Chapter 243 Lucky Star (IV)
Qiao Yuan blinked a few times, and after adjusting to the light in front of him, he quickly scanned the entire room.
After all, she had subconsciously observed the banquet hall when she entered before, and the only thing that could explode should be the speakers on the stage. But just now, along with the explosion, she smelled a familiar smell.
Qiao Yuan's eyes quickly swept across other places, and finally found the source of the explosion -
Zhou Ning.
The opponent's chest and abdomen had exploded, and the internal organs had splattered everywhere. Long intestines were hanging from the ceiling chandelier, and organs were spread out on the table, and some organs even fell at the feet of others.
The pungent smell of blood spread in the banquet hall.
The person next to Zhou Ning also opened his eyes at this time, and happened to see this scene. He stood up subconsciously, but unexpectedly stepped on an organ on the ground. The soft touch attracted the other party to lower his head. At this moment, he hated his good eyesight so much that he could see it very clearly.
He opened his mouth and a shrill scream followed.
The screams also attracted the attention of others. More and more people noticed the movement here, and when everyone turned their eyes over, they saw Zhou Ning's appearance.
Some people screamed in agony, some were so shocked by the scene that they were speechless, some were so stimulated by the scene that they didn't care about their image and couldn't help vomiting, but some people trembled and said, "This... Zhou Ning..."
"Could it be that the sound of the explosion just now was Zhou Ning? But how could a person explode..."
"Could it be that the terrorists planted a bomb on him?"
"Hurry up and call the doctor and staff over!"
…
There were many distracting voices in his ears, but Qiao Yuan's eyes were fixed on Zhou Ning in front of him.
Zhou Ning's stomach was empty, so it would be useless even if he called a doctor.
Zhou Ning is dead.
However, Zhou Ning's death was obviously not what everyone had guessed. After all, not to mention how Zhou Ning was related to terrorists, his death did not seem like something a human could do. It was more like a ghost...
Could it be a wandering ghost?
Qiao Yuan thought about it, but quickly shook his head to deny it. After all, it seemed that Yougui would not take action directly, and judging from his purpose, there was no need to touch Zhou Ning.
If it wasn't a wandering ghost, then there was only one possibility left -
Zhou Ning offended other ghosts.
At this moment, the actress next to Qiao Yuan asked in a low voice: "Is he... is he dead?"
But as soon as she finished her words, she was interrupted by the male star next to her: "Probably not, he's still standing."
That’s right, Zhou Ning was still standing.
The actress also noticed this. Just like what she had seen before, the other person's eyeballs were still shrinking rapidly, and soon only the dark eye sockets were left.
It turned out that it wasn't her illusion just now, there was really something wrong with Zhou Ning!
However, the actress was not excited at all. She just murmured to herself , "What...what on earth is going on..."
Someone endured the smell of blood and bravely stepped forward to check Zhou Ning, and finally concluded that he was dead.
The news of Zhou Ning's death did not make the people present feel relieved.
After all, if Zhou Ning was still alive, they would still have a chance to know what happened. But now Zhou Ning died in such an inexplicable way, and in such a weird way, which made them feel like they were being held by a sickle and they would be the next one to die.
After the lights came on, the scene became complete chaos.
Someone here finally came back to his senses from his panic and walked towards the door.
The door of the banquet hall, which had not been opened before, was finally opened at this moment. The first person to run out shouted for the staff to call 110 quickly.
The hotel staff heard the noise and rushed over. The scene before them was beyond their expectations and previous training. They reached into their pockets but couldn't take out their phones for a long time. Finally, someone who couldn't stand it anymore snatched the phone away and started typing rapidly.
Because he was anxious, the man turned on the speakerphone directly, but his repeated calls only resulted in a response of no signal.
Suspecting that there was a problem with the phone, the man quickly changed to another phone, but even so, he still couldn't make the call.
The emotionless cold female voice also came into the banquet hall, and other people who were close to the door also heard it. A cry of "Why is there no signal?" quickly spread throughout the banquet hall like a wave, and even Qiao Yuan heard it.
