The Uncanny Valley Travel Guide
Chapter 38 Midnight Fun Show
be surprised! "
award?In addition to the system, is it possible that NPC can also give players extra rewards?
Wen Zheliu thought for a while, and asked the hotel owner: "One more thing, can we meet the chef?"
The hotel owner's smile froze for a moment.
"Chef, chef..." He rubbed his hands, his bushy eyebrows kept moving back and forth above his eye sockets, showing hesitation, "Here, why do you see the chef?"
"See you if you can, and forget it if you can't," Li Tianyu interjected neatly. Even after the frightening night last night, she still couldn't get rid of the arrogance in her brows when she spoke, "Why are you hesitating?"
Wen Zheliu picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful on the mashed potato pie, and put it in his mouth.The mashed potatoes are rich in aroma and thick in taste, while the butter is mellow and sweet. The combination really makes people's index fingers move and their appetite is full.
"Don't get me wrong, we just want to see what a chef with such good cooking skills looks like, there is no malice." Wen Zheliu smiled with eyebrows and eyes crooked.
The innkeeper hesitated for a moment, but turned around and shouted, "John! Bring the cook here, the guests want to see him!"
John agreed from a distance, and at this moment, he turned back into that reckless and clumsy young man, how could there be anything unusual about him?
It didn't take long before he led a burly chef in a one-piece apron towards the player's table.
Li Tianyu's eyes widened, and the other players also had a sudden change of expression, staring at the chef speechless.
"What! He... isn't he..." Li Tianyu stammered, his expression hard to hide his shock, and he almost bit his own tongue.
The rough-looking chef scratched his head in puzzlement while holding the meat-cutting knife, his voice was also rough and hoarse: "What's the matter, is there a problem, miss?"
☆, 41. Midnight Joy Show ([-])
Messy short brown and black hair, rather fierce facial features, slightly dark skin, tall and strong figure, the cuffs of the chef's uniform are rolled up and the thick elbows are tightly stretched, revealing a piece of thick hair. Wearing a one-piece apron, and carrying a meat-cutting knife in his hand-the man in front of him is almost the same as the "Mr. Butcher" last night!
Everyone tensed up, and Li Tianyu was so frightened that he jumped three feet high. The chair he was sitting on rubbed against the carpet and retreated a few steps away. If she hadn't remembered the lesson she had learned yesterday, she would have pulled out the gun a long time ago.
"You... what are you!" She yelled, her scalp was numb, and she pretended to be calm, only a slightly trembling voice revealed her panic at the moment.
The cook looked puzzled. He frowned and replied puzzledly, "I'm the chef here, guest. Don't you guys want to see me?"
"You were not in the kitchen last night, we didn't see you," Bai Jingxing stared at him, his arm was covered under the thick tablecloth, and he had already quietly touched a cold and sharp arrowhead, "Can you tell us where you went? "
The chef scratched the side of his face with a thick beard, looked left and right with confused eyes, and answered after a while: "Me? I went to help Mr. Happy Dawson, what's the matter, didn't you see me?"
Everyone froze there, even He Qin subconsciously twitched his brows, showing a hint of daze.
……what is this?Is this considered a confession?
All the players present seemed to be stunned by this ball that could no longer be straight, and they didn't know what to say for a long time.
If the chef hesitated, lied, or simply said that he didn't know, fell asleep, and had no memory of that time, they wouldn't be so confused.Li Tianyu's expression was blank, and he shouted in a strange voice: "So you know...you know what you were doing last night?!"
"I know, miss, why don't I know, I'm not a fool." The chef was even more puzzled, "So is there something wrong?"
Li Tianyu didn't catch his breath, and almost suffocated by rolling his eyes.
What's up? !Do you still dare to ask something? !
She was about to jump up when Du Zijun looked directly into the chef's eyes and said, "So, you also admit that you are one of the murderers who killed that woman?"
"What?!" the chef yelled loudly, "I didn't kill anyone! The Midnight Joy Show is an absolutely safe and harmless relaxing game, how could there be dead people in it!"
"You fart!" Li Tianyu screamed, "I saw you cut her with a knife, and then she was bitten to death by a monster dog. Are these all fake?! Do you think you are crazy or I am crazy !"
The chef looked at her in disbelief. Aside from his identical appearance, his embarrassed expression was completely different from the wild and crazy butcher last night. Even if they were twin brothers, some people would believe it.
"Guest, that's just the effect of the show!" He tried to explain, feeling like he and the group of people in front of him lived in two worlds, "I cut her with a knife, chased her, and even let the dog bite her, all for the show As a result, what's wrong with that?"
The chef kept rubbing his rough hands on the apron, and Lin Miao suddenly asked, "So, she's still dead?"
"Oh, she will come back to life, sir, we are all like this." The chef smiled kindly, "There is nothing to make a fuss about, as long as everyone feels happy, this is the charm of the Midnight Joy Show!"
His smiling expression, sparse and ordinary tone, determined attitude, and a stubborn, sleepwalking trance-like eyes all make the player's back chill, and he feels a powerless absurdity in an instant.
They couldn't argue with him any longer. For him—and even the residents of the small town represented by him, the distorted ideas instilled in them by the Midnight Joy Show had been completely cast into their lives.Just like you can't discuss hot and cold concepts with a person who was told "the sun is cold" since he was a child, he can only think that ice cubes are hot and flames are cold, and ordinary people's ideas are deformed Yes, it needs to be corrected.
Watching the chef's back gradually go away, Wen Zheliu said softly: "In the world of madmen, normal people are the real outliers."
The Midnight Joy Show has created another very different time and space for the town, where there are new rules and new orders. To the town, players are like viruses that have entered the computer program by mistake, and all of them need to be purified and transformed.
If you want to survive, you must either adapt to the rules here, or break the rules here.
[The main task has been updated: ① Persevere from the escape carnival scene until dawn (unlimited times)]
[Main quest has been updated: ② Solve the puzzle of Midnight Joy Show (0/1)]
"Battle Royale? Do you want to persist until dawn?" Bai Jingxing frowned, "This is a night mission."
"There are more difficult things," Xi Ling said with a serious expression, "You also heard what the chef said just now, he told us that everyone here is like this... What does this mean, you should be able to guess, right? "
Wen Zheliu nodded, and Chen Feiluan said: "In other words, all the aborigines in this town can become murderous perverts in the Midnight Joy Show, and become assistants to the BOSS, and this is what they are happy to do." made."
"But the task of watching the Midnight Joy Show already means that we are being hunted down by the BOSS. This updated escape carnival...wouldn't it be the whole town?" Bai Jingxing looked worried, "If that's the case, then it's terrible. It's too bad."
"Don't worry about it, let's eat something first." He Qin smiled slightly, "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge. Only when you are full will you have the strength to think."
As he spoke, he put a piece of pie into Wen Zheliu's plate.
"Thank you." Wen Zheliu said softly.
After the meal, the players formed groups of threes and twos, and began to exchange opinions and gather countermeasures.
