The monster villain of the extraordinary world

Chapter 25 Dangerous Situation
Lei Yue's mind was confused for a moment, like an old-fashioned tape recorder stuck, and then it became clear again with a click.

"!?"

All of a sudden, he only felt the gust of wind blowing against his face, and his eyes were no longer dim but bright.

At some point, he went up to the second floor and stood by the window of a floor-to-ceiling warehouse. The window was pushed open, and he stepped out with one foot.

Above the window is the neon sign of "Old Home Bar", and below is the narrow and dilapidated alleyway.

"Jump down, jump down, jump down, complete the challenge..."

Gradually waking up, he was still murmuring inexplicably, unable to control his body.

But suddenly, there was a pain in the flesh of the shoulder being torn apart by the crow's sharp claws.

This pain pulled his other foot that was about to step forward, and a video that seemed to be played at a speed of more than ten times flashed in front of his eyes:

……

The rotten-faced boy jumped out of the second-floor window of the warehouse expressionlessly, and only after he flew out did he show a terrified sober expression.

Bang bang!
Blood splattered, black hair flew, and something spherical flew out.

It was the boy's head, which flew out and rolled onto the dilapidated alleyway full of puddles, his face was completely rubbed off, and the purple scars on his rotten face were cracked again.

This bloody face is extremely distorted, and the eyes that can still turn are looking at a headless corpse in the distance, or a blurred pool of flesh and blood on the ground.

All the pictures are suddenly annihilated, and there is only blackness at the end of the image.

……

"Ah, ah...!"

Lei Yue screamed out in shock, he came back to his senses completely, and immediately took several steps back in a hurry, away from the big window that was pushed open.

"This? When did I come up to the second floor? Didn't I smash the lock on the back door of the first floor...

"Why does it suddenly seem to be broken, and it becomes like this in the blink of an eye?"

He was at a loss, and felt a little cold all over. If the crow hadn't caught him in time, would he have jumped down and smashed into rotten flesh?
The sharpness in the crow's black eyes remained unchanged, as if telling him that there was still danger, but its posture was calm, as if it had seen through everything.

As soon as Lei Yue stabilized his footsteps, he immediately checked his pocket. It was untouched and the pistol was still hidden inside.

He took out his cell phone, which was still in his sweater pocket, and looked at it. The time was 7:36, and it was only a few minutes since the last time he checked his cell phone downstairs.

"I should have lost my mind when I saw the subtitles on those TV screens, and then walked up by myself...

"But, how could this be? How could I suddenly lose my mind like this?"

The more he thought about it, the more confused and terrified he became, Lei Yue walked to the iron railing and scanned the dim warehouse bar again from the second floor. There was still rustling white noise coming from downstairs.

His heart was pounding, heavy and chaotic.

It's weird, and it's not the kind of weirdness that fairy dances.

He thought of the garbage dump on that rainy night, those divorces, the strange and inexplicable feeling at that time, just like this moment.

"Mohican, Lackey, Ginny, Yasha... who the hell are they?

"It's still not them, but the policemen who came after the big guy, what happened? But if that's the case, why didn't they just arrest me?
"Still, am I having a nightmare? How can I wake up..."

Lei Yue couldn't tell whether it was a nightmare or reality. In the past, only when he was dreaming would he suddenly "jump" back and forth like this.

In any case, he knew he must not jump out of the window, no, no.

Lei Yue turned around and walked away, his forehead and back were already covered with cold sweat.

Going to the iron staircase, you will pass the black leather sofa, Lei Yue couldn't help looking around, Mo Xigan and the others were sitting there last night.

Now the sofas are empty, there is no one and no clothes, only a lot of empty wine bottles, beer cans, snack bags, a fruit knife, and...

He stared, "That DV camera."

The old machine that Lackey used to shoot the film last night was thrown in the pile of debris on the coffee table, as if something happened suddenly and it was too late to take it away.

"Friend, I'll go up and have a look...it should be okay, right?"

Lei Yue asked, the crow on his shoulder was silent and didn't answer his question, so he walked over cautiously.

