Chapter 43 Inside the Red Door
Liu Haoyu didn’t care what the homeless man behind him was thinking.
The first thing he needed to do was to find out where Old Deng had gone.
Even though the old man was not Liu Haoyu’s relative, to Liu Haoyu, Old Deng, as his master, was even closer than family.
How could he stand idly by when his master was in danger?
He climbed up the stairs, and the further he went, the stronger the smell of blood became.
In this skeleton building, the few residents who were there were all lying in pools of blood.
Even more bizarre was that only their corpses remained, their souls inexplicably gone.
As if they had been devoured by something.
“The Red Door?”
Liu Haoyu could only think of this possibility.
Behind him, the mad homeless man continued to let out a eerie laugh.
“Run, run… where can you run to?”
To make Liu Haoyu more fearful, he intentionally amplified his own footsteps.
Liu Haoyu ignored him and continued to climb.
The floors became darker, and a strange aura began to permeate the air.
When he reached the fourth floor, Liu Haoyu found that the lights in the corridor were all on.
The crimson light in this place was extremely eerie.
Even more terrifying was that this was a skeleton building, and there should be no electricity!
How these lights were lit was self-evident.
Liu Haoyu took a deep breath and then stepped onto the fourth floor without hesitation.
When he reached the fourth floor, the stairs that should have been behind him began to twist and distort, finally turning into a pale gray concrete wall.
Qin Liu was also by Liu Haoyu’s side and reminded him.
“The stairs have disappeared!”
“I know.”
Liu Haoyu continued to run forward.
Qin Liu hesitated, glanced back at the situation behind her, and then followed Liu Haoyu.
Due to the limited quantity of Hong Yu, Qin Liu could only stay outside for now; otherwise, Hong Yu would not be able to support her subsequent actions.
Moreover, before they came, the Black Book had also said that it would be best not to hide their identities on this trip.
So, although Qin Liu was still a bit scared, she still mustered her courage and followed Liu Haoyu to find Old Deng.
“Where are you running… 10 (1) 4th 5th 9th 8th”
Behind the one person and one ghost, Pang Yang also reached the fourth floor.
However, when he entered the fourth floor, he was stunned by the strange and terrifying environment before him.
A strong sense of unease began to fill his heart, but when he looked back, he found that the stairs behind him had already disappeared without a trace.
“What’s going on?”
Pang Yang’s frenzied eyes gradually disappeared, as if he had regained his sanity.
An indescribable anxiety, mixed with intense fear, quickly occupied Pang Yang’s heart.
At this moment, even the hand holding the chopping knife was trembling.
The corridor was filled with dim red light. The man who had come up earlier had already disappeared, as if he had been swallowed by this seemingly endless corridor.
Standing in the shadows, he kept looking back.
He didn’t know if it was his imagination, but Pang Yang always felt like behind him…
Someone was there.
But no matter how many times he looked back, there was only empty darkness behind him, and not a single person could be seen.
Pang Yang realized a possibility.
Could it be… that the man was hiding in the darkness now?
Was he the prey now?
Thinking of this, Pang Yang felt his limbs go cold, and his brain trembled uncontrollably.
The dim red corridor, the blood-stained walls, and the deathly silent environment.
At this moment, he understood—he too could feel fear?
His legs began to shake, and he started running unconsciously.
The sound of his worn-out military boots on the concrete floor was extremely jarring in this hellish corridor.
Even Pang Yang didn’t know why he had suddenly started running.
He only knew that when he ran, he felt a sense of security.
But even so, the feeling of being watched did not dissipate, so Pang Yang dared not stop.
He kept running.
Running constantly.
Even though he was panting, exhausted, and struggling to breathe, he did not stop.
What was originally a corridor only ten to twenty meters long now seemed like several hundred meters. No matter how much the man ran, he couldn’t reach the end.
Could this be… a ghost wall!?
Pang Yang could no longer bear it and stopped, gasping for breath.
Sweat dripped from his forehead onto the floor.
But he saw that the spots falling on the ground were bright red.
