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Chapter 401 Climbing the Building
A mailbox with most of its dark green patent leather missing stood beside the road at the entrance, and the opening at the front was connected with crude wire.

Zhao Qilin stepped forward and pulled the wire away, put his hand in, and quickly took out an oilcloth bag, without taking it apart, just clamping it under his armpit.

However, even with such an action, quite a few pedestrians around still turned their gazes over and stared blankly.

Putting what he just saw behind his head temporarily, Zhu Jue looked up at the six-story building in front of him. The dilapidated house was half hidden in the darkness, only a few rooms had brighter lights, and the rest were either completely dark. Or it is the flickering light, probably candles or outdated lighting appliances such as kerosene lamps.

Objects that would have been eliminated in Zhu Jue's era have become standing lighting items here, which is a ridiculous thing to say.

"The pointer is at 15 points, and the subject's subconscious mood is stable. Let's go in quickly."

Zhao Qilin looked down at his watch, and walked quickly to the door of the house.

There is nothing special about the structure of the building, it is nothing more than a dilapidated version of a residential building in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong District. After entering the door, Zhao Qilin first looked at the corridor full of garbage to make sure that no one came down and began to unpack the parcels.

"That's it?"

Looking at the two ordinary pistols inside, Zhu Jue asked quite speechlessly.

There is no extra magazine, that is to say, after the bullets in the two guns are finished, this is two piles of scrap iron.

"This is impossible, because the target of the dream inquiry this time is an extremely important memory for the interviewee. If some high-tech weapons are preset in advance, it is likely to be exposed when we take them out, so You can only use things that are suitable for the slums. Even so, these two weapons have raised the pointer. Next, we must try to avoid fighting. One thing I forgot to say before, next no matter what you see, the emotions of fear and panic It must be avoided, because it will expose our identities in advance!"

Putting the pistol into the waistband of his trousers and covering it with his jacket, Zhao Qilin explained the reason softly.

"understood."

After Zhu Jue received the gun, he weighed it twice. The heavy feeling was unimaginable to him in the real world. He clenched his fist with his empty hand. The familiar sense of power did not appear this time, it was just the state of ordinary people. .

At the same time, Zhu Jue can also feel something different. This dream restricts his spirit. It’s like someone bound his hands and feet with chains, making it difficult for him to perform. It’s just that the chains used for restraint seem fragile. vulnerable.

It seems that as long as Zhu Jue is willing, this situation can be changed, but that is not what he wants. A forced outburst will only make this person's dreams and mental breakdown completely, let alone the secret he wants to get, Zhao Qilin He and Qian Sanwen may not be spared either.

Going up the stairs, Zhu Jue put his hands into the pockets of his overalls and followed behind Zhao Qilin.

"what's going on?"

At the stairs on the second floor, Zhu Jue turned around and asked Zhao Qilin in surprise.

According to the normal building structure, the stairs must be connected in one piece, but the stairs in this building disappeared when they reached the second floor!
Then do you have to punch a hole in the ceiling of the room on the second floor to go up?

"This is a common defense method of the subconscious mind. Dreamers should avoid this and set up stairs on both sides."

Zhao Qilin encountered this kind of situation in the previous dream consultation process, walked out of the corridor with ease, and turned into the corridor.

The public lighting in the entire corridor is just two old-fashioned light bulbs hanging from the ceiling, and the lighting range is not bad. On the contrary, various sundries accumulated on the ground have become obstacles to progress.

Strange-smelling food scraps in plastic bags, battered old bicycles, empty wine bottles and colorful plastic buckets. Zhu Jue had to be careful not to make any noise when walking.

The only good thing is that no one will stay in this dirty and messy aisle for long, at least no one has appeared in front of him yet.

However, just as Zhu Jue was thinking about it, the door to the front left was suddenly opened. Amidst the creaking sound, a man in a white vest and holding a wine bottle appeared at the door. The strange thing was that he did not leave the position of the door frame. Holding the doorknob, with his beer belly half exposed, he mechanically turned his neck, his eyes sweeping from left to right.

There was a slight pause when he saw Zhu Jue and Zhao Qilin, but it was only a pause, and then he continued to repeat the previous actions.

The appearance of this man seemed to turn on a certain switch, and then all the doors in the corridor were opened, the old man with white hair, the pregnant woman with a big belly, the child who only reached the doorknob, and the last Like the men who appeared first, they all just stood at the door, looking around like puppets that had been set here long ago.

This time, Zhao Qilin didn't turn around to give Zhu Jue any hints, but walked forward without stopping, not because he didn't want to say it, but because he couldn't turn back under this situation.

This kind of scene is really weird. If the two people's psychological quality is not strong enough, there may be problems if they come here suddenly.

It wasn't until the two reached the end of the corridor that everyone withdrew to the room, and the doors were closed one after another.

Sure enough, there is an upward staircase here.

