Chapter 310 Is this the most critical issue?
Jian Yue had never thought that the hall on the first floor would be so quiet, silent and empty. It was very quiet and empty here. There was nothing in the endless empty hall that could be seen everywhere.
Nothing, nothing, naturally there is no way.
Talking in the empty space has an echo.
Because Leo cursed: "What the hell?!"
The sound continued to echo in the empty hall, and the people who heard it were filled with despair in their hearts and eyes.
Little Li said: "No buddy, what the hell is this floor?!"
People came out of the elevator one after another. There was silence, a boundless silence. Everyone dispersed and started looking around at the same time.
It's no use.
It's all glass, and there's thick fog outside, layer upon layer of fog.
Tiantian said: "What's going on? How could this happen? Didn't we say that we would complete the task when we got to the first floor?"
Jian Yue opened the entire system panel and took a look at it. Then he said calmly, "The system's mission states that the first adventurer to find the building's exit will receive a bonus of one million. Please successfully survive in the building for more than 15 days, reach the first floor of the building, and leave the building."
Everyone looked at him.
Jian Yue pushed his glasses and said calmly, "Have you noticed that finding the exit of the building, reaching the first floor of the building, and leaving the building are all calculated separately for rewards?"
Everyone suddenly realized.
yes!
Previously, they thought that this task was a whole paragraph or a whole sentence, but now they realize that this might be two tasks! !
Li Meng raised her hand, slightly arched the back of her fingers and pressed them against her lower lip. This was a common action she used when thinking. She frowned slightly and said, "That means, we don't need the reward, can we just go to the first floor and leave?"
Jian Yue said, "Have you ever thought about this? You will get one million only if you find the exit, and the first floor may not have been the exit from the beginning, because the system's task panel always says "reach the first floor", but it does not say that the first floor is the exit. On the contrary, it says that you will be rewarded with five million only if you find the exit."
Everyone suddenly fell silent.
Silent despair spread invisibly.
Because they all realized that maybe they were all fooled by the system, and they were fooled completely. After finally going through the ordeal of life and death and reaching the first floor, they found that the first floor was not the exit at all. How desperate it was!!!
The psychological endurance of Huangmao and his group was even more fragile. Some of them had already started crying: "What the hell is this place? Is this mission deliberately trying to make things difficult for us? Does this system want us to die? Why is it so difficult to live?!"
Crying makes the whole atmosphere even heavier.
Tiantian looked back at the crying girl not far away, and she was suddenly dazed, because when she was in the first copy, she also cried at the slightest provocation.
She walked over.
The crying girl in the long skirt looked at her warily: "What's wrong? My crying doesn't bother you. If you don't cry yourself, why don't you let others cry?"
Tiantian took it down and handed her a tissue, saying, "No, I'm afraid that you'll use up a lot of energy if you cry for too long. There are many dangers in the dungeon, so you need to develop the habit of conserving your energy. I used to love crying, but later I realized that crying might easily attract monsters, putting myself and my companions in danger, and it would also reduce my concentration, so I don't cry much anymore."
The girl in the long skirt looked at Tiantian in surprise. She murmured, "You, you are so strong..."
Tiantian smiled, revealing two dimples. She shook her head and said, "No, if you have seen my first copy, you will know that I am very timid. I often can't sleep all night, I am startled all the time, and I will be scared at the slightest movement. I am not strong at all."
The girl in the long skirt was attracted by the attention. She asked, "Then how did you hold on?"
Tiantian said: "Because being alive is a good thing. Being alive means being with friends, being alive means eating delicious food, and most importantly..."
The girl in the long skirt looked at her in confusion.
Tiantian smiled and said, "The most important thing is that I learned not to give up at any time until the last moment."
The girl in the long skirt was stunned for a moment, then wiped the tears from her face and whispered, "Thank you, I understand, I will, I will try to be brave and persevere."
Tiantian said: "Okay."
Huangmao and others not far away were still very excited.
Jian Yue, Gao Fei and others have already started to check the surrounding geographical environment. There is glass everywhere and an empty floor. In fact, you can't see anything. If you stand here for a long time, you may even feel dizzy.
"There's nothing here, and the exit isn't here either." Gao Fei frowned and said, "What on earth is this floor for?"
Jian Yue said: "The mission given by the system should not have a dead end. Since we are asked to come to the first floor, there should be something or clues on the first floor."
Gao Fei sighed and said, "Let's look for it again."
