Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

The third start of the nightmare.

The taskers all stood there in shock, gasping for air.

Just now, the man in black who sneered rushed towards them holding a machete.In the next second, he began to hack and kill indiscriminately on the corridor.

Several taskers who were killed by the man in black in the first round of nightmares almost collapsed at once.They were killed once in the dark, and now they were killed a second time in bright light.

Before Ringo could make a move, someone had already died on the corridor covered with blood and stumps.

After that, the nightmare restarted in an instant.

The only good thing is that before anyone died, the third child and Mu Jiashi made an agreement that in the next round, Mu Jiashi would try to help hold the man in black and buy time for the bedroom.

But at this time, the nightmare restarted, and the sound of "reporting the count" exploded in their ears again.The third child said "1" without hesitation, waiting nervously for the result—fortunately, one is 1.

It seems that at least the law of counting will not change with the restart of the nightmare, which is probably good news.

The third child let out a long sigh of relief.In the darkness, he was a little nervous.I don't know if the man in black will pop up out of nowhere.This is the third time that the nightmare has been opened, and no one knows whether the nightmare will have an inexplicable collapse.

According to general experience, most nightmares begin to change or worsen for the first time after the third opening.

Because of this, the vast majority of taskers choose to clear this nightmare between the third and sixth times.If you still can't clear the level after this, then the nightmare is likely to collapse to an irreversible point.

Of course, there will also be taskers who choose to seek wealth and insurance.After all, the further you get to the back, the more information the nightmare will reveal, and the greater the possibility of getting through the true ending.

Some prudent questers may have chosen a normal ending for the first few nightmares.

The third child was thinking nervously, there was still 1 minute—no, he also knew the second number, so there were still 2 minutes—he didn’t know the third number, so he could only guess...

His thoughts changed suddenly, he thought of the scene in the room he saw just now when the man in black rushed out of the room.

A woman, bloody and bloody, lying on the bed—this one, right next to them, the bed.

The woman... the man in black killed that woman.

what does this mean?

What is their relationship?Why kill her?What does this have to do with promenades, highways, service areas?

And... the owner of the nightmare is a little boy.

The most direct possibility is...

The third child was thinking about it when someone approached him gently and asked in a low voice, "In a moment... the third number, what shall we say?"

The third child was taken aback, but then calmed down.

The person who came over was Ding Yi.

"It's just trial and error," he said.

"You said before, one, two, three, four, five, one, two, four corresponds to 124, then three and five..."

The third child said: "It was wrong to report 3 in the previous three, so you have to start from 5."

Ding Yi hesitated for a moment and asked, "What if the numbers are repeated?"

The third child was stunned.

In the live broadcast room, following Ding Yi's question, the audience also fell into a stupor.

"Yes, what if the numbers are repeated? It's very chaotic and irregular now, why can't the numbers repeat?"

"But... shit, let's be honest, if the numbers can be repeated, can this game still be played?"

"Let's not talk about repetition. There is another problem... For example, they need to report ten numbers in total, but what if a certain number is more than ten, instead of a single digit within ten? Isn't there infinite Endless options?"

"That's right, who knows how many times this number needs to be reported? What if three corresponds to thousands of trillions? This example may be exaggerated a bit, but if it is really a very large number, do you have to do it one by one?" Do you want to try?"

"I still feel that it is impossible for NE to give an unsolvable problem."

That's right.

In the bookstore, Xu Beijin couldn't help but nodded when he saw the words of the reasoning boss.

He has also experienced quite a few nightmares. Questers may have died countless times because of the dangers in the nightmares, and they may have cried and howled ghosts because of the high difficulty of solving the puzzles, but they have never encountered a real death situation. .

The so-called nightmare has always been traceable.

"Reporting...the numbers..." Xu Beijin murmured these words softly.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

On the other side, the third child's face changed almost at the same time, and he whispered: "Numbers!"

The second brother leaned against the wall impatiently, and said strangely, "Third brother, why are you so nervous?"

"I said numbers!" The third child was rarely emotional. "That little boy, the little boy in the narrow building, he kept chanting a series of numbers!"

Ding Yi was startled, and immediately asked: "You mean, that string of numbers is..."

"That's the number we're going to report now! It's very possible...the clues to the nightmare can be found in the narrow building!" The third child said excitedly, and then he despaired for a moment, "But I didn't remember it."

"You mean that string of numbers?" The boss suddenly interjected, "I remember a little bit."

The other three looked at him instantly.

