The author's diary of ghost stories

Yu Liang watched at the top of the stairs for a while. The toad didn't seem to pay any attention to him. It just looked at the fire in front of it, hummed mechanically, and mechanically threw in the money piled up around it.

The firelight danced seductively on its face, and the toad's face remained calm, as if it was the only one left in the world, and all it had left was mourning.

It doesn't seem to have any interest in me.

Yu Liang thought silently in his heart. He took a tentative step forward, then took another step. He felt relieved when he saw that the toad still didn't move.

Continue upstairs or take a look at this floor first?

He walked up to the first room and tentatively opened the door. The scene in the room was somewhat similar to the dormitory downstairs, except that there were no neatly folded beds and paper figures sleeping soundly.

There is a faint chill when you walk into other rooms, but there is none at all in this room. It is ordinary, ordinary to the point of being weird.

After wandering around twice, Yu Liang opened drawers and wardrobes, and then looked at the bathroom. However, Yu Liang found nothing in this room.

Look who lives in this dormitory.

With this thought in mind, Yu Liang took out the user registration book and turned to the pages recording the users on the second floor.

This room is at the end of the corridor. The dormitory number is 225.

He quickly locked the dormitory number on the book, and then looked at the names in that row.

Uninhabited?

Then why does the note in the last column say "bogey"...

dead?

Yu Liang had bad thoughts in his mind. If it was really uninhabited, why should it be specifically written down in the user registration book?

His eyes quickly scanned the user registration list, and sure enough he found a few unregistered rooms. These were probably normal "uninhabited" rooms. So what does the "uninhabited" room here mean?

Suddenly, Xiao Yi, who was holding his head, let go of the hand covering his eyes, and instead grabbed his hair. He grabbed a small toggle with one hand, and then pulled it toward the door behind him, like pulling a horse rope. The rider discovered that there was a cliff ahead and began to frantically stop the horse from moving forward.

fierce!

This must be a dangerous place!

The fear of dead people means that this place likes living people!

Without Xiao Yi's repeated reminders, Yu Liang fled to the door without looking back. It was not until he returned to the corridor that he calmed down. He looked at the toad at the end of the corridor who was still burning money, and felt a little sense of peace in his heart. .

The situation in the room just now also reminded Yu Liang that there must be a lot of things in this building that should not be messed with. The next time he opens the door, he must not be so casual. He must read the registration book before making a decision.

Yu Liang looked at the user registration form on the second floor again, his eyes locked on a familiar name all the way down.

Jiang Xiangdong?

Lao Jiang?

209!

Yu Liang was suddenly shocked. He didn't expect to meet an acquaintance here, but he hesitated when he saw "Avoid darkness and avoid light" that followed closely behind.

After all, his friendship with Lao Jiang was only in the role-playing game. In reality, Lao Jiang probably didn't know him. If Lao Jiang had turned into a monster, it wouldn't be unusual for him to attack him.

However, the thoughts that had arisen in his heart could no longer be stopped. He wanted to take a look at that room. He was originally here to explore, and Lao Jiang should be able to find important clues there.

So Yu Liang walked towards the middle of the corridor in small steps. He walked in front of each room. The door of each room gave him a different feeling. Among them, 214 was the most yin. When he felt him walking through the door, 214 Thick blood even oozed from under the door of the room, as if to welcome the visitor.

He jumped to avoid the spreading pool of blood and arrived at the door of room 209. It seemed that most rooms would not be too dangerous as long as you did not enter.

The stained eyes in the corridor should only appear on the same floor at the same time. They can help the dormitory know the situation on any floor, but there will be some signs before these eyes open, which will make people in the corridor frightened. Feeling of movement, you can hide from the prying eyes of the dormitory as long as you quickly hide in a nearby room.

It feels more like hide-and-seek, or a non-confrontational game like Dead by Daylight.

Yu Liang left a paper figure at the door, then opened the door and walked into room 209. The scene in front of him felt familiar, neat and clean, just like the security room in a role-playing game.

There is only one bed in this room with bedding, and the other beds are just bed boards. It can be seen that only one person lives here.

There was a notebook, a few pens, and a photo frame on the desk, but there was only a pure black photo in the photo frame, and nothing could be seen on it.

Unlike other rooms, the lights are on as soon as you enter, but the lights are not bright. This should be what the registration book says: "Avoid darkness and avoid light."

