Chapter 10 Welcome Party (Ten)
6:54
Jiang Shuyue and Jing Qiao stayed where they were.
Mu Yu, Lu Chongnian, Chang Sen, and Su Mingyun ran towards the aisle together.
Soon, Chang Sen and Su Mingyun stopped in the aisle area, while Mu Yu and Lu Zhongnian continued to move forward.
Finally, they were alone. Mu Yu lowered his voice and asked, "What do you think of Jing Qiao?"
"Something's wrong."
"You think so too?" Mu Yu panted as she ran. "Normally, she should have described the monster's appearance as soon as possible, just like Senior Chang Sen, but Jing Qiao never mentioned this until you asked her."
Mu Yu had been thinking about this matter just now.
When a person escapes death from an encounter with a monster, the natural order in which he or she tells others about the events would be: the circumstances under which he or she encountered the monster, what the monster looked like, what it did to him or her, and what he or she did to escape.
Because monsters are unknown creatures, humans' fear of unknown creatures will first focus on the other party's unknown form. Therefore, whether it is on-site eyewitness observation or subsequent narration, this important point should not be missed.
Chang Sen’s narration basically conforms to the normal thinking logic.
Of course, we cannot say that people who do not conform to this narrative logic have problems. It is possible that a person is too panicked and speaks incoherently, but Jing Qiao's problem is not just this.
"Senior Chang Sen was able to notice the details of the monster even when he was at a certain distance from it. But according to Jing Qiao, the monster was almost killing her face to face, and her description of the monster was not as clear as Senior Chang Sen's."
"But it's also possible that I'm taking it for granted. When people are in a state of panic, they may not notice such details. If you think about it this way, maybe Senior Chang Sen is even more strange."
Chang Sen's description of the monster is that of a man wearing a shirt and casual pants, which seems quite strange to be so specific.
Just now he just intuitively felt that Jing Qiao was not right, so he wanted to use his eyes to remind Jiang Shuyue to be careful, but now thinking about it, he couldn't tell which one was weirder, Chang Sen or Jing Qiao.
Mu Yu even wondered if he was too nervous and overly sensitive.
Lu Zhongnian said, "It's because the monster looks so weird that I remember it so clearly."
Imagine a three-dimensional black shadow, which is obviously a black mass, but you can tell that it is a man. It has a face that is either specific or vague, and the upper body seems to be wearing a shirt, and the lower body is a pair of casual pants.
Who is it? Why does it look like this? Why is it wearing a shirt and slacks?
This kind of confusion and bewilderment will cause more fear in a person's heart, and fear will deepen the memory.
Mu Yu turned his head and looked over when he heard it: "So you still think Jing Qiao...?"
He wrinkled his nose. He had asked the question, but he couldn't figure it out.
"I don't quite understand, if she lied to us, what was her purpose?"
"She may not be lying. Aren't there monsters that can transform into human forms?" Lu Chongnian turned his head to look at him, his black eyes filled with extreme calmness. "It's common in horror movies. Maybe this is the situation we are facing now."
Mu Yu's steps paused and his pores exploded.
...Players replaced by monsters?
He really hadn't thought of this possibility. Then wouldn't Jing Qiao and Jiang Shuyue at this moment be——
The next second, Lu Zhongnian changed the subject and said, "But if she was a monster, then she could have found an opportunity to kill all of us just now, instead of just hiding information or providing false information."
"If she has no way to kill the player directly and can only use the rules to induce us, then her words are likely a mixture of truth and lies. Judging from what happened just now, her main purpose may be to mislead us into doubting the rules without basis, thereby inducing us to make mistakes."
"But this misleading information is easily disproven and has very limited effectiveness."
"After that, the most she can do is to go into the leveled dungeon and then trick her fellow travelers. Is it really meaningful if after all the hard work she put in, she only gets 1 kill?"
"So," the guy concluded casually, "if the experience just now was really caused by a monster, then the cost of the monster's disguise and transformation ability is far greater than the benefit, and the cost-effectiveness is too low. It might be a little interesting if it was put into a horror movie with sound effects and close-up shots."
Mu Yu almost tripped to death.
He didn't even know that Lu Zhongnian was also capable of telling jokes. Hmm... it was quite funny...
"So...what do you think?" he asked dryly.
Perhaps seeing that he was speechless, Lu Zhongnian smiled lightly.
Lu Zhongnian is good-looking, and he looks even better when he smiles. Mu Yu's heart suddenly started pounding. If it were any other time, he would definitely pick up his phone and secretly take a picture of him.
Lu Zhongnian said: "I don't think she is a monster, nor do I think she is lying. But I still have reservations about what she said."
