To avoid encountering the police who really came to investigate, after completing the inquiry of a group of employees, everyone left that company and returned to their original hotel.
After returning, Zhang Tianyi was still sitting in front of the computer, typing on the keyboard non-stop searching, but the effect seemed to be minimal, and so far, nothing has been found.
During this time, Li Shuai couldn't bear the loneliness and persuaded the rotten monk to leave the hotel with him. He also wanted to call Xiao Mo together, but Xiao Mo refused, saying he wasn't in the mood. To be honest, he was afraid that if he hung out with Li Shuai for too long, he would become like him - mentally ill. However, his main thought was to stay behind and see if he could help in any way. Although he lacked experience in handling events, at least he still had some ability to analyze and organize clues.
Stay here mainly to observe Zhang Tianyi, learn from his cautious and careful attitude, as well as his calm state of mind when encountering things. These are all experiences for him, after all, he wants to survive, can't always rely on Zhang Tianyi.
Xiao Mo had also figured it out, Zhang Tianyi was clearly stalling for time, he had already found Wu Qi's address a long time ago, but just didn't tell them. Zhang Tianyi was afraid that they would go and try to stop Wu Qi's death, in case they inadvertently provoked the fierce ghost and got themselves put on its hit list.
Although he didn't like Zhang Tianyi's indifference to life, just as Zhang Tianyi said at the beginning, his principle of action in the event was caution. Saving people is only for self-rescue, and once saving people becomes a burden, he will immediately choose to give up.
Xiao Mo may have disliked Zhang Tianyi's behavior on ordinary days, but he could understand some of it. After all, Zhang Tianyi had already gone through two cycles of reincarnation, and this time was his third journey of reincarnation. In the real world, he had experienced at least dozens of events.
The most unremarkable thing in the event is death. If a person keeps witnessing all kinds of deaths and separations, they will become numb and indifferent to others' lives. On the contrary, they will cherish their own life even more because they know how difficult it is to maintain life until now, and how many storms have been weathered along the way. So when Zhang Tianyi and Lao Gao reach this point, it's no longer just fear of death or a yearning for life, but rather an unwillingness, an unwillingness for their long efforts to be in vain.
"It seems that losing one's memory isn't a terrible thing."
Xiao Mo felt that his amnesia was a blessing in disguise for the first time. After losing those two crucial years of memories, he was completely like another person. As they say, the more you know, the more worries you have. Now, knowing very little, he could still be full of hope and pursue his own footsteps in life.
He should think more, he has a reason, it is necessary to live on. He was never alone, he still had a warm home and some reliable friends. So... he had a reason to fight for the continuation of his life.
A heart-wrenching feeling suddenly descended upon him, and at the same time, his hand on his leg stretched out to touch the mirror that was tightly wrapped beside him. Compared to Zhang Tianyi and others, he had a slight advantage in self-protection - this mirror was something he brought back from the forbidden land. His pre-amnesiac self must have obtained this mirror for some reason, and he would eventually uncover the secrets surrounding it.
The current event, the ghostly creature that exists has at least an 80% chance of being a vengeful spirit. This provides him with an excellent opportunity to verify his theory, as mirrors can absorb vengeful spirits, which is still just his speculation. Mirrors may be able to deal with vengeful spirits that appear on the highway, but whether they can handle the vengeful spirits in this event remains unknown for now.
He can't wait until the day when all the fierce ghosts will kill him, and then take out the mirror to verify. The consequences of failure are unbearable for him. So in order for him to survive better in future events, he must verify this speculation, even if it takes some risk. Although verification is required, he does not intend to act blindly. He wants to minimize the risk as much as possible and try to leave a way out for himself in case of failure.
As he pondered, he gazed out the window again. The outside world was now a sunset in the west, leaving only a few desolate afterglows struggling in this world, but destined to escape the fate of being swallowed by darkness.
There was a slender figure standing in front of the window, with the last rays of sunset shining on her body, making her silhouette vague and indistinct. Xiao Mo couldn't see Xin Yan's expression, but he could sense that at this moment, Xin Yan was perplexed and filled with loneliness.
This is a person who almost has no sense of existence, if not for her predictive ability, I'm afraid everyone will forget about her. He had never seen Xin Yan's smile, nor had he ever heard Xin Yan say anything extra, she was quiet from start to finish, as if there was nothing in her eyes at all.
Recalling the conversation between Li Shuai and Xin Yan during the previous event, a question from Li Shuai had been lingering in his mind.
