Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

Chapter 224 Theme Competition: Fortune Apartment (9)

"Stop muttering to yourselves, hurry up and finish the checkup and let's go." Zhang Cheng was speechless; this guy's audacity was off the charts.

Shi Qi had already obtained information from Gu Shijiu that wasn't in the script and was only in the hands of the special incident handling team.

However, Gu Shijiu's memory is so poor that even she herself can't remember the details after adding and subtracting.

Shi Qi still needed to confirm with Zhang Cheng: "Team Leader Zhang, were any of the victim's body parts found in Xu Zhongtian's home?"

“Yes, isn’t it all written in the documents?” Zhang Cheng was speechless; neither of them seemed very reliable.

Shi Qi couldn't say he hadn't even seen the document: "Where are the things hidden?"

"It's strange, but Xu Zhongtian put all these parts in the same type of jar, and placed some in each room."

There were also some symbols drawn in blood on the jar, as if some kind of mysterious religious ritual was being performed.

Unfortunately, he committed suicide shortly after his arrest, and the police never managed to uncover the origins of the ritual.

Shi Qi pondered for a moment: "Is it possible that the ritual has already succeeded and has been going on for a long time, and those who have disappeared are the sacrifices?"

“It’s impossible to confirm at the moment.” Zhang Cheng said with concern. “In fact, all of the missing people did enter the sixteenth floor.”

However, they mostly disappeared outside the Fuyun Apartment complex, at home, or at their workplace.

"What do the missing persons have in common?" Shi Qi continued to ask.

Since he'd already gone out of character (OOC), he decided not to hide it anymore.

Zhang Cheng shook his head: "No, according to the police and the team's investigation, there is no pattern to it."

At this time his phone rang.

"Team leader, the rain has stopped outside, the sixteenth floor will be sealed off soon..."

"Okay, got it. Be careful too." After hanging up the phone, Zhang Cheng pulled Gu Shijiu and Shi Qi outside.

As soon as they stepped out of the corridor on the sixteenth floor, they felt a swaying sensation in front of them. After regaining their balance, they realized that they had left the previous space.

Gu Shijiu looked around and asked, "Which floor is this?"

Shi Qi glanced at the sign behind her: "It's the fifteenth floor."

That is, the sixteenth floor that the special incident handling team fabricated, and the apartment that Gu Shijiu rented was on this floor.

Zhang Cheng escorted her to the door of room 1688: "Stay in your room. There shouldn't be any danger by tomorrow."

After saying that, he prepared to take Shi Qi back to the 1686 Studio, but she politely declined.

"What the hell? You two are going to sleep in the same room?" Jiang Jiadong, who appeared out of nowhere, seemed to be greatly shocked.

Zhang Cheng didn't care: "Remember to answer the phone and be ready at any time."

Shi Qi nodded and casually asked, "Won't the people coming to explore notice that you're using the fifteenth layer to disguise the sixteenth?"

“It’s okay, ordinary people can’t tell. We’ve communicated with the apartment management and changed the room keys in advance.”

Shi Qi vaguely felt that some information flashed through her mind, but she couldn't grasp it.

As he watched Zhang Cheng take out the key and open the door, in a flash, he suddenly remembered some overlooked information.

Several missing roommates lived in 1686, next door to 1688;

Among the explorers were missing persons; they had all been to the real sixteenth level, and had nothing else in common.

The key was clearly on Xu Zhongtian;

If he doesn't want this key, then which door does he want to open...?

Before she could explain, Shi Qi rushed forward, pushing aside Zhang Cheng, who was opening the door, and Jiang Jiadong, who was standing next to him. She then turned the key and pushed the door open forcefully.

"Hey, what's wrong with you..." Jiang Jiadong's complaints were interrupted by Gu Shijiu, who rushed in after him.

Shi Qi could no longer hear any of that sound.

What came into view was an unfamiliar space and Gu Shijiu rushing in.

"Huh... is this Zhang Cheng's room?"

Gu Shijiu suspected that her memory had gotten worse again. Even though the room layout was the same, she felt like something had changed.

There was a black backpack on the sofa, with a man's clothes sticking out from inside.

Outside the room, Jiang Jiadong stared wide-eyed at the sudden appearance of the two people. He had just witnessed Gu Shijiu and Shi Qi disappear behind the door.

