triple world

The fear of the unknown cannot be dispelled by lights.

Although the dim lights in the corridor were on, in Wang Xiaona's view, this could only add a bit of eerieness to the dark corner below, and it didn't give people a sense of security.

The lights in this kind of old house have a yellow light that she hasn't seen for a long time, and occasionally the lights will go out for a moment due to wiring problems. Just looking at the corridor leading to the basement floor, she feels that she Cannon fodder ready to die.

A group of seven "cannon fodder" huddled at the stairs, and no one took a step first.

Li Qian was also standing beside them. Although she didn't want to go down, it was impossible for her to stay upstairs alone. layers of ranks, even though no one actually pushed her.

"Is there no light below?" Gong Ming swallowed his saliva, looked down, and clenched the iron rod in his hand, "Will it be too dangerous for us to go on like this?"

Gong Ming's iron rod was found in the pile of debris in Fu Yan's house, Wu Bin was holding a long wooden stick, and Song Yu had a more powerful one, a hoe with three rusted comb teeth. Still powerful.

The rest of the people didn't take anything. After all, any room with seven people squeezed into it would be a bit crowded, and if they brought too many things, they would accidentally injure their own people.

Now the light above their heads is the part of the corridor upstairs. Although it is on, it can't shine through the dark door at the end of the stairs. It's a figure stuck to the wall.

The four walls are covered with dusty cobwebs. The existence who handed over the house to them probably hasn't cleaned such corners, and no one has set foot on the basement floor for a long time.

Gu Wensheng looked around and found another line with a small iron nail hanging from the door frame on the left. He stretched out his hand and pulled the nail back into the groove in the wood.

After a "click", the light going down the corridor turned on.

Wang Xiaona was startled by the voice, her face turned pale when she raised her head.

The bright light was not overhead, but on the wall directly in front of them. The bamboo hat was hung on the light bulb. When the light was on, the hat that was broken in several places revealed light, like an open eye.

Gong Ming was also taken aback, but he was frightened by Wang Xiaona's actions, and couldn't help complaining: "You don't have to be so surprised, is it so scary?"

Wang Xiaona gave him a blank look: "You are bold, you open the way."

They talked a little bit to ease the tense atmosphere, but still no one moved.

In the end, it was Fu Yan who spoke to break the deadlock.

"Let's go, it will be later later, go down earlier and come up earlier."

Gu Wensheng nodded, took his arm and walked in front, the little follower Song Yu immediately followed, and the people behind didn't hesitate anymore.

The stairs here are really steep and extremely narrow. Two big men walk together and it is a bit crowded. They should be extra careful when going downstairs.

This time the light was finally turned on and off, and it was placed by the door. When the light was turned on, the inside was lit.

Soon, the seven people who came down filled the room inside.

Only when they got here did they realize that this floor was not as big as the upper floor as they thought, it was probably just as big as the kitchen.

The small room was filled with a lot of firewood and sundries, and there were a few bamboo baskets and bamboo strips piled up in the corner, which had rotted and blackened due to the damp ground and were useless at all.

This is like an ordinary small warehouse piled with debris, and there seems to be nothing unusual.

Further inside is a door, the door is not locked, Song Yu pushed it open with his hoe from a distance, and after the light was turned on, there was a room of the same size inside, with straw piled up half the room, close to the ground Those are pretty much rotten too.

Half of the room is submerged in the soil, the door leading to the bamboo forest behind is relatively high, and there is a small step in the room.

"Is there really a clue here?"

After seeing the situation below, everyone was not so scared, and even the rats running around the corner could not make them frown.

"Let's look around first." Gong Ming said, and immediately poked around in the pile of debris with his stick, hoping to find some clues about this old house.

But soon, everyone searched the two small rooms, but found no valuable clues.

Seven people can see the whole room clearly just by standing together, not to mention that the sundries piled up are really just daily sundries, and the house on the other side is nothing but straw. Nothing else can be seen at a glance.

Wu Bin looked at the long wooden stick in his hand, suddenly a little funny, how could they make such a small basement like an enemy.

Through the window on the north side of the room, it can be seen that the outside is already pitch black, and the dim lights in the room can only illuminate a small piece of land. The night is indeed already deep.

"Why don't we go back first." Wang Xiaona suggested, although it doesn't look dangerous here, but the smell of rotten bamboo products and straw is very unpleasant, and the ground is also dirty, which makes people uncomfortable, and I can't find it anyway. What clues, it's better to go back earlier, Bai came down so worried.

Gu Wensheng said softly: "I always think it's not that simple." But he also looked at this room, and there was nothing special about it at all, a large piece of straw was removed from the hut, and there was nothing hidden inside.

Fu Yan followed the group of people for a few steps, and suddenly turned his head to look at the small room inside. There was dark sewage under the straw piled up half the room, and the source of the smell was also there. Put it on the ground and use it as a step on the road.

