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Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared-Chapter 32 - Strange Imagery
32: Chapter 32 Strange Imagery
32 -32 Strange Imagery
With no other option, Gu Fan and the others decided to contact the police.
After receiving the emergency call, the police arrived quickly. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
They found the descriptions provided by Gu Fan and the others to be suspicious, so they immediately contacted the hotel to review the surveillance footage.
According to Jie’s recollection, he estimated that Sun Yi had left around 5:30 in the morning.
But he was too tired, so he didn’t pay much attention at the time.
Basing on Jie’s clue, the surveillance video of the corridor on Sun Yi’s floor was pulled up.
As the camera was relatively far from Sun Yi’s room, they could only see a figure leaving the room.
Judging by the attire, height, and silhouette, it was likely Sun Yi.
Sun Yi seemed to be heading towards the elevator, the surveillance video only showed his back getting farther and farther away, until he almost reaches the corner.
As they were wondering why Sun Yi had gotten up so early and noticing that his casual attire hadn’t changed from the day before, suggesting he wasn’t out for a morning run, Sun Yi suddenly stopped in his tracks, standing motionless.
“What’s up with him?
Why has he stopped?” Everyone was bewildered, and some even speculated whether Sun Yi had noticed something missing.
Afterward, they saw Sun Yi’s body start to convulse slightly, and his straight back seemed to stoop.
They couldn’t discern what was happening, but his condition was definitely worsening.
He was shivering as if possessed.
Sun Yi staggered towards the corner where the elevator was located.
His body shuddered more and more, walking seemed to be a struggle, and he was stretching out his hand, as if reaching for a lifeline.
The police watched the inexplicable footage and asked, “Did your friend have any conditions like epilepsy?
Could it be a sudden attack of the disease?”
The classmates looked at one another in confusion, indicating that they didn’t know.
However, Gu Fan felt, from the video, that Sun Yi’s condition wasn’t a disease but more like an eerie possession.
Just as Sun Yi was struggling to turn the corner, he suddenly looked petrified, and then he fell, sitting on the ground, trembling.
The camera was too far away, and the video quality was poor, making it impossible to see Sun Yi’s facial expression.
However, everyone could feel his fear, wondering what he had seen around that corner.
However, to everyone’s shock, Sun Yi, who was just a moment ago paralyzed by fear, suddenly jumped up, dancing and flailing about.
“What the hell is wrong with Sun Yi!” Everyone was utterly perplexed.
A bizarre atmosphere ensued and a sense of foreboding gripped everyone.
“Look!” someone exclaimed, as everyone’s gaze went back to the screen.
Sun Yi was heading towards the corner, his body contorted, appearing to be pulled by something.
The odd part was, apart from Sun Yi, there was nothing else visible on the screen.
Cold sweat trickled down their spines.
No one could make sense of the video.
It all seemed inconceivable.
They wanted to know what was happening but couldn’t shake off a vague sense of dread.
The staircase right at the end of the corridor led to the elevator, where surveillance wasn’t installed.
However, the elevator had been at this floor during that time.
If Sun Yi had taken the elevator, there should be footage inside the elevator.
Therefore, the elevator surveillance was also pulled up, only to reveal an even more eerie sight.
The elevator stopped on Sun Yi’s floor.
The elevator doors opened, revealing Sun Yi lying unconscious outside the elevator.
A chill ran down their spines.
They were certain that Sun Yi had encountered something unusual.
The elevator doors then closed automatically.
Sun Yi vanished from their sight.
Just as everyone’s concern was growing, the elevator doors opened again, but this time, the surveillance showed no sign of Sun Yi.
“What on earth happened?
Where did Sun Yi go?” Everyone was frantic.
They had just seen Sun Yi lying outside the elevator, but he disappeared as soon as the elevator doors opened and closed.
Everyone felt an ominous feeling, their hands and feet going cold with an unprecedented fear.
Everything was extremely abnormal.
Since they couldn’t see the elevator, they checked the staircase surveillance, but there was no sign of anyone there.
Most people generally didn’t use the stairs.
The cameras for the front and the back doors were also checked.
No one left the hotel during the time when Sun Yi disappeared, which likely meant Sun Yi stayed inside the hotel during that time.
At this moment, Gu Fan thought of a key point and said, “Check the surveillance.
See who left their rooms on the same floor as Sun Yi after he did.
Maybe he saw something by the elevator.”
In response to this suggestion, they returned to the surveillance footage of what transpired on Sun Yi’s floor, everyone’s eyes remained glued to the screen, hoping to garner some clues.
