Chapter 12 Magical Thailand Tour 4 Evaporated people
There are fewer and fewer people in the hall, and the sound of people is far away, showing the loneliness of the empty and lonely space. The smoking area is filled with smoke, and there is a sense of emptiness in the air. This exists in a corner of the earth, and instantly captured the mind.
The camel tour guide held a cigarette in his right hand, and leaned back deeply on the sofa chair. His eyes were sharp, firm, and distant; the eyes framed by the gold frame bound his heart like some kind of bondage, making him unable to speak freely. scruples.I silently observed this strong and stern middle-aged man, looked at his shiny half-white hair and tight lips, and felt a wordless determination flowing under my body.
Shen Zhaopeng holds his chin in his left hand, rests his elbow on his right fist, crosses his legs, and looks intently at the speaker; his camera is still in front of his chest, and the closed lens is like a one-eyed elf with his eyes closed. Contemplation; what the photographer's head is seeking at this moment should be the incredible incident that happened in this hotel on the 7th of last month, right?
From the previous conversation between the two, it can be deduced that the cheap travel expenses this time seem to be somewhat related to the incident at the hotel; since the tour guide had repeatedly assured that there was no problem with the hotel, the deliberate concealment became even more obvious now.It seems that there is an unknown shady behind the operation of the travel agency; is it because something happened that caused the hotel's operation to deteriorate, and the cooperation with the travel agency was negotiated in order to improve the business?
At this moment, I don't have the time to think about these questions, but focus on what the camel tour guide said next.
"After Sha Langyu got off work and left, a boy named Michai was put on duty at the counter. He was a new staff member and I didn't know him; why he was specifically mentioned was because of what happened next. from his mouth.
"About three o'clock in the morning, Michai received a call from the tenth floor, which was the room where the strange person was staying; the only thing heard on the phone was a hurried tone calling for help, saying that someone was going to kill him!"
"Kill?" I said dumbfounded. "Well, Michai immediately went upstairs and ran to the target room, and when he opened the door, he found that there was a fire inside... No, at first he wasn't sure if it was a fire, because the flames glowed blue, like will-o'-the-wisps! Different from An ordinary yellow-red flame. In short, a flame burned from the middle part of the room, dividing the room into two. The man stood behind the flame, writhing on the ground in extreme pain.
"According to Michai, the posture shown by the man feels like he is wrestling with an invisible person, but this transparent person is extremely powerful. The man is pushed down continuously, and he is pushed down again as soon as he gets up. Until the end Once, when the man climbed up again, blue flames were burning on his body!"
"Fire?" Shen Zhaopeng was speechless this time. "Yes, it's not the whole body burning, but part of the arm is burning. In short, the whole scene is horrifying." The camel tour guide just relayed what others saw, but he directly used the word "very horrifying" to describe it. It can be seen that This incident had a great impact on him who was also in the hotel at the time.
"The man avoided the transparent man's attack again, and finally jumped up to the wall of the balcony frantically, facing Michai, and said 'Don't come over'! Then his whole body bounced back, and he fell down with a scream.
"Michai was extremely panicked and immediately put out the fire with a fire extinguisher. He crossed the room to the balcony and looked down. Some people had already gathered by the pool. He immediately ran downstairs to report what had just happened.
"The ripples on the surface of the pool have not receded, but nothing unusual can be seen. There are not many people watching, most of them are guests in the bar, and I am one of them. Since I happened to approach the glass window facing the swimming pool at that time, I saw A group of human bodies with blue light rushed into the swimming pool and splashed water. This scene was also seen by the bartender, who was also facing the swimming pool at the time.
"So all the people in the bar crowded out, and there were only four or five people in total. We saw the night guard rushing from the hall and asked in a panic what happened, but everyone was at a loss, wondering what to do next. What to do, Michai ran over as if lost his mind, and told us the ins and outs of the matter, so everyone was shocked. If this is the case, the man is still at the bottom of the pool, but he has not come up!
"We watched the swimming pool for a while, and the guard thought that someone should go into the water to search, and he couldn't wait any longer, so he entered the hotel to wake up another pool management staff who was good at swimming."
"While the guards were looking for him, the man still didn't surface?" I asked.
