Escape from the movie theater (2)
The boy in the black sweater, Gao Shudao, said, "Then quickly make her leave her seat and sit in the aisle; that might be better."
After saying that, Gao Shu winked at another female player, Mo Xiaoduo.
The two of them must know each other; they seemed to have a good understanding. Mo Xiaoduo immediately went to seat 4 in row 6 and said to the girl with pigtails, "Are you scared? Sit over there; the steps won't sway."
The girl with pigtails hesitated for a moment, then Mo Xiaoduo pulled her up.
However, a girl next to her pulled the girl with pigtails back to her seat and said to her, "We paid to see a 4D movie. If you don't experience it, your money will be wasted. If you sit on the steps, what's the difference between this and a 3D or 2D movie?"
The girl with pigtails hesitated.
Mo Xiaoduo was speechless, thinking to herself, "You'll see how powerful this girl with pigtails is when she goes crazy and starts slashing people."
So, without explaining further, Mo Xiaoduo simply pulled the girl with pigtails out and made her stand on the steps.
The girl with pigtails was a little surprised, but not angry.
Mo Xiaoduo seized the opportunity to ask, "What's your name?"
"My name is Huo Shuangshuang... Thank you for pulling me out. Actually, I was quite scared just now, but I also felt that since I paid for 4D, I should experience the 4D effect..."
"Oh, money isn't important. What if you get scared and have a mental breakdown? Wouldn't that be even worse?"
"That's true..."
At this moment, a rather fat man sat down in the spot where Huo Shuangshuang had just been.
He was originally sitting next to Huo Shuangshuang, but perhaps because he was too fat, he wasn't comfortable sitting there. When Huo Shuangshuang left, he simply sat sideways in her seat, then put his feet up on the armrest and placed the soles of his feet on the seat next to him.
In this way, he occupied two seats by himself.
The girl next to him said, "Sir, you're sitting in my classmate's seat, could you please move aside?"
The fat man said, "Didn't she leave? Can I sit here for a bit? I'm too fat, I don't feel the chair rocking at all, it'll be more comfortable sitting in two seats at the same time."
The seat continued to rock, and the fat man seemed to be sitting in a rocking chair, with a look of enjoyment on his face.
The girl next to him was a little angry, but she didn't dare to argue with the fat man and could only remain silent.
The girl looked at Huo Shuangshuang: "When are you going to sit back down?"
Huo Shuangshuang said, "I..."
Before he finished speaking, the fat man who had been sitting in Huo Shuangshuang's seat suddenly stood up, his face turning terrifying.
He now had a knife in his hand, and he started slashing at anyone he saw, first cutting down those around him.
This fat man was much stronger than Huo Shuangshuang, so he was much more terrifying when he chopped people up.
Huo Shuangshuang and Mo Xiaoduo were completely unprepared for this situation and had no time to escape; they both died under the knife.
Before the other players could figure out why the person who had been attacking them had changed, they were trampled to death by the crowd.
Jian Tanxi felt a complete mess, her body ached, and then she lost consciousness.
The players respawned for the third time with 70% health remaining.
The drop in health and repeated deaths became a lingering shadow in the players' minds.
Despite having participated in many games, they had never truly experienced death, let alone died multiple times in a short period of time.
After being reborn, everyone was confused for a while, as if they didn't know where they were now.
But reason tells them they are in a game now.
They have no time to rest and must immediately move on to the next round of operations.
So, forcing themselves to stay alert, they continued walking down the corridor.
Some spectators nearby were unhappy with their behavior of walking around, but seeing that they were just standing in the aisle and not blocking anyone's view, no one said anything.
Based on previous experiences, we can conclude that the problem is not the girl with pigtails, but the seat—seat 4 in row 6.
Whoever sits in that seat will go berserk and attack people. The first two times it was Huo Shuangshuang, the girl with pigtails, and the third time it was that fat man.
Moreover, neither Huo Shuangshuang nor the fat man originally had any weapons, but after their outburst, they suddenly had a knife in their hands. Perhaps, that knife was hidden in the seat.
This time, everyone decided to check that seat.
Just like in the previous round, Mo Xiaoduo went to seat 4 in row 6 and pulled away Huo Shuangshuang, the girl with pigtails.
Just as the fat man was about to reserve a seat, another player, Gao Shu, pretended to be a staff member, walked up to the fat man, and said, "Excuse me, sir, you can't reserve seats in the cinema. Please return to your seat."
Although the fat man was somewhat dissatisfied, he did not continue to occupy the seat and quietly sat in his own place.
The other players breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as this seat remains unoccupied for the time being, nothing should happen.
Player Gao Shu continued pretending to be a staff member, saying that seat 4 in row 6 seemed to be malfunctioning and he needed to inspect it. The audience members next to him didn't object and focused on watching the movie.
Gao Shu squatted down and examined the chair inside and out several times, but found nothing.
He took out a small knife, cut open the seat, and reached inside to rummage around.
But they still didn't pull anything out. No knife, nothing else.
