Reincarnation Train Restart [Unlimited]

35:[-].

The ghosts emerging from the basement floor of Xinhui Department Store are not difficult to deal with, but the difficulty is that there are so many of them that they almost appear endlessly.

The dark lines continued to spread and tangle on the ceiling, the floor, the walls, and the messy and scattered things, and soon covered the entire basement floor.

And ghosts like charred corpses hanging on the wall, hanging upside down from the ceiling, or lying on the ground appeared, attacking the two of them as if smelling bloody flesh.

They have no entity, and they will easily dissipate after being attacked, but Wu Xiajiu found that the dissipated ghosts will gather elsewhere after a while.

These underground ghosts cannot be eliminated or beaten to death.

This kind of cognition made Wu Xiajiu's mood not very good.

In particular, when he and Shi Shangzuo found the passageway from the basement floor to the second floor, they saw that the door was already covered with densely packed scorched ghosts.

Layer upon layer, as if they were glued together with super glue, the scorched head either appeared on the arm, or connected to the back...

Wu Xiajiu held the keel covered with traces of cinnabar red runes in one hand, and threw a talisman in the other to the entrance of the passage blocked by ghosts.

Suddenly, there was a sound of ghost crying and howling, and the place where countless ghosts overlap seemed to melt, and a big hole was scalded by the talisman, just like paper meeting fire, the flames continued to eat away at the edges, the black scorched ghosts and lines were ignited, sparks ignited Then it dances along with the ashes, like a dying black butterfly chasing the light.

But after a while, the flame was quickly extinguished by "a bucket of cold water", and the rest of the scorched ghosts flocked to them, and blocked the hole scalded by the talisman.

It seems that the effect of a talisman is limited.

Wu Xiajiu frowned, raised his hand and glanced at the electronic watch.

Ten fifty.

Immediately, it will be the next two hours from 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock in the morning. It's Fang Zi and Tang Yunsi's turn to come over.

The reincarnation train requires passengers to complete the patrol task within the specified time, and cannot miss it, but it does not require passengers not to stay in other people's time slots.

In addition to Wu Xiajiu and Shishangzuo patrolling the Xinhui Department Store between 9:11 and 3:5, Wu Xiajiu also needs to patrol Wujing Hotel between [-]:[-] and [-]:[-] in the morning.

Shishangzuo needs to patrol the Huanyu office building from 1:3 am to [-]:[-] am.

These two time periods are not next to 9 o'clock.

Therefore, they can take the opportunity to stay in the department store and wait until the time is about to go to another place to patrol.

Wu Xiajiu: "I don't know what's in the second basement floor. It may be more dangerous than the first basement. Let's not go down for now. Wait for Xiaofang and Professor Tang to come over..."

In case the passageway was blocked again after they went down to the second basement floor, they had to have a way out and be able to get out in time.

Shi Shangzuo: "In this case, let's go back to the exit on the basement floor. If the two of them go directly to the second and third floors of the department store to check, then we will miss it."

"Okay." Wu Xiajiu waved away the attacking ghost again with his keel, and took the time to answer.

The two retreated back all the way, but fortunately they were not far apart.

Unexpectedly, the exit of the basement floor was also occupied by these scorched ghosts.

But in general, it is much better than the passageway on the second basement floor.

At the very least, Wu Xiajiu could vaguely see the faint light of the upper layer coming through.

Seeing this, Wu Xiajiu said: "When we enter the Xinhui Department Store, we must be careful not to get trapped and cannot go out, otherwise we will not be able to catch up with the time to arrive at the next patrol location, and it will be considered that the patrol mission has not been completed."

"Indeed." Shi Shang left.

They were standing on a step at the moment, surrounded by black lines surging and entangled, scorched ghosts appearing constantly, clinging to the handrail of the stairs or hanging upside down on the wall.

But after only staying for a while, the eyes of the two of them seemed to be covered by black lines, and they smelled a strong and pungent gasoline smell.