Not long after, Lei Yue picked up the old-fashioned video camera from the coffee table. He had only seen pictures of this decades-old machine before, but had never operated it before, so it was very unfamiliar to him.

But because the DV machine only has a few buttons, which are not much different from the later models, it is not difficult to figure out how to turn on the machine.

Soon, there was a rustling sound, and Lei Yue watched the small screen of the DV player play the video of the tape, which was the clip shot last night.

In the tape screen full of grainy texture, there is a close-up of his own face, serious and a little nervous, Lackey said with a smile behind the camera:
"Okay, this movie is called "Eastern State Night". It tells the story of a negative choice boy participating in a life-and-death game. The game is not just a battle royale, but also has elements of adventure and puzzle solving..."

Lei Yue was looking at the video, thoughtful, when suddenly there was a click, like a cassette.

The screen of the DV screen turned into a snowflake, and a line of blood scrolled from right to left:
[Pick up the fruit knife on the coffee table, aim it at your neck, and stab it down, right now! 】

Lei Yue suddenly shook his mind, his mind became confused, he turned his eyes to the fruit knife on the coffee table, and slowly reached out his hand.

His blood was congealing, his internal organs were rotting, and his flesh was freezing.

But... this is just a dream, and he will wake up soon and be truly alive.

All of a sudden, the crow grabbed its claws vigorously again, and Lei Yue suddenly felt the severe pain of tearing from his shoulder again, and came back to his senses in horror.

He found that he had picked up the fruit knife at some point, and was raising the knife to the side of his neck.

"Ah, ah..." Lei Yue hurriedly dropped the fruit knife, and the knife fell on the tiled floor with a loud bang.

He took a deep breath, slightly in shock.

If it wasn't for the crow's stop, he didn't know if he would really slit his throat.

Why?Why did I instantly lose my sanity when I saw those subtitles?

Lei Yue turned his eyes to look around, only to see the darkness enveloping him, not even a trace of glare from the bar.

"Suicide to escape a nightmare? No, no."

He shook his head, driving away these unexplained whims, and continued to think about the idea just now: Lackey said that this game is not just a battle royale, but also has puzzle-solving elements.

Isn't the current situation a lot like an escape room...

"If you solve puzzles and escape, there will be puzzles and answers, doors and keys."

Lei Yue pondered, and some ideas gradually became clear.

If the current puzzle is how to leave the bar, the door is the back door on the first floor—for the door, the crow friend gave sign language prompts before.

Then, jumping from a window, committing suicide, these methods are obviously not the key.

Not even smashing the lock. Although the door lock is old, it is very strong and cannot be broken, at least not for a short time.

So the answer to the riddle should be to find the key to the door lock and open the door to go out.

"How did I get up to the second floor, and how did I almost commit suicide twice?"

Lei Yue thought again, he had seen those magical command subtitles three times.

The first time I watched it on TV, but there was no "right now", maybe because of this, the thinking was not affected much.

But the last two times had "right now", which seemed to increase his strength when he saw that he was not fascinated.

These two times, he was fascinated as soon as he saw it, and then as soon as the camera turned, he was executing the suicide order, only missing the last step.

"Can't read those command texts..."

Lei Yue analyzed it in his mind, trying to figure out the puzzle, "When you see it, you will be fascinated, and you will lose control.

"The command texts all come from some kind of electrical appliances, and they all appear on the screens of electronic products.

"So, I can't just check these cameras, mobile phones, etc. There are some wine tables on the first floor below that have lost mobile phones. If you open it and check it, there will probably be such words. Every time you see it, you are in danger of death.

"But to find the clues, to find the key, I had to search around the warehouse.

"However, those TVs and stereos are all turned on and operated by people in the background. With these electrical appliances, it is impossible for me to explore the environment safely.

"If I turn them off one by one, at such a short distance, I may see and hear that order again...

"Who knows if it happens next time, I will actually kill myself?"

Lei Yue thought about it, and suddenly a thought flashed through:
I have to go and pull down the switch in the warehouse, so that all the TVs, stereos, etc. that are automatically playing in the warehouse can be turned off at once.

(End of this chapter)