Jiawang Swimming Pool (11) Complete
Zhang Guang is dead.
Died on the eve of the awards ceremony.
When they learned the news, Xu Wei and Lu Fan Ye had just finished dealing with the floating corpse.
Today is the last day, and the original evening schedule has been moved to the morning. The two had planned to watch a game, but the incident last night caused Lao Fang to overdraw half a day's salary, so they can only continue to work part-time.
Coming out of the utility room, I saw a circle gathered around the swimming pool. Everyone was silent, but the ghosts and passers-by were very excited.
Zhang Guang's head floated on the water, his body drifted far away, his stomach was broken open, and his intestines and flesh and blood spilled into the pool.
Xu Wei took just one look and turned away, feeling both uncomfortable and sad as a human being.
Although Zhang Guang's behavior was not pleasing to others, no one would want to see their fellow human beings being tortured to death in this way.
She knew very well that all players, whether alive or dead, were mocking pawns in the hands of the copies and ghosts, but the former had already lost, while the latter still had a chance to fight on.
"Why is he going?" Lu Fanye asked.
Brother Fan shook his head, looked at the pond and sighed: "Only one piece is missing."
When the rankings were updated today, the Player Team was still in second place, one gold medal away from the top spot.
After surviving to the last day of the dungeon, even dumb players will understand the game’s routine. The game clearly tells you that you are only one piece away from winning, just to lure players into participating in the competition.
This method seems to have a direct hook and salty bait, but in fact it is successful every time, as it induces greed and a mentality of taking chances.
On the last day, everyone survived, and this peaceful illusion gave Zhang Guang a hint - he might get injured while participating in the competition, but he wouldn't "die", right?
Xu Wei and Lu Fanye were both able to win gold medals and escape unscathed, and even teased the creatures in the copy, which gave him the illusion that "I can do it too".
Even though Lao Fang and the aunt were tempted, they were carefully persuaded by Brother Fan to stay. However, Zhang Guang was implicitly excluded from the team since he registered. Sometimes no one knew where he was, and no one sat down with him to carefully analyze the pros and cons of participating in the competition.
"He even came to us specially and said that if we didn't participate in the competition, the first prop would belong to him when he got it."
"It's a common problem for newbies, they think they are different and nothing will go wrong if they are careful. This is not a TV drama. Besides, we won't be the protagonists in the TV drama. It's too careless..." Brother Fan sighed repeatedly, saying that he felt sorry for Zhang Guang, but his eyes were fixed on Xu Wei.
In the past, Xu Wei would have reflected on herself regarding Brother Fan's indirect criticism, but now, she was too lazy to care about it and felt nothing in her heart.
"Water polo games are not supposed to be one-on-one. Normally, it should be seven-on-seven," Lu Fanye whispered to Xu Wei, "If there are only two people playing, I'm afraid the ball won't even move."
The dungeon has exaggeratedly reduced the number of players, which must be because they have taken into account that most players do not want to take risks before leaving the dungeon, so as to lure the single person who is willing to participate to die.
"It doesn't have some KPI that requires people to die, right?" Xu Wei was annoyed by this kind of obvious malice. The previous killing rules were done covertly, but now even the peaceful days were gone.
After lunch, the award ceremony began.
It really looked like the real deal. Jiawang, the ball-shaped man, and the man with swollen eyes sat in the referee's seat covered with a red cloth table, waiting solemnly for the lifeguard to bring the small award platform. The small platform was a "mountain" shape with Arabic numerals "1", "2", and "3" written on it.
Xu Wei stood at the back of the crowd, surrounded by ghosts and monsters, with only a small gap for her to see what was happening ahead.
When she went to report to the ball-shaped man at noon, she specifically told Xu Wei not to show up in front of his swollen eyes.
I didn't know why, but I did as she asked.
The swollen-eyed man was sitting in the front, his two black eyeballs scanning the crowd like a radar all the time. Fortunately, he was sitting on flat ground. If he was up high, Xu Wei would not be able to hide no matter how hard he tried.
