mesbooks Chapter 141, 3:00 AM
Chapter 141, 3:00 AM
Cong Wanqiu grabbed Zhongshu's clothes:
"If you keep doing this, I'll call the police!"
She was just a young girl; how could she stop Zhongshu? She could only turn to those around her for help.
"Security! Security!"
Two patrolling security guards rushed into the service desk and pinned Chung-shu down.
Fortunately, Zhongshu had already grabbed the microphone and shouted loudly:
"Everyone! Leave the mall immediately! There's a mentally ill murderer in the mall!"
However, his voice did not resonate throughout the mall.
Only a few customers passing by the service counter looked at him with suspicion.
Zhongshu turned his head in a daze.
Cong Wanqiu gripped the microphone's power cord, his face grim.
"Zhongshu, are you fucking crazy?!"
Do you realize that what you're doing is affecting my work?!
Zhongshu swallowed hard and extended his hand to Cong Wanqiu:
"Give it to me, quick!"
Cong Wanqiu glanced at the security guards:
"Take him to the security room, I'm calling the police right now."
As she spoke, she took out her phone from her pocket and muttered:
"What a madman! How did he even know I work here?"
Cong Wanqiu suddenly frowned, her face full of doubt:
"Why is there no signal?"
Zhongshu's face turned deathly pale instantly:
"It's too late."
Cong Wanqiu raised an eyebrow and looked at Zhong Shu:
"What do you mean it's too late? It's not too late. It's only a ten-minute walk from here to the police station."
"when!"
"when!"
"when!"
A loud bell rang out.
Each sound was so loud it hurt your ears and made your teeth ache.
Cong Wanqiu looked up at the clock hanging from the top of the mall:
"Huh? This thing is working properly?"
Upon hearing this, Zhongshu abruptly raised his head and looked at the clock on the dome, where the hour, minute, and second hands all pointed to the number '3'.
If the hour, minute, and second hands all point to three o'clock, it's definitely not exactly three o'clock!
But why does that clock tell you 3 o'clock?
Zhong Shu suddenly broke free from the security guard, grabbed Cong Wanqiu by the collar, and stared wide-eyed:
"What's going on with this bell?"
Seeing the fear and unease in Zhong Shu's eyes, Cong Wanqiu was clearly frightened and subconsciously said:
"The owner of Chimelong Plaza is quite superstitious; he believes that wearing an expensive watch brings good luck."
In Northeast China, having great luck is also called "walking the route".
The watch face has twelve hour markers, and the hour, minute, and second hands move to those markers precisely according to the "marking" time.
Cong Wanqiu continued:
"The owner wanted Chimelong Plaza to have good fortune, so he brought in an antique clock from Europe and embedded it in the mall's dome."
Zhongshu wanted to slap himself.
I've been here for half an hour, how come I haven't seen this clock?
Cong Wanqiu realized what was happening, her face flushed, and she angrily rebuked:
"Whose collar are you grabbing? Are you crazy?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the lights in the mall began to flash.
The customers and staff stared in astonishment at the flashing lights.
Is the circuit broken?
Zhongshu snatched the power cord from Cong Wanqiu's hand and plugged it into the power outlet.
Cong Wanqiu screamed:
"Are you fucking never going to stop?!"
She pointed at the two security guards and cursed:
"What are you two doing?! I'm going to file a complaint against you!"
The security guards quickly went to arrest Zhongshu.
Zhongshu fiddled with the microphone as he spoke:
"Li Xinyuan!"
The security guards were suddenly stunned, and Cong Wanqiu was dumbfounded as well.
Because a thug in a suit suddenly appeared at the service desk.
Li Xinyuan crossed his arms and glanced at Zhongshu:
Why didn't you wake me up sooner?
After setting up the microphone, Zhongshu smiled wryly:
"I didn't expect things to become so complicated."
Zhongshu patted the microphone.
The noise was loud in the mall.
Fortunately, the mall microphone is usable.
This time, Cong Wanqiu and the security guards dared not touch Zhong Shu.
Who wouldn't be scared when Zhongshu suddenly summoned a thug in a suit?
How evil!
Zhongshu shouted into the microphone:
"Everyone, stay put and come to the service desk on the first floor immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the lights went out.
Suddenly, Cong Wanqiu saw something and pointed to the sky, letting out a terrified scream.
Zhongshu looked up.
Suddenly, in mid-air above the mall, darkness gathered and gradually transformed into a monster!
It looked like an angel, except its wings were black.
Screams echoed throughout the mall.
They wouldn't believe it was some kind of holographic projection effect.
