Opening a Shop in the Nightmare World

Chapter 58 The Red Staircase

In the world of nightmares, Su Zimo, who was sitting directly opposite "Xiao Wan", happened to see the weird smile on her face.

He knew that a certain switch hidden in this nightmare world had been turned on.

"In short, the ghost story conference should have ended, right?" Su Zimo actually guessed a lot more, but he knew that the more he said, the more likely he would startle the snake, so he straightened out the schoolbag he was carrying behind him, stretched out his hand and stroked it. The long handle of the black umbrella is cold to the touch.

After a little peace of mind, Su Zimo got up from the sofa, and with a restrained smile, he said to the other trainees: "You can stay here first, or you can leave here. I need to leave for something, don't worry."

For a long time, "Ayu" has given Xu Yingying and the others the feeling of being a gentle and elegant young man, just like the boy Zhang Xiaoqing admired in the story, with a gentle temperament and a gentle smile on everyone.

At that time, the glasses on the bridge of Ah Yu's nose seemed to add a gentle temperament to him.

However, when A Yu restrained his smile, the eyes behind the lenses were so calm that it made people feel a little scary, and even the glasses, which originally made people feel good, seemed to be a little cold.

When Su Zimo was talking, "Xiao Wan" sat there quietly with her head bowed, without any other movements, as if she didn't plan to do anything in this house.

"You...Aren't you going?" Although Xu Yingying felt that A Yu was weird, she couldn't help but ask a word of concern.

Xu Yingying is the type who is especially popular on university campuses in terms of appearance and personality. There are always many excellent boys around her, and her ability to judge people over time is better than ordinary college girls.

So her eyes always fell on Su Zimo, and she felt that even among the best boys, he stood out from the crowd.

Such a person should not have a team concept.

Therefore, Xu Yingying wondered why Ah Yu offered to leave the team at this moment.

"It's okay, I'm just borrowing the bathroom. The time for the task is limited, and I will catch up soon." Su Zimo didn't look nervous at all, and was walking towards the bathroom at the beginning.When Su Zimo walked out from there before, he was too hasty and didn't take anything with him, so he always felt that it would be a pity to just leave like this.

"What the hell, go to the bathroom at this time? And it's the bathroom of the nightmare world? He can't be a fool who hasn't had much contact with the nightmare world, right? He doesn't have any common sense about the nightmare world." Because there was inexplicable hostility from the beginning Consciously, Du Lei subconsciously muttered a few words after hearing what "A Yu" said.

Judging from the state of the three trainees, they don't seem to realize that "Xiao Wan" sitting on the sofa is a bomb that may explode at any time. Use the left arm to see if the tasks for the next stage have been released.

After all, when Su Zimo first met Xu Yingying, she said that the nightmare world with only four people would be very simple.

"This place makes me feel terrified." Du Lei looked at "Xiao Wan" who had been lowering her head, and finally felt that something was wrong with the whole house, "Let's go first!"

"Let's wait a little longer, anyway, the second mission hasn't been released yet." Seeing Du Lei walking towards the door, Xu Yingying stubbornly stood in the living room and refused to leave.

"Ah, Yingying!" At this moment, Zhu Zhu, who had been standing silently by the side wearing an ankle-length striped dress and glasses, suddenly shouted, "The second phase of the mission has been released!"

After hearing Zhu Zhu's words, Xu Yingying and Du Lei immediately glanced at the task content on their left arms. Both of them had expressions of surprise and uncertainty in their eyes. After looking at each other, the expressions on their faces seemed a little heavy .

"Ah..." Xu Yingying wanted to call Su Zimo, but Du Lei quickly grabbed her arm.

Under Du Lei's gesture, Xu Yingying saw that the girl who was sitting on the sofa with her head bowed had stood up, and she didn't know when she walked to the outermost sofa, but her head was still pressed deeply.

Seeing "Xiao Wan" now, even a fool knew something was wrong.