Jiawang also scanned the crowd with his slit-like eyes, as if to determine the number of remaining players. Then, he casually glanced at the swollen-eyed man, who trembled all over under the gaze.
After a while, he timidly walked over and said something to Jiawang.
Xu Wei really wanted to know what mischief it was doing, but the distance was too far and he didn't understand lip reading, so after listening carefully for a while he still couldn't guess.
As he was staring at it in a trance, he suddenly felt another gaze. It was a spherical man, who shook his head slightly in the direction of Xu Wei.
"As soon as I said, 'The ceremony is over now,' I left immediately and went back to the dressing room."
The words of the spherical man at noon echoed in his mind again. Xu Wei calmed himself down and hid his figure which was exposed due to paying too much attention to his puffy eyelids.
Everything is ready. The ball-shaped man holds the microphone and says, "I declare that the award ceremony will begin now."
In an instant, invisible confinement forced all humans to stay where they were. The aunt's panicked voice came from the other side, mixed with Lao Fang's curses.
Xu Wei raised his hand tentatively, but his body remained motionless, maintaining the same dodging posture, making it difficult to see what was happening ahead.
"Please invite the winning team representative to the podium."
Three figures in the crowd moved. Xu Wei saw Lu Fanye walk up to the podium "2" with an expressionless face, and his mind was working rapidly.
Can he move, or is he controlled by a restrained force to come to power?
The spherical man's reminder probably meant that the end of the award ceremony was a very dangerous time, and warned her not to show up...
Thinking of this, Xu Wei began to observe the people around him. The aunties were far away, standing in line in the crowd, while he was in the back row, surrounded by NPCs.
If their main event later is me, they will probably go to the area where the aunt and the others are first. The distance from the ceremony podium to the storage room is only two hundred meters. If I run at full speed first, I should be able to get there.
But this is all based on the assumption that only a few people in the referee's seat want to hunt him down.
What if it is a ghost that fills the entire "井" shaped swimming pool?
The swimming pool was unusual today. Not only was the aisle next to the podium filled with people, but even the five swimming pools were densely packed with various creatures, surrounding the podium in the middle tightly.
The award ceremony went on as usual. First, the ball-shaped man gave a brief introduction to the performance of the three teams on the podium, then Mr. Jiawang presented his award props to the first place, and finally there was the closing speech.
"This competition was very successful. As the organizer and sponsor, I would like to sincerely thank all the contestants and audience friends for their support..." Jiawang's voice echoed throughout the swimming pool through the microphone.
This sound system is quite good. Xu Wei glanced at the speakers installed on the four walls of the swimming pool.
The closing speech lasted nearly half an hour, and even though I was restrained, my body felt numb.
"Fairness has always been the only criterion for competitions in this hall, and I believe that the athletes in the competition have also abided by our regulations. Unfortunately, just now, the food and beverage manager of this hall reported to me that some athletes violated the rules in the hall..."
Xu Wei took a deep breath.
"Athlete, how do you explain that the administrator reported you for illegally defrauding the restaurant of bandages worth three hundred yuan each?" Jiawang's voice was getting closer, and it was in the direction of the aunt and the others.
“I, I didn’t,” Lao Fang’s voice sounded guilty and scared through the microphone: “We paid for it, and everyone who was present at the time can testify to that!”
"According to the administrator, someone did buy a bandage for 300 yuan, but half of it was not paid for."
"That half was given by it!"
"The administrator promised to sponsor the bandages because you promised to send one person to participate in the synchronized swimming competition. Excuse me, did you send anyone to participate?"
Lao Fang hesitated, and Brother Fan seemed to be mute and didn't utter a word.
"In this case, our restaurant can only uphold the principle of protecting the rights of restaurants and take back the bandages."
Lao Fang's shrill howls shook everyone's eardrums through seven or eight loud speakers around.
Xu Wei took a deep breath.
Jiawang returned to the referee's seat and the microphone was taken over by the ball-shaped man.
