Paranormal Incidents Handling Policy

On September 21st, the end of summer, the night finally felt a little cooler. Xia Mi turned off the energy-consuming level 3 air conditioner and opened the window. A humid and hot air mixed with a little cool breeze blew on her face.

Xia Mi also wanted to continue turning on the air conditioner, but the electricity bill for the apartment she rented was too expensive. The commercial electricity bill of RMB 1.50 per kilowatt-hour was really unaffordable for her as a college graduate.

It would be so hot during the day without the air conditioner on, but it is bearable at night.

Xia Mi returned to her desk and continued to work on her "Collection of Actual Questions for Civil Service Exams in Various Provinces from 2014 to 2024".

The employment situation has been bad in the past two years, and Xia Mi has not been able to find an ideal job. She simply decided to burn her bridges and not to look for a job. Instead, she retained her status as a recent graduate and concentrated on taking the civil service exam.

It was a difficult decision, and although Xia Mi had the support of her parents, she was still under a lot of pressure.

She rented a single apartment near a public exam training institution, went to training classes on weekends, and worked part-time during the day on weekdays to earn some living expenses.

Of course her family was willing to give her living expenses, but Xia Mi felt uneasy about taking the money, so she didn't take it. Instead, she used her usual saved living expenses, New Year's money, and the salary saved from her internship in her senior year to pay three months' rent, and covered her daily living expenses by doing odd jobs.

Earn your own money to support yourself, Xia Mi tries to save as much as possible on living expenses, and never turn on the air conditioner if you can open the window!

Xia Mi gave herself one year to concentrate on taking the civil service exam. If she couldn't do it within a year, she would give up this path completely.

She set the alarm clock, strictly followed the exam time limit, and completed a set of real test papers with full concentration.

Xia Mi has a strong concentration ability and can block out the sounds around her while doing the questions. Only when the alarm clock rang, indicating the end of the exam, did she hear the buzzing sound of mosquitoes in her ears.

She put down the test paper and looked at the mosquito, which was as big as a dragonfly, flying around her.

This mosquito is so big that Xia fans can see its steel-needle mouthparts. It is so big that Xia fans suspect that this is not a mosquito but a monster.

"The bugs in the south are just big." Xia Mi said calmly.

Xia Mi is from the north and attended college in a southern city. When she first saw a southern cockroach pouting towards her face, she was so scared that she almost jumped out of the window, swinging a chair to indicate that only one of her and the cockroach could survive.

Now, seeing this ridiculously large mosquito, Xia Mi could raise his slippers without any hesitation and slap it hard with the slippers at lightning speed.

Xia Mi is the school badminton champion. She has quick eyes and hands, and her movements are swift, accurate and ruthless. She slaps the mosquito against the wall with great precision.

After successfully catching the mosquito, Xia Mi picked up the slippers and was surprised to find that the mosquito was not dead. Its two-centimeter-long mouthparts pierced into the bottom of the slippers, and it was stuck on the slippers and struggling, making a loud "buzzing" sound as its wings flapped.

"Not dead yet? Are you a mosquito?" Xia Mi asked.

The mosquito couldn't understand what she said and was trying to break free from the control of the slippers.

Xia was confused for a moment and always felt that this thing was not a mosquito, but when he thought of the size comparison between cockroaches in the south and those in the north, he felt that this might be a mosquito.

While the mosquito had not yet broken free from the slippers, she raised her slippers and slapped the ground hard a few times. The mosquito finally died unwillingly, leaving a pool of bright red blood.

"Fortunately, I didn't die against the wall, otherwise there would be such a large bloodstain on the wall, and the landlord would have to find a reason to deduct my deposit." Xia Mi said thankfully.

She cleaned up the dead mosquitoes and the blood on the ground, checked the holes in the screen window, and sealed them with large transparent tape to prevent big mosquitoes from getting in.

After completing this insignificant task, Xia Mi returned to his seat and graded his test paper according to the answers. Seeing the score of 83 in the practical test, Xia Mi smiled with satisfaction.

This is already a very high score!

Today I only took a mock test on the civil service exam, and will do the essay writing tomorrow.

It was already 10:30 in the evening when he finished his work. Xia Mi stretched, opened his laptop, and randomly found a horror puzzle game, planning to play it to relieve stress before going to bed.

She chose a free game called "Honey Apartment", the purpose of the game was to escape from a horror apartment. She controlled the game character named "Xiao Mi" and played for less than three minutes before Xiao Mi died.

The cause of death was poisoning.

There was a needle-like wound on Xiao Mi's neck, suspected to be injection poisoning.

Xia Mi looked at the pinhole displayed on the computer screen, and his mind inexplicably thought of the mosquito before. He always felt that it was a mosquito bite.

"Why am I still making random associations?" Xia Mi shook his head and threw away the weird thoughts.

She restarted the game and checked "Xiao Mi's" neck first. Seeing that there was no wound on the neck at this time, she wrapped the scarf around the neck and avoided the first death.

