Welcome to the Nightmare Live

Chapter 217

After realizing this, Wen Jianyan's back suddenly shivered, and the hairs on her hair stood on end.

He turned his head sharply and looked at the few teammates behind him.

Qi Qian, An Xin, Su Cheng...and himself.

The light in the oil lamp emitted a dim light, barely illuminating the entire room. Wen Jianyan looked around by the light, but did not see the fifth person.

That is to say...

Wen Jianyan had an ominous feeling in her heart.

He slowly turned his head and looked at the dressing table in front of him again.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that this time, the bronze mirror seemed to become clearer, not as blurry as it was just now.

Wen Jianyan looked into the mirror carefully.

Behind the figures of the four of them, a shadowy shadow followed.

Suddenly, under Wen Jianyan's gaze, the shadow took a step forward without warning, getting closer to them.

"!"

In the past dungeons, Wen Jianyan has dealt with mirrors a lot more than ordinary anchors. When encountering such a terrifying incident, he instantly realized what happened, and immediately raised his voice to remind:

"The body in this room is in the mirror!"

At this shout, everyone was startled, and subconsciously turned their heads to look at the bronze mirror.

The originally blurred mirror surface now becomes clearer.

Under the dim light, several people could clearly see that behind the four of them, there was an extra fifth person.

A dark shadow is slowly, with stiff steps, walking forward step by step, and it is about to come to An Xin, who is at the back of the team.

"I'm grass!!!" An Xin stared at the creepy picture in the mirror, jumped up suddenly, turned his head and looked behind him.

There was nothing behind him.

However, the figure in the mirror was still taking one step forward, one step after another.

An Xin's hair stood on end, and he hurried away from that place: "What the hell!"

In just a few seconds, the figure had entered the area of ​​the oil lantern cover.

At this time, only a few people saw clearly that the shadow was actually a woman with her back to them.

Wearing a scarlet dress, long black hair hanging down to the waist, two blue and white hands hanging down at the sides of the body, it seems to have rotted, showing the unique color of the corpse, only the kodan painted on the five fingers is still bright and dazzling.

Wen Jianyan was startled.

This... is the hand that put the key on the shelf!

In the mirror, the female corpse with its back turned to them did not chase in An Xin's direction, but continued to retreat with stiff steps.

In an instant, many clues formed a line in my mind.

Protruding out of the shadows, hands that do not exist in reality, keys on the shelf, locks on the door that can be opened by keys, scarlet dressers and bronze mirrors, figures that only exist in the mirror, back to back Follow them, don't attack the anchor, just the female corpse walking backwards...

Wen Jianyan took a breath:

"It's ready to invade the real world from inside the mirror!"

It was the woman's corpse's hand that put down the key on the shelf, the distinctive red Kodan, Wen Jianyan would not be mistaken, and the reason why it gave them the key was to let them open the door at the back of the store , freeing himself from the shadow of non-existence and the real world.

Qi Qian and the others were stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Wen Jianyan meant.

That's why, the corpse in the mirror didn't attack them just now, but just stepped back stiffly.

Presumably when it retreats to the mirror, it can enter reality along the mirror.

An Xin turned to look at Qi Qian and asked for advice:

"Captain, what should we do now?"

According to the experience on the first floor, it can be seen that the extra banknote was tightly held in the hands of the corpse, that is to say, in order to get this extra coin, the corpse must be released from the mirror, Otherwise there is no way to get what they want.

but……

This corpse is obviously more ferocious and vicious than the one on the first floor, otherwise it would not have been imprisoned in the mirror needlessly.

Qi Qian turned his head and glanced at the people in front of him, gritted his teeth:

"withdraw."

Qi Qian came in this time with the intention of being the best if he could, and if he didn't, he would withdraw. There were already fewer people in their current team, and their strength was greatly reduced. If they fought recklessly in this situation, the consequences would be may be unimaginable.

"..."

Several people were stunned, looked at each other, and then nodded: "Okay."

