Holly turned back and smiled at Elliot and Avery.
"Look at the row of houses. Don't they look like a prison?"
Elliot and Avery re-examined the houses. Since the rooms were surrounded by weeds, they had not looked at the houses closely.
At that moment, when they got a closer look, they noticed that the houses were indeed not like ordinary houses.
An ordinary house would have doors and windows, but the houses in front of them had no doors.
"I’ll take you two over. You will get lost otherwise." Holly quickly walked forward.
Elliot and Avery followed her closely.
There was a huge door on the ground." Holly took them around to the main entrance.
The main entrance was at the side of the house. It was a door made of steel.
Elliot grabbed the doorknob. He wanted to open the door but could not do it.
It was locked. They needed a key.
"Don't worry. There is another entrance," Holly said calmly. "The other entrance is to enter from the ground."
"An underground entrance?" Avery sounded stunned.
"Yes, criminals lack a sense of security. We are afraid of the light and the police.
Hiding in the dark makes us feel safe, so there is a huge underground cellar here.
It's much larger than the pit you saw previously."
Avery was worried about him going down alone. "I'm coming with you."
"No. What if it's dangerous down there?" Elliot wanted to head down first, and if there was danger awaiting him and he did not return in half an hour, then Avery could get help.
Holly sneered. "This place has been shut for three years. Didn't you see the notice on the door? It has long been sealed off by the police. They just don't know about the underground cellar. Right now, other than rats, cockroaches, and other bugs, the most dangerous thing should be ghosts. If you two are afraid, you could get someone to come, but you should not go back on what you promised me."
Holly said that and looked up. "It's too hot today. I'll head to the car for some shade. Don't make me wait too long."
She said and headed back.
Avery saw Holly leave before looking at Elliot. "I'm coming with you. It's too dark. It will be quite scary going down alone. If we're together, at least we can look after each other." If she were to head down alone, she would surely be afraid. The underground cellar was a completely foreign environment to them. They did not know if it was like what Holly had described.
Elliot was not afraid of the dark. Even if he went down alone, he would not be afraid.
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