Chapter 552 The Mysterious Lake


    Although Duanmu Huai said this, it was a pity that nothing happened that night - well, a very peaceful night.


    The next morning, everyone gathered in the truck again and began to report their discoveries.


    "Although I didn''t find anything strange, there was a strange sound under the floor..."


    Mary seemed a little uneasy.


    "Roar?"


    "Yes, it seems like something is squirming under the floor, which makes people feel uncomfortable. Lorena and I investigated the room, and the result..."


    Speaking of this, Mary looked at Lorena, and the latter nodded.


    “We found a secret door on the floor of the room.”


    "Secret door?"


    "Yes, under the carpet, if you didn''t ask us to check, you wouldn''t have found it at all."


    "Did you open it and see it?"


    "It can''t be opened from our side..."


    "Um………"


    There is getting more and more like a B-level murderous plasma horror film.


    Of course, if those two old men were really murderous men, Duanmu Huai was not afraid, and he still didn''t know who killed whom.


    At this moment, suddenly, everyone heard a noise outside the window. They came to the window curiously and looked out. At the main entrance of the hotel not far away, a young man wearing glasses was glaring at the old man William standing at the entrance of the hotel - the latter just held his arms and looked at him impatiently.


    The young man stared at the old man fiercely and shouted loudly.


    "You said you don''t know if he has lived here. What I want to tell you is that I know he has lived here, and he told me himself!"


    "Please calm down, sir. We still have guests here to rest."


    Faced with the young man''s roar, William also seemed a little dissatisfied.


    "Rest? Here? What''s the sound from the room that night? Who can rest well if there is this sound? Let me tell me which room he lives in?!"


    “I said I don’t know.”


    Faced with the young man''s questioning, William was obviously a little angry.


    "So don''t bother me, or get out of my hotel!"


    After saying this, William turned around and walked into the hotel, and the young man also walked towards the other side of the hotel angrily.


    Seeing this scene, everyone looked at each other, while Duanmu Huai sneered.


    "It seems that more than one or two people are missing here."


    As he spoke, Duanmuhuai walked out of the truck.


    "Let''s go and talk to that guy."


    Under Duanmuhuai''s leadership, the group left the truck and came to the other side of the hotel. Then they saw the young man who had quarreled with Old William before standing next to him, looking at the lakes and forests in the distance, muttering something with anger. Duanmuhuai walked forward and patted his shoulder, which made the young man turn his head in dissatisfaction.


    "Who is it? I didn''t see me... Woo wow! What kind of monster are you?"


    "Who is the monster?"


    Looking at the young man who was so scared that his face was pale and almost sat on the ground, Duanmu Huai also suddenly turned dark.


    "We are also guests who live here. I just heard the argument between you and William, so I want to come and chat with you."


    "What do you want to talk about?"


    "I heard what I said just now, are you here to find someone?"


    "this………"


    Faced with Duanmu Huai''s inquiry, the young man was obviously a little nervous, but he hesitated for a moment and explained the whole story to Duanmu Huai.


    His name is Jacob Trent, and he lives in Room 8. The reason why he came here was to meet his friend Abraham Hickey. Logically speaking, Abraham should have arrived a few weeks ago, and the night before Jacob came here, Abraham had called to inform him that he had checked in.


    "But when you came, you didn''t see him?"


    "Yes, I asked William, but the old man pretended to be deaf and dumb, insisting that he didn''t come. I think it must be him who did something to Abraham! Damn... I won''t let him go like that! I will definitely find his **** and let the police clean up this **** bastard! They obviously run the hotel, but they can hardly see people during the day. They have been squatting in the sealed studio behind the hotel. I think they must be doing something!"


    According to Jacob, he has been living here since then, but he doesn''t feel very good about this hotel. Not to mention that it is inconvenient to have no electricity or phone calls. The lake in the distance makes him creepy, and there will be strange noises under the floor at night. He has long felt that there is something wrong with the hotel.


    "Since you have lived here for so long, have you ever seen this person?"


    As he spoke, Duanmu Huai took out James'' photo from his arms. Jacob took the photo, observed it carefully, and nodded.


    "Yes, I saw this person the night I moved in, but I didn''t have time to say hello to him. The next morning I noticed that his car was gone, so I guess he should have left. If the two old men told you that he had never lived here, they were either stupid or liaring. If my friend didn''t come again in the past two days, I would be ready to call the police!"


    “Oh.”


    Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows and then took back the photo.


    "By the way, do you still remember what car he drove?"


    "A black Chrysler, young people rarely can afford such a rich car these days, so I remember it very clearly."


