Nightmare Apostle

In the next few days, Yang Xiao continued to live his life as usual. No one came to him because of Fu Qingzhu's matter. Everything in the office was normal.

Three days later, Yang Xiao received news that the murder case in Gulin Villa in the north of the city had been solved. The murderer was a mentally disturbed apostle, and he had been shot and killed during the pursuit.

From the information downloaded by Zhuge Zhijie, we can see that the chase scene was very brutal. A fat man was lying face up in the woods, his whole body covered in blood, especially his face, which had been beaten to pieces. Conservatively It is estimated that he was shot at least a dozen times.

Yang Xiao silently picked up the phone and clicked on Fu Qingzhu's circle of friends. The latest update was posted 10 hours ago. Fu Qingzhu was sitting among a group of girls, wearing a decent suit, and there was a birthday cake on the table. The picture is very warm.

Judging from the size of the person who died, it was obvious that he was not Fu Qingzhu. It seemed that this boy was really capable and actually found a scapegoat.

"Did this guy blow up an official building, or was he following a lonely old man at night to do something evil? Why was he beaten like this?" Ximen Xiu was shocked after seeing the photo, "I just killed an information dealer, that's not the case."

"Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity." Yang Xiao put away his phone and gave Ximen Xiu a kind reminder.

In the afternoon, Yang Xiao conducted combat training and firearms training as usual. After this period of hard training, Yang Xiao was able to use his strength advantage to confront instructor Zhu Yina, and briefly gained the upper hand.

Firearms have always been Yang Xiao's strong point, and after being tempered by actual combat in Huirong Building, his shooting level has improved steadily. The coach who got the target paper couldn't help but praise Yang Xiao for being a natural killer. Not only did he kill the robbers and hostages, but he also His teammates didn’t let him go either.

"Coach, this is a misunderstanding." Yang Xiao also tried to explain himself.

"Don't explain, Captain Yang, explain to him." The bald coach picked up the target paper with his teammates drawn on it and pointed at the two bullet holes in his teammates' foreheads.

In the evening, Yang Xiao's training ended. It was another fulfilling day. He took a quick shower in the shower room of the training center, changed into new clothes, and was ready to enjoy his own night.

Nowadays, Yang Xiao is considered to be a semi-rich man. He plans to invite Brother Zhao, the owner of the script agency, out for a meal. If no one invests in his script, he will pay for it himself.

"You deserve to be rich~~You deserve to be rich~~"

"I won the lottery today~~The rich woman will love you tomorrow~~"

Yang Xiao picked up the phone, and the screen showed that the call was from Huang Qiang. He was the commissioner running errands for Director Nalan. If he wanted to get involved in the system, he must not offend the leader's cronies.

"Captain Yang, do you have any plans at 9 o'clock tonight?" Huang Qiang's voice was as enthusiastic as ever, "Coach Lu is free tonight."

"Coach Lu?" Yang Xiao was a little surprised. This Lu Youdao was weird. He thought that Lu Youdao had given up on him as a student after what happened last time.

"Yes, that's Mr. Lu." Huang Qiang said with a smile, and then lowered his voice, "Captain Yang, this time it was the director who went to help you personally. This is a rare opportunity, you must cherish it."

"I understand, thank you Director for your cultivation."

"Also, you also know that the director is a low-key person. He doesn't want you to know about this at all. It's me who talks too much." Huang Qiang seriously reflected on himself.

Yang Xiao took a deep breath, "Don't worry, brother Huang Qiang, I won't let the director know that I know about this."

Putting down the phone, Yang Xiao fell silent. Huang Qiang's words just now revealed a lot of information to him.

He called Lu Youdao Coach Lu, which was originally correct, but Huang Qiang changed his name to Mr. Lu in the next sentence. This was a clear reminder to himself that he should not treat Lu Youdao as an ordinary coach.

More importantly, this opportunity was obtained only after the director personally interceded for him. Who is this Lu Youdao, and why is he so proud?

The original plan fell through. Yang Xiao went to have a meal first, then returned to the office. He waited until nearly 9 o'clock before taking the elevator to the underground training center.

At this time, the training center has been closed and all the staff have left. There are only a few lights on in the large space.

The training center is completely different during the day and at night. Most of the space here is shrouded in darkness at this moment, and a few human-shaped target papers that have not yet been removed are hung in the distance of the empty shooting range.

