Chapter 48 New Rules
In the women's restroom.
Lin Han stood in front of the sink, washing his T-shirt mechanically.
The water was changed again and again, and finally it turned from reddish-brown to clear water, and no more messy pieces of meat and unknown substances were washed out, but the white clothes were still stained, and they remained a light pink that never faded, or maybe light yellow.
The bathroom was too dark. Even if Lin Han took the clothes and looked at them carefully, she couldn't determine their current color.
But he didn't think much about it. He just squeezed the clothes in his hands dry, leaving a little water, and then wiped his body.
There are marks left by the ghost all over his body, and it is really unbearable to look at it without washing it off.
His hair was also wet, so he washed his hair under the faucet.
He removed the pump device originally used to hold hand sanitizer from the wall. The hand sanitizer inside had solidified and dried into lumps. Lin Han had used some of it when washing clothes, and there was still some left. He scooped it all out and put it on his head, mixing it with water and rubbing it to make some bubbles.
The dust in the sink had been washed away by now, revealing the original white porcelain surface. When the foam fell on it, it looked black, flowing along the water flow into the dark drain, and the sound of water flowing in the pipe could be heard.
Lin Han closed his eyes, doing his own thing, unwilling to look anymore.
There was a mirror in front of the sink, which was just enough to reflect Lin Han's half-wet body. He took off his shirt, which looked frighteningly white in this almost pitch-black environment. When he looked up again, his face was also pale, and with the light of water, it looked like a close-up of a toilet scene in some horror movie.
Wen stood behind him, staring straight at Lin Han who was standing in front of him. He had no expression, the stitches on his lips were taut, and he didn't even blink, making him look more like a ghost.
Behind him, the doors of the two rows of toilet cubicles were almost all open, with only two half-closed. It was pitch black inside, and even with the doors open, he couldn't see anything.
This kind of scene should have scared Lin Han.
He thought of the time when he and Song Ziyi watched horror movies together. They knew that the women's restroom was the most frightening area in such movies, but even if they put their hands to cover their eyes, they would still stare outside through the gaps between their fingers and not let go for a moment. They wanted to see the darkness and fear hidden inside. Anyway, even if they jumped out of fright, they would just embarrass themselves together and laugh at each other.
But at this time, Lin Han was clearly in the middle of it, but his eyes were dull and expressionless. His hands were doing what he was doing, and his eyes were looking at what he could see, like a robot that had no reaction to anything in the outside world.
He was stunned for a moment when he saw Wen in the mirror, but he didn't react excessively. He just lowered his head and took another scoop of water to wash his face. When he lowered his head, his eyes were open, and emotions such as fear, horror, and confusion seemed to flash through his mind, but none of them could control him.
His body seemed to be marinated by the stench. Even after washing again and again, Lin Han's nose still smelled not only of the dust, but also of a sweet, fishy, and foul smell that could not be erased.
With a dull face, he washed his pants as well, wrung them out together, and then put them back on.
It was as cold here as in the hall, as if there was a central air-conditioning outlet blowing cold air towards him above his head. For Lin Han, who was wearing wet clothes that he had just wrung out as hard as he could, it was almost freezing to the point of shivering.
But he showed no expression, nor did he hug his arms to keep warm. He just stood there, slightly bent over as if a little tired, looking somewhat similar to Wen.
It was a bit strange but not strange at the same time, Lin Han thought to himself. He felt that Wen's performance was what an experienced senior should have.
He even wanted to laugh. Mingming Wen was closer to the door than him and had stayed at the door longer than him, but he was the only one who was in such a mess, while others were still clean. It seemed that there were only a few drops of blood on his trouser legs, which were dripped from Lin Han's body and splashed on him.
He also looked down at Wen's trouser legs and found that it was indeed the case.
Lin Han opened his mouth, but for a moment he felt like he couldn't speak anymore. After thinking for a while, he finally said, "Let's go."
Wen didn't answer, nor would he answer, so Lin Han didn't wait for him and pushed the door open first. At that moment, he decided to take back his previous evaluation. The hall was colder than the bathroom, and the cold air almost penetrated every crevice in his bones.
It was too cold, and Lin Han felt inexplicably aggrieved and the corners of his eyes were a little hot.
He wanted to cry, but he held it back in the end. He pushed the door open very gentlemanly, and waited for Wen to come out before he actually walked out towards the green light.
Right next to the counter, near the corner of the emergency exit, there was actually a small path. Lin Han and Wen hadn't noticed it before. They only saw it by chance when they were moving to another place. It was pitch black inside, but there were two doors at the end. After pushing open the door, there was actually light inside, which was the equally dim light from the street lamp coming in from the window.
