Chapter 25 48h (8)
Feng He hung his head like a wilted kitten.
Although Gu Qiufeng didn't know what happened, he didn't show too much emotion. Instead, he put his hand on Feng He's shoulder and patted him to comfort him: "Take your time and tell me what happened."
He paused, a distinct emotion flashed across his light-colored eyes, and his breathing became heavier at this moment, but all the revealed emotions were restrained by Gu Qiufeng himself the next moment.
He was like a reliable and calm adult, comforting the panicked and self-blaming Feng He: "Tell me slowly. Tell me, why did Shen Yubo die? What happened to Shao Qiushui?"
The corridor was quiet, and no one shouted "fire" to alert the player this time. I don't know whether I should be thankful, at least it proves that the kind-hearted player did not enter this endless, desperate cycle this time.
Feng He tried hard to blink away the mist in her eyes and narrated in a low voice everything that happened in the library.
After a while, Gu Qiufeng stroked his chin with one hand, with a thoughtful look on his face: "You mean, Shen Yubo cycled many times before entering the library, so she knew that the broken light tube in the library was the real death point of her sister. Then Shen Yubo must have known something or seen something in the previous cycle, which led her to decide to save her sister even if she really died."
Just to fulfill her last wishes before her death, Shen Yubo did not have time to say more to Feng He. Or it could be said that until her death, Shen Yubo still had not let down her guard against Feng He, the monster in the dungeon, so she did not choose to reveal more things to Feng He.
"Forget it. It's meaningless to guess what she was thinking now. I have to say that I am not surprised by her ending." Gu Qiufeng sighed, "Since she entered the dungeon, it seems that she is not prepared to leave her sister again."
"It's just that this guy looks kind-hearted, but in the end he was so annoying that he assigned me a task." Gu Qiufeng shrugged, "As for this information, I guess only a big guild like Changyu Tavern, which is good at intelligence gathering, would have it. She forced me to join the guild."
The loop room of death buffer is quiet. There is no flow of time here. It is silent and silent, like a blank space left over due to a bug in the world.
It gives people the illusion that this place is safe.
"What about Shao Qiushui," Gu Qiufeng said, "after he lost control, did he look the same as those dead NPCs?"
Otherwise, he couldn't figure out what kind of threat it was that made Feng He decide to kill Shao Qiu Shui.
Feng He nodded lightly, his face still pale. This was the first time he destroyed something while being conscious. It was obvious that Feng He felt very uncomfortable.
"She heard the entire conversation between Shen Yubo and me. I don't understand why Shen Yubo said this in front of her. Shao Qiushui is very smart and figured things out quickly. Then, she showed a very painful expression in front of me."
"It was as if she saw something, or touched something that caused pain. A circle of red marks gradually appeared on her neck, and then," Feng He said, "I dodged her attack and accidentally knocked her head off."
The world around him suddenly began to crack and quickly decomposed and dissipated like dust. Feng He had almost no idea what was happening when he saw a ball of fire coming towards him. He subconsciously used his arms to protect his head.
The cycle brought him back to the bedroom, where he met Gu Qiufeng.
"I don't want to think about it." Gu Qiufeng muttered, "This time the cycle is faster, at least we can confirm that the laundry room, elevator, and library are now safe areas. Let's go check out the archives room and the dormitory."
Feng He nodded slightly.
The two men were about to open the door to see what was going on in Shao Qiu Shui's bedroom.
Gu Qiufeng suddenly said, "Wait, don't open the door yet."
He pulled Feng He, looked around, and hid in the empty closet in the bedroom.
*
Shao Qiu Shui opened his eyes in great pain.
The last image in her memory was the library with flames rising to the sky.
Oh, right.
This is just a game, said the pretty woman in the white dress.
Then, she died along with another NPC.
But if it is a game, why should the player protect these NPCs?
Shao Qiu Shui felt that her consciousness had returned a little. She moved her fingertips and sat up from the corner with difficulty, letting her back lean against the wall to half-support herself.
The haziness in front of his eyes gradually turned into clarity. As Shao Qiu Shui stood up, the world in front of him shook upside down and then became right side up.
