Let me live [Quick Transmigration]

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Qi Zhengyun heard a knock on the door.

He leaned against the wall by the door, and saw a small piece of light coming out from under the door, shining into the dimness without the lights outside.The bright line at the crack of the door is not continuous, and the place cut off by the shadow marks the position of the person standing behind the door.In the senses that are hundreds of times more sensitive than ordinary people, the vibration transmitted from the other side of the wooden door seems to make the surrounding air tremble slightly, as if the breeze brushes the hair tip of a ferocious beast.

It was the third knock on the door in an hour.The previous two times were to ask about the time and to express thirst and want to drink water.

Temporarily getting rid of the threat of monsters, there is no need to go out to patrol or hunt, and as an inhuman existence, there is no need to rest, so after taking away the dinner plate, Qi Zhengyun stayed at the door and did not leave. He was able to respond immediately when Lu You called him.Although what I said before is that you have to behave well in exchange for making requests, but if even such a small request is placed on the exchange list, it will be suspected of abuse|abuse-this cage is to provide protection, but Not to satisfy some bad taste.

Besides, Lu You did perform well.He didn't scream in panic, tried to struggle beyond his limits, and didn't even try to plead for mercy or negotiate terms except for the question he knew the answer would not be yes. He seemed to accept the facts very quickly—even if it was I saw the scene where the monster stretched out its tentacles from the shadows, and the evasive attitude caused by disbelief and fear only lasted for a short time.

When Lu You knocked on the door to call him for the first time, although he tried his best to maintain his superficial composure, his attitude was somewhat trembling, as if cautiously guarding against him suddenly violently hurting others; by the second time, it seemed much more natural .This is indeed a very good ability to adapt, but Qi Zhengyun actually expected it a long time ago - not only because he had already experienced it before, but in fact, it was also the result of his deliberate promotion.

He made many attempts—

If you don't reveal the identity of the monster at all, making Lu You think that he is an ordinary criminal with mental problems, Lu You will behave more peacefully at the beginning, and when he finds that rescue cannot be found, he will do everything possible to try to escape by himself; he will not hesitate to take risks Try some dangerous escape strategies, so get involved in an accident; but if you appear in front of him in the form of a monster from the beginning, it will directly ruin the possibility of communication, and Lu You will be completely unwilling to cooperate and resist fiercely. It's even worse.

The compromise method of hiding the abnormality first and then revealing it slowly after a period of time is also unworkable.Lu You seemed to regard the previous disguise as a deception, and then he also became suspicious of the statement that "it won't hurt him"-not only did the threat from the monster fail to make him flinch, but it strengthened the idea of ​​​​escaping.So the result was the same as before, and quickly ushered in the end.

After each time, correcting mistakes, making up for omissions, and repeatedly adjusting... It's like probing the delicate interior of a lock, hoping that a polished key will fit exactly—at present, it seems that this time's approach seems It works well.

Qi Zhengyun noticed that Lu You knocked on the door twice to call him, not because he really wanted to know the time, or because he was thirsty.This is the test of the prisoner in the cage to the watcher: to test whether he is not far away from the door, so that he can respond to every call immediately; to test his tolerance for himself, how many times he is disturbed by such trivial things Will get angry or choose to ignore.

After the trial, he will be able to understand that the monster will not be distracted, does not need to rest, and has infinite patience-this is exactly what Qi Zhengyun hopes Lu You can understand.He hoped that Lu You would recognize the reality of being controlled by others, and take the initiative to give up the impossible escape plan.However, Qi Zhengyun was only thinking about the smoothest progress.He knew enough about Lu You to know that he would not compromise so easily.

——The monster stared at the calm face of the prisoner human.As if everything can be tolerated, a calm expression of resignation to the status quo.In some extremely brief moments, this would make the anger in Qi Zhengyun's heart surge uncontrollably.

