Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

"What do you know?"

After Mu Jiashi came to his senses, the third child, who also noticed the expression of the dead ghost, took the lead in attacking him.

He already had doubts about the dead ghost and the selfish ghost, but now seeing the strange expression of the dead ghost made his doubts deepen.

In fact, they don't trust each other.But at least the third child didn't deceive the other two. He even told them the eight numbers that he worked so hard to get back when the selfish ghost entered the dark bedroom.

Under such circumstances, the concealment of the selfish ghost and the dead ghost made the third child feel deeply angry.

Especially - in the car just now, the ghosts for the dead were plausibly talking about what happened to them last round of nightmare.is that trueIs it made up?

Under the questioning of the third child, he hesitated and couldn't speak for the dead ghost, but his performance was already confirmed, and he was indeed hiding something.

Xu Beijin, who watched this scene through the live broadcast room, couldn't help but want to say something to the audience.Although the screen on his side is in the small window in the lower right corner, he can freely talk to the audience as long as he selects "Anchor Voiceover".

In a short time, he developed the habit of talking and sharing ideas with the audience.On the one hand, it was the audience's request, which made Xu Beijin feel like an anchor, and on the other hand... To be honest, it also made Xu Beijin, who had been alone all this time, feel the excitement.

But at the moment before speaking, he realized that Ringo was still there, so he could only swallow his words.

Xu Beijin: "..."

……never mind.

In fact, at this time, the barrage in the live broadcast room was very lively.

"Sure enough! Sure enough, these two people have problems!!"

"I don't know if there is a problem with this one, or the one over there."

"Hurry up and ask!! Hey, I really want to know what they are hiding..."

"8 minutes, it's here."

"?! The reasoning boss reminded me! In other words, is the bedroom over?"

"Northern Guide is at work!"

Xu Bei couldn't help but smile, and he switched the screen to the dark bedroom.After a look, he was surprised.

There was no one in the bedroom at all!

The door was open, and a little light came in, making the live broadcast that was supposed to be a night vision scene look normal.

The audience put question marks on the public screen one after another.

Xu Beijin glanced at the list on the right. In different scenarios, the names of the taskers are listed in different places. Among them, seven names are in the service area, but only one name is under the road.

Xu Beijin switched his perspective to the road.

The selfish ghost was driving a car, chasing the man in black's car that appeared behind him again for some unknown reason.

The selfish man's driving skills are obviously not very good.

The nightmare was in the fourth round, and the speed of the man in black didn't improve much, but because the selfish ghost didn't know much about cars, he picked a car with poor acceleration, so the man in black's car wobbled. He followed closely behind, unable to shake off at all.

Sweat dripped from Selfish's forehead, he muttered curse words and shivered.He whispered, "I don't want to die... I don't want to die..."

Xu Beijin first looked at the chasing situation from the perspective of God, and then zoomed in to see the situation of the selfish man in the car - the next second, he was stunned, because there were not only selfish men in the car one person.

In the back seat, there was still a shivering little boy!

Xu Beijin opened his eyes wide subconsciously, and in an instant, all kinds of information were integrated in his mind.He seemed to already know the truth of this nightmare, at least part of it.but……

What about the ending?

At this moment, among the audience in the live broadcast room, I am afraid that only the reasoning man can keep up with Xu Beijin's train of thought, but at the moment he is also posting a barrage on the public screen: "No, no, why does this guy want to turn on the car?" The car is going to the service area? What the hell does he know?"

The rest of the audience thought they were cute, but they had no brains.

"My brain is not strong enough to process such complex information."

"Why did this little boy appear? Is this the owner of the nightmare?"

"Hey, it looks quite normal, not like the owner of the doll shop before... perverted."

"It feels a little pitiful for him to shrink there... Wait, he can't be a bad guy, right?"

"Are you suffering from 'The owner of the nightmare is the bad guy' PTSD?"

"Try to figure it out: This guy reported the number in the dark bedroom before, and he should have reported the correct number. So, the correct eight-digit number will make this little boy appear?"

"But where did this little boy come from? Wasn't there nothing in the bedroom before?"

"Wait...it's not that there's nothing, it's that it can't be opened!"

"Grass, it's the wardrobe! He's hiding in the wardrobe!"

Seeing this barrage, Xu Bei unconsciously nodded in agreement.

Yes, the little boy is hiding in the closet.And when the taskers report the correct number, the closet door can be opened—or the little boy will come out by himself.

It is not so much to report the number as it is to report the password.

At this point, everyone can understand it, but...

"Why take the little boy to the service area?"

"Besides, why is the little boy hiding in the closet?"

because……

He is afraid.

Xu Bei lowered his eyes and answered this question in his heart.