Gu Wensheng immediately noticed Fu Yan's hesitation, so he turned around and asked him, "Brother, what's the matter, is there something wrong?"

Fu Yan glanced at the straw pile again, and said with some hesitation: "Is there a lot of straw piled under the house we live in?"

Gong Ming and the others had never been there, but Gu Wensheng and Song Yu still had some impressions. The hall as big as the east house was full of firewood and straw, and they were a little surprised when they first saw it.

After getting an affirmative response, Fu Yan became even more puzzled: "If this is the case, why are you still piling up straw here?"

Wu Bin didn't think there was any problem: "Maybe it's because it can't be put on the top, so it's put here?"

"Didn't we move just now? There's nothing inside." Gong Ming also wondered why Fu Yan cared so much about those straws.

Fu Yan shook his head: "Whether you use straw for cooking or padding, the drier the better. Wet straw is difficult to ignite, and it will emit smoke when it burns, but this room is very humid and seeps, no matter what That's not the way to put straws here."

The roof of the room is black with large black spots, which is caused by the long-term water seepage of the house. This room is not suitable for stacking straw.

So there must be something wrong with so many straw piles here.

"Then shall we remove these straws?" Song Yu asked.

Fu Yan nodded, and the others felt a little problematic when they heard what he said, so naturally they were not in a hurry to go back.

Because the straw underneath had already turned black, it was easy to rot easily if you really tried to use it, and it was not easy to deal with dirty hands, so Song Yu's hoe came in handy.

After waving it a few times, he began to hesitate, and asked Fu Yan: "Brother Fu, do you think I will go down with a hoe and catch someone..."

Wang Xiaona smelled the more pungent smell, while imagining the possibility he said, she couldn't help but took two steps back.

But now no one knows, all they can do is wait for Song Yu to dig the straw away.

Song Yu's conjecture did not come true in the end, but they found a narrow space that had been deliberately vacant in the deepest part of the straw pile, and everyone's eyes widened.

A wooden plank was placed on the ground in that place, and several layers of blankets were spread on it. Although it was all rotten at this time, there was still some shadow of the fabric.

It's just that this space is really not big, it doesn't seem to be big enough to accommodate a person.

"Maybe it's a child." Fu Yan said softly.

They heard the voice of a child when they were in the corridor before, so this possibility cannot be ruled out.

"Hey, what is this?" Song Yu pawed there again, the hoe hit some metal and made a noise, and he turned the thing out of the mess with great effort.

What was hooked in front of everyone was a tin box, which was so rusted that it couldn't see its original shape.

And this was probably the clue they were looking for.

"Open it and have a look?" Gong Ming said.

The box was too dirty, and it was wrapped in damp cloth. The cracks were already rusted, and it was impossible to open it with bare hands. In the end, Song Yu knocked a corner flat with a hoe and stuck it into the crack to pry it open.

The outside of the tin box was badly damaged, but the contents inside were well preserved. There were some children's toys, and the most important thing inside was a photo.

A family portrait.

The picture shows a family of seven, two elderly people, a middle-aged couple and three children. Everyone is looking at the camera and smiling, which makes this picture look quite warm.

The old man was about five or sixty years old, and the couple was thirty or forty years old. The three children were of different ages. The oldest boy seemed to be thirteen or fourteen years old, and there was another girl who was shorter than him. The youngest girl was only six years old. seven years old.

No matter which adult it is, they all seem to be easy to get along with, and the children are also lively and cute.

"Is this the person who originally lived in this house?" Song Yu asked.

Fu Yan and Li Qian turned pale, and they recognized this photo when they saw it. The boy's face in the photo was exactly the same as the one they saw in the water.

"You mean this little boy is a monster in the water?" Gu Wensheng reconfirmed.

Fu Yan nodded, and Li Qian's eyes were sure. Although it was only for a short moment, Fu Yan believed that he was right.

Now they don't know what's going on.

They found a photo in the room on the basement floor. In the photo, the owner's child is now floating in the river. No one knows what happened.

"We didn't hear anyone mention this family when we lived here. Could it be that this family is no longer alive? Or is it all in that river..." Song Yu used his imagination and began to reason, halfway through the sentence Suddenly shut up.

Fu Yan looked over strangely, and found that he tilted his head and looked at his feet in a strange posture.

After the box was taken out, they all returned to the room outside. Song Yu was standing at the far left of the crowd. There was no one on his left, but now Fu Yan found a shadow beside his left foot.

The shadow was very long and dim, covered with a layer of light, it looked unclear, and it was not illuminated by the lights above their heads.

There was an instant silence in the room, not even the sound of breathing.

Everyone turned their heads slowly, and at the corner of the corridor, an old lady stood there quietly.