Chapter 038: Eating Watermelon at the Ladder Apartment (4)

Liu Tang walked into the room tentatively. He did not feel suffocated by drowning, and his clothes were not wet.

It seems that although this room appears to be underwater, it is actually breathable.

After Du Qiuyun arrived with his grandmother, he looked at the room and said with emotion, "This room looks so big."

Liu Tang and Mo Qianhe started from the main gate and walked to the left and right respectively. They stretched out their hands to test the boundary of the space and soon touched the curved wall of air.

The two of them walked along the air wall, passed the doors on the left and right, and finally met at the window. Their route formed a circle, the same size as the other rooms.

Mo Qianhe concluded: "It seems that although this room looks large, the actual range of movement is still the size of an apartment floor."

Liu Tang looked through the window at the gray sky outside and felt that the room was becoming increasingly stuffy.

When Zhou Songyang finally arrived at the room and looked at the scene inside, he said with a familiar feeling, "This feels a lot like diving."

He pushed Pavilion Master Ji, who was still blocking the door, and closed the main door behind him.

Hearing the "click" sound of the door lock closing, Ji Zehan's pupils shrank and he felt that breathing became difficult.

The others didn't notice anything unusual and waited for the changes in the room.

A few seconds later, they saw a child's figure on the water surface flapping a few times, as if his legs were cramping, and his body movements became more and more chaotic.

They heard the figure making an anxious sound. Although they couldn't hear what he shouted specifically in the water, everyone guessed that it was most likely a cry for help.

Then another anxious voice came from the shore. Through the rolling and chaotic water, everyone could only see a tiny figure.

The figure struggling in the water began to sink, and the players saw clearly that it was a rabbit.

It's the little rabbit that's about to drown.

Several people began to frown.

The little rabbit kept struggling, and they could feel his extreme desire to survive.

But as more and more water poured into his lungs, he could draw less and less oxygen.

The little rabbit's movements gradually slowed down, and finally it twitched a few times, spitting out huge bubbles from its mouth, and finally it sank down with its eyes wide open.

The video ended and the room was dead silent.

Although it was just an anthropomorphic rabbit, the painful scene of it struggling on the brink of death still made people feel terrified.

One person opened the door first and rushed out of the room, followed by the second, the third, the fourth and the fifth...

In the live broadcast room, the screen was blank for a while before a barrage of comments appeared:

"Oh my god, my palms are cold!"

"Where is my wife Liu Tang?! I need a hug and comfort from my wife!"

"It was so scary! My gore-blocking function didn't work at all. I was completely frightened!"

"Strongly request that the live broadcast room add a 'death screen blocking' function!"

On the spiral staircase outside the apartment door, the crazy girl Feng Xiansu was vomiting all over the place, and next to her was her brother who was afraid of heights and couldn't help vomiting.

Although Du Qiuyun looked unhappy, he had seen many scenes in the dungeon, so he did not have a particularly strong reaction.

But her grandmother said she wanted to get some fresh air, so the girl helped the old lady stand on the stairs outside.

Most elderly people cannot bear to see children die young, it is heartbreaking to see.

However, the outside of the apartment was also gloomy and scorched earth, not much better than the room.

Liu Tang was in a heavy mood, with a hint of worry in his heart.

He followed the others out of the room, turned his head, and saw the first person rushing out of the room.

The man was leaning against the wall, his face was pale and his head was covered in cold sweat.

His usually cold and hard expression now became a little twitchy and distorted as he tried to hide his panic.

Liu Tang squatted down worriedly, took out a tissue and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He asked, "Ji Zehan, you said you've experienced the moment of death repeatedly for decades... Could it be that you drowned?"

Hearing the word "drowning", Ji Zehan's body shook uncontrollably and he looked at Liu Tang for help.

Liu Tang understood everything.

He finally understood what the so-called "special care of the system" meant.

Not only did Ji Zehan draw a dungeon for which he didn't know the specific strategy, but he also encountered the most frightening environment and images in the dungeon.

Mo Qianhe followed Liu Tang and witnessed the whole process.

He whispered to Liu Tang, explaining, "That's why many high-scoring players in the Hell Rest Area choose to control their scores. They'd rather not complete the level than suffer in the dungeon, or even die."

