The Pseudo-Human Academy: Starting with a Bricklayer Personality

"Brother Ye! Look... there seems to be someone lying on the bed!"

Lin Shouyi's voice was trembling.

Everyone instinctively focused the beams of their phone flashlights on it.

A beam of light pierced through the dim dust, illuminating a pair of exquisitely embroidered shoes in front of the bed, their toes slightly turned inward.

On the bed lay a bride dressed in a bright red wedding gown.

However, when everyone saw her posture clearly, their breath caught in their throats.

There was no head or limbs there.

The heavy red wedding dress and veil were laid flat on the bed around the neck and limbs, with only the chest and abdomen area protruding high, vaguely revealing the girl's exquisite figure.

"Holy crap... is this a human stick?!"

Lin Shouyi let out a piercing scream and scrambled backward.

Looking at the empty cuffs and collar, a fear originating from the depths of their souls instantly swept over everyone.

It's hard to imagine what kind of perverse torture could have caused him to end up in such a miserable state after death.

Only the torso remained; the limbs and head were nowhere to be found.

Zhao Daniu, who had followed him in, scratched his head and said:

"This must be the ghost bride who left the corridor, right? Let's just burn her."

Xu Feng shook his head and said:

"This ghost bride is not the same as the ghost bride in the corridor last night. Judging from the outline, this one is female, while the one wandering in the corridor last night was a man dressed as a woman."

Xu Feng has a wealth of experience in dealing with people, and he can tell at a glance whether someone is male or female.

"Brother Ye, the scene in this room is exactly the same as the picture frame in my room, even the bride in the picture frame is the same person."

Xu Feng immediately told Ye Ningyun the clues he had obtained.

Ye Ningyun pondered for a moment, and then said:

"It's best not to touch the remains in this room. If we do, the room might no longer be safe. It's better to leave it as it is."

"Let's search again; maybe we'll find something else!"

The group began searching the room.

A moment later, Lin Shouyi exclaimed in surprise:

"Brother Ye, there's a video camera in the cabinet."

Ye Ningyun took the camera out of the cabinet, fiddled with it for a bit, and then shook his head:

"No, the camera is out of battery, it won't turn on."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

At this moment, Xu Feng spoke casually:

"Isn't there a computer on the first floor? Let's plug the chip from the video recorder into the computer and see if we can find any clues."

"That's right! There are computers on the first floor. We can go downstairs and plug in the chip to take a look!" Lin Shouyi slapped his forehead, looking as if he had just realized something.

"Hello, sir, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Hello, ma'am, is there anything I can do for you?"

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When everyone arrived on the first floor, the paper figures that Xu Feng had pushed over stood up again, repeating the same words in an incredibly eerie way.

Everyone realized that the paper figures posed no threat whatsoever; their only function was to instill fear.

Lin Shouyi found the noise of the paper figures annoying, so he picked up a few of them, threw them into the stairwell, and then closed the stairwell door, instantly making it quiet.

Ye Ningyun pulled the chip out of the video recorder and plugged it into the computer.

Sure enough, there was a video on the inserted chip.

Ye Ningyun swallowed hard and clicked on the video.

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The screen flickered with glaring static, accompanied by bursts of static, before the image finally stabilized.

It was a dark, suffocating room.

In front of the camera sits a middle-aged man on the verge of a mental breakdown.

His eyes were sunken and bloodshot, his chin was covered in stubble, and he looked as if his soul had been drained. Facing the camera, he spoke urgently in a hoarse voice, as if sandpaper was stuck in his throat:

"My name is Dong Yu... I'm the manager of this hotel. We're all trapped... We've failed. This is the last moment of my life."

He gasped sharply, his eyes scanning the scene outside the camera with terror, as if something might pounce in at any moment.

"This hotel is called the Clan Hotel... because it was built with funds raised by a damn big clan!"

"They're having a ghost marriage here! They tricked a woman into coming here and held a wedding for a dead person in a hotel...and then they killed her!"

"That bride... was violated by those beasts before she died..."

As the man finished speaking, he trembled violently, almost vomiting:

"I shouldn't have taken this job! Ever since she died, she's become a vengeful ghost, wandering here and trapping all of us... including those beasts!"

"They took the elevator to the bridal suite to kill the person...that's why she was always afraid to go into the elevator or the room!"

"These two places... are safe for now! But the more people die, the stronger she becomes! Her abilities are starting to infiltrate the room!"

"For example... releasing the remnant spirit of the dead to scare people... or sending out... a hanged ghost!"

The man's voice suddenly rose, filled with despair:

"The Hanging Ghost will hang itself outside the door! The moment you see that hanging figure through the peephole or crack in the door... you'll be instantly replaced! You'll hang yourself in the Ghost's place!"

"And another thing! Never believe the words written in blood that appear on TV! Anyone who did so has died!"

"These days, hotels... only allow entry, not exit!"

"I'm not reconciled... I'm not reconciled... I'm clearly innocent... Why... why won't she let me go!"

"If anyone sees this video later... please... find the bride's head and limbs... please be sure to..."

Click!

Just then, a thick hemp rope suddenly dropped from the darkness above the screen, wrapping around the man's neck with the precision of a venomous snake.

"No--!!"

Before the man could even scream, he was violently pulled into the air by a tremendous force.

The screen shook violently, finally freezing on a pair of feet wearing leather shoes, twitching and kicking wildly in mid-air.

Jie Jie Jie...

A sharp, piercing laugh, unlike anything a human could produce, echoed through the room.

Immediately afterwards, a figure dressed in a red wedding gown slowly emerged from the darkness. Her pale, distorted face was pressed against the camera lens, and she slowly pressed the power button on the screen, facing the audience.

Snapped.

The screen went black instantly.

The hall was deathly silent, save for the heavy breathing of the crowd and the pounding of hearts against their chests.

"That's it? He died before he could even finish saying what was important." Lin Shouyi said, somewhat speechless.

Ye Ningyun stroked her chin and said:

"The answer is obvious. Dong Yu wants us to find the Ghost Bride's limbs and torso and destroy them all."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qianqian immediately said:

"Then what are you all standing there for? Isn't the Ghost Bride's torso on the eighth floor? Burn that thing, and the Ghost Bride's power will be greatly reduced."

Ye Ningyun shook her head and said:

"No, Brother Xu Feng said that the ghost bride wandering in the corridor is a man, while the torso lying in that room is a woman's torso. It's obvious that the two are not the same person."

"Is it possible that the male ghost bride was deliberately sent by the ghost bride to bewitch us?" Liu Yu asked somewhat weakly.

Ye Ningyun nodded in agreement:

"That possibility cannot be ruled out."

At this moment, Xu Feng smiled elegantly, displaying his extensive experience in dealing with people, and spoke with a confident tone:

"The size of that Dong Yu is exactly the same as the ghost bride wandering in the corridor and the ghost bride that appeared at the end of the video."