Kaleidoscope of Death

If there is one thing that sets this apartment apart from others, it is the mirrors that are everywhere.

Whether it is in the corridor, on the floor, or on the ceiling, you can see your own figure in countless mirrors just by turning your head.Even the dining room, the floor-to-ceiling windows that should be able to see the outside scenery, are all equipped with bright mirrors-or two-way.

Thinking that people outside can see them makes people feel like being spied on, which is very uncomfortable.

The apartment has a total of 34 floors. They went to the other floors and checked the situation roughly, and found that almost every floor was inhabited. Although there were not many people, the entire apartment was not empty.Ruan Nanzhu also asked them about what happened in this apartment two years ago, but found that almost all of these residents moved in recently, and they didn't know anything about the fire accident two years ago.

After running outside for a day, they got very little information. They only knew that it was a mother and child who died in the fire.

"Why a mother and son?" Lin Qiushi thought about it carefully, and felt that something was wrong, "Isn't there a family of three who came to travel? What about the father?"

"Anyway, my father's body was not found." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Maybe he has the breakthrough we want."

It was getting dark now, and the setting sun cast golden light on the mirrored exterior of the apartment.

"But where to find him." Lin Qiushi frowned, "It seems that there is no one who knows him in this building."

Ruan Nanzhu shook his head, indicating that he hadn't figured it out yet.

The city at night gradually quieted down.

There was no one on the noisy street, and it was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.

Lin Qiushi stood at the window and looked out. In fact, only at this time can he feel that the world they are in is inside the door, because the world outside his door cannot be so quiet at night.No matter how late the night is, at least the sound of vehicles passing by can be heard in the city center.There would be no pedestrians on the road, and the strange silence outside at this time gave people a very uncomfortable feeling.

Ruan Nanzhu and Cheng Yixie both finished washing and climbed onto the bed.

Lin Qiushi walked into the toilet, and also planned to wash up briefly.

He turned on the switch of the hot water and poured hot water on it with a towel.There are also many mirrors in the toilet, and there are mirrors hanging on Lin Qiushi's front, back, left, and right sides.These mirrors became somewhat blurred in the smog. Lin Qiushi lowered his head and covered his face with a towel filled with hot water.

Only the sound of splashing water could be heard in the toilet. Lin Qiushi lowered his head and suddenly felt that something was wrong. It was a very mysterious feeling. He didn't see anything unusual, but his intuition sounded the alarm.Lin Qiushi's movements paused slightly, and he looked around from the corner of his eye.

A few seconds later, Lin Qiushi noticed something was wrong - he lowered his head, but the person in the mirror in front of him remained upright, looking at him quietly with the same face as his.

Lin Qiushi knew it in his heart. He took the towel in his hand and walked outside while wringing it dry. When he reached the door of the toilet, he looked at the mirror over there again, but saw that the mirror had returned to normal. , and he did the same.

Lin Qiushi cursed in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Nanzhu looked up at him.

Lin Qiushi said: "Mirror..." He closed the toilet door, "The things in the mirror just now appeared different from me in reality."

Ruan Nanzhu said: "Different? Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Lin Qiushi said, "I pretended I didn't see it and came out." He said, "I don't feel very good."

If possible, he would like to smash all the mirrors in the house, but they don't know if smashing a mirror is a condition for death, so to be on the safe side, they can only keep their teeth.

"What should I do?" Lin Qiushi lowered his head and looked at his feet, "I haven't washed my feet yet..."

Ruan Nanzhu blinked, looked at him and smiled, and opened his bed: "It's okay, come up, I don't dislike you."

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Cheng Yixie watched from the sidelines, with a calm expression, pretending that he didn't see this couple of dogs.

However, when Lin Qiushi was wondering whether he should go in and wash his feet again, a fierce quarrel broke out outside the room, accompanied by the sound of a broken mirror.

Lin Qiushi walked to the door and looked out through the cat's eyes, only to realize that something was wrong with the newcomer brought by the previous sister Xia.

"I don't want to go in, don't pull me in, there's a monster in the mirror!!" It was a young girl who screamed, and she angrily yelled at another girl standing beside her, "Don't touch me, I'm going to find Sister Xia! If you want to sleep, sleep in it by yourself! I don’t want to be with you!” When she was talking, she saw a mirror beside her, and she smashed it with her hand, and the mirror shattered. The sharp glasses fell to the ground.

The girl walked to the other side of the corridor, raised her hand and knocked on the door, and saw that this door should be where Sister Xia lived.

After a while, the door opened.

"Sister Xia, I don't want to live in my room anymore." The girl said, "There are ghosts in my room!"

Because of the angle, Lin Qiushi couldn't see Sister Xia's expression, but she could hear her voice. Her tone was not very good, and she even sounded very indifferent, "Where can you live if you don't live in your room? My house is only Can accommodate two people."

