Chapter 9 Twelve Corpses
That is the dead body of a human male, there is no doubt about it.
This person is estimated to be in his thirties and is wearing an ordinary shirt and jeans. His face was distorted in a panic-like manner, with a dead look in his eyes. His slightly squinted eyes were all white, and he was in intense fear before he died.
There were several irregular blood holes on his chest. The blood had long since dried up, and the area around the wounds was shrunk and dark red. Strangely, there were no corpse spots on his exposed skin, showing a mummified state without the smell of decay.
The hands, in particular, looked curled up like chicken feet, with a dull luster. They looked very scary and made people feel numb.
But the most eye-catching thing was the thick iron nail driven into his chest.
This iron nail is silver in color, with brown rust on the part close to the human body. It is as thick as a baby's arm. At first glance, although several people did not actually turn over the body, there is an iron nail that secures the body. The feeling of being firmly nailed to the bed.
Faced with such a strange corpse that looked horribly dead, Edith's face turned pale with fear and fright, and she hugged Bud's arm directly, just saying "big brother, take me".
Anderson was not much better, his eyes were wide open, his breathing was very light, he stared at the dead body without blinking, his vigilance was on full alert, his limbs were stiff and unable to move.
Wei Miao looked carefully. There are many strange things about this corpse. What was the purpose of nailing the corpse to the bed, and who did it?
Bude's face was ugly, and his hand holding the sheets was hovering in mid-air without knowing where to place it.
Suddenly, he reacted suddenly, flicked his arm hard, and with the sound of hunting noises breaking through the air, the sheets covered the strange corpse again, cutting off everyone's sight.
He glanced at the door nervously and said depressingly: "Let's go, get out first."
The people left the room almost impatiently.
However, standing in the empty corridor, even though the weather was fine, the uneasiness in my heart gradually grew. This is their own psychological suggestion and pressure. They always feel that something is watching them in the dark, and they always worry that something unexpected will suddenly appear.
Bude knew that he was the anchor of the team at this moment, so he pretended to be calm and closed the door of 701, so that even if there were any changes inside, it would be slightly blocked. The quality of the hotel door was trustworthy.
Wei Miao's eyes inadvertently looked at the door handle, and her eyes lit up. She found that there were dense scratches on the surface of the wooden board above the handle. The marks were shallow and not obvious on the milky white paint surface.
These scratches were intertwined with each other. Wei Miao used her right hand to simulate the action of opening the door out of thin air. To create these scratches, she could only make them while grasping.
The condition for achieving this is that the opener has claws like a beast, even longer and sharper.
Moreover, the opening action was performed many times.
Bude didn't seem to notice this strangeness, or in other words, he couldn't think calmly now. He looked at the other three people: "Do you want to continue the investigation?"
"Let's read it all at once. I don't want to do it all over again in the future." Wei Miao had to speak out at this moment, and she couldn't let this group of good people Teammates just walked away. If we want to search again, we can only do it tomorrow, but the sooner we can get clues, the better.
Let her explore the remaining rooms alone. She privately felt that it was not safe.
"That makes sense." Bude was convinced by her, and Edith and Anderson acquiesced to the decision.
So, the four of them moved forward again and walked to 702.
The door of 702 was open like 701. With the experience of 701, this time, although the four of them were still cautious, they kept walking. After turning on the light, they went straight to the inner bedroom.
“Again!” Anderson couldn’t help but shout.
I saw that the bed inside was the same as before, with a human body covered with white cloth lying flat on it.
Bude already had psychological immunity this time. He walked to the end of the bed and lifted up the white cloth.
A female human corpse appeared in front of us. She was dressed in a very ordinary way. The wound on her chest was similar to that of the 701 male corpse. Her hair was disheveled and her face was terrifying. Just one look at it made people feel a chill on their backs. Qi rushed up from the soles of his feet.
There was also a thick iron nail hammered into her chest.
No one dared to step forward and touch her. The four of them quickly covered themselves with white cloths and walked out of the room. Next they braved the rest of the room.
The doors from 701 to 712 were all open without exception, and Wei Miao deliberately noticed the scratches on the door. The most horrifying thing is that there is a dead body nailed on the bed in every room. The expressions on the face before death all reveal fear, and the physical symptoms are similar.
Twelve rooms, with twelve dead bodies nailed to them!
The four of them remained silent all the way, and the atmosphere was depressing and sensitive. After checking out the twelve rooms, they felt that being on the seventh floor was no different from being in the morgue. They were sweating coldly. They were in a tense state where the wind was roaring and the trees and grass were all at war. It was commonly known as "scare yourself."
But at the end of the corridor, everyone was surprised to see that room 713 was different.
Its door is closed!
Everyone's numb nerves became active again, and Wei Miao heard Anderson's heavy and rapid breathing. In this silent corridor, no matter what the movement is, you can hear it clearly.
Fortunately, there is a transparent glass wall at the end of the corridor. The light from the summer sun outside fills the place, making them less creepy.
Wei Miao noticed that there was a room card inserted into the groove of the door, but there were no scratches on the door panel? !
Across the door, Bude hesitated again.
The unknown is always fascinating and frightening.
He raised his shield and unscrewed the doorknob.
The door opened.
Through the light from the balcony, you can see the general layout of the rooms.
Bud turned his head and looked at the three people behind him. Their eyes looked at him with obvious rejection.
Edith had already let go of his hand, stood behind Anderson, and gave him a relieved smile.
These idiots...
Bude was speechless and helpless. He gritted his teeth, turned on the light at the speed of light, and moved inward to lie down.
Three people followed him.
But when he saw the scene of sleeping inside, Bude was startled and did not retreat. This sent a signal to everyone that the front was not scary.
The scene was somewhat beyond Wei Miao’s expectation.
Generally speaking, in a hotel room, the bed takes up most of the space, leaving only room for feet. This is also the case in this hotel.
But the people in 713 set up the bed horizontally and placed it against the wall, which freed up a lot of space.
In the specially vacated space, the white tiles were corroded by something unknown and had grooves. The lines of the grooves combined to form a mysterious pattern, covering an area of about nine square meters.
The main body of the pattern is a round-edged six-pointed star. The interior is composed of complex arcs and straight lines. The center is a small circle, which is sunken downwards into a hemispheric shape. The whole is symmetrical on both sides, like a complex and exquisite work of art, dark, gorgeous and curious.
It is very similar to the ancient formation in mysticism.
The groove has an unknown dark red color, which seems to be the product of blood coagulation.
What is surprising is that there are wooden chairs with backrests placed at the three corners of one of the equilateral triangles of the hexagram, and they are placed in the opposite direction, with the back of the chair facing the magic circle.
A sense of absurdity in the sacrificial ceremony came over me!
Please read the comments for the magic circle. I really can’t find how to post the picture at the end of the article.
PS: I drew this circle using the drawing software that comes with my computer. If you think it’s good, you might as well give it a like!
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