Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1414: Chapter 885: Sacrifice

Yang Xiao dipped his hand in water and wiped it on the higher part of the frosted glass. With the flashlight’s illumination, he saw these "people" standing silently in the dark, all without heads.

"They aren’t corpses, just clothing mannequins. Don’t scare yourself." Yang Xiao withdrew his gaze, his face a bit grim. Even Su Xiaomin, who’s not a newbie, has got everyone on edge acting like this.

Liu Yang stood up, following Yang Xiao, and peered through the frosted glass. Indeed, inside were clothing mannequins. It was unclear why they were arranged in a line, but in the darkness, it would give anyone a fright.

"Clothing mannequins..." At this moment, Su Xiaomin had recovered from her fear. She stood up and looked inside in the flashlight’s direction. A moment later, confusion filled her eyes, "They truly are clothing mannequins, but... how did I mistake them at first?"

"It’s normal; your angle of observation was wrong." Liu Yang shook his wrist, and under the shifting angles of light, these mannequins seemed to come alive, their shadows clawing menacingly.

Witnessing this, Su Xiaomin’s face, originally regaining composure, paled again. She shook her head repeatedly, leaving in disappointment.

Continuing to search the corridor, they found an empty, slightly disordered meeting room. The chairs were scattered unevenly, some overturned on the floor. Papers were still on the long central wooden table, indicating a hasty departure.

Beyond the corridor was another public office area. This space was significantly larger than the office area they awoke in, but apart from the heavy desks and some remaining office trash, everything else had been removed.

No computers or printers were left; there were many exposed wires by the desks, appearing very rough.

Due to inadequate lighting, most of the distant areas were shrouded in darkness, leaving only vague outlines.

Like the meeting room earlier, this office area was also covered in dust, evidently unattended for a long time.

At this very moment, the flashlight’s battery seemed to be running low, frequently flickering off and needing to be tapped to maintain brief illumination.

"Should we... go in and take a look?" Zhang Jianjun braced himself and quietly suggested.

"I think we’d better not." Su Xiaomin was still recovering from an earlier fright, now resisting the darkness.

"This is our company. It’s too late now; we can explore during the day." Zhou Mingxiao, the eldest, suggested.

This proposal was unanimously agreed upon, concluding their initial exploration. They retreated along the corridor, returning to the original office area.

The two groups met, exchanging discovered clues. Yang Xiao’s group gathered the following information through exploration of the unfamiliar area.

This location originally belonged to a fairly large company, which went bankrupt for some reason, leaving in a rush without taking many items.

After some time, at least several years, their current boss rented this place.

They moved in not long ago, probably less than two weeks, as many rooms haven’t been cleaned yet.

While Yang Xiao’s group was searching, Jiang Qingluan’s team wasn’t idle either. They examined the office, confirming from partial found materials that this was a fashion design company.

"Look here." Jiang Qingluan tapped the keyboard, the computer screen lit up, accompanied by unpleasant flickering.

Clicking the mouse, fashion designs appeared on the screen, largely uniforms. Many were similar to the suits they were currently wearing.

"So it’s a fashion design company." Su Xiaomin sighed in relief, realizing the mannequins against the wall were just clothing mannequins, and her nerves caused the misjudgment.

As they spoke, Zhou Hai noticed a blue-foldered binder on the table, picked it up casually, his peripheral glance inadvertently shifting to the left. This glance nearly triggered a heart attack; a pale, grim face pressed against the glass door, peering inside the room.

"Who?!" Zhou Hai’s hand trembled, retreating shakily, the blue-foldered binder fell overturned onto the floor.

This incident instantly drew everyone’s attention. Shortly, the glass door opened, revealing an elderly man in an old security guard uniform with a pale complexion standing outside holding an aluminum flashlight.

"It’s already late; why aren’t you leaving?" The old man scowled, his tone harsh, "Don’t you know the doors lock at 10:30?"

Yang Xiao’s group indeed didn’t know, having just arrived. They hadn’t fully grasped their identity in this world yet.

The security guard’s appearance fortunately gave them a chance, through a few brief exchanges, confirming they were employees of this fashion design company.

As they prepared to pack up and leave, the old man’s stern face interrupted, "You’ve just moved in. If any valuables go missing, who’s responsible? Just like before, leave two to guard overnight." ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

At this remark, everyone fell silent. Given the uncertain situation, staying to guard could lead to unforeseen incidents.