Kaleidoscope of Death

Soon, regarding Ruan Nanzhu's proposal, Lin Qiushi had an answer in his heart - he decided to enter Cheng Yixie's ninth door together with Ruan Nanzhu.

Ruan Nanzhu was not surprised by Lin Qiushi's decision, he just asked Lin Qiushi again: "Have you thought about it?"

Lin Qiushi nodded: "Think about it."

"The ninth door will be more difficult, and I can't guarantee that you can come out safely." Ruan Nanzhu said very straightforwardly, "This may be your last door."

Lin Qiushi said, "It doesn't matter."

Ruan Nanzhu stared at Lin Qiushi's expression for a moment, then nodded to indicate that he understood.

Lin Qiushi always felt that he seemed to want to say something, although Ruan Nanzhu didn't say anything in the end.

After confirming that Lin Qiushi was going to enter the ninth door, Ruan Nanzhu told Lin Qiushi the clue of the ninth door. Lin Qiushi took the clue and looked at it briefly, showing a surprised expression: "Is this a clue?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "Yes."

I saw a sentence written on the note: With copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; with history as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; with people as a mirror, you can understand gains and losses.

"What does this mean?" Lin Qiushi remembered that this was a famous saying by Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty, and it was included in the textbook, but in the environment inside the door, such clues are almost impossible to find.

"I don't know." Ruan Nanzhu said, "The clues to the door after that will be more vague, and will not be as clear as before, so we have to talk about the specific situation after entering the door."

Lin Qiushi looked at the clues for a while, and said hello.

The specific time to enter the door is NO.15 next month. This is what Cheng Yixie told Lin Qiushi. After he knew that Lin Qiushi was going to enter the door with him, he behaved very calmly. It seemed that he had expected that Ruan Nanzhu would bring Lin Qiushi with him.

Cheng Yixie was probably the one who didn't like to talk the most in the whole villa. He was silent all day long, except when he was teaching his brother a lesson.

Although Cheng Qianli and Cheng Yixie are twins, their personalities are very different. Cheng Qianli bluffs all day like a child who hasn't grown up, while Cheng Yixie is very mature.

There was still some time before entering the door, Lin Qiushi continued to rest in the villa.

During the period, Tan Zaozao and the actor Zhang Yiqing also came over, and the man who brought Zhang Yiqing through the door came with him.

The man's name was Bai Ming, he was very sunny in appearance and temperament, his hair was slightly curly, and there was a cute pear dimple on his cheek when he smiled.

To be honest, it is difficult for Lin Qiushi to associate such a person with the boss inside the door. He is really curious about what this Bai Ming looks like inside the door.

However, this question felt like an invasion of privacy, so Lin Qiushi didn't ask it.

Zhang Yiqing's condition is much better than before, at least she doesn't look like a nervous breakdown.

Bai Ming was also very interested in Lin Qiushi. Of course, he didn't dare to show it too clearly in front of Ruan Nanzhu, but Lin Qiushi still noticed his vague, scrutinizing eyes.

"Yi Qing's movie will be released in May, you must go see it." The first thing Bai Ming did when he came to the villa was to distribute tickets for Zhang Yiqing's movie, "I've already seen it and haven't seen it yet." The edited version is so beautiful."

Zhang Yiqing sat by the side and listened to Bai Ming selling Amway to him, her face was a little unhappy.Lin Qiushi guessed it was because he felt ashamed...

"Yi Qing is really amazing, I like him so much." Bai Ming confessed his love like a star-chasing idiot, which is usually fine, but now he is praising him in front of the client, it's simply unbearable.Lin Qiushi saw with his own eyes that although Zhang Yiqing had a serious face, but his ears were already red, he stood up pretending to be calm and said that he wanted to smoke a cigarette on the balcony.

Lin Qiushi was amused in his eyes, this Bai Ming can be considered to have cured Zhang Yiqing.

Tan Zaozao also laughed unceremoniously.

