Welcome to the Nightmare Live

Chapter 262

After making all preparations, the group left the store on the fourth floor and walked towards the stairwell.

Under the influence of the oil lamp, Wen Jianyan's state has also recovered slightly. Although his face is still not good-looking, at least he can move on his own without relying on other people's support.

In the dark stairwell, only an oil lamp was on, emitting a dim yellow light.

Everyone walked forward in silence, and in the long, half-closed corridor, only the sound of messy footsteps echoed.

Wen Jianyan took out her phone from her pocket and glanced at the screen.

There is one hour left until the end of the copy.

Although [Prosperity Building] is a time-limited dungeon, in this advanced dungeon, the time limit does not make much sense, because it is absolutely impossible for the anchor to delay time, and the dungeon will end without doing anything. opportunity.

If someone tried to stay on one floor for too long, either because the lamp oil ran out and the darkness engulfed them, or because the other team entered the next floor and died.

Therefore, even if they know that this dungeon is a dungeon that can be ended "as long as it lasts for 12 hours", none of the teams dare to spend time in the dungeon of [Prosperity Building], but rather like being driven away by some invisible existence Like an animal, he desperately continued to climb up.

Fortunately, no matter how long this dungeon was left, the fifth floor, which he judged to be the core, was just around the corner.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, put the phone back in his pocket, and looked into the darkness ahead.

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Ahhh the fifth floor ahhh!"

"The anchor is awesome!!!!"

"This has already broken the record of this instance of [Prosperity Building]! I remember that the previous team, whether it was time to run out of time to leave the instance, or direct group destruction, the highest floor that could be reached was the fourth floor, and I was still the first. Once I saw a team qualified to enter the fifth floor!"

"Good guy... I originally thought that this tower-climbing copy with no plot offset would survive and won't be hit as a platinum achievement, but now it seems... the anchor will not find another way, just like this all the way to penetrate all floors. Bar!"

"I'll go, I won't!"

Soon, the group came to the gap between the stairs.

Beneath the dim light bulb was a solitary red donation box.

Looking at the familiar donation box, Wen Jianyan frowned slightly.

Not quite right...

According to his speculation, the fifth floor of [Prosperity Building] should be the core floor, and it should be the last floor in the entire building.

If it is related to what he had seen and heard in the third floor before, as well as some information revealed by Wu Zhu...

Wen Jianyan has reason to speculate that the fifth floor should be separated from the shape of the [Changsheng Building], and more inclined to the appearance of the courtyard at the end of the path.

but……

Now in the stairwell between the fourth and fifth floors, it is no different from other floors. If it is an ordinary streamer who has not been in contact with the core of the dungeon, it is very likely that he will not see it at all. Thinking that the next level would have such a special status.

This made Wen Jianyan feel that something was not right.

Qi Qian stepped forward and was about to put the coin in his hand into it, but was stopped by Wen Jianyan:

"Wait a minute."

"Huh?" Qi Qian paused, then turned his head and looked over in confusion.

"I think, before we do anything... it's better to go up to the fifth floor and take a look." Wen Jianyan thought for a while and said slowly.

An Xin on the side showed a puzzled look: "Why?"

Wen Jianyan: "In any case, we should be the first team to leave the fourth floor, there should be no doubt about that."

After all, they chose a shop with the lowest risk factor on the fourth floor. Except for the red coins carried by the customer who was sent by other teams in the middle, all the remaining coins were gray and white. .

In addition, Wen Jianyan himself was in the stairwell between the third and fourth floors, because he carried the incense burner in the courtyard of the red-clothed woman's corpse, so he did it ahead of schedule without realizing it. a single business.

Under the superposition of these advantages, they must be the team with the easiest way to go upstairs, and there will be no faster team than them.

