Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

Before Xu Beijin entered this nightmare, Ringo had actually not been to Xu Beijin's bookstore for several days.

He said he had something to do.

And what is that?

Ringo didn't tell Xu Beijin, but it was actually related to Xu Beijin.

Not long ago, he had warned the two taskers under Ding Yi not to spy on Xu Beijin’s bookstore. In addition, he also asked them to tell the rest of the taskers on the bottom floor of the narrow building—especially those interest groups, Announce the matter.

At the beginning, the situation did develop as Ringo thought, but as time passed, especially, as the two rumors spread among the taskers in the narrow building, things changed subtly.

The change is that there seems to be a tasker at the bottom of the narrow building, who is ready to take action on Xu Beijin's nightmare.

They didn't spy on Xu Beijin's life because of Lingo's relationship, but just because this narrow building resident never opened up about his nightmare.

The rumor that Xu Beijin's nightmare is the so-called "ultimate nightmare" has never been broken. Even in the higher floors of the narrow building, some missionaries believe it.

But because Xu Beijin really never fell asleep for many years, many taskers have given up.

But... they may be making a comeback now.

Ringo heard about it.

A few days ago, the two taskers under Ding Yi planned to leave the bottom floor of the narrow building and go to a higher floor after dealing with some of the affairs left by Ding Yi.

Before they entered the nightmare, they found Lingo and informed Lino of the current development of the matter and the subtle psychological changes of some taskers.

Because Lin Biao had warned them not to spy on Xu Beijin's life back then, so they thought that Lin Biao should like Xu Beijin—or at least value him.

Therefore, they decided to show their affection to Lin Hao at this juncture, and let him notice that his "sweetheart" has been targeted by some missionaries with ulterior motives.

In addition, it can be regarded as the end of what they have done before they left the bottom floor of the narrow building.

In short, Lin Po, who has been living in isolation for a while, has finally left his lonely life with Xu Beijin temporarily to deal with the sights that spy on them—spying on Xu Beijin is equivalent to spying on him. .

In fact, Ringo was quite impatient, because he had warned some taskers before, especially those who stayed at the bottom of the narrow building for a long time and had deep-rooted influence.

But this time, the group was still lucky, thinking that they could take advantage of the persecution of other scattered mission workers to make Lingo give up sheltering Xu Beijin, and the narrow building resident had to open up his nightmare.

They may not use the same tricks as the original tasker, but they may not be able to fan the flames and urge the rest of the taskers to come forward and try.

But before that, Ding Yi's two men had already informed Lingo of their thoughts.So Ringo went straight to the door and knocked on them one by one.

He didn't care whether this group of people were interested in Xu Beijin's nightmare, or the relationship between Xu Beijin and him.

He beat everyone who spied on Xu Beijin.

Of course, he still followed Xu Beijin's instructions and didn't really use force to beat him.At most, it would break the table... and so on.

After a few days of hard work, Ringo realized with satisfaction that this group of guys who were lurking in the dark had wisely given up some plots.

And they did admit that before this, they deliberately incited some taskers to gather outside Xu Beijin's bookstore again just like a few years ago, in order to force Xu Beijin to open up his nightmare.

Lingo sneered, unable to understand the thoughts of this group of people at all, he asked back: "But the power to activate the nightmare is in his hands. Don't you guys understand this?"

After all, only if Xu Bei tried his best to go to sleep actively and voluntarily, then the taskers could enter his nightmare through the portal that night.

Otherwise, knocking people unconscious is useless.

If the residents of the narrow building are unwilling to let the taskers enter their own nightmares, then no matter how hard they try, it will be useless.

And the man opposite Ringo humbly replied: "Yes, yes, we understand now...understand thoroughly."

Understand how overwhelming advantage it is to have Ringo's strength in this dilapidated narrow building.

Greed and fear flashed across the man's eyes, but he finally returned to calm.

Because everyone knows that Lin Po is uncontrollable—and even though he seems to have a sweetheart now... Look, how many people has he warned for Xu Beijin?

