Chapter 26
Jiang Xiuxiu squatted down and quickly pulled away the top layer of plants.
This time, she noticed that the soil here looked a little lighter than the soil next to it, as if it had been artificially added later.
What is buried under this?
Jiang Xiuxiu broke off a branch directly from the side and began to poke the soil below.
This layer of soil was buried very shallowly, and Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t give up, so he pushed the layer of soil away.
Hidden under the soil was a black iron cover. The **** sleeves buttoned the edge and pulled it apart, revealing a step deep into the ground.
Below the steps is a dark passageway, and it is impossible to see the end at a glance.
There was a distinct burnt smell in the air, and after the iron cover was opened, it rushed towards her face.
Here, there is actually a basement!
Jiang Xiuxiu was overjoyed, knowing that he had discovered a deeper secret of this copy.
Below this, there will definitely be a breakthrough related to this copy!
It’s just that it’s just as obvious that there’s definitely danger in there.
So, is she going down or not?
“Come on, let’s go in and see!”
Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t hesitate for a long time before giving the order.
Her self-consciousness told her that if she continued to stay in the comfortable and perfect old house, she would find nothing.
Only in this kind of place can more secrets be revealed, such as those related to the couple’s secrets, such as those related to the BOSS.
Her task is to change the boss’s clothes. Compared with other people, she must know the boss as soon as possible, and know the strength of the other party.
Wealth and wealth are in danger, even if there is danger here, but when it’s time to take action, take action!
To some extent, Jiang Xiuxiu’s courage is quite big.
Such people have to make decisions faster and more resolutely than ordinary people.
After saying that, Jiang Xiuxiu changed the direction of the backpack and held it, then grabbed Ye Ming’s wrist.
Without seeing Ye Ming’s reaction, she couldn’t wait to go down the steps.
She held the backpack in front of her, just in case. If the schoolbag accidentally touched something behind her and caused movement, it would not be very good.
As for pulling Ye Ming… I’m mainly worried that this newcomer who often doesn’t know the form will walk around and cause some trouble.
In this way, Jiang Xiuxiu gently entered the basement while pulling the person.
When she walked into the ground as a whole, the burning smell that seemed to be at the scene after the fire became heavier.
She covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves and tried to breathe as little as possible, trying not to let the unpleasant smell cause sneezing.
She took a few more steps down, and then stopped, ready to go deeper together after Ye Ming walked in completely.
However, what Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t expect was that at the moment when she stopped, a heavy “bang” sound suddenly came from above her head.
The entire tunnel was suddenly dark, and not even a shred of light could penetrate.
The entrance to the basement was blocked.
Is Ye Ming in?
Jiang Xiuxiu was slightly startled, only to feel that the wrist being pulled by her turned cold.
It was so cold…not at all like the body temperature a normal person should have.
Jiang Xiuxiu’s heart sank suddenly.
She didn’t dare to look back, she just maintained her posture and stood motionless.
In the darkness, her breathing became very clear, but except for her breathing and heartbeat, the entire basement was empty and there was no noise.
There was no sound of the second person breathing.
Ye Ming is gone.
After realizing this, Jiang Xiuxiu’s heart skipped a beat.
Her hand was still in a pulling posture, but her arm shook uncontrollably.
Ye Ming didn’t come in. It was the iron cover he closed that kept her inside?
Jiang Xiuxiu suddenly had a hint of doubt in her heart, but after thinking about it, she dispelled her doubts.
Ye Ming has absolutely no need to do this. He is currently in a mutually beneficial relationship with her.
If he had wanted to hurt him earlier, he would have had countless opportunities to shoot last night, so there was no need to wait until now.
So what the **** is going on here?
And what is it that she is pulling right now! ?
Jiang Xiuxiu’s heart became more and more panic.
In the terrifyingly silent environment, there seemed to be countless pairs of eyes lurking in the black.
Jiang Xiuxiu’s rapid breathing could hardly be concealed, and the temperature of the air dropped suddenly.
Damp, cold, and deep… Compared with the thing behind me that I don’t know whether it is a human or a ghost, it is more terrifying, but the unknown existence in the darkness.
