Deep in the Living

Chapter 36: 囍

The first time I went to the mountains for practice, I encountered a funeral.

This time, I encountered a real abnormal incident in my community but encountered a red event.
But although the red color corresponds to the festive mood, it is more creepy than a funeral scene.

The squad leader, wearing embroidered shoes, walked into the hall with Luo Di closely.

An old round table was placed in the middle of the room, with a few carved wooden chairs scattered around it. Four paper figures dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing gray wigs were sitting on it, with flowers on their chests.

These paper figures look very strange, or rather their bodies are filled with something alive.

The paper people's eyes were all fixed on an old-fashioned TV that was covered with snow dots and constantly making noises.

The two of them passed the living room and the paper figures there and went to the balcony area first, wanting to see if they could jump directly from the window here to downstairs.

However, the windows of the entire balcony were sealed with messy wooden boards, and some happy characters were left on these boards.

"Let me pry it open and see..."

Rody used the kitchen knife in his hand to pry the wooden board. After taking it apart after a lot of effort, he not only could not see out the window, but the scene before him also added a sense of despair.

Under the wooden boards and outside the windows, there is no night view but only red bricks.

As documented in the textbooks, there is no escape gap in a corner-like space.

When the two turned around and prepared to continue investigating the situation inside the house, the paper figures who were watching TV before now all looked at them on the balcony.

"Luo Di, should we get rid of these paper figures in advance?"

"Is it possible that the other party just wants us to get rid of the paper figures? Or is it possible that there are some kind of traps inside these paper figures?"

The two had just finished their discussion.
One of the paper figures had a small hole opened at the eye.
A hairy spider crawled out from inside. Looking inside through the crack opened by the spider, you will find that the paper man's body is filled with all kinds of spiders.

Once it is damaged, spiders will swarm out and cause a lot of trouble.

Luo Di subconsciously tightened his sleeves as he looked at the spiders. "Let's go to the kitchen first. If there's fire, we can try to burn it."

When the two of them went to the kitchen according to the layout of his house, they discovered that there was no kitchen area in the house at all. The layout of the house seemed to have changed completely.

The biggest change is the direction leading to the bedroom.
Ordinary housing in resettlement communities like this is only about 100 square meters, with only a wall between the living room and the bedroom.

There is an extra long passage here, which is more than ten meters long. This indoor passage has already exceeded the building itself.

There is a red lantern hanging every two meters in this passage, so the light is quite sufficient.

Moreover, there is no bedroom door at the end of the passage, but instead there are stairs running upward sideways, which seem to lead to the second floor.

This is just as the textbook says, the space has expanded.

From what we have observed so far, there is only a living room and this long corridor on the first floor.

"Let's go and take a look at the depths."

"Wait~"

The squad leader trotted back to the balcony and picked up the wooden board that had just been removed. There were still a few nails embedded in the end of the board, so it could barely be used as a weapon.

When the two of them stood at the entrance of the passage with red lanterns hanging,

The paper people all turned their heads, as if saying goodbye to them, or... hoping that they would quickly take the bride and groom over to complete today's happy event.

When their eyes were attracted by the paper figurine, a woman in red clothes and a veil walked up the stairs at the end of the passage.

The squad leader was extremely fast. He immediately pulled out the nail from the wooden board and threw it forward.

The iron nail fell steadily at the end of the passage ten meters away, almost hitting the woman who was going upstairs.

Rody was surprised by the squad leader's reaction and throwing ability. He thought the squad leader was only proficient in swordsmanship, but he didn't expect him to have such skills.

Perhaps sensing Rody's gaze, the squad leader explained, "Item throwing is also one of my remedial courses. Often, using the environment to fight is more useful than using the weapons in your hands. Unfortunately, I was still slow to react. Judging from the height of the woman just now, she is probably a pseudo-human. Let's go."

"Ah."

The big red lanterns are hung high,
The two people walking in the passage did not encounter any danger or environmental traps.
However, the two of them still moved forward back to back, while observing the situation in front and behind.

There are also some paintings hanging in the corridors, showing two young men and women spending time together, but the faces of both the woman and the man are blurred.

At the end hangs a Chinese wedding photo.

Although the woman in the photo is covered with a red cloth, you can see a bright red smile...but this smile always feels more like a young woman rather than the fake person herself.

At the end of the passage, there is a staircase leading to the second floor on the side.

The lighting mode used in the stairwell is no longer lanterns, but red candles burning on both sides. Many of them have burned out and the brightness is already below the safe value.

The light in the squad leader's hand also came in handy here.

Without stopping, the two of them walked up the stairs to the second floor which shouldn't have existed.

There are fewer candles here and the light is dimmer, but the design of the house still follows the corner method and is dominated by curved edges.

There are three rooms upstairs: the master bedroom, the second bedroom and the bathroom.

The door of the master bedroom at the deepest part was tightly closed, and a little red light seeped out from the gap at the bottom of the door. The red-dressed bride seen before was most likely inside, or the pseudo-human body was waiting inside.

In addition, there was a constant sound of dripping water coming from the bathroom next to me.

Before going to the master bedroom, it is necessary to fully understand the environment here.
The two looked at each other and went to the bathroom, which was not locked. It was completely dark inside, without even a candle or lantern.

This extreme darkness would cause great mental pressure for the two people who grew up in the light.

The monitor quickly raised the handheld light bulb to the front to dispel the darkness, and the entire structure of the bedroom was outlined by the light.

As far as the eye can see, there is still no structure that can generate a [Physical Corner].

The bathroom floor was covered in blood and even some hair residue could be seen in the floor drain.

The innermost bathtub is hidden by a curtain.

Tick-tick-tick~ The continuous dripping sound comes from inside the bathtub.

The monitor moved the light source in his hand, and when the light hit the curtain of the bathtub, the shadows inside could be clearly seen. It seemed that two people were sitting opposite each other at the two ends of the bathtub, enjoying their bathing time.

Just as Rody was considering how to deal with the situation, a piece of wood with nails flew over.

Bang~
The silence is broken,

The broken curtains were scattered on the ground, revealing the hidden scene behind them.

In the cold bathtub filled with water,
Two heads were floating, one in front and one behind.

The faucet is loose and keeps dripping.
These two heads were exactly the heads of the girl that served as the tail of the spider before. They were floating on the water with their black hair, smiling at the two people at the door.

Just as Rody was about to pick up his knife and move forward to deal with the two potentially dangerous heads,

crunch~
The door of the master bedroom on the second floor opened...

In just a moment of attention, the head floating over the bathtub disappeared.

Right now,

Even though both of them had undergone fear training, they both had more or less developed the most primitive emotion in their brains, the emotion called fear.

But Rody quickly suppressed his emotions. In his opinion, it was impossible for a murderer to feel fear. Such emotions would be the biggest shame for him as a movie lover.

(End of this chapter)