Chapter 14 Chapter Eleven Hungry Brain Tumor

Xihua Town was my first choice of investigation target.Although it has been sorted out by a detective agency, there is really nothing suspicious about it. I drove the car very fast, but when I arrived at the destination, it was almost 11:20.The world is a silvery white, and the snowflakes are still falling non-stop, but it has disappeared a lot compared to a few hours ago. The sparse snow fell on the ground, and under the light of the car lights, it looked extremely cold.Since entering the western suburbs, there are no traces of human activities on both sides of the road. There are only vacant dilapidated houses and the three iconic tall pointed roofs of Xihua Town Manor on the huge land.

As soon as I got out of the car, I received a call from Song Jiaming. "Mr. Ye, something is wrong." His voice was clearly panicked. "Calm down, what happened?" I asked suspiciously. "I went to the conference room and everyone in the whole hospital was having an emergency meeting, even the cleaners." Song Jiaming's voice on the other end of the phone was trembling. "Something has happened! Haven't there been people in a vegetative state dying strangely in the city's No. 1 Hospital for the past two months? You explained that someone was stealing blood, but something terrible happened after nine o'clock tonight."

I frowned tightly, feeling a little bad feeling in my heart. "The remaining thirty-two vegetative people in the ICU ward are dying under the watchful eyelids of the staff on duty. It is said that their blood seems to be forcibly drawn away by an invisible energy, and their skin droops at a speed visible to the naked eye Go down, and they all die in the end." "How is it possible?!" I was taken aback. "I was scolded by the dean, saying that I couldn't be contacted, and that I turned off the phone." Song Jiaming said aggrievedly, "But I have never turned off the phone."

It's true that he didn't turn off the phone, but when Song Shiyu and I called him when it was close to ten o'clock, we couldn't get through at all. Then I thought of the seemingly real and fake nightmare he had at the same time, and the horrible and strange things that happened to Lin Xiaowei... I have some guesses , Lin Xiaowei's condition has worsened for some reason, and it is spreading rapidly at an accelerated rate. Maybe the death of the vegetative state is necessarily related to the face-like black matter in her brain. The energy in the world follows the law of conservation. The reason for the expansion of black matter is still unknown, but it is certain that it needs to absorb energy to grow.The energy in Lin Xiaowei's body was not enough, so its magic hand stretched out to the vegetative people on the same floor who couldn't resist.

The black substance forcibly extracted the blood and life of the vegetative by some supernatural means, so it became more ferocious.The deterioration will continue to accelerate, and now it can only affect vegetative people, but it cannot be judged whether it will start to absorb and devour normal people after it swells to a certain extent. My actions must also be faster.To solve the mystery at a faster speed than its growth, find out the key clues that cursed those eight people, and destroy them, otherwise, everyone will be in danger! Hanging up the phone, I looked around.It was pitch black everywhere, especially after turning off the headlights, you could barely see your fingers in sight.Turning on the flashlight function of the phone, I walked towards the abandoned manor step by step.

The footsteps stepped on the snow, making a monotonous "creak" sound.The sound resounded in the ears, and it seemed even more lonely in all directions. Most of the stone road leading to Xihua Town has been covered by weeds.Now hidden in the snow, it is really impossible to tell where is the road and where is the haystack.After walking hard for a while, they came to the rusty gate. The thick door lock has been cut off, and it was left unattended not far away. There was a gap between the two doors that was enough for people to pass through. I used the light of my mobile phone to look around, and there was nothing suspicious. Only then did he sneak in sideways.

Inside the wall, there were indeed many ghost symbols pasted on the right side. After carefully identifying them, I was a little depressed.None of these ghost symbols are related to exorcism, or the purpose of suppressing ghosts.Judging from the direction of the symbol on the ghost painting talisman, it should be a paper amulet for praying for safety, fortune, and love success.It seems scary to post one by one, but in fact, it completely overturns the possibility that this is a haunted house. Who would run into a haunted house to ask for money and love?I don't understand why these talisman papers are pasted in this deserted place.

