Mysterious Revival

Chapter 165: 165

“Boss, what’s happening inside?”

At the door, two bodyguards heard the commotion inside and anxiously asked.

President Qin and President Qian, at this moment, hurried out, looking frightened.

“Don’t ask so much, just get out of this damned place quickly.”

The bodyguards dared not ask further and immediately followed their respective bosses away from the location.

“Damn it, could this place really be haunted? Where did Zhang Xiangu find that guy named Yang Jian? Something’s off about him.”

“Let’s not worry about that for now, just get out of here first. If it really is haunted, it’s no joke.”

The two men spoke as they walked, quickly taking the elevator down to a lower floor.

The sales department was only five stories high, but it still had an elevator inside.

“We should invite some masters to check out this construction site later, see if it’s actually haunted.” President Qian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. “I’ve been in construction all my life and this is the first time I’ve encountered something this bizarre. Do you think what happened just now was real?”

President Qin looked at his hand, still stained with blood, and said, “Look, could this be fake? The disappearance of those workers before was very strange. Even though the site is large, they shouldn’t have vanished without a trace, unseen alive, unseen dead.”

“Maybe, just like what Yang Jian said, we’ve encountered ghosts.”

“Zhang Xiangu must have noticed something was wrong long ago. That’s why he specifically invited Yang Jian to deal with this. Turns out we were the ones kept in the dark.”

As they were talking, the bodyguards next to them immediately noticed something was wrong.

“Boss, there’s a problem with the elevator,” one of the bodyguards said urgently, as his expression changed.

At this moment, the elevator continued to descend without any sign of stopping. Most important was the floor number displayed, which oddly showed -5, and the number kept changing: -6… -7.

“This sales department only has five floors in total, where did the seventh basement level come from?” President Qian was so scared he almost jumped up.

“Quick, get the elevator to stop!”

The bodyguards rapidly induced an emergency stop on the elevator, and thankfully it did not malfunction, finally halting when the display showed -10.

The feeling of weightlessness from riding the elevator disappeared.

The few people inside the elevator now looked at each other, a sense of unbelievability in their eyes as their hearts pounded fiercely.

All of them being adults, they were starting to realize they might have encountered something terrible.

“Ding~!”

A sound signaled the opening of the elevator, which now stopped at -10, as its door slowly opened.

However, in front of them was not the familiar ground floor of the sales department, but complete darkness.

The darkness was so absolute it felt like it could swallow a person whole, sending chills down their spine.

“Oh my God, what kind of place is this?” President Qian’s legs gave out from fear, and he collapsed to the ground.

The two bodyguards also looked terrified. Although they were skilled in combat, capable of taking on several regular people with ease, the current situation surpassed their worst nightmares. They could face various dangerous situations, but they didn’t have the courage to face these supernatural events.

“L-Let’s go back, get in the elevator and go back; we must have hit a ghost,” the bald President Qin still had not completely lost his cool and said in panic.

The bodyguards quickly tried to operate the elevator again to return to the previous floor.

But pressing the button for going up had no effect.

“Boss, the elevator is broken, it seems we can’t go back,” said a bodyguard, his voice trembling.

“Hiss~!”

The lights inside the elevator started flickering, illuminating the area intermittently, as if they could go out at any moment.

“Quick, call the police, get someone to rescue us,” President Qin shouted in terror.

The two bodyguards immediately took out their phones and dialed for help.

The call was successfully made and the signals for help were sent, but the response from the other end said it would take at least half an hour to arrive, hoping they could hold on and the like.

“Half an hour? Wasn’t it supposed to be within ten minutes?” President Qian yelled from where he sat on the ground.

Putting on a brave face, a bodyguard said, “It’s ten minutes for personnel in the city, but Guanjiang Residential Complex is a bit far from the city center, and there are no Casework Bureaus nearby, so arriving within thirty minutes is already quite good, and considering the suddenness of the event, no rescue can arrive immediately. Boss, please stay calm and don’t panic. As long as no accidents happen, we should be fine.”

But before he could finish speaking, footsteps suddenly came from the darkness ahead.

The sound was exceptionally clear, growing louder as it drew nearer, moving slowly toward them.

“Who’s there?” a bodyguard called out, not daring to step out of the elevator.

