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Qin Manjiang did not call rashly, but since Li Xi chose to send a message, it means that his current situation may not be convenient for him to call.

The only thing that can be determined for now is that he is still alive, living between 10:30 and 00:00 last night.

Why is this happening?

Qin Manjiang didn't understand, but through the phone call just now, he vaguely noticed something.

Li Xi's time there seemed to flow at a different rate than the time in the real world.

It seems that as long as there is no connection between the two people, time in that world will not flow.

Just like the cat in the box, it will always be in an unknown state without intervention.

This also gave Qin Manjiang more time to prepare.

The most important thing is to find a way to go back to yesterday. Since Li Xijiu's phone call can reach today, it means that he and Qin Manjiang have some kind of secret connection.

Although Qin Manjiang has not yet noticed what this connection is, he is sure that it must exist.

Moreover, as long as you communicate and confirm with Li Xi by calling or sending text messages, sooner or later you will be able to find out the reason why he "got into" the weirdness.

But this process is not infinite. As long as the two people establish a connection, the time flow rate of the two worlds will be synchronized, and the time there will start to rotate. The fire is lit at zero. In other words, Li Xi's life It's only an hour and a half from 10:30 to 0:00.

Fire...fire.

Taking No. 36 Tiannan Road, Critical Cinema as the keyword, supplemented by fire, fire, soon, some search results appeared on the mobile phone screen.

Mostly news from last night.

But after taking a closer look, Qin Manjiang's eyes froze for a moment.

At No. 36 Tiannan Road, Fucheng, Critical Cinema was built fifteen years ago. Places like movie theaters are generally luxuriously decorated, with complex electrical wiring and a lot of flammable and combustible materials. Once a fire breaks out, the fire can easily spread.

There had been a fire ten years ago, and since that fire, some strange phenomena have frequently occurred in the renovated cinema.

For example, the mirror in the bathroom of the movie theater was covered with dense black fingerprints, and a figure suddenly appeared in the corner of the front row where no one was supposed to be while watching the movie. Even more bizarre is the rumor that some people saw strange characters in movies shown in some theaters that were not supposed to belong to the original movie.

Various rumors were rampant, causing the cinema's patronage to plummet.

Until recently, the combination of the latest horror movies and theaters with urban legends has aroused people's interest.

There were actually more people in the cinema.

That's probably why Li Xi went to the movie theater. That person was interested in everything except studying.

The same fire, the same location... If it was a coincidence, Li Xijiu wouldn't believe it with his brain.

So, is the culprit responsible for this supernatural phenomenon the person who died ten years ago...

After searching the Internet for a while, Qin Manjiang found nothing. He didn't even know how many people died ten years ago and whether they were male or female.

The message seems to have been blocked on purpose.

This is even more bizarre. There is no need to be so secretive about an ordinary fire.

After taking a look at the news on the TV screen, Qin Manjiang silently made preparations. The fire had already been put out, and the firefighters were doing their best to search and rescue.

There should be no chance to go in during the day today. He would sneak into the fire scene at night and then get in touch with Li Xi. This was Qin Manjiang's current plan.

The mobile phone gives the two people a connection in time, so when they arrive at the same place, they are connected in space.

Qin Manjiang took a deep breath and took out hammers, wrenches, bright flashlights, pepper water, crosses, garlic, Guanyin pendants, jade Buddhas... people, ghosts, the East, the West, everything. Anyway, bring some with you, what if it works?

After all, what happened after receiving Li Xijiu's call could not be explained by the education he had received in the past twenty years.

He looked up at his face in the mirror. His facial features were clear and chiseled. He was wearing a pair of silver half-rimmed glasses. His eyes were particularly narrow and long, and his hair was a little long.

In Li Xijiu's words, Qin Manjiang's face and name are simply like those gentle scum in the TV movie "The Chosen" who were gentle in the early stage but turned into a villain in the later stage.

I can't say he's handsome, and his expression is quite gentle, but he always gives people the feeling of someone sharpening a knife behind his back.

I pinched it and it hurt, but it was not a dream.

Qin Manjiang is not gentle, nor does he want to be a scumbag.

He just wants to live down to earth.

At work, he picked up his cell phone and called the boss of the part-time office where he was going to go today. He made up a reason and apologized, which was a bit of a sense of responsibility that an adult should have.

As for studying, let’s just put it aside for the time being, since I’ve already taken so much leave.

What worries him the most is his sister Qin Yiyi. The hospital has arranged a treatment for her tonight. He originally planned to keep her overnight. What if the treatment wakes someone up?

But as soon as Li Xijiu's incident happened, everything could not go according to the planned plan.

My sister can only ask others to take care of her tonight.

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"Hello?"

The monitor, who was having breakfast in the school cafeteria, received a strange phone call.

"I am Qin Manjiang."

Qin Manjiang's voice was unusually hesitant.