Before entering the Uncanny Valley, they belonged to their own clubs, and they had a deep understanding with each other. Although this way of discussion is not conducive to the team, it can summarize the plan deliberated with information and intelligence in the fastest speed. piece.
Wen Zheliu stood next to He Qin, and the two began to chat quickly and quietly in a familiar manner.
"I haven't told them just now that Happy Dawson's weakness is in the eyes and tongue, how did you figure it out?" Wen Zheliu asked.
"Under last night's situation, the system really didn't allow players to discover much," said He Qin. "The boss is indeed strong in melee combat, but the most important thing is his ability in mental manipulation. All his sense of oppression It all comes from his eyes and voice, which are his strengths, but could they also be his weaknesses? So I tried it out."
"You're right, he couldn't judge whether your words were a simple provocation or a pointed threat, so he hesitated." Wen Zheliu sighed, "It's amazing how fast your mind is turning. "
He Qin smiled dotingly, he wanted to reach out and rub Wen Zheliu's head, but in the end, he just put his right hand in his pocket, "You can think of it, but you don't have enough experience, and you don't see much. , so it’s easy to be influenced.”
"Hmm... Now that I think about it, Jenny even called him the Eye Tongue of the Occupation, so that's true."
He Qin suddenly asked: "By the way, what's the condition of your pendant?"
Wen Zheliu took off the restored silver jewelry from his neck and handed it to He Qin. He Qin glanced at it: "30 minutes of summoning, two days of cooling time..."
"What's the matter, is there a problem?"
He Qin shook his head with a smile, and put the necklace back on for him, "No problem, it's a great prop. In order to repay you, Jenny gave you the key to the first world."
"Key?" Wen Zheliu was a little surprised, "Isn't it, such an exaggeration?"
"Then what do you think?" He Qin looked relaxed, "Do you think such a huge data life form can be accommodated by just a small pendant?"
"I thought she was a projection, or something else." Wen Zheliu didn't know whether to be happy or worried, "I didn't expect it to be a key."
He Qin said: "If it was just a projection, Happy Dawson wouldn't be afraid of her to that extent. Not only would she let you go, but even Li Tianyu would be spared. It can only be said that the pendant is used as a password to open the first world in the second world." The gate, allowing her to briefly move for 30 minutes in a territory that does not belong to her."
"So that's how it is..."
"Although I don't know if players can travel backwards, but even so, this is an important life-saving talisman for you, so don't let others know."
Wen Zheliu nodded: "Yes, I understand."
"Then let's sort out the information that we currently know or can deduce." He Qin snapped his fingers and gestured for the number one, "The source of the Midnight Joy Show?"
"unknown."
"The identity of the host?"
"I only know that his name is Happy Dawson. He is the spiritual master and leader of the town. He is very likely to be inhuman. During his lifetime..." Wen Zheliu hesitated, "According to my speculation, this person should have been a communicator in his lifetime. Professionals are either engaged in pyramid schemes, politicians, or cultists. Due to the ending CG of the first world and the atmosphere of the whole environment, I am more inclined to cultists.”
"How to say?"
"When he was talking to Jenny, he mentioned the word 'master' many times, and asked why Jenny wanted to help a human being who has no faith like me." Wen Zheliu said, "The master he mentioned may be the Holy Spirit. The nun may be the evil god that the holy nun also enshrines, or it may be someone else... But according to his words and deeds, and his excellent and almost terrifying spiritual pollution, I think his professionalism in this area is perfect."
He Qin nodded slightly: "Pretty."
He then asked, "How does Midnight Fun work?"
"This one should be picked by the BOSS at random—or the system will designate unqualified players to him, let him capture them, and have fun through illogical and absurd killings, and at the same time deepen the brainwashing of the town's residents. Cultivate their fanaticism."
"What is his purpose in doing this?"
Wen Zheliu hesitated for a moment: "...for the power of faith? I guess, if he is a cultist, then he must need something like the power of faith?"
"The power of faith?" He Qin laughed. He looked at Wen Zheliu with great interest, and the peach blossom eyes were shining, but they were not feminine, but there was a more romantic and evil meaning in them, "A mere one How much power of faith can a small town with thousands of people provide?"
"This..." Wen Zheliu frowned, "Thousands of people are not a lot."
He Qin said: "Then what if I say that the coverage of the Midnight Joy Show channel is not limited to just one town?"
Wen Zheliu's heart skipped a beat, and he was speechless immediately.
If it's not just this small town, then the scope of their dungeons will be greatly increased, and the difficulty will also increase exponentially!
"Fleeing Carnival..." He Qin chewed these words, as if he knew what he was thinking, and said softly, "That's right, baby. Because Jenny, a cheat-like helper, appeared, even if no one died on the first night, this The difficulty of the world is also increasing unconsciously. This is the self-protection mechanism of the BOSS, and it is also the basic method used by the world to balance power."
"But..." Wen Zheliu was stunned, "But the cooldown of this pendant lasted for two full days, and the others didn't do anything. Doesn't this mean that I have hurt them!"
☆, 42. Midnight Joy Show (Seventeen)
"Calm down, baby." He Qin said, "You saved yourself, and you also avoided the risk of losing your teammates. Compared with this possible result, the increase in difficulty is already the lightest price."
Wen Zheliu sighed, while the two were talking, He Qin suddenly stopped talking, narrowed his eyes and looked behind Wen Zheliu.
Wen Zheliu didn't know why, so he looked back and saw Li Tianyu standing behind, his face flushed, pinching his fingers with a nervous expression, and he was pissed off, but he didn't speak.
What's going on here?
He asked, "Miss Li, do you have something to tell us?"
"Yes, um... yes, yes, what I have is... uh..." Li Tianyu looked unspeakable, not far behind her, Chen Feiluan was talking with Lin Miao in a low voice, and looked up here from time to time.
"Okay, you're welcome." He Qin smiled politely, and said simply, "Is there anything else you want to say?"
Li Tianyu was choked and stuck.
Her eyes turned back and forth between Wen Zheliu and He Qin, and instinctively felt that she should say something, and finally, she said dryly: "Uh, uh...no, that's it...thank you, goodbye."
Wen Zheliu: "...She just came to say thank you, I thought she wouldn't say thank you to people with her personality."
He Qin: "Then what else do you expect her to tell you?"
Wen Zheliu rubbed his nose: "It's true that we saved her, but it was also for ourselves... There is nothing to be thankful for."
"It would be great if everyone could think like you," He Qin shrugged his shoulders, with a slight sarcasm in his tone, "soft-hearted baby."
"Fuck you." Wen Zheliu spat at him.
After the discussions were over, the players gathered together to exchange opinions. Wen Zheliu explained the weaknesses of the boss to them, and truthfully informed He Qin of the points of view that he had deduced.
"In that case..." Bai Jingxing stroked his chin and began to think.
Xie Yuanyuan looked left and right, and suddenly asked: "Hey, tell me, can the residents of this town still be considered alive?"
"...Why do you ask that?" In order to avoid the embarrassment of no one answering the atmosphere - as long as Xie Yuanyuan is there, his sense of presence will never lack such embarrassment on the court - Du Zijun had to speak first.
