Куры и собаки летают в хаосе и возрождении

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The guy who couldn't be killed by an anti-tank rifle is dead? And he was obviously silenced. Who killed Wang Shaoyi so easily? Li Xiao noticed a few scales floating on the water next to Wang Shaoyi's body. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he put the scales into his hand.

postscript

The next morning, Xia Chen awoke under the watchful eyes of Luo Shimin, Luo Xie, Ye Cheng, and others. Reflecting on everything that had happened the day before, he realized how unlucky he had been—injured and ill. But it was worth it; he had found Wang Shaoyi and avenged Tian Zi. What exactly happened between these people, and what grudges and affections they held, remained unknown.

Wang Shaoyi's peculiar physique disappeared after his death, which Li Xiao greatly regretted. If the mystery of his amazing bone structure could be solved, it could be applied in many fields.

While Xia Chen was receiving the information, Luo Shimin stayed by his side constantly, posing as his girlfriend. Xia Chen silently accepted this, unsure whether having such a girlfriend was a good thing or a bad thing. Also, Xia Chen sensed that the terrifying files were getting closer and closer, almost within reach!

Volume 5: The Shadow of the Snake

sequence

A muffled clap of thunder shook the earth, followed by a flash of lightning that illuminated the ancient outer walls of Yishi Academy. Then, another muffled clap of thunder was followed by a torrential downpour that quickly descended upon the ground.

It was a chilling rainy night, the kind of night in horror stories where ghosts and monsters often roam. Layers of leaden clouds overlapped, creating an oppressive atmosphere. Tonight was destined to be anything but peaceful. A gust of wind swept through, rustling the dense bushes. A wildcat leaped from the grass, letting out a piercing scream before vanishing.

In the dormitories of Yishi Academy, most students had gone to bed early. During the terrifying rainy night, all sorts of horrific legends uncontrollably popped into their heads; sleep was perhaps the best way to escape.

However, some incredibly bold individuals disregard all the terrifying legends; for example, the lights in the chemistry lab of the experimental building are still on. Only, against the backdrop of the boundless darkness, the lights appear somewhat eerie.

The bright white light shone quietly on the snow-white marble lab bench, where measuring cups, scales, and other experimental equipment were scattered haphazardly. A figure in a white lab coat was busy at work.

Outside, a fierce storm raged, but inside the laboratory, it was relatively quiet. The occasional clinking of glassware was like a unique sonata in this rainy night.

The person shaking the glassware was a girl; she had delicate features and a serious expression. She was Xiaorou, the school's renowned chemistry fanatic, whose biggest dream was said to be to become Marie Curie. She had already contacted schools abroad and would be flying to the United States to study next month. But before leaving, she wanted to complete her final experiment, which was why she was in the lab conducting experiments on this stormy night.

Xiao Rou carefully prepared the liquid according to the recipe in the book. The night was lonely and eerie. In this empty laboratory, the sound of rain outside the window was very loud.

Sudden……

"Waaah"

A strange sound drifted in, and Xiaorou immediately looked up.

The room was empty, filled with the chill of a rainy night. Everything seemed normal, nothing out of the ordinary.

Xiao Rou lowered her head again, perhaps because she was too tired.

"Waaah, waaah"

Xiao Rou couldn't help but shiver. Why was the sound so terrifying? The woman's crying pierced her ears in this desolate rainy night. The eerie sound seemed to come from near and far, sometimes appearing beside her and sometimes in the corridor outside the door.

Could it be that a female ghost is crying nearby?

No, it won't happen.

On this night of torrential rain, who else but her would come to the lab? It's rarely visited, as it's one of those old, intimidating buildings.

Suddenly, Xiaorou remembered a story she had heard before. Before the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, this place had been a human experimentation laboratory where Japanese military doctors conducted all sorts of bizarre human experiments, committing numerous crimes. It was said that several thousand test subjects died here. Among the students of Yishi College, it was widely rumored that when the laboratory building was first built, a female student clearly saw a group of Chinese people wearing handcuffs and shackles walk by while cleaning equipment in the evening. In the setting sun, there were no shadows of them. Later, this girl went insane, constantly repeating that on that very day, she saw a woman dressed in Japanese military uniform hanging from the ceiling of the laboratory, and that the woman even smiled slightly at her.

