Opening a Shop in the Nightmare World

On a certain floor of the hotel that has been abandoned for many years, there are only dimly lit white candles, broken mirrors and ubiquitous spider webs hanging on the walls.

There was old wallpaper on both sides of the corridor, and the doors of all the hotel rooms were tightly closed.

The only elevator that can lead to other floors cannot be opened, and the buttons on all floors are in a state of failure.

"Run!"

In the dim candlelight, a middle-aged man who was waving a round wooden stick ran out from the corner. He tried his best to run on the dark red carpet in the corridor, even his originally gentle face ran wildly. Because of clenched teeth and a little ferocious.

Behind the middle-aged man was a young girl in sportswear, a chubby boy in school uniform, a fashionably wavy girl, and a young man wearing glasses and carrying a hiking bag.

It may seem strange to run wild in the corridors of the hotel, but the five people in the corridor are not so much running as running for their lives.Apart from clenching their teeth, most of the faces showed undisguised fear, as if something particularly terrifying was chasing them behind them.

The one who ran at the end was a somewhat strange young man, because his face was calm, but his lips were tightly pressed, and sweat dripped down the side of his face.This young man with an oversized hiking bag often helps his glasses that are easy to fall off, and chases forward at a slow speed while leaning on the wall.

It can be seen that this young man is trying hard to cover up, but it still gives people a feeling that walking is difficult.

But fortunately, he has not been left behind.

"Quick! There are lights in front!" The middle-aged man turned left along the corridor, and saw that there was a guest room door open in the dark corridor directly ahead, and bright and warm lights could still be seen!

The moment they saw the light, the eyes of the middle-aged man and the young girl in sportswear lit up, and they all ran faster at the same time.

"The front is a temporary shelter!" The girl in sportswear shouted in surprise, "When we get there, we will temporarily shelter..."

"what!"

Before the girl could finish her sentence, she saw the beautiful woman with big waves falling to the ground suddenly, screaming for help, "Help me, my ankle is sprained, it hurts so much!"

"Are all the newcomers this time oil bottles?" The middle-aged man holding a wooden stick glanced at the candlelight on the wall, then stopped to take a breath, and looked at the fat student with weak legs behind him with disgust. , the sprained girl running on the hotel carpet in high heels, and the young man who looked normal but ran at the end for some reason.

That young man seems to be pretty good, why is he moving so slowly?

"Okay, let's go!" At this moment, the girl in sportswear has already helped the woman with a sprained foot, "That thing must still be not far behind us, we can talk nonsense until we get to the shelter!"

The girl also took a look at the young man at the back. It was a fair-looking and handsome young man, wearing a pair of round-frame glasses with a chain. His appearance and temperament could easily make young girls fall in love.

I don't know if it was because he was afraid because he came to the nightmare world for the first time, the young man's face was extremely pale, as white as cold jade in the dim candlelight.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-"

"Run!" When the terrifying footsteps sounded again, the girl bit her lip and helped the sprained girl to walk towards the room with the lights on.

She saw that the middle-aged man with the wooden stick and the fat boy had rushed to the door of the room, looking at the corridor behind them in fear.

The girl couldn't help but glanced back.

She couldn't see the "thing" that heard the footsteps, but she could see that the candles in the corridor were going out little by little, and the corridor behind them had turned into pure darkness.If they can't hide in the lighted room in time, they will be completely swallowed by the dark corridor in the next second!

"Thank you." Just when the girl felt that it was difficult to move forward, she saw that handsome guy who was good-looking but struggling to walk came over to support the other side of the girl with a sprained ankle. Although his expressionless face looked cold, but at the critical moment Helping out still makes people feel a little warm.

Ahead is the temporary shelter of the nightmare world, as long as they rush there, they will be safe!

"Oh!"

The moment the girl and the crippled girl rushed into the lighted guest room, the middle-aged man who had already been guarding the door slammed the door shut, and it was completely locked with a few clicks.

This room, which is called a "refuge" by the middle-aged man and the girl in sportswear, is no different from an ordinary hotel double room except that the lights are very bright. The space is not large, and the wallpaper and furniture are old and dusty .

The middle-aged man opened the heavy curtains of the shelter, but what he saw was not a window, but a white wall with nothing.

"Each shelter will have a safety period of at least three to 10 minutes." The girl in sportswear let the crippled girl sit on the dusty bed, and then leaned against the wall and began to pant, "What do you want to ask?" , now you can hurry up and ask."

The girl sneaked another look at the young man who had helped her just now, and found that he was breathing steadily and standing by the wall, adjusted his glasses, wiped off the sweat on his cheeks, and looked around there.It is rare for a girl to see a boy with a silver chain on the frame in real life, and he has an outstanding temperament and a slender figure... If it is not in the world of terrible nightmares, it will be fine.

"Where is this place?!" The crippled girl sitting on the bed seemed to have cried, not only her eyes were extremely red, but her delicate eye makeup was also blurred, "Why are we here?"

