Infinite Mask Game

9 - Twelve Corpses

It was the dead body of a human male, there was no doubt about it.

This man was estimated to be in his thirties, wearing a plain shirt and jeans.His face was distorted in a panic-like manner, his eyes were not closed, his slightly squinted eyes were full of whites, and he was in intense fear before he died.

There were several irregular blood holes on his chest, the blood had already dried up, and the area around the wound was contracted and dark red.The strange thing is that his exposed skin has no corpse spots, showing a kind of mummified state, without the smell of decay.

Especially the hands, which looked curled up like chicken feet, with a dull luster, looked horrible and made the scalp tingle.

But the most striking thing is the thick iron nails on his chest.

This iron nail is silver in color, and the part close to the human body has brown rust, and is as thick as a baby's arm. At first glance, although several people did not actually turn over the corpse, there is a kind of iron nail that firmly nails the corpse to the bed. Feel.

Faced with such a horribly dead corpse, Edith turned pale with fear and fright, and hugged Bud's arm directly, almost saying "the boss takes me".

Anderson was not much better, his eyes widened, his breathing was light, he stared at the dead body without blinking, his vigilance was full, and his limbs were stiff and unable to move.

Wei Miao looked carefully.There are many strange things about this corpse. What is the purpose of nailing the corpse to the bed, and who did it?
Bude's face was ugly, and he didn't know where to place his hand holding the sheet, hovering in the air.

Suddenly, he came to his senses and swung his arm vigorously. With the sound of hunting and piercing the air, the sheet covered the strange corpse again, blocking everyone's sight.

He glanced at the door nervously, and said depressedly: "Let's go, go out first."

Several people almost couldn't wait to leave the room.

However, standing in the empty corridor, even though the weather was fine, the uneasiness in my heart gradually grew wildly.This is the psychological suggestion and pressure of the self. They always feel that there is something watching them in the dark, and they are always worried that something that should not be there will suddenly appear.

Bude knew very well that he was the pinnacle of the team at the moment, so he pretended to calmly close the door of 701, so that even if there were any changes inside, he could stop it a little bit. The quality of the hotel's door is trustworthy.

Wei Miao's gaze inadvertently looked at the handle of the door, and her eyes lit up.She found dense scratches on the surface of the wooden board above the handle, which were shallow and not obvious on the milky white paint surface.

These scratches intertwined with each other, Wei Miao imitated the action of opening the door with her right hand out of thin air, and to create these scratches, she could only be on the way of grasping.

The condition for this is that the door opener has beast-like claws, even longer and sharper.

Moreover, the door opening action was performed many times.

Bude didn't seem to notice this abnormality, or he couldn't think calmly now.He looked at the other three people: "Do you want to continue the investigation?"

"Let's watch it once, I don't want to do it again in the future." Wei Miao must speak out at this moment, and can't let this group of good teammates just go away.If you want to search again, you can only come back tomorrow, but the sooner you get the clues, the better.

She thought it was not safe to let her explore the rest of the room by herself.

"It makes sense." Bud was persuaded by her, and Edith and Anderson acquiesced in this 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 bed.

"Again!" Anderson couldn't help but yell.

I saw that the bed lying inside was the same as before, lying flat on a human body covered with a white cloth.

Bude already had psychological immunity this time, he walked to the end of the bed and lifted the white cloth.

A female human corpse appeared in front of me. It was dressed in ordinary clothes. The wound on her chest was similar to that of the male corpse in 701. Her hair was disheveled and her face was horrific. Just looking at it made one feel cold behind her back, and a gust of cold air rushed up from the soles of her feet.

There is also a thick iron nail nailed to her chest.

No one dared to touch her, so the four quickly covered themselves with white cloths and retreated out of the room.

Next, they ventured to inspect the remaining rooms.

The doors from 701 to 712 are all open without exception, Wei Miao deliberately noticed the scratches on the door.The most horrifying thing is that there is a dead body nailed to the bed in each room. The expression frozen on the face before death reveals panic, and the physical symptoms are similar.

Twelve rooms, nailed twelve dead bodies!
The four of them didn't speak a word all the way, and the atmosphere was oppressive and sensitive.After inspecting the twelve rooms, they felt that being on the seventh floor was no different from being in the mortuary. They broke out in cold sweats and were in a tense state of panic, which is 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 movement is heard, it can be heard clearly.

Fortunately, there is a transparent glass wall at the end of the corridor, and the light of the summer sun outside fills the place, so that they will not be creepy.

Wei Miao noticed that there was a key card inserted in the groove of the door, but there was no scratch on the door panel? !
Across the door, Bude hesitated again.

The unknown is always fascinating and frightening.

He raised his shield and turned the doorknob.

The door opened.

The general room layout can be seen through the light from the balcony.

Bude turned his head to look at the three people behind him, and they looked at him with obvious rejection in their eyes.

Edith had let go of his hand long ago, and stood behind Anderson, giving him a relieved smile.

These idiots...

Speechless and helpless, Bude gritted his teeth, turned on the light at the speed of light, and moved to lie down.

The three followed behind him.

But when he saw the scene of sleeping inside, Bud gave a cry of surprise and didn't back away.This sent everyone a signal that the front was not scary.

The scene was somewhat beyond Wei Miao's expectations.

Generally speaking, in a hotel room, the bed takes up most of the space, leaving only space for feet, and this hotel is the same.

But the people in 713 erected the bed horizontally and placed it against the wall, which freed up a space.

On the specially vacated space, the white tiles were corroded by something unknown, and the lines of the grooves combined into a mysterious pattern, covering an area of ​​about nine square meters.

The main body of the pattern is a hexagram with rounded edges, and the interior is formed by interlacing complex arcs and straight lines. The center is a small circle, which is sunken downward to form a hemisphere.The whole is bilaterally symmetrical, like a complicated and exquisite work of art, dark, gorgeous and curious.

It is very similar to the ancient formation in occultism.

The groove showed an ominous dark red color, which seemed to be the product of blood coagulation.

Surprisingly, a wooden chair with a backrest is placed at the tips of the three vertices of one of the regular triangles of the six-pointed star, and they are placed in the opposite direction, with the back of the chair facing the magic circle.

The sense of absurdity of a 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 magic circle with the drawing software that comes with my computer. If you think it’s okay, please like it!
　　
　
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