Others say that on a stormy night, a patrolling security guard saw a group of pale-faced people facing the entrance of the laboratory building. He assumed they were students causing trouble again and went to reprimand them. Only then did he notice they were wearing tattered prison uniforms and rusty handcuffs. His voice startled them; they turned around and simultaneously raised their hands. The guard saw that their hands seemed boneless, hanging limply like the Grim Reaper. The guard's vision blurred, and he fainted.

As terrifying legends spread, the school authorities, left with no other option, invited a highly respected monk. According to this monk, too many people had died unjustly here, their resentment extremely heavy. Influenced by some unknown energy, they were no longer within the cycle of reincarnation. Although he possessed great magical power, he was powerless against them. He could only use unorthodox Buddhist methods to lock the wronged souls underground, hoping the earth's energy would dissolve their resentment. Unfortunately, he miscalculated; the earth's energy actually intensified their resentment, growing stronger day by day, making it only a matter of time before they broke free of the seal. The monk left behind the words, "Those with affinity will be liberated from all suffering," and then departed gracefully.

Thinking of this, Xiaorou raised her head.

Could it be... could the sound I just heard be the cry of a wronged spirit?

She nervously surveyed her surroundings. The white brick walls of the chemistry lab appeared glaringly bright under the white lights. It was utterly quiet; the only sound was the hissing of the incandescent bulbs.

Xiao Rou felt a chill run down her spine; she could even feel countless eyes staring intently at her from behind. She even felt an unseen hand resting on her shoulder.

Thinking of this, Xiaorou couldn't help but shudder.

Just then, she heard a "tap-tap" sound, as if someone was knocking on the window.

Good heavens, this is the fifth floor! Who could be knocking on the window?

Xiaorou's roommate once said in the dorm that women should never look out the window at midnight, because they might see a human head hanging outside the window smiling at them.

The "tap-tap" sound rang out again, and Xiaorou's mind went blank, her scalp tingling.

About a minute later, she slowly turned around. The snow-white wall behind her appeared to have a hazy black layer under the dazzling light.

The black mass, when pieced together, actually resembled a human figure! Xiao Rou's heart skipped a beat, and she didn't dare to blink, staring intently with wide eyes.

The lights were still dazzling, and there was a small black spot on the snow-white wall, probably a blotch of ink.

Xiao Rou breathed a sigh of relief; it turned out she had misread it!

She then picked up the test tube again, and just then, she faintly heard a "drip...drip" sound. The sound seemed to echo, swirling in the air above the laboratory, growing louder and closer. Xiaorou turned around abruptly, only to find that the empty laboratory contained nothing but herself and her shadow.

It was another false alarm. Just then, Xiaorou suddenly realized something was wrong with her shadow. When did her slender figure become as fat as a pig?

The shadow seemed to be hugging Xiaorou from behind, and Xiaorou's head suddenly felt like it was buzzing. Could it be that something was pressing against her back? But she didn't feel any weight. Could it be... could it be...? Xiaorou dared not think any further.

In an instant, the shadow returned to its usual form. Xiaorou blinked; the shadow on the ground was still so slender and delicate. Perhaps she had been too nervous. Even a boy wouldn't dare to do an experiment here alone late at night, especially with the wind and rain raging outside.

"Hurry up and do the experiment, finish it as soon as possible and go home," Xiaorou told herself.

She couldn't stay in this shabby lab any longer; she just wanted to finish the experiment quickly so she could go back to sleep.

Holding up the test tube, Xiaorou examined it carefully under the light, her brow furrowing again. The liquid, which should have been milky white, was green. She had strictly followed the recipe and proportions in the book, and followed each experimental step meticulously. Why was it green? Could it be a problem with the lighting?

Xiaorou removed the test tube. The white light pierced her eyes.

suddenly!

A green object suddenly appeared in mid-air!

The thing was about two meters long, covered in wet, sticky mucus, and entirely green. It miraculously defied Earth's gravity and floated in mid-air. It, it, it... it could even move!

Xiao Rou's hand slipped, and with a "crack," the test tube fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Immediately afterward, a muffled thunderous crack followed, and then the lab lights went out with a "whoosh!"

A scream of agony pierced the darkness.

001 Blood Corpse

Springtime, the sun is warm and the breeze is gentle.

The roadside flowers were in full bloom, clusters of them quite beautiful. Li Xiao was in a good mood today, and on her way to work, she picked two or three small wildflowers and held them in her hand.

The tiny yellow wildflower was even smaller than her fingernail, but she treated it like a precious treasure, sometimes wearing it in her hair, sometimes pinning it to her clothes. Under the watchful eyes of passersby, she walked into the police station.

Her name is Li Xiao, and she is a police officer.