Because of the light, the target papers were hidden in the darkness. A gust of evil wind blew from nowhere, and several target papers swayed slightly, as if to say hello to him.

His heart beat faster, and Yang Xiao couldn't help but become nervous. As a script creator, he was very good at association. It would be a waste if nothing happened in this scene in the script.

Just when Yang Xiao was tensed up, he said, "Hey..."

Almost subconsciously, Yang Xiao immediately pulled out his gun and pointed in the direction of the sound. There was a thick iron door. The iron door was half open, and light came out from inside. At the same time, a figure appeared behind the door.

If he hadn't known Lu Youdao, Yang Xiao would have shot him without hesitation based on his terrifying acid-corroded face.

Lu Youdao just glanced at Yang Xiao and said nothing, then turned and walked back into the passage. Yang Xiao immediately put away his gun and followed him at a trot.

It was still the dark corridor, with doors on both sides of the corridor. Yang Xiao didn't understand why the lighting here was an old-fashioned chandelier. Specifically, there was a light bulb hanging under a black wire, as if Style from decades ago.

"Mr. Lu, I was ignorant last time, please don't hold it against me." Yang Xiao is a man who can bend and stretch.

Facing Yang Xiao's courtesy, Lu Youdao did not react, but nodded politely, "Come with me."

It was still the same room, the first one closest to the door. After opening the door, the two walked into the room one after the other. The room was surrounded by dark red velvet curtains. A tripod was placed in the center, and a ghost camera with a wooden shell was placed on it.

"Captain Yang, let me repeat the rules here again." Lu Youdao's hoarse voice sounded, "Here, everything must be obeyed by me. Without my permission, you are not allowed to leave the room without permission, especially not close to the doors of other rooms. Am I clear enough?"

Yang Xiao nodded seriously, "Clear."

Then Lu Youdao stepped on the mechanism, and the wall that the camera lens was facing changed. The velvet curtains were pulled open to both sides, revealing the high-backed chair covered by a glass cover.

For Yang Xiao, who had learned the truth, the word "shrouded" was not quite appropriate. It should be "imprisoned", after all, there was a ghost sitting on this strange high-back chair.

Lu Youdao reached out from his pocket and took out a flat iron box, stuffed it into the groove on the left side of the camera, and the two fit tightly.

"Take a photo." Lu Youdao stepped back to make room for Yang Xiao.

With the experience of last time, Yang Xiao first removed the iron box containing the ghost photo, took it out, and checked the film inside.

There was only one photo in it this time, which meant that he only had one chance.

After putting the photo box back, Yang Xiao quickly shook the handle and raised the lens, silently calculating the position of the clown ghost in his mind. After determining the angle, he pressed the shutter.

After waiting for about a minute, a green light suddenly lit up at the bottom of the camera, and accompanied by a rustling sound, a photo slowly spit out from the bottom. The clown ghost was sitting on the chair, with a hideous face, but his eyes were not as evil as before, but filled with a dull feeling.

"Success." Yang Xiao was a little excited. He had also been on a mission and had commanded a team to seal a female ghost in a white dress. That was the feeling.

He was now sure that the clown ghost imprisoned here had fallen into a deep sleep again.

"Not bad." Lu Youdao rarely praised him, but suddenly changed the subject and faced Yang Xiao, "How did you check the photo box? Who taught you?"

Yang Xiao, who was in excitement, was stunned. He realized that he had done something wrong. Last time, Lu Youdao did not teach him to check the small box with ghost photos.

This was what Fu Qingzhu taught him last time. He also gave him a photo box with three ghost photos.

"I went on a mission before, and I saw that Daxiong did it this way." Yang Xiao remained calm, "Is my method wrong?"

"No, it's very standard."

Being looked at by Lu Youdao's eyes, Yang Xiao was tormented, but fortunately his psychological quality was not bad and he did not reveal any flaws.

"Mr. Lu, Daxiong once told me that this kind of photo that can take pictures of ghosts is very precious. Only three are provided for one mission. Once they are used up, they will be gone. Is that true?" Yang Xiao tried to change the subject.

"It is rare, but not precious. The small number of them is also for the consideration of the team members who are carrying out the mission, especially the investigation team with insufficient capabilities."

"What do you mean?"

"Every time you take pictures of a ghost, it will have an invisible impact on the ghost. You can understand it as anger or provocation. Generally speaking, three times is the limit. If you fail to seal the ghost for three consecutive times, the ghost will become extremely dangerous. In this case, we will give up the mission and consider evacuating." When talking about these, Lu Youdao obviously said more.

