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Ding Xingyou's voice was urgent. Lu Fan frowned, put down the book, and picked up the phone next to him.

The entire production team has a large group chat where all the staff are present, making it convenient for everyone to communicate.

After 9 PM, the first to speak was Old Chen from the props team: "Who's still at school? The door to the props room on the second floor won't open!"

Li from the props team replied, "Brother Chen? Liu and I are downstairs setting up desks. What are you doing upstairs?"

Props Team Member Lao Chen: "I just came up here a short while ago. The door is locked from the outside and I can't open it."

Props team member Xiao Li: "??? Da Liu and I were downstairs at nine o'clock, and we didn't see you come upstairs."

Old Chen from the props team: "I came up here at 8:30! I've been inside fixing the chandelier the whole time!"

Lighting crew member Awei: "No, the person who went upstairs at 8:40 to get the tape was gone, but there was no one in the prop room on the second floor."

Old Chen from the props team: "Impossible! I'm inside! I'm still here, I've never left."

Ding Xingyou was startled and asked, "What happened? Explain yourself!"

Props crew member Xiao Li: "Director Ding, Da Liu and I are right outside the prop room on the second floor. The door isn't locked from the outside, but we can't open it, and there are no lights inside. Brother Chen said he's inside, but we haven't seen him go up. Awei also said there's no one inside."

Next, Old Chen from the props team seemed to get anxious and sent a voice message: "I'm inside!!! Can't you hear me knocking?! I've been knocking for ten minutes!!!"

There were two previous incidents of crew members getting injured, and now this has happened again. Old Chen must be panicking.

Having read this far, Lu Fan roughly understood what had happened.

Lu Fan typed: "@Props Team Xiao Li, knock on the door from the outside and listen for the location of the sound."

A few seconds later, Xiao Li replied, "They knocked. Brother Chen said he heard it, very close, like it was behind the door. But we couldn't hear them knocking from inside."

Lu Fan thought for a moment, then asked Old Chen, "Use your phone's compass to determine which direction you're facing?"

A moment later, Old Chen replied, "The compass is pointing north."

Ding Xingyou: "No, you should knock on the door facing the wall. It's the prop room on the second floor, and the door faces west."

My senses are all messed up!

He threw off the covers, got out of bed, grabbed a black shoulder bag, and went out.

He typed as he walked: "@Props Team Xiao Li @Props Team Da Liu, you two go downstairs immediately and wait on the playground. Don't go anywhere alone. @Props Team Lao Chen, stay where you are and don't touch any metal or mirrors. I'll be there soon."

After sending the message, Lu Fan hurriedly went out.

"Lu Fan, I'll go with you." Ding Xingyou appeared and called out to Lu Fan.

Lu Fan nodded.

Ding Xingyou is the chief director, so it's only natural that he's concerned about this matter.

On the other side, in the abandoned primary school, the props storage area on the first floor.

Xiao Li and Da Liu huddled in a corner, with a rechargeable emergency light between them, its white light glaringly bright.

"Da Liu, did you just hear that?" Xiao Li asked in a low voice.

"What did you hear?"

"There's a sound coming from upstairs... upstairs."

Da Liu swallowed hard: "What was that sound?"

"It's like...like someone is dragging something," Xiao Li said. "It's very light, but it's constant, dragging it from one end of the road to the other, and then back again."

Da Liu fell silent, and the two of them stared at the stairwell.

Outside the circle of the emergency light, the darkness was as thick as ink. The sound of wind came from afar, whistling through the broken window.

"How about... we call Teacher Lu?" Xiao Li reached for his phone.

"No!" Da Liu pressed him down. "Teacher Lu told us to wait, so we'll wait. He'll definitely have a way."

Just as he finished speaking, footsteps came from the direction of the stairs.

It's very light, but it definitely has a light weight.

Boom, boom, boom.

Go down from the second floor.

Xiao Li and Da Liu exchanged a glance, neither daring to make a move.

The footsteps reached the first floor and stopped at the top of the stairs.

Then, they continued walking towards them.

One step, two steps.

Xiao Li gripped the screwdriver tightly, his heart pounding in his throat.

The footsteps stopped!

The two looked around, but there was no one there!

There was a puddle of water on the ground, slowly seeping out.

Da Liu's Adam's apple bobbed, and just as he was about to speak, the light tube above his head suddenly exploded with a "pop".

"Run!" Da Liu grabbed Xiao Li and rushed towards the door.

The two rushed out; outside was the playground, bathed in pale moonlight.

They turned around, and the school building was dark and gloomy, like a giant beast with its mouth agape.

"Brother Chen is still inside..." Xiao Li said, panting.

"There's no way we can save him."

The two of them ran outside in a panic.

Just then, they ran into Lu Fan and Ding Xingyou, who were both carrying flashlights.

"Director Ding, Brother Lu." The two men were pale and covered in sweat.

Upon seeing the two, Lu Fan took out a vermilion pen and touched their foreheads with it.

Then, he turned to Ding Xingyou and said, "Director Ding, you three wait in the car. Give each of them one of the talismans I just gave you."

Having learned from his previous experience, this time Lu Fan drew a talisman in the car to prevent anything from happening while he was not with Ding Xingyou and the others.

"Okay." Ding Xingyou did not go with them.

The last incident was still fresh in her mind; if she went in with Lu Fan, she would probably only cause more trouble.

"Teacher Lu!" Xiao Li looked at Lu Fan with unease. "This place is very eerie. You'd better not go."

"I know," Lu Fan interrupted. "You guys stay here, keep your phones on, I'm coming up."

Ding Xingyou looked at Lu Fan with a serious expression and said with concern, "Lu Fan, be careful."

Lu Fan nodded, said nothing more, and walked into the teaching building.

The lights on the first floor are broken; only the green sign for the emergency exit is lit.

By the moonlight, one could barely make out the outlines of objects in the corridor. However, the stairwell leading to the second floor was pitch black.

Lu Fan took out his flashlight and shone it.

There was a puddle of water on the ground. When Lu Fan stepped on it, it felt sticky and like a slug.

He took a deep breath and tried to feel it.

"You're out of your mind!" Lu Fan said in a deep voice.

Disordered Qi can affect a person's perception and also affect the magnetic field.

That's why what just happened occurred.

Lu Fan lifted his leg and went up the stairs, but as soon as he stepped on it, his foot suddenly slipped.

He gently patted the handrail with his right hand, and the feeling of falling disappeared instantly.

Lu Fan continued walking up to the second floor. On the second floor, the flashlight beam had a much shorter range than before.

On the second floor, a fog had risen at some point.

At first, the fog was thin, but as Lu Fan walked forward, it grew thicker and thicker, to the point that even a flashlight could barely penetrate it.

Inside the car outside the playground.

"Director Ding... Director Ding, Brother Lu... he's gone!" Xiao Li stared at the teaching building in horror.

They saw that Lu Fan disappeared completely after stepping onto the second floor.

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