"Zaozao, are you going to enter the door again?" Lin Qiushi calculated the time, feeling that Tan Zaozao's next door should be coming soon.

"Yeah." Tan Zaozao nodded, "Chen Fei took me in this time... What about you, which door did you pass?"

Lin Qiushi said: "It's still the sixth door." He didn't mention that he wanted to enter the ninth door with Ruan Nanzhu and the others.

"Oh..." Tan Zaozao was a little distracted, as if thinking about something.

Lin Qiushi asked her, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Tan Zaozao sighed, "I'm just thinking about what to do with the door in the future." She couldn't completely put down her work in the real world and concentrate on going through the door like Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi, and she didn't have the courage to keep brushing the door , which means that when she faces a high-level door, there are many bad luck and bad luck, and besides, even Ruan Nanzhu hardly accepts the door after the sixth door.

It is said that after six doors, the difficulty of the door will have a qualitative change.As for how to change Tan Zaozao is not clear, anyway, it is very difficult.

They chatted for a while and had lunch. From the conversation between Ruan Nanzhu and Bai Ming, Lin Qiushi learned that the two of them had known each other for four years and were considered old friends.

Bai Ming has passed the ninth door and is waiting for the tenth door.

After dinner, Bai Ming and Ruan Nanzhu went to the study room. They seemed to have something to discuss in private.

Tan Zaozao took Lin Qiushi and Zhang Yiqing to play games downstairs.

Lin Qiushi didn't know what the two of them were talking about, but when the two of them came down from the stairs, their eyes were on him.

Lin Qiushi was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Bai Ming smiled, "I'm just curious about you."

Lin Qiushi: "Curious?"

Bai Ming said, "Don't you think there's nothing special about you?"

Lin Qiushi thought for a while, and whispered, "I really like cats?" When he said this, he was still secretly pinching Lizi's pads, and Lizi looked at him with squinted eyes and a displeased face.

Ruan Nanzhu: "..." This can be considered a special feature.

Bai Ming laughed when he heard that, and said, "You're really interesting." He didn't mention anything about Lin Qiushi any more, sat for a while, and left with Zhang Yiqing and Tan Zaozao.

Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu who was sitting next to him, and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything special about me?"

Ruan Nanzhu glanced at him: "What do you think?"

Lin Qiushi shook his head, unable to understand.

Ruan Nanzhu: "Don't you feel that something is wrong with you?"

Lin Qiushi: "No."

Ruan Nanzhu stood up: "Forget it if you don't have one." He turned around and left after saying this, without giving Lin Qiushi another chance to ask.Lin Qiushi somehow felt that Ruan Nanzhu was in a bad mood...

Cheng Qianli also knew that they were going to enter the ninth door. He was very worried, and even set up an incense table in his room, and began to pay respects seriously.

Lin Qiushi was dragged by him to burn three sticks of incense.

"We must bless them to come back safely." Cheng Qianli's expression was very pious.

Lin Qiushi didn't believe this at first, but the world inside the door subverted his worldview, so he didn't say anything disrespectful in front of the incense table.

"I'm so scared." Cheng Qianli sat on the bed in his bedroom and muttered to Lin Qiushi after burning the incense, "I'm just so scared."

"Don't be afraid, it will be fine." Lin Qiushi patted his head, Cheng Qianli was only 16 years old, and he was only half a child, "Your Brother Ruan is here."

"Well." Cheng Qianli said, "I want to become even stronger, and then, then I can..." When he said this, he seemed a little embarrassed.

Lin Qiushi asked him, "What can you do?"

Cheng Qianli said: "You can become me protecting my brother!" He puffed out his chest, looking proud.

Lin Qiushi smiled: "Well, then you have to work hard." Sometimes Cheng Qianli looks really silly and cute.

Cheng Qianli said: "Although he has a bad temper and dislikes me, who told him that he is my brother." Lying on the bed, he said to himself, "After all, he looks exactly like me..."