"So that's the case." Yang Xiao nodded slowly and continued to ask: "Then including the last time, I have used up 3 ghost photos. Isn't this too wasteful?"

"The last two were defective products, and this time is the standard product." The two asked and answered, and Lu Youdao did not hide anything.

Yang Xiao understood. No wonder there was only one photo in the box this time.

"Now I will teach you how to disassemble this special camera. Come closer and look carefully." Lu Youdao approached with a limp, and pressed the wooden shell of the camera with his left hand, which was missing half of his palm, and pressed the groove under the camera with his right hand, and easily removed the shell.

"Dong."

"Dong, Dong."

Yang Xiao was watching attentively, and suddenly heard a very light knocking sound, a total of three times, he heard it very clearly.

"Huh?" Yang Xiao suddenly raised his head.

Lu Youdao, who was explaining, turned his head with an unhappy look on his face, and after a moment, he uttered a hoarse voice: "Captain Yang, are you listening to me?"

"Did you hear any sound?" Yang Xiao listened for a while, and the strange knocking sound disappeared again.

"What sound?" Lu Youdao frowned.

"It's... the sound of knocking something, very clear, I heard it." Yang Xiao looked at Lu Youdao with some surprise. The knocking sound was very clear, and he thought Lu Youdao knew what was going on.

At the moment when the two looked at each other, Lu Youdao's face suddenly became strange. He quickly took out the ghost photo taken by Yang Xiao, examined it carefully, and finally raised his head and looked at Yang Xiao with doubt, "There is nothing wrong with this photo. The thing inside is definitely asleep."

"Do you have a history of auditory hallucinations?" Lu Youdao asked.

"No, absolutely not." Yang Xiao also realized that something was wrong. Ever since he heard the three knocks, he has been feeling uncomfortable, as if something is about to happen.

Yang Xiao held his breath, closed his eyes, and carefully felt everything around him.

A moment later, a "dong."

"Dong, dong."

The next second, Yang Xiao suddenly opened his eyes and looked behind him in an instant, "Outside, in the corridor outside."

Then Lu Youdao's face changed suddenly, and became visibly distorted, "I only have one key, I locked the door, no one can come in."

Lu Youdao stared at Yang Xiao, seemingly trying to judge whether he was lying, but soon, he turned to the door one by one and locked the door immediately. There were actually 4 locks behind this seemingly ordinary door, a mortise lock, a padlock, and two bronze chain locks.

Now even Yang Xiao knew that something was wrong. Judging from the arrangement here, it was obvious that he was guarding against something.

Yang Xiao walked lightly and approached Lu Youdao behind the door. Lu Youdao put his head close to the peephole behind the door and looked out. A few seconds later, Yang Xiao followed suit. However, the corridor outside was empty. Although the dim yellow light was dim, it was still easy to see if there was anything.

Just as Yang Xiao was about to speak, the knocking sound appeared again, and this time it was very close, just outside the door!

"Dong."

"Dong, Dong."

Yang Xiao was so scared that he almost jumped up. Lu Youdao pulled him over and dragged him to the back.

"Outside, there is something outside, I heard it again." After Lu Youdao loosened his hand slightly, Yang Xiao couldn't wait to explain.

From Lu Youdao's performance, Yang Xiao was sure that he didn't hear it today. Lu Youdao made a silent gesture to Yang Xiao, then walked to the right wall, pulled open the dark red curtain, and a password box was embedded in the back wall.

After entering the password skillfully, the door of the box popped open. There was an old machine inside, and all kinds of complicated circuits were arranged around an old-fashioned display screen with a sense of age.

After a few simple adjustments, the display screen suddenly lit up, and then a picture appeared. The picture quality was very rough, like an old movie, but it was still clear that it was an empty corridor with doors on both sides of the corridor.

Yang Xiao quickly found the door of the room they were in. There was nothing outside the door.

But as Lu Youdao pressed another red button, the surveillance screen seemed to be disturbed and began to shake constantly. Strange ripples appeared in the screen. Until a moment later, Yang Xiao's eyes suddenly shrank, and a figure appeared out of thin air in the surveillance.

It was a child wearing a yellow raincoat, with his head covered and his face unclear, standing outside the door.

The next second, the child slowly raised his hand, with stiff movements, and knocked on the door one by one.

"Dong."

"Dong, Dong."