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Peng Ningyu opened her eyes, only to find herself in a room, and it was quiet all