Chapter 70 Let’s take a bath together! (Part 7)
A few minutes ago.
Zhao Anyi looked at the octopus monster blocking his door, the corners of his mouth twitching, thinking that the day was probably over, so he might as well pack up, take a bath and go peacefully.
He closed his eyes, took a step back, turned on the shower and showered himself in the water, clasping his hands together. At this moment, the Buddha's light shone upon him, and his heart was trembling as he struck the electronic wooden fish for himself...
As a result, after closing his eyes for two or three seconds, there was no movement. He quietly opened one eye and found that the octopus monster was gone!
He was stunned, stepped out and looked - the octopus monster had already sucked the ceiling and the ground with its tentacles and walked to the passage in a messy manner.
And just as he stuck his head out, the octopus monster seemed to sense something, turned around abruptly, and stared at him fiercely with its gray-white eyes... It rushed over to him in a mess, sucking its head against the wall!
Zhao Anyi was frightened and went back into the cubicle, hiding in the shower.
...and then there was silence again!
He was deeply puzzled and looked out again, only to find that the octopus monster had once again walked towards the passage with its back to him.
Likewise, the moment he poked his head out, the octopus turned around and pounced on him...
…
After repeating this process several times like a bug, Zhao Anyi finally understood something!
This time, he saw with his own eyes the octopus monster running towards him with its fangs and claws bared. When it arrived at the door of his compartment, he stared at the monster without blinking, took a step back into the water, and saw...
The octopus monster is frozen!
It froze in place, as if under a spell, facing him at a distance of half a meter, staring at him.
The octopus monster was panting, with a fierce look in its eyes. If it were a human, it would probably have gnashed its teeth by now, but it didn't even step into the compartment!
Two seconds later, the octopus monster turned around and left angrily.
Zhao Anyi touched his chest, his heart pounding. He yelled at the top of his voice, "Lu Chongnian! Lu Chongnian!"
"Lu Chongnian, please stand still. I have discovered something. Please stand still and listen to me!"
*
In Area 1, Lu Zhongnian heard Zhao Anyi's shout, paused, and responded loudly: "I'm listening."
Zhao Anyi heard Lu Chongnian's voice and confirmed that he was safe and sound, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
He concentrated, repeating the movements of "step out of the shower" and "get back under the shower", constantly hanging the monster and yelling, "Are you still taking a shower now?!"
Lu Zhongnian looked back at the lonely shower head spraying water in the cubicle behind him: "...No, do you need me to wash it?"
"Yes, yes, yes, go back under the shower first!"
Lu Zhongnian returned to the compartment.
The hot water poured down, wetting his clothes again. He said calmly, "I'm washing them now."
In Zone 3, Zhao Anyi found that the monster's action pattern had not changed. It was still the same as before, so he shouted, "That octopus monster is out again. I found that as long as I don't take a shower, it will come to me, but as soon as I get in the water, it will go away and look for you! The shower in Zone 3 seems to be able to protect the player, but the shower in Zone 1 doesn't seem to work!"
If the shower in Area 1 could also protect the player, then when he and Lu Chongnian were taking a shower at the same time, this monster should not have gone to Area 1 so clearly!
After listening to Zhao Anyi's words, Lu Chongnian thought for a moment.
The octopus monster has indeed appeared again, but what is the triggering mechanism? ... Is it because the player swipes the card to take a shower?
That is - after the player swipes into the shower, the monster will walk out of its cubicle and linger outside?
The showerhead in zone 3 is a protective umbrella for players, but it’s not the case in zone 1… so what about zone 2?
Lu Chongnian made a prompt decision, turned off the shower, and rushed to area 2.
He originally wanted to choose the shower room near the passage, but then he changed his mind and ran a few steps inside and chose the innermost cubicle.
Just go in, swipe your card, turn on the shower, and it's all done in one go.
As the scalding hot water rushed down, he immediately shouted, "Senior, try getting in the shower now!"
"good!"
Soon, both Zhao Anyi and Lu Chongnian discovered that the octopus monster began to wander in the passage.
It walked aimlessly from Area 3 to Area 2, and from Area 2 back to Area 3, going back and forth in this short distance, growling angrily.
The answer is obvious - shower heads in zones 3 and 2 can protect players, only shower heads in zone 1 cannot!
