"What does Hanlin Altar mean? It looks like it is used for memorial ceremonies." I asked Li Yang.

Li Yang said: "You are right. Hanlin Altar is dedicated to worshiping lonely souls and wild ghosts."

I laughed twice, my laughter was worse than crying: "Don't scare people."

"Is it interesting for me to scare you?" Li Yang said: "This building is really evil, get out of here quickly."

We both chose to go through the side door. As soon as we opened the door, we realized something was wrong.

Outside the side door is a long corridor, with windows on one side and residents' homes on the other. The corridor is a dilapidated scene, as if it had been burned by fire. The doors of the residents' rooms have turned into big black holes, and the floor is black.

Dirty dust, broken walls everywhere, and black burn marks all over the walls.

We looked at each other in disbelief. We had never heard of a fire in this building. Judging from the scene in front of us, the fire was quite big. If a fire of this scale really happened, local news would have spread on the Internet.

At the corner of the corridor, there was a faint light coming out. The light was natural light, not like a light bulb. It flickered on and off, it should be a candle burning. I touched Li Yang, and Li Yang said softly: "Go over and take a look.

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We walked carefully through the corridor, and our shoes still made a "creak" sound when we stepped on the floor covered with sawdust and bricks.

The light at the corner casts a huge black shadow on the wall. Judging from the shape of the shadow, it looks like a static sculpture.

Turning the corner, we saw a strange pattern drawn with white chalk on the black ground. It was octagonal in shape, and the outside of each side line was lined with strange earthworm inscriptions. On the four corners of the pattern, the east, west, north, and south

, burning four long red wax sticks, faintly flickering flames. There was a small wine cup on the edge, full of incense ash, and three long sticks of incense were inserted side by side, burning thin green smoke, rolling and floating. The whole pattern

In the middle, there is a statue of a god, holding a magic whip in his hand and wearing a red hat. He looks a bit like Zhao Gongming.

The huge black shadow we see on the wall is the image of the god cast by the candle light.

The two of us leaned over to take a closer look. In the middle of the pattern, there were several lines of very beautiful regular script written in white chalk side by side: Hell is illuminated, the sky is infinite, the souls of the dead come out, and evil ghosts roam the streets.

As I was reading, a dark wind suddenly rose behind me, and I got goosebumps all over my body. Li Yang and I couldn't help but look back together. There was no one in the long corridor, the windows in the corridor were tightly closed, and there were black ashes from burning on the ground.

But there was no wind, and the sky was slowly spinning.

My hands and feet were cold and I didn't dare to move. Li Yang said: "Let's leave quickly, this place is too evil."

The two of us walked to the door of the elevator, but the indicator board of the elevator still didn't light up, indicating that the elevator was currently unavailable. What should I do? My teeth were chattering and I almost collapsed. The elevator couldn't go down, and the ghost in the corridor was hitting the wall. Are we going to be trapped?

die here

Li Yang slapped his thigh: "Don't forget, there is a freight elevator in the emergency passage. See if it can be used."

The freight elevator is the only way to enter the hidden space in the building. I followed him into the emergency passage and came to the freight elevator. When I saw the indicator light on, I almost cried with joy. This elevator is available, we can go down and escape.

Building

I was about to press the button when the floor indicator light suddenly came on and the elevator started running. When I saw the floor numbers it displayed, I felt like cold water was poured on my head.

The number of floors on the elevator is actually "22". The elevator is coming down from the 22nd floor. You must know that the highest floor of this building is the 21st floor, and the 22nd floor is the huge space hiding the building.

The elevator slowly descended from the 22nd floor. Li Yang and I looked at each other. A huge chill enveloped me tightly, making it difficult to breathe. My heart was beating fast. I couldn't imagine who was coming down from the 22nd floor.

Could it be Master Xie?

At this time, the elevator stopped at our floor, there was a crisp "ding-dong" sound, and the metal door slowly opened.

I made countless assumptions, but I never imagined that there would be such a scene in the elevator.

It was empty, there was nothing inside.

The lights in the elevator were dim, and Li Yang and I didn't dare to walk in. We always felt that there was something clean hidden in this cramped space.

The metal door began to close, and Li Yang asked me in a trembling voice: "Can we leave?"

I hesitated and then collapsed forward. At this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew out from the elevator, which made my face hurt. The cotton-padded jacket on my body felt like nothing. It made my hair stand on end, as if I had fallen into an ice hole.

Li Yang and I ran back in panic. This elevator was really weird. We ran back to the corridor and found that the four long wax sticks on the strange pattern had been extinguished, and the remaining smoke from the flames was still slowly floating around the candle wick. Look,

The situation looked like it had been blown out by the wind. The strangest thing was that the three long incense sticks in the wine cup were only dozens of centimeters just now, but now, in the blink of an eye, they were burned into short incense sticks.

what's going on

The corridor was dark, and the only illumination was the pale moonlight that came in from the window. I touched Li Yang and said, "Did you hear anything?"

"What"

I swallowed: "The sound of chewing."

Yes, I heard the sound of someone eating and squeaking again. Li Yang looked horrified, nodded and said, "Damn, I heard it too."

