Chapter 0943 – Fingertip Touch
Darkness enveloped everything when one closed one’s eyes, though this darkness did not represent despair and loneliness, but rather made it seem as if one was in a giant bubble that could contain all illusions.
Memory and reality were entwined like a dream, and with each step forward, the hard shell of the real world was opened.
Chen Ge now somewhat understood why all nightmare level daily quests required closing both eyes to complete them.
What he was about to walk into was another world, and what he was about to see was the obsession hidden in the back of the real world.
Silently counting the steps in his mind, Chen Ge held onto the wall and quickly walked to the second floor.
His fingertips could feel the dust on the walls, his nose could smell the faint musty odor, and the sound of his own footsteps echoed in his ears; at this moment, the insurmountable visual barrier was hidden, and the world became somewhat different.
”The white tiger doesn’t have any abnormality, which means that it hasn’t encountered any danger for the time being, the first and fourth floors are equipped with lights, the real trouble is above the fourth floor.”
Going up the stairs blindfolded wasn’t too difficult for Chen Ge, he was able to recreate the scene inside the building in his mind, and his body had gotten used to the height of the stairs. All that needed to be done now was to focus and not be disturbed by anything and slowly walk to the top of the building.
”I should be on the second floor now.”
Moving his feet, Chen Ge was about to go to the third floor when he suddenly heard the sound of a fierce argument coming from one of the households in the second floor corridor.
”Every day you just know how to drink! Has your family ever cared about me and my child? From the time I got pregnant until now, you didn’t listen to me, you didn’t say a word, I spent my own money on every checkup, and I’m really fed up with your mom’s face!”
”If you feel aggrieved, get lost! If it wasn’t for you going out without locking the door, Dabao wouldn’t have been lost!”
”You’re blaming me, aren’t you? You want to leave in the middle of the night, I’m still pregnant with my second baby, has your heart been eaten by a dog?”
”Don’t mess around, I’ll say it again, I was going to work that day!”
The soundproofing of the floor wasn’t really bad, but the couple was arguing fiercely, and there seemed to be a fight going on in the back.
About ten seconds later, Chen Ge heard the sound of the door opening, someone walked out of the house, judging by the footsteps, the other party was wearing leather shoes, it should be the man.
The argument continued, the man’s mouth cursed while he heavily slammed the door shut.
Footsteps sounded in the corridor, a strong smell of alcohol approached Chen Ge, the man entered the stairs and suddenly stopped shouting and cursing, he seemed to be startled by Chen Ge standing in the hallway.
The footsteps paused for a moment, then headed downstairs and disappeared in no time.
”How much did this guy drink?”
The surroundings regained quiet, but the smell of alcohol didn’t completely dissipate.
Chen Ge continued upwards as he silently counted the steps, and when he reached the third floor, he suddenly felt a little strange.
”How can I still smell a smell of alcohol?”
”If that man has already left, the smell of alcohol should have completely dissipated, unless he’s following me behind!”
Chen Ge’s mind conjured up a picture of himself walking blindfolded in front, followed by a psychologically twisted and hideous drunk behind him.
”When people are under a lot of pressure, they will indeed gain pleasure by bullying the weak.” Chen Ge did not turn around, if the other party was a bad guy that would be fine, but he was afraid of another situation.
”On my way here, I heard the driver say that a while ago, this building had just been the scene of a murder, and the deceased was precisely in a drunken stupor, so it’s possible that the one following me isn’t a human being either.”
His nose could clearly smell an odor of alcohol, but his ears couldn’t hear any sound.
”I’ve only just made it to the third floor and I’m having problems, and I’ve got a dozen more floors to go ……”
Fear itself could be overcome, what was difficult to overcome was the unknown, Chen Ge was now in the middle of a very tangled situation.
This nightmare daily mission was much more difficult than imagined, and now that he had just walked to the third floor, he should have no problem decisively abandoning the mission and escaping.
But if he walked further up, the risk of abandoning the mission would become greater and greater.
”The probability of nightmare level daily quests refreshing is very low, if I give up this time, I don’t know when I’ll encounter it again next time.”
After staying on the third floor for a while, Chen Ge took another step towards the fourth floor.
After getting close to the light, even with his eyes closed, Chen Ge could vaguely feel the change in light, and he could be sure that this was the fourth floor.
”Walked a quarter of the way, no problems for now.”
Holding onto the wall, Chen Ge carefully moved towards the fifth floor, and in the process of lifting his leg, his shoe suddenly touched over something.
The sound was crisp, as if it was a porcelain bowl.
He slowly squatted his body and felt around on the floor, his fingertips touched an apple, steamed white rice, and two wooden chopsticks.
The chopsticks seemed to be inserted into the white rice, and you could feel them when you touched them, and one end was sticky.
”Setting out white rice in the hallway? Something happened on this floor too?”
Only the first and fourth floors of the entire building had lights installed, which could not help but make people think more.
Replacing the dishes and chopsticks, Chen Ge arched his hand at the location of the dishes, “I’m really sorry, please pardon me. If you want to make amends, you can wait for me to leave and come home with me, and you can take whatever you fancy yourself.”
After saying that, Chen Ge left the fourth floor and walked towards the fifth floor.
The last ray of light disappeared, Chen Ge turned his back to the light source on the fourth floor and slowly walked upwards step by step.
Fifth floor, sixth floor, he kept walking until he reached the seventh floor when the smell of alcohol around him disappeared.
”Left?”
”If the other man is the man who died a few days ago, the fact that he followed him to the seventh floor and suddenly left means that there may be something more terrifying than him up there, and he doesn’t dare to come up.”
”There’s also the possibility that there’s something scary standing right in front of me right now, and it’s this newly appeared guy who scared the man away.”
It was a very unpleasant feeling to know that there was something in front of you, but you couldn’t see it.
”The white cat didn’t warn me, so that means it’s still acceptable.”
Chen Ge slightly bent over and lowered his center of gravity to prevent an unexpected situation from occurring where he would fall.
Slowing down, Chen Ge moved upwards a little, but just as his arm was raised and then lowered, he froze in place.
The touch coming from his fingertips was no longer a cold wall, but with a hint of elasticity, just like human skin.
After standing frozen for about a few seconds, Chen Ge’s hand slowly slid, and through the touch coming from his fingertips, he was certain that he had touched a human face!
The knot in his throat rolled, and Chen Ge’s body seemed to freeze.
If a different person had come over, they might have been scared to the point of screaming out, but Chen Ge didn’t, he still maintained his amazing calmness.
Fingers slightly exerted force, and through touch, Chen Ge understood two things.
First this was a child’s face; second this face skin was cold and piercing, as if it had just been taken out of the freezer, the other party must not be human.
”The nose is very straight, I have an impression of this face.”
Chen Ge remembered the missing person notice he saw on the wall when he first entered the building.
The child on the notice had a similar face.