Everyone found it at night.
At night, Xiao Qi took out the beds and bedding from the card space. At least everyone didn't have to sleep directly on the ground. They still had some food and could last for another two days.
The outside of the glass was even darker at night, an endless darkness. It seemed as if there was an invisible bloody mouth in the darkness that would suddenly pounce on people and bite them.
Everyone sat on the floor, and no one could sleep after the meal.
It was the yellow-haired guy who suggested, "Why don't we just smash the glass? Doesn't smashing the glass count as exporting it? Then we can get another five million! Aren't you tempted? The system said that the money earned in the dungeon can be exchanged for points in the game world to a certain extent. Wouldn't we become rich overnight?"
Everyone looked at him.
This is actually a solution, but it also has great risks. When they were on the theme park floor, they were the ones who broke the glass first and then were blackmailed by the NPC.
Gao Fei thought for a moment and said, "Don't smash it yet. We don't know what's in the fog. Let's look for it tomorrow. Maybe there's another exit."
Huangmao rarely refuted.
Because everyone felt the pain and terror, but fortunately, it was only the fourth day, and they still had enough chance to find the real exit without being forced into a desperate situation.
Day 3.
When I woke up, I was awakened by the noise outside.
Jian Yue fell asleep very late, but not long after he slept, he was awakened by the noise and movement outside. Someone shouted at the wall, "Is this really the first floor? Why is there no exit?"
Someone shouted, "We are not the first group to come down. There are still people here!"
Everyone was awakened with some surprise.
Little Leo was the most irritable when he woke up, and he kicked Gao Fei.
Gao Fei stood up speechlessly and ordered his men to use an earth shield wall to surround the resting area for everyone, blocking out the sounds and prying eyes of outsiders.
"Where did they come from?" The area not far away was where the girls slept. Tiantian sat up from the quilt and muttered, "Someone came down from the first floor?"
The others also got up.
The person on guard at night is Ji Xingle.
Ji Xingle came over and said, "It seems like he just got off the elevator. He is also a tasker, and he is here to find the exit."
Jian Yue reminded him: "The task of ordinary contestants may also be to find the exit."
Ji Xingle said: "That's true, then what are their identities?"
Some conversations can be heard outside:
"What are they doing?"
"It seems like something is blocking it!"
"Wow, isn't that a ghost?"
"Maybe it's a previous contestant!"
"Not necessarily. I heard that this building was once a very famous and popular shopping mall in the center of the city."
"What happened next? Why did it become deserted?"
"Because, because this place is haunted..."
Their conversation suddenly fell silent, which made the people listening inside feel unhappy at all.
Gao Fei had the shields removed so that they could see the people outside. Everyone looked at each other. There were three boys and two girls, and they looked quite embarrassed.
"What haunted thing were you talking about?" Gao Fei asked, "What exactly was it?"
The five people were stunned. They looked at Gao Fei and others with some confusion, and said almost innocently: "What? We didn't say anything!"
"What's haunted?" A short boy said in horror: "Isn't this just a survival game?"
Gao Fei frowned: "Didn't you say that?"
Another boy with freckles on his face said, "We really didn't say that!"
Gao Fei wanted to ask more.
Jian Yue said, "It shouldn't be them."
Gao Fei looked back at Jian Yue in confusion.
Jian Yue's hearing was the best among these people. He said, "I can tell that the voice belongs to a middle-aged man in his 40s or 50s. It doesn't match the timbre of any of these people, so it's not them."
After these words were spoken, almost everyone fell silent instantly.
Because if it wasn’t the people in front of me, then... who could it be?
This place is so empty that almost nothing can be hidden, and it is impossible for a person to disappear out of thin air. So there is only one possibility left: there really is a ghost here...
"Ah!" Someone screamed, "What on earth is on this floor?"
It was early morning and the sky outside was just beginning to brighten.
Jian Yue rubbed his brows and said, "It is possible that there are invisible taskers nearby."
These words finally brought some sanity back to people.
"Open the earth shield for a bit." Jian Yue said, "See if the sound will reappear."
Gao Fei's companion was also a man who listened to advice. He immediately opened the shield and waited nervously. Everyone held their breath at this moment, but there was no sound either outside or at this moment.
After waiting for half an hour, the whole floor was very quiet.
This is a probabilistic event.
Jian Yue said: "Remove the shield."
