Bai Liu could hear the crisp sound of marble hitting the door, and the door handle also moved twice.
Although the door was locked, the door handle made a fragile metallic cracking sound when the wax statue of the mermaid outside the door twisted it hard, and it sounded like it would be scrapped soon.
This thing seemed to want to come in. Its dead white eyes searched around Bai Liu's room. It seemed to find that there was no one in the room. It seemed to leave Bai Liu's door, and the doorknob did not move. It became quiet and silent outside the room, as if the other party had left.
But Bai Liu still held his breath. He remembered that this thing would make a dull sliding sound when it moved. It would be wrong without this sound.
The wax statue of the mermaid didn't leave at all, and was probably still quietly guarding his door.
This thing was deceiving him, luring him out, Bai Liu thought. He glanced at it and found that the cat's eyes, which had originally returned to the color of the carpet, suddenly turned bulging white again.
Sure enough, that thing is still there.
After waiting for a while, the thing didn't seem to give up and still wanted to come in. The door handle was suddenly twisted into a protruding and broken shape, and it was about to slide off the door.
The mermaid outside the door seems to be coming in.
Some of the kind-hearted audience members in front of the Bailiu TV screen couldn't bear it and closed their eyes.
"It's rare to see a seed player...oh, what a pity."
"The main reason is that the Siren Town dungeon is too disgusting. It's not even difficult enough for a novice dungeon. Giving it to a novice is simply killing people."
Bai Liu's brain was spinning rapidly and his breathing slowed down.
The game clearly told him that these ghost monsters have weaknesses, and players can exploit these weaknesses to escape from these monsters, so the current way to break the deadlock is to find the weaknesses that limit the movement of these things.
Bai Liu closed his eyes and recalled the entire process of staying here tonight.
As long as it's a game, it has a solution. Games without a solution are the worst. Bai Liu has been making horror games for so many years, he is very sure that there must be something that hinted at the weakness of the Mermaid Statue.
What is it?
Bai Liu calmly began to review all the scenes in which he encountered the wax statue of the mermaid.
The first time was at the fountain outside the hotel. Jeff exclaimed that he saw the wax mermaid move. The movement was silent, just rotating behind the car. The wax mermaid didn't look directly at them, but was looking into the water.
The second time was in the hotel lobby, there were a huge number of wax statues of various mermaids, I looked straight at them, without moving.
The third time was in the hotel room. Except for the huge mermaid wax statue in the mirror, the other mermaid wax statues all looked directly at Bai Liu. They began to move after Bai Liu fell asleep. The mirror mermaid moved the fastest, but after Bai Liu woke up, these wax statues stopped moving.
But it was obvious that Bai Liu's staying awake was not a condition that restricted the movement of the wax statue of the mermaid, because the wax statue of the mermaid outside the door was already ready to break in.
There is no unbreakable situation in the game. There must be something on him that can restrict the movement of the mermaid wax statue.
It was not something in the room, nor was it something in the hotel. It must have been something brought by Bai Liu, because the things in the hotel and the room could not restrict the movement of the mermaid wax statue. The fact that the wax statue could freely enter and exit Jelf's room before proved this.
What is it exactly?
Mirror...water...sleep...look straight!
Bai Liu knew what it was.
Bai Liu stood up suddenly, opened the door and stared directly at the wax statue of the mermaid.
The wax statue outside the door was so close that from Bai Liu's perspective, the face of this lifeless wax statue of a mermaid seemed to be stuck to the tip of Bai Liu's nose. Its palm was still on Bai Liu's door handle, and its pure white eyes were looking through the cat's eyes to the lower right corner - that was where Bai Liu was hiding.
No wonder this thing had to come in. It must have seen the white willow hidden in the lower right corner behind the door.
Its movement stopped, its fish tail had already touched Bai Liu's toes, and at the last moment before stepping into Bai Liu's room, it stood still in front of Bai Liu's door.
Bai Liu breathed a sigh of relief. It was indeed true. The weakness that allowed this thing to remain motionless was direct gaze from the human eye.
The crowd in front of the Bai Liu TV was stunned.
"Fuck! How did he come up with that idea? He didn't hesitate when he opened the door just now!"
"Most new players don't even think of it. Even if they do, they don't dare to open the door. They can only look through the cat's eyes. That will still lead to certain death. Because at such a close distance, through the mirror image of the cat's eyes, the movement of the mermaid wax image will only be partially restricted, which is enough for breaking into the door."
"Oh my god, when he just made eye contact with the mermaid wax statue, I got goosebumps!"
"What's his name? This new guy is so awesome..."
The crowd gradually gathered around Bai Liu's small TV.
[168 people watched the player Bai Liu's small TV, and the player Bai Liu achieved the novice achievement of killing 100 people]
[102 people liked Bai Liu's small TV, 143 people collected Bai Liu's small TV, 3 people charged Bai Liu's small TV, and the player Bai Liu received 3 points]
On the small TV, Bai Liu's expression was still calm and composed, as if he didn't think he had done anything big.
It is actually very simple to infer that the weakness of the human eye will limit the movement of the mermaid wax image.
Because after Bai Liu fell asleep, these wax images began to move, and after he woke up, these wax images stopped instantly. The only difference before and after he fell asleep was that he opened his eyes. This shows that [human vision] can limit the movement of the mermaid wax images.
But there is a catch here - looking at this thing through a mirror-like object will only partially slow down the movement of the mermaid wax statue. You must look directly at it to completely stop the movement of the mermaid wax statue.
Because there are two other types of wax statues that can move under the direct view of the human eye, the fountain wax statue at the hotel entrance and the mirror mermaid wax statue in the room.
The wax mermaid statue in the fountain outside the hotel is looking into the water, so people are [looking directly] at the wax mermaid statue through the water. Although the wax mermaid statue is restricted and cannot move quickly, it can still move slowly or even rotate, so it will slowly rotate in front of the door.
Among the wax images of mermaids in the room, the mirror mermaid moves the fastest. This is because the mirror mermaid is looking into the mirror, and the human being [looking directly] at the wax image through the mirror, so the restrictive force given is limited, so the mirror mermaid runs the fastest.
The mermaid just now was looking at Bai Liu through the cat's eyes, so she was able to move. If Bai Liu simply looked directly at the wax statue of the mermaid through the cat's eyes, although there would be certain limitations, the wax statue of the mermaid should still be able to move.
At such a close distance, the cat's eyes are definitely not enough to restrict the mermaid from moving and breaking into the door. If it is allowed to come in, the player will be pressed under the door and will lose the condition of "direct vision" and will soon die.
But it has to be said that in this situation, there are indeed very few new players who can open the door and face the mermaid wax statue.
Most of the players panicked. Even though they had deduced the condition of "direct vision by human eyes", they did not have the courage to verify it. Only Bai Liu, who valued money more than his life, had the ability to remain calm even though he was not 100% sure that his deduction was correct.
["Siren Town Monster Book" Mermaid wax statue panel refresh]
[Monster Name: Mermaid Wax Statue (Pupa Form), Amulet Wax Statue (Coil Form)]
[Weakness: Direct vision by human eyes (1/3)]
[Attack method: hatch]
The mermaid has drooping eyes, her head slightly tilted to the lower right, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned with a hint of smile, her fish tail is graceful, her body is spotless white, and her posture reveals an indescribable secret beauty and divinity.
Once the wax statue was frozen in time, the spine-chilling possessiveness disappeared and it became a wax statue of great aesthetic value, standing silently in front of a stranger's door at midnight on the seaside.
[Player Bai Liu gets 3 points for watching players charging, unlocking the game merchandise shop]
[Points are too low to purchase any items. Please try harder! ]
The player charged three points, and Bai Liu understood a little bit. It should be that someone who watched gave him a reward. However, in this unlocked product shop, all the products are black and white, and the display status is [Not Available for Purchase].
He took a quick glance and found that the store had everything from daily necessities to weapons, as well as a lot of miscellaneous items, such as [intact heart], [love at first sight potion], and other items that sounded incredible. However, the prices of these items were also very high.
Bai Liu understood the words he heard when he entered the game - [Points can be used to buy everything you want].
Bai Liu closed the shop and looked at the motionless wax statue of the mermaid in front of him.
Now this thing is indeed not moving, but Bai Liu can't stay up all night to confront this thing. And after this incident, Bai Liu has a new understanding of the destructive power of this thing.
He looked at the stainless steel handle that was about to fall off his door.
Judging from the performance of the wax images in his room before, although this thing has great destructive power, it seems that it can only be located by the eyes, or in other words, it is only sensitive to visual things. Once covered by the white cloth, there is no way to find Bai Liu's position, even if they are in the same room, it is difficult to find him.
In other words, the wax mermaid statue seems to have no senses such as hearing and smell.
Otherwise, Bai Liu was in the same room with so many mermaid statues. Even by listening to Bai Liu's breathing, it would be easy to locate him. Then, they could twist off Bai Liu's head like a door handle, without having to tear off the white cloth to look for him. With the ability to twist off a door handle with bare hands, they would not be trapped in the bathroom closet and unable to get out.
….It’s really troublesome. There are so many of them. Keeping them is really a burden.
Bai Liu narrowed his eyes slightly, and a bit of evil thought came to his mind - now there was a wax statue in front of him that was motionless and letting him eat it, could he do some experiments on it to test what its weakness was, such as roasting it with fire, hitting it with a stick, killing it, or breaking it into pieces...
[Tip: If the player attacks the monster directly, and the monster does not die, the monster's hatred value will remain on the player for a long time, and it will continue to attack the player, reducing the player's survival rate]
Bai Liu touched his chin thoughtfully, then smiled, with a harmless little smile appearing on the right side of his face.
"If I attack it directly, it will hate me and take revenge on me, right..." Bai Liu said to himself, "But if it gets into trouble, it can't be blamed on me."
Bai Liu used the same trick again, wrapping the wax mermaid statue with a bed sheet and tying the opening at the bottom with a rope. Then he placed the wax mermaid statue at the entrance of the hotel staircase with bad intentions.
If the wax mermaid statue is not seen, it will walk around headlessly. Bai Liu placed the wax mermaid statue in this place so that it would fall down the stairs on its own.
Under the premise of having hatred value, Bai Liu will not take the initiative to smash these wax statues. If he can smash them directly, it will be fine, but if he can't smash them, it will obviously cause trouble for himself.
But such a large number of mermaid wax statues are a big hidden danger. Bai Liu only has a pair of eyes. If he is in the wooden man mode, if he is surrounded by wax statues 360 degrees without blind spots, the horizontal viewing angle of human eyes is only 188 degrees at most. Bai Liu cannot have eyes on the back of his head to see all the mermaid wax statues, so he will definitely die.
Bai Liu likes to do things with higher cost-effectiveness. Although the game says that all you need to do is exploit the weaknesses to escape from the monsters, he wants to know if there is a way to directly destroy these wax statues.
In other words, do these wax images have other fatal weaknesses?
He would not take the initiative to smash or hit the wax statue of the mermaid. The risk was too great and he could not afford to take it - no one knew what would crawl out of the pupa or cocoon after it was broken.
But if the wax mermaid statue fell down the stairs because of poor eyesight, it would have nothing to do with him.
Bai Liu just wanted to do a small test to verify whether this thing could be smashed, so he retreated back into the room.
Sure enough, the wax statue of the mermaid began to move soon after. Bai Liu seemed to be thinking about something. In fact, he was still looking at the wax statue, but the wax statue had its head covered with white cloth. It didn't know that Bai Liu was looking at it, so it moved on its own.
This proves that [direct gaze from the human eye] is only an objective condition. The mermaid will only stop moving when she subjectively feels that she is being stared at.
There were so many wax images in Bai Liu's room that he couldn't look at them all. As soon as Bai Liu woke up, before he had time to look around, they stopped moving on their own.
Therefore, as long as the mermaid wax statue [feels] that it is being looked at directly, it will stop moving.
Being able to reach this level of self-awareness, these things are indeed living beings, and living beings with a certain level of intelligence, although it does not appear that the level of intelligence is high.
The mermaid wax statue at the entrance of the stairs struggled a few times, then moved from the side of the stairs, and fell down with a crackling sound covered with a white cloth, making a huge noise that filled the sky with dust.
Bai Liu stood on the stairs and looked down. He brushed the dust off his hands and sighed with some regret. He looked at the wax statue of the mermaid below, which was intact except for its slightly curled up body. There was not even a crack on the marble.
...It really can't be broken by falling...Physical attacks are ineffective...
Bai Liu didn't know that his villain-like appearance on the small TV had caused a group of players to be stunned.
"Is this guy really a new guy? He covered his head with a sheet and threw the mermaid down the stairs... Was he a kidnapper before he came in? Or a terrorist?"
"I was just nervous and scared for him, but now I feel sorry for the wax statue of a mermaid knocking on the door. It fell and its tail was flapping. It was so miserable..."
"…Does this person really consider himself a player?!"
"Other players just want to survive the monsters, but he doesn't even want to let the monsters survive..."
The author has something to say:
The reference to the mode of "human eye looking directly at" is similar to that of "123 Wooden Man". It means that you have to see the other party first. The reference mode is similar to "SCP-173"
The dungeon was inspired by Mr. Loft's "The Shadow over Innsmouth"