Chapter 59: Evil God (Twenty-one)
Another group of people came running towards the sound.
The legs of the two people who were lifted high up, which were able to kick randomly, soon drooped weakly, and their heads followed suit. Then, the bodies fell to the ground like leaves, blending into the floor and disappearing without a trace. There was no sound at all.
However, this seemed to be just the beginning. The next second, a "hissing" sound suddenly came from the room, as if a corner of a paper was torn.
But when everyone looked in the direction of the sound, they found that the sound was not made by any paper, but a boy's head.
It was someone from Nan Yuan's group. He rushed over after hearing the noise, but at this moment, a corner of his head was torn off his chest, and his skin and flesh were turned outward with blood. As the person involved, he seemed to have not reacted yet, staring blankly at the people around him looking at him in horror. When he followed the other people's eyes and fell on his chest, he realized what had happened, but he fell to the ground silently without making a sound, and disappeared into the ground like the two people before, leaving only the book in his hand on the ground.
Many people were still standing there in a daze , not reacting until the three disappeared . But some people had already stepped forward.
When she walked up and saw the open book, Qiao Yuan had already guessed what was going on. But before she could say anything, someone else said, "It's the library's rule."
It was another player who spoke.
It is a common rule in every library to prohibit noise and to take good care of books. Obviously, the man and woman in front were judged to be making noise because of their loud voices, while the latter was judged to be not taking good care of books because she accidentally tore a page while turning the pages.
The player's volume is not loud, but it is loud enough for people around to hear clearly.
Those who had reacted and wanted to scream now subconsciously closed their mouths. Those who were holding books in their hands also subconsciously trembled in their hands, as if they were holding a hot potato, but they did not dare to drop it.
Although there were many students present who often came to the library before participating in the game, no one could remember the library rules clearly. The group could only look around again and finally found the rules in a corner. After reading them, they continued to move forward.
However, even with such caution, there were still a few people who suffered losses due to violations because there were so many regulations.
"Sister, so this is what trapped Chen Luyi?" Li Wu turned to look at Qiao Yuan and asked in a low voice: "Isn't it enough to just remember the rules?"
Perhaps because of his previous experience, he subconsciously wanted to stay with Qiao Yuan. However, Song Yanchi, whose eyes had recovered, acted strangely, which made him worry that the treatment was not thorough, otherwise why did he always look at him with such a sharp gaze.
"No." Qiao Yuan replied in a low voice: "There should be something else. After all, these regulations are to protect books."
She just looked at the chat history between Li Wu and Chen Luyi again and found that the latter said "they are destroying the books", which is obviously contrary to these regulations.
In addition to her, others also thought of this. Nan Yuan held Nan Keke, who could not run around, tightly to his side and looked around with a vigilant expression.
Li Wu: "So this rule is only valid for humans, not for other things?"
Qiao Yuan said the second half of what he wanted to say: "Yes, it is species discrimination."
After Li Wu recalled in his mind that the library did not forbid swearing in his mind, he could finally express his opinions in his mind without worry.
At this time, the remaining people were already walking upstairs, and there were still four or five books left out of the twenty or so books. Strangely, along the way, they did not see the people who had come before, nor did they encounter the so-called "them" mentioned by Chen Lu.
Because there were no corpses before, they couldn't tell whether those people had hidden themselves or died without even corpses left.
Li Wu sent another message, but still no reply.
The two teams have reunited, and Gao Yan deliberately walked beside Qiao Yuan in order to catch up with her.
After being looked at coldly by Song Yanchi, he quickened his pace and walked to the front, leading the way as if to demonstrate his masculinity and leadership: "I think what Chen Luyi is talking about are those regulations. Really, he didn't explain it clearly..."
"I tell you, there's nothing good about this..."
His voice stopped abruptly when he saw several bodies sticking out from behind the bookshelf. If he hadn't remembered clearly that he shouldn't make any noise, he would have almost screamed. But even so, his face turned pale in an instant.