"I don't need to sleep on the bed, can I sleep on the sofa..." the girl begged.

"Sofa?" Sister Xia refused very politely, "Didn't you hear what that person said when you divided the room? The number of people living in each room is fixed and cannot be increased casually. If you live in If the death condition is triggered, then everyone in the room will be unlucky." She probably felt that her speaking attitude was a bit too much, so she deliberately softened her voice, "There are many scary places in this world, you have to learn by yourself Get used to it, tell me, what did you see?"

The girl felt aggrieved and said, "I saw the one in the mirror and I acted differently..."

Lin Qiushi was taken aback when he heard the words, thinking that he seemed to have encountered such a situation just now.

"Different movements?" Sister Xia said, "Did you read it wrong..."

"I'm not mistaken!" The girl was a little annoyed at being so perfunctory by Sister Xia, "Sister Xia, can't you find a way to help me? I don't want to go into that room!"

"How about this." Sister Xia said, "Since you said there was something wrong with the mirrors, you might as well smash all the mirrors, so you don't have to be afraid."

The girl said: "But..."

Sister Xia interrupted her: "Otherwise, I have no other choice."

The girl fell into silence. At this moment, no matter how slow she was, she would find that the attitude of the person she called Sister Xia in front of her was not right.She had only passed through two doors before, and she met this woman named Xia Jie on the website. Xia Jie claimed that she could help her jump directly to the ninth door, so she followed Xia Xia into here, but after entering, But she found that she was completely at a loss, and sister Xia did not protect them as promised.

"I see." The girl muttered, and saw Sister Xia closed the door directly.

She had no choice but to turn around and go back to her room with another girl.After a while, Lin Qiushi vaguely heard the sound of glass breaking in their room—the girl seemed to have broken all the mirrors in the room according to what Sister Xia said.

Lin Qiushi told Ruan Nanzhu and Cheng Yixie what he saw and heard.

"This sister Xia is really smart." Ruan Nanzhu's voice sounded a little cold, "Take the person with you to test."

Lin Qiushi sighed softly.Indeed, if smashing the mirror is okay, then they can smash the mirror too. If smashing the mirror is okay, then sister Xia has nothing to lose.It seems that she brought so many newcomers in, as Ruan Nanzhu said, she was risking their lives.

After the sky gradually darkened, the smell of burnt things began to fill the air again.

Cheng Yixie's sense of smell is very sensitive. After smelling this smell, he began to cough in a low voice. In desperation, he could only cover his mouth and nose with a wet towel.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu hadn't planned to go out to watch, but when they were lying on the bed and forcing themselves to sleep, there was another noise in the corridor, this time it was a woman's miserable scream, the place where the scream came from , is the room where the girl who smashed the mirror just now was.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh———" Lin Qiushi saw the girl struggling to run out of his room through the cat's eyes. The next moment, he would fall to the ground and never get up again.

Ruan Nanzhu appeared behind Lin Qiushi. He stretched out his hand and gently pressed the doorknob, and opened the door a crack.

The gap allowed them to see the outside more clearly, Ruan Nanzhu looked at the mirror on the ceiling of the corridor through the gap, and clicked his tongue softly.

Following Ruan Nanzhu's gaze, Lin Qiushi also saw the scene in the mirror.

I saw that the girl in the mirror was completely wrapped in red flames, her body was charred and carbonized bit by bit, but she was still struggling, the picture was extremely terrifying.

Lin Qiushi even smelled the smell of scorched meat.

"Ah, ah, ah..." She finally fell down. If you just look at her like this, you will find that there is no scar on her body, but only through the mirror can you know what kind of painful torture she has gone through.

Just when Lin Qiushi thought it was over, his hand was grabbed by Ruan Nanzhu. Ruan Nanzhu raised his chin slightly, signaling Lin Qiushi to look in a certain direction.

Lin Qiushi looked there and found that at some point in time, a person exactly like her appeared in the mirror opposite the burned girl.The same appearance, the same clothes, but the smile on his face was a little weird and stiff. The man in the mirror looked at the burnt man outside the mirror, and slowly stretched out his hands—the hands stuck out from the mirror, grabbed He grabbed the girl's wrist, and then slowly pulled the girl's charred body into the mirror.

This scene was so terrifying that Lin Qiushi held his breath slightly.

Ruan Nanzhu stretched out his hand and slowly closed the door in front of him. His hot breath was right next to Lin Qiushi's ear, and there was a slight smile in his voice: "Are you scared?"

Lin Qiushi turned his head: "No." He paused for a moment and sighed, "It's a good thing I didn't smash the mirror."

It seems that the mirror cannot be smashed, and once it is smashed, there will be very serious consequences.

Ruan Nanzhu said, "The house at the end of the corridor is on fire again."