"No, a few of us surrounded the pool and didn't see anyone emerge from the water. Then the guard and another young administrator appeared, and the young man jumped into the water without changing his swimsuit, probably because the search had dragged on for too long Yes. At the same time, the guard also turned on the pool lights. After a while, the young man emerged from the water and shouted that there was no one in the pool.
"Michai said it was impossible. He clearly saw the man fall from the building. The bartender and I also insisted on seeing the burning body fall into the pool. Everyone heard the sound of water. The young man had to dive into the water and search again.
"This time he searched more thoroughly and took longer, but still found nothing! In the end the guard decided to ask the administrator to drain the pool.
"The administrator entered the computer room and started the switch. We watched the water flow away bit by bit by the pool, and the empty pool was revealed. When the water subsided, there was nothing inside except for the sundries at the bottom of the pool..."
There was a brief silence. "I once thought," Shen Zhaopeng said, rubbing his chin, "there must be a loophole here. From the time the man fell to the time when the administrator went into the water to search, the man must have left from one end of the pool. After all, it is impossible for you Like a surveillance camera, monitoring the panoramic view of the swimming pool from beginning to end, right? He must have slipped away from the common blind spot of your vision at some point. Besides, the lights in the swimming pool were turned off before the administrator dived in to search, right? "
The pool lights he was talking about were built into the pool and of course were off in the wee hours of the morning.
"Although the lights are not turned on, there is light from the lobby and the bar, so it is not completely dark, and the visual gap you mentioned..." the camel tour guide frowned, "I am not 100% sure that there is no such gap, but other Everyone said they didn't see anyone leave the pool, so when the pool drained, they were surprised to find nothing in it."
"Is there really nothing?" Shen Zhaopeng asked.
"Only a small amount of trash and debris, which every pool has."
"What happened next?" I said. "Later, the results of the police investigation, according to the accommodation registration, the man was called Dong, and he lived alone in Bangkok. He had no friends, no one knew his whereabouts, and no one knew that he came to Pattaya. Accommodation, in short, is a mystery in itself.
"Dong didn't show up again and just disappeared. The police checked his luggage and found no clues, only some ordinary clothes."
"How did the police explain the disappearance of the swimming pool?" I asked again. "They thought the eyewitnesses missed it, and there was no other explanation. But they didn't even explain the vision of Don setting fire in the room.
"In short, the newspaper published the news, and the reporter gave this incident the title of 'man-eating swimming pool'. There was a lot of noise, thinking that the swimming pool was cursed and forced the victim to jump off the building with magic power. However, it is true that witnesses cannot provide 100% proof. , the news of this matter quickly disappeared. Even so, it still caused a big blow to the hotel operation. Many tourists don’t want to stay in a haunted hotel, and you can see the deserted situation here.” Speaking of this, The camel guide suddenly closed his mouth.
There must have been some agreement between the travel agency and the hotel, and the travel agency will match the so-called preferential items to attract tourists... Maybe the tour guide can also get some profits.Either way, budget-conscious travel agents have nothing to lose.
A hotel where weird incidents have happened... No matter what, travelers should not know about such things.
"Well," Shen Zhaopeng said, "what room is the room on the tenth floor that Dong lives in?"
"Room No. 7." The camel tour guide answered this question without hesitation.
Room No. 7... I suddenly felt that this number seemed familiar, where did I see it?I desperately searched for the underlying memory, trying to catch that fleeting gossamer...
Suddenly, everything clicked into place.That's the room Chen Shanjun lives in tonight!
