Chapter 1488: Chapter 906: It’s Coming (Part 2)
Munan’s heart tightened, the feeling of unease in her heart grew stronger. She had speculated before that the so-called shop owner that Yang Xiao mentioned might not be human.
She didn’t manage to get the shop owner out, but suddenly a door next to the shop opened. A middle-aged man wearing slippers and with messy hair opened the door, staring at Yang Xiao, angrily saying, "What are you knocking for? Can’t a person get a nap?"
"Brother, I have an urgent matter with the shop owner here, do you know where he went?" Yang Xiao asked quickly.
"No idea." The middle-aged man didn’t even bother to respond to Yang Xiao, after speaking, he slammed the door shut and went back to sleep.
But right after, the door that he had just closed was knocked on again, the other party used a lot of force, almost pounding on the door.
For an instant, the middle-aged man was fuming, completely awake, rolled up his sleeves, walked back angrily, and pulled the door open in a rage, "Damn it..."
The next second, the man swallowed back the words he was prepared to hurl at Yang Xiao, because a crisp new ten-yuan bill was right in front of him.
Yang Xiao shook the bill in his hand, making a crisp sound, "Within a minute, I want all the contact information of this shop owner, if you can do it, this ten yuan is yours."
The man snatched the ten-yuan bill in an instant and turned to run upstairs, he came out from a dim hallway, meanwhile, his voice was shouting from within the hallway, "Don’t go, I’ll be right back!"
Watching a slipper left behind in the hallway, Yang Xiao thought this guy was a straightforward person.
Sure enough, in less than half a minute, the guy dashed down again, stuffed a torn piece of paper into Yang Xiao’s hand, gasping for breath, "Brother, this... this is Old Zhou’s home phone number, he doesn’t... doesn’t have a cellphone."
"But I don’t know if you can get through, but I know he will definitely... definitely come back tonight, there are always customers to pick up milk around 9 every night." The man spilled everything he knew in one breath.
After rattling off like beans pouring out, the man, seemingly afraid that Yang Xiao might go back on his word, shut the door and ran back home in a flash.
After getting the phone number, Jiang Qingluan dialed it, the call connected, but no one answered.
Jiang Qingluan dialed the number three times in a row, but still, no one picked up.
"Stop trying, let’s find a more open place first." Yang Xiao suggested.
This was in preparation for the possible ghost chase Munan might face today.
Based on the current clues, they preliminarily determined that this ghost was a worker who had tragically died in a mechanical accident at East Mountain Machinery Factory.
According to an old man at a nearby scrap recycling station, this worker had been pulled into the factory’s machine, his bones crushed, dying a death so horrific it’s unbearable to see, which matches the creature captured by Zhou Mingxiao’s DV camera. Most crucially, Zhou Mingxiao and Chen Motong also died with all their bones broken.
The other group stationed at the office found a clue related to the "Yinren," a kind of terrifying ghost in Japanese folklore that hides in the dark places, especially narrow and cramped corners. Only standing in open bright areas can avoid them.
The four did not go far, they returned to the front of Rongjin Building, where there was a spacious small plaza with a great view and many passersby.
In the following time, Yang Xiao, Chen Nang, and Jiang Qingluan occasionally gave Munan some advice, while Munan chose a comfortable position to rest on the spot, occasionally getting up to do some stretching exercises to constantly keep her body in the best state.
Every ten minutes or so, Jiang Qingluan would try calling that shop owner, but no one ever picked up, she was starting to suspect they had been deceived.
Yang Xiao also had similar suspicions, but he figured the monk might escape, but not the temple. If they were indeed deceived, and time allowed, Yang Xiao didn’t mind waiting downstairs at the man’s house.
If Yang Xiao got ahold of him, he would surely meet tough consequences.
Time ticked by, soon it was 3:30, suddenly, Munan, who was gazing into the distance, frowned, she heard a familiar "rustling" sound.
It was coming from the satchel beside her, the DV camera!
The DV camera had somehow turned on by itself. Munan took out the DV camera, the red indicator light representing power on was already lit, just like last night.
Munan lifted her head, and as expected, the environment changed, the bustling plaza now had no one in sight, and her companions Yang Xiao and the others were nowhere to be seen, leaving her alone in the vast plaza.
This was an unprecedented shock, as if she was forgotten by the entire world.
Black ashes slowly drifted in front of her eyes as if in slow motion from a film, each scene was incredibly clear, at the same time, a strong burnt smell began to fill her nose.
Munan instinctively looked up to the sky, a terrifying yet awe-inspiring scene unfolded, countless ashes descended like snowflakes from the sky, painting the entire sky in a deep grey, a complete apocalypse scene.
At this moment, the overwhelming pressure of despair descended, Munan couldn’t help but lose herself for a few seconds, she seemed to see her own end within this sea of ash.
Can anyone really escape from a world so full of despair, she didn’t know.
But just for a brief moment, she suddenly came back to her senses, fear is a human instinct, there is no shame in it, but she will do her utmost to survive.
