Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

Fei, Mu Jiashi, and the long-haired man have traveled all the way, but they feel that their brains are a little fried.

From the moment they met the lunatic at the barbershop, it seemed like something had gone wrong in their quest.The nightmare was here with them, as if an early collapse had begun.

Not to mention hot pot restaurants.

Then they encountered a KTV that sang bleeding voices, a flower shop that used skulls as flowerpots (is this a reference to the practice in some horror novel?), a snack bar that sold children's finger bones as snacks, and a flower shop made of human bodies. Conductive computer experience store...

In the end, the long-haired men walked with their heads down sullenly.

The three taskers felt as if their brains had been washed, and the madness made their sanity crumble.

Among the three of them, the calmest one is probably Mu Jiashi.

Fei's face was pale, she looked at Mu Jiashi, and thought, yes, this tasker had this nightmare before.

This is also... a good thing.

Fei let out a long breath, and looked at the street sign on the side of the street.

If there is nothing more to discover and continue to walk on this straight but depressing street, then Fei is afraid that she will go crazy.

Fortunately, the situation is not really static.

They went straight on—the road had no other bends—at last they came to a large intersection.

And further forward, it seems to have left the bustling neighborhood and entered a large suburb with lush green grass.

Fei couldn't help but said, "Space Administration?" She looked back at the bustling city center a few kilometers away, and couldn't help but say, "The urban planning of this Cangcheng is a bit strange, right?"

Mu Jiashi said calmly: "Maybe it's just a nightmare that brings these scenes together."

Fei nodded, thinking it was very possible.

But then she murmured to herself: "In this case, it means that this space agency is probably very important, right? Otherwise, there is no need to go through a lot of trouble to arrange this scene."

Mu Jia said without changing his face: "You are right."

Since Fei and Wu Jian asked him not to share information about this nightmare, it was logical for him to act as if he knew nothing about it.

However, he secretly thought, with the difficulty of this nightmare, if he really didn't prompt anything, would this group of taskers simply fail?

This is what Mu Jiashi is worried about.

You know, he was able to solve this nightmare at the beginning because he actually went in as a gold digger to bring the boss.

In other words, someone naturally collected enough information for him to enter the nightmare in advance, and Mu Jiashi himself decided to enter the nightmare after he had some confidence and success in this nightmare, and finally succeeded in playing the true ending.

If he really entered in a state of ignorance of this nightmare, then with Mu Jiashi's ability, he also doubts whether he can play the true ending.

Even if it was him who killed the Quartet at the bottom of the narrow building back then.

Mu Jiashi followed Fei and walked towards the space agency.

He smiled wryly in his heart.

The familiar scene and familiar environment in this nightmare made him constantly recall his own failure at the beginning.

This made him disheartened and extraordinarily silent.Fei probably thought that it was because he couldn't disclose information about the nightmare that he was so reticent.

But in fact, when Mu Jiashi returned to the bottom of the narrow building from a higher floor, he was already in such a state.

Before meeting Fei and Wu Jian in the nightmare of the ruins, Mu Jiashi was willing to stand up because he was aroused by Su Enya's curiosity. He needed to know Su Enya's information, so he took the initiative to explore the nightmare .

but……

Thinking of Su Enya, Mu Jiashi's eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of haze and confusion.

In the end what happened?

Why did Su Enya disappear?

Does that have anything to do with what she revealed to him?

What is the relationship between her and this nightmare?Why did she know that sentence?

Under Fei and Wu Jian's reminder, Mu Jiashi already understood what Su Enya was implying to him.

Residents of Narrow House...

Now, Mu Jiashi has looked at this narrow building with a new perspective.

However, this didn't seem to be of any use to his tired state.He was still frustrated, and from time to time he sneered at himself in his heart, mercilessly blaming himself for his failure at the beginning.

But is that a failure?

Or, it was just because of his arrogant and conceited nature that he couldn't accept it. When he realized that, his retreat, helplessness, and despair...

All his emotions point out that he is not as strong as he thought.

He is a total loser.

He lost in his own hands.

Mu Jiashi lowered his head, and looked up at the sky from time to time.But he remained expressionless, his eyes full of gloomy depression.

At this moment, Fei suddenly stopped in her tracks and said in surprise, "We have arrived...here is the space agency?"

She is dumb...

Mu Jiashi raised his head lazily, glanced ahead, and said inexplicably, "Yes, this is the space agency in this nightmare."