Behind one door was the men's restroom, and behind the other door was the women's restroom, both of which looked equally eerie and scary. But at that time, Lin Han lowered his head to look at himself and the water marks that had been dripping along with him all the way, and decided to go in and clean himself up.
The sink in the men's restroom collapsed and there was no water, so Lin Han chose the women's restroom.
Although toilets are not safe places in horror movies, Lin Han still chose the more dangerous one between the two.
At that time, he knew that he was going to do something dangerous, so he followed his thoughts and walked in. Wen had no objection, so he followed Lin Han in.
Now they were out again, standing between the options of a fire exit and a lower level.
The darkness on both sides was like a giant mouth that could swallow everything. Lin Han stood there, not knowing which side to choose. Neither seemed safe. Moreover, his wet clothes stuck tightly to his body, and the cold wind blowing from all directions made him almost unconscious.
He subconsciously took a step back, moving closer to Wen, and sighed softly.
There was still warmth around him. Even though he had been in such an air-conditioned environment for so long, his body was not affected at all.
Lin Han looked back at him, and Wen also lowered his head. Lin Han opened his mouth to say something, but realized that he was the only one who could speak in this copy. Wen could not speak because of the "punishment". Suddenly, he felt lonely as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.
I'm the only one who can speak... How strange.
He turned his head again and looked down at his hands. His fingertips were covered with white wrinkles due to being soaked in water.
The lights went out again in an instant.
The green light of the "emergency exit" above his head disappeared, and the light in the space under the elevator next to him also went out. In an instant, nothing could be seen clearly. Lin Han could only hear the metal collision sound of the escalator turning, and a little sound of flowing wind coming from the emergency exit.
He moved back half a step, very close, so close that he could hear Wen's heartbeat again.
Then Lin Han felt completely relieved.
He seemed to be walking on the edge of a cliff, but somehow he grabbed a rope that felt so safe that it lifted his spirits.
It turns out that a good teammate is very important.
Lin Han could even make a harmless joke at this time.
He said, "We have to stay here for who knows how long. If you can't eat...should we leave before you starve to death?"
People can survive for a few days without food, and from Lin Han's perception, it seems that they have not been in this copy for long. Even if Wen is really hungry because he can't eat, now does not seem to be the time to consider this matter.
Even Lin Han himself didn't feel hungry at all, as if his stomach was numb.
Not only his stomach, but his entire body felt numb.
Wen didn't say anything, but every movement in the darkness was amplified. Even with the sound of the escalator turning as the background, Lin Han still heard Wen shaking his head.
When communicating with Wen, he had to guess the intention behind every action of the other party.
Is it that he won't starve to death, or that we don't have to leave before he starves to death, or... there is no need to wait until he starves to death, this copy will end.
Lin Han suddenly thought of the mission requirement, "Be the last person alive." He opened the system panel that he always ignored, and then he actually saw a new message in it.
[The only main quest in the dungeon: Become the last person standing. (8/10)]
Lin Han had never met any other players besides Wen, so where they couldn't see, two players in this copy had already lost their game qualifications. Perhaps they were dealt with by other players, or perhaps they were caught by ghosts.
Lin Han hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Besides us, there are six other people."
The lights suddenly came on again.
This time the lights were off for quite a while, so when they suddenly came on, Lin Han could hardly open his eyes. He covered his eyes with his hands for a long time before blinking so that he could see normally. Then he saw Wen squatting down beside him.
Wen began to write on the dusty ground. This time there was no cardboard around for him to use, so he used a poster.
[There is another person in the scene we came out of]
He died after the door was locked.
Lin Han was stunned for a moment, and grasped the new rules from Wen's words.
There are seven scenes in the escape room, and each scene has an exit door. When the door is not locked, players can move freely in the scene, hide from the ghosts in it, or choose to escape from the scene. But after the door is locked, perhaps because the scene has been completely isolated, players who have not escaped will also be blocked in and lose their qualification to play the game.
But Lin Han was not completely sure about the information Wen gave this time, because they could not see the other players in the scene. Even though Wen had met them before and knew that there was a third person in their scene, he did find that the 9/10 after the task requirements became 8/10 at the moment the door was locked, and he could not be 100% sure that the person who died was really the one in their scene.
Maybe it was just a coincidence that a player in another scene died at that moment, completing the reduction in numbers?
He also has a guess: after the player leaves the scene, the door to leave the scene is also open to ghosts.
Just like before, before they left, the ghost clearly came from the direction of the door, but did not successfully leave, instead wandering around. But after they left, the ghost did not go looking for the other person in the scene, but came out even when it reached the door...
But Lin Han didn't say much.
At this moment, his goals are the same as Wen's.
They needed to lock the other six doors, as quickly as possible.
Before other players escape.
Before the ghost escapes.
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