Qi Qian discreetly covered the oil lamp in his hand and walked out of the warehouse with the fastest speed.

Soon, several people quickly withdrew to the door.

[Integrity First] In the live broadcast room:

"Ah? Isn't it? Is this cowardly?"

"Don't even have the courage to face it? This captain's courage is a little too small, disappointing."

Wen Jianyan turned her head and glanced at the warehouse behind her.

When Qi Qian announced the evacuation, although he didn't speak the whole time, he actually agreed with Qi Qian's decision to evacuate.

Red nails, red dresser, red keys, there seems to be a faint, invisible connection between these things, all these things add up to give Wen Jianyan a very bad feeling.

As if...everything was counted in the game.

What's worse, just now, he saw the hands of the female corpse move in the shadow area that the oil lamp could not illuminate. That is to say, if the female corpse was really released from the mirror, they would not be able to look like the first floor. Same, stop its action by cutting off the light source.

It's almost like opening Pandora's Box and unleashing something amazing.

In the dark, empty room, painted with scarlet paint, the mottled dressing table is located in the center of the darkness, and on the bronze mirror above, you can faintly see the still back of the female corpse, which is cold and strange. , giving a lingering sense of foreboding.

"Squeak-"

The rusted door shaft turns.

The door to the room closed, blocking the last ray of light from the oil lamp, and slammed it shut.

*

At the same time, in store 06.

There was a strong smell of carrion floating in the air. The shelves of the store were covered with a thick, sticky yellow substance, which sealed all the goods below. On the glass door, two heavy iron chains closed the door. It was tightly sealed, and the iron chain was densely affixed with yellow talisman paper, on which a twisted symbol was drawn with red cinnabar.

Outside the door, in the open space near the shop, there was a corpse lying quietly.

The corpse was rotten, the skin was blue and white, and it was lifeless. Judging by the clothes on his body, he was a member of the Tangerine Candy Team.

"Kaka, Kaka..."

The sound of bones rubbing sounded.

The corpse got up from the ground with stiff movements, and then staggered toward the darkness away from the store. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared and disappeared into the darkness.

The shop was dead silent, only the oil lamp welded to the table was still burning, emitting a dim yellow light.

It seems like a fierce battle has just happened here, many shelves have been overturned, the ground is very messy, rotten blood is smeared, and it is full of large and small footprints.

Obviously, at this level, the Tangerine Candy team is not as easy as the upper level.

Not only was one team member lost, but the rest of the members were more or less consumed for a lap.

Tangerine Candy sat on the counter, two slender legs swaying slightly, looking over and over at the coin in his palm.

The strange thing is that this coin is not the same as the one obtained on the previous floor. The paper of this coin is slightly reddish, and it seems that you can smell the smell of rancid blood. Below the words "Bank of Heaven and Earth", It is a pale face with a smile, no matter which angle it moves to, there is a feeling of being stared at, with a ghostly air that makes one's back chill.

"Hey, Mu Sen, we might as well do it later."

Tangerine candy stuffed the coin back into his pocket, raised his head to look at Mu Sen beside him, tilted his head with a smile, and suggested it like a joke.

"Wouldn't it be nice to kill those guys before leaving the second floor?"

However, the team members who are familiar with her know that their captain never jokes about this.

And... the proposal of orange candy may seem reckless, but it is not completely unreasonable.

No one could have imagined that in the dungeon [Prosperity Building], the difficulty gap between the first floor and the second floor would be so large that even the most experienced Tangerine Candy team in the team could not bear it.

You must know that in the copy of Nightmare, the difficulty will gradually increase over time.

The second floor is already this difficult, the third floor, the fourth floor... How scary would that be?

According to this trend, the higher they climb, the more difficult it will be for them to protect themselves.

Instead of waiting until the water is overwhelmed, it is better to start in advance while you still have the ability to balance the two, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

Although the Dark Fire team just showed some surprising strength, according to their information, this team has never participated in any team book before, and there is only one attack talent anchor in the team. If it is true Recklessly, they still have the advantage.