Why are you acting so calm?He thought, as if he didn't intend to fight, and indeed he wouldn't fight so decisively, but he didn't really obey.Dressed in a false submissive appearance, inside is a cold-blooded animal that can't be warmed up——

But this is an unreasonable accusation, and Qi Zhengyun himself knows it.It was he who inflicted the harm first, and Lu You responded with superficial obedience, which was the protective look that Lu You had always been used to.When he chooses not to give any more in order to avoid the pain of destruction, he has lost the right to demand a response.But the anger was unreasonably ignited—as if the heart had been paralyzed to feel the pain, and it wailed in another way, trying to transfer the torment caused by the emptiness to the innocent people who were already victims .

Sometimes, Qi Zhengyun felt that he was truly becoming a monster, some kind of dirty, vicious twisted existence.He seems to be walking in a huge and intricate maze, the end is still far away, and he is being chased by his own dark side, and there is only a thin line between being swallowed and assimilated.

He only hopes that such changes will proceed slowly, so that he will not be lost before reaching the final goal...

The man in black stood up straight, facing the closed door that had just been knocked from inside.I don't know if it was his illusion, but the knock on the door just now seemed to be timid and full of hesitation.Is it because this is the third time, are you worried that it will make him angry?Qi Zhengyun knocked back on the door first, indicating that he had heard it outside.He had some doubts in his heart, but the tone of his mouth didn't show it at all.

"What's the matter?" He asked towards the door, "What do you want again this time?"

Qi Zhengyun consciously did not show any signs of impatience, but Lu You on the other side of the door fell silent after this question.Qi Zhengyun waited for a while, and then took the initiative to knock on the door to express his urging.In his perception, only the vision cannot cross the barrier, so he couldn't see Lu You's slightly flushed face behind the door.Compared with the nervousness of waiting for the response from the guards outside the previous two times, it seemed that he was a little bit embarrassed about the question itself at this time.

Lu You took a light breath. "...I want to go to the toilet." He tried to say in the most nonchalant voice.

Even if he is not given food or water to drink, he can bear it for a while longer, but this kind of physical demand cannot be handled by patience—he left the rented place at noon, and it has passed since then. After a long time, he finally had to face the embarrassing situation that he knew was going to happen when he realized that the bathroom door was locked.

——What is the intention of making people even apply for such a thing and ask for permission?During the fidgeting period before he had to speak, Lu You suspected several possible reasons, each of which made him feel very uncomfortable.If he speculates with the utmost malice, he will guess that this is some kind of means to destroy the psychological defense...

There was no movement outside the door for a moment, and Lu You's heart ached.Then the door lock rang softly, and he quickly took a step back, watching the door open in front of him.While staring at the ever-opening dark gap, Lu You felt an urge to rush out without hesitation, knock the person at the door away and escape, but this idea only turned around in his mind a few times, and finally because of consciousness Seeing the power gap between the two sides, and seeing those tentacles swarming at the door, they died down.

The man in black, who refused to reveal his name, came in with a normal expression on his face, and it seemed that there was no such thing as "successful tricks". , Closed the door almost closely following the steps he walked in, leaving no gap for Lu You to use.

This kind of usage is quite convenient... Lu You secretly peeped at the place where the tentacle protruded, and the other two were idly bending up, holding the top in the air, reminding Lu You of looking up and ready to go , a snake preparing to attack its prey.They lifted up the hem of the man's thin coat, like several tails covered with hard black scales—according to their diameter when they were hidden under the hem, they should have pushed up the fabric of the clothes above, but actually Unable to tell, Lu You thought of the situation when he saw the tentacles appearing out of nowhere from the shadows before, and guessed that they might not be organs that grow directly from the body and are connected by flesh and blood.

This person...should have a form that is not human at all, right?

During the few seconds that Lu You was thinking wildly, the man had already opened the door on the side of the corridor, and then stepped aside, "Go." He said.Lu You was distracted just now and didn't hear the sound of the key. Now he caught a glimpse of the man's empty hand, regretting it in his heart, and thought that he would definitely lock the door when he came out, so he must pay attention to where he put the key. Where—the door was locked from the outside, and Lu You couldn't see it, and the man didn't have a pendant around his neck, no pockets on his clothes, and he couldn't hear any noise when he was walking, which made Lu You a little suspicious that he was Stuff things into some kind of different space.

