Kaleidoscope of Death

Chapter 26: Back to Reality

"Tang Yaoyao... "Xu Xiao Orange was stunned by this scene, her eyes looked at Tang Yaoyao in horror, "What's that on you?"

Tang Yao Yao bowed her head in confusion at the words, finally seeing what was happening to her body, only to see her entire body's skin turn a blinding red, as if blood would spill out of her body in the next moment.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" With her movements, the red color began to spread rapidly, and finally her whole body turned red.

"As she screamed incessantly, Tang Yao Yao's body began to undergo another kind of change, her skin became stiff, and her entire body fell straight to the ground.

Tang Yaoyao's eyes were wide open and she fell to the floor, losing her breath, her body covered in red, even her white eyeballs were tinged with a crazy red.

Xu Xiao Orange was bawling at this scene, and Lin Qiushi also felt his mouth was too bitter to speak.

Zhang Xinghuo let out a breath, dumbfounded, "Another death, can we really make it through?"

No one answered his question and everyone fell silent.

Tang Yaoyao's corpse was placed stiffly on the ground like this. Lin Qiushi didn't dare to look closely, but he also noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with her corpse. Compared to the previous few who had died, she wasn't missing any parts, but had suddenly just died violently in front of everyone.

While they were at an impasse, the woman in the house who had always preferred to stay in the kitchen reappeared. She stood by the door and smiled at everyone, wiping her hands on her apron, "I've made you something delicious, would you like to try it?"

Of course no one answered.

"Oops, oops." The woman laughed, "Why aren't you all happy, the birthday party is coming up soon, you'll be happy then." She said and giggled, a particularly oozy laugh. With that, the woman turned back to the kitchen and continued to work on something unknown.

"Wait." After a long silence, Ruan Nam Candle broke the silence, his tone wasn't frightened or anxious, but more of a calm, "There shouldn't be any more dead people."

"Why?" Xu Xiao Orange asked.

"Intuition." Ruan Nan Candle smiled, "My intuition has always been very accurate."

Zhang Xinghuo sniffed and came in beside her, "I hope you're right, but a woman's intuition is indeed accurate, especially a pretty woman's."

Ruan Nancandle: "Have a good eye."

Lin Qiushi: "..." why are you responding so calmly ah.

But although Ruan Nam Candle wasn't a girl, his intuition was indeed fine, and for the next two days, no one died again. They ate tasteless dry bread and waited for the upcoming birthday party, like prisoners awaiting their verdict.

On the night before the birthday party, Ruan Nan Candle and Lin Qiushi went to the roof again, but this time when they arrived at the roof, they found something else in a tin hut on the roof.

"What's this?" When Lin Qiushi first saw those things, he didn't react, there were several large bowls in front of him, some with white liquid in them, some with red fleshy things, but when he saw the things next to them, he came to his senses. Because right next to these things, there was a glass jar with a bunch of round orbs in it, and after looking at it carefully, he realized that those round orbs were all human eyeballs.

Lin Qiushi looked at the eyeballs and immediately thought of the young man who was killed on the fourth floor, and following this to make an association, it wasn't hard to guess that all of these things belonged to someone in their team.

Zeng Ruguo's brains, Zhong Chengjian's minced meat, and Tang Yao Yao's bones that had become blood red....

"These shouldn't be... "Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nan Candle.

"Should be." Ruan Nan Candle said.

Lin Qiushi couldn't say anything.

"Let's go." Ruan Nan Candle said, "We'll know the answer tomorrow."

"Mm." Lin Qiushi nodded.

Another night passed, and the ringing of the alarm clock woke them up from their dreams. When Lin Qiushi woke up, he thought it wasn't dawn because the surroundings were completely dark, and the sunrise, which was already not bright, was now still covered by thick clouds.

Ruan Nan Candle, however, was already awake, leaning on the side of the bed as if he was thinking about something.

"It's already morning?" Lin Qiushi crawled out of bed, making sure he hadn't misread the time.

"Well." Ruan Nan Candle said, "It hasn't been light."

Weekdays were gloomy, but at least there would be some sunlight, but today it was true that there was no sunlight at all, everything was immersed in darkness, with only the dim light barely providing a faint light.

Lin Qiushi got dressed and went out the door with Ruan Nan Candle.

Today at noon, it was the triplets' birthday party, and according to Ruan Nan Candle's guess, something would definitely happen. When they went out, they saw that Xu Xiao Orange and Zhang Xing Huo were also up, and they hadn't dared to enter the house as they stood in front of the hallway.

