Chapter 52: The Bloody Attic

No matter where that trace of fear came from or what it meant, the mission had to go on. Climbing the wall was not a difficult task for me and Lao Hui. There was almost no delay, and there were no accidents. Within a few minutes, Lao Hui and I had climbed to the top of the roof.

On this rooftop, unlike other people who like to plant some plants, there is almost nothing except for the small attic, which means there is no shelter. This made me and Lao Hui dare only squat on the rooftop and pant slightly, not daring to stand up, for fear that someone would suddenly come out of the house and see me and Lao Hui when they looked up.

But fortunately, after a day of exposure to the sun in the summer, there is not much rising ground vapor on this rooftop at night, and one does not feel the special dry heat that belongs to the rooftop at all. It is still possible to sit down without burning one’s buttocks.

“This roof is not hot,” Lao Hui whispered to me.

“Do you think that’s a good thing? As a Taoist priest, you should be able to tell when a place is cold and damp in the summer, don’t you?” I said, breathing heavily.

“Okay, I don’t want to think about those things. When I was climbing the wall just now, I almost fell off. When I climbed back up, I had to endure the uncomfortable feeling in my heart. Otherwise, how could I be so tired?” Lao Hui also spoke with a slight wheeze.

Never underestimate the fatigue caused by psychological stress. Lao Hui and I are typical examples.

After a few minutes of rest, we began to grope and explore on the roof. We dared not turn on the flashlight, and the night in the countryside was especially dark because there were no streetlights. Lao Hui and I groped and explored on the roof for a long time, but we couldn’t find the exit.

Laohui made a gesture to me, indicating that we had to go into the attic to take a look. I nodded helplessly.

In fact, Lao Hui and I did not want to go into the attic to investigate, after all, Lao Hui and I were in agreement that the building had a basement, and the secret should be hidden in the basement.

Moreover, once I got to the top of the building and stayed there for a while, I had an uncomfortable feeling that I didn’t say out loud. I always felt that there was a hint of blood in the air, and deep down I resisted entering the attic.

Regarding the question of the bloody smell, Lao Hui didn’t say anything, and I didn’t say anything either. I kept telling myself that I wasn’t Xiaobei, and I didn’t have such a sensitive nose. Maybe it was just my psychological illusion. After all, the bloody smell was only faint, and it couldn’t be captured exactly.

As we moved closer to the attic, my resistance grew stronger. I didn’t exchange any opinions with Lao Hui, as that would only increase my psychological pressure in vain. Moreover, Lao Hui had replaced Zhao Hong’s role and was using a special tool that looked like wire to carefully poke at the door lock. I didn’t want to distract him.

“Fortunately, it’s just a normal door lock. If it were a high-end lock, like an electronic lock, I wouldn’t be able to do it. I need a high-end talent like Zhao Hong.” Perhaps to relieve the pressure in his heart, Lao Hui kept talking to me while unlocking the door.

I squatted next to him and asked, “How come you know everything?”

“Nonsense. The more tasks you perform, the more you experience life and death, and you will know what it means to have many skills. You will want to know a little bit about everything.” Lao Hui said this to me, and there was a hint of vicissitudes of life in his words.

While he was talking, a sound of ‘pata’ came, which meant that Lao Hui had poked open the lock.

After putting away the tools, I gently opened the door. Lao Hui and I both covered our mouths at the same time because of the pungent smell that came from the door. We couldn’t make too much noise, so we just covered our mouths.

It turned out that the faint smell of blood I smelled was not false. After the door was opened, the smell that rushed out was that bloody smell, accompanied by a rotten smell that rushed straight to the brain. There was no way to describe how bad it smelled.

It’s not a place for humans to stay. I guess the people in this building don’t go into this attic very often, unless their noses are broken.

Laohui and I didn’t dare to go in right away, but instead opened the door and let the attic air out for a while before entering.

Laohui was the first to enter, and when I closed the door behind him, he turned on the flashlight. I only got a glimpse, but I heard Laohui mutter, “Fuck!” in a trembling voice.

Laohui is a person with a very stable psychological quality, and it is not often that he would swear after just one glance. Out of curiosity, I turned my head around immediately. After taking a quick look at the attic, I couldn’t help but swear the same thing as Laohui, “Fuck!”

There was no way not to curse, because the attic was full of corpses! Not human corpses, but the bodies of animals of all kinds, and they were in a complete mess, because they were all just pieces of corpses, chicken, ducks, cats, dogs, and even snakes that had been twisted into several pieces… The most complete one was the corpse of a black dog that had been torn in half, and it was piled up on the ground like that! And the blood had also flowed all over the place, and because of the summer, it had become a kind of dark red, sticky paint-like paste on the ground.

It was clear that the animals had not been dead for long, because in such a hot place, they had not yet begun to rot, but only exuded an unpleasant odor, several times worse than that of a slaughterhouse! As for the rotten smell, my judgment is that this has happened repeatedly here, and over time, it has acquired the unique rotten smell of death.

“This is a massacre.” Lao Hui only said one sentence, and then he threw up. There was no way that a bloodthirsty pervert could stay in such an environment.

I dared not take a deep breath to calm myself down, but only made a gesture to Lao Hui, indicating that Lao Hui should find an exit quickly. I didn’t want to say a word here, for fear that the smell would rush into my mouth. But my heart was full of questions. What exactly was killing so many animals? If the little ghost was really here, could it be the little ghost?

No, it can’t be. Even if the ghost is very powerful, it is still a ghost. Even if its aura is strong enough to affect matter, it is still impossible for it to have such great power to kill so many animals.

Unless the ghost possessed someone else to do these things, but the question is who can withstand the ghost possessing them? The only outcome for someone possessed by a ghost is the same as the one we saw in the environment that Hui Gen and I once saw, the fate of the male host!

In other words, even if the ghost deliberately does not harm them, as long as it possesses the body, the evil energy it carries will also affect the possessed person and make them go crazy.

So, how can I not be filled with questions about the above? Are there any other monsters here?

The attic was not large, and while thinking, Lao Hui had already found the exit downwards, which was blocked by an iron cover similar to a sewer cover. He gently lifted the iron cover and gestured for me to go down first.

I didn’t want to stay in the attic for a moment longer, so I walked in front of him, quietly going down the stairs. Lao Hui followed behind me, and he gently closed the iron lid.

We both leaned against the wall and panted lightly. I shouted in my heart, “It’s so damn happy to be able to breathe normal, fresh air!”

“Seven people, one by one.” After a while, Lao Hui whispered in my ear.

I nodded. Those seven people should be the last obstacle for me and Lao Hui. Without any more nonsense, we quickly and carefully went down to the second floor. Along the way, Lao Hui and I had to pass through other rooms. It was incredible that the other rooms were very clean and tidy, very normal. And when we entered this room, all the cold and bloody feelings were gone. Lao Hui and I, as Taoist priests, didn’t feel anything wrong, and we just felt that it was a normal room.

I only have one opinion on this: the strength of Company C really cannot be underestimated. They were able to draw the breath outside without affecting the people inside, but they were able to control the breath within a certain range without affecting the people in the village. This seems simple, but in fact, it is a very difficult test of the skills and experience of the person who arranged it. To say that its strength cannot be underestimated means that only a talented person could have done this!

This made me involuntarily think of Yan Yi! I can’t even imagine the extent of his power…

Crouching in the corner of the second floor, Lao Hui and I waited for the first person to take the bait!