When they walked past the bus stop sign named "Space Agency", they thought they would see a rigorous and solemn building, but what they saw was that the so-called Space Agency was more like a gathering of enthusiasts.

The building of the space agency itself has been completely abandoned, and even the window glass is broken all over the floor.

A little farther away, maybe a large astronomical telescope for observing the stars and the universe, but it is still healthy and looks like it can still be used.

However, the group of people gathered in the open space in front of the aerospace building left Fei dumbfounded.

They wear fancy clothes, most of which are long skirts and robes. The fabrics of the clothes are painted or printed with various things related to the universe. It may be a picture of the big bang of the universe, or a star map of the arrangement of stars. , may be a formula that symbolizes the cosmological constant.

They all had fanatical and excited expressions on their faces, and there was a faint aura of madness, but hidden under that excited expression, there was also a disturbing and undercurrent atmosphere.

They were arguing fiercely about something.

Against the background of the deserted aerospace building, the scene of this group of demons dancing around is even more disturbing.

Fei couldn't help muttering to herself: "What happened..."

If Wu Jian is here, especially Wu Jian who has read the book "Madness: A Record Across 200 Days".

Then he might be able to read a page of this book for Fei, and then explain it to her well.

Because, when madness spreads among human beings, human beings completely give up their pursuit and desire for the universe.

They are powerless, maintaining the existing order has exhausted all their energy, and they are no longer able to explore outside.

It is precisely because of this that the relevant organizations, institutions, and departments of the aerospace industry in the entire human civilization have also been disbanded or reorganized, and a considerable part of them has been supplemented into the original transportation department.

Under such circumstances, the only ones who still have time to study the aerospace industry are the original aerospace enthusiasts.

However, they are not professionals after all, and many of them are only at the level of talking on paper.Not so much a space enthusiast, it is better to say that I am an astronomy enthusiast.

Usually they just look at the stars, calculate the date when the meteor will arrive on the earth and the best observation location, which is far from the real astronautics.

However, this group of people tried their best to ensure that the original research results would not be destroyed by crazy humans, and worked hard to study and research by themselves.

In a sense, they were not originally practitioners in this industry, but now they take the initiative to do this, isn't it a kind of madness?

However, in such a crazy environment, what is their behavior?

The group of people gathered outside the space building now belongs to those astronomy enthusiasts.

also……

When Fei approached the group of people and heard what they were arguing about, her expression gradually became strange.

She thought, what did they really research?

No, it should be said, what was observed?

Most of this group of people are stargazing enthusiasts. When the madness spreads to their brains, they are calculating and researching almost non-stop, and they will make observations every once in a while.

They are obsessed with the stars, those planets in the universe that hang quietly in the sky.

But during an observation a few days ago, they seemed to find something unusual.

"I told you, it must be an asteroid! It's an asteroid falling towards us! It can't be anything else! I've seen it clearly, and there are even some pits on it!"

"Just fart! Did you see clearly? Who saw clearly? I didn't even see clearly! It must be an alien visitor.

Didn't the group of "impurity sects" say that?Madness is due to human beings' disrespect to gods, but what gods really exist in this broken world?

"It must be aliens! They must have caused the madness of mankind, and now they are here to do things! Really big things!"

"You fucking fart! What aliens? Are you fantasizing? If aliens really exist, we still have a way to survive?

After so many years of development in our aerospace industry, we have never seen a hair of aliens. Are you talking about aliens? "

"Come on you! Are you so confident in human technology? Things that we can't observe must not exist? What if aliens are high-dimensional creatures?"

"You just said that the things we observed before were aliens, but now you can't observe them again. You're quite happy to slap yourself in the face?"

"Don't argue with me!"

"Okay, let me ask you, if aliens are low-dimensional creatures, can we crush them?"

"What joke are you talking about? We haven't been able to observe the existence of aliens for so many years, they must be stronger than us!"

"Ha ha……"

Fei listened for a while, and probably understood what happened.

This group of astronomers, four or five days ago, when they routinely observed the universe through a distant astronomical telescope, they discovered some unknown object that was flying towards them.

Other astronomers around the world have also observed similar objects.

Then, they had a quarrel over what exactly this thing was.

One side thinks it's an asteroid (or a meteorite?), the other side thinks it's an alien.

Regardless of which side, they all believed that the thing would probably destroy their planet.

An uninvited guest.