The girl next to her said, "Hey, you scratched my classmate's chair. How is she supposed to sit in it? If she can't sit, then the money for the 4D movie ticket will have been wasted."
Gao Shu could only reply casually, "You can apply for compensation from our staff after the movie."
The girl then fell silent.
Seeing that Gao Shu hadn't pulled anything out, player Mo Xiaoduo couldn't stand it anymore and whispered, "Let me try."
Gao Shu didn't refute, but walked out with a helpless expression and let Mo Xiaoduo go in to check the seats.
The girl next to me said, "Are you a staff member too? You don't seem like it."
Mo Xiaoduo said, "I am a technician."
"oh."
Mo Xiaoduo didn't notice anything either, and shook her head at the players in the passageway next to her.
Jian Tanxi activated her telekinetic ability, trying to grab the things inside the chair to take a look.
However, what she pulled out were all items such as sponges, springs, and screws, which are all normal items found inside the seat.
Jian Tanxi put these things aside with some disappointment.
Having gained nothing, Mo Xiaoduo voluntarily came out and let Professor Pan go in to take a look.
Unexpectedly, before Professor Pan could even enter, the girl sitting in row 6, seat 3 suddenly went berserk, stood up, and stabbed Professor Pan in the heart with a knife in her hand.
Then, without hesitation, the girl pulled out a knife and continued to attack others.
That girl was the one sitting next to Huo Shuangshuang, the girl with pigtails; she was Huo Shuangshuang's classmate.
The players were all very close to her and instinctively wanted to run away.
However, some spectators nearby, in order to protect themselves, pushed the players toward the crazy girl.
Qin Man, Qu Chen, and Mo Xiaoduo have all been killed, and it looks like it will be Jian Tanxi's turn next.
Jian Tanxi felt that even if she died, she couldn't die in vain. At the last moment, she used her mind-reading ability on the crazed girl.
The girl's inner thought was: "Kill...kill..."
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Then, Jian Tanxi felt her neck being cut open, and then she died.
The player has respawned for the fourth time with 60% health remaining.
Jian Tanxi felt very tired, didn't want to move, and her heart was pounding.
She patted herself to bring herself back to her senses.
Qin Man, who was standing next to her, covered her head with her hands, as if she was in some discomfort.
Even Qu Chen was listless, lying motionless next to Qin Man.
Professor Pan's body was trembling uncontrollably. He tried to clench his fists to calm himself, but the psychological trauma from the series of deaths was too great, and he couldn't control his body.
The other two unfamiliar players—Mo Xiaoduo and Gao Shu—were in no better shape.
Jian Tanxi whispered, "Are you rested enough? Let's go outside and continue our discussion..."
She tried to stand up, but it took her three attempts to succeed.
At that moment, she noticed that the screen was showing an advertisement, not the movie she had just watched.
Typically, a few minutes before the movie starts, commercials will play. After the commercials, the screen goes black, and the theater will be completely dark for a moment. Then, the screen will light up again, and the movie will officially begin.
Jian Tanxi remembered that in the previous times they were reborn, they were reborn directly a few seconds before the movie started. At that time, everything was pitch black at first, and then the screen lit up and the movie began.
Could it be that the rebirth happened a little earlier this time?
Soon, Jian Tanxi confirmed her guess.
About two minutes later, the advertisement ended and the screen went black. A few seconds later, the screen lit up and the movie officially began.
By this time, everyone had rested enough and came together to the corridor.
Jian Tanxi asked, "Did you notice that our rebirth time was brought forward just now?"
Qin Man: "Really? I didn't notice. I was just too tired."
Professor Pan: "It seems that it is indeed true... In the previous rebirths, there were no commercials. This time, the movie started only after the commercials had finished."
Mo Xiaoduo asked, "Why is this? In the previous rebirths, our time wasn't brought forward. Why is it forward this time?"
The boy in the black sweater, Gao Shudao, said, "I think it might be because of me..."
Mo Xiaoduo: "Why?"
“In the last round of the game, I wasn’t killed. You were all killed, and I respawned. I guess if any of us survived, our respawn time would be earlier. This is advantageous for us, so in the next few rounds, we need to try to avoid dying.”
"What if we didn't die? Would we be reborn?"
"I'm not sure... but the chances of everyone surviving are slim... so everyone should try to protect yourselves."
Everyone agreed with Gao Shu's words.
Unfortunately, although the rebirth time was brought forward, no one took advantage of it. Those few minutes were spent resting.
However, having learned from this experience, we can use it next time.
Qin Man said, "Does everyone remember what happened in the last round? Why did someone still go berserk and attack people even though we had already stopped letting people sit in row 6, seat 4?"
Jian Tanxi said, "I don't know... but coincidentally, the last person who went berserk and attacked people was Huo Shuangshuang's classmate, who was sitting in row 6, seat 3. I'm wondering if the problematic seat is row 6, seat 3? Huo Shuangshuang went berserk and attacked people the last two times because she was sitting close to that seat."
Qin Man: "But if there really is a problem with seat 3 in row 6, why didn't Huo Shuangshuang's classmate have any problems in the previous instances?"
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