Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

The muscular man accidentally saw the bookstore hidden in the corner of the open square.

He stormed out of the apartment building in a fit of rage and panic, dazed and bewildered.He had no idea how he had let himself out, and it pissed him off.

It wasn't until he walked out of the apartment building and crossed a street to the business district that he suddenly realized that he left like this, didn't he just pretend to be self-inflicted?

But he also didn't want to go back... How could it be possible to stay in one room and not go out!

The muscular man thought proudly, maybe he can solve this nightmare alone!

He may not have realized that as he used the item card named "Devil's Mask" more frequently, his temperament became more extreme and arrogant, and all kinds of emotional ups and downs became weird and violent.

And in this nightmare, when he abandoned his long-standing habits and chose the first round of nightmares, under the influence of greed, he stole Sister Jiang’s item card, this seemed to be the moment when the quantitative change turned into a qualitative change .

And he still didn't realize it.

He excitedly went to the business district.He thought he was the first tasker to explore the business district, so he was very excited and completely put aside the resentment he had just been questioned by everyone.

Because he was too lazy to walk a few more steps, he chose to take the escalator down a few steps away from the gate of one of the buildings in the business district.

After arriving at the open-air plaza on the basement level, he took a casual glance and saw Xu Beijin in the bookstore... and Lingo.

The muscular man was stunned for a moment, his eyes flickered, and his dull brain rarely turned.

He recognized Xu Beijin and Lin Po, but he didn't know their relationship.The fact that Ringo collected drinks for a resident of the narrow building was only circulated in a small area.

At this moment, the muscular man remembered the shame and pain of being kicked out of the bookstore by Xu Beijin.

It had actually been a long time since he had thought of that.The experience of running away in despair, long after he became a card dealer, became a scar that he didn't want to uncover.

And now, he remembered again.

At the same time, I remembered the greed and desire for Xu Beijin's nightmare.

The rumors in the narrow building once confirmed that the secret of leaving the narrow building was hidden in Xu Beijin's nightmare.No one knows why there are such rumors, and no one knows whether it is true or not.

But Muscle Man believed it.He was convinced, and at this moment, when he saw Xu Beijin again, his impression was even deeper.

He means... look at this bookstore owner!Sitting behind the counter of the bookstore, his eyes are deep and his skin is pale, as if the sky falls without any disturbance, maybe even he is the one who caused the sky to fall, this man looks handsome and evil... He doesn't look like an ordinary man NPCs.

With just this appearance, countless taskers flocked to his nightmare.

The muscular man is one of them, and because of this emotion, he justifiably suspects that it is also because of this that Ringo appears by Xu Beijin's side.

Many taskers couldn't figure out why Ringo always looked lazy in his nightmares.They only thought that it was because these nightmares were too simple in Lingo's eyes, and they only needed to move their hands to pass the level, so Lingo was so lazy.

They didn't believe that Ringo wasn't interested in nightmares, just like the muscular man at this time, he rightfully imposed his emotions and appeals on others.

He is interested in Xu Beijin's nightmare, so of course Lingo will also be interested in it!

People don't doubt what they believe in, especially a guy as stubborn as a muscular guy.

So, at that moment, without knowing where the courage and shame came from, he rushed into the bookstore and said in a tone of "I knew it": "Boss, you are also interested in his nightmares." ?”

That tone was as if Xu Beijin's nightmare was his commodity and possession.

Xu Beijin and Lin Po looked at him in surprise at the same time.

Before the muscular man came in, Xu Beijin and Lin Po were sitting there without talking, the bookstore was peaceful and comfortable.The missionaries are escaping, but the two of them are very strange.

Since I borrowed a book from Xu Beijin not long ago, Lin Biao has inexplicably become interested in books.It just so happened that Xu Beijin was always the owner of the bookstore in his nightmare, so he took a book from the shelf for him to read.

So, Lin Po held the book in his hands, sat at the door of the bookstore, and read it quietly.

This scene really made Xu Beijin feel for the first time that this guy can't be said to have wasted his baby face.If you calm down...

Then the muscular man broke the silence.

Ringo, who was disturbed, slowly raised his head, his eyes slowly revealed evil spirits.He looked at the muscular man expressionlessly, opened his mouth and said, "I usually don't hit people."

The muscular man was taken aback.

Ringo said again: "Also, I'm not interested in his nightmares."

After finishing speaking, he closed the book with a snap, stood up, picked up the muscular man by the back collar with one hand, dragged the muscular man out of the bookstore, and threw the muscular man into the fountain in the open-air square.

The muscular man probably flew in the air, more than ten meters away.

The corners of Xu Beijin's mouth twitched as he watched.