It is easier to fight against other streamers than to compete with high-level dungeons.

"..."

Beside him, a pale man with a slender face sat on the ground, his skin uncovered by his clothes was covered with bandages.

He closed his eyes, didn't answer Tang Tang's question, just folded his palms and swayed up and down.

"Whoa."

He let go of his hand, and several pale wooden tokens were thrown to the ground and scattered on the ground.

There are ten wooden plaques in total, one red and the other black, with strange symbols engraved on them. At this moment, the wooden plaques on the ground are mixed with red and black, six red and four black.

Mu Sen leaned down and carefully looked at the wooden signs scattered on the ground, his thin back arched into a deformed pot.

"How is it? Have you decided yet?" The little girl's casual voice sounded from above her head.

Mu Sen just folded the wooden sign on the ground into the palm of his hand again, and swayed with his eyes closed.

"Whoa."

The wooden signs were scattered on the ground again.

And this time, eight out of ten wooden signs turned to the black side and scattered on the ground.

The distribution of wooden cards is scattered, but there seems to be a strange pattern hidden in it. The dark card surfaces echo each other, bringing a particularly strange feeling.

After reading this card carefully, Mu Sen raised his head and looked at Orange Candy with those gray eyes: "Captain, don't worry."

Tangerine Candy tilted his head.

"Even if we don't need to do it," Musen said, "they will definitely die this time."

"Oh? What do you say?"

Tangerine Candy seemed to be interested in Mu Sen's game for the first time.

She jumped off the counter, brought her face close to Mu Sen, and said with a smile, "How did you see that?"

"Heizi is in power with the card face, and the road of luck is at an end. The card game is a dead game, and the door to life is blocked and the door is wide open."

Mu Sen stretched out a thin and pale hand, slowly picked up the wooden sign on the ground, and put it in his waist pocket until—

His eyes fell on the last card, and his eyes paused slightly.

Tangtang Tang keenly noticed Mu Sen's strangeness, she followed his line of sight, and her eyes also fell on the last card.

The small wooden sign was actually standing sideways on the ground, neither red nor black.

Tangerine Candy twisted the wooden sign and looked at it curiously: "What does this mean?"

"It doesn't matter." Mu Sen shook his head, took the wooden card from Tangtang Tang's hand, and stuffed it into the small bag around his waist, "If the two cards appear alone, they will die, but this time, But it was the two who showed up together, saying that the face-to-face decline has been set, and even if there are variables, it cannot be undone."

Mu Sen lowered his head and fastened the small bag around his waist.

Even if the only card that symbolizes the variable is located just above the eye of the card, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to survive from the two cards that are the same.

*

After leaving the small room at the back of the shop, Qi Qian and the others returned to the counter.

After a short rest, Tong Yao's face obviously recovered a little, and even Zhang Yu didn't seem so down.

"How about it?"

Tong Yao closed her eyes and turned her head in the direction of the voice: "Have you gained anything?"

"It's a pity, there aren't many." Qi Qian briefly recounted what he saw in the secret room just now, and finally said his decision:

"Anyway, I finally decided not to confront it head-on and leave first."

Qi Qian looked at Zhang Yu and said apologetically, "Sorry."

The rise of each floor means that the difficulty increases. In the secret room on the next floor, it may be more difficult to obtain additional income, and Zhang Yu's condition is indeed deteriorating.

That is to say...

His decision was actually to save more teammates, and he chose to sacrifice the last hope to save Zhang Yu.

"No." Zhang Yu shook his head, coughed twice, and said calmly, "Captain, you did the right thing."

You must know that their "turnover" on the second floor has not yet been completed, that is to say, they should receive at least one more customer in the future. People know what might happen.

As the captain, Qi Qian shouldn't have risked his entire team to be wiped out and made emotional and reckless decisions.

