Well of Mystery

A Tu and the others connected a line of electricity from Jiang Chenglu's room to the next door, and then a group of foxes swarmed into the room and never came out again.Because the potion soaked with special leaves was splashed on the corridor outside the room, the stinky smell of the fox in the air soon faded, and eventually there was no smell at all.

In Bai Xiuqi's plan, today's breakfast was originally planned to be leftovers, but unexpectedly, all the dishes were licked clean by this group of little vixens, so the plan had to be changed.

The porridge was cooked, the poached eggs were fried, and the small room was soon filled with a rich aroma of oil.

During the meal, Bai Xiuqi suggested to Jiang Chenglu to clean the elevator, and got a positive answer.However, Jiang Chenglu said that according to the previous experience of refitting the elevator in the South Building, there might still be some sundries stuffed inside the elevator car, so let's go and see what good things are hidden inside after dinner.

After hastily dismissing breakfast, Jiang Chenglu led Bai Xiuqi down to the first floor.

The vertical passage of the elevator is wrapped in the center by concrete stairs and slides, which looks a bit like the coiled dragon columns in ancient palaces from a distance.

"The elevator doors are blocked by plywood."

Jiang Chenglu signaled Bai Xiuqi to take a few steps back, while he put on a pair of labor protection gloves and disassembled the board with his bare hands.

Bai Xiuqi had seen his strange power a long time ago, so he watched him calmly as he broke the plywood piece by piece like breaking potato chips.Soon, an iron cage-like security door appeared in front of them—this was the front of the elevator car.

However, Bai Xiuqi still couldn't see the debris piled up in the elevator.Because just inside the iron cage, there is actually a blue-gray brick wall.

"Why do you do this? Is there something important in it?"

"I don't know." Jiang Chenglu shook his head: "I didn't do it."

According to Jiang Chenglu's recollection, the elevators in the four buildings, east, west, north, south, were all sealed before he came to Xuanjing Apartment.The reason is probably that it was in disrepair for a long time, which caused an accident, so it was completely disabled.

As for the things that were taken out of the elevator car in the south building before, they were all ordinary household garbage.Of course, there is no such weird thing as a built-in brick wall in the car.

Due to the above comparisons, Jiang Chenglu has reason to be sure - the situation in the elevator in front of him is abnormal.

"Stand back and don't move."

He turned his head to signal Bai Xiuqi, then he took out a piece of chalk from his pocket, leaned over and drew a circle around Bai Xiuqi.

Bai Xiuqi laughed: "Wukong, what is this?"

Jiang Chenglu also laughed: "Master's meat, only my grandson can eat it." After speaking, he turned around and opened the iron door.

The finger-thin iron bars were pulled to the sides with ease, and after shaking back and forth a few times, they all announced abandonment.Then, Jiang Chenglu picked up an iron bar and threw it at the brick wall.

There was only a sound of cracking, and several large and small brick slags fell from the brick wall.

"...Wait a minute!" Bai Xiuqi suddenly yelled to stop: "I seem to hear a voice inside."

"what sound?"

Jiang Chenglu obviously didn't take this reminder to heart, and inserted the iron bar into the gap in the wall and punched it hard—only a click, and a vertical crack was cracked in the brick wall, followed by A dark green "thin line" floated out from the gap.

"It's poisonous smoke!"

At the same time as Bai Xiuqi made his voice, Jiang Chenglu stepped back decisively and stepped into the chalk circle where Bai Xiuqi was standing.The dark green smoke was continuously ejected, then sank, and finally quickly diluted in the air.

I don't know if it's because of the effect of the chalk circle, anyway, Bai Xiuqi didn't smell any strange smell at all.When the smoke was almost gone, Jiang Chenglu walked over again and kicked a big hole in the cracked brick wall.

With the sound of bricks collapsing, the dark car finally opened its mouth wide open to them.However, before seeing clearly the situation inside, the first thing Bai Xiuqi saw was a face.

It was a human face, but it was not a "human face" in the usual sense.Because he has long since lost the vitality of life, becoming dry and shriveled.Brown-yellow fangs were exposed from the wide-open mouth, which looked ferocious and strange.

"Why are there dead people here?!"

"Shh."

Jiang Chenglu signaled Bai Xiuqi to be calm, and then touched that face with the iron bar.

It was a corpse leaning against a brick wall. At first glance, no specific gender or age could be discerned.After confirming that there was no special mechanism on it, Jiang Chenglu grabbed its arm and pulled it out of the car, temporarily placing it in an open space beside it.

"The clothes he is wearing are very strange." Bai Xiuqi first noticed the strangeness.

It was a male corpse with short hair and wearing a worn blue-black uniform.The style of this uniform is very special, and there is an armed belt around the waist, which seems to belong to some violent institution.

"It's still wearing leggings." Jiang Chenglu kicked the mummy's right leg.Indeed, the off-white leggings were clearly visible.