After all, no shopping mall would create such terrifying special effects.
Even a child would be terrified and cry at the sight of it.
The angel's head had been cut in half, leaving only half a handsome face.
The angel's single remaining eye was brimming with resentment, as if it had suffered immense injustice in its lifetime.
The angel's half-open mouth opened:
"God betrayed me, God betrayed me..."
He mechanically repeated the sentence.
Zhongshu stared wide-eyed, looking around at the angel, trying to memorize all the information about the angel.
Did God betray him?
Besides having only half a head, he also had no toes.
The toes had been neatly cut off.
Zhongshu's mind was boiling like water:
"A fallen angel without toes... Lucifer?!"
Zhongshu suddenly looked at the hour, minute, and second hands on the dome, all pointing to three o'clock, and murmured:
"A mockery of the Trinity, a blasphemy against God."
Looking across all of Western legends, only Lucifer would dare to do such a thing.
According to legend, Jesus was killed at 3 p.m.
Therefore, according to legend, 3 PM is the time when demons revel.
According to legend, Jesus was killed at 3 p.m.
Therefore, according to legend, 3 PM is the time when demons revel.
Legend has it that 3 a.m. is the time when the devil rebels.
Because this is a mockery of the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Zhongshu swallowed hard.
"The fallen angel Lucifer really exists? And this time, the opponent is actually a legendary god?"
Lucifer is somewhat different from the legend.
Legend has it that Lucifer believed himself to be incredibly powerful, and because of his arrogance, he betrayed God. After God cut off his toes, he fell into hell.
But how could Lucifer say that God betrayed him?
How did Lucifer's head get half blown off?
Cong Wanqiu clearly grasped the key phrase in Zhongshu's words: "This time, the opponent is Shen Yao?"
Combining Zhongshu's previous actions with her own, she immediately understood one thing.
Zhongshu not only knew that monsters had appeared, but he had also fought against them many times!
This time, Cong Wanqiu no longer looked down on Zhongshu; instead, she opened her wide, terrified eyes:
"Zhongshu, please, please protect me, I'm scared."
Zhongshu ignored Cong Wanqiu and quickly turned to look at Li Xinyuan:
"Can you... handle this?"
Li Xinyuan looked at Lucifer with a serious expression:
"Even if ten thousand dragon kings came, they wouldn't be a match for this guy."
"You're not a superhuman, you wouldn't understand. Just one glance from him made me want to kneel down."
Zhongshu's heart sank.
We'll have to find a way to outsmart them.
Based on his experience on the sea train, he needed to figure out Lucifer's habits and behaviors.
No, it shouldn't be called a behavioral habit, it should be called a rule.
It's like being on a train at sea, where you can't open your eyes at midnight, you can't eat the food the train conductor gives you, and so on...
Lucifer, suspended in mid-air, spoke again:
"God claims that he gave you five fingers so that you could use tools."
I hereby order you to refrain from using those filthy hands!
His voice was filled with hatred, anger, and an unspeakable resentment.
Many customers in the mall trembled with fear upon hearing his tone of voice.
In the face of gods, mortals are no different from ants; the mere sound of their voices is enough to terrify them.
Zhongshu's eyes lit up.
Is this Lucifer's rule?
Hearing Lucifer's voice, Cong Wanqiu became even more frightened. She stepped forward, grabbed Zhongshu's hand, and her face turned deathly pale.
"Zhongshu, you must know something! Don't abandon me! We're classmates!"
Zhongshu looked at Cong Wanqiu's hand gripping his arm and said urgently:
"Let go! Don't move!"
Lucifer's pupils darted around in their sockets, as if they might fly out at any moment.
He's watching to see who dares to disobey his orders!
It wasn't just Cong Wanqiu; many guests broke the rules in the chaos.
After all, using hands is a human instinct.
The elevator doors opened without warning.
One by one, dwarf demons with goat horns on their heads, devil wings on their backs, and goat hooves on their limbs flew out of the elevator.
They shrieked as they charged into the crowd, selectively choosing their targets.
Screams echoed through the crowd as pairs of hands were held in the mouths of the dwarf demons.
The dwarf demons flew into the sky, dropping severed hands one by one.
This is intimidation, and also mockery of the fragile bodies of mortals.
One of the dwarf demons rushed in front of Zhong Shu. Before Zhong Shu could react, Cong Wanqiu let out a scream as both of her hands were snatched away by the dwarf demon.
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P.S.: Sorry, my mom is sick in the hospital and I've been busy, so the update is a bit late.
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