Chapter 76 Let’s take a bath together! (End)

The story began more than an hour ago.

Principal Dou came to the bathhouse alone. At that time, the whole bathhouse was quiet, without any movement at all.

He carefully observed the new rules in the bathhouse, and finally his eyes rested for a moment on the words on the wall of the passage: "If you feel shy, you can close the door before taking a bath!"

He turned around, walked into Area 1, and entered a shower room.

The curtain remained open, the shower head was turned on, and warm water flowed down.

Principal Dou first faced the aisle outside the cubicle and showered with water for a while.

Feeling nothing different, he turned around and faced the aisle.

As he thought and tried again, he gradually discovered that his own reflection on the tiled wall looked a little strange.

...He stared at the figure and took a step forward...and another step forward.

The shadow seemed to step back.

...luring him into the wall?

Principal Dou paused, lowered his eyes and looked at his feet.

His toes were just a little bit away from touching the wall.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly smiled and walked forward without hesitation.

At this moment, a dark shadow broke into his compartment and pushed him hard - he took advantage of the situation and stepped into the world in the wall.

…

After passing through the wall, he came to a special space.

The light here was dim, and although it was more in line with his impression of the bathhouse in the Science and Technology District, it also looked more like a prison because of the cold tones and the door lock that couldn't be opened.

The door was very high, completely blocking the upper and lower gaps, but the partitions on the left and right were low enough to be climbed over.

There were heavy breathing and snoring sounds coming from both sides, which were obviously not the sounds made by human beings.

Principal Dou turned around and a TV-like screen appeared on the tiled wall behind him. The screen showed the bathhouse he had just been in, and the black shadow that pushed him had disappeared.

It was the first time for Principal Dou to play this kind of copy game, and it did take him some time to make judgments in the initial stage.

He spent a few minutes confirming a few facts.

1. The place he is in now is probably the real bathhouse. This also means that the monster generator is probably here.

2. The empty seats shown on the electronic screen in the lobby just now should refer to the empty seats here. After he entered here, he filled the only empty seat, so he needed to create extra empty seats to allow the children in the lobby to come in.

3. All players must enter here before the door lock can be opened.

The difficulty level of "climbing over the wall" is quite high.

Fortunately, the octopus monsters distributed in a row of eight cubicles seemed to be embedded with some automatic programs. The moment he successfully climbed over the wall, they were automatically sucked into the wall and crossed to the bathhouse on the other side.

At the same time, on the tiled wall of each cubicle, the "small TV" seemed to have its channel adjusted by an invisible hand.

——The picture was switched to Area 3 of the bathhouse on the other side. Muddy water flowed out from the gaps between the tiles and was wiped away with a rag by Old Li, who suddenly appeared like a ghost.

…

The subsequent development was generally smooth.

While watching the "TV images", Principal Dou kept adjusting his strategy based on what happened to Mu Yu and other students in the bathhouse.

He soon discovered that the rules in the bathhouse would change, and the standard of change seemed to be the number of players entering the bathhouse in each round.

On even-numbered rounds, the monster enters the bathhouse in its original form.

On even-numbered rounds, the bathhouse seemed to be connected not to the world he was in, but to another vague, false "real world" that he could not see clearly.

——The shadow of that world seemed to be projected onto the wall of the bathhouse in Area 3. Principal Dou couldn’t see it clearly. He suspected that only the players who stayed in that world and went to Area 3 in person could see the things in the picture clearly.

There must be a secret hidden in there, and it must be related to the door of the real world where he is now, because every door here has blocked the upper and lower gaps, obviously trying to cover up something.

Fortunately, Wang Shi discovered the secret.

Unfortunately, the "TV broadcast channel" has always been controlled by an invisible hand. In that round, the "camera" always followed Liu Yu, and Principal Dou was unable to see the appearance of the other world through Wang Shi's perspective.

But Wang Shi eventually lost his life.

At the moment he completely turned into foam, the numbers on the door lock in the world where Principal Dou lived changed from "1/8" to "1/7".

This seemed to indicate that one of the positions originally reserved for eight players had disappeared.