And last time, from when he knocked on the door asking for water to when the man opened the door and handed over the glass, there was only a few seconds between.If it doesn't have some kind of space means, it means that the real speed of this monster is beyond his imagination... Both guesses are very bad, because it not only means that it will be more difficult for him to escape, but also be taken from the street. Passers-by saw it when they were taken away, so the hope of rescue coming has become very slim——

When Lu You was attracted by the tentacles, curiosity was mixed with fear, and when he thought of this, he became preoccupied again.He carefully stuck to the door frame—in order to keep as far away as possible from the tentacles dangling in mid-air—and walked into the bathroom with pale lights, smelling a pungent smell of disinfectant that had just been cleaned.The furnishings in the bathroom are very simple. On one side of the corner opposite the door is a toilet with the water tank sealed in the wall, and only the flush button on the wall can be seen. On the other side is a standing shower with the shower head fixed above.There are no mirrors or sinks, and the white floors and walls are not tiled, but some kind of less breakable material.

At a glance, Lu You didn't find anything that might be used for resistance or self-harm.Why lock the door to this bathroom?He took two steps inside and realized that something was wrong. When he turned around, he saw a man standing at the door, looking at him unblinkingly, as if he had no intention of avoiding it at all.

The alarm bell in Lu You's heart vibrated frantically.He stared at the monster whose appearance and behavior were exactly like humans except for those tentacles for a few seconds, and realized that the message he was trying to convey through the silent confrontation was obviously being deliberately ignored.

"...Are you going to stand and watch?" He said stiffly, a certain vigilance overshadowed the cautiousness in his tone for the first time, "I shouldn't be in danger here, or escape from the water pipe ?”

Qi Zhengyun tilted his head slightly, and decided not to tell Lu You that even if he walked away or even closed the door, the only perception of being cut off was vision. "You really can't escape through the pipes," he said calmly, "but there are things that can come in through the pipes."

Having said that, he turned around after speaking and walked away from the door.Lu You was left staring at the white wall opposite the corridor first, then turned his head to look at the shower head with doubts, and then at the toilet—the only inhuman beings he has seen so far are those tentacles, and the first thing he thinks of at this moment is a thriller The classic shot of a bloody arm sticking out from the toilet sewer, or a monster touching its wrist.It sounds dirty and a little embarrassing, but more of a creepy horror...

Lu You moved over cautiously and slowly, staring at the clean water inside the toilet, and at the same time paying attention to the movement outside the door.After a few seconds, he made up his mind and pressed the flush button on the wall with the idea of ​​a quick fix.The transparent water rushes down with slight vibrations, which intensifies the smell like disinfectant in a hospital.

A few minutes later, Lu You washed his hands under the shower head. Although he tried his best to avoid the drops of water falling from above, he still wet the corners of his clothes and shoes a little.Before tearing off the paper towel to wipe his hands, he sniffed the water stain suspiciously. He always felt that although the water coming out of the shower did not have the smell of disinfectant, it had a slight rust-like smell—like It was the smell of water he smelled when the monster's tentacles approached.I tiptoed close to the extra-high nozzle and looked at it for a while, but I couldn't see why.

When Lu You walked out of the bathroom, his face was stiff, and there was an emotion close to anger in his heart.When I arrived in the corridor, I didn't see anyone, only a shadow cast from the room to the corridor under the light.His mind turned, and he suddenly recalled that when the man came in, he just let the tentacles close the door and didn't lock it. He almost didn't think about it carefully, so he tiptoed towards the door, stretched out his hand and pressed lightly on the doorknob——

The handle didn't turn, and at some point, there was a light sound of being locked and pressed inside the locked door.

Lu You withdrew his hand as quickly as possible, and had to be careful not to make footsteps when he hurriedly retreated, almost hitting the wall behind him.He saw the shadow on the ground change its posture, it seemed to turn around, and then moved towards the corridor—fortunately, he moved quickly enough, and escaped back into the bathroom before being seen.

