Chapter 1122 The same words
This is just a 20-square-meter hut with a height of only two and a half meters. The distance between the ceiling and living people is not far at all.
Standing at this distance, Cheng Ming could clearly see the ghost's face.
It was a face full of cracks, one horizontally and two vertically... turning the pale white into pieces, and there were vaguely maggots burrowing in and out along the cracks inside the head.
Even so, Cheng Ming could still see all kinds of malicious ferocity in the eyes on this face.
The broken limbs were stuck to the ceiling, and the protruding bone spurs under the yellow light gave people the illusion of being as sharp as a blade.
This ghost was wearing clothes, but they were rotted into disgrace and were as loose as a curtain.
But there were strips of black bandages wrapped around the front and back of the body, tightly wrapping the scattered rags around the body.
The first scene of this unique and terrifying appearance almost made the unprepared Cheng Ming scream.
However, Cheng Ming was a rare talent in the Tenth Store after all. He stopped in time when he was overtaken by fear and thought about the problem in just one second.
He immediately turned off the light that was on. After the room returned to darkness, the ghost on the ceiling could no longer be seen.
This was not because he was deceiving himself or others, but because he suddenly remembered the words of the girl in the red dress in a state of emergency.
The girl once said: "Dad doesn't like turning on the lights, let alone seeing strangers."
The girl had been fine turning on the lights before, but she was part of the family after all.
Now that the girl had just left, Cheng Ming, a stranger, had just turned on the light and saw a female ghost on the ceiling. He could only connect the two things together.
Naturally, Cheng Ming was not the only one to discover this thrilling scene.
Everyone, including Ji Li, saw the female ghost on the ceiling. Even after he turned off the lights, everyone's eyes were fixed on the ceiling.
Lights out was the right move.
Although it is a forbidden area, the logic of the ghost's actions must contain regularity. There are not many regularities for reference at present, and every word the girl says is important.
To turn on the lights or not to turn on the lights has become a critical issue.
Everyone is ready, looking up at the ceiling unchanged, and at the same time preparing their own responses, waiting for the answer to be revealed at any time.
One second, two seconds...
Until half a minute, time passed quietly, and everything was still calm.
The answer has been revealed - "If you turn on the light, you will see ghosts, but if you turn off the light, nothing will happen."
In the heavy atmosphere, Ji Li spoke quietly and repeated the question just now.
After hearing this, Xiao Qianduye was alert for a moment and then replied in a low voice:
"I saw..."
But it just happened.
Little Qianduye's second answer still couldn't be uttered, and the door rang at this moment.
The sound of the keyhole turning and the operation of the old machinery seemed to be winding up everyone's hearts.
"Crack!"
The door opened, and five pairs of eyes were firmly locked on the door's position in the darkness.
It's only been two minutes. It's unlikely that the girl in the red dress will come back so soon. Who else besides her has the key to this room?
Ji Li is waiting for the light. If the light appears, it means the girl has returned. It is safe, but if not...
The mission is always to be afraid of what will come, and it is the same this time.
As the door opened, a hoarse male voice coughed heavily, but no light appeared.
This is a "pseudo-secret room" with only one exit: the door. Once it is blocked, only sinful objects can open the way.
Ji Li grasped the black chain in his palm almost instantly, and the ancient bronze coffin was about to smash into the room in the next second.
Luo Xian and others also showed their guilty objects and prepared to rush out of the secret room to escape.
But at this time, the person who opened the door took the lead and made a sound that shocked everyone:
"Huh?"
This was a questioning voice. The visitor seemed to have sensed the presence of someone else in the house in the darkness, but could not see it, hence the voice.
And this voice also stopped the actions of the store manager and clerks in time.
The people standing in this room were all top-notch clerks, and they instantly analyzed a piece of information from this question—the person coming might be a "person." This person, of course, must be put in quotation marks. After all, the girl in the red dress can be considered a "person", but she cannot be a person.
The main reason for this analysis is that "he" is also affected by darkness and cannot see.
However, how could an adult male appear at this time and place?
"Is there anyone in the house?"
When the five people were stunned, the man took the lead and asked in his hoarse and low voice.
Just listening to the voice, this man should be middle-aged, extremely tired, and lacks confidence when speaking.
In the darkness, there was no point in exchanging glances. In the silence, Luo Xian still spoke.
"Hello, we are passers-by who came here by mistake. Who are you?"
"Passerby?"
This man's voice was really uncomfortable. The sound was like iron and stone rubbing together, rough and unpleasant.
"You can break into my house by mistake and still call yourself a passerby?"
His tone was full of dissatisfaction, and because his voice was so hoarse, it even sounded like a growl.
Luo Xian's heart skipped a beat. This was a man's home, and it was also the home of the girl in the red dress. Could he be the father the girl called her?
The father who dislikes light and strangers the most?
It seemed like they were right. No wonder he didn't turn on the light when he entered.
Things fell into an awkward state for a while, and Luo Xian had no way to continue communicating. She knew that she had hit a dead end.
This space was so large that the girl in the red dress did not lead the man away. Instead, he "coincidentally" found the store employees' hiding place.
Quiet...
The man didn't speak anymore, and neither did the shop assistants. They all seemed to have fallen into a rigid stage of contemplation, but they were thinking about different things.
At this time, a small sound suddenly came from Cheng Ming's direction, breaking the calm.
"Squeak..."
Ji Li couldn't tell what happened from this tone, he just frowned.
At the same time, the man moved first, heavy footsteps sounded, and he walked straight into the house.
Luo Xian was also listening, and soon realized that the other party was coming for her. After all, she was the only one who had spoken in the dark and could know the approximate location.
She was in a hurry and was about to use the Nightmare Sinful Artifact.
But the next second, she found that there was a strong smell of sweat in front of her, and the man's voice was very close, and his tone became urgent:
"Come with me quickly. You must leave my house as soon as possible."
The situation was different from what the clerks imagined. The man was not as angry and terrifying as the girl in the red dress said, nor did he turn into a ghost and kill people.
He actually made similar decisions and actions as the girl in the red dress.
Luo Xian was dragged away by him without any reason, and Ji Li and others could only follow him when they saw this.
The man seemed to be very familiar with the terrain of this area. Even though there was no light on, he walked confidently and swerved in the darkness.
Luo Xian couldn't help it anymore and asked the key question:
"Are we trying to hide from something? Why are you in such a hurry?"
The man kept walking and didn't seem to look back. He responded with that iconic voice:
"My wife doesn't like light, and she doesn't like seeing strangers. You must leave quickly before she notices you, or else..."
This sentence was so familiar that it shocked everyone greatly.
The girl in the red dress said something similar, and the "object of terror" she pointed out was the father figure.
And the father appeared and said similar words, but the "object of terror" in his mouth became the role of the mother.
But, this is not the most important thing now.
After walking for about half a minute, Ji Li suddenly discovered a serious problem——
Among the five store managers and clerks, there were only four footsteps left.
Among the five of them, one person did not leave the room just now.