Weird Talker

Chapter 2 One day apart

Qin Manjiang didn't call rashly, since Li Xi chose to send a message, it means that his current situation may not be convenient to call.

At present, the only thing that can be determined is that he is still alive, and he lived between 10:30 and midnight last night.

Why is this happening?

Qin Manjiang didn't understand, but through the phone call just now, he vaguely noticed something.

Li Xi's time over there seems to be different from the time flow in the real world.

It seems that as long as there is no connection between the two, the time in that world will not flow.

Like the cat in the box, forever in the unknown without getting involved.

This also gave Qin Manjiang more time to prepare.

The most important thing is to find a way to go back to yesterday. Since Li Xijiu's call can reach today, it means that he has some kind of secret connection with Qin Manjiang.

Although Qin Manjiang has not realized what this connection is at present, he is sure that it must exist.

Moreover, as long as he communicates with Li Xi through phone calls or text messages, sooner or later he will be able to find out the reason why he "falls into" the weirdness.

But this process is not infinite. As long as the two people establish a connection, the time flow of the two worlds will be synchronized, and the time on the other side will start to rotate. The fire is started at zero ignition. In other words, Li Xi’s life Only one and a half hours from 10:30 to midnight.

Fire... fire.

Taking No. 36 Tiannan Road, critical movie theater as keywords, supplemented by fire, fire, and soon, some search results appeared on the phone screen.

Mostly last night's news.

But after reading it carefully, Qin Manjiang's eyes froze for a moment.

No. 36, Tiannan Road, Fucheng, the critical cinema was built 15 years ago.Places like movie theaters are generally luxuriously decorated, with complex electrical wiring and a lot of flammable and combustible materials. Once a fire breaks out, the fire will easily spread and expand.

There had already been a fire ten years ago, and since that fire, some strange phenomena have frequently appeared in the renovated movie theater.

For example, dense black handprints were pressed on the mirror in the toilet of the movie theater, and a figure suddenly appeared in the corner of the front row where there should be no one while watching the movie.Even more bizarre is the rumor that some people have seen strange characters in movies shown in some theaters that should not have belonged to the original movie.

All kinds of rumors are raging, causing the passenger flow of cinemas to plummet.

Until recently, the combination of the latest horror flicks and theaters with urban legends has piqued interest.

There were more people in the movie theater.

That's why Li Xi should have gone to the movie theater. That person is interested in everything except study.

The same fire, the same location... Even Li Xi would not believe it if it was a coincidence.

So, is the culprit who caused this supernatural phenomenon the deceased ten years ago...

After searching the Internet for a while, Qin Manjiang found nothing. He didn't even know how many people died ten years ago, whether they were male or female.

The message seems to have been deliberately blocked.

This is even more bizarre, an ordinary fire does not need to be so secretive.

Glancing at the news on the TV screen, Qin Manjiang made preparations silently. The fire had already been extinguished, and the firefighters were doing their best to search and rescue.

There should be no chance to go in during the day today, and sneak into the fire scene at night, and then get in touch with Li Xi, this is Qin Manjiang's current plan.

The mobile phone gives the two people a connection in time, so arriving at the same place is a connection in space.

Qin Manjiang took a deep breath, took the hammer, wrench, strong light flashlight, pepper water, cross, garlic, Guanyin pendant, jade Buddha... For people, for ghosts, for east and west, don't ask for a clean sweep, In short, bring some more or less, in case it is useful?
After all, what happened after receiving Li Xijiu's call cannot be explained by the education he received in the past 20 years.

He looked up at his face in the mirror. His facial features were clear and well-defined. He was wearing a pair of silver half-rim glasses. His eyes were particularly narrow and long, and his hair was a little long.

In Li Xijiu's words, Qin Manjiang's face and name are just like those gentle and refined scum in the TV movies of Tianxuan, who turned into villains in the later stage.

He can't be said to be very handsome, and his expression is quite gentle, but it always gives people the feeling of sharpening a knife behind his back.

Squeeze it, it hurts, it's not a dream.

Qin Manjiang is not gentle and elegant, nor does he want to be a gentle scum.

He just wants to live in a down-to-earth manner.

At work, he picked up his mobile phone and called the boss of the part-time job office where he was going to go today. He made up a reason and apologized, showing a sense of responsibility that an adult should have.

As for studies, let's put it down for the time being, anyway, I have already asked for so many leave.

What worried him the most was his younger sister Qin Yiyi. The hospital arranged a treatment for her tonight. He originally planned to stay with her overnight. What if this treatment woke her up?

But as soon as Li Xi's incident happened, everything couldn't go as planned.

My sister can only ask others to take care of her tonight.

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"Hello?"

The squad leader who was having breakfast in the school cafeteria received a call from a stranger.

"I'm Qin Manjiang."

Qin Manjiang's voice was unusually hesitant.

"It's you, are you coming to class! Classmate Qin?" The monitor's voice was a little happy for him.