When he and Zhang Cheng went closer, it was clearly the same room they had stayed in.

"Damn it." Zhang Cheng had figured it out. "It seems the previous missing persons disappeared in the same way."

Jiang Jiadong was still in shock, standing to the side muttering to himself, "How could this happen..."

"It seems that Xu Zhongtian's ritual was successful, as people will be affected every 14th and 24th."

This effect has nothing to do with the key, but rather manifests in the person; Xiao Wang had previously been marked by him.

Zhang Cheng thought of the handprint on Shi Qi's shoulder.

Xu Zhongtian wanted to go to the space that Shi Qi and Gu Shijiu had just entered, but he didn't know that his inability to enter wasn't due to the key.

Only those who have left their mark can enter that space.

At this moment, Gu Shijiu touched the wall with some curiosity, feeling a jelly-like sensation on her fingertips.

The doors and windows were still there, but they were all fixed in place, meaning that she and Shi Qi could only move around in the living room.

There was still some food in the refrigerator, and it hadn't picked up any strange smells. Before Shi Qi could stop her, Gu Shijiu quickly stuffed a grape into her mouth.

"Yes, they are normal grapes, not spoiled."

Feeling a bit hungry, Gu Shijiu asked Shi Qi to wash the grapes.

The black backpack was still on the sofa, inside which was a box of Zhang Cheng's business cards.

This place is exactly the same as the space where Gu Shijiu had previously freeloaded a meal. It's unclear whether it's a replica or something extracted from the real world.

The backpack contained some daily necessities, as well as a bottle of an unknown liquid that Zhang Cheng had previously used on Jiang Jiadong.

Gu Shijiu thought it might come in handy somewhere, so he took the spray bottle.

Shi Qi opened the business card box and found that some of the business cards had been scribbled over with meaningless characters drawn in red pen.

Gu Shijiu was of no use in this situation and sat on the sofa, watching Shi Qi search around listlessly.

Suddenly, she rubbed her eyes: "Hey, wasn't the door here closed just now?"

Gu Shijiu tugged at Shi Qi's clothes, wondering if she was seeing things.

“Indeed, this door was locked before.” Shi Qi pushed open the door, which was slightly ajar, revealing that it wasn’t Zhang Cheng’s room.

Unlike the decor of Fuyun Apartment, this is another room.

The snow-white bathtub and the bright marble floor tiles were both soaked in blood.

A 60-inch television is positioned directly opposite the bathtub, playing a melodramatic prime-time family drama.

This is a bathroom that is larger than the living room of an average family home.

There were several pieces of raw meat under the sink, with clear cracks at the edges, as if they had been torn off alive, and they smelled rotten.

There is a cabinet with doors between the bathtub and the sink. It is quite spacious, but it is empty.

There were several deep scratches on the cabinet shelves, as well as a few pieces of torn, bloodstained fabric.

It seems someone once hid here, but was then caught and released.

Shi Qi made various guesses based on the traces at the scene.

The bathroom door, like the rest of the space, is decorated in a luxurious European style with gold trim.

On the other side, where there should be a window, there is a door, just like the one they saw in the living room earlier.

This is strange.

In a place with two doors, why hide in a closet, a place that's easy to find, when you could leave through the other door?

Either the door is fixed and cannot be opened, like the previous living room; or there is a greater danger behind the door, and one cannot leave.

"Huh, what's this?" Gu Shijiu groped around and pulled out a red piece of paper from a hidden compartment in the cabinet.

A few lines of writing were scribbled on the paper.

Do not enter any new rooms. Each room behind the door is different, and once you enter, you can never go back; you will get lost.

[Find self-defense tools and clothing as soon as possible, and always be aware of potential sources of light, as darkness is their favorite environment.]

Make sure to locate the necessary medications, and try to avoid injury, especially bleeding.

Never enter a clean and tidy new room.

[If someone has died in the room, please feel free to stay for the full 24 hours; there will be no danger during this time.]

They don't like noisy environments, so please don't turn off the TV.

Don't trust anyone; what you see may not be the real person...

Finally, it seems the red pen couldn't write anymore, and the writing became increasingly faint.

Gu Shijiu felt increasingly uneasy as she looked at it, and moved closer to Shi Qi.