Kaleidoscope of Death Chapter 31

Synopsis

As Lin Qiushi's cat refused to let him cuddle, he soon found that everything around was getting strange and inharmonious.

One day, he pushed the door to discover that the hallway turned into a boundless corridor.

At both ends of this corridor, there were twelve same iron doors.

Then the story began. They have to survive the different scenes in these doors.

Ruan Nanzhu said to Lin Qiushi,"When you look into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze back into you."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qiushi sank into deep contemplation. Then pulled down the zipper of his trousers looking at the abyss…

Ruan Nanzhu said,"…Put your pants on properly!"

Chapter 31

Xiong Qi lifted the oil lamp in front and greeted everyone to move slowly.

The snow was just falling lightly at first, but on the way they went back, the snow suddenly became heavy, like a goose feather, fluttering and spreading the entire sky.

Ruan Baijie is not heavy to carry. He looked down at the road under his feet and walked forward step by step.

The sound of wind was getting louder and louder, even to the point of some harshness. The falling snowflakes covered most of Lin Qiushi's vision. He began to be unable to see people in front of him.

This feeling was very bad. Lin Qiushi's footsteps were slightly punctual, and as he wanted to stop, he heard Ruan Baijie's voice. She said, “Don't stop, keep going.”

Lin Qiushi heard that, so he had to move on.

However, the more he went forward, the more he felt that something was wrong. At first, Lin Qiushi thought that it was too cold to be sober, but as the road drifted away, he finally realized the source of the sense of violation.

Too light, the person behind him is too light, as if there is no weight, Lin Qiushi swallowed a mouthful of water, and tried to lift the person on the back up.

It is not his illusion, the person on his back is very light, like a paper paste, although the form can be felt, but there is no weight. Lin Qiushi had a thin sweat on his forehead, and he called, “Bai Jie.”

No sound.

“Bai Jie.” Lin Qiushi continued to call.

“What's the matter?” Ruan Baijie put her face on the neck of Lin Qiushi. Her face was cold and the skin was wet and soft, giving Lin Qiushi a kind of unreasonable association. She said, "What do you call me to do?"

“Nothing.” Lin Qiushi said, “I just ask you if you are cold.”

“I am not cold.” Ruan Baijie said, “It is not cold at all.”

Lin Qiushi did not dare to stop. Before he had been walking, he looked all around, but he was far away from the people in front.

In the heavy snow, he can only vaguely see the blurred oil lamp in front and a few figures walking in the snow. The person on his back does not seem to be Ruan Baijie, but something else.

Lin Qiushi bite his teeth slightly.

“You are shaking.” The things on the back have the same voice as Ruan Baijie, and she said softly and softly, “Are you cold?”

“Well.” Lin Qiushi said, “just a little cold.

“Do you want to go to a place that is not cold?” she asked,”A warm place that won't snow and won't be dark.”

Lin Qiushi thought if he should ask what tje place is next, but he did not want to ask this question at all, so he simply silenced.

“Why don't you talk?” she said.

“Because I am thinking.” Lin Qiushi answered.

She asked, “What are you thinking?”

Lin Qiu Shi's footsteps stopped for a moment, loudly said,” I'm thinking about how to throw you away!" He said this, and immediately let the thing on his back go, then did not look back, rushing toward the front.

Obviously his choice was correct, because after he let the thing go, he did not hear any soound of heavy objects falling on the ground – it was definitely not an individual.

Lin Qiushi rushed to the ground and looked back. This glance almost caused his heart disease. He saw the thing that was thrown by him. The body was stunned on the snow, and its neck was getting longer and longer. It stretched in the direction of him, rubbing his head with black hair in the snow. It turned its head sideways and asked him,”Why do you leave me, don't you like me the most?”

Lin Qiushi said angrily,”Fucking no one like you.”

The thing said nothing, “…”

Lin Qiushi did not dare to stop his own steps, and just hurried to catch up with the partners in front. But what made him desperate was that no matter how fast he ran, the front figure and the lights were not close a little, he seemed to be chasing the mirage in the dream.

The thing behind him is getting closer and closer to him.

It was over. Lin Qiushi was desperate when the thing was about to catch up with him. However, at this moment, his feet seemed to be smashed by something, and his whole body fell heavily on the ground.

