The hotel and B&B area, which had already returned to calm, was startled by the sudden screams, and the atmosphere of panic struck again.
Most people fell into the strange summons before without knowing it, so they had no idea what terror was at that time.
But this scream was clearly heard, and the panic that was not weighing on my heart was undoubtedly intensified in an instant.
Can’t you just let people rest for a while?
While Jiang Yue was in shock and doubt, several people upstairs also rushed downstairs, with panic and uneasiness written on their faces.
After experiencing the strange summons before, they regarded Jiang Yue as a talisman, and their psychological dependence on Jiang Yue became more and more serious.
When there is any disturbance, the first thought is to get closer to Jiang Yue.
“Did someone scream just now?”
“It sounds so scary.”
“Is something going to happen again?”
Several people were talking about it, and they all looked uneasy.
It’s just because the scream sounds so terrifying. God knows what kind of tragic situation the screamer has gone through to scream so horribly.
Furthermore, after the scream came out, the sound quickly became dull and depressed, as if the mouth of the screamer was covered.
This undoubtedly adds to the weird atmosphere, making people inevitably have terrifying thoughts.
“It sounds like the voice is quite close to us. Could it be Jiye and the others?” Xu Chunru couldn’t help but feel worried in her tone.
Although Zhang Jiye is a bastard, after all, it is a friendship between several generations and they came together.
Although Zhang Jiye is an asshole, but if he really gets stuck here, how will he explain to his parents after he goes out?
Tell the other parent that Zhang Jiye committed suicide? Or was it an accident?
“How about we go over and take a look?” Yu Siyuan suggested weakly.
Xu Chunru nodded in agreement.
Du Yifeng was noncommittal, as if he didn't hear Yu Siyuan's suggestion.
Han Jingjing said: "I won't go. Later, Zhang Jiye told you the story of the farmer and the snake, saying that we have pig brains."
These are Zhang Jiye's original words before, and they happened after Xu Chunru slapped him awake.
Xu Chunru’s red lips moved and she was about to say something.
Suddenly there were rapid footsteps outside the door.
Along with the rapid footsteps, there was another person running toward Jiang Yue and the others, screaming.
"Help, help... open the door quickly, open the door quickly!"
Everyone's expressions changed. This voice was Zhang Jiye's.
Xu Chunru was the first one who couldn't sit still and rushed to the door to open it. Jiang Yue's expression suddenly turned cold and he quickly chased after her.
At the same time shouted: "Don't open the door!"
In the end, it was half a beat too slow.
Xu Chunru’s hand was already on the doorknob, and the door creaked open.
Jiang Yue didn't even have time to think about it. The engineer shovel in his hand struck hard at the crack in the door that was pulled open.
“Whoops!”
Almost at the same time, everyone else in the room exclaimed.
They never expected that Jiang Yue would suddenly attack Zhang Jiye who came for help.
Especially Xu Chunru and Yu Siyuan, their faces turned pale with shock and they looked at Jiang Yue incomprehensibly.
But--
The next moment, no one heard Zhang Jiye’s screams, and even Zhang Jiye’s footsteps stopped abruptly.
According to the speed at which Zhang Jiye rushed over, Jiang Yue's chop would definitely hit Zhang Jiye who was rushing in. Everyone had even imagined how Zhang Jiye would be hacked to pieces.
However, this did not happen.
Everyone only heard a "whoop" sound in their ears.
Like a puff of wind passing by suddenly.
Jiang Yue quickly seized the position at the door, holding the engineer shovel tightly in his hand, his eyes flashing, staring at the dark world outside the door, as if he was on guard against something terrifying.
Han Jingjing was the first to rush up, and the flashlight beam was shot outside the house.
The courtyard outside the house is as messy as before, but there is no one there. Not to mention people, not even a single insect.
Others rushed to the door, took out their flashlights and looked around.
Jiang Yue stood on the steps beside the door, his expression solemn, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
“Jiang Yue, are you okay?” Han Jingjing asked with concern.
“Come in.” Jiang Yue greeted.
Several people returned to the house with heavy thoughts.
Xu Chunru’s eyes looked even more remorseful.
She naturally knew that she had been too aggressive just now. Without everyone's permission, she rushed to the door to open the door. If Jiang Yue's reaction had been slower, who knew what had just rushed in?
It wasn’t until everyone calmed down and thought about the experience just now that they realized how dangerous it was just now, and naturally they felt a wave of fear.
Everyone knows at this moment that the so-called Zhang Jiye came to ask for help is simply an illusion.
All footsteps and cries for help are illusions.