The boss shrugged: "But I only remember three. 127. Because it was the beginning, and that brat said it many times, so I remembered it. Anyway, it's 127 or something..."

The third child cheered up instantly.

Just at this time, there was another "counting".The third child almost said the number "7" instinctively, bit his tongue quickly, and used the pain to calm himself down.

He quickly said: "2!"

Still the correct answer.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that what you said is correct." The second brother patted the boss on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Not bad, you have made a contribution."

The boss laughed.

After saying the second number, the third child quickly continued to think and discussed with Ding Yi.

Now they have four numbers, 1274.

At present, there are no repeated numbers, which means that they can ignore it for the time being and report the four numbers that have already appeared in the fifth position.

"So, what does the fifth meeting correspond to?"

The third child pondered for a while, and then said: "I really don't remember the string of numbers that the little boy said. However, it is not a very long string of numbers, the length is definitely within ten, and they are all single digits. There is also ten. I remember the sound of a single word."

Ding Yi nodded, and then said, "If there is no repetition, then it will be seven to ten."

"1274..." The youngest murmured, "There are still 3568910..."

"Will there be 0?"

The third child frowned: "If you report the number, there won't be 0?"

Ding Yi nodded and didn't argue too much. They don't have much time now: "Then, 3 for [-]?"

The third child hesitated.

Nobody can make up their minds at this moment.Although the wrong number was reported this time, the group of four on the other side of the corridor may be able to help them drag it there, but... But it is impossible to completely rely on that side.

If the possibility of help from other taskers is excluded, then once they report the wrong number, they will have to face the machete of the man in black again. This is not a pleasant thing.

Although, it was only the third nightmare.If the men in black really come to kill them, at least they should survive two rounds of counting...

"Yes." The third child thought for a while, but then said, "However, we will report in order afterwards."

Ding Yi was startled.

The third child said: "Before five reported 5, then this time five will be reported as 3. However, six is ​​still reported as 6, seven...we will think about it later, but eight is still reported as 8, and so on. We must first order , try all the numbers in the corresponding positions. What do you think?"

In the end, he habitually consulted others for their opinions.

Now they use 12345 to try the five positions of one, two, three, four, five, 35 of which are all wrong, but at least 124 is correct.

In this case, they cannot guarantee that in the next few positions, the numbers corresponding to their positions must be wrong.

What if six is ​​6?

Of course, seven is not seven, that's something they already know.

But the only risk is that they don't know now whether the numbers will repeat...

The third child was a little restless again, he subconsciously looked at the second brother: "Second brother, what do you think?"

The second elder brother was impatient with the darkness in front of him. Hearing this, he said briefly: "I will listen to you."

Only then did the third child breathe a sigh of relief.

Ding Yi didn't say anything, and acquiesced to the third proposal.

Looks like this side of the dark bedroom is on the right track, and the other side...

The other side is very problematic.

Seeing that the next plan was discussed in the bedroom, Xu Bei switched his perspective to the corridor.At this moment, he deeply felt that he was actually a director.

In fact, at this time, only two minutes had passed since the second restart of the nightmare.

And for more than two minutes, the group of four in the promenade was already arguing unbearably.

Of course, it is mainly the selfish ghosts and the dead ghosts who are arguing.

The selfish ghost scolded Mu Jiashi for how he would agree to help the third child block the gun, if he really wanted to block it, he would definitely not be happy.

Calling a selfish ghost for a dead ghost is a selfish ghost.

But to take the place of the dead ghost really?Then he is not happy.

And just like that, they kept arguing like this for the first 2 minutes of the third nightmare.

Even though the man in black had caught up behind him, they were still arguing.

Mu Jiashi sighed deeply.

When they came to the open space of the parking lot and were about to drive to the service area at high speed, Mu Jiashi suddenly said, "I'll stay."

The other three looked at him at the same time.

"I'll stay." Mu Jiashi repeated.

The selfish man sneered and said in amazement, "No way? You can't really be the Virgin, can you?"

The man who had been listless looked up at the selfish ghost with cold eyes, and said word by word: "In this situation, if we want to get out of this nightmare, we must cooperate. Since you are not willing to sacrifice, then I can only sacrifice." Myself. At least, I have the right to sacrifice myself."

Selfish ghost words.

While looking at Mu Jiashi for the dead ghost, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

He thought, if Mu Jiashi is really a kind Virgin Mary, then it would be better.But Mu Jiashi is not.He is just a person whose absolute interests are paramount.

In this case, it's just that the selfish ghost and the dead ghost don't want to make sacrifices, and now is not the time to turn their faces, so Mu Jiashi chooses to sacrifice himself.

