Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 393 Who am I?

Ouyang felt it was necessary to sort out the path they had taken, so he decided to label the transverse passage as A and the three forks as one, two, and three in sequence.

Walk along Line 3 for a while, and carve 3.1 next to the first fork in the road you encounter.

Judging by the direction, it is very likely to connect with two other passages, so the intersection with Line 2 would be at point 2.2... and so on. By using the numbers, you can know the approximate location and avoid getting lost if you are not careful.

As they walked along Line 3, the candle in the test tube burned shorter and shorter. The flame heated the test tube and melted the wax. At first, only the outer wall was warm, but as the wax was consumed, the test tube became hotter and hotter, so hot that Ouyang had to replace it with a new one.

Just as he counted to 3.3 and was heading towards 3.4, a faint... well, mechanical sound suddenly came from ahead?

Ouyang was extremely surprised. He raised the candle high and used his other hand to shield the flame, trying to concentrate the light forward as much as possible.

The firelight illuminated too small an area to see what was happening ahead.

He thought for a moment, then took out a piece of wax from his pocket, lit it over the candle flame, and threw it forward after the flame had grown strong.

A spark streaked across the sky, then crashed into something and fell to the ground with a thud.

The wax block that landed on the ground rose into a steady flame, illuminating an elevator car that was moving along Line 3 towards Ouyang!

In the blink of an eye, the elevator blocked the burning wax, completely consuming that little bit of light.

Ou Yang's expression changed drastically: What's going on?
What he heard was the sound of gears meshing!

The elevator moved closer in the blink of an eye, and without thinking twice, he took off running back.

Although the wall and the elevator are not completely sealed, there are not many gaps. There is not enough space to hide in any direction, so if you don't want to be crushed to death by the elevator, you can only escape.

In a panic, I glanced back and saw that the elevator was still following me at a very fast speed. Not only had I failed to shake it off, but it was getting closer and closer.

The surviving candle was placed in a test tube; otherwise, it would have gone out after only a few steps, leaving him in complete darkness and unable to see anything. He would have been left to die!
Ou Yang quickened his pace and soon arrived at the corner marked 3.3, but the way he came was blocked by another elevator, leaving only a fork in the road leading to 2.3!
He was completely upset. The road there was clear when he came, so how did it suddenly become so congested?

The incident happened suddenly, and he was running too fast. By the time Ouyang realized there was no way forward, it was too late, and he was about to crash headfirst into it.

In the critical moment, he quickly turned around and slammed his back against the elevator with a thud.

Ouyang lost his balance and fell, the test tube candle slipped from his hand and fell to the ground, the melted wax slowly flowing out of the test tube, the flame licking the tube wall, leaving a black mark.

The elevator that had been chasing Ou Yang crashed straight into him. In a panic, Ou Yang scrambled backward with his hands and feet, but his back bumped against the elevator that was blocking the passage.

Seeing that he was about to be crushed into a meat pie by the two elevators, Ouyang closed his eyes in despair, his features scrunched up, waiting for death to come.

But at that moment, the noise from the machine suddenly disappeared.

Ou Yang opened one eye like a thief and found that the elevator had stopped right in front of him!
His foot was already under the elevator, just a hair's breadth away from becoming a sandwich filling.

Ouyang broke out in a cold sweat, picked up the candle, and the light illuminated the surroundings again.

He crawled out of the crevice with lingering fear and let out a long breath.

Damn, that was close! Luckily I was lucky!
Having survived the ordeal, Ouyang couldn't wait to walk down the side road, but he was constantly worried that the sedan chair would catch up with him again, so he walked with trepidation, looking back every step of the way.

He hadn't walked more than a few steps when he heard the sound of gears meshing behind him again. He turned around and saw that the elevator had started moving again, still heading in his direction.

Ou Yang took off running, but he hadn't gone far when he found an elevator door on his right. He pried open the door with unprecedented speed, scrambled inside, leaned against the wall, and waited, panting, for the elevator to pass by.

But after waiting for a while and finding nothing unusual, he started to lose confidence. Could it be that what he just saw was a hallucination?

I peeked out from the doorway and saw that the elevator was stopped just a few meters away!
Ou Yang instantly lost his composure, wanting to unleash every curse word he had ever accumulated in his life.

If you don't go in, you don't stop; if you go in, you stop immediately?
Is this a moving maze?
He tried reaching out with his hands, legs, and even his head, but the elevator remained motionless.

After mentally preparing himself, he jumped out of the door, only to find the elevator starting up again, startling him so much that he quickly ran back inside.

The elevator stopped again.

Ou Yang was furious and couldn't help but curse, "Is he deliberately targeting me?"

He was in the middle of a heated argument when the lights suddenly went out without warning. His heart skipped a beat, and he involuntarily stopped talking.

Fortunately, the candle was still burning, preserving a little light for him.

Before I could even catch my breath, the lights came back on.

Ou Yang was speechless. What did that mean?

Just seconds later, the lights went out again...

The light kept flashing on and off, making Ouyang's eyes blurry.

But he quickly discovered a certain pattern in it, and after trying to decipher it, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: Morse code?
Is someone trying to send him a message through the light? Did they not even consider whether he understands this thing?

Fortunately, he really understood and quickly deciphered the meaning of the light: Go out and follow!
Ou Yang narrowed his eyes, gesturing for him to follow the elevator.
No, it's not about how to get there, it's about the person controlling the elevator knowing he's not in the passageway.

In other words, there is a pair of eyes, hidden somewhere, secretly watching his every move!
Movies often feature similar plots that are thrilling and exciting, but experiencing them in person is a completely different feeling.

It's hard to describe in detail, but in short, it makes me want to vomit blood.

Ou Yang angrily questioned in his heart: Why should I listen to you? Who the hell knows who you are?

If it's someone on your side, it's likely they'd like to offer some necessary help, such as guiding him away.

But what if the person operating the elevator is an enemy? What if they want to lure him into a dangerous area, or simply make fun of him?

That's why he was able to escape from a ward. If he had been between two wards and the elevators from both directions had collided with him at the same time, he would have been completely helpless and there would have been no way to hide or avoid it. He would have been utterly doomed!

The lights flashed rapidly a few times, as if posing a question.

Ouyang looked around and immediately found the camera in the corner.

His first reaction was to smash the thing, but then he remembered the elevator that automatically stopped when he was about to be crushed into a meat patty, and he hesitated.

Ou Yang thought for a moment, then grabbed the elevator door, scraped some dark, greasy grime from the crack, dipped his finger in it, and wrote three words on the wall: Who am I?

(End of this chapter)