They looked at the five people opposite them again. They all looked young, like students. Jian Yue asked, "Are you contestants?"
The students nodded.
Jian Yue said: "Why did you participate in this competition? You should know that this competition is actually very dangerous, right?"
"We are a little short of money." The student said, "We came here to earn some living expenses. We didn't think too much before coming here. Who knew that this building would be so deceptive? It feels like there are ghosts everywhere..."
The girl behind me said, "It's all your fault! I told you not to come, we can just work and earn money if we need it, but you insisted on coming. Now you're fine!"
The boy said, "What can we do? My mother is seriously ill. She won't ask us to work now. What can we do?"
The girl who was yelled at had tears in her eyes.
The boy also cried. He hugged his sister and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I said the wrong thing. Don't cry. I will definitely find a way to get you out."
Jian Yue glanced at them and said, "Are you brothers?"
The boy said: "No, it's me and my sister, and the other three are our classmates."
It seemed like they were tricked into coming here.
Jian Yue felt a little helpless, as the place was becoming more and more lively.
Huang Mao and the others said, "Weren't you guys really playing tricks outside just now?"
"Really not." The boy said: "Why would we lie to you?!"
Several people almost started a quarrel.
Gao Fei shouted, "Alright! If you have time to argue, why not save your energy? Are you elementary school students? Can you find a way out by arguing like this?"
Everyone was silent.
Jian Yue was glad that Gao Fei and the other two were there, as he was not particularly good at handling this kind of situation.
"Just like yesterday, let's look for other places." Jian Yue said, "I don't believe there is no exit on the first floor. Even if there is no exit, there should be a place where we can summon an elevator."
After he finished speaking, everyone started to take action separately.
They searched for a long time but still found nothing.
Everyone couldn't help but discuss:
"There's really nothing."
"How strange! Is it really so hopeless?"
"Why is this floor so empty? There's nothing on it!"
Jian Yue quietly began to look at the entire floor. To be honest, the first floor of this shopping mall was very large. It had many features of ordinary large shopping malls, such as circular aisles and open glass walls. However, if he stopped to look at it at this moment, he would feel that something was unusual.
"Don't you think it's a bit strange?" Jian Yue said, "This is a shopping mall on the first floor. Why is there no storeys here? It's empty instead?"
After the words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
yes.
That's what's strange.
Jian Yue said, "The voice just said that this is the largest and most prosperous shopping mall. Generally, the first floor of a building is the most important exhibition hall, and there must be many merchants living there. Look at the upper floors, there are guest rooms, hospitals, and even theme parks, all of which are occupied by merchants. What about the first floor? Why is there no one there?"
This question hits the point.
Jian Yue looked at a few students and said, "Since you are local students, you should have been here before this building was abandoned. Do you know what goods were sold on the first floor of this building before?"
The student said, "This place used to be a place with high consumption. We have never been here."
Jian Yue said: "Even if he was just passing by, it doesn't matter. After all, this is glass, so he can be seen from the outside, right?"
Under Jian Yue's guidance, several students finally began to think seriously:
"I really can't remember..."
"What's this for sale?"
"I don't know. I feel like I've seen it before, but I don't remember it anymore..."
Jian Yue had no choice but to put away his expectations.
But at this moment, a girl whispered: "I, I seem to remember."
Jian Yue looked at him. This was the boy's sister.
My brother was surprised and asked, "How did you know that?"
My sister whispered, "I passed by here once before and wanted to use the restroom, so I came in once. It was five or six years ago, and I don't remember it very clearly."
Jian Yue said: "Do you remember what the first floor is used for?"
The girl thought about it seriously and said, "I don't remember, but it seems there were quite a lot of shops, and they sold a lot of things, and it was quite messy..."
As he spoke, everyone could only remain silent, because such clues were not useful clues.
Jian Yue was still very patient. When he was doing forensic work, he went to many scenes and met many victims. Many things were not useless just because they sounded useless. Many victims knew the key clues, but they just couldn't connect these useful clues together, so they needed someone to guide them.
"Have you discovered anything different about this building from other shopping malls?" Jian Yue said, "Any aspect is fine."
The girl thought about it seriously, then her eyes lit up and she said, "Oh, I remember now. Every store here seems to have a red and yellow painting on its door. I thought it was very special at the time and looked at it carefully."
Jian Yue immediately asked: "Do you remember what the painting looked like?"
The girl nodded and said, "I remember."