Shao Qiu Shui was a little confused. This seemed to be her bedroom?
Although she didn't remember what happened exactly after the fire, how did she get back to the apartment building from the library in such a short time?
Shao Qiu Shui felt uncomfortable all over, as if his bones were broken and put back together again, especially his neck, which seemed to have been cut open by something.
She wanted to go back to bed and lie down for a while.
Shao Qiu Shui didn't want to think about either the subverted worldview or the horrifying scenes playing out before his eyes.
She is so tired and she wants to sleep.
However, soon, a smell caught Shao Qiu Shui's attention.
Shao Qiu Shui's face darkened, and she forced herself to suppress the urge to stand up.
The heartbeat is about to explode in my ears.
Shao Qiushui held her breath and grabbed her skirt with both hands to give herself a slight sense of security.
She looked at the quilt on the bed that was clearly bulging out in the shape of a human being, and felt a chill creeping up the back of her neck.
This is her room.
She is sitting in the corner, who is sleeping on the bed?
Because she was born with a cold body, Shao Qiu Shui was very afraid of cold. The bedroom she chose for herself was on the sunny side. Large patches of sunlight shone on Shao Qiu Shui in the corner through the bay window next to her, making her want to shiver.
Just when Shao Qiu Shui was about to be strangled by the death he imagined in his mind, the quilt suddenly moved.
The thing in the bed is waking up!
Shao Qiu Shui dared not move, and even tried to make his breathing as light as possible, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible in the corner.
A pair of charred, clearly non-human hands stretched out.
Shao Qiu Shui suddenly remembered a mummy he had visited in a museum when he was a child.
It is said that the mummy has great historical value and profound significance, but after the little Shao Qiu Shui saw the shriveled corpse, she was so scared that she couldn't sleep for half a year.
Shao Qiushui is timid and afraid of everything related to death and ghosts. She loves to watch some powerful Taoist movies about catching ghosts and fighting zombies, because those Taoists will become her only comfort in nightmares, and she will imagine that they can help her drive away those ghosts and mummies in nightmares.
But now, there was no Taoist priest, no exorcist, but a dried corpse with twisted limbs crawled out of her bed.
The bed was some distance away from the corner where Shao Qiu Shui was squatting, but Shao Qiu Shui could clearly smell a rotten and burnt smell.
The smell made her so nauseous that she wanted to vomit, but Shao Qiu Shui didn't dare to move. Cold sweat had already wet her hair.
Why was this mummy sleeping in her bed?
Where did Mr. Gu and Feng He go again?
Is there anyone who can rescue her?
The mummy was pitch black, thin and shriveled, with some bloody flesh occasionally visible under the burnt sebum layer.
Only black holes remained of its eyes, and its teeth had been carbonized into strange shapes.
Shao Qiu Shui suddenly had a glimmer of hope.
Expect it to not be able to see itself because it has no eyes.
The way the mummy walked was very twisted, almost as if it was walking while its hands were moving at the same time.
Before Shao Qiu Shui had time to think of praying, her heart sank to the bottom.
After the mummy got off the bed, he turned around and walked towards her accurately!
Shao Qiu Shui felt that her sanity seemed to be on the verge of collapse. She even thought that she had been scared crazy.
Perhaps it was fear that paralyzed his nerves, Shao Qiu Shui found that his soul seemed to be disconnected from his body.
The good news is that she won't expose herself by screaming in fear.
The bad news is that Shao Qiu Shui sadly discovered that he had lost the right to escape.
Like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
The mummy was getting closer and closer, and the smell of decay that Shao Qiu Shui smelled was getting stronger and stronger.
It was like death was waving at her with its breath and smile.
Is he really going to die? As an NPC in the game, maybe he will be watched, dying as funny as a clown?
Just when Shao Qiu Shui was completely desperate, an extremely crisp knock on the door disturbed the silence before death in the bedroom.
The mummy seemed to have attracted attention and changed its trajectory, returning step by step along the original path until it reached the door and opened it.
There seems to be someone outside.