Fortunately, Li Wu, who had good eyesight, spoke first and called out the other party's name: "Chen Luyi? Why didn't you reply to the message?"
Chen Luyi was tall and looked like he had been exercising regularly, but his face was pale. Behind him stood several classmates, who also looked terrified and had injuries on their bodies, and seemed to have not yet reacted.
Qiao Yuan saw a person he had seen in the medical school teaching building, who might be a player. However, this person also looked like he had suffered something terrible. His face was pale and he seemed unable to speak for a long time.
Judging from the number of people in this group, there must have been several casualties.
Chen Luyi's voice was a little dry: "You are finally here. We violated the library's regulations. Several people died and their bodies disappeared. The library's signal is also sometimes good and sometimes not."
"We found the book..."
As he finished speaking, many people present looked at the book in his arms. Even Gao Yan, who had been frightened by a few people just now, looked much better and temporarily stopped greeting Chen Lu's family in his heart.
Li Wu also looked excited: "Really? Has Qi Ge confirmed it?"
He looked at the man wearing round glasses next to Chen Luyi. The other person was Qi Ge, the owner of the borrowing record. After receiving everyone's gaze, he nodded slowly.
Nan Keke cheered softly: "Great, can we go out now?"
This library has too many rules, which restrict Nan Keke's hands and feet. She just wants to get out of this situation as soon as possible.
Li Wu had the same idea as Nan Keke, and called on Chen Luyi and the others to come over quickly.
Qiao Yuan smiled at Chen Luyi and said, "Can I take the book?"
Chen Lu looked at Qiao Yuan warily, then shook his head and hugged the book tighter.
Li Wu then remembered that Chen Luyi had never seen Qiao Yuan: "Don't be afraid, this is someone I know, she is a..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Qiao Yuan, Song Yanchi and Nan Yuan move almost at the same time, targeting the book in Chen Luyi's hand.
Li Wu swallowed back the word "good guy" that he hadn't finished saying.
Song Yanchi reacted faster and pulled the book out of Chen Luyi's arms. The moment the book left his arms, Chen Luyi's face changed, but soon several talismans were thrown at him.
The moment it fell on his body, it burned rapidly as if it had touched flammable material, and Chen Luyi's body was instantly engulfed in flames.
Li Wu: "This..."
But he soon realized the problem. The sound made by Chen Luyi was like long nails scratching across glass, very harsh, and not like a sound that a human could make at all.
Moreover, Chen Luyi in the firelight actually had a cut on his back. As a figure drilled out of his body, Chen Luyi's body fell limply.
Nan Keke: "Uh...soul out of body?"
The people following Chen Luyi turned around and tried to run, but were caught by other people who had reacted and took the props away, and soon suffered the same fate.
The flames faded, and only pieces of human skin, which looked like what was left after molting, remained on the ground. They were burnt beyond recognition. The thing that came out of it ran a few steps, but failed to put out the fire on its body, and finally fell to the ground with a bang. Before it was burned to ashes, everyone was able to see clearly what it was.
It was a mass of things that barely had a human shape, with no hair. There were a few patches of skin that were not burnt and were pink, while the rest of the skin was bumpy and covered with scars. The facial features were stuck together, and only the nose and eyes could be barely distinguished.
As the flames died down, the bodies and these things disappeared. However, everyone present knew clearly that these things had penetrated into the human skin and were approaching them.
Because he had seen too many people die in the past few days, Li Wu was no longer as sad as he was at the beginning about the deaths of others. Instead, he turned to look at Qiao Yuan and asked, "How did you find out?"
Qiao Yuanzheng took the book that Song Yanchi had snatched from him, flipped through it, and answered, "It's about signals and skin."
When Chen Lu first said that the signal was bad, Qiao Yuan was already a little suspicious. After all, the other party should be someone who was expecting to be rescued, so why would he lie about such a thing?
