Red Envelope

Pluto City, Chinatown, Xiuhu Park

This is the largest park in the Chinatown area, built around a lake, and is very suitable for people of all ages.

Dressed in sportswear and carrying a trail running bag, Luo Di was jogging along the relatively less crowded inner circle of the park. His pace was slightly slower than his usual night runs, mainly to conserve his energy.

During the run,

Luo Di carefully observed his surroundings, but there was no one in the lake or behind the tree trunks. No one was spying on him, and there was no sense of danger.

The tongue in my mouth didn't flick even once.

After an hour and a half of morning running,

Luo Di arrived at the park's self-service water fountain, and after confirming that the water quality was fine, he began to drink large gulps of water and washed his face at the same time.

"I wasn't being watched, at least I didn't realize anyone was watching me... Wasn't it because of my morning run?"

Luo Di planned to rest for a while before running for another hour. His eyes happened to catch sight of the public toilet not far away. Having eaten breakfast and drunk a lot of water, he needed to relieve some of his burden.

The Public Restroom is about the same age as the park, built about twenty years ago and has not been renovated.

Many of the wall tiles and mirrors have cracks.

Sandalwood incense was burning on the sink to dispel the odor.

Cigarette butts lingered in the urinal like bedbugs.

Most of the plastic doors in the squat toilet area cannot be closed properly.

The oval ceiling light has also become a graveyard for flies.

After losing more than a pound, Luo Di pulled up his pants and returned to the sink.

Just as he was about to reach for the tap, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye—something that couldn't be ignored.

Turning my head, I saw a bright Red Envelope pressed under the sandalwood incense stick in the corner of the sink.

Brand new and bright red,

It was so conspicuous that Luo Di couldn't have missed it when he came in earlier; it must have been an extra addition at the last minute.

Moreover, Luo Di can be certain of one thing.

During the time he was expelling waste from his body, no one entered the public Public Restroom.

This thing must have appeared out of thin air, and it is very likely directly related to the "disappearance case." If he wants to get involved, he must pretend to be an ordinary person.

After checking that no one was around, Luo Di slowly reached out his right hand to take the Red Envelope that was under the sandalwood incense.

The moment your finger touches the Red Envelope,

A completely different kind of Yin Energy, like a needle, instantly pierced the tip of Luo Di's finger, bringing a momentary pain.

Luo Di could have ignored the pain.

But considering that he was currently playing the role of an ordinary young man, he pretended that his finger had been poked, and the Red Envelope in his hand slipped and fell onto the sink.

Once the pain in his fingers subsided, Luo Di bent down again to search for the fallen Red Envelope.

To my surprise, there was nothing under the sink; the Red Envelope from before had vanished.

"Where did you go?"

Luo Di, half-squatting on the ground, looked at the other areas of the public restroom with a puzzled expression, his gaze pressed against the cold, hard tiles.

Creak~

The door to the deepest stall in the restroom slowly opened.

Because of the current low-angle view with the body bent over, only the lower half of the door can be seen.

Behind the slightly ajar plastic door stood a pair of Embroidered Shoes.

"Hey! Did you drop something?"

Just then, a balding jogger came to the restroom and interrupted Luo Di's observation with a single sentence.

With his attention completely interrupted, Luo Di looked back at the deepest part of the room, only to find an open plastic door with nothing behind it.

"Nothing."

Luo Di continued his morning run, pondering the events that had just transpired.

"There were no cameras in the bathroom, so the scene of me taking the Red Envelope could not be recorded. Perhaps the other four missing people had similar experiences."

When will I disappear? Judging from the video, the four missing people did not go out again after returning home that night, and their last known location seems to be their home.

How exactly did they do it?

Are they Special Type Pseudo-Human? Like Teacher Guo.

Or are there some kind of spiritual, Pseudo-Human cameras can't capture and that's invisible to the naked eye, following them all the way from when they found the Red Envelope to their home?

Thinking of this, Luo Di also turned around sharply.

But there was nothing behind him.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and based on his existing experience, he had no way of figuring out the other party's methods or abilities.

But Luo Di showed no sign of nervousness; in fact, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

"The more unique, the better..."

Luo Di did not tell the Investigation Bureau that he had "joined the game," but continued his normal outdoor activities, just like the young people in the videotape, and did not return home until after dinner.

Click!

The latch is opened, and you enter the house.

Although he had already stayed here for a day yesterday, Luo Di still carefully checked every corner of the house and found nothing unusual.

However, he did not take out the "class monitor" tonight, but instead placed the backpack in a position that was within easy reach.

Luo Di lay on the sofa watching TV to pass the time, and nothing happened in between.

Leisure time flies by, it's almost time to wash up and go to bed.

After all, it's necessary to take a shower after running around outside all day.

Luo Di also carried a backpack into the bathroom and hung it on the wall next to the shower.

They removed all their clothes and neatly folded them on the toilet seat.

Wow!

Hot water poured over his body, the temperature so close to his skin made him even sleepier, and Luo Di yawned and finished his shower as quickly as possible.

As I squeezed the shampoo onto my head, the dense foam gradually obscured my vision.

Luo Di didn't rub his hair for long; he disliked the dark environment with his eyes closed and quickly turned on the tap to rinse off the foam from his head.

Just as the foam was about to be rinsed away and vision was becoming blurry.

As Luo Di lay upside down, he vaguely glimpsed a pair of Embroidered Shoes appearing in the shower area, less than half a meter away from him.

At the same time he saw the Embroidered Shoes, his hands also touched something in his hair.

A hand... a slender, cold hand.

A shiver ran through my whole body!

Luo Di shook his head violently, quickly shaking off the excess water, and used his five fingers to comb his hair from bottom to top, clearing his vision.

At the same time, I opened the glass door of the shower room and took the backpack hanging outside the door.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the backpack, I looked back into the bathroom, only to find it completely empty.

Strangeness!

Luo Di had never encountered such a situation before.

He dried himself off and changed into normal clothes.

Because of the strange things that had just happened, he did not choose to sleep in the bed, but instead turned on all the lights in the room and slept on the sofa with his running backpack hanging in front of him.

Somehow,

As soon as Luo Di lay down, an unprecedented fatigue overwhelmed him, and he quickly fell asleep.

This time, however, my sleep was quite different from before.

Luo Di felt he had fallen asleep, but his mind was still active. A sinking sensation enveloped his thoughts, as if he were constantly sinking between the sofas.

Unable to speak

Unable to move,

It felt as if I had fallen into the depths of a dark swamp, with no idea where I would end up.

As it sank, the darkness seemed to want to strip him of his clothes.

At first, he couldn't resist the feeling of being undressed.

But when this external force, pulling away his clothes, acted on the backpack on his body, it was as if it had touched a dangerous area deep within Luo Di's consciousness.

A surge of intense, murderous thoughts rushed up, tearing apart the darkness that enveloped consciousness.

Buzz!

He suddenly woke up from the sofa and immediately reached for his backpack.

After touching the raised surface of the backpack, Luo Di's thoughts gradually calmed down, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

But when he turned his head to look at the other side of the sofa,

On the sofa where the "class monitor" usually sits, there is another head, covered with a red veil.

I'm wide awake!

Luo Di also abruptly left the sofa, but when he looked back at the spot where the head had been, there was nothing there anymore.

Sizzle~

The lights inside the room began to flicker, and the total brightness had fallen below the safe level. The surrounding environment seemed to be getting strange.