Welcome to the Nightmare Live

Chapter 22

"Zi...Zi..."

The overhead light tube emits a erratic beep.

It seems that because of its disrepair, the elevator door always feels a little stuck when it is opened. The space inside is much larger than other ordinary elevators. The iron gray walls are densely covered with reddish-brown rust, and it looks almost in the dim light. Like dried blood.

Wen Jianyan gritted her teeth and walked in bravely.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect. In the strong smell of disinfectant, there is a faint smell of rancidity in the elevator, which makes people feel uneasy.

On the keyboard in the elevator, there are only two buttons: the first floor and the negative floor.

"-1" lights up.

With the humming sound of machinery, the elevator dropped slightly, and then began to run down slowly.

The phone in Wen Jianyan's pocket vibrated twice.

He paused, reached out and took the phone out of his pocket.

Although there is still no signal, two lines of words pop up on the screen:

[Due to the large number of NPCs in this copy, in order to ensure the quality of your live broadcast, the Nightmare background app service will be opened for you]

【Please make persistent efforts to create a more exciting and novel viewing experience for the audience! 】

The text disappears.

Wen Jianyan saw that an app with a dark icon appeared on the screen at some point.

There are only two words below: Nightmare.

He clicked on the icon and found that it had everything in it, except that there was no barrage, it was simply a reduced version of the entire live broadcast background, not only with ID card information, but also able to view his points and backpacks, and even shop in the system mall.

The current main quest has been updated on the taskbar:

[Complete the negative first floor patrol task within two hours]

[Completion: 0%]

[Refresh of difficult side quests: protect NPC Qi Shen from the negative layer]

Wen Jianyan thoughtfully turned her head and looked at Su Cheng.

Su Cheng winked at Qi Shen who was in front, and Wen Jianyan immediately understood.

It seems that the other party's mission should be the same as his own. The main line is to complete the patrol task, and the branch line is to protect the NPC from leaving. In this case...

Wen Jianyan took a step forward, put his hand on Qi Shen's shoulder, and let out a long sigh:

"Hey, I really don't know what's good for patrolling on the negative floor, isn't it the morgue? Can the corpses in it survive?"

Qi Shen clearly felt the same way, he nodded:

"Yeah... and it's still patrolling at night, it's weird."

After chatting back and forth for a few times, Wen Jianyan has become acquainted with the other party easily.

At this moment, his words suddenly changed.

"Speaking of which, do you know? There seems to be a strange rumor here in Fukang Hospital..."

Wen Jianyan narrowed her eyes slightly, her amber eyes shimmering slyly under her long and dense eyelashes, her indifferent voice lowered slightly.

Qi Shen was shocked: "What, what?"

"Don't you realize that the speed of the elevator is too slow?" Wen Jianyan's voice did not fluctuate, and it looked particularly gloomy in this special elevator used to transport corpses: "It is said..."

In the following time, Su Cheng witnessed how this dog liar made up all kinds of bizarre, scalp-numbing morgue stories without changing his face.

The added emotion is rich, vivid and vivid, and the sense of substitution is very strong.

Soon, the elevator made a "ding" sound, and the old elevator door slowly opened.

Outside is a bottomless blue-white corridor leading to several halls in the distance. The temperature here is much colder than that on the first floor. Even through a layer of long-sleeved trousers, you can still get goosebumps. .

"Snapped!"

The sensor light above the head lights up.

Even though he knew that 80% of the stories that Wen Jianyan told were made up, under the atmosphere of the morgue, Su Cheng couldn't help feeling a little guilty, and he almost didn't dare to move forward.

Not to mention Qi Shen.

With a blank face, he moved closer to Wen Jianyan subconsciously, and said in a calm tone, "Zhao, Brother Zhao, why don't we act together, anyway, it won't be long before the inspection is over."

Wen Jianyan turned her head and blinked at Su Cheng, indicating that she was done.

Su Cheng was expressionless: "..."

You are a dog liar who scare innocent NPCs and also scare teammates by the way!

