Chapter 1475: A Lot of Ghosts (1)
I was suspicious and didn't dare to take any chances.
Although I may become a ghost and become stronger after death, it is better to be alive after all. After death, many things become unknown again, and there are too many uncertainties. Moreover, no one wants to die casually.
Despite my scruples, I decided to take a look around the University of Finance and Economics.
That's the only clue I've ever had. Knowing that the ghost might be inside the University of Finance and Economics, I don't have to look for it like a headless fly elsewhere.
I asked Cheng Lin.
Cheng Lin didn't want to get involved in this matter. He didn't think very well of me either.
"Why are you here? Someone asked you? Someone out there? He asked.
His mind is very jumpy, and while he asks a question, he has already thought of the answer.
This answer cannot be said to be wrong.
Cheng Lin didn't wait for me to answer, and then gave up the question.
I thanked him and was ready to leave.
Cheng Lin suddenly stopped me and threw something at me.
I took it and saw that it was an energy bar, oatmeal original, finger length. I looked at the production date on the package, which said "September 30, 2032". My heart jumped, and when I looked closely, I found that I had never seen the brand of this energy bar, and I had also seen the manufacturer, and the place name marked on it was a city that I was completely unfamiliar with.
Doubts arose in my mind.
"This is what flows out of the big money. As I said, they have their own food source. Cheng Lin said.
"Do you know where these things come from?" I was a little excited, suppressed my emotions, and calmly asked, "I haven't seen anything like this on the market." The energy bars on the market in Minqing don't seem to have this brand. β
Cheng Lin shook his head, "I don't know." β
I watched him lower his eyes and put on an attitude of indifference, as if he had been scratched by a mouse.
Cheng Lin obviously knew something, but he didn't want to say it.
I also wanted to ask, but the lamp on the table went out.
I was taken aback.
Cheng Lin calmed down, squatted down, and began to shake the generator.
His body was hiding behind his desk, and I couldn't even see it.
The timing was too bad.
I want to clichΓ©s, it's not quite appropriate. I'm going to talk to Cheng Lin openly and honestly, and it's a little inappropriate.
Cheng Lin's performance has gone beyond the scope of ordinary people. He may be gifted, he is a calm and decisive person, and he can deal with such unbelievable things calmly. But it is also possible that Cheng Lin has already seen that ghost, or something else, or someone, and knows some secrets. He may know more than I do, he may know less than I do. Whether he is reliable or not, I am not sure.
I didn't dare to expose my ability to Cheng Lin, and I don't think Cheng Lin would be honest with me. If he had been willing, he would have said it a long time ago. We all have considerations, and neither of us is willing to reveal our secrets first.
I thought about it, but gave up.
Let's go to the vicinity of Caida to see the situation first. If things don't go well, I'll think about something else.
I asked Cheng Lin how he got out of this complicated hospital.
The lamp on the desk came back on, but the light flickered erratically, as if the voltage was unstable.
Cheng Lin simply gave up and stood up from behind the table.
The light of the lamp dimmed.
Cheng Lin said: "I'll send you out." β
He wanted to show me the way and came to me.
I leaned sideways to let him go ahead and didn't dodge him.
He had his hands in the pockets of his white coat and walked as I had seen before, a little kick-and-tap. Luckily, he was wearing a pair of white sneakers, not leather shoes, so he didn't walk too loudly.
Even so, the footsteps were very conspicuous as he walked down the hallway.
I didn't see the wandering ghost, so I followed Cheng Lin downstairs, went around to the back of the building under his leadership, and entered a temporary outpatient building.
The building is chaotic, the corridors are narrow, the seats are all plastic benches, and there are a few hospital beds in the corridors.
Cheng Lin pushed the hospital bed aside and walked forward by himself.
As I passed by an office, I heard movement inside.
There is yin qi in it, there must be a ghost.
Cheng Lin didn't take it seriously.
The ghost didn't come out either.
I heard the sound of running in the hallway behind me, as if it were a child running.
I glanced back, only to see the yin qi floating down the other hallway.