    "Thank you, I have no problem."


    After receiving Duanmu Huai''s answer, Jacob turned around and left, while Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at the others.


    "Look, those two old guys are indeed having problems."


    "Uh...just rely on the inquiry just now?"


    "certainly."


    Facing Mary''s question, Duanmu Huai nodded curiously.


    "Don''t forget, after we came here, we just said we wanted to find someone, and we didn''t say he drove or what kind of car he drove. But Jacob said it very clearly, which means he didn''t lie."


    "So... Mr. Duanmu, do you mean, are those two old gentlemen lying?"


    Hearing this, Mary looked incredible.


    "But they are just two old people. Although it''s not good to say that, the missing people are all young people. Can the two old people have a way to deal with young and strong young people?"


    "Haha, that''s hard to say."


    "Then...what should we do now?"


    "Since you have found a clue, please solve the commission. You can investigate it in the hotel and see the situation of the other passengers. We will meet again until the evening and report the situation to me."


    "Why?"


    Mary was shocked when she heard Duanmu Huai''s words.


    "You want me to go?"


    "Yes, this is also a necessary skill for investigators. Just practice it."


    "But...what do you want me to ask?"


    "Just just chat casually, find out the other party''s background, how long have you been here, and whether you have encountered any strange things here... Don''t do it like the police interrogation, just treat it as two passengers and chatting in the hotel."


    "Hey...but Mr. Duanmu, you were quite like interrogation just now..."


    "yes……!"


    After being shouted by Duanmu Huai, Mari was also startled, nodded quickly, turned around and left, and Lorena followed.


    "Why………"


    Looking at the two people''s backs as they were leaving, Duanmu Huai shook his head, and then he turned around and walked towards the lake. As for the maid, they stayed in the truck to guard it and maintained the truck by the way - of course, if the two idiots dared to be stupid enough to attack the maid, then they could feel the true power of the maid monster.


    But then again...


    “This place is really bad.”


    Standing by the lake and looking at the scenery in front of him, Duanmu Huai couldn''t help but complain. Generally speaking, in theory, the scenery of nature should be beautiful in places like this far away from people. But in fact, this is not the case, although there is also a small wooden pier on the edge of this lake, and there are several small wooden boats next to it.


    Generally speaking, you can sit on a boat and float in the lake at this time, and then enjoy the natural beauty without losing the flavor.


    However…… Looking at the viscous lake covered with green algae in front of me, there was a layer of greasy dirt floating on the lake water, which didn’t look like a beautiful view of nature no matter how you look. It is not so much a lake, but a large garbage sewage puddle. Just by walking in, you can smell a pungent smell.


    How could someone come to this ghost place!


    Walking along the lakeside, Duanmuhuai complained. However, just as he walked to the other side of the lakeside, Duanmuhuai stopped.


    The reason is very simple, that is, in front of Duanmuhuai, you can see very clear tire marks - these tire marks in the soil all the way from the parking lot, and then...


    Duanmuhuai raised his head and looked forward along the tire mark.


    Entering the lake?


    No wonder this ghost place is so dirty.


    Could it be that these two old men are murderers, who kill people here to seize wealth, and then push the victim''s vehicles into the lake to destroy the corpse? So will the bodies of those people be in the lake too?


    Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at the hotel not far away, then narrowed his eyes slightly.


    It seems that this is interesting.


    Winter nights always come very quickly. When night falls, Marie and Lorena also return to the truck and report to Duanmuhuai.


    "In addition to that Mr. Jacob, two other travelers live here."


    As Mary said, she took out a notebook - well, she still looked quite serious.


    "One of them is Mr. Bill Dinston. He doesn''t like to communicate with others very much. I just greeted him and said nothing... The other is Miss Sarah Bonner. She seems to be on a distance trip and is just resting here for the time being. They have never met Mr. James, and there is..."


    As he spoke, Mary turned over a page of notes.


    "Miss Sarah told me that she didn''t like that lake very much, and she had nightmares since she came here."


    "Nightmare?"


    "Yes, Miss Sarah said she occasionally dreamed that she sank into the bottom of the water, surrounded by aquatic plants, and under the plants there was a city made of strange spiral spirals, with terrifying, terrifying, indescribable corpses everywhere. Then she was always attracted to the center of the city and saw a terrifying monster with three eyes... and then she was scared to wake up, and she always dreamed, and Miss Sarah said it might be because of that lake."


    "Um?"


    Hearing this, Duanmuhuai frowned.


    This is not...well? Could it be that I won the prize again this time?