Lin Qiushi was listening quietly beside him.

In fact, he didn't quite understand the brotherhood that Cheng Qianli was talking about. He hadn't been exposed to any family atmosphere since he was a child, and he didn't have any brothers or sisters. He lived to 26 and didn't even have a favorite person.Thinking of this, Lin Qiushi suddenly felt that life was a little regretful. If he died inside the door, he felt that he had never experienced many things in his life.

The time for Cheng Yixie's door to open moved forward little by little.

The atmosphere in the villa also became tense.

Apart from Ruan Nanzhu, Cheng Yixie's door level is the highest. Lin Qiushi roughly calculated the time when Cheng Yixie opened the door, and found that he had already started entering the door when he was eleven or twelve years old.Cheng Yixie is indeed amazing at such a young age to be able to come out through so many doors.

And his younger brother Cheng Qianli only opened the sixth door, and the time difference between the two first doors was at least several years.

This time Ruan Nanzhu didn't let Lin Qiushi wear women's clothing, and while he was lucky, Lin Qiushi felt a little regret deep in his heart.He was taken aback when he noticed this regretful emotion. He didn't expect to be addicted to wearing women's clothes.

Of course, Lin Qiushi quickly dealt with this feeling of regret, and was still very happy that he didn't have to pretend to be a dumb girl—as for things like false sounds, he still couldn't figure it out.

Time passed quickly, and it was time to enter the door as soon as I saw it.

The weather was also getting hotter. After dinner, Lin Qiushi was sitting on the balcony to enjoy the cool, when he saw Cheng Yixie standing in the garden downstairs.His expression was serious, and he was slowly smoking a cigarette in his hand.

Lin Qiushi looked down at him, thought for a while, and called him, "Cheng Yixie!"

Cheng Yixie looked up.

Lin Qiushi said loudly: "Underage can't smoke—"

Cheng Yixie frowned, his appearance was [-]% similar to Cheng Qianli's, the only difference was the indifferent temperament on his body.Although he is young, his temperament can make people clearly feel that this person is not easy to mess with. After listening to Lin Qiushi's words, he actually put out the smoke.

Lin Qiushi took out a handful of candy from his pocket and threw it down from the second floor: "Eat this."

The colorful candies fell on the green grass, like exploding fireworks, which looked very beautiful.

Cheng Yixie bent down, picked up a candy wrapper and stuffed it into his mouth.

Lin Qiushi looked at him with a smile: "Is it delicious? It's purple and grape-flavored—" This candy is a hard fruit candy he bought online, and it tastes very good.

Cheng Yixie glanced at him, didn't say anything, just picked up all the candies carefully, stuffed them into his pockets, turned and left.

Lin Qiushi was very happy looking at his back. Although Cheng Yixie entered the door before him, in his eyes, Cheng Yixie was just a child who was not full.

The day before entering the door, Ruan Nanzhu changed into women's clothes again, and all three of them put on that special bracelet, and began to wait for the door to arrive.

Cheng Qianli's mood became very anxious, and he kept turning around the room.

In the end, Cheng Yixie couldn't take it anymore, frowned and said, "Whatever you turn, my eyes are going to blur."

Cheng Qianli said innocently: "I can't even walk around."

Cheng Yixie: "No."

Cheng Qianli: "...Hmph, I won't, I just want to turn." Although he said he wanted to keep turning, he sat back on the sofa obediently, grabbed the toast next to him and masturbated.

Toast was dizzy by Cheng Qianli's hand, staring at his black eyes and screaming aggrievedly.

"Don't mess with it." Cheng Yixie spoke again.

Cheng Qianli: "Wow, you are too much, don't let me do this, don't let me do that—"

Cheng Yixie didn't say anything, just looked at Cheng Qianli expressionlessly.The two stood in a stalemate for more than ten seconds. Cheng Qianli lost again without any suspense. He let go of Toast Fat Lulu's buttocks with regret, and watched it run away.

