Seeing him looking scared but pretending to be calm, I actually didn't have much confidence in my heart, so I had to smile and say it's okay, don't worry, remember, don't run around when you get to the first floor, be sure to guard the rope.
Let’s talk about it when we get down.
He shook his chin, said yes in a miserable voice, and then climbed over the fence with my help. Feng Li was holding the rope at the other end and lowering it down little by little. Zhang Chao's colleagues were also idle, holding up flashlights.
Look down.
But I found that even if we adjusted the lights to the brightest, it would be of no use, because it started to fog downstairs. The thick fog had fully occupied the first floor and was shrouding the second floor. The flashlight light shone on the thick fog.
Above the fog, you can only see a rolling "sea of clouds", but nothing else can be seen.
Feng Li lowered the rope and whispered in my ear, "It's strange. Mr. Liu and Zhou Kun are both on the second floor. They must have seen the rope we put down. Why didn't they react?"
I was also puzzled, so I stepped forward and looked towards the corridor on the second floor. Unfortunately, the thick fog happened to spread there, causing my vision to become completely dark and I couldn't see anything.
Just when I was wondering, Feng Li, who was putting down the rope, suddenly paused. Then, the half-down rope suddenly began to shake, as if it was being pulled by some strong force, making a "crunching" sound.
"What's going on?" I was shocked and yelled to Feng Li in a hurry. Feng Li grabbed the rope tightly and yelled, "I don't know, something might have happened to Zhang Chao!"
Hearing this, we quickly lay down on the handrails of the corridor and looked down. Several flashlights shone in the thick fog. Zhang Chao was nowhere to be seen. At the same time, the rope head was shaking more and more.
It was amazing, as if there was some terrible presence in the thick fog, and it was holding on to the rope and pulling.
"ah……"
Suddenly, Zhang Chao screamed under the thick fog, and the rope suddenly broke. There was a soft snap, and he was forcibly pulled up by Feng Li. Zhang Chao on the other end of the rope fell straight down. Soon I heard
There was a "bang" sound - the sound of Zhang Chao being dragged down to the first floor.
"Zhang Chao..."
At this time, several of Zhang Chao's colleagues were dumbfounded. One by one, they stepped on their feet and looked down, shouting his name collectively.
But it was no use. Zhang Chao didn't know whether he fainted after falling or something else. He never heard the sound. In addition, the thick fog became deeper and deeper. We couldn't see what was going on at the place where he fell.
Feng Li pulled the broken rope, walked up to me, and said in a low voice, "Zhang Chao must have bitten this thing off himself."
ah?
I was even more surprised. I looked closely and found that, sure enough, there were many irregular teeth marks where the rope was broken. It must have been that Zhang Chao dropped the rope on his own after hanging halfway along the rope.
But why did he do this?
I was dumbfounded. Several people around me were dumber than me, and they all had extremely weird expressions.
ah……
Finally, the girl named Xiaolan couldn't help the depressing atmosphere, suddenly screamed and ran towards the corridor.
The direction she ran happened to be the stairs we just came up from. This move also caused a chain reaction. Meng Fan and the remaining Chen Yu all ran down. In a flash, they rushed into the stairs blocked by thick fog and disappeared.
.
"What are you doing? Come back!" Looking at the three people swallowed by the thick fog, my expression changed drastically and I hurriedly tried to drag them up, but Feng Li suddenly held my shoulders, shook his head and said forget it, let them go.
I struggled hard and said, "How can I do that?" Feng Li's expression was much more serious than mine, and he said sternly, "What are you going to do? We've fallen into this situation now. We don't even know if we can go downstairs safely. Do you still have it?"
Are you thinking about saving others?
He is an old gangster, with a calmer mind than me, and a look of gangsterism. When he glared at me, I suddenly sobered up a lot, and sighed bitterly, "But... should we let these innocent people die in vain?
"
Feng Li sighed and said, "People choose their own path, haven't we done what we should do? Furthermore, the traps here are mainly used to target practitioners, and you and I are among them.
As for these ordinary people, their chances of escaping alone are actually higher than when they follow us. After all, those who secretly control the magic circle will not waste so much energy targeting them."
I had no choice but to agree. Regardless of whether Feng Li's theory made sense or not, it was suitable for self-comfort.
We rested back to back for a while, looking at the thick fog gradually deepening around us. I asked Feng Li what he planned to do. Feng Li pointed to the space downstairs and said that he had no choice but to jump down.
Feng Li is a vampire and can turn into a bat and fly around at any time. The mere three-story drop will naturally not faze him. Unfortunately, the space under the thick fog is unknown. No one knows what will happen to him when he jumps.
What dangers are encountered?
I expressed concern and asked him if he was sure, but Feng Li interrupted me and said that if things don't work, it will work. You just need to stay upstairs while I go downstairs to explore the way.
After saying that, Feng Li jumped up and swooped down into the space in the middle of the floor. His body disappeared like a big bird falling into the clouds.
As soon as he left, I was the only one left on the third floor. Looking at the windy corridor, I could not help but feel frightened. However, after experiencing so many things, I was no longer a fledgling who had just entered the world, and I still had some confidence in my heart.
Then, I silently recited a few calming mantras from "Tai Shang Deng Yin Jue" in my heart, stabilized my emotions, took a deep breath, and then shouted to the place where Feng Li fell in the thick fog, "How's it going? What's going on below?"
In the dark empty space, only my voice was wandering, deep and low.
I shouted several times, but Feng Li didn't answer. The space under the floor covered by thick fog was also dead silent.
I am inferior...
Seeing this, I realized that I couldn't wait any longer. I didn't have Feng Li's ability to fly at low altitudes, so I had no choice but to turn my attention to the stairs again.
If you take the stairs again at this time, what will happen?
This thought kept swirling in my mind, prompting me to quickly sit down and make a decision, collect myself, and then bite the bullet and go up.
It was not as good as the stair passage. It was still dark in front of me, and thick fog occupied my sight. There was little point in using a flashlight. I simply turned off the flashlight and relied on capturing the Qi field. With my eyes darkened, I moved down the stairs step by step.
The surroundings were gloomy and windy, and there were faint ghostly cries wandering around me, but I guarded the clear sky of the spiritual platform and did not show any timidity.
With great difficulty, I went down two floors along the stairs, and soon there was an ajar safety door in front of me. As long as I passed this door, I should be in the lobby on the first floor.
Do you want to go in?
This thought lingered in my mind for a few seconds. I gritted my teeth again, reached out, and pushed the door open.
The old security door made a heart-wrenching scream of "creep". When I pushed the door open, a cold air immediately spread across the floor. Before I could see what was behind the door, I saw
There seemed to be a silhouette standing in the thick fog, lowering its head and staring at me sadly.
It seems to be Zhang Chao...
With a look of joy on my face, I stepped forward in one step. Who knew that before I could say hello, Zhang Chao opened his eyes in vain and stared at me.
Only then did I realize that this kid’s forehead had been hunched over and his neck had been broken. He was wearing a blue shirt, and the hem of his shirt was covered in scarlet blood, which had gathered into a river of blood and was stained wetly red.
Marble floor.
"I died so miserably..."
The cold voice echoed throughout the entire hall on the first floor.