C18 (1/2)

”What should we do?” I said dejectedly.

Everyone scratched their heads and tried to think of something, but the corridor suddenly quieted down, and then there was a clucking sound. I followed the sound and shone my flashlight into the corridor, and found Xu Yang's face pale, his eyes wide and his whole body covered in a sieve of bran. The clucking sound came from his chattering teeth.

”This... Inside... It won't lock anything up... What's not clean? ” Xu Yang said while trembling.

Three black lines nearly dripped down from our heads. San Mao bellowed even more hoarsely, ”Do you believe that I won't send you flying with a slap? ”Brat, did you dream of meeting the King of Hell? Have you been possessed by a ghost?”

”But …” This is a good building, why did it get sealed off like this? ” Xu Yang said with a bit of grievance.

”Maybe it's to guard against Zombie? ”There might even be people living on top. They grow food on the roof and are self-sufficient …” Lin Hao suddenly said.

”It doesn't look like it …” Lv shook his head and said: ”Look at this metal door, it should be quite old.”

”Hai, don't worry about it so much. Let's go up first!” ”Let's just let one of us climb up the elevator shaft, then open the door from the other end and let us in.”

”I'm afraid not …” Lv waved his hand and said.

”Why not?”

”This lock is a double-sided one. Even if you don't have a handle on that side, you still have to use a key to unlock it …”

Lv, wouldn't it be fine if you just climbed up? San Mao said.

”Huh?” Lv exclaimed, he shook his head like a rattle drum, and said, ”No no ….”

”Why not? There's a lead rope in the Heaven Stairway, it's pretty easy to climb, and it's only on the first floor. ” I pulled them out of the staircase, and said to Lv while pointing inside, ”The elevator well on the first floor is also open.”

”I... ”I …” Lv scratched his head in embarrassment, ”I'm afraid of heights …”

”What?” I thought to myself, ”You're a thief. Shouldn't you have the professionalism to sneak through doors and climb windows? How come there are thieves who are afraid of heights?”

Lv seemed to be able to see through my doubts, and dryly laughed a few times. ”I'm not from that sect …”

San Mao and I looked at each other in dismay. Now it seemed like Lv was not willing to climb the elevator shaft no matter what, but he had already reached the final step of this long journey. I poked my head into the elevator shaft and shone the flashlight up. The elevator car was parked on the upper floor and a little farther up, stuck in the middle, half through the door. I steeled my heart and said, ”How about I go up? I've learned how to climb rocks before, this height is not a problem. Lv, give me the key to the right number, I'll go up and try.”

”Can you? Climbing up is no problem, but can you unlock it? ” San Mao looked at me suspiciously and said.

”You never killed a pig but you've never seen a pig run? Look how many times Lv has driven it!” I muttered.