Kaleidoscope of Death

After dawn, the terror of last night dissipated a lot.

Lin Qiushi was about to go down the corridor on the second floor, but he heard rustling noises from the third floor, as if many people were discussing something.He didn't intend to look at it, but he heard the woman's wail again. The wail was distraught, as if something extremely tragic had happened.

Lin Qiushi hesitated for a while, but turned around and went to the stairs on the third floor to see what happened upstairs.

The building here is a wooden structure, and the wooden boards on the stairs are a little old, and they creak and creak when stepped on, and some places tremble a little, as if they are about to be unable to bear the weight of the human body.

When Lin Qiushi reached the third floor, he saw several people standing in the corridor.But what attracted his attention was the strong smell of blood in the air.

The smell of blood was so strong that it hurt people's nasal cavity, and Lin Qiushi felt a little bad. He moved his feet and walked carefully behind several people.

"I knew it." Xiong Qi, the tall man who picked Lin Qiushi and the others yesterday, discussed something in a low voice, "An accident happened yesterday..."

Xiao Ke was also talking, and she said, "I think so too, I thought it was..." When she said this, she turned and glanced at Lin Qiushi who was walking behind her, "Forget it."

Lin Qiushi wondered what you meant by that, who did he think it was, did he think it was me and Ruan Baijie?He looked up and saw a door behind Xiao Ke.

The door was ajar, and the floor was dripping with blood, which had solidified because of the cold weather.But still can see a lot of bleeding.

"What happened?" Lin Qiushi asked.

"He's dead." Xiong Qi's tone was flat.

Lin Qiushi: "...is someone dead?" If it was yesterday, he would probably find it inconceivable why these people could say such things in such a flat tone.But after experiencing what happened last night, he has clearly realized that the place he is now is no longer the world that can be explained by common sense.

"Hmm." Xiong Qi said.

Lin Qiushi changed his angle and glanced inside the door.This glance made him gasp involuntarily.Congealed blood was everywhere in the room, and the two corpses were placed messily on the floor, so bloody and bloody that the originals could not be recognized at all.Rather than being human, it is more like two pieces of meat without skin.The blood flowed all the way out along the floor of the house. From the floor to the wall, there was almost no clean place on the entire third floor.

Although Lin Qiushi was mentally prepared, he was still disgusted by this scene.He covered his mouth and turned around, Xiao Ke said very understandingly: "There is a toilet in the next room."

Lin Qiushi rushed to the toilet and vomited.

After waiting for him to vomit, Xiao Ke said, "I thought you wouldn't vomit."

Lin Qiushi: "Huh?"

Xiao Ke said indifferently: "You and Ruan Baijie are already good-quality rookies. Generally, rookies are in very poor condition at the first door. The survival rate can be as high as 20%."

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Xiao Ke said, "Let's go down and have breakfast."

Lin Qiushi said: "Then don't care about the two corpses?"

Xiao Ke's expression was very strange when he heard this: "What do you want to do?"

Lin Qiushi had nothing to say.He was walking down with people, when he suddenly remembered something, and said puzzledly: "Wait, when I was on the second floor, I heard a woman crying on the third floor..." He looked around and made sure that Xiao Ke was the only one of them. Girl, looking at her calm appearance, she doesn't look like someone who will cry.

"The woman is crying?" Xiao Ke said, "We didn't hear it, you heard it wrong."

Lin Qiushi: "...Okay."

The breakfast on the first floor has been prepared and placed on the table steaming hot.The people who cook are said to be villagers in the village, and they look no different from normal people.

After Lin Qiushi had breakfast, he borrowed some thick clothes from them, and inquired about the affairs of the village.

"There is nothing wrong with our village." The villagers seemed to be unable to give any useful information, "Only a few tourists come here every winter."

Lin Qiushi: "Oh... what about your daily necessities?"

