Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

The two turned and went downstairs. The company has already called twice, and if it is dragged on, I don't know if something more terrible will happen, so the two speed up and rush downstairs.

Lian Qiao was afraid of any changes on the stairs, so he walked ahead. Xu Rendong followed closely.

However, just after turning the corner, Xu Rendong was inexplicably empty, and the whole person fell straight forward.

The physical reflex of falling down the stairs kept both his arms on the ground. The head didn't hit, but the nerves in both arms were numb, and the knees hit the ground hard, and the pain was piercing.

Lian Qiao was startled and hurried to help him. While worried, he also blurted out his reproach: "Why are you so careless?!" But when his eyes swept across the stairs inadvertently, his expression changed. .

At this time, Xu Rendong had already endured the pain, got up from the ground, and whispered: "I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry."

Lian Qiao shook his head: "No, it's not your problem, the stairs are missing a piece."

Xu Rendong was stunned for a moment, then looked back, only to realize that he was not careless when he stepped in the air just now, but that a section of stairs was really missing out of thin air.

Two full steps, just disappeared inexplicably. Like being bitten by a greedy glutton, it looks extremely abrupt.

But when Lian Qiao came down a second ago, the stairs were still in good condition, but they disappeared when Xu Rendong came down. Obviously, this mutation was launched against Xu Rendong.

If he hadn't been vigilant in his heart, he would have slammed his head into the wall with his head, and it would have been easy to bleed and die on the spot.

Xu Rendong sighed: "It's probably the same as the subway."

Lian Qiao: "Well. The environment is changing. Don't delay any longer, let's go quickly."

Xu Rendong pushed his hand away: "No. Don't waste your energy, I can do it myself."

Lian Qiao glanced at him, didn't say anything, just nodded.

The two continued down the stairs. This time, the two of them are no longer in a hurry, and they are both careful about their feet. Fortunately, there was no change in the stairs behind.

The two came to the bottom of the stairs smoothly. Xu Rendong's car was parked at the door, and the two of them stood in front of the car and hesitated.

Drive or walk?

Xu Ren fell down the stairs just now and was slightly injured. Although it will not hurt the muscles and bones, walking is inevitably affected.

But if you drive, the dangers you may encounter on the road will be even more deadly. If the brakes suddenly fail, or if the steering wheel turns on its own without obeying the command, they have nowhere to run.

To be on the safe side, the two decided to walk to work.

It takes about half an hour to walk from their apartment to the company. There are also other public transportation facilities such as subway buses and so on. With the lessons learned, of course they dare not sit.

It was nearly 9:30, the community was quiet and there was no one.

It is reasonable to say that although this is not the rush hour, it is not so empty.

The two walked cautiously on the community road, vigilant about their surroundings.

"Not even a bird call," said Lian Joe.

"Well. The world seems to stand still." Xu Rendong took out his mobile phone and glanced at the time, confirming that the second hand is still turning, and the time in this world is indeed still slowly passing.

But he just had a feeling...the whole world stopped and waited for him.

This feels weird.

When the two came to the gate of the community, they saw a more bizarre scene.

The road was quiet. But unlike the community, the road was full of people at this time. People who go to work, people who go to school, people who walk their dogs, people who walk their babies, everyone.

However, all the pedestrians on the road stopped and looked here as if they were instructed to do so. Obviously they are living people with flesh and blood, but at the moment they are like wood, with stiff expressions and dull eyes.

Everyone's eyes are focused on one point, that is Xu Rendong.

This scene reminded him of the beautiful maid he saw in Jiu Lianhuan. But this time was not the same as then. At that time, he was alone in a dark and eerie earth building, and he knew that he was in the ghost world, so he had a subtle sense of distance.

However, at this time he was standing at the gate of his own community, on the main road of the city that he had to pass every day to and from get off work. All he could see were scenes in reality that were extremely familiar, but everything was different from reality.

Those passers-by and drivers in the vehicles have all turned into sculptures in the wax museum, lifelike, but their faces are dead.

What's more terrifying is that there are many familiar faces among these people. When he went downstairs for a walk, he often encountered the uncle walking the dog, the aunt who came out for a walk with her baby every day, and the young student who overslept...

They just stared at him. Like staring at someone who shouldn't be here, who doesn't belong here.

Xu Rendong had a strong sense of resistance. He took a deep breath and forced himself to take a step. The moment he walked, everyone's eyes turned with him, causing his back to sweat suddenly.

He hates the feeling of being in the spotlight, not to mention being stared at by these people who don't know if they are human or ghosts.

Lian Qiao sighed and intertwined his fingers: "Are your legs okay? Let's go faster."

Xu Rendong nodded and quickened her pace.

As he walked, everything around him seemed to come back to life. Those passersby who looked like clay sculptures not only followed him with their eyes, but even their bodies began to move stiffly.

