Cold... Dangerous... Wake up!
The malicious sensor in his pocket was frantically sounding warnings, and Zhang You struggled to open his eyelids.
My body senses gradually returned, and I seemed to be sitting on a hard chair. My whole body was numb and almost frozen, and the cold air was still penetrating my skin.
The pale orange light pouring down from overhead illuminated the outlines of the house. With his blurry vision, Zhang You saw the wooden table in front of him, and further ahead was the shadowy stove.
This is the kitchen of a family's home.
There was soup stewing on the stove, emitting a fishy and smelly odor that immediately sobered people up when it entered their noses.
Zhang You's Adam's apple rolled twice, and she suppressed the urge to vomit. She felt as if her eyelids were stuck together with a layer of glue, and it took a lot of effort to open them.
Then her heart skipped a beat.
She's not the only one sitting here!
On either side of the table, to her left and right, sat Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing, their eyes closed. Their postures were stiff and motionless, their faces covered in a thin layer of white frost.
They haven't woken up yet.
How could this happen...Why are the three of them here?
His brain felt like a frozen block of ice, his memory hazy. Zhang You instinctively wanted to pull out his phone, but he held himself back the second before he could do so.
Through her collar, she could feel the button-shaped hostility sensor radiating heat continuously. This was her upgraded silent version of the sensor, which would not emit a sound when sensing hostility in the environment, but would only warn by increasing its temperature.
But now, the prop is like a hot iron, almost burning the chest!
It was the heat from the sensor that pulled her out of her coma... The environment was extremely dangerous and she couldn't act rashly.
Zhang You resisted the urge to wake up Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing, slowed his breathing, and continued to sit there motionless, with only his eyes rapidly observing his surroundings.
Judging from the decoration, it looks like an old-fashioned style from decades ago. The dining table is covered with a dark floral tablecloth. In addition to the stench coming from the stove, there is also a smell of decay in the air, lingering in the biting cold.
Looking closely, the faint flickering of the pot beneath it was actually a green flame. It seemed to bring no heat, and in fact, it made the room even colder.
In just a few seconds, Zhang You's teeth were chattering: this is clearly a kitchen, but it is so cold that it feels like being in an ice cellar.
Just then, she suddenly heard footsteps.
Ta-da, ta-da.
Someone came over in slippers.
A stronger stench rushed into Zhang You's nostrils, and his eyelids drooped quickly, leaving only a small, barely noticeable gap.
"Hey, why isn't the soup ready yet? Didn't the book say it only takes four hours to make a serving of four? Why is it taking so much longer today?"
Through the slits of my eyes, I saw a short old lady walking into the kitchen, mumbling something. She stood in front of the stove, scooped a spoonful of soup and sniffed it carefully.
"It smells so good," the old lady sighed contentedly through her hoarse voice. "It's a shame the soup base is two months old, it's stale. Luckily, four more came in today..."
The old lady turned around, and Zhang You could feel a sticky gaze falling on him, making his back chill.
The old lady opened a drawer, took out something, and walked slowly to the dining table.
"It's still alive, and has such strong vitality. It will definitely last a long time if made into a soup base."
Guo Guo's face was pinched by a skinny hand, and a layer of white frost immediately appeared on it, and his face was so cold that it turned blue.
"It's a pity that there's a living person's breath all over his body. In his nose, mouth, ears, and eyes. If he lets out the breath, the fabric inside will fall apart. We have to sew it up quickly."
While muttering, the old lady skillfully picked up the cloth clip she had taken out and opened it to reveal a row of needles and threads. She seemed to be comparing where to start sewing.
!!!
Zhang You’s heart was pounding!
She was almost exposed when she rushed forward, but fortunately the old lady let go of Guo Guo the next moment.
"I'm getting old, I almost forgot there's a fourth one. I'll sew them together when all four are complete."
The old lady laughed strangely twice and walked out of the kitchen in her slippers. Not long after, the phone rang and sharp and harsh complaints came from a distance.
Zhang You breathed a sigh of relief, and the sensor temperature dropped slightly. She turned her head quietly and found that there was a short aisle between the kitchen and the living room, which just caused a difference in viewing angle. She could only see a corner of the old lady's green apron.
Take this opportunity!
Zhang You immediately took out the sensor and stuck it on the foreheads of the other two people, hoping that they would wake up quickly.
Ever since she saw the old lady, her stagnant memory has gradually started to work, and she has gradually remembered everything that happened.
The circular road has no end, and each time a roommate disappears, until the third cycle, the person who "disappeared" became her.
As she stood in the mist, her memories came flooding back, but it was too late. A small, lighted house stood by the road, and she was drawn there. The red wooden door swung open, revealing the wrinkled face of an elderly man.
"Dear child, did you bring the specialties I wanted?"
Zhang You knew something was wrong, but she could no longer move. She could only watch the old lady's smile grow wider in frozen silence. "You're such a bad boy who's incompetent. But Grandma Mayas is always very tolerant of children. How could she let you stay out here cold and hungry? Come in quickly."
When Zhang You stepped through the door uncontrollably, he lost consciousness. He only woke up just now and regained control of his body.
Perhaps the high temperature of the sensor was really effective. Coupled with Zhang You shaking their heads, Zheng Wanqing also woke up slowly. She opened her eyes wide and was about to speak when her mouth was covered.
Zhang You shook his head frantically, making sure that the other party understood before continuing to wake up Guo Guo.
But after being touched by "Grandma Mayas", the white frost on Guo Guo's body was heavier than Zheng Wanqing's. He did not react for a while, and his body was lifeless, and even his breathing was almost inaudible.
For the first time, Zhang You was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes. It was Zheng Wanqing's reminder that calmed her down.