"This is the world of nightmares." The middle-aged man standing on the other side said with an ugly face, "We are all experiencers who were selected to enter the world of nightmares, but the girl over there and I are veterans who have experienced several nightmares , you are newcomers who came to the nightmare world for the first time."

"But our purpose is the same." The girl in the tracksuit added, "Only by working together to complete the tasks of each nightmare world can we return to the original world."

"The mission of the nightmare world is engraved on the inner side of your left arm. Every word is bloody, but you can only see it if you concentrate." The middle-aged man glanced at the newcomers who were still in a dazed state, lifted himself up and rolled up. The left arm of the sleeve, "The task this time is very simple. It is to survive in this nightmare world for twelve hours. By the way, the countdown is engraved on your right arm."

The girl with sprained feet sitting on the bed and the fat boy standing aside panting subconsciously raised their arms like a middle-aged man, and then they all cried out "ah", apparently startled by the bloody lettering on their left and right arms Big jump.

And the young man with glasses who was standing there against the wall at the beginning didn't change his expression after raising his arm. He just put his arm down silently and continued to look around. Much more interesting in itself.

"After completing the mission, we will get corresponding nightmare points, which are very useful things." The girl added on the side.

"Can... can it be used to exchange...for items?" The fat boy on the other side began to stutter nervously, twisting his fingers while looking at the two seniors tremblingly.

"The nightmare world is different from those novels you have read." The middle-aged man frowned, "Nightmare points have many functions. You can use nightmare points to strengthen your body every time you complete a task. If you are in the nightmare world Whatever treasure you get, you need to spend corresponding nightmare points to take it out."

"The most important thing is, if you die in the nightmare world..." the girl glanced at the newcomers this time, "you can spend enough nightmare points to continue living."

"If there are not enough nightmare points..." The little fat man's face turned livid.

"Then you're dead if you die." The middle-aged man said firmly, "It's like the kid who was at the end cursing at the beginning and refused to run no matter what."

The faces of the sprained girl and the little fat man changed again, as if they could still hear the scream of the man after being swallowed by the darkness.It was precisely because some people were "eaten" by the darkness in the corridor when they first came to the nightmare world, that they ran after the middle-aged man desperately.

"Don't worry, the last number of people surviving in each nightmare world will also affect the nightmare points everyone gets, so as long as you keep up and don't do stupid things, that uncle and I will help you as much as possible." Compared with the bad tone The middle-aged man and the seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl were more affectionate, "My name is Qi Xiaomin, and I have experienced the world of nightmares twice."

"Zheng Ming, I have experienced three nightmare worlds." The middle-aged man named Zheng Ming had a flamboyant tone, as if he was proud of his experience.

"What about you? What's your name?" Qi Xiaomin looked directly at the young man with glasses who had a special temperament.

"Su...Zimo." The young man helped his glasses that were always slipping on the bridge of his nose again. Although his voice was nice, it was dry and hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time. "What do you mean by refuge?"

"Nightmare worlds with a relatively small number of people and newcomers will set up some shelters to reduce the difficulty." Qi Xiaomin pointed to the chandelier on the ceiling of the guest room, "The warm light is the most obvious feature of the shelter, and it is also safe in a dim environment." will become very conspicuous.”

"As long as you enter the refuge, you can get at least 10 minutes of safety time. We can use this time to make customs clearance plans, and we can also get time to breathe. But..." Qi Xiaomin frowned, and his tone suddenly became serious, " After the safe time has passed, everyone must leave the refuge as soon as possible, otherwise the location of the refuge will become the scariest and most dangerous place in this nightmare world!"

"Three and 10 minutes later, we...are we going to leave from here?" The fat boy in school uniform seemed the most timid of all, even in the shelter, he was still hiding in the corner trembling .

"It will be 25 minutes to be precise." The middle-aged man Zheng Ming raised his left hand and looked at it, "There is a twelve-hour countdown engraved on the inside of your left hand, using this to calculate the time is more accurate than the watches you wear .”

"Everyone, take the time to rest. The tasks for novices will not be too difficult, so you don't have to worry too much." Compared with the impatient Zheng Ming, Qi Xiaomin has always played the role of comforting and helping everyone.

When everyone began to rest with different thoughts, and the whole refuge fell into silence, Su Zimo, who had been standing against the wall, pushed his glasses, stared at the door of the bathroom for a few seconds, and then walked in.

There is also some dust in the washroom, but because the lights are also warm and bright, it does not scare people in the nightmare world.

Su Zimo wiped off the dust on the mirror in the bathroom with the towel hanging beside him, and then looked at himself in the mirror without moving.

Pale complexion, thin body, expressionless face, overly delicate chained glasses...

"It's not a dream." Su Zimo murmured softly to himself, and then curled the corners of his lips a little stiffly.

If the person chosen by the nightmare world is called an experiencer, then what is he... the chosen one?

A little self-deprecating.