Chapter 500 The Bitter Winter
The door on the first floor of the resort was closed, and the wind and snow were blowing outside, but the inside of the house was not greatly affected. It was dry and quiet.
"There is something wrong with this middle-level dream. Tang Qing didn''t give us any hints." Qian Jin looked bad after checking the communicator: "He said that the dream owner''s information was sent to us in advance, but there was nothing in the communicator!"
"Yongsheng Pharmaceutical will not deliberately hide it. They also hope that we can conquer the nightmare. There must be some problem in the middle." Rao Rao is very confident in Yongsheng Pharmaceutical. The main thing is that Yongsheng Pharmaceutical is their only backing.
"Heavy snow, manors, resorts, young people suffering from strange diseases." Gao Ming pondered for a moment and said: "Most nightmares are based on reality. Perhaps we can determine a rough idea through old books and newspapers inside the building. time frame and then narrow it down little by little.”
"Your approach is fine when it comes to shallow-level nightmares, but middle-level nightmares have little to do with reality and are absurd everywhere..."
"Do you see the absurdity around here?" Before Zhi Ge could finish speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Gao Ming.
"Boy, respecting veterans can help you live longer." If Bai Huang hadn''t been there, Zhi Ge would have been unable to suppress his anger. He looked at Gao Ming with an unfriendly look.
The melodious violin broke the silence in the manor and diverted Zhige''s attention. They looked towards the third floor together.
"Someone is playing the piano?" Zhi Ge didn''t move his body and turned to look at Gao Ming: "Don''t you want to find clues? The clues are delivered to your door, why don''t you leave?"
Without talking nonsense to Zhige, Gao Ming took Fool and Xu Deyi to the third floor on the wooden steps.
The melodious and sad sound of the piano contrasts with the winter when everything is withered.
"It seems to be coming from room 3003." Xu Deyi did not dare to approach, he hid behind Gao Ming.
Observing the surroundings, Gao Ming gently rubbed the wall with his fingers. The entire manor was divided into four floors, but the third floor had reached the top. The fourth floor was considered the attic and was not open to tourists. There were signs prohibiting entry in the corridors. The third floor and There is also a thick iron fence built between the fourth floor, as if to guard against some ferocious beast.
Putting his fingers under his nose, Gao Ming smelled the faint fragrance of sawdust. Most of the building was made of wood, but Gao Ming couldn''t tell what kind of wood it was made of. There was a dry and solid smell to it. A milky aroma.
The sound of the piano is soothing and fluttering, like the late winter sunshine jumping on a frozen stream, bringing with it a sense of freedom and happiness.
"All the rooms on the third floor have no doors." Gao Ming looked at the rooms that could be entered and exited at will: "Do you still remember what Tang Qing said before we entered the nightmare? The owner of the dream suffered from a disease and could not see the door and had no lights. of narrow passages.”
"The one who plays the piano is the master of the dream?"
"Go over and have a look." The temperature is rising, and in room 3003, in addition to the sound of the piano, there is also the sound of burning firewood.
The warmth dispelled the severe cold, and Gao Ming arrived at the door of 3003. The room without a door was covered with thick carpets. It was daytime outside, but there were still several oil lamps burning in the room, and the fireplace was filled with firewood.
The firelight and lights together illuminated a slender young man in the middle of the room. He was wearing very thin clothes. He had a shotgun and a wine glass at his feet, but his fingers gently pulled the strings. He was like a prince in a castle, opening a fairy tale book and leaving. come out.
When the song ended, the snowflakes in the sky were like praises from the sky. The man stood by the window for a long time before turning around and said, "It''s snowing heavily. How did you get in?" The man noticed them early on, but he didn''t like to interrupt the performance. So he never spoke.
"We are tourists. The road out is blocked. I wonder if we can stay here for a while." Qian Jin asked politely: "We will pay."
His eyes wandered between the wine glass and the shotgun, and the man finally smiled softly: "You can all live here until the snow stops."
"Thank you." Qian Jin was grateful, but Gao Ming was thinking about another thing. They can live here until the heavy snow stops. But if the heavy snow never stops, will they be trapped here forever?
"This is my grandfather''s villa. After his death, my parents and I converted it into a resort. However, we only operate it in the summer. In winter, it is too cold. The East Lake and streams are all frozen, making all water sports impossible. The man picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Compared with the warm summer, winter is too long and lonely. I didn''t expect you guys to come here to play in winter."
The man didn''t mention the room fee at all. After he counted the number of people, he took off a bunch of copper keys from his waist: "You can choose the rooms on the first and second floors as you like. You can live on the third floor if you want, but don''t go to the fourth floor." Run, there is a huge safety risk on that floor.”
Seeing that the man had already taken off three keys and wanted to continue taking them, Qian Jin quickly stopped him: "Three rooms are enough."
"Seven people live in three rooms?" The man waved his hand: "Don''t worry about money. It will be empty anyway. There are basically no people in the manor in winter, so just stay at ease."
Everyone got their own keys, except Xu Deyi and Rao Rao, everyone else was on the second floor.
"The kitchen is on the first floor. A small amount of ingredients are placed in the refrigerator, and some are stored in the cellar. You can use them as you like, just don''t waste them. The dry firewood for the fire is in the brick room on the left side of the main building. I only have enough for myself. If the heavy snow continues, you may have to bring an ax to chop wood nearby." The man finished the wine in his glass and said, "There are various tools in the utility room on the first floor. Remember to close the door when you come in and out. "
What the man said was normal, and there was nothing wrong with it.
"By the way, you must close the doors and windows when it''s dark and go to bed." Putting down the wine glass, the man wiped the shotgun: "It''s freezing cold, and the wild beasts in the mountains can''t find anything to eat. Be careful if a very hungry guy sneaks into the manor. inside."
"Okay, we must pay attention."
"There''s nothing else. You can wander around as you like during the day, as long as you don''t stray too far from the manor." The man stopped talking to everyone and picked up the photo album on the table to look through it, as if he was immersed in memories.
The testers took their keys and walked out of 3003. They all had a tacit understanding and did not speak here. They only looked at each other after entering the corridor.
"Safe during the day, dangerous at night? According to what he meant, do we have to stay in this nightmare for several days?" Raorao took off his glasses and wiped the fog: "Other nightmares can be solved in a few hours, but this nightmare is good Strange!”
"I compared the figures of the man and the young man on the hospital bed. They should not be the same person." Qian Jin has very strong observation skills and a good memory: "I suspect that this man is not the nightmare master. There may be someone in this manor. There are others."
After Qian Jin finished speaking, everyone looked at the steps leading to the fourth floor. The corridor was separated by iron guardrails.
(End of chapter)