The Uncanny Valley Travel Guide

He stood motionless in the same place, and after a long while of confrontation, the voice-activated lights went out silently, and the inside and outside of the corridor were shrouded in darkness again, but Wen Zheliu could feel that the things outside the door hadn't left.

He slowly stretched out his hand, and took out the pendant from his collar. The silver photo frame dangled in mid-air, reflecting an inexplicable cold light, like a staring eye.

"If you don't want to die again, stay away." Wen Zheliu said in a low voice, "It's not your turn today, let's talk about it tomorrow night."

In the tightly closed gaps of the photo frames, cold white mist has already seeped out, like a little snake floating out of the void, about to get out of the gaps in the doors and windows immediately.

The coercion of the world-class BOSS is close at hand, forcing the sound of friction to retreat quickly. When the voice-activated lights in the corridor light up again, there is no shadow of ghosts overhead.

Wen Zheliu heaved a sigh of relief, and he said to the five boys without looking back: "After I leave, you all remember to close the door and stop talking, okay?"

There was no response, only five high and low breaths of fear resounded heavily.

Wen Zheliu didn't have time to wait for their response, so while the corridor lights were still bright, he turned the handle abruptly, then stepped out and quickly closed the door.

As soon as he stood on the aisle, he was taken aback: the outside of the dormitory had already completely changed into the appearance of the inner world.The marble floor tiles underneath were covered in brown marks, and the walls were also horrific. Blackened bloody handprints were pasted all the way along with splattered blood.Even the light tube above the head was covered with a layer of blood mist, filtering the light into a dirty and hazy yellow-brown.

Faced with this situation, a normal person would have trembled all over his body, almost peeing his pants in fright, but Wen Zheliu knew that without the support and cover of his teammates, the current situation counts against the clock, and even if he is a step late, it will be difficult to predict the next development , only hurry up.

He stood on tiptoe and galloped silently and lightly down the long, empty corridor.The white sneakers worn by Wen Zheliu were ordinary and looked whitish after washing, but they were a prop that greatly increased agility, allowing him to pass through the dormitory doors layer upon layer, like a gust of wind.

The destination at the end of the aisle was in front of him, Wen Zheliu looked serious, and slowly stopped.

From his perspective, the door curtain of the toilet fell on the door frame in tatters. Its fabric was originally very bright blue, but now it has been scratched by bloody fingerprints so that it cannot be seen in its entirety.The dim light inside the door flickered, illuminating a large pool of blood stains on the ground from time to time.

Wen Zheliu was panting, but felt chills on his back, as if someone was lying behind him, blowing cool air on his neck.

He didn't dare to look back, and he didn't dare to go forward rashly.With his physical attributes completely halved, he could only use his brain as much as possible to make no mistakes.

Holding his cane, he gently opened the rag-like door curtain with it, and then walked slowly towards the smelly toilet.The sound of dripping water came from nowhere inside, and his heart also thumped in his chest.

Wen Zheliu first leaned into half of his body, and when he raised his eyes and looked forward, everything from the sky cover to the soles of his feet was completely cold - there was a figure standing in the middle of the toilet!

Before he could make the first move, there was a savage wind rushing towards him. In desperation, he had to raise his stick to block, but unexpectedly, the opponent's blow hastily retreated before he could see it. Offensive, staggered away from him.

……what's the situation?

Wen Zheliu hastily put down his arms, and took a closer look, there was nothing in front of him, how could there be anyone else?

This is really inexplicable and confusing.Wen Zheliu didn't know whether this was a little joke made by the ghosts or just a false alarm, but time was running out, he didn't have time to think too much, he just looked around, and felt nothing unusual, so he stepped on the slight step cautiously. Rough floor tiles, a few steps inside.

As a boarding school with high tuition fees, the accommodation conditions in Haihe Middle School are not bad.Although there is no private bathroom in the dormitory, the unified bathrooms on each floor are decorated in an extremely spacious manner. There are ten toilet cubicles in two rows, all wrapped in dark blue frosted cellophane.It's just that the wind is blowing right now, the light is dim, and the windows are messed up with blood-stained wooden boards. No matter how airy and spacious the environment is, it can't withstand the taint of this terrifying atmosphere.

The sink for washing mops was empty, and several mops were hung aside, like a row of long-haired heads.Wen Zheliu didn't want to read any more, so as not to add unnecessary associations in his brain, he rolled his eyes inadvertently, but his body froze suddenly.

……Mirror.

Oops, he ignored the huge mirror on the sink next to it that took up half of the wall.

As a frequent visitor to horror movies and an acquaintance of ghost stories, Wen Zheliu had to be on guard against mirrors.He was facing the front, his whole body was like a clay sculpture, standing as firm as a mountain, only his face was slightly turned at an angle, and he scanned the mirror indiscriminately to see if there was anything unusual.

He clenched the weapon tightly in his hand, and gently twirled the silver thorn that had been coated with enchanting water before he came, like silent fangs, seamlessly blending with the sound of dripping water, and tapped on the floor tiles. Make a precise smashing sound.

——In the dirty mirror, there is nothing but his figure standing here.

Wen Zheliu held his breath, raised his heart high, seeing this situation, his heart couldn't help but let go a little.But before he could completely relax, he suddenly caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye, at the doorway reflected in the mirror, the cloth curtain moved slightly, and a dark head slowly poked in.

Wen Zheliu's cold sweat broke down instantly.

... At this point, it is better to act first, so as to keep your own advantage!

The silver thorns were like lightning, provoking a deadly sharp horn with murderous intent under the changing light, and piercing towards him with a thunderbolt, but at this unbearable moment, the inexplicable sense of familiarity made Wen Zheliu froze suddenly , thought of an almost impossible possibility.