She loves traveling and coffee, and of course, she loves all sorts of mysterious events happening in the world. She has a son named Ye Cheng, who is handsome but also quite slovenly. She's a very capable police officer, and she also has a friend named Xia Chen. Their relationship is a bit complicated. They never talk about how they met. Even when Xia Chen's girlfriend, Luo Shimin, repeatedly pressed him, Xia Chen refused to say.

Of course, everyone has their secrets, and Li Xiao is no exception. She entered the police station through connections with high-ranking officials at the police headquarters, and it was also her deliberate arrangement to have Ye Cheng become her "little Ye Ye." She has always been tight-lipped about her background. This has aroused suspicion from Ye Cheng and others, and she knows that Ye Cheng is investigating her behind the scenes. Several times she almost blurted it out, but reason always told her that she must not reveal her identity until the very last moment and until the truth is fully revealed.

The reason is actually quite simple: her surname isn't Li; it's Xia, and her real name is Xia Xiaoxiao. She's one of the third-generation heirs of the Xia Group. Both Ye Cheng and Xia Chen harbor hostility towards the Xia Group. After spending some time together, she gradually discovered a fact she refused to believe: Xia and Ye were right.

Li Xiao didn't know much about the Xia Group, as the Xia branch had moved overseas years ago, and she had secretly returned to China without her family's knowledge. Based on the information she currently possessed, the Xia Group seemed to wield a terrifying power. The Xia Group had acquired countless nursing homes and orphanages, and schools, including Yishi Academy, were all under its jurisdiction. On the surface, it appeared to be a remarkable charitable organization. But in reality, this group seemed to be secretly engaged in some unknown espionage activities.

Ye Cheng discovered that the Xia Group had a "Nuwa Project," but the specific details and implementation steps of this project remained unknown. One by one, the operators of the experiments and those who might have been aware of the plot died tragically. All leads went cold, and they nearly lost their lives in the process of investigating.

Of course, what troubled Ye Cheng most wasn't just the "Nuwa Project." There was also the "horror file" hidden within Yishi Academy. It was said that everyone who had seen this file had disappeared. And this file recorded all the terrifying incidents that had occurred on campus. And these incidents seemed to be intricately connected to the Nuwa Project.

However, this file disappeared several years ago along with the disappearance of the female detective Tang Ying, who disguised herself as a man. It is said that when Tang Ying left Yishi Academy with the terrifying file, tears of blood streamed from her eyes.

Of course, Ye Cheng and Li Xiao were unaware that Xia Chen, the strange and mysterious transfer student at Yishi Academy, was Tang Ying's younger brother. They had grown up in an orphanage, and Xia Chen had long considered Tang Ying his own sister. Therefore, after learning of Tang Ying's mysterious disappearance, Xia Chen came to Yishi Academy at the request of the headmaster.

Strange things seemed to be happening more and more at Yishi Academy, and Ye Cheng and Xia Chen always managed to solve the mysteries. He couldn't help but start to like this perpetually childlike policeman. Meanwhile, Ye Cheng stood by the window, staring intently at Li Xiao. He licked the corner of his mouth, a subconscious gesture when he was thinking.

Is Li Xiao really a member of the Xiamen Group? Or is she a mole infiltrating the police station? Recalling her recent actions, my doubts deepened. It was hard to imagine that a girl who always had a sweet smile on her face and held wildflowers could be so cunning.

Ye Cheng recalled an old saying: "You can know a person's face but not their heart." Hearing footsteps, he knew Li Xiao had already reached the door. Ye Cheng returned to the table, sat down, closed his eyes, crossed his legs, and began to swing them back and forth.

As soon as she entered the office, Li Xiao found the half-empty bottle of mineral water that Ye Cheng had left there the night before. She cut off the top half of the bottle with scissors and put some wildflowers inside. Li Xiao looked at the bottle for a moment, then placed it in the center of Ye Cheng's messy desk. She also made a cup of coffee and placed it on Ye Cheng's desk.

While Li Xiao was tidying up Ye Cheng's desk, Ye Cheng opened his eyes. He saw Li Xiao and the little yellow wildflower.

Ye Cheng took a sip of coffee, pursed his lips, and said, "Other policewomen give me roses, what's with you sticking a tattered wildflower on my desk? Don't you know the saying 'Don't pick wildflowers by the roadside'? Are you implying I'm going to make a mistake?"

"You can go die now!" Ye Cheng's few words completely ruined Li Xiao's good mood. Her teeth itched, and she barely suppressed the urge to bite Ye Cheng.

