white night syndrome

Chapter 217 185. This is a gamble (please subscribe)

Turning his gaze to the display cabinet, Li Ming saw a set of exquisite and beautiful tea sets and a large piece of strange human-shaped stone inside.

The number of teacups is six.

There are five people in total: Li Ming, Minamoto Seiyu, Kurosawa Mitsuka, Hoshino Katsura, and Jiang Wenkan, who doesn't have a strong sense of presence.

Then there is another cup, which should be for Shanshi or Mizuno.

Li Ming felt that his brain was a little dizzy, perhaps due to the sequelae of the bloody corpses he had seen before.

By the way, why would he think that when he saw a tea cup... it was placed here to provide drinking water for everyone?

Is this tea really clean?
Li Dang looked at the tea cup carefully and found that there was a layer of sticky transparent crystals attached to the cup.

When you run it over with your fingers, the transparent crystals seem to be part of the cup, and there is no way to dislodge them.

With a skeptical attitude, Li Ming looked at the strange stone. The gray stone was shaped like a curled-up baby. It was very huge and looked like an alien fossil.

The stone seems to have fluid life, and just looking at it makes you feel bottomless and terrifying.

There is also a sign with "Meteorite" written on it next to the stone, which should be an introduction card.

But a meteorite actually looked like a baby curled up in the same posture. Li Dang always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it. After all, meteorites always have strange shapes...

There are many small pieces next to the stone, which can be easily touched and carried away, and there will be no strange reaction when the hand touches it.

Li Ming subconsciously glanced at Maria and Shanshi beside him just in case, and found that Shanshi still looked calm and disapproving. Although Maria was holding those reasoning books, her eyes were still focused here, tightly The hand holding the suitcase seemed even stiffer.

There is definitely a secret buried in Maria.

But now...isn't the time yet?

Looking at the coffee table, it was a shiny glass coffee table that looked very clean. There was a crystal vase on it, and the bottom of the bottle was filled with about half of its capacity of transparent liquid.

In the vase, a large bouquet of blue forget-me-nots is blooming beautifully.

Li Dang frowned and found a small note under the vase——

"Please taste the delicious tea. We have prepared tea for six people. Guests can taste it with the tea set in the display cabinet. However, it should be noted that you must drink a full cup of tea to taste the sweetness. Mixing of cups is strictly prohibited.”

Therefore, this note completely blocked Li Can's original idea of ​​taking advantage of the opportunity. The restriction on drinking a full cup and the rules that cannot be mixed all reminded Li Can not to take advantage of the opportunity and find a better way.

So the question now... is still about the choice between Shanshi and Maria.

"Hey, the surname is Yuan."

Jiang Wenkan called Yuan Qingyu in Chinese at this time. His face still had the same crazy look as before, and his cynical look reminded Li Dang of the look he had seen in the office before.

"Don't look at me like that..." Jiang Wenkan raised his eyebrows and patted Yuan Qingyu on the shoulder, "I heard that you carry a lot of resurrection coupons with you, which are the ones that can save you from the white dream. Give me a ticket to death."

"Why?" Yuan Qingyu responded in a cold tone.

"Look, there are six tea sets, and there are seven of us. My good friend Li Yan is having trouble with the distribution right now, so in order to give his brain a rest, leave this kind of righteous death task to me. "

Jiang Wenkan took out the tea sets from the cabinet and distributed them one by one to everyone present. Then with an interested expression, he poured all the transparent liquid in the vase into cups and handed them to everyone.

"Despite this, how can I believe your words? Jiang Wenkan."

Li Ming replied dully in Chinese. He looked at the transparent crystal in the cup and found that it had already dissolved in the water.

"First you looked like you were going to drag us into trouble, and now you look like you're going to die for a righteous cause. Which one is your true face? And how can I believe that this unknown liquid is completely harmless to me?" Where is it? Is it possible that it is a poison and you already knew about it."

"I didn't expect... It's just a performance, so you don't believe me so much." Jiang Wenkan pretended to smile helplessly, "We must have had a long friendship, do you think I would harm you for no reason? You?"

