Flirting with old enemies in escape games

It is rare to hear the word "trouble" from Nie Yuan's mouth in the Rubik's Cube game. Ji Wuhuan was worried but also a little curious: "Huh? What's the matter?"

"I met a melon rind." Nie Yuan's tone remained calm without any ups and downs.

The temporary teammate next to him, the unlucky guy whose nose was bitten off, leaned over and added: "...It's a doll."

"Doll? What doll? Tell me in detail."

When Nie Yuan was about to elaborate, Dong Yiyi’s voice came out again, she urged Lu Jia to go over to find her, and the six matryoshkas were singing wildly beside them, and even spat out Li Huahe’s head spit it out.

Lujia comforted her and said that they had already set off.

In order to prevent the two parties from interfering with each other, Ji Wuhuan and Nie Yuan temporarily went to another channel to continue talking about this matter.

Half an hour ago, Nie Yuan and his temporary teammate Sun He also encountered the situation of being randomly teleported after entering the game, but there was violence to open the way, and these problems were not a problem.

Brother Nie went all the way back to the corner where he was before, picked up the walkie-talkie and failed to contact Ji Wuhuan, so he could only wait while stuffing back the mouse he caught the night before.

The identity of the mouse itself is not difficult, the body is a clockwork mouse.

It just took a while to find the body of the murderous thing and its original location.

The haunted house where Clockwork Mouse lives is also the most ordinary Chinese-style family, but it is obviously a long time ago. The decoration style and the furniture and equipment inside are very similar to the old style more than 30 years ago. The bright kind.

That's why there are small retro toys such as wind-up mice. In addition to wind-up mice, there are also wind-up frogs and roosters in this house, which seem to be small toys for children.

They found the clockwork mouse under a crib, only to find that the eyes of the real clockwork mouse toy did not emit an evil red light like the evil spirit outside, but ordinary black glass beads.

Therefore, Nie Yuan guessed that the red light should not exist by itself, it might be caused by the reflection of something red.

Hearing this, Ji Wuhuan blurted out: "Wow, idiot Yuanyuan, you've become smarter after hanging out with me~!"

Nie Yuan smiled softly: "Then you have been with me for so long, why are you still so weak?"

When we are together, we still have to fight each other every day.

Then they searched for red objects and light sources in the death scene.

Based on these two clues, they quickly found the eligible location, a red ceramic glazed pen holder on the desk.

When the desk lamp was turned on at night, the reflection of the red object was refracted into the mouse's black glass eyes, as if emitting red light.

When they put the wind-up mouse next to the pen holder and the desk lamp, the evil spirit mouse in their hands disappeared.

"After we left the haunted house, another door opened next to it..." When Nie Yuan was about to talk about the doll, Ji Wuhuan suddenly interrupted: "Wait a minute, Yuanyuan, the clockwork mouse died in the haunted house." Who is it? How did he die?"

"It was a pregnant woman who was hacked to death with random knives, and the child in her stomach was dug out."

Hearing such inhuman and cruel methods, Ji Wuhuan couldn't help frowning.

Nie Yuan asked again: "What did you think of?"

"It's okay..." Ji Wuhuan only had some guesses in his heart, but he wasn't sure yet: "Go ahead."

"Okay." So Nie Yuan went on to talk about what happened later.

As soon as they left the haunted house, they encountered a doll, a Barbie doll to be precise, that ran out of another door.

In the eyes of straight men, they are collectively referred to as "dolls".

Can you imagine?Life-size Barbie dolls, although this Barbie doll looks more delicate and beautiful than ordinary Barbie dolls, definitely not the cheap ones, but this is the most weird thing about it.

I believe that many people have heard of the "Uncanny Valley Theory". Its core point is that as the degree of authenticity of simulated objects (such as robots, dolls, plastic models, etc.) changes, people's affinity for them will also change. The law is that the affinity increases with the increase of the degree of simulation, but when the degree of simulation reaches a higher critical point, the human affinity reaction will suddenly drop to the bottom, and suddenly there will be negative psychology such as rejection, fear, confusion, etc. towards the simulation. .

