Chapter 229 - The Flyer for Ghost Stories Society (2/2)
With a grit of his teeth, he held his breath and reached out to touch that face. When his fingertip was about to touch the face, there was a sudden scream coming from the corridor!
“Who is that‽ I saw it! A face! There was a face inside Room 3!” The shrill female scream made Guo Miao’s legs turn to mush, and he collapsed to the floor. His heart was racing, and Guo Miao had his hand over his heart. He turned to yell outside the room when something caught his attention. He was kneeling before the human face, and from his vantage point, a yellowed piece of paper was poking out between the wall and the human face.
“What is this?” With shaking hands, he reached into the human face to pull the piece of paper out. Careful not to ruin the human face, Guo Miao finally pulled out the piece of paper that was about the size of his palm.
“Ghost stories society?” The paper looked like a flyer. The back was a picture of a half-opened red door, and on the top half was written ‘Ghost Stories Society’. The lower half of the flyer introduced the way to get into this society.
“Look for a building with twenty-four floors and take the elevator at midnight?”
Holding the paper in his grasp, Guo Miao’s heart kept skipping. He could no longer tell what was real and what was fake. At the same time he found the flyer, Chen Ge exited the secret tunnel into Room 3, and the black phone in his pocket vibrated.
A message at a time like this? Chen Ge retreated into the secret tunnel and closed the steel door. He checked his message.
“You’ve triggered the only hidden mission inside Third Sick Hall—Ghost Stories Society!
“This will your first opponent before you master nightmares! Find them!
“Mission Hint one: The ghost story society congregates in one of the rooms on the 24th floor.
“Mission Hint two: A building with 23 floors, but it has 24 numbers. Why?
“Mission Hint three: Only by taking the elevator at midnight will you be able to enter the 24th floor.”
When he was waiting for his elevator at Fang Hwa Apartments, he had accidentally discovered that the building only had 23 floors, but the elevator had 24 numbers!
The Ghost Stories Society is inside that building?
Inside Room 10, Guo Miao put his phone close to the flyer. “Only by taking the elevator at midnight will you be able to find the ghost stories society. After entering the elevator, press to go to the 23rd floor. When you’ve reached the 23rd floor, press to go down to the second floor. When you reach the second floor, go up to the 22nd floor. Repeat this many times before pressing the button for the 24th floor.”
Just looking at the flyer, Guo Miao was scared. He folded the flyer back up and shoved it back under the human face.
“This has to be some kind of prank, right? Taking the elevator alone at midnight, going up and down endlessly. The elevator opens to the corridor. What if those spooky things join you in the elevator?
“This place is too weird, we cannot stay here any longer. Ol’ Song, help me up, we’re leaving!”
Chen Ge pocketed his black phone and swung the hammer before him. The visitors have triggered the hidden mission. How did they manage to do that?
Before the Third Sick Hall was opened to the public, Chen Ge had inspected every single corner of the scenario. He had examined Room 10 as well. However, the flyer was hidden masterfully. Only be looking at the mask from the floor would one be able to spot it. This meant that one had to be afraid of the mask until one fell on the floor to discover it. It was a pure coincidence that Guo Miao had found it.
In comparison, when Chen Ge saw the face, he had gone over to squeeze the nose and cheeks to try it out. He was not afraid at all; if anything, he was happy because he suspected that this was Patient 10’s face, which meant that he was closer to solving the puzzle.
The hidden mission was discovered the visitors—I need to thank them nicely.
Listening to the footsteps coming from outside the tunnel, he touched the skin mask on his face and lay in wait for the perfect moment.