With a loud "bang," the door was pushed open, and Detective Anan rushed in, shouting, "Old Ye, you've got a job! Something's happened at Yishi Academy, the boss wants you there right now, right now!"

Ye Cheng almost spat out the coffee he had just drunk. He coughed violently, and Li Xiao quickly handed him a tissue. Ye Cheng turned around and complained, "Why me again? I'm practically becoming the neighborhood police officer at Yishi Academy. The boss is clearly taking advantage of my honesty."

If you were honest, there would be no bad people on Earth! Of course, Anan wouldn't say what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "Who made Yishi Academy so mysterious? As long as you get involved with it, it becomes a case that's hard to solve. In the entire police station, you're the only one who has solved a case involving Yishi Academy. Who else would the boss turn to if not you?"

"You have a point," Ye Cheng said, putting down his coffee and putting on his police uniform. Li Xiao was already waiting at the door with his tools.

Ye Cheng frowned. He was almost certain that Li Xiao had some connection with the Xia Group. Should he take her with him to the case at Yishi Academy? Or should he follow the clues and thoroughly investigate Li Xiao's identity? Having such an uncertain person by his side always made him feel uneasy.

"Ye Cheng, let's go." Li Xiao interrupted his thoughts.

Ye Cheng made up his mind, turned around and went downstairs, with Li Xiao following closely behind.

The car sped towards Yishi College. As soon as Ye Cheng got out of the car, he headed straight for the experimental building under the guidance of the gatekeeper.

The laboratory building at Yishi College is quite unsightly. It's said that the original builder, a returnee from studying in France, intended it to resemble the Arc de Triomphe in a gate-like shape. However, the school felt it was a waste of space and added the central section, resulting in a bizarre and incongruous appearance. After the Xia Group took over, they invested heavily in renovating the building, but it still couldn't shake its odd appearance. It's so unsettling that it makes you want to laugh. It's also the only old building that doesn't feel particularly intimidating to students.

The "gate"-shaped building's western entrance has been completely sealed off. The six-story western section has become the school's main warehouse, filled with all sorts of strange discarded items. It's said that several inexplicable disappearances have occurred in the laboratory building; one girl went to the restroom after lab get out of class and never returned. Compared to the bloody and horrific cases that have occurred in other older buildings, this seems much more palatable.

Afterwards, for reasons unknown, the school suddenly cordoned off the west side of the laboratory building without any explanation. Students privately made all sorts of guesses, and various terrifying legends arose, but no one dared to rush into the west side of the building to see for themselves. As those graduating classes graduated, the students gradually forgot about it. The current students have no idea that there was once a door on the west side of the laboratory building.

When Ye Cheng arrived, yellow police tape had already been put up outside the building, and school security guards were maintaining order. Many students were gathered together, pointing and whispering. After Ye Cheng slipped through the cordon, a detective who had been waiting for a long time led the two of them into the laboratory building.

The chemistry lab was on the fourth floor. As soon as Li Xiao reached the third floor, she felt an inexplicable sense of oppression. Despite it being early spring, she felt a chill run down her back, as if someone was constantly breathing on the back of her neck, the cold air seeping into her clothes through her collar, leaving her entire back tingling. She quickly took two steps forward and stood in front of Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng also sensed something was wrong. From the moment he stepped onto the stairs, a chilling aura rushed towards him. Mixed with this chill was an indescribable, fishy smell, like rotting fish. He took a deep breath, confirming the smell was real. A bad premonition arose in his heart; this smell was completely different from the stench of corpses he was familiar with.

After climbing the thirteen steps, Ye Cheng suddenly paused at the corner leading to the fourth floor. He turned his head and stared at a wall painted pure white.

"We're almost there, why did we stop?" the detective leading the way asked, turning around.

Li Xiao also came down and asked, "Is something wrong?" Following Ye Cheng's gaze, Li Xiao saw the wall at the corner between the third and fourth floors and a puzzled expression appeared on his face.

Ye Cheng glanced back at Li Xiao and said casually, "It's nothing, let's go upstairs quickly." He then strode forward. Just as he was about to reach the fourth floor, he looked back again. In the sunlight, the snow-white wall faintly revealed a simple outline, radiating a faint, resentful aura.

It didn't seem like a wall, but a door, and on the other side of that door lay hell. Perhaps, perhaps that door only opened at midnight, from which countless wronged souls poured out, wandering through this eerie laboratory building.