Kaleidoscope of Death

The sky was getting dark gradually, because the location of the room they lived in had completely changed, so the three of them had to choose a random room on the second floor to live in.

Fortunately, after the room changes, it can only be locked from the inside, so there is no need to worry about the problem of not being able to get in.

The room they chose was also a three-person bedroom. There were a few bags in the bedroom. It seemed that someone dropped it in it yesterday. Lin Qiushi said that he would take it out for them tomorrow, and don't put it in the room, so as not to find it again.

Ruan Nanzhu nodded in agreement with Lin Qiushi's words.

Not long after they got back to the room, it started raining again.

The howling sea wind made the rain more powerful, and the entire ship looked so thin on the vast sea, as if it would be capsized in the black sea water in the next second.

The boat was shaking constantly, and even the bed turned into a hammock and could not help shaking from side to side. This was a very uncomfortable feeling, and even Lin Qiushui, who was not seasick, had to get up from the bed to let himself feel better.It is conceivable that if a person is seasick, he may have to spit out everything in his stomach.

"Lin Lin, are you okay?" Ruan Nanzhu saw that Lin Qiushi's expression was not good, and asked. The shaking bed didn't seem to have much effect on him, and he was still lying on the bed without changing his expression.

Lin Qiushi shook his head, indicating that he was fine, and said, "I'm a little dizzy, get up and sit for a while."

The position he looked out from the window was also constantly changing, sometimes he saw the cabin, and sometimes he saw the side of the ship. At this time, he happened to be able to see the deck and the rainwater washing on the deck.

All the kerosene lamps outside were extinguished, and only the faint outlines on the deck could be seen. Lin Qiushi looked at it for a while, and when the rain subsided a little, he planned to go back to bed and sleep again. However, when he was about to lie down on the bed, he noticed that Two vague figures appeared on the deck.

One of the figures was standing, about two meters tall, while the other fell to the ground, and was dragged along the deck by the taller one.

There is no two-meter-tall person in their team. Obviously, the thing that appeared in front of Lin Qiushi was not a human being, and what he was dragging...

Lin Qiushi turned around and gave Ruan Nanzhu a look.

The two understood each other without talking, Ruan Nanzhu quietly walked behind Lin Qiushi, and followed Lin Qiushi's gaze to look outside.

When he saw the tall figure, his expression suddenly became serious.

Lin Qiushi didn't dare to speak. The thing was very close to them at this moment. If it made a sound, it was very likely to attract its attention.What will happen then is unknown.

The tall figure stopped on the deck, stooped, and buried its head in the other figure it was dragging.The next moment, Lin Qiushi heard a very unpleasant sound. It was the sound of eating raw meat. The sharp teeth cut through the skin, tearing the fresh meat off piece by piece, followed by rough chewing and swallow.A fishy smell began to fill the air, which was the smell of blood.

Lin Qiushi understood what was happening in front of him, the rain outside gradually became lighter, and the rain on the sea came and went quickly.The dark clouds dissipated, revealing a bright white moon. Under the cold moonlight, he finally saw clearly what happened in front of him.

What appeared in front of Lin Qiushi was a tall monster with a head like a long-dead fish, gills growing on its neck, and a disgusting dark green body.The most eye-catching thing is its two huge white eyeballs, without eyelids, which are inlaid in the eye sockets abruptly. At this moment, it is staring intently at the prey under it.

And in front of it, lay a half-gnawed human being. Its face was gone, so it couldn't be seen clearly. It could only be seen from the human clothes that it was a man.

Looking at everything in front of him, Lin Qiushi held his breath. He thought about Minotaurus, the monster in the labyrinth, whether it looked the same as the monster in front of him when it was eating people.

The monster slowly ate most of the human flesh, and its face was covered with blood. It made a weird hissing sound, as if it was squeezed out of its throat.Although he didn't understand what it was talking about, Lin Qiushi could still hear the satisfaction in it.

It seems content, because the food in front of it is so delicious that it feasts on it.

After it was full, it turned around and walked into a room closest to it. Then the environment changed, and the room and deck disappeared before Lin Qiushi's eyes.

Lin Qiushi finally dared to speak, he said: "What is this—"

Ruan Nanzhu frowned: "Mermaid?"

Lin Qiushi: "..." To some extent, this is really a kind of mermaid.

"This is the Minotaur." Lin Qiushi said, "Can we beat this thing?"

