Welcome to the Nightmare Live

Chapter 218

"...Zizzi..."

The screen of the TV was full of slowly rising snowflakes, as if the signal had been affected, black and white bars that were not aligned up and down appeared, and the picture jumped from time to time.

However, the movement of the female corpse was not affected in the slightest.

It stood up from the dressing table, turned its back to the screen, took stiff steps, and stepped back step by step, gradually approaching the direction of the screen.

It's like something out of an old horror movie.

"Since it wants to come out, let it come out."

An Xin stared at the TV closest to him, and said in a low voice, "This is the same thing that is locked in the warehouse downstairs, and we haven't dealt with it before!"

Although these pictures look terrifying, according to the experience on the first floor, if these corpses want to attack humans, they must approach a closer distance, that is, physical contact.

This kind of physical corpse is actually better to deal with than a radio that is cursed just by hearing it.

Qi Qian didn't answer, his eyes flickered slightly.

In a sense, An Xin was right.

Although the female corpse in the TV appeared, it did not cause any damage to them for the time being. That is to say, it only had the ability to harm humans after entering the real world.

The same holds true in reverse.

Only when it leaves the TV can the streamers have access to it and the props in their hands can work.

Moreover, if it is really the female corpse in the bronze mirror just now, it also means that the extra coin should be on it now.

This is tantamount to giving them a second chance.

but……

Countless thoughts quickly revolved in his mind, Qi Qian's eyes swept across the entire store, and finally he gritted his teeth: "No, we can't let it come out first."

"Why?" An Xin was puzzled.

Qi Qian pointed to several TV sets in front of him: "This time there's more than one TV set."

An Xin was startled and looked up.

In the huge store, there are four screens lit up, and in the pictures full of snowflakes, all are the identical female corpses in red, walking slowly with their backs facing them, their movements are stiff and synchronized, from far to near, from From small to big, in just a few tens of seconds, the figure has doubled.

An Xin seemed to realize something instantly: "Captain, what do you mean..."

"If a corpse appears on every screen, we can't handle it." Qi Qian said.

His voice fell, and several people froze in their hearts.

really.

It is difficult for them to confirm now that once the female corpse in the TV has retreated to a distance that can leave the TV, what appears in front of them will be one female corpse or four.

If it's the latter...

They will face unprecedented danger.

According to the situation on the previous floor, the corpses in this dungeon cannot be "killed" even with attacking talents. At that time, they will face four terrifying female corpses that cannot be destroyed.

So, the most conservative way is to prevent them from leaving the TV.

"It's better to use the old method first and empty the shelves." Qi Qian said.

If only the TV showing the screen is removed, then the store will continue to restock the same location. The only way to restraint is to empty the shelves.

Although this can cure the symptoms but not the root cause, it can directly reduce the passage of the female corpse into reality, and it is an effective method to suppress the curse.

"We will act separately." Qi Qian said, "An Xin, you and I are here to clear the shelves, gentle and prophetic, you two continue to look for the source."

This is pretty much the method just now.

Using the props, Qi Qian and An Xin worked together to clear the shelves as quickly as possible, while Wen Wen and the Prophet, although their force value was low, were good at finding things.

This model has been proven to work.

"Okay." Everyone nodded and dispersed.

Su Cheng looked at Wen Jianyan and asked:

"Should we activate the [Hand of Guidance] again?"

Wen Jianyan's eyes flashed slightly, and she shook her head: "No."

They have now consumed two Guiding Hands, this item is limited in each instance, and the waste of three Guiding Hands is too much for them to bear.

more importantly……

Even if the third hand of guidance is actually activated, it is unknown whether it will work.

When they were on the first floor before, the turnover required to rise to the second floor was a coin. Now on the second floor, based on this bold inference, if you want to rise to the third floor, you should need two coins.

That is two customers, two attacks, two curses from two sources,

Then, plus the hidden items in the warehouse, there are three hidden items on the whole floor.

One of the tape recorders has been obtained by Wen Jianyan, so there are two left.

After activating the Hand of Guidance, the probability of pointing to the correct item is only 50%.

And Wen Jianyan is self-aware of his own luck.

The Goddess of Luck is rarely on his side, so he will not waste the place for the third Guiding Hand to bet on this possibility.

"Try a stupid way." Wen Jianyan's mind quickly turned around and looked at Su Cheng: "Touch them one by one."