At the moment when the two parties were arguing endlessly, a voice suddenly said loudly: "Enough! Stop arguing!"

Everyone looked over.

It was a woman wearing a long dress from the big bang. Her face was haggard, and she might have been uneasy because of what she had observed in the past few days.

Her voice was a little hoarse, and after she loudly stopped her companions from arguing, her volume dropped back down.

"The question now is, are we going to take this news to ordinary people?" she said.

Everyone present was silent.

Someone couldn't help but say, "Didn't you already be with..."

Someone tugged on his sleeve again, so the man stopped talking.

Fei quickly glanced around.

There were about [-] people here, so it was not too conspicuous for Fei and the other two taskers to mix in.

The faces of these people are full of worry, and the excitement during the argument just now has disappeared.

The hidden anxiety and anxiety finally surfaced on the faces of this group of people.

One of them muttered: "No matter what it is... Anyway, in a while, we will all die. Xie Ji, what else do we care about?"

The woman named Xie Ji also had a pale face.

After hearing this, Fei couldn't help but whispered, "After a while?"

I don't know who heard Fei's question, and suddenly burst into tears: "I don't want...I don't want to die!"

Others chattered again.

Only this time Fei finally understood that that unknown thing was about to fall on this planet!

Fei's face gradually turned pale.

The audience in the live broadcast room did not notice the movement on Fei's side.

Because when Fei was listening to the conversation of the group of astronomy enthusiasts, the camera in the live broadcast room was aimed at He Shujun and Ding Yi from the museum.

The two missionaries tracked down the group of employees who were moving the museum collection.

As the doctor said, those people were very sad.

They work at the side entrance on the first floor of the museum.The location is probably through the hall to the east side of the rear, leaving the museum building, there is a small door here.

The hot sun made the group of employees sweating.

Among them are the employees of the museum who are confirming the collections that should be transferred, and the employees of the insurance company are confirming the value of the collections-in this situation, insurance is still useful?

He Shujun was very skeptical—there were people from the moving company carefully placing the collection.

He Shujun and Ding Yi hid aside to observe.

Suddenly, Ding Yi pointed to one of them: "Look at that museum employee... that's the one, who looks like he's about to lose his temper."

He Shujun heard the reputation, and quickly found the person Ding Yi mentioned among a group of people.

That was so striking.

In summer, although the hot weather is indeed irritating, but like that guy, it is really too much to be so irritable that he shows an expression of wanting to kill someone.

He frowned, his face was gloomy, and he stood there with his hips akimbo, neither talking nor moving, just staring at the others with a pair of condensed eyes, as if he was supervising the work.

But to say he's focused on work, that's not it either.He just stood there, as if distracted, thinking about other things, not paying attention to his sweaty colleagues at all.

Looking from a distance, He Shujun found that his right hand would touch his left hand fingers from time to time.

And the others seem to be afraid of him, maybe because of his identity, or maybe because of his temper, so they always silently avoid his direction and try not to conflict with him.

He Shujun couldn't help sighing, "Wow, this person looks like he's about to explode."

"He was worrying about something." Ding Yi said affirmatively, "That's why he didn't participate in the work."

"What you said makes sense. We can ask him." He Shujun said, and she pointed to the small door here again, "This entrance is also an accidental discovery. If you want to come to the museum for the next round of nightmares, you can go through this one." Short cut."

Ding Yi nodded.

The two taskers were about to leave to find the man with the irritable expression.

But at this moment, an old and tired voice suddenly came from behind them: "Ma'am, how do you feel now?"

It's the old curator!

He Shujun and Ding Yi looked at each other, then resolutely gave up the plan to find the man, but turned around to deal with the old curator.

He Shujun smiled and said, "I feel better. The doctor is really a good person."

"Indeed, indeed." The old curator nodded again and again, "He is a good employee and has always done his duty. Although there are no customers now, he still goes to work and works hard. This is a really good employee."

He Shujun smiled dryly.

The old curator asked again: "Since there is no health problem, do you two want to continue visiting the city hall now?"

He Shujun didn't want to go, so she quickly changed the subject: "We were wandering around on the first floor, and then we saw these people moving things." She pointed to the person at the small door, "They are here What are you doing?"

Hearing this, the old curator also looked at the people who were working over there.

He was silent for a moment, and then tried to show a smile: "We are... transferring the collection. They will transfer the museum's collection to a safe place."

He Shujun asked sharply: "But, I don't think you are very willing?"

