The street lamp stretched Chen Ge's shadow very long, and there was no one on the street. Occasionally, stray cats could be seen running past the trash can, making a rustling sound.
"There is such a quiet neighborhood behind the bustling city." Chen Ge walked through the dark buildings and walked along the narrow cement road to the deepest part of the residential area.
There was a faint stench in the air, and the trash cans on the roadside had not been cleaned for a long time. All kinds of domestic garbage in plastic bags were piled together, and things ran out from time to time.
Compared with the previous buildings, the building in front of Chen Ge looked more dilapidated. The walls on the first floor were stained with various stains, and there were many debris placed at the entrance of the corridor.
"Found it." Chen Ge looked at the six-story apartment building in front of him, which was mentioned in the advertisement outside the residential area.
"The mission location posted by the black mobile phone is Room 303 on the third floor. Men Nan should live there." Chen Ge looked at the time, it was six minutes to eight o'clock in the evening: "It may be a little inconvenient after Dr. Gao arrives.
, I’ll go in first to understand the situation.”
He entered the corridor directly without calling Dr. Gao.
The floor is very low, only about two meters on the first floor. The guardrails are made of iron, and there are red ropes wrapped around them at regular intervals. I don’t know what they are used for.
Entering it, Chen Ge smelled a strange smell. It was very light and not a bad smell. People who are accustomed to living here would even gradually ignore the smell. Chen Ge was also more sensitive because it was his first time here.
"It's a bit like the smell of rancid food." Chen Ge stopped for a while on the first floor. He tried to find the source of the smell, but to no avail. The smell was like the smell coming from the apartment building itself, soaking through it.
into each wall tile.
There were no lights in the corridor, so Chen Ge took out his mobile phone to illuminate it.
There are four families living on the first floor, which seems very crowded. The sound insulation effect of the building is not good, and the quarrels inside can be clearly heard outside.
Gently, Chen Ge reached the third floor. He did not knock on 303's door rashly, but stood outside the door and listened to the sounds inside.
There are four households on the third floor. The TV in room 301 is turned on very loudly. There is a man on the phone in room 302. His mood is not stable. The two sentences Chen Ge can hear him repeating the most are - don't stop.
You are forcing me. Do you want to force me to death?
There was no sound in rooms 303 and 304, it was very quiet.
After staying for two or three minutes, Chen Ge gently knocked on the door of Room 303. What's interesting is that he just knocked on the door of Room 303.
The TV in 301 immediately turned down the sound, the man in 302 seemed to have stopped talking on the phone, and the entire third floor suddenly became quiet.
Chen Ge knocked on the door for a minute, but the door still didn't open. He was confused and shouted in a low voice: "Men Nan? Are you home?"
No one responded. Just when Chen Ge wondered if he had made a mistake, the door to room 301 opened.
A very slovenly middle-aged man was lying on the door frame. He exuded a strong smell of alcohol: "Hey! Who are you looking for?"
"Men Nan from 303. He is a student at Jiujiang Medical University. I heard that he has not been feeling well recently. I came to see him."
"You are looking for the wrong person. I don't know who Men Nan is, but he definitely doesn't live in 303." The man scratched his face. The left side of his face seemed to have been bitten by a mosquito, and the skin had been scratched.
"But my friend told me that he lives in this room." Chen Ge wanted to talk to the middle-aged man: "Besides, if you don't know Men Nan, how can you be sure that he doesn't live in this room."
"Someone died in 303. This house has not been rented out since the accident. Why do you think it is?" The middle-aged man put his hand in front of his eyes and looked at the blood stains on his fingertips. He scratched the wound even more: "Don't do it again.
I knocked on the door of 303, did you hear me? What a bad luck."
After saying that, the middle-aged man closed the door, but Chen Ge noticed that the volume of the TV in the room was not turned up. The middle-aged man probably did not leave, but was hiding at the door and watching his every move.
Chen Ge did not knock on the door again. He had already obtained a very important clue from the man - someone had died in 303, and since the accident, this room had never been rented out again.
The mission site mentioned by the black mobile phone has been found. The key now is to find a way to enter it before midnight to check it out.
"The black phone has never made any mistakes. The cause of Men Nan's illness is probably related to this room." Chen Ge looked at the watch and saw that it was already eight o'clock.
He called Dr. Gao, but the doctor was afraid that he would not be able to find his way, so he had been waiting outside the residential area and had not come in yet.
After explaining the situation on the phone, a few minutes later, Dr. Gao led Men Nan into the corridor.
When he saw Men Nan again, Chen Ge was surprised. This young man now looked completely different from a normal person, as if he was born with a deformity.
His head and spine were almost misaligned, and his head was drooping, as if someone was pressing down hard.
Chen Ge pointed at Men Nan and looked at Doctor Gao with a questioning look.
Dr. Gao immediately understood what Chen Ge meant and shook his head gently: "The situation has gotten worse. After taking the medicine, it finally stabilized. Let's go in and talk."
With his head lowered, Men Nan took out the key from his pocket. The light in the corridor was dim. He tried several times, but he couldn't insert the key into the keyhole. His arms were shaking with anger, as if he was about to get sick again.
Seeing his scene, Chen Ge quickly took the key and helped him open the door of 304.
The three of them entered the house. Doctor Gao and Men Nan were both used to it and didn't think anything was wrong. However, it was Chen Ge's first time here. As soon as he entered the door, he smelled a strange smell like something had gone bad.
"It seems to be emitting from the wall." Chen Ge glanced around. The room was very clean, there was no garbage in the wastebasket, and there was nothing that could emit the smell. "Could it be that there are corpses hidden in the wall?"
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Chen Ge soon rejected this speculation. The wall at the deepest point of the corridor on the third floor of Ping An Apartment was specially thickened by Wang Qi. A body could not fit into a normal apartment wall.
"What are you looking for?" Dr. Gao asked after noticing that Chen Ge was acting strangely as soon as he entered the room.
"Did you smell a weird smell?" Chen Ge finally stopped next to the wall between 303 and 304, where the smell was the strongest.
"Yes, old houses tend to produce some strange smells." Dr. Gao helped Men Nan to the bed, but Men Nan refused to get close to the bed. He would rather stand than sit on the bed.
Chen Ge glanced at Men Nan and asked softly: "What's wrong with him?"
"He was afraid that he would fall asleep. In the last dream, the man had strangled his neck. If he fell asleep again, he might never wake up again."