Chapter 4 Welcome Party (Part 4)
Before discussing what the "Monster Generator" was, no one had really thought that one of the ten of them might know -
Know what the monster generator looks like, know what they are facing.
Therefore, as soon as Mu Yu asked the question, everyone instantly became very tense, and the looks they gave each other became wary and inquiring.
But judging from everyone's reactions - assuming there isn't an actor with exceptional acting skills among them - this is indeed the first time that everyone here has encountered this kind of dungeon game.
Mu Yu retracted his scanning gaze and thought: "It seems that our understanding of the monster generator is indeed zero."
Then you can only start from scratch honestly.
"First of all, we are not sure whether this thing looks like an ordinary object. Maybe a table, a chair, and a microphone are the monster generator. Among the extremely large number of similar objects in the venue, which one is our target? Maybe we can find some relevant clues."
"But it's also possible that the monster generator is just something that looks particularly strange."
Mu Yu's words seemed to have magical power, and everyone slowly calmed down and sorted out their thoughts.
"If it's the latter - it can't be very big, otherwise we would find it at a glance."
Mu Yu spoke as he looked around.
The others couldn't help but look over with him.
Even though the light in such a large theater was dim, it was enough to make sure that there was nothing noticeable or strange within the field of vision.
The audience continued to watch the performance with concentration and enjoyment, the staff were walking back and forth under the stage, and the singers were singing on the stage.
There were only ten of them gathered in a corner, analyzing in fear and whispering a strange problem they were facing that could not be known to "outsiders".
"It will definitely not be put out in the open."
"But no matter how strange it looks, its specific location should be related to the monster," Mu Yu paused, "but I don't think those spectators are real 'monsters'."
Someone retorted: "Why? If they eat people, they are not monsters?"
Mu Yu had been thinking about this question all the way here, but no matter how he looked at it——
"As long as we don't wake them up, they won't eat people. If you try to chat with them, and talk about topics that are not related to the dungeon, they might even be able to chat with you normally."
Mu Yu was very suspicious. Everything had already happened when Lao Er was discussing with him whether the tall guy standing in the last row was the campus hunk of Lian University.
But at that time his mind was on Lu Zhongnian, and he didn't notice that something was wrong with the second brother at all.
"Even if they ate people, Article 3 of the 'New Lotus Theater Rules of Use' can constrain their behavior," Mu Yu stated his intuition, "Rather than saying they are monsters, I think they are more like NPCs. And these NPCs give me the feeling that they are them but not them."
Therefore, he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that Ye Sui was not among them at the moment.
Perhaps the real Ye Sui and those audiences are not in this theater at the moment, but in another very safe, real Xinlian Theater.
But if those NPCs are really themselves, then things will become troublesome.
What will happen if an NPC eats a human?
The tall man didn't follow Mu Yu's thoughts for a moment, his attention was still on Mu Yu's previous sentence.
He almost thought he remembered it wrongly. He glanced at the program in the girl's hand and said incredulously, "Wait, are you saying that the rule of not opening food and drinks with strange smells can stop those 'audiences' from eating people?"
"It's true," said the guy in the back row who had just come down with Mu Yu. His hands were covered in blood. He was the most embarrassed one among them. His voice was very hoarse. "We just tried it. It really works."
Everyone was shocked.
Huh? So, they are all "smelly food and drink"? This is simply-
Everyone's face turned pale.
——Even if this rule can protect them, they can't be happy now!
Mu Yu withdrew his thoughts.
What will happen to Ye Sui and the rest of the audience will only be known after they break this copy.
He asked another question: "Was anyone in Area A just now?"
A group of people looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Just now I saw something coming out of the ground in Area A. I don't know if it was a monster, but it's possible that I was seeing things."
After all, Mu Yu’s eyesight isn’t that good.
He could only put this question aside for the time being: "Generally speaking, our current goal is one, and two at the same time."
Mu Yu first extended his index finger, then spread out his middle finger, making a "2".