Principal Dou also discovered that although players could make a "voice call" with him in Area 2 of the bathhouse on the other side, what was conveyed to those children was not his original words.

When he said "I'm in a real bathhouse", the copy that was transmitted to the other side was "I don't know where I am either".

When he said "You have to go through Area 1 to enter here", the message conveyed to the other side was "Never go to Area 1 again".

Principal Dou finally chose to remain silent, but the copy was always using his voice to convey the wrong message to those children...

Fortunately, those kids are smart enough.

Mu Yu and Lu Chongnian, in particular, reacted very quickly. Judging from their increasingly targeted actions, they had discovered the pattern of the copy.

At this moment——

Principal Dou breathed a sigh of relief and said to Mu Yu, "You and Fu worked hard in the previous round. After I found the pattern, I wanted to take advantage of the odd-numbered rounds to push all the monsters out. Unfortunately, I am old and my physical strength is not good enough. In the end, it was delayed until you and Fu entered the bathhouse."

Bird brother cried beside him, "No, no, no, it's my problem. I'm so young and my physical strength is so poor. I can't help you, the principal..."

Mu Yu was in the room next to them and asked with concern, "Brother Bird, Principal, are you all okay?"

Principal Dou: "We are all fine."

Fu Xiaoju's dying voice rang out from the other side of Principal Dou's room: "...Where's Brother Lu? Has he come in?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Yu turned around and looked at the wall behind him.

In the image projected on the wall, Lu Chongnian had already swiped his card and doused himself in the water.

He stared at the wall intently, as if he was looking through the wall and meeting their eyes.

...The next second, a huge shadow suddenly rose behind him. It was a humanoid monster formed by a pile of khaki foam, and Wang Shi’s face floated at the "head" position!

Mu Yu was shocked, Wang Shi is still here? !

He blurted out: "Lu Zhongnian, be careful!"

In the other world, Lu Chongnian could not hear Mu Yu's voice, but he keenly sensed that something was wrong and suddenly turned sideways.

The khaki foam suddenly rushed towards the place where he was just now. If it was a second later, he would be swallowed up by the foam!

Wang Shi’s eyes rolled back and his mouth opened and closed as if he was shouting “soap”.

When the attack failed, it twisted its "body" and a large amount of foam spread out into a net, covering the sky and the earth, as if it wanted to wrap up Lu Chongnian completely.

“What the hell! What the hell! What should I do?!” Zhao Anyi’s frantic voice rang out in the room on the other side of Mu Yu.

Then, they saw Lu Zhongnian take out a bar of soap from somewhere.

—He brought soap! He also brought soap into the bathhouse!

Lu Zhongnian calmly broke the soap into two halves and quickly threw both halves out.

Half of it was thrown about three meters outside the compartment, and the other half was thrown in the passage, sliding along the slippery ground for five or six meters!

Wang Shi suddenly flew out, and a large amount of foam poured out of the compartment!

Lu Zhongnian quickly returned to his seat and stared at the wall again.

At this moment, everyone was shouting nervously in their hearts, faster, faster!

Behind Lu Zhongnian, the pile of khaki foam wrapped around half a bar of soap three meters away. It squirmed and undulated, as if it was gnawing, swallowing, and digesting!

Then it slithered like a snake, quickly caught the remaining half of the soap five or six meters away, and continued to wrap and swallow it.

The moment it finished eating the second piece of soap, it suddenly raised its body and pounced on Lu Zhongnian again -

Lu Chongnian's eyes moved slightly, and he took a big step and stepped into the wall!

At the same time, in the real bathhouse, the "TV screens" on the walls of each cubicle disappeared, and the golden numbers on the door locks changed from "6/7" to "7/7"!

Mu Yu immediately shouted: "Lu Chongnian, are you in?"

"I'm here, don't worry." A boy's voice sounded next to Zhao Anyi.

Zhao Anyi said anxiously: "What should we do now? Which two rooms correspond to empty monster rooms? Liu Yu didn't say it just now, and he can't tell it now, right?!"

