Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

It was late at night, and the air inside the closet became oppressive and dull.

Xu Rendong and Lian Qiao hid in the closet, the space was small, they stood very close, and could hear each other's breathing.

Ye Qingliu and the baby hid in another closet. The baby had already been fed milk powder, and it probably wouldn't cry for a while.As for the smell of milk, there are so many children outside who are stealing milk powder, Lamia probably won't notice this little baby.Ye Qingliu was unable to move while holding the baby, so she agreed with the two that she would not come out until they found Lamia's hiding place, and even found the elevator and buttons.

In the closet was blackness that could not be seen. In the silent darkness, after waiting for an unknown amount of time, Lian Qiao suddenly said softly:

"here we go."

Xu Rendong sighed inwardly.

What Lian Qiao said was that the massacre began.Sure enough, after he finished speaking, Xu Rendong's ears caught a faint exclamation, the sound was like a mournful cry squeezed out of the throat of a child who was choked by the neck without any defense in his sleep.

Then, there was the sound of something falling from a height.With a bang, it hit the floor hard.

As if with the sound of the crash as a signal, the commotion began.Screams, tables and chairs knocked over, running... The entire second floor fell into chaos.Lonicera and Joe were hiding in the closet, so they couldn't see the situation outside, but they could imagine the tragic situation outside just from the sound.

"Brother Liandong." Lian Qiao suddenly said, and asked in a low voice, "I made my own decision and didn't let you reveal the conditions of death. Would you blame me?"

Xu Rendong asked: "What's your fault?"

"..." Lian Qiao was silent for a moment, "I know you really want to save everyone. But at that time, it was a done deal. Even if we told them the truth, it would only make them panic in vain. Maybe they would still be furious. La Let's lay our backs together. I don't want to die with them, so..."

Xu Rendong noticed that he was feeling guilty, and reiterated again: "I didn't blame you."

"really?"

Xu Rendong smiled: "I'm just an ordinary person, not a god. I can't save everyone. Neither do you."

Lian Qiao didn't speak any more.In the darkness, Xu Rendong couldn't see his face clearly, and didn't know what his expression was at this moment.There was a suffocating silence in the closet, and only the loud cries and cries could be heard outside, creating chaos.

Listening to this miserable voice, Xu Rendong's mood was unexpectedly calm.If someone wants to die, he can't stop it.As for those who were unfortunately on the wrong team... that can only be said to be unlucky.

After all, he's died more times than everyone here combined.If it is miserable, who can be worse than him?He didn't have the leisure to sympathize with others.

Lian Qiao suddenly said: "Brother Liandong, have you experienced this kind of predicament before?"

Xu Rendong: "Huh?"

Lian Qiao: "It's just...the elevator and the buttons can't be found, and the teammates around me are dead, and only a rookie is left..."

Xu Rendong couldn't help laughing when he heard him calling himself a chicken: "Why do you think so low of yourself?"

Lian Qiao said reverently: "Because I won the dungeon with you last time, and this time too, you discovered the food, the death conditions, and so on. I was completely dumbfounded..."

Before Xu Rendong could speak, Lian Qiao quickly began to explain himself, muttering to himself: "But you are right, sir, in fact, I may not be as good as I imagined, maybe there is something shining about me that is I didn’t know it myself, but you, the boss, have discovered it? After all, if I’m really a hot chicken, why did you take the initiative to form a team with me..."

Xu Rendong thought about it seriously: "...Because I am your fan?"

Lian Qiao: "..."

Xu Rendong's words blocked even Qiao's next long speech, choking him speechless.There was a suffocating silence in the dark closet.After a while, Xu Liandong, as dull as Xu, noticed the embarrassment in the air, and was about to say something to ease the atmosphere, but Lian Qiao suddenly smiled softly.

"Brother Lonicera, you are so interesting."

Xu Rendong is very self-aware: "I'm obviously a topic stopper, what's so interesting?"

Lian Qiao suppressed his laughter very low.In the small closet, the low smile lingering around her side actually sounded a bit ambiguous.

"You..." Lian Qiao's breath was close to his ears, making Xu Rendong's ears itchy.This felt weird and made him uncomfortable, so he changed his posture and moved his body away from Lian Qiao without saying a word.

At this moment, there was a loud noise outside——

boom!

Something hit the wardrobe!

"Hey!" Lian Qiao exclaimed a bit funny like a screaming chicken being strangled.At the same time, he grabbed Xu Rendong's hand suddenly, which surprised Xu Rendong—how did he catch him accurately in the dark?

Xu Rendong didn't know what was going on outside, so he didn't dare to act rashly, so he shook Lian Qiao's hand backhand.Lian Qiao's palms broke out in cold sweat in a short period of time, making Xu Rendong's hands wet and cold, and Lian Qiao's fear could be felt through this thin layer of sweat.

Lian Qiao was short of breath due to nervousness, Xu Rendong pressed his arm comfortingly, and put his ear to the cabinet door quietly.

Through the thick wooden wardrobe door, the sound from outside could not be heard clearly.He vaguely heard a vague "quack, quack", like the sound of a wild animal chewing a fragile bone.The association made him feel creepy, but he knew that his guess was probably correct, because otherwise there was no sound of children crying.

— Lamia eats children.Most of the children who stole milk powder had been slaughtered by her.And now, it's time for her to enjoy a delicious meal!

Xu Rendong restrained the vomiting feeling in his stomach, and took a deep breath slowly.Even Joe probably guessed the situation outside, so he tried his best to restrain his fear and not let his precious physical strength be wasted on trembling.

