Escape from the movie theater (1)
That day, Jian Tanxi and the others were enjoying the scenery on the beach when they were suddenly teleported into a dungeon.
Everything went dark, and then the large screen in front of me lit up.
Jian Tanxi then realized that they were in a movie theater.
Jian Tanxi looked around and saw that Qin Man, Qu Chen, and Professor Pan were all sitting next to her, so she felt relieved.
Beside Professor Pan, a man and a woman looked around, seemingly a little surprised to be suddenly at the movie theater.
Jian Tanxi guessed that the man and woman were probably also players in this movie. Judging from their expressions, they seemed unaware that they were there to watch a movie.
The man was wearing a black sweater, was tall and big, and had a kind and honest demeanor.
The woman was slightly plump, wearing a white sweater and a brown vest. She had a pretty face and looked like a rich heiress.
Jian Tanxi was wondering whether she should greet the two unfamiliar players, but the movie was too loud, so she kept quiet for the time being.
She found it a bit strange; did the dungeon only officially begin after the movie was over?
Could the clues to this instance be hidden within this movie?
Jian Tanxi decided to take a good look.
The movie opens with two men on a boat.
Unexpectedly, Jian Tanxi's seat also swayed, as if she were on the boat.
Jian Tanxi realized that this was a 4D movie theater.
So-called 4D movies are movies where the audience's seats shake when the characters are in a shaky scene, such as on a boat, during an earthquake, or when they are running away in panic.
Or, in other words, if there are scenes of wind, water spraying, or smoke in the movie, there will be corresponding scenes in the movie theater.
This can enhance the audience's sense of immersion, making them feel as if they are actually there.
However, Jian Tanxi is timid and doesn't usually watch 4D movies.
Once, she accidentally bought a ticket to a 4D theater. Not daring to sit in the seat, she sat on the steps next to it and watched the whole movie.
At this moment, Jian Tanxi knew she was in a dungeon and watching a movie, but the shaking of the seat still made her feel scared.
So she simply sat down on the ground.
Qin Man also sat on the ground next to Jian Tanxi, probably because she was scared too.
Qu Chen, on the other hand, was very excited and found the moving seat very fun. He couldn't understand the movie and only thought the seat he was sitting on was a toy.
Jian Tanxi watched for a while longer and realized that the movie was a suspense film, and the overall atmosphere was a bit scary.
Moreover, the movie frequently featured scenes of shaking, smoke, and explosions, and these loud noises and shaking were synchronized in the theater, startling many viewers.
Suddenly, a scream came from the back seat.
A girl was seen wielding a knife and slashing at people indiscriminately. Because the knife was large and sharp, and the movie theater was crowded, several people were slashed down in a short time.
The crowd around screamed, but the girl who was stabbing someone screamed even louder, as if she had gone mad.
People scattered and fled, but the cinema space was limited and the doors couldn't be opened, making the scene increasingly chaotic.
It was pitch black, and no one dared to stop the girl. She was too crazy; no one could predict where she would strike next.
After a while, the girl ran towards Jian Tanxi and the others.
Jian Tanxi tried to take out her 40-meter-long sword, but found she couldn't. She tried to take out her interstellar triangular pyramid, but she couldn't either.
The other players were in the same boat, unable to produce any weapons.
Just as the girl's knife was about to fall on Jian Tanxi's head, Jian Tanxi remembered that she had a black armor that could protect her from the damage. Unexpectedly, she couldn't even take out the black armor.
Jian Tanxi could only watch helplessly as the knife drew closer and closer to her...
After a sharp pain, Jian Tanxi lost consciousness.
She felt as if the carotid artery in her neck had been slashed open, and a lot of blood gushed out.
The feeling of death was so real, and she felt extremely unwilling... She had overcome so many obstacles, how could she die here in such a muddled way?
Suddenly, Jian Tanxi opened her eyes and found herself in complete darkness.
She touched her neck; there were no wounds.
At that moment, the big screen in front of her lit up, and Jian Tanxi found herself sitting in the movie theater again, in the same seat as before.
She looked around and saw that her other teammates were still there, but they all looked shaken.
She exchanged glances with her teammates, their eyes filled with confusion.
The other two unfamiliar players had similar expressions to Qin Man and Professor Pan.
Does this mean that everyone has died once and been resurrected?
A movie starts playing on the screen, starting from the beginning, showing two men on a boat.
At this moment, the seats also began to rock, creating the feeling for the audience that they were also on a boat.
Jian Tanxi was a little scared, so she sat down on the ground.
Suddenly, she felt that this scene seemed familiar...
Just a few minutes ago, I think I did the same thing...
Is she trapped in a cycle?
Suddenly, the movie stopped playing, as if someone had pressed the pause button.
The other spectators also suddenly froze, their eyes staring blankly ahead, as if they had lost consciousness.
Jian Tanxi, Qin Man, and others were able to move, and Qu Chen even happily bounced on his seat.
Then, a large piece of paper appeared before them, on which was a smiling magician.
