After the drumbeat sounded, a thin mist emerged, and Tong Xiaosong immediately loosened his grip, letting go of the black cat in his arms.
The sound of the bell around the black cat’s neck rang out, and it swiftly darted away with agile movements.
Wu Mabo shouted, “Quick, follow it!”
The three of them chased closely behind the black cat.
However, the black cat, with its four legs, ran like lightning, blending into the dark night, making it even more challenging to discern.
Eventually, they vaguely saw the black cat dive into the ground from a distance.
Tong Xiaosong and Wu Mabo panicked instantly, gasping for air as they rushed toward the spot where the black cat disappeared.
As they approached, Tong Xiaosong, with slightly better eyesight, saw the opening flush with the ground.
He hastily pulled Wu Mabo, who almost stepped down, and panted, “It’s a well! Be careful!”
Wu Mabo looked down and was startled, “Damn, almost died before accomplishing anything.”
Coming from behind, Gu Xuan lowered his head, turned around, picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it in.
A sound of a heavy object falling to the ground came from inside the well, but there was no sound of water.
“It’s a dry well. The black cat should have gone down from here.” Gu Xuan looked up, squinting at Tong Xiaosong and Wu Mabo, and asked, “Which one of you is going down first?”
In this situation, Wu Mabo has always been the one to take the lead. He took a deep breath and said, “I’ll go down!”
After speaking, he was already sitting on the edge of the well, supporting himself and descending.
Tong Xiaosong didn’t hesitate, following behind Wu Mabo, gradually moving down while supporting himself on the well edge.
Sounds came from above, and Tong Xiaosong looked up, seeing those limited-edition shoes, knowing that Gu Xuan had also come down.
After moving down for a while, Tong Xiaosong felt his arms getting sore, struggling to hold on. He gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, vowing to hate himself if he dropped the chain at this moment!
Fortunately, Wu Mabo below suddenly accelerated and said, “I see light, there’s light below!”
This lifted everyone’s spirits, but then they realized something was wrong.
Why would there be light in a dry well?
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Releasing his grip, falling from a height of less than two meters, he performed a controlled free fall, bending his legs to absorb the impact.
At the moment of landing, although his shins were a bit sore from the impact, he was fortunate not to be injured.
Avoiding Wu Mabo, Tong Xiaosong looked toward the light source. In front of them was a wide corridor, with oil lamps hanging every meter.
What caught their eyes was the countless human bones stacked in this corridor. Normally, when a person’s remains turn into a skeleton, without connected tendons, they should scatter. However, the human bones here were clean and intact. They even maintained a strange posture, as if struggling.
They were piled up, trampled, and squeezed together. Some skeletons were visibly broken, with ribs stepped on, and arms and legs bent at unimaginable angles.
“Cave-in…”
Tong Xiaosong came to his senses and looked at Wu Mabo, who had made the sound, asking, “What?”
Wu Mabo swallowed, his throat dry, and repeated, “It’s a cave-in. Look at the facilities here, like the early air-raid shelters in history textbooks. And look at their postures—they are all looking upward without exception. Some even reached out as if trying to block the collapse from above. When they realized they couldn’t stop it, they tried to run outward. People trampling over people, using others’ lives as steps, but no one escaped. They are frozen forever.”
Tong Xiaosong recalled the resentful procession he saw last night, seemingly endless and full of grievances. He said in a low voice, “So, those who seemed to pass by last night have been trapped here, running forever?”
Gu Xuan stared blankly at the scene before him, murmuring unconsciously, “There’s such a place beneath the old school building. No wonder, no wonder we get entangled when playing ghost games in the old school building…”
Hearing this, Tong Xiaosong looked alertly at Gu Xuan and exclaimed, “You also played a ghost game?”
Gu Xuan, somewhat absent-minded, looked down at the ground, ignoring Tong Xiaosong’s question.
Meanwhile, Wu Mabo shouted loudly, “Look, it’s Wen Dong, Ke Lin, and the worker from yesterday!”
Tong Xiaosong quickly raised his head, taking a few steps forward and squinting his eyes to look inside.
In the distance, three people were supporting each other. They were walking through the skeletons, their postures bizarre, and their expressions vacant.
It seemed as if they were still moving through the procession from last night, going with the flow.
Wu Mabo shouted, “Dong zi! Da Lin! Can you hear me? Give me a response!”
Hollow echoes came back, and the three lost individuals still showed no response.
Tong Xiaosong was also anxious. He directly squeezed through the skeletons, gradually moving inward.