About half an hour after Sun Yi’s disappearance, a man and a woman emerged from another room, the woman clinging to the man’s arm lovingly, both of them seemingly happy.
The police immediately asked for the information of the couple from the hotel’s staff and made a phone call to them.
However, their response was they didn’t see anyone when they were on the elevator.
This was indeed strange.
Many people couldn’t believe that a person could just disappear without a trace.
He didn’t use the elevator or the stairs.
Could he have climbed out the window?
The following surveillance footage showed people leaving their rooms continuously, including Gu Fan and Lu Yi.
Everyone seemed to leave normally, with nothing unusual.
The police were puzzled.
This was the first time they’ve encountered such a mysterious case of disappearance.
However, they expressed that they would never give up and would continue to investigate.
One thing could be determined; there was no footage of Sun Yi leaving the hotel.
The police searched the hotel again, but still found nothing.
They had to accept the fact that a living person had vanished into thin air.
The police could only let Gu Fan and the others go for now.
If there were any further discoveries, the police would notify them immediately.
They assured them that there was no need for them to feel burdened.
The police would handle everything.
Although they said this, everyone felt a terrifying shadow in their hearts.
Zhao Rui, Li Xiaoyan, and Qian Chuan’s disappearances had stirred up fear, especially since there was no surveillance footage of them.
However, Sun Yi’s disappearance was captured on camera, which felt even more eerily unsettling.
Not only did Gu Fan look terrible, everyone else looked equally dreadful.
Everything had been calm for two months.
They thought that the previous disappearances were random, but now with the fourth disappearance occurring, Gu Fan was certain that it was no coincidence.
If things continued this way, more people would go missing.
However, words were useless now.
They couldn’t do anything.
They wanted to leave as soon as possible, trying to maintain calm as they boarded the bus back.
On the way, everyone was silent.
Gu Fan was staring out the window and biting his nails nervously.
Even his body was subtly shaking, so was Lu Yi sitting next to him.
Although Jie was also frightened after viewing the video, his fear was nothing compared to Gu Fan and Lu Yi.
He couldn’t understand why everyone else was so terrified.
Those who hadn’t been in the escape room didn’t understand what the disappearances implied.
They naturally wouldn’t feel such deep fear as Gu Fan, Lu Yi, Lin Xi, Du Jun, and the other members of the dance club who were completely controlled by this unknown fear.
Jie increasingly felt that something was amiss, so he asked Gu Fan, “You don’t look so good, are you alright?”
“I’m…
fine,” Gu Fan could hardly calm down.
His trembling fingers and voice indicated he was far from fine.
Anyone could see he was badly scared.
Lu Yi and Du Jun looked even worse.
“What happened to you guys…” Jie was puzzled.
He had thought from the surveillance video that Sun Yi’s unexpected situation was due to some kind of possession, and now it seemed like Gu Fan and the others were also affected in the same way.
Lu Yi nodded difficultly, “Don’t worry, we are really fine…
really fine…”
This tense, anxious, and fearful atmosphere made everyone on the bus uncomfortable.
Jie couldn’t help but shiver and feel a chill all over.
He hurriedly withdrew into his seat, hoping nothing else would go wrong today.
“Calm down, calm down.
I can’t panic.
I’ve prepared for the worst.
I’m not scared…” Gu Fan kept repeating the same sentences deep in his heart to force himself to calm down.
It took him an hour to gradually dispel his fear.
“Think, think.
Let me think about any suspicious points in this…
What’s the first doubt, what’s the second doubt…
Think carefully, think carefully.” Gu Fan focused on pondering the matter, trying his best not to bring up any supernatural events, and not to think about those scary things.
Lu Yi, on the other hand, was filled with thoughts of possession, ghosts, and people vanishing into thin air.
The more he thought about it, the more he was scared, but he couldn’t control himself from thinking about these terrifying things.
Seeing Lu Yi acting so superstitious, Gu Fan was also influenced.
His faith in science, deduction, and logic seemed to have all failed him.
Although Du Jun appeared calm on the surface, his arms were crossed, sitting rigidly with an exceptionally grim expression.
It was obvious that he was terrified as well.
This was the fourth disappearance.
He was able to convince himself that the first three were coincidental.
But after the fourth one, no amount of self-deception would work.
The mysterious disappearances were not a coincidence.
Now, the situation was even more severe.
Not only Gu Fan, Lu Yi, Lin Xi, and Du Jun had realized this, but the other members of the dance club also had an ominous feeling.