"Just... because some novels, movies and TV series often write about cult sacrifices and the like. If the boss is really a member of the cult, would the residents of the town have been sacrificed by him long ago..." He said more and more. , the face became uglier, and the little face that was originally fair and clean was already a little blue at this time, "What appears in front of us now is a ghost who didn't know that he had been dead for a long time. He lived as usual during the day, but turned into a ghost at night Ghost..."
"Stop talking!" Li Tianyu couldn't help feeling horrified when he thought that the hotel owners and chefs he had been in contact with for so long were inhuman things, and hurriedly interrupted him, "Why are you scaring yourself like this?"
"Very likely." He Qin's expression remained unchanged, and he agreed with a relaxed smile, "A cook during the day has become a butcher at night... You must know that one person cannot present two completely different postures." , even if it is a split personality, it is impossible to completely change one's appearance in a short period of time."
"Have you changed it?" For some reason, Li Tianyu didn't dare to refute the handsome man in front of her, and she hesitated, "If it's for the effect of the show, makeup can also be done?"
He Qin shook his head, Wen Zheliu took over, and explained to Li Tianyu: "But now that I think about it, the chef's eyes were a normal brown, but last night, the butcher's eyes were a bit unnaturally gray. When I opened my mouth, my tongue coating was dull, and there were purple-black bruises on it, which is really not something that can be done with makeup."
Li Tianyu stared at him suspiciously: "How did you notice this? You have been observing him?"
"No," Wen Zheliu honestly denied, "It's just that I usually pay more attention, it's a personal habit."
"In any case, we don't need to waste too much time on this." Bai Jingxing said, "We don't know anything about the rules and conditions of the escape carnival, so we have to make plans for various situations."
"Just looking at this name makes me feel like the whole family is going out." Xie Yuanyuan muttered.
Xi Ling said: "If the boss breaks us up, then we should try our best to use the communicator to meet up with our nearest teammates, and then make plans."
"Conversely, if the boss gathers us together and wants to wipe them all out, we have to trouble everyone to disperse and escape by various means to avoid the end of the entire army being wiped out." Chen Feiluan said.
"If you encounter a character like a butcher blocking the way, no matter whether he is a human or a ghost, you must not soften your heart," Bai Jingxing added, "It doesn't matter if you kill them all when necessary, no matter how simulated these intelligent beings are."
Du Zijun stopped cleaning his gun, biting a cigarette, raised his eyelids and said lazily, "Is it our turn to speak?"
Wen Zheliu looked at He Qin, and He Qin lowered his head and glanced at him, his eyes were helpless and indulgent: "Then let me tell. The map of the escape carnival is likely to expand to surrounding towns, and the probability of the team being separated is very high , prepare a map for each person, and when the time comes, they must rush here at all costs, and then go to the hotel owner."
"Ah?" Before everyone digested the information that the map might be enlarged, the last sentence made them a little puzzled.
Bai Jingxing pushed his glasses, and a white light flashed through the lenses. He looked at He Qin probingly: "You mean the hotel owner?"
"I can understand that if the hotel owner is regarded as a key NPC, then we really need to find him. However, this approach is not without risk." Xi Ling analyzed sternly.
"But what's the use of looking for him?" Xie Yuanyuan wondered, "If he also transforms at night, then we are not looking for a dead end."
At this time, the door of the room was knocked three times suddenly, the players immediately stopped talking, Wen Zheliu cleared his throat: "Please come in!"
No matter what you say, the hotel owner opened the door and walked in with a tea tray: "Guest, your hot tea!"
"Thank you." He Qin politely gestured, but Xi Ling was uncharacteristically, he stood up from his seat, and ran over to help the hotel owner bring water like a real innocent little boy.Although the boss has a grumpy temper, his attitude towards the children is still very gentle.He looked at Xi Ling who was busy, and couldn't help but sighed, the stubborn and deep wrinkles on his face softened, and he murmured softly, "As old as Sasha... what a age."
Many people heard his words, but none of them made a sound. Wen Zheliu asked, "Boss, where is that waiter named John?"
Mentioning John, the boss's tender expression suddenly turned into an active volcano waiting to erupt, he spewed out a thick breath from his nose, and cursed bitterly: "Damn beast, you know how to be lazy and lazy all day long! Now I'm afraid I'll go somewhere to sleep long ago!"
Thinking of this, he felt that he couldn't stay here for long, so he hurriedly bid farewell to the players. Before he left, he took one last look at Xi Ling, and strode angrily to find the missing waiter.
Xi Ling watched him go away, and slowly closed the door tightly. The moment he turned around, he changed from the helpful and enthusiastic kid just now to a rigid and indifferent child with high IQ. Zhe Liu was a little speechless.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but remember the Zhou brothers and sisters who parted ways with him in the City of Melancholy, and he didn't know what happened to them now...
When he was thinking about it, he heard Xi Ling's ups and downs and flat voice: "I touched it, and the temperature of the body surface is slightly higher than normal, and the heartbeat and pulse are the same. He should be a person."
Everyone stared at his small face, their expressions were a little strange for a while, even Wen Zheliu laughed dryly a few times, thinking that this kid can be the head of a celebrity club at his age, to some extent Really have some skills.
"Since this is the case, the danger of coming back to find the hotel owner has also been greatly reduced," he said, "Just as I said, even if the hotel owner is not a key NPC, we have to return to this town to complete the main task. "
"—The premise is that the scope of our activities has really expanded to the surrounding towns." Bai Jingxing said, "Just in case, go out now and see where you can buy a map."
During the silent and long wait, everyone was not idle. They carefully studied the map they bought downstairs, and found that the idea of expanding the scope was really not a joke.With the town of Melios as the center, several main roads radiate around it, connecting four towns, big or small, far or near. This kind of distribution route is simply telling players that you have to go to Take a walk around these places.
"What's going on, are the soldiers coming to cover up the water and the earth?" Chen Feiluan smiled wryly, "Could this be the reward for all our members passing the first night?"
Wen Zheliu remained silent on the surface, but felt a little tormented in his heart.
The teammates thought it was the Happy Dawson that he and He Qin fought back together, but in fact, only he and He Qin knew what was going on, and Du Zijun and Xie Yuanyuan, who had a slight sense of the inside story, would not see them Say it, but anyway...
"It's a good thing." He Qin said casually, "Since the first night has been cleared by all members, can you show the courage and pride of your members? Why worry about life and death, treat it as an ordinary It’s fine if you don’t look at the game.”
"Easy to say, easier said than done." Lin Miao shook his head, "My family is still outside waiting for me to go back, I don't want to make any mistakes here, once it happens, it will be the end of heaven and man forever, this is not by resurrection Coins can solve it.”
"So you see, this is where the contradiction lies." He Qin raised his sharp brows, and a sinister smile curled up on the corner of his mouth, "You are all one of the top players in Nova City, to get to this point, you need brains, courage , Faith, fortune, the ability to grasp the timing, your strategy of using tactics, and even your talent... and the most easily overlooked, but also the most indispensable point is your own feelings for the game."