When Qi Zhengyun turned into the corridor, what he saw was the corner of his clothes flashing by the bathroom door.With the sharpness of his hearing, of course, no matter how careful Lu You was, he couldn't be fooled by his movements. He deliberately slowed down his turning and returning movements, pretending that he didn't notice what Lu You did just now.He walked over and saw that Lu You was pretending to withdraw his hand from the bathroom doorknob, and his eyes subconsciously avoided refusing to meet his gaze. It was just this tiny detail that made his heart move slightly.

Qi Zhengyun didn't pay much attention to this, perhaps after a long period of deliberate ignorance, he was a little slow to such subtle mood swings.He just looked at Lu You, and knowingly asked, "Are you ready?"

Lu You gave a vague "huh".He has thin skin and fair skin, his cheeks were flushed due to embarrassment, but when he hurried back just now, he was flustered and nervous, and the blood color faded to pale again.He raised his head and glanced at Qi Zhengyun. The man didn't seem to notice his previous attempt to escape, but he himself was uneasy, and instead bluffed, as if he became angry again.

"Are you laughing?" Lu You forgot his fear for a moment, and asked with a frown.The corner of the man's lips curled into a very slight arc, as if taking pleasure in his embarrassment.

When the question was uttered impulsively, it was too late to take it back—Lu You pursed his lips, not because he realized that he regretted that he should not have behaved badly, but because he felt that for such a bad guy, such doubts were probably just It would make him laugh even harder.

Qi Zhengyun's reaction was beyond Lu You's expectation.The smile that slightly softened the cold breath on his body froze on that handsome face like a stone carved god.He moved the hand hanging by his side, as if he couldn't help but lift it up and touch the corner of his lips, to make sure that the taboo smile really appeared against his will, before he realized it.

If Lu You were to describe the expression of the person in front of him at the moment, he would say that it was like being punched unexpectedly.

Lu You didn't know what happened, and the man's behavior made him feel a little scared.When Qi Zhengyun took a step, and the tentacles behind him that hadn't been withdrawn seemed to want to grab something, turned around and stretched forward, subconsciously took a step back, and pressed his back against the cold wall superior.But those tentacles didn't come to grab him, and Qi Zhengyun didn't talk to him again, but just passed by him, closed the bathroom door, and then opened the door without saying a word and walked out.

The small room sank back into silence after the door closed.Lu You stood there blankly for a while, then tried the bathroom door and the room door, but they could no longer be opened.He wandered back and forth in front of the door a few times, intending to knock on the door again to ask, but he really didn't have the guts to do so.He felt that the man's reaction didn't seem to be angry, but he couldn't describe what it was...

Lu You backed away from the door, returned to the bed and sat down.He looked at the chair in the middle of the room, and thought that the man seemed to be standing there just now, with his back to the door and looking at where he was now.He stared blankly at the air, as if he was staring at the shadow from a few minutes ago, until an unknown amount of time had passed, and the unbearable silence that filled the room finally overwhelmed the doubts about the previous abnormal state of the cage guard , Lu You couldn't help knocking on the door again.

This time, his reason was that he felt bored and wanted to read newspapers—in fact, he didn’t have the habit of reading newspapers every day. He thought that if this requirement could be met as before, he would not be completely isolated from the outside world.However, Lu You knew that this estimate was impossible, and the facts were indeed as he expected.

The caretaker didn't completely ignore him.The door opened, and a book was handed in through the crack of the door.Lu You felt familiar when he saw the pattern on the back cover. He turned it over and saw that it was indeed a selection of Oscar Wilde's plays.

A strange feeling arose in Lu You's heart. He held the book and began to recall whether someone had followed him, but he didn't notice.He thus overlooked the oddity that the watcher hadn't appeared to him this time, or spoken to him.It would not be until the next day, or even longer, that Lu You would realize that things had changed from this moment on.

——Because, since then, Lu You has never met that man face to face, nor heard him say a word.