Principal Dou said, "It's okay. I saw it. The correct passage is the two rooms where Fu Xiaoju and I are now. All of you come over here."

Bird Brother: "Wait, where is Liu Yu now?"

"Soap... I want... soap..." The ghostly voice of the Liu Yu brand repeater floated in the air.

"He's next door to me. I'll bring him over." Lu Zhongnian's steady voice reassured everyone.

Mu Yu took two steps back, looked up at the height of the side wall partition, suddenly jumped forward, put his feet on the wall, and climbed up with both hands!

After climbing over the wall, he looked around.

There should be only six rooms out of the seven rooms occupied now, because Brother Bird and Principal Dou are together, so one room is empty.

In the room behind him was Zhao Anyi, behind Zhao Anyi was Lu Chongnian, and behind Lu Chongnian was Liu Yu.

In the room in front of him were Brother Niao and Principal Dou. In front of them was Fu Xiaoju. In front of Fu Xiaoju was another room, which should be the empty room.

So the overall order is Liu Yu, Lu Chongnian, Zhao Anyi, him, Brother Bird and Principal Dou, Fu Xiaoju, and Kong.

At this moment, Lu Chongnian also climbed over the wall.

He turned around and met Mu Yu's eyes.

A hint of warmth flashed in Lu Zhongnian's eyes, and then he swiftly climbed into the room next to him.

Everyone started to climb over the wall.

Zhao Anyi went to Mu Yu's room, and Niao Ge went to Fu Xiaoju's room - he was afraid that Fu Xiaoju didn't even have the strength to stand up, so he had to help him open the door.

Lu Chongnian carried Liu Yu on his back and turned back.

After tossing and turning for about three or four minutes, everyone arrived at their respective positions.

Mu Yu, Zhao Anyi, Lu Chongnian, Liu Yu, and Principal Dou were in the same room.

Brother Bird and Fu Xiaoju are in the same room.

Principal Dou said in a deep voice: "Open the door."

The doors of the two rooms were pushed open at the same time!

They broke into another room that was exactly the same as the one they were just in!

The monster's breathing and snoring came and went on both sides, so close that it seemed like a sleeping beast that could be awakened at any moment.

Everyone's nerves were tense, and Principal Dou shouted again: "Open!"

They opened the second door without hesitation.

This time, they finally got out of the shower room and into the outside world.

The bathhouse was empty and dimly lit.

The floor was wet and covered with a layer of moisture. With a dripping sound, a drop of water dripped from somewhere and hit the tiled floor.

Familiar environment, familiar everything, except the sign hanging above the aisle that said "If you feel shy, you can close the door while washing!" is gone.

Instead, there was a demon moon emitting a bright white light.

Time, 10:59 pm, only one minute left.

Fu Xiaoju and Liu Yu have become very abstract.

Fu Xiaoju was hanging on Bird Brother, with a lot of foam from his chin to his thighs. He was still vomiting continuously. His body had become as thin as a piece of paper, so light that it seemed like it would fly away if blown away.

Only Liu Yuze's two legs still maintained their original shape. His upper body had completely turned into a mixture of mud, sand and foam, rising and falling like a fountain.

His face had already slid down to his thighs. He was spinning in the flowing mud and sand, his eyes wide open, and he was calling out in a daze, "Soap," "My soap"...

Lu Zhongnian put Liu Yu down, ran forward two steps, jumped up lightly, stepped on the wall, reached out and grabbed the Devil's Moon that was stuck high on the wall!

After his feet landed on the ground, he turned sideways to look at Mu Yu, moved his lips, and said a few words silently - see you in the next copy.

Mu Yuwei nodded.

Lu Zhongnian tightened his five fingers and crushed the Devil's Moon in his hand.

*

Time: 9:30pm.

In the bathhouse lobby.

"Shit!" When Liu Yu suddenly came to his senses, he was falling backwards.

He quickly reached out to hold on to the wall, sat firmly, and then stared at his hands and legs with wide eyes, shouting excitedly: "I, I'm back! I'm back to normal!"

Zhao Anyi's soul also returned to his body. He sweated and said, "So you knew you were hit. I thought you had completely lost consciousness..."