On the [Dormitory Member Status] interface of the mobile phone, although Guo Guo has many negative buffs under his status bar, his health value has not changed, so he should not be in danger of life for the time being.
Through the door, Grandma Mayas's voice became clearer.
"Oh, of course, of course I will give you a bowl of soup. I will ask those cunning and annoying students to bring it to you. After all, my dear cousin is unable to go out because of hunger. What, you want the new [stupid students] to bring it to you? This is a bit difficult, but I know a few teachers who are having a headache with the questions. There will always be a way..."
Grandma Mayas seemed to start pacing towards the kitchen:
"Speaking of which, why hasn't that fourth stupid student arrived yet? Gonglu should have sent her to me long ago. Same with the soup in the kitchen; it never gets done."
At the same time, Zhang You had already left his chair. The small kitchen offered no place for them to hide, but if they looked closely at the corner of the wall, they could see a small, half-open brown door between the kitchen and the hallway leading to the living room.
Grandma Mayas's voice continued, "Nonsense, of course I know. The quality of the Living Dead Soup indicates the success or failure of the soup base... Wait, what do you mean?"
There was silence outside the door for two seconds, and then he spoke again, furiously: "You mean my soup base will fail? That's impossible! Three stupid students have already entered the door, and they can't escape even if they have wings! You reminded me... I'm going to sew those three into living corpses right now to prevent the soup base from being impure."
Zhang You and Zheng Wanqing looked at each other quickly. There was no time to wake up Guo Guo, so they could only hold her on each side and rush to the corridor.
"I just don't believe it..." As the floral curtain was lifted, Grandma Mayas's voice stopped abruptly.
A second later, a hoarse and unpleasant scream filled the entire house.
The old lady slammed the phone down, her cloudy yet sharp eyes sweeping across the room. "Stupid students, do you think you can get through this by hiding? When I find you, I'll drain your blood and flesh, making you live a life worse than death, and then make you the base of my soup for a hundred years!"
Inside the small brown door.
Zhang You held the protective amulet tightly, his spirit tensed like a bow.
Directly opposite, Zheng Wanqing supported Guo Guo with her movable left hand, while her right hand gradually formed a shadow of an iron fist, her expression solemn.
The room they were in seemed to be a frozen storage room, filled with freezers. A quick glance as they barged in revealed that the freezers were filled with green liquid and an unknown number of "people".
They were frozen in a green liquid, their bodies covered in tubes, their faces blurred. This must be what the NPCs called the "soup base."
Obviously, if they failed this exam, they would become the soup base and be sealed here forever.
Zheng Wanqing gritted her teeth and even wanted to go out and fight to the death. But it was obvious that she couldn't do that.
[Guest Suppression (Negative Buff): You are a guest who was kindly taken in by Grandma Mayas. How can you use dangerous props against the owner of this house?]
[You will not be able to resist Grandma Mayas within the house. This is a technique she has designed specifically to deal with students.]
Are they just going to wait here to die?
Grandma Mayas's heavy footsteps moved outside, accompanied by angry curses. Zhang You tried to calm himself and kept thinking about various possibilities.
Soon she realized, "The NPC is not only angry, but also a little panicked. This means that the students who entered the house are not 100% unable to escape. We still have a chance of survival!"
Zhang You's voice was very soft. It seemed that the NPC could not escape the fate of old age and deafness. Instead of walking towards the warehouse, he went in the opposite direction, cursing.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the two woke up Guo Guo while observing the room, trying to find a way to escape.
It was unrealistic to run out of the living room; they would definitely be discovered immediately. Perhaps, was there another exit from the house?
At this time, Guo Guo coughed twice and finally woke up. The moment she opened her eyes, her eyes suddenly widened and she almost cried out, but fortunately Zheng Wanqing covered her mouth in time.
"Ahem," Guo Guo, still not fully understanding the situation, trembled and hugged himself, his face pale as he asked, "Why are there so many people in this room?"
Zhang You: "You mean in the freezer? Those aren't..."
She suddenly interrupted herself. Guo Guo couldn't see into the freezer from this angle, so how could she see the "person" inside?
Unless, what Guo Guo saw was——
Guo Guo also noticed it and his face turned even paler: "Can't you see anything?"
Swallowing, she pointed around the room and whispered what she had seen: "Here, here, and here, all of them are floating with their eyes closed. They seem to have wires on them, all connected to the freezer."
Guo Guo's face turned pale and blue. She didn't dare to look inside the freezer. Her intuition told her that it would be better not to look.
Zhang You sighed. "What you see are the souls of people who died at the hands of ghostly NPCs. We are trapped here too, and we need to find a way to escape."
The house wasn't big, and Grandma Mayas would find it sooner or later. Besides, even if they managed to hide for a while, if Tang Xin Jue also failed in his cycle and fell into the hands of the NPCs, they wouldn't be able to save him.
Guo Guo held his water drop pendant in his hand, a look of despair on his face. "I don't know why, but I feel that Xinjue won't necessarily fail. Instead, we're in greater danger."
Before she finished speaking, her pupils suddenly shrank: "Wait, I saw a person, no, a soul looked up... Can he talk to me?"
Zhang You also had a flash of inspiration: "Ask him if there is any way to escape from here!"
Several people raised their hearts, and within seconds, Guo Guo's face also showed ecstasy: "He said yes! He just needs us..."
The hurried footsteps made Guo Guo swallow the second half of his sentence.
Those were the footsteps of Grandma Mayas. She had already searched the other rooms and was rushing towards this room!
"When I find you, I will skin you alive and drain your blood..."
“Boom boom boom!”
Just as the wrinkled arm was about to touch the small brown door, a clearer knock came from outside the living room.
"Is anyone there?"
Tang Xinjue's voice sounded outside.
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