In the enclosed space, Shen Zhaopeng and I slowly ascended.The elevator was tense, and I looked up at the flashing floor numbers, thinking of the face I saw earlier.It was Michai, it must be Michai, when he found out that Chen Shanjun lived in Room 7 on the tenth floor, the fear was written all over his face.The camel tour guide handed over the key to the death room to Chen Shanjun in front of Michai! I don't know if anyone lived in that room later, but it's chilling to think that someone will be stationed in the scene where weird events once happened.Mickey thinks so too. "In Thailand, seven is a very unlucky number, and the room number Dong lives in is seven, and the date of the incident is also number seven. Is this a coincidence..." The last words of the camel tour guide lingered in my ears. He said that he would have to sit for a while before going back to his room to rest, so Shen Zhaopeng and I decided to leave first.Before leaving, Shen Zhaopeng also handed a business card to the camel tour guide, saying, "To thank you." After entering the elevator, Shen Zhaopeng pressed the button for the tenth floor. "I'm going to take a look at Chen Shanjun's room," he touched the camera on his chest, "maybe we can get something." "Good luck," I force a smile, "but what if he's asleep?" "I'm going to find a way to get into the room," he showed a confused expression, "Anyway, go over and have a look first, do you want to come together?" I didn't know why I didn't press the button on the ninth floor just now. Obviously, I also have a desire to take a peek deep in my heart. "Okay, I'll go with you, but if he falls asleep, I'll go back to my room to rest right away." "OK." Soon, the elevator doors opened from both sides, the two of us stepped into the corridor, and quickly found Room No. 7. The door of this room faces north, the balcony faces south, and it is quietly displayed in the group of rooms. "I want to take a few pictures in the corridor first." He raised his camera and started to move without waiting for my answer. "Wait for me." After speaking, he took an angle in the corridor and pressed the shutter.Shen Zhaopeng seems to be this kind of person. Whether I agree or not, as long as he wants to do it, he will fall into it like no one else.He took a picture from both ends of the corridor, and also took a picture from the front of Room 7, before nodding in satisfaction.Standing at the door and looking at both sides of the corridor, it is a very profound scene; the corridor seems to continue in an endless straight line, and the countless doors on both sides are curved into continuous arches and overlapping shadows. A supernatural photo that I had seen before suddenly appeared in my mind.A girl in a foreign dress stood in the corridor, behind which was a deep corridor, and the girl had no feet under her long skirt, which made people feel creepy. I subconsciously turned my head and looked behind me. Fortunately, there is no such girl. Shen Zhaopeng suddenly knocked on the door with the back of his right hand. "You really want to go in?" I was a little surprised, no matter how fanatical, it's not impolite, right? "I just want to go into the room and take some photos." The hand continued to knock on the door.After knocking several times in a row, there was still no response. "Mr. Chen! Are you there?" This kid actually yelled directly!Fortunately, I heard that there are almost no people living on this floor, so there is no need to worry about disturbing other passengers.After the last swimming pool incident, the hotel really became deserted. There was still no movement in the room. "Will it be gone?" I tried to ask him to give up. "Impossible, there is light leaking from the bottom door." His face suddenly changed, as if thinking of something, "Could something happen?" As soon as I heard this sentence, I also began to get nervous, "Cursed Room No. 7", this word suddenly passed through my mind.Shen Zhaopeng held the doorknob with his right hand, turned it clockwise, and the door opened.He looked at me in surprise. I couldn't read his expression for a while, but I understood immediately after a while.The design of the door of the hotel room is that as soon as it is closed, the door will automatically lock from the inside. Unless there is a key, it is impossible to open the door from the outside just by turning the doorknob. This is already a common design of most high-end hotels. But now the situation is completely contrary to the normal situation, what is going on? Shen Zhaopeng pushed open the door and entered the room, and I followed.For an instant, I froze.How to describe the scene in front of my eyes is really very difficult, because too many unexpected things are scattered in the field of vision, and the reason cannot piece together a complete image for a while, and give the content an intelligible meaning. The light constantly stimulates my eyes, the room is full of light, it is a hot light cluster, the shape is erratic, twisting and changing the shape of the figure... It is a group of fierce flames!Blue will-o'-the-wisps! Scattered