"Um, soon." Qin Manjiang skipped the topic, "Squad leader, can you do me a favor."

The squad leader put down the bun with a small bite, held the phone in both hands, and nodded subconsciously: "Well, you say."

"..."

"Umm...ummm...okay, I see."

"Thank you." Qin Manjiang breathed a sigh of relief, and he said solemnly: "I will repay you."

"No, no, we are all classmates. I hope you can come back soon..."

"Beep beep..."

hang up.

The squad leader stared blankly at the phone, and met the narrow gazes of the roommates across the table, a little embarrassed: "You guys...see what I'm doing..."

"Is it him again? That gloomy glasses man, skipping classes all day long, I think he is about to be expelled from school, Xiao Ru, you can't get stuck on him!"

"It's just..."

"What, I...he..."

With a stupid mouth, she was so anxious that she couldn't speak for a long time, and her face turned red.

Classmate Qin is just asking me to take care of my sick sister tonight. He always doesn't come to school because the burden of the family is heavier and he needs to take responsibility. He is not a person who does not think about making progress...

"I won't tell you..."

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August [-]th, nine o'clock in the evening.

With a backpack on his back, Qin Manjiang stopped a taxi.

"No. 36 Tiannan Road."

After reporting the address, he found that the car was not moving.

Qin Manjiang looked at the driver master: "What's wrong?"

"Going to No. 36 Tiannan Road? There was a fire there just last night. Are you a reporter?" the driver asked.

Qin Manjiang nodded with a smile and said, "Well, are you going? If not, I'll change the car."

"Go, of course, it's just that at night, most people don't take a taxi to rush to the place where the fire broke out. I'm curious." The driver explained briefly when the car started.

Qin Manjiang didn't seem to care, and asked casually, "By the way, master, has there been a fire in that movie theater before?"

"Ah... that's right, it happened. It's been many years, and the fire was huge, but it was safe and sound. All the adults escaped, and only one child died."

child?
Qin Manjiang's heart skipped a beat. He casually inquired about the information he couldn't find online in the taxi, and it turned out to be really rewarding.

"Speaking of which, the child also asked for it. He was ignorant and ran around on his own. It seemed that he was trapped in a narrow place and burned to death."

When the driver said this, Qin Manjiang subconsciously looked at the driver, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the safety tag hanging under the rearview mirror, which said safe journey.

If it was caused by the shaking inside the car, it would never turn so fast, and there was no wind in the car, but it was turning slowly, as if something was fiddled with.

Qin Manjiang felt a chill inexplicably, but the driver didn't know it, and kept talking about his views on the fire incident that year:

"Later, I heard that the child was hiding in the toilet, and the toilet door was broken and couldn't be opened. Who do you think can be blamed?"

"What the hell is the weather... how cold..." the driver muttered.

Of course it will be chilly, the safety tag next to you is about to take off...

Qin Manjiang leaned closer to the car door, and he would rather jump out of the car if the situation was not right.

He had never encountered this kind of thing before, but since that phone call, he seemed to be involved in some kind of unimaginable huge unknown horror.

However, Qin Manjiang is also very clear that there must be some reason for this kind of thing to be bumped into by himself and Li Xi in the vast crowd.

Maybe... the death of the father and the madness of the sister can both find the answer.

The driver also seemed to feel uncomfortable, so he finally shut up and stopped talking.

Speeding all the way, Tiannan Road is not remote, and it is even relatively close to the city center, but for some reason, there are fewer and fewer vehicles today, the road seems to be narrower, and even the light of the street lights is darker.

After half an hour.

"Here we are, the cordon is pulled up in front and we can't get in, so go by yourself."

The driver's voice sounded.

Pay the money and get out of the car.

The driver kicked the accelerator and left here quickly, as if feeling unlucky.

Qin Manjiang turned his head to look at the critical movie theater that had become a ruin. The firefighters had already left temporarily, and the surrounding ruins were cordoned off.

Qin Manjiang took out his mobile phone, and Li Xi only had one and a half hours to use it, and he had to race against time to obtain information.

But before he sent a message, he just received another call from Li Xijiu.

"What's the matter, are you alright?"

Qin Manjiang asked in a low voice.

Li Xijiu's voice was quite uneasy: "Brother Qin... There is a lunatic... There is a lunatic who wants to kill me! I am hiding in the toilet, and... the other people in the movie theater are also a little strange, I..."

Qin Manjiang didn't finish listening to him, he just felt his scalp numb.

The words of the taxi driver just now came to mind:

"Later, I heard that the child was hiding in the toilet, and the toilet door was broken and couldn't be opened. Who do you think is to blame for this..."

"Get out of the toilet, quick!"

As Qin Manjiang said, he crossed the cordon and quickly ran towards the ruined toilet of the critical cinema.

"But... I can't get out."

Li Xijiu's voice was pitiful,
"The toilet door seems...broken?"

(End of this chapter)