"Whether it's an addiction to victory, or a love for fantasy worlds, even if you just like a certain plot or a certain NPC in a certain game world, this can be counted as the motivation to support you to keep going. But When you get here, you want to win the top of the pyramid among hundreds of thousands or even millions of players, but you are tied up and take every step carefully. You don't think about how to play it well, just want to survive. Fish and bear's paw Is it possible to have both? If you do this, it will be very difficult for me."
"If you want to pass the level alive, even to the end, isn't it very simple? All the equipment is smashed for defense, all the medicines are piled up to save your life, and once you enter the world, you just huddle in a corner. If you survive the maximum number of days, you can still be cleared by the system Evaluation, why bother to compress time and analyze this and that, isn’t it tiring?”
"...If you want to get something, you must give up something else." Wen Zheliu echoed in a low voice, "This is the rule in the world."
The players in the big group were all silent, unable to find anything to refute He Qin, but at this moment, a piercing and sharp electronic buzzing suddenly passed over the town!
Everyone jumped up in an instant and rushed to the window to have a look.
Happy Dawson's uncontrollable and crazy laughter immediately resounded throughout the town: "Dear viewers and friends, distinguished guests! Welcome to the special episode of the Midnight Fun Show, Runaway-Carnival!!"
Li Tianyu's face turned pale, and she suddenly turned her head to look at the pendulum clock: "What?! But it's not twelve o'clock yet!"
☆, 43. Midnight Joy Show ([-])
"All alert!" He Qin yelled loudly, and as soon as the long knife in his hand was unsheathed, the sound of the system prompt rang in the player's ears unexpectedly!
[Main task ②: Escape Carnival (unlimited times) has started.
During the day, this is a desolate town with no pedestrians on the streets; at night, this is a weird, crazy and terrifying ghost town.The devil's spokesperson creates a world that reverses black and white here. In the carnival night of ghosts, can you escape from birth and see the rising sun the next day? 】
...There is actually a rare mission introduction.
A dazzling white light flashed in front of them, accompanied by Happy Dawson's insane laughter, before everyone could be startled, their eyes blurred and they all disappeared in place!
Happy Dawson, microphone in hand, stood at the highest point under the night sky, laughing at the territory he ruled: "Ladies and gentlemen! Let's have a good time-!"
Under the silent night, countless ghosts swayed in the darkness, spreading to the edge of the endless night.
Li Tianyu opened his eyes and woke up from the dizziness.
At this moment, she was in a dark, damp small house, and she could faintly smell an uncomfortable rancid smell, mixed with the smell of disinfectant, and there was no one around her, only a teammate nothing.
The room was undeniably cramped, and a hospital bed with a teddy bear lying on it with all eyes lost, a wardrobe, and a stand for a salt water bottle by the bed were the only things left.Li Tianyu walked around inside and found that all the furniture was covered with a thick layer of dust, as if no one had lived there for a long time.
"...Sure enough." She lowered her voice and forced herself to calm down, "We are all separated."
The communicator was ticking, and she collected herself, walked quickly to the window, carefully lifted the smelly curtains to a gap, and observed the situation here by the street lights that were on and off by the side of the road.
According to the distance from the ground to her, Li Tianyu judged that she was on the third floor somewhere, and after seeing the smell of disinfectant and the layout of the room, she was willing to believe that she was in a clinic or a hospital for the time being.
She felt a chill of dread.
Where is it bad, but in a place like a hospital...
A low-pitched questioning voice came from next to my ear: "How is everyone doing?"
It was the man named He Qin.
"Fortunately."
"can."
"Uh... not very good."
The teammates reported the situation one by one, but Li Tianyu hesitated: "It's okay, I'm in the hospital."
After confirming each other's situation, they began to report the area according to the coordinates one by one. Li Tianyu pulled out the coordinate device, made an estimate, and said, "Area B."
For the convenience of communication, they abbreviated the four surrounding towns as ABCD. As soon as Li Tianyu finished speaking, she heard a voice follow: "Ah... I am also in District B."
She couldn't help being taken aback, because she couldn't tell who the voice belonged to.
...Who is this?
After thinking hard for a long time, she heard the powerful woman named Du Zijun say in a deep voice: "Xie Yuanyuan, remember to bring your name before you speak next time."
...Ah, I remembered, it was the boy who had a low presence like a monster... no, a ghost-like boy.
Although Li Tianyu has a domineering personality, she is not too stupid anyway. She knows how terrifying this kind of physique will be if it is used well, so she is tolerant, and she chimed in and said: "It's okay, I'll try my best to remember..."
Her back felt cold, and she was suddenly speechless.
Because she suddenly heard behind the closed door—perhaps in the corridor, there was a distant sound, as if some heavy object was dragging and rubbing on the ground, while whimpering like crying and laughing.
Li Tianyu suffocated for breath, and the cold wind that came in through the cracks of the doors and windows instantly made goosebumps goosebumps all over his body.She held her breath and waited with a pale face for the thing to get closer to the room where she was, and the sound of its dragging and faint cries becoming more and more discernible...
Li Tianyu still opened her mouth, and stood stiffly in the room, not daring to move. In the extreme silence, she felt that the thing outside the door was not rubbing against the floor, but her cold scalp.
She raised the base of her tongue slowly and silently, and used it to close the trachea in her throat, breathing in and out with only her nose, hoping to minimize her sense of existence—at this moment, she suddenly wanted to thank... …Thank you for your special physique, wanting it like crazy.His sense of existence is so low that he will forget his name as soon as he hears it, if he can have it...
"...Li Tianyu?" After a long silence on the communicator, Bai Jingxing slowed down his voice to the softest level, and asked in a low voice.
But Li Tianyu has no time to take care of her teammates, she waits, waits in deadly silence, waits for something outside to rub against the door of her room, and then slowly walks away.As the distance became shorter and shorter, her heart also increased. However, when her heart almost reached her throat, the voice outside the door suddenly disappeared.
Li Tianyu's scalp exploded, and she screamed almost instantly.
—it stopped at her door!
Boom!
There was an indistinct sound, and Li Tianyu's body trembled.
She reached out and pressed the weapon on her waist, and replaced the props in the package on the top. At the same time, she smelled an extremely strong and smoky smell of blood, which spread stubbornly and viscously from the gap. People almost feel sick.
...that thing was lying on her door, and seemed to be peeping in through the crack of the door.
"..." Li Tianyu wanted to make a sound, but under the excessive panic, her throat convulsed badly, and she could only make intermittent breath sounds.
"From now on, the team members in each area will move closer to each other, the channel of the whole team will be closed, and the members of the same group who have confirmed their positions will open a small channel." This is Wen Zheliu's gentle and firm voice, as if he can give a message to everyone invisibly. With some force, "Li Tianyu, move your finger, pass Xie Yuanyuan's application, and then send him the coordinates, let him come to you, don't be afraid, okay?"
Li Tianyu nodded to the void with difficulty, no matter how rich her actual combat experience was, she was too afraid of these things.
With trembling fingers, she clicked on the communicator, turned off the main channel, grouped up with her teammates, and then sent the coordinates over, and Xie Yuanyuan's voice came from the other end: "Are you in the hospital? Okay, I'll go find it now." you,
award?In addition to the system, is it possible that NPC can also give players extra rewards?