Da da da……
At this moment, in the depths of the basement, there were several soft knocking sounds.
da da da… da da…
It’s the sound of hitting a ball.
Once at the gate of the ancient house, Jiang Xiuxiu also heard this kind of sound.
At that time, two children and ghosts were in the old house, slapping a small red ball.
The ball finally landed on the threshold, and Jiang Xiuxiu had seen it with his own eyes.
da da… da da…
“Whee……”
“Ha ha ha ha……”
Not far from Jiang Xiuxiu, they were playing with a ball.
Ruoyouruowu’s children’s playful laughter rang again in Jiang Xiuxiu’s ears.
Such voices maintained a delicate distance, as if they would rush to her in the next second, as if they were always far away from her.
da da… da da…
A moment of light, a moment of heaviness, the sound of the ball falling on the ground slowly spread from all corners of the basement.
Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t dare to act rashly, so she could only pull “Ye Ming” behind her, standing motionless, her breathing was barely audible.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Xiuxiu closed her eyes and her heart sank.
No, she can’t stand still like this!
Now that she has decided to go into the basement to find out, she has to stay boldly, standing and pretending to be a stone for a long time, what can she achieve?
If it’s a big deal, she will be eliminated. Anyway, she must see what secrets are hidden here!
Without hesitation, Jiang Xiuxiu immediately released the hand that had been holding the “wrist”.
And her action, no doubt with a switch, immediately alerted the otherwise comfortable basement!
Da da!
The ball landed heavily on the ground, making an overwhelmed clear sound.
Immediately, a voice sounded faintly.
“It was discovered…”
It was the child’s voice.
Its voice was so quiet and its tone was strange. Jiang Xiuxiu listened carefully and found that it was difficult to tell whether it was a boy or a girl.
“It’s you?”
This kid ghost obviously remembers Jiang Xiuxiu.
After discovering that it was her who had entered the basement, it paused, and then let out a strange laugh.
“Sister… come with us, play with us…”
As its words fell, a round ball rolled over “bone lulu” and touched Jiang Xiuxiu’s feet.
Then, it stopped at Jiang Xiuxiu’s feet.
is that ball?
Jiang Xiuxiu was slightly startled.
In the next second, she felt a damp and cold breath coming from behind her ears.
“Sister…Did you see our ball?”
Jiang Xiuxiu did not respond.
In order to continue to live, she lowered her head and pretended to be dead, letting the child make a noise without making a sound.
However, when she noticed the movement over there, she felt a little strange in her heart.
In addition to this time, this kid ghost seems to have played ball twice, right?
She still remembered that when the players first entered the old house, the two children were playing **** in the hall.
And now there are two ghosts playing ball in the basement, otherwise it wouldn’t say “we”.
After that, the kid ghost appeared twice.
Once in the study to ask her to take a book, and once in the toilet, it took the long-haired female player.
In the remaining two times, this child ghost has always appeared alone.
When there are other ghosts around it, the only activity it performs is hitting and playing with the ball.
Could this be a coincidence?
Is the act of hitting a ball a hobby in his lifetime, or does it have special implications like the book “The Selfish Gene”?
I don’t know what to think, Jiang Xiuxiu’s eyes moved slightly.
“elder sister?”
The ghost who had been disguised as Ye Ming before and was caught by her was now crouching behind her neck.
Facing the indifferent Jiang Xiuxiu, it asked softly, “You can hear me, why didn’t you call me back?”
Its breath hit Jiang Xiuxiu’s ears, and the cold touch penetrated into the skin, almost losing consciousness: “Where is my ball, do you know where it is?”
Of course she knew, right at her feet.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought silently in his heart.
Jiang Xiuxiu understood that this was the scheming plan of the ghost, and it wanted her to react.
And dealing with such ghosts is actually not difficult, as long as you follow the rules.
According to the words I saw on the wall before, don’t listen, don’t answer, don’t look back, she can basically survive safely.
This game, at the beginning, told them how to escape from ghosts.