When Mu Jiashi, who came to look for Ringo, stepped into the bookstore, he saw this scene.

A handsome man with an expressionless face, with downcast eyes and a heavy complexion.He was sitting behind the counter with a glass of boiled water in front of him.

Maybe it was sleepiness, maybe Ringo's arrival made him feel embarrassed, maybe this nightmare made him feel uncomfortable, in short, his complexion was not very good-looking, and his whole person exuded a gloomy aura.

This made Mu Jiashi startled, but it was not because of Xu Beijin's appearance, nor was it because of his temperament.

He stared at Xu Beijin for a while, his eyes flickered - he recognized the resident of the narrow building.

He used to deal with him.

The other party is the owner of a bookstore, always wearing a white shirt, with thick dark circles on his face, disheveled hair, handsome appearance... These are very striking features, so even though he has been in contact with him for a long time, now Mu Jiashi still recognized Xu Beijin at a glance.

At that time, Mu Jiashi had a deep impression on Xu Beijin and had a strong curiosity.

He used to really want to enter the other party's nightmare, but after failing, the other party actually gave him a clue about other nightmares, which also puzzled him.

Why does the reclusive and slovenly bookstore owner have clues to other nightmares?Why had he been staying up and not letting the questers into his nightmares?

also……

Mu Jiashi tilted his head and glanced at Ringo.

Why did Ringo appear here?Did he take the initiative to find this narrow building resident?Does he know him, or...

Although so many questions flashed through Mu Jiashi's brain in an instant, he was only slightly taken aback.

Indeed, he used to be very interested in Xu Beijin, he was even very interested in Lin Biao, and he talked enthusiastically with his friends in the Nuggets team, whether it was possible to pull Lin Biao into his team ...

But those are all in the past.

It couldn't be said that the failure on the upper floors of the narrow building had destroyed him, though he knew many questers felt that way.However, his ability and mind are still there, and a comeback is not impossible.

It can only be said that earlier, when he was determined to leave the Gold Diggers organization, he had already deviated from the life track he was used to.

narrow building...

He couldn't help sighing in his heart, then restrained all his thoughts, and didn't even say hello to Xu Beijin who was also present.

He said to Ringo: "Boss, we're going to go back to the corridor. Will you go back with us?"

Realizing that the selfish ghost and the dead ghost had concealed something, and the dead ghost refused to speak, they had no choice but to go back to the corridor and the dark bedroom to see what happened.

Moreover, the estimated 8 minutes has passed, and this round of nightmare is still going on.In other words, the selfish ghost must have reported the correct number, so he was not killed by the man in black.

That being the case, will there be new changes in the bedroom?

They have to find out after all.

The boss and the second brother didn't know where they were in the service area. After discussing with Ding Yi and the third brother, Mu Jiashi decided to divide the troops. Mu Jiashi and the third brother went back to the bedroom, while Ding Yi stayed.

But when he was walking out, Mu Jiashi saw Lin Po, so he decided to speak to the big guy.

Although Mu Jiashi is a little listless, but if he is to paddle for fish in a nightmare, knowing it but not doing things, then he can't do it.

And his team-oriented character made him, at this juncture, still worry about Ringo, a team member whose position is outside his own affairs but whose every move has a huge influence.

...Yes, in Mu Jiashi's view, Ringo is of course also a member of this nightmare team.At least, in the last round of nightmares, Ringo helped them.

This is much better than selfish ghosts and dead ghosts.

Even though Mu Jia is in such a disheartened state now, he can't help feeling dissatisfied with the behavior of those two.

But compared to the angry third child, Mu Jiashi is unwilling to show such emotions on his face.Even at this moment, he didn't tell Lingo the whole story of the whole incident, but only told them their current plan.

In the bookstore, Xu Beijin and Lin Po looked at Mu Jiashi at the same time.

The arrival of Mu Jiashi involved the perspective of the live broadcast room, so the audience also found that at some point, Ringo appeared next to their anchor again.

"Hey, why is this big guy by Beibei's side?"

"When Beibei started broadcasting for the first time, he came to look for Beibei and said he wanted to fight with Beibei. This time he came to look for him again... It's weird."

"I remember...his name is Ringo?"

"Hahahaha, this little apple is obsessed with our Beihao."

"? Little Apple?"

"Ringo, can refer to two kinds of plants, one is apple, and the other is custard apple—from Encyclopedia."

"Grass, little apple."

Seeing the barrage, Xu Beijin tried his best not to laugh.

Associating Ringo's image with Apple or something...it's too funny.But the name is also, indeed, a bit casual.

Lin Po didn't know that Xu Beijin and the audience were teasing his name, he glanced at Mu Jiashi casually, and said lazily, "No, I won't go."