Wen Zheliu thought for a while, and asked the hotel owner: "One more thing, can we meet the chef?"
The hotel owner's smile froze for a moment.
"Chef, chef..." He rubbed his hands, his bushy eyebrows kept moving back and forth above his eye sockets, showing hesitation, "Here, why do you see the chef?"
"See you if you can, and forget it if you can't," Li Tianyu interjected neatly. Even after the frightening night last night, she still couldn't get rid of the arrogance in her brows when she spoke, "Why are you hesitating?"
Wen Zheliu picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful on the mashed potato pie, and put it in his mouth.The mashed potatoes are rich in aroma and thick in taste, while the butter is mellow and sweet. The combination really makes people's index fingers move and their appetite is full.
"Don't get me wrong, we just want to see what a chef with such good cooking skills looks like, there is no malice." Wen Zheliu smiled with eyebrows and eyes crooked.
The innkeeper hesitated for a moment, but turned around and shouted, "John! Bring the cook here, the guests want to see him!"
John agreed from a distance, and at this moment, he turned back into that reckless and clumsy young man, how could there be anything unusual about him?
It didn't take long before he led a burly chef in a one-piece apron towards the player's table.
Li Tianyu's eyes widened, and the other players also had a sudden change of expression, staring at the chef speechless.
"What! He... isn't he..." Li Tianyu stammered, his expression hard to hide his shock, and he almost bit his own tongue.
The rough-looking chef scratched his head in puzzlement while holding the meat-cutting knife, his voice was also rough and hoarse: "What's the matter, is there a problem, miss?"
☆, 41. Midnight Joy Show ([-])
Messy short brown and black hair, rather fierce facial features, slightly dark skin, tall and strong figure, the cuffs of the chef's uniform are rolled up and the thick elbows are tightly stretched, revealing a piece of thick hair. Wearing a one-piece apron, and carrying a meat-cutting knife in his hand-the man in front of him is almost the same as the "Mr. Butcher" last night!
Everyone tensed up, and Li Tianyu was so frightened that he jumped three feet high. The chair he was sitting on rubbed against the carpet and retreated a few steps away. If she hadn't remembered the lesson she had learned yesterday, she would have pulled out the gun a long time ago.
"You... what are you!" She yelled, her scalp was numb, and she pretended to be calm, only a slightly trembling voice revealed her panic at the moment.
The cook looked puzzled. He frowned and replied puzzledly, "I'm the chef here, guest. Don't you guys want to see me?"
"You were not in the kitchen last night, we didn't see you," Bai Jingxing stared at him, his arm was covered under the thick tablecloth, and he had already quietly touched a cold and sharp arrowhead, "Can you tell us where you went? "
The chef scratched the side of his face with a thick beard, looked left and right with confused eyes, and answered after a while: "Me? I went to help Mr. Happy Dawson, what's the matter, didn't you see me?"
Everyone froze there, even He Qin subconsciously twitched his brows, showing a hint of daze.
……what is this?Is this considered a confession?
All the players present seemed to be stunned by this ball that could no longer be straight, and they didn't know what to say for a long time.
If the chef hesitated, lied, or simply said that he didn't know, fell asleep, and had no memory of that time, they wouldn't be so confused.Li Tianyu's expression was blank, and he shouted in a strange voice: "So you know...you know what you were doing last night?!"
"I know, miss, why don't I know, I'm not a fool." The chef was even more puzzled, "So is there something wrong?"
Li Tianyu didn't catch his breath, and almost suffocated by rolling his eyes.
What's up? !Do you still dare to ask something? !
She was about to jump up when Du Zijun looked directly into the chef's eyes and said, "So, you also admit that you are one of the murderers who killed that woman?"
"What?!" the chef yelled loudly, "I didn't kill anyone! The Midnight Joy Show is an absolutely safe and harmless relaxing game, how could there be dead people in it!"
"You fart!" Li Tianyu screamed, "I saw you cut her with a knife, and then she was bitten to death by a monster dog. Are these all fake?! Do you think you are crazy or I am crazy !"
The chef looked at her in disbelief. Aside from his identical appearance, his embarrassed expression was completely different from the wild and crazy butcher last night. Even if they were twin brothers, some people would believe it.
"Guest, that's just the effect of the show!" He tried to explain, feeling like he and the group of people in front of him lived in two worlds, "I cut her with a knife, chased her, and even let the dog bite her, all for the show As a result, what's wrong with that?"
The chef kept rubbing his rough hands on the apron, and Lin Miao suddenly asked, "So, she's still dead?"
"Oh, she will come back to life, sir, we are all like this." The chef smiled kindly, "There is nothing to make a fuss about, as long as everyone feels happy, this is the charm of the Midnight Joy Show!"
His smiling expression, sparse and ordinary tone, determined attitude, and a stubborn, sleepwalking trance-like eyes all make the player's back chill, and he feels a powerless absurdity in an instant.
They couldn't argue with him any longer. For him—and even the residents of the small town represented by him, the distorted ideas instilled in them by the Midnight Joy Show had been completely cast into their lives.Just like you can't discuss hot and cold concepts with a person who was told "the sun is cold" since he was a child, he can only think that ice cubes are hot and flames are cold, and ordinary people's ideas are deformed Yes, it needs to be corrected.
Watching the chef's back gradually go away, Wen Zheliu said softly: "In the world of madmen, normal people are the real outliers."
The Midnight Joy Show has created another very different time and space for the town, where there are new rules and new orders. To the town, players are like viruses that have entered the computer program by mistake, and all of them need to be purified and transformed.
If you want to survive, you must either adapt to the rules here, or break the rules here.
[The main task has been updated: ① Persevere from the escape carnival scene until dawn (unlimited times)]
[Main quest has been updated: ② Solve the puzzle of Midnight Joy Show (0/1)]
"Battle Royale? Do you want to persist until dawn?" Bai Jingxing frowned, "This is a night mission."
"There are more difficult things," Xi Ling said with a serious expression, "You also heard what the chef said just now, he told us that everyone here is like this... What does this mean, you should be able to guess, right? "
Wen Zheliu nodded, and Chen Feiluan said: "In other words, all the aborigines in this town can become murderous perverts in the Midnight Joy Show, and become assistants to the BOSS, and this is what they are happy to do." made."
"But the task of watching the Midnight Joy Show already means that we are being hunted down by the BOSS. This updated escape carnival...wouldn't it be the whole town?" Bai Jingxing looked worried, "If that's the case, then it's terrible. It's too bad."
"Don't worry about it, let's eat something first." He Qin smiled slightly, "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge. Only when you are full will you have the strength to think."
As he spoke, he put a piece of pie into Wen Zheliu's plate.
"Thank you." Wen Zheliu said softly.
After the meal, the players formed groups of threes and twos, and began to exchange opinions and gather countermeasures.
Before entering the Uncanny Valley, they belonged to their own clubs, and they had a deep understanding with each other. Although this way of discussion is not conducive to the team, it can summarize the plan deliberated with information and intelligence in the fastest speed. piece.