Pang Yang instinctively wiped his forehead. Thinking it was an illusion, he saw that his sleeves were stained red with large patches of blood.
What dripped down was not sweat at all… but blood!
So, he quickly looked up.
He finally found the source of the peeping.
He saw that above him were the residents who had been killed earlier!
Their souls were floating above him, looking at him with ferocious and resentful expressions.
Pang Yang broke out in a cold sweat and let out a scream, then continued to run forward.
Perhaps by fate’s grace, after running for another two minutes in the cobweb-filled corridor, he finally found his room.
Lifting the curtain, he rushed into the room impatiently.
And found some wooden boards to firmly block the door.
He still felt uneasy and had to prop up the bed to completely cover the door.
After doing all this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Pang Yang had not been a ghost exorcist for many years.
This profession was very dangerous and required extreme talent; one could not become one just by wishing it.
He hadn’t expected to be targeted by a fierce ghost today.
So, to deal with these life-taking fierce ghosts, Pang Yang began to rummage through his box.
Trying to find the long-forgotten talismans inside.
“Found it, found it…”
Seeing the Zhenlei Talisman in the box, which had been buried for who knows how long, the man’s face finally showed a happy expression.
He picked up the talisman and turned around, about to open the door.
However, when he turned his head, he found that the bed and wooden boards he had used to block the door had disappeared without a trace.
Only a blood-stained, rusted iron door remained?
Seeing this door, the man’s body froze completely.
Pang Yang’s face grew paler and paler.
This blood-stained, rusted iron door was showing signs of opening.
Pang Yang dared not delay and quickly stepped forward, trying to close the door.
Then… a greasy, swollen hand got stuck in the door.
The face of that fat woman peeked out from the door crack.
Her neck had a deep wound, and bright red blood was gushing out from the wound.
“Ahhhhhhh!!”
The man let out a scream. He desperately rushed forward, trying to hold the door shut.
The outside of the door fell into an eerie silence.
But in the next second…
BOOM!!!
A loud noise made the iron door tremble.
Something was banging on the door!
And not just one!
Pang Yang’s face grew paler. He gritted his teeth, holding the blood-stained iron door tightly.
He used all his strength to prevent the iron door from being pushed open.
Even though he knew this door was probably not something good, if the fierce ghost behind the door got in, he would surely be torn to shreds!
“Open the door!”
“If you have the guts to kill, you have the guts to open the door!”
“Quickly open the door… quickly open the door…”
“…”
Those voices were the voices of the people Pang Yang had killed.
After an unknown amount of time, the voices disappeared.
Pang Yang collapsed weakly on the ground. He leaned against the blood-stained iron door, trying to catch his breath.
However, at that moment, the door was pushed open from the outside…
With his back against the blood-stained red door, he fell backward defenselessly.
When Pang Yang opened his eyes, he found that the people he had killed were surrounding him, showing eerie and indescribable smiles.
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!”
After the screams, everything returned to peace.
The red door closed again, and the world plunged into darkness.
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“Where is he?”
Liu Haoyu continued to move forward.
The red lights behind him began to extinguish one by one.
The end of the corridor was getting closer to him.
But the light around him was getting darker.
Qin Liu followed Liu Haoyu, moving cautiously.
For some reason, she felt the atmosphere was a bit strange.
Although it was terrifying and eerie, she felt no fear in her heart at this moment.
It was like being at home.
When the two reached the end of the corridor, they finally saw the target of their journey.
It was a blood-stained, rusted iron door.
Just standing there, it could give people an extremely terrifying sense of oppression.
The fear from the depths of their souls made them shiver.
But here, there was only the red door, and no sign of Old Deng.
The red door stood in front of the one person and one ghost without any movement.
“Did he go in already?”
Liu Haoyu gritted his teeth.
But the red door still showed no reaction.
At this moment, it seemed like an ordinary iron door.
However, Liu Haoyu knew that things were definitely not that simple.
The terrifying resentment made it difficult to breathe.
Liu Haoyu took a deep breath and slowly placed his hand on the red door.
“Are you crazy!?”
The pale hand that suddenly appeared from the Black Book startled Qin Liu.