throughout the room, fireballs of different sizes were ignited. The bed, sofa, wooden chair, and floor were all engulfed by flames. It was like a scene of purgatory; the flames shone with a strange blue light, erratic, In the dark, it looks like a monster with a blue shape! Right in front of the balcony, near the second bed, lay a human body prone, with flames bursting from head to toe, and the cold light sent chills down my spine! "What... what's going on here?" Shen Zhaopeng opened his mouth wide, and could only stare at the weird scene. Although the whole body of the body is on fire, the clothes can still be vaguely recognized, it seems to be Chen Shanjun! "Fire extinguisher! Get the fire extinguisher!" I yelled, then turned to the left and opened the closet, trying to find the fire extinguisher inside. But there was nothing in the closet except a folded quilt. "Damn it!" Just when I was in a panic, I suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a fire extinguisher installed on the wall near the elevator in the corridor; so I turned around and prepared to run out of the room, only to find that Shen Zhaopeng was slowly raising the camera, and his right index finger was about to move. . At this time, I still want to take pictures!I pulled him out of the room, he stumbled and bumped out of the corridor, the camera on his chest almost hit the wall opposite the door. "Be careful with my camera!" He panicked holding the baby on his chest and shouted. "You go to the other end of the corridor to find the fire extinguisher, I'll find it this way!" After speaking, I pushed him to the other side of the corridor, and I ran in the opposite direction. My memory was correct, there was indeed a fire extinguisher on the wall near the elevator; I took it off the shelf on the wall, felt a heavy feeling, and then ran back to room No. 7 with all my strength. Shen Zhaopeng came back from the opposite side empty-handed, shook his head, and said dejectedly, "I didn't find it." "Forget it, come and help me, can you use a fire extinguisher?" Holding the heavy fire-fighting tool, it was only now that he realized that he had never used it at all. "Well..." "Let's go in first and talk about it!" I stepped into the room first, and when I was about to make a move, suddenly...the room was dark. It was pitch black, and there was no sign of fire or light.All that came was darkness. "What... what's going on?" I stared blankly at the darkness in front of me, my whole body seemed to be frozen, unable to make any movements. Shen Zhaopeng gasped from behind, he must have been stunned too!Just when we were completely at a loss, a deep voice came from behind. "What are you doing?" I turned around slowly, and Shen Zhaopeng was looking at the corridor with his back to me.The person standing outside the door is Chen Shanjun.The fire extinguisher in my hand fell to the carpet with a bang, making a heavy impact. "Why are you here? How could my door be opened?" Chen Shanjun's expressionless face was cold, and his tone was more shocking than scolding. "I...we wanted to find you for something, but we didn't expect the door to open as soon as it was turned, and it turned out..." I explained what happened just now, including the human body lying in the fire. After listening, Chen Shanjun shook his head, "It's ridiculous, aren't you joking?" "Absolutely not, the key is still in your hand, right? I'm not lying, otherwise how could we enter your room?" The other party's puzzled expression deepened, "Okay, then turn on the light and have a look." He stepped into the room, made a borrowing gesture to Shen Zhaopeng, and reached out to reach for the light switch on the wall behind the photographer. In an instant, the darkness was dispelled.The furnishing of the room was immaculate, there was neither burnt marks nor any weirdness, everything was normal.There were no bodies on the floor either. "Are you okay? What about the flames and corpses you mentioned?" These words were mixed with a mocking tone. Shen Zhaopeng and I looked at each other with our mouths open, speechless.From leaving the weird scene to returning to Room 7, within a minute, the flame disappeared instantly?The burning human body also disappears? "I'm... sorry, I think we made a mistake." I glanced at Shen Zhaopeng and signaled him to leave the room, and my own feet slowly moved towards the door. "We drank too much at the bar, Mr. Chen, I'm sorry about tonight, good night." I dragged the sluggish photographer out of the corridor and walked towards the elevator. "Wait!" Shouted Shen Zhaopeng, "I'm going back to the shooting room, there must be something wrong!" Just when I was about to stop him, the door of Room No. 7 opened again suddenly, and Chen Shanjun poked his head out with an indifferent face. Shen Zhaopeng and I froze on the spot, holding our breath and paying attention to everything in front of us, feeling uneasy that a terrible incident might happen again. The other party said slowly: "Mr. Qiu, I just want to trouble you, can you please take away the fire extinguisher that I forgot on the floor of my room?"
