mesbooks Chapter 119 The Intermittent Corridor
Chapter 119 The Intermittent Corridor
The man in the red hat followed the man in the blue hat up to the third floor.
The light grew dimmer and dimmer until it was pitch black.
Despite being a big, strong young man, Red Hat is surprisingly afraid of the dark.
To ease the tense atmosphere, he started to strike up a conversation with the man in the blue hat:
"How much gold did you just see?"
The blue-hatted man said:
"I saw quite a few, hidden on the roof, making them hard to spot."
"If it weren't so high that I couldn't reach it, I wouldn't have asked you for help."
The man in the red hat paused for a moment, then laughed and scolded:
"You little brat! If you could get there, would you have kept it all for yourself?"
The man in the blue hat gave an awkward smile:
"No, no, we're the best of brothers."
Red Hat started fantasizing about how she would spend the gold once she got it.
First of all, I definitely have to resign!
Xu Wei is pretty, but she's incredibly stingy!
They're like skinflint, exploiting them to the extreme!
Rich people are never satisfied.
I heard she opened another coffee shop on the street with a Republican-era style.
Of course, her business extends beyond these.
Although they are not large companies, they are all profitable industries.
This woman is completely obsessed with money.
Suddenly, the red-hatted man's phone rang.
The man in the red hat was taken aback. Who would call him so late at night?
He picked up his phone, and after seeing the caller ID, he looked at the blue-hatted man leading the way with some confusion.
The man in the red hat tapped the answer button:
What are you doing?
On the other end of the phone, I heard a disgruntled roar from someone wearing a blue hat:
"Where the hell are you?! Slacking off?"
"Didn't we agree to finish the work early and call it a day?!"
The red hat was struck dumb!
At first, he thought it was the blue-hatted guide playing a prank on him, secretly calling him.
But now it seems... that's not the case.
If the person in the blue hat is on the first floor, then who is leading the way?
On the other end of the phone, the man in the blue hat said anxiously:
"Say something! Where are you?!"
The man in the red hat said woodenly:
"The third...third floor?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then someone cursed:
"Are you kidding me?! Where did this department store get a third floor?!"
The man in the red hat suddenly remembered something.
The Workers' Village, where the Workers' Department Store is located, is a peri-urban area.
Although it's called a department store, it actually only has two floors!
The man in the red hat felt a chill run down his spine, and the hairs on his body stood on end!
......
Outside the ruins of the Workers' Department Store.
The man in the blue hat ran outside in a panic, abandoning the camera.
"How could that kid be on the third floor! No way!"
The man in the blue hat looked terrified.
He had just heard a heart-wrenching scream from the man in the red hat, and then he turned and ran outside.
This department store...something's really off!
The man in the blue hat froze as soon as he rushed out of the department store.
It's raining!
It's almost Chinese New Year, why is it raining in the South China Sea?
Then he saw two people.
A man, wearing a black suit with a black trench coat draped over his shoulders.
A woman, dressed in a white robe, with stunning beauty, held up a black umbrella for the man.
The man in the blue hat leaned against the wall, barely daring to breathe, his heart pounding, staring at the two men in terror.
In the dead of night, these two strange people appeared in an abandoned department store. Something just didn't seem right.
The man walked to the entrance of the department store, seemingly ignoring the man in the blue hat, and looked around the interior of the department store, muttering to himself:
"Number 3-08, Endless Corridor".
The endless corridor is a painting, the most bizarre painting in the world.
The painting contains a separate space, which is an endless labyrinth.
To contain this forbidden object, one must venture into the labyrinth and find the creator of the painting.
Yes, the creator of that painting is in the labyrinth.
Killing that creator will allow you to contain the Endless Corridor.
Jiang Chaosheng took a step forward and entered the department store.
Daji glanced at the blue-hatted man standing to the side, barely daring to breathe, and conjured a ball of cyan foxfire in her hand.
The man in the blue hat stared wide-eyed in horror.
He could sense the terrifying temperature emanating from this foxfire; if he touched it even slightly, he would be reduced to ashes.
Daji was about to throw the blue foxfire at the blue hat when a look of hesitation appeared in her eyes.
She retracted the foxfire, flipped her jade hand, and a talisman appeared at her fingertips, which she pressed onto the blue-hatted man's forehead.
The blue hat stood motionless, like a sculpture.
......
Outside the department store, a light rain pattered against the broken windows, and the smell of mildew and dampness filled the air.
Jiang Chaosheng no longer needs to travel in the rainy night; the curse on him has been lifted.
As long as you collect the forbidden items on time, the curse will not continue.
The reason why it still needs to rain is because Jiang Chaosheng has a dragon pearl in his arms.