Although the opponent's method is indeed rogue, it also fully guarantees that the NPCs stick to their actions along the way, and the success rate of side missions becomes much higher.

Wen Jianyan stopped in front of the map next to the elevator, and secretly wrote down the layout of the morgue.

The underground area here is much larger than he imagined, consisting of three main chambers, all connected by narrow corridors.

The morgue is independently powered, the only electric switch is near the elevator.

The one closest to them is used to temporarily store the remains of the patient. In a few days at most, the corpse will be taken by the relatives of the patient and sent to the crematorium. The other one not far away is responsible for storing the deceased voluntarily donated bodies. His body is honored as a general teacher, and will be transported to the medical school to contribute to the training of the next generation of medical students.

The innermost chamber is also the smallest in the entire morgue.

Most of the corpses in charge of storage there died strangely. They needed to be sent to the police's medical appraisal center for autopsy and tests, and they could not be entombed until the cause of death was determined.

According to Xue Mingyan's account before leaving, they need to count the number of remains within two hours and send them to a freezer to be locked.

Wen Jianyan turned to look at the deep corridor not far away, the three inner rooms already connected by the corridor.

"..."

It's over, the ghost stories I just told have gained momentum.

Now he himself was a little frightened.

Wen Jianyan maintained a calm expression, and said to the other two bravely, "Let's go, let's start. If you finish the task early, you can leave early."

Su Cheng and Qi Shen nodded and followed behind him.

They were the first to come to the storage room for the patient's remains.

The area here is the largest among the three rooms. The iron platforms connected to the refrigerators are neatly arranged in the empty morgue. The blue light above the head is buzzing, becoming the only sound in the entire morgue. .

The corpse lay upright on the platform, motionless, covered with white cloth from head to toe, and the undulating human figure could be vaguely seen.

The three people have a clear division of labor. Wen Jianyan is responsible for matching the list with the corpse one by one and ticking off, and the other two are responsible for pushing the corpse into the freezer after he has finished taking notes.

The tip of the pen slid across the paper, making a rustling sound.

After making the mark, Wen Jianyan nodded to the two of them.

The metal pulley under the iron bed made a sliding sound, and the body covered with a white cloth was pushed into the refrigerator.

"Jingle", "Jingle"—

In an instant, the crisp bell sounded in the empty morgue, which sounded extraordinarily strange.

The two who pushed the iron platform were startled, let go of their hands subconsciously, and took a step back.

The white cloth covering the corpse was pulled down slightly, revealing the blue-purple, half-stiff toes. In addition to the labels tied to the toes, there was also a small bell tied around the ankle.

"what……"

Qi Shen seemed to have thought of something. He opened his eyes slightly and said, "I didn't expect Fukang Hospital to keep this tradition."

Su Cheng was startled: "What do you mean?"

"In the past, many old morgues used to tie a bell to the feet of the corpse." As a semi-professional who is relatively familiar with this, Qi Shen talked eloquently: "Because the technology was not developed enough in the past, it was sometimes difficult to judge. The body is dead or alive, so a bell is tied to the foot to prevent misjudgment."

He lowered his head and looked at the bell tied to the corpse's ankle with some strangeness.

"But later, this method became more symbolic than practical. I didn't expect Fukang Hospital to still use it."

While several people were talking, suddenly, a thin voice sounded from the depths of the morgue.

"……jingle."

The voice was very small. It was almost suspected to be auditory hallucinations across the deep corridor and the huge open space, but it was inexplicably deafening, causing all three to subconsciously take a breath of cold air, abruptly stopped the conversation, and turned towards the voice. Look in the direction from which it came.

The air was dead silent.

"..."

Su Cheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and his face turned pale: "Well, did you also hear..."

The expression on Qi Shen's face was stiff and panicked, as if trying to convince himself:

"No, it's impossible, it's probably because we are too tired and have hallucinations, right?"

Wen Jianyan felt her stomach tighten again.