What if the rest of the taskers provoke the resident of the narrow building again, and Lingo really becomes the tyrant of the narrow building in a fit of rage?

They didn't want to lose the foundation they had worked so hard to build, so they didn't dare to provoke Lin Po and Xu Beijin anymore.

However, before Lingo left, this person simply made a small report to Lino: "Boss, let me tell you, in fact, we... Although we are also interested in that nightmare, we actually know ,that is……

"It's that one, he can't sleep, and we don't want to do useless work, so we just think about it and don't really do it. But... I know, there are some people, those...

"Hey, how can I tell you. Even those mission workers who used to be good at drinking and drinking, they are now pretending to be sober, saying that they are going to a higher level to see, and want to escape from the narrow building.

"Then... it seems that someone united them. I'm afraid you don't know what happened not long ago. This group of rabble... now, it seems that they intend to enter your nightmare..."

The man lowered his eyebrows and said in a flattering tone: "Look, do you have to deal with them?"

Lin Po frowned and glanced at him, and he asked bluntly, "Do you not want this group of people to exist, or do you not want them to unite?"

The man broke out in a cold sweat and mumbled, not knowing what to say.

Of course he didn't want that group of people to unite!He didn't even want those people to wake up!Just like before, it's a day of drinking and drinking... isn't it good?

How many daily necessities merchants live by pointing at this group of degenerates!

Ringo said impatiently, "Don't think I'm a fool who can be used casually."

The man choked.

Lin Po paused for a moment, subtly recalling what Xu Beijin had said to him before.

In fact, if Xu Beijin hadn't told him not to agree to other people's affairs just because of Xu Beijin, then perhaps Lin Xie would really rush over to the group of fallen people who joined forces at this moment.

However, what Xu Beijin had said to him still had an effect after all.

...human beings are complicated.Ringo complained inwardly.

He didn't deal with the group of fallen people that this guy said, who knows if what this guy said is true or not?Did that group of people really have plans for Xu Beijin's nightmare?

However, although he had no intention of targeting that group of people, there seemed to be some rumors spreading during this meeting, which made the group of people think that Ringo seemed to be targeting them.

So, not long after, someone couldn't sit still and invited Lingo to have a conversation.The place where they talked was the empty house that Ringo stepped into at this time.

To his surprise, the leader on the opposite side was Jiang Shuangmei, whom he had seen in a nightmare not long ago.

Was it this woman who united the fallen...?

As soon as Ringo came in, before he had time to speak, Jiang Shuangmei spoke first.

"Boss, I want to clarify one thing when I meet you this time." Jiang Shuangmei took a deep breath, "We know you like Xu Beijin..."

These words immediately stunned Ringo.

He was listening casually, thinking that Jiang Shuangmei had something to say, but when he heard this, he couldn't help being startled.

……and many more.

what?

He likes Xu Beijin?

How could he not know?

Lin Po looked at Jiang Shuangmei like a fool: "How do you know that I like Xu Beijin?" After he finished saying this, he thought about the meaning, and suddenly felt something was wrong, so he hurriedly added, "I mean..."

Hearing Lin Po admitting that he likes Xu Beijin, Jiang Shuangmei immediately breathed a sigh of relief.She hurriedly said: "What we mean is that we know you like that bookstore owner, so we won't provoke him, nor will we spy on your lives, absolutely not."

Ringo: "..."

Although this is what he asked for, why does this logic seem to be a bit wrong...?

...In the final analysis, why did Jiang Shuangmei think that he liked Xu Beijin!

Lin Po frowned and asked, "I mean, how do you know that I like Xu Beijin? Where did you find out?"

He thought about it, and it seemed that the meaning was not right, and he seemed to agree that he liked Xu Beijin by default...but he was really confused.

Jiang Shuangmei seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and after a while she suddenly realized.

She got it!

Ringo must be secretly in love!He must have thought that he was hiding well so that he would not be discovered, and now that she has exposed his thoughts, he couldn't hold back his face!