"maybe."

Li Ming did not continue to respond. He looked at the transparent liquid in the tea set and chose to drink it all.

Kurosawa Mika actually wanted to come up and stop her, but it was too late. When she took that step, Li Deng had already drank the liquid in the cup.

The moment he drank it, Li Ming found that the dizzy feeling that had always been caused by a certain stench and the fishy smell of blood no longer existed, and was replaced by sobriety and relaxation.

After looking at each other and nodding in acquiescence, everyone picked up the tea set and drank the transparent liquid in it.

"It's a gamble."

Li Ming looked at Jiang Wenkan in front of him, asked for the resurrection ticket from Yuan Qingyu, and then handed it to Fa Xiao.

"I lost the bet, so this is what I lost to you."

"Then I'm welcome." Jiang Wenkan smiled and took the ticket, looked at it carefully under the light, as if checking the authenticity of the ticket, and then put it into his pocket, looking It looks like making a lot of money.

There must be a secret buried in this guy.

It means...the secret in Bai Meng, not him himself.

The further they advanced into the corridor, the stronger the stench that made everyone dizzy and suffocating their strength became stronger. Fortunately, they had just drank those transparent liquids, so the situation eased a little.

The blasphemous rotting stench was also mixed with countless horrible fishy odors that were caused by rotting animal internal organs.

At the end of the corridor, blood formed into small puddles and swayed slowly in the corridor. In the last quarter of the corridor, strange black handprints were printed on the floor and ceiling.

The marks that first appeared on the ground looked like human hands, and then became larger and larger and deformed, like frog webs and bear claws, dripping with sticky, sour asphalt.

Even more chilling are the traces of handprints, which from time to time show the appearance of frantically scratching the door handle.

Following routes that are impossible for ordinary creatures to reach, the handprints climbed along the walls and to the ceiling, crawling around like geckos in a frying pan.

The place where the fingerprint disappeared was the door of the conference room, and other doors in the conference room were also locked with electronic locks.

Although the door of the conference room is equipped with an electronic lock, it is not locked. If you quietly approach the door, you can hear the sound of something crunching and eating something wet behind the door. The stench at the door of the conference room is so strong that it makes you feel uncomfortable. People can't stand it.

Because Jiang Wenkan didn't drink the transparent liquid, he felt nauseous when he smelled the smell, and he couldn't help but retching.

Then, the creature behind the door stopped eating as if it heard something. Its claws were first exposed by the door, and then its entire body was fully exposed to everyone's view.Everyone can discover that this is the monster that killed Shanshi in the first place.

"Ghoul?!"

Kurosawa Mitsuka's face changed drastically and she murmured to herself.

In fact, you can find the rules. As long as the face of the cheongsam girl changes, you can know that these creatures in front of you, these creatures that basically do not exist in the world, all come from the works of the science fiction horror novelist Lovecraft, and What is certain is that someone must be comparing these articles to create similar creatures.

It feels like some larger conspiracy has been uncovered...

But the first topic now is Shirai Kuranosuke’s issue...

"Ghouls are a type of creature in the Cthulhu mythology created by American novelist Howard Philip Lovecraft, who first appeared in "Pickman's Model".

They are evil humanoid creatures with canine-like faces and sharp claws.They feed on rotting corpses, and forbidden legends claim that humans can transform into ghouls over a long period of time. "

Rotting corpses.

In other words, the thing it was eating behind the door must also be a corpse that was already decaying.

"I should have thought of it...but what I encountered this time seems to be a little different from the description. Of course, it may be that I didn't read all the books."

The ghoul will leave black handprints wherever it walks, and it can walk freely on any flat surface with its sticky soles.

In the conference room, the bloated black monster was gnawing on the broken human body, and the sound of bones being broken could be heard everywhere, as if children were around.

human corpse.

What frightens everyone more than this is their own hearts that have gradually become numb.

"boom!"

Mr. Shanshi fired first, looking calm and unhurried.

