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Chapter 37 The Third Hotel (End)
"Is the protagonist in the painting Xiao Fang?" Xiang Ya asked quietly.
Xiaozhi choked up in pain, "Xiao Fang is my favorite sister."
He slowly told the truth of the year: "I noticed the abnormality in the village very early, but my grandmother also came here. She didn't want me to cause trouble, she just told me to study hard and leave here after reading. A man-eating mountain, never come back."
"But my grandmother who hurt me was beaten to death by that beast. I came back from school to attend my mother's funeral and stayed at home for a while. One day I heard a sound from the cellar, and I waited for the sound to open the door..."
"In the dark and dirty underground space, a girl was bound by iron chains. She was so hungry that her face was yellow and her skin was thin, and she didn't even have the strength to open her eyes."
"At that moment, I figured out the song that the old people in the village sang for people at funerals. My grandmother died, and my new daughter-in-law is going to marry..."
"I ran over and wanted to let her go, but the iron rod hit my head behind me. When I woke up, I realized that my sister, who was only 4 years older than me, became my stepmother."
"She's only 22 years old..."
"That bastard was afraid that I would let his new wife go, and he locked me up, but he just said that when I was old, I would be like them, I don't need to study any more, I don't need to be a highly educated person, in the mountains, Ugly-looking people can marry a good-looking daughter-in-law when they are old, and they can inherit the lineage."
"This is much happier than the people outside..." Xiaozhi's voice became lower, full of trance.
Several people in the broadcast room listened silently.
"If people can't control their own instincts, they will turn into beasts, and from people to beasts, they only need a high-sounding reason. Even if everyone knows this reason, it will be broken."
"I would never approve of such a thing. I was extremely frightened in the dark. I finally understood what Grandma said at the time. I just wanted to get out of this man-eating mountain as soon as possible."
"But I can't escape. After a long time, Xiao Fang secretly unlocked the lock for me with Zhang Qingzi's face."
"Her tongue was pulled out and she couldn't speak. She could only smile softly and watch me run away in embarrassment."
"When I looked back, she was leaning against the door, and the moonlight outside was softly draped over her."
"I knew then that a beautiful and pure moon should not be trampled in the mud."
"But I was too scared. It was useless and I just wanted to run away. I only called the police when I went down the mountain and left there. Whenever I was haunted by the past, I hypnotized myself to have the police to save them. They must have escaped now."
"It was like this for half a year, until I received a call. There was no human voice on the phone, only the whirring of the wind. I knew it was Xiao Fang who called, and none of those girls escaped."
"I cried and packed my things and went back. The moon once illuminated my way, but I left her in the dark. I'm guilty. This time I have to bring the moon back."
"After returning to Dashan, I found Xiao Fang. If before, she was just yellow and thin, but now she can't even maintain her human form. She is about to die. I have to take her away before the bride gets married."
"I ran with her on my back, but the moon was so light that I fell asleep. When I arrived at the pre-booked hotel, Xiao Fang didn't have a few breaths. She finally woke up and just smiled and took out a Recording pen, pat my hand and let me take it to the Public Security Bureau."
"When I came back from the Public Security Bureau, the room was full of blood. Xiao Fang kept a smiling face, but his belly was cut open. The beast who killed my mother and Xiao Fang stood by the bed with the village chief. Looking coldly at my painting standing by the wall, smoking a cigarette and swearing swearing."
"When they saw me coming back, they wiped my neck with a knife without hesitation. My blood splattered on the painting and overlapped with Xiaofang's blood. When I was about to close my eyes, I saw the two hurriedly flee, and finally understood. Why half a year ago, Xiao Fang clearly had the opportunity to escape, but she stayed there."
"Because she saw countless people of her kind trapped in the mountains, she couldn't live numbly, and she couldn't run away selfishly..."
"She wants to tear through the darkness."
Everyone was quiet, highlighting the terrifying screams outside the room.
Zhang Fanyu said slowly: "When I was very young, I heard people say that there was a huge human trafficking case in the city next door, and the perpetrators coerced the victims to lure and abduct new victims, but the prosecutors colluded with the local villagers and delayed No one has exposed the truth. In the end, the case was solved because the Municipal Public Security Bureau received a core document."