"First, as you all know, we need to find the monster generator. But finding the monster generator may also mean that we will encounter real monsters, so the second point is to protect ourselves when encountering monsters."
"I suggest you split into twos and leave no one alone. Once the song is over, the five groups will spread out throughout the theater looking for clues."
"If you find any suspicious items, if you think you can destroy them on the spot or bring them back, do so; if you don't dare to touch them and can't bring them back, take a photo with your phone. After a round of searching, everyone will return here and meet up quickly."
No one had any objections. At this time, they needed someone to act as a "brain" to efficiently organize the division of labor and solve the problem.
A boy with a shaved head immediately took a photo of the boy next to him who was wearing a flirty floral shirt and said, "We are roommates, we work in pairs."
The boy in the floral shirt nodded quickly.
The girl who actively raised her hand to indicate that she had read infinite flow novels said, "Well, my name is Su Mingyun, and I'm a freshman majoring in human resources. Is there anyone who wants to be in a group with me?"
Another girl who was slightly shorter than her had neat short hair and a delicate look with a hint of coolness. She was surprised and said, "No wonder I thought you looked familiar. I'm a freshman in the Finance Department. I think we have met in class before."
The Department of Finance and the Department of Human Resources are in the same college.
Su Mingyun's eyes lit up, and she felt like "fellow villagers meeting each other": "Classmate, what's your name? Do you want to be a team with me?"
"My name is Jing Qiao," Jing Qiao hesitated, "My fighting skills are not very good, how about you?"
Su Mingyun froze, forgetting that when searching the entire place later, he might encounter unknown real monsters: "I, I'm not very good at it..."
"Then we two should not get together..."
"Um……"
The tall man spoke at the right time: "I'm from the first year of Lianda University, my name is Jiang Shuyue. If you don't mind, you can have someone join me in a group."
The only boy who ran out to the outer corridor to look has now recovered a little, and his face is not as ugly as before: "I am from the new foreign language school, my name is Wang Lei, I will group them casually, whoever wants to be in the same group with me is fine."
Xinwai is also one of the Xinlian F7, and its full name is Xinlian Foreign Languages University.
It seems that there are indeed a lot of students from other schools coming to watch the welcome party today.
The guy who came down with Mu Yu said hesitantly: "I'm a sophomore in civil engineering. I'm not the only old person here, am I? You are all freshmen?"
A boy with dark skin said, "I'm also a sophomore, majoring in Chinese. My name is Hong Huanyu. What's yours?"
Senior Tumu quickly said, "My name is Chang Sen."
Mu Yu and Lu Zhongnian were the only ones who hadn't introduced themselves.
Mu Yu simply said, "My name is Mu Yu, and I'm a freshman in computer science."
Lu Chongnian was more concise: "Lian Da, Lu Chongnian."
Su Mingyun looked at Lu Zhongnian and then at Jiang Shuyue: "Both of you grew up together? Then——"
Lu Zhongnian raised his hand, pressed it on the top of Mu Yu's head, and said calmly: "I'm in the same group with him."
Everyone was stunned.
Mu Yu's ears turned red, and she coughed lightly and explained, "We were high school classmates."
Everyone understood and envy appeared in their eyes.
Whether it is Mu Yu's group or the roommate group, it is a kind of psychological comfort to have a familiar person around in such an environment.
There was not much time left in the song, so they didn't dwell on the grouping for too long.
Finally, it was decided that two sophomores would form a group, Su Mingyun and Jiang Shuyue in one group, and Jing Qiao and Wang Lei in another group.
The ten people just happened to form a circle. At this moment, everyone lowered their heads. Jiang Shuyue whispered, "You science and engineering students know the structure of this theater better. You can divide the search blocks."
Suddenly, everyone looked at Chang Sen and Hong Huanyu - as seniors, they had been on this campus longer and should know more about the Xinlian Theater than a bunch of freshmen.
