"This doesn't look anything like a normal human face," Long Aotian said. "A red-painted face? A wax figure?"
"Why would there be a wax figure in the Corpse Hiding Hotel?"
"Maybe it escaped from the Wax Figure Museum." Xu Huo wasn't sure whether the wax figure on the screen was the same one that had escaped from the Wax Figure Museum the day before.
"The wax figure is alive," Xiao Ling said. "The plastic mannequins we saw before weren't nearly strong enough to drag off a living person."
"Should we go look for them?" Long Aotian asked.
Xiao Ling answered his question with silence.
At that moment, the TV in the living room outside switched on by itself, playing a news report:
"Attention, citizens. An unprecedented mass prison break has occurred at Baiyun Prison, the closest prison to Museum City. Many inmates remain at large. According to the police, three serial killers have fled to the vicinity of Museum City. Please lock your doors and windows, and do not go out at night."
After the news report had repeated several times, Xu Huo took photos of the three Wanted Criminals.
"There's no way these three Wanted Criminals actually exist," Long Aotian said. "The venue just made them up as an excuse to kill people. You can tell their faces were cobbled together."
As soon as he finished speaking, the lights in the room began to flicker. A red warning icon appeared on the TV screen: "Alert! The Museum City power system has been sabotaged! Alert! The Museum City power system has been sabotaged! Alert! The Museum City power system has been sabotaged!"
After the warning had played three times, the TV went dark along with the lights. The hotel—and all of Museum City—was plunged into darkness.
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