Cheng Yixie looked at his watch.

Looking at Cheng Yixie's movements, Cheng Qianli became more and more anxious. His lips twitched for a while, and he said in a faint voice: "You must come back."

Cheng Yixie looked up at him.

"Hey, I'm talking to you." Cheng Qianli said, "Did you hear that, Cheng Yixie, you must come back." He seemed to muster up the courage to say this, "You must come back!"

Cheng Yixie hummed lightly.

Only then was Cheng Qianli satisfied, and muttered some other advice.

When the two brothers were interacting, Lin Qiushi was sitting next to him. When Cheng Qianli muttered, Cheng Yixie's mouth curled up slightly, but the arc was too small and fleeting, and it was easy for people to think it was his own illusion .

The time to get started is the evening of the second day.

Lin Qiushi finished his meal and went back to his room.

He sat in front of the computer and just pressed the power button, but a very strange feeling appeared in his body.It felt familiar to him—the door opened.

Lin Qiushi stood up, opened the bedroom door, and was not surprised to see twelve iron doors appearing in the corridor.Eight of them have already been sealed, and the other three cannot be opened.

The only thing that can be opened is the ninth door belonging to Cheng Yixie.

Lin Qiushi walked to the door and opened the iron gate - the surrounding scenery turned around, and Lin Qiushi appeared on an empty road.

After looking around at the scenery, his expression was slightly surprised, because the surroundings were not a desolate wilderness, but a bustling commercial street.Colorful signboards are hung on both sides of the road. Although most of the shops are closed at this time, one can vaguely imagine the bustling scene during the day.

The road under his feet was very flat. Lin Qiushi walked along the road and saw a towering apartment.The exterior walls of the apartment are covered with special coatings, like a tall building made of mirrors, absorbing all the light around it, and attracting people's eyes in the dark night.

When Lin Qiushi saw this apartment, he inexplicably thought of a word: phototaxis.

Phototaxis is a biological habit that is found in both animals and plants, most notably in the way bugs at night rush toward light sources, even if that light is their flame.

People are also a kind of creature, Lin Qiushi thought, in the dark night, when you see light, you always want to go there.Don't think about what lies at the end of the light.

The door of the apartment was wide open. Lin Qiushi walked in slowly and saw eight or nine people standing in the hall.These people have already divided into teams, and when they saw Lin Qiushi walking in, most of them showed expressions of sizing up or evaluating.

This time, Lin Qiushi did not see the newcomers who were not in the situation.

With the difficulty of the ninth door, if there is a newcomer, Lin Qiushi can only wonder if the newcomer is going to die in the next second before being pulled into the door.

Looking around, Lin Qiushi didn't find the person he was looking for, so he just found a sofa and sat down, and began to observe the surrounding situation.

Now including him, there are a total of nine people, five men and four women, roughly divided into three groups.They were probably veterans, and these people no longer pretended not to know each other, but whispered to each other and discussed about this door in a low voice.

Lin Qiushi sat on the sofa for a while, and then saw two people walking in.One tall and one short, the tall one is a woman in a long skirt, and the short one is a boy with an indifferent expression.

Although they looked completely different, Lin Qiushi recognized the identities of the two from their clothes and expressions—it was Ruan Nanzhu and Cheng Yixie.

The two of them also saw Lin Qiushi sitting on the sofa and came towards him.

"All the people?" Lin Qiushi asked.

"Probably not yet." Ruan Nanzhu sat down beside Lin Qiushi, "Someone is still looking outside, probably waiting for his teammates."

Hearing this, Lin Qiushi had to admire Ruan Nanzhu's observation skills, as if he had collected almost all the information of the people around him within a few minutes of walking here.

Sure enough, about three or four minutes later, two more people walked in, a man and a woman, and walked towards the corner as soon as they entered.

Lin Qiushi was a little surprised when he saw the direction they were going: "They...there are five in one team?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "It should be."

"Is there an advantage in the number of people inside the door?" Lin Qiushi thought for a while, and felt that something was wrong.