Since there were no clues, I continued walking towards the inside.There is a large fountain on the front of Xihua Town, but it is a pity that it is obviously not built well, and building materials are thrown everywhere.In the end, the vigorous weeds took root and sprouted on the statue, which was very decadent. The kobresia in the courtyard withered in winter and was covered with a thick layer of snow, which was as tall as half a person. After crossing the fountain, the three tall and dark buildings came into view.The building on the far right has the shape of a church, with the main hall in the middle. It is said that it is intended to be a hotel room for hundreds of people.

The building on the right is an integrated leisure house, which is intended to integrate catering, entertainment and bathhouses into one. Unfortunately, the main building has just been repaired, and it was abandoned due to the break of the capital chain before it was fully renovated. In front of the hotel building in the middle, two Chinese-style behemoths, taller than a person and well-carved, stood tall, and their big ferocious eyes seemed to be staring at me without blinking.To be honest, placing Chinese-style stone carvings in the buildings of Western-style houses is indeed a bit unpleasant and destroys the overall style.

In Lin Xiaowei's narration, she thought that these two giant beasts were stone lions, but I recognized them at a glance. They are not lions at all, but Suanni. It is one of the nine sons of the legendary dragon, ranking fourth, and is a beast that looks like a lion.Suan Ni likes to smoke and is easy to sit on. The Buddha saw that it was patient, so he took it under the straddle and used it as a mount. Therefore, the image generally appears on the incense burner, with a dignified appearance and smoke and mist.Of course, it's okay to use it as an auspicious beast guarding the door, there's nothing strange about it.

