Chapter 35 Peeking From the Crack in the Wall (Part 5)
But to be honest, Yan Junze had already had enough, constantly weeping and not daring to close his eyes, urging Bao Jie to quickly stand in his place.
"Where\'s the eye?" Bao Jie temporarily handed the camera to Jiang Ruixin.
Yan Junze pointed to a certain spot in the crack of the wall, "Stare at it, keep it dead in sight, and whatever you do, don\'t blink."
As soon as Bao Jie saw the eye, Yan Junze immediately closed his, rubbing them fiercely, and joined Zhou Dali in smashing the wall.
Before the four of them were killed by hallucinations, they had to dig out the corpse inside as quickly as possible. Otherwise, to be played by an eye to the point of death, and even worse, have it recorded on video, would be an embarrassment beyond measure.
Just as Yan Junze and Zhou Dali were frantically chiseling the wall, the next second, the whole scene turned awkward.
"Hurry up, I can\'t take it anymore," Bao Jie\'s anxious voice rang out.
From the moment she took over from Yan Junze, it had been less than ten seconds before these words were spoken, and as soon as her words ended, Yan Junze\'s vision was filled with a hallucination. He saw a withered, shriveled arm stretch out from the crack in the wall, grabbing his collar.
The stench of decay wafted forth, and from that gripping arm, a mass of maggots crawled out, burrowing into his clothes.
And the strength of this arm was immense, forcefully trying to drag him into the wall.
Zhou Dali\'s roars echoed in his ears, as if he were wrestling with something, and he was shouting, "As long as it\'s not a strangeness, you\'ll see if I can\'t beat you to death!"
Jiang Ruixin, who was filming, let out a scream, and once again the sound of the camera hitting the ground was heard.
On Yan Junze\'s side, all the rotting flesh on the arm extruding from the wall had completely decayed, part of it falling into his clothes along with the maggots, squirming against his skin.
Goosebumps erupted all over Yan Junze\'s body.
The next second, everyone snapped back from the illusion, standing stock-still in place.
There was Bao Jie with her hair in disarray, imitating Yan Junze\'s earlier action, using her fingers to forcefully keep her eyelids open, staring unblinkingly at the eye in the wall crack.
The image of a lady was completely ruined.
Not only that, although she kept an ungainly posture, Bao Jie still rapidly said, "Who… Who\'ll take over for me, this really isn\'t my strong suit!"
Yan Junze sighed, about to reply, heard Jiang Ruixin say, "I\'ll do it! Where\'s the eye?"
At this moment, Jiang Ruixin had rolled up her sleeves, ready to face death.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
It was mainly because the successive hallucinations earlier had nearly scared her out of her wits. Even though she knew they were illusions, she couldn\'t endure this kind of scare, so now she was all in, in a desperate state of it\'s either you or me.
After spotting the eye in the wall crack, Jiang Ruixin pushed Bao Jie aside, hands on hips, and roared, "Hurry up and get to work! Leave staring down the eye to me! Shameless thing, think you can outstare me? My mom stared me down while growing up; I\'m not afraid of you!"
No sooner had she spoken than Jiang Ruixin bulged her eyes out, flipping her eyelids so widely that it seemed even bigger than Bull\'s Eye.
The other three were taken aback, staring at Jiang Ruixin as if they were seeing her for the first time.
"Get moving, why are you looking at me?" Jiang Ruixin kept her eyes wide open, still furious.
Zhou Dali clicked his tongue in amazement, "Impressive! Look at those eyeballs, stretched so wide, and she can still see us with the corner of her eyes."
"That\'s peripheral vision," Yan Junze said speechlessly.
"Zhou Dali, are you talking about someone\'s bladder!!!" Jiang Ruixin roared, eyes wide with anger.
Thump, thump, thump...
Zhou Dali, feeling a chill, quickly swung the sledgehammer to continue smashing the wall.
Bao Jie picked up the camera to inspect it, and it turned out that the thing was quite durable; having been dropped twice, it still hadn\'t broken, so she again pointed the lens at the three of them.