The villagers said: "Go to buy outside the mountain. Although the mountain road is not easy to walk, you must find a way. But as soon as it snows, you can't go out. The mountain road is blocked, and you can only stay here all winter. "

Lin Qiushi thought for a while, then asked suddenly: "Are all the wells in your village drilled in the middle of the yard?"

I don't know if it was Lin Qiushi's illusion. When he mentioned the word well, the expressions of the villagers seemed to become more tense, but they didn't give any special information. They just nodded and said yes, then turned and left.

Lin Qiushi thought for a while, but couldn't figure out what to do, so he decided to give the clothes to Ruan Baijie first, and then talk about other things.

When he entered the room, Ruan Baijie was lying on the bed playing with her mobile phone. Seeing him coming in, she snorted softly: "You are so slow."

Lin Qiushi handed the borrowed clothes to the bed: "Get up, there is breakfast on the first floor."

Ruan Baijie hummed.

Lin Qiushi said, "I'll go out and wait for you."

"Wait." Ruan Baijie suddenly called out, "What's on top of your head?"

"What?" Lin Qiushi was puzzled.

Ruan Baijie waved at him, and Lin Qiushi approached her.

"It's all red..." Ruan Baijie reached out and touched Lin Qiushi's head, then turned his palm over, "What is this?"

Lin Qiushi felt bad when he saw the things in Ruan Baijie's hands, because the things in Ruan Baijie's hands looked like frozen blood.

"I'll go and have a look." Lin Qiushi hurried into the toilet, and sure enough, as Ruan Baijie said, he noticed that his hair was full of crushed ice slags. These ice slags were dark red and hidden in his hair, he couldn't see them for a while. come out.I don't know when I got it on my head.

"Damn it." Lin Qiushi cursed in a low voice, and wiped his head with a towel. It was fine if he didn't wipe it, but the more he wiped it, the more shocking he was. A hot towel was almost stained red, and his hair hadn't been wiped clean yet.

Ruan Baijie, who had changed into thick clothes, came over and said bluntly, "Fortunately, this thing is not green."

Lin Qiushi: "...have you ever seen green blood?"

Ruan Baijie said, "Is this blood?"

Lin Qiushi sighed, and briefly talked about what happened on the third floor. When he mentioned the death, Ruan Baijie cried softly again, saying Brother Lin, I am so scared, will the next one die? us?

After all, she is a beautiful girl, crying so badly, it is unbearable.

Lin Qiushi stepped forward to comfort him, and when Ruan Baijie was about to rest his head on his shoulder, he suddenly said, "Brother Lin, how tall are you?"

Lin Qiushi: "...1.8 meters."

"Oh." Ruan Baijie said, "You're shorter than me."

Lin Qiushi: "..." I have wronged you.

Lin Qiushi turned around and cleaned his hair while thinking about where the blood came from.In the end, he had a very scary idea... it wouldn't be dripping from the ceiling on the third floor, right?

"I want to go to the third floor." Lin Qiushi said, "You should go to the first floor for dinner."

"Are you going alone?" Ruan Baijie said, "Let's go together."

"Aren't you afraid?" Lin Qiushi asked suspiciously, Ruan Baijie was crying like rain just now.

"Isn't it because you're here?" Ruan Baijie lifted the hair beside her ear, and smiled softly, "You're here, what am I afraid of?"

Lin Qiushi thought he was right, after all, from last night, you can run faster than me.

So the two walked along the corridor to the third floor.

There was still blood all over the floor, and it was still the untidy corpse, but this time Lin Qiushi focused his attention on the ceiling. He raised his head, and as expected, he saw traces of blood on the ceiling, but this trace made people feel very uncomfortable. It looked like something was sticking to the ceiling and slowly crawling over it.It must have been a long time, and the blood stains on the ceiling were also frozen, but the blood stains dripping on the ground could be vaguely seen.

Lin Qiushi's scalp was numb. He really didn't want to think about what was hanging on the ceiling when he first appeared on the third floor... and they didn't find it from the beginning to the end.

