The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 268 Strange

"A dead person? What happened?"

Lin Xiyue continued to ask questions, guiding the security guard to continue speaking.

“e=(′o｀*)))Alas”

The security guard glanced at the slowly ascending elevator and sighed.

"Anyway, we're already in the elevator, so I can only tell you now."

The security guard looked at the three faces that were still quite young to him and could only say something.

“I’ve been working here for two years. The salary is high, I get off work early, the work is easy, and there’s not much to do. The only strange thing is the rule I told you about.”

"Of course I also find it strange. Anyone would think that getting off work too early, but the salary here is so high that I don't care about those things."

The security guard shrugged and said with a hint of helplessness.

"Then, about six months after I started working, I suddenly noticed someone trying to enter the building through the elevator after the doors closed. I rushed up and stopped her. But she took out her work ID and said she was a staff member and had left something there, so she came back to get it."

The security guard was clearly lost in memories.

"Because the work rules didn't specify what to do in this situation, I agreed to let the little girl go up because of her pitiful eyes. However, I set a time limit for her, telling her to come down within half an hour at most."

"The girl nodded in agreement, and I watched her go upstairs. Before she went up, I checked her employee ID card, and she was indeed a staff member of the mall."

The security guard paused at this point, seemingly reluctant to continue.

"And then? She's the one who died?! ∑(′△｀)?!"

Hehelu asked nervously.

She had a rough idea, but she couldn't quite believe it. If it were true, wouldn't that mean it would be very dangerous for them to go up there now?!

"Yes. I saw that she hadn't come down after half an hour, so I packed my things and went to look for her."

"As soon as I stepped out of the security booth, I heard a loud bang. When I went over to check, the little girl had already fallen to her death in front of the gate."

As he spoke, the security guard took out his terminal and opened his photo album.

"I've kept the photos from that time to warn anyone who might still want to go in."

Lin Xiyue and the other two looked at the photo.

In the photo, some particularly gory parts of her body were blurred out, but it was still clear that she had fallen heavily to the ground in an extremely bizarre and distorted posture.

Her body seemed to have suffered a tremendous impact, with many parts broken and mangled, a truly gruesome sight.

Crimson blood gushed from her mangled body, instantly staining the ground crimson and forming a shocking pool of blood.

Not only that, her whole body was covered in her own blood, making her originally fair skin turn bright red and glaring, like a blood-soaked person.

Beside the photo, an even more horrifying scene can be seen—one of her arms has detached from her body and landed on a nearby bush. The severed arm is embedded in the bush.

The surrounding bushes and leaves were also stained red, making it look like a bizarre painting made of blood.

When this extremely bloody scene came into view, He Hailuo felt a churning in his stomach and almost vomited.

The security guard who witnessed the entire incident was now deathly pale, his face filled with undisguised terror.

"I...I really never imagined that so much blood could flow from a person's body!"

His lips trembled as he muttered to himself.

"This shouldn't just be a case of someone falling to their death."

While others were feeling nauseous or terrified, Meros remained calm and composed, speaking with a furrowed brow.

"Yes, yes. Later, the police said that she died before she fell, but they never found the killer. Then, because the mall owner said he was afraid it would affect business, he tore down the warning signs as well. You see."

The security guard hurriedly pointed to the wall next to the elevator as he spoke.

Lin Xiyue looked over and examined it closely, then discovered that there were indeed still traces of glue residue that hadn't been completely removed.

"So, at the time it was said that someone committed murder?"

Lin Xiyue asked.

"Yes, that's what the police said when they came over, but I didn't believe them at all!"

The security guard became agitated as he spoke, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

“Because this job is easy, I always take it very seriously. My teammates and I would check every shop in the building three times before closing the doors. So I’m pretty sure that there was no one else in the building that day except for that young girl.”

The security guard spoke with a serious expression, but as he continued, his emotions began to gradually spiral out of control.

He kept waving his thick arms, completely disregarding whether the narrow elevator space might injure others.

At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, and the eye sockets were frighteningly red, like two fireballs about to explode.

As he spoke, his spittle flew everywhere, like a dense raindrop.

The kind and friendly image he once had has vanished, replaced by a hideous and distorted face, much like a drug addict suddenly experiencing a withdrawal attack and unable to control himself.

"What, what happened?! (O_O)?"

Heheluo took a few steps back in fear, leaning against the elevator wall to calm himself down.

Something's not right...

Meros glanced at the security guard's ferocious and panicked expression and sensed something was wrong. He thought for a moment, then stretched out his hand, conjuring an energy blade, and slashed towards the guard's head, just three centimeters from the top.

"Pfft-"

"what----"

Suddenly, a strange sound, like a tire deflated, shattered the silence.

The voice was deep and suppressed, sending chills down one's spine. Almost at the same instant, a sharp, piercing scream, enough to shatter eardrums, suddenly rang out, like a sharp dagger piercing straight into everyone's heart.

Then, something amazing happened.

It was as if a thick veil had been covering the entire interior of the elevator, but at this moment it was suddenly ripped away.

In an instant, the previously dim space became bright. The four of them felt a sudden brightness before their eyes, and everything in their field of vision became clearly visible. The brightness was even a whole degree higher than before.

"Ding-dong-"

Then, the elevator doors slowly opened.

We've reached the top floor.

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