It seemed that the next moment, the jumping flames would lick and attack them, dragging them into a merciless sea of ​​flames.

The severe pain spread from the skin, then to the flesh and blood, and finally through the cracks in the bones, until they were also burned into charred corpses, and their souls were trapped here and could not be released...

No, this is an illusion.

Wu Xiajiu shook his head, stepped back slightly, but forgot that there were also steps behind him, and almost stepped on the air.

Fortunately, Shi Shangzuo caught him and hugged his waist.

Without time to speak, Shi Shangzuo threw out the ghost knife Fengdu in his hand, and the long knife flashed, and it was inserted into the exit leading to the upper floor in an instant, and the ghosts occupying the surrounding block temporarily avoided it.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to reveal the gap, Shi Shangzuo led Wu Xiajiu to the first floor of the department store.

Almost at the moment they got out, countless ghost figures chased and roared ferociously behind them, and stretched out their ghost hands to try to hold them back.

Scorched ghosts crowded the stairway, like poured ink, gradually blackening the door frame and walls.

Black lines invaded it, and soon extended to another place.

Wu Xiajiu rubbed his head, and was supported by Shi Shangzuo to stand up.

There was no warning just now, and he seemed to feel the fire, and his whole body was in pain like being burned.

After leaving the basement floor, those ghosts did not come up for the time being, but crowded at the stairs, but it seemed that it was only a matter of time before they squeezed out.

time……

Wu Xiajiu said with a grim expression, "The power of these scorched black ghosts seems to increase with time."

Obviously, when he was down below, he didn't feel the feeling of being caught in a fire at first... But after returning to walk up a few steps, his spirit and body were both affected.

Wu Xia glanced at the electronic watch for a long time.

There are two minutes to eleven o'clock.

Just at this moment, the door of Xinhui Department Store was pushed open, and Fang Zi and Tang Yunsi walked in.

The lights on the first floor flickered for a moment, and the crystal lamp hanging on the top shook slightly, causing the light and shadow on the ground to shake slowly.

Wu Xiajiu turned his head to look at the stairway leading to the basement floor. The darkness had returned to the place at some point, except that sometimes Shangzuo's ghost knife Feng was stuck on the broken floor tiles.

And the black lines that spread into the wall were hidden, calm as if everything just now had never happened.

Wu Xiajiu looked down at his watch—it was exactly eleven o'clock.

Shi Shang Zuo said: "Latent."

These ghosts will first hide cunningly, and after lowering the vigilance of the patrollers, they will appear without warning...

And these changes are clearly associated with alternating time periods.

There is a distance between the stairway on the basement level and the entrance of the department store.

When Fang Zi and Tang Yunsi walked into the building, they could only vaguely see two figures standing there, but they didn't see the charred ghosts crowded in the stairwell, screaming ferociously to come out.

The four met on the first floor of the department store, and Fang Zi doubted that Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shangzuo would not leave.

Wu Xiajiu described the situation just now.

Tang Yunsi looked away from the long knife at the top of the stairs, and said, "From 11:1 to 3:[-] am, how do you feel that the time period for the three groups to patrol is the most dangerous?"

Tang Yunsi had previously patrolled the Five Wells Hotel in Group 2 alone.

So, Wu Xiajiu asked him if he found anything in the hotel.

Tang Yunsi: "Yes, the Five Wells Hotel also caught fire and killed people."

"But I checked the records at the front desk of the hotel. The fire at Wujing Hotel was very small and was brought under control shortly after it happened."

"The death toll is only three, and the number of injuries is not too many."

"Furthermore, the fire at the Five Wells Hotel broke out before the fire at the Xinhui Department Store. The fire should have been caused by an accident. Afterwards, the Five Wells Hotel also made a lot of compensation to the relevant personnel."

However, not long after, another catastrophic fire broke out in the Xinhui Department Store, causing an inestimable number of casualties.