"Let's go!" Regardless of Xu Yingying's reaction, Du Lei took Xu Yingying away directly by relying on the dual strength advantages of a trainer and a man.Seeing his friend being forcibly taken away, Zhu Zhu glanced nervously in the direction of the bathroom, stomped his feet anxiously, and then left the house.

"Ah!" After several trainees left the apartment, there seemed to be some exclamations coming from outside, but they disappeared quickly.

Su Zimo didn't know what happened in the bathroom. After entering the bathroom, he saw a small jewelry box in front of the vanity mirror, and then he took out an ordinary-looking black velvet bag from the side pocket of his backpack , and took out a gold transfer bead weighing more than one gram from it, and threw it into the small jewelry box.

Although Su Zimo tried his best to sweep away every nightmare world, he still couldn't do something like "steal" things directly from an environment that seemed to be inhabited.

Although "trading" with gold seems to be a bit of a loss, Su Zimo knows that no amount of money can improve the store experience value of "An Yu Yi Yu", but a pack of small scrolls in the nightmare world can do it. Do it easily.

These transfer beads were prepared by Su Zimo at the request of Butler Mu, using the small treasury he hadn't used in four years.However, thinking that the money in the small treasury was all pocket money given by his father and grandfather back then, Su Zimo still felt that he had to find something more profitable than "being in a corner" and achieve the achievement of self-reliance as soon as possible.

After completing the "transaction", Su Zimo looked around the bathroom, but he didn't find any familiar unstarred products. Instead, he found a few unfamiliar products with higher prices.

[Nightmare Soap (No Rating)]

[Price: 3 yuan]

[Description: This soap is mixed with a smell that ghosts like, but because the content is very, very small, unless you use a whole bar of soap in the bath, it will not attract the attention of ghosts. ]

[Nightmare cheap perfume (no star rating)]

[Price: 3 yuan]

[Description: This perfume contains a hint of the nasty smell of ghosts, but because the content is very, very small, unless you spray a whole bottle at a time, it won't attract the attention of ghosts. ]

[Nightmare brand ordinary lipstick (no star rating)]

[Price: 5 yuan]

[Description: This is a lipstick that can add a sense of mystery to people. As long as you put on this lipstick, you can get a little ghost-like mystery. Only you know whether it is a blessing or a curse. ]

Although there were not many things, after throwing the goods into the backpack, Su Zimo actually felt that the purchase had already paid off.

Originally, Su Zimo wanted to go to other places to take another look, but when he came out of the bathroom, he found that the three trainees in the living room had already left, and only "Xiao Wan" was left standing with her head down. Not far in front of him, when Su Zimo looked over, he suddenly raised his head. At first sight, it really made people feel a little scared.

Su Zimo tried to lean behind him, and found that he could touch the door of "An Yu Yi Yu" as soon as he stretched out his hand, which meant that "Xiao Wan", who was staring at him closely at this moment, was really not alive!

Maybe even the "protagonist" of this nightmare world.

"I said at the beginning of the story that the reason why Zhang Xiaoqing knew the school girl and the glasses girl was because of her name." Knowing that his escape route was not blocked, and the trainees had already left the apartment, Su Zimo Standing calmly opposite "Xiao Wan", she brought up the previous ghost story again.

Outside the balcony not far from Su Zimo, the light red moon seemed to be darker than before.

"The protagonist of the story is Zhang Xiaoqing. Judging from the information on the tablet on the tea table, the boy she likes is called Lin Zhe. The girl wearing glasses is called Wen Xiaoyu, and the school belle without glasses is called Hua Xiaowan, and here is Hua Xiaowan home." Su Zimo turned and pointed to the closed bedroom door, "I thought you were Hua Xiaowan at first, but then I realized that Hua Xiaowan is lying in the bedroom and playing with her hands."

"Then who am I?" The head of the girl standing in front of Su Zimo was bent almost ninety degrees.