Ruan Nanzhu's finger pointed at his chin: "Give me a gun to try."

But guns are not allowed inside the door, and the door will not support reckless behavior. There must be a way to easily kill the monster in front of you, so you don't have to fight it hard.

Lin Qiushi thought of the thread mentioned in the Minotaur myth.

Ruan Nanzhu also thought of it. The two of them were thinking about it. Gu Longming, who was sleeping next to him, woke up. He said, "Why don't you guys sleep? I already fell asleep..."

Ruan Nanzhu looked at Lin Qiushi: "He usually sleeps so dead?"

Lin Qiushi: "He said he would only behave like this when I was with him."

"Oh." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Then you all don't enter the door together."

Gu Longming was stunned, obviously he still didn't understand what was going on.

"Go to bed first." Ruan Nanzhu said, "We will collect information tomorrow, we know too little about this ship."

Lin Qiushi nodded and agreed to Ruan Nanzhu's proposal.

The two went to bed again, this time without the intrusion of rain and waves, and soon fell into sleep.

The next morning, several people got up early and went to the deck.

At this time, many people were already gathered on the deck. They saw the gnawed body with only bones left, and they were making noisy discussions.

"How could this happen, how could this happen—" There was a woman crying in the crowd, she said, "There are monsters, there are monsters on this ship!!"

"What happened last night?" Song Yongning asked.

"We heard a little movement in the room last night." The woman replied blankly, "Then he went out to check and never came back."

"I seem to have seen that monster yesterday." It was a little girl who spoke, she looked young, she whispered, "It has a fish's head, drag this person to the deck, eat... eat it gone."

"Then why don't you save him!!" The woman who heard the little girl's words seemed to have found an outlet for her anger. She roared angrily, and even wanted to pounce on the little girl, "You just look at him like this! Was it killed!!"

The little girl was taken aback, and started to cry, saying, "I'm scared too."

"Okay." The bystander stopped the woman with one hand, and said a little annoyed, "What are you blaming others for? If you are really worried, why don't you come out and look for it? The deck has not changed positions."

The woman looked at the person who spoke resentfully, and wanted to say something more, but the person then said coldly: "I am incompetent, so I can't blame other people."

The woman burst into tears.

Lin Qiushi kept silent, but quietly observed the corpse in front of him.

It could be seen that the monster liked the food in front of it very much. It not only ate the soft internal organs, but also ate most of the flesh and blood, leaving only the most unpalatable head and limbs with little flesh.

"What about this corpse?" This place is very hot. After last night, the corpses on the deck have begun to rot, and there are even mosquitoes hovering on it, making people watching very uncomfortable.

"Throw it into the sea." Someone said lazily, "It can't be put here."

The woman who had been crying before did not make any comments at this time, but sobbed softly, not daring to look at the hideous corpse again.

So a few men just found a piece of rag, wrapped up the body and threw it directly into the nearby seawater.

As soon as the corpse entered the sea, it rolled over. Lin Qiushi looked carefully, only to find that the sea was full of small fish with fangs and sharp teeth—it was fortunate that these small fish did not appear when Xiaomo fell into the water before.

It seems that the attitude of the door is quite tolerant to the newcomers who try to escape when entering the door for the first time, at least giving them a chance to reform themselves.

The body was gone, and only the conspicuous bloodstains remained on the deck.

Song Yongning went to the side to get a mop, and mopped up all the blood on the deck, so the last trace of this person disappeared.

Everyone stood on the deck and began to discuss the monster.

"That's a murloc." The little girl who saw the monster said, "It's tall, at least two meters tall, and its body is very strong... It dragged people to the deck, chewed them all up, and then entered a room at random. "

"What about after that?" Song Yongning asked.

"The room changed after that," said the little girl, "I don't know where it went."

Now the room is constantly changing, it is simply impossible to find this monster from countless rooms, and even if it is found, it is not certain whether they can beat it or not.

Ruan Nanzhu seemed to be thinking about something and kept silent.

Lin Qiushi's eyes fell on the mosquitoes that were still hovering on the deck. He walked to the side of the mosquitoes, reached out and grabbed one, and saw the mosquitoes in his hand frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Nanzhu noticed Lin Qiushi's strange expression.

"Have you ever seen a mosquito like this?" Lin Qiushi spread out his palms, revealing the mosquito he just caught.