She controlled "Xiao Mi" and played for a while. After dying three times in the task of "going to the rooftop to find weapons for self-defense", she simply turned off the computer and planned to play again tomorrow.

There were no weapons on the rooftop at all. Every time he went to the top floor, "Xiao Mi" would be trapped on the rooftop by the monsters in the apartment. He would either be forced to jump off the building and die, or be bitten to death by the monsters. He could not find a way out at all.

But "finding weapons on the rooftop" is a task that must be completed and cannot be avoided at all.

Xia fans speculated that she probably had some hidden tasks to complete, so she couldn't find the weapons on the rooftop, which might require her to look for the details again from the beginning.

However, it was already 11:12 pm, and the game was a bit difficult. She didn't know how long she would have to play. Xia Mi had to go to the written test class tomorrow and had to go to bed before o'clock, so she decided to play tomorrow night.

Turning off the lights and lying on the bed, Xia Mi thought about the confused future, feeling a little uneasy and having trouble falling asleep.

She opened WeChat, looked up the chat history with her boyfriend, and sighed slightly in her heart.

The most recent chat record between her and her boyfriend was two months ago. The last message was that her boyfriend said that an aunt at his workplace introduced him to a blind date. The woman was also in the system and had very good conditions.

Xia Fan replied: [If you want to meet, then meet. 】

The boyfriend never responded again.

My boyfriend passed the civil service exam a year ago. When he first passed, we chatted quite frequently. But after he started working, we gradually became less in touch.

The conversation between the two also changed from caring words to simple "Have you eaten today?" "Yes?" "What did you eat?" "In the cafeteria." In the end, they had no common language.

When I was in school, I always heard that "the first sword you use when you get ashore is to kill the person you love". At that time, Xia fans thought it was just a joke, but now they have become the ones being killed. Although they have advised themselves to face the reality, they still feel unwilling in their hearts.

It’s not that I’m unwilling to accept that my boyfriend has changed his mind, but I’m unwilling to fall behind others and to accept that I have accomplished nothing so far.

"Go to sleep, get up early tomorrow to study, and I will definitely pass the exam!" Xia Mi secretly made up his mind, closed his eyes, and tried to sleep.

Xia Mi managed to fall asleep by listening to political materials. Just as he fell asleep, there was a loud banging noise from the ceiling, which woke him up.

The couple upstairs are arguing again.

The apartment that Xia Mi rented had a mixed crowd. There was a couple living together upstairs. When they were in a good relationship, they were very much in love. The apartment was not soundproofed, and Xia Mi would often hear the affectionate noises upstairs at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, which made her very embarrassed.

When the two of them are not on good terms, they will quarrel loudly and even throw bowls. Xia Mi would vaguely hear the woman shouting, "I've given so much for you...", and the man saying, "You're going to drive me to death." In short, it was a similar quarrel.

But today the quarrel was a bit severe. In the past, at most a bowl was thrown, but today it seemed like something heavy was thrown, and the floor was shaking.

A "Duangduang" sound was heard, as if someone was hammering the ground with a heavy object. When Xia Mi was considering whether to call the police, the sound stopped.

Xia Mi listened carefully and seemed to hear the girl's soft crying and the boy's comforting voice. He guessed that they might have reconciled, and then he felt relieved.

Just as she was about to go back to sleep, she heard a loud and crisp slap from next door, and the unpleasant crying of a boy in his voice change period, like a duck.

Xia lives in Room 703. Next door, Room 704, lives a mother and son. It is said that their hometown is in the town, and no one knows how the child is attending a junior high school in the city.

The mother was alone with her child to study, and the boy's grades seemed to be not very good. Xia Mi often heard the mother's hysterical screams, but rarely heard the child's voice.

"Oh, it's hard for everyone." Xia Mi sighed deeply.

She and the people in the apartment were all ordinary people living in the big city, with their own sufferings and reasons for not being able to leave the big city. Xia Mi didn't want to hear it so clearly, so she got up and closed the window to avoid the noise from next door coming from outside the window.

To this end, she is even willing to turn on the air conditioner, even if it will increase her cost of living.

As soon as he closed the window, Xia Mi heard a heavy knock on the thin wooden door of the apartment.

She was slightly startled.

As a young girl living alone, she has always been very alert.

Besides, it's already past midnight. Even if you're not very alert, you'll be startled by the knock on the door late at night.

Xia Mi did not respond to the knock on the door. Instead, he squatted down, reached under the bed, and took out an outdoor axe.

This was a housewarming gift her boyfriend gave her when she first moved into this apartment.

At that time, her boyfriend sent her a message saying that he had a surprise for her. She happily opened the package, but when she saw the axe, which was 90 cm long and weighed 2.5 kg, she felt very complicated.

She searched on the shopping app and found that the axe cost more than 200 yuan, which was quite expensive, but it could be considered a good housewarming gift.

