That thing was actually a little scared. He didn't dare to talk back to the Security Guard. His legs flailed, wanting to explain something.
The Security Guard glared, "Hurry up and leave!"
The thing looked back reluctantly at the three people behind the Security Guard, shifted its head, and hopped upstairs.
Su Qingyu clasped her hands together at her chin, smiling as she thanked the Security Guard, "Uncle Security Guard, thank you so much."
Uncle Security Guard gave a simple, honest smile, "No need to be so polite, this is my job.
This residential community is currently undergoing renovation, and strange people often come in.
If you encounter them, you don't need to be too scared. They are just some lost guests.
If they cling to you like that last guest, just tell me, and I'll help you drive them away."
"Then, Uncle, how can I contact you?" Su Qingyu thought, the Security Room had suddenly appeared on this floor.
When she had arrived at the Fifth Floor just now, she was certain there was no one on the Fifth Floor.
The appearance of Uncle Security Guard meant there was only one possibility: Uncle Security Guard had come out from the east side safety passage.
Uncle Security Guard tapped his walkie-talkie, and a "sizzle" sound came from it.
He said, "I'm always patrolling the floors, so it's easy to encounter me.
If you want to find me, you can use the telephone next to the east side safety exit on the Fourth Floor and call the Security Room.
The colleagues in the Security Room will inform me via walkie-talkie.
Oh, right, the Security Room's phone number is five fours."
After speaking, Uncle Security Guard walked into the west side safety passage and went up the stairs.
Wen Xuecha whispered, "Didn't they say the stairs could only go down, not up?"
"Could it be that Uncle Security Guard isn't human either?" Li Lin felt goosebumps on his arms.
The rules were not contaminated, so they were absolutely trustworthy.
The door to Room 505 was ajar, and the sound of a young couple arguing could be heard from inside.
The boy's voice was full of anger, "I told you long ago that you should just stay home and take care of the child, don't think about investing every day!
What's the use of that shabby hotel you invested in? You threw hundreds of thousands in and didn't even hear a splash!"
The girl's voice was already tearful, "But that hotel is a project developed by the Morning Star Group. They guaranteed a threefold return at the time."
"Pies don't fall from the sky, and even if they did, they'd hit you to death!" The boy stomped his feet in anger, "You're too confused. It's bad enough that our down payment for the house was invested, but you even borrowed money to invest.
How are we going to fill this hole of hundreds of thousands now!"
The girl's voice lacked confidence, "When... when the hotel opens, we can pay it back."
At this moment, the sound of a baby crying came from the room again.
This was the nth time Su Qingyu had heard the name "Morning Star."
From the information obtained earlier, it was known that the Morning Star Group was a highly influential commercial giant in the Strange Talk World.
It is known that they have real estate, property management, and hotel businesses.
Su Qingyu remembered the novel "Thriller Descends," where the protagonist worked part-time in the Strange Talk World to earn underworld currency.
The company he worked for at the time also belonged to a subsidiary of the Morning Star Group.
Using her watch to judge direction, Su Qingyu and the others continued downstairs while it was still light.
As soon as they reached the Fourth Floor, the dense, charred figures in the corridor made Su Qingyu's scalp tingle instantly.
"Oh my god!" Li Lin's heart raced, he was at a loss, his mind in chaos.
He was so scared his legs went weak, and he actually wanted to run downstairs.
Wen Xuecha grabbed Li Lin, who was trying to escape, and gritted her teeth, staring at him, "We haven't even determined the direction yet. If you run downstairs like this, are you seeking death?"
Li Lin's face turned pale, "If I don't run, I'll die even more miserably."
It seemed like fire was still burning inside those charred bodies. Lava flowed within them, and their outer layers were scorched and crumbling.
They were packed tightly together, some trampled on the ground, some piled up. They were all struggling in pain.
"So hot!"
"It's so hot!"
Everyone was muttering this phrase.
"Don't push me."
"You don't push me!"
As their struggles intensified, some of the scorched figures fell from the corridor.
There was no sound of them hitting the ground.
Endless corridor, endless falling.
Su Qingyu's eyes were filled with calm composure. She said with ease, "What are you afraid of?
There are still other rules to find. We have to check every floor."
Su Qingyu first used her watch to determine the direction. As expected, they needed to pass through this corridor filled with charred corpses and go down from the safety passage on the opposite side.
White telephones were installed on the wall.
Su Qingyu picked up the phone and dialed five fours.
"Beep, beep, beep—"
The call connected. After waiting a few seconds, the other side answered.
An elderly man's voice came from the phone, "Hello, this is the Security Room. What can I do for you?"
Su Qingyu briefly described their situation, "It's like this, my friends and I are on the 4th floor right now.
The corridor on the 4th floor is crowded with people, and we want to go downstairs, but we can't get through the corridor.
Can you arrange for a Security Guard to come and help us clear the crowd?"
"Stay where you are and don't move. We'll arrange for personnel to come over now—sizzle, sizzle—You can also go down through the east side safety passage. It has been repaired and is now in normal use—sizzle, sizzle—"
The call ended.
Li Lin just wanted to escape this place, "If the east side safety passage is restored, let's go down from here.
I'm so afraid these charred corpses will push over. One person can't fight many, let alone so many monsters!"
"The call was contaminated just now. Before the sizzling sound, it was the Security Room's voice. After the sizzling sound, it was its voice," Su Qingyu said, her eyes slightly lowered, her expression serene. "Wuxin is here. He is my person. When necessary, he will act."
Li Lin had always been afraid of Wuxin, especially when night fell. He felt that Wuxin's dark eyes without pupils were more terrifying than the anomalies in this building.
"Contaminated..." Li Lin realized belatedly. He was tired and hungry, feeling like he couldn't hold on any longer.
"I've always wanted to ask, is this little brother Wuxin Sister Yu's Shikigami?" Wen Xuecha had been wary of Wuxin at first, but in the past two days, she noticed that Wuxin didn't eat or sleep, and basically didn't say a word all day, acting like a block of wood.
A wooden block exuding an eerie aura.
Shikigami? She wasn't an Onmyoji.
Su Qingyu felt that keeping anomalies by her side was more like raising a little ghost.
She would have to pay a price.
"You don't need to pay too much attention to him. He won't harm us."
The price for using Wuxin was a fresh heart, or ten thousand underworld currency.
If other trialists obtained Wuxin, they might become "heart thieves."
Before long, people in black uniforms came down from upstairs.
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