However, if it is really time to turn his back on him, then I also believe that Mu Jiashi will immediately follow the most practical and profit-maximizing plan. As long as he can achieve the goal of the team's interests in his mind, even if he sells everyone, he will There will be no emotion at all.

This is the Virgin?

This **** is a person who is absolutely profit-oriented who can even sell himself!

I couldn't help shivering for the dead ghost, thinking to myself, what kind of people are mixed in this nightmare... It's really scary.

The narrow building was originally hidden dragons and crouching tigers - this is not necessarily a compliment.It means that there are still many perverts, lunatics, and mental illnesses.In the narrow building, many people's three views have problems; death can no longer imprison them.

Because you can't die, you can do anything.

Even, knowing a real lunatic for the dead ghost.He pursues the pleasure of death.

No matter what kind of nightmare it is, if it is lined up with that lunatic, then the taskers can only wait until the lunatic dies and experiences the death method of the whole nightmare before they can start to do the task properly.

At this time, the nightmare has often been restarted several times, and the difficulty of customs clearance has also risen sharply.

However, the strange thing is that although this lunatic pursues endless death in his nightmares every time, every nightmare can at least have a normal ending, and occasionally even a true ending.

Therefore, some taskers who frantically want to go to higher floors will instead take risks to participate in this madman's nightmare.

However, such lunatics are a minority after all, but strange ones—there are even more countless.

At least at this moment, I feel a little chill for the dead ghost.

He has never seen this man.Mu Jiashi looks ordinary and has been listless, saying that he is a waste, garbage, and a loser.However, his ruthless attitude and position made the dead ghost dare not underestimate him.

The selfish guy didn't care so much, he rushed directly to the nearest car.

Mu Jiashi stood at the exit of the corridor and looked back at the man in black.This time they ran fast, and the man in black was still 200 meters behind them, and it took at least 30 seconds to run over.

Although he held a deterrent machete in his hand, it was really slow.

Mu Jiashi groaned in his heart, looked back at the rest of the taskers, and couldn't help but say, "I advise you to drive the car close to the road... Forget it, you can do whatever you want."

He was suddenly discouraged again.

But the selfish ghost and the dead ghost listened to him instead and went to a car farther away.After getting in the car, he honked the horn strangely for the dead ghost, stuck his head out of the window, and asked loudly, "Boss?"

Ringo hadn't gotten into the car yet.

He leaned lazily against the wall on the right side of the exit and said, "Don't worry about me, I'll stay here."

Mu Jiashi looked at him with a flattered expression for a moment.

Ringo didn't even lift his eyelids: "It's not because of you."

Mu Jiashi: "..."

The mood instantly calmed down.

Lingo touched his chin, and his memory flashed back to the last moment of the previous round of nightmares.

In that chaotic, bloody, and noisy scene, the third child and Mu Jiashi agreed on the next round of cooperation, and Ding Yi also quietly came to Ringo's side.

In fact, it was precisely because of this that Lin Po didn't have time to stop the massacre of the man in black. Otherwise, depending on his mood, he might have helped out.

And the blue-haired woman walked to his side and whispered, "Boss, please do me a favor."

Ringo ignored her.

Ding Yi was not discouraged, she said: "I know you have been looking for drinks recently..."

Ringo frowned, and looked up at her with cold eyes.

"I'm a merchant of daily necessities." Ding Yi seemed to know that Ringo would not attack and hurt people at will, so she didn't panic at this time. She said, "I am willing to provide you with a batch of drinks you want for free. In an empty room in the narrow building. As long as you help stop the man in black during the next round of nightmares, I will tell you the location of that room."

Those empty houses in the narrow building can be occupied and used at will, but most people are not in the mood to use them; except for daily necessities merchants like Ding Yi.

Lingo hesitated for a moment, then agreed, and added: "Only this once."

He was indeed looking for drinks recently, the purpose of which was of course to fight Xu Beijin.He didn't hide his actions, so it didn't surprise Lin Po that he was known by a well-connected businessman like Ding Yi.

But he still felt a little annoyed because of Ding Yi's spying on his life.

Therefore, even though he agreed, he did not show any friendliness because of Ding Yi's offer of drinks this time.

Because this is just an equivalent exchange.

Such is the case with businessmen.Even in Zhailou, even if Ding Yi is an introverted and reticent person, the businessman still has the nature of a businessman.

I have to say that Ding Yi's news network and use of information are very interesting.