Liu Tang frowned and looked at Mo Qianhe: "How to control the score?"

Mo Qianhe smiled and said, "Spend a lot of points to buy time in the rest area, consume and entertain yourself in the rest area, buy expensive and rare props, and spend your points below the 'safety line' of 8,000 points before continuing to pass the level."

Liu Tang nodded.

At this moment, they heard Ji Zehan whisper something, and the fear in his eyes instantly faded away, as if he had become a different person.

Liu Tang looked at Ji Zehan and asked with a curious mind: "You... have a dual personality?"

Mo Qianhe on the side: "..."

Pavilion Master Ji looked at Liu Tang coldly and replied, "I used my innate ability to help me overcome my deepest fear."

Liu Tang noticed that the man looked at him with a strange expression and asked, "Do you still recognize me?"

Pavilion Master Ji nodded, stood up, and put a label on the handrail outside the door. He replied to the person behind him: "You are my benefactor Liu Tang. Hurry and pass the customs."

After saying that, he walked back to the reservoir room.

Mo Qianhe pulled Liu Tang up from the ground and followed his pace.

Liu Tang pondered Ji Zehan's changes and understood: "His innate ability not only blocks his fear but also suppresses his other emotions. No wonder he usually looks cold and seems particularly unworldly. It turns out it's a side effect of his innate ability."

Mo Qianhe sighed: "It should be. President Jiang will have to bear it."

There was another round of discussion in the live broadcast room:

"What did Mosaic say? Why did Mo the Liar say 'it should be'?"

"So Pavilion Master Ji's innate ability is to overcome inner fear?"

"I just realized that Pavilion Master Ji is afraid of water!"

"It's over, it's over. Our Pavilion Master Ji won't be exploited by others in this weak spot anymore!"

"Who would go against Pavilion Master Ji for no reason? Don't worry about what will happen next."

"What do you mean by 'President Jiang has something to suffer'? I feel like I've just eaten a huge melon!"

"Ah, I miss my wife who loves melons so much. I want to share this melon with her!"

Returning to the reservoir room, they named it "Reservoir Room 0". After opening the doors on the left and right sides of the room, they found that it was the same as the situation in Rabbit Mother's house before, with countless repeated rooms connected horizontally.

Liu Tang analyzed all the information he had received, feeling somewhat confused. "So far, we still haven't figured out the relationship between these plots and the floors, nor do we understand what truth these plots are trying to reveal."

Ji Zehan thought for a moment and said, "The room to the left of Room 0 in the reservoir must contain footage of Little Rabbit before he drowned. If the plot of the dungeon revolves around Little Rabbit drowning, then the information before his drowning should be of little use. Let's go directly to the room on the right and check out the situation."

Feng Xiansu and her brother had eased their vomiting by this point, and they followed the main group into the room to the right of Reservoir Room 0. Ji Zehan named this room "Reservoir Room 1" according to the rules, and asked the last person to enter to close the left door.

The video starts playing.

Everyone saw the little rabbit floating lifelessly in the water. Then a huge figure jumped in from the surface, hugged him and brought him out of the water.

They saw clearly that it was a fat otter that picked up the rabbit.

Du Qiuyun held onto his grandmother's arm and wondered, "Did the otter retrieve the little rabbit's body?"

After the video ends, the group continues to the right, to the second room on the right, named "Reservoir Room 2".

This time, the only image playing in the room was the still shaking water surface.

A vague voice came from the shore. I couldn't hear the content clearly, but I could feel the intense emotions in the voice.

Zhou Songyang finally recovered from his nausea and said, "Maybe the otter tried to rescue the little rabbit after he was rescued?"

Feng Xiansu opened the main door and turned to the others, saying, "It seems nothing will happen in the reservoir. Should we go check out the other rooms?"

Ji Zehan ignored the girl. To be on the safe side, he continued walking towards Room 3 of the reservoir.

In the video, the shaking of the water surface became gentler and the sounds coming from the shore became more frequent.

Du Qiuyun guessed, "I guess the other animals have arrived too, because they're discussing the little rabbit's matter."

Feng Xiansu said impatiently, "I'll tell you what I mean. I guess you won't understand."

After saying that, she opened the main door, walked to the railing, grabbed the railing and looked up and down, feeling the palms of her hands were particularly warm.