Not only the monster form in the rehearsal area and the way she mentioned that she escaped death from the dancer monster, but also other details about her, all hinted that something was wrong.
But these strange things were obviously not something they could understand at the moment.
Mu Yu had just reminded Jiang Shuyue.
This huge Xinlian Theater also has an unknown prop area, and the situation here may be more complicated than the abnormality on Jing Qiao's body.
The two stopped at the door of the prop area and took a breath.
The prop area was just as it was before they left, quiet and peaceful, with items scattered all over the ground. An old glass jar deep inside was watching them silently, but the two roommates were nowhere to be seen.
Mu Yu turned his head and looked behind him.
Chang Sen and Su Mingyun quickly walked through the entire aisle area again and stopped at the entrance of a passage away from them.
Chang Sen continued to take deep breaths, and Su Mingyun nodded to them solemnly.
Farther away, Jiang Shuyue and Jing Qiao had apparently checked the entire rehearsal area again and waved to them from a distance.
Lu Zhongnian's voice always has a clear and cool feeling, like spring water in summer, which can easily calm down Mu Yu's anxiety and make him calm down quickly.
"No one here is stupid. Su Mingyun is not stupid, Chang Sen is not stupid, Jiang Shuyue is not stupid, and Jing Qiao, I don't think she is stupid either."
Mu Yu turned around and met Lu Chongnian's eyes.
Lu Zhongnian lowered his eyes and said to him, "This time, just like before, we are facing difficulties that require the concerted efforts of the whole class to overcome. Aren't you the most familiar with this kind of group activity? Do you still remember what slogan you shouted before each mobilization?"
Mu Yu was startled and whispered, "Leave it to each other, and trust everyone."
"Yes," Lu Zhongnian smiled, "So don't worry anymore, squad leader."
At this moment, Mu Yu felt touched in his heart.
Lu Chongnian even remembered these words.
He thought quietly, then took a deep breath and nodded heavily.
Yes, we must believe that everyone can solve the problems they face, and at this moment, he also has his mission.
Not only do you have to clear the item area copy... you also have to deal with Lu Chongnian.
Mu Yu would never let Lu Chongnian die in this place.
He adjusted his glasses, calmed down, and looked at the room in front of him with Lu Chongnian.
"Let's go in."
6:55
Mu Yu and Lu Zhongnian took their right feet out together and stepped into the prop area.
The soles of the sneakers touched the ground without making any noticeable sound.
Inside the room, the incandescent light tube flickered, and the field of vision flickered between bright and dark.
One step, two steps, stand still.
In the quiet room, one could vaguely hear the fluent introduction of the host on the stage. The two boys standing at the entrance silently raised their guard.
The debris on the floor lay motionless, and the closed empty glass jar deep in the room remained silent.
Quiet.
Nothing unusual happened.
Mu Yu blinked, quickly turned around, and met the eyes of Su Mingyun and Chang Sen on the other side of the aisle.
...The black wall did not descend and the graded copy was not triggered!
This means two possibilities. One is that the graded copy cannot be triggered again. The other is that they have to wait until all the first batch of players who entered the graded copy have finished before they can start the second round!
If it is the latter case, then the two roommates may not have failed yet!
They are probably still alive!
However, the joy only lasted three seconds, and changes happened in an instant.
The last second, Su Mingyun at the other end of the aisle was still jumping with excitement.
The next second, the entrance to the prop area in sight turned into a dead blackness, and the sound coming from the stage was instantly cut off.
A strong sense of gaze came from behind, and Mu Yu turned around suddenly!
Lu Zhongnian stretched out his hand to protect him and said softly, "It has changed."
The room has changed.
There were twice as many things scattered on the ground as before, including lighters, tapes, papers, pieces of wood, etc. It was a mess, so many that there was no place to step.
Gulp.
It was like the sound made when a large stream of water suddenly surged out of an empty water pipe, squeezing out the air inside.
Mu Yu and Lu Chongnian quietly tensed their bodies and stared at the huge glass tank deep in the room.
The glass jar had become very clean at some point, as if it had just been used, with many water droplets still hanging on the wall.
The glass top cover is always tightly covered on top, and inside the closed space, water just flows out from the void and quickly pours into the glass tank.
The water level rose rapidly, the water waves were shaking, and the huge water tank was being filled quickly.
With a plop.
A huge, long object was suddenly squeezed out of the "water pipe" and fell into the water. It absorbed water like a sponge and expanded into the shape of a human body in a blink of an eye.
The boy with a shaved head among the roommates.
He floated in the tank, motionless.
His face was pale, his mouth was wide open, his pupils were dark and lifeless, and he stared at them intently.
His expression was hideous, frozen in the moment of pain and despair before death.
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