But Shao Qiu Shui no longer cared about all this. She covered her neck and breathed in small gulps.
At the moment when he was facing death, Shao Qiu Shui even forgot to breathe. Now the brain center once again transmitted hormones and factors to the neurons in the limbs, and Shao Qiu Shui felt the pain caused by suffocation in his chest.
The lack of oxygen made her temporarily feel uneasy as if she was floating on the water. Shao Qiu Shui even had the illusion that she was sometimes far away from the world.
Faintly, she heard the murmurings of the mummy outside.
The sound rang briefly, and then the mummy followed some unknown entity out of the room.
The door closed with a click.
The relief of escaping death made Shao Qiu Shui a little dazed.
She quickly stood up with the help of the wall and began to look around.
Shao Qiu Shui's legs were shaking with fear.
The mummy is a psychological shadow that she will never be able to overcome in her life.
But Shao Qiu Shui felt a little unwilling to die like this.
She hasn't even figured out the truth about this world yet.
Even if her world is just a game, Shao Qiu Shui understands that she is not fake, and her vision for the future and her love for dance are not fake either.
Shao Qiu Shui didn't want to die so easily.
She could feel her fear when facing unknown creatures, and this fear would sweep away all her reason and thinking.
We can't just sit there and wait for death.
Somehow, Shao Qiu Shui thought of Gu Qiufeng.
If the powerful Mr. Gu were here, what would he do?
Shao Qiu Shui slowly felt the strength returning to her limbs. She gritted her teeth and tiptoed towards the bedroom door.
If Mr. Gu were here, he would take the initiative to explore the current situation and then find a chance to escape!
The moment he pushed open the door, Shao Qiu Shui swallowed nervously and observed the surroundings through the extremely tiny gap in the door.
The apartment was quiet, filled with the light of day, but it was like the calm before a storm destroys the land.
Shao Qiu Shui's senses, which had been paralyzed by the smell of the rotting corpse, finally recovered.
She hesitated.
The apartment is equipped with a kitchen, and students are allowed to make fire and cook, but Shao Qiu Shui herself does not know how to cook. She had previously thought that the transfer students would only be here for a few days of exchange study, so it would be more cost-effective for everyone to eat in the cafeteria. Therefore, Shao Qiu Shui did not buy ingredients in advance for the refrigerator in the apartment.
But now there is a very obvious smell of oil smoke coming here.
Could it be...Mr. Gu and the others?
But Shao Qiu Shui quickly took back this thought.
She's not that stupid.
The mummy had just gone out, and it was obvious that there was another creature of the same kind in the room with which it could communicate.
Maybe these monsters are cooking the food.
Shao Qiu Shui shuddered, quietly squeezed out of the door, first observed the obstacles on the ground, and planned an escape route to the outside.
This is actually a good opportunity.
The two monsters' attention was clearly not on her.
If you don’t run now, when will you run? And you must run without turning back!
Shao Qiu Shui's heart was beating violently in his chest.
She took a trembling breath, gritted her teeth, and rushed to the door with all her strength.
There seemed to be a terrifying scream coming from behind.
Discovered!
But even so, Shao Qiushui still didn't look back. She didn't even care about being afraid. She only had one thought in her mind -
Open the door!!!
She grasped the door handle, pulled it hard, pulled the door open with all her strength, and jumped into the corridor.
The foul smell behind him was gradually approaching, and Shao Qiu Shui had the illusion that he was about to be caught.
However, in the next second, the mummy behind him suddenly let out a cry of pain.
"run."
A firm, yet soothing man's voice sounded behind him.
Shao Qiu Shui felt the hot tears in his eyes suddenly burst out.
She didn't look back, but after jumping out of the door, she used the force of the dive to continue running towards the safety stairs.
Just as her hand touched the stairs, Shao Qiu Shui felt dizzy, as if the whole world shook.
The sound of a cicada chirped in my ear at an inopportune moment.
Shao Qiu Shui clutched the pole and collapsed. She knelt down in the sunlight-filled glass room, sweating profusely.
The entire glass wall next to it fills the room with sunlight.