To put it simply, you will like an exquisite and beautiful Barbie doll, but you will never like a Barbie doll that is as big as a person and looks very close to a real person, no matter how beautiful she is.

Anyone would feel uncomfortable when confronted with such a doll.

They hadn't seen the doll at first, but when the door was opened, the first thing that came out of it was a man's voice.

"Oh! It's another bad day. Today, Lily's bad aunt, Duchess Emily, ordered Belle to go out shopping and cooking..."

When this sentence was finished, the Barbie doll appeared. She was wearing a pink retro dress with blond hair. Her body seemed to be plastic and very light. Her limbs did not move, and she was floating out. She stood In the dark, I couldn't see my face clearly.

Soon the man's voice sounded again: "Belle is very distressed, but she dare not offend her sister's aunt, so she can only think: what should I cook?"

Following these words, she floated forward again. The exquisite facial features drawn with colored pens did not show any expression, but it made people feel that she was staring at them inexplicably.

"Okay, let's cook together!" the male voice said again.

"Wait, who is that male voice?" Ji Wuhuan interrupted.

"I don't know." Nie Yuan said unclearly: "He has never appeared, but the voice has always existed, a bit like ventriloquist."

"and then?"

Then the Barbie doll took out a shiny silver kitchen knife and floated over. That action was obviously intended to cut someone!

Only then did they understand what it meant to "choose a good dish"!

After Nie Yuan knew that he couldn't kill them in three hits, he didn't want to be tough easily. The two of them ran away, and when they ran back to the low cabinet, the Barbie didn't dare to chase them anymore, and flew straight backwards. Just like a balloon, it disappeared lightly.

That look is simply creepy.

The two originally thought that the murderer should be a Barbie doll. In fact, when they entered the haunted house, they did find a Barbie doll in a little girl's bedroom.

There are a bunch, more than a dozen, but after a closer look, they all look different from the one outside. Although these dolls all look the same in the eyes of their "straight men", these dolls are different from the clothes they wear. It's so different that not even the blind can see it.

And they are neatly arranged in the closet, just full, it doesn't seem like one is missing.

In other words, her body is probably not a Barbie doll.

It's a pain in the ass to let two old men think of a way to a row of Barbie dolls, not to mention the little girl's body is stuffed in the lower layer of the closet, staring at them with remorse, panicking.

Just at this time, Ji Wuhuan contacted them, so Nie Yuan asked him to help him figure out what was going on.

But Ji Wuhuan never played with a Barbie doll when she was a child, and she never saw that doll with her own eyes, so it's even more uncertain.

He was thinking about it when Zhang San reminded him, "Brother, it's time for us to act."

But Ji Wuhuan said: "Don't worry, we will go there when Dong Yiyi and Lu Jia meet up and let them attract the matryoshka to the top."

"But what if the door opens again?"

"Anyway, so many dolls have been stuffed in, it doesn't make any difference if one more or one less." Ji Wuhuan obviously thought about it, and said: "Do you want to go face to face with 6 nesting dolls?"

What's more, there are more than 6 nesting dolls at all.

Ji Wuhuan clearly remembered that when they sent the Eyeless Monster back to the haunted house and came out again, another door opened here.

Although it is estimated that it ran to the corridor leading to the upper right corner, we cannot be [-]% sure until we see it with our own eyes.

... I don't know what kind of thing came out this time.

Thinking of those 6 monsters, Zhang San quickly shook his head, he couldn't help it, his teeth still hurt, and the dog's life is at stake.

The reason why Ji Wuhuan planned this way is of course for a reason. According to the rules in "Notes to the Night Watchman", the interval between opening doors is getting longer and longer. Lu Jia and the others went to find Dong Yi The slowest speed of returning back and forth is only two or three minutes. It should not open another door immediately.