"It shouldn't be like this. I'm afraid Mr. Zhu will be in trouble this time."

Holding the handle of the stairs with one hand, beads of sweat slipped from Zhao Qilin's forehead. The situation just now seemed to be stable, but in fact it was beyond his expectation. Noticing that Zhu Jue's face didn't change at all, he continued with some admiration,

"According to previous dream consultations, such horrible scenes rarely appear. Many times, the way the respondent expresses vigilance is that people in the subconscious will approach and conflict with us. More importantly, Sanwen did not give A higher-stage warning reminder, which means that what we encountered just now is the normal reaction of the first stage, and this itself is not normal!"

"So, what does this situation mean, is it more dangerous?"

Zhu Jue thought that Meng Xun was like this. He had seen the whole village in a terrorist parade. This kind of situation can only be said to be pediatrics, cartoon level.

"I think it should be the change caused by the mental abnormality of the interviewee itself, which was manifested in the first dream consultation, but we didn't pay much attention to your idea at the time, and it will be more dangerous in the future. "

Thinking is thinking, but action cannot be slow. Zhao Qilin approached the third floor while talking.

"There is only one floor of stairs again, so if you want to go up, you have to go to the other end."

In the middle of the corridor, Zhao Qilin saw the stairs that were cut off.

The last time they turned in the middle of the corridor, they only had half the way to go, but this time it was different, they had to go through the entire corridor to reach the top

"Compared to the stairs, I think you should pay attention to this."

Zhu Jue didn't know when he had already walked in front of Zhao Qilin, leaning against the half-opened window sill on the side of the corridor, rubbing the wall dust with his fingers, raised his chin and nodded to the corridor ahead.

The scattered light from the bulbs hanging on the top is clearly dark yellow, but at this moment it is covered with a layer of blood-colored tulle.

In the corridor that can only accommodate 3 to 5 people walking side by side, what is placed are no longer sundries, but corpses of all kinds!
This time, the images are no longer the residents of the slums, but some clearly dressed as upper-class people or fighters belonging to a certain organization. Most of their limbs are distorted in strange postures, their heads are cocked, and their eyes are wide open. , and their bodies filled the entire corridor to the brim!
If the situation on the second floor indicates a possible special situation, then the corpses on the third floor have undoubtedly displayed the word "dangerous" in front of the two of them.

But both of them have come here, so naturally there is no option to retreat. Zhao Qilin was silent for about 5 seconds, turned his back and let out a sigh of relief, then narrowed his eyes and walked forward without changing his expression. Zhu Jue who was beside him noticed him In response, he nodded secretly, and his evaluation of this young man improved a little.

The thick-soled labor shoes that are common in slums step into a pool of blood, and the viscous liquid will not feel good, especially when you are watching!
Kara~
The heads of the three corpses on the left and right turned, this time no longer swaying, their gazes were very clear, Zhu Jue or Zhao Qilin, choose one of the two, and then stared intently with those empty, white eyeballs.

Zhu Jue and Zhao Qilin's reactions were still the same, pretending they didn't know anything, but the latter's mental pressure was obviously not small. Normal people might have mental problems when they encountered such a scene, and he was already considered good.

"A round potato, a flat potato, a sprouted potato, and a piece of ginger. Do you dare to grow more exotic?"

Zhu Jue stared at a sprawling corpse.

No blinking on either side, and dead fish eyes.

Fortunately, the latter did not jump up and slap Zhu Jue who imitated it, and neither did the other corpses, so the trip to the third floor was still smooth.

However, the pointer has moved up by one notch, reaching the position of 0:30.

"Boost!"

Zhao Qilin didn't explain anything, wiped the sweat from his forehead, quickened his pace, and went straight to the fourth floor.

jingle bell ~ jingle bell ~
The crisp bell sounded beside Zhao Qilin, a bit like the sound he heard coming in from a dining car in a high-end hotel half a year ago.

Go over the last rung.

Zhao Qilin froze in place.

There are no obstructions or bloody scenes as imagined. In front of you is a corridor covered with light-colored velvet blankets and wrapped in peony wallpaper. Exquisite wall lamps light up at intervals, and soft music lingers in your ears.

A middle-aged man dressed as a waiter was carrying a plate, a tall lady in a blue dress was shaking a red wine glass, and a little girl in a princess dress was running towards him with a doll in her arms. It's a smile!

boom!
The sudden sound of gunfire made Zhao Qilin tremble all over.

A hollow of flesh and blood immediately appeared in front of the little girl's right eye.

She is still running.

Still laughing.
"Hey! What are you thinking, let's fight!"

A familiar voice rang in his ears, and Zhu Jue's figure appeared on his right side, holding an iron rod in his hand, like a beast that had found its prey, and flew forward.

In an instant.

The brilliance faded, and fear clenched Zhao Qilin's heart!
(End of this chapter)