Chapter Eleven: The Inevitable Death

  Seeing Huang's dejected appearance, I couldn't bear it and said, "Xiao Peng, don't be too desperate either. Maybe things will turn around. Tonight, just honestly stay with us, and I won't believe that the fierce ghost can still drag you to the company building entrance."

  "Really?" Xiaopeng was not moved by my words, and the fearful expression on his face became even more intense. "Lan Tian, are you saying that all of this is really the ghost of Lin Meixin coming back to claim our lives?"

  Xiaopeng mentioned Lin Meixin, and I couldn't help but pause for a moment. The image of that night when Liu Tingting died, which I had caught on the surveillance camera, flashed through my mind again.

  Is Lin Meixin's ghost really back for revenge? Are the deaths of Liu Tingting, Da Liu, Paozi and Zhao Yun really related to her? If this series of events is indeed caused by Lin Meixin's ghost, it's really too terrifying!

  My thoughts were suddenly all messed up, and I didn't know how to respond to Xiaopeng. I barely managed to say, "Maybe! I'm not sure either."

  When night fell, everyone returned to the office, but Xiao Peng was nowhere to be seen.

  He was just here this afternoon, where did he go all of a sudden?

  Lin Wei's face showed a rare look of anxiety, "He doesn't even answer his phone, where did he go?"

  "I don't know, when you all went out to eat, he was still in the office chatting with me for a bit, I don't know where he went. Maybe he just stepped out temporarily and will be back soon." I comforted, actually I also had a faint feeling that something was off.

  Time is passing in a heavy, suffocating manner, second by second. This kind of waiting for death to arrive is absolutely a heart-wrenching torture. There is no other wait in the world that is more terrifying than waiting for death.

  It was already ten o'clock, and Xiao Peng still hadn't returned. Everyone's anxiety grew even more intense. Lin Wei appeared at this time with his rare calmness and quickly made arrangements. He divided the remaining eleven of us into three groups: I was with Zhang Xiaolu and Zeng Mingqing in one group, staying behind to watch the surveillance footage on the computer; Lin Wei led a group of three people to guard the elevator entrance; a classmate named Xu Peilong led the rest of the classmates to guard the company building's entrance. As soon as Xiao Peng was spotted, we were to contact each other by phone and stop him immediately.

  To be honest, the division of labor among these three groups is that our group has the lightest workload. The most important ones are Lin Wei and Xu Peilong's two groups, who are responsible for on-site blocking.

  After the division of labor was completed, everyone immediately took their positions, and the entire office was left with only me and Zhang Xiaolu, Zeng Mingqing this couple.

  The computer in front of us had long been connected to the main control room by Lin Wei and became a monitor for the entire building.

  The three of us stared at the computer screen, which was divided into four sections, without blinking, so tense that we didn't even dare to breathe. In our hearts, we both hoped that Xiaopeng's figure would appear on the screen as soon as possible and be stopped by everyone, but also didn't want his figure to appear in the company building.

  The entire building of the company was eerily quiet, the corridor in the surveillance screen seemed endless, and the entrance to the company's hall was like a giant beast's mouth, as if it wanted to devour people.

  The surveillance screen can still vaguely see the figures of Lin Wei and Xu Peilong, they are like us, estimated to be anxiously waiting for tonight's death protagonist Xiaopeng to appear.

  I took a surreptitious glance at Zhang Xiaolu sitting not far away, but saw her leaning her entire body into Zeng Mingqing's arms, her body trembling slightly, and her whole face looking especially captivating in the light. I couldn't help but shiver, and quickly shifted my gaze to the computer monitor screen.

  There was nothing unusual on the surveillance screen. My Adam's apple moved up and down, my mood was tense to the extreme, because the time display showed that it was already midnight at 12 o'clock.

  At this time, Zhang Xiaolu and Zeng Mingqing also came to the computer, staring at the four surveillance screens with me. My heart was racing, and my heart rate was increasing exponentially. If the evil spirit's killing was like what I analyzed during the day, then Xiao Peng should have appeared by now.

  But the surveillance screen in front of him still didn't show any abnormalities, let alone a human figure, not even half a ghostly shadow had appeared.

  "What's going on? Has Xiaopeng also left the company and gone home like Daliu?"

  My words did not have any calming effect, and instead Zhang Xiaolu and Zeng Mingqing were frightened, their two pairs of eyes looking at me with terror.

  Damn it! Why did I have to mention that pot and now it's come back to haunt me! It was Big Liu who died at the company building entrance after secretly running away from the company.

  However, logically speaking, shouldn't Xiaopeng have appeared by now?

  Really?

  I was lost in thought when I suddenly heard Zhang Xiaolu let out a sharp cry, "Quickly look! Xiao Peng, Xiao Peng has appeared, Xiao Peng has appeared!"

  I was startled and fixed my eyes on the computer screen, where I saw a stout figure slowly moving forward in the dimly lit corridor under the yellow voice-controlled lamp. In my line of sight, Xiaopeng's figure was infinitely magnified, somewhat distorted and deformed, emitting an extremely eerie aura.

