A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

what does this mean?

Fang Shiqing hesitated.If the building has already started to be repaired or even further constructed, does it mean that the wish of the BOSS has been fulfilled?

But it hasn't succeeded in getting the sacrifice yet, has it?According to its own statement, it needs the blood and heart of "sacrifices".Even if the conditions are expanded, the scope of sacrifices is broadened, and "bone and blood" is regarded as a partial adverb with only blood but no bones, what about the heart?

He tentatively pulled Xiao Fengdi: "Boss, is your heart still there?"

He knew it was a stupid question, but it was necessary to ask.After all, this is a game, and it cannot be judged by common sense in reality.

The two were rushing across the landing between the second and third floors, Xiao Fengdi said without hesitation, "Of course, people will die without a heart."

But when he turned the corner, he glanced at Fang Shiqing again: "But, it may have gotten something similar."

"Varied--"

What does the boss mean, although it didn't get the heart, it has indeed achieved its wish and started to build a building? !

"Why do you know?" He asked blankly, but Xiao Fengdi didn't answer.

In that case,... wait, in that case, what are they running now?

The two rushed into the third floor, which was still bright, but with the violent vibration of the whole building, the walls where the corpses were hidden kept collapsing.

Xiao Fengdi noticed at a glance that the secret passage opened by the worker surnamed Liu had been closed, clicked his tongue, and immediately dragged Fang Shiqing to the entrance of the mezzanine.

When turning around, Fang Shiqing saw that he was still bleeding intermittently, and an indescribable feeling suddenly surged in his heart.

Xiao Fengdi himself seemed to think that the blood was just drizzle, but he felt shocking when he saw it.

The wall that opened to the mezzanine before had collapsed, and the two quickly swept away the debris around the entrance of the cave. A dead body just fell on the entrance of the cave. There was nothing to be afraid of at this juncture. Fang Shiqing directly dragged it towards side.

Facing the dark hole, he couldn't help but think again: Is it because they don't have to run anymore?

If the bosses are already satisfied, is there no reason to endanger them?And when this building is built by itself, the special parts such as mezzanines and organs that do not conform to the building itself will definitely be demolished, just like the previous underground area.

Thinking this way, going down to the mezzanine might be trapped to death, so it might be safer to stay on the third floor.

He raised his head and wanted to speak to Xiao Fengdi, but when he saw the door by accident, his heart suddenly turned cold.

——A dark doorway appeared not far away, and a blood-stained limb protruded from it, firmly grasping the edge.

Immediately, the boss's head poked out from the position close to the upper edge, in an awkward posture.Its eyes were wide open, the entire frame was blood-red, the whites of the eyes and the kernels of the eyes could not be distinguished at all, and its face was completely stained with blood, and it squeezed hard towards the door.

"It, it actually caught up!"

The agreed boss can't leave the boss room? !

There is no doubt that the boss has lost his mind and is in a state of extreme madness.At this time, it will not make a rational judgment of "whether killing is meaningful" at all, and will only attack the living creatures it encounters indiscriminately.

Xiao Fengdi was not surprised by this, but just urged him to get down quickly.Fang Shiqing didn't hesitate anymore, and jumped into the mezzanine directly. After hearing the sound of Xiao Fengdi landing from behind, he immediately ran away.

This is the first time he stepped into the mezzanine.The mezzanine is very wide and high, almost no less than a serious floor. However, it is a nearly enclosed space after all, and the vibration is particularly violent. It is very unstable when running, and it feels like it will fall at any time.

Xiao Fengdi took his arm again, helping him whenever he couldn't stand still.

As he moved forward, he smelled an extremely unpleasant smell at the end of his nose, and stacked shadows appeared on both sides of the road, which seemed to be rotting corpses.Holding the flashlight, Fang Shiqing focused on shining straight ahead, completely ignoring the dead people beside him.

However, as the vibration intensified, there was a tooth-piercing rattling sound from the walls on all sides.

Mezzanine - closing in the middle.

The surrounding corpses were pushed by the wall and then squeezed towards the middle, getting closer and closer to the two of them.Xiao Fengdi urged in a deep voice: "Hurry up, or we will be squeezed to death here."

And it's with a lot of corpses.

The passage became narrower and narrower. The two-three-meter-high roof gradually descended, and the wide walkway became thinner and thinner. In the end, the two had to bend over and run forward, tripping over corpses from time to time.

This feeling is very scary, the walls are getting closer and closer, and the shelter is getting smaller and smaller, as if the whole world is being compressed.Human beings are prone to feel uncomfortable in narrow and cramped spaces, and this sense of panic has reached its peak at this time.

