Chapter 75 Let’s take a bath together! (XII)
Mu Yu's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.
Fu Xiaoju was choking and vomiting, and the khaki foam quickly spread out. He stretched out his hand and waved, signaling Mu Yu to stay away and not get close to him.
Mu Yu focused on the shapes of the bubbles.
…They flowed normally, showing no vitality, unlike the bubbles formed in the Wang Shi!
Mu Yu made a prompt decision, pulled Fu Xiaoju and walked out: "Let's go out first!"
There was no time to put on clothes, and the two went straight back to the lobby.
Upon seeing their appearance, Lu Zhongnian, Zhao Anyi and Liu Yu stood up at the same time: "What's going on... Why is he like this?!"
Mu Yu first went to look at the electronic screen on the front desk.
After the electronic screen went black for one second, a new number popped up - 5.
——It’s exactly the number corresponding to the five people left!
At this moment, Fu Xiaoju was shaking all over, with foam constantly coming out of his mouth.
Mu Yu quickly explained to them the situation in the bathhouse and the latest clues he had obtained. Lu Chongnian frowned, took off his sweatshirt and put it on Mu Yu.
He is bigger than Mu Yu, and when this sweatshirt is put on Mu Yu, the hem directly hangs on his thighs.
Lu Zhongnian took out the quick-drying clothes from his bag and put them on himself.
After putting them on, he looked at Fu Xiaoju, who was blowing bubbles and looking at him eagerly.
He said calmly: "As long as we make it in time, we won't die."
Fu Xiaoju: "..." He is not asking for comfort! !
Why didn't Brother Lu cover his tender body for him? It would be good to wrap his chest with a towel, hmm!
Zhao Anyi was shocked after hearing what Mu Yu said: "...Principal Dou asked us to go to District 3 in the odd rounds? But didn't Wang Shi get into trouble in District 3 in the odd rounds?!"
Liu Yu asked anxiously, "Mu Yu, are you sure it was Principal Dou who was talking to you? Could that voice have been made up by the copy to deceive us?!"
And the purpose is to trick them into going to Area 3 and turning them all into bubbles?
Mu Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "I think that voice was Principal Dou himself."
But it is undeniable that Zone 3 in odd-numbered rounds is deadly dangerous.
The biggest problem now is...
He and Lu Chongnian would definitely be willing to go to Zone 3 on their own initiative, but there was only one point left on his campus card, and Lu Chongnian only had two points left, so the two of them couldn't turn on the shower in Zone 3 at all.
Zhao Anyi and Liu Yu looked at each other.
Zhao Anyi still has 3 points left, and Liu Yu still has 4 points left. Of the two of them, the only one who can still keep the points after going to Area 3 is Liu Yu...
Liu Yu's face turned pale and he stammered, "I..."
He, he doesn't dare...
At this time, Fu Xiaoju raised his hand tremblingly, attracting everyone's attention.
And this glance made their scalps tingle.
——Fu Xiaoju actually deflated.
Just like a balloon that had lost air, Fu Xiaoju's skin began to wrinkle, sag inward, and turn darker in color. He seemed to be rapidly losing vitality and shrinking.
His voice became hoarse, as if he had instantly turned into a 70-year-old man: "...I...I still have 3 points, I'll go..."
Zhao Anyi blurted out: "How can you go! You will have no points left after you finish these 3 points, and how can you go to Zone 3 in your current state?"
Even if the player is not doomed to die in Area 3, he can still have a chance of survival if he tries hard. However, considering Fu Xiaoju's current condition, he will definitely not survive if he goes there!
Fu Xiaoju was gasping for breath, and his chest seemed to be bellowing: "I, I may really not be able to make it. Cough, even if I don't go to District 3..." He spit out a bunch of foam again.
Zhao Anyi said loudly: "But if we can crack the copy before you completely..., you might be able to..."
Survived!
However, he couldn't say the rest.
Because he has no right to speak, and he only has 3 points left. If he goes to Area 3, he will not be able to enter the world inside the wall through Area 1.
For a moment, the whole lobby fell silent.
"…I'll go!"