It took me several hours to search all three buildings one by one, but the result was very disappointing. I didn't find any suspicious clues, so I just returned to the car desperately. This Xihua Town, which looks like a haunted house, is really not the crux of the incident. When I got back to the hospital, it was already three forty-five in the morning. The Song brothers and sisters and Lin Xiaowei were not found in the MRI room or ward.The staff on duty in the hospital have already returned to their posts, and they all look like they are facing a big enemy, and there is something wrong with my expression.If I hadn't seen me going in and out with Song Jiaming several times, I would definitely not want to let me in. Thirty-two vegetative people died at one time. If it is exposed, this hospital is probably not far from closing down. I am afraid that the upper management of the hospital is urgently contacting the family members of the deceased, and they are going to use all means to privately. Of course, this has nothing to do with me at all, and I don't bother to bother. After dialing Song Shiyu's phone number, the little girl's voice was a little tired, and the background music of the phone was also a little noisy. It seemed that many people were whispering, and it was like pure electronic noise.Those voices were complex, with an indescribable taste. "Brother Yu?" she called softly. "Where are you?" I asked. "My brother, sister Xiaowei and I are all at home." She seemed to be stretching herself, "My brother said that the hospital was not safe, so he insisted on taking Miss Xiaowei home. By the way, Miss Xiaowei woke up five minutes ago, do you want to talk to her?" "No, I Hurry over here immediately." Before hanging up the phone, I worriedly said: "Be careful." "You don't have to be careful at home, but you, drive carefully." Song Shiyu said carelessly. I hung up the phone, started the engine quickly and drove towards the community where Song Jiaming lived. For some reason, I always felt very uneasy.I have been nervous for two whole days, maybe I am a little tired, I thought so. While she was on her way, in Song Jiaming's warm little room, Lin Xiaowei opened her eyes and looked around.The snow outside the window has stopped, and the street lamps exude a cool halo. Seeing the girl looking at his residence, Song Jiaming immediately took a look with guilt. Fortunately, the house was tidy.She was lying on the bed in the main bedroom, her eyes a little dazed. "Does your head still hurt?" Song Jiaming asked with concern. "Fortunately, it doesn't hurt much." There was a look of fear on the girl's face, obviously she still remembered the severe pain a few hours ago, "Why is it so painful? It's never happened before." "Maybe it's not fully recovered, it will be fine in a few days." Song Jiaming didn't dare to tell her the truth, so he had to prevaricate. "But I have a premonition." Touching the hat on top of her head, Lin Xiaowei smiled weakly on her fair face. "do not think too much." He covered her with the quilt, "have a good sleep first." "Can't sleep." The girl shook her head, and looked around the room curiously, "Is this your home?" "Well, it's a little shabby. I'm laughing." "Hee hee, unexpectedly, the decoration is a bit delicate." Lin Xiaowei smiled, "I thought that a single man would live in a messy house, with garbage everywhere in the room, but I didn't expect it to be cleaner and tidy than I thought. It completely overturned my evaluation of single men." Song Jiaming was a little embarrassed, "Where, I usually tidy up when I have nothing to do. I don't have any hobbies in the first place, so I just stay at home on rest days." "Doctor Song, it's time for you to find a girlfriend." Lin Xiaowei smiled evocatively, "With a girlfriend, the house will be more cozy." Song Jiaming's throat quivered. He also wanted the house to have a mistress, and the best candidate was the one in front of him.He wanted to confess, but he completely lost his courage in the girl's innocent eyes. "There's no rush now." In the end, he uttered a sentence that made Song Shiyu almost throw away the mouse in his hand and smash the LCD screen in front of him. Song Shiyu really hated his cousin, what a great opportunity, no matter whether sister Xiaowei is hinting or not, let him care so much, first delineate his affiliation and stamp his mark on it! "Brother, I went to the kitchen to find something to eat, I'm hungry." She bit her lip, slammed the door fiercely and walked out. Song Jiaming couldn't figure out how angry his cousin was. "This girl has a weird personality, and she loses her temper for no reason. Let's see how she will get married in the future." "Your sister will definitely be even angrier when she hears it." Lin Xiaowei thinks this pair of siblings is really interesting. Song Shiyu walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator depressedly, and stuffed the unfinished pizza into the microwave to heat it up. "Brother is too useless. He is dull and has no guts. He might not be able to catch up with Miss Xiaowei for the rest of his life. Should I push this beauty from behind?" She said to herself, "Brother Yu's There are so many emotional entanglements in the novel, he must have experience, wait and ask, maybe he has good advice. Sigh, having a useless brother is really worrying." While waiting, she made a powerful conclusion, "If I knew he was so useless, my uncle should have shot him against the wall twenty-seven years ago." The microwave made a light "ding" sound, Song Shiyu didn't even look at it, and pulled it away weakly, took out the plate and put it on the marble counter. When she took the knife and fork and poured a glass of juice to enjoy, she was stupid. I saw that the plate was empty, where was the shadow of half a slice of pizza? She stood there for a while, then