RNP Chapter 70 The Woman on the Television
Chapter 70 The Woman on the Television
No one knows how she suddenly appeared on an old-fashioned television set that had no signal at all—
She stood alone in the center of the picture, under an old locust tree with gnarled branches, wearing a long crimson dress. The overly thick red looked like congealed blood, burning the eyes against the dim background.
Behind her was the silhouette of an old house. Two faded red lanterns hung at the entrance of the ancient house with its upturned eaves; the dim, yellowish light brought no warmth, but instead made the scene even more gloomy.
The entire scene was eerily quiet; even the noise of snowflakes had vanished, leaving only a vacuum-like stillness.
And just then, the woman in the picture suddenly moved—
Her face began to slowly turn, as if... it was turning towards the screen.
"Aaaaaahh ...
Xiao Dou let out a scream and lunged at the television.
Although he didn't know who the woman in red was or how she appeared, his intuition told him—he couldn't let that woman turn around! Otherwise, something terrible would happen!
So he lunged at the television, trying to turn it off. But whether it was because he was too flustered or unfamiliar with the location of the power switch on this old-fashioned TV, he couldn't press the right button after several attempts and had to resort to turning the channel changer instead.
With a "rip," the eerie, dark scene shattered instantly, and the woman in red, the old tree, and the ancient house were all swallowed up and submerged by the rising snowflakes.
"call……"
Xiao Dou collapsed onto the ground, exhausted. After catching her breath, she looked at Jinwanbujiaban, who seemed equally stunned by the sudden turn of events: "You...you saw it too, right?"
"I'm not working overtime tonight," he nodded blankly, "...Yeah."
"When I was setting up the channels, this TV... it really didn't have any channels, right?"
He nodded silently, indicating that he wouldn't be working overtime tonight.
He watched as Xiao Dou turned the channel changer all the way around, confirming that every channel was just static and that the TV had absolutely no signal.
"Th-that was just now..." Xiao Dou's voice trembled even more.
With a "gulp," even though he wasn't working overtime tonight, he still managed to swallow a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.
The two people stared at the old-fashioned television screen, which was displaying static and constantly making a buzzing sound. Neither of them wanted to get closer.
What if, when they go to turn off the TV, that red figure appears again?!
The two looked at each other, their main message being, "Since you're not moving, I won't move either."
Just when the situation became awkward, a sudden knock on the door broke the stalemate.
"Knock knock..."
"Young men, are you there? I've brought you some food."
Aunt Wang's voice came from outside the door, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"Yes, yes."
The man who was closer to the door turned around to open it and took the plate from Aunt Wang's hand, politely thanking her.
"Oh, so you're watching TV..." Aunt Wang didn't leave after delivering the vegetables; instead, she stood at the door and glanced into the house.
"Sigh, you're probably going to be disappointed..."
Aunt Wang sighed, "Our location is too remote, the signal is terrible. The TV in the room can't get any signal at all, we can't watch any programs..."
But the more she said it, the colder the two people in the room felt.
He didn't even know how he managed to see Aunt Wang off tonight if he hadn't worked overtime. He returned to the house like a zombie, placed the plate Aunt Wang had brought on the table, and looked at Xiao Dou: "What do you think, should we go find General Manager Xu and change rooms now?"
"General Manager Xu" is the senior manager who led the team to investigate the "Reunion" technology.
Based on the two-person room allocation, there should be one room empty.
Xiao Dou did not object, but when they went to find President Xu, they discovered that President Xu was not in the room where he had been at the beginning.
"Ah, you mean that room..." Mr. Xu's gaze wandered somewhat, "The TV in that room seemed to be broken, so we moved to another room..."
……The TV does not work?
Xiao Dou and Jinye Bujiaban exchanged a glance. Could it be that they were in the same situation as them?
"Mr. Xu, what happened to your TV?"
Mr. Xu was getting impatient, as if he'd been hit where it hurt: "How should I know?! I walked around the room and confirmed that all the models here could be copied, then I had Xiao Fang copy down all the data in the room."
"Xiao Fang" is also the programmer in this team.
But to everyone's surprise, just as Xiao Fang started the program, a strange image of a woman in red suddenly appeared on the TV set that he had confirmed could not receive a signal or watch any programs.
Mr. Xu didn't want to admit that he was so scared at that moment that he almost lost his mind, and it took a lot of effort to swallow the scream that was about to escape his throat.
Especially since it was the first time for both Mr. Xu and Xiao Fang to play the game with the woman in red, they just stared blankly at the TV screen after the woman slowly turned her head. It wasn't until the woman in red turned her face and met their eyes that they realized that, without their knowledge, the woman in red was getting closer and closer to the TV screen, so close that it seemed like she could come out of the TV screen at any moment.
Then, the two of them ran away in a panic.
Although Mr. Xu put it very tactfully, those who had similar experiences and were not working overtime tonight could still tell that Mr. Xu had embellished a lot of his real experiences.
Ok……
It seems there's no way to change rooms.
After all, the room Mr. Xu stayed in before might have been even more dangerous than the one they were in now—at least they managed to change the channel as quickly as the woman in red turned her head.
Tonight, I didn't work overtime. I awkwardly said goodbye to General Manager Xu and returned to my room dejectedly.
Perhaps because it was already dark outside the window, the whole house felt gloomy even with the lights on. Only the dish that Aunt Wang brought over emitted wisps of white steam under the dim incandescent light, bringing a touch of warmth and a sense of home to the house.
"Oh well, let's eat something first..."
Xiao Dou sat down at the square table quite naturally, and didn't forget to warmly invite everyone who wasn't working overtime that night: "Come on, come on, let's try out the food taste system in the Red Dress game and see how it is..."
"Hmm? This tastes pretty good..."
Even though he wasn't working overtime tonight, there was no time to stop him. Xiao Dou, quite naturally, picked up his chopsticks and stuffed another piece of meat into his mouth: "Delicious! Mmm, this taste bud system is really well-made!"
As he spoke, he continued to stuff meat into his mouth.
One after another.
In fact, the speed is getting faster and faster.