A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

"..."

Everyone else in the room looked at her.

"..."

After realizing what she said, You Qingyu suddenly let out a brief scream, and buried her face in her knees.

Fang Shiqing patted her shoulder silently.

——People with nerd hobbies often go through the following stages of mood changes in their lives:

In the first stage, the interest in ACG was limited to the surface, just for entertainment and conversation.

In the second stage, as the understanding gradually deepened, the performance gradually became fanatical, and one's own interests and hobbies were enshrined as gods, and began to be out of tune with the surrounding environment, unable to get along with "Xianchong" normally.Thinking that I can't be understood-to put it bluntly, it is the "secondary stage" in the usual concept.

In the third stage, as I grew older, I realized the essence of ACG, encountered the polishing of life and communication, and began to reflect on myself in the second stage.At this stage, there may be a serious backlash. I regard my actions in the second stage of middle school as a serious black history, and I wish I could erase them from my memory.

In the fourth stage, enter the society and become a social animal, completely turning ACG back into leisure and hobbies.The so-called "looking at a mountain is a mountain, looking at a mountain is not a mountain, looking at a mountain is still a mountain", the cycle of life is roughly like this.

According to You Qingyu's current age, he is probably in the middle and late stage of the third stage, which is the time when he is most sensitive to his black history.

Even when she first came out of the first dungeon, when she was finally called back by the soul, she chose to ask questions about the game when no one else was present, and spoke when getting along with other players who were not the same Also relatively restrained.

Fang Shiqing and her are game lovers, and they have relatively no scruples when chatting.Zeng Xin and her had a life-long friendship. The two had a good relationship, and they could also exchange interests and hobbies on a superficial level.

However, in the situation of "others were present", she suddenly popped up such a series of words that must not be understood by non-homosexuals——

It was enough to put her into autism for a while.

However, as the only "other" here, Xiao Fengdi didn't understand her subtle emotions at all.From his point of view, it was probably just his teammates saying something stupid when he was half awake, and it was not worth paying attention to at all.

"Now that the person is awake, let's continue to look for clues," he said naturally, "Have you checked this room?"

"Not yet..." Zeng Xin whispered, "I'm sorry, Brother Xiao, I, we hid directly after we came in, and didn't even dare to turn on the lights."

In a sense, this might be a good thing.If she had checked the whole room when she was alone and found a box of body parts, she might be scared to death.

They don't know anything about the situation in the women's locker room, and they don't know in which locker the useful clues are hidden.But there are fewer female employees in this factory than male employees, and there are only about [-] cabinets in use, even if you pry each one in time.

Fang Shiqing told the two girls about the situation so far, and to save time, while he was explaining, Xiao Fengdi had already started trying to unlock the cabinet.

"So it was an illusion created by the BOSS?" You Qingyu finally felt a little better, "This BOSS really knows how to pinpoint people's pain points... By the way, you just said that you found a diary written in German, right? Show me, maybe I can understand."

"You speak German?"

"Hmm... After more than a semester of class, I also recited words in private, so I can understand some of them." She didn't sound very confident.

"This..." Fang Shiqing turned to look at Xiao Fengdi.

Most of the clues along the way were kept by him, except that diary was hidden by Xiao Fengdi, and he had to take it out now.

Xiao Fengdi paused slightly when he heard their conversation, but he didn't intend to take out the things immediately.

"Let's find clues first, and we'll talk about this later."

Now that he has said so, You Qingyu of course no longer insists.

Fang Shiqing felt more and more subtle, and the feeling that the other party must have something to hide from him became more obvious.

The four of them each took their tools and separately pried into different lockers.

Fang Shiqing was very nervous, always feeling that he was doing something bad.Fortunately, he opened two in a row, and found some women's personal belongings inside. He only found a few hundred dollars in cash and two skill books on clay crafts.

"Copy" is just a duplicated independent scene, and the money here has no clear owner, so he collects it.

When prying the third cabinet, Zeng Xin called out from behind with a trembling voice: "Shiqing, Brother Xiao, is this the black box you are talking about?"

There was nothing in the cabinet she opened, not even a change of overalls, just a box.

Fang Shiqing's first reaction was to look at the name plate on the cabinet, but then he found that it had been stained skillfully.

He realized that this was probably the copy BOSS—the locker used by the puppet girl before her death. After all, only her locker in this scene can be connected with the main line.

"I'll do it." Xiao Fengdi stopped his hand intending to reach for the box, and took it out by himself.

He pushed the lid halfway, took a quick look, and snapped it shut again.

"Is that...?"

"Ah."

He responded, then fell silent, and did not explain what part was inside like the previous few times.

You Qingyu is a character who will try to figure out the details as much as possible. When Dang even went to open the box by himself, he took a deep breath.

Fang Shiqing, who was standing behind her, also saw what was inside.It took him a few seconds to figure out what it was:

That's the female pelvis...that is, the section below the abdomen and above the thighs.

Like the previous abdominal cavity, it was wrapped in black cloth.

To actually put this part in the women's locker room... He didn't know whether the person who put it in this way was unintentional or deliberately playing some kind of black humor, anyway, it was extremely disgusting.

When he put the box in the inventory, the complexity of his mood was at its peak.

"Come on, go to the next place."

Several people plan to search in counterclockwise order.The next thing to check is the warehouses on the dark side. The dolls outside the room are still gathering, and they cannot pass through the factory building safely, so this time we can only open the windows.

There are more people in the team, which has advantages and disadvantages: the advantage is that the search efficiency is much higher, and the disadvantage is that it becomes relatively troublesome when moving.

Moreover, Xiao Fengdi became very silent, hardly talking about anything related to copies.Fang Shiqing felt that it might be because he didn't want other players to know too much about the internal situation of the eliminator.