As long as it is a hidden item, when it is touched by the anchor's hand, the system's prompt tone,

Through this, they can locate the real source of the curse.

It seems simple and crude, but it is actually the way with the lowest error rate.

The TV is no better than the radio. It is an old-fashioned pot-bellied electrical appliance of the last century. It is too large. Although it also occupies half of the shelves of the store, the number is much less than that of the radio. There are only a dozen or so on the first floor. It didn't take long, plus they had previously noticed the direction of the "customer" footsteps, so neither too forward nor too backward had to be considered.

Su Cheng was refreshed and nodded: "Okay!"

You must know that in the copy of [Prosperity Building], it is actually the most difficult to find out the rules.

In the last attack, Wen Jianyan risked his life to figure out that the "source of the curse" was a hidden item. Knowing this, in the second attack they encountered, they would be able to reduce Take a detour.

In theory, within the same floor, the rules will not change.

Several people acted separately, moving quickly and in an orderly manner.

In the live broadcast hall of [Prosperity Building], the Dark Fire Guild team has won a large number of supporters through their outstanding performance.

"As expected of a senior anchor of an old guild, he is very strong in both thinking ability and reaction ability. It's handled like a textbook."

"Yes, and this new No. 34, right? Wen Jianyan does have two brushes. I was really surprised by the radio wave just now. No wonder the newcomer can climb so fast."

"Qi Qian's side is in charge of winning with stability, and Wen Jianyan's side is in charge of winning by surprise. The cooperation between the two sides is really strong, but any other team can really beat them, but it's a pity..."

"Ah? What a pity?"

"This is a copy of Prosperity Building."

Although the TV is far heavier than the radio, with the cooperation of teammates and the clever use of props, Qi Qian and the two quickly emptied the four shelves.

"Bang-boom!"

The sound of the metal casing falling to the ground echoed in the darkness outside, making people tremble in their hearts.

Immediately afterwards, the two quickly placed a device on the glass door that could seal the door at any time, so that the TV that was thrown outside would attract something bad, or those female corpses in red would leave in the dark. The TV set, walking towards the store again.

After doing all this, the two did not let up.

According to the experience just now, before the real source is found, these actions are only temporary solutions, and as a medium, other TV sets should also light up soon.

And what they have to do is very simple, that is, before the female corpse walks out of the TV, clear the entire shelf to buy time for the other two.

Urgent, but not difficult.

The female corpse's backward movements were stiff and slow, as if it had been calculated precisely, and would not change at all. Based on this calculation, plus the short period of time she sat in front of the dresser at the beginning, it would take at least seven days for the female corpse to walk out of the TV. to eight minutes.

That is to say, it is enough for them to cut off the path of the curse during this time.

Outside the glass door.

The TV fell to the ground, the metal shell had been dented, and the shell behind it was also smashed open, revealing messy wires, and the screen was full of cracks.

Even though it has been destroyed, it is still possible to see the corpse of the woman in red who is retreating on the screen.

"Zizi..."

The signal seems to be disturbed by something.

Hearing a "cha" sound, the screen suddenly went black, and everything fell into a dead silence.

At the same time, An Xin and Qi Qian in the store heard a "cha" sound.

Their hearts sank.

Here comes the second wave.

The two looked at each other, then turned around, preparing to act step by step like just now——

The next second, their pupils shrank, almost subconsciously holding their breath.

In the dark shop, the TV set on the shelf lights up again, and in the sound of "rustling" electric current, the blurred picture shakes slightly.

At the farthest point of the screen is the scarlet mottled dresser.

However, this time the female corpse did not sit in front of the dresser as before, but stood away from the dresser and in the middle of the screen.

...And this was the progress of the female corpse on the screen before the TV was thrown out of the store.

With its back to the screen, it took another step forward, going backwards step by step.

"..."

Both Qi Qian and An Xin couldn't help but sank, and their faces gradually became ugly.

The worst has happened.

Although the speed at which the female corpse leaves the TV and enters reality will not change, the progress is inherited!

That is to say, instead of having seven or eight minutes of emptying time at a time, they...there's only so much time in total! !

If this pace goes down, they won't even be able to survive the second round.

The female corpse will soon come out of the screen.

"Zhang Yu! Come and help!" Qi Qian gritted his teeth and said.