Jiang Shuangmei secretly slandered, thinking that you are already so blatant, you have warned all the taskers on the bottom floor of the narrow building, are you still pretending here?

But she didn't dare to provoke Lin Po, so she hurriedly told Lin Po the information she had learned, half tentatively and half flattering.

She concealed the existence of the muscular man and the "Masque of the Devil", combined the scenes he saw and some rumors she heard, and told Ringo true and false.

However, although she lied about the source of the information, those things were done by Lingo herself, which is beyond doubt!

After hearing Jiang Shuangmei's words, Lingo couldn't help being in a daze.

Take the initiative to give gifts, take the initiative to understand the other person’s preferences, actively intervene in the other person’s life, worry that the other person will be angry with you, hate yourself, accompany you for a long time, and you will feel involuntary anticipation and joy when you see the other person...

Is this what you like?

Ringo fell silent.

Liking, or love, is an overly complex and profound proposition for Ringo's simple world.He has never considered this kind of thing, even though in the narrow building, love affairs always seem straightforward and cold.

He didn't think about whether he would like someone, just as he never seemed to have any regrets about his lost past, and he never thought about whether he could recall his past.

There is only now in his life.

And Xu Beijin...?

Xu Beijin brought him something different.The only light in his life, which is as dark as an abyss.It seemed to light up his world, but Ringo's first reaction was that he was abrupt, shiny and annoying.

When he saw that spot of light, he wanted to destroy him just as any obsessive-compulsive disorder couldn't calmly face the phrase "It's not easy to kill an obsessive-compulsive disorder".

The underlying reason why he wants to fight Xu Beijin is that apart from physical conflicts such as fighting, he seems to be unable to think of any other way to make this beam of light disappear from his life.

He felt... some kind of fear.disturbed.He felt that the appearance of Xu Beijin would change something about him, life, or soul.He felt... There was something about this mysterious man that made him afraid.

So he eagerly wanted to fight Xu Beijin.

...but when did things change?

Since he learned that Xu Beijin likes drinks, since he took the initiative to give Xu Beijin drinks, since he took the initiative to visit Xu Beijin's bookstore, and since he... took the initiative to intervene in Xu Beijin's lonely, peaceful and boring life. .

And Xu Beijin also intervened in his life.

What is Ringo's life like in the past?

He might be less interesting than Xu Beijin.He spends more time in a daze every day than Xu Beijin.He said he wasn't interested in nightmares, but he had nothing to do in the Narrows if he didn't get into them.

Such idleness may also explain why he occasionally loses his temper like a mad dog.

But after Xu Beijin appeared, his temper seemed to get better and better.The only time he wanted to take the initiative to solve the nightmare was even because he couldn't wait to visit Xu Beijin.

...and this is like it?

Ringo didn't know anything, he searched in vain in his empty mind, but he couldn't find any excuse to explain the current situation.So he simply followed what Jiang Shuangmei said and compared them one by one.

Taking the initiative to give gifts, taking the initiative to understand the other party's preferences - it was because he wanted to prescribe the right medicine, and made Xu Beijin agree to fight with him.

Actively intervene in the other person's life - ditto.

Worrying that the other person will be angry with you and hate you—ditto.

When he saw the other party, he would feel involuntary anticipation and joy—that was because he expected Xu Beijin to agree to fight with him.

Long-term companionship——…

long time companion...

The smooth analysis suddenly stopped.Ringo's brain seemed to be stuck, and he kept reviewing this sentence.

...Why did he visit Xu Beijin?Even if it was just to deliver something to Xu Beijin, why did he keep staying in Xu Beijin's bookstore for a whole day afterwards?

Lin Po thought for a long time, until his silence made Jiang Shuangmei feel uneasy, and he suddenly realized that it was because he didn't feel bored when he was by Xu Beijin's side.

...Would this be like?

He doesn't quite understand.

There are many things in this world that he doesn't understand.His powerful strength allows him to act recklessly, allowing him to ignore things that he doesn't understand and can't figure out.But the ability to cheat like this seems to be of no use to Xu Beijin.