Even though the elevator lights flickered, they hadn’t gone out, and the overwhelming darkness made no one dare to venture forth, especially being ten levels underground.

But no one responded to him.

The footsteps kept advancing, continuously moving toward the elevator.

The bodyguard broke out in a cold sweat, his body tense. He hastily pulled out his phone, turning on its flashlight to try to see what was in the darkness.

But the light couldn’t spread far at all, as if the surrounding darkness was suppressing it, limiting it to only around a meter area.

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“Who are you? Speak up.” The bodyguard shouted again.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The footsteps didn’t respond but instead drew even closer.

“No, if they don’t speak, could it be not a human? Could it be a ghost?” President Qian shivered with fear.

A ghost?

Hearing this, the two bodyguards also turned pale with fear.

“Don’t scare ourselves. I’ll throw my phone over to check.” The bodyguard remained relatively calm and, knowing the phone’s light couldn’t reach far, slid it across the floor.

The cell phone slid forward.

The surrounding darkness was dispelled.

As the phone came to a stop, within the lit area, the source of the footsteps was finally clear.

A pair of feet without shoes.

Pale, stiff, slender, and gaunt.

These eerie feet weren’t walking like a normal person but were poised there, motionless.

Poised on their toes to walk?

Would a normal person walk like that?

This scene shocked everyone in the elevator.

A ghost~!

At that moment, this word popped into all their minds.

Once the reality was confirmed, it completely shattered all their understanding and the courage in their hearts, leaving only enveloping fear.

Right then,

the owner of these feet stood as if observing the phone on the ground that was emitting light.

But such observation didn’t last long.

Soon, the feet moved again.

“Tap tap~!”

The sound of footsteps resumed, crossing the illuminated area and then disappearing into darkness once more, but before that disappearance, it was clear.

The owner of the feet was continuing to walk this way.

“What do we do now, what do we do? The ghost is coming, it’s coming towards us.” President Qian was close to breaking down; he wanted to scream but found he had no strength for it.

The two bodyguards were utterly panicked.

Despite their strong builds, the fear they felt was no less than that of their boss.

“Call Zhang Xiangu, quickly, call him, and have him bring that Yang Jian to save me. He knows there’s a ghost here, he must have a way to deal with it.” President Qin, too, was terrified, but at this moment, a critical person came to mind.

Yang Jian.

Right now, it was too late for reporting the incident or calling for help; their only hope lay with the young man Zhang Xiangu had brought with him.

Whether Yang Jian had the capability or not, at least he knew about the situation.

In such an urgent situation, the bodyguard dared not waste time and quickly dialed Zhang Xiangu’s number for President Qin.

“Hello, President Qin? What’s the matter?”

At that moment, inside the sales office, Zhang Xiangu was instructing the staff to draft a transfer contract, noting that it had been less than ten minutes.

He hadn’t expected to receive their call so soon.

“President Zhang, help, help me, I think I’ve encountered a ghost. Hurry, have that young man you brought, Yang Jian, help me,” President Qin’s voice was panic-stricken, with a tremor.

“Really? Encountered a ghost? There’s really a ghost in this sales office? Where are you? What’s the situation now?” Zhang Xiangu feigned surprise.

“We, we took the elevator to the -10th floor, and we’ve really encountered a ghost. Yang Jian was right.” President Qin said, “Send someone to save us quickly, or it’ll be too late.”

Zhang Xiangu also felt a tinge of astonishment.

He had taken the elevator down as well just earlier, so why hadn’t he encountered them?

Yang Jian’s skills indeed seemed unfathomable.

“Saving you is no problem, but before that, I have a business matter I’d like to discuss with President Qin and President Qian.”

“What are you waiting for? I’m in danger here, and you still have the mood to talk about business? Come save me!” President Qin was on the verge of breaking down.

Zhang Xiangu laughed, “Don’t be hasty. Business still needs to be conducted. I’ve been thinking of acquiring both of your properties recently, I wonder if Presidents Qin and Qian would be willing to sell as a package?”

“Motherfucker, Zhang Xiangu, you’re exploiting a disaster for your own gain.”

President Qin immediately realized Zhang Xiangu’s intentions and started cursing.

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