Liu Yu stood up.
His face was still bloodless, his voice was trembling, and he looked like he was about to cry, but he said, "You won't necessarily die if you go to Area 3, right?"
Mu Yu moved his lips and whispered, "Senior Wang Shi turned into foam probably because he was showered in the water over there... If we can get some clues by showering over there, then there should be a certain time difference between the shower and the player's complete death."
How long players stay underwater may determine whether they have any chance of survival.
And Wang Shi would die...most likely because he was attracted by clues that appeared in a form unknown to them and stayed under the shower for too long.
During the whole process, he might not even feel any pain.
By the time I realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
Liu Yu bit her lip after hearing what Mu Yu said.
He was still very scared and didn't want to die.
But people like Mu Yu, Lu Chongnian and others used up so many points because they had been trying hard to find clues and save their partners throughout the entire copy game today.
They worked hard and desperately, and now at this critical moment... How could he continue to hide behind his friends and be a coward...
Although Liu Yu is not a person who cares about face, most of the time he would rather give up and be a coward, but in the current situation... if they give up to the end, everyone will just die together!
He tried hard to overcome his inner fear and mustered up his courage: "Then... let's go! If we can get the last and most crucial clue this time, we should be able to completely solve this dungeon!"
“It should be.”
Liu Yu took a deep breath.
He wants to leave the copy... They want to leave the copy!
On the front desk, the small electronic screen faced them calmly with its bright red "5".
Mu Yu and Lu Chongnian held Fu Xiaoju, Liu Yu and Zhao Anyi led the way, and the five of them entered the locker room together.
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Since this was probably the last round, no one bothered to change clothes or anything and just went straight into the bathhouse.
There are no octopus monsters on odd-numbered rounds, so they can go straight to their destination.
Fu Xiaoju's entire body had shrunk to two-thirds of its original size.
It seemed as if the bones in his body no longer existed. If left alone, he would probably shrivel up into a thin layer of skin right in front of them.
Lu Zhongnian said: "I will send him into the wall first, and you go to Area 3."
"good!"
Everyone acted separately.
Mu Yu, Zhao Anyi and Liu Yu ran to Area 3. They randomly chose a shower room and pulled open the curtain.
Liu Yu swiped the card tremblingly. In order not to give himself the chance to regret, he turned on the shower head and poured it over his head without waiting for Zhao Anyi and Mu Yu to react.
Mu Yu and Zhao Anyi stared at him closely.
The warm water splashed down, quickly soaking Liu Yu's hair. He closed his eyes and stuttered, "Am I doing this right? Is this how District 3 gets clues?"
The stance he was using now was the same one he used when he was listening to the whispers in Area 2.
But if the clues in Area 3 also appeared in the form of whispers, then Liu Yu should have heard it by now.
Mu Yu frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Senior, turn around and face the wall."
Liu Yu turned around obediently. He raised his hand to wipe the water off his face, opened his eyes subconsciously, and then stood there in a daze.
Mu Yu asked sharply: "What did you see?"
"There's a picture on the wall," Liu Yu said in amazement. "No, it's a TV, like a television!"
Mu Yu and Zhao Anyi immediately looked at the white tile wall, but they saw nothing.
"What's on 'TV'?"
"The picture is very dark... It seems to be a room with grids... Damn, it's Principal Dou!" Liu Yu was excited and waved his hand towards the wall, "Principal Dou, can you see me?"
Mu Yu and Zhao Anyi were shocked - can you make a video call?!
The function of Zone 3 is to allow players to directly see the other side of the world? !
Liu Yujin said excitedly: "Principal Dou saw me! He was writing with his hands. What is it... Zhao? Zhao?? Is he talking about you, Zhao Anyi?"
Zhao Anyi stepped forward nervously: "The principal mentioned me? What's the matter?"
Liu Yu was still trying to read: "...You were calling Lu's name? The principal said you were calling Lu Zhongnian's name? Is that what you mean?"
Zhao Anyi and Mu Yu were stunned.
Why is Zhao Anyi calling Lu Chongnian? Isn't he standing here just fine?