This time it was not just one person chewing, but many people eating at the same time, like a beggar participating in a gluttonous feast, eating with gusto.

The sound seemed far away, but also close to me. I pointed to the end of the corridor with my finger, and the sound came from the stairwell in the side door.

Li Yang took out a small flashlight. He always kept this kind of equipment with him. He pushed the button and emitted a faint light. Although the light was not strong, it was better than nothing.

He walked in front and I followed behind. We walked through the corridor together to see what was going on.

Things have developed so far that they have exceeded my cognitive and psychological capacity. Every second seems to be torture. I really think that this is all a nightmare. Someone slaps me in the mouth and wakes me up from my dream.

Morning sunshine.

We came to the side door outside the stairwell. There was a small window on the door, and we could barely see what was going on inside.

Li Yang glanced inward. His body froze obviously, as if he had seen some incredible scene. I was scared and curious, so I hid behind him and looked in with my feet up.

In the corridor, under the dim light, there were about twenty people squatting densely. These people were old and young, like victims who came from the countryside in a famine year. They were wearing rags, unkempt hair, and all of them were dirty.

There is no way to describe it. With their hair disheveled, they were crowded together, squatting on the ground, holding food in their hands and stuffing it into their mouths desperately.

They wolfed down the food, not even chewing it. They threw it into their mouths and swallowed it directly, and then stuffed it again. This was just a fucking mess. If they weren't so hungry, they wouldn't have eaten like this.

What surprised me was that despite the large number of people, they were very particular about where they squatted. One person guarded a small house with the words "Hanlin Altar" written on it, and the food was taken from the paint bucket with incense ash in front of the door.

came out.

My mind was buzzing. What the hell, Hanlin Altar is dedicated to lonely souls and wild ghosts. Are these people all evil ghosts?

The lights of hell are shining, the sky is boundless, the souls of the dead are leaving, and evil ghosts are everywhere in the streets.

Don't play with us like this.

Li Yang obviously thought about it. He turned his neck stiffly and made a mouth shape to me. I didn't see it clearly, and just as I was wondering what he was talking about, someone eating inside stopped and raised his head suddenly. It was a

The lifeless face of the old lady was pale, without a trace of blood, and her eyes were staring at me blankly.

Only then did I think that what Li Yang said to me was "Run quickly"

Where to run? The only escape direction I can count on now is to take the freight elevator. Li Yang and I ran into the corridor and ran towards the emergency exit freight elevator.

At this time, the door of the stairwell behind me seemed to be pushed open, and I heard a "squeak" clearly. Could it be that those lonely ghosts who were worshiped ran out? I was so scared that my scalp was numb, and I didn't dare to look behind.

Running to the freight elevator, Li Yang pressed the button frantically, and we saw the elevator coming down from the 22nd floor again.

Just as I was panicking, the elevator stopped at our floor. There was a crisp "ding-dong" sound, and the elevator door opened. I saw the scene inside and almost pulled my pants out of my pocket.

This time, the elevator was actually packed with people, both men and women. They were crowded together. They were wearing rags like beggars, and their faces were as pale as paper. They all looked at each other from the elevator. I

Outside the elevator with Li Yang, they stood in the elevator. The two metal doors formed a clear boundary between light and dark, like two worlds.

Even though there were so many people, I didn't feel safe at all. Instead, I felt that these people were ghostly and unpopular, and a strong chill emanated from the elevator.

The strong sense of fear made the two of us involuntarily retreat slowly. The elevator door slowly closed, and at the moment it closed, an old hand as thin as a dead branch held the elevator door and forced it open. The leader was a sinister old man with a face.

The light in the elevator reflected the bloodless color on his face. The weirdest thing was that his ears were extremely large and the earlobes were extremely long. In comparison, his face looked thin, small, and wrinkled, like a rabbit grown into a spirit.

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The old man walked out of the elevator first, and the weirdos behind him followed him silently, with a terrifying momentum.

Cold sweat broke out on my forehead, and I wiped it with my sleeve. I turned to look at Li Yang, and then I realized that the boy was gone. When I looked up again, I saw him running away in the corridor. What the hell, he actually threw me down.

Ran away by himself.

The crowd in the elevator walked slowly, carrying a cold wind, and began to approach me. I came out of the emergency exit and was about to walk through the corridor when I saw Li Yang running back with his long legs.

"You" I haven't said anything yet.

Li Yang panted and pointed behind him, his facial features distorted with fear.

I looked behind him and was stunned. Those people who were in the corridor just now came out and were squatting at the other end of the corridor eating. Their hands were flying up and down, and they were stuffing food into their mouths desperately. It seemed that they had passed this moment.

There is no such shop in the village, so it would be a waste to eat.

Looking inside the emergency exit, the old man led the people in the elevator out.

It was getting colder and colder on the floor. It was so chilly that it penetrated my bones. The cotton-padded jacket I wore couldn't suppress the air-conditioning at all. I felt like my whole body was freezing. Although it was a high-rise building, it was ten times colder than in the open air in the wilderness. I was freezing.

The mucus came out of my nose.

At this time, we were forced into the corridor by two groups of people. I looked at the window and smiled bitterly. Could it be that we should jump out of the window?
Chapter completed!