As long as she consumes energy, she will continue to consume it, and she will continue to confront the child ghost for a long time until the other party runs out of patience.
In this way, she can wait for the ghost to leave, and then quickly escape from the basement.
To be honest, this is what Jiang Xiuxiu planned after the ghost appeared.
I believe that it is not only her, but also many other players.
But now, she suddenly didn’t want that.
She came into the basement because she wanted to gain something… instead of being completely blocked at the door, she could only be a tortoise with a shrunken head, and finally fled in embarrassment.
Maybe she has a rough guess about the situation of the child ghost, or maybe she is impatient and unwilling to always run away.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought, in the first game, she still had the courage to go to an appointment alone, and even kill Li Xiaoxiao, why is she so cowardly now?
Besides, is there really no place for this kid to be restrained?
Thinking of this, Jiang Xiuxiu finally moved.
She pulled out the flashlight from her backpack, pointed it straight ahead, and pressed the switch.
Thanks to their identities as college students who came to explore, in addition to the flashlight, Jiang Xiuxiu also found a lot of bandages, Yunnan Baiyao Band-Aids, etc. in the backpack.
Now, even though she will be injured for her recklessness, there is a chance for healing.
A bright beam of light shot out from the flashlight. After the initial discomfort, the environment of the basement was slowly revealed.
A long tunnel, full of charred walls, and the ghostly figure of a child standing quietly in front of her.
This is a little girl with two pigtails and a skirt.
It looked sluggish, stood motionless, and stared at the red ball at Jiang Xiuxi’s feet.
Even if Jiang Xiuxiu was directly lit by a flashlight, it didn’t respond at all, as rigid as a doll.
It is not so much a ghost as it is a soul that has lost most of its consciousness.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiuxiu understood that her guess was correct.
The ghost that appeared in front of everyone and kept attacking the player was the missing boy in this family’s house!
“Sister? What are you doing?”
The little boy lying behind Jiang Xiuxiu’s neck asked in confusion.
Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t reply.
She looked down at the ball at her feet, then bent down and grabbed it.
The red ball is very common, but because of its color, many people tend to miss some details.
For example, the dirty marks on this ball are not mud, but left after the blood has dried up.
Looking at the blood on the ball, Jiang Xiuxiu finally smiled.
“How did you disappear?” she asked suddenly. “It has something to do with the ball, doesn’t it?”
Her voice was very soft, but it fell into the empty basement, but it was very clear.
Whether it was the ghost of the little girl in front of her or the ghost of the little boy behind her, she fell into a strange silence the moment she spoke.
Jiang Xiuxiu was not surprised by this.
The premise that the ghost can hurt her is that she must “answer”.
What is “sound”?
Baidu’s explanation was to “answer out loud”, but in Jiang Xiuxiu’s eyes, she had to respond to the ghosts when she made a sound.
Just like in the study before, although she did not speak, but when the ghost asked her to take the book, she nodded, this is “response”.
After she responded, the goblin had the ability to control her arm.
It’s just that she didn’t speak out after all, so her condition of “responding” was not satisfied.
Now, she opened her mouth to speak, but the content of her words was a question sentence, asking the ghost, not responding to the ghost’s previous request.
The previous line reminded the players to “don’t answer”, but there was no rule that clearly stated that players could not take the initiative to ask questions to ghosts!
All they need to do is not reply to the goblin’s words.
In this way, even if she is the one who initiated the conversation, she has the lead and is the questioner.
The identity of the responder fell to the child ghost.
Facing their silence and the sudden killing intent from the little boy ghost behind him, Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t feel scared.
She just paused and continued: “I think, before you disappeared, you were playing racquetball with your sister, weren’t you?”
“And then… the ball fell far away, right?”
Ghosts are different from normal people, Jiang Xiuxiu doesn’t think that a serious ghost will have the time to play.
The act of hitting a ball can appear twice, which means that this act must have its special meaning before it was alive.
Not to mention, this activity was carried out with the little girl.
According to the insinuation of the book “The Selfish Gene”, the little girl more or less promoted the disappearance of the little boy, and she was almost an important factor in the tragedy of her own family.
