my cthulhu game

Chapter 30 The Focus of the Audience

"Ah!"

In the basement, Shi Li sneezed from the cold.

[Alison Smith will conduct a listening judgment. 】

[Once it fails once, it will be judged again after 10 minutes until it succeeds]

[Alison Smith failed the listening check 79/72]

[Alison Smith failed the listening check 84/72]

[Alison Smith failed the listening check 93/72]

Bai Shaobao didn't know what happened, but he made her wait here for nearly half an hour.Does he want to make a dress from scratch?

The dark underground garage was getting colder and colder, and no one could be seen anymore.

[Alison Smith succeeded in listening check 47/72]

Faintly, Shi Li heard the sound of scurrying and scurrying, like hundreds of mice crawling at the same time; but mixed with that sound, it was faintly visible, with a soprano singing a cappella.

【SC0/1】

[Alison Smith failed sanity check 75/41]

[SAN-1, current sanity 40]

... Shili felt herself getting colder.

"Where is it?"

She walked towards the deepest part of the garage.There was a door there. She thought it was the building's substation or something, but when she got closer, she realized that it was a heavy, classic black wooden door with a golden border.

The door is ajar.

When Shi Li stood in front of the door, the weird voice disappeared.She hesitated for a few seconds before reaching for the brass-colored doorknob.

...the door opened.

"...What? It's empty." Shi Li breathed a sigh of relief.

The small room was empty, or nearly empty.On the black wall, the light of the gas lamp flickered on and off, and a few old sheets of paper were scattered on the ground.

It's just an abandoned storage room that you see everywhere.

[Alison Smith's detection check was successful 39/63]

No, not right.

The whole room smelled of decay.There is a thick accumulation of dust on the ground, which shows that no one has set foot here for a long time.

But why was the gas lamp still on?

"……why."

Shi Li took a few steps forward and carefully looked at the gas lamp.The shape of the gas lamp is extremely simple, as if it is integrated with the entire wall.

"It's better to wait for Xiaobai to come back." Shili said coldly.

She turned to go out.

The door was ajar, and the dim incandescent light of the parking lot illuminated both sides of the door at the same time.

Then Shirley saw clearly...

On the inside and outside of the door, on the brass-colored doorknob.

Both were equally covered with a thin layer of gray-green moss.

【SC0/1】

[Alison Smith failed sanity check 88/40]

[SAN-1, current sanity 39]

"How is that possible? There was clearly no -"

Shi Li suddenly felt some itching in her right hand.She raised her hand in doubt, and under the flickering light of the gas lamp, she clearly saw it.

The right hand that he just used to open the door was already covered with green "moss" that was exactly the same as the doorknob. Those "mosses" continued to grow slowly upwards, and Shi Li could even see the tiny mushrooms that drilled out between his nails.

【SC1/1D3】

[Alison Smith Sanity Check 7/39 succeeded]

[SAN-1, current sanity 38]

"joke--"

[Alison Smith succeeded in listening check 34/72]

Shirley suddenly heard the creaking of the door.

The air seemed to be frozen, but the door slowly closed like an invisible hand pushing it.

"and many more……"

[Alison Smith failed the Dexterity check 100/60]

Shi Li flew towards the door, but the door closed much faster than her.

There was a bang—Shi Li slammed her head heavily against the wooden door—it felt as if she had bumped into a rock.

【Damage dice 1D3=2】

[HP-2, current HP7]

"It hurts..."

The forehead seems to be broken.But what's more terrible is...

The door won't open.It seemed that he was locked in the room.

【SC0/1】

[Alison Smith failed sanity check 72/38]

[SAN-1, the current remaining sanity is 37]

"Liar. Hey!"

The gas lamp flickered once, then went out.Shirley was completely submerged in darkness.

"Mobile phone!"

Shi Li sincerely thanked the convenience of modern technology. She took out the phone with her left hand and turned on the screen.

"...!"

On the ground, the old paper was gone.

Instead, there were dozens of sheets of half-rotted skins of dead mice spread out, covering every corner of the floor of the dilapidated room except where Shi Li was standing.

Faintly fresh blood oozes from under the skin.The smell of blood came to the face.

【SC1/1D4】

[Alison Smith failed sanity check 70/37]

【1D4=1】

[SAN-1, the current remaining sanity is 36]

[Alison Smith has lost 20% of her sanity in one day]

Shi Li's eyes went dark, and the phone slipped from between her palms and fell to the ground.

Then she could see nothing and hear nothing.

Even she, who claims to be strong, is on the verge of collapse at this moment.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo""

……

"Shi Li?" Bai Shaobao returned to the spot and found that Shi Li had disappeared.

【Bai Shaobao will conduct a listening judgment. 】

[Once it fails once, it will be judged again after 10 minutes until it succeeds]

[Bai Shaobao failed the listening test 89/61]

[Bai Shaobao succeeded in the listening test 29/61]

"Sally!"

Bai Shaobao heard the cries behind the wooden door.

"Damn it! Why are you running around!"

With all his strength, Bai Shaobao began to knock on the door.Shi Li must be locked behind. If you can't break through, use a gun to destroy the lock...

But out of Bai Shaobao's expectation, the door opened naturally.Shi Li fell to the ground, with blood oozing from her forehead, sobbing on the spot like a child.

Bai Shaobao looked at the room——

White walls, no lamp holders with light bulbs, and a few blank papers scattered on the cement floor. Except for the smell of the air, which is a bit stale, this is just an abandoned storage room.

"What's wrong with you?" Bai Shaobao looked at Shi Li suspiciously.

Not to mention that the door is not locked at all, even if it is locked in the storage room, can it scare Shi Li like this?
……

"here we go."

Hearing the prompts from the system that the sanity pool was accumulating, Chen Qiang understood that the climax of the game was coming.

"Now we want to be among the players," Hideki Yoshikawa said with unconcealable excitement, "choose someone who will be the first in the world to try "Curse of the Hanged King"."

His eyes flicked to many excited fans.Many people are eager to try.

Only Xiao Tu and Qiu Jie were pale.

"Sister Qiu, what should I do?" Xiao Tu asked timidly.

"I don't know..." Sister Qiu desperately pushed her stagnant brain.

In the front, Hideki Yoshikawa continued to mobilize the fans' emotions.

"Beforehand, this is not a joyous game, but a journey of pure suffering."

The enthusiasm of the fans is even higher.Sister Qiu and Xiao Tu saw that the staff had pulled out a brand new white Four Princesses, and the game was ready.

"Hmm..." Hideki Yoshikawa hesitated for a moment, then turned to Chen Qiang.

"Chen Jun," he said, "To celebrate your return to me and Sayoko, it's up to you to decide who will play the trial game."

"you sure?"

"Of course." Hideki Yoshikawa said with sincerity.

"...That's good." Chen Qiang didn't show too much humility.

He pointed to a female player present.

"That's all for you," he said gracefully, "beautiful lady."

Following Chen Qiang's finger, everyone in the audience focused on that man.

"Me?" Realizing that she had become the focus of attention, Sister Qiu was bewildered.

　Miss Shirley is no more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)