There was no sound from upstairs, and only my own echo could be heard in the entire corridor.

Although Zhang Yan felt a little scared, saving people was more important. She hurriedly put on her shoes and walked upstairs.

But at this moment, she suddenly noticed something unusual.

It seems to be particularly dark in the corridor today...

Just when Zhang Yan was hesitating, the door to the middle door on the third floor suddenly opened, and a young man in his twenties came out.

This man is a tenant with a very independent personality. He rarely interacts with neighbors and just lives his own life.

This time, although he was also dragged into the "Anti-Forced Demolition Alliance" group chat by Mrs. Qian, he never said a word in the group.

The man first glanced at Zhang Yan and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Can you help me?"

Zhang Yan nodded and thought to herself: It seems that this young man has been paying attention to the news in the group, but he just didn't speak...

The man said nothing more, but closed the door behind his back, turned around and walked upstairs.

But just when he turned around and looked up the stairs, Zhang Yan noticed that his expression suddenly froze, and then became very ugly...

It felt like he had seen something extremely terrifying at this moment...

Zhang Yan quickly said: "Handsome guy, what's wrong? Don't scare me!"

Her voice was slightly louder to embolden herself.

The corner of the man's mouth twitched, and he almost trembled as he said: "Paper...cardboard box..."

Suddenly, his eyes widened and his voice raised: "Carton box! Shouldn't this thing be on the fifth floor?!"

Hearing the man's words, Zhang Yan quickly came to his side and looked up the stairs!

The reason why she dared to do this was because there was a man around. If she were alone, I'm afraid she would have hid in the house and wouldn't dare to go out...

Just by looking at it, Zhang Yan immediately understood why the corridor seemed darker today...

That's because, at the corner of the steps leading to the fourth floor, there is a large cardboard box as tall as a person...

After a brief surprise, the man regained his composure and said to Zhang Yan, who was shivering beside him: "Someone must be playing a prank and deliberately placing this kind of box at the corner of the stairs..."

Zhang Yan felt that the man was right, but at this moment she had no intention of thinking about who would pull such a low-level prank. She pulled her neck and shouted upward: "Aunt Guo! Can you hear me?

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In the corridor, she was still the only voice echoing...

At this time, the man next to Zhang Yan took out the genuine Fruit Phone from his pocket, unlocked the screen, opened the chat software, quickly started video recording, and then said: "This is the third floor, have you encountered the same situation? Still have it?"

Aunt Guo, if you are okay, please reply to the group and tell us about your current situation."

"Donglong..." The screen of the mobile phone held in Zhang Yan's hand lit up, the sound of a new message...

Zhang Yan unlocked the screen and happened to see the message sent by the man. The ID was "a", which was a capital letter.

Zhang Yan clicked on the video recorded by the man, and what the man just said came from her mobile phone.

The video was shot very stably and came with a fill light. It was the big cardboard box on the stairs that was shot...

After a while, several messages flooded in.

id, Qi Qifengyun: "Damn it! There is also a box here on the second floor!"

id, Peace is Blessing: "There are also them on the stairs leading from the first floor to the second floor, and there are also ones at the corridor door!"

Ping An is a video from Fufa. Compared with the video posted by the man, the picture is slightly darker, but you can still see that there is an identical large cardboard box standing at the door leading to the outside world on the first floor...

id, All-powerful: "Can't everyone hear me when I shout in the corridor?"

His words put a question on everyone's mind.

It wasn't until this moment that these residents realized the strangeness of the matter...

If the cardboard box is just a prank, then why is the sound blocked?

id,a: "Don't panic, I'm going to see what's going on..."

After sending this message, the man walked upstairs.

"Be careful..." Zhang Yan behind him said anxiously.

The man didn't reply and walked cautiously upstairs...

His steps were steady, and with every step he took, his eyes were fixed on the cardboard box above.

It took him more than a minute to walk up a dozen short flights of stairs before he reached the bottom of the cardboard box.

The man stretched out his right hand, and like Lao Guo before, tried to push the cardboard box.

Soon he discovered that no matter how hard he tried, the cardboard box did not move at all...

At this moment, he narrowed his eyes slightly and made an astonishing move.

Zhang Yan below has been watching the man's every move. With the faint light, she saw the man holding a mobile phone in his left hand to illuminate it. He reached into his pocket with his right hand and took out a butterfly knife!

The man skillfully opened the knife with one hand, and then stabbed the cardboard box in front of him with the knife!

The butterfly knife penetrated the paper shell as expected, and the entire blade was not inserted into it...

During the whole process, the man was recording on his mobile phone.

The man did not pull out the knife, but kept cutting along the edge of the cardboard box...

He is very smart. Since he can't push it, he simply takes it apart and sees what is hidden inside...

However, at this moment, the man suddenly noticed that there was some liquid seeping out from the place cut by the butterfly knife in his hand...

He pointed the camera of his mobile phone there, and under the flashlight, he saw scarlet blood flowing out of the cut hole in the cardboard box...

The man was shocked. This video happened to have reached the maximum recording time. He clicked send and was about to continue recording, but found that no matter how hard he tried, the butterfly knife in his hand could not move any further...

He did not believe in evil, he gritted his teeth and exerted force up and down, but the butterfly knife remained motionless...

He held the handle of the knife again and tried to pull it out, but found that he couldn't do it either...

The butterfly knife seemed to be embedded in the cardboard box...

"What happened?" Zhang Yan asked anxiously downstairs.

From her perspective, she could only see that the man seemed to be moving his arms very hard, but she could not see the bloody hole in the cardboard box...

"It's weird!" The man said this and decisively released his hand holding the handle of the knife.

However, just as he was about to turn around and go downstairs, the cardboard box in front of him suddenly cracked from the middle!

Zhang Yan downstairs opened her eyes wide, and the scene in front of her instantly gave her a chill!
Chapter completed!