However, in the current situation, they didn't even have the time to feel afraid, so they could only run forward with all their strength.

At the end of the mezzanine, the direction changed abruptly, from parallel forward to vertical upward.

The vertical passage has been compressed even more, and now there is only a gap that can accommodate one person, and it is impossible to even use hands and feet when crawling inside.Fortunately, with the compression of the cracks, the height of this vertical passage is now only a little over two meters, and the two of them can go up by helping each other.

The height of the mezzanine between the third and fourth floors is less than one and a half meters.With the current compression speed, the mezzanine will no longer exist before the two of them run through the aisle, so they can only go up to the fourth floor from the hole opened by He Xiangwu as soon as possible.

The opening of the hole is open there, so it's easy to find.At this time, the top has dropped to the point where it is only a little more than one meter away from the bottom, and you can directly drill through it as long as you stand upright.

Xiao Fengdi still signaled to Fang Shiqing to go first, and at this moment it would be endless to worry about, so Fang Shiqing just jumped up and plunged in.

The cold water immediately enveloped his whole body.A bluish-white corpse floated before the eyes. The corpse soaked in the ice water was not swollen and deformed, but had a special texture, like some kind of jade product.

He froze all of a sudden.

This layer of water is actually not that deep, only less than three meters. Under the premise of mental preparation, a normal person who knows a little about water can float up after holding his breath.But Fang Shiqing didn't know anything about swimming, let alone the moment he saw the corpse, he fell into a sudden panic, and the breath he had held was loosened all of a sudden.

In the case of a drowning person losing his mind, the amount of water equivalent to his height is enough to drown a person.

Xiao Fengdi got up right after him, and immediately covered his mouth and nose, pinched him in his arms, kicked off the bottom of the water, and floated straight up.

The pale bloodstains melted in the water, casting a layer of red in front of his eyes.

Looking up from under the water, everything is vaguely visible.Fortunately, the ice hole that was opened before was almost directly above, and the two of them had water in an instant.

Fang Shiqing only felt a weight on his body, and he had been dragged out and rested on the ice.

Xiao Fengdi didn't pull him away in a hurry, but slowly sat down beside him and coughed a few times.

Fang Shiqing calmed down for a moment, and managed to stand up.

"Boss, I'm sorry... huh?"

Xiao Fengdi's whole body was drenched, and the blood dripped down his body, and soon condensed into a light red ice edge.Before he knew it, his face had turned pale, and he looked crumbling.

"What’s wrong with you?"

He took a breath, pressed his palms hard on his chest a few times, and finally looked a little better.

The vibration of this layer is not obvious yet, so it should be considered safe.Fang Shiqing wanted to help him up, but he just waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

"What's the matter...?"

Xiao Fengdi was silent for a moment, and pointed to the cross-shaped penetrating wound on his chest.

"At that time before," he said, "although the BOSS's awl failed to pierce the heart, it seemed to have cut off a small section of artery, which was very close to the heart."

The arteries around the heart are probably the so-called coronary arteries.

An artery has been cut off, and it can still move vigorously—this is completely unimaginable in reality.

The heart is one of the deadliest parts of the human body. Most people who are injured here will fall into a near-death state, and will die soon without rescue.God knows what kind of miraculous person this boss is, not only did he not fall to the ground and die, but he was able to run for so long.

Fang Shiqing was anxious: "How is your health?"

"There's still a lot left," Xiao Fengdi said, "It's all right."

It seems that he has become accustomed to using "health value" as the only criterion for judging physical condition.Fang Shiqing took out the blood recovery potion involuntarily, and poured it on him as if he didn't want money. After pouring two bottles, he was stopped by the other party: "No need, it's full."

——However, the wound on his chest didn't heal at all, and he still looked hideous and bloody.

Could it be that the boss put some special curse on his attack?Fang Shiqing became flustered, but Xiao Fengdi seemed to know it well, and after a short rest, he stood up again on his own.

The low temperature here is somewhat beneficial to his wounds, and with enough medicine, he looks better.

"I'm fine, I probably know why this is happening. I'll talk about that later, let's go now."

He kept urging Fang Shiqing, but the latter had no choice but to follow his advice.When the two climbed over the high wire outer wall, the surrounding vibration suddenly became stronger. There was a low buzzing sound from the soles of their feet, and the ice layer not far away gradually cracked. At the other end of the scene, the boss touched Bloody hands tore open the entrance again——

"It's actually chasing us!" Fang Shiqing was startled.This boss is still thinking of attacking them?Is this building a hatred against them?

