Elevator

The sky was overcast and the visibility outside was poor, but it was much better than the pitch-black room he had been in before. He walked with difficulty along the mountain path, his only thought being to leave this place, to leave this hellish place.

Since he wasn't carrying anything, he walked quickly, and in less than half an hour, he arrived at the foot of the mountain. Looking at the three cars parked there, he pressed the key on his key to confirm which one it was, and then he quickly got in and drove towards a nearby city.

About half an hour later, Lu Zhengling arrived at the small city near the City of Sound. The sky gradually brightened, and people and vehicles began to come and go. Only then did Lu Zhengling feel relieved.

I felt completely exhausted. After all, I had walked around in the dark for most of the night, on tenterhooks, then walked along mountain roads and drove for a while. Now that my tense nerves had relaxed, I felt like I could fall asleep the moment I closed my eyes.

He glanced around and saw a hotel not far away. He quickly drove over, checked into a room at the sleepy receptionist, and with the room key in hand, all he wanted to do was get to his room and get some sleep.

"On the tenth floor? Is this hotel that popular?" A thought flashed through Lu Zhengling's mind, but he didn't pay it any mind. He casually pressed the elevator button, and a gust of cold wind blew by, clearing Lu Zhengling's head a little.

He suddenly felt that the elevator in front of him was like an iron coffin, but then drowsiness overcame him, and he thought to himself that he was overthinking it. So he walked into the elevator, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. There seemed to be something in the crack of the elevator door.

Suddenly, Lu Zhengling remembered the so-called Gap Ghost-Seeing Method he had researched before. After all, he also called himself a mystery enthusiast on online forums and often went with groups to see so-called paranormal events, so he knew some mystery knowledge.

The so-called Gap Ghost-Seeing Method refers to the idea that ghosts and humans are not in the same dimension and, under normal circumstances, do not interfere with each other. However, the two dimensions are not completely unable to perceive each other, and gaps are the easiest way to do so.

According to legend in Sakura Province, people can see ghosts through the gaps between their fingers, as well as through cracks in doors, cabinets, and walls. If you squint and look through these cracks, you can see things that you wouldn't normally be able to see.

A cold sweat broke out on Lu Zhengling's body. Just as he stepped into the elevator, he seemed to see something he shouldn't have seen through the gaps on both sides. Trembling, he pressed the button for the 10th floor.

An even greater fear rose from Lu Zhengling's body. He saw that someone had played a prank on the button for the 10th floor. Next to the button, a simple body had been drawn, and a few dots were placed at the position of 0 to represent facial features. From a distance, it looked like a person lying on the ground, having been beheaded by 1.

The elevator slowly ascended, Lu Zhengling stood inside, panting heavily, cold sweat pouring down his face. A "ding" startled him, and he saw the elevator doors slowly open, revealing a dark corridor.

"Is the voice-activated light broken?" As if to bolster his courage, Lu Zhengling said with a pale smile, then walked outside. But a sudden curiosity arose in his heart: was what he saw in the gap of the elevator real, or was he just seeing things?

Curiosity killed the cat, and it can kill a man too. Knowing it was wrong, Lu Zhengling still peeked through the crack in the elevator door. Instantly, Lu Zhengling froze on the spot, his whole body trembling.

Through the crack in the door, a bloody, mangled piece of flesh was stuck, and on that piece of flesh were two eyes staring intently at Lu Zhengling. Suddenly, Lu Zhengling remembered a news story he had read before, about someone who fell into an elevator and whose head fell inside and got caught in the elevator door.

The ascending elevator became a deadly killer. The body outside the elevator was dragged upwards and then got stuck on the roof. The neck was directly severed by the elevator, and the severed head fell inside the elevator. This was exactly the same as the previous 10 mark.

There was a discussion on the mysterious forum at the time, saying that the person might reside in the elevator and become a malevolent ghost that harms people. Now, thinking back on it, Lu Zhengling felt a chill run down his spine. He tried to move his head away and run out, but a force struck his body directly, causing him to fall into the elevator, while his head was just sticking out of the door.

Lu Zhengling struggled to get up, only to find that the mass of flesh had protruding trachea and blood vessels that tightly bound his neck. The elevator doors slowly closed, trapping Lu Zhengling inside. The mangled mass of flesh was right next to Lu Zhengling's neck, and a pleasantly venomous voice rang in Lu Zhengling's ear. "Your body, I want it."

Someone pressed the elevator button, and the elevator slowly rose. Lu Zhengling looked at the increasingly higher ground and the ever-approaching ceiling, frantically shouting for help, but it was all in vain.

A hand pressed the elevator button, and the elevator slowly descended to a stop on the first floor. A man with a cheerful smile stepped out of the elevator. The receptionist glanced at him groggily; the man's clothes looked familiar. Hadn't he just gone up?

This later became a paranormal event. The deceased's head was left in the stairwell, while the body disappeared. The receptionist was so frightened that she quit her job and went back to her hometown to get married. However, the receptionist always felt that the honest man she married looked familiar, especially when he showed a happy smile.

The morning sun shone on the mountain, seemingly dispelling much of the night's chill, but most people felt incredibly heavy-hearted. This was only their first encounter with a ghost, and things had already gone wrong. There were nine more to come, and things were far from as optimistic as they had initially imagined.

"It's better to let go of those unnecessary worries. Once the Ten Methods of Seeing Ghosts begin, you can't stop. You have to complete ten ghost encounters to finish," Chen Qiao said from the side. "And these ten ghost encounters actually have so-called rules in them. As long as we strictly follow the rules, nothing will go wrong."

"Don't worry too much. Bai Lu should be alright now. What those ghosts really want is to kill us through the rules of the Ten Methods of Seeing Ghosts so they can be resurrected. Although it's not true to say that, Bai Lu is a good bargaining chip right now. Those ghosts won't be so unwise as to harm Bai Lu," Chen Qiao comforted her.

Lu Li squinted and thought for a while, then looked at Jiang Xuanmo to the side. This woman was holding the case file and studying it diligently. She didn't want to suffer from a lack of information again.