The two looked at each other, Chang Sen cleared his throat and said:
"Let me do it. When I was a freshman, I helped the student union organize the college's New Year's Eve party. I'm quite familiar with this place."
"First of all, you should already know that the Xinlian Theater is divided into the outer field and the inner field. In addition to the stage, the inner field is a circular auditorium. Starting from the north, the auditorium is divided into four areas: A, B, C, and D in a clockwise direction. There is a passage between each area, and each passage leads to the outer field."
"The outer field is also circular, with the corridor occupying about half of the space. Only the two passages between the AD area and the DC area can connect the corridor and the inner field."
Everyone nodded in unison. They had just walked into the inner field from the corridor through these two passages.
"The remaining half of the outer field can be roughly divided into four parts. These four parts cannot be entered directly from the two ends of the corridor. They can only be entered from the inner field."
Chang Sen turned his upper body, stretched out his arms, and pointed to the passage where the A and B area auditoriums intersected.
"Walk in through the middle passage between area A and B. The left side is what we call the rehearsal area, and the right side is the waiting area."
The fingertips slid across the entire B area and moved not far behind them.
"Walk in from the passage in the middle of the BC area. There is an empty area on the left. There is nothing there, just some sundries. It is considered an internal aisle. On the right is where we store our daily props. These four areas are actually connected, so we can search them all in one go."
"I suggest that we arrange a few more teams in the inner field, and those in the outer field will have to run a few more steps. As long as we speed up, we should be able to finish the search in no time."
Jing Qiao said, "Then we have three groups of people in the inner field and two groups of people in the outer field. If the people in the outer field have not found any effective clues after searching, they can go into the inner field to help. How do you think?"
No one has any objection.
The two groups responsible for the outfield needed better physical strength, so they quickly decided to have the sophomore group and the roommate group take charge. These four boys looked the most evenly built.
Mu Yu wanted to check on Ye Sui, but he didn't know which audience area Ye Sui's students from the School of Science were sitting in.
Hong Huanyu said: "I know this. The School of Science is probably in Area A next to us."
——Is that the area where the monster that just came out of the ground appeared?
Mu Yu frowned—that Ye Sui? !
Then he calmed down again.
Ye Sui is also a person who can calm down easily. When he is calm enough, he would not go against the "rules" when he knows that the situation is wrong, so the person who turned on the flashlight just now could not be him.
Such psychological comfort may not be very friendly to the flashlight student, but Mu Yu really can't care about so much now.
He and Lu Chongnian claimed the entire area of Area A and half of Area B.
Su Mingyun and Jiang Shuyue claimed the other half of Area B and the entire Area C.
Jing Qiao and Wang Lei claimed the entire D area and the surrounding area under the stage.
Everyone was divided into groups and the song was coming to an end.
They quickly reminded each other of the rules and taboos that needed to be paid attention to, and then fell into a strange silence before taking action.
You look at me and I look at you. No one knows where the real monster will appear, what it will look like, what it will do to them, and whether any of them will die.
Everyone's heart was beating fast and heavy, with fear, uneasiness and confusion intertwined together. This kind of silence was the most depressing and unbearable.
Su Mingyun pursed her lips, wanting to liven up the atmosphere. She didn't want everyone to be so heavy-hearted as if they were standing in front of her grave, so she rolled her eyes and asked Lu Zhongnian in a gossipy tone, "Hey, classmate, are you the handsome boy in the Law School of Lian University?"
After these words were spoken, Lu Chongnian was stunned, Mu Yu's ears moved, and Jiang Shuyue next to Su Mingyun had a strange expression.
He looked at Lu Chongnian with an ambiguous look.
The attention of the other few people was successfully diverted, and they all turned their eyes to Lu Chongnian.
...It must be said that when Jiang Shuyue first introduced himself as being from Lian University, they were nervous but also secretly wondered in their hearts whether Jiang Shuyue was the popular Lian University hunk who had been in the limelight recently. After all, they all had gossip groups and they all knew that the Lian University hunk was here today.