The magician addressed Jian Tanxi and the others, saying, "Sorry I'm late. I am the referee for this game, the magician. Welcome to the new instance—Escape from the Cinema. Participants: Jian Tanxi, Qu Chen, Pan Xian, Qin Man, Mo Xiaoduo, Gao Shu."
Inside this movie theater, someone goes berserk and attacks people. After players are killed, they return and are trapped in a new cycle. Each cycle consumes 10% of the player's health, and health cannot be restored through healing pills, healing abilities, or other means.
Players need to figure out why they are stuck on the same day and solve the problem in order to leave.
In this instance, all offensive and defensive abilities and items are unavailable. In other words, you can't fight that madman. Good luck.
Then the magician disappeared, and the movie resumed playing normally. The other audience members also returned to normal, able to move and eat again.
Jian Tanxi realized that in a few minutes, that madman would start hacking people.
They need to figure something out now.
Moreover, she felt her strength had decreased. It seemed that the rule of decreasing health by 10% with each cycle had begun to take effect.
She was somewhat annoyed because the magician hadn't shown up at the beginning, causing them to miss an opportunity.
However, this is their home turf, and the players are at a disadvantage, so there's nothing they can do.
Fortunately, the players were all sitting in the same row. Jian Tanxi said to the other players, "Let's all go to the corridor and discuss our strategy."
This time, even the self-introduction session was skipped. Self-introductions weren't important; preventing the impending crisis was.
Jian Tanxi knew that the two unfamiliar players must be Mo Xiaoduo and Gao Shu. Mo Xiaoduo was the girl in the white sweater, and Gao Shu was the boy in the black sweater.
After exchanging glances, the players got straight to the point without any further words.
Professor Pan said, "We need to find where the crazy girl is sitting, what caused her to go crazy, and where she got her knife."
Mo Xiaoduo said, "It's a pity I don't remember that girl."
Jian Tanxi: "I only remember that she seemed to be wearing glasses, had her hair in pigtails, and was wearing braces."
Professor Pan said, "We definitely can't succeed on the first try; we have eight chances left. This time, our task is to find the girl and try to figure out why she went crazy. I remember her seat isn't far from us; we can just search between the row behind our seats and the four rows behind."
The players' seats are in the fourth row, so they need to find all the audience members from the fifth to the eighth row to confirm where the madman is.
Jian Tanxi was in charge of the fifth row, Qin Man and Qu Chen were in charge of the sixth row, Professor Pan was in charge of the seventh row, and Mo Xiaoduo and Gao Shu were in charge of the eighth row.
After the assignments were made, everyone immediately began searching without hesitation.
Jian Tanxi carefully looked through the people in the fifth row and indeed saw a woman with pigtails and glasses. However, the woman looked to be in her thirties, unlike the girl who had just attacked someone.
The girl who attacked people looked to be in her early twenties, like a student.
Jian Tanxi looked at the middle-aged woman more closely. The middle-aged woman noticed and gave Jian Tanxi an unfriendly look, as if blaming Jian Tanxi for spying on her.
Jian Tanxi quickly looked away. She didn't think the middle-aged woman was the murderer.
At the same time, Qin Man was looking at the people in the sixth row.
She saw a girl with pigtails and glasses in seat 4 of row 6, but the girl's mouth was closed, and she didn't know if she was wearing braces.
Qin Man tried hard to recall, and felt that the girl was the same girl who had suddenly gone mad in the previous round.
So she moved closer.
Some other audience members were dissatisfied, feeling that Qin Man was blocking their view of the movie.
Qin Man could only apologize quietly as she bent down and approached the girl with pigtails.
She noticed that the girl with pigtails had her lips tightly pursed and was gripping the handrails on both sides, as if she was a little scared.
The seat started shaking again, and the girl with pigtails lifted her buttocks off the cushion, as if she couldn't stand the shaking.
Qin Man asked, "Are you alright?"
The girl with pigtails glanced at Qin Man, then suddenly screamed, a knife appearing in her hand, which she began wildly swinging and slashing.
Qin Man, who was closest to her, was the first to be hit and was killed with a single blow!
Next, Qu Chen, who was next to Qin Man, was also killed with a single blow.
The crowd panicked, running around like headless flies, screams filling the theater.
When the other players saw Qin Man and her child being murdered, they instinctively rushed forward. However, this also brought them closer to the mad girl, causing them to die even faster.
In the blink of an eye, the players were reborn for the second time, with 80% of their health remaining.
After catching their breath, everyone went back to the corridor to discuss their new findings.
Qin Man said, "That crazy girl was in seat 4 of row 6. I was closest to her just now and witnessed her going crazy. But I died too quickly and didn't find any other clues. I only remember that she went crazy in an instant, as if there was no foreshadowing. When she went crazy, she was no longer a normal person. She lost her mind and started slashing at people she saw."
Professor Pan asked, "Have you figured out why she went crazy?"
Qin Man recalled carefully, "I feel... she might be afraid of the shaking of the seat. This 4D theater is probably too immersive. Girls are naturally timid, and it was a suspense movie, so they were already nervous. The overall environment was also unstable, shaking, smoke, and water spraying... I feel like she might have been scared like that?"
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