Mu Jiashi nodded, and was about to leave. When he saw Xu Beijin, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said hello, then his eyes fell, and he saw the newspapers on the shelf in front of the counter.

Just like the former ponytail girl, he also instinctively realized that it is impossible for the mastermind NE to put some paper magazines, books, etc. in his nightmares. The information on them must be useful.

He subconsciously stepped forward and picked up the top newspaper.His eyes fixed on one of the news.

"The murder of a wife exploded in a small town, the corpses were washed into the sewer, and the ten-year-old boy was spared by hiding in the closet!"

Mu Jiashi's eyes narrowed slightly, because he was in a hurry, he didn't continue to read, but looked up at Xu Beijin, and asked, "Boss, how do you sell this newspaper?"

"You don't need money, you can take it away." Xu Beijin shook his head, showing a slight smile, "I remember you."

Mu Jiashi was taken aback for a moment, and he responded hastily: "Thank you... not only for this newspaper, but also for that time..."

"You're welcome." Xu Beijin pointed to the anxious third child outside the door, "I think your companion is still waiting for you."

Mu Jiashi glanced back, and murmured: "Yes..." He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Boss, can I talk to you in the narrow building later?"

He knew where Xu Beijin's bookstore was.

However, the premise is that their nightmare this time does not have a true ending.If there is a real ending, then this meeting may be far away.

Xu Beijin nodded and said, "Of course."

Mu Jiashi took a deep look at him, then took the newspaper and turned to leave.

He thought that the reason why he was interested in this narrow building resident was because... Apart from his inability to sleep and his fondness for drinks, Xu Beijin was nothing short of normal.

However, the residents of the narrow building have never been like this.They are crazy, disorderly, full of chaos, hopelessness and insensitivity in their words and deeds.

They are like a piece of mold in this dilapidated narrow building, some rotten and smelly things, some dirt that the taskers avoid; not...not Xu Beijin like this.

He runs a bookstore, drinks a drink, and wears a shirt that has been washed until it turns white—although his hair is messy and not well taken care of, it is still clean.His eyes are always deep and calm watching all outsiders.

If he used to be more crazy, more evil, and weirder, then those missionaries might not be interested in his nightmares.There are so many residents in the narrow building, but why do missionaries flock to him?

Because he is so normal.

All the residents in the narrow building have flaws and faults, but Xu Bei has none.

Such a special resident of the narrow building, of course, will attract the attention of the taskers, wondering if there is any secret related to the narrow building in him, and even through him, they might be able to leave the narrow building?

At least, that's what Mu Jiashi once thought.

Mu Jiashi, who has just left the gold digger team, is eager to use something to prove the correctness of his actions.He chose Xu Beijin, a resident of the narrow building.Although he failed in the end, he also succeeded in going to a higher floor.

Although after that, he failed again.And this time the failure may be...permanent?

When Mu Jiashi left the bookstore, Xu Beijin stared at his back thoughtfully.

Ringo's voice rang faintly beside his ears, and he said, "You would rather let him visit your house than fight with me?"

Xu Beijin: "..."

He came back to his senses and looked at Ringo with a headache, not knowing how to explain for a moment.

Ringo said, "I can contract your drinks for the rest of my life, can he?" He said as a matter of course, "He definitely can't. So, why are you still unwilling to agree to fight with me?"

Xu Bei stopped talking as much as he wanted.He thought, Ringo's world...is really simple.

In Ringo's view, fighting is like a daily greeting.

It's as if Mu Jia really wanted to visit Xu Beijin, and Xu Beijin agreed; when Lingo invited Xu Beijin to fight, Xu Beijin should agree, anyway, that's what Lingo thought.

Xu Beijin thought for a while and said, "But for me, fighting is different from being a normal guest."

"Oh, can I go to your house then?"

Lin Po's idea is still very simple, if he visits Xu Beijin in the narrow building, then maybe he can find out why Xu Beijin is unwilling to fight with him, and even find a breakthrough.

Faced with Lin Po's sincere question, Xu Bei choked for a moment.

He thought of how many times he had sternly rejected Ringo's invitation without showing any mercy; and just now he had agreed to Mu Jiashi's visit, and now Lino made the same request...

Xu Beijin hesitated again and again, and finally said, "Yes."

When he said these words, he felt as if he had opened the cage of a wild beast.

Ringo's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but smile with crooked eyebrows.He asked, "Where do you live?"

Xu Beijin gave his address.

Lingo became even more happy: "It's so close to my house."

Xu Beijin thought silently in his heart, this fellow Lin Biao is too misleading when he smiles, he looks good and gentle, but... who would believe that under such a skin, there is actually a crazy and fierce head What about the beast?