Mu Yu's thoughts turned, and his pupils suddenly contracted: "Principal Dou was talking about what happened when Lu Zhongnian and Senior Zhao went into the bathhouse together! Didn't you call out Lu Zhongnian's name in the locker room at the end?"
At that time, Mu Yu and the others in the lobby heard Zhao Anyi's shrill screams!
Zhao Anyi was stunned again.
He thought of this and asked in confusion: "…But why did the principal bring this up?"
"——Because I didn't hear your call, senior, in the bathhouse at that time." Lu Zhongnian's voice suddenly appeared behind them.
Zhao Anyi and Mu Yu turned around.
Lu Zhongnian had already sent Fu Xiaoju into the wall. He took a breath, walked over and said, "Senior, you haven't heard any noise from the bathhouse since you entered the locker room, right?"
"But Principal Dou and the others heard it in the world inside the wall."
Lu Zhongnian turned his gaze and landed on the white tiled wall.
"It's obvious that the world inside the wall, the locker room, and the lobby are an integrated world. The bathhouse we are in now is not one of them. Principal Dou is proving to us that he has entered the correct world inside the wall, and he is himself."
……I see! !
Liu Yu shouted again at this time: "I, I saw something else!"
He stretched his neck forward as if he wanted to see more clearly: "...Next to Principal Dou is Brother Niao. The two of them are in a cubicle, and Fu Xiaoju is in the room next to them. There are seven rooms in total in the world over there, and five of them are empty!"
"... The doors of the compartments, ah, every door seems to be locked, they can't open it, the door lock seems to show... 3... 7? It's 3, a slash, 7!"
3/7?
Mu Yu, Lu Chongnian and Zhao Anyi quickly exchanged glances.
Isn't 7 the total number of players they have now? 3 is the number of players who have entered that world so far!
If this set of numbers becomes 7/7, will the seven doors be unlocked automatically?
And the monster generator may be in the world outside those seven doors...
Zhao Anyi asked nervously: "In that case, shall we go to Area 1 now?"
"Wait, wait, there seems to be something else!" Liu Yu refused to leave from under the shower. He shouted, "There seems to be another row of rooms outside the cubicle where Principal Dou and the others are. Let me take another look!"
"...There are also seven rooms, in a row, right next to them. If they open the door of their room... they will go directly into those rooms! And in those rooms are, are octopus monsters!"
"——There are five octopus monsters in seven rooms, and only two rooms are empty!"
Mu Yu and the others were stunned.
Five octopuses? Isn't that the total number of octopuses that entered the "fake world" in the even-numbered rounds?
They were actually right in front of Principal Dou and the others. The real and fake worlds were separated by just a door?!
Do Principal Dou and the others know?
Mu Yu thought about it for a moment and was sure, no, they definitely didn't know -
The reason why Principal Dou asked them to come to Area 3 was probably because they could only vaguely perceive in that world that players could see what the real world looked like in Area 3!
They must also be wondering whether the real world will be different from what they expected, and this difference will directly determine the survival of the players!
Think about it carefully, if these four people did not choose to come to Area 3 now, but directly entered the world inside the wall, the final result would most likely be that everyone opened their own doors, and five of them would be caught off guard by the octopus monster opposite the door and be eaten directly!
When Mu Yu thought of this, a chill ran down his spine.
Zhao Anyi asked again: "Then how can we leave these monsters' room? Do we have to kick them?"
Liu Yu looked very hard: "The two empty rooms in the row of rooms with the octopus monster also have 3 bars and 7 on their door locks. The unlocking conditions of those rooms are the same as ours!"
——In other words, as long as they all enter the world inside the wall together and gather in the two rooms corresponding to the two rooms without octopus monsters, they can open the two doors and get out!
Thinking of this, Mu Yu calmed down and said, "Senior Liu, come out quickly!"
"Wait, let me see if there are any other..."
They waited for a while, but saw no movement, so they urged again: "Senior Liu, if you have nothing else, please come out!"
Liu Yu still said the same thing: "Let me take another look...!"
