Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 2078 The road ahead suddenly opens up——?

"This is obviously not a road," Lin Sanjiu said squatting on the ground beside the stairs.

It didn't take much for her and Pina to walk back the same way, and the journey went smoothly beyond her expectations.The two soon discovered that if they walked in the opposite direction after entering the door of the floor, they would eventually make a circle and return to the route indicated by the yellow arrow; in this way, there was only one other way to try—namely It is outside the floor door, the stairs that continue to extend down.

For the first one or two floors, everything was normal.

Under the dim light in the stairwell, there are many dark corners hidden, but other than that, there are only bright red warnings painted on the wall one after another: "You have deviated from the designated route", "Please turn back to the designated route immediately"... The further down you go, the denser the warnings and the harsher the tone.

When the scarlet letter warning was so dense that it was almost shocking, it was suddenly cut off.

It was against the backdrop of a blank wall that Lin Sanjiu and Pina found themselves unable to go on.

There was no light in the stairwell below, the only source of light being a dim light bulb behind them that felt very unreliable.Darkness and gloom engulfed the next section of stairs—but this couldn't explain why the stairs were in a blur, like the water flow stirring the sand at the bottom of the lake, circling and shapeless, making people feel that if they stepped down, would be forever lost in another world of delirium.

The idiot would not continue walking; Pina, who was squatting beside Lin Sanjiu, patted her knee and said, "Go back, it seems that what Jia Jiatian said is wrong, this is not a maze at all."

"The way to move forward should be under that wall." Lin Sanjiu thought for a while, and said, "Perhaps the difficulty of this way lies in how to move forward. It's strange, why didn't Pan Cui pick up the communicator?" Well... Could it be that he has found a way and can't make a move?"

With a bit of worry, the two followed the route indicated by the yellow arrow, and this time they entered the blank corridor again.

Everything was the same as last time. When they passed the coffee room, they peeked in and found that ordinary person was still sitting on the sofa, with the computer turned off, reading a paperback novel.

Lin Sanjiu and Pina looked at each other, they didn't know what to do with this situation, and they were worried that Pan Cui and Jia Jiatian, who were always silent in front of them, simply turned around and left without saying a word—no matter what they said to each other. How the ordinary person reacted, or whether he reacted, seemed to have no effect on their itinerary.

Not long after leaving the coffee room, Lin Sanjiu received a call from another communicator.

"Hello, Pan Cui?" She immediately picked it up and greeted her.

"It's not Pan Cui, it's me," Jia Jiatian's voice sounded from the communicator.He didn't give Lin Sanjiu a chance to ask questions, so he continued to ask, "Have you found any results in finding the way?"

"Oh, this place shouldn't be a maze," Lin Sanjiu said while walking, "We searched all the places we could find, and there is no other route except the one pointed by the yellow arrow."

"Are you on your way back now?" Jia Jiatian asked: "There is something new here, I can't tell exactly what's going on, is there a new road... Anyway, you better hurry up return."

Aside from sounding a little confused, he didn't seem too anxious, as if the "new situation" was not dangerous; Lin Sanjiu made a calculation and felt that they and Pan Cui were not far away, so he simply hung up Device, greeted Pina, speeded up and rushed over.

It only took a moment for the two of them to cross the remaining distance and rush past the last corner of the corridor; when Lin Sanjiu saw the scene behind the corner of the corridor, she hurriedly stopped the car under her feet.

Pina also followed behind her, and stopped suddenly; she raised her eyes, exclaimed in a low voice, and asked, "Isn't this a dead end just now? Why is there an extra hole? No, isn't that Hole……"

The last yellow arrow on the route and the wall blocking the way ahead are still the same as before, but there is a small distance between them, as if the ground suddenly opened, revealing A slope that goes deep underground.

The angle of the slope is very steep. When one stands on the ground and looks at it from a distance, it is like looking at a well; one has to walk a few steps forward to see the surface of the slope in the dark, which is as violent as a collapse The ground slid down to the depths.

However, when Lin Sanjiu looked away from the "wellhead" and turned around, her heart tightened suddenly, and she rushed towards the corner of the wall with big strides, and asked anxiously, "Pan Cui? What are you doing?" Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

At this time, Pan Cui was sitting on the ground with a pale face, leaning softly against the wall.

On the clothes in front of her chest and on the ground, sporadic bright red blood spots were splashed, which contrasted sharply with the nearby white wall; Jia Jiatian pressed a piece of cloth tightly on the wound on her neck, with considerable force, Pan Cui was so overwhelmed that it was difficult to speak out - when Lin Sanjiu rushed over and knelt down beside her, Pan Cui could only wink at her, as if to indicate that she was fine.