In this way, he only told so many old things to himself, so it's quite... different?

The search of the first two warehouses was quickly over.The metal shelves in the warehouse were stacked with large and small yellow cardboard boxes, so the black box storing the body parts was very conspicuous among them, and they were quickly found.

These two boxes are larger than the previous ones and have a long strip shape.It was confirmed that the left and right legs were placed inside.

This time Fang Shiqing was completely sure that on the day she died, she was wearing the same clothes as when she showed up tonight - even the shoes were exactly the same.

The parts that are still poor at present should be the chest and right arm.

When it was time to reach the third warehouse, something unexpected happened.

This warehouse is located at the corner of the house and is L-shaped. The length and width are only about three meters, which is much narrower than the previous two.

Just turning in through the window, before he could stand still, Fang Shiqing heard a rustling sound from the other end of the corner, as if something was dragging on the ground.

After turning around to take a look, the players couldn't help being stunned.

A puppet—a puppet with a high degree of completion, is dragging a box as big as a person, struggling towards the door.

That posture... looks like a little mouse stealing lamp oil in cartoons.

Because this scene was too unimaginable, no one could react for a while.

As of now, except for the boss himself, the action logic of all the puppets that appear is very simple: usually move around randomly, and once the player appears within their detection range, they will attack.

But the puppet in front of her... what is she doing?Playing the real Sokoban mini game? !

The puppet finally noticed them.Unexpectedly, instead of turning around and attacking, she grabbed the box even more tightly and dragged it out more forcefully, as if she wanted to escape.

"..."

What is it doing? !

The room is so small that you can reach the end in a few steps.Seeing that it was about to run out of the room, Zeng Xin subconsciously grabbed the other end of the box.

Her strength was stronger than that of a puppet, and she immediately fixed the box firmly in place, and then pulled it towards her.

The puppet had half of its body out of the room, but it refused to let go, so it was just dragged back into the room.

It was also a tendon, unexpectedly it didn't think of coming over to launch an attack, but just stood there deadlocked.

Xiao Fengdi picked up the fire axe, put it down again, and then took out the immobilizing charm.

——Probably because the performance of this puppet is really abnormal, which makes him feel that it would be a pity to directly... destroy it.

Seeing that the puppet was fixed in place and could not move, until this time, the players came back to their senses a little.

"What's going on here? What is it doing?... Do the mobs here have such a high IQ?"

"I don't know, I've never encountered this before... Ah, no."

Fang Shiqing remembered, in fact, similar situations were not unheard of before.

When I was in the factory manager's office, there was a puppet with a similar degree of completion who sniped at them through the window.

At that time, it was holding a special pistol with silver bullets in its hand. Later, they analyzed that the pistol was probably picked up by it from other places.However, if you think about it carefully, the behavior of "picking things from the ground" itself is beyond the AI ​​range of ordinary mobs.

Perhaps there are two types of monsters in this book.One is an ordinary person with a low degree of completion, who can only carry out the most common offensive behavior; the other is a person with a higher degree of completion, with a relatively complex AI.

In short, several people opened the large box in front of them first.

What will be contained in the box that will be dragged away by the puppet——everyone is somewhat curious in their hearts, but when they actually open it and look inside, they all fall silent.

There was nothing in the box, but a large living person——

"It's Gu Jinhong...?"

He seemed to be in a coma, ignorant of everything in the outside world, and seemed to be trapped by illusions.

This is normal, what is not normal is why he is in the box.Was he teleported into the box as soon as he entered the dungeon, or was he put in by this puppet?

I'm afraid no one will know the answer to this question, but Fang Shiqing inexplicably feels that the latter is more likely... After all, that puppet was staring at them with resentful eyes, looking like it was being eaten by someone.

"So why on earth was he dragged away by the puppet, or he was put in the box specially."

"Maybe it's because it likes him? I think all the female colleagues and classmates around me like him."

The two girls exchanged opinions in a low voice, which sounded...unexpectedly, and somewhat reliable.

Xiao Fengdi looked into the box, then suddenly reached in and pulled out a black box.

This box was actually placed under the head of the sleepy Gu Jinhong.

Because the indoor light is dim, and the picture of people lying in the box is too impactful, no one else noticed it.

He opened it, took a look, and said, "It's the right arm."

He handed the box to Fang Shiqing, and Fang Shiqing silently put it away, and decided never to mention this matter to Gu Jinhong—this kind of matter will definitely leave a psychological shadow.

Next, we should find a way to call him up.But the question is: "What should it be called?"

Speaking of it, it seems that other players have not been very familiar with Gu Jinhong. Fang Shiqing has communicated with him a little bit, but he only knows a little bit about his background, and knows nothing about his hobbies and family. .

At this moment, he had no idea what to say to bring him back to reality.

Fang Shiqing bit the bullet and tried to shout a few words with a few things that ordinary people are more interested in, why are relatives in his hometown still waiting for you, what tens of billions of money are waiting for us to earn... But none of them worked.

"...It seems that it's not going to work." He finally had to give up.

Xiao Fengdi was also troubled.

Gu Jinhong was almost dragged away by the puppet just now. It's obviously not safe here, and he can't be put in place like He Xiangwu; but if they can't wake up, they can't move an unconscious person to move together?

There was no way, after a few people's discussion, they decided to take Gu Jinhong to the cafeteria and put them together with He Xiangwu, and then the two girls stayed to take care of them.

Now that the body parts have been collected almost, other players may not be able to help much in the next matter, and Fang Shiqing has to solve it by himself, so it doesn't matter even if the players are scattered.

Before leaving this warehouse, Fang Shiqing stuffed the doll that was still in a fixed state into a box, and wrapped it around with scotch tape.

Now that things have happened, it still feels weird to want to destroy this doll, so let's just leave it like this.