The symptoms of fear manifested physiologically, and the instinct of the body urged him to escape from this ominous place, but his reason was very clear that if he did not complete the main task, he would die even if he went upstairs.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath and said slightly faster, "Let's speed up, finish the task and leave quickly."

Su Cheng's face was white, and he nodded vigorously.

The movements of the three people accelerated significantly.

In the first morgue, there were a total of twenty-five corpses, twenty males and five females.

In the second morgue, there were a total of nine corpses, six males and three females.

At the very end of the corridor, the overhead sensor light came on, illuminating the narrow room not far away—the third morgue was in front of us, it was only ten paces wide, had no windows, and the walls were sturdy on all sides. claustrophobic.

There were only four iron beds inside, and only one lay a solitary corpse.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Su Cheng couldn't help but stand on end.

He subconsciously turned his head to look at Wen Jianyan, who was standing beside him. Under the dim light, the young man's profile line was clear and neat, his eyes were clear and focused, and he looked fixedly into the third morgue.

For some reason, seeing the calm and calm eyes of the other party, Su Chengcheng suddenly felt a lot more at ease.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself, and took the lead: "Let's go, the last one."

Wen Jianyan's pupils suddenly trembled, and she turned her head to look at Su Cheng in disbelief: ? ?

Brother, are you so fierce?

I'm still building my heart, and you've already stepped forward.

He sighed, raised his hand to wipe his face, and followed reluctantly.

Three people were squeezed into the narrow room, and it suddenly seemed a little crowded. The air was turbid and cold, and it was difficult to circulate. I don’t know if it was an illusion. The temperature here seems to be even lower than the outside, almost ice Biting cold.

Wen Jian looked down at the screen of the mobile phone without a trace.

[Complete the negative first floor patrol task within two hours]

[Completion: 92%]

Hold on tight, it's almost over!

Wen Jianyan lowered her head and made a tick on the book: "Zhang Hua, 24 years old—"

The voice was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't go up or down.

He stared at the booklet in his hand tightly, his lips pursed a little white, and his expression was stern and serious.

Su Cheng noticed something was wrong: "What's wrong?"

Wen Jianyan raised his head slowly, opened his mouth, and only made a sound after two seconds:

"Here...there should be two corpses."

This time, Su Cheng and Qi Shen's faces turned pale.

Qi Shen stammered: "No, no, no, no, no? Is it right? Did the record go wrong?"

He shook his head in disbelief. "Or maybe someone already—"

Suddenly, a soft sound came from outside the door.

"jingle".

...

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ! ! !

Wen Jianyan's pupils shrank, and she was so frightened that she lost her soul.

The next second, a familiar voice rang in the ears of Su Cheng and Wen Jianyan at the same time.

[Congratulations to the anchor for triggering the scene: hide and seek

Times: three times

Hide countdown: 01:00]

【Don't stay in one place for too long】

"jingle."

The voice became clearer and seemed to be slowly approaching in this direction.

Wen Jianyan had triggered a similar scene before, but he immediately reacted this time and began to draw the route in his mind.

The third morgue is the innermost one. If you want to go to other morgues, you have to go through the narrow corridor on the outside. It is very likely that you will collide with the slowly approaching voice. Then, the most suitable hiding place It's only here-

Wen Jianyan jumped up and opened the door of the refrigerator:

"Quick, come in!"

There were four refrigerators in this morgue, and the three of them just happened to hide in them.

Qi Shen's face was as pale as paper: "You, are you joking?"

The corpse refrigerator, the size of which can only accommodate one person, was open, revealing a dark hole, as if it was watching him silently.

Wen Jianyan's voice was hurried: "Do you have any other way?"

[Countdown to hiding: 00:42]

"jingle".

The bells outside came closer.

Crawling into the corpse freezer alone has become a more acceptable option than being caught by an unknown corpse outside.

Su Cheng looked at death as if at home, bent down and got into the refrigerator.

Wen Jianyan turned to look at Qi Shen: "Quick!"

"..."