Therefore, Jiang Xiuxiu boldly speculated that the little boy was probably playing ball with his sister before he disappeared!
“I know your disappearance, or your death, should have something to do with your sister,” Jiang Xiuxiu said lightly, “but I don’t understand how a six or seven-year-old girl, no matter how powerful, can kill her. Kill my brother, or let him disappear? Not to mention being able to disguise it so flawlessly that even the police can’t find it…”
When she said this, her smile narrowed a little: “…A crime that can make the police unable to do anything, can be defined as ‘disappearing’, and can make parents spend years of energy and get nothing. There must be other external factors. exist.”
“The most common of them should be trafficking.”
The little girl may hate her younger brother, but this kind of emotion should not make her plan deliberately to kill someone with her own hands.
She’s not that smart, and she doesn’t have that much hate.
But it’s easy for her to lie, or hide.
Two children playing ball outside accidentally slapped the ball far away.
The little boy ran over to pick up the ball, but was taken away by a stranger who suddenly appeared covering his mouth.
The little girl witnessed all this, but she pretended not to see, so that she missed the chance to rescue.
She silently left the place where she played ball, and didn’t reveal any details when she finally called the police.
This is Jiang Xiuxiu’s roughest guess, and it is also the result of her bold imagination.
From the moment she noticed that the little boy likes to deliberately put the racket far away every time, and then asks the player where the ball is… She has such an association.
Of course, it does not rule out that children love to do this before they are alive, and it is a bad habit left over after their death.
But if you guess wrong, you will be wrong. She will continue to play dumb, and she can still get through.
“You’re right.”
After a long while, Jiang Xiuxiu heard the little boy ghost’s answer coming from her ear.
“She clearly saw me… Seeing me being carried away by that person, my mother was about to turn around and find me!”
Its tone became extremely gloomy as the facts were revealed little by little, and the hatred between the words was almost uncontrollably pouring out: “But she pulled her mother! She called out deliberately to attract her mother’s attention. !”
This is the whole truth behind the disappearance of the little boy.
Desperate and helpless, he was about to be discovered by his mother, but under his sister’s deliberate shouting, he lost the possibility of being rescued forever.
Jiang Xiuxiu suddenly understood why in this family, neither the parents nor the elder sister became ghosts, but only the little boy became the ghost.
Because he died with hatred.
“Then how did you get back?”
Jiang Xiuxiu has not been touched by such a story for too long, and she is still an emotionless clearance machine.
After listening to the little boy’s words, she just continued to ask: “You died outside, so you shouldn’t be able to go home, right?”
And BOSS…
She always felt that the little boy might know who the boss is.
“How did I get back?”
The little boy didn’t reply to her, but smiled strangely: “Sister, take my ball, why don’t you play with me…”
Its voice was a little distorted because of extreme excitement: “Play with me, I’ll tell you…”
After the little boy’s voice fell, Jiang Xiuxiu could only feel the sticky cold in the palm of his hand holding the ball.
She lowered her head and saw that the ball in her hand was bleeding continuously!
The rich **** smell mixed with the burnt smell made Jiang Xiuxiu unable to breathe.
She subconsciously wanted to throw the ball out, but she gritted her teeth and held back.
She was about to step back and struggle, but the next second, her neck was grabbed by the little boy ghost!
It can actually take action on her! ?
“Did you all think that as long as you don’t speak, I will have nothing to do with you?” The little boy looked at the shocked Jiang Xiuxiu and let out a sharp laugh.
“You’re so smart, you know everything, then guess what, can I kill you now?”
The sullen voice of the little boy, intertwined with the tingling sensation in his throat, instantly impacted Jiang Xiuxiu’s brain.
“Hahaha……”
“Stay here forever and play with me!”
not good!
It’s going to kill her!
She has to figure out…she has to figure out!
According to the cause of the little boy’s death, she must have a way out of trouble, the game can’t set her out of a desperate situation!
Between the lightning and flint, Jiang Xiuxiu looked down at the ball in his hand.