Although Zhang Yu's current situation is not right, they must use all the power they can use now, and they must buy enough time for the other two.

*

at the same time.

Wen Jianyan and Su Cheng also encountered obstacles.

They acted separately. Wen Jianyan started from the shelf on the left, Su Cheng from the shelf on the right, and immediately notified each other if they found anything.

Wen Jianyan has touched all the TVs on the middle shelf in the area he is in charge of, but he has not heard the familiar system beep.

And Su Cheng obviously didn't have it either.

Could it be that... the source of this round of curses is not a hidden item?

Rules changed?

This idea appeared in Wen Jianyan's mind, but he was quickly denied it.

No, not right.

If the rules change so frequently, the rules themselves lose their value.

It is possible to change a layer once, but within the same layer, the laws are unlikely to change qualitatively.

What's more, last time, before Wen Jianyan found the source radio that released the curse, he didn't know it was a hidden prop, but in the process of getting close to it, he could clearly realize that the copy was consciously "obstructing it." "Own.

That is, there will be danger.

However, during the entire search process, Wen Jianyan did not encounter any danger, the location of the TV did not change, and there was no existence trying to prevent him from getting the "source".

So what happened?

Wen Jianyan lowered her eyes, her eyes flickered slightly, her mind was running fast, and she subconsciously rubbed her lips with her teeth.

"Cha-"

Suddenly, the TV closest to him suddenly lit up!

It was as if it was lit up close to his face, making Wen Jianyan jump, subconsciously stepping back, raising his head in shock, and looking at the TV in front of him.

In the screen covered with snowflakes, the scarlet dresser was particularly dazzling. The woman in the red dress sat in front of the dresser, raised her hand stiffly, and combed her hair.

"Zizi-"

There was no sound in the picture on the TV, and the screen flickered silently in the dark, giving people a feeling of suffocation.

At this moment, the sound of "pat-ta-ta-ta" footsteps came from the aisle on the side.

Wen Jianyan turned her head and looked in the direction of the footsteps.

I saw Su Chengzheng running from the front panting.

"No." Su Cheng shook his head with a solemn expression, "I have noticed during the whole process that the position of the TV has not changed, and I have not encountered any danger during the whole process."

The number of TV sets is much smaller than that of radios. If the location has changed, even if Su Cheng does not have the ability to remember, it can be easily noticed.

"By the way, I just met Qi Qian, and he told me bad news."

Su idiom speed up:

"Throw the TV on the shelf, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop the female corpse from invading reality, its progress will be inherited every time, even if Qi Qian uses all the available people, use the fastest speed Action can only be dragged for two rounds at most, and he told us to hurry up."

"... progress inheritance?"

Wen Jianyan was startled, then turned to look at the TV that just turned on.

On the screen, the female corpse put down the comb, slowly stood up from the dressing table, took steps, and slowly stepped back.

Su Cheng followed Wen Jianyan's gaze, and was stunned for a moment, with a puzzled look on his face: "Wait, what's going on...?"

It was obvious that among the TV sets outside, the corpse of the woman in red was about to come out of it!

Why in this stand, it just got up?

"!"

Wen Jianyan seemed to suddenly think of something, and turned to look at Su Cheng: "You just said that Qi Qian has used all the available people? Who are you referring to?"

"Uh... Zhang Yu."

Su Cheng was stunned for a moment and replied quickly.

Although Zhang Yu was in poor condition, he was still able to move, while Tong Yao was temporarily blind and unable to move.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath:

"I understand!"

"What?" Su Cheng was a little dazed.

"Quick! Get everyone to stop, look away, and don't watch the TV!"

Wen Jian spoke very quickly: "including you."

Although Su Cheng was puzzled, he lowered his head and lowered his eyes, raised his voice, and shouted out what Wen Jianyan asked him to shout.

In the distance, Qi Qian and An Xin's movements stopped, they were stunned for a while, then turned their heads to look in the direction from which the voice came, and quickly heard the voice of a prophet.

stop action...?

"Listen to the prophet!" Qi Qian made a quick decision.

An Xin gritted his teeth, and had no choice but to throw away the TV set in his hand, all looked away, and looked out the glass door.

Wen Jianyan did the same.

He lowered his eyes and stared at the small clearing in front of his feet.