"It's a skin trauma," Jia Jiatian said for her, "I checked her, and only one layer of skin was cut. The depth of the wound happened to be completely cut, but the throat was completely preserved. The artery is not broken...otherwise her life will be lost."

As he spoke, he slightly raised the cloth in his hand—Lin Sanjiu realized that it seemed to be Jia Jiatian’s T-shirt, and most of the bottom was soaked in blood—checked it out, and sighed: : "The bleeding is getting better, but it hasn't stopped yet."

"You just use dirty clothes to stop the bleeding? What if you get infected?" Pina also rushed over, and hurriedly said, "I'll look for it, I seem to have some disinfectant ointment..."

Lin Sanjiu also remembered that he had a lot of first-aid supplies in his card library, so he quickly took out a box.She motioned Jia Jiatian to take her hand away and examined the wound carefully; Jia Jiatian was right, the deep and long gash on Pan Cui's neck looked shocking, but fortunately it was not fatal.

She quickly pressed several large balls of hemostatic cotton on the bloody mouth, and asked, "How did she get hurt?"

"I don't know," Jia Jiatian said with a frown, "I only know that the opening in the ground and her injury happened almost at the same time. I didn't expect that a slope would suddenly open under my feet. I almost fell, and when I realized that I had a firm footing, Pan Cui had already fallen by the wall, with one hand covering her neck, and her hand was covered in blood... I was almost scared at that time."

Pan Cui seemed to be pressed heavily by the hemostatic cotton, and she groaned slightly from her nose.

"Didn't you see clearly?" Lin Sanjiu asked her, only to realize that Pan Cui couldn't answer now.

"All in all, let's help her take care of her wound first." Jia Jiatian seemed to feel that his mission had come to an end as soon as they arrived, so he sat down and said, "Fortunately, her injury will not affect our actions and will not hinder us." keep going."

Pina gave him an unhappy look, as if she wanted to say something, but she still didn't open her mouth.

Although Jia Jiatian's words sound unreasonable, they are the reality they have to face right now: Counting from Pina who entered the place the first time, after waiting for people, exploring the way, and turning back, she has only a little over 22 hours left. , and the real crisis on the road seems to have just begun.

"Can you continue walking?" Lin Sanjiu was a little worried, and asked Pan Cui: "Is it better to take a rest?"

Pan Cui raised her hand, pointed to the opening of the slope not far away, and compared herself, which should be a sign that she can go, no problem.

"Okay," Lin Sanjiu was not at ease, and told Pina, "I'll bandage Pan Cui's wound, and see if there are any hidden weapons nearby. Not so lucky."

Evolvers living in the doomsday world have quite rich experience in dealing with trauma; after a while, the work of stopping bleeding, disinfection, applying medicine and bandaging is all done.During this period of time, Pina carefully inspected the opening of the slope more than once. Her report surprised the others—but it wasn't because there were or were no traps nearby.

"This is not a slope." Surrounded by the three of them, Pina pointed to the ground and said, "This is a pipe...or, in other words, a closed slide. And, it is indeed the path we should take."

"Slide?" Lin Sanjiu glanced deep into the ground with his head, and indeed saw a vague yellow arrow in the shadow.She reached in and carefully explored it, and found that what Pina said was correct; the ramp was sealed by a plastic cover, and it went down steeply.

Lin Sanjiu tentatively threw a few small objects into the slide, but nothing was triggered.No matter how she looked at it, she couldn't see what might jump out and cut people; several people got together to discuss for a while—Pan Cui could only gesture for signs—seeing that it really didn't look like there was a trap, and finally decided slipped down.

"Let me go first," Lin Sanjiu suggested, "If there is any danger, I will handle it."

"Pan Cui," Jia Jiatian asked, "Why don't you go down second? It might be safer to follow her. Pina and I will be the rear."

Pan Cui paused for a moment, then squeezed out a small smile with a pale face.

"Okay," Lin Sanjiu sat down at the opening of the slide, and said, "I'm leaving—"

The last word was washed away by the sudden darkness, and inside the long, winding slide, it was pulled into a burst of uninterrupted exclamations; Lin Sanjiu did not expect that the slide was steeper than it looked, She fell straight into the depths of the ground—there was no lower floor, no ceiling or floor, and the whole building seemed to be a solid piece of concrete, hollowing out a tunnel that continued downward.

　I fell asleep for a long time over the weekend...and finally came back to life
　
(End of this chapter)