Qi Shen swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, as if he had finally made up his mind, and crawled in with trembling hands and feet.

【Countdown to hide: 00:06】

Wen Jianyan closed the refrigerator doors of the two of them as quickly as possible. At this time, a bell sounded close at hand from outside the door. Across the thin layer of walls, it was clearly alarming.

He gritted his teeth, and quickly hid his cat's waist inward, his palm stuck on the door of the refrigerator, and cleverly moved it by the inertia of drilling in!

"Snapped."

The freezer is closed.

【Countdown to hide: 00:00】

It was pitch black.

The temperature inside the freezer is extremely low, the cold makes teeth chatter, the strong smell of formalin lingers on the nose, the iron walls on all sides press against the chest cavity and limbs, and only the heavy and disordered breathing can be heard in the ears.

Other than that, there was only a panic-stricken silence.

Wen Jianyan held her breath and listened to the movements outside with trepidation.

【Looking for countdown: 01:00】

"Jingle", "Jingle".

The sound of footsteps rubbing against the ground rang outside the cabinet door, accompanied by bursts of crisp bells, making people extremely terrified.

Time passed minute by minute, and the long time was almost desperate, the black and heavy air pressed against the person, and it was almost suffocating in such a narrow space.

I don't know how long it took.

The sound of bells and footsteps faded away.

【Looking for countdown: 00:00】

【Countdown to Hide: 03:00】

This time it was three minutes of hiding time.

Wen Jianyan pushed open the door of the refrigerator and jumped out almost the second after the sound fell. On the other side, Su Cheng also climbed out even though he was a little slower.

The third morgue was empty.

Even including…

The corpse that was lying on the iron platform originally, only a white cloth was left on the platform, one end fell to the ground, and it was still shaking slightly.

Wen Jianyan felt a chill go straight to the sky.

He stepped forward quickly and pulled NPC Qi Shen out of another refrigerator: "One place can only be hidden once, and the next time it will be discovered."

Qi Shen was so frightened that his face was dull, and he seemed to have lost the ability to struggle and speak.

Wen Jianyan didn't care either. He and Su Cheng were alone, dragging Qi Shen, whose legs were weak, and walked out quickly, hurriedly across the corridor, and ran into the second morgue.

As before, they did the same this time.

After stuffing Qi Shen into a refrigerator, they each found a cabinet and hid in it.

【Looking for countdown: 03:00】

This time, the sound of bells wandering outside the cabinet door turned into two, echoing in the huge space.

【Looking for countdown: 00:00】

【Countdown to Hide: 10:00】

The third time, the hiding time increased to ten minutes.

Wen Jianyan left his hiding place. He looked up at the second morgue in front of him, his scalp tingling suddenly.

All the refrigerated cabinet doors in front of them were all open, revealing a hollow, dark interior.

Every room is empty.

They were pushed in earlier, and all the locked corpses disappeared.

Su Cheng's face is also like golden paper, but after all, he has already experienced the baptism of a copy, so his mood is stable for the time being, but Qi Shen, who is on the side, is on the verge of collapse. He holds his head and bury his head deeply, Muttering something in a low voice.

Wen Jianyan didn't have so much time to talk nonsense with him.

He grabbed Qi Shen: "Go, go to the next room."

The first morgue was the same as the second. All the doors of the refrigerators were wide open, and the blue-white icy light fell from the top of the head, as if an invisible rope was strangling the neck of the person.

After stuffing Qi Shen into a refrigerator together, Su Cheng hid in a cabinet near the corridor.

Taking advantage of the time, Wen Jianyan took a few steps forward—

The elevator and stairs were not far away, it was like a shining gate beckoning to him.

He sighed, looked away, and was about to walk towards an outside hallway cabinet.

When passing by the refrigerator where Qi Shen was hiding, Wen Jianyan paused involuntarily, he was startled, and turned his head to look in the direction from which the voice came.

There was dead silence in the morgue.

Across a thick layer of iron cabinet doors, you can vaguely hear the other party's absent-minded muttering:

"Sister, sister, sister..."