It is an illusion created by some strange force.
“I’m sorry, I was impulsive.” Xu Chunru took the initiative to speak.
Everyone else was silent.
I don’t know if I am dissatisfied with Xu Chunru’s actions, or if I feel that an apology is unnecessary.
All in all, the atmosphere at the scene became very solemn.
“Jiang Yue, thank you very much.” Xu Chunru was able to pick it up and put it down.
Seeing that everyone seemed dissatisfied with her apology, she took the initiative to thank Jiang Yue.
“Sister Ru, thank you very much. Take this as a warning and don’t be so impulsive next time.”
Actually, Xu Chunru is not an impulsive person.
It's just that she hasn't fully adapted to the strange world, and she still stays in the common sense of life in the past. What she hears and sees, she subconsciously takes it seriously.
And she happens to be the one who has the most overall view and the most loyalty among the five of them.
So, she rushed ahead.
In the final analysis, Xu Chunru is not to blame for this.
Under the circumstances at that time, the reason why Du Yifeng and Yu Siyuan did not rush to open the door was more due to personality factors than because they sensed anything was wrong.
Du Yifeng has always been an egoist. Let alone Zhang Jiye calling for help and shouting to open the door, even if Zhang Jiye fell to the ground, if there was even the slightest risk to him, he would definitely choose to sit back and ignore it.
Han Jingjing didn’t have a good impression of Zhang Jiye to begin with. Besides, she was not on the same side as Zhang Jiye. It was never her turn to open the door, so she never thought about opening the door.
Xu Chunru patted her plump chest and laughed at herself: "You learned it well once, how dare you do it again? By the way, Jiang Yue, what the hell was that just now? Did you see clearly?"
Jiang Yue shook his head: "I was on the side of the door and didn't see anything at all. But I'm sure I hit something."
“Is it a human being?”
“It doesn’t look like a human being, and it shouldn’t be an animal. The feel of that chop doesn’t feel like it’s hitting muscle tissue, but more like...”
Jiang Yue couldn't describe it for a moment. The feeling of that chop was really weird, so much so that he couldn't formulate the words to describe it.
"like what?"
“Like canvas, like a tent, like an umbrella, and like something like a tough membrane.”
This is the closest description Jiang Yue can think of. In fact, the weird feeling at that time is not enough to describe in a few words.
The known horror is nothing; the most disturbing horror is the unknown horror.
Just like at this moment, although Jiang Yue's description was as gentle as possible, it was still full of unknown terror in other people's ears.
How could things like what Jiang Yue described simulate Zhang Jiye’s voice and footsteps?
What kind of monster is this? By what means did it do it?
Actually, there is another thought in everyone's mind: why would they imitate Zhang Jiye?
Could it be that the scream that everyone heard before was really made by Zhang Jiye?
The monster killed Zhang Jiye? It replaced Zhang Jiye’s consciousness? So it can accurately simulate Zhang Jiye’s voice and footsteps?
This is a relatively reasonable reasoning.
“Jiang Yue, how did you sense the danger just now?” Du Yifeng looked at Jiang Yue curiously.
He spent a high price to buy insurance from Jiang Yue. Naturally, he not only hired a bodyguard, but also wanted to learn something from Jiang Yue in this kind of task.
Jiang Yue’s answer was extremely simple: “Intuition.”
Perhaps he himself felt that this answer was a bit pretentious, but he still explained: "Actually, most of the time, warnings of danger come from intuition."
“Why don’t we have this intuition?”
“Yeah, I didn’t realize there was a problem at all.”
Jiang Yuedao: "Intuition is different for everyone, and intuition is not something you are born with. As your strength, your cognitive system, and your abilities in various aspects improve, your intuition will also improve.
constantly improving."
When it comes to this, anyone who doesn’t understand it is mentally retarded.
The so-called intuition, in the final analysis, still follows strength.
“As far as I know, among awakened people, there is an awakening in the spiritual realm. People who have awakened their spiritual power often have particularly strong intuition.”
When it comes to this topic, Jiang Yue doesn’t mind saying a few more words.
“Awakened in the spiritual realm?”
Obviously, this is a relatively unfamiliar statement to these people present.
“So, Jiang Yue, are you an awakened person in the spiritual realm?”
“I shouldn’t be considered one, but I have dabbled a little in the spiritual field.” Jiang Yue wasn’t lying. He was indeed not a pure awakener in the spiritual field.
The kind that is fat and fat as a child counts.
But of course Jiang Yue would not use Tong Feifei as an example. He did not want Tong Feifei to be targeted.
As he was speaking, a tragic howl suddenly came from the distance.
