshelf to move away slowly.
"Tear-"
But as if that person could see her position, he still moved towards Rena's position.
and……
The frequency is getting faster and faster!
It was as if, just now, he was just dragging his legs slowly, and now he could move normally.
Only then did Reina panic completely.
She stretched out her hand to touch, but she didn't touch anything. There was nothing in her hand, and a sense of powerless panic swept over her.
"Clang!——"
Her retreating foot hit something and made a violent sound.
The man who was originally uncertain in the darkness seemed to have finally locked onto his target and let out a roaring laugh.
"ha……"
Under extreme fear, people will not move. Whatever they are clever or witty, they will run away and forget everything.
This was not a matter of being discovered, but a strong premonition that as long as she was caught, she would be dead.
The strange black shadow was darker than the surrounding darkness. It looked like a human figure, but it didn't seem like a human being.
Help!
Under the fear of death, Reina wanted to scream and ask for help, but she seemed to be strangled by the neck and could not make any sound.
run!
Gotta run!
The instinct of survival prompted her to act.
As soon as she took a step, she felt a cold hand at her feet grabbing her ankle. Her center of gravity was unsteady, and she fell straight to the ground.
A burning smell penetrated her nose, accompanied by ash-black particles, and her throat felt itchy. It seemed as if countless dark withered claws were reaching out to her from the depths of the boundless darkness around her.
And the man who was moving in the darkness also came to her at this moment.
A stronger burnt smell than before hit my face.
What we all feel together is the endless coldness and despair in the face of death.
For some reason, such a picture appeared in her mind at this time.
Still in this archive room, a raging fire was burning, thick smoke was billowing, tongues of flames were sweeping through the heat waves and flooding the books. A lonely figure stood in the fire, and was finally swallowed up by the fire.
"ah!--"
Finally, Lena couldn't hold back and screamed in terror.
at the same time,
Squeak——
It was the sound of the door being opened.
A white light shone in from outside.
The light shone on the black shadow, and Reina finally saw its true appearance, like a burnt black corpse. He leaned down and stretched out his hand to her, only a palm away from her.
And this scene, under the illumination of light, gradually turned into ashes and dissipated.
Reina just sat blankly among the broken charcoal on the ground, with an inexplicable twisted black substance piled up at her feet. She could no longer distinguish its original appearance.
A male voice came to my ears:
"Captain! I found the intruder."
