Chapter 4 Strange Phenomena(1/2)
A sudden chill appeared!
At the same time, as if some switch was turned on, there was a strange movement inside the living room of the apartment...
"Hiss...hiss..."
The office chair, which was still a few steps away from Ling Chen's position, suddenly became windless and automatically moved!
It looked as if it was being held tightly by an invisible giant hand and then pulled up...
In Ling Chen's eyes, the chair seemed to be injected with life force and automatically dragged a certain distance on the ground.
During the whole process, the friction between the chair and the ground made a harsh sound.
"Crack!"
A crisp sound sounded.
The chair that was originally upright seemed to be pushed by an invisible force and fell down hard.
Ling Chen stood aside quietly, observing for a while, then slowly walked forward, pulled up the chair without any panic, and then straightened the chair.
The phenomenon of the chair falling over was much less frightening than the "thing" I just saw on the mirror.
Therefore, it was as if he didn't see anything, and his face was not moved at all.
He knows very well that if he wants to successfully pass the level, he must race against time.
Just from the name, you can tell that the so-called "Purgatory Game" can never be that simple.
At least it was hinted at the beginning that something unusual would happen tonight.
Then...it is very likely that it won't be long before we have to face a more dangerous situation.
What we should pay more attention to now is not the insignificant supernatural phenomenon, but continue to analyze with all our strength and the information we have.
Ling Chen pulled the chair back to the desk and sat down.
He opened the folder he had dug out earlier, took out the pictures and newspaper clippings, and spread them out on the table.
"According to the records in the diary and newspaper clippings, there should be an evil spirit inside the apartment."
"The method used by evil spirits to harm people is very likely to... first use hallucinations and supernatural phenomena to weaken the target's spirit."
"Then, wait for the target's weakest moment before killing him!"
"As for why evil spirits suddenly appeared..."
Ling Chen looked back and forth, staring at the newspaper clippings on the table.
After careful filtering, his eyes finally settled on one of the reports.
"Newspaper clippings record that almost all residents died within a month of moving in."
"Among all the cases, there is only one exception..."
Ling Chen slowly stretched out his right hand, suddenly stretched out his five fingers, and pulled a certain report in front of him.
"This report records that a woman hanged herself in the apartment one day after a full year passed."
"After a period of time, the corpse rotted and smelled of it, which made the neighbors suspicious, so they discovered the corpse."
"Although, an excessively decomposed corpse will affect the autopsy and prevent the coroner from accurately determining the time of death..."
"However, one thing that can be confirmed is that the woman definitely lived in the apartment for more than a year before committing suicide."
"This... is completely different from others."
Ling Chen flipped through the report left and right, as if he was looking for something attentively.
Not long after, he showed a relieved smile.
But at this moment, his eyes suddenly stopped at the date of the report!
"Sure enough! After comparing all the newspaper clippings, we can see that this woman was the first person to die in the apartment..."
"Then what is certain is that everything that happened after that should have a lot to do with that woman."
Ling Chen exhaled, and finally... found part of the information to solve the mystery.
He took several deep breaths to calm down his mind. He carefully reviewed the newspaper clipping in his hand again.
According to the report, this woman has a common characteristic in the impressions of all her neighbors, that is, she is lively and kind.
There is no one in the neighborhood who doesn't like her.
In the memories of neighbors, the woman had always lived alone, never ate outside food, and usually cooked her own meals.
Moreover, she often cooks extra meals and delivers them to the neighbors, so most of the neighbors know her.
Until one day, when a neighbor occasionally walked in and out of the neighborhood, he would always encounter her bringing a man home.
All changes started from that time.
The news that she had a boyfriend only came out less than a month ago...
It didn't take long for her to quietly return to the state of going home alone every day...
After that, she no longer said hello to her neighbors or sent food to her neighbors...
Late at night, someone even vaguely heard heart-wrenching cries coming from her unit!
Soon after…
Her body was found...
Ling Chen frowned and murmured in a low voice:
"This should be...after she separated from her boyfriend, she couldn't think of anything and committed suicide in the apartment."
"Then, she was affected by her obsession and resentment during her lifetime, and turned into an evil spirit after her death."
"But the strange thing is that she didn't seek revenge on...the man who played with her feelings?"
"Could it be that something happened in the middle that I don't know about..."
"She was trapped in the apartment and couldn't leave, so she had no choice but to harm... the residents staying in the apartment?"
Finally, Ling Chen found the woman's name in the report.
"Xin Xiaoman."
As Ling Chen read out the name, new changes appeared in the silent room again!
The lamp on the table suddenly flickered crazily.
The lights flickered on and off quickly, illuminating Ling Chen's face, causing him to narrow his eyes involuntarily.
At the same time, he suddenly felt a cold breath on the back of his neck!
It was as if someone was blowing on him from behind.
Stimulated by this coolness, Ling Chen shivered immediately, with large goosebumps appearing on his skin.
He quickly turned around and looked back, but found nothing...
In front of him was still the messy apartment.
Through the flickering lights, you could barely see that except for Ling Chen, there was no one else in the apartment.
There's no way... there's no "person" blowing behind him.
"not good!"
Suddenly, Ling Chen seemed to remember something and shouted as if he was waking up from a dream!
"He actually... turned around without paying attention. This will weaken the Yang Qi!"
He remembered the legend of the three fires on his head, crown, and shoulders, and felt endless regret for his imprudent behavior.
In the final analysis, Ling Chen is just an ordinary person. Even if he becomes bold due to the influence of his experience, he is still relatively calm at best.
After all, he is an ordinary office worker. Even though he often fought and even stabbed people with a knife when he was a gangster, he has never experienced anything like this.
It is normal to be careless for a while.
When facing a crisis, his unique background can make him more calm than ordinary people, but it cannot make him become a superman all of a sudden.
"Huh...huh..."
Ling Chen's breathing sounded rhythmically and was clearly audible in the empty room.
One minute...
Two minutes...
…
five minutes...
…
A few minutes passed, and the attack that Ling Chen imagined would appear...
The crisis that was prepared to appear at any time did not appear at all.
To be continued...