"Please return, delegates."
Xu Wei felt his legs getting numb.
"Thank you to our contractor and sponsor Mr. Wang for his wonderful closing speech. I would also like to thank the athletes who were willing to compensate the restaurant for its losses. Thank you for returning the bandages and taking responsibility. This is a kind of sportsmanship..."
I barely moved my fingers and was able to move my legs a little.
"I now declare——"
"The award ceremony is now over."
As the spherical person finished speaking, two figures rushed towards her.
Xu Wei used almost all his strength and rushed out of the crowd without caring about falling, and pounced on the ball-shaped man.
After grabbing the microphone, he quickly used his skills.
"The second set of global radio gymnastics - the stars are calling, now - start -"
Jiawang was chosen as the leader of the exercises, and his shouts were transmitted directly into the ears of all creatures through the loudspeakers in the entire venue.
A spectacular gymnastic exercise began.
In all the pools, including the aisles, all the ghosts stood at attention with their arms outstretched.
Controlled by an unknown force, the black masses of strange creatures were either terrified and frantic, struggling wildly, or staring at the culprit in the center of the scene with vicious eyes.
The creature without facial features revealed its fangs and sharp claws, and its sharp mouthparts were scratching around, instinctively wanting to attack her.
“Ss ...
The mouthparts cut off the head of the ghost next door.
Xu Wei, the instigator of all this, still had his head held high and intact, as if he were a gymnastics coach, shouting the beat at the top of his lungs.
"Ready! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Two, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight..."
All the broken limbs were forced to lift up and draw a circle from left to right in preparation.
How spectacular.
"Three, two, three, four. Five, six, seven, eight. Four, two, three, four..."
As the chants continued, the gymnastics preparatory movements of marching in place began.
"Thump, thump, thump! thump, thump!" The monsters raised their heads and chests and stomped their feet on the spot proudly. Those without limbs bounced up and down like balls.
A ghost's leg stretched out a little too far beside the aisle, tripping the ghost next to it. In an instant, rows of ghosts on the pool fell to the ground like dominoes, stacking up one layer after another to form a long ghost wall.
The ghosts at the top were still waving their limbs and doing aerobics, but the ghosts at the bottom were crushed to the point of being deformed. They wiggled their limbs a few times and died with a kick of their legs.
In the swimming pool, some short ghosts floating in the deep water area have sunk uncontrollably, spitting bubbles and doing gymnastics with great effort under the resistance of the water.
After sinking to the bottom of the water and being cut off from hearing, he quickly broke free from control and floated up to breathe. After passing through the water, he heard the gymnastics music again and sank again while dancing and exercising.
Float up and fall down.
Float up and fall down.
"Ah!!" A deformed man with huge ears collapsed after experiencing ten ups and downs, and sank in despair.
Xu Wei had no time to pay attention to the spectacular scene he had created.
The radio gymnastics song only lasted five minutes, and time was running out. While she was yelling, she dipped her swimming earplugs into the swimming pool and stuffed them into Lu Fanye's ears.
Although the sound insulation effect of this type of earplug is average, we can't care about that now. It's fine as long as it can be used.
After the first few experiments, Xu Wei found that although his skills were strong, his weaknesses were also obvious. Except for the leader who was directly affected in the brain, the effect would decrease sharply as long as the music became weaker.
Lu Fanye was still doing exercises with his hands, but his feet were able to move. He was the second figure who rushed over. Just like Xu Wei, he planned to grab the microphone first and control all the creatures in the venue.
Xu Wei shouted "Fuck" and kicked Jiawang, who was shaking his head and tail, into the swimming pool. Then he kicked Jiawang with swollen eyes and the lifeguard with one kick to the left and one to the right.
Especially the swollen eyelids, he stepped on them twice as if to vent his anger.
Lu Fanye ran to the aunt and put the earplugs into her ears with difficulty. The aunt followed suit and put them on Brother Fan as well.