"No one knows that after the information was sent to the Public Security Bureau, there was also a homicide in a small local hotel that day. A man and a woman died unexpectedly. However, due to the restrictions of monitoring facilities, we still don't know who the murderer was."
"I checked this information before, but I didn't expect to hear the victim's confession in person." Zhang Fanyu put down his diary and looked up at the sky, "This is the Tianxing Hotel in Zhizhou City. The name is Zhang Zhi and the other is Shan Xiaofang."
Zhang Fanyu's eyes refocused on the diary spread out on the table, with a sketch of a character on it.
There is a sarcoma in the center of the man's forehead, which looks like an eye. At first glance, you would think that he has 3 eyes. His mouth is so large that it feels creepy just at a glance.
Zhang Fanyu pointed to the sketch and said, "The murderer is him, right?"
A Zhi's voice did not sound for a long time, and the noise of electromagnetic interference appeared again.
After a while, A Zhi's words were mixed in the noise: "No...he...changed..."
Xiang Ya picked up the words in time: "The murderer may change his appearance."
She asked anxiously, "Where is Xiao Fang now?"
"I... can't... can..."—he couldn't say it.
"This is the protection mechanism of the painting. The creator cannot be mentioned, and the Xiao Fang who is protected by the painting cannot be taken away at will." Xiang Ya's rare voice was full of solemnity.
"But we have to take her to the safe room..."
In this way, they returned to the original starting point. They knew that people were hiding in this city, but they couldn't find them.
"There are 15 minutes left to find the real victim, please hurry up, all the sleepers." The announcer changed back to the original cold female voice.
After speaking, the broadcast stops.
Everyone's heart pounded heavily, Qin Sanqi said quickly: "The most urgent task is to find where Xiao Fang is? The mission fails, and the ghost is about to appear. There is no doubt that A Zhi will become a ghost, and he will not be as easy to talk as before. "
"The scary thing is that A Zhi's mastery of dreams is far superior to other ghosts... Have you received a warning from the manager?"
Qin Sanqi pointed to the many destroyed rooms on the screen. A large number of paper ghosts were scattered in the rooms. In every room, there were infected people who had been attacked by paper ghosts. In the corridor, there were also a few people who were tried to sleep by ghosts. member.
Luo Yanping and Li Feichi glanced at each other, and both said that they had been notified that there were more items in their backpacks that could leave the core scene.
Only Xiang Ya and Zhang Fanyu were present and did not receive the notice. The former was because Yan Li didn't know what happened in the supervision room, and the latter was because Lu Hua's points were so low that he didn't even have the authority to open emergency contact.
"This time the safe room is in Room 801, but the degree of death is far higher than the usual A book. The website decided to upgrade to S Level. Like you, I still have a space teleportation item in my hand, and the number of uses is only 1 time. ItLet us go directly to the safe room..."
"Do you want to give up the mission and go to the safe room, or just keep doing it?"
Qin Sanqi put aside the question of choosing one or the other - the former is alive, the latter may die.
Luo Yanping picked up the paper phone Xiang Ya gave him and waved it, pointing his long knife at the paper ghost surging on the screen, "Why can't we proceed as planned, we should divide into two groups, one group will stay here to find Xiao Fang, A group of colleagues who went to the corridor to besiege."
After she finished speaking, she threw out the props that originally belonged to Shi Lai, and a vortex-shaped thing similar to a black hole appeared in front of everyone.
"Brain action is not suitable for me. I am going to rescue those colleagues who are still trapped in the corridor. How about you?"
Li Feichi stood beside her and nodded vigorously, "I'll go too! Xiang Ya, I rubbed Luo Yanping's props. I don't need my share, so I'll give it to you."
After speaking, he threw a button-like prop to Xiang Ya.
Just now, Cui Le inadvertently mentioned in his mind that Xiang Ya's manager was not in the supervision room. When Brother Qin asked about the warning, only she and Zhang Fanyu didn't speak.