Ruan Baijie looked up at the ceiling for a long time.

Lin Qiushi asked her what she saw.

"I saw the ceiling." Ruan Baijie said, "Otherwise, what would I have seen, the starry sky and dreams?"

Lin Qiushi: "..."

She was really courageous, and after looking at the ceiling, she went to watch the two bloody corpses.He didn't show any discomfort during the whole process, and even looked a little excited.

It wasn't until Lin Qiushi glanced at her suspiciously: "Aren't you afraid?" She seemed to remember something, and started humming cooperatively.

Lin Qiushi: "...Stop babbling, do you still have breakfast?"

"Eat, eat." Ruan Baijie said, "I'm hungry too."

The two went downstairs and saw that everyone had finished their breakfast, and they seemed to be waiting for the two of them.

"Where did you two go?" Xiong Qi said, "I'll just wait for you."

Facing the eyes of everyone, Ruan Baijie was not nervous at all, she sat down at the table with a light figure, picked up the bowl and was about to eat breakfast.

Lin Qiushi was not as thick-skinned as Ruan Baijie, so he talked about the blood on his hair, and also said that he saw some strange marks on the ceiling of the third floor.

After listening to it, everyone's faces were not very good-looking, and some even raised their heads to look at the ceiling reflexively.

They were discussing the people who died last night and those weird traces, when a middle-aged man in his 40s walked in outside the door.The man was wearing a thick army green padded jacket, and holding an oil lamp in his hand, he walked slowly into the hall.

"Hello." The man said, "I am the head of this village, are you the ones I invited to help?"

As soon as he spoke, everyone in the room fell silent.

"It's cold today, and our village wants to make a coffin for the coming year." The man said in a hoarse voice, "I entrust you to help the carpenter."

No one answered the village chief's words, and the village chief didn't seem to plan to get any answers from them.

After he finished speaking, he coughed a few times, then picked up the rickety kerosene lamp and walked outside the house.Although the snow had stopped outside, the wind continued to blow.The whining sound of the wind hitting the treetops on the door panel, at first glance, it sounded like the wailing of human beings.

"It's started." Xiong Qi said softly.

After his words fell, a strong wind blew up outside the house, and the half-closed door was slammed heavily on the wall. With a click, the seemingly solid wooden door was smashed into several pieces.

Everyone in the room was silent, and finally Xiong Qi spoke first: "It should be making a coffin."

"How did this happen, how did this happen!!" There was a howling sound in the room, and Lin Qiushi turned his head to look, but saw that a man in the team had collapsed, "It's such a difficult world—— How can we live, who will make the coffin, we will die, we will die here—"

Xiong Qi seemed to be used to such scenes, and his expression remained unmoved.

The emotionally broken man snarled and smashed everything on the table to the ground, with tears and snot all over his face: "There were thirteen people when we came in, and two of them died on the first day...I've never experienced this kind of difficulty before." Met!!"

"Okay!" Xiong Qi said impatiently, "You don't have to die if you cry? Why are you getting so emotional, you think you are a newcomer, look at the quality of the newcomer!"

This made Lin Qiushi inexplicably stared at by the man viciously. He thought to himself that it was his fault that his mental quality was too good.

However, it is not surprising that the man's mentality collapsed. In the alien space different from the normal world, with all kinds of terrifying omens, it is difficult to keep people calm.

"Let's discuss how to do it first." Xiong Qi said, "The village chief said to build a coffin, so the key must be this."

Lin Qiushi said: "Excuse me, what is a key?"

Xiong Qi glanced at him: "It's what is used to open the door. After we come in, we need to find the key to go out according to the clues provided by the characters inside, and then find an iron door to leave here."

Lin Qiushi said: "Is there a time limit?"

Xiong Qi sneered: "Of course it is before everyone dies."

It turns out that Lin Qiushi is at ease, at least he has a way to get out. In fact, what he fears most is the kind of unsolvable terror.Can't escape, can't get rid of it, no matter what you do, it's futile.