The four men took Lao Fang, who was covering his bleeding abdomen, and ran to the dressing room.
When I opened the door, I was dumbfounded. The order of the lockers was completely messed up.
No one knew where locker No. 31, where Xu Wei originally stored her clothes, had been randomly moved to. Now the positions of each locker were shuffled, with "20" above "5" and "95" below "38". There were nearly two hundred lockers in the entire dressing room.
I had to look for the cabinets while shouting "Fuck!". Even if there was any pattern in the cabinets, I couldn't figure it out because I was so anxious and distracted.
The aunt sat down on the ground, yelling, "It's over, it's over."
Xu Wei started from the beginning to look for his locker.
When she counted to the fifth row, the auntie rushed over and begged, "Xiao Xu, I forgot to put my clothes in the closet last night, and they are gone... Save me..."
Xu Wei's train of thought was interrupted by her hug, and his shouting of "fuck" stopped for a moment. He became annoyed, and suddenly broke free from her and continued counting.
Fortunately, although the aunt was extremely anxious, she was still rational and did not disturb her anymore. She muttered for a while and then turned around to search every corner of the dressing room.
When I was halfway through counting the lockers, the auntie came over again and said, "Xiao Xu, what's your size? I'll help you find it. If I find the school uniform you're wearing, can you give it to me?"
After activating the skill, Xu Wei had already put on a school uniform, but was worried that not wearing his original clothes would violate the rules, so he looked for a locker here. When he saw the auntie suggesting this, he nodded and made the "31" gesture.
The two men were much faster and soon found No. 31 and changed their clothes as quickly as possible.
When I left the house, the song had reached its final part.
The five people met and almost couldn't wait to pass through the gray-yellow plastic curtain. The door of the swimming pool was open, and the outside had changed from being filled with dark air to its normal appearance when they first entered.
The sun was shining brightly, the trees were green, and the cicadas were chirping, making people feel as if the five days in the museum were just a nightmare.
Now the dream is over.
There was no sign of Jiawang at the swimming gear counter. Lao Fang poured medicine into his mouth with a pale face. The pain in his body prevented him from being dazed by the illusion outside, but he really couldn't hold on any longer. He was anxious to get out of the dungeon to recover from his injuries, and rushed to the door holding the swimming gear in his hands.
Brother Fan uttered a sigh and tried to pull him, but before he could do so, Lao Fang's hand had already passed through the gate.
There was a sizzling sound, accompanied by a scream of pain, and the smell of burnt barbecue was heard.
Lao Fang rolled on the ground, unable to control his pain. His left hand had melted and fallen off completely, with not even a bleed coming out of the broken part.
"There are still conditions that have not been met." Lu Fanye said with a frown.
The swimming gear was not returned.
There was a commotion behind, and a slender hand lifted the plastic curtain. Jiawang's huge head poked in. Behind him stood a group of people with swollen eyes, lifeguards, and countless black people, crowded in the narrow passage, and hundreds of eyes were staring at the people outside.
Jiawang came out, looking wet. All the players took a few steps back towards the door. It slowly moved behind the counter, glanced around, and fixed its sight on Xu Wei.
All the eyes outside were focused on her.
If I had known I wouldn't have kicked him like that.
Being stared at by so many pairs of malicious eyes, goose bumps instantly appeared on his arms. Xu Wei gritted his teeth and took the earplugs from Lu Fanye, saying, "Let's return the swimming gear."
After saying that, he picked up the things in his hand and counted them one by one under the watchful eyes of the crowd: "Swimming goggles - intact, swimsuit - intact, swimming cap..."
After several of them were intact, he placed the items on the counter and stepped back.
Jiawang flipped through the pile of things, but instead of worrying about whether they were damaged, he asked, "How does it feel to use it?"
Xu Wei glanced at it and nodded: "Very good quality."
There were bursts of shrill, sarcastic laughter coming from behind the plastic curtain, as if Xu Wei had told a joke. Jiawang opened his mouth and was about to speak, but was interrupted: "But I'm not going to buy it."