Ruan Nanzhu was slightly taken aback when he saw the mosquito in Lin Qiushi's hand.

I saw that the mosquito actually had a human face, although the face was very ferocious, but it did look like a human, with eyes, a nose, and a long needle-shaped mouth that existed like mouthparts.

This mosquito is only the size of a grain of rice, so you need to look carefully to see what it looks like.

Looking at the mosquito, Ruan Nanzhu remembered something, he said: "Do you remember the NPC that just appeared in front of us?"

Lin Qiushi thought for a while, and understood what Ruan Nanzhu wanted to say. He said, "You mean those bugs on his body?" The NPC was indeed covered with dense bugs, but they didn't look carefully at that time. The terrifying appearance of these mosquitoes reminded him of those things on him.

"Yeah." Ruan Nanzhu said, "He seems to be in the restaurant."

Lin Qiushi glanced at his watch, it was almost time for lunch, and said, "Let's go, go and have a look."

What they eat every day is brought over by this NPC covered in mosquitoes.To be honest, this is really not a happy thing, because looking at the densely packed bugs on his body, people can't help but wonder if a few will fall into their dinner plates.

Ruan Nanzhu came up with a way. He took out a baby warmer from his backpack, then tore off the sticky side at the back, and walked around the npc. After a while, he came back. The warm baby was covered with dense black mosquitoes.

After observing, they determined that the bug on the NPC was the one they saw on the deck—the bug with a human face.

"It's disgusting." Gu Longming expressed his extreme disgust, "Could it be that the mosquitoes on this boat are all these things? I killed a few of them last night."

"Probably yes." Lin Qiushi looked at the mosquito, thoughtfully, "Tell me...does this mosquito have anything to do with the maze?"

"You mean..." Ruan Nanzhu looked at Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi nodded and said one word: "Line."

Obviously, the labyrinth they were in was very different from the labyrinth of the Minotaur.Every room is constantly changing, so it is definitely impossible to find the monsters hidden in the depths of the maze with just cotton threads. Does the thread have another way of existence, such as the bugs in front of them...

Gu Longming's eyes brightened: "It's possible!"

This kind of human-faced mosquito seems to have a special sensitivity to blood, so after the monster eats a person, there will definitely be a lot of blood on its body. Maybe the mosquito can really help them find the trace of the monster.

"The source of the mosquitoes..." Gu Longming shifted his gaze to the expressionless NPC, and said with a bitter face, "Could it be to get it from him?"

"High probability." Ruan Nanzhu said.

Gu Longming: "..." To be honest, he felt disgusted even looking at that NPC a few more times.

"If mosquitoes are thread, then what is wine?" Lin Qiushi propped his chin, playing with the dead fish that seemed to have no appetite in front of him, "I think this is more important."

According to myths and legends, Theseus entered the labyrinth with a ball of thread, found the Minotaur, and killed the Minotaur who was drinking an aperitif.

Obviously, wine also has other images here, but there is no clue yet.

aperitif?There is no alcohol on this boat. Yesterday Gu Longming complained that it is not normal for a boat like this to have no alcohol.

The three of them didn't touch the dead fish on the table, and continued to eat the dry food they carried with them.The dry food can last at least ten days, which is enough for them to leave this door.

The time limit given to them by this door npc is ten days, that is to say, if they fail to find the door and leave here within ten days, there will definitely be some bad changes on the ship.

"Will the ship really arrive at the shore in ten days?" Gu Longming asked.

"It's impossible to reach the shore." Ruan Nanzhu said, "The most likely thing that will happen is that when the time limit is up, the monster will go crazy, kill a group of people, and then enter the reincarnation again." After another ten days, the cycle repeats until only There is only one person left—that person is invincible under the protection of the door rules, and he can do whatever he wants, and it is only a matter of time before he finds out the key and the door.

"But..." Gu Longming felt that this matter was a bit problematic, "But if it is an ordinary person, it can't be easy to think of some things, such as this mosquito." He clicked on the human-faced insect that Lin Qiushi put on the table, " Can ordinary people notice?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "There is a lot of time in the door, you can think about it slowly." His tone was very light, "Just go out before going crazy."

Gu Longming: "..."

From Ruan Nanzhu's words, Lin Qiushi remembered a newcomer that Obsidian had brought back, Qin Buyi. He seemed to be unable to recover after going out because he had been in the door for too long, and was finally disposed of.

While they were talking, the NPC finished distributing the food and turned away.