"In this case, we not only don't need to worry about the ambush of other teams, but also don't have to worry about being eliminated because we went upstairs too late. As long as we don't all leave the stairwell, the stairs going upstairs will not disappear," Wen Jianyan said slowly , "If we follow the rules of [Changsheng Building], the higher the number of floors, the higher the difficulty, so I hope we can go to the fifth floor to take a look before we make any decisions— —We have nothing to lose, do we?"

Qi Qian thought for a while, then withdrew his hand: "Okay."

"..."

Su Cheng suddenly turned his head and glanced at Wen Jianyan.

After working together for such a long time, he has gradually gained some understanding of his liar friend.

Although the reasons given by Wen Jianyan are very good, but... In any case, there is only one road between the fourth floor and the fifth floor. No matter what you see on the fifth floor and what kind of danger you encounter, you must be hard to survive. It's totally pointless to come back after seeing the situation, isn't it?

so……

This guy must know something.

And he had some kind of ulterior motive.

After accepting Wen Jianyan's suggestion, the group did not put the coins into the donation box, but walked towards the fifth floor.

Soon, a faint, gray-white light appeared at the end of the corridor.

The whole picture of the fifth floor was shown in front of everyone.

This layer doesn't look much different from the previous ones. It's gray, and a dim fog shrouds the whole layer. Above it is the same foggy patio.

On all sides of the building are shops with closed doors, waiting for the arrival of the anchor.

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Ah? This is the fifth floor. I thought it would be a little scarier..."

"Yes, yes, it doesn't look any different from the previous floors."

"The danger should be in the shop!"

An Xin, who was walking in front, took the lead in entering the fifth floor:

"It doesn't seem to make much difference?"

He looked around, scratched his head, and added, "However, there are more stores than the previous floor."

really.

On each floor, the number of stores will decrease exponentially. By the fourth floor, the number of stores has been reduced to "four", and on the fifth floor, the number of stores has unexpectedly increased again. Looking at it, it is almost difficult to count how many there are at once.

"The design of this dungeon is too strange," Zhang Yu frowned slightly, "The number of shops on the fourth floor has been reduced to four, and as a result, the number of stores on the fifth floor has increased, do they think that from the fourth floor Will the number of teams on the fifth floor increase instead of decreasing?"

For others, this may just be "a little weird", but in Wen Jianyan's case, the number of stores means something different.

He knew that the reduction in the number of stores had little to do with the number of teams.

The higher the floor, the fewer the number of shops, because the higher the upward, the closer the [Changsheng Building] will be to its most core appearance - that is, the courtyard.

Therefore, there are only four shops left on the fourth floor.

The difficulty of these four shops corresponds exactly to the difficulty of the four rooms in the courtyard.

Now, the number of stores has increased, symbolizing a worse thing...

Although they have increased floors on the bright side, they are indeed getting farther and farther from the core of the dungeon.

Wen Jianyan narrowed her eyes slowly, and suddenly said, "This is not the fifth floor."

"what?"

The others were stunned and turned their heads to look over.

"I mean, it's not the fifth floor."

Wen Jianyan looked back and said firmly, "It's the first floor."

"The first floor?!" Everyone showed a horrified look: "But we have been going up all the time, it's impossible—"

Tangerine Candy on the side said thoughtfully: "So, it really is."

"First of all, although the number of stores has not yet been finalized, the volume of each store and the spacing between stores are similar to the first floor, and..."

She pointed to the patio above her head, and then pointed to the empty space in front of her. She could directly see the lobby of the store opposite. "Except for the lobby in the middle of the first floor, the center of every other floor is a patio."

After she pointed it like this, everyone calmed down and clearly realized the difference between this layer and the previous layers.

"What do you mean?" Qi Qian's brows furrowed tightly, "We've worked so hard for so long, but did we end up back on the first floor?"

An Xin on the side said: "This is also a good thing, isn't it? After all, there is still the last hour left before leaving the dungeon. If the difficulty is too high, we may die without a place to be buried. Returning to the difficulty of the first floor will make it more convenient for us to live. go down, won't you?"

In the sound of discussion, Su Cheng turned his head and looked at Wen Jianyan not far away.