Where is it going to chase, all the way to the roof?Now they can still run, what can they do after reaching the top, and other teammates should still be waiting on the top of the building, is it okay to lure the boss there?

—No matter, he quickly made up his mind.Guessing based on the current situation, the moment the building is repaired, the dungeon will be completely completed, and they can leave at that time.Before that, all we can do is try our best to deal with the boss and delay the time.

This time it was him who took the initiative to hold Xiao Fengdi.Although I don't know if the boss needs his help, but the other party didn't refuse, and the two rushed to the upper floor like this.

After passing through the dark fifth floor and the sixth floor that had been bypassed before, the two returned to the empty seventh floor.At this time, the sun was already in the west, and the glowing red light shone into the window, even staining the entire floor with blood.

The ice edges on both of them melted and dripped to the ground.Xiao Fengdi's wound was still bleeding, and he didn't know where he got so much blood.

Looking around again this time, they soon discovered that the dilapidated scene had been improved a lot, and there was an extra narrow staircase going up.

——This is probably the "normal" staircase leading to the roof.

The gate of the rooftop was not locked, Fang Shiqing rushed in impatiently, and shouted: "Everyone be careful! The boss will be here soon—huh?"

The huge rooftop was empty.

Not only the garbage and corpses that had been piled up randomly before disappeared, but even the other players who were supposed to stay here also disappeared.

It's like being completely cleaned up.

He looked around in a daze, against the backdrop of the setting sun like blood, he saw only an old soft-covered copy that fell to the ground and was blown by the wind to turn the pages, and nothing else, life or death.

Even the elevator he took before had disappeared without a trace.

"Here, boss, can you see something?" He turned his head in panic for help.

Xiao Fengdi followed him up to the rooftop and slowly shook his head.

"No, you read that right, there is nothing here," he said, "probably someone else has left."

"Walk--"

Several possibilities ran through his mind at once.

Maybe they were wiped out by the system when the building was being built-this is the most pessimistic guess, and it is very unrealistic.Building repairs is obviously the way to complete the dungeon, there is no reason for the players to die after completing the task.

If it wasn't death, would they have already left here?

Is it because the goal has been achieved, so the dungeon was automatically sent out?

...However, if that is the case, why are the two of them still here?

Whether it is in the announcement or in the player's manual, the description of "dungeon" is something "to be fought by all players", so all players should enter and exit at the same time. It is hard to imagine that some people can leave early, while others Some people have to leave later.

If...the others have already left, and only the two of them are forced to stay, wouldn't it mean——

Either the game system decided that they had become sacrifices, destined to coexist with Lou forever, and there was no need to leave; or there was a bug in the system that stuck them in the instance.

Either way, it means the fact that "they are here forever".

This conjecture made him fall into the ice cave again.This idea is equally pessimistic, but it is very realistic; on the contrary, it is an optimistic assumption-for example, as long as the copy is dragged for a while, they will automatically let them go. There is no evidence to support it, and it seems very unrealistic.

Xiao Fengdi walked to the west side of the stairs step by step, and sat down with his back against the wall, his head bowed.He looked very tired and seemed to have spent all his strength.

"—Boss, we are now..."

Xiao Fengdi turned his head to look at him, and pointed to the empty seat beside him.

"Come on, sit down. We have no escape," he said, "we can only wait, and wait for a result."

He was right.With the flashing speed and impressive attack range of the boss, they don't even have the ability to maneuver around in an open space like the rooftop.What's more, he had already used up all the spells in his hand, and he seemed to have exhausted all his energy.

He slowly sat down beside the other party, and stammered out his guess about the dungeon.After finishing speaking, Xiao Fengdi just hummed, looked down at a piece of reflective ground, his expression remained unchanged.

"Of course, that's just a negative guess," Fang Shiqing said in a low voice, "Maybe, this dungeon is willing to let us go...Maybe..."

He couldn't go on.

Xiao Fengdi finally looked at him, sighed, raised his hand and nodded his face.

"I see, don't cry."

Fang Shiqing dazedly followed and touched his face, and found that tears were already streaming down before he knew it.

"Don't be afraid," the other party paused for a moment, but still helped him wipe away his tears, and said softly with a rare gentle expression, "We have already done what we can do, and whether we live or die next depends on fate. The so-called Do your best to obey the destiny, that's the way it is."

Fang Shiqing choked with sobs and shook his head vigorously.

"I'm not afraid, I'm not very...afraid of death..."