He didn't know how many times he had firmly established a belief in his heart, that is, he would never fight with Ringo.Even if he can be resurrected in the nightmare, or after the nightmare restarts, the state will return to the original state... He doesn't want to let himself suffer in vain.

Fortunately, the camera in the live broadcast room is now facing the other taskers, not Xu Beijin's side, otherwise, I don't know how those sand sculpture audiences will yell.

After "handling" the muscular man in a simple and rude manner, Lin Po returned to the bookstore and solemnly declared to Xu Beijin: "I'm not interested in your nightmares, and I don't want to enter your nightmares. I just want to fight with you. Don't get me wrong."

Xu Beijin couldn't help laughing, and smiled: "I know...wait a minute," he suddenly reacted, "You...know?"

His words sounded a bit like guessing riddles, but Ringo understood what he meant.

Lin Po nodded and said, "I know." He gave Xu Beijin a strange look, "I've been at the bottom of the narrow building for a long time, and I know that many people were interested in your nightmare at that time. But I wasn't. "

Xu Beijin couldn't help being taken aback.

He hadn't been particularly aware of this before.For him, it was actually a long time ago, and the mission workers on the bottom floor of the narrow building have almost changed.

But... he only now realized belatedly that, indeed, Ringo had actually appeared at the bottom of the narrow building a long, long time ago.

It's just that when Lingo's reputation became prominent, Xu Beijin's name had already disappeared at the bottom of the narrow building.

This generation gap, coupled with the fact that Lingo never showed any emotion to Xu Beijin's nightmare, made Xu Beijin habitually think that Lino probably didn't know much about what happened at that time.

Moreover, it has been a long time since the taskers gathered in the bookstore that they met.

in a nightmare.Probably... a year ago, or a few months ago.After staying in the narrow building for a long time, the concept of time will gradually fade.

Ringo, who was not very interested in the contents of the nightmare, left the other taskers and walked alone in the nightmare.Then I met Xu Beijin, the owner of the bookstore who has been doing his duty and performing in front of the group.

then……

Then Ringo became inexplicably interested in Xu Beijin.

After that, when Xu Beijin was walking in the narrow building, he met Ringo again, and the topic of fighting was the same again.

Xu Bei was so annoyed that he even reduced the number of times he went out.

After that, there were nightmares, narrow buildings, and nightmares... There were occasional encounters back and forth, tireless inquiries and the same answers.

Thinking about it now, Xu Beijin can't even figure out how Lin Po can have such perseverance and persistence, and can ask the same question every time he meets him, and no matter how sternly Xu Beijin refuses, He still didn't want to give up.

This kind of determination even made Xu Beijin feel a little guilty.

But because of some coincidence, their relationship is closer now, so Xu Bei thought, maybe in the future, they don't necessarily have to talk about fighting when they meet... Maybe one day, Lin Po can give up the idea of ​​fighting with him.

But at least not yet.

Xu Beijin didn't know how to deal with this matter better.It's good that Ringo isn't interested in his nightmares, but it's not good that he wants to fight him.

He touched his nose in some distress.

And Lingo observed his expression, he didn't know what was going on, probably because of his happiness, so he added: "But I want to fight with you, it's just my idea. If you really feel troubled, then I won't say these words in the future .You don't get mad at me."

Xu Beijin... Xu Beijin really felt a tinge of guilt.

Lingo brought him drinks, helped him deal with the annoying guys from the past, was not interested in his nightmares... and the only thing he was interested in him, Xu Beijin couldn't do.

What's more, such an uncrowned king at the bottom of the narrow building, who is revered and worshiped by countless taskers, is really as obedient as a small apple in front of him.

This kind of method of retreating into advance really made Xu Beijin, a good person like Xu Beijin, feel soft in his heart.

"Feel sorry……"

So, it was obvious that Lin Po had something to ask him, but Xu Bei couldn't bear to apologize instead.

Ringo tilted his head slightly in confusion, but said very honestly: "I don't think you have anything to be sorry for me."

For a person like Ringo, whatever he wants to do is out of his own will.

Sometimes he may do as he pleases, such as providing some negligible help to those missionaries.But for what he really believes, he is stubborn and sincere.

So, he really didn't know why Xu Beijin would say "sorry".

He wanted to curry favor with Xu Beijin...that was his business.

Xu Beijin really felt restless and flattered.He is used to enjoying the lonely life alone in the bookstore, so the little apple in front of him, without knowing it, approached him affectionately, which made him a little at a loss.

Being stalked can also become a habit.

It can't be said that he is used to Ringo's existence now, sometimes he still finds this guy quite annoying.But I have to say that Lin's simplicity and honesty are what really moved Xu Bei.

In Zhailou, if Ringo hadn't possessed such a bug-level force value, I'm afraid his personality would have become the nourishment of those cruel taskers long ago.