Wen Zheliu stood next to He Qin, and the two began to chat quickly and quietly in a familiar manner.
"I haven't told them just now that Happy Dawson's weakness is in the eyes and tongue, how did you figure it out?" Wen Zheliu asked.
"Under last night's situation, the system really didn't allow players to discover much," said He Qin. "The boss is indeed strong in melee combat, but the most important thing is his ability in mental manipulation. All his sense of oppression It all comes from his eyes and voice, which are his strengths, but could they also be his weaknesses? So I tried it out."
"You're right, he couldn't judge whether your words were a simple provocation or a pointed threat, so he hesitated." Wen Zheliu sighed, "It's amazing how fast your mind is turning. "
He Qin smiled dotingly, he wanted to reach out and rub Wen Zheliu's head, but in the end, he just put his right hand in his pocket, "You can think of it, but you don't have enough experience, and you don't see much. , so it’s easy to be influenced.”
"Hmm... Now that I think about it, Jenny even called him the Eye Tongue of the Occupation, so that's true."
He Qin suddenly asked: "By the way, what's the condition of your pendant?"
Wen Zheliu took off the restored silver jewelry from his neck and handed it to He Qin. He Qin glanced at it: "30 minutes of summoning, two days of cooling time..."
"What's the matter, is there a problem?"
He Qin shook his head with a smile, and put the necklace back on for him, "No problem, it's a great prop. In order to repay you, Jenny gave you the key to the first world."
"Key?" Wen Zheliu was a little surprised, "Isn't it, such an exaggeration?"
"Then what do you think?" He Qin looked relaxed, "Do you think such a huge data life form can be accommodated by just a small pendant?"
"I thought she was a projection, or something else." Wen Zheliu didn't know whether to be happy or worried, "I didn't expect it to be a key."
He Qin said: "If it was just a projection, Happy Dawson wouldn't be afraid of her to that extent. Not only would she let you go, but even Li Tianyu would be spared. It can only be said that the pendant is used as a password to open the first world in the second world." The gate, allowing her to briefly move for 30 minutes in a territory that does not belong to her."
"So that's how it is..."
"Although I don't know if players can travel backwards, but even so, this is an important life-saving talisman for you, so don't let others know."
Wen Zheliu nodded: "Yes, I understand."
"Then let's sort out the information that we currently know or can deduce." He Qin snapped his fingers and gestured for the number one, "The source of the Midnight Joy Show?"
"unknown."
"The identity of the host?"
"I only know that his name is Happy Dawson. He is the spiritual master and leader of the town. He is very likely to be inhuman. During his lifetime..." Wen Zheliu hesitated, "According to my speculation, this person should have been a communicator in his lifetime. Professionals are either engaged in pyramid schemes, politicians, or cultists. Due to the ending CG of the first world and the atmosphere of the whole environment, I am more inclined to cultists.”
"How to say?"
"When he was talking to Jenny, he mentioned the word 'master' many times, and asked why Jenny wanted to help a human being who has no faith like me." Wen Zheliu said, "The master he mentioned may be the Holy Spirit. The nun may be the evil god that the holy nun also enshrines, or it may be someone else... But according to his words and deeds, and his excellent and almost terrifying spiritual pollution, I think his professionalism in this area is perfect."
He Qin nodded slightly: "Pretty."
He then asked, "How does Midnight Fun work?"
"This one should be picked by the BOSS at random—or the system will designate unqualified players to him, let him capture them, and have fun through illogical and absurd killings, and at the same time deepen the brainwashing of the town's residents. Cultivate their fanaticism."
"What is his purpose in doing this?"
Wen Zheliu hesitated for a moment: "...for the power of faith? I guess, if he is a cultist, then he must need something like the power of faith?"
"The power of faith?" He Qin laughed. He looked at Wen Zheliu with great interest, and the peach blossom eyes were shining, but they were not feminine, but there was a more romantic and evil meaning in them, "A mere one How much power of faith can a small town with thousands of people provide?"
"This..." Wen Zheliu frowned, "Thousands of people are not a lot."
He Qin said: "Then what if I say that the coverage of the Midnight Joy Show channel is not limited to just one town?"
Wen Zheliu's heart skipped a beat, and he was speechless immediately.
If it's not just this small town, then the scope of their dungeons will be greatly increased, and the difficulty will also increase exponentially!
"Fleeing Carnival..." He Qin chewed these words, as if he knew what he was thinking, and said softly, "That's right, baby. Because Jenny, a cheat-like helper, appeared, even if no one died on the first night, this The difficulty of the world is also increasing unconsciously. This is the self-protection mechanism of the BOSS, and it is also the basic method used by the world to balance power."
"But..." Wen Zheliu was stunned, "But the cooldown of this pendant lasted for two full days, and the others didn't do anything. Doesn't this mean that I have hurt them!"
☆, 42. Midnight Joy Show (Seventeen)
"Calm down, baby." He Qin said, "You saved yourself, and you also avoided the risk of losing your teammates. Compared with this possible result, the increase in difficulty is already the lightest price."
Wen Zheliu sighed, while the two were talking, He Qin suddenly stopped talking, narrowed his eyes and looked behind Wen Zheliu.
Wen Zheliu didn't know why, so he looked back and saw Li Tianyu standing behind, his face flushed, pinching his fingers with a nervous expression, and he was pissed off, but he didn't speak.
What's going on here?
He asked, "Miss Li, do you have something to tell us?"
"Yes, um... yes, yes, what I have is... uh..." Li Tianyu looked unspeakable, not far behind her, Chen Feiluan was talking with Lin Miao in a low voice, and looked up here from time to time.
"Okay, you're welcome." He Qin smiled politely, and said simply, "Is there anything else you want to say?"
Li Tianyu was choked and stuck.
Her eyes turned back and forth between Wen Zheliu and He Qin, and instinctively felt that she should say something, and finally, she said dryly: "Uh, uh...no, that's it...thank you, goodbye."
Wen Zheliu: "...She just came to say thank you, I thought she wouldn't say thank you to people with her personality."
He Qin: "Then what else do you expect her to tell you?"
Wen Zheliu rubbed his nose: "It's true that we saved her, but it was also for ourselves... There is nothing to be thankful for."
"It would be great if everyone could think like you," He Qin shrugged his shoulders, with a slight sarcasm in his tone, "soft-hearted baby."
"Fuck you." Wen Zheliu spat at him.
After the discussions were over, the players gathered together to exchange opinions. Wen Zheliu explained the weaknesses of the boss to them, and truthfully informed He Qin of the points of view that he had deduced.
"In that case..." Bai Jingxing stroked his chin and began to think.
Xie Yuanyuan looked left and right, and suddenly asked: "Hey, tell me, can the residents of this town still be considered alive?"
"...Why do you ask that?" In order to avoid the embarrassment of no one answering the atmosphere - as long as Xie Yuanyuan is there, his sense of presence will never lack such embarrassment on the court - Du Zijun had to speak first.