The concept of "death" itself is not a big deal to him.Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to sit in the elevator alone and choose to be a "sacrifice".

However, thinking that after such a long period of struggle and persistence, running for his life so fiercely, and even hooking up with others, he still couldn't escape the ending in the end, he was—still, inevitably unwilling.

Very... not reconciled.

"Yes...I'm sorry," he said intermittently, "I'm sorry, boss. It's my fault, it's all my fault, and I dragged you in..."

——In the end, he still failed to rescue all his teammates as expected, and instead dragged others into the water.

"What does it have to do with you?" Xiao Fengdi frowned slightly, "Isn't this my own problem?"

"But, you did it to save me—"

If I could be more straightforward, or in other words, die a little faster, and hesitate for a while in front of the boss, I wouldn't let the other party fall into this situation.

He looked at the wound on Xiao Fengdi's body, which was still bleeding.

Xiao Fengdi sighed again.

"Don't think so. I did it voluntarily, just like you voluntarily entered the elevator," he said. "Did I tell you that? I've been prepared for this kind of mental preparation."

His left hand made a move, grabbed Fang Shiqing's forearm, fell down along the wrist, and finally held his palm, clasping his fingers tightly.Fang Shiqing didn't find anything wrong, he didn't notice this little action at all, and the tears couldn't stop, which made him feel extremely embarrassed.

He thought he wasn't a crying person, and thought he could maintain peace even before death, but at this moment, he didn't know why he was crying, but he just couldn't stop.

He turned slightly sideways, trying not to look at Xiao Fengdi's face outlined by the setting sun, which would only make him more emotionally broken.

——Why did you drag this person into the water?People have been helping him and saving him many times, but he has caused so many troubles for them in turn, and in the end they have lost their lives.What kind of reciprocity is this?

The tremor came from the ground, it was relatively weak at first, and gradually became stronger and stronger, as if it was moving upwards, almost to the ground below them.

"It's not interesting to be idle, why don't you come and talk to me, I probably won't have the chance to talk in the future." Xiao Fengdi said looking at the sunset.

Fang Shiqing nodded, then shook his head.

"You...whatever you want, I can do it," he said with a sniff, "I don't know what to say..."

"Tell me about you, I want to know about you," Xiao Fengdi looked at him, "At this point, there is nothing to hide about your private affairs, right?"

"Me?" Fang Shiqing was stunned for a moment, unable to turn his head around.He didn't think he had anything to say, although he didn't know what to say now.

"Correct."

Xiao Fengdi held his hand even harder.At this time, his appearance was even much gentler than usual, without the slightest hint of panic on the verge of death.

"Where do you live, where do you work, how many people are in your family, what hobbies do you usually have - you can say anything, as long as it is your own business. I want to know."

Fang Shiqing didn't know what the big guy meant.He thinks that his affairs are not suitable for small talk at all, because they are too dull and uninteresting.

In comparison, Xiao Fengdi's own story should be very interesting. The work of "The Exorcist" is definitely both miraculous and bizarre in the eyes of ordinary people, and casual talk is enough to bluff people's attention.

So why is he suddenly asking this? ——By the way, Xiao Fengdi didn't seem to be there on the day the players introduced themselves.Maybe he just wanted to make up for the missing scene at the end?

In any case, since the boss opened his mouth, he couldn't refuse it.

"I..." He thought for a while and said, "I really have nothing to say. In reality, I am a native of N City. Basically, no, I am a useless dead house. I have no hobbies other than playing games. .Currently not looking for a job, occasionally doing game leveling to earn extra money.”

Anyway, after he started talking, his emotions calmed down a lot, and his tears stopped.

"Do you usually live with your family?"

"I live by myself." He shook his head.

Xiao Fengdi was silent for a while, and asked: "You don't seem to reject this game environment at all, don't you want to go back to your family? Besides, you are not afraid of death.... I don't think that if something happens to you , will the family be sad?"

This kind of question is indeed somewhat private. If it were not for the current situation, Xiao Fengdi would not have asked it, and Fang Shiqing would not have been able to answer it.

He lowered his head, stared at the shaking broken stones on the ground, and said for a while, "There is no one in my family."

"..."

"It didn't exist a long time ago," Fang Shiqing said with a smile, "It's still my fault.

"That... big brother, did I tell you? In reality, my health is very bad. I was very bad when I was born, as if it just happened to bring together the worst genes in the family of both parents, anyway It's just bad... It's a miracle that he survived."

This is the first time he has talked about his private affairs with others. Usually, he tries to avoid such topics as much as possible, and always feels that talking about it...is disgusting.