  "Now we're all anxious, 'Zeng Mingqing, Xiaolü, hurry up and call Lin Wei, Xu Peilong and them.'" I instructed while staring intently at the surveillance screen.

  Xiaopeng walked very slowly, like a wandering ghost, and was about to disappear from the computer's surveillance screen into the elevator. I asked urgently, "How is it? Did you get through on the phone?"

  "No way, it can't be reached." Zhang Xiaolu and Zeng Mingqing almost responded in unison.

  I helplessly shook my head, this was also something I had expected. The phone seemed to be controlled by some kind of supernatural power, and Xiao Peng had already disappeared from the surveillance screen.

  "Damn it! I'm going after Xiaopeng, you guys stay here and keep monitoring!" I cursed and rushed out of the office door without caring about being scared.

  The voice-controlled lights in the corridor flickered on and off, giving me a sense of fear that I was wandering between life and death. But at this moment, my urgent desire to save Xiaopeng overcame the external fear, and I quickly rushed to the elevator door, pressing the elevator button hard, and the elevator quickly rose from the first floor.

  I rushed into the elevator, my clothes already drenched in cold sweat.

  The elevator went up from the first floor to here, indicating that Xiaopeng had already walked out of the elevator and entered the hall. Moreover, there were double insurance measures in place: Lin Wei and others were at the exit of the elevator, while Xu Peilong and others were at the entrance of the company building.

  I was praying silently in my heart, hoping that the elevator wouldn't break down like last time and that I would land safely. Perhaps it was due to my sincere prayer, but before long, the elevator came to a stop on the first floor with a "clunk".

  I rushed out in a flurry and collided with someone, and when I looked up, it was actually Lin Wei.

  "What the hell? How did you get down here?"

  Seeing several of them staring at me with a pair of eyes, I was shocked and inexplicable. "Didn't you see Xiaopeng come out of the elevator?"

  "No."

  "We have been guarding the elevator entrance all along. Not to mention a living person, even if a fly flies out, it will definitely not escape our eyes."

  Yes.

  Yes.

  Lin Wei and several others answered in a disorderly manner.

  How could it be like this? I clearly saw Xiaopeng's figure disappear from the surveillance screen into the elevator. Could it be that a living person suddenly evaporated from the elevator for no reason?

  I was stunned, and a strong premonition suddenly flashed through my mind.

  It's bad, maybe Xiaopeng has already walked out of the company's door!

  I was stunned for a moment and ran towards the company gate. Lin Wei and others saw me running frantically outside and followed suit.

  Xu Peilong saw a large group of us suddenly appearing at the company gate and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you? Have you seen Xiaopeng?"

  So it seems that Xu Peilong and the others who were guarding the entrance did not see Xiaopeng walk out of the company's main gate either. Everyone remained silent, standing quietly at the entrance like a group of strange beasts.

  I gazed at the spot where Liu Tingting and Da Liu had met with disaster, a chill ran straight towards me, sending shivers down my spine. At this moment, there were still people walking in twos and threes on the road, with occasional cars whizzing by.

  What's going on? I couldn't understand everything I saw tonight, was it an illusion?

  "Was it our actions that made the vengeful spirit of Lin Mei's ghost give up its plan to kill tonight? I was deep in thought when suddenly I felt a figure squeeze into our midst, then float past us like a walking corpse."

  That figure was Xiao Peng!

  I shouted loudly, "It's Xiaopeng, it's Xiaopeng! Stop him quickly..."

  It may be too late, Xiaopeng's figure was swift and agile, and in the blink of an eye, he had already reached the middle of the road. At this moment, a small car was speeding over from the right side.

  "Ah......" Xiaopeng let out a miserable cry, his body spinning 360 degrees before falling to the ground, landing on the blood-soaked cloth, dying right in front of us.

  Even if we deployed so meticulously, we still couldn't stop Xiaopeng's death, everyone was stunned!

  I watched helplessly as Xiaopeng died right in front of me, my whole body felt like it had fallen into an ice cave, the chill was unbearable. Taking advantage of the chaos, I slipped away from the company building in the darkness.

  I didn't dare return to the rumored haunted bachelor dormitory, so I found a simple small hotel near the company.

  Lying in bed, although extremely tired, I still tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. As soon as I closed my eyes, the miserable deaths of Liu Tingting, Da Liu, Xiao Peng and others flashed before my mind.

  I got out of bed and turned on the old computer in the room.

  I stared blankly at the computer screen, not knowing what to do for a while. It wasn't until after a long time that I remembered Lin Wei mentioning something about searching online for information on the death list. The series of car accidents that occurred in front of this advertising company three years ago, including the list of people who died in the accident, were all from Lin Wei's mouth, and I didn't see it with my own eyes.

  What one hears is often a lie; what one sees is usually true. I always have some doubts in my heart if I don't see it with my own eyes. Taboo of the evil spirits.

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