"Xinhui Department Store was set on fire, and the people who set it on fire should be Sun Sheng and Zhao Cai." Wu Xiajiu said.

"Besides, did you encounter any danger in the Five Wells Hotel?"

Wu Xiajiu asked Fang Zi and Tang Yunsi.

When Tang Yunsi was on patrol, Fang Zi was also in the hotel at that time. After all, his second patrol task was to patrol the Huanyu office building from 3 am to 5 am.

Fang Zi: "No, it's just that when I'm resting on the bed in the room, I feel that the upstairs is a bit noisy."

"There were footsteps walking around all the time, and there were bangs and bangs from time to time, but no one came to knock on my door."

Tang Yunsi: "There are dirty things, but it's not a big problem. It's not as dangerous as what you just described."

"Also, there's that knife...doesn't it need to be retracted if it's inserted there?"

Tang Yunsi looked at Wu Xiajiu.

He thought the knife was his.

Wu Xiajiu turned his head.

Fang Zi also turned his head.

Tang Yunsi: "...?"

He followed the eyes of the two of them—the ordinary-looking NPC named "Zuo You" smiled at him, but his ordinary face was full of oppression at this moment.

Especially those eyes, which do not match the face but are strangely combined.

"That knife is mine."

The tone was soft, but Tang Yunsi was stunned for a moment.

But it didn't take long for him to react, frowning in surprise, "Are you a passenger too?"

Shi Shangzuo was noncommittal.

Fang Zi "hush", patted Tang Yunsi on the shoulder and said, "It's good that we know, don't tell other people, by the way, we have to find a chance to talk to the panda breeder as well."

The panda breeder was naturally referring to Zhong Nan.

Tang Yunsi opened his mouth, but at this moment, the lights on the first floor of the department store flashed on and off again.

The moment the light was dim, the ceiling seemed to be dripping ink, and the next second, scorched and skinny ghosts rushed from all around, the walls, the floor...

Where the black lines erode, silk rushes toward her face.

This time, it is different from dissipating after attacking. The ghost carries high temperature, just like walking through hot water, oil pan or flames.

Wu Xiajiu dodged the attack of a ghost, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. It was not sweat caused by nervousness, fear or exhaustion, but because the temperature gradually rose, and the entire Xinhui Department Store was scorching hot.

"Xiao Fang, don't use your props for now, come to me." Wu Xiajiu said quickly.

Although Fang Zi's props are S-level, they only have two chances to use them, and it's only the first night. It's best not to use them before the critical moment.

Fang Zi also understood this, and as soon as Wu Xiajiu finished speaking, he rushed over.

As for Tang Yunsi, before his scepter was activated, it was somewhat useful against these scorched ghosts. He just needed to hide and not touch them when the ghosts attacked.

He was accidentally scratched by those black lines before, and the clothes on his arms were scorched immediately.

If it is on the skin, I am afraid it will be burned.

Fang Zi: "Brother Jiu, this is different from what you described before. Could it be that the strength of ghosts is different in different time periods?"

"The time when Professor Tang and I are on patrol must be the most dangerous."

"...Indeed." Wu Xiajiu frowned.

He was hesitating whether to enter the basement again now, but it was conceivable that the first floor of the department store was so dangerous, let alone the basement and second floors.

Shi Shangzuo seemed to see what he was thinking, and said beside him: "Will you go? I'll accompany you."

"No, go to the second floor." Wu Xiajiu changed his previous decision in an instant: "The danger of the second underground floor is unknown, and I was wrong in predicting the danger of the underground floor. change and strengthen."

"Don't go down for the time being to take risks, let's go up, and we can come back tomorrow night when Zhao Cai is in charge of patrolling."

Not in a hurry.

After all, the safety of Fang Zi and Tang Yunsi is important now.

Shi Shangzuo nodded, stretched out his hand to make a move, and the ghost knife Fengdu flew back to his palm in an instant, and he slashed, and the scorched black ghosts rushing around instantly gave way.