In the enclosed space, Shen Zhaopeng and I slowly ascended.The elevator was tense, and I looked up at the flashing floor numbers, thinking of the face I saw earlier.It was Michai, it must be Michai, when he found out that Chen Shanjun lived in Room 7 on the tenth floor, the fear was written all over his face.The camel tour guide handed over the key to the death room to Chen Shanjun in front of Michai! I don't know if anyone lived in that room later, but it's chilling to think that someone will be stationed in the scene where weird events once happened.Mickey thinks so too. "In Thailand, seven is a very unlucky number, and the room number Dong lives in is seven, and the date of the incident is also number seven. Is this a coincidence..." The last words of the camel tour guide lingered in my ears. He said that he would have to sit for a while before going back to his room to rest, so Shen Zhaopeng and I decided to leave first.Before leaving, Shen Zhaopeng also handed a business card to the camel tour guide, saying, "To thank you." After entering the elevator, Shen Zhaopeng pressed the button for the tenth floor. "I'm going to take a look at Chen Shanjun's room," he touched the camera on his chest, "maybe we can get something." "Good luck," I force a smile, "but what if he's asleep?" "I'm going to find a way to get into the room," he showed a confused expression, "Anyway, go over and have a look first, do you want to come together?" I didn't know why I didn't press the button on the ninth floor just now. Obviously, I also have a desire to take a peek deep in my heart. "Okay, I'll go with you, but if he falls asleep, I'll go back to my room to rest right away." "OK." Soon, the elevator doors opened from both sides, the two of us stepped into the corridor, and quickly found Room No. 7. The door of this room faces north, the balcony faces south, and it is quietly displayed in the group of rooms. "I want to take a few pictures in the corridor first." He raised his camera and started to move without waiting for my answer. "Wait for me." After speaking, he took an angle in the corridor and pressed the shutter.Shen Zhaopeng seems to be this kind of person. Whether I agree or not, as long as he wants to do it, he will fall into it like no one else.He took a picture from both ends of the corridor, and also took a picture from the front of Room 7, before nodding in satisfaction.Standing at the door and looking at both sides of the corridor, it is a very profound scene; the corridor seems to continue in an endless straight line, and the countless doors on both sides are curved into continuous arches and overlapping shadows. A supernatural photo that I had seen before suddenly appeared in my mind.A girl in a foreign dress stood in the corridor, behind which was a deep corridor, and the girl had no feet under her long skirt, which made people feel creepy. I subconsciously turned my head and looked behind me. Fortunately, there is no such girl. Shen Zhaopeng suddenly knocked on the door with the back of his right hand. "You really want to go in?" I was a little surprised, no matter how fanatical, it's not impolite, right? "I just want to go into the room and take some photos." The hand continued to knock on the door.After knocking several times in a row, there was still no response. "Mr. Chen! Are you there?" This kid actually yelled directly!Fortunately, I heard that there are almost no people living on this floor, so there is no need to worry about disturbing other passengers.After the last swimming pool incident, the hotel really became deserted. There was still no movement in the room. "Will it be gone?" I tried to ask him to give up. "Impossible, there is light leaking from the bottom door." His face suddenly changed, as if thinking of something, "Could something happen?" As soon as I heard this sentence, I also began to get nervous, "Cursed Room No. 7", this word suddenly passed through my mind.Shen Zhaopeng held the doorknob with his right hand, turned it clockwise, and the door opened.He looked at me in surprise. I couldn't read his expression for a while, but I understood immediately after a while.The design of the door of the hotel room is that as soon as it is closed, the door will automatically lock from the inside. Unless there is a key, it is impossible to open the door from the outside just by turning the doorknob. This is already a common design of most high-end hotels. But now the situation is completely contrary to the normal situation, what is going on? Shen Zhaopeng pushed open the door and entered the room, and I followed.For an instant, I froze.How to describe the scene in front of my eyes is really very difficult, because too many unexpected things are scattered in the field of vision, and the reason cannot piece together a complete image for a while, and give the content an intelligible meaning. The light constantly stimulates my eyes, the room is full of light, it is a hot light cluster, the shape is erratic, twisting and changing the shape of the figure... It is a group of fierce flames!Blue will-o'-the-wisps! Scattered