Where is Lao Jiang?

Yu Liang turned to look at the vertical clothes rack. There was a coat hanging on it. Lao Jiang would habitually hang his coat up every time he returned to the security room, and put it on again when he left.

In other words, Lao Jiang is probably in the room now.

He went straight to the toilet, but there was no trace of Lao Jiang in the toilet. Just when he was a little confused, his eyes fell on the ground in front of him.

There was a shadow there, but no one was there. The shadow walked to the shadow of the drawer, opened the drawer and took out a round jar, took out a shadow the size of a marble, and knocked it on the corner of the table. for a moment before throwing the "marble" shadow into his mouth.

At this moment, Yu Liang was convinced that the shadow on the ground was Lao Jiang. He still remembered that Lao Jiang told him that the sugar in the sugar bowl was used to quit smoking, but it was wrapped with a layer of acid coating, so he needed to knock it. It tastes good when the sweetness inside comes out.

"Lao Jiang?" Yu Liang called.

No response.

It seemed that Lao Jiang in his shadow state couldn't hear what he said.

Yu Liang raised his head and looked at the electric light in the center of the room. He now somewhat understood what the registration book meant by "avoiding darkness and avoiding light."

There are no shadows in the dark, and multiple lights from different angles will eliminate shadows in the form of "shadowless lights".

In other words, Lao Jiang is pitifully fragile now.

Yu Liang took out the longevity lock from his body, and then found a suitable angle to project the shadow of the longevity lock on the ground and in front of Lao Jiang's eyes.

Sure enough, Jiang Xiangdong was stunned when he saw the shadow of the lock. He subconsciously dug into his pocket, but he didn't seem to touch the familiar lock.

He tried to touch the shadow of the longevity lock, but his hand came up empty.

Jiang Xiangdong meditated for a moment on the ground, and then walked towards the table as if he was going to do something. However, during this period, his shadow merged with the shadow of the desk, so Yu Liang could not see what he was going to do.

After a while, Jiang Xiangdong held up a piece of paper under the light. There were holes poked in the paper, creating a difference in light and shadow, thus showing the handwriting.

"Yu Liang, why did you turn into a shadow?"

Um?

Is it me who turned into a shadow? !

Yu Liang frowned, feeling slightly confused, but then he calmed down.

No, Lao Jiang and I may be in different time and space, and when we observe each other, the other party will appear in the form of a shadow.

He opened the notebook on the table. It seemed to be Lao Jiang's random notes. The first half was probably a diary, but probably because it was in a different time and space, the writing on it was all black, and it was impossible to tell what was written.

It seemed that he could only see "shadows" clearly in this room.

Yu Liang glanced at it casually for a few times, then turned to the blank part at the back and tore off a piece of paper. He stamped words on it like Lao Jiang, and then projected it on the ground with the help of light.

"It's me, I'm in the staff dormitory in another time and space."

Xiao Yi pulled Yu Liang's hair and pointed to the door. Yu Liang looked at the door. The paper figure he had left at the door passed through the crack of the door and jumped up and down to signal to Yu Liang that someone was coming at the door.

Anyone?

Or a monster?

Yu Liang stepped forward, took the paper man into his hand, and asked, "Is it a human or a monster? Nodding is a human, shaking head is a monster."

The paper man understood what he said, so he nodded to indicate that what he saw outside was a human being.

person?

Was it Xu Cixi who came downstairs to find him, or was it someone else?

Yu Liang quickly wrote a sentence on the paper and then projected it on the ground.

"I'm busy now, I'll come back later."

It seems that Lao Jiang is not a real resident of this dormitory building. He may not know anything about these monsters, so asking him won't yield many clues, and it would be an extremely waste of time.

He stuffed the notes into the drawer, then took back Xiao Yi who was holding his head, and carefully opened the door to the room.

There seemed to be nothing in the corridor, and there were no eyes popping out of the stains on the walls, which meant that the dormitory manager was no longer paying attention to the second floor.

But what about people?

Didn't Xiao Yi just say that someone passed by on the second floor?

Could it be that as he thought, it was Xu Cixi who came down the stairs, and now she has gone to the first floor to find him?

After all, I told her that I couldn't be alone.

Just as he was thinking this, Yu Liang suddenly saw a head sticking out of the shadows in the stairs.