Jian Yue said: "Can you describe or draw it?"
The boy immediately said with some pride: "Others may not be able to do it, but my sister can definitely do it. She is good at art and is particularly good at drawing. If it weren't for her family, she would have gone to an art university a long time ago!"
My sister said a little embarrassedly: "I should be able to do it."
Jian Yue immediately exchanged paper and pen from the mall.
My sister took the paper and pen and started drawing on the wall not far away. She drew a pattern with her pen. The pattern was very strange and crooked. It was impossible to tell what it was. It just gave people a weird feeling.
"What the hell is this?" Little Leo said, "It looks creepy."
No one can understand this symbol.
My sister said, "I don't understand this either. I loved art at the time and we would often copy it. I thought this pattern was very special and stayed to look at it for a while. But a shop owner came out in a hurry and chased me away, telling me not to look at it. I felt so embarrassed at the time that I ran away and never came here again."
Everyone is thinking about it.
Li Meng said, "This seems to be a soul-calming talisman."
Everyone was stunned.
In fact, if Li Meng didn't say it, everyone would have forgotten that she is a professional. She is a talisman user. Most of the time, Li Meng is a relatively taciturn person, so it is not easy to be noticed.
Li Meng walked over and took a look at the shape of the talisman. After checking it several times, he finally said, "I'm sure, this is it."
Jian Yue said: "Have you seen it?"
Li Meng nodded and said, "My brother and I are orphans. We grew up in the temple when we were young. One year, a group of people who looked rich and powerful came to the temple to find the master. They wanted to draw this talisman, but my master did not agree."
Tiantian was curious: "Why?"
Li Meng said: "There are two kinds of soul-soothing talismans in this world. One is used to calm the soul. This talisman calms the soul of a living person. It is a living talisman. We often draw it. The other kind of talisman is different. This kind of talisman needs to be drawn with blood, and it must be fierce blood. It is used to suppress evil spirits. Ordinary places absolutely do not need this kind of talisman paper. Only those who are resentful and extremely fierce will use it."
Jian Yue said: "Your master didn't want to help them so he didn't draw?"
Li Meng replied, "After they left, the master said that this kind of talisman paper is actually very detrimental to morality, because it can obviously help the monster to be liberated, but it insists on suppressing it somewhere and preventing it from being reincarnated. He doesn't want to do such a thing."
This is very clear.
Even if Li Meng was not in this copy, no one would know the trick.
Tiantian suddenly realized and said, "This mall is also doing something like this! But why? This is not just a mall, why are they doing this?!"
Li Meng said: "I can't make a specific judgment, but don't you think it's strange that there are monsters on every floor of this building that can't leave? Why don't they leave? I used to think they don't want to leave, but now I think they may all be locked in here. This whole building is a cage, you can only go in but not out."
Only in, not out.
When these words came out, everyone's heart trembled.
Jian Yue said: "So now we just need to find out what is here. That should be the key to finding the exit?"
Li Meng nodded.
Jian Yue looked around carefully and asked Li Meng, "Do you think you can use the talisman paper to track down who was talking this morning?"
Li Meng shook his head: "I don't have the props to draw the talisman. The tracking talisman requires a lot of materials, which are not available here. It requires blood to draw, and it must be fierce blood to draw."
Jian Yue was silent.
But someone spoke.
The girl in the long skirt who was crying yesterday beside the yellow-haired man, she whispered: "Well, is Brother Liu's okay? I entered the dungeon with Brother Liu. When he died in Paradise, he thought it was better for people to return to their homeland. I kept a little bit of his hand and packed it up. I hope you don't mind it."
Everyone: “…”
She’s not a girl, so it’s not a question of whether you dislike her or not!
How can you say this with a normal expression? It seems that you were not the one who was scared and crying yesterday. Why is there such a contrast? !
After hearing this, Li Meng immediately said, "Okay, I'll draw it."
The girl took it out immediately. The copy on the first floor was extremely difficult and the clues were fragmented. Everyone had to piece them together to continue the copy. Li Meng exchanged a pen from the mall, took the talisman paper and started drawing.
She bit her own blood and mixed it in. Then she muttered something on the talisman paper. When she opened her eyes, she said with determination, "Go!"
The talisman paper flew up out of thin air, and the red talisman paper rose high into the air.
Everyone's eyes followed the talisman paper, wondering where it was. Only after the talisman paper slowly fell did everyone's eyes widen collectively.
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