Zhou Xu was about to collapse when a voice that was even more collapsed than him came from the side: "Ugh——"

He turned around and saw the old lady eating ribs holding a trash can and vomiting more exaggeratedly than anyone else.

Zhou Xu: "?"

The old lady's plastic lunch box fell to the floor and the food was spilled everywhere.

The rice mixed with broth has clear grains, soaked with a little sauce, and exudes a rich fragrance. The smell makes people's index fingers move, and it's a little disgusting.

The minced pork ribs had shiny muscles and crispy bones, and the meatballs bounced a few times and rolled gurglingly.

Rolling along with the meatballs, there is also a simple gold ring.

Xia Qiao's lips were pale, and he even jumped away.

He was most afraid of this sound - the rolling sound of marbles or metal objects falling on the floor, as clear as rolling in the cochlea.

He would often wake up in the middle of the night and hear the sound above his head, as if there was a sleepless child squatting and playing upstairs. But there was only a guest room upstairs in his house, and the room was empty, so there was no way anyone was there.

The ring rolled around and returned to the old lady's feet.

As if on purpose, she fell down close to her black cloth shoes, making a soft "clang" sound.

The old lady shivered while holding the trash can, without even raising her head.

Others wanted to step back three feet, as far away from that thing as possible, but when they heard it, they crouched down and took a closer look.

Seeing how calm he was, Zhou Xu was a little dissatisfied and reached over.

The ring was a plain ring without any decoration, but half of it was covered in blood, and a rusty fishy smell was faintly emitted, which was a bit strong.

The half of the ring that was not stained with blood was very bright, and under the light, it vaguely reflected the figure.

There were supposed to be only Wen Shi and Zhou Xu, but behind their blurry shadows there was a face with shoulder-length hair.

The human face stretched forward, and the facial features slowly enlarged. From the blurry white face with long hair, to the two eyes that could be seen clearly like holes, and blood was dripping from the holes.

Zhou Xu was so frightened that he screamed and sat down on the ground.

He turned back sharply——

But he saw Zhang Biling leaning behind him.

"Fuck, who the hell are you?!" Zhou Xu asked in horror.

Zhang Biling: "..."

"I'm your mother." Zhang Biling is usually very gentle and polite, but she seems to be unable to be gentle with her bear son, "You're itchy, right?"

Zhou Xu was so frightened by the shock just now that he didn't recover for a long time. Seeing how weird his biological mother looked, he took a few steps back in panic and crawled around to find someone to hold him in his arms.

After shaking for a long time, I realized that he was hugging Xia Qiao.

Xia Qiao shook with him and said, "Why do you seem to be less courageous than me?"

"Bah! Fuck you." Zhou Xu spat, then cursed and let go of his hands.

Zhang Biling pointed at him: "Try saying another dirty word?!"

Zhou Xu frowned and said nothing. He was still stubborn, but his face was completely pale. He looked like he was frightened by something.

While talking, the old lady holding the trash can finally raised her head.

She stroked her heart, leaned against the wall, and murmured softly: "It scared me to death, it scared me to death...it's okay, it's okay...it must be accidental, accidental...I have to, I have to pick it up and send it down."

"

Everyone was a little puzzled after hearing these words.

The old lady muttered for a while before opening her eyes and taking out a crumpled handkerchief from her pocket.

She glanced at the ring, so fast that she didn't even see it clearly. Then she turned her face away, fumbled at her feet for a moment, picked up the ring through the handkerchief, and wrapped it tightly, as if she couldn't take another look at it.

She stood up, grabbed the sharp hook by the door, banged her head on the ground, and walked slowly towards somewhere.

Of course, Wen Shi followed her. But as soon as he took two steps, he heard a series of footsteps behind him.

He looked back and saw that everyone, big and small, was following him, even those who had been trapped for several days.

"Aren't you afraid?" he asked.