Secondly, according to the conclusion obtained from the third floor last night, there is an upper limit to the number of doors that can be opened overnight.

As long as there are no more than 10 running out, five hours a night is enough for them to be stuffed back one by one, and as long as it is a monster that is put back, it will not come out again tonight.

Of course, this is the worst plan. After all, it is dangerous enough to allow so many evil spirits to run around in the corridor. Ji Wuhuan wouldn't take such a risk if he didn't make it this far.

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

Lu Jia suddenly jumped to their channel and exclaimed: "Xia Chedan, Zhang San, Dong Yiyi is dead!"

"What?" Ji Wuhuan was startled: "How could she die?"

"I don't know, she was clearly told not to leave the lamp, but she came out and died in the corridor..."

"Is she crazy?" Ji Wuhuan felt inconceivable, how could she dare to come out even though the npc had warned her not to act alone?

Zhang San asked, "How did she die?"

"It seems that she was scared to death..." Lu Jia checked, her face was contorted, her expression was terrified, her seven orifices were bleeding, and her eyes were extremely wide, as if they were about to roll out of their sockets. There were no wounds, and what was even more strange was that she didn't use the walkie-talkie to call for help.

It was obvious that Lu Jia and Zhang Cai were already on their way, only tens of meters away from where she died.

And as an old player, he would be scared to death?What the hell did she see?

In an instant, countless new mysteries emerged.

Zhang San went to the walkie-talkie again and asked: "By the way, Lu Jia, didn't you say that there are no evil spirits on that road?"

"Yes." Lu Jia also felt very strange, even though she is alone now, there are obviously no evil spirits on that road: "Unless... another door was opened when we were still in the haunted house, it Hiding in the dark, he didn't hurt us, but he hit Dong Yi who was alone."

"It's possible."

Since the rules did not give an accurate value, they can only guess roughly after entering the game.

The turn-off time of the light is about 40s. One light can only control the distance of about 100m between the left and right corridors, that is, half of the corridors. Doors within this distance will not open, but those outside the distance will.

Unless the lights in the four corners are kept on at the same time, the door of the haunted house may be opened.

So it is likely that when Lu Jia and Zhang Cai were in the haunted house, the door of the haunted house opened again, and Dong Yiyi was frightened to death by it.

At this time, Lu Jia and Zhang Cai also ran to the corner, turned on the light and asked, "Xia Chedan, Zhang San, what should we do now?"

Yeah, what now?

Ji Wuhuan thought for a moment, and decided to go ahead with the original plan: "Lu Jia, you lead the matryoshka to the upper left corner, and Zhang San and I go over and turn on the light."

Lu Jia: "And then?"

"What else can I do? Of course, send back all the evil spirits that came out." Ji Wuhuan also had a headache: "There is one more thing to pay attention to. In addition to the above, a door was opened at our place just now. I know where that evil spirit went, most likely it's in the upper right corridor, if you see them, tell each other."

The two running outside now don't know what it is.

"By the way, there is another problem. We don't know where the evil spirit that scared Dong Yiyi to death came from."

"Let's put it at the end, and solve the known ones first." The young man pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers, and sighed helplessly: "It's best that there is really an upper limit to the number of times you can open the door."

In fact, he also believes that there is an upper limit to the number of times the door can be opened, because if there is no upper limit, the game will almost become unsolvable. Originally, 6 people in a team of two means that there must be no one in a corner. Players must To keep moving, and who can guarantee that none of the players will die?

Once the staff is reduced, if there is no upper limit, then they will never pass the test.

"Okay." Lu Jia is also a smart person, so he and Zhang Cai immediately acted. They first pretended to go to the lower left corner to turn on the light. After the matryoshka came over, Ji Wuhuan and Zhang San immediately dispatched and ran all the way.

After Lu Jia spoke, Nie Yuan remained silent, probably because he was afraid of disturbing their discussion of the plan.

