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Chapter 344 The Fatty's Lunch is Really Delicious
A rusty lock was firmly fastened to the door of this floor; it was obvious without even trying that it couldn't be opened.

Of course, things might be different if Gu Mian took out her own saw.

However, Gu Mian was afraid that doing such a thing in front of everyone would raise suspicions that she had taken Li Wentao away.

Li Yibai and Pan Yue had glanced at his guitar case more than once, seemingly wanting to tell Gu Mian to get rid of it.

But seeing that Gu Mian didn't seem too tired, the two swallowed back what they were saying.

Chu Changge took two steps forward and reached out to touch the rusty lock.

He then turned around and said, "It's been locked for a long time and hasn't been opened."

007 is right, one of the stairwell doors is indeed locked, but Gu Mian and the others didn't have time to check if the door on the other side of that floor was locked.

But even if both doors are locked, it doesn't prove that 007 is telling the truth. She might have just happened to pass by this floor and happened to see the lock on the floor, which is why she said those words.

Of course, these are all just speculations.

At this moment, Chu Changge continued, "I'm counting, this is the sixth floor."

The door on the sixth floor is locked.

Gu Mian looked down the stairs: "Go down and see if there are any traces in the place that Pan Yue and Xu Keke mentioned."

The place where Li Wentao was exposed.

The people behind them looked a little nervous; they even slowed their pace.

Not long after, they went down one more floor.

Pan Yue, who was behind, suddenly spoke up: "It's on this floor, I remember this place."

Gu Mian stopped in her tracks.

This is the fifth floor. If 007's words are true, then the fifth floor where Coco and the other person saw Li Wentao is only one floor different from the sixth floor where 007 was trapped.

Chu Changge glanced at the time again: "It's 2:53 now, hurry up."

Upon hearing this, Gu Mian quickened her pace and walked towards the door. Pan Yue and Li Yibai seemed a little apprehensive, but they still followed closely behind.

"Turn right as you enter," Coco whispered, following closely behind Gu Mian.

Perhaps because there were no windows, it was pitch black behind the door, like it had been filled with thick, black water.

As soon as they stepped through the eerie door, the group behind them shuddered violently.

The flashlight beam was somewhat weak, but it could still illuminate a small area.

Gu Mian walked at the front with a flashlight, turning the beam to the right.

The others behind him almost all hid behind him, like a tail that Gu Mian had grown out.

Not long after walking, Gu Mian saw some traces.

A pool of blood appeared within the light's reach.

The moment she saw the bloodstains, Pan Yue flinched back.

Gu Mian took a few more steps forward, and the traces ahead were completely exposed to the light.

A large patch of blood was visible spreading along the wall, appearing as a deep black color under the combined effect of darkness and the flashlight beam.

As a doctor, Gu Mian knew very well that this amount of blood loss could cause someone to go into shock.

But there was no one around the bloodstains.

If you look more closely...

Gu Mian moved the flashlight slightly, and the light illuminated a nearby area.

It was a trail of blood that had been dragged.

The horrifying trail of blood continued to spread, reaching places beyond the reach of the flashlight beam, its end unknown.

Pan Yue gasped in surprise: "We didn't see this last time!"

“It probably appeared after you left.” Gu Mian frowned.

He looked at Chu Changge beside him and saw that half of Chu Changge's face was illuminated by the light, and his expression was slightly strange.

007 stared at the bloodstains and asked, "Should we... follow them and take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Pan Yue and Li Yibai both shuddered, seemingly disliking the suggestion.

Chu Changge raised his hand: "2:55."

Gu Mian immediately lifted his foot: "Let's go." As he spoke, he quickly moved forward along the trail of blood.

Seeing that 007 and the others had followed, Pan Yue and Li Yibai were too afraid to act alone, so they followed closely behind.

The trail of blood stretched into the darkness, reaching the stairwell door at the other end... but it didn't end there.

Gu Mian saw the trail of blood stretching downwards and disappearing into the dark staircase.

"Do...do we have to go down further?" Pan Yue gripped Coco tightly beside her.

Coco gripped her hand in return, and the two seemed equally afraid.

Gu Mian didn't say anything, and walked downstairs.

The bloodstains continued downwards, and Gu Mian silently followed them until they could go no further. At that point, the gruesome bloodstains began to fade and lighten, as if they were about to reach their end.

This is already the first floor.

They went from the fifth floor to the first floor.

There was a half-open door in front of me.

The bloodstains gradually faded and extended all the way to the entrance of the first-floor staircase, then turned a corner and disappeared completely, as if it had stopped behind the door.

Coco looked at the bloodstains that had disappeared, seemingly terrified: "It... stayed behind the door, didn't it?"

That's right.

It's right behind this door.

No one dared to cross the half-open door.

No one even dared to open the other side of the door.

"What should we do?" Pan Yue was still holding Coco tightly, her hands even trembling.

Li Yibai, somewhat flustered, said, "Why don't we go to the second floor first, then come back to look at it from the other side..."

But just as he was speaking in a panic, he suddenly saw Gu Mian, who was at the front, quickly take a few steps forward and then suddenly reach out and pull open the closed door.

"Wait!" Li Yibai quickly spoke up, trying to stop him.

But it is already late.

Everyone saw what was behind the door.

Screams filled the entire corridor. Pan Yue hugged Coco tightly, not daring to open her eyes at all.

Li Yibai also held onto 007 tightly, his face pale and he dared not look up.

There was indeed something behind the door, or rather, the thing was on the door itself.

It's fat.

He was hanging from a door frame by a steel wire, his face already turned purple.

Gu Mian looked at the person hanging slightly from the door frame.

The first victim to die was the fat man.

At the same time, Pan Yue's voice suddenly burst out, as if she had gone mad: "Who! Who did this!"

Coco held onto her tightly, gritting her teeth and remaining silent.

Li Yibai, also holding onto 007, said with a trembling voice, "No...no more looking! Let's get out of this awful place! I don't want to stay here any longer!"

But just as almost everyone was in a panic, a strange voice suddenly entered their ears.

It comes from beneath your feet.

From the bottom of the stairs.

It looks like something is moving.

There is a triangular space between the stairs and the ground.

Upon hearing the sound, the people on the stairs instinctively looked down.

In the dark space below, a deathly pale face had appeared out of nowhere.

It's Li Wentao.

(End of this chapter)