But the boss is right, this is the time, and there is nothing to avoid.

"Then... my family members, all kinds of things, take me to see a doctor... You know, I went to various hospitals all over the world, looking for various experts, asking for various folk remedies, and prescribing various medicines. Then Later, when I was almost in junior high school, something happened."

Speaking of this, he was a little embarrassed after knowing it.

It's embarrassing to say this kind of thing out of your own mouth.

On the same day, his family took him to see an old expert who had recently retired and rehired from the neighboring city. The family was driving by themselves and was hit from the side by a heavy truck driving tiredly.

His parents in the front row died on the spot, but he recovered his life in the back row.

Speaking of it, it could be considered that he killed his parents. After all, if they hadn't seen a doctor for him, they wouldn't have driven there at that time, let alone encounter such a thing.

"……sorry."

"Uh, no, it's okay... nothing, there's nothing you can't say."

Fang Shiqing was even more embarrassed, and didn't dare to look at the other party's expression at all.

He didn't feel ashamed or anything, but... it was embarrassing, indescribably embarrassing.Whether people were sympathizing with it or regretting it or whatever, he always felt that something was wrong.

The two were silent for a while, only the vibration from downstairs continued to hum.

Xiao Fengdi stretched out his other hand and stroked his hair.

"Now, are you feeling better?"

"Everything is fine now," Fang Shiqing stretched his arms quickly, "I can run and jump."

"...I didn't mean in the game," Xiao Fengdi stared at him, "In reality, are you better?"

Fang Shiqing wanted to answer, but he opened his mouth but couldn't answer.

He didn't really want to lie when he was dying, but in fact, of course, it couldn't be much better.

Since that accident, the relatives who were willing to take him to seek medical treatment at any cost are gone.He survived alone. Although he has his parents' pension and inheritance, his life can be guaranteed, but he can't afford to be alone.

In reality, Fang Shiqing is a weak chicken who is so weak that he can't breathe when he goes downstairs to throw garbage. He can't even walk to the convenience store by himself, and he can't move even slightly heavy things.

He only likes playing games, in the final analysis, because he can only play games.All outdoor activities are insulated from him.As long as it is a little severe, you will have difficulty breathing or even faint, and you may have to go to the hospital.

——Only he himself knows how frightened and ecstatic he was when he first came to the game and found that he suddenly had a healthy and fresh body; How satisfying it is to walk by the lake or on the road with this body, enjoying the fragrance of water vapor and green grass.

For a patient, there is nothing more attractive than a healthy body.

He likes the daily life in this game world, he likes it very much, he likes it very much, he likes it to the point of greed.

Here, I can run, jump, work, and make progress in a safe way; I feel like I have really become the protagonist of the game, omnipotent.

——This is simply a perfect life only in a dream.

"So, boss, can you understand? For me, dying here is really not a bad thing, even a good thing." He leaned back, watching the sunset gradually slipping behind the clouds, "If it can become... …NPC, I can live the life I love the most. I am really not afraid at all, on the contrary, I am looking forward to it. I know that the new NPC may not have my soul and consciousness, but neither will he My pain. As for me now, whether I exist or not is actually not very important."

The other party did not speak for a long time.

He became a little uneasy, and quickly said: "I'm sorry, boss, I'm really sorry... I should have told you earlier, so that you, you won't be like this. I want you to risk your life. "

If he had made it clear to him earlier, it would not have delayed his life.I want to die, but I have to marry someone who is living a good life, what is it.

——It's really not worth it for someone as good as the boss to save someone like himself.So what... the world is not worth it.

Xiao Fengdi still didn't speak.

Fang Shiqing became more and more anxious.

Boss, he should regret it, right?Regret that my life was spent on such a thing?He should be angry and angry, after all, he has just thoroughly verified how unworthy the other party's life is to save him.

He still couldn't help turning his head to look at Xiao Fengdi, only to find that the latter was looking at him without blinking.

"—"

Is he mad?He didn't look angry either.

His eyes were colder than usual, but they didn't look scary.Being watched by such eyes, Fang Shiqing was a little confused. He felt that he could not tell the emotion at this moment from the facial expressions of the other party.

"Boss...?"

Xiao Fengdi finally opened his mouth: "I will—"

The voice behind was buried in a series of piercing creaks and heavy tremors.

The wall behind the two shook violently, and the roof door on the other side was knocked open.Xiao Fengdi stopped talking, and the two jumped up at the same time.

Boss hobbled his upper body out of the door, supported the ground with two much shorter spikes, and climbed up to the roof with hands and feet.