"They're all here." There were only four people left in the team at this point, and Ruan Nan Candle said, "Go in when you're there." Saying that, he was the first to take a step.

There was only a small wall lamp on in the room, but Lin Qiushi could still clearly see that all the decorations in the room had changed, as if someone had decorated it carefully. There were ribbons hanging on the walls, pretty papers scattered on the floor, and several huge stuffed toys on the couch, so it was a scene of celebration.

As soon as they entered the house, the bedroom was filled with singing, the English version of Happy Birthday to You, humming in a stiff tune that sounded extraordinarily bizarre.

The remaining one of the triplets sat silently on the corner of the couch. Dressed in a red dress and holding a doll in her hand, she looked blankly at the four people who entered the room.

"Who am I?" The little girl suddenly asked.

"You're Little Earth." Ruanan Candle replied calmly.

"Have you seen my sisters." The little girl said, "They went to the birthday party and haven't come back yet."

"Saw them." Ruan Nam Candle said, "They're dead."

The little girl blinked, her black and white eyes gazing quietly at the four, Lin Qiushi thought she would continue to ask questions, but she nodded and quietly said, "I know."

While she was asking questions, there was also the sound of footsteps coming from the kitchen, as well as the sound of a woman humming a song, she seemed to be in a very good mood, humming as she pushed a huge object towards the living room.

Only when she entered did Lin Qiushi see what she was pushing.

It was a huge cake, it looked very beautiful at first glance, the cake was made with three layers, decorated with snow white cream, surrounded by red fruit of unknown material, and at the top there were three candles lit, which were glowing with a dim light.

"Happy birthday." The woman said so.

The little girl stood up and looked at her in silence.

The woman said, "Hurry up and sing, it's time for cake." She laughed, "Remember to give it to your neighbor and send two pieces over too."

The little girl then hugged the doll and began to sing Happy Birthday. The young child's voice reverberated in the dimly lit room, somehow adding to the spookiness.

When the song ended, the little girl stood on tiptoe and blew out the candle.

The woman giggled, handed the girl a knife and said, "Good girl, cut the cake."

When the little girl took the knife, she cut down hard towards the cake. A knife fell down, and behind the snowy white cream was a red cake core.

It seemed that Xu Xiao Orange hadn't been full for a long time, and when she saw this cake she swallowed heavily and muttered, "It's actually still red velvet..."

Lin Qiushi couldn't have any appetite for the cake at all because of what he saw last night, although it did look delicious.

"Share it for them." The woman urged, "Let them have a taste of their mother's cooking."

At the woman's urging, the little girl divided the cake into several large pieces before putting them on a plate and handing them to everyone.

Zhang Xinghuo and Xu Xiao Orange both took it, but they didn't dare to eat it, so they just looked at the cake in their hands, seeing that expression really salivating.

However, when it was handed to Ruan Nan Candle, he didn't extend his hand, really looking at the little girl with cold eyes.

"Eat the cake." The little girl said.

"Don't want to eat." Ruan Nam Candle said, "Not interested."

The little girl repeated, "Eat the cake."

Nguyen Nam Candle said, "Don't want to eat it." He was very determined, not at all trying to compromise, even though because of his refusal, the woman in front of him began to look crazy.

"Why don't you eat it." The woman asked.

"Don't want to eat." Ruan Nam Candle said, "No why."

The woman said, "You..."

She seemed to be just about to say something, Ruan Nan Candle directly stood up, his next action no one guessed, he actually raised his hand and directly overturned the table where the cakes were placed.

The snow-white cakes all fell to the floor and were smashed to pieces. Xu Xiao Orange and Zhang Xinghuo who were standing beside him salivating, before they had time to feel distressed, they smelled a strong fishy smell, and when they looked down, they found that the cake in their hands had completely changed at some point.

The bright red cake wick had turned into minced meat, the snow-white cream was brains, the lovely round ornament on top was a human eyeball, and the candle that had just been extinguished was three bright red bones.

"Fuck!" Xu Xiao Orange was frightened and directly threw away the object in her hand.

The woman's expression instantly twisted when she saw this, yet before she could do anything, Ruan Nan Candle was the one who took a step forward and charged at her body.

Even Lin Qiushi was stunned when he saw Ruan Nanzhu's action, he stared at Ruan Nanzhu as he took a knife he didn't know where to pull out and slashed at the woman. The action was vicious and crisp, not holding back in the slightest.

"Gobble gobble." The little girl standing beside her actually laughed when she saw this scene, she forcefully dropped the doll in her hand and stood there clapping her hands and laughing, "Mama is dead, Mama is dead!!!"