Sister Jiang and her assistant subconsciously walked towards Qiao Yuan. After all, Zhou Ning's death had left them with lingering doubts and fears. But strangely, when they found Qiao Yuan, their wandering hearts temporarily settled down.
Sister Jiang also heard what the other party said: "Is the signal in the hotel bad?"
The assistant said weakly: "But when I was playing with my phone in the lounge just now, the Internet speed was quite good..."
Qiao Yuan also remembered the silky smooth feeling of the network, so he became more and more certain that the loss of signal was most likely caused by ghosts.
She already had a guess in her mind -
Zhou Ning was a player who was involved in the game. She didn't know if she was new or old, but she was definitely on a mission like her. The other party failed in the mission, so he ended up like this.
But what she was worried about was that Zhou Ning’s death did not mean the end of the mission. The mission was still going on, and the ghost who caused Zhou Ning’s death was still nearby.
At this moment, Qiao Yuan suddenly realized why her luck was so good in the morning and at noon. It turned out that her threshold for today was waiting for her here -
She or everyone present was likely to be involved in Zhou Ning's mission.
But at the moment, all this was just her guess, and more evidence was needed to verify it. Precisely because the situation was unclear, Qiao Yuan did not rush out.
Someone quickly reminded us that we could make the call outside the hotel, but a short while later the person holding the phone and several staff members came back, saying in a nervous manner that the hotel door could not be opened.
Because of privacy considerations, the hotel they chose this time was not in a busy area. Several people tried to ask for help through the hotel's glass door, but no one showed up.
Under the guidance of the staff, they walked towards the back door again, hoping to contact the parking lot security through the back door. However, strangely, when they passed by, they found that there was no security guard in the parking lot.
However, the hotel's parking lot is patrolled by security guards in shifts 24 hours a day, in groups of four, so the possibility of slacking off is very small.
The staff took a few people to find the hotel manager to report the situation, but found that the hotel manager was missing.
The anxious artist wanted to break the hotel's glass door directly, saying that he would compensate for the cost of damaging the glass door. However, he soon discovered that it could not be broken even with special tools.
After trying all the doors and finding no way out, they had no choice but to come back.
"So we are trapped here?" someone exclaimed, shouting out the question that everyone present was most concerned about.
Before the atmosphere was about to turn bad again, the boss stood up again and looked at one of the staff members: "Your manager just spoke to me before the banquet started. Did he leave in such a short time?"
“When was the last time you saw your manager?”
The staff member thought about it for a moment, and then said, "It was before the banquet started. Mr. Zhou Ning's ear was injured, and the manager helped to treat it."
Boss: "Wait, Zhou Ning had contact with the manager? His ear was injured?"
He and the senior management arrived late, so they did not witness Zhou Ning's injury.
Zhou Ning's agent was also beside the boss and quickly explained the matter in a few words.
The staff member then said, "Normally, when there is an important banquet, the manager is either on this floor or in the office. But we went to the manager's office and this floor, but we couldn't find the manager..."
"We want to view the video, but we need to go through the authorization process to view the video."
His voice was trembling, after all, what was happening before his eyes was beyond his ability to think. Moreover, he had worked in the hotel for quite a long time, so he was familiar with the hotel's situation and knew that he had never encountered such a situation before.
The staff member whispered: "This... this is too weird..."
The other party's words reflected the inner thoughts of everyone present.
"According to Zhou Ning's agent, when he found Zhou Ning's ear bleeding, he took him out quickly and ran into the manager, who took Zhou Ning to a nearby room to deal with it. After the manager and Zhou Ning came out, the agent found that although Zhou Ning's ear was not bandaged, it was not bleeding. According to the manager and Zhou Ning, they were about to bandage it when they found that the ear was not bleeding. They don't know what happened specifically."
"So I wonder if the manager is actually a terrorist who believes in a cult, and because Zhou Ning happened to be injured, he chose him to be fried as a human to ruin our party?"
"After all, our company is well-known. If anything happens to us, it will cause a big stir both online and in real life. Now that the manager has failed to install the bomb, he is probably hiding somewhere and watching us..."