The disturbing chewing sound lasted for a long time, until the two people hiding in the closet were stiff like sculptures, Lamia was satisfied, and gradually walked away with her round belly.

The two counted the seconds silently in their hearts.At a certain moment, the two squeezed each other's palms tacitly at the same time.

After confirming each other's determination, Xu Rendong raised his hand and carefully pushed open the wooden door of the closet.

"Hiss..." The scene in front of them made the two gasp at the same time, but they were immediately choked by the smell of blood.

The whole room was covered with messy body parts, and the children's room seemed to have been splashed with red paint in a wicked way, with blood and internal organs everywhere.Some people's upper body and lower body are separated, half on the bed and half on the floor, with pink intestines dragging out in the middle; some people have half of their chest gnawed off, their ribs are snapped to the sides like butterflies, and their hearts and lungs are no longer there. There are more fragmented corpses, and the organs can no longer be distinguished, and the owner of the corpses can only be guessed from the clothes he is wearing.

Although Xu Rendong had already been mentally prepared, he was still overwhelmed by this too tragic scene.As soon as he took a step, he didn't know what he stepped on, his step slipped, and he fell forward suddenly.Fortunately, Lian Qiao who was beside him grabbed him quickly.Xu Rendong slammed into Lian Qiao's arms, and felt Lian Qiao's chest heaving violently, as if he saw something extremely bad.

Xu Rendong couldn't help but wanted to turn around, but Lian Qiao covered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Don't look, let's go."

Xu Rendong realized that what he stepped on just now was definitely not a good thing, but he still couldn't help his curiosity, and asked softly, "What is it?"

"..." Lian Qiao frowned slightly, and sighed, "Little fat man's head. I think it was the thing that hit the cabinet just now. Let's leave it alone, let's go, or we won't be able to catch up with Lamia."

Xu Rendong couldn't imagine that what he stepped on was the head of his companion, and a chill suddenly rose from the soles of his feet.He was in a daze, almost being dragged forward by Lian Qiao.However, the more he dared not think about it, the more he couldn't help recalling the touch of his feet just now.Soft, bumpy... Is that the face of the little fat man?Are the cheeks and lips soft, and the nose raised?

Suddenly there was a raging desire to vomit in his stomach, Xu Rendong covered his mouth and blocked the sound of retching in his throat.

Lian Qiao looked back at him, with a look of resentment in his eyes.He comforted: "Don't think about it, you didn't mean it."

Xu Rendong nodded, indicating that he was fine, but the feeling of nausea still surged up.He forced himself to focus on tracking Lamia.Lamia hadn't gone far, and the two of them hid quietly behind the door frame. From a distance, they saw the slender and pale figure coming down the stairs with an arm in his hand. "Crack" gnawed.

It was late at night, and only the children's room was lit in the entire monastery, while the rest of the monastery was dark.The two followed Lamia cautiously.They didn't dare to get too close for fear of being discovered.It wasn't until Lamia walked to the corner of the hall on the first floor that the two dared to go downstairs quietly, hid behind the big sofa, and continued to peep.

Lamia knew nothing about their stalking, probably because of the thrill of the slaughter that made her relax her vigilance.Touching her round belly, she wobbled towards the end of the hall and stopped in front of the tall wall.

"Is there a mechanism here?" Lian Qiao frowned and lowered his voice, "Impossible, I checked that wall, and there is nothing."

Xu Rendong shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

Lamia stretched out her long, pale fingers and drew a line on the wall.The wall was gray, and when she swiped it with her finger, a white vertical line was left on the wall.Immediately afterwards, she drew two horizontal lines and two vertical lines.Eventually, a white frame emerges from the gray wall.The frame was about the size of a person, and it was very clear in the moonlight.

What is she doing?

Liandong and Qiao held their breaths, for fear of missing the slightest detail.Lamia raised his hand and pushed, and the wall in the middle of the white frame was sunken in without a sound, revealing a bottomless corridor.

She actually drew a door out of thin air!

Just when the two were surprised, Lamia had already bent down and got into the corridor.The door was closed immediately, and it was tightly attached to the wall, and it was restored to its original state.The entire monastery fell silent, as if nothing had happened except for the faint smell of blood in the air.

Lamia disappeared, along with the enigmatic door.

Xu Rendong came to the front of the gray wall and touched the position where the door had appeared.No, still nothing.The wall was gray and stunned, just like his brain at this time, it was blank.

Lamia's secret room was originally hidden here, but how should they get in?

If they couldn't sneak up on Lamia when she took off her eyeballs to rest, what chance would their two three- and five-year-old children have?Is this world really so difficult that they are not given any way out?

Xu Rendong couldn't help frowning.His fingers unconsciously slid across the wall, imitating Lamia's appearance, and drew a vertical line on the wall.

Lian Qiao looked at his baby-fat arms, and suddenly smiled: "Brother Honeysuckle, if we were to paint the door, Lamia would definitely be stuck in the door and couldn't get out."

The scene of Lamia's bulging stomach stuck in the small door immediately appeared in Xu Rendong's mind, and he couldn't help laughing: "You are right. But how do we draw the door?"

Lian Qiao's eyes were bright, like a shrewd little leopard: "Do you still remember the old nun taught us?"

Xu Rendong was stunned for a moment, a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, and he immediately understood what he meant.

Lian Qiao smiled: "If this doesn't work, then we can only hold hands and wait for death."

Xu Rendong also smiled: "Okay, let's try."

The author has something to say:

The painted door stem pays tribute to the movie "Pan's Labyrinth" and is also the source of inspiration for Lamia.

Lamia: This fat head is not tasty, bah.