Without hesitation, she immediately turned around, swung the ball, and hit the little boy directly!
Since he was kidnapped because of this ball during his lifetime, this ball must be an important prop.
As for the fatal weakness of the ghost, it is often related to its experience before death.
They had already repeated the process of hitting the ball and throwing it away, so what if she shoved the ball to the little boy again?
Is it the same as if it picked up the ball again, and could relive the whole experience of the day it was abducted?
“Ahhhh!!!”
Sure enough, after the red ball touched the little boy’s body, the little boy let out an extremely shrill scream.
It hurried back to escape, but Jiang Xiuxiu, as an adult, moved much faster than it.
Without any hesitation, she pressed her feet hard and jumped up at the little boy ghost.
Then, with the greatest force in her life, she squeezed the little boy’s arm and forced it to touch the ball!
“No! Take it, take it!—”
The little boy ghost struggled frantically, hideous scars and corpse spots appeared on its pale face, and its dark eyes were full of despair and pain.
Jiang Xiuxiu gritted his teeth, and under the attack of the ghost, he shoved the ball into its arms, and he refused to let go!
Looking at the scars on his arms that were caught by the ghosts, Jiang Xiuxiu was reluctant to endure the pain, and thought to himself that he should be one of the few players who dares to stand up to the ghosts.
Fortunately, it can only attack physically, and fortunately, it only needs to put a ball in, otherwise, in such a melee, she may not only be unable to do it, but will also be counter-killed.
After all, the only way she can fight at the moment is to pull her hair apart from kicking/crotch…
“Do not!!!”
As the time of contact with the ball became longer, the little boy’s movements became smaller and smaller, and the strength of resistance gradually dissipated.
Its originally flexible and malicious eyes slowly dissipated, and finally, it completely turned into nothingness.
Under Jiang Xiuxiu’s stunned gaze, the little boy fell to the ground.
Its figure disappeared in an instant, along with the red ball in its arms.
It’s dead.
Jiang Xiuxiu watched the little boy ghost’s demise motionless.
She didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until it disappeared completely, and there was no shadow.
She relaxed and sat on the ground, suddenly realizing that her body was covered with sweat.
She knew that she had succeeded.
She won the bet!
Jiang Xiuxiu recalled her words and deeds just now, but felt like she was walking a tightrope. If there was the slightest mistake, she would only be eliminated from the game.
Just like at the beginning, she picked up the ball and questioned the little boy.
In fact, when she asked a question, she was only guessing about the rule of “responding”, and she was not sure.
After all, she didn’t have many opportunities to get along with that child ghost, and her experience was not enough for her to summarize the conditions for the other party to hurt people.
She speaks, in part because she thinks ghosts can communicate.
If she can’t even talk to the ghost, how will she restrain the ghost in the future?
Is it possible that when she encounters that child ghost again and again, she has to pretend to be a turtle and spend time with the other party?
What if the other party got into a fight with her, they wanted to find her, and they still refused to leave?
Furthermore, her grievances against little boys and girls are mainly based on brain supplementation.
The game will not tell her the story at all, especially in this dungeon, the evidence is too obscure.
Without the acknowledgement from the parties, her guesses will always be guesses.
If she guesses wrong, or if there are details wrong, it is very likely that she will not be able to defeat the goblin.
For a weak woman like her, ghosts or something, if they can’t beat them, they can only talk about it.
By the way, I can also confirm whether my guess is right or not. It is simply killing two birds with one stone!
Jiang Xiuxiu did such a thing with such an idea in mind.
Thinking about it now, at that time, rather than asking, she was trying to test the rules by daring to die.
She was prepared to be eliminated completely if she failed.
Fortunately, her recklessness at the time was right.
And then, she can finally take a good look at the situation in this basement.
The white ghost that haunted last night, and the two players who followed the ghost, disappeared outside the basement.
There is also a little boy ghost here, who can actually go beyond the rules and kill her directly…
There are definitely no small secrets here.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought while sitting on the ground to rest.
It was not until her heartbeat returned to normal that she shook her body, stood up, and picked up the flashlight on the ground.