This sound is very similar to the previous situation, almost exactly the same.
At first there was an extremely tragic sound, and then the sound seemed to be suffocated in a pot, with the lid on the pot, becoming extremely deep, and then disappeared...
“Come again?” Several people looked at each other in shock and confusion.
Jiang Yue also saw the fear in everyone's hearts and said: "Don't go near the doors or windows, keep your weapons and flashlights away from you, and be alert at all times."
Han Jingjing said: "I don't even want to go up to the second floor. Jiang Yue, do you mind if we stay on the first floor?"
Others also looked at Jiang Yue.
At this time, the closer I am to Jiang Yue, the more at ease I feel.
Jiang Yue waved his hand: "You can do whatever you want. Anyway, we won't be able to stop tonight."
Speaking, Jiang Yue took out several night lights that Brother Zhi had given him before and installed them in several key locations.
This light is an infrared sensor light, which will automatically emit light as long as there is heat approaching.
Although Jiang Yue was not sure whether the monster would emit heat and whether the heat could make the lamp shine, it was still better than nothing.
Five of us are on the first floor, so it’s still a bit crowded.
Jiang Yue moved a chair and took the initiative to sit relatively close to the door and window, which could be regarded as creating a sense of security for everyone.
Du Yifeng intentionally or unintentionally took a seat not far from Jiang Yue.
Three girls were huddled on the bed, all looking very worried.
Jiang Yue waved his hand and said: "If anyone is sleepy, please take a rest first. We will keep a lookout for you. You will be replaced in two hours."
“I don’t feel sleepy at all now.” Xu Chunru said with a bitter smile.
“Me too.” Yu Siyuan agreed.
Han Jingjing didn’t speak, but her big eyes were wide open and she was obviously not sleepy.
Du Yifeng leaned against the wall, squinting his eyes slightly, not sure whether he was really sleepy or pretending to be asleep, and did not participate in this topic.
“Jiang Yue, why don’t you take a break first, and the rest of us can watch first?”
Xu Chunru suggested.
"good."
Jiang Yue was not pretentious and just closed his eyes and rested. He learned a set of techniques from his grandfather when he was young, which helped him fall asleep. After a while, he breathed evenly and fell into a deep sleep.
The three girls said they were on sentry duty, but in fact they didn't even look away from Jiang Yue.
There was obviously only one candlelight and a flashlight in the room, and the light was dim. Sensor lights were installed in every corner, and they would not light up unless they were close.
Under the dim light, Jiang Yue's brows were relaxed, his expression was relaxed, and his breathing was even. Was he really asleep?
This surprised the three girls.
In contrast, Du Yifeng's pretentious appearance would move his butt and sway his body from time to time, most of which were just pretending to be asleep.
It should be said that Du Yifeng’s appearance and temperament are indeed not bad.
But when the two of them were sitting side by side, no matter how you looked at them, Du Yifeng seemed dwarfed by them.
Jiang Yue's beautiful face and calm expression under the candlelight make people happy and comfortable no matter how they look at it, and it is inevitable that people will have all kinds of fantasies.
Moreover, this situation makes people feel particularly safe.
In this case, how many people can be found who are said to be able to fall asleep?
In the entire B&B hotel area, how many people can actually sleep now?
This weird night was so torturous every minute and every second made people feel like their days were like years.
The screams outside did not stop, and would appear again every now and then. But in the entire B&B hotel area, everyone seemed to have a tacit understanding, and no one went out of the house to investigate.
In the face of crisis, people’s self-preservation mentality has simply reached its extreme.
As long as the unlucky one is not themselves, almost everyone chooses to play it safe and watch the fire from the other side.
At this time, it is difficult for anyone to use moral principles to accuse others of being insensitive and unwilling to save others.
Just as everyone gradually got used to this situation, the screams outside seemed to no longer appear. The screams that had appeared once every ten or twenty minutes before actually did not appear again for more than half an hour.
This change has not made everyone's fear less, but has increased it.
Almost everyone who survived was thinking, has everyone else died? It will be my turn soon?
“It seems like there hasn’t been a cry for a long time, right?” Yu Siyuan couldn’t stand the terrible silence, so he was the first to break the silence with a low voice.
“It’s been more than forty minutes. It happened once every ten or twenty minutes before.” Xu Chunru counted the time by pinching her watch.
“Sister Ru, do you think we can return to Star City alive this time?” The repeated panic shocks made Yu Siyuan a little pessimistic.
Especially thinking that Zhang Jiye might have encountered something unexpected, this feeling of pessimism and despair grew even more.