Team warfare, of course, is always more important to the team.

Soon, the repairs were over. Wen Jianyan briefly shared with them the way they had just broken the game, and the team made a summary accordingly.

"That is to say, after the customer enters the store and takes the product, the store will automatically add a similar product at the same location, and this product will spread the curse outward. All other ordinary products are just communication media. Curse the source, and the danger will disappear."

Qi Qian pondered for a while and said.

Wen Wen, a girl in a white dress, nodded quietly: "It should be like this."

"Then... those radios with hidden dangers I found before are actually useless?" Nursery Rhymes asked with a sullen face.

"Not really." Wen Jianyan said, "Those should be the first media to spread the curse. They are the most dangerous after customers leave the store. It is beneficial for us to determine their locations in advance."

If it weren't for them, Wen Jianyan wouldn't have come to the conclusion that "emptying the shelves" is useful.

Moreover, this also means that the spread of the curse is hierarchical.

In the beginning, only a few of the core problematic products were faulty. As the curse gradually increased, other common products would also be affected.

This is good for them.

That is, after the customer has just left the store, before the curse spreads to all merchandise, this period is relatively safe for them.

As long as they can find the source of the curse as quickly as possible during this period, the probability of encountering danger will be greatly reduced.

"One more thing," Wen Jianyan said, "in the last round, the radio that cursed the source was actually one of the hidden props."

"!"

Several people were startled, and seemed to realize something at the same time, and their eyes suddenly lit up.

"Wait, what do you mean..." Qi Qian leaned slightly and asked urgently, "If we directly use the props of the Guiding Hand after the customer leaves, is it possible to find the source product directly?"

"Yes." Wen Jianyan nodded.

Everyone's expressions were excited.

In the first wave of attacks just now, although they responded in a hurry and almost overturned, the experience summed up in the previous round was too important, and had irreplaceable significance for their next actions.

Not only did they know how the dungeon worked, but they were also able to calculate the simplest solution based on it, which could be regarded as a shortcut.

In doing so, their success rate has once again been boosted.

After a plan was laid out, the team began operations again.

The shading props that blocked the door were removed, and through the blurred glass, the faint light from the oil lamp could be seen, like a lighthouse in the dark sea, sending out signals silently.

Clear and conspicuous, guiding the next customer to come.

Several people in the Dark Fire team stood side by side behind the counter, staring at the closed glass door, posing a posture of waiting.

In the dead silence, time passed by minute by minute.

until……

"Da da da."

Familiar footsteps came from the darkness.

coming.

Several people were shocked and held their breaths slightly.

"Bell bell." A crisp copper bell rang in the huge store, the glass door was pushed open from the outside, and the cold and stench of wind poured into the store.

The wick of the oil lamp was beating, and the area that could be illuminated gradually narrowed.

There is no difference from the previous two.

Several people stood behind the counter, listening intently to the footsteps of the guests walking towards the depths, calculating the distance in their hearts.

Soon, the footsteps stopped.

It seems... like it stopped in the middle of the aisle on the right?

Several people said nothing and continued to wait.

After a short stay, footsteps sounded again, this time toward the counter.

In the thick, incomprehensible darkness, a pale and blue dead man's palm slowly stretched out and placed a coin on the counter.

"Da da……"

The footsteps sounded again, and they walked straight out of the store.

"Ring Ling."

The copper bell rang again.

With the sound of footsteps away, the glass door was closed, and the area that could be illuminated by the oil lamp became wider again, and the dim light quickly filled the store, illuminating this hidden crisis.

Wen Jianyan habitually glanced at the counter.

He was slightly taken aback.

This time's coin... does not seem to be the same as the previous two?

The paper was scarlet, and below the four characters of the Bank of Heaven and Earth, it was no longer the previous portrait of Hades, but a pale face with a smile, as if staring straight at them from the banknotes.

However, now is not the time to pay attention to this.

Wen Jianyan quickly looked back.