"The clue is the coffin." Xiong Qi looked at the weather outside, "Let's go to the carpenter in the village first and ask about the situation."

"Okay." Xiao Ke said, "I'll go with you."

Lin Qiushi raised his hand: "I want to go too."

Xiong Qi nodded indifferently: "Okay." Unknowingly, he had become the leader of the entire team, and he ordered, "Check in the building to see if there are any useful clues."

At this time, Ruan Baijie stepped forward, gently grabbed Lin Qiushi's sleeve, and whispered: "I'm afraid, I want to be with you."

Although the girl is indeed quite tall, she doesn't feel like a small bird at all, but she looks good, after all, it makes people feel a little pity, Lin Qiushi nodded: "Okay, but I can't guarantee that I can protect you Safety."

Ruan Baijie smiled: "It's okay." She lifted the hair beside her ear, "I feel at ease when I'm with you."

Lin Qiushi thought to herself, girl, you are very good at flirting.

So the four of them hurried out while it was still early.

On the way, Lin Qiushi asked Xiong Qi some details about this world, and learned that the ghosts here generally don't kill people indiscriminately.But there are exceptions. If you encounter a difficult world, ghosts will have no taboos, and you can do it whenever you want.In such a situation, it is really close to death.

"What is the meaning of existence in this world?" Lin Qiushi asked his most curious question.

Xiong Qi gave him a deep look when he heard this question: "You will know when you go back alive."

Lin Qiushi: "...Oh."

They learned the address of the carpenter in the village from the villagers. The snowy road was so difficult that it took almost an hour to get there.

Lin Qiushi took a look at the situation in the village by the way.

This village is not big, and it is surrounded by dense jungle. It is usually fine, but the snow basically cut off the way to leave.There are not many people in the village, and occasionally you can see two or three walking on the side of the road. It stands to reason that it is very special to meet foreigners in this kind of place, but judging from the expressions of the villagers, it seems that they are not at all interested in Lin Qiushi's arrival. curious.

The carpenter's house is at the east end of the village. When I went outside, I saw the faint light of an oil lamp coming out of it.

Xiong Qi knocked on the door, and after a while, a short old man appeared behind the door. He was about sixty or seventy years old, with thinning hair, wearing a worn gray cotton jacket, and his face was wrinkled. His eyeballs were extremely cloudy, and he said, "Is there something wrong with you?"

"It's too cold outside, can I go in and talk?" Xiong Qi asked.

The old man didn't speak, but turned around to let the door open.

The four people outside the door filed in.

The room is not big, and it is very messy everywhere. Lin Qiushi observed the surrounding situation, but noticed that there was a hole in the window, which was roughly nailed to the window frame with wooden boards, simply blocking the wind.

"Old man, we were invited by the village head to make the coffin." Xiong Qi said, "But we don't know much about this thing. I heard that you are a famous carpenter in the village. Can you give me some advice?"

The old man looked at Xiong Qi indifferently: "To make a coffin, first cut down the tree. After the tree is cut down, the wood will be sent to me, and then go to the temple to worship, and then you can start making it."

Xiong Qi caught the key word: "Go to the temple to worship?"

The old man nodded: "There is an ancient temple next to the village. Here, making coffins is a sinful thing. You have to go to worship first, and worship first."

He repeated the word "Bai Yi Bow" many times, which made people feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

"What about after worship?" Xiong Qi said.

The old man fell silent.

Xiong Qi said: "Old man?"

The old man still didn't speak.

Under Xiong Qi's repeated questioning, the old man smiled, this smile looked extremely ferocious against the background of the fire, he lowered his voice, and said: "When you are still alive, then ask me again."

Xiong Qi's face was ashen.

Ruan Baijie was not polite at all, and said: "Don't mind, old man, it's so cold today, what if you die first after we finish?"

The old man sneered: "The old man's life is hard."