Qin Sanqi looked at them, then looked at the other two who were contemplating, and asked, "What is your choice?"
Xiang Ya, who has been brooding since the broadcast stopped, looked straight at Qin Sanqi, "I'll stay here, Brother Qin, you also leave with Li Feichi and the others. Your props can take everyone directly to the safe room, which is more beneficial to you. help."
"Even if the mission fails, the speeding props can help me leave the core scene. I still have the universal key. Don't worry, I can rush back to the safe room."
Zhang Fanyu looked calm, and he said: "I stay here with Xiang Ya."
Qin Sanqi nodded, only said "Be careful" and hurriedly led Luo Yanping and Li Feichi into the vortex.
In the blink of an eye, there were only 2 people and 1 ghost left in the room.
There are only 3 minutes left before Jia Jia leaves.
Xiang Ya looked at Jia Jia, "Jiajia, I have to trouble you for the last 3 minutes."
Jia Jia snorted lightly, "It's good that you know."
Xiang Ya smiled, and looked at Zhang Fanyu: "I'll call you Police Officer Zhang. Officer Zhang, I saw many pillars on the way to the TV station, and there were things like trumpets on them. I want to ask, did you hear it when you were a child?" Do these speakers make sound?"
The few words Zhang Fanyu said just now have revealed his real identity to everyone.
Zhang Fanyu vaguely guessed what she wanted to do, he thought carefully, "Yes."
In the past, every time a temple fair was held, lively tunes would be played from the loudspeaker to add to the fun of the crowd.
"You want to take the initiative to lure Xiao Fang out?"
Xiang Ya hummed, and she asked again: "Where can the largest number of people be accommodated in this town?"
“The cultural square in the town.”
Nodding to Ya, he walked to the console and turned on all the buttons.
An empty female voice suddenly came from the horn on the town center pillar, and her voice appeared on the broadcast outside the room.
Qin Sanqi and the others who heard the broadcast were stunned for a moment, then regained their senses and continued to kill the paper ghosts that rushed up.
"Ahem, hello... My name is Xiang Ya, Xiao Fang, I know you can hear the radio, I may not know where you are, but something happened to A Zhi, would you like to come and see him for the last time?"
"The place in the town that can accommodate the most people, I'll wait for you there."
After speaking, she immediately turned off the radio.
She asked Jia Jia to carry Xiaozhi's body on her back, and she took out the long-distance running champion liquid from the prop bag, and shook the bottle at Zhang Fanyu with a smile.
"I haven't tried splitting the props in half yet, take a gamble, Officer Zhang." ——The effect of the bet is halved, but it still doesn't work at all.
Her voice was different from usual quiet, more willful spirit.
Xiang Ya gulped down half of the liquid and handed the rest to Zhang Fanyu.
Zhang Fanyu's eyes darkened, he stared at the bottle, and drank it without hesitation.
Jia Jia carried A Zhi's body on her back irritably, and opened the window, "Are you ready, lead the way!"
The corners of Zhang Fanyu's mouth curled up, and his paper-like hand clenched Xiang Ya's hand even harder.
"Run."
After speaking, his speed increased to the extreme, he jumped from the 3rd floor to the 1st floor, and from time to time, Xiang Ya shot the fire-breathing gun at the monster townspeople rushing up from behind.
Zhang Fanyu ran in the streets and alleys familiarly.
Suddenly smiled: "Xiang Ya, you should be glad that the TV station is not far from the Cultural Square."
As soon as the words fell, an arched door appeared in front of their eyes, and a large square stage was in the distance, with a large concrete floor in front of the stage.
Jia Jia felt that she didn't have much time to stay here. In the last few seconds, she tried her best to pass Zhang Fanyu and rushed to the stage.
With a "bang", A Zhi's body lost its support and fell on the stage. Jia Jia looked at Xiang Ya who was running in her direction with some confusion.
The body gradually dissipates.
Xiang Ya's heart sank, she and Zhang Fanyu rushed up and surrounded A Zhi's body.
She immediately took out the paint box props, quickly painted the paint into a circle, and the red circle surrounded them.