patted her forehead mockingly, "I'm so stupid, I must have been confused by my brother's anger, and I didn't even put the pizza on it, but just stuffed the plate into the microwave oven. Damn it Brother!" Song Shiyu complained, and reopened the refrigerator, but it couldn't find the pizza, as if the remaining pizza evaporated and disappeared, and its existence was just an illusion. The girl couldn't figure it out, she searched everywhere, and finally had no choice but to admit that there was no pizza in every corner of the kitchen.But a few minutes ago, she obviously took it out with her own hands, how could she just say it was gone? Things seem a little weird! Song Shiyu was frightened, she opened the door and wanted to go to the living room, but when she turned around, she was surprised to find that the kitchen door was closed at some time, no matter how hard she pulled it, it would not move.The aluminum alloy frame kept making muffled noises under her vigorous beating. The master bedroom of the small house was only a few meters away from the kitchen, but it was this distance that Song Jiaming and Lin Xiaowei in the room didn't seem to notice at all. , No one came out to open the door for her. She kept knocking hard, and the glass on the door kept shaking, but there was no sign of breaking at all.The kitchen door didn't have a lock cylinder, but it was locked now, which was unbelievable. Song Shiyu was so frightened that he almost cried, and tears rolled down his cheeks silently, "Brother Yu, you have to hurry back." Now she can only hope that Ye Silent will come back and ring the doorbell, and her brother will notice her condition when he opens the door.So many horrible things have happened recently, she can almost judge that she has encountered a supernatural event. Sure enough, before she could recover, a strange and hoarse voice resounded through the entire kitchen like rolling thunder. "Hungry! So hungry!" The voice made the space tremble. Song Shiyu felt cold all over, and goosebumps kept popping up.She felt that the heater in the kitchen had lost its effect, and everything around her was losing heat.It was getting colder and getting colder. "Who, who is calling?" She boldly shouted. The voice didn't answer her, it just kept yelling "very hungry" and the girl looked around in panic. The voice filled every inch of space and seemed to be everywhere.She sat on the ground with her back against the wall, afraid of the thing and got out from beside her. Maybe the things in the world are originally afraid of what will happen. On the living balcony outside the kitchen, a blood-red thing gradually revealed its shape.That thing looked familiar, it looked like the face-shaped tumor growing in Lin Xiaowei's head. It hideously climbed up the railing of the living balcony from the outside, trying to get into the kitchen. Song Shiyu screamed, mustered up the courage to rush over, and closed the balcony door firmly.The disgusting face hit the glass hard, causing the kitchen to tremble again. What the hell is this!She was thinking with palpitations, her head was in a mess, and she was terrified to death. "Hungry! So hungry!" The tumor on the face kept shouting, hitting the door glass again and again.Not long after, cracks appeared densely on the glass, and it seemed that it would not last long. "Hungry? I'll kill you!" Song Shiyu cursed, and hurriedly found all the ingredients in the refrigerator and the kitchen, put them on the ground in piles, then picked up the microwave oven and smashed the door leading to the living room.The metal microwave oven was smashed several times, but there was no trace left on the glass. She was almost going crazy with anxiety. With a loud bang, the balcony glass was completely shattered.The flying glass shards were scattered all over the ground, and the human face tumor slowly crawled in. It showed its sharp teeth, as if sniffing something in the air.Then it found the food on the ground and ate it mouthful. Song Shiyu didn't bother to look at the indescribable face on the tumor at all, she screamed and kept banging on the door hard. Soon, the human face tumors ate up all the food on the ground.It raised its head, looked at her blankly, and kept approaching her. It's close, very close, Song Shiyu can almost smell a disgusting rancid stench. "Go away!" She tried her best to throw the microwave oven towards the monster. The microwave oven penetrated the body of the tumor in the face and fell to the ground, as if the thing had no entity at all, but the microwave oven on the ground seemed to have lost some Things, become weathered and mottled. "It's over, if I knew it, I would have accepted that ugly man's confession last month. It's really not worth it to die before enjoying life." Song Shiyu was forced to retreat into a corner, and his whole body was filled with despair. The teeth of the human face tumor were only a few centimeters away from her, and she closed her eyes. At this moment, the door next to her slammed softly, and the kitchen door was finally opened. A familiar figure glanced inside, and hurriedly grabbed her arm and pulled it out.Due to too much force, the two rolled into a ball and fell to the floor. "Brother Yu." Song Shiyu, who escaped from death, opened her eyes and screamed in surprise: "I'm fine, I'm not dead! Wow, I really love you!" She hugged me tightly, her arms were so hard that I almost suffocated. It was indeed me who saved her.I felt very uncomfortable along the way, so I speeded up the car. Since the distance was very close, it took about ten minutes to enter the community. I was relieved after Song Jiaming opened the door. Judging by his expression, there should be no abnormalities. "Is Lin Xiaowei feeling better?" I asked while changing my shoes. "Wake up, my head doesn't hurt anymore." His face was full of worry, "Mr. Ye, do