Just like, who would believe that Xu Bei has such sharp eyebrows and gloomy and deep aura, all the taskers thought he was hiding a big secret, but in essence, he is a harmless and upright good man Woolen cloth?

Nobody will believe it.

Xu Bei could not help but sigh.

He recovered and realized that after this nightmare was over, he was about to face a visit from two old acquaintances.

Putting Mu Jiashi aside, he and Ringo have actually known each other for a long time.It's just that every time they met, Lingo just took the trouble to invite him to fight, so he knew almost nothing about Lingo.

Xu Beijin's bookstore hasn't been this bustling for a long time since the tasker learned that he was a monster who couldn't sleep and lost his curiosity about his nightmares.

Suddenly, Xu Beijin became a little nervous.

He thought, is it necessary to unpack some drinks that he is reluctant to drink and use them to entertain these two guests?

Mu Jiashi put aside the matters related to Xu Beijin for the time being, and while walking out with the third child, his eyes fell on the newspaper in his hand.

This news is probably a rare big news in a small town, so the headline is shocking, and the content of the report is also very lengthy.

Mu Jiashi read it quickly, extracted a few pieces of information, and compared it with the words of the supermarket cashier just now.

In contrast, the news in the newspaper did have a few more pieces of information. For example, after the murderer killed his wife, he chopped up his wife's body with a machete and flushed it from the toilet into the sewer to destroy Dead bodies.

For another example, when a neighbor smells a strange smell, hears an unknown and loud noise and calls the police, and when the police break into the door, the murderer has disappeared.The ten-year-old boy was hiding in the closet and was not found until the police arrived.

However, the newspaper did not mention the boy's future whereabouts.

The newspaper also said that the murderer has not been caught yet, and reminded the residents of the town to pay attention to personal safety; if any suspicious person is found, call the police immediately.

Mu Jiashi handed the newspaper to the third child and asked him to check the news on it.This, he mused, seemed to be the backstory of this nightmare.

The master of the nightmare is the little boy.That dark bedroom should be the crime scene.And the howling of the woman they heard in the second round of nightmare was probably a reenactment of the murder.

But what do promenades, parking lots, service areas mean?

With so many people in the service area, will anyone else know some relevant information?

Mu Jiashi hopes to have.He and the third child went back to the bedroom to take a look, while Ding Yi continued to search for information in the service area.Hope she can find relevant clues.

At this time, the third child had also quickly read the news and found important clues from it.He almost blurted out: "Wardrobe!"

"Yes." Mu Jiashi nodded slightly, "The little boy is hiding in the closet."

The third child whispered: "We have never found out where the owner of the nightmare is. Could it be that he has been hiding in that closet? Then how can we get him out... Wait, count..."

He murmured subconsciously: "Reporting the number, will it be a solution?"

"We still don't know what the difficulty of this nightmare is." Mu Jiashi sighed and said softly, "If it's just counting, it would be too simple. This nightmare has eight mission participants, which may be the lowest The number of people may also be the highest. But no matter what, it is already considered too many."

Generally speaking, the average number of taskers in a nightmare is around five.

Eight taskers can be said to be a very large number.This usually also means that the difficulty of this nightmare is higher.

The third child pursed his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but finally gave up.

He wanted to say that the three of them were together, trying to enter this nightmare at the same time.But for the other five people, including Mu Jiashi, he couldn't figure out why they suddenly appeared.

The little boy was moving around in a strange way in the narrow building, always hiding in a hidden corner and shivering.

It was only by accident that they discovered where the little boy's house was.Before that, they had never even heard in the narrow building that there were missionaries entering the little boy's nightmare.

But under such circumstances, it is really unbelievable that there are five other people entering the nightmare.

The third child couldn't help thinking, could this have something to do with Ringo?

They had chased the little boy through the narrow building.The boss said that he saw the little boy disappear near Ringo's house, so the three of them wandered around Ringo's house.

After being discovered and driven away by Ringo, they failed to find the little boy in the end.

In the narrow building, Ringo was the only one, at least they knew, who might have had contact with the little boy.

But the problem is that everyone knows that Ringo has always been a loner.Even if it was possible for him to enter this nightmare because of his contact with the little boy, where did the other four missionaries come from?

Faintly, the third child felt uneasy.

It has to be said that this anxiety had already spread in his heart when he realized that the selfish ghost and the dead ghost were hiding something.

He even doubted Mu Jiashi who was beside him at the moment.

The two hurriedly walked through the interior of the service area and came outside.The car they drove when they came was parked in the open space, and the two were about to get into the car.

Suddenly, there was a sound of sudden braking.

The third child and Mu Jiashi looked over at the same time.

They saw Selfish get out of the car and pull a little boy out of the back seat.