throughout the room, fireballs of different sizes were ignited. The bed, sofa, wooden chair, and floor were all engulfed by flames. It was like a scene of purgatory; the flames shone with a strange blue light, erratic, In the dark, it looks like a monster with a blue shape! Right in front of the balcony, near the second bed, lay a human body prone, with flames bursting from head to toe, and the cold light sent chills down my spine! "What... what's going on here?" Shen Zhaopeng opened his mouth wide, and could only stare at the weird scene. Although the whole body of the body is on fire, the clothes can still be vaguely recognized, it seems to be Chen Shanjun! "Fire extinguisher! Get the fire extinguisher!" I yelled, then turned to the left and opened the closet, trying to find the fire extinguisher inside. But there was nothing in the closet except a folded quilt. "Damn it!" Just when I was in a panic, I suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a fire extinguisher installed on the wall near the elevator in the corridor; so I turned around and prepared to run out of the room, only to find that Shen Zhaopeng was slowly raising the camera, and his right index finger was about to move. . At this time, I still want to take pictures!I pulled him out of the room, he stumbled and bumped out of the corridor, the camera on his chest almost hit the wall opposite the door. "Be careful with my camera!" He panicked holding the baby on his chest and shouted. "You go to the other end of the corridor to find the fire extinguisher, I'll find it this way!" After speaking, I pushed him to the other side of the corridor, and I ran in the opposite direction. My memory was correct, there was indeed a fire extinguisher on the wall near the elevator; I took it off the shelf on the wall, felt a heavy feeling, and then ran back to room No. 7 with all my strength. Shen Zhaopeng came back from the opposite side empty-handed, shook his head, and said dejectedly, "I didn't find it." "Forget it, come and help me, can you use a fire extinguisher?" Holding the heavy fire-fighting tool, it was only now that he realized that he had never used it at all. "Well..." "Let's go in first and talk about it!" I stepped into the room first, and when I was about to make a move, suddenly...the room was dark. It was pitch black, and there was no sign of fire or light.All that came was darkness. "What... what's going on?" I stared blankly at the darkness in front of me, my whole body seemed to be frozen, unable to make any movements. Shen Zhaopeng gasped from behind, he must have been stunned too!Just when we were completely at a loss, a deep voice came from behind. "What are you doing?" I turned around slowly, and Shen Zhaopeng was looking at the corridor with his back to me.The person standing outside the door is Chen Shanjun.The fire extinguisher in my hand fell to the carpet with a bang, making a heavy impact. "Why are you here? How could my door be opened?" Chen Shanjun's expressionless face was cold, and his tone was more shocking than scolding. "I...we wanted to find you for something, but we didn't expect the door to open as soon as it was turned, and it turned out..." I explained what happened just now, including the human body lying in the fire. After listening, Chen Shanjun shook his head, "It's ridiculous, aren't you joking?" "Absolutely not, the key is still in your hand, right? I'm not lying, otherwise how could we enter your room?" The other party's puzzled expression deepened, "Okay, then turn on the light and have a look." He stepped into the room, made a borrowing gesture to Shen Zhaopeng, and reached out to reach for the light switch on the wall behind the photographer. In an instant, the darkness was dispelled.The furnishing of the room was immaculate, there was neither burnt marks nor any weirdness, everything was normal.There were no bodies on the floor either. "Are you okay? What about the flames and corpses you mentioned?" These words were mixed with a mocking tone. Shen Zhaopeng and I looked at each other with our mouths open, speechless.From leaving the weird scene to returning to Room 7, within a minute, the flame disappeared instantly?The burning human body also disappears? "I'm... sorry, I think we made a mistake." I glanced at Shen Zhaopeng and signaled him to leave the room, and my own feet slowly moved towards the door. "We drank too much at the bar, Mr. Chen, I'm sorry about tonight, good night." I dragged the sluggish photographer out of the corridor and walked towards the elevator. "Wait!" Shouted Shen Zhaopeng, "I'm going back to the shooting room, there must be something wrong!" Just when I was about to stop him, the door of Room No. 7 opened again suddenly, and Chen Shanjun poked his head out with an indifferent face. Shen Zhaopeng and I froze on the spot, holding our breath and paying attention to everything in front of us, feeling uneasy that a terrible incident might happen again. The other party said slowly: "Mr. Qiu, I just want to trouble you, can you please take away the fire extinguisher that I forgot on the floor of my room?"