"You are Zhang Xiaoqing, the Zhang Xiaoqing who jumped down from the rooftop." Su Zimo said with certainty.

The girl with her head crooked grinned again, and her voice became a little erratic, no longer as real as before.

[You're right. ]

[In fact, they have never regarded me as a friend. Even if the names have something in common, I am still a country girl in their eyes. I can walk with them only because of their kindness. ]

[It's a pity that I figured it out too late. ]

[I don't hate Lin Zhe, he didn't say a word from the beginning of the prank, which shows that although he participated in the prank, he didn't intend to lie to me from the beginning, and even wanted to tell me the truth at the end. ] Zhang Xiaoqing straightened her head and looked at Su Zimo, [It's because I think too much, so he is still a very gentle person, just like you. ]

"People often say that most of the happiness of a secret love comes from self-satisfaction, and it can also be said to be self-deception." Su Zimo said slowly.

[I don't hate hearing Xiaoyu either, she is just Hua Xiaowan's follower, she does whatever Hua Xiaowan asks her to do, sometimes she is actually more pitiful than me, I feel a bit like the two girls who left just now. ] Zhang Xiaoqing said, half-closed her eyes, [I just admire Hua Xiaowan, whether she is covering her face and crying, or what she said to me by the lake in the park, it is so true that I can’t see any flaws, Even cried a lot because of her disappearance. ]

"Then what about the other boy who left just now? From your point of view, each of us seems to correspond to some role." Su Zimo asked curiously, "Who does that boy correspond to?"

Su Zimo felt that if he hadn't appeared in this nightmare world, maybe Du Lei's corresponding role would be the boy Zhang Xiaoqing likes.

[Maybe someone else in the class? ] Zhang Xiaoqing’s mouth curled up, [There are so many people in this world who keep themselves out of the matter, they know that there is something wrong with the friendship between me and the other three people, but they never thought of telling me, they just hid Just laughing and watching a good show. ]

"It sounds like you hate Hua Xiaowan the most." Su Zimo asked tentatively, "So you stay here only to do something to Hua Xiaowan? Are you going to forgive Lin Zhe and Wen Xiaoyu?"

[Hahahahahahahahahaha! ]

Originally, Su Zimo thought that Zhang Xiaoqing, like the old man in the previous nightmare world, was a ghost that could communicate.

And because Zhang Xiaoqing has no communication barriers, it should be more convenient to communicate.

But when Su Zimo asked that question, Zhang Xiaoqing, who was standing in front of him, suddenly burst into a very penetrating laugh.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoqing's loosely tucked-up ball head instantly fell apart, her black hair fell loose, and a lot of blood appeared from the top of her head, seeped into her hair, dripped from her forehead, and continued down her cheeks , and finally landed on the original white skirt, leaving behind streaks of dark red blood, shocking.

[forgive?None of them... can escape! ]

[You, none of you can escape! ]

Su Zimo discovered a very serious problem. First of all, after Zhang Xiaoqing's appearance became a complete ghost, her aura changed drastically. To use an exaggeration, her whole body was full of killing intent.

Zhang Xiaoqing is not a saint. When encountering such a thing, the resentment in her heart cannot be relieved.

Also, what she said at the beginning was "None of them will escape" and then it became "None of you will escape!"

[Lin Zhe! ] When Zhang Xiaoqing was staring at Su Zimo, she actually called out the name of the boy in the story, and the dark red blood stains along the eyes looked like two extremely sad tears, [If you don’t like me, And why do you always treat me so tenderly? !If you don't like me, why do you accept my gifts day after day? !Even if you don't like me, why do you want to lie to me with them? ! ]

[I don't hate you, but you damn it! ]

Su Zimo could feel that Zhang Xiaoqing, who had blood and tears in front of her eyes, had lost most of her sanity as a human being, and she was just a vengeful ghost crawling out of hell.He had already shaken off the pen stick in his hand at this moment, but when he raised his head, he found that it was flying towards him...it turned out to be the tablet computer that was placed on the coffee table before.