“Fuck!” Lin Qiushi fell on her face to lick a big sip of snow, but this action made him feel something getting out from his body, then he felt someone picked him up directly from the snowfield.

“Lin Qiushi, Lin Qiushi, can you do it? Am I so heavy?” It is the voice of Ruan Baijie.

Lin Qiushi climbed hard from the ground and turned his head to see the girl who was kneeling beside him with his fingers.

And Xiong Qi is the one who picked Lin Qiushi from the snowfield. He said, “Is it okay?”

Lin Qiushi heaved a sigh of relief,”I thought I was dead."

Ruan Baijie turned her head and asked, “Why?”

Lin Qiushi simply explained what happened just now, saying that he was just stunned, or he was already dead.

“Oh.” Ruan Baijie said, “I wondered why you fell, I had thought I was too heavy.”

Lin Qiushi said,”It's okay, not particularly heavy.”

Ruan Baijie bend his mouth.

Xiong Qi said, “Come on, they already went down the hill. It will be dark soon, and we have to hurry up.”

Lin Qiushi nodded. When he climbed up, he felt his knee hurt a bit. It was estimated that he was injured when he fell to the ground. But he did not mention this, and followed them to move forward. Originally, he still wanted to carry Ruan Baijie, but he was rejected by her saying that Lin Qiushi was too thin and her chest was uncomfortable on his back.

After listening to Lin Ruan's faint whisper, he said, “Do you even have a bosom?” When he was carrying Ruan Baijie, he felt that his bosom was flat and there was no soft feeling at all.

Ruan Baijie was angry when he heard Lin Qiushi's words,”Alright, you have big breast, you say first!”

Lin Qiushi said nothing.

The three men stepped up and wanted to catch up with the people in front, but at this time, Lin Qiushi heard a dhsrp scream.

“Have you heard that?” Lin Qiushi asked, he worried that this was his illusion.

“Heard it.” Xiong Qi' face seemed worried and he said, “Hurry up, something went wrong.”

The three men started to run, and when they got to the front, they saw a terrible scene.

Two of the three people who had been carrying the wood died. Their bodies were directly split into two halves by wood. The most terrifying thing is that although the body is broken, they are still conscious, their mouths are bloody, and they are screaming and calling for help.

The rest one fell into a heap on the ground and his pants were wet, and cried heavily, “Help! – Help!”

“What is going on! What the hell is going on!” asked Xiong Qi.

Xiao Ke said,”They were walking on the road, and suddenly they loosened their hands. The wood fell directly on the waists of the two people in front.”

Xiong Qi had not spoken yet, and the remaining survivor climbed up from the ground and began to run all the way, crying in his mouth,”There are ghosts, help, ghosts!”

The people had not had time to react, and they watched him run wild and disappeared into the snow curtain.

The two remaining on the ground were also dying.

“What should we do…” The woman in the team cried, and the sound of snoring continued, “We are all going to die here.”

Xiong Qi's beard was covered with snowflakes. He sighed and looked calm. He said, “Let's go, first take the wood back.”

This wood smashed people, who dared to carry it on the shoulder, everyone refused to move, and finally Lin Qiushi took the initiative to pick up the blood-stained wood together with Xiong Qi.

Everyone on the way back was very silent, but fortunately there was no accident.

The two first sent the wood to the carpenter. The carpenter's old man was not surprised to see the blood on the wood. He didn't even ask a question. He just reminded them with a dumb voice,"There are two more."

Both Xiong Qi and Lin Qiushi did not speak and turned back to their residence.

The thing that the wood smashed down is really weird, and there must be something in it. Lin Qiushi felt that he had escaped from the danger again. He looked at the fire in front of him and the whole person was at a loss.

Ruan Baijie sat next to him and suddenly said, “I want to eat noodles.”

"Ok." Lin Qiushi said,"Let me rest for a while."

Ruan Baijie said,”What's wrong with you, tired?”

“No, I am just thinking about what it means to be in this world.” Lin Qiushi said, “I used to live well in the original place. I suddenly walked out of the house one day. There are twelve iron gates in the corridor. Then I opened one of them…”

Ruan Baijie listened quietly.

“Then I came here.” Lin Qiushi said,”Iron Gate only means fear and torture?”

Ruan Baijie heard the words and laughed. She said,”I don't think it makes sense to think about it now, but this experience may not be torment for you.”

Lin Qiushi said, “The what is that?”