But Ji Wuhuan was still thinking about their affairs, what could that Barbie doll be?And what was it that scared Dong Yiyi to death?

Specializing in scary evil spirits, what would it be to put in ordinary people's homes as ordinary items?

Clown toys?Nightmare story?Horror film?Horror comics?

When thinking of horror comics, Ji Wuhuan suddenly paused, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he thought of something: "Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan! Have you ever seen the side profile of that Barbie doll?"

It took a while to answer: "No, she has been facing us all the time."

"That's probably it! The light body, facing you all the time, and that man's voice...is the narration!"

"comics?"

"Yes, go to the bookcase and have a look."

"Okay." Nie Yuan always believed in Ji Wuhuan's judgment unconditionally.

When the young man said this, he had already run to the corner on the other side. As soon as he turned on the light, Lujia warned: "Be careful, the Russian doll is running back!"

As soon as the words fell, they heard singing from the darkness again.

"I see. Now you run back to the upper right corner, be careful on the road, if possible, turn on the light in the lower right corner, and Zhang San and I will go in and put the Russian nesting doll back."

"Okay." Lu Jia agreed, and when he was about to run back with Zhang Cai, he suddenly thought of a very important question: "Wait, do you know which haunted house the Russian doll came out of?"

This is a good question, Zhang San slammed on the brakes and was stunned: "That's right, only Dong Yiyi and Li Huahe saw where the door was opened, and they are already dead..."

"Look at the ground." Ji Wuhuan had thought of this question a long time ago, and said while running.

Zhang San looked at the ground, the first thing he saw was blood all over the ground, and then he saw Li Huahe's body.

Although he lost his head, it was obvious that he was running towards the upper left corner, and the blood on the ground was dragged all the way. It was the traces left by chasing after he was injured by a Russian doll, and Dong Yiyi's sharp scream heard at that time. The calls are very close to the corridor below, so the location where they appear should be...

Ji Wuhuan stopped: "Near here."

It was not long before the game started, and the door should have just opened. The two probably turned on the light in the upper right corner, ran to the left, turned on the light in the upper left corner, and ran down when they ran into a Russian matryoshka doll.

There are doors every 5m or so in the corridor. He was estimating the distance while running just now. According to the location and direction of the blood on the ground, the sound Dong Yiyi made at that time, and the running speed of the Russian doll, the location of the door should be It is very close to the corridor in the lower left corner, about 15m.

Zhang San was stunned by this deduction and seriously suspected that Ji Wuhuan was fooling him again. He didn't know whether to believe it or not, but he had no other choice: "The left or the right?"

Hearing the singing that was getting closer, Ji Wuhuan quickly took out a coin and twirled it between his fingers. Obviously this time it was a real coin: "The front is on the right, the back is on the left."

"Come on, brother today will tell you what the Chosen One is!"

After speaking, he tossed it casually, a silver light flashed, and the coin landed in his palm with a snap, it was heads.

"Right." No matter what Zhang San thought after speaking, Ji Wuhuan knocked on the door on the right.

"Knock knock knock!"

This set of operations was done in one go, and Zhang San didn't have time to stop him: "Damn, what if the big brother is wrong?"

"Then come out and switch sides." Ji Wuhuan said confidently.

Listening to the song of the matryoshka getting closer and closer, Zhang San wanted to cry, but what else could he do?Drill it!

He patted his stomach aggrievedly, gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, tightened his stomach, and squeezed in.

Just like the house just now, the internal environment of this house is extremely ordinary, even smaller. Once you enter, you are facing the dining room and the doors of the two rooms, and the living room is on the right.

Although the room is small, it is very warmly decorated, with exquisite wallpaper, a clean white dining table, clean plates, and a beautiful small candlestick with unburned scented candles on the dining table.