"The old lady is okay," the boy with the plaid pattern said, "She seems to have been scared to death, so she's not that scary anymore. And..."

And for some reason, he seemed to be very curious and wanted to follow the old lady.

The old lady stopped at a corner.

It was an old straight elevator. The old lady reached out and pressed the button, and the elevator made a clanging sound.

There are shadows of people printed on the metal door of the elevator. Each one is twisted and stretched, making it appear that the face is unfamiliar.

Zhou Xu was still frightened, thinking everyone was weird, and couldn't help but look back behind him.

The most taboo thing for cowards is to get together.

Xia Qiao was influenced by him and became suspicious. He felt that other people's eyes were lifeless and they were staring straight at the elevator.

Suddenly, the elevator dinged and the metal door slowly opened.

An old and decaying smell came from inside, Xia Qiao grinned, his intuition was not good.

Suddenly, someone hit him on the shoulder.

He turned around and saw the others in plaid shirts walking straight towards the elevator and about to follow the old lady in.

Xia Qiao's eyes widened, and before he could react, he heard someone sigh.

The person who sighed was Zhang Biling.

She has been in many cages, so she certainly knows what this is like. This person did not want to enter the elevator, but was "pushed" in because the cage owner subconsciously wanted the stranger to disappear.

Anyone will be affected at this moment, it’s just a matter of how much.

Even she was in a daze for a moment. When she came to her senses, she had already taken two steps forward.

The group of people in front had already stepped into the elevator, and it was too late for her to take out the talisman and throw it away.

The next moment, the elevator door will close, and the group of people will be cut into two pieces by the elevator door.

It would be nice if there was someone more powerful, Zhang Biling said in her heart.

She remembered that she had followed Zhang Lan into the cage and encountered this kind of situation. Zhang Lan was affected for less than two seconds, so the result was a near miss.

If only she were here.

Zhang Biling still hurriedly went to get the talisman paper, even though she knew it was already too late.

As soon as her fingertips touched the paper, she heard something brush against her and be thrown out, making a strong sound of breaking wind.

She raised her eyes and saw that the group of people were tied together by several long thin white threads, and they were suddenly pulled back a step.

Qiang——

The elevator door closed heavily with a sound of metal friction, and the sound was shockingly loud.

Those people suddenly woke up and stared at the elevator door in front of them, speechless at all.

The plaid shirt rushed to the front, and the tip of his nose was barely brushed by the metal door. Soon, he felt liquid flowing down his nose, pat, pat, dripping to the ground.

He lowered his head in horror and saw the threads binding them and the blood dripping on the ground.

If the people who tied them had been slower, what would have fallen to the ground now would not be blood, but their bodies and heads.

"What, what's going on?!"

"Why, why am I standing in front of the elevator?"

The minds of several people went blank. When they reacted, they were paralyzed on the ground and could not stand up.

Zhang Biling clutched the talisman paper that she had not used yet, turned her head along the long line, and first saw a pair of hands.

Those hands are extremely well-built, with long and straight fingers. Because they are thin, the backs of the hands will have clear bone lines. The thin white length is wrapped between the fingers, as if they are holding a heavy weight without shaking, and there is a tense and chilling feeling. Cold sensation.

Those should be the hands of a top puppet master.

Zhang Biling remembered the description she had seen in an old book of the Zhang family.

Then she raised her eyes and saw Wen Shi's face.

"You..." Zhang Biling asked softly, "Were you not affected just now?"

Wenshi raised his eyes and looked at her, paused and said, "Is it possible?"

"Then, how did you get them back in time?"

"Quick hands." Wen Shi said.

Zhang Biling slowly came back to her senses. At that moment, she almost suspected that this young man had a very high level, but then she thought about it, would a person with an extremely high level follow Shen Qiao? He couldn't even get on the famous chart?

impossible.

After getting over the excitement just now, she thought back to the moment when she almost had an accident, and felt that her reaction when she heard it didn't seem that fast.

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To be continued...