“Maybe.” Ruan Baijie looked gentle, “It means a new life.”

Lin Qiushi frowned.

At this time, only two of them were left in the living room, and everyone else went back to the room to rest. Everyone was exhausted for what happened today, so Xiong Qi decided to rest for an hour before discussing what to do next. In fact, everyone knows clearly that if they want to leave early, they should go to cut trees, even if more horrible things will happen next time.

“Go.” Ruan Baijie said, “I am hungry.”

Lin Qiushi stood up and went to the kitchen.

Ruan Baijie looked at his back and revealed a smile that was unclear.

The noodles taste good. After the two have finished eating, everyone has a rest. So they gathered again in the living room and started discussing what to do next.

“They should be cursed when they go down the mountain.” Zhang Zishuang, a member who is more calm than others said, “I saw the two people in front stop for a moment.”

“The way of death here is very strange. There is no need to care about how they die.” Xiong Qi said bluntly, “The problem is the condition of death.”

Whether it is to cut trees, or to smash wood, or to travel in snow, there may be conditions for ghosts to kill.

“Exclusion method.” Xiao Ke said, “Everyone cuts the tree, but only three of them are carrying wood.”

“Then why am I and Xiong Qi are safe?” Lin Qiushi asked.

“There are two possibilities, one is carrying trees, the second is other conditions.” Xiong Qi said, “Because ghosts kill people every day, there are limits for the number. It is impossible to kill us all at once.” That's why he had the courage to bring the wood back together with Lin Qiushi?

“How do you verify?” Xiao Ke asked.

“Why do you need to verify it?” Ruan Baijie played with his own silk, and said,”As long as we avoid these conditions, we can't afford to verify the failure.”

“Oh.” Xiao Ke responded with indifference. Her attitude towards Ruan Baijie has not been very good. She is always ignorant of he. On the other hand, Ruan Baijie, a beautiful and occasionally artificial girl, is sometimes less popular with same-sex people.

“So don't let people carry trees tomorrow.” Xiong Qi said, “We use a tool to drag the wood down the mountain.”

Others agree.

“What about the person who ran away?” Another person asked, he is worried about the teammate who collapsed in emotions, “We don't care for him anymore?”

“How to find him?” Zhang Zishuang said, “Look at the sky outside, it will be dark soon. We don't know what will happen then? Are we going to losing our lives?”

Everyone was silent and agreed to his statement.

In such a world, everyone's life is not guaranteed. It is a very extravagant thing to survive, lest talk about saving others' lives.

“Let's go, rest early and continue tomorrow.” Xiong Qi stood up to get back to the room.

Ruan Baijie looked at the weather outside and said,”I don't know if the snow will stop tomorrow.”

The prophecy has unfortunately come true.

The snow lasted for the whole night, and there was no intention to stop in the morning.

Perhaps because someone died yesterday, it didn't have any horror last night. Everyone succeeded in surviving the night.

The snow is too heavy, and even going out of the door has become a difficult matter, not to mention to cut tree sin such a blizzard and ship them back. However, compared with the bad weather, it is obvious that the ghosts in the dark are more frightening, so even if the weather is bad, no one has asked to delay one day    .

Silent morning. Everyone seems to have lost the ability to talk because of what happened yesterday.

The only one who holds mode is Ruan Baijie. She walks in the snow and sings in her mouth. It seems that this trip is just a travel that is not  worth mentioning

Lin Qiushi followed the corridor on the second floor and wanted to go down while he heard the loud noise from the third floor, like there are many people discussing something. He did not intend to see it, but he heard the mourning of the woman. This mourning is heartbroken, as if something was extremely tragic.

Lin Qiushi hesitated for a while, but turned back to the third floor to see what is going on.

The building here is a wooden structure, and the wooden boards on the stairs are somewhat aging. When he stepped on it, it will squeak loudly, and some places will tremble as if it can't bear the weight of the human body.

Lin Qiushi went to the third floor and saw several people standing in the corridor. But what caught his attention was the rich bloody smell in the air.

This bloody smell was too strong, and made a pain in his nose. Lin Qiushi gave birth to some uncomfortable feelings. He moved his footsteps and carefully walked behind several people.

“I know it.” Xiong Qi, who picked Lin Qiushi up yesterday discussed with someone,"Something really happened yesterday…”

Xiao Ke was also talking, she said, “I thought it was…” She turned back and looked at Lin Qiushi who walked behind him. “Forget it.”