Lu Zhongnian suddenly took a step forward, stretched out his hand to press Liu Yu's shoulders, and pulled him over with force.
At this moment, Zhao Anyi took a breath.
——Liu Yu’s face was crooked!!
His entire face had hung down at a 90-degree angle, and beneath the face was a large amount of yellow mud and sand, which kept flowing down, creating bubbles one after another!
Liu Yu twisted his neck hard, as if trying to adjust his perspective. His eyes were filled with confusion: "Why are you looking at me like that...ah...the perspective is so weird...why, what's going on..."
His face skin was still sliding down bit by bit, sliding down to his neck.
The eyes, nose, and cheeks all rose and fell with the mud and sand flowing underneath.
Wherever the face passed, his skin, flesh, and bones all began to turn into mud and sand, and large amounts of bubbles emerged from the mud and sand, like huge tumors.
"It feels a bit dirty... I want soap... to wash it clean..." Liu Yu began to mutter unconsciously, "Did you... bring soap?"
Mu Yu gritted his teeth.
He and Lu Chongnian stepped over and each held one of Liu Yu's arms.
Mu Yu shouted, "Senior Zhao, let's go!"
Zhao Anyi came back to his senses from the shock and stumbled after them as they ran towards Area 1.
Arriving at Area 1, they randomly lifted the curtain of a shower room. Mu Yu snatched the card from Liu Yu's hand and swiped it on the card reader. The small screen showed that the points in Liu Yu's card had returned to zero.
"Senior, keep your eyes on this wall!" He and Lu Zhongnian tried hard to support Liu Yu.
"I... am so dirty... I need soap..."
Liu Yu's face had already slid down onto his chest, turning 180 degrees...
A large amount of mud and sand condensed together and began to bulge and stretch forward, pushing up the face and rising high like a snake.
Zhao Anyi raised his head and stared at the scene: "Fuck..."
Liu Yu muttered to himself as he stretched his "neck" as far as he could. The "neck" turned in the air and reached out towards Mu Yu and Lu Chongnian behind him.
The eyes on that face stared at the two of them, and bubbles kept coming out of its mouth: "Soap... Do you have... soap..."
Zhao Anyi was so frightened that his legs went weak and he had to hold onto the door frame to stand up straight.
Mu Yu was glad at this moment that he had brought soap with him just in case!
He picked up his piece of soap and threw it towards the wall!
Liu Yu twisted his "neck" instantly and chased after the soap like a catapult. In the blink of an eye, he was sucked into the wall!
Mu Yu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned around and said to Zhao Anyi, "Senior, you're next!"
Zhao Anyi didn't dare to waste time, and hurriedly stepped forward to swipe the card to shower and enter the wall.
Lu Zhongnian whispered to Mu Yu, "You go in, I'll go last."
Mu Yu didn't waste any words, nodded and reminded: "Hurry up."
After saying this, he entered the wall in the same way -
It felt strange to be walking through a wall.
For a moment, Mu Yu felt as if his whole body was filled with cement. He became very heavy and felt like he was falling.
However, there was a force that attracted him, causing him to involuntarily take one step, two steps, three steps forward.
Then, the heaviness suddenly left every part of my body.
Mu Yu took a deep breath, like a drowning person floating out of the water, then leaned forward and fell to the ground.
He choked, then quickly raised his head and looked around.
He was in a small, dimly lit room, with a shower behind him and a floor-to-ceiling door in front of him. There was a small screen where the door lock was, displaying a set of golden numbers - 6/7.
There are many old scratches on the floor, the tiled wall behind, and the partitions on the left and right sides. Everything exudes a sense of oldness. However, the fact is that this is more in line with the appearance of the science and technology bathhouse in Mu Yu's memory!
It was not until this moment that he suddenly realized something.
The rules mentioned "door" countless times - "close the door", "door gap" - but they didn't realize that the bathhouse they were in before had no "door" at all, only "curtain".
The rules had already given them a hint that it was not a real bathhouse at all!
At this moment, Principal Dou's gentle voice came from his left: "Student Mu?"
Mu Yu's eyes lit up and he responded, "Principal, I'm here!"
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