"I was sane the whole time. I just couldn't control my behavior. Damn, I'm scared to death. It's so disgusting. I don't want to eat soap at all!"

Fu Xiaoju sat on the small stool, stiff for a second, and then his body slowly relaxed... He raised his head and collapsed there...

…………Isn’t this too thrilling?!

He almost died in this dungeon!!

Bird Brother also breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and secretly congratulated himself for having escaped another disaster.

Principal Dou looked at his body thoughtfully, then looked at the other people.

Soon, like Mu Yu, he fixed his eyes on Wang Shi.

The entire lobby fell silent.

Wang Shi stood up expressionlessly, without saying hello or any other reaction, he left the bathhouse silently and disappeared into the night.

"...People who died in the copy will become like this when they return to reality?" Principal Dou asked softly.

"Yes," Mu Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "But we now believe that there will be a day in the future when they can come back."

The silence lasted for a moment.

Everyone was silent, each with their own mixed thoughts.

Suddenly, a figure walked in from outside. The man was dragging a mop and swaying while humming a song.

Seeing Principal Dou, he was startled: "Principal, why are you here?!"

Everyone stared at him in silence.

The old man was still wearing his same white sweatshirt that he had worn for years. I don’t know how many of the same style he bought. Now that the weather was cold, he just put on a jacket on the outside. He looked full of energy and much more energetic than young people.

On his wrinkled face, his eyes were wide open, and his shocked expression was vivid, completely different from the expressionless old man in the previous copy...

...But to be honest, they already have a psychological trauma towards Lao Li...

Old Li was surrounded by strange gazes and got goose bumps all over his body. "What are you doing? Want to take a shower? Then go in and take a shower quickly. If you're any later, the shop will close!"

Zhao Anyi said depressedly: "It's because there is no room inside!"

Otherwise, he would have finished washing it long ago, so how could he wait until the copy came?

Old Li raised his chin: "Don't we have a seat now?"

Everyone turned their heads to look.

Seven or eight students who had just finished taking a shower came out, and on the electronic screen at the front desk, the bright red number changed from 0 to 7.

Everyone:"…………"

Is this ever going to end? They don’t want to see this electronic screen anymore. Take it away, take it away quickly! !

Principal Dou covered his forehead helplessly and said, "I'll pay for it. Lao Li, please replace this electronic screen."

Old Li: "Huh, why? This thing is not broken, Principal!"

*

The copy is finished, it would be unreasonable not to take a bath.

Fortunately, the bathhouse in reality was not empty, and many students who had not finished taking a bath were still inside.

The sound of splashing water and the occasional loud conversation added a touch of human touch to this place where a strange dungeon had just taken place, making the two new players Zhao Anyi and Liu Yu less scared.

Along the way, they admired the naked men with gratified eyes.

The naked men covered their bodies in shock and shyness, watching the group of people surrounding Principal Dou as they passed by.

There was whispering all the way.

"Fuck! Why is Principal Dou here too?!"

"Who are those people surrounding Principal Dou? Why do they seem to be very familiar with Principal Dou?"

"Fuck, they went into the shower together!"

"Fuck, they closed the door!"

"What the hell, Principal Dou brought student leaders to the bathhouse to hold a meeting?"

…

In the shower room, Principal Dou turned on the shower.

The hot water splashed down and he sighed comfortably.

It’s still more comfortable to take a bath in the bathhouse.

He washed like this for a while, then opened his mouth and asked the four children crowded behind him in a gentle tone.

"…Aren't you going to find an empty shower?"

"Ah, right away," Zhao Anyi held up his phone and lowered his voice, "By the way, Principal, Mu Yu and the others have a player group!"

Bird Brother: "Principal, do you want to join the group?"

Liu Yu: "But will those people in the group be shocked when they see Principal Dou? Haha..."

Mu Yu: “Scare them to death!”

Ten o'clock at night.

Everyone in the WeChat group was chatting about "Winning 100 million tomorrow" when a group message suddenly popped up.

【"Muyu" invited "Dou" to join the group chat】