    Is the luck of my own rabbit so awesome?


    Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai looked at the little white rabbit in his pocket. The latter was sleeping in a bunch. Duanmuhuai reached out and touched the little white rabbit''s furry body. The latter glared and then shrank comfortably again.


    Well, it''s really cute.


    “Dongdongdongdongdongdong.”


    At this moment, suddenly, a slight knock on the door came from outside the truck. Duanmu Huai signaled Lorena to open the door. Then he saw a young man wearing glasses standing outside uneasy - he was Jacob, the young man who had quarreled with William during the day.


    "It''s so late, what''s the matter?"


    “Hey, that’s it.”


    Jacob was a little nervous when he heard Duanmu Huai’s inquiry, but he still spoke.


    "I had another fight with that old idiot before. No, to be exact, I took the key from him. I planned to see what they were doing in the ghost studio behind. Do you want to come together?"


    Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows. Of course, he remembered that Jacob said in the morning that the two old men could hardly see people in broad daylight and kept squatting in the studio behind the hotel and didn''t know what to do. Well, if this is a terrifying B-level movie, then what kind of torture instruments or corpses might be there... But Duanmu Huai has almost guessed that there should be something stranger than these things.


    "Okay, let''s go together."


    Duanmuhuai nodded, then looked at Marie and Lorena.


    "You guys come too, be ready for battle."


    "Okay, Lord Knight."


    Lorena was not surprised by Duanmuhuai''s orders, but just picked up the heavy holy book in her hand and nodded. Although Mary wanted to ask something, she still said nothing and took up a staff obediently.


    This is the gift that Rani gave to Mary when she "graduated" - a scepter of Caglia.


    From the outside, this staff actually looks more like a thin sword, and even has a handguard. The "sword hilt" is inlaid with gems. When worn on the body, it looks more like a decorative weapon for women to protect themselves. After all, the "sword body" is also cylindrical, and with a light appearance, it won''t be too suspicious if you take it out.


    Although Lani is very cold to Mary on the surface, now she seems to be quite good to Mary. After all, this kind of weapon is not even possible for ordinary people to get it.


    After instructing the maid to keep her home from being stolen, Duanmuhuai took Lorena and Mary out of the truck and followed Jacob to the sealed studio behind the hotel.


    “……Mr. Duanmu, will we fight?”


    Holding the staff, Mary still seemed a little nervous and looked at Duanmuhuai uneasy and asked, while Duanmuhuai nodded.


    "Yes, if your investigation is correct, then those two old guys are not ordinary murderers, but two cultists who believe in evil gods. I know if there will be any monsters in their studio, so it''s always good to be careful."


    "Hey? Yes, is that true? But I didn''t see it at all..."


    "I guessed it because I have read the information before, so I''ll pay attention to it."


    "yes………"


    Hearing this, Mary''s expression became more and more stiff, but she still held the staff tightly and nodded vigorously.


    At this moment, the group also came to the door of the studio. Jacob took out the key without hesitation, then opened the door of the studio and walked in directly.


    The entire studio was dim, with only an oil lamp on the table, around it - there were many tools that looked like repairs, but unfortunately, I didn’t see any corpses or any useful clues. There were only a few cardboard boxes and a pile of clothes on the corner of the wall. On the table, there were a few turbid-looking glass jars, soaking in them with something like some kind of spike.


    “Damn it!”


    However, after rushing into the studio, Jacob seemed to have discovered something. He came to the pile of worn-out clothes piled beside him, took out a jacket from it, looked carefully, and then let out an angry growl.


    "Damn it, I know! Those two old guys must be the ones they did!"


    As he spoke, Jacob picked up the jacket and spread it towards Duanmu Huai and others.


    "Look, this is Abraham''s clothes! I knew that something must have happened to him!"


    "Is this dress from Abraham?"


    "Yes, you see there is a label here, which says A. Hickey. This is the best evidence. I have seen him wearing this jacket more than once, and he wouldn''t have thrown away the jacket. I will never let those two old beasts go. They must have killed Abraham, maybe..."


    As he spoke, Jacob looked into the interior of the studio. When he saw two wooden boxes placed in the corner, he jumped up.


    "They must have put Abraham in it, **** it...!"


    While shouting, Jacob rushed towards the box and opened it directly.


    However, at this moment, suddenly, a thin and corrupt arm stretched out from it and grabbed Jacob''s arm tightly. The next moment, a strange monster like a corrupt zombie suddenly emerged from the box, opened his mouth, and bit Jacob!


    (This chapter ends)