"After a few days of swimming experience at your swimming pool, I found that I really don't have much talent. I plan to try other healthy sports in the future. I am very grateful for the trial opportunity given by your swimming pool."
He spoke sincerely and apologetically, as if he really couldn't buy it because of lack of financial resources.
Jiawang's cracked mouth closed again, and he leaned over and pressed on the counter, with his head almost in front of her eyes.
Except for the time when the lifeguard approached, this was the first time Xu Wei was so close to this creature. He could see the tiny, pure black scales on its head, which fluttered slightly on the skin, as if it was breathing.
After looking at it for a long time, I felt a little dizzy.
"real?"
Xu Wei quickly shifted his gaze to the plastic curtain behind him, and said calmly, "This sport is definitely not suitable for me."
"She took lessons from me and can swim!" the lifeguard suddenly shouted from behind the curtain.
Jiawang's gaze, which had been shifted away, turned again. This time he could feel that it was almost locking onto him. A chill seeped into his back, making his scalp tingle, as if a poisonous snake was approaching with its tongue spitting out.
"It's... because after taking the swimming class, I realized that I'm really not suitable for it," Xu Wei clenched his fists, his nails digging into his flesh, but he still couldn't suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and trembled slightly, "When I was learning on my own, I could still find excuses, because I didn't practice enough, so I didn't learn it. Later, I spent money on the class, and then I found out..."
As I was talking, I got stuck and my mind went blank.
She had just answered Jiawang's question, and when she heard the laughter behind her, she realized that she might have been tricked. She was afraid that Jiawang would force her to buy swimming gear, so she quickly found an excuse.
He was in such a hurry to find an excuse that he didn't have time to consider the presence of the lifeguard. When his excuse was suddenly exposed, he became completely panicked.
What she is best at is pre-analysis, so she can take various factors into consideration and come up with plans. In the event of an emergency, as long as there is someone in front to deal with it, she can remain calm and find a solution.
However, I have not had such a sudden experience of being stared at by hundreds of eyes. It was like a shy person who was suddenly pulled to the podium and asked to give a ten-minute speech. I was at a loss for a moment and didn't know what to do.
The laughter behind the plastic curtain became louder. The dark crowd was moving, and some of them almost squeezed out of the door frame.
"I just realized I don't like swimming," Lu Fanye continued her words, "I fell twice in the water, which left a psychological trauma. Later, I reluctantly went into the water for the competition, but after coming out, I said I didn't want to do it anymore. That's why I didn't participate in the competition again."
Xu Wei came back to her senses and quickly continued his words: "Yes, we have always been together, that's true."
The laughter behind me gradually died down.
Xu Wei tried to step back, and the aunt hurried forward, learning to count each item one by one, and also answered with the reason of "not suitable".
She can't swim, so the same reason is more appropriate than Xu Wei.
After she finished speaking, Brother Fan was still checking Lao Fang's injuries. He had no medical supplies in his hands and couldn't do anything, but he just squatted on the ground and didn't even look at her.
Lu Fanye knew that Brother Fan wanted him to try it first and then copy it.
After all, both of them can swim, so Xu Wei's excuse is unnecessary.
"Why?" Jiawang had been waiting for Lu Fanye to speak.
"I already have several sets of swimming gear at home, it would be a waste to buy more."
Jiawang raised his voice: "Waste? You didn't plan to buy anything when you rented it from me?!"
The commotion over the plastic curtains started again.
“It’s a waste indeed.”
"Normally, it would be fine if he bought a few more sets," Xu Wei stepped forward and took Lu Fanye's hand, leaning gently on his arm, like a little bird, "but now he has met me, and he promised that I will be the housekeeper in the future."
"My baby works so hard to earn money. He only makes a few dozen yuan as a part-time worker in the swimming pool. He works so hard for two or three days to buy a set of swimming equipment that he already has. If he continues to waste money like this, how can he save money? What about the wedding house in the future? Who will pay for the children's tuition? How will he support his parents? Anyway, I won't allow him to spend a penny again."