Lianqiao Lianqiao subconsciously clenched her weapon. Fortunately, they did not gather towards the two of them, but continued to follow their original route. When it's time to go to work, it's time to walk around.

…It seems that these people have no intention of attacking for the time being.

The two continued to walk towards the company while being alert to the surrounding environment.

Although they were outside, the two felt extremely depressed, so they didn't speak on the way, just hurrying on the road.

Follow this main road and go straight to reach Xu Rendong's company. While walking, the two suddenly realized that there was a large group of people on the sidewalk in front of them, not knowing what they were looking at, blocking the sidewalk tightly.

Whatever they were doing, curiosity killed the cat. Xu Rendong said: "Let's bypass."

Lian Qiao gave a "um", and the two crossed the road and came to the sidewalk on the other side.

Just as she was about to move forward, Honeysuckle suddenly noticed something strange. At the same time, Lian Qiao exclaimed: "Honeysuckle!"

Xu Rendong felt tight, but Lian Qiao suddenly pulled him back. He staggered a few times, and before he could stand firm, he felt a strong wind blowing above his head. Then, with a loud bang, a huge block of cement fell from the sky and slammed into the stone pavement in front of him.

In an instant, the dust was flying. Xu Rendong felt something wet and warm splashed onto his pants.

He subconsciously took two steps back and looked down—the trousers were splattered with blood and minced meat, and the smell was hot.

"..." A urge to vomit suddenly surged in my stomach. Xu Rendong's throat twitched, and when the dust fell in front of him, he could see clearly that there was still a person under the giant cement block.

Most of the man's body was crushed, leaving only one head and two arms outside. A large cloud of blood gradually fainted under him.

"Are you okay?" Lian Qiao asked.

Xu Rendong pursed her lips and shook her head. He looked up, and sure enough, above the two of them was a huge crane. The traction rope under the crane was empty and swayed slightly in mid-air. It was obvious that the cement block fell from the crane.

Just now they were only concerned about avoiding the crowd, but they didn't notice that there was a construction site beside them. Fortunately, Lian Qiao was very responsive, otherwise it would have been Xu Rendong lying under the cement block at the moment.

"..." Xu Rendong had lingering fears, pursed her lips, and said, "Let's go."

Lian Qiao showed a worried expression, but said nothing, just nodded.

The unfortunate passerby was crushed under the cement block with most of his body, and he was undoubtedly helpless. However, when passing by the unlucky passerby, Xu Rendong clearly saw that the passerby raised his head with a weird smile on his face, and then stretched out his **** hand towards him, making an inviting gesture.

…Where is he inviting me?

Xu Rendong's heart trembled, and she told Lian Qiao about it in a low voice. Qiao didn't even look back, her eyes stared straight ahead, and said indifferently: "Don't pay attention to him. Today, I am afraid that the malice from all over the world will gather on you. You must be firm in your heart and don't be influenced by them."

Xu Rendong couldn't help but smile.

Of course he knew that on this day in 2020, all unforeseen dangers would come to him. He himself is the danger itself.

Will even Joe be safer if we are separated from him?

These words don't need to be said, and he knows that even Joe will not approve. Up to now, he and Lian Qiao have been the driving force for each other to live. The thought of letting Lian Qiao leave him alone is hurting Lian Qiao.

So Xu Rendong didn't say anything, just clenched Lian Qiao's hand.

The journey after that can be said to be a near miss. There are neurotics who suddenly emerge from the crowd with sharp knives in their hands, manhole covers that disappear inexplicably in the middle of the pavement, and even shop window glass that suddenly bursts after a disagreement.

Danger is danger, but not much to the two on high alert. It's just that these things are all directed at the honeysuckle, and sometimes the honeysuckle is unavoidable, and the body is still painted.

After untold hardships, the two finally came to the downstairs of the company.

Xu Rendong breathed a sigh of relief, and even Qiao stared at the entrance of the office building, and suddenly said, "I haven't encountered any ghosts along the way."

Xu Rendong frowned. Indeed, along the way, they encountered all kinds of dangers that can happen in real life. It's more of an accident than a danger. As for the teammates who had died and turned into ghosts, none of them had appeared until now.

Xu Rendong sighed: "I'm afraid they are all waiting for me in the company."

Lian Qiao raised his head, looked at the dozens of-storey office building, and pouted: "This building is so high, if there is a fire or something, you can't escape."

Xu Rendong laughed: "You can stop FLAG."

Lian Qiao stuck out his tongue and smiled at him. So the two entered the office building side by side.

The company is located on the 15th floor. The two pushed open the glass door and were surprised to find that everything seemed to be business as usual in the company.

Everyone sat at their desks and worked hard. The two didn't care.

The reaction of my colleagues was in huge contrast with the strange pedestrians outside. This made Xu Rendong a little moved.

