Chapter 553: Chapter 552: Aaaaaahhh I F***

Mu Qiu clapped her hands together: "Not bad at all, just like that."

With that, Zhao Yu confidently straightened her back and resumed her normal volume.

"If it’s the latter, then it should be the five monsters the director mentioned, right? They’re still sealed in the archive cards and haven’t been released, so we’re safe."

Although saying ’sealed’ always feels a bit offbeat, it’s the most fitting word for now.

"What if it’s the former?"

Mu Qiu continued walking in, searching for suspicious objects while asking her.

Zhao Yu thought for a moment: "Should I cooperate by making a scared expression, or... hey, can I clap for their hard work?"

"You can try, and see if the staff comes up and punches you, letting you clock out early." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"...Hmph."

The photographer following them snorted with laughter.

The further in they went, the darker it got, so the two huddled together urging the photographer to turn on the phone’s flashlight.

Once the light was on, the innermost wall was revealed.

A fire axe pinned a green stem, that looked very much like a python, to the wall, with a bud at the top giving off a reddish tint. The thick-leaved stem quivered slightly at the bottom, resembling the tail of a rattlesnake.

After a tense gulp, a scream transcending the limits of human vocal cords resonated through the air.

"Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Holy crap!!! Run!"

"Wait for me, dammit!!!"

The pack of photographers half-ran out, reluctantly abandoning their hearing, carrying their cameras as they followed.

That poor broken door banged back and forth repeatedly, becoming shabbier with each vibration.

Having fled the museum, the two shrill screams had not ceased, echoing throughout the entire street.

Soon Shi Yuhuai came rushing over.

It was just him, originally heading in their direction.

But seeing the museum position was a dead end, probably devoid of food, as he was about to reach them, he suddenly braked, spun around, and headed to another place without looking back.

"...Brother Huai! Don’t leave! There’s something terrifying in there!" Mu Qiu stressed the word ’terrifying’.

Shi Yuhuai reluctantly turned back slightly: "Got it. I’ll tell them not to come here."

"......" Mu Qiu widened her eyes.

Is this for real?! She meant to ask for help!

But Shi Yuhuai had already quickened his pace towards the other side, striking a stance that said, "Let’s just leave it at that, and don’t call me back."

Mu Qiu was so mad that her tonsils were about to inflame, supporting herself on her knees, panting.

"Brother Huai is really the most oblivious guy on the planet!"

Zhao Yu stopped screaming but was still shaken, wiping the corners of her eyes, voice trembling: "Anyway, it can’t bother you. What was that thing earlier?"

There were leaves, green ones, looking like a snake all wriggling around, how terrifying!!!

Mu Qiu simply squatted down, gasping for breath while recalling that horrific scene.

"The leaves were thick and large, the color wasn’t very green, with a bud containing white petals wrapped in reddish veins. If you ignore the long stem, it should be an epiphyllum."

"Damn, I might never be able to look directly at an epiphyllum again... wait, why does a museum have epiphyllums?"

Zhao Yu furrowed her brows, pondering, while standing behind Mu Qiu, covering the bare section of her back.

"The leaves below keep moving, but there doesn’t seem to be any soil. Is this mutant epiphyllum not native? Did it come from somewhere else? A running epiphyllum, how terrifying."

Who knows where the show’s crew got such a thing, the roots under the leaves still wriggling around, paired with the fire axe pinning it down, was utterly frightening.

Gasping enough, Mu Qiu stood up and looked around: "I think we still need to go back in and figure it out."

"...I’m not going! Another glance and I’ll have nightmares!!!"

"Don’t panic, it’s a minor issue," Mu Qiu patted her shoulder, "I didn’t say we’d go in now. Let’s gather more people, then go to that department store to snag a flashlight, and enter with the light."

Additionally, we can see if anyone reveals themselves as a traitor.

Zhao Yu finally relaxed a bit: "That sounds okay. Who should we find?"

Mu Qiu kept a straight face: "Brother Cheng and the others."

"Oh~~"

"Oh what oh, we’re just delicate street dance teachers, to find adventurers, we must find the strongest. Their identity is military, definitely the strongest."

Strong, reliable, comforting.

Zhao Yu pictured a meme in her mind, shrugged, and nodded yes.

Walking back, the chaotic street remained unchanged, the cars crashed on the roadside looked crushingly real, an artificial corpse on the driver’s seat slumped over the steering wheel.

As soon as they walked to a car, a loud voice from Guan Yu burst from the apartment building, surprisingly loud.

"Chu Qiu! You pissed me off so much I practically had a miscarriage! Ouch! It hurts!"

Followed by an urgent voice from Chu Qiu.

"Don’t worry, don’t worry! I’ll call 119 right away!"

"Are you an idiot?! Why call 119 now?! Can’t you remember the number 120?!"

"I mainly hope that when 119 arrives, they realize you’re not right and quickly take you to the police (110)."

Guan Yu: "......"

"Chu! Qiu!! I’m gonna twist your head off!"

Finally, there was a clattering noise of descending stairs. It felt like the whole building was swaying from their movements.

Mu Qiu silently turned to look at Zhao Yu, after two seconds, soothingly said: "Don’t worry, it’s just them that aren’t normal."

Zhao Yu: "...Really?"

Feels like no one’s normal here.

Guan Yu and Chu Qiu were already rushing down the stairs, Guan Yu walked briskly ahead, holding an "air pregnancy belly," her face full of rage. Behind her was Chu Qiu, trying to catch up while continuously talking.

"Will you calm down a bit? At this point, where am I supposed to find braised pork for you? Pigs have mutated, where would meat come from?!"

Guan Yu almost couldn’t continue his act, turning back to glare at him: "Is that what I’m talking about?! What I’m talking about is why are there two strands of green long hair in our house?!"

"..." Chu Qiu immediately transitioned smoothly from the braised pork topic to a marital issue, "Of course it’s yours! Didn’t you dye your hair before getting pregnant? You forgot?"

"Impossible! Why would I dye my own hair green?!" As Guan Yu said this, she gasped sharply,

"Could it be—your betrayal has long been discovered by me, but to hide this secret, you made me lose my memories! Unexpectedly, after getting pregnant, my memories started to recover. You’re one of the traitors!"

Chu Qiu: "......"

The two people lingering by the roadside: "......"

With storytelling skills like this, why not become a bedtime story teacher at a kindergarten?