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"Aunt Mei."

Ah Lian immediately and obediently went over.

This is Aunt Mei, a well-known kind-hearted person in the neighborhood who often helps her neighbors with small favors.

"Xiao Lian, you're on the night shift again?"

"Yes, Aunt Mei."

Ah Lian nodded.

"Working night shifts all the time is bad for your health. Don't think that just because you're young it doesn't matter. When you get older, your body will start to have problems more often."

Young people need to take care of their health, understand?

Ah Lian nodded obediently.

Although Aunt Mei was long-winded, Ah Lian knew very well that Aunt Mei was doing it for her own good, so she quite liked Aunt Mei's concern, after all, that was her family's situation.

At this moment, Aunt Mei changed the subject and lowered her voice.

"By the way, when you came back tonight, did you encounter anything strange?"

Ah Lian quickly shook her head.

"That's good... Xiao Lian, remember that."

Come home earlier these next few nights. Don't pay any attention to strange people or things you encounter. Also, the Ghost Festival is coming up soon, so be sure to be home before midnight on that night!

"I understand, Aunt Mei."

Ah Lian glanced around and, noticing that her husband, who was always inseparable from Aunt Mei, wasn't there, she asked directly:

"Aunt Mei, where is Uncle Dong?"

Aunt Mei shook her head helplessly.

"The old man twisted his back when he got up and is now resting at home."

"I see... Well, Aunt Mei, I'll be going now."

After greeting everyone, Ah Lian turned and walked into the doorway next to her.

She wandered through maze-like corridors, finally arriving at two old elevators.

Kowloon Walled City was filled with illegal buildings, illegally connected electrical wires and water pipes. In an area of ​​2.7 hectares, 40,000 to 50,000 people lived, which is equivalent to 1.9 million people per square kilometer, making it one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

This is a no-man's-land that even the Hong Kong police dare not enter. It is full of all kinds of shady businesses and filth, and naturally breeds a lot of dirty and filthy darkness.

Various kinds of garbage can be seen everywhere in the corridor, and various pipes are densely packed overhead, forming countless spider webs that firmly occupy the corridor.

The walls on both sides were covered with all sorts of messy posters, advertisements, and graffiti.

The incandescent bulb at the top seemed to have a poor connection, flickering and making a buzzing sound.

The dim, flickering light illuminated the corridor with an eerie, shimmering blue hue.

A-Lian pressed the elevator button, and a screeching and electrical noise came through. She couldn't help but tighten the strap of her backpack.

Ding!

With a soft click, the elevator doors opened.

Ah Lian was about to go in when she suddenly stopped.

An elderly man wearing a gray shirt and cloth shoes appeared silently in the elevator.

He stood quietly, facing a corner of the elevator.

When the elevator reached the first floor, the old man did not react at all.

The atmosphere suddenly became eerie...

Chapter 593 Despair

Ah Lian looked the old man up and down, and when her gaze moved to his feet, her expression changed drastically.

This old man not only stood on tiptoe, but he also cast no shadow!

Ah Lian almost cried out.

She quickly covered her mouth and took two steps back.

The old man remained motionless, still facing the corner of the elevator, standing there silently, like a zombie...

A series of footsteps suddenly came from the entrance, and Ah Lian looked over there nervously.

A couple emerged from around the corner.

Seeing that they still had shadows at their feet, Ah Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

The couple gave Ah Lian a strange look and then walked directly into the elevator.

The two of them seemed completely oblivious to the strange old man in the corner.

Soon, the elevator doors clicked shut and drove upwards, carrying the three 'people'.

A-Lian glanced at the constantly changing numbers on the elevator screen with lingering fear, then pressed the button for another elevator.

After a while, with a soft "ding!" sound, the elevator doors slowly opened.

Ah Lian didn't go over immediately. Instead, she peeked inside and found that the elevator was indeed empty. She breathed a sigh of relief, stepped into the elevator, and pressed the button for her floor, '14'.

The elevator doors clicked shut and began to slowly ascend.

The numbers on the elevator jumped from '1' to '2', and then quickly to '3'...

Just as the number jumped to '4', A-Lian looked up and glanced at the silver-white elevator door in front of her.

To her horror, she discovered that two blurry figures were reflected in the elevator door.

One was herself, and the other... was none other than that strange old man!

The old man appeared in the elevator without anyone noticing.

He was still facing the corner of the elevator, making it impossible to see his face.

Something unclean has afflicted her!

Ah Lian almost screamed.

She clenched her teeth tightly, suppressing the urge to turn around, and stood there motionless.

The elevator continued upwards, and the numbers jumped to '5', '6', and so on.

Ah Lian stared intently at the elevator doors in front of her. To her horror, she discovered that as the elevator continued to ascend, the old man was gradually getting closer to her!

With each tick of the elevator number, the old man moved a little closer to her.

The constantly changing blood-red numbers on the door seemed like a countdown to the end of her life.

Sweat kept dripping from A-Lian's forehead, and her face was as pale as a corpse.

She moved forward little by little until she was almost touching the elevator door.

But the old man had already silently arrived in the center of the elevator.

A-Lian could no longer bear the immense pressure, which felt like a death sentence countdown. She suddenly looked up at the floor's display screen.

The number is changing from '11' to '12'.

Ah Lian quickly reached out and slapped the case number '12' on the panel.

Ding!

With a soft sound, the elevator doors slowly opened to both sides.

Ah Lian rushed out of the elevator before the doors were fully open.

After running a couple of steps, she turned her head slightly.

The strange old man floated out of the elevator without a sound.

Yes, Ah Lian could see it clearly. He was standing on tiptoe, his toes barely touching the ground, and he was gliding across the ground like that.

Even more strangely, the old man kept his back to her the entire time.

A strange premonition rose in A-Lian's heart.

She's doomed the moment she sees the old man's face!

Ah Lian could no longer care about anything else and began to run wildly through the maze-like stairwells.

The building where she lived was located in the very center of Kowloon Walled City, and the whole building looked like a giant '回' character when viewed from above.

Through unauthorized alterations and illegal constructions, the floors in all four directions have continued to extend to the sides, and the structure is no longer as simple as it appears.

The Kowloon Walled City, this large maze, also contains this smaller maze.

Fortunately, Ah Lian has lived here for over ten years and can find her way around almost with her eyes closed.

She stumbled into the stairwell and began running up the narrow stairwell.

Before long, she ran up to the 13th floor.

She didn't stop, but continued upwards, and soon arrived at the middle of the stairs between the 13th and 14th floors.

She glanced back instinctively, but was immediately terrified.

That strange old man caught up so quickly, and he was just a few steps behind her!

Ah Lian was so frightened that she buried her head and rushed upwards.

However, she hadn't even climbed a few steps when she suddenly stopped.

A child, with his back to her, was quietly squatting at the doorway of the 14th-floor stairwell.

The child's entire body appeared as if it had been submerged in water for a long time, exhibiting a sickly white color.

He squatted on the ground, seemingly drawing something.

But when Ah Lian saw his hand, her body trembled instantly.

The hands were a disgusting dark green, covered in wrinkles, and constantly oozing a foul-smelling black liquid.

Hearing the noise, the child turned around abruptly.

Ah Lian was so frightened that her face turned pale and she almost fell down the stairs.