He couldn't ignore the problem as usual, he had to figure it out.

But I'm afraid I won't get an answer for a while.

Lin Po came back to his senses, raised his head, looked at the woman in front of him who was hesitant to speak, and said coldly, "I understand."

He paused for a moment, and then, he seemed to realize that it was not enough to say this, and he had to speak a little more clearly.

So he added: "No matter what, don't pry into his life, and his nightmares are the same. If he doesn't want others to enter his nightmares, there must be a reason for him."

He decided to solve this matter quickly, and then went to Xu Beijin to find out.He didn't intend to be honest with the other questers, he didn't trust them.

Besides, he knew that they misunderstood his relationship with Xu Beijin.

He still hasn't figured out if he likes Xu Beijin.Maybe, maybe not... In any case, he has already decided anyway, he will not let other taskers disturb Xu Beijin.

This is what he promised Xu Beijin, and it is also his own idea.

If he couldn't even do this kind of thing, then how could he have the confidence to fight with Xu Beijin?Whether he likes Xu Beijin or not, he doesn't want Xu Beijin to hate him.

If he doesn't like it, Ringo is willing to spend some time to deal with it for the sake of fighting; if he likes it, then it should be even more so.

There is a very easy-to-understand logic hidden in Ringo's simple and rough thinking - can the person I like be someone you can bully?

Although he is not sure yet... But no matter, let's adjust the specifications first!

Lingo took care of everything in such a quick and chaotic way, with such a speed that Jiang Shuangmei was a little dazed.

After he left, Jiang Shuangmei stood there in a daze for a long time.After a long time, she snorted slightly, and said softly to herself: "Has the mad dog found his master too..."

But she lost the only sister who was by her side.

Some time in the past, she had returned to that nightmare, trying to find her sister.However, she went to that nightmare several times, but never ran into her sister, and the voice of the elevator changed back to a male voice.

She thought, either her sister had become some other appliance, or...

In any case, she seemed to have no chance of saving Sister Jiang Shuang.

The moment she clearly realized this, a kind of intense grief and despair swept her soul.

After leaving that room, Lin Po hesitated for a moment, then walked towards Xu Beijin's bookstore.

Because he had been staying in Xu Beijin's bookstore for a while before, and he always came early in the morning and left late at night, so Xu Beijin made an exception and gave this guy the right to use the portal of his bookstore.

In other words, Ringo was free to enter and exit his bookstore.Of course, the premise is that Xu Bei is in the bookstore.

Xu Beijin thought this incident was a bit strange at first, but then he thought, it’s not right, Lingo came to read books, so it’s like he opened the bookstore for business, is there any problem?

Thinking of this, Xu Beijin calmed down instantly.

However, what he didn't expect was that Ringo also came to his bookstore on the night when he entered the nightmare.

Lin Po knew that Xu Bei would never sleep, so he directly opened the door and went in, but when he saw the man sitting on the chair who seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, he couldn't help being puzzled.

Fell asleep……?

Then he remembered that it should be the narrow building resident who entered other people's nightmares.

Inexplicably, Ringo was slightly unhappy.

This is exactly the same as the unhappiness he felt when he came to visit Xu Beijin before, only to find that Mu Jiashi was already in the bookstore.

He thought for a moment, and then came to a conclusion: It was as if someone was robbing Xu Beijin from him.

... But it seems that these narrow-building residents participating in other people's nightmares are completely irregular, and it all depends on the mood of the mastermind.Therefore, no matter how unhappy Lin Po was, he could only sit down unhappily, staring at Xu Beijin with frowned eyebrows, waiting for the nightmare to end.

In the nightmare, Xu Beijin felt a chill for no reason.

How could he have imagined that a little apple broke into his house and looked at him with piercing eyes at this moment?

For Xu Beijin, that was really a nightmare scene.

Although at this time he is in someone else's nightmare.