you have any good news?" "I have no idea." I shook my head dejectedly, "There is nothing suspicious about Xihua Town, I am going to listen to her explain what happened in detail again, hoping to find out what I missed." "Xiaowei is in my bedroom, awake and in good spirits, but don't stimulate her too much." Song Jiaming hesitated a little, "Also, I haven't told her about the thing growing back in her head yet." "I know your difficulty." I patted him on the shoulder. This big boy probably couldn't bear to tell his beloved girl the bad news that would disappoint her, "It's okay, I will tell her tactfully, go in." Song Jiaming and I walked into the master bedroom one after the other. Lin Xiaowei was sitting on the bed, staring out the window with her chin sideways.After hearing the sound, he looked at the two of us. Her eyes were clear, her expression was calm, and she smiled slightly, "Mr. Ye, is your plane late?" "Yes, unfortunately, I can't leave for the time being. The snow is too heavy and the airport is blocked .” I shrugged. "Liar." She pouted cutely, "It's because of me that you didn't leave, right?" "Haha, you think too much, don't think that because you are beautiful, I will definitely stay here to look up to you." I went to her bed. The girl looked at me without blinking, she looked straight into my eyes, and said concisely and sharply: "Actually, the ghost on my body has returned? Today, um, no, it should be counted as the exorcism ceremony yesterday morning." , Completely failed, right!" Song Ming's face suddenly changed, "Xiaowei, how can you think so, your illness is really cured." Lin Xiaowei didn't even look at him, but just stared at me blankly. "That's right, the exorcism ceremony failed completely, the tumor in your head has grown again, and it's getting bigger and bigger, it may kill you in a few days." I said categorically that there is really no condition for lying to this smart girl, and besides, she also has the right to know her current situation. "Mr. Ye!" Song Jiaming's eyes widened. He didn't have enough brains. Just now he clearly said to be euphemistic. What kind of euphemism is this? "Is that really the case? Hehe, in fact, I have already guessed it." Lin Xiaowei leaned her back against the head of the bed weakly, and sighed softly, "Now, can I just wait to die?" "Don't give up hope so early." I thought for a while, "I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well break the jar and do an exorcism tomorrow. At that time, I will sort out a few more effective ways to exorcise ghosts, and let's try them one by one." "Forget it, I'm tired." Lin Xiaowei shook her head wearily. "This is up to you." I interrupted her rudely, "If you can't be cured, I'm afraid the people around you will be in danger too." "How is it possible, nonsense." She didn't believe it at all. "At around ten o'clock in the morning yesterday, just before your last attack and headache, thirty-two vegetative patients died in the ICU ward." I snorted coldly. "What does this have to do with me?" She kept showing indignation on her calm face, "Don't say I killed it." "Although you didn't kill it, it is very likely that it has something to do with the tumor in your head that looks like a human face." I said flatly. "Why do you have to involve me? Is there any evidence?" Lin Xiaowei stopped laughing at all, and the more she talked, the more angry she became.She also looked at me with some hostility. I didn't answer her, just looked around, and suddenly asked: "Where is Shi Yu? Why didn't I see her?" The girl who has always been energetic has not been around since I came in, which surprises me. "That's right, where did that little girl go? She was inexplicably angry just now, saying that she was hungry and wanted to go into the kitchen to find something to eat." Song Jiaming also felt a little strange. "I'll go to the kitchen and have a look." I am very concerned, it has been almost five minutes since she entered the door, why is she eating so slowly and quietly. Song Jiaming's house is very small, and each room is like a birdcage. No matter where in the room, any movement that makes a sound can be clearly heard in other places. But I couldn't hear Song Shiyu no matter what. After leaving the master bedroom, you will come to the kitchen in a few steps.The door was tightly closed, and I twisted the handle, and the aluminum alloy door opened easily.Song Shiyu's face was full of horror and he closed his eyes, his expression was full of despair. I was taken aback by the scene inside. A short distance away from her, there was a huge face with its mouth wide open, trying to bite her into pieces and swallow her up. That face was very familiar, like a human facial tumor in Lin Xiaowei's head. Before I had time to think about it, I quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her out forcefully. The teeth of the tumor on the face were gnawed out, and its white pupils still had vision. It moved its head slightly and rushed towards the two of us who were lying on the ground. "Hungry! I'm so hungry!" It made a sharp voice, and the harsh and low-pitched scream poured into its head, as if its whole head was aching. "Run away!" I yelled, holding Song Shiyu's arm tightly and kept avoiding. The living room was very small, and we soon had no extra room to escape. Finally, after exhausting our efforts, we finally ran into the master bedroom and closed the door tightly. "What are you guys making a fuss about?" Song Jiaming wanted to remind us to be quiet so as not to affect the mood of the patient on the bed, but he was surprised to find that his cousin and I were pale and panic-stricken, and couldn't help but stammered: "You, what are you doing?" What's the matter?" Before he finished speaking, there was a loud knock on the door of the master bedroom. That thing is banging on the door!