"Just... because some novels, movies and TV series often write about cult sacrifices and the like. If the boss is really a member of the cult, would the residents of the town have been sacrificed by him long ago..." He said more and more. , the face became uglier, and the little face that was originally fair and clean was already a little blue at this time, "What appears in front of us now is a ghost who didn't know that he had been dead for a long time. He lived as usual during the day, but turned into a ghost at night Ghost..."
"Stop talking!" Li Tianyu couldn't help feeling horrified when he thought that the hotel owners and chefs he had been in contact with for so long were inhuman things, and hurriedly interrupted him, "Why are you scaring yourself like this?"
"Very likely." He Qin's expression remained unchanged, and he agreed with a relaxed smile, "A cook during the day has become a butcher at night... You must know that one person cannot present two completely different postures." , even if it is a split personality, it is impossible to completely change one's appearance in a short period of time."
"Have you changed it?" For some reason, Li Tianyu didn't dare to refute the handsome man in front of her, and she hesitated, "If it's for the effect of the show, makeup can also be done?"
He Qin shook his head, Wen Zheliu took over, and explained to Li Tianyu: "But now that I think about it, the chef's eyes were a normal brown, but last night, the butcher's eyes were a bit unnaturally gray. When I opened my mouth, my tongue coating was dull, and there were purple-black bruises on it, which is really not something that can be done with makeup."
Li Tianyu stared at him suspiciously: "How did you notice this? You have been observing him?"
"No," Wen Zheliu honestly denied, "It's just that I usually pay more attention, it's a personal habit."
"In any case, we don't need to waste too much time on this." Bai Jingxing said, "We don't know anything about the rules and conditions of the escape carnival, so we have to make plans for various situations."
"Just looking at this name makes me feel like the whole family is going out." Xie Yuanyuan muttered.
Xi Ling said: "If the boss breaks us up, then we should try our best to use the communicator to meet up with our nearest teammates, and then make plans."
"Conversely, if the boss gathers us together and wants to wipe them all out, we have to trouble everyone to disperse and escape by various means to avoid the end of the entire army being wiped out." Chen Feiluan said.
"If you encounter a character like a butcher blocking the way, no matter whether he is a human or a ghost, you must not soften your heart," Bai Jingxing added, "It doesn't matter if you kill them all when necessary, no matter how simulated these intelligent beings are."
Du Zijun stopped cleaning his gun, biting a cigarette, raised his eyelids and said lazily, "Is it our turn to speak?"
Wen Zheliu looked at He Qin, and He Qin lowered his head and glanced at him, his eyes were helpless and indulgent: "Then let me tell. The map of the escape carnival is likely to expand to surrounding towns, and the probability of the team being separated is very high , prepare a map for each person, and when the time comes, they must rush here at all costs, and then go to the hotel owner."
"Ah?" Before everyone digested the information that the map might be enlarged, the last sentence made them a little puzzled.
Bai Jingxing pushed his glasses, and a white light flashed through the lenses. He looked at He Qin probingly: "You mean the hotel owner?"
"I can understand that if the hotel owner is regarded as a key NPC, then we really need to find him. However, this approach is not without risk." Xi Ling analyzed sternly.
"But what's the use of looking for him?" Xie Yuanyuan wondered, "If he also transforms at night, then we are not looking for a dead end."
At this time, the door of the room was knocked three times suddenly, the players immediately stopped talking, Wen Zheliu cleared his throat: "Please come in!"
No matter what you say, the hotel owner opened the door and walked in with a tea tray: "Guest, your hot tea!"
"Thank you." He Qin politely gestured, but Xi Ling was uncharacteristically, he stood up from his seat, and ran over to help the hotel owner bring water like a real innocent little boy.Although the boss has a grumpy temper, his attitude towards the children is still very gentle.He looked at Xi Ling who was busy, and couldn't help but sighed, the stubborn and deep wrinkles on his face softened, and he murmured softly, "As old as Sasha... what a age."
Many people heard his words, but none of them made a sound. Wen Zheliu asked, "Boss, where is that waiter named John?"
Mentioning John, the boss's tender expression suddenly turned into an active volcano waiting to erupt, he spewed out a thick breath from his nose, and cursed bitterly: "Damn beast, you know how to be lazy and lazy all day long! Now I'm afraid I'll go somewhere to sleep long ago!"
Thinking of this, he felt that he couldn't stay here for long, so he hurriedly bid farewell to the players. Before he left, he took one last look at Xi Ling, and strode angrily to find the missing waiter.
Xi Ling watched him go away, and slowly closed the door tightly. The moment he turned around, he changed from the helpful and enthusiastic kid just now to a rigid and indifferent child with high IQ. Zhe Liu was a little speechless.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but remember the Zhou brothers and sisters who parted ways with him in the City of Melancholy, and he didn't know what happened to them now...
When he was thinking about it, he heard Xi Ling's ups and downs and flat voice: "I touched it, and the temperature of the body surface is slightly higher than normal, and the heartbeat and pulse are the same. He should be a person."
Everyone stared at his small face, their expressions were a little strange for a while, even Wen Zheliu laughed dryly a few times, thinking that this kid can be the head of a celebrity club at his age, to some extent Really have some skills.
"Since this is the case, the danger of coming back to find the hotel owner has also been greatly reduced," he said, "Just as I said, even if the hotel owner is not a key NPC, we have to return to this town to complete the main task. "
"—The premise is that the scope of our activities has really expanded to the surrounding towns." Bai Jingxing said, "Just in case, go out now and see where you can buy a map."
During the silent and long wait, everyone was not idle. They carefully studied the map they bought downstairs, and found that the idea of expanding the scope was really not a joke.With the town of Melios as the center, several main roads radiate around it, connecting four towns, big or small, far or near. This kind of distribution route is simply telling players that you have to go to Take a walk around these places.
"What's going on, are the soldiers coming to cover up the water and the earth?" Chen Feiluan smiled wryly, "Could this be the reward for all our members passing the first night?"
Wen Zheliu remained silent on the surface, but felt a little tormented in his heart.
The teammates thought it was the Happy Dawson that he and He Qin fought back together, but in fact, only he and He Qin knew what was going on, and Du Zijun and Xie Yuanyuan, who had a slight sense of the inside story, would not see them Say it, but anyway...
"It's a good thing." He Qin said casually, "Since the first night has been cleared by all members, can you show the courage and pride of your members? Why worry about life and death, treat it as an ordinary It’s fine if you don’t look at the game.”
"Easy to say, easier said than done." Lin Miao shook his head, "My family is still outside waiting for me to go back, I don't want to make any mistakes here, once it happens, it will be the end of heaven and man forever, this is not by resurrection Coins can solve it.”
"So you see, this is where the contradiction lies." He Qin raised his sharp brows, and a sinister smile curled up on the corner of his mouth, "You are all one of the top players in Nova City, to get to this point, you need brains, courage , Faith, fortune, the ability to grasp the timing, your strategy of using tactics, and even your talent... and the most easily overlooked, but also the most indispensable point is your own feelings for the game."