Just now, he recalled what he encountered in the warehouse.

The first time they looked into the bronze mirror, there was a shadow adorning their backs, and under their own gaze, the shadow took the first step forward.

There were four of them, and four TVs were automatically activated for the first time. The female corpses in these four TVs were always in motion. Even if the TVs were thrown out of the store, the backward progress could still be inherited.

After Zhang Yu left the area covered by the oil lantern and joined the team, the fifth TV just turned on, but the female corpse inside was in the state it was when it was just activated.

That is to say, the action of the female corpse is likely to be awakened by the act of "gazing".

This echoes the first wave of radios.

The way the curse spreads, the first wave is hearing, and the second wave is vision.

Without being able to observe the surroundings with both eyes, time has become extremely slow, and every minute and second is a torment. Everyone can only count and calculate in their hearts, and their hearts are lifted little by little as time goes by.

One minute.

two minutes.

three minutes.

According to estimates, the female corpse should have left the TV and entered the real world by now.

An Xin almost had an urge to raise his eyes to see the situation, but he still held back.

Silence spreads.

Fourth minute.

Fifth minute.

Nothing happened.

If any of them could raise their eyes, they would be able to see that inside the five TV sets, the female corpse in a scarlet dress had her back to the screen, standing upright, neither advancing nor moving.

"..."

Wen Jianyan let out a long sigh of relief.

Seems to have guessed right.

"Go, go to the front." He said to Su Cheng, "Don't look up during the process."

The two of them lowered their heads, touched the shelves on the side with their hands, and walked slowly towards the front.

Although they couldn't raise their heads, they could still judge where they were based on the approaching light of the oil lamp.

Soon, the two came to the counter.

"That corpse only moves when it's being watched, right?" Hearing the approaching footsteps, Qi Qian didn't look back, just stared out the glass door and said.

"It looks like it should be." Wen Jianyan said.

Although the crisis has not been completely resolved, several people were slightly relieved.

The speed at which the female corpse left the TV was too fast. Even if the first few shelves were emptied and the TVs turned on again, the walking progress of the female corpse was inherited. They could only watch it desperately as it went further and further. close to the real world.

And now, while safety is only temporary, it has given them some respite.

"If that's the case, is it safe for us to close our eyes?" An Xin asked.

"I'm afraid not." Qi Qian shook his head with a solemn expression, "Did you forget the radio just now?"

Even if the ears are blocked, the sound will still ring in the mind.

This time should be no exception.

Even if you close your eyes, the image of the female corpse in red should come to mind sooner or later, and gradually enter the real world.

This can only be a temporary countermeasure. If you want to truly solve the crisis, you still have to find the source of the curse.

"Unfortunately, we didn't find it."

Su Cheng was a little frustrated. He simply repeated the actions of himself and Wen Jianyan just now, and finally came to the conclusion, "None of those TV sets are hidden props."

"Isn't the source of the curse this time a hidden item?"

"or……"

"I have an idea."

Wen Jianyan thought for a while, then suddenly said.

Qi Qian: "You said."

"Perhaps, the real source of the curse is actually in the TV?"

Several people were stunned: "What?"

"The customer goes to the center of the store and buys something. If it's not a TV, but something inside the TV, the source of the curse that is replaced is not the TV itself."

Wen Jianyan sorted out the clues in her mind, slowly and methodically.

"So we just didn't come into contact with 'hidden props' because it's not in this store - at least not in the store we're familiar with."

Qi Qian was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of something:

"That comb!"

When they entered the warehouse just now, they saw the dressing table painted with mottled red paint, the old bronze mirror, and the female corpse in red. The only thing they didn't see was the female corpse holding the red comb.

"I go……"

An Xin was startled by Wen Jianyan's overly bold and absurd guess, but also felt powerless for a while:

"If that's the case, how could we possibly get hold of what's inside the TV..."

After all, they are real people.

"Since the female corpse can invade the real world, maybe we can also invade its world in reverse." Wen Jianyan said.

His tone was still gentle, light and low, with a hint of cowardice.

However, the words that came out were crazy enough to make people tremble.

Wen Jianyan raised her eyes slightly and stared at her blurred reflection on the glass door.

As he watched, the blurred glass door seemed to be slowly becoming clear, and a scarlet back was looming.

He said softly:

"Remember the bronze mirror in the warehouse?"