The other party lowered his head, the shadow from his hair blocked his face, and the expression on his face was a little unreal.

Suddenly, without warning, the girl took a step back silently, and her entire figure disappeared in the shadow of the stairwell.

"!!!" Su Cheng's pupils shrank.

*

While the other members of the team were discussing in a low voice, Wen Jianyan took a step back slowly, turned around in an unnoticed corner, and walked silently towards the stairwell behind.

He had realized the problem.

[Changsheng Building] itself is a "concept" without a specific form.

This is shown from outside the Changsheng Building. From the outside, it has no end and is infinitely high. Therefore, even if you stand on the first floor and look up along the patio, you will not be able to see the top of the building. .

Because the Changsheng Building has only four floors at the highest, or... countless floors.

The first floor sells skins, the second floor sells voice and vision, the third floor sells faces, and the fourth floor is responsible for providing tributes to customers who have been pieced together and sent to graves for burial.

When the fourth level is over, a complete reincarnation is over.

This round of "customers" disappeared, so the anchors who completed the fourth floor re-entered the nominal "fifth floor", but it was the conceptual "first floor", and started a new round of cyclical reincarnation. Another wave of customers was sent to the next tomb on the fourth floor.

No wonder this advanced dungeon is presented in the form of a "limited time dungeon"...

After all, in such an endless building, only "time" can be limited.

In other words, within the [Prosperity Building], the concept of the "fifth floor" does not exist.

No, to be precise, it does "exist".

It's just independent of the copy.

When he realized this, Wen Jianyan immediately understood why the witch candle appeared in the paper sedan before.

He was indeed on his way to the "fifth floor" at the time.

It is precisely because there is no longer a copy of [Prosperity Building], so Wu Zhu can appear there without the restrictions of the copy.

Sure enough, the core floor of the dungeon is not so easy to progress.

If you follow the path provided in the copy and go up layer by layer, it is absolutely impossible to enter the "non-existent fifth layer".

However, if you go through the previous road...

That is to say, enter the special last painting on the third floor, then leave the courtyard in the painting, enter the cemetery, and then enter the "fifth floor" through the path in the cemetery... I'm afraid there is no possibility of coming out.

And Wu Zhu said with certainty that he "needs to go through another road" to go upstairs.

That is to say, although he is in the dungeon, he still has a way to find his way and enter the fifth floor, which is independent of the dungeon...

Wen Jianyan gritted her teeth angrily, raised her hand and pressed her neck.

There, there were still bruised and undissolved tooth marks, and the cold and wet touch of the other party's lips and tongue seemed to still remain on it, which made him feel extraordinarily awkward.

Damn, obviously he can speak clearly, but he has to be a riddleman.

Every time it appears, it's useless except for nibbling him twice... rubbish!

But in any case, Wen Jianyan was sure that the invisible road that could not be opened by normal means was on the fourth floor, not the nominal fifth floor he had just entered.

It was far away from the core of the copy, and he couldn't achieve his goal for a long time.

but……

Wen Jianyan wasn't going to pull others in.

An Xin was right about one thing, for the host, as long as another hour passed, he would be able to leave this dungeon in full.

In [Prosperity Building], it is not necessary to find the core floor and complete the ultimate mainline quest, and the reason why Wen Jianyan wants to enter the fifth floor is because he has a more obscure and selfish personal purpose.

The next journey was very dangerous, and he didn't think it would make any sense to trick others to go with him.

In the empty stairwell, Wen Jianyan's lonely footsteps echoed.

He crossed the red donation box standing still under the light and walked to the fourth floor non-stop.

Soon, the door of the shop on the fourth floor appeared in front of him.

Whether it's the empty dark shops inside, the glass doors that open to both sides, or the two gray lanterns hanging outside the glass doors, they all seem so familiar.

Wen Jianyan was about to continue walking inwards, but a voice with suppressed anger came from behind:

"Wen, Jane, words."