None of the ghosts here are aggressive.
Cheng Lin pushed the door and left the building, and in front of it was the outpatient building of the hospital.
I looked back at the sign on the door of the makeshift building. Orthopedics was put here. Looking at the outpatient building in front of you, there is a sign for pediatrics posted at the back door.
"It's messy enough." I don't have anything to say.
Cheng Lin snorted twice, "The expansion is too fast, there is no plan at all, and there is no time to plan." When this building was built, it was said that it could handle it for ten years. In less than a year, it will be expanded again. There are not enough wards. β
The conversation between the two of us was very normal, like a conversation between an ordinary doctor and a passing patient.
It's just that this place is not ordinary.
I felt a new yin qi and looked up before entering the building.
There is a row of figures on the windows on the fifth floor, neatly arranged in a row, about seventeen or eighteen, regularly distributed behind each window. The light was so dim that I could tell that there seemed to be a family of three in each window, with parents standing on the left and right, and a child in the middle.
I got goosebumps on my body.
"How many ghosts are there?" I asked Cheng Lin.
Even though these ghosts are harmless, there are a little too many. Their yin qi is not heavy, and when they gather, they still change from fireflies to incandescent lamps, which is too bright.
Cheng Lin had already walked in the door and turned to look at me.
For a moment, I thought he was going to lead me into a trap.
Cheng Lin shook his head, "I don't know either." A lot. There were already a lot of dead people in the hospital. The ghosts that didn't run away are trapped here with the living. β
This answer came as a bit of a surprise to me.
This is something I hadn't thought about before.
Since the living are trapped here, the ghosts from the future may also be trapped here, and of course the ghosts who were originally in Yangshan District are also trapped here.
I am afraid that these demons will not be resurrected.
I asked, "Didn't they kill anyone?" β
"Yes. It's just that he didn't kill anymore after that. But those people, when they die, become ghosts, and may kill people. Cheng Lin disagreed, urging me to follow, "Don't worry, they won't attack you." β
I didn't expect to be attacked.
If nothing else, these ghosts with weak yin qi may not have any sense, and they will not be able to attack people.
I walked towards Cheng Lin.
Walking through the pediatric clinic on the first floor, I saw the lobby of the hospital's outpatient building. The information desk in the middle and the registration and medicine windows around it give people a sense of intimacy.
Most tertiary hospitals are arranged in this way. If you walk out of the front door, you should be able to leave the hospital. I have seen the main entrance of the hospital. The road outside was shrouded in night, but it was clear enough to see that there was no construction on it, and it was a normal road that could be passed.
I was about to ask Cheng Lin how to go to the University of Finance and Economics, when I felt the yin qi again.
There is an escalator next to the information desk in the lobby that leads to the second floor.
The second-floor platform corridor is open-air. That is, the entire first-floor hall is actually two stories high, with several headlights above. On the second floor, there is a large display on the wall facing the door, which exceeds the height of the floor. The screen that was supposed to show outpatient information, or other hospital notices, was now pitch black.
Right on the escalator, several small ghosts appeared out of thin air. They were all children, with their hands and chin on the handrails of the escalator, and two dark eyes staring at me and Cheng Lin.
The large display suddenly lit up. This display only has basic colors such as red and yellow. At the moment, it is full of color blocks like tomato and egg soup. After a few flashes, a cartoon image appeared on the screen.
As I recall, this is a cartoon that was popular a few years ago, and the main character is a pig.
Now the pig seems to have a skin disease and possibly a nervous disorder, bouncing awkwardly on the screen.
The hospital's radio rang out.
What should have been a cheerful cartoon soundtrack is elongated, and the children's voices are transformed into low, weird male voices singing songs that are out of tune.
The little ghost on the escalator giggled and rushed up to the second floor in a queue, but his figure was gone, leaving only the sound of clattering footsteps, and spun in circles around the corridor platform on the second floor.
Cheng Lin and I both stopped.
"They, so often?" I asked Cheng Lin.
Cheng Lin shook his head slowly.
(End of chapter)