Chapter 26: Trading with the Devil

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Zou Zhihua stared directly at Huaiyou.

Huaiyou felt a strong sense of oppression; this feeling was like if he didn't honestly answer the question, then the consequences would be very terrifying.

What was revealed in Zou Zhihua's eyes was a kind of murderous aura.

This was absolutely not an aura that a normal person could train; he must be a person who had seen big scenes, and even extremely likely participated in killing, otherwise this aura could absolutely not be cultivated!

Huaiyou answered calmly: "I don't know anymore, I basically forgot about everything at that time."

This was indeed a fact.

Regarding why he was inside later, he really didn't have any memory.

Even to be clear, how he got in, he was a bit puzzled, so how would he know what was going on?

Zou Zhihua looked at Huaiyou slowly, finally returning to his original appearance, and adjusted his sitting posture in the chair.

Zou Zhihua suddenly took out a thing wrapped in a transparent plastic bag from his desk drawer and placed it in front of Huaiyou slowly.

And the moment Huaiyou saw this thing, his pupils contracted instantly.

But soon this subtle movement was hidden by him.

This was his mask.

This mask was obviously cleaned and restored to its original white appearance, but even with this white appearance, it was still hard to hide the terrifying feeling faintly emanating from it; from this angle, the mask seemed to have its own life.

Although it was just a mask, it had no similarity to a normal human face to any extent, but what was terrifying was that after looking at it for a long time, there would always be a kind of inexplicable strange familiarity...

"I believe you are not unfamiliar with this thing; during the time you were in a coma, this thing also underwent a lot of research, but the results of the research were very strange." Zou Zhihua looked at the white mask that didn't seem to have any danger with a heavy gaze.

"The material inside is some kind of fiber and skin; to put it simply, it is a mask woven by mixing some kind of plant and some kind of animal skin, very soft."

"But we discovered that this so-called fiber and skin are not any known things in normal science, which is to say, its material is unknown and unprecedented, and also." Zou Zhihua was quiet for a while.

He said again, "What's very strange is that we conducted a series of experiments, tested this thing, but we strangely discovered... under repeated testing, the most obvious and simplest test, that is, putting this thing on the head."

Huaiyou's eyes fell on the mask in the transparent bag in front of him.

"This thing, the test personnel had no changes when they put it on their heads at the beginning." Zou Zhihua's eyes became fierce again, "But in the process of taking it off, something happened."

Zou Zhihua swiped lightly, and the screen in front of Huaiyou suddenly popped up another video; this time the video wasn't recorded by hand.

It was a high-definition surveillance picture, recording the entire picture very clearly from a fixed angle.

In the video was a young man in white clothes, and what he was wearing on his face was exactly that mask.

It's just that this should be the removal stage at the end of the experiment.

He looked normal at the beginning, but the moment the mask was about to be taken off, his body actually stiffened eerily for an instant.

Then he began to kneel on the ground and cry crazily, while pulling the mask tightly, seemingly wanting to fix it on his face, while at the same time rolling on the ground and constantly beating himself and the wall.

While moving crazily, it was accompanied by desperate and terrifying screams and howls.

Within the next two seconds, he began to try to find various places to hurt himself, hitting the wall with his head, kicking the wall with his legs, until his bones were broken.

It was also at this moment that the picture shook, and the relevant personnel in white protective suits rushed in from the outside instantly, but still couldn't completely control him.

Soon, in the man's miserable screams, even stranger changes happened.

He began to kneel on the ground and repent.

Even under the control of several people, his fingernails were still forcibly broken by himself.

Drawing one bloodstain after another on the ground.

Finally, under the control of three personnel, the mask was forcibly taken off and stored on the side.

But he himself, at this time, made the on-site personnel couldn't help but step back a few steps.

Because when the mask was taken off, on his face, eyes, nostrils, and mouth, without exception, all left fresh blood, and it was continuous.

And he himself was muttering to himself with his head down on the ground, not knowing what he was saying.

And it was also at this moment—

Noisy sounds came from the video, and the man's whispers were clearly mixed in this sound:

"Experimental subject is on the verge of mental breakdown, mask has no special wounds, experimental subject has no special skin wounds, no special reason, cause of symptoms unknown..."

Video ended.

Zou Zhihua didn't look at the screen; he spoke again, but kept staring at Huaiyou: "... We used many methods to make this experimental subject completely maintain sobriety, invited many experts in the mental aspect, and after a full two days of high-intensity treatment, let him restore a certain degree of reason, but his spirit is still a bit abnormal."