Wen Jianyan: "?"

He was startled, subconsciously stopped his pace, turned and looked back.

A fist came in the face.

"!!!" Wen Jianyan's face turned pale.

However, perhaps the current appearance is too slender and harmless. The weakness on the upper floor before gave him a pitiful temperament. The fist paused, but in the end, he did not give up his heart. beautiful little face.

Hatefully put it away a few inches away.

"Hahaha……"

Wen Jianyan took a few steps back, looked at Su Cheng, who was full of anger and gloomy face in front of him, and let out a guilty laughter, "You, what are you doing here?"

"What do you think?" Su Cheng's forehead jumped wildly, "You don't remember your promise at all, right?"

"Or, what's the guarantee that you will never risk yourself again in the future, but it's just fart?"

Wen Jianyan: "..."

He had a bitter face, and he rarely found any excuse for a while...

Mainly because he really didn't expect that the other party would be so keenly aware of his departure, and quickly understood the purpose of his departure.

It's really not a good deception! ! !

"I can't do it like you are now," Su Cheng gritted his teeth and said viciously, "Wait until you get back to the way you were."

Wen Jianyan: "..."

Su Xiaocheng, you are a little scary right now, you know?

At this moment, a series of rapid footsteps came from behind.

Wen Jianyan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look subconsciously, only to see Qi Qian Orange Candy and other teammates appearing not far away.

When he saw the two of them, Qi Qian breathed a sigh of relief:

"I said why the two of you disappeared..."

An Xin had a heartache on his face: "Wen Wen, your condition hasn't recovered yet, don't run around!"

Wen Jianyan: "."

I thought it was bad enough to be caught by Su Cheng, but now why are all the people following me!

"You must know some different information, right?" Tangtang Tang hugged his arms and said coolly, "Okay, let's talk, why did you run back?"

"Alas..." Wen Jianyan sighed for a long time, and seemed to finally have no choice. He raised his hands as if giving up, and said, "Well, since you really want to know..."

Soon, he used the simplest language to recite his speculation about the entire [Changsheng Building], and finally concluded: "In short, for some reason, I need to enter the fifth floor of the Changsheng Building, which does not exist. But the difficulty and danger are too great, you can leave the dungeon normally in an hour, there is really no need to come and take risks."

"The fifth floor..."

Tangerine Candy showed a thoughtful expression.

Soon, she raised the corner of her mouth and showed an excited smile: "Interesting, add me."

Wen Jianyan: "?"

Qi Qian on the side narrowed his eyes: "Generally speaking, I really wouldn't be involved in such a dangerous thing, but..."

He sighed and glanced at Su Cheng: "Your prophet must follow, right?"

Wen Jianyan: "Actually..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Su Cheng coldly: "Yes."

"Then there's no way," Qi Qian shook his head and said, "I will download the copy with you. It seems that the Oracle has already known it. If the prophets on your side are gone, where can I find such a good one? employees?"

Several others nodded their heads:

"Furthermore, this dungeon is so difficult. If we really completed the ultimate main quest and achieved the platinum achievement, wouldn't we have made a profit?"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Having been in the nightmare for so long, who doesn't know the truth that the greater the risk, the greater the reward!"

"Hurry up, I can't wait."

Wen Jianyan: "..."

Anyway...

For some inexplicable reason, in the end, all of their team stayed.

Wen Jianyan shook her head helplessly:

"Okay, let's go with you."

After all... it is still a mystery whether they can find the way to the fifth floor.

Moreover, if his guess is correct, the fifth floor does not need to "pass", because it is already independent of the Prosperity Building, and it should not be limited to the rules of this copy.

Even if they enter the fifth floor, they no longer need to be clerks and sell things.

After speaking, he took a deep breath and looked towards the store in front of him.

The familiar dark hall, the familiar glass door, and the two lanterns hanging on the door.

Wen Jianyan retracted her gaze and was about to walk towards the store, but she couldn't help but stop again.

and many more……

lantern?