【Looking for countdown: 10:00】

Wen Jianyan was lying in the refrigerator, he turned on his mobile phone, and stared thoughtfully at the screen that lit up in front of him.

elder sister?

Is it the third corpse that disappeared in the morgue? If so, what does Qi Shen, the younger brother, know? This difficult task released by the system - saving NPC Qi Shen, is just to increase the difficulty, or are there other considerations?

Outside the refrigerator, the sound of bells and footsteps came and went, and Wen Jianyan could almost clearly imagine in his mind the horror scene of countless pale corpses wandering in the morgue.

At this moment, a shrill scream sounded from outside:

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

...is deep.

Wen Jianyan was slightly startled.

Based on the bearing and distance, the sound probably came from the third morgue.

Then, across the iron gate, he heard the sound of bells and footsteps. Then, all the footsteps began to move again, chasing in the direction of the sound, and gradually moved away from the first morgue. ——

At the same time, the system's prompt sounded in my ears: [Ding! The difficult side quest is about to fail! 】

[Integrity First] In the live broadcast room:

"Oh, it really failed."

"So far, there seems to be no anchor in Fukang Hospital who has successfully completed this task. It really deserves to be the only high-difficulty branch in the C-level dungeon..."

"Damn, the main reason is that there is really no way. They have already stuffed him into a safe place. Qi Shen, the NPC, is going to die and run away. Which anchor can stop him."

"But the anchor is already very strong. I remember that the survival rate of the underground morgue in Fukang Hospital is extremely low, right?"

"Yes, in the situation just now, the anchor can react immediately and hide in the refrigerator. This response speed is really awesome."

"Although I haven't completed the high-difficulty branch, it's good to survive. Although the morgue is difficult, I remember that the rewards are really rich..."

While the audience were discussing in the live broadcast room, suddenly, with a soft sound of "bang", the refrigerator where Wen Jianyan was located was pushed open from the inside.

Immediately afterwards, the young man cautiously stuck his head out.

"..."

The live broadcast room fell into a dead silence.

"???"

"??? Time hasn't come yet?"

"No!"

"What are the anchors doing at this time! Send me to death!"

After confirming that there was no body guard outside the cabinet, Wen Jianyan nimbly got out of the cabinet and ran towards the elevator.

The audience was even more puzzled:

"Ah? What does the anchor want to do?"

"I don't understand anymore..."

"The third round of hide-and-seek is almost over, do you suddenly want to run at this time or something?"

I saw Wen Jianyan rush to the elevator with a clear goal——

Independent switch next to it.

Hearing a "click" sound, the power supply in the entire morgue was cut off, and the surroundings were suddenly plunged into pitch blackness where all the fingers could not be seen.

"No, isn't it? Does the anchor still think this is the last copy?"

"I'm convinced, these copies are all corpses. They don't rely on light sources to move."

"Is this anchor okay..."

After cutting off the power, Wen Jianyan took a deep breath and took out his mobile phone from his pocket.

He opens the phone's voice memo.

Click to play.

The next second, the familiar "ding bell" and "ding bell" sound came from the mobile phone.

The barrage was silent for a moment: "..."

After a few seconds, the barrage area finally came alive again.

"Grass. [Reward Points 50]"

"Grass. [100 reward points]"

"...I finally know what the anchor is going to do [100 reward points]"

"??? What? Am I the only one in the fog? Come and explain it to a kind person?"

"Come here, kind people are here, now the anchor doesn't want to give up the difficult branch, so he's ready to save the NPC."

"There are corpses in the morgue, not ghosts. After all, they are dead people, so the way of judging friends and enemies is still the same as when they were alive, either by listening or watching. Now the anchor has cut off the power supply, so they are now There's only one last way—"

"Understood! Thank you kind people!"

"!!! I understand too! What the hell!"

"So, this dog liar is not enough to pretend to be an NPC to deceive the living person in the last instance. Are you going to pretend to be a corpse to deceive the dead this time?"