This is a place she is very familiar with, and it is her permanent home whether she is sad or happy.
But wasn't she just racing against life and death?
There are many trees planted outside the dance studio, and cicadas are chirping one after another.
Shao Qiu Shui moved his fingertips, his scattered gaze focused on the shadows of the trees in the distance.
Is she safe now?
What about Mr. Gu?
*
"Shhh."
After Gu Qiufeng brought Feng He into the closet, he gently reminded him not to act rashly.
Then he lifted Feng He's palm and made a brief gesture to remind her.
“Someone is cooking.”
I don’t know if it’s because of mysophobia, but Gu Qiufeng is very sensitive to smells.
Even the slightest irritating smell will cause him to have a physiological discomfort.
In this apartment, Gu Qiufeng smelled the smell of oil smoke and rot that he had never smelled before.
Gu Qiufeng played with the slightly loose bandage on his hand and pushed the cabinet door open a tiny crack to observe what might happen next.
Feng He stared with her round eyes, turned sideways, and tried her best to stand in front of Gu Qiufeng.
Gu Qiufeng felt a little helpless when seeing this.
He thought that he didn't seem to show any signs of being weak, right? Why did Feng He always have such a strong desire to protect him?
But this was also the child's sincere love, so Gu Qiufeng didn't know what to say. He just thought about taking Feng He to visit D City after the dungeon was completed and buying him something he liked.
The apartment was quiet. Suddenly, Feng He's ears moved and he moved closer to the cabinet door.
Then, his expression suddenly became tense.
Gu Qiufeng raised his eyes and saw through the tiny gap that their door was suddenly opened from the outside.
It was the mummy that I had seen many times in the loop.
oh?
Can I move freely?
No fire this time?
Faintly, a thought flashed through Gu Qiufeng's mind.
But he didn't have much time to think about it. Gu Qiufeng calmed down and just watched the every move of the mummy outside the closet.
Judging from the shape, this mummy is Shao Qiu Shui dancing in the fire.
The mummy seemed to be looking for something. After turning around for a while without any results, its dark eye holes swept across the narrow gap in the closet.
Gu Qiufeng silently took out the Mirror Ghost's card.
But it just took a look, found nothing unusual, and left slowly.
The moment the door closed, Gu Qiufeng keenly caught the whispers outside.
There are more than just the mummy and other monsters in this room?
After the mummy left the room, Gu Qiufeng waited for a while, and after making sure that it would not come back again, he pushed open the cabinet door and brought Feng He out.
"I just heard footsteps of something else outside."
Feng He is not a real human being after all, and his perception is much more sensitive than Gu Qiufeng's.
"Let's go and take a look first."
Gu Qiufeng said: "If possible, get rid of them."
At this time, there is a very grim fact before us.
In the 48h copy, the fire is not only a hidden thread connecting the entire main task, but also a node for players to loop or die.
Gu Qiufeng had a suspicion that if the apartment had not caught fire, they might not be able to enter the next timeline.
"Hmm, it turns out to be an otherworld." Gu Qiufeng said softly, "Before, it started the fire on its own, but now we have to light it. This means that something different from other timelines must have appeared at some point in this cycle."♀
Although if they want to light a fire, Gu Qiufeng and Feng He will inevitably come into direct contact with things outside.
But Gu Qiufeng did not think that this was an increase in the difficulty of the game. On the contrary, this was actually the normal difficulty level for a C-level game.
It doesn’t set up overly desperate dilemmas.
After the game is repeated over and over, it gradually begins to reveal clues to the players.
But at the moment Gu Qiufeng pushed the door, he suddenly heard the sound of the door opposite opening.
The sound was very small, and it was obvious that the person who opened the door was very cautious.
Gu Qiufeng stopped his hand on the door handle.
According to Feng He's auditory identification, the mummy walked towards the living room.
Gu Qiufeng remembered that the room opposite to theirs was the one chosen by Shao Qiu Shui himself.
The mummy "Shao Qiu Shui" is gone.
Is there anything else in that room?
Soon, the screams of mummies were heard outside.