Wen Jianyan was stunned for two seconds, then raised his head and looked at the two lanterns hanging at the door of the store.

Since the performance of the fourth floor has now been completed, the lanterns at their door have also dimmed, and they are hung in the same place, looking very inconspicuous.

The fourth floor of Changsheng Building is the closest to the concept of [Siheyuan]. Therefore, this floor not only has four shops in the south, south, and northwest, but also lanterns very similar to those in the courtyard. After that, a series of events occurred. Crisis has also proven that within the mechanics of the fourth floor, these lanterns have their uses.

Wen Jianyan narrowed her eyes.

In the third painting on the third floor, the same lantern hangs at the entrance of the courtyard, which is also dark.

He left the courtyard with dark lanterns, entered the tomb along the winding path, and placed the portrait behind the spiritual seat. Immediately afterwards, the tomb collapsed, revealing a second path. At the end of the path, there was a Another quadrangle is exactly the same as the one in the portrait, the only difference is...

The lantern at its door is lit.

Wait a moment!

Wen Jianyan suddenly realized again a detail that he had almost ignored before.

The spiritual seat, the portrait, and the incense burner in front of them, these three add up... Isn't it equivalent to the task they completed on the fourth floor? !

if so……

Then, before entering the fifth floor that does not exist, they may only have the last step left.

"Help me!" Wen Jianyan stepped forward quickly, "Help me take down the two lanterns above!"

Soon, two lanterns were removed.

Wen Jianyan groped on it, and quickly found a place to open it.

He turned on the lantern.

Sure enough, inside the lanterns, there is an empty space, just right for the lamp oil pan.

"I need a red lamp oil tray, a gray-white lamp oil tray!" Wen Jian said.

Tangerine Candy: "I have the last red one left here."

"There are the last two white ones left." Qi Qian also took out from his pocket the half-burned off-white lamp oil pan he had taken from the shop on the fourth floor, "Here it is."

Wen Jianyan took the oil pan, put it into the lantern, and quickly lit it.

Several other people worked together to help put the lantern back in place.

Soon, two lanterns, one red and one white, were hung before the shop in front of them.

One side represents the festive, eerie scarlet blood color, and the other side is a symbol of mourning, the bleak and cold forest white, one red and one white illuminate the darkness, emitting a frightening light.

In an instant, the temperature in the air seemed to drop several degrees in an instant, becoming icy cold.

"Ouch!" The person behind him stumbled and almost fell over.

Wen Jianyan hurriedly turned her head: "what's the matter?"

"Nothing..." The man paused and looked down at his feet, "It's just that the stairs disappeared."

Sure enough, the stairs that originally led upwards completely disappeared, and what appeared in front of them was a winding muddy path, the end extending into the darkness...

There, a small courtyard can be seen faintly.

Two lanterns, one red and one white, were lit at the entrance of the courtyard, which looked particularly eerie in the boundless darkness around them.

Wen Jianyan's heart stopped suddenly.

That's it.

He took a deep breath and was about to say something when suddenly, without warning, a solitary footstep came from the darkness—

"Da da da."

Stiff and slow.

Wen Jianyan was startled, and subconsciously glanced in the direction from which the voice came.

Not far away, in the bottomless darkness, a vague figure could be seen, which seemed to be slowly walking in this direction, approaching step by step.

Although it was impossible to see its face shrouded in darkness, the wedding dress it wore and the scarlet embroidered shoes under its feet were inexplicably clear in the darkness. There was a sense of terrifying panic.

"Wait...that's..." Everyone was stunned.

Only Wen Jianyan showed a shocked expression, his face turned pale, and he shouted in horror:

"Go! Run!"

In this dungeon... only it gave Wen Jianyan an unparalleled sense of terror and oppression, and it was the only one he never wanted to see!

However, at the moment when the fifth floor appeared...

It also appeared.

The corpse of the woman in red who was locked in the mirror on the second floor!