Lu Fanye froze, stretched out his hand and pinched Xu Wei's face, and said as lovingly as possible: "I'll do as you say."
After a moment of stalemate, the reason of "my girlfriend doesn't allow it" was actually accepted.
Brother Fan wanted to follow suit, so he whispered to the aunt for a while and then asked Lao Fang for his earplugs.
When he was escaping just now, the aunt broke free from her control and gave him the earplugs, and he also gave her earplugs to Lao Fang.
Lao Fang was still crying out in pain, rolling on the ground a few times, and completely ignoring Brother Fan.
"Lao Fang?" Brother Fan frowned, rolled his eyes a few times, and squatted down to search him.
This time Lao Fang reacted. He screamed in pain, covered his pocket, and used his body to block Brother Fan's hand. After being dodged, he immediately turned over and pressed down his pocket.
Seeing this, Brother Fan understood everything and no longer cared about brotherhood. He pried his hands apart and was about to turn over.
Lao Fang got anxious, punched him, and opened his mouth to bite him.
The two men showed their true colors and started fighting on the ground.
Having been seriously injured twice and relying on medicine to keep his life alive, Lao Fang was of course no match for the healthy Brother Fan. His injured hand was pinched hard and he fell to the ground, screaming in pain.
Brother Fan was also injured, with a black eye on his right eye and several bite marks on his arm. I struggled to pull out three earplugs from his trouser pocket, two blue and one green.
"Brother, yours, I was in so much pain when I was running that I didn't pay attention," Lao Fang reached out to Brother Fan sadly, "Maybe it fell in the dressing room..."
"Brother, you are more capable than me, can you..."
Brother Fan took the blue set without saying a word and walked towards the counter.
"Old Fan, I was wrong..." Old Fang crawled behind him and tried to pull Brother Fan's trouser legs with trembling hands.
Several people have squeezed out from behind the plastic curtain. The man with swollen eyes stands at the front and walks towards the lying Lao Fang.
"Brother - Lao Fan! Save me! I don't want to die. I still have points to pay you back. Please save me, brother!!"
"Save me! Someone save me!"
"Don't come over here!! Catch them first! They're going to run away!!"
Crowds of people squeezed in one after another, gathering more and more, surrounding Lao Fang, layer after layer, tightly and densely.
Lao Fang lay on the ground, looking around in horror. He wanted to retreat, but touched the hand of someone behind him.
"Fander, you will die!"
"Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go! You all go to hell, all of you die!"
"ah!!"
When the order sounded, the ghosts were no longer restrained. They tore the flesh and blood on the ground almost instantly and cut the still conscious Lao Fang into pieces alive, not sparing even the broken limbs and skin. Blood flowed out from the gaps between his body and spread all over the ground.
A strong smell of blood, just like how Zhang Guang looked when he died.
Brother Fan carefully walked around the crowd of people eating beside the counter and stumbled to the door. His legs went weak and he fell to the ground along with the aunt.
Lu Fanye held Xu Wei's trembling hand, and he held it tightly encouragingly, motioning her to watch the door.
The scene outside the door changed from a summer street scene to a white vortex with mist flowing and swirling, much like a portal in a game.
Brother Fan also noticed this scene, and shouted as if he had been reborn: "It's this door! Run! Run!!"
After saying that, he did not stand up again. Instead, he used his hands and feet on the ground and crawled into the whirlpool with a crazy look.
The aunt was afraid of the bloody scene behind, and was also worried that the clothes on her body would not be recognized by the copy. Finally, she was really afraid of Lao Fang's fate, so she rushed in with her eyes closed.
Xu Wei took a deep breath, but was choked by a strong smell of blood. He dared not make a sound for fear of attracting the attention of the people behind him.
Turning around again, half of Lu Fanye's body had already entered the vortex. He raised his hand and looked at Xu Wei.
Then, the two of them walked in together.
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