After the sentencing was over, what Xu Beijin needed to do in this nightmare seemed to be over, and the mastermind did not give any further action.

But this does not mean that he can move freely.

The freedom in nightmares corresponding to the group performance level is at best the freedom to choose a comfortable position when lying dead.

But Xu Beijin is not the same.After obtaining the live broadcast system, as long as he can avoid the sight of the taskers, he can gain almost complete freedom.

He hesitated between watching the actions of the questers through the live broadcast, or continuing to explore new clues in the playground.

But then, Dai Wu, who happened to be walking in front of him, saw him, so he leaned over to his side, and sighed, "It's the first time I've seen such a tossing tasker."

Xu Beijin was a little surprised: "You mean...in this nightmare?"

"Yes." Dai Wu replied, "Recently, this nightmare always starts, and I have been in this nightmare for several days in a row."

How many days in a row?

Xu Beijin was stunned for a moment.

In the past ten days or so, he has not entered any nightmare; moreover, he has never entered this nightmare before.This is his first time acting in this nightmare.

He originally thought that this nightmare was relatively rare, or it was the first time it appeared on the bottom floor of the narrow building.

The latter situation is not impossible. If some actors go to a higher level, then there will be new actors added to the bottom of the narrow building.

However, according to Dai Wu, this nightmare has already existed?

Xu Beijin frowned slightly—why had he never entered this nightmare?Is this what mastermind means?

Dai Wu didn't know what Xu Beijin was thinking, so he talked about something else: "The narrow building is really restless recently, it reminds me of a few years ago..." He looked at Xu Beijin, "It was at that time , the time when the Narrow Building was particularly lively."

Xu Beijin twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing an emotionless smile.

It occurred to him that, indeed, a few years ago it was very lively.And after that, it was years of silence.

Now, it's revived again?

Xu Beijin didn't immediately think that his nightmare might be remembered by others again.He thought of the rumor that Mu Jiashi told him that "someone successfully left the narrow building".

According to this, the chaos in the narrow building is also traceable.

Dai Wu suddenly showed a smirk, and he said, "Dude, do you know what the missionaries said about this nightmare?"

Xu Bei asked in puzzlement, "What?"

"The ultimate nightmare."

Dai Wu said these words slowly, and stared closely at Xu Beijin.

As he expected, when he said these words, Xu Beijin's expression suddenly changed.

Dai Wu laughed immediately, he lowered his voice, and said in a low voice: "Come on buddy, since I've told you so many things, tell me too, do you know... what is' Ultimate Nightmare'?"

Xu Beijin looked at him silently, and after a while, he finally said, "You don't want to know."

His voice was hoarse and dry, with a gloomy emotion.

Dai Wu was slightly taken aback: "So...you really know?" He looked at Xu Beijin in surprise, and suddenly thought of the old rumor in the narrow building, his expression changed, "Hey, brother, no Is this your nightmare?"

"No, it's not." Xu Beijin exhaled lightly, his emotions seemed to have calmed down, so he smiled instead, "Why does everyone think that my nightmare has another reason?"

Dai Wu: "..."

He thought to himself, since Xu Beijin's nightmare was not the ultimate nightmare, then why on earth did he not let others enter his nightmare?Of course, his actions will arouse the suspicion of others.

Dai Wu looked deeply at the man in front of him - this acquaintance.

What secret is he hiding?

This conversation seems to be unable to go on, and on the other side, the taskers have also reached a deadlock.

Mu Jiashi frowned, his eyes fixed on the white paper in front of him.

Not long ago, Wu Jian, Bald Head, and Flower Arm found a blank piece of paper that could be used for writing somewhere in the playground.

So the four of them followed Fei, the collector, and the group of survivors, while trying to record the clues they had discovered in the nightmare with pen and paper.

Hua Bi seemed to want to say something, but seeing no response from the bald head, he kept silent.

So Mu Jiashi tried to write a few words.

Suddenly, his eyes blurred.In the next second, the clear words on the white paper turned into strange gibberish in an instant!