As soon as Xiang Ya finished painting, a group of ferocious townspeople came running to the arched door. They were like ink dots falling on the paper, gradually spreading into a black stain.
Now, the ink blot was closing in on them.
She stood up nervously, and by the way used the button props that Li Feichi gave her, and a swirl-shaped thing appeared again.
Xiang Ya muttered in a low voice: "I'm sure I'll be eye-to-eye with the townspeople later, I'm a little scared."
Zhang Fanyu saw that she was fully prepared, and the arc of the corner of her mouth deepened when she heard this, and another topic was brought up to distract the other party's fear.
"You know it's too difficult to find someone who is deliberately hiding in the vast crowd, so it's better to let her come to 'find' you in person."
"From A Zhi's description, we can know that Xiao Fang is a person with strong empathy. Coupled with the visitor records in the security room, you can be sure that she and Xiaozhi have a very close relationship now. If Xiaozhi really With her personality, she won't ignore anything that happens."
Zhang Fanyu paused, and an unknown light flashed in his eyes, "Xiang Ya, you are much better than I imagined."
—So why would you be involved with a murder that hasn't happened yet?
At this time, Xiang Ya couldn't answer the question in his mind, she was a little afraid of hearing the compliments from the people around her, like being stared at by a cheetah.
Xiang Ya pursed her lips, stared at the crowd of people who had already arrived under the stage, and said, "Maybe."
"I hope I still made the right bet this time."
After speaking, the excited townspeople jumped up, but when their hands and feet touched the paint underneath, they couldn't help screaming and flinching.
But more and more people came, and they even piled up into a hill, standing there tremblingly, as if the top of the mountain would fall into the safety circle when the wind blows.
Xiang Ya was terrified by the siege, and burned through the mountain of people with guns several times, and was able to get a glimpse of the square.
Time passed by every minute and every second, and there was only one minute left before the end of the task.
Her head ached from the high temperature emitted by the flames, and when her eyes were sore and dim, she finally saw a well-moving figure in the surging crowd. The other person was wearing a white dress, and her steps were hurried, trying to squeeze away the crazy townspeople beside her. .
In a chaotic world, only the girl who is crying silently and moving forward is clean.
Gao Xuan's heart finally fell, and he exhaled to Ya, "It's finally here."
Half a minute before the end of the task, Xiao Fang had already climbed onto the stage, Zhang Fanyu stretched out his hand and held her.
The townspeople on the side jumped on him like a beast that smelled of meat, and bit his arm.
"What are you doing?!" Xiang Ya stopped anxiously.
Zhang Fanyu patted her hand and comforted: "I still have a few chances to be immune to attack, hurry up."
After finishing speaking, he suddenly pulled Xiao Fang into the safety circle.
The girl with a clean face burst into tears when she saw the corpse on the ground.
Xiang Ya's heart was sour, she hurriedly took Xiao Fang's hand and walked towards the whirlpool, "Xiaozhi's greatest hope is that you can live safely, we will take you out of here."
Xiao Fang blankly let Xiang Ya take her away, her eyes always locked on A Zhi on the ground.
After becoming the person in the painting, although she has a tongue, she still can't speak.
However, at this moment, Xiao Fang opened her mouth wide, tears slipped into her mouth, and two turbid words came out of her mouth.
"Ah, Zhi!"
Xiangya pulled Xiao Fang into the vortex, and at the moment he stepped in, a line of small black floating characters appeared in the air next to the vortex.
"Peace" - A Zhi"
——This is the last painting painted for Xiao Fang. hope everything will be safe after she returns to the world.
The author says:
This dungeon is basically over here, the task is completed, A Zhi will not be a ghost, Xiangya and the others also have props to go to the safe room, these finishing details are more suitable for leaving the chapter.
Xiao Fang is the moon, and A Zhi is the person who painted the moon. Their love for each other is somewhat tragic, and they cannot share the same hair.
(The speaker on the pillar mentioned in this chapter is my personal imagination. In reality, there is not necessarily such a thing that can inform the whole city, so it is designed to assist the plot, don’t take it seriously~)
Tomorrow is really a leave of absence, various things affect me, I need to adjust myself.