To this day, taskers like Ding Yi who have worked hard for a career in the narrow building rarely have nightmares.

It is precisely because of this that Mu Jiashi was so surprised when he saw Ding Yi in this nightmare.

Because they cherish their lives very much, and they also value the power they have built.Years of hard work could be wasted if they accidentally get lost in the nightmare of eternal collapse.

The narrow building does not force the questers to have nightmares.Under such circumstances, many daily necessities merchants are naturally deep in the narrow buildings, and rarely enter the nightmare.

The same is true for Ding Yi.

She hasn't had a nightmare for at least two or three years.And this time she chose to enter, she must be absolutely sure, if she doesn't want to go to a higher floor, at least she must leave the nightmare safely.

Mu Jiashi didn't know why she had such great confidence before.

But now, seeing that Lingo chose to stay at the entrance of the corridor, Mu Jiashi, who was puzzled, couldn't help asking curiously: "Boss, why did you stay?"

Lin Po glanced at him, but also gave a reply: "The daily necessities merchant promised to provide a batch of drinks for free. In exchange, I will stay here."

Mu Jiashi instantly understood why Ding Yi chose to enter this nightmare.

Because Ringo is here.Not only is Lingo present, but more importantly, Ding Yi has a way to check and balance—or even use Lingo.Even if this method can only be used once, even if it is very possible, Lingo will be annoyed by it, and Ding Yi wants to give it a go.

because……

Could it be that Ding Yi really doesn't want to go to higher floors?

She can choose to go to those gold digger organizations, but that is still not a very safe way.Even the most prestigious gold diggers have the possibility of failure.

Mu Jiashi, the only one who maintained a 100% success rate on the bottom floor, went to a higher floor some time ago.

Ding Yi hesitated again and again, but finally seized the opportunity of Ringo.

As for Ringo as an opportunity, how does he feel...

Well, he's in a bad mood.

He has never been in a good mood, so now his focus is on whether the drinks provided by Ding Yi can make Xu Bei fight him willingly?

If so, then all is well.Ringo did not hesitate to use his force to do a little favor.

For so many years, he has indeed done the same in the Narrow Building. Although those small favors have been forgotten by him, I am afraid that many people will remember his kindness—if those people have not been lost in the nightmare in the words.

It is precisely because of this, with Ringo's eccentric character, that he can gain a foothold in the narrow building, and is respectfully called "Big Brother" by all taskers.Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to paddle in the nightmare like this openly.

Among these taskers, how many of them are holding a glimmer of hope, hoping that Ringo will show his might at a certain moment and rescue them all from the nightmare?

Everyone thought so, including Ding Yi.

However, it seems that Lin Po has agreed to Ding Yi's request now, but if this batch of drinks can't make Xu Beijin agree to fight him...

Ringo would not tear up the agreement, he would take action against the man in black, but Ding Yi obviously couldn't get anything good from Ringo's side.

In short, all the decision-making power actually came to Xu Beijin indirectly.

And Xu Beijin...

Xu Beijin...

Xu Beijin: "..."

wait a minute? !

What did Ringo say?

The daily necessities merchant promised to provide a batch of drinks for free, so Ringo decided to help out in this nightmare?

drinks? !

Xu Beijin sat behind the bookstore counter expressionlessly, and suddenly thought seriously about a question.

If, in the nightmare, he fought with Ringo, then he should be, okay, revived... right?

It just feels like it hurts.

But...how should I put it.What Ringo did really bothered him a bit.

Xu Beijin sighed deeply, and didn't want to watch the live broadcast room, the audience laughed and laughed.Anyway, he could imagine it, but he didn't know how the audience would arrange the relationship between him and Ringo.

He chooses to be out of sight.

Feeling gloomy, he wanted to take out Dai Wuwei's fudge to eat, but found nothing. Then he remembered that the nightmare had restarted, so the bag of fudge that was bought for nothing was also refreshed.

Xu Beijin: "..."

He sat there peacefully, yawning in a heartless way.

sleepy……

He barely pulled himself together, poked his head out of the counter, and saw the water dispenser in the corner of the bookstore.So he went to fetch some warm water, took two sips, and when he returned to the counter, he gave a casual glance, which made him stop suddenly.

"Hey, this is..."

In fact, he always remembered that Dai Wu once said that there were clues about this nightmare in the bookstore.

But when he returned to the bookstore, he didn't find where this so-called clue was.

until this time.

Xu Beijin put the water glass on the counter, dropped his hand, and picked up a newspaper on the shelf in front of the counter.