"It's you, are you coming to class! Classmate Qin?" The monitor's voice sounded a little happy for him.

"Um, it's almost time." Qin Manjiang skipped the topic, "Squad leader, can you do me a favor?"

The squad leader put down the bun he took a small bite of, held the phone in both hands, and nodded subconsciously: "Well, you tell me."

"..."

"Hmm...hmm...ok, I understand."

"Thank you." Qin Manjiang breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly: "I will repay you."

"No, no, we are all classmates. I hope you can come back soon..."

"Dududu..."

Hang up.

The squad leader stared blankly at his phone, facing the narrow gazes of his roommates across the table, feeling a little embarrassed: "You guys... look at what I do..."

"Is it him again? That gloomy man with glasses, skipping classes all day long. I think he is about to be expelled from school. Xiao Ru, you can't get stuck with him!"

"That's right..."

"What, I...he..."

She was so clumsy that she was speechless for a long time, and her face turned red.

Classmate Qin just asked me to take care of his sick sister tonight. He always doesn't come to school because the family's burden is heavier and he needs to take responsibility. He is not a person who doesn't want to make progress...

"I won't tell you anymore..."

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August 12, 9pm.

Qin Manjiang stopped a taxi with his backpack on his back.

"No. 36, Tiannan Road."

After giving his address, he found that the car was not moving.

Qin Manjiang looked at the driver: "What's wrong?"

"You want to go to No. 36 Tiannan Road? There was a fire there just last night. Are you a reporter?" the driver asked.

Qin Manjiang smiled and nodded, and said, "That's right. Are you going? If not, I'll find another car."

"Go, of course, it's just that it's late at night, and most people won't take a taxi to go to the place where the fire broke out. I'm curious to ask." The vehicle started, and the driver explained briefly.

Qin Manjiang didn't seem to care, and asked casually: "By the way, master, has there been a fire in that cinema before?"

"Ah...yes, yes, it happened before. It was many years ago. The fire was also very big, but it was a near miss. All the adults escaped and only one child died."

child?

Qin Manjiang's heart skipped a beat. He found information that he couldn't find on the Internet, and after casually asking about it in a taxi, he actually gained something.

"Speaking of which, that kid brought it on himself. He ran around on his own because he was ignorant. He seemed to have gotten trapped in a narrow place and was burned alive."

When the driver said this, Qin Manjiang subconsciously looked towards the driver, but out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of the Ping An tag hanging under the rearview mirror spinning.

If it was caused by shaking in the car, it would never spin so fast. There was no wind in the car, but it was spinning slowly, as if something was playing around.

Qin Manjiang felt a chill inexplicably, but the driver didn't know it. He kept talking about his views on the fire incident that year:

"Later I heard that the child was hiding in the toilet, and the toilet door was broken and couldn't be opened. Who do you think can be blamed?"

"What the hell is the weather... why is it so cold..." the driver muttered.

Of course it will be chilly, and the Ping An tag next to you will almost take off...

Qin Manjiang leaned closer to the car door. If the situation was not right, he would rather jump out of the car.

He had never encountered this kind of thing before, but since that phone call, he seemed to be involved in some kind of incredible and huge unknown horror.

However, Qin Manjiang also knew very well that there must be some reason for this kind of thing to happen to him and Li Xi in the vast sea of ​​people.

Maybe...the answer to my father's death and my sister's madness can be found in it.

The driver seemed to feel uncomfortable, and finally shut up and stopped talking.

Speeding all the way, Tiannan Road is not remote, and is even relatively close to the city center. But for some reason, there are fewer and fewer vehicles today, the road seems to be narrower, and even the light of the street lights is dimmer.

Half an hour later.

"We're here. There's a cordon in front and we can't get in. You can go there by yourself."

The driver's voice sounded.

Pay the money and get off.

The driver stepped on the accelerator and left here quickly, seeming to feel unlucky.

Qin Manjiang turned to look at the critical cinema that had become a ruin. The firefighters had temporarily left and a cordon was put up around the ruins.

Qin Manjiang took out his mobile phone, and Li Xi only had one and a half hours. He had to race against time to obtain information.

But before he could send the message, he happened to receive another call from Li Xijiu.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Qin Manjiang asked in a low voice.

Li Xijiu's voice was quite uneasy: "Brother Qin... there is a madman... there is a madman who wants to kill me! I am hiding in the toilet, and... other people in the cinema are also a little strange, I..."

Qin Manjiang didn't finish listening to what he said. He only felt his scalp numb.

The words of the taxi driver just now appeared in my mind:

"Later I heard that the child was hiding in the toilet, and the toilet door was broken and couldn't be opened. Who can you blame for this..."

"Get out of the toilet, quickly!"

Qin Manjiang said as he crossed the cordon and ran quickly towards the ruined toilet of the critical cinema.

"But... I can't get out."

Li Xijiu's voice was pitiful,

"The toilet door seems... broken?"