"It's changed." Xu Rendong said.

As Lian Qiao walked side by side with him to their desk, he thought in his heart: Today is 2020, and the colleagues around him are indeed replaced by the group of Honeysuckle in reality.

Lian Qiao couldn't help sighing.

Xu Rendong has an average relationship with these colleagues, and he doesn't usually have much contact with them. It can be said that he has no feelings. What's more, this is a copy of ghosts, and Ren Dong knows it. Even the colleagues who get along with each other day and night, if they really want to do something to them, Ren Dong will kill them if they should, and they will never be soft-hearted.

Even Joe sighed, and even he himself did not know why he sighed. He just felt a little distressed.

The two came to the desk. Xu Rendong turned on the computer to check the time, it was almost noon now. There are several documents on the table with sticky notes on them, which is what Xu Rendong has to do today.

Lin Dong glanced at it and said, "I don't know what will happen if I slack off."

Even Qiao said with emotion: "It's the end of the world and you have to go to work, can you be a little worse?"

Honeysuckle thought about it for a while, and said, "Yes. That is working overtime at the end of the world."

Lian Qiao: "..." You're right.

The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

The nerves of the two were always tense along the way. It was finally time to relax a little.

However, it is impossible to let down your guard completely. Xu Rendong started to deal with work affairs, and Lian Qiao stayed by his side, vigilant around him.

Just after Rendong finished processing a report, her colleagues suddenly pulled out their chairs and stood up at the same time.

The two of them reflexively drew their weapons, never thinking that their colleagues didn't do anything strange, they just gathered together with a smile.

"Let's try it, see if the rice **** I made are delicious?" A young female colleague was holding a small lunch box with various rice **** in it. Lian Qiao remembered that her name was Liu Xiaoqi.

Colleagues cheered and reached for the rice **** in the lunch box. After eating, they were full of praise.

Liu Xiaoqi greeted the two of them: "You come too, you're welcome."

Lian Qiao and Lian Qiao looked at each other, and Lian Qiao shook her head slightly. Of course, it is impossible for Honeysuckle to easily eat what the dungeon NPC gave him at the end of the world, so he said politely, "Forget about the two of us. I have a bad stomach, so I can't eat cold things."

Liu Xiaoqi pouted in disappointment: "Oh, that's it. So what do you have for lunch?"

Lian Qiao continued: "Let's go out and find something to eat." Then he and Honeysuckle got up and walked towards the gate.

Colleagues giggled and praised Liu Xiaoqi's craftsmanship, but they didn't react to the departure of the two. When the two walked to the door, someone shouted: "Xu Rendong, don't go too far. The lunch break is only half an hour, you have been absent from work for so long before, if you are late again in the afternoon, the boss will definitely remember you for being absent for the whole day. ."

Honeysuckle responded and walked outside the office with Lian Qiao.

The company is located on the 15th floor. It is impossible to take the elevator. They had climbed the stairs before, and they were so tired that they really didn't want to climb the stairs for lunch. Fortunately, there were still some compressed biscuits left in the backpack, so Ren Dong took Lian Qiao to the stairwell, sat on the stairs, and ate the biscuits with mineral water.

Lian Qiao looked at him with ease and said with a smile: "Did you always hide here to eat?"

"Yeah." Honeysuckle said lightly while unpacking the biscuits, "The office is a bit noisy during the lunch break. So I often hide here to rest."

It was noon and the sun was shining through the floor-to-ceiling windows on the two of them. Warm and lazy.

The corridor is empty and quiet, but because the sun is shining, there is no ghost at all.

Lian Qiao's mood relaxed a little, and asked with a smile, "How good is the usual atmosphere of your company?"

Honeysuckle said: "Probably. I don't care much."

Lian Qiao: "If you were outside, would you eat her rice ball?"

Honeysuckle shook her head: "That's not true. Because I really have a bad stomach, I will have diarrhea if I eat that. But rice **** are hard to eat after being heated in the microwave."

Lian Qiao said, "What if she made something else? For example, love cookies... love little cakes or something..."

Honeysuckle can't help but feel a little surprised: "Are you jealous?"

Lian Qiao raised his hand with a smile and wiped the cookie crumbs from the corner of his mouth. His eyes wandered on his lips fascinatedly, and there was a hint of jealousy and infatuation in his voice: "People like you will be missed wherever you go. That little girl in your company, I have long discovered that she likes you. It's just you... He paused for a while, then shook his head amusingly, "Forget it, pretend I didn't say it. Otherwise, you'll blame me for being jealous again."

Honeysuckle said helplessly: "Why are you still thinking about this..."

Lian Qiao turned his head to look out the window, but his fingers were still intertwined with his. The sun fell on his soft smiling face, and it was so warm that it was a little trance.

"I just suddenly felt that, like now, sitting quietly with you, like a dream."