The black line broke from the middle, and it seemed that a little spark appeared, but it went out in an instant.

"Oh, cool." Fang Zi praised Long Dao with bright eyes.

Boys, love this weapon.

"Go first." Wu Xiajiu said.

The road that Shi Shangzuo split was eroded by black lines in a blink of an eye. If we don't leave quickly, I'm afraid the road ahead will be surrounded by ghosts again.

Therefore, the four of them didn't delay any longer, and quickly ran towards the second floor of the department store.

After going up to the second floor, the pressure really dropped.

Gave them some breathing room.

The second floor of the department store should be for selling clothes. In the previous fire, most of the ground was burnt and there were many mannequins, missing arms and legs.

At first glance, it looks like a corpse in a miserable state of death, and people who are not mentally prepared may be shocked.

And they almost ran up at the fastest speed, Wu Xiajiu was a little out of breath, his throat was dry and burning.

He couldn't help reaching out and touching his neck. The temperature in the department store was rising, which had a certain impact on their physical strength, but after running for a while, he felt that the clothes on his back were a little soaked.

"Those scorched ghosts didn't catch up to the second floor, but these black lines..." Fang Zi said, avoiding the black lines spreading under his feet.

"What is this?"

Fang Zi wiped his forehead again, his fingertips were sweaty.

Wu Xia thought for a while, then said, "Flame."

"Ah, what?" Fang Zi was wiping his sweaty fingers on his clothes when he heard this and raised his head to look at Wu Xiajiu: "Brother Jiu, what do you mean to say that these ghosts are wrapped around ghosts, spread on walls and Are the black lines on the floor flames?"

Wu Xiajiu nodded, walked over and used the keel to draw the dense black lines on the ground, the black lines broke instantly, but at the moment of breaking, sparks appeared and disappeared.

"The power of ghosts is growing, and for the same reason, so are these black lines."

"They are igniting bit by bit. After a certain time, I guess, this department store will reproduce the scene of the fire at that time." Wu Xiajiu said with a slightly dignified expression.

Shi Shang left a glance at Tang Yunsi and Fang Zi and said, "Let's speculate at the moment, the 3rd and 4th groups may be the most dangerous time periods, and the 5th group is close to the end of the patrol, which means that the danger will also decrease and end."

Tang Yunsi frowned and pushed his glasses.

Fang Zi grinned and said, "We are really unlucky."

Fortunately, Brother Jiu and "Zuoyou" stayed in the department store for the time being, otherwise, once they came in, they would be exhausted and run away in difficult mode.

Wu Xiajiu: "But there is still a glimmer of life left in this department store, that is, at the moment when the time zone changes, you can take the opportunity to escape."

"The black line has not yet spread to the entire second floor, let's take a look around first."

Shi Shang and the left three nodded and had no objection.

They went to the inside of the second floor.

After walking a certain distance, Wu Xiajiu stopped, opened his eyes, and stared at one place with a surprised expression.

Tang Yunsi: "Why are there still plants growing here on the second floor?"

"No, there are also basement floors." Wu Xiajiu said back to his senses.

Shi Shangzuo: "But this plant has grown into the wall, and there is only this one around."

This vine-like plant got into the cracked wall and grew tenaciously. The roots were invisible. The plant seemed to emerge from the connection between the wall and the floor, and slowly climbed up the crack until it reached a little branch and leaf. Drill out of the wall and stretch out.

"This location..." Wu Xiajiu looked at the place where the plants grew and frowned.

At this moment, Shi Shangzuo touched the back of Wu Xiajiu's hanging hand, and said, "We should go."

He turned his head slightly, and raised his chin in one place.

Wu Xiajiu looked in the direction subconsciously, and the place where they came was covered with dense black lines.

Surrounded by the black line, scorched ghosts are looming, their limbs crawling and moving with the black line, which seems to be separated from here by light and darkness.

But "darkness" is rapidly eroding and approaching.

"Go here." Wu Xiajiu said quickly.