With the Dragon Balls, you've received a new chapter update: Chapter 119, The Infernal Corridor. (Read more here.) Jiang Chaosheng can now fly freely in the rain, which is a significant boost to his combat power.
Jiang Chaosheng walked to the end of the second floor and looked at the staircase leading to the third floor that shouldn't have existed in the first place:
Are you confident about what's inside?
Daji gazed at the dark stairwell and smiled gently:
"There are only some small fry up there, husband, just stay close to me."
He believed in Daji's fighting prowess.
Unless it's a monster with inhuman combat power like the Sea Charioteer, Daji should be able to defeat them easily.
Even now, Jiang Chaosheng still feels lingering fear when he recalls the coachman at sea.
That was probably the closest I've ever come to danger.
......
The department store, the non-existent third floor.
The scene inside is exactly the same as the second floor of the department store.
However, the two ends of the corridor were pitch black, like two black holes, bottomless and endless.
Dilapidated, decaying, dark, and eerie.
"maze......"
Jiang Chaosheng murmured something.
Shouldn't traditional mazes be winding and twisting?
This endless corridor has only an unseen beginning and end.
Daji suddenly stepped forward, stood in front of Jiang Chaosheng, and whispered:
"Something's coming, husband, be careful."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a terrifying scream echoed from the darkness at the end of the corridor.
Thick gray fog rolled in from the end of the corridor.
Jiang Chaosheng squinted.
He could see things in the gray fog.
They were people dressed in tattered clothes.
Look closely at those people; the men have mustaches and braids, and the women are wearing kimonos.
Are these... people from Dongying?
No, it should be called the ghosts of the Dongying people.
Their clothing... indicates that they came to the Xia Kingdom a hundred years ago and were left forever in the endless corridor.
The ghosts, their eyes filled with resentment towards the living, roared as they charged toward this place.
Daji formed a hand seal, pointed towards the mist ahead, and whispered:
"break!"
The thick fog dissipated instantly, and the ghosts inside were engulfed in bluish-green foxfire.
A mournful wail echoed throughout the space.
"My husband."
Daji turned around with a smile, like a little girl waiting for praise.
Jiang Chaosheng said:
"Well done."
He changed; he became unwilling to spoil the fun and was generous with his praise for his friends.
Daji smiled radiantly upon hearing Jiang Chaosheng's words.
Jiang Chaosheng continued walking forward.
Space here loses its direction and the concept of "boundaries".
After walking for an unknown amount of time, a broken chandelier on the ceiling ahead suddenly lit up.
Instead of a light bulb, the chandelier contained a bright red candle.
The candle dripped wax onto the ground, looking like blood.
The word "blood" did not gather on the ground, but instead, like a living vine, meandered along the cracks in the floor tiles, outlining two crooked characters.
"Stop!"
The chandelier fell and crashed to the ground.
The shattered glass shards reflected the pale faces of the people.
Men and women, young and old, all with identical expressions, roared in unison:
"Stop!"
Jiang Chaosheng remained calm:
"It seems the host here isn't very hospitable."
Daji smiled gently:
"Then let's beat the host here into a hospitable family!"
She tossed out a talisman.
The ghost in the mirror and the candle writing on the ground all turned into black smoke and dissipated.
Just as Jiang Chaosheng was admiring Daji's magic, Daji grabbed his hand.
Jiang Chaosheng felt the cool, soft touch on his hand and stared blankly at Daji's stunning profile.
Daji said:
"It's starting to rotate here, stay close to me."
The moment she finished speaking, the lights in the entire corridor dimmed for a split second.
Then, from the unseen end of darkness in the distance, came a heavy sound, like countless doors being pushed open and closed simultaneously—
Rumble...
From far to near.
Jiang Chaosheng felt dizzy and disoriented.
He was standing steadily on the ground, but sometimes he felt like he was standing upside down on the ceiling, and sometimes he felt like he was nailed to the floor.
Daji gently touched Jiang Chaosheng's head with her hand.
With the dizziness gone, Jiang Chaosheng's eyes regained their clarity, and he carefully observed the changes.
"Click! Click! Click!"
The sound of the giant gate opening rang out.
Originally, only the beginning and end of the corridor were invisible black abysses.
Now, black holes have also appeared on both sides of the corridor, creating eight different paths.
The endless corridor had just opened its murky eyes from its slumber.
Jiang Chaosheng was amused:
"Now that's what a maze should look like."
Daji looked around at the passageway and asked:
Which way should we go?
Jiang Chaosheng Dao
"I'm very good at navigating mazes."
He pulled a compass from his pocket.
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