"Are you also from that place?"
He remembered that Li Shuai had asked such a question when they first met, and Li Shuai also said that no one told him anything about the people who came to Qingming Road No. 2. It can be seen that Li Shuai, as well as Zhang Tianyi and others, may have entered Qingming Road No. 2 with human intervention, although he also suspected that it was a mysterious person, but felt that the possibility was not great.
In addition, Xin Yan's response at the time was also worth pondering. She did not simply deny it, but said:
"No, actually I don't know anything about what you're talking about."
If Xinyan wasn't lying, she really didn't know where Li Shuai said that place was, then who made her come here?
These doubts had been pent up in Xiao Mu's heart, and he had a strong urge to ask questions. However, he also knew that if others wanted to say something, they would have already said it, and there was no need for him to ask. Moreover, their relationship was not deep enough, and even if he asked, it would be difficult to get any information out of them. To learn more about these things, he needed to wait for an opportunity.
Xiao Mo slowly withdrew his gaze from Xin Yan's body, and at this time, Zhang Tianyi finally made a decision.
"We're going to Wu Qi's house now!"
Wu Qi stood in the farthest corner of the room, away from the bedroom door, holding his breath and searching for any slight sound that might appear in the room. Because the lights were not turned on, the bedroom seemed a bit dim at this time, and only Wu Qi's elongated shadow could be seen faintly trembling on the ground.
"It's almost dark..."
Looking at the gloomy sky, Wu Qi inexplicably shivered and his fear in his heart became even more intense. He was afraid that on TV shows and movies, it's always written that evil spirits kill people at night.
"No way! I can't just sit here and wait to die. In the movies, people who get killed by ghosts are usually alone at home when they're killed."
Wu Qi thought of this crucial point, and not delaying any further, he took advantage of the remaining light outside and ignored that thrilling feeling, pulling open the bedroom door and running out.
He put on his shoes and didn't dare to open the door rashly, but instead carefully got up and aligned one eye with the peephole.
Someone!
Wu Qi's eyes widened suddenly, and through the cat's eye, he saw a child standing outside. It seemed to know it was being watched, and slowly raised its head, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes!
It suddenly split its mouth and laughed at itself!
Ko Fung's ghost was right outside the door, which completely dashed his idea of escaping, and he fled back to the bedroom in a fluster.
"What to do? What to do! Calm down, calm down and think about it, there must be a way."
Wu Qiang forced himself to calm down, the ghost was waiting for him outside the door, he would definitely die without a place to bury if he rushed out, but staying at home like this could not avoid anything either, who knew it wouldn't come in and kill him, or was it torturing him.
"Call the police, this is the only way left."
Helpless, Wu Qi could only pin his hopes on the police. He trembled as he walked out of the bedroom and picked up his phone from the floor in the living room. After being thrown earlier, a crack had appeared on the screen. He prayed as he turned it on, thankfully the touchscreen was still usable.
With great difficulty, he swallowed his saliva and carefully dialed the police station's phone number, however...
"I'm right outside your door! You're dead for sure!!!"
The phone rang again with a vicious roar, and along with this roar, a situation that made Wu Qi's scalp numb appeared.
The door, the door actually slowly opened!
"No, no!"
Wu Qi let out a loud cry and stumbled into the bedroom, fortunately the door could still be locked, perhaps she could hold on for a little while longer.
"Hmm..."
Wu Qi was panting heavily, but after waiting for a while, there was no unusual movement outside the door. However, he didn't let his guard down, perhaps it just wanted to trick him into opening the door.
"Whoa——!"
As he was lost in thought, the curtains that had been pulled open suddenly closed, and in an instant, the bedroom plunged into absolute darkness.
Facing this situation, even if Wu Qi was a man, he would have been scared to tears:
"Xiao Feng, I was wrong, it was my fault back then. I apologize, please forgive me... From now on, I'll burn paper money for you every year..."
Wu Qi's crying voice had not stopped the terrifying performance, when he saw the curtains on the window rapidly bulging at a speed visible to the naked eye. At this moment, it was standing behind the curtains, staring at him with its blood-red eyes...
"Ah——!"
Wu Qi opened the bedroom door and rushed out, he ran desperately to the edge of the door, without thinking, he pushed it open, who would have thought... it was standing right there! It was smiling at him!
"Help! Save me...!"
Desperate Wu Qi finally escaped to the balcony, behind him, that terrifying figure was walking towards him with a smile.