Chapter 9: The Wonderful Inside World
Chapter 9: The Wonderful Inside World
The kitten refused to let Chu Cheng'an get close to it, so it turned around and quickly ran to the next neighborhood.
“…”
Chu Cheng'an lives in a relatively high-end residential area. When he rented a house, the landlady boasted that there were 60 buildings in their community, all of which were 34-story elevator apartments. From the outside, they looked very impressive lined up in rows.
The reason why Chu Cheng'an chose this place is simply because it is close to the school, has convenient transportation, and the landlady is nice. If there is a problem with a clogged sink or a cracked wall, she will come and solve it immediately by just sending a message.
Most of the neighbors in high-end communities don't like to talk to people, and Chu Cheng'an doesn't like chatting with the middle-aged and elderly uncles and aunts in the community. His ability to talk was acquired in school, and he prefers to interact with people of his own age.
So since there was no one in the community, he automatically assumed that it was because dinner time was approaching and everyone was busy preparing meals at home.
As soon as he left the community and saw the empty space on the main road, Chu Chengan finally realized that something was wrong.
There are no private cars on the road, and of course no buses. The bicycles and motorcycles that were once everywhere have disappeared. You can still see the yellow bikes on the roadside, but there is not even a single person riding a bike...
Chu Cheng'an took out his cell phone and saw that, as expected, Wang Anyuan had not replied to the message he sent. But that person always had his cell phone in his hand and was checking his Weibo, so he would definitely reply to your message within five seconds.
This strange feeling, could it be that he is still in the inner world?
The area where he lived was well connected. There was a bus stop at the door, with 7 or 8 buses passing by. There was another station diagonally opposite, and the subway was also there, so no matter where he went, it was very convenient.
To go to school, he would take bus No. 49 for 2 stops, and to the coffee shop where he met Lu Zhenqiu today, he would only take bus No. 27 for one stop, or he could walk there. Given the current situation, he had to walk to find someone.
Chu Cheng'an was also very anxious. He wanted to find Lu Zhenqiu as soon as possible so that he could tell him everything he had seen and heard.
He drove his No. 11 bus (commonly known as No. 11 because he walked with his legs) and ran quickly towards the coffee shop.
He looked around as he walked, and sure enough, there was no one there. The whole city, which was once bustling, now looked dead under the sunlight to Chu Cheng'an. He was really afraid that it would bring him into another fairy tale world someday.
After a while, Chu Chengan decided not to look around anymore. He used his good result of running 1000 meters in 2 minutes to quickly find the coffee shop area.
But there was no cafe in sight. Instead, it was a large puppet toy factory that was about to close down...
It's quite intrusive to be built in the city center, no wonder there are not many customers. Generally, such large dolls can only be sold to two places, large amusement parks or large haunted houses. If you buy this doll home for special uses, you can be scared to death when you get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, and you can also be scared back to life if you die.
Chu Chengan remembered that his substitute physical education teacher had once talked to him about the cafe opened by his relative. It was originally a factory that made puppet toys, but it went bankrupt due to poor management.
If you are still working in their cafe late at night and have not gone home, you can hear the doll crying. Because of this, their shop is only open until 10pm, missing out on some customers who come to buy midnight smoothies or orange juice.
It was probably dinner time when Chu Chengan got there. His stomach was growling with hunger. He was still growing up, and the sweets he had eaten in the fairy tale world before were not enough to fill him up. He wanted to eat meat, but if there was no meat, a plate of fish-flavored eggplant with rice would be fine...
Lu Zhenqiu can't be here.
Chu Cheng'an ran to a small convenience store next door. The store had all the bento boxes he was familiar with, but there was no salesperson to collect money.
He took a box of fish-flavored eggplant rice from the shelf and took out an Orleans pistol leg from the hot cabinet in front of the cash register.
Paid 30 yuan in cash at the cashier.
Fortunately, Chu Chengan usually has the habit of carrying some cash with him, for fear that his cell phone will break down one day and his electronic wallet will not work, and he will be helpless.
The bento can be heated directly in the convenience store's microwave. He enjoyed his dinner in the store before going out to continue looking for people.
Now that Lu Zhenqiu could not be found, Chu Cheng'an's next place to go was the school. Apart from his home and the commercial street outside, the place he was most familiar with was the school. He wanted to look for anyone who still existed in this supernatural world.
He left the convenience store and when he passed the doll factory, he didn't see that there was a doll secretly smiling at him in the dark glass window.
…
There was no one in the school guard room as the school gate was closed. Chu Chengan brought a shelf from outside, stepped on it, and easily crossed the wall.