When both players step out of the shower range, the octopus monster will probably choose to attack the player closest to it.
Now that I have figured out the routine, it's time to think about how to get out - the ten-minute shower time will soon be over.
Lu Zhongnian turned off the shower.
At this moment, the octopus monster paused, and immediately used its tentacles to stick to the tile wall, and crawled towards Area 2 with its claws and fangs bared.
Lu Zhongnian's calm and low voice echoed throughout the bathhouse.
"Senior, we have to get ready to go out now. When I yell 'run', you run to the bathhouse entrance as fast as you can!"
"Ah? This is starting now?" Zhao Anyi's voice sounded flustered. "Okay, okay! I get it!"
Lu Chongnian stared at the monster that was rushing towards him like a shield covering the sky and the sun.
Five meters, four meters, three meters...
The tentacles kept sucking on the tiles, then breaking free and sucking forward.
The octopus monster was like a giant tank, constantly rolling over him. It roared angrily as if it had been fooled. The sound waves vibrated the entire bathhouse, and even the light bulbs flickered, but Lu Chongnian remained unmoved.
He paid attention to the distance between them, until the thick purple-red tentacle was only half a meter away from him, he shouted decisively: "Run!"
In the passage, Zhao Anyi's figure flashed by.
The next second, Lu Zhongnian took a step back.
The octopus monster pounced, but it was too late.
It watched helplessly as the prey that was once within its grasp returned to the shower range of the shower head, and even closed its eyes in front of it, as if it didn't take it seriously at all. It was so angry that it roared and screamed madly, and its tentacles slapped the floor tiles on both sides, creating cracks.
Lu Zhongnian did not waste this moment of time and opportunity.
He ignored the distraction of the octopus monster's roar, pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
...Soon, amid the sound of splashing water, he heard the quiet whisper.
“…Is anyone there?”
"Student Lu, is that you?"
Lu Zhongnian remained calm and did not respond.
The voice that sounded very much like Principal Dou said to him quickly: "...Student Lu, listen carefully to me, you all must get inside the wall!"
Lu Chongnian's brows twitched slightly.
"Here is the real way to crack the dungeon! The passage to leave the dungeon is in the world inside the wall!"
The whispers were anxious and urging.
"Come in from Area 1, any cubicle will do, get inside the tiles!"
"You already know how to get in, right?!"
"——Lu Chongnian, I'm at the door, come out quickly!!" Zhao Anyi's heart-wrenching cry suddenly rang out.
Lu Zhongnian suddenly opened his eyes, and the quiet whisper stopped abruptly.
His dark eyes were calm as he turned off the shower, grabbed his belongings and rushed out.
On the other side, Zhao Anyi's back was already against the plastic curtain at the entrance of the bathhouse. He was only one step away from returning to the changing room... but he couldn't retreat yet!
He stood there trembling, attracting the octopus monster's firepower, watching the giant octopus pounce on him angrily. Soon, Lu Chongnian's figure appeared from Area 2!
Zhao Anyi was delighted... and then he discovered a shocking bug...
…The monster is trapped between the two of them. How is Lu Zhongnian going to get around the monster and get out?!
I'm going to die!
Just as Zhao Anyi was about to collapse, something even more devastating happened over there—
Suddenly, another figure blocking out the sky and the sun appeared in Area 3.
...A second giant octopus appeared! !
The newly appeared octopus monster roared excitedly, and waved its tentacles more vigorously. It pounced towards Lu Chongnian quickly, and Lu Chongnian was trapped between two octopus monsters!
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Anyi could no longer even see Lu Chongnian's figure. He was swallowed up by the chaotic flying purple-red tentacles.
"Lu Chongnian! Lu Chongnian!" Zhao Anyi was terrified, fearing that he would see severed limbs or something flying out in the next second.
However, Lu Zhongnian's voice came out, and the boy's voice was still very calm.
"Senior, you go out first!"
Zhao Anyi was going crazy: "Ah? What are you going to do if I go out?!"
"Don't worry about it, get out first!"
Zhao Anyi's chest heaved. He gritted his teeth, turned around abruptly, lifted the curtain and stepped out.
The moment Zhao Anyi went out, Lu Chongnian ducked to avoid the tentacles, turned a corner, and ran into Area 1!
