Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

Chapter 220 Theme Competition: Fortune Apartment (5)

After much persuasion from Zhang Cheng, Gu Shijiu finally agreed to return the suit-wearing doll to Jiang Jiadong, on the condition that Zhang Cheng share the information he possessed with Gu Shijiu.

After being away from home for a while, even Gu Shijiu has learned to bargain.

Xu Zhongtian, male, was just 40 years old when he committed the crime.

The perpetrator of the serial murders at apartment 1688 of Fuyun Apartment three years ago.

He briefly escaped after the incident. Police found more than ten skeletons in the Fuyun Apartment complex, causing widespread panic.

However, Xu Zhongtian was soon arrested by the police. He committed suicide in the detention center, leaving behind a suicide note with an ambiguous meaning.

The suicide note stated that he personally sent his wife and children away, guiding them across death to true immortality.

"Merciful Lord, please forgive the folly of the world. I will always be your faithful believer."

This is the last sentence of the suicide note.

Prior to this, his wife and children had been missing, neither alive nor dead.

Upon seeing this suicide note, people realized that Xu Zhongtian's initial prey was actually his own family members.

This is a real psychopathic killer.

After his suicide, everyone applauded.

However, Xu Zhongtian's death was not the end of the whole incident; rather, it seemed to be the key that unlocked a series of terrifying events.

For a considerable period after his death, people claiming to be "residents of Fuyun Apartment" would occasionally provide information, saying they had seen him in the apartment.

Xu Zhongtian sometimes appeared in the hallway, sometimes in the elevator, walking all the way to room 1688.

If he sees any residents in the building along the way, he will ask if he has seen his wife and children.

No matter what the answer is, he will chase after the person and hack at them until they are dead...

Later, based on the leaked information, it was found that Xu Zhongtian always appeared on the 14th or 24th of each month.

However, the official statement quickly refuted the rumors, saying that those rumors were fabricated by busybodies for the sake of traffic.

The story was quite exciting, and Gu Shijiu read it with great interest.

Number 14 and number 24, aren't those the numbers mentioned in the rules posted in the hallway? Today happens to be the 14th.

Gu Shijiu took out her phone and looked at the date on the screen. Oh my god, this is even more exciting.

As the group was chatting, a sudden rumble of thunder came from outside, so loud it was deafening. Even though it was outside the wall, it felt as if it were right next to their ears.

A few seconds later, the rain poured down, and a large number of panicked people appeared on the road.

Zhang Cheng and Jiang Jiadong frowned upon hearing the rain, while Gu Shijiu also sensed that something subtle had happened in the building.

Gu Shijiu's face fell: "It's all your fault for stopping me from chatting. Otherwise, I would have already bought the food and come back. Whatever, you still have to treat me to dinner today."

Jiang Jiadong's expression was complicated: "Miss, do you understand? We've already lost quite a few men. Even if you're highly skilled and daring, you should leave immediately."

Gu Shijiu clearly didn't think so. She had been a drought demon before and wasn't afraid of these ghosts.

The two parties reached a deal on a pleasant note.

Gu Shijiu pressed the elevator button, preparing to go in, but Zhang Cheng stopped her: "How is the external lighting now?"

"It's pretty bright." Gu Shijiu confidently looked up at the flickering, dim light bulb.

"Hehe. You have really good eyesight." Jiang Jiadong said sarcastically from the side.

The viewers in the live stream spoke up for Gu Shijiu.

"That's exactly right. The rules don't quantify the indicators, so how can we make a judgment?"

"That's right. From our perspective in the Dark Realm, this level of brightness is already considered brightly lit, perhaps similar to what we see."

......

"Just to be on the safe side, let's take the stairs." Zhang Cheng pulled Gu Shijiu to the stairwell.

The elevator doors had already opened. Gu Shijiu looked back and noticed that the areas on the door that were originally neatly pasted were now blank, with only some white, sticky liquid remaining, like glue.

A few seconds later, the elevator doors closed and it started going up, apparently someone upstairs had pressed a button.

The person pressing the elevator button was a newbie assigned to Zhang Cheng by the special incident handling team.

The newbie is new, young, and inexperienced, so in principle, they shouldn't be sent to such a dangerous place.

However, the organization is currently short-handed, and Zhang Cheng, being a mature and prudent person, considered that the newcomers needed to get up to speed as soon as possible, so he sent the newbie over.

Originally, Jiang Jiadong was supposed to be the host, but after Gu Shijiu's interruption, he completely forgot that the team would be sending someone new today.

When the newbie arrived downstairs, he called Jiang Jiadong, but the call didn't go through. He decided to find the office on the sixteenth floor himself.

Without a doubt, the newbie chose the elevator.

The elevator stopped at the fifteenth floor. The newbie pressed several buttons, but the elevator did not respond.

Since there was only one floor left, the newbie felt something was very wrong, but there was nothing he could do but continue walking down the stairwell, trying to go up one floor of stairs.

The fifteenth floor has been uninhabited for years. The newbie touched the wall and his hand was covered in dust.

In the narrow corridor, mottled wall plaster occasionally fell off, and layers of spider webs covered the corners, making the whole environment look very desolate.

The newbie stumbled and staggered upstairs, but the floor above wasn't the sixteenth floor; instead, a huge number, 15, was written on the wall directly above.

The lettering looked freshly painted; the red paint hadn't dried yet, leaving several winding streaks along the wall.

The newbie was startled and hurriedly turned to leave. Just then, a clap of thunder sounded outside the window—

A torrential downpour suddenly began, turning the already dimly lit corridor as dark as if it were night.

The newbie was startled, looked around, seemingly with nowhere to go, and finally rushed towards the elevator.

The elevator doors closed automatically.

The newbie then realized that he had made the wrong choice in his panic and almost jumped up.

He suppressed his fear and glanced quickly behind him. Seeing nothing, he was somewhat relieved.

Without looking back, he climbed into the elevator and pressed the number 16.

Because he was walking in such a hurry, he didn't notice that a blurry figure had appeared in the previously empty stairwell.

...Something dangerous is coming up.

In the hallway, Gu Shijiu stared at the elevator that was going up, and for some reason, her heart suddenly started beating very fast.

She had just returned from having a free meal at Zhang Cheng's place when Zhang Cheng and Jiang Jiadong went to continue their patrol in the stairwell.

Gu Shijiu composed herself and remained motionless in the stairwell.

Although I don't know if it's something strange or if it's aimed at me, I still need to be prepared.

Just as I was pondering this, the elevator doors slowly opened with a ding-dong sound.

A figure rushed out from inside.

Unable to find a suitable weapon, Gu Shijiu grabbed a fire extinguisher from under the fire hydrant in the stairwell.

"Help me—"