After entering the familiar campus, the first place he went to was the top of the teaching building. From the rooftop he had a panoramic view of the entire city. It was also because he went up there that he discovered that there were indeed people on this campus, and there was a person who had escaped and was running towards the library building.
Although there was only one person, in Chu Cheng'an's eyes, the river, which seemed calm and peaceful, suddenly became turbulent and his small boat was almost overturned.
This excitement...
Chu Chengan's sixth sense told him that this person would also appear in his next fairy tale world and go into adventure with him.
He stood on the rooftop and shouted, "Hey~! Classmate~! Don't leave! I've also been to another world! Let's exchange information together!"
The person turned around and turned out to be a female classmate. She had short hair, was tall, and was wearing a boy's school uniform. I didn't recognize her at first.
But there was an obvious look of vigilance in her eyes. It was no wonder. She was a girl, and in such a terrifying atmosphere, she was approached by a strange classmate, and a member of the opposite sex at that. She would feel a little uneasy.
The girl continued walking towards the library.
Chu Chengan was anxious: "We are classmates from the same school! We are comrades-in-arms! We may be together in the next level! Why don't we discuss countermeasures in advance?"
The girl stopped walking. Chu Cheng'an felt that there was something interesting going on. She had heard him, so he asked her to wait for him downstairs and immediately climbed down the stairs.
The highest teaching building here has nine floors. He didn't dare to take the elevator, for fear that he would encounter some unexpected situation in the supernatural world and be trapped in the elevator forever.
The female classmate was waiting for him downstairs. She stood straight with her hands in her pockets, in a defensive posture, her eyes scrutinizing Chu Chengan.
In order to let her let down her guard, Chu Chengan first introduced himself to increase the intimacy: "Hello, classmate. We have met before in the school cafeteria. I am Chu Chengan, a 21st class sports training major..."
The female classmate interrupted him: "Why are you talking about this now? I want to ask you, have you also entered a strange fairy tale world? There is also a fat rabbit there."
"Yes, yes, yes." Chu Cheng'an nodded repeatedly, "Of course I have seen it. That rabbit is very mean and sarcastic. If you provoke it, it will increase the difficulty of the game and make it impossible for you to pass it."
Finally, the time has come to say something bad about that dead rabbit, and Chu Chengan wants to say a little more.
The girl sighed and took her hands out of her pockets.
"It seems that you are also a victim. Which level are you at?"
The girl started to share information with Chu Chengan.
Chu Chengan confessed truthfully: "I just passed the first level, the Candy House Adventure, the difficulty was C. Because I angered the system elf, that is, the rabbit, the difficulty was changed to B."
"It's just the first level." The girl said, "You must have very little experience. I've already passed seven levels."
Chu Chengan didn't think that the woman looked down on him. He felt that the man in front of him was definitely a big shot. He had already reached level 7. He must be as familiar with this game as eating at home, right?
He was not hindered by gender. It was as if there was a giant Buddha in front of him and he had to go up and hug the person's thighs.
"Master, please guide me. Although I have little experience, my sports scores are A+ in every subject, and I am also the school's track and field champion in running."
The girl smiled and said, "Okay, then you can help me in the next level of the game world."
This girl lied. She actually did not experience 7 worlds, but only 2. She said 7 worlds in order to make Chu Cheng'an think she was powerful, recognize her as the boss, and obey her.
In a life-threatening game, being a team leader is important. The team leader can make decisions, and when there are disagreements with other team members, the team members generally have to listen to the leader.
This girl had experienced a situation where the captain made the decision to abandon weak and incompetent team members. Since she is the captain of the next game, she will never put herself in a weak position.
The girl asked: "What was the reward item you got in the last level? Don't worry, I won't take yours. I just asked so that we can cooperate in case of danger."
Chu Chengan had no doubts: "My rewards are candy and chocolate. Candy can replenish a little happiness value, and chocolate can increase physical strength and temporary attributes. Hey, I always feel that candy is useless. Isn't happiness value just mood value? If you are in a bad mood, you can adjust yourself to restore your normal spirit. Why do you need to rely on eating candy?"
The girl was a little shocked: "You don't even know the value of pleasure? Didn't the rabbit tell you about it?"
"No, can it speak?" Chu Cheng'an only remembered that this rabbit always mocked him and ran away very quickly.
"Happiness is your main life bar. In the fairy tale world, if we are fatally injured, we will not die immediately, but a certain amount of happiness will be deducted according to the severity of the injury. When the happiness is gone, the player will become a complete madman and attack other players together with the boss in the game... By the way, if the injured part is not healed in time, the happiness will continue to be deducted until it is completely deducted."
Chu Chengan remembered that his shoulder was scratched by the old witch's nails in the previous level, and he hurriedly checked the injury on his shoulder.