Lin Qiushi was taken aback: "The one from last night?"

"Yes." Ruan Nanzhu said, "It's just a little different this time."

Lin Qiushi just focused on looking at the girl in front of him, and didn't pay attention to what happened at the end of the corridor.

"There is an extra room where the fire is burning." Ruan Nanzhu said, "The fire is spreading here."

He grabbed Lin Qiushi's wrist and pulled Lin Qiushi back into the room, so that Cheng Yixie, who was leaning against the bed, could hear their conversation: "The location of our room is not very good. If the fire continues to burn this way, We'll be where we are soon."

"Change room?" Cheng Yixie suggested.

"I don't know if we can change it." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Go to the waiter tomorrow and ask, it doesn't matter if he doesn't give us the room card." He laughed, "Although the electronic lock is a bit troublesome, it's not It can't be opened."

Hearing his confident tone, Lin Qiushi immediately felt a deep admiration for him.

"Okay, let's go to bed first." Ruan Nanzhu looked at his watch, "It's already at this point, if we continue, it will be dawn." He looked at Lin Qiushi, "Want to come with me?"

Lin Qiushi declined Ruan Nanzhu's kindness and decided to sleep on the sofa by himself.Of course, before going to bed, he mustered up the courage to go into the toilet again, and washed his feet seriously. This time, there were no moths in the mirror.

The time in the second half of the night was very peaceful, and there were no more accidents.

Early the next morning, just as Lin Qiushi opened his eyes in a daze, he saw that Ruan Nanzhu had changed his clothes and was about to go out.

"So early?" Lin Qiushi glanced at the time, it was only around six o'clock, the sky was just dawning, it was already three o'clock in the morning when they slept yesterday, and Ruan Nanzhu only slept for three hours.

"I have something to do." Ruan Nanzhu's voice was very soft, "I can go alone, you can continue to sleep."

Lin Qiushi looked at the side of the bed. Cheng Yixie was a child after all. He was sleeping soundly at the moment and was not woken up. He lowered his voice: "Wait for me to come with you."

"No need." Ruan Nanzhu said, "It's nothing dangerous." After he said this, he had already walked to the door, opened the door lightly, and went out directly.

Lin Qiushi looked at his back, but he still couldn't fall asleep. He sat up from the bed, and because he was afraid of waking Cheng Yixie, he was extra careful when changing clothes.

When Lin Qiushi changed his clothes and went out, Ruan Nanzhu had long since disappeared. Lin Qiushi thought about it and went to the restaurant on the second floor.

The restaurant was still quite empty at the moment, but there were two or three people sitting there. Lin Qiushi noticed that Luo Qianshui, who was at odds with Ruan Nanzhu yesterday, was sitting in the corner.Her expression was a little anxious, and she looked at her watch frequently, as if she was waiting for someone.

Lin Qiushi took something casually and found a table. After sitting down, his first reaction was to look at his watch.After reading it, he realized that his and Luo Qianshui's reactions seemed somewhat similar, and he suddenly burst out laughing, then controlled his movements, took out his mobile phone and continued to play Sudoku.

About ten minutes later, two figures appeared at the door of the restaurant.

Luo Qianshui stood up from a distance, and happily called out to the door, brother——Luo Qianshan is here.Behind Luo Qianshan, another person was also walking in, it was Ruan Nanzhu who Lin Qiushi was waiting for.

Luo Qianshan walked to Luo Qianshui's side. Although the two lowered their voices, Lin Qiushi still heard their conversation clearly.

Luo Qianshui asked: "Brother, have you changed?"

Luo Qianshan said: "It's changed."

"Which one?" Luo Qianshui asked, "Is it the innermost one?"

"No." Luo Qianshan said, "He moved a little faster than me, and I only changed to the penultimate room."

Luo Qianshui cursed a few words in a low voice, the words were obviously scolding a certain girl, she said: "You don't have a tough attitude?"

There was helplessness in Luo Qianshan's tone: "I am tough."

Luo Qianshui: "Then?"

Luo Qianshan: "I didn't beat her hard."

Luo Qianshui: "..."

The girl who was tougher than Luo Qianshan now walked up to Lin Qiushi and sat down in front of Lin Qiushi. She was in a good mood and picked up a hard-boiled egg and began to peel it.Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu: "Did you change the room card?"

Ruan Nanzhu took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Lin Qiushi: "Yes."

Lin Qiushi took the room card and saw that the number on it was the innermost part of the corridor, that is, the place farthest from the burning room.

"This is probably the time limit." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Get out of here before the corridor is burned." He opened his mouth, and his white and neat teeth left a beautiful tooth mark on the boiled egg, "That Luo Qianshan Good skill."

Lin Qiushi was taken aback: "Did you have a fight?"

Ruan Nanzhu said lightly: "Yes."