Although the basement floor was constantly damp, it was exceptionally well-constructed. The body seemed close to the wall surface, but it was challenging to make an opening large enough for a person to pass through.
Soon, Zhou Dali\'s whole body was drenched in sweat, and the hole they were creating was only halfway done.
Yan Junze looked and reminded, "No, we still need to smash it."
He then turned his head to look at Jiang Ruixin.
This girl still had her almond-shaped eyes wide open, staring intently at the dead body\'s eyes that were now mostly exposed.
At this moment, the corpse\'s two grey pupils were revealed, but as Jiang Ruixin stared without blinking, no illusions appeared.
By this time, not only Yan Junze and Zhou Dali, but even Bao Jie, who was holding the camera, could not help but express admiration, "Ruixin, you\'re amazing. It\'s been over three minutes and you haven\'t blinked once."
Jiang Ruixin didn\'t speak, obviously holding her breath, her body tense, not daring to relax in the slightest.
The gaze that shot out of the "Bull\'s Eyes" seemed to ignite like stars, illuminating the entire storage room and bringing endless light and warmth to everyone.
Zhou Dali, while swinging the hammer, said admiringly, "Ruixin, I\'m truly impressed! With that killing power in your gaze, in the future, anyone foolish enough to anger you could be stared to death!"
"I feel like you could apply for a Guinness World Record," Bao Jie interjected.
"The hole is ready; let\'s pull out the body," Yan Junze suddenly said.
Zhou Dali turned to look at him, surprised, "Am I to carry it?"
"Let\'s carry it together."
Yan Junze had already half entered the hole, crouching at the entrance, his hands grasping the corpse\'s feet, and said cautiously, "It\'s been a long time; the body no longer has a stench. Dali, be gentle, don\'t break his limbs."
Zhou Dali, horrified, helped carry the upper part of the body, found that the corpse had nearly become a mummy, very light in weight. Suppressing the urge to vomit, he and Yan Junze together moved the body out of the hole and gently placed it on the ground.
At this point, Jiang Ruixin was still moving her feet, fixated on the mummy\'s grey eyes.
Yan Junze looked at her, full of admiration, "Ruixin, try to slowly move your gaze away. If you hear any of us suddenly start shouting, quickly stare back at the corpse\'s eyes."
Under his guess, since the body had been moved from the sealed wall and exposed to daylight again, the illusions that might appear upon shifting the gaze should no longer occur.
Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he reminded Jiang Ruixin how to react just in case.
Jiang Ruixin nodded, slowly shifted her gaze, and stopped looking at the grey pupils.
Nothing unusual happened.
"You can close your eyes and rest for a while," Yan Junze sighed with relief.
Jiang Ruixin closed her eyes and walked to the side, gasping for breath.
Zhou Dali and Bao Jie were focused on Jiang Ruixin, not paying attention to the mummy or Yan Junze for the moment.
Yan Junze looked at the mummy, which was indistinguishable in features but was confirmed to be a man.
The clothes on the body had barely remained, the body was gaunt, and it was slightly curled up.
However, traces of hardened cement slurry were still visible around his mouth and throat.
Yan Junze remembered, the mission background stated that this man had a tragic fate, estranged from his wife and children. His name was synonymous with loneliness, doomed never to draw anyone\'s attention in life.
Moreover, he had died in an accident.
Now, it seemed extremely likely that this man was a construction worker who met with an accident while building this skyscraper, got buried alive here, and was never discovered.
The mission stated that the man must be allowed to rest in peace eternally.
Now that the body had been dug up, the question remained on how to let the man rest in peace, something Yan Junze could not yet discern.
But there was at least one piece of good news—the mummy\'s eyes would no longer bring horrific visions to others.
While pondering, suddenly a series of footsteps came from the corridor outside.
The footsteps approached from a distance, coming slowly from the end of the corridor. In the silent and dark space, they sounded particularly piercing.