"Will it?" The old curator murmured, "How could I be willing? Those old guys have stayed in this museum all their lives. Originally, they should have stayed here forever. When I die, they will still be here." it's here.

"But...the world has changed."

He Shujun was overwhelmed by the sadness overflowing from the old curator.

The old curator said: "I don't want to let them go, but I must let them go. This place is not safe. I just try to hold on..."

His old eyes seemed to be cloudy, but they also seemed to be clear, "Someone may tell you that I am already crazy."

He Shujun was stunned, not knowing what to say for a while.

Ding Yi shook his head lightly.

But the old curator didn't care about their reactions, he stared at a certain painting that was being loaded onto the truck.

He said: "That painting was the year Cangcheng was built, and someone painted rapeseed flowers blooming outside the city. Now young people think it's dirty, but at that time, rapeseed flowers were such a useful and beautiful crop..."

The two missionaries listened quietly.

They didn't know, at this moment, did they want to solve this nightmare, so they patiently listened to the old curator's rambling words, or was it just because of the old curator's words?

Everything seems to be indistinguishable.

They just listen.

The old curator said: "I know the history and allusions of everything in this museum. Everything is connected with the blood of this city and reflects each other with the residents of this city.

"We should remember. Even if most people can't remember, there are always some people who should remember. Our past, our origin... I want them to remember.

"Maybe I'm really crazy."

The old curator murmured.

He Shujun said dryly: "Maybe, the spreading madness has changed everything."

"Yes!" The old curator turned and looked at her, "You are right! That's why I want to do this! I can only do this, I must, I must..."

He Shujun looked at the old curator who seemed a little crazy, and regretted what he said for a while.

"Nobody wants to come to the museum anymore, nobody...but why? Why doesn't anybody want to?

I had to find out why, I had to fix the situation.After so many years, this museum cannot be destroyed in my hands..."

The old curator murmured.

Complicated thoughts arose in He Shujun's heart.

"Because, without a museum, we can't remember those past histories. Whether it's brilliant or tragic..."

The old curator suddenly burst into tears, "To lose memory is to lose everything."

At this moment, He Shujun and Ding Yi were silent at the same time.

Because they cannot refute this sentence.

They decided that the old curator was indeed crazy, and he was indeed crazy because of the museum, but...

But they could not refute.

"To lose memory is to lose everything."

Ding Yi muttered these words.

What did she think of at this time?

She thought of their group of mission workers, their group of humans trapped in the narrow building.

She looked at the old curator, at the museum, and at this city, which still seemed not to be destroyed by the end of the world.

She thought, now, and, in the past.

What happened?What did the missionaries forget?Why did they enter the narrow building, why did they forget everything, why were they forced into these nightmares that seemed to suggest something?

With a calm and gentle personality like Ding Yi, he couldn't help but clenched his fist fiercely at this moment.

The pain pierced into her heart like a thorn, making her choke up uncontrollably for a moment.

To lose memory is to lose everything.

They have lost everything.

When they forget the past, when they know nothing about the truth, when they can't even resist what they are facing now...

Tears ran down Ding Yi's cheeks, although she turned her head in time and was not seen by anyone.

Also at this moment, the audience in the live broadcast room noticed that the screen suddenly cut away.

They put question marks on the public screen in a daze, not understanding why Xu Beijin suddenly switched the source of the screen... Isn't the museum busy?

The old curator obviously hasn't said anything he knows, so why did Xu Beijin change the scene?

However, because Xu Beijin switched the screen in time, the audience did not see the scene of Ding Yi crying.

When the new picture completely appeared in the live broadcast room, the audience heard a shocking voice.

That comes from Wu Jian.

"What did you say?!"

Wu Jian stared in horror at the boy who looked like a student in front of him.

The boy calmly pushed his glasses: "I found dozens of newspapers, changed dozens of TV stations and news media, and finally found this news in this corner of Gada. Finally, I confirmed the specific time. ..."

Wu Jian still looked at him with that unbelievable gaze.

And this boy suddenly showed a cold smile: "You can see for yourself. I won't talk nonsense."

Wu Jian lowered his head and looked at the report in the newspaper.

"It is suspected that an unidentified flying object is about to fall on the territory of country X?"

There is a line of fine print below: "According to expert calculations, it is expected to fall around 7 pm on July 23."

Wu Jian almost subconsciously glanced at the electronic clock on the third floor.

It is now, 03:30 pm.