But this hand wrote on Liu Haoyu’s neck.
“If you go in, you might not be able to come out!”
Facing the Black Book’s dissuasion, Liu Haoyu looked back at Qin Liu.
Because he could see the red door, Liu Haoyu could directly see Qin Liu’s worried little eyes.
She grabbed the collar of her JK sailor uniform with her left hand and couldn’t help but say.
“Do you really want to go in?”
“Yes.”
“Then… I’ll go with you.”
Qin Liu came to Liu Haoyu’s side.
And when Liu Haoyu saw Qin Liu actually come closer, he was somewhat surprised.
After all, he knew very well that Qin Liu did not know her own identity and abilities.
So, Qin Liu, thinking she was “unarmed,” followed him without hesitation.
Thinking of this, Liu Haoyu smiled.
“It’s one thing that I’m not afraid of death, but are you not afraid of death either?”
“This…” Qin Liu hesitated for a moment, then said, “I’m a good ghost, how can I tolerate you going to your death?”
In fact, Qin Liu had always been a good person.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been hit by a cement truck while saving someone in her past life.
She was like this even towards strangers, and even more so towards friends.
Moreover… Qin Liu only had Liu Haoyu as a friend now.
“Is that so?”
Liu Haoyu looked at Qin Liu’s hesitant and slightly proud expression and couldn’t help but reach out, wanting to pinch her bulging cheeks.
“What are you doing?”
Qin Liu didn’t resist being pinched on the face, but her words were a bit muffled.
“Nothing, just wanted to touch you.”
After feeling this softness, Liu Haoyu suddenly had the thought of dying without regrets.
However, Qin Liu didn’t bother to argue with him over such little things.
The one person and one ghost stood before the red door. Liu Haoyu placed his hand on the blood-stained, rusted iron door.
Taking a deep breath, he slowly exerted force with his right hand.
The red door was pushed open.
Inside, there were no tragic, resentful evil spirits, nor pale ghost hands reaching out.
The door led to an endless, bottomless darkness.
The Black Book’s pale hand tugged at Liu Haoyu’s collar and continued to write on his neck.
“Even with a guide by your side, this trip is a nine-dead, one-alive situation.”
“Now that the old ghost exorcist has entered, his fate is uncertain.”
“You don’t have to risk yourself.”
Facing the Black Book’s dissuasion, Liu Haoyu didn’t even look back.
“If I leave now, what’s the difference between that and being ungrateful?”
“…”
After a moment of silence, the Black Book said.
“Good luck.”
Liu Haoyu resolutely walked into the red door.
It was said that no one who entered the red door ever came out alive.
But Liu Haoyu had come out last time, so this time he was confident he would come out alive.
And the source of this confidence was the girl by his side.
“Is there something on my face?”
Qin Liu seemed to feel Liu Haoyu’s gaze. She tilted her small head, appearing a little confused.
“Nothing.”
Liu Haoyu would naturally not admit that he was staring at Qin Liu’s pretty little face.
The darkness inside the red door seemed to be stagnant.
Even the light from the flashlight could not illuminate the situation in front of Liu Haoyu.
At this moment, a lantern slowly lit up.
The light source of the lantern was very weak, but it could illuminate everything around the two of them.
This lamplight not only dispelled the darkness but also significantly reduced the chilling feeling.
Qin Liu, holding the lantern, walked up to Liu Haoyu.
The yellowish light reflected on her beautiful little face.
“This way… I think I can see clearly now.”
Her voice was soft and pleasant to hear.
But for some reason, Liu Haoyu felt that under the lamplight, Qin Liu’s eyes were becoming increasingly hollow.
The fluctuations in her tone were also becoming weaker.
Was Qin Liu transforming into a guide?!
This was a situation Liu Haoyu had never encountered before. He quickly placed his hand on Qin Liu’s shoulder. After a violent shake,
Qin Liu returned to normal.
She looked at Liu Haoyu’s face, only being less than 20 centimeters away, and was stunned, saying.
“I am a…”
“You are a catgirl.”
“Climb!”