The girl shouted to the people behind her in surprise, "We should be around the 50th floor of the apartment building. The distance up and down looks about the same!"

The others followed and came out to see, while Ji Zehan returned to the main door of Room 1 and marked the handrail.

Liu Tang saw Ji Zehan appear a few floors below them.

Feng Xiansu exclaimed, "Ah, that ice man is on the lower floor. Let's go to Room 1!"

Several people rushed to Room No. 1 of the reservoir.

Passing Room 2, several people opened the door to confirm the floor to be on the safe side.

Realizing that the height was now above Room 0 of the reservoir, he turned around and left, bumping into Ji Zehan who had returned to mark the railing of Room 2.

Zhou Songyang clearly felt that this person's aura of "keep away from strangers" was even stronger.

He turned around to take another look at the man's back before asking Mo Qianhe who was walking over: "Brother Mo, do we have to go up the stairs again to see if there are other rooms?"

Although Mo Qianhe still had doubts, he did not deny the other party's proposal and replied, "Okay."

Liu Tang was still confused. "What on earth is this copy for? I still don't understand it."

When Liu Tang walked out of the main door of Room No. 1 of the reservoir and walked down holding the handrail, he felt that the metal railing seemed to have become a little warmer. He didn't know if it was his illusion.

He mentioned this to Mo Qianhe.

Mo Qianhe looked over the entire apartment and said with some concern: "I have a bad association."

Liu Tang was about to ask when Ji Zehan, who had caught up from behind, coldly explained, "This is the 'Bronze Pillar Hell'. Where do you think the bronze pillar is in this instance?"

Liu Tang understood what he meant and quickened his pace as he spoke: "The entire cylindrical apartment building is like a giant copper column. Will its temperature gradually increase over time?"

Mo Qianhe glanced at Ji Zehan, who had interrupted him, with some displeasure before speaking, "I guess so. So even though there wasn't a time limit for clearing this dungeon at the beginning, the speed at which the temperature is rising has already limited our time. Once the temperature gets too high for the human body to handle, we'll probably be scalded to death."

Feng Xiansu, who was walking ahead, heard their discussion and exclaimed, "Then what are you guys still dawdling about? Hurry up!"

After saying that, she took two steps at a time, squeezed past a few people, pulled up her brother who was still the last one to slowly go down the stairs on his butt, and dragged him downstairs.

Liu Tang looked at Feng Xiansu with some admiration and said, "Don't think she's a little crazy, but she's still quite capable."

Mo Qianhe said unhappily, "You really know how to find the shining points in others."

Liu Tang felt that this person seemed a little jealous, and quickly added: "Of course, it still can't compare with Boss Mo."

Feng Xiansu dragged her brother along as they walked past them, sneering, "I'm about to become a teppanyaki, so stop flirting here!"

Mo Qiangan: "..."

Can you please not interpret our innocent friendship in this way!

Du Qiuyun, who was walking in front, had already arrived at the room downstairs with his grandmother.

She reached out to open the door and found that the temperature of the door handle was indeed significantly higher than that of her palm.

The girl helped her grandmother into the room and saw a large grassland in the room and a cylindrical apartment standing not far away.

The apartment was very similar to the one they were in now, except that it was not on a high floor.

Du Qiuyun counted and found there were only six layers.

She let go of her grandmother's hand and explored the surroundings herself. She found that this place was the same as the reservoir room. Only the circular area was open for movement, and the rest of the place was isolated by air walls.

Mo Qianhe, who entered later, looked at the scenery in the room and said, "It seems that this is what the apartment originally looked like. It's just that in the copy, the same rooms are stacked up continuously, forming a height of hundreds of floors."

After everyone entered the room, Ji Zehan, who walked last, closed the door.

The sky in the room gradually darkened. It was obviously night, and the stars and the crescent moon could be vaguely seen in the sky.

But the brightest thing was not the moon, but the apartment in the distance.

Everyone saw that the apartment was burning and making a huge sound of airflow.

Liu Tang looked at the blazing flames and murmured, "What on earth happened? Why did the apartment catch fire?"

Ji Zehan's calm voice came: "Maybe this is why the temperature in the apartment is getting higher and higher."