The two octopus monsters followed him and squeezed into Area 1. Their huge bodies pressed against each other, forcing them to stagnate at the entrance of the shower area for a few seconds. They roared angrily at each other.
Taking advantage of these few seconds, Lu Zhongnian ran into the innermost shower room and swiped his card to turn on the shower.
As the hot water poured down on him, he turned around, panting, with his back to the cubicle door, and stared at his own figure on the white tile wall.
Just like last time.
As I stared at it, the figure that was so close to me began to seem a little strange.
It's obviously him, but it doesn't look like him.
The face of the person on the wall was blurry, and there was a hint of weirdness in his eyes, which made people want to move closer and closer to see whether it was their illusion or real.
Lu Zhongnian's wet eyelashes drooped and fell on his feet.
…What happens when your toes touch this wall?
The roar and vibration sounds were approaching rapidly.
A huge dancing black shadow suddenly appeared behind him, covering his shadow on the wall.
Lu Zhongnian raised his eyes again and stared at the scene. He did not turn around.
...To go in or not to go in?
Countless tentacles squeezed into this small space, slamming into the walls, causing water droplets to fly.
A fierce, eerie and damp chill rolled in, the monster's roar was right beside his ears, and two huge, abyss-like mouths opened behind his head.
——
The next second, Lu Chongnian bent down and dodged.
Two huge purple-red objects passed him and rushed into the white tile wall one after another!
*
Zhao Anyi kept yelling outside the bathhouse: "Lu Chongnian—Lu Chongnian!"
After he came out, he could no longer hear any sound from the bathhouse!
At the beginning, he could still see the two huge purple-red shadows dancing back and forth through a mosaic-like plastic curtain. But when the two huge shadows moved to Area 1, he could no longer see anything.
He was wet all over and looked at the time on his mobile phone anxiously.
There is only one minute left before the ten-minute deadline.
...More than forty seconds left!
...more than thirty seconds!
...more than twenty seconds!
Zhao Anyi gasped for breath and broke down crying, "Lu Chongnian, are you out yet?! If something happens to you, how am I going to talk to your wife——"
A black shadow appeared behind the plastic curtain, and the curtain was suddenly lifted up!
Lu Chongnian stepped out.
"——Explain!!!"
Zhao Anyi was stunned, his eyes blurred with tears: "…………hiccup!"
The boy was unharmed. He glanced at Zhao Anyi with his cold black eyes and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.
"...Senior, I'm fine," he consoled her, "...Let's change our clothes and get out quickly."
He wiped his hair with a towel, lowered his head and passed by Zhao Anyi.
After taking two steps, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips slightly.
Zhao Anyi: “…………”
Damn, didn’t you see how broken I was? How could the word “wife” make you so happy?
*
As soon as the two stepped out of the locker room door, everyone gathered around them.
Mu Yu rushed to Lu Zhongnian, held his arm, and looked him up and down with a tense face: "What happened just now? We heard the senior's shouting outside!"
Seeing how nervous he was, Lu Zhongnian's lips curled up again.
Zhao Anyi: “…”
Are you starting to savor those three words again? !
Damn, they had such a big fight in the bathhouse, but this guy only remembered these three words in the end! Conservative handsome guy! Love-minded handsome guy!
"I'm fine," Lu Zhongnian said softly to Mu Yu, "I encountered a little accident, but it's been resolved. I'm not injured."
Mu Yu slowly relaxed only after confirming that Lu Zhongnian was indeed safe and sound.
Just now they heard Zhao Anyi's heart-wrenching cry from inside, and Mu Yu's heart almost jumped out of his throat.
"Look, the electronic screen is black again!"
Following Liu Yu's shout, everyone looked at the electronic screen on the front desk.
The small electronic screen had gone completely dark.
A second later, it popped up a new number - a bright red "3".
In the next round, three players will enter!
Amid the uproar, Fu Xiaoju scratched his head and asked, "How did this number increase?"
Lu Zhongnian said: "It should be related to the number of monsters."
"We got a lot of clues on this trip," he thought of something and said to Mu Yu, "I went to Area 2 and heard Principal Dou's voice, but--"
"It's the exact opposite of what you heard."
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