Seeing this, Lin Qiushi followed, but saw the NPC casually enter a room, and then disappeared in front of their eyes.

However, the NPC should appear at a fixed time, so there is no need to worry about him disappearing, but how do they collect the mosquitoes on his body... This is a rather troublesome thing.

use a bottle?With blood?But where did the blood come from?They were discussing, but there was another dispute in the restaurant. This time, the object of the dispute was the seasick Shen Juexin who seemed to be dying and the woman named Jian Qianyuan who lost her partner this morning.

Because she saw her partner being half eaten, her mood seemed to be greatly affected, and she always seemed very irritable.

However, her irritable mood is not the strangest thing that people find, the strangest thing is her terrible eating.

When everyone was disgusted by the stale dead fish in front of her eyes, she seemed to like this kind of food, and she kept stuffing the white and smelly fish into her mouth, and her face was covered with pimples. The color of satiety looks extraordinarily happy.

Shen Juexin, who was next to him, was already seasick. Seeing Jian Qianyuan gorging on the fish, he finally couldn't hold back. He ran outside in embarrassment, and vomited out all the contents of his stomach on the deck.

His behavior seemed to stimulate Jian Qianyuan's already fragile nerves. She roared loudly, and even slapped the table vigorously and growled angrily: "What are you vomiting, do you think I'm disgusting!!"

Shen Juexin was yelled at inexplicably, explaining that he was just seasick.

"Then why didn't you vomit just now." Jian Qianyuan said coldly, "Why did you vomit when I was eating—"

Shen Juexin said: "I didn't do it on purpose, I just endured it, but now I can't help it."

Jian Qianyuan directly smashed the fish head in Shen Juexin's body, and let out a suppressed roar in her throat. Shen Juexin was also annoyed by such a blow, so she quarreled with Jian Qianyuan.The two quarreled with each other, and finally Shen Juexin quarreled and almost vomited again in front of Jian Qianyuan.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the others quickly pulled the two of them apart.

Jian Qianyuan's mood was still very irritable, and she scratched a few blood marks on the hand of the dragger. In desperation, everyone had no choice but to find something casually, tied her up, and asked Shen Juexin to leave the restaurant quickly.

"Forget it, you also know that her friend just died, and she is a girl, so don't bother with her." Everyone persuaded Shen Juexin to calm down.

"She just doesn't understand it." Shen Juexin said aggrievedly, "It's not that I want to vomit, and how can she eat that fish..."

No one said a word, what Shen Juexin said actually made sense.The taste of this fish is simply not for people to eat. The taste of the meat is powdery, and it crumbles when you sip it. There is no salt, as if it has been left for a long time, and you can even smell a faint rancid smell.A few days ago, Jian Qianyuan herself complained about the fish, but today she ate it with gusto, and even ate the fish head together, which made the people next to her feel a lot more complicated.

At this moment, Jian Qianyuan was tied to the chair, and she finally calmed down. She said, "Let me go, I won't quarrel with him again."

"Qianyuan, calm down, we know you are sad." Someone was still persuading, "You have to be stronger."

Jian Qianyuan didn't speak, just nodded.

Others loosened the rope for her and let her down.They thought that Jian Qianyuan would leave after being let go, but they didn't expect her to sit at the dining table again and continue to eat that disgusting fish.

Everyone looked at this scene with ugly expressions.

Gu Longming couldn't hold back, and asked in a low voice, "Is it delicious?"

Jian Qianyuan glanced at him and said coldly: "So what if it's not tasty, do you have anything else you can give me?"

Gu Longming: "..."

Although she got such an answer, Jian Qianyuan obviously enjoyed the way she ate. She seemed to find the smelly fish in her mouth extremely delicious, and she kept stuffing dead fish into her mouth without any pause.

Faced with such a situation, everyone left the restaurant in a tacit understanding and walked outside, obviously feeling a little disgusted. If you continue to watch, some people may not be able to hold on and spit it out like Shen Juexin.When Jian Qianyuan sees it, I'm afraid there will be another fuss.

"How can she eat it?" Gu Longming said with a livid face.

"Do you think Jian Qianyuan lied?" Ruan Nanzhu suddenly opened his mouth.

"What?" Gu Longming was taken aback.

"You mean what happened last night, what did Jian Qianyuan hide?" After Lin Qiushi said this, he glanced in the direction of the restaurant.