Ruan Baijie: "I think your life will be hardened."

Old man: "..."

other people:"……"

Lin Qiushi wondered why you are so proficient. Is it really okay to hate NPCs? Most people would be a little apprehensive when they encounter such a scary person, but looking at Ruan Baijie's rolling eyes, he didn't think there was any problem at all. .

"Okay, okay." Lin Qiushi said, "If he doesn't want to say it, don't force it..."

Ruan Baijie said: "Can this not be forced? We will admit it when it gets cold first, what if he gets cold first." The girl rolled up her sleeves as she spoke, her eyes wandered around the room, and finally stopped at an arm about the size of an arm. on the stick.

Lin Qiushi cursed in his heart, thinking that he really wanted to be rough, this is a fucking world of horror, is it okay to be rough on NPCs?

Who knew that before Ruan Baijie picked up the stick, the old man gave up first, and said angrily, "After worshiping, go fill a well, and the coffin will be ready!"

Ruan Baijie: "Hey, Qiu Shi, he stared at me~"

Lin Qiushi: "..." Your eyes just now were much more terrifying than his.

Xiong Qi didn't seem to expect to be able to operate like this, and followed Xiao Ke in a daze for a while.When they came to this world, they were not polite to anyone or they were afraid of offending them. Who knew that Ruan Baijie didn't play cards according to the routine at all.And it was so easy to get the final answer—although this answer may not necessarily be correct.

When everyone came out of the carpenter's house, Xiong Qi asked Ruan Baijie's name with complicated emotions.

Ruan Baijie looked very pitiful, and said that my surname is Ruan, and my name is Ruan Baijie, brother, you can just call me Jiejie.

Xiong Qi called her Jiejie, but felt something was wrong, so she and Lin Qiushi finally called her Bai Jie.

It's been almost a day since I came here, and Xiong Qi still just knew Ruan Baijie's name. He saw Ruan Baijie's crying pear blossoms with rain yesterday, and he probably felt that Ruan Baijie would not live long in this world, so he didn't even ask her name .

But after Ruan Baijie's wonderful performance just now, Xiong Qi also felt that this girl was not as weak as she showed.

"Are you not afraid just now?" Xiong Qi asked her.

Ruan Baijie's answer was convincing. She said: "Afraid? Why are you afraid? It's fine to be afraid of ghosts, but it's too miserable to be afraid of people. And this kind of person is a key NPC at first glance. If not, it will be broken, so how can you live to the end?"

The three of them were speechless, and they all felt that what she said made sense.

At any rate, they got the key information from the carpenter, and everyone felt more at ease, so they decided to set off to go back and tell everyone about it.

Although it was daytime, the sky was covered with a thick layer of dark clouds, there was no snow, and the icy wind was blowing.Ruan Baijie was wearing her long skirt and two thick cotton jackets, and followed Lin Qiushi, her fragile and thin appearance seemed to be blown away by the wind at any time.

Lin Qiushi couldn't bear to see her, so he stretched out his hand to hold her, let her walk in front of him, and blocked the wind behind her.

Ruan Baijie was quite moved, blinked those beautiful eyes and asked Lin Qiushi: "You are so kind."

Lin Qiushi said, "You're welcome."

Ruan Baijie said, "Are you so nice to everyone?"

Lin Qiushi: "...do you see how I treat Xiong Qi like this?" He joked, "It's not because you are good-looking."

Xiong Qi, who was walking in front: "I heard that."

Ruan Baijie showed a thoughtful expression when he heard the words: "As long as it looks good?"

Lin Qiushi only thought she was joking, so he said indiscriminately: "Of course you have to grow taller."

Ruan Baijie: "Oh..."

The author has something to say:

Ruan Baijie: errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Lin Qiushi: Stop talking, it always reminds me of a word.

Ruan Baijie: What?

Lin Qiushi: The old man catches chickens

Ruan Baijie: Then you are a chick?

Lin Qiushi: ...