Lost Hong Kong: Haunted house 404

“Ring ring ring ring ㅡㅡ”

The ringing of the phone suddenly woke you up, which almost made you fall off from your seat. Several CCTV screens lined up in front of your eyes, you find yourself in the security room of a building…and what you’re wearing is a security guard’s uniform. Yes, you remembered that you accidentally dozed off during your shift, that you even forgot that you were at work. This job must be too boring to remember.

“Ring ring ringㅡㅡㅡ” The phone on the table rang again, and you hurriedly picked it up. On the other end of the phone was an anxious resident, saying that there was some burning smell when he passed by the fourth floor and hoped that you would go take a look. It would be quite troublesome if a fire broke out in this kind of old-style public housing. Hope it’s not something serious… You grabbed a flashlight and went up the stairs.

When you arrived at the stairwell on the fourth floor, the burning smell was indeed filled in the air. However, no thick smoke was seen. You believed the situation was not that serious yet. As long as the source is found as soon as possible, it shouldn’t be a big problem. You took a deep breath of fresh air and opened the smoke door, but the scene you saw there made you feel a little chilly down your spine. You don’t see anyone, and the lights in the corridor were quite dim. It didn’t even look like there’s people living there at all. You followed the smell and went forward, until you stopped in front of two units: the front door of one of the unit was deeply locked, and the door and transom window were sealed with newspapers, making it difficult to tell whether anyone lives here; the other unit was also locked, and talismans were posted on the door. It seems like no one has been home for a while… But when you looked up, you saw light coming from the transom window.

The burning smell was definitely coming from around here. Since there’s only one unit that has someone at home, let’s start the investigation here. You tried your best not to pay attention to those strange talismans stuck on the door and knocking on the door, but no one responded. Strange, you clearly heard sounds coming from the inside? You tried knocking on the door a few more times. After a moment, there was an unlocking sound from the front door… Does that mean the householder letting you in? Although you were confused, you pushed the door open.

“Sorry for bothering…” you greeted politely. But when you entered the house, you found that there was no one in here. It will be too late if the fire actually breaks out, hope the householder won’t mind if you take a look around here without permission. You never expect that this daily duty is not as simple as you think. It seems that someone…or “something”, is somehow leading you step by step into the truth of a secret…