Chapter 54 Apartment of No Escape
“Everyone listen to me first,”
When everyone was chattering, Xu Wenbing coughed twice, silencing the noise.
“During the search just now, everyone must have found the tools to pry open the window.”
“Now we just need to pry open the wooden boards, and we can escape from here.”
“We are all strangers who met by chance. This is also an era of rule of law, so there is no need for fighting and killing. It is best for everyone to cooperate and get out alive.”
This was indeed the way a leader would speak. It seemed like he said a lot, but in reality, he seemed to have said nothing.
He was simply stating what everyone already knew and trying to show his authority.
Not only Liu Haoyu thought so, but the madam also gave a disdainful cold snort.
Although she said it very softly, judging by her lips, she was probably saying, “Who doesn’t know that?”
Liu Haoyu withdrew his gaze.
The main door was sealed with chains, and ordinary tools could not open it. Therefore, everyone present was trying to pry open the wooden boards of the first-floor window.
Although many people’s tools were not very good, brute force could work wonders.
Soon, a wooden board was pried open by someone.
Seeing this, everyone could not help but let out a cheer.
But Liu Haoyu suddenly had a bad premonition.
He quickly retreated.
Qiu Leling watched Liu Haoyu’s expression. Since he did not speak, the young girl dared not approach the window rashly.
“Squeak squeak…”
A tooth-aching friction sound was heard as the nails holding the wooden board began to be pulled out one by one, and soon the wooden board began to fall off.
Until the last wooden board was pried open, looking at the free world outside, the person who pried open the window could not help but let out a joyous cheer.
Under everyone’s gaze, he nimbly climbed over the window and crawled out.
Then he raised his hands high, as if praising the sun and freedom.
Seeing this situation, everyone also rushed towards the window.
However, just as they were about to do so, the first person who went out suddenly fell to the ground.
For some reason, his body began to convulse uncontrollably.
This caused those who were about to climb out of the window to stop immediately.
Then, the scene outside the window began to appear very strange.
It was like the reflection in a funhouse mirror, gradually twisting into an unrecognizable shape.
Following this, the person outside the window also began to transform, his skin, flesh, and bones slowly twisting into grotesque shapes.
At the same time, the sharp “crack” of breaking bones echoed in the living room, making everyone’s scalp tingle and their bodies involuntarily retreat.
“Save… save…”
The man outside the window seemed to be reaching out for help, but even though he was only a meter away from the window, no one dared to approach him rashly.
From the moment the scene outside the window began to change, everyone panicked.
This situation could not be explained by science at all!
When they saw the note, many people thought it was just a prank by a murderer.
But seeing the distorted world outside, like an illusion, and the struggling man whose movements were gradually weakening, they finally understood what they were facing.
“Save…”
The man was still struggling, but the world outside the window seemed to have countless people, countless hands, constantly tearing at his flesh.
Soon, everyone saw that the man’s face, like an opened book, split open in the middle, spreading to both sides.
His eyeballs bulged like baseballs, covered with visible blood vessels, which seemed to be still flowing.
His brain was also split in two, with clearly visible patterns.
His mouth was even split into four parts, with saliva still dripping continuously.
In such a terrifying scene, was it an illusion or reality?
Everyone retreated in horror.
Because even getting close, they could feel the pain the person was enduring. Just by watching this scene, their own thoughts were gradually becoming numb.
Many timid women among them tried to scream, but their mouths could only open without making any sound. They could only widen their eyes and watch everything outside in terror.
The distorted scene seemed to be spreading towards the living room. Everyone wanted to run, but it was too late. Their bodies could no longer move, and they could only watch as the distorted scene slowly approached them.
Is this the end…?
“Click…”
At this moment, a strange sound came from the living room.
The sound was not loud, but in the deathly silence, it sounded extremely jarring.
Everyone reluctantly shifted their gaze.
They saw that the window, which had been open, had somehow closed.
From the moment the window closed, the distorted scene in the living room also disappeared.
They were safe…
Everyone who had survived breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Wenbing, who was close to the window, felt his legs go weak, and he almost sat down on the ground.
“Damn it!”
After a brief silence in the living room, someone suddenly cursed loudly.
“What kind of bullshit idea was that!”
Humans always seek the source of mistakes, and at such times, they need to converge their focus and aim at the person who made the mistake.
Only in this way can they find a trace of comfort in their hearts.
It was obvious that although the leader appeared imposing, he had to bear greater responsibility when mistakes occurred.
Seeing everyone targeting him, Xu Wenbing hastily explained.
“No one wanted this to happen… and I had no idea what the situation outside would be.”
“Indeed, everyone calm down. Wouldn’t it be better to think about who the murderer is?”
People within Xu Wenbing’s group also spoke up for him.
But others naturally did not listen to his explanations. Needing an outlet for their emotions, they began to criticize Xu Wenbing harshly.
Meanwhile, Liu Haoyu quietly left the living room.
He and Qiu Leling returned to the second floor, looking for a safe room where the lock was not broken.
While searching, he also saw that not only on the third floor, but also the locks on many rooms on the second floor were broken.
Moreover, many of the traces of damage were new.
But fortunately, Liu Haoyu still found a safe room.
After locking the door from the inside, Liu Haoyu and Qiu Leling returned to the bedroom.
“Now… what do we do?”
The strange scene from just now still lingered in Qiu Leling’s mind, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
Witnessing a living person die in such a tragic manner right before her eyes was too much of a shock for Qiu Leling, a young rich woman who had never even killed a chicken.
“Let’s investigate this room first.”
Because there were a long string of bloody handprints crawling out of the bathroom of the safe room last night, for safety’s sake, they decided to search this room while it was not yet dark.
Liu Haoyu glanced at the fully darkened sky outside through the gaps in the wooden boards.
However… it was strange.
Wasn’t the flow of time in this apartment a bit off?