If this is placed in the world outside the door, it may be necessary to say that women are first, but there is no priority for matters that are life-threatening. After Luo Qianshan confirmed that Ruan Nanzhu got the best room number, he went to the room. Shot him.

If Ruan Nanzhu was really a girl, he might have been bullied, but he wasn't, so he beat Luo Qianshan backhanded without mercy.

Lin Qiushi could see from Ruan Nanzhu's expression that he must have not suffered a loss, and said: "I feel that their brothers and sisters are also quite powerful."

Ruan Nanzhu swallowed the boiled egg: "I am better than you?"

Lin Qiushi: "No, no, you are the best."

Ruan Nanzhu nodded in satisfaction.

At this moment, the time was close to 07:30, the sky outside had already lit up, and people living on the 34th floor entered the restaurant one after another.

Lin Qiushi saw Cheng Yixie.

Cheng Yixie walked up to them, sat down, and said in an annoyed tone, "Why didn't you call me?"

"Children should sleep a little longer." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Besides, you won't be able to help much when you get up."

Cheng Yixie was silent.

Lin Qiushi said: "What do you want to eat? I'll get it for you."

"No need." Cheng Yixie rejected Lin Qiushi's kindness, stood up and went to get food by himself.

Ruan Nanzhu looked at his back and sighed softly.

Lin Qiushi said: "How old were you when you first entered the door?"

Ruan Nanzhu snapped his fingers: "I don't remember clearly, eighteen or nineteen."

Lin Qiushi thought to himself, from the first door to the tenth door, it took Ruan Nanzhu six or seven years, and he didn't know what he had experienced in these six or seven years.

Cheng Yixie took the food and returned to the table. Lin Qiushi was about to say something to him when he noticed a person walking in from the door.His expression froze for a few seconds when he was sure he wasn't blindsided.

The person who came in was a girl with ordinary clothes and ordinary appearance. She still had a smile on her face. She walked to the place where the food was placed and began to choose breakfast. At first glance, there was nothing remarkable about her— —If Lin Qiushi hadn't seen those pictures through the crack of the door yesterday, he might have felt that the one in front of him was just an ordinary person.

That's right, she was the girl who smashed the mirror last night, was finally burned alive, and was dragged in by the person in the mirror.At this time, she appeared completely in front of everyone, as if everything that happened last night was just an illusion in a dream.

Ruan Nanzhu also saw her, and his expression became a little serious.

The girl took the food, walked to Sister Xia's table with a smile on her face, and started eating.

Lin Qiushi noticed that the girl who lived with her began to look uncomfortable, and even began to show panic in her eyes.In the end, the girl couldn't control herself, she got up in embarrassment and rushed out of the restaurant.The others at the table didn't seem to know what happened to the girl last night, so they didn't show any rejection—they didn't even know that the girl in front of them had changed.

"When she smashed the mirror last night, she used her right hand." Ruan Nanzhu said.

Lin Qiushi was taken aback for a moment, and then understood what Ruan Nanzhu meant. He looked at the girl again, and as expected, he found that the girl's hand holding the chopsticks had changed to her left hand.

"The person in the mirror came out?" Lin Qiushi suddenly felt that the food in his mouth was hard to swallow.

"It should be." Ruan Nanzhu propped his chin, and casually lifted a strand of hair from his ear, he said, "It's a good thing I didn't smash the mirror, otherwise... Maybe I could see two of me today. When he said this, he smiled subtly, "It seems quite interesting to think about it."

Lin Qiushi: "..." What are you laughing at?Why is the smile so weird.

Cheng Yixie frowned, and said a little unhappy, "She stinks."

Ruan Nanzhu: "It stinks?"

Cheng Yixie: "Yes, it smells like burnt food." He put down the food in his hand, as if his appetite was seriously affected by this smell, and some doubts appeared on his expression.

Ruan Nanzhu asked him, "What's wrong?"

"I feel like I smelled this smell on the first day." Cheng Yixie said.

"The first day? The first night?" Lin Qiushi thought about what happened last night.

Cheng Yixie shook his head, his brows were tightly frowned, his lips parted slightly, and he said something that neither Lin Qiushi nor Ruan Nanzhu had thought of, he said, "No, it wasn't the first night, but First day in the lobby."

Ruan Nanzhu's expression froze: "The hall?!"

Cheng Yixie nodded: "Yes, the smell is very weak. I thought I had smelled it wrong." He seemed to have thought of something, and was about to say it, but Ruan Nanzhu made a silent gesture to signal him not to smell it. Say what you guessed.

But even though he refused to say it, Lin Qiushi also understood what Cheng Yixie said, which meant that there might be people who were burned to death mixed in the crowd on the first day in the hall—or even more than that. one.Thinking of this, Lin Qiushi couldn't help but licked his dry lips, but a sentence popped up in his mind: Take people as mirrors...