Lin Qiushi thought what you mean by saying this. Who do you think? Do you think it is me and Ruan Baijie? He looked up and saw a door behind Xiao Ke.

The door was half covered, and the blood was full on the floor. Because the weather was too cold, the blood had frozen. But he still can see the amount of bleeding is very large.

“What happened?” Lin Qiushi asked.

“Someone died.” Xiong Qi said calmly.

Lin Qiushi said,”…Someone died?” If it was yesterday, he would probably feel incredible that these people can say such things in such a dull tone? But after going through those things last night, he has clearly realized that the place where he is now is no longer the world that can be explained by common sense.

“Yes.” Xiong Qi said.

Lin Qiushi changed looked inside the door and involuntarily sucked a cold breath. The room is full of coagulated blood, and two corpses are placed on the floor in a messy manner. The flesh and blood is too badly mutilated to recognize. It is better to say that it is more like two pieces of meat without skin. The blood ran all the way down the floor inside the house. From the floor to the wall, there was almost no clean place on the third floor.

Although Lin Qiushi was psychologically prepared, he was disgusted by this scene. He covered his mouth and turned back. Xiao Ke was very understanding to say, “There is a toilet in the next room.”

Lin Qiushi quickly rushed into the toilet and spit.

Waiting for him to finish spitting out, Xiao Ke said,”I thought you would not spit.”

Lin Qiushi: “Ah?”

Xiao Ke said lightly,”You and Ruan Baijie are already very good newcomers. Generally, the  newcomer faced with the first door will be in a particularly bad state. The survival rate can be 20%.”

Lin Qiushi is speechless.

Xiao Ke said,”Go, let's eat breakfast.”

Lin Qiushi said,”What about the two corpses?”

Xiao Ke showed a very strange expression, “What do you want to do?”

Lin Qiushi had nothing to say. He suddenly remembered something as going down, and wondered: “Wait, I heard a woman crying on the third floor when I was on the second floor…” He looked around and confirmed that there is only a little girl Xiao Ke. Her calm appearance showed that she is not a person who will cry.

“A woman was crying?” Xiao Ke said,”We haven't heard it, you got it wrong.”

Lin Qiushi said,”…well.”

The breakfast on the first floor was already done and placed on the table. The people who cook are said to be villagers in the village, and they look no different from normal people.

After Lin Qiushi had eaten breakfast, he borrowed a few thick clothes from them and inquired about the things in the village.

"There is nothing wrong with our village." The villagers seem to be unable to give any useful information,"There will be several people come here to travel every winter."

Lin Qiushi said,”Oh… what about your daily necessities?”

The villagers said, “Go out of the mountains to buy. Although the rock road is not easy to walk, but we always have to find a way. But as long as the snow falls, there is no way to go out. The mountain road was sealed and we can only stay here for the whole winter.”

Lin Qiushi thought about it and suddenly asked,”Is the well in your village all dug in the center of the yard?”

He didn't know if it is his illusion that when he proposed the word well, the villagers' expressions seemed to be much more tense, but they did not give any special information. They just nodded and said yes, then turned back and left.

Lin Qiushi thought for a while but did not figure out the clue. Then he decided to give the clothes to Ruan Baijie first.

When he entered the room, Ruan Baijie was lying in bed and playing with a mobile phone. When she saw him coming in, she snorted softly,”You are so slow.”

Lin Qiushi put the borrowed clothes to the bed,”Get up, go to have breakfast on the first floor.”

Ruan Baijie said ok.

Lin Qiushi said,”I am going out to wait for you.”

“Wait.” Ruan Baijie suddenly screamed,”What is above your head?”

“What?” Lin Qiushi was inexplicable.

Ruan Baijie rushed at him and waved her hands. Lin Qiushi got closer to her.

"It's all red…" Ruan Baijie stretched out her hands and touched Lin Qiushi's head, then she turned the palm over,"What is this?"

Lin Qiushi felt terrible when he saw the thing on her hands, because the things in her hands were like frozen blood.

“I will go and see.” Lin Qiushi quickly rushed into the toilet, and as Ruan BaiJie said, he noticed that his head was full of broken ice slag, which was dark red and can't be found easily hidden in his head for a while. He didn't know when he got it.

Chapter end