Before the first wave of curses appears, they will have an extremely short safety period. If they can find the key source goods during this time, they will be safe immediately, and they may even be able to directly leave the second floor and enter the third floor.

Get the maximum benefit at the least cost, and make sure you don’t lose money.

Of course, assuming they can.

"Action." Qi Qian gave an order. Except for Nursery Rhyme and Zhang Yu, who couldn't move, several people immediately left the counter at the fastest speed.

According to the plan, Qi Qian quickly activated the prop [Hand of Guidance].

Using this item, they can randomly know the location of a hidden item. If the source of the curse in this round is also a difficult hidden item, then using this item, they can know its location in the fastest way. , to kill the danger in the cradle in advance.

Soon, an arrow jumped out of mid-air, beating up and down, pointing in a certain direction.

Qi Qian: "Over there!"

He followed the arrow of the guiding hand and ran towards the back of the store.

The rest immediately followed.

After all, there is not necessarily only one hidden item in the store. Therefore, in order to prevent several guiding hands from being activated at the same time, the result is pointing to the same item, which leads to the waste of [Guiding Hand]. Therefore, the team decided to separate batches. Activation props.

The four of them kept walking and walked all the way back along the aisle.

However, the arrow did not stop in the middle of the aisle, but instead pointed towards the depths of the store.

Looking at the tightly closed door, Qi Qian took a subconscious pace and frowned tightly.

shit.

According to their original plan, it doesn't matter even if the first guiding hand is pointing in the wrong direction. After obtaining the item with the fastest speed, they will immediately activate the next guiding hand.

but……

Who would have thought that the first hidden item was actually in that secret room with endless danger.

This also means that if you want to get it, you must enter the secret room again.

Obviously, they are far from that condition now.

In other words, they can only take the risk of waste now and activate the second [Hand of Guidance] without obtaining the first hidden item.

But no way, they have no other choice.

And their luck is generally not that bad, so it's better to take a gamble.

Qi Qian gritted his teeth and said, "An Xin, activate it."

An Xin nodded: "Okay."

He activated the prop.

A second red arrow popped up.

Point to the iron gate again.

Everyone: "..."

Really so bad luck? !

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"It's time to be abandoned by the goddess of luck again!"

"Hey, this really overlaps with the content of the prophet over there, and luck is indeed coming to an end."

At this moment, a soft sound of "Zi" suddenly came, which was particularly clear in the dead silence of the shop.

Everyone's heart sank.

Oops.

The first wave of curses came.

"Crack!"

One of the TV's screens turned on automatically without being touched.

"……rustle……"

The sound of electric current reverberated, and black and white bars that were disturbed scrolled on the screen, and the blurred picture gradually appeared.

In the endless darkness, a woman in a red dress sat.

With her back to the screen, she sat in front of the scarlet dresser, as if looking in the mirror.

"!!!"

Everyone was shocked, and their pupils shrank suddenly.

Isn't this exactly what I saw in the secret room just now, the back of the female corpse locked in the mirror!

Under the horrified gazes of several people, the female corpse with her back turned to them slowly raised her pale hands, the scarlet Kodan painted on her nails, and was combing her long black hair.

"rustle--"

In the harsh interference sound, it seems that the faint sound of the comb teeth passing through the long hair can be faintly heard.

"Crack!"

Another sound.

The other TV also started automatically.

Inside the screen is the exact same picture.

In front of the scarlet dresser, the woman turned her back to the screen, pinched the red comb with her fingers painted with scarlet Kodan, and combed her hair one by one, her movements stiff and slow, and she looked eerie and gloomy everywhere.

"Crack!"

Then, the third and fourth...

The old TV sets were lit up one after another, and the exact same woman's back was sitting inside.

Suddenly, she stopped what she was doing.

The woman with her back to several people stood up slowly, did not turn around, but just stepped backwards, one step, one step, one step toward the direction of the screen.

It's exactly the same as the situation in the secret room just now.