The same is true in the living room on the right. Although the furniture is not a luxury brand, the layout is very warm. From time to time, there are some exquisite and retro ornaments, such as the photo frame on the shoe cabinet, the hollow metal shelf on the TV cabinet, and the poster on the refrigerator. It can be seen that the money cat dolls have been carefully arranged.

With the previous experience, this time when the two of them entered the haunted house, their first reaction was to look for the dead body, first to determine the location of the dead body to save a while from being scared out of their wits.

Once or twice is fine, if you come a few more times, Ji Wuhuan feels that his little heart will not be able to bear it.

At this time, the intercom rang.

"Zizizi...Zizi...Baby, we found it, you are right."

The two of them went to the bookcase just now and took a look. Behind the glass door were various tutorial books and extracurricular books for elementary school students. Inside, there was a whole set of comics. They were really Barbie doll comics!

In this era when every elementary school student in the country has an ipad and everyone eats chicken like a king, she is really innocent, and she is definitely a loyal fan of Barbie dolls.

This set of comics is called "Barbie Princess' Happy Growth Story". The whole set ranges from 1 to 13 volumes, but the 8th volume in the middle is missing.

And the eighth book was actually placed on the table. When they opened the first page, Sun He was a little surprised, and said softly: "There are so many tricks to publish a book these days?"

It turned out that after the comic book was opened, the paper pages inside turned out to be three-dimensional, and the character card erected in the middle was the Barbie doll just now. There was also a sound button in the lower right corner of the page, which would automatically read aloud after pressing it. Text from comic book story: "Oh! It's just another bad day when Lily's bad aunt, the Duchess Emily, sends Belle out shopping and cooking..."

It was the man's voice that came from inside.

Barbie's appearance, paper figurines, and built-in narration sound effects all match up!

The two immediately picked up the comic and pushed it between the 9 and 7 books in the bookcase.

"Walk."

However, just as the two turned around to leave, the little girl also moved. At some point, she left the closet and stood behind the curtains, only showing half of her bloody face, her eyes were gloomy and gloomy. Looking at them, suddenly she opened her mouth, and there was no tongue inside!Blood spurted out instantly.

If it was Ji Wuhuan and Zhang San, they would have been terribly frightened again, and Sun He was so frightened that I fucked three times and almost fell to the ground, not daring to pass.

Ji Wuhuan heard the scream, and quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Nie Yuan's fear nerves were obviously still offline. After describing the scary little girl in front of him in a few words, he walked towards her very calmly and indifferently. When he passed by her, Ji Wuhuan on the intercom suddenly asked He said, "Hey, little sister, have you finished your summer homework? School is about to start."

"..."

The little sister's expression froze, and there was a bit of panic in her eyes. When Sun He looked up again, she found that she had disappeared.

Disappeared? !Are you scared away when you ask a homework? !If you are dead, you are still afraid! ?

Facts have proved that in the face of such cruel soul torture, Chinese students will choose to run away whether they are dead or alive.

snort!

Ji Wuhuan raised his head proudly, as expected of him!

Hearing that they escaped successfully, the young man was completely relieved and began to focus on the matter in front of him.

The body was not found in the living room of the house here, nor was the matryoshka doll found, so the two came to the bedroom.

This house is small, with a total of two bedrooms, the master bedroom faces the living room, and the side sleeper faces the door.

The doors of the two rooms were closed. The two first went to the side sleeper, and there was nothing inside. When they went to the master bedroom again, the door just opened a crack, and they smelled a strong smell of blood.

Familiar taste, familiar rhythm.

They already had a premonition of what was about to happen.

Even though they had made enough mental preparations this time, when the door opened and the flashlight shone in, the two of them were still so frightened that their legs gave way and they almost sat on the ground!

Nie Yuan asked, "Did you find the body?"

"It should be..." Ji Wuhuan's voice trembled uncontrollably.

"should?"

Under the illumination of two strong white lights, in the middle of the white curtains... there is a black figure protruding from behind!

and……

"He has no head!"

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