There is a detailed route map posted on the first floor of Xinhui Department Store. Wu Xia wrote it down a long time ago, and all the exits inside the building are now in his mind.

In addition to the entrance they came up on the second floor, there is another passage leading to the third floor.

Without further ado, putting aside doubts about the plants growing here, Wu Xiajiu and the others ran to the third floor.

Because it is an old building built in the past, the number of floors of Xinhui Department Store is not many, and the height is average. The first basement is for food and snacks, and the second basement is for parking.

The first floor is for sundries, jewelry, etc., the second and third floors are for men's clothing and women's clothing, and the fifth floor is for underwear and shoes.

Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shangzuo stayed on the third, fourth, and fifth floors for a while, trying to find out if there were any plants growing here.

But alas, no.

Wu Xiajiu thought of the location where the plants grew on the second floor, and then thought of the place on the first floor. He and Shi Shangzuo seemed to be passing by, but they didn't pay attention to observe.

There happened to be a shop there. I don't know if there are plants in the shop.

If so, the plant on the first and second floors should have grown from the ground.

After reaching the fifth floor, Wu Xia took a long look at the electronic watch, it was almost twelve midnight.

"There's still time, let's go to the roof."

Sometimes when Shang Zuo is around, they are not slow to get rid of the black line burnt ghost.

Open the door leading to the roof of the building, and go up the steps step by step. Another door leading to the roof is closed, but Shi Shang's Zuo Fengdu easily slips through the lock and breaks off.

After the door was pushed open, there was an empty rooftop in front of me.

"Wow, it's so cool." Fang Zi sighed with emotion, jumped to the rooftop, and tugged at his collar by the way.

Ever since those scorched ghosts and black lines began to spread everywhere, the department store has turned on dozens of air conditioners at the same time, turned to high temperature, stuffy and uncomfortable.

Now that he finally felt the wind blowing, Fang Zi let out a long and comfortable breath.

Tang Yunsi also took off his glasses and wiped them.

His lenses were blurred a few times just now, and he took them off a few times in the middle, but the prescription was too deep, and things looked blurry, so he had to put them back on immediately after he took them off.

Now, taking advantage of the safety here on the roof, hurry up and wipe it carefully.

Wu Xiajiu walked to the edge of the rooftop, raised his head, and then looked around Wujing Square—all covered by dark fog.

In this piece of land, only the buildings in Wujing Square are left.

Looking down, there is still water in the fountain in the middle, with a little sparkle.

It was quiet on the roof, the black lines and scorched ghosts did not appear before, it seemed to be a safe place.

They ran five floors in one breath, not to mention whether they stopped, but the temperature in the building and dealing with the ghosts chasing and attacking while running, they were very tired.

After looking around for a long time, Wu Xia found a place to sit down and rest, and Shi Shang Zuo sat next to him.

Seeing this, Fang Zi and Tang Yunsi also found a place to sit down.

"Let's go down when there are 1 minutes before 5 o'clock in the morning." Wu Xiajiu said.

Here, the time passed quickly but long, and Wu Xiajiu raised his wrist several times to look at the electronic watch.

Soon, it was almost 1 o'clock in the morning, he stood up and looked under the department store - Su Zhou and Xu Jiu had just walked out of the door of Five Wells Hotel.

Wu Xiajiu said: "Go down."

"Okay." Fang Zi jumped up from the ground.

Wu Xiajiu looked at Shi Shangzuo and said, "You're going to patrol the office building right now, pay attention to safety."

Shi Shangzuo seemed a little unexpected that Wu Xiajiu would say this, he was stunned for a moment, but then he laughed, stretched out his hand and pinched the tender cheek of the person in front of him, and said, "Don't worry."

Wu Xiajiu opened his eyes, patted his hand away, and stared, but he didn't look angry.

Tang Yunsi's glasses slipped a little, he paused, then pushed them up again.

At 56 in the morning, Wu Xiajiu reopened the door to the rooftop.