Chapter 10

Inside the dirty glass door, it was pitch black.

It was an extremely terrifying, impenetrable darkness, from which the vague smell of rotting corpses emanated.

The leader, Qi Qian, turned on his flashlight and shined it into the store.

Compared with the darkness, the light beam of the flashlight was extremely weak, almost negligible.

Wen Jianyan lowered her eyelashes and swept the edge of the glass door without leaving a trace.

There, there is a clear boundary.

Outside the glass door, there is a foggy building hall, and inside the glass door, there is darkness... It is not like the effect that can be achieved simply without light.

On the side, one of the "Sex" team members said solemnly:

"Something's not right in there."

The stench in the air became stronger, as if there was a corpse hidden in a closed space inside.

At this moment, a shrill scream came from not far away.

"Ahhhhhh-"

The voice was sharp and frightening, almost frightening.

Immediately, everyone subconsciously turned their heads and looked in the direction of the sound - not far away, in front of a shop with a wide open door, a team was already in chaos.

"Hold my hand!"

"Quick, activate the props!"

The next second, the screams stopped abruptly.

For a moment, deathly silence enveloped the entire building.

The glass door of the shop was still wide open, and it was pitch dark inside. The team stood there blankly, as if they hadn't realized what had happened...

However, there have been attrition in their ranks.

Not far away, everyone who witnessed this scene was secretly shocked.

They didn't expect that in just a few seconds, a large living person would disappear directly...

No one can be seen alive, and no body can be seen dead.

The anchors cautiously took a few steps back and distanced themselves from the seemingly peaceful shops in front of them, for fear that they would become the next victims.

"..."

Wen Jian swept the shriveled matchbox in Qi Qian's hand without leaving a trace.

A few seconds later, Qi Qian was startled, as if he thought of something, and looked down at the matchbox in his hand.

"Don't turn off the lights at night...?"

Just now, after taking out the keys, the security guard said this nonsense.

At first, he thought that this might represent some kind of threat from outside the store. Turning on the lights would reduce the risk and avoid being targeted. Unexpectedly...

There is a threat in a store without light.

Qi Qian lowered his head and opened the flat matchbox in his hand.

There was a brown-black match lying inside the matchbox. It was dry and seemed to have been affected by moisture.

He took out one of the matches and rubbed it on the sandpaper on one side of the matchbox. Hearing a soft "click" sound, a cluster of flames jumped up.

He raised his hand and carefully stretched the burning match toward the shop.

The darkness that even the flashlight couldn't dispel actually dispersed a little after encountering the faint light of the match, and a space in the store was barely illuminated.

Qi Qian took a tentative step towards the store.

Not attacked.

really.

Everyone was in high spirits:

"This light is fine."

Apparently, this box of matches is the key to the entire team's survival in this instance.

Qi Qian lowered his head and swept the matchbox in his hand.

If there are only a few of them, it is absolutely impossible for them all to last for 12 hours, unless...

In just a few seconds, the flames burned to the root. Before the match went out, Qi Qian retreated from the darkness in time.

He turned to look at one of the team members:

"Zhang Yu."

"What's wrong Captain?"

The team member named Zhang Yu turned his head and looked over.

He was tall, with broad shoulders, and a deep scar from behind his ears to his collarbone, with an energetic sparkle in his beads.

"You are responsible for going in and looking for the light."

Qi Qian threw the matchbox to him.

Since the security guard said "Don't turn off the lights at night", then there is a high probability that there is a light in the store, and the box of matches should be the one lighting the light.

He said: "Try to keep the number of matches to about two. If you encounter any danger, evacuate immediately. Don't be too eager to fight."

"Okay."

Zhang Yu took the matchbox and nodded.

The "Sex" team member on the other side narrowed his eyes and said:

"Look around the store door. The light should be not far away."

After all, this dungeon has just begun. If the lamp is hidden too deep and cannot be found by the host, then the entire dungeon will become an unsolvable dead end.

Zhang Yu lit the match and, protected by the faint light, stepped into the darkness.

Wen Jianyan stood quietly behind Su Cheng, saying nothing from beginning to end, quietly watching Qi Qian and the others.

He is not the captain of this team, but joins the team as a hired help. However, he does not have the right to order others. In addition, he really wants to observe his potential partner from the side.

They are worthy of being elite anchors from Dark Fire. Compared with any team Wen Jianyan has come into contact with before, they appear to be more cautious and sharp, with a clear division of labor and high efficiency.

This group of people are very skilled in dealing with crises, and there is almost no need for him to "intervene".

Soon, Zhang Yu rushed out of the dark shop.

His face was pale, and he seemed to be out of breath even though he had disappeared for less than three minutes.

"How about it?"

Qi Qian straightened up.

"Looking for it, found it."

Zhang Yu took a deep breath, raised his hand, and showed Qi Qian what he had in his hand.

It was an old-fashioned copper oil lamp, which seemed to have been around for some time. The handle was rubbed and the light could be seen, and the lampshade was blackened, but it could still be used smoothly.

Qi Qian opened the lampshade, took the match from Zhang Yu, and lit the wick in the oil lamp.

Under everyone's nervous gaze, the oil lamp slowly lit up.

Through the gray lampshade, the dim yellow light seemed quite dim, but it was continuous and stable.

Everyone was relieved.

It seems I guessed it right.

"Let's go in."

Qi Qian carried the oil lamp and took the lead in walking towards the dark door.

Several people followed him one after another.

The strange thing is that outside the store, it looks extremely weak, as if there is no lighting at all. As soon as you enter the store, the chaotic darkness is instantly dispelled.

Hearing a "click" sound, Qi Qian placed the oil lamp on the counter.

Soon, the small room was shrouded in dim light, and most of the scenery was clearly visible.

Wen Jian looked around without saying anything.

This seems to be a store located in an ordinary department store. After being illuminated by an oil lamp, the entire store looks ordinary and there doesn't seem to be anything weird about it.

This is a men's clothing store.

There is a cashier, there are goods, and rows of clothes racks are placed in the store, with pieces of men's clothing hanging inside. Dummies wearing the goods stand in the store, posing in various poses.

Their faces are "empty" and "empty", which means that the facial features are sunken and filled with shadows.
To be continued...