Seeing this, Wu Mabo followed closely. Due to his tall stature, his speed was somewhat slower.
When the two reached Wen Dong, Ke Lin, and the worker, they found the black cat curled up in a corner.
Seeing them approach, the black cat squinted its eyes and let out a meow.
This cat’s meow was like a warning bell. Wen Dong, Ke Lin, and the worker gradually regained their clarity.
Wu Mabo shook Ke Lin, saying, “Wake up, wake up quickly!”
Ke Lin pushed Wu Mabo away, holding his head. “I’m awake. You almost shook my brain out.”
Wen Dong looked around and asked, “Where is this? How did you find us? We saw you at the construction site just now. How did we end up here in an instant?”
“In an instant!?” Wu Mabo exclaimed, “Seeing us was yesterday night! You’ve been missing for over two days!”
Wen Dong was surprised. “How is that possible? We were pulled into the ghost crowd just over an hour ago.”
Wu Mabo made a two-finger gesture towards Wen Dong, excitedly saying, “Two days! It’s been two days, gege!”
Tong Xiaosong picked up the black cat and said anxiously, “This place is too strange. Let’s not say too much. Since we’ve found them, let’s hurry and leave.”
This statement reminded everyone, and they quickly used all means to crawl outside.
Midway through, Wen Dong suddenly stopped, suspiciously asking, “Did you guys feel that too?”
As he spoke, almost everyone sensed it. The surroundings were vibrating, especially above their heads, where the vibrations were very pronounced.
With a clattering sound, some soil powder fell from above.
Wu Mabo’s face changed dramatically. “It’s collapsing! Run! The collapse from back then is happening again!”
Upon hearing this, no one dared to delay. Crossing over the skeletons, although they couldn’t run, their movements noticeably quickened.
They looked back at the entrance from afar. Gu Xuan hesitated for a moment, then, using the wall for leverage, he climbed the well wall and ran away.
Wu Mabo cursed, “Fuck! That asshole Gu Xuan!”
Wen Dong sighed, “Save your energy. He won’t be of any help even if he doesn’t run. Let him run. Let’s focus on ourselves!”
As they watched, the entrance was getting closer, and soil blocks were already falling from above.
“Hmm?” Wu Mabo climbed over a skeleton and exclaimed, “Did the skeletons move? Why does it feel more difficult? It wasn’t like this when we came in…”
Wen Dong looked ahead and confirmed, “They moved…”
Everyone noticed that the skeletons had moved, as the skeletons near the entrance were now standing up like people.
As the first skeleton stood up, all the skeletons in the passage, like zombies, crawled and struggled, gradually standing up and filling the passage.
Facing them with their skeletal faces, it seemed like they wanted to keep them here forever.
They wanted to freeze them forever.
“Fuck!” Wu Mabo’s curses were now mixed with a sob, “This can’t be happening…”
Tong Xiaosong pursed his lips, looking terrified, but surprisingly calm inside.
Perhaps having encountered too many strange things, he had become somewhat numb.
He placed the black cat on the ground and whispered, “Run! Run, good kitty, run!”
Fortunately, the black cat was also quite capable. With a fierce ‘meow,’ it charged forward, creating a narrow path by directly crashing through.
Tong Xiaosong widened his eyes and, without hesitation, immediately pulled the person next to him and pushed forward, “Run! You guys run fast! Run to the front! Follow the black cat!”
In the urgent situation, the others didn’t have time to react and were pushed by Tong Xiaosong. Subconsciously, they exerted all their strength and ran forward.
Wen Dong ran a few steps and suddenly realized something. He turned around and, indeed, saw that Tong Xiaosong was the last one.
The path was narrowing quickly, and Tong Xiaosong had almost no way to go. With each step, he would either collide with the skeletons in front or be hit by falling soil blocks from above. Stumbling and struggling, even his clothes were torn.
Seeing him look back, Tong Xiaosong urgently gasped, “Hurry! Don’t look back! Run!”
His appearance seemed like he was willing to sacrifice himself to get everyone out.
Wen Dong’s heart felt like it was being squeezed by a giant hand. Why didn’t he think more just now?
Now Tong Xiaosong had no way out. Even the skeletons in front of him were closing in. He might not be able to save himself, let alone Tong Xiaosong, who was separated by another worker.
Aaaahhh, the cliffhanger!! Thanks for the update.
ˁ•ᴗ•ˀつ～ 💞
Ghost gong better come save tongtong this time! ><