"Whether it's an addiction to victory, or a love for fantasy worlds, even if you just like a certain plot or a certain NPC in a certain game world, this can be counted as the motivation to support you to keep going. But When you get here, you want to win the top of the pyramid among hundreds of thousands or even millions of players, but you are tied up and take every step carefully. You don't think about how to play it well, just want to survive. Fish and bear's paw Is it possible to have both? If you do this, it will be very difficult for me."
"If you want to pass the level alive, even to the end, isn't it very simple? All the equipment is smashed for defense, all the medicines are piled up to save your life, and once you enter the world, you just huddle in a corner. If you survive the maximum number of days, you can still be cleared by the system Evaluation, why bother to compress time and analyze this and that, isn’t it tiring?”
"...If you want to get something, you must give up something else." Wen Zheliu echoed in a low voice, "This is the rule in the world."
The players in the big group were all silent, unable to find anything to refute He Qin, but at this moment, a piercing and sharp electronic buzzing suddenly passed over the town!
Everyone jumped up in an instant and rushed to the window to have a look.
Happy Dawson's uncontrollable and crazy laughter immediately resounded throughout the town: "Dear viewers and friends, distinguished guests! Welcome to the special episode of the Midnight Fun Show, Runaway-Carnival!!"
Li Tianyu's face turned pale, and she suddenly turned her head to look at the pendulum clock: "What?! But it's not twelve o'clock yet!"
☆, 43. Midnight Joy Show ([-])
"All alert!" He Qin yelled loudly, and as soon as the long knife in his hand was unsheathed, the sound of the system prompt rang in the player's ears unexpectedly!
[Main task ②: Escape Carnival (unlimited times) has started.
During the day, this is a desolate town with no pedestrians on the streets; at night, this is a weird, crazy and terrifying ghost town.The devil's spokesperson creates a world that reverses black and white here. In the carnival night of ghosts, can you escape from birth and see the rising sun the next day? 】
...There is actually a rare mission introduction.
A dazzling white light flashed in front of them, accompanied by Happy Dawson's insane laughter, before everyone could be startled, their eyes blurred and they all disappeared in place!
Happy Dawson, microphone in hand, stood at the highest point under the night sky, laughing at the territory he ruled: "Ladies and gentlemen! Let's have a good time-!"
Under the silent night, countless ghosts swayed in the darkness, spreading to the edge of the endless night.
Li Tianyu opened his eyes and woke up from the dizziness.
At this moment, she was in a dark, damp small house, and she could faintly smell an uncomfortable rancid smell, mixed with the smell of disinfectant, and there was no one around her, only a teammate nothing.
The room was undeniably cramped, and a hospital bed with a teddy bear lying on it with all eyes lost, a wardrobe, and a stand for a salt water bottle by the bed were the only things left.Li Tianyu walked around inside and found that all the furniture was covered with a thick layer of dust, as if no one had lived there for a long time.
"...Sure enough." She lowered her voice and forced herself to calm down, "We are all separated."
The communicator was ticking, and she collected herself, walked quickly to the window, carefully lifted the smelly curtains to a gap, and observed the situation here by the street lights that were on and off by the side of the road.
According to the distance from the ground to her, Li Tianyu judged that she was on the third floor somewhere, and after seeing the smell of disinfectant and the layout of the room, she was willing to believe that she was in a clinic or a hospital for the time being.
She felt a chill of dread.
Where is it bad, but in a place like a hospital...
A low-pitched questioning voice came from next to my ear: "How is everyone doing?"
It was the man named He Qin.
"Fortunately."
"can."
"Uh... not very good."
The teammates reported the situation one by one, but Li Tianyu hesitated: "It's okay, I'm in the hospital."
After confirming each other's situation, they began to report the area according to the coordinates one by one. Li Tianyu pulled out the coordinate device, made an estimate, and said, "Area B."
For the convenience of communication, they abbreviated the four surrounding towns as ABCD. As soon as Li Tianyu finished speaking, she heard a voice follow: "Ah... I am also in District B."
She couldn't help being taken aback, because she couldn't tell who the voice belonged to.
...Who is this?
After thinking hard for a long time, she heard the powerful woman named Du Zijun say in a deep voice: "Xie Yuanyuan, remember to bring your name before you speak next time."
...Ah, I remembered, it was the boy who had a low presence like a monster... no, a ghost-like boy.
Although Li Tianyu has a domineering personality, she is not too stupid anyway. She knows how terrifying this kind of physique will be if it is used well, so she is tolerant, and she chimed in and said: "It's okay, I'll try my best to remember..."
Her back felt cold, and she was suddenly speechless.
Because she suddenly heard behind the closed door—perhaps in the corridor, there was a distant sound, as if some heavy object was dragging and rubbing on the ground, while whimpering like crying and laughing.
Li Tianyu suffocated for breath, and the cold wind that came in through the cracks of the doors and windows instantly made goosebumps goosebumps all over his body.She held her breath and waited with a pale face for the thing to get closer to the room where she was, and the sound of its dragging and faint cries becoming more and more discernible...
Li Tianyu still opened her mouth, and stood stiffly in the room, not daring to move. In the extreme silence, she felt that the thing outside the door was not rubbing against the floor, but her cold scalp.
She raised the base of her tongue slowly and silently, and used it to close the trachea in her throat, breathing in and out with only her nose, hoping to minimize her sense of existence—at this moment, she suddenly wanted to thank... …Thank you for your special physique, wanting it like crazy.His sense of existence is so low that he will forget his name as soon as he hears it, if he can have it...
"...Li Tianyu?" After a long silence on the communicator, Bai Jingxing slowed down his voice to the softest level, and asked in a low voice.
But Li Tianyu has no time to take care of her teammates, she waits, waits in deadly silence, waits for something outside to rub against the door of her room, and then slowly walks away.As the distance became shorter and shorter, her heart also increased. However, when her heart almost reached her throat, the voice outside the door suddenly disappeared.
Li Tianyu's scalp exploded, and she screamed almost instantly.
—it stopped at her door!
Boom!
There was an indistinct sound, and Li Tianyu's body trembled.
She reached out and pressed the weapon on her waist, and replaced the props in the package on the top. At the same time, she smelled an extremely strong and smoky smell of blood, which spread stubbornly and viscously from the gap. People almost feel sick.
...that thing was lying on her door, and seemed to be peeping in through the crack of the door.
"..." Li Tianyu wanted to make a sound, but under the excessive panic, her throat convulsed badly, and she could only make intermittent breath sounds.
"From now on, the team members in each area will move closer to each other, the channel of the whole team will be closed, and the members of the same group who have confirmed their positions will open a small channel." This is Wen Zheliu's gentle and firm voice, as if he can give a message to everyone invisibly. With some force, "Li Tianyu, move your finger, pass Xie Yuanyuan's application, and then send him the coordinates, let him come to you, don't be afraid, okay?"
Li Tianyu nodded to the void with difficulty, no matter how rich her actual combat experience was, she was too afraid of these things.
With trembling fingers, she clicked on the communicator, turned off the main channel, grouped up with her teammates, and then sent the coordinates over, and Xie Yuanyuan's voice came from the other end: "Are you in the hospital? Okay, I'll go find it now." you,
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