Su Zimo has also experienced a lot of unnatural attack methods, but not many encounter such simple and crude physical attacks.Fortunately, after Su Zimo completed his first official transaction, his physical condition improved a little, as did his responsiveness.

So when facing the tablet computer that suddenly flew over in front of him... or even various glassware on the coffee table, Su Zimo almost reflexively found the safest direction to dodge at the moment, and then looked at the computer and all kinds of glassware. The glassware slammed on the wall with the terrifying force of falling from a high altitude, and countless fragments flew up.

Although he avoided being hit by something, the fragments splashed up under this kind of force are obviously extremely terrifying, like shrapnel flying around after a bomb explodes.What's more, the bloody female ghost standing not far away waved her hand directly, causing all the flying debris to attack Su Zimo who was standing at the door of the apartment.

Seeing that the fragments were about to attack Su Zimo from all directions, he had a black long-handled umbrella in his hand, and then opened it instantly with a "bang". He actually stood in front of Su Zimo.

All kinds of fragments hit the black umbrella in front of Su Zimo, but they seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, causing no damage to the umbrella surface.

Even Su Zimo, who was holding an umbrella, didn't feel any vibration!

The defense of the ghost umbrella far exceeded Su Zimo's expectations.No, or Su Zimo never thought about the power of the "useless" ghost umbrella that Su Hewen said.

That is the power of the glasses on the bridge of Su Zimo's nose that can only be described with question marks all over the screen!

[Next time if you are in a bad mood, you can try to use me to block the rain of bullets. ] The ghost umbrella did not show up, but the voice echoed in Su Zimo's ear with a gust of wind, [It must be very handsome! ]

"Don't worry, if I'm in a bad mood, I'll use you to block the Titanic, that's more handsome." Su Zimo said, put away the umbrella, opened the door of the apartment, and left the apartment where the female ghost was hiding.

[......]

That is, when Su Zimo exited the apartment, the door in front of him closed with a "bang", and Zhang Xiaoqing's voice came faintly from the door——

[If you want to survive, escape from this apartment. ]

[You'll know that feeling of desperation. ]

[Hurry up, there is no time. ]

Su Zimo subconsciously looked back at the corridor of the apartment, and found that there was no long corridor in this apartment, only a winding staircase that kept going downward.

A... red staircase!

The stairs are red, the walls are red, and the lights at the corner of the stairs are also red. Just standing in such a space, Su Zimo feels dizzy and even nauseated.

The air in the surrounding corridors seemed to gradually become scorching hot, and the floor under Su Zimo's feet seemed to become a little soft. As soon as he lowered his head, he felt that he was walking in the mud with every step...

At this moment, a familiar coldness came from the black umbrella that Su Zimo was holding in his left hand. The cold feeling lifted people's spirits, as if cold blood was swimming all over his body!

Su Zimo came back to his senses suddenly, and found that although the surroundings were still red, the nausea feeling and the hallucinations about the temperature and the floor had suddenly disappeared.

Su Zimo glanced at the umbrella in his left hand, put the metal pen in his right hand back into the side pocket of his backpack, and looked downstairs while holding the black umbrella.

The red staircase is like a downward spiral, and at the end, only a piece of red can be seen clearly, like the legendary flame purgatory under hell.

Su Zimo looked up thoughtfully at the same red staircase next to him. Before he could think about it, he heard a girl's screams from downstairs.

After knowing that the three trainees who left early had already gone downstairs, Su Zimo adhered to the concept of "follow the good trainees to have meat", without much hesitation, he went downstairs directly with the black umbrella.

The completely red corridor looks like a poisonous snake spreading downwards, so Su Zimo, who is holding the black umbrella, is also very careful, as if venomous fangs will appear at the next step in the next second.

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