Volume 2: Ghost Invitation Chapter 0037 The Disappearing Cell Phone
"Cellphone? What cellphone?"
The Corruption Mage and Xiao Mo were both stunned after hearing this, not knowing what Zhang Tianyi was talking about.
Zhang Tianyi did not keep the two in suspense. He explained:
"The four victims who died, their mobile phones disappeared after their deaths."
"The people are already dead, so even if we can find their phones it won't help."
Seeing that the Corruption Mage still didn't understand what he meant, Zhang Tianyi shook his head and smiled, and didn't dwell on the matter anymore. But Xiao Mo showed a look of sudden realization, and then said to the two:
"If only one victim's phone disappeared, it might be a coincidence, but if all four victims had the same problem, then the disappearance of the phone is definitely not a coincidence. The disappearance of the phone and their deaths are not unrelated. In my opinion, their phones were taken away by ghosts."
Xiao Mo boldly expressed his guess, which coincided with Zhang Tianyi's guess.
The corrupt mage heard that the topic of the two people revolved around mobile phones, and he couldn't help asking again:
"What do you think is the point of it taking the victim's phone? The ghost's purpose is only to kill people. It has killed people, so why would it keep a broken phone? Could it be that this ghost is a collector and likes to collect the phones of dead people?"
According to normal logic, ghosts would not collect mobile phones, but if the rules recorded in the notes were taken into account, then this would become possible.
Ghosts like to create game rules, like playing a puzzle game, and participate in this game with their victims and abide by the rules it sets. According to the current situation, this game is not a puzzle game, but more like an escape game.
First, the ghost sends a WeChat message to the victim, informing the victim that they have participated in the game. After that, it will give the victim some time to figure out the rules of the game in order to have a chance of escape .
But in fact, they can't see any rules in this game. The so-called game is just a process of waiting for death. And in this process, the victims will not feel anything and will continue to live as usual. In the end, they don't even know how and why they died.
After they die, the phones they used to receive WeChat messages will be taken away by ghosts, just like the rewards won by the winners.
Xiao Mo is a complete rookie now and has basically no experience in solving supernatural incidents. What he knows is all copied from the notebook, which means he is learning and applying it right away.
So he copied the notes, defining the victim's mobile phone as the loot in the game, and the ghost in the incident as a voyeur who was eager for the loot. It was this idea that made him think of a possibility:
"Could the ghost's target be just the victim's phone? The WeChat messages it sends to the victims may just be a cover, or they may also serve as a positioning function. In other words, whoever has the phone that receives the WeChat message is the ghost's real target, and this target is not fixed."
The Corruption Mage obviously underestimated Xiao Mo, which made him look very surprised. However, Zhang Tianyi did not react much, but just said lightly:
“We need to try.”
Zhang Tianyi accepted Xiao Mo's suggestion, and then the three of them hurriedly left and went to meet up with Li Shuai and others.
Because they didn't know who the ghost's next target would be, they split into two groups before setting off. Li Shuai, Xinyan and the other two went to the home of another victim, while they came here.
Sitting in the taxi, Xiao Mo glanced at Zhang Tianyi and the Corruption Mage. The two were very calm at this moment, and hardly looked panicked at all. Xiao Mo smiled bitterly, and then looked at himself in the rearview mirror. That face was filled with indescribable panic.
He couldn't be as calm and composed as the other two now. After all, they were just bystanders in this incident, while he was an out-and-out participant. The ghost would eventually take action against him.
He was now completely confused about this kind of supernatural event and the existence of these people. He was very suspicious of the purpose of Zhang Tianyi and others participating in the supernatural event. Was it just to delay the pursuit of the pursuers? This reason did not convince him, there must be a deeper reason.
He currently does not know the deeper reason, but he can more or less guess why these people did not explain it to him.
"They are still wondering if I really have lost my memory."
Xiao Mo had a strong intuition that something very terrible would happen after this incident.
At the same time, Li Shuai and his two companions finally arrived at the victim's home.
"Finally the fucking time!"
Li Shuai rubbed his sore buttocks, spewing dirty words. Lao Gao glanced at him, walked straight to the door and knocked.
Not long after, a middle-aged man in his thirties opened the door. Seeing that this man was still alive, Lao Gao and the other two breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately they were not too late.
The middle-aged man was named Cui Shuyuan, a freelance writer. He didn't have many friends because he liked to stay at home, and no one came to his house all year round. So he was very surprised when he saw Lao Gao and the other two, and even a little scared of Lao Gao's hideous face.
"You are?"
Cui Shuyuan hid in the door and asked with confusion.
“We are the police…”
Lao Gao wanted to say that they were police officers, but before he could finish his words, Li Shuai behind him said:
"You're dying, there's a ghost trying to kill you, so open the door and let us in!"
Cui Shuyuan was stunned by Li Shuai's nonsensical words, but he immediately reacted and cursed with a bad face:
"You are crazy!"
After saying that, the door slammed shut with a bang.
Cui Shuyuan's behavior made Li Shuai very unhappy. He kicked the door hard, then turned around and said to Lao Gao and the others angrily:
"This kid is an idiot! How can you treat your benefactor like this?"
Lao Gao's face was full of black lines. He pulled Li Shuai aside and then scolded him:
"If I were him, I would go into the house, grab a kitchen knife, and then chop you to death with one blow!"
Seeing that Lao Gao was really angry, Li Shuai curled his lips and calmed down. After that, Lao Gao was worried and gave Li Shuai a few more instructions, then he knocked on Cui Shuyuan's door again.
This time Cui Shuyuan didn't even open the door. He only heard him shouting from inside:
"I don't know you guys, if you don't leave I'll call the police!"
"Don't get me wrong, he was just talking nonsense. Our real identities are police officers."
Lao Gao took out an ID from his jacket pocket and pointed it at the peephole:
"Look, this is my ID."
After carefully looking at the certificate given by Lao Gao, Cui Shuyuan finally opened the door, but his attitude was still not very good:
"Why would the police want to see me? I rarely even go out, so it's impossible for me to come into contact with any criminal suspects."
"I'm here to talk to you about something else. Do you want us to go in and talk?"
Cui Shuyuan hesitated for a moment, but still nodded:
"come in!"