In an instant, Ruan Nam Candle dismembered the woman into several pieces, and he was covered in blood as a result.

Xu Xiao Orange and Zhang Xinghuo thought he was crazy and turned around and ran to the door, only Lin Qiushi showed concern at him and said, "Are you alright-"

Ruan Nan Candle turned his head, his face full of blood, he spat indifferently and laughed, "You're not afraid of me?"

Lin Qiushi stretched out his hand to wipe the blood on his face: "Not afraid."

Ruan Nanzhu: "You still dare to get blood on you?"

Lin Qiushi: "Aren't you also involved in it." Although he knew about fairy tales, he also believed that Ruan Nan Candle would never do something like this for no reason, so aside from his initial surprise, his emotions quickly calmed down, and he even began to think about why Ruan Nan Candle was doing this.

"Well." Ruan Nam Candle said, "I just saw that the key wasn't in the cake."

Eventually, Lin Qiushi said, "It's not there?"

He had only discussed this matter with Ruan Nam Candle last night, and they both agreed that the key had the highest chance of appearing in the cake. Ruan Nan Candle's action just now was clearly to confirm their suspicions, yet after being broken, the key that should be out was nowhere to be seen.

Ruan Nan Candle slowly stretched out his hand and said, "It's here." Only on his hand, there was a beautiful bronze key lying on it, it was stained with blood, based on Ruan Nan Candle's action just now, Lin Qiushi instantly guessed the source of the key, he slightly stared at it, "This key is in her body...?"

"Right." Ruan Nan Candle stood up, "I'll explain it to you in detail afterwards, let's go."

Lin Qiushi nodded and the two of them ran out of the house together.

Just as they left, the corpse of the woman on the ground that had been chopped up by Ruan Nan Candle moved on its own and assembled into a human form at a very fast speed, but in a moment, a woman with a crazy look covered in blood appeared in the middle of the house again, she slowly broke her head right with her hands and said hoarsely, "Where are you going, why don't you eat my cake, you come back-" she brought up the sharp knife used to cut the cake and rushed out towards the outside of the house in a twisted position.

Ruan Nanzhu, however, seemed to have guessed all this, pulling Lin Qiushi and running upstairs.

Although Xu Xiao Orange and Zhang Xing Huo didn't know what was happening, they both saw the key in Ruan Nan Candle's hand. The fear on their faces turned into surprise as they followed Lin Qiushi and the others rushed to the top of the building.

"I'll open the door, you guys stall-" Ruan Nan Candle grabbed the iron lock and started to open it.

Lin Qiushi hmmmed and stood behind him, hearing footsteps from below, and in the next moment, the woman who had just been dismembered appeared behind them. The woman had a sharp knife in her hand and her face was twisted as she began to climb the stairs, about because her body had just been put together and her walk wasn't too smooth, so she was climbing the stairs in a very twisted position and not too fast.

At this time, the average person had already panicked, but Ruan Nanzhu's lock-opening hand didn't shake at all, and he said, "Give me another ten seconds!"

Lin Qiushi knew that Ruan Nanzhu must not be disturbed at this time, he took two steps forward, took out his cell phone and smashed it at the woman's head. The company has been in the process of developing the new product for the past two years, and the company has been working on the new product for a long time.

The good thing was that the woman also took a small step back as a result, she still wanted to go forward, a sound of an iron lock landing on the ground also sounded behind Lin Qiushi at the same time.

"Go!" Ruan Nan Candle pulled open the door.

Zhang Xing Huo and Xu Xiao Orange ran after Ruan Nan Candle, and Lin Qiushi also took a wild step, but the woman seemed to know that they were leaving and actually pounced towards Lin Qiushi with all her might.

Although Lin Qiushi dodged to the side, his arm was still cut by the knife in her hand.

And then the black bags that were piled up on the roof actually all began to squirm, and some of them even gradually formed the shape of a person, hardened and broke out of the black cloth bags.

Ruan Nan Candle was at the front, he reached the door and directly opened the black iron door, after pulling it open hard, there was light coming out from it.

"You guys go first." Ruan Nan Candle said to Zhang Xing Huo and Xu Xiao Orange.

The two of them didn't dare to stop here even after hearing the words, and both jumped into the iron gate without hesitation.

Ruan Nanzhu, however, turned around and said to Lin Qiushi, "Come here quickly-"

Lin Qiushi ran wildly, but while he was still some distance away from Ruan Nan Candle, Ruan Nan Candle grabbed his hand and then cradled him in his arms with great force, before falling straight down towards the door behind him.

