# 1509
Chapter 1509: Elevator Horror
"Getting off work?"
"Yeah, it's already so late. Why is your department still working overtime?"
"Don't even mention it. An hour ago, the boss said we have to redo the entire project. I estimate we won't be able to leave until three or four in the morning."
"Tsk, that Zhou Bapi is really disgusting..."
"Alright, you go ahead. I'll keep working."
"See you tomorrow."
As night deepened, inside an office building in the heart of Shangjing City, numerous office workers clutched their briefcases in one hand and jackets in the other, crowding toward the elevator hall one after another.
It was nine-thirty in the evening. For most companies in Shangjing, this was considered an early departure time. The neighboring office buildings were still brightly lit, countless figures sat before computers with steaming hot coffee, slacking off while waiting for clock-out time.
Ding-dong—
"Eighteenth floor."
As the elevator doors slowly opened, everyone squeezed in. Although they worked at the same company, they seemed unfamiliar with each other, just lowering their heads to scroll through their phones, waiting for the elevator to descend gradually.
At that moment, a young girl squeezed into a corner frowned, scanning her surroundings with some suspicion, her nose twitching at something in the elevator.
"Does something smell like it's rotting... Why does it smell so bad?"
She quietly leaned toward a female colleague she was close with and whispered.
"I smell it too." A look of disgust appeared on the female colleague's face. "So disgusting, I feel like I'm going to throw up the milk tea I drank..."
Thud—!!
Just as the two were talking, the descending elevator suddenly jerked to a halt. A dull, heavy roar echoed through the elevator shaft. The lights inside the elevator went out instantly, and several exclamations rang out.
"What's going on? Elevator malfunction?"
"This building was just constructed not too long ago. How did it break so quickly? What shoddy construction!"
"Don't panic. There's an emergency call button here. The maintenance engineers will come rescue us soon."
"Right, it's just an elevator malfunction. Back in my hometown, I got trapped in elevators several times. It's no big deal. Everyone just stand close to the elevator walls and find something to brace yourself against."
"This... This elevator isn't suddenly going to drop, right?" The young girl asked worriedly.
"Rest assured, modern elevators all have emergency brakes. Even if it drops, you'll be fine. Unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless it goes up..." The male colleague chuckled, lowering his voice. "Elevator brakes are all designed for falling. If it actually失控向上冲，据说是必死无……
"Qiu Chunjun! Is it fun scaring the little girl?!"
The female colleague shouted angrily. Before she could say more, the entire elevator suddenly shot upward at extreme speed!
In the darkness, nearly everyone's face turned ashen with fear. Especially the man named Qiu Chunjun, whose features twisted into pure terror.
At the same time, a pungent, overwhelming stench filled everyone's nasal passages.
Bang—!
A sharp tearing sound came from above everyone's heads. The top of the elevator suddenly burst open with a ferocious gap, as fragile as paper. Wind gushed into the elevator. In the dim warning red light, a weird fleshy orb resembling an橄榄球 slowly extended through the gap. Countless tiny tentacles on its surface writhed wildly!
Seeing this scene, everyone in the elevator widened their eyes in terror. Under this indescribably诡异画面, everyone's reason was rapidly collapsing!
"Ahhhhh!"
Just as those tentacles were about to touch these people, the ceiling at the very top of the elevator shaft suddenly exploded. A warhorse wrapped in eerie green flames ran along the vertical shaft walls, racing upward toward the ascending elevator!
Upon that warhorse sat Chen Han, wearing a military coat, his eyes blazing with fierce killing intent as the Straight Blade at his waist suddenly sang free from its sheath!
A blade of light like thunder from the heavens slashed猛烈地 at the monster crawling on the elevator. A sharp shriek echoed through the elevator shaft. The shadow's membranous wings unfurled, directly shaking off the elevator and flying toward the approaching Chen Han on his warhorse!
It was only now that Chen Han, aided by the moonlight spilling from the rooftop, could see the monster's full form.
It was a pink creature, standing as tall as two people. From its appearance, it resembled some kind of crustacean. On its back grew a pair of insect-like membranous wings. Several pairs of jointed limbs hung beneath it like slender legs. It had no head—or rather, its head was a mass of olive-shaped fleshy tumor covered in tentacles.
Although Chen Han's time as a Night Watcher wasn't particularly long, he had seen quite a few "Mysteries" in Shangjing. But a monster this诡异 and unsettling, he truly had never encountered before. Just one look at it made his whole body feel uncomfortable.
Chen Han's brow furrowed tightly. He had no intention of directly engaging this monster in combat. You see, just as Chen Han was preparing to bypass this monster—
A shadow suddenly materialized from the darkness. The instant Chen Han caught sight of this shadow with his peripheral vision, he froze slightly, then a smile curved his lips.
"Ahhhhh—!!"
Screams of terror rang out from inside the shattered elevator. At this moment, out of the original dozen or so people inside, most had directly fainted the moment the monster appeared. A few who remained conscious were already so terrified they had gone limp on the floor.
The monster's appearance seemed to have damaged the elevator's braking system. The elevator was grabbed by the monster and lifted to over twenty floors before falling, the speed increasing rapidly. A strong sense of weightlessness overwhelmed everyone's senses.
Just then, the elevator body vibrated gently, and the descent speed gradually slowed, as if landing on cotton. Finally, it came to a steady stop at the bottom of the elevator shaft.
A figure draped in a deep crimson cloak materialized凭空 from the darkness. He stood atop the shattered elevator, his gaze sweeping over the few people still conscious, and gave a slight nod: "Good psychological fortitude... Time for all of you to sleep."
Lin Qiye waved his hand gently, and a wave of darkness engulfed them all. The next moment, everyone appeared in a dim stairwell on the first floor. All of them had their eyes closed, as if in peaceful sleep.
Having sent these ordinary people away, Lin Qiye looked up toward the top of the elevator shaft. Those pale golden eyes slightly narrowed:
"Such a Cthulhu Faction aura... How did something like this appear in Shangjing City?"
His form flickered, and he vanished directly into the darkness.
Clang—!!
The Straight Blade sliced across the monster's carapace, leaving only a faint mark. Chen Han leaped from his green-flamed warhorse, his blade sweeping across the monster's head. He landed steadily on the rooftop of this office building.
That sharp shriek rang out once more. A pair of membranous wings vibrated rapidly. The creature also rose from the elevator shaft, its head of writhing tentacles pointing directly at Chen Han's direction.