Although among the ten people present, there was one person who had hardly spoken a word but had been glanced at furtively three, four, five, or six times since he showed up - the sources of the glances were both male and female - but Jiang Shuyue was indeed handsome enough, and he just happened to be the daughter of Lian Da, right?
...It was not until Lu Chongnian said that he was also from Lian University that they were sure: Yes, this guy must be the campus hunk of Lian University.
Damn, this talent isn’t from their science and engineering department?
This guy is so handsome. If Jiang Shuyue's handsomeness is the top handsomeness among ordinary boys, then Lu Zhongnian's handsomeness is probably the top level in the entertainment industry.
Saying this seems to lower his level a bit - Lu Zhongnian has the kind of appearance that all boys and girls can imagine, the white moonlight school hunk who only exists in books, with facial features that seem to be drawn.
Of course, this complicated and tortuous mental journey, mixed with all the bloody and bizarre death scenes and the current threat of death, is not suitable to be spoken out now. Only Su Mingyun is crazy enough to really ask it.
Lu Zhongnian was silent for a moment, and only said, "I'm from the Department of Mathematics."
Everyone:"?"
So the information about the major of the most handsome boy at Lian University was wrong?
After Mu Yu got the answer, he nodded secretly and thought, Lu Chongnian is indeed from the Department of Mathematics, so how could he remember it wrong.
Jiang Shuyue's expression became even weirder.
On the stage, the singer sang the last high note, and the high-pitched voice tightened their brain nerves into a thread. Infinite pressure descended from the sky, like a huge bronze tripod, covering the sky and the sun and smashing down on them.
There was only calmness in Lu Zhongnian's black eyes.
He did not give them another chance to be distracted, and reminded them softly and quickly:
"Remember to pay attention to the time. I noticed that the program changed at 6:15. Is there anyone who changed it earlier than this time?"
Everyone recalled and shook their heads quickly.
Some people didn't pay attention to the time at all, while some did pay attention to it, but the time was about the same as Lu Chongnian's.
"So, assuming the time limit of the instance is 7:15, for safety reasons, we can move the estimated end time of the instance forward by two to three minutes."
"It's 6:28 now, and we have about 45 minutes left, but we can only move freely when the host is on stage, so the rhythm is actually very tight."
"The fourth to sixth performances on the program are songs, crosstalk, and poetry recitation, respectively. The total duration is about twelve to fifteen minutes. Try to search the entire venue during these three performances. After the poetry recitation, come back here to gather, okay?"
Everyone nodded quickly, no problem.
They all have to run, make good use of every minute, and maintain a high level of concentration at all times.
Mu Yu took out his own program sheet and said, "Whoever doesn't have a rule sheet, I'll give it to you."
Su Mingyun glanced at Lu Zhongnian's empty hands and asked, "Is it okay for the two of you not to bring a copy of the rule sheet?"
Mu Yu said naturally, "We have memorized them all."
Everyone:"…………"
Then look at Lu Zhongnian's calm and non-refutation. OK, they are indeed high school classmates. They know each other without even making eye contact. What a tacit understanding and good memory...
Jing Qiao and Wang Lei didn't remember to bring this thing when they hurried down here just now.
Jing Qiao took it with both hands, very embarrassed: "Thank you, big boss!"
The last melody gradually fades out.
Mu Yu glanced at everyone and asked, "Anything else you want to add?"
Jiang Shuyue didn't know what he was thinking, and suddenly said, "Just because we can't contact the outside world doesn't mean we can't contact each other. You can exchange contact information and call directly if you need help."
This was almost an invalid suggestion, because the final time was not enough for them to exchange contact information.
However, Wang Lei, who was standing next to Jiang Shuyue, hurriedly entered his cell phone number and dialed the number before hanging up immediately, leaving a record in his phone.
The third song performance was over and the host came on stage.
"Everyone, please be safe."
I don't know who left these last words of advice, but everyone ran at full speed in all directions.
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