The boyfriend also sent a message: [I know you are strong and can swing an axe, so I chose the longest, heaviest and most expensive model for you.]

Given the two options of scolding him or accepting it with pleasure, Xia fans chose to accept it with pleasure.

After all, it's a token of my boyfriend's love, so I can keep it for cracking walnuts.

At this moment, Xia fans are extremely grateful to this boyfriend with whom they are about to break up.

Amid the heavy knocks on the door late at night, the axe represents safety.

Xia Mi put on his sneakers, held the axe tightly, and stood quietly behind the door.

If anyone dared to break in, she would swing the axe without hesitation.

The knocking on the door stopped after five minutes. Xia Mi listened carefully, but did not hear any footsteps, only the sound of something dragging on the ground.

Then she heard a knock on the door of room 702 next door.

There are three boys living in Room 702. They are also students who graduated from university and stayed in this city. A few good friends share a single apartment and can save living costs by squeezing into each other.

No matter who the bad guy is, the three boys are able to protect themselves.

Xia Mi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took out his cell phone to call the police.

Someone knocking on the door late at night is definitely not an ordinary event, so be sure to call the police.

However, there was no signal on the cell phone and there was no way to call the police.

Xia Mi dialed the phone again and again, while paying close attention to the sounds outside the door. She heard a chewing sound that frightened her.

What on earth happened next door?
Xia Mi's heart was filled with a strong sense of uneasiness, and she began to consider the possibility of escaping by jumping out of the window.

She lives on the seventh floor. If she could step on the air conditioner unit, she might be able to climb down through the window.

Xia Mi hesitated and opened the window, only to see that it was pitch black outside and that he couldn't even see the city lights.

The entire building was covered in fog, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you outside, as if the community was isolated from the world.

It's all so abnormal.

Xia Mi realized that whether jumping out of the window or rushing out of the door would be a very bad decision.

"Am I dreaming? Did I play too many games at night and dream about the content in the horror game?" Xia Mi knocked his head.

If she could wake up, she swore that she would never play horror games before going to bed again.

Unfortunately, she didn't wake herself up and hurt her head because she hit too much force.

She thought about it, turned on the flashlight on her cell phone, shone it out the window, and tried to see what was going on outside.

This weak light could not penetrate the darkness at all, and Xia Mi could not see anything.

Just as she was about to turn off the flashlight in frustration, her phone vibrated slightly. It turned out to be a text message.

She clicked on the message and saw that it was from an extremely unfamiliar number: [Xingfuli Apartment is very dangerous, please leave as soon as possible! ]

Xia Mi didn't know who was on the other end, but this message was her life-saving straw, so she quickly replied: [I want to leave, but there seems to be something outside the door, so I don't dare to go out.]

The other side quickly sent another message: [Can you receive my message? ]

Xia Fan: [Received, received! ]

Unknown number: [I sent a message to all the mobile phone numbers in the entire apartment building. Only you can receive and reply to my message. ]

Xia Fan: [Are you inside the apartment or outside the apartment? ]

Unknown number: [I'm outside the apartment, just downstairs from you. ]

Xia Mi looked down and it was still pitch black. There was a flowing turbid black fog downstairs and he could not see anything.

She edited the message: [If I jump off the building now, can you catch me downstairs...]

Before I finished writing the message, another message came from the unknown number: [I don't have time to explain. If you delay any further, the entire apartment building will be swallowed by the "turbidity". I know your name is Xia Mi, and only you can receive my message. Please cooperate with me to save all the residents of this apartment.]

Xia Mi deleted the words he had typed before and re-edited the message: [I don’t know who you are, but you think too highly of me, I’m just a freshly graduated student…]

Before she sent the message, another message came from an unknown number: [If we can successfully save the residents of the entire building, I will apply to the leadership to meet your legal wishes as much as possible.]

Xia Mi paused. Familiar words such as "save residents", "leader", "apply", and "legal" activated the knowledge about civil service examinations in her mind.

This familiar way of wording gave her some reasonable guesses.

Xia Fan quickly edited the message: [What legal wish of mine can you fulfill? Give me an example. ]

Strange number: [Xia Mi, a 2024 college graduate, is studying in the XX civil servant written examination class, fully preparing for the national civil service examination at the end of this year. If your legitimate wish is to take the civil service examination, as long as you can cooperate with me to save the residents of Xingfuli Apartment, you will have a special recruitment quota. ]

At this moment, the doubts, fears and panic in Xia Mi's heart were instantly blown away, and endless courage and strength emerged in her heart.

She held the axe in her hand and swung it twice like a racket, and the sharp axe made a sound of breaking through the air.

Anyway, she was trapped in this strange apartment building and faced unknown dangers.

Since it's a death sentence anyway, I might as well give it a try. Maybe I can get a job.

She sent a message with her blood boiling: [I am willing to sacrifice my life and shed my blood for the people! ]

Unknown number: […You don’t need to shed blood, your safety is also important, and survival is victory. ]

(End of this chapter)