Bai Xiuqi seemed to have thought of something: "I remember you said before that Xuanjing Apartment used to be a patrol house in the concession. Could this be the patrol house at that time?"

"Very likely, it should be." Jiang Chenglu nodded, then poked his head into the car again: "Don't worry, there seems to be someone inside."

As he spoke, he pulled out four more corpses from the hole in the car one after another, all dressed in the old uniforms of the police station.

"They all died with their throats cut." Jiang Chenglu pointed to the neck of one of the corpses, where there was indeed a longitudinal cut.

Why did these police officers die in such a consistent manner, and why they were put into the elevator car after death.Of course, these have not been answered for the time being.

"Is there anything else inside?" Bai Xiuqi asked, "I clearly heard just now..."

Just as he was saying this, he heard a "boom", and there was a dull knocking sound from inside the car.

This time Jiang Chenglu also heard clearly, and immediately turned to look into the car.Also lying on the ground in the darkness was a huge, boxy object covered with an old, dusty fabric.Jiang Chenglu picked the fabric aside with an iron bar, and then he saw the true face of Lushan clearly.

"Iron cabinet?"

Bai Xiuqi, who was standing a little further away, couldn't help stretching his neck, only then could he barely see the foot of the iron cabinet.It should be the old-fashioned filing cabinet, which has been rusted over the years.The most noticeable thing is that the top of the iron cabinet is firmly bound with iron chains.

"...It doesn't look like there's anything good inside." Bai Xiuqi muttered, "Why don't we seal up the wall as it is."

Jiang Chenglu shook his head resolutely: "No. I have to be responsible for every corner of this apartment. Now that I have found it, I should figure it out."

Having said that, he began to drag the iron cabinet out.

As if sensing the shock, the knocking sound in the cabinet became louder, and it was obvious that there should be some living thing inside.

But what can survive for at least 70 years without eating or drinking in a state of complete isolation from the outside world?

Bai Xiuqi didn't have a clue in his mind, and he didn't have time to think deeply.Jiang Chenglu forbade him to continue to follow him and asked him to return to the second floor to wait.

And when he walked back to the corridor on the second floor, Jiang Chenglu had already dragged the iron cabinet to the patio of the compound, and put it beside the ping-pong table.

Bai Xiuqi squinted his eyes and looked carefully, only to find that there were some inconspicuous dents on the ground over there, and there were weeds growing in the potholes, which seemed nothing unusual.After Jiang Chenglu put down the iron cabinet, he took out a lighter from his pocket, knelt on the ground and lit the weeds.

Strange to say, the green grass that looks verdant and has a high water content actually ignites, and the fire spreads quickly.

In just 1 minute of effort, a circular pattern was burnt out on the originally plain ground.Although Bai Xiuqi didn't recognize it, he could roughly guess that it should be some kind of magic circle.

The flames were still burning, but Jiang Chenglu's attention had shifted back to the iron cabinet.He grabbed the iron chain with both hands and pulled it lightly, the rusted iron ring snapped.Almost at the same moment, the door of the iron cabinet bounced open by itself, and a puff of black air rushed out of the cabinet.

"careful!"

Bai Xiuqi, who was standing on the second floor watching the battle, couldn't help crying out, but Jiang Chenglu obviously didn't need his reminder.At the moment when the black air gushed out, he had already stepped back four or five steps, and jumped outside the magic circle that was slowly extinguishing.

The door of the iron cabinet was lifted by the black air, bounced to a height of four or five meters and fell to the ground with a loud noise, but Bai Xiuqi's eyes remained on the iron cabinet.

There, a blue-black hand appeared in the black mist, with crimson nails embedded in the shriveled fingers.The scales on the back of the hand reflect faintly in the sunlight.

This is definitely the most disgusting and hideous hand Bai Xiuqi has ever seen in his life.

Next, he saw the scariest person he had ever seen in his life.

A half-dead person, or a lingering corpse, stood up from the iron cabinet staggeringly.Its eyes are bloodshot, its body is dirty and black, skinny and shriveled, and it seems to be covered with a layer of hard exoskeleton, as if it is in the process of transforming from a human to a reptile.

Perhaps because it had just escaped from the dark environment, it looked a little dazed, but it was clearly angry and full of hostility.After about five or six seconds, its scarlet eyes quickly locked on Jiang Chenglu's body.

Of course Jiang Chenglu was also aware of his gaze, but he didn't move half a step, but clenched the iron bar in his hand, like a swordsman waiting for his enemy.

But the monster didn't really pounce - the enchantment on the ground is playing its role, just like the chalk circle drawn under Bai Xiuqi's feet just now, forming an invisible barrier, even stronger.

Now it was Jiang Chenglu's turn to strike. He swung the iron bar and walked over calmly, raising his hand and hitting the monster's head right in the middle.

There was a "dang" sound, and sparks flew everywhere!