"To a certain extent, there are." Ruan Nanzhu leaned on the sofa and said, "If you bring more people, won't you be able to rule out a few more conditions for death?"

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Ruan Nanzhu glanced at the corner and smiled coldly: "Some people will do anything to survive."

Some people deliberately bring in many newcomers in order to exclude the conditions of death when passing through the door.These newcomers don't understand anything, and it's easy to have accidents inside the door.Of course, it doesn’t matter if they have an accident. For the person who brought them in, this is a good thing—after all, they accounted for the quota of deaths that day. According to the rules of the door, there is a limit to the number of people who die every day, so This way you are safer.

Lin Qiushi didn't expect to be able to do this: "Those newcomers are willing to come in?"

"Why don't you want to." Ruan Nanzhu lazily said, "Some people always want to eat a big fat man."

Who wouldn't want to skip those intermediate steps and go straight through the ninth door.Risks and benefits are usually equal. If you want to get something, you have to pay something.

The same is true in life.

The people finally arrived. There were seventeen people in total, roughly divided into five or six groups.There were five people in the group with the most people, and Lin Qiushi clearly felt that the woman with a bad expression was the leader among them, and she seemed to be the leader of the five.

Everyone gathered in the hall, and the noisy voice became louder and louder.

At this moment, a man in the uniform of a waiter came out from the direction of the elevator, holding a key card in his hand, smiling and looking at the people gathered in the hall.

"Sorry to keep you waiting for so long." The waiter said, "Here are the key cards of your rooms."

He began to distribute key cards to everyone.

Someone in the crowd asked: "How many people is this room? Single room or standard room?"

The waiter said: "It's a standard room." He smiled, "The red key card is a double room, the white key card is a double room, and the green key card can accommodate three people, but someone needs to sleep on the sofa." His voice Qing Rou, "Welcome to travel here, I hope you can have a good time here."

It turned out that they were tourists, Lin Qiushi's heart moved.

"When will we end the tour?" The leader of the five-member group suddenly asked, "Are there any tourist attractions around?"

The waiter said with a smile: "Tomorrow, I will distribute a travel guidebook to everyone, which will record the surrounding tourist attractions." He handed out the card in his hand, "Everyone, please sleep well today."

Lin Qiushi got up and went to get a green card.The waiter said that the green card can sleep three people together, and the three of them are just right.

The room cards were handed out one after another, and everyone dispersed.

Lin Qiushi and their room are on the 34th floor.The floor was covered with thick carpets, and the corridor exuded a strong scent of incense.

The lights were very dim. When they got to the room, they plugged the room card into the power supply, and the lights in the room turned on.

Lin Qiushi walked to the window and looked out through the glass. He saw the city in darkness. The atmosphere of the whole city was so dead that he couldn't even see a street lamp—but when he walked in from the outside, it was clearly I saw that the street lights on the side of the road were on.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "This room is really interesting."

Lin Qiushi turned his head: "Huh?"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "There are mirrors everywhere."

Lin Qiushi looked around, only to find that there were indeed many mirrors in the room, and the most incredible thing was that there was even one on the floor.

When he saw the mirror, Lin Qiushi couldn't help thinking of the sentence in the clue that copper is the mirror. He intuitively felt that the key was related to the mirror, but there were too few clues, so he couldn't grasp it firmly for a while.

Cheng Yixie stared at the mirror under his feet, and did not speak for a long time, until Lin Qiushi was about to walk away, he suddenly said in a low voice: "This is a double-sided mirror."

Lin Qiushi's expression froze.

Cheng Yixie's voice was very slow, he said: "People downstairs can see our house."

When Ruan Nanzhu heard this, he suddenly looked down at his skirt: "Then I've been seen all over."

Cheng Yixie: "..."

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Think about it carefully, I'm a little embarrassed."

Lin Qiushi: "..." Why are you lifting up your skirt in such embarrassment...