The one who spoke was the senior male star who had sat at Qiao Yuan's table before, Lu Ding.
Hearing about Zhou Ning's death, he also fell into fear and confusion. He also learned about the disappearance of the manager from the discussion of the previous few people. These two things combined quickly gave him an idea.
After finishing his guess, Luding glanced at the people around him, looking forward to their comments.
Some people actually nodded in agreement.
If it was before, they would definitely think that Luding's speculation was inexplicable. But after comparing it with the current situation, what Luding said seemed reasonable and convincing to them.
Others disagreed: "How could he install only one person/human bomb/bomb instead of the whole building?"
"Besides, wouldn't it be even more suspicious if he disappeared now? It would be better for him to pretend nothing happened and sneak in like the other staff members..."
Luding was speechless for a moment: "This...that..."
Ming Jingjing, the actress next to Qiao Yuan, was fiddling with her nails nervously while muttering softly, "That's obviously not something a human can do..."
Although Ming Jingjing's voice was not loud, it still reached Luding's ears. Luding was originally feeling ashamed for being refuted just now, but when he heard Ming Jingjing's words, he snorted coldly: "If it's not a human, is it a ghost?"
Ming Jingjing did not answer, she had already fallen into her own world.
She wanted to escape, but the words of these people clearly told her that there was no hope of escape, and her heart was filled with despair. For a moment, Ming Jingjing even thought that it would be great if it was really as Lu Ding said.
However, her words caused Qiao Yuan to take a second look, but Qiao Yuan quickly realized that the other party was not an experienced player, but just happened to witness some strange behavior of Zhou Ning.
On the other hand, after communicating with the staff, the boss also roughly understood the situation.
After all, the other party was in his 40s or 50s and had seen many storms, so he quickly calmed down and took the microphone from the executive next to him, saying that everyone should stay in the banquet hall first, and they would continue to find a way to get everyone out of the hotel. Before that, he also asked everyone not to make groundless speculations.
Because they were worried that Zhou Ning's body in the banquet hall would make everyone feel scared, under the organization of the boss and executives, the hotel staff first took a photo of Zhou Ning's body and then placed it at the door. The organs were also temporarily taken away, and only the remaining blood showed what had happened here.
The boss's words more or less comforted the crowd's originally anxious hearts, and the originally noisy crowd quieted down. Although anxiety and fear still existed, they were not as strong as before.
After talking to Sister Jiang and the assistant, Qiao Yuan went to find Zhou Ning's agent.
Qiao Yuan remembered that the other party was called Xiao Wu in the company.
Xiao Wu had just walked to the corner.
So many things happened so suddenly that Xiao Wu's brain was unable to think for a while. It was not until he finally calmed down that he realized that the artist he had been with day and night was dead.
It was his first time as an agent. He accidentally discovered Zhou Ning's singing talent, so he pulled her in to be a star. Unexpectedly, Zhou Ning became famous so quickly.
The relationship between an agent and a star is one of mutual achievement, so he was able to gain a foothold with the help of Zhou Ning.
Xiao Wu is only a few years older than Zhou Ning, so there is no generation gap between the two. Instead, they have many common topics and are both friends and colleagues.
However, Zhou Ning died.
The scene of Zhou Ning's death kept repeating in his mind. He thought of the "bang" he heard at that time, and was thinking about discussing with Zhou Ning what exploded later. He didn't expect that it was Zhou Ning himself who exploded.
He would never see Zhou Ning again.
Of course, what Xiao Wu regretted more was that he did not step forward because of fear and did not even dare to take another look at the other person's body.
Just as Xiao Wu was immersed in sadness and fear, a delicate face suddenly appeared in front of him.
He looked up in surprise and quickly recognized it was Qiao Yuan.
Just like the relationship between Zhou Ning and Qiao Yuan, he and Qiao Yuan were not very familiar with each other, so when he saw Qiao Yuan appear in front of him, he asked in confusion: "...What's wrong?"
Qiao Yuan also noticed that Xiao Wu was immersed in sadness, so he comforted him first, and then spoke out his true purpose.