"He said he felt confusion, anxiety, and a desire to kill, as well as the smell of gunpowder, the clicking sound of a machine gun, and the sound of military boots stepping on sand."

Zou Zhihua narrowed his eyes.

"And this kind of sound is absolutely impossible to appear in the laboratory; all kinds of reasons only have one directionality, it is that mask that caused him to produce this kind of hallucination damage sufficient to make him produce mental damage, and causing all this damage was just the mask he put on."

Zou Zhihua was quiet for a while after saying this, but still said lightly: "So regarding this mask, what do you know?"

Huaiyou was silent.

His eyes looked at the mask on the table, and also swept over the video that had stopped playing.

His heart was surging.

He didn't know that his mask would lead to such consequences, and didn't know that this thing seemed to have no special harm besides some strengthening of spirit and body when he wore it.

In general, all this was that so-called horror movie.

But overall, he really didn't know what would happen, and what caused such a scene.

So soon—

Huaiyou raised his head to look at Zou Zhihua opposite: "This thing is mine, and I have worn it, but I really don't know what use this thing has, and what consequences it has; everything I know is here."

Zou Zhihua stared at Huaiyou slowly for a while, seemingly thinking about the other party's answer, but also suddenly hooked the corner of his mouth to reveal a smile: "Xu Yien."

Xu Yien, who was silent on the side, walked over.

She slowly took out a file from her hand and slapped it in front of Huaiyou.

Huaiyou looked subconsciously.

On this, there was 1 photo.

It was Zhou Yanqing lying on the hospital bed with her eyes closed, her face pale, without any blood color, like a dead corpse.

The calmness Huaiyou had been maintaining seemed to shatter lightly at this moment.

He asked: "What happened to her."

And at this time, Zou Zhihua sat in the chair, eyes narrowed, observing Huaiyou, suddenly laughed again, feeling that he didn't answer his question in a real sense, but said: "What is her relationship with you."

Huaiyou was silent for a while: "No relationship."

"Is that so? But looking at you, it doesn't seem like that; you seem to have given a chance to

Zou Zhihua carried a faint smile as he slowly opened the file that had just been placed in front of Huaiyou.

It was only at this moment that Huaiyou clearly saw that, besides the photographs, there were also some very detailed incident records behind them.

They were all written from a first-person perspective.

And this perspective was very clearly that of Zhou Yanqing.

Judging from these words, they should all have been spoken by Zhou Yanqing herself.

Zou Zhihua spoke up: "When we found her, her state was also not quite right. After treatment, she was able to describe these things in some detail, which is why we later focused our target on you."

"Rest assured, she is fine; she was just physically too weak. The sudden relaxation caused her body to be unable to withstand such a change, but with our intervention, I believe she will basically recover smoothly in a few days."

"Moreover, her current appearance is something we intentionally depicted. It seems her importance to you far exceeded our expectations."

Zou Zhihua's tone carried a hint of teasing.

Huaiyou remained silent, but he kept looking at the file in front of him.

The things written on it were very meticulous; even the current Huaiyou could clearly feel a very great pressure.

It was very obvious that during that specific period of time, what Zhou Yanqing feared was truly terrifying to her.

"Alright, now let me ask you a question." Zou Zhihua tapped the table and pondered for a moment before saying: "Have you met a 'Ghost'? If you have, then how did you survive..."

For some reason.

Just as Zou Zhihua finished this sentence.

Everyone present here with Huaiyou did not know.

In the high-intensity storage cabinet next door.

Huaiyou's mobile phone, which was being kept there, suddenly vibrated gently.

A software notification popped up at this moment.

【5-Level Horror Movie: Unlocked (Pending Selection)】

【Strange Tale Roulette: Unlocked.】

【Roulette starting!】

A bizarre roulette wheel began to appear on the mobile phone's home screen at this moment.

On that roulette wheel were twisted skulls, with blood-red and black blood colors reflecting each other.

The next second, the wheel began to spin.

Amidst the dazzling rotation, it slowly stopped on its own.

The interface it stopped on was a skull.

Almost in an instant, that skull seemed to smile.

【Roulette successful, Movie Audience drew challenge: Trading with the Devil!】

【Trading with the Devil! Can you grasp the deal with the devil? What kind of terror lies within the danger?!】

A set of mahogany furniture, including a table, a high-backed chair, and a gorgeous office-style chair, appeared abruptly inside a room.

All were equipped with brass ornaments and royal purple velvet cushions!

In an instant, inside the laboratory.

Alarms sounded simultaneously!

"Warning! Warning! External intrusion, Level 1 alert!"

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