Bullets ejected from the hot barrel and instantly passed through the ghoul creature's arms and soles, making it unable to walk around the corridor and disrupting its line of sight.

The ghoul looked a little angry. It opened its bloody mouth full of mucus and rushed towards Li Ming not far away.

"Be careful."

Jiang Wenkan roared angrily at this time, knocked away the ghoul with his shoulders and elbows, blocked everyone behind him, and looked like he was fighting side by side with Shanshi.

Li Ming didn't react for a moment. When he regained consciousness, Shanshi had already emptied the magazine. After confirming that the creatures on the ground were completely dead, he took a step back and breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Wenkan touched the place where he had been bitten by the ghoul, smiled disapprovingly, and then took the brunt and walked straight into the conference room.

There were about twenty tattered corpses that had been eaten by ghouls in the conference room. They were all wearing strange black robes, showing frightened and curious expressions. The black robes looked like some kind of uniforms. Yes, they looked very gloomy. In contrast, Li Dang found that the robes in the reception room were of the same style.

The entire conference room was empty, as if it had been vacated specifically for a certain event.

But there was only a large bookcase placed unexpectedly near the south wall, and a Bible stained with snow fell to the ground near the south wall.

Thinking of the previous Bible, he turned to page 10:30 of Hebrews. Li Ming found that someone had turned the page hurriedly with bloody hands.

"The gate is right next to you."

As if it was a hint, everyone looked around in unison and groped for the mechanisms in the conference room. Suddenly, as if some special restriction had been triggered, the outline of a door suddenly appeared on the south wall.

Accompanied by the unpleasant smell of earthy dust, the door made a slight noise and opened.

Behind the secret door is a huge space of dozens of times the language exhibition hall, which probably covers the entire length of the corridor, a huge artificial cave extending deep into the depths.

A damp smell hit everyone, and there was a dead silence inside. There was no wind flowing, and it seemed that there was no exit here. Only the strange whispers that became clear and the huge magic circle that appeared in front of them stole everyone's attention. .

Everyone discovered the origin of the vague whisper they had been recalling on the south wall. On the wall next to them, a person was breathing heavily and muttering something they couldn't understand.

The man was wearing the same black robe and uniform as before. He was seriously injured, his whole body was covered with bloody tooth marks, and he was obviously dead.

What's even weirder is that half of his body is strangely bulging, and his skin is swollen, filled with transparent black-green liquid, and there is a faint rotten smell emanating from his body.

He looked up and seemed to be struggling.

"Great... you are still alive. As long as someone is still alive, there is hope!"

The man in black robe let out a painful and wanton laugh, his blurred eyes staring in the direction of everyone.

"It didn't work. It must have something to do with the magic circle. I have been chanting the spell, but there is no response-"

"The damn old woman and the thief named Mizuno were plotted!"

"You have to complete your mission, even if you give up your life, you must complete it! The glory belongs to the ancient ones, and our goal will be achieved-"

After the man in black robe said the last part, his eyes lost their brightness.

He collapsed to the ground, and the murmurings disappeared.

The broken and rotten part of the black-green pustule instantly swallowed his entire body. In the end, all that was left was a white bone wrapped in a black gelatinous substance.

It was obvious that the vague words the man in black robe said were to the undercover among the crowd. It seemed that he had to find out this person now.

Li Ming glanced at the people around him, pondered, and continued to look at the huge magic circle in front of him.

This is a magic circle in an artificial cave.

The gray magic circle is huge and almost fills the entire cave space. It has a weird shape. If you look closely, you can find that there seems to be an empty space in the middle pattern.

After a little comparison with the documents on the magic circle in the Administrative Office, we can find that what is missing is a pattern in the center.

The material used to draw the magic circle seemed to be a special kind of gray powder, like some kind of broken stone. The center of the magic circle seemed to be wet. Li Min observed that water was leaking from the top of the cave due to continuous heavy rain.

The rain-like liquid dripped right on the center of the array, diluting and sweeping away the gray powder that formed the pattern.

(End of this chapter)