Xie Yunmeng, also known as Sister Meng in Xu Cixi's mouth, was the one who lured the dormitory away before.

"You are... that Yu..." Xie Yunmeng was stunned, her brain was a little down. She held it in for a while before saying her name, "Yu Liang, right? Why are you here?"

"Li Huachao rushed in to save us. I have a special strange story about me and cannot be alone outdoors." Yu Liang explained in a familiar manner, this time adding the condition of "outdoors".

"Even so, is it too dangerous for a blind person like you to be in a place like this? That Li Huachao..." Xie Yunmeng frowned. She did not say the next words, but looked at Yu Liang again.

Xu Cixi is a bit naive, but she is different. She does not treat others as fools, so Yu Liang in front of her is obviously not a fool either.

Is there really a blind person staying alone in this crisis-ridden dormitory building?

You have to know that she had already used up two special characters on her body just by sneaking around the dormitory, and even used up the life-saving flame bird stamp once. And can a blind man really walk out of an unknown ghost room at will?

etc!

"You! You have no shadow! You are not Yu Liang, who are you?" Xie Yunmeng suddenly noticed that there was no shadow under Yu Liang's feet. She was shocked and turned away from Yu Liang. Her skin suddenly turned red. , a hot flame condensed from the fingertips and rushed towards Yu Liang.

"?!" Yu Liang was startled and could no longer dodge.

This is not a character, this is a ghost story ability or a professional ability!

In the midst of lightning and flint, Yu Liang drove the character "Quenching" into his body. His body suddenly became stiff, but he also gained strength enough to compete with the flames.

When the flames dissipated, Xie Yunmeng had disappeared at the top of the stairs.

Are you so decisive?

What a pity that a "pawn" piece would be wasted on such a thing.

Yu Liang felt helpless, but it was hard to blame anyone. Anyone who encountered someone who shouldn't have appeared in this dormitory would be frightened. Moreover, this person had no shadow, and the way zoo visitors showed fear was to either run away or It was the first to attack.

He looked down at his feet.

No shadow?

He really hadn't noticed the shadow under his feet. Sure enough, just as Xie Yunmeng said, the shadow under his feet had disappeared.

When did this happen?

Is it because he had communication with Lao Jiang?

A possibility arose in his mind, but he felt something was wrong, because Lao Jiang should have no ill intentions towards him.

Or was it that he had already lost his shadow earlier in that ordinary and weird room at the end of the corridor?

In that case, Xiao Yi should have discovered it at that time.

He called out the paper man Xiaoyi again, pointed to the room at the end of the corridor and asked: "Did my shadow disappear there? Answer me by nodding or shaking your head."

The younger one nodded, shook his head, and finally waved his hand to indicate that he wasn't too sure.

All right.

Yu Liang was helpless. He just had a vague hunch in his heart that the strange things happening in the staff dormitory might be related to "it".

The task of returning the shadow in the middle of the night, the room where the shadow was stolen, and the ground connecting the two shadows in time and space. Everything I have encountered so far seems to be related to the shadow, and it is a ghost that freely shuttles between shadows.

But the only thing that made him feel wrong was that he had never seen "it" before. Logically speaking, if the things here were related to "it", "it" would definitely start hinting at it the moment he stepped into the dormitory building. "It" is here.

He looked at himself and noticed something more important.

The body has been baptized by the "quenching" character and can resist the flames, but the clothes on the body obviously cannot.

Although the underwear still clings tightly to the body, the top and pants are in tatters and can no longer be worn.

Yu Liang hesitated, then took out the dormitory suit. He held it in his hand and observed it for a while. This one was taken out of the closet, so it was relatively clean and had no peculiar smell.

There doesn't seem to be anything special about it.

He was slightly relieved. This work clothes was not as evil as the monsters often described in novels. It was not surrounded by evil spirits or filled with evil thoughts.

Putting on his overalls, Yu Liang felt a chill that penetrated his bones, but it only lasted for a moment and then disappeared. When he looked at his page again, a prompt box popped up.

[Completed stamp collection—Midnight Wandering Spirit]

[Note: Put on work clothes and paper bags, you are the supervisor of the employee dormitory. 】

Midnight Wandering Spirit: Dormitory staff's favorability +1, overall quality +1, dormitory manager's favorability -3.

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