"This is not a dream." Xu Rendong said, "Although it is in the copy, but for the two of us, we sit together and hold hands, this is what really happened. We have been together for a long, long time." He said, his face flushed slightly, but he continued to speak shyly, "We belong to each other for a long, long time."

I don't know what that sentence touched Lian Qiao, he turned around and looked at Ren Dong blankly. There was some kind of inexplicable emotion flashing in his eyes, which was fleeting and hard to capture.

The next second, he smiled again. Come over and place a light kiss on Honeysuckle's lips.

"Well. We've belonged to each other for a long, long time."

After the two finished eating the biscuits, they went home after a short rest. As soon as he walked out of the stairwell, he ran into Liu Xiaoqi who was throwing garbage.

Liu Xiaoqi saw the compressed biscuit packaging bag in their hands at a glance, her face suddenly a little ugly.

Xu Rendong didn't quite understand what her expression meant, and asked her what was wrong while throwing the garbage into the trash can.

Liu Xiaoqi pouted: "Do you eat this at noon?"

Xu Rendong said: "Just eat at noon, isn't this a short lunch break?"

Liu Xiaoqi: "Then why don't you eat..." Without saying a word, her eyes dimmed and she shook her head, "Forget it, it's nothing." Then she turned her head back to the company.

Xu Rendong was inexplicable, turned her head and asked Lian Qiao: "What's wrong with her?"

Lian Qiao: "Let me just say, you are sometimes so dull and irritating. I don't know if you are really stupid or pretend to be stupid..."

Xu Rendong thought for a moment on the spot, and suddenly realized. His expression suddenly became embarrassed.

The two returned to the office door. Xu Rendong stretched out his hand to push the door, and just put his hand on it, but withdrew with a "hiss", and blurted out, "It's so cold!"

Lian Qiao frowned, took out a portable swing stick from his backpack, and opened the glass door with the stick.

As soon as the door opened, a strong cold wind blew out. Both of them shivered, and the cold hairs on their bodies stood up.

"What's the matter, why is the air conditioner so cold all of a sudden?" Xu Rendong rubbed his arms.

Lian Qiao raised his head, wiped his face lightly, and said with a smile, "This is an air conditioner, it's a refrigerator."

Xu Rendong was taken aback. Because he saw the melting snow in Lian Qiao's hand.

Just the cold wind just now made his eyebrows instantly form a layer of frost.

A layer of white fog obscures the scene inside the office, making it difficult to see. I'm afraid there is some kind of abnormality in the office at this time. However, they still have to go in to see it. After all, before they left, their colleagues also reminded that "the lunch break is only half an hour". In case of knowingly committing to be late again, I am afraid it will not be as simple as sticking a needle in the ear.

The two took out their jackets from their backpacks, put them on, tightened the zipper, and walked in with their weapons in hand.

Through the white fog, a completely different scene appeared in front of me.

The whole office has really become an ultra-low temperature freezer, and everything is covered with white frost. Although the fluorescent lamps were on, the office area was gray and had a chilling feeling.

Several colleagues are still sitting at their desks, crackling their keyboards. Their hair and clothes are all covered with icicles, but they don't seem to be stubborn at all, except that the movements of typing on the keyboard are a little hard. There were even dry cuts in the fingers.

The two raised their vigilance and carefully walked past their colleagues, and found that these people had become like frozen meat in the refrigerator, with dull expressions and cloudy eyeballs. Like a bunch of numb zombies.

I have turned into a zombie and still keep working, I really appreciate it.

Xu Rendong was inexplicably amused and tried to say hello to her colleagues. Colleagues turned their heads slowly, and the corners of their mouths twitched, as if they had ignored him.

This is the complete opposite of the enthusiasm a moment ago. But they've all gone from living to zombies, and the change in attitude makes sense.

Xu Rendong wrapped her jacket tightly, but still felt cold, turned her head to Lian Qiao and said, "The temperature in this place is too low."

"It's a pity that I can't get out." Lian Qiao Nunu said. Ren Dong looked in the direction he pointed, only to find that the glass door they had just walked in had disappeared at this moment.

It was replaced by a solid, thick wall of ice.

Xu Rendong frowned, returned to the front of the ice wall, and tapped with a crowbar. There was a heavy muffled sound on the ice wall, and just listening to the sound knew that the wall could not be broken by brute force.

It's over, it's closed in the refrigerator.

He hugged his arms, feeling a little helpless, but he didn't regret it. After all, those who should come can't escape. If they don't follow the dungeon's ideas, the dungeon will only give them a heavier punishment. This, Xu Rendong knows better than anyone else.

There is no escape. only face.

"Then here comes the problem." Lian Qiao looked around and pondered, "How do I get out of here?"

Xu Rendong thought for a while, then pointed to the leadership office and said, "Can I ask for a leave?"

Lian Qiao: "?"