Chapter 1413: Chapter 884: _3
It’s the ride-hailing driver Zhou Hai, whose newcomer status was self-proclaimed. As for its authenticity, only Zhou Hai himself knows.
This time the team composition is quite complex. These guys seem chaotic and unreliable, but fortunately, there’s Jiang Qingluan to coordinate with him.
In the Fushou Manor scenario, the two of them coordinated fairly well, carving a bloody path through the wave of corpses to escape.
In a sense, Jiang Qingluan and Yang Xiao are similar people. Compared to Tong Han, she is less ruthless and decisive, but more cautious.
"If only Tong Han were here, the three of us together could usually handle any situation," Yang Xiao couldn’t help but think.
In the following period, everyone split into two groups to begin exploring various areas inside the office, also separating Yellow Hair from Munan Chen Nang.
With a simple exchange of glances, Yang Xiao and Jiang Qingluan split up immediately. They decisively formed groups, with Yang Xiao following one group into the interior of the office, while Jiang Qingluan and the remaining group gathered clues in this office.
Inside the office, there was another door, which opened to a narrow corridor. On both sides of the corridor were rooms, but what was unsettling was that the partitions used for the corridor and the rooms weren’t solid walls but frosted glass with aluminum frames.
As the rooms on both sides of the corridor were unlit, looking into the rooms through the frosted glass revealed only murky darkness.
Every time Yang Xiao’s group arrived at a place, they tried to open all doors on both sides. They opened quite a few doors, including private offices, pantries, storerooms, and several unused empty rooms.
Some rooms were obviously unused for a long time, with a layer of dust on the floor. You could smell a musty odor just standing outside the door.
It seemed that there were issues with the power system in some rooms. Flicking the wall switch didn’t light up the lamp, and looking inside from the door revealed an eerie darkness.
These were still manageable since the doors could be opened, but there were some doors that couldn’t be opened at all, leaving one clueless about what was inside.
For Yang Xiao and his team, these locked rooms were the top priority.
Yang Xiao found an enamel cup in the pantry, filled it with some water, and went to those rooms with the doors that couldn’t be opened, smearing water on the frosted glass.
The originally opaque frosted glass turned semi-transparent when wet, allowing a vague view of the inside using the corridor lighting.
"This won’t do. Give me the flashlight," Su Xiaomin took the flashlight from Liu Yang and tapped Yang Xiao, signaling him to step aside.
Su Xiaomin squatted on the ground, using the flashlight along the water-smeared frosted glass. This trick really worked, enhancing the visibility significantly.
Su Xiaomin placed her face almost against the frosted glass, continuously adjusting the flashlight to look inside. A few seconds later, she seemed to witness a horrifying scene and screamed, falling backward, and dropped the flashlight on the ground.
This took everyone by surprise, instantly plunging them into panic.
"Don’t panic! Calm down!" Zhou Mingxiao loudly reassured the group.
At the same time, footsteps came from the other side of the corridor — the other team, having heard the scream, rushed over.
"Don’t come over!" At this moment, Yang Xiao stepped forward to halt the other team.
"Return to your position and watch that door." The corridor was too narrow, already congested with their seven members. If another six came, they wouldn’t be able to run if something happened.
Moreover, the mission had just begun, and the probability of a ghost attacking directly was minimal.
Upon hearing this, the other team retreated. "What did you see?" Liu Yang, having picked up the flashlight, softly asked the frightened Su Xiaomin.
"People, inside... there are dead people, lots of dead people," Su Xiaomin trembled as she answered.
"Dead people?" This indeed exceeded everyone’s expectations. How could there be numerous dead bodies in an office?
Upon hearing this, Liu Yang grabbed the flashlight, crouched down, and looked inside from the spot Su Xiaomin had been observing. To his horror, standing in the deepest corner of the room were a dozen or so people.
These people stood in a line, wearing uniform clothing, each with their back to them, motionless.
Due to the angle, only the lower halves of these people were visible, or rather, from the chest down; all their heads were hidden in the shadows, sending chills down one’s spine.