I don't know if it was Lin Qiushi's illusion or not, but the next moment he felt himself falling into the door, something scraped the back of his head.

They fell into a warm glow, the darkness was banished, and the blood stains on Ruan Nan Candle's body began to fade away.

The doorway was a long tunnel, the image was exactly the same as before, it seemed they had escaped from the world inside the door.

Ruan Nan Candle held Lin Qiushi's hand and kept walking forward, both of them were very silent until that familiar dizziness appeared again.

Lin Qiushi saw the door to his house and the walls around him.

Ruan Nan Candle was standing beside him, watching him.

"We're out?" Lin Qiushi asked in a difficult tone.

"Mm." Ruan Nan Candle casually pocketed an object, "Let's go, let's go into the house first."

Lin Qiushi tried to move his body, but as he took a step, he felt a spiral and saw his entire body fall to the ground, but he ended up falling into a warm embrace.

"Did you get hurt inside the door?" Ruanan Candle asked.

"Mm." Lin Qiushi felt exhausted and he responded in a low voice.

Ruan Nan Candle didn't say anything, but he directly picked Lin Qiushi up. A big man of one meter and over a hundred pounds, Ruan Nan Candle held but it was no trouble at all, the two of them entered the house, Ruan Nan Candle put Lin Qiushi on the bed: "You take a nap first."

Lin Qiushi was already unable to speak, he closed his eyes and his entire body fell into a deep, almost comatose sleep.

Lin Qiushi didn't know how long he slept for, anyway, when he woke up, his eyes were white and the smell of disinfectant lingered in his nose, he had many strange dreams, the dreams were messed up with all sorts of images, sometimes he heard someone howling, sometimes he felt like someone was chasing him. Because of these strange dreams, it took Lin Qiushi a while to realize that he had come out of the world of the door, and was now lying in the hospital with an IV drip in his arm.

There was a teenager sitting next to him, it was Cheng Qianli whom he had seen in the villa before, he saw that Lin Qiushi had woken up and came over to greet him, "Lin Qiushi, you're awake, how are you feeling?"

Lin Qiushi felt dizzy throughout: "How long have I been asleep..."

Cheng Qianli said, "It hasn't been long, why, what's the emergency?"

Lin Qiushi: "My cat..."

Cheng Qianli: "....... "He was convinced, this person can be a competent shoveler, his brain is just cat, cat, cat every day, he just woke up and didn't even forget this.

"Nothing, you've only been asleep for half a day." Cheng Qianli said, "The cat is still fine."

Lin Qiushi was relieved, he said, "What's wrong with me?"

"Sick." Cheng Qianli said, "High fever, not a big problem, you were injured inside the door, right?"

"Hmm." Lin Qiushi said, "The arm was cut."

Cheng Qianli said, "That's fine, it's just a fever, remember, try not to get hurt as much as you can inside the door, a very small wound inside can be very serious for people in the world outside the door."

Lin Qiushi nodded, "Where is Nan Candle?"

Cheng Qianli said, "Brother Ruan has some things to do, he's busy, let me guard you first, how about it, how does it feel to enter the door for the second time?"

Lin Qiushi said honestly, "Fine." He paused for a moment, "It almost didn't come out." Now the thought of the woman with the knife was numbing.

"Oh my, what's almost or not almost about it, it's fine to get out." Cheng Qianli said, "Besides, Ruan is following you, nothing serious usually happens." He said, "Do you want an apple, I'll peel one for you."

Lin Qiushi nodded and accepted Cheng Qianli's kind offer.

I have to say that after coming out of the door, it really felt like a new life. Whether it was the sunlight or the temperature, or the noisy voices, it filled one with a sense of happiness.

Lin Qiushi nibbled on a sweet apple and felt like he was about to fly with happiness, even the hospital that he usually disliked wasn't that annoying anymore.

Cheng Qianli sat next to him playing games, chatting with Lin Qiushi from time to time.

The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the company's website and see how they are doing.

Ruan Nan Candle could not see the expression on his face against the light somewhat clearly, but his voice was gentle, and he called out to him, "Awake?"

Lin Qiushi called his name: "Nan Candle..."

Ruan Nan Candle gently touched his forehead and said, "Sleep in peace, we're out."

When Lin Qiushi heard his voice and words, his heart miraculously calmed down, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep again. There were no strange dreams this time, only serenity accompanied him.

The author has something to say: Lin Qiushi: I'm super fond of cats.

Ruan Nan Candle thought for a moment: meow~.

Lin Qiushi: ...You don't have any hair.

Ruan Nam Candle aggrievedly took off his pants: I do.