If you look closely, you will find that the skin of Chen Luyi and others is very tight, as if someone is wearing a small and ill-fitting piece of clothing.
Because the other party was holding the book, she could only trick the book into her hand first. Unexpectedly, the other party refused to give it to her, so she had to snatch it away.
But obviously she was not the only one who discovered this, there were several people who took action at that time.
Now it seems that Chen Luyi might have died long ago after sending the message, and these things have been guarding the book and waiting for people.
"Are there any clues in this book?" It was Nan Yuan's voice.
He failed to snatch the book from Song Yanchi, and after discovering that the other party handed the book to Qiao Yuan, he looked straight at her.
Qiao Yuan could tell from the other party's expression that if she didn't answer, the other party would just come up and snatch it away, but there was no need for her to lie about this matter.
She waved the book "Unsolved Mysteries of the World" in her hand: "No."
This was the book that Qiao Yuan was most suspicious of when he saw the borrowing list. Now it seems that the other party has solved the mystery?
Nan Yuan nodded, as if he believed what Qiao Yuan said, and turned around to continue looking for books with Nan Keke. However, this was not a sign of trust in Qiao Yuan, but that he did not take him seriously at all.
If Qiao Yuan told a lie, he could retaliate.
Chen Luyi and the others are dead, and their only task left now is to continue looking for the book.
Because of what happened just now, everyone subconsciously gathered together to look for books. After crossing out a few more books, Qiao Yuan found a book on the borrowing list.
The title of the book is "Biography of Liu Ke".
Judging from the book cover, it tells the life story of the legendary wealthy businessman Liu Ke. The cover is a combination of three photos. The first one is a young man with high spirits, the second one is a middle-aged man with a calm face, and the third one is a haggard old man. If it weren't for the similar facial features in the three photos, it would be difficult to recognize that they are the same person.
There is also a line of small words below, which seems to be added to attract people to read: At the age of thirty, he saved the family business that was on the verge of bankruptcy. At the age of forty, he suddenly fell into madness and hallucinations. He had to sell his property and spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital.
Qiao Yuan's eyes fell on "Falling into Madness and Hallucinations at the Age of Forty", and he immediately realized something, and quickly turned to the corresponding page to read. Because the other party had gone mad when writing this book, it was written by someone else based on his oral narration when he was slightly more sober and his previous diary.
Fortunately, each chapter has a thoughtful synopsis of the previous story, allowing everyone to better understand Liu Ke.
Liu Ke's first half of life could be described as smooth sailing, until he was forty, when he became successful and famous and went on a luxury cruise abroad with his wife and children. Unexpectedly, he disappeared for a few days. Some people suspected that he was hijacked by pirates, while others suspected that he had fallen silent because of a shipwreck.
When the cruise ship appeared again, he was the only one who survived among the thousands of people on board. His wife and children also died in the disaster.
Because there were many wealthy businessmen and some foreign aristocrats on the cruise ship, the news caused a sensation.
In order to relieve his psychological trauma and find out the reasons, several top international doctors rushed over. After examination, Liu Ke was found to be in good health. The psychological experts then guided Liu Ke to recall the scene at that time.
But to their disappointment, Liu Ke insisted that it was not because of hijacking or shipwreck, but because of Him.
“He said he wanted to play a game with us.”
That day, he boarded a luxury cruise ship with his wife and children to celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary. As the night wore on, the cruise ship, dotted with lights, sailed out of the harbor, and everyone gathered in the cruise ship's banquet hall to listen to music and dance. The rest of his life's memories were trapped in the following experience.
The lively dinner had completely changed. Those who refused to participate in the game died first. He saw that some people's skirts were stained with blood, and some people in suits and leather shoes had their upper and lower bodies separated. The band had clearly stopped playing, but the music was still flowing in the air. The lively dinner that was originally held to welcome everyone had completely changed. The collapsed champagne tower was the fate of everyone being torn apart.
