"Yeah, it's so late, why is your department still working overtime?"
"Forget it. An hour ago, the leader said that the project would be redone. I guess we won't be able to go back until three or four in the morning tonight."
"Tsk, that Zhou Bapi is really disgusting..."
"Okay, you go back first, I will continue to work overtime."
"See you tomorrow."
The night was getting darker, and in an office building in the center of Beijing, many migrant workers were holding briefcases in one hand and coats in the other, and were squeezing towards the elevator one after another.
It is now half past nine in the evening, which is already early for most companies in Beijing. The surrounding office buildings are still brightly lit, with countless figures sitting in front of computers holding steaming cups of coffee.
While fishing, I was waiting to clock in and get off work.
Ding dong——
"The eighteenth floor has arrived."
As the elevator door slowly opened, everyone squeezed in. Although they worked in the same company, they didn't seem to be very familiar with each other. They just lowered their heads and played with their mobile phones, waiting for the elevator to gradually descend.
At this moment, a young girl crowded in the corner frowned, glanced around suspiciously, and sniffed something in the elevator.
"Is something rotten? Why does it smell so bad?"
She quietly leaned over and complained in a low voice to the female colleague with whom she had a close relationship.
"I smell it too." Disgust appeared on the female colleague's face, "It's so disgusting, I feel like I'm going to spit out the milk tea I drank..."
Boom——!!
Just as the two were talking, the falling elevator suddenly stopped, and a dull loud noise was heard in the elevator shaft. The lights in the elevator went out instantly, and several exclamations were heard.
"What's going on? The elevator is out of order?"
"This building was just built not long ago, why did it break down so quickly? It's a shoddy project!"
"Don't panic. There is an emergency button here. The engineer will come to rescue us soon."
"Yes, it's just that the elevator is broken. I was trapped in the elevator several times when I was in my hometown. It's not a big deal. Everyone just stood close to the edge of the elevator and found something to hold themselves down."
"This... this elevator won't fall suddenly, right?" the young girl said worriedly.
"Don't worry, the elevators now have emergency brakes. Even if you fall, you'll be fine, unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless it goes up..." The male colleague chuckled and lowered his voice a little, "The elevator's brakes are all prepared for falling. If it really loses control and rushes upward, it is said that it will lead to death..."
"Qiu Chunjun! Is it fun to scare a little girl?!"
The female colleague shouted angrily and was about to say something when the entire elevator suddenly rushed upward at an extremely fast speed!
In the darkness, almost everyone's face turned pale with fright, especially the man named Qiu Chunjun, whose facial features were twisted in horror.
At the same time, a strong stench filled everyone's nostrils.
boom--!
A sharp tearing sound came from above everyone's heads, and a ferocious gap suddenly opened at the top of the elevator. It was as fragile as paper. The strong wind poured into the elevator. In the dim warning red light, a strange flesh like a rugby ball appeared.
The ball slowly poked in from the gap, and countless tiny tentacles on the surface of the meat ball twisted wildly!
Seeing this scene, everyone in the elevator opened their eyes in horror. Under this unspeakable and strange scene, everyone was losing their sanity crazily!
"Ahhhhhhhh!!!"
Just when the tentacles were about to touch these people, the ceiling at the top of the elevator shaft suddenly exploded, and a war horse with green flames all over its body rushed along the vertical shaft wall toward the rising elevator!
On top of the war horse, Chen Han, who was wearing a military coat, had a murderous intent in his eyes, and the straight knife at his waist suddenly came out of its sheath!
A flash of sword light was like thunder falling from the sky, slashing behind the monster crawling on the elevator. A sharp scream echoed in the elevator shaft. A pair of membrane wings behind the black figure opened up, throwing away the elevator and heading towards the rider.
Chen Han, whose war horses kept approaching, flew away!
It was only at this moment that Chen Han took advantage of the moonlight falling from the roof of the building to see the full picture of the monster.
This is a pink-colored monster that is as tall as two people. Judging from its appearance, it looks like some kind of crustacean creature. There is a pair of organs similar to insect membrane wings growing on its back, and several pairs of jointed limbs hang down from its body like thin feet.
It has no head, or rather, its head is a football-shaped sarcoma covered with tentacles.
Although Chen Han has not been a night watchman for too long, he has seen a lot of "mysteries" in Shangjing. But this is the first time he has seen such a weird and infiltrating monster. Just one look at it and he
I feel uncomfortable all over.
Chen Han frowned and had no intention of fighting this monster directly. He knew that there were still more than a dozen lives in the damaged elevator below.
Just when Chen Han was about to pass by the monster, a shadow suddenly appeared in the darkness. When Chen Han saw the shadow from the corner of his eye, he was slightly stunned, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
“Ahhhhh——!!”
Frightened cries for help came from the broken elevator. At this moment, most of the dozen or so people in the elevator fainted immediately when the monster poked its head out. The few who were still awake were paralyzed with fear.
land.
The appearance of the monster seemed to have destroyed the braking device of the elevator. The elevator was caught by the monster for more than 20 floors and then fell. The speed became faster and faster, and a strong sense of weightlessness filled everyone's mind.
At this moment, the elevator body shook slightly, its descending speed slowly weakened, as if it had fallen on cotton, and finally stopped steadily at the bottom of the elevator shaft.
A figure in a crimson cloak emerged from the darkness out of thin air. He stood at the top of the broken elevator, glanced at the few people who were still awake, and nodded slightly: "The mental quality is good... everyone should get some sleep."
Lin Qiye waved his hand lightly, and a wisp of darkness swallowed them all up. The next moment, they all appeared in the dim stairwell on the first floor. Everyone had their eyes closed, as if they were asleep.
After sending away these ordinary people, Lin Qiye raised his head and looked at the sky above the elevator shaft, his pale golden eyes narrowed slightly:
"It really smells like Cthulhu...How could something like this appear in Shangjing City?"
His figure flickered and disappeared directly into the darkness.
clang--!!
The straight knife slashed through the monster's carapace, leaving only a faint long mark. Chen Han jumped up from the horse burning with green flames. The blade passed over the monster's head, and then landed steadily on the top floor of the office building.
On the rooftop.
A sharp scream came out again, and a pair of membrane wings trembled rapidly. The figure also flew up from the elevator shaft, and its head with squirming tentacles was facing Chen Han's direction.