... What if the person who poked his head in at this time was himself?

The attack could no longer be stopped, Wen Zheliu had no choice but to change direction halfway, so that the tip of the staff brushed the body of the person passing by.Just the second after the attack was deflected, his eyes blurred, his whole body shifted instantly, and he returned to the position where he was standing at the door just now, still maintaining that tentative posture!

Wen Zheliu's body was covered with cold sweat, and he froze for a moment.

In the blink of an inch, he has already experienced an extremely strange miniature reincarnation.If he hadn't reacted so quickly, I'm afraid that he would have pierced himself already!

What is going on?

Is it caused by the natural and treacherous aura here, or was it deliberately done by someone who set a trap on his only way to break through?

Wen Zheliu's eyes gradually moved down, and in front of his toes, in the center of a pool of rust-colored stains, there was a faintly visible red light that was hard to detect.

"This is..." He frowned, took out a pair of medical tweezers from the wilderness survival gift box in the package, and carefully picked up the red light, "A... red thread?"

The unknown prop in front of me is indeed the most common red rope, with three strands twisted into one strand, if it is not too long, it can be tied around a little girl's wrist as an ornament.

Wen Zheliu pinched it carefully, opened it to the side, then stepped over by himself, and put it away again.

This prop is placed here, it is obviously used to shady people.If it was Garm—or Garm's men who came to trip him up, he could of course take advantage of it while he was on his guard.

At this time, the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground was heard from the other end of the corridor, and the speed was not slow.Wen Zheliu hurriedly withdrew and ran inside, opened the compartments one by one to check, until he saw the last one, he found the crooked spell mark on the wall again.

"That's it!" He breathed a sigh of relief, hurried into the crowded and dirty small space, and then locked the door.He first took a few pictures with his mobile phone, but due to the dim light, the results were not satisfactory, and he didn't dare to use the flash, so he took out a pen and paper and started sketching as much as possible.

The rattling sound of walking was getting closer and closer. To Wen Zheliu's surprise, according to the walking style and habits of a little girl, the range of her strides was too large. Could it be the addition of ghosts?

Before he had time to think too much, he was drenched in sweat, and speeded up his writing, racing against time to paint the dense and messy spells on the wall. At the same time, the sound of footsteps stopped at the door of the public toilet.

"Click."

While being nervous, Wen Zheliu couldn't help but feel happy.Did it hit that red line?

He kept copying in his hand, he carefully pricked up his ears and listened to the movement outside.

However, Hanako only lingered at the door for a moment, then directly stepped over the threshold and walked inside!

Wen Zheliu choked for breath, and immediately froze.

It wasn't blocked, was it because the item was only effective for human players, or...or was the owner of the item lying in ambush nearby, and immediately lifted the obstacle for it?

There was no answer, and the sound of the leather soles touching the ground was crisp and loud, with a strange heaviness. Hanako had already entered the category of the compartment, and slowly opened the first door.

crunch--

The toilet door in the other world sounded like it had been in disrepair, and the hairs on Wen Zheliu's arms and back all stood up with the sound of pulling the door.

He didn't move at all, but unconsciously slowed down the speed of writing in his hand, as if at this moment of silence, the rustling sound from the pen tip would be caught by Hanako.

"I can't copy anymore..." Wen Zheliu was at war in his heart, "However, half of the content on one wall has not been copied. If we stop now, when will we have a chance?"

He knew in his heart that there would inevitably be an encounter and a chase with Hanako later on. Once the fight started, it would be difficult to come back here. What's more, the clues for the next level of the game have not been found yet...

While he was struggling fiercely in his heart, the second and third compartments were also opened and checked one by one amid rough and ear-piercing friction sounds.

Hanako seems to be very confused, it walks back and forth on the narrow path, through the crack of the door, Wen Zheliu can only see a piece of red... wait, it starts to bend down to look at the gap under the door, to see if there are any shoes inside!

Through the flickering dim yellow light, Wen Zheliu was so frightened that his whole body trembled.At this time, he was still gnashing his teeth, and finally copied two more spells, and when he was done, he became a living horse doctor again, and put the trash can in the toilet into the package.

"Anyway, the trash can is the easiest place to find information, if it's dirty, it's dirty..."

After finishing all this, Wen Zheliu stuck a piece of hanging talisman paper on his body - this is a special prop brought back from Longji's world - then kept his feet off the ground, held his cane tightly, and waited Hanako opened the compartment doors one by one.

One second passed, two seconds passed... five seconds passed, ten seconds passed, but there was no sound outside.

... What happened, did it just go away?impossible.

Wen Zheliu huddled in the small space, slowly frowned, and wanted to look out through the crack of the door again.

"It's strange..." He thought to himself, "When I look at it again this time, why can't I see anything, only a piece of red..."

In an instant, Wen Zheliu's heart seemed to be rolled by a burst of fear lightning, and his scalp was almost flying!At the same moment, the moon ring in his hand suddenly burst into extremely hot heat, and He Qin's reminder pierced through the barrier of time and space, and rang anxiously in his ears: "Danger!"

Wen Zheliu raised his head uncontrollably, the next moment, his eyes turned black, and his heart and soul were almost torn apart instantly.Above the small door of his cubicle, a man was looking down at him! !

Its eye sockets are black, its face is pale, and the smile reaching to the ears is curious and terrifying, and it doesn't know how long it has been looking at him like this.The mental value fell below the 80% mark, and Wen Zheliu's heart was so cold that it was about to freeze, only one thought flew past——

——He miscalculated, Hanako is not the only ghost in the toilet scene, and there is a great possibility that the player will confront the male head teacher!