What's funny is that it was Ringo's character, rather than his strength, that made Xu Beijin feel a burst of complicated and difficult thoughts.

...Maybe it's just because, from Ringo, he feels something that doesn't belong to the narrow building, but something that belongs to the earth... What's more paradoxical is that Ringo himself has no memory related to the earth.

Thinking about it, Xu Beijin couldn't help but smiled wryly, he stretched out his hand and patted Ringo's shoulder, and said nothing more.

And Lingo looked at his shoulder in trouble, and was puzzled for a while... Really, he probably has a relatively simple mind, so he really didn't understand what the guy in front of him was thinking.

Lingo murmured in his heart about Xu Beijin.

But he still held the milk tea that Xu Beijin gave him contentedly, and sat obediently at the door of the bookstore to continue reading, like a large watchdog.

loyally guards his master.

Just like the act of throwing the muscular man out of the bookstore mercilessly just now... although he may not have this self-knowledge.

And all of this was clearly seen by the muscular man standing outside through the glass door of the bookstore.

He said angrily: "Damn! What kind of boss... actually wants to date an NPC! How shameless!"

Yes, in his opinion, what could make Ringo attack him in anger?Is there anything that can make Lingo let go in front of Xu Beijin?

What could make Xu Beijin, a deep and moody Narrow Building resident, at least in the eyes of the taskers, have such a gentle attitude towards Ringo?

There is no doubt that it is love.

In the eyes of muscular men, heroes can only bow down for beauties.Although the bookstore owner's appearance cannot be called "beautiful", he must be handsome.

And as a card dealer who is used to seeing the dark side of the narrow building, he also knows that it is common for taskers to want to have a relationship with the residents of the narrow building that exceeds the boundaries of friendship.

On the surface, the taskers looked down on the residents of the narrow building.The residents of the narrow building hate this group of outsiders who are rampant, and the outsiders also hate this group of crazy residents of the narrow building.They hate each other.

However, this is only on the surface.

There are only so many people in the narrow building.Human beings have nowhere to vent their hormones. Apart from rushing towards their own compatriots, of course they can only find those narrow building residents who at least look like individuals.

The muscular man knows some taskers better, and can even behave like a mess to the residents of the narrow building.

They would even deliberately hook up the residents of the Narrow Building in their nightmares, and then coldly abandon those emotional Narrow Building residents in the Narrow Building... Damn, it's just sick!

Of course, there are also some taskers who crazily love, pursue, and curry favor with those narrow building residents.The behavior of licking dogs from the earth to the narrow building is almost life and death, and it is simply epic.

The reason for this is that apart from being interested in the nightmares of these narrow building residents, he is also greedy for their bodies.

A muscular man can't stand this kind of behavior, at least he can't do it.

The main reason is... this is a fucking game!They are players, they are human beings, but human beings actually have real feelings for NPCs in the game? ? ?

Muscle Man can't understand the madness of his countrymen over the paper figures.

Of course, this does not affect his sales of some special-purpose item cards.

In short, it was precisely because he had seen such taskers before and knew them well, that's why he immediately... misunderstood the relationship between Xu Beijin and Lin Biao.

Compared with the big news that Lin Po has a sweetheart, his sweetheart is a man, but it is not a big deal.

Besides, if Lingo and Xu Beijin were really together, wouldn't Lino know nothing about the bookstore owner's nightmare?Will those taskers who were once crazy about Xu Beijin's nightmare become crazy again after years of depression?

After a moment of shock, the muscular man realized with ecstasy that this is fucking valuable information!Enough to exchange enough resources with some people at the bottom of the narrow building! !

The muscular man is not willing to be a card dealer. The "devil's mask" magnified the evil thoughts, ambitions, and greed in his heart, which made him constantly brainstorm. He will use the scene he saw to stir up the situation at the bottom of the narrow building, and then walk to the pinnacle of life...

Stuck in a game?

For someone as ambitious as a muscular man, what is this?

What others see is a hopeless future, but what the muscular man sees is a barren present.

Could it be that in the narrow building, he can't build his own business, turning his hand over like a cloud?Whether it's hiding in the dark, manipulating everything in the dark, or ruling the entire narrow building on the bright side...these all seem to be within reach!

The ambition in the muscular man's eyes flickered, and at this moment, he almost laughed out loud at the joy of his dream come true.The frustration that was thrown out of the bookstore by Lingo just now has completely disappeared.

He backed away quietly, then started to run.He wants to find a safe place and hide... This round of nightmares can be solved best; if it can't be solved, the next round of nightmares, he won't leave his apartment.

He wants to leave this nightmare alive, and then wait to realize his ambition!

Xu Beijin saw him leaving, but he could still see his whereabouts from the right interface of the live broadcast system.

He once again lamented that the live broadcast system did provide him with considerable convenience.

As for the muscular man's thoughts, Xu Bei could guess as much as possible—of course he couldn't imagine that the muscular man actually thought that Lin Po was in a relationship with him.

Xu Beijin just thought that the muscular man would feel that Ringo knew what his nightmare was, or at least knew some relevant clues.

And a slick person like the muscular man will definitely use this news to do something, whether he tries it himself, or incites the rest of the taskers to chase and intercept him like before.

But those are things that can only be done in the narrow building after leaving this nightmare.

So Xu Beijin logically deduced the muscular man's psychological activities.He must have wanted to find a place to hide and prostitute the labor of other taskers for nothing, so that he could get out of this nightmare smoothly.

This round of nightmares is hard to say, but if there is another round of nightmares, then the muscular man will definitely huddle in his apartment and never leave.

And until now, the muscular man doesn't know that in this nightmare, it's the appliances that go wrong, not the broader, apartment building amenities...

Xu Beijin sat behind the counter of the bookstore, propped his chin, thought, and the corners of his mouth curled into a smile.

...well, he admitted he was gloating.But no matter what, because of the tragic fate that the muscular man was about to face, he felt happy.

There's nothing wrong with admitting it, is there?

With a slight smile, Xu Beijin looked at the live broadcast room again.The series of events triggered by the arrival of the muscular man just now made him not pay attention to the live broadcast room for a long time.

But now, in the screen of the live broadcast room, the taskers seem to have discovered something.

They found □ in a drawer in the property office... To be precise, it should be the record document of the public codes of all the code locks in this apartment building.

The drawer was naturally locked, but Shen Yunju found a hammer from the security room, knocked the drawer open, and found the paper record.

None of them knew whether there would be such a thing in the real estate office. I'm afraid it was just a prop deliberately set up by the mastermind to let them pass this nightmare.

Anyway, Sister Jiang Shuang was also greatly relieved.Of course she still wanted to get those two prop cards back, that was so important!

In addition to the stack of documents that recorded the public password, after a careful search of the property office, they also found some other documents.

These include the inspection records of the facilities in the apartment building, a large stack of complaint letters from residents (the date is earlier than the one in the security room), and a court summons from a few days ago.

It seems that Loko Property is not ignoring the residents' complaints, but in all the inspection records, the final result is "no problem found in the inspection".

And the court summons, which was pressed at the bottom of a large stack of useless documents, seemed to have been turned a blind eye by the property owner.But it was some information in this court summons that instantly touched the skinny man's nerves, causing him to yell loudly.

The rest of the taskers also surrounded him.

The thin man quickly repeated the information in the summons: "About a week ago, a resident had a heart attack and died in the elevator because the elevator suddenly fell for no reason!

"Therefore, the residents jointly sued Loko Property, arguing that the property company was not responsible for overhauling the facilities in the apartment, and demanded compensation from the property company."

Sister Jiang Shuang said thoughtfully: "However, the maintenance records of the property management company show that everything is normal."

The thin man swallowed, and said a little nervously: "It can't really be... the furniture is fine?"

...He really didn't want to face the possibility of toilet becoming a sperm at all!

The little girl said in a cold tone: "Now, we don't know anything except that these things have gone crazy for no reason."

The thin man smiled wryly, and said, "Take your time."

They checked the estate office one last time and found nothing missing.

Afterwards, Sister Jiang said, "Then... I'll go to that guy's apartment to find my item card."

The thin man nodded: "You go." He hesitated, "Or..."

His thinking was that now that they had confirmed that there was real danger in the apartment building, it would be better to act together.

However, he didn't explicitly put forward this idea. After all, Jiang Shuangjie was looking for an item card. What if they were too proactive and enthusiastic, and Jiang Shuangjie misunderstood that they were interested in her item card?

Sister Jiang Shuang understood what the thin man meant, and she shook her head: "You are busy with your work. My sister and I will go alone."

Jiang Shuangmei subconsciously squeezed her sister's sleeve.

For the first time in her life, she had the urge to resist her sister.Her sister, she thought, had no idea... no idea how weird things were going to get.

For a moment, she even felt a little bit of resentment towards Sister Jiang's decision to pull her in.

Although she quickly acquiesced to the decision meekly, inside she still felt a wave of fear and cringe at the thought of returning to the apartment.

Soon, the thin man, the little girl and Shen Yunju left the apartment building and decided to look for clues outside the apartment building.The Jiang Shuang sisters went to the muscular man's apartment on the fourth floor.

They dared not take the elevator, so they chose to take the stairs.

The sound of their footsteps echoed in the silent stairwell.