Gu Qiufeng understood that the other party had been discovered, so he quickly opened the door and used the skill card "Self in the Mirror" to stun the mummy that was about to attack.
The moment he saw the real Shao Qiu Shui, even Gu Qiufeng couldn't help but show surprise on his face.
How did Shao Qiu Shui also enter the other world?
However, these were obviously not the most urgent things at the moment. Gu Qiufeng took advantage of the dizziness and asked Feng He to slap the corpse's head away. He then said to the girl who did not look back, "Run."
After Gu Qiufeng spoke, Shao Qiu Shui slightly sped up.
Gu Qiufeng withdrew his gaze only after she ran to the safety stairs.
Although the existence of both the mummy "Shao Qiu Shui" and the living "Shao Qiu Shui" in the other world temporarily confused him, letting the Shao Qiu Shui they knew escape was obviously the wisest choice.
Her staying here would only cause more trouble.
"Next, one, two, three." Gu Qiufeng said with emotion, "Three mummies, thank you for your hard work, Xiao Fenghe."
As he spoke, Gu Qiufeng turned sideways and avoided the sharp claws of a pitch-black mummy.
Then he put his hands in his pockets, leisurely walked to the sofa while dodging the attacks of the mummies, sat down, and even clapped his hands with ease: "Brothers, since Xiao Fenghe has worked so hard, give us more points."
[Fuck, I didn’t expect Boss Gu to be so despicable. I saw some black-suited, black-hearted capitalists.]
[Help, I feel like Boss Gu has a passive taunting skill, and I inexplicably saw an angry emotion on the mummy’s face]
[Boss Gu: This is a crying beauty, give me some money!
Boss Gu: Look, Xiao Fenghe is really good at fighting, give me money! 】
[Excellent dungeon BOSS agent, showing us the full charm of a lovely BOSS in all aspects, give money to Boss Gu (dog head)]
[Feng He's skills are so beautiful, this output is at least A-level, I'm jealous, I also want a fighter like Feng He]
[First you have to coax the dungeon BOSS out of the dungeon]
[How can I be worthy of seeing dungeon monsters fighting each other? Is this what makes the No. 1 on the Rookie List different? (Kneel down)]
[Speaking of which, why did Sister Yubo's live broadcast room disappear? Does anyone know... I like her so much, what happened? ]
Gu Qiufeng raised his eyes.
Lines of text on the file appeared in his mind -
"When Shao Qiushui was 17 years old, his father died of an overdose of narcotics."
"His mother was a patient of his father and suffered from bipolar disorder."
"According to monitoring, Shao Qiushui does not have any symptoms related to mental illness, is mentally healthy, has excellent personal qualities, excellent academic performance, and is well-rounded in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor development."
Father, mother, Shao Qiu Shui.
one two three.
Shao Qiu Shui had a bad relationship with his mother and his father died early.
But in the other world, they look like a happy family, with their horrible mummified appearance.
Gu Qiufeng snapped his fingers.
The lighter that fell from his fingertips fell onto the fabric sofa with a flame.
Feng He quickly withdrew from the battle, put one hand on Gu Qiufeng's shoulder, and took him to quickly avoid the fire that was suddenly growing rapidly.
The three mummies howled in pain in the fire.
No, not three.
When Gu Qiufeng and Feng He stood by the window, he turned around and took a look.
Then an even weirder scene appeared.
In the raging fire with thick smoke, the tallest father bit the shortest mother fiercely, but the mother soon fought back unwillingly.
The two mummies were fighting in the fire, and the fire consumed them bit by bit.
However, the mummy "Shao Qiu Shui" seemed unaware and continued dancing again.
In the fire, a dance of twisted limbs.
Gu Qiufeng stopped looking, took the curtains and tied them to the windowsill, then he and Fenghe slid down one after another.
He sighed: "This should be our last cycle."
Gu Qiufeng needs to think carefully about what the pictures in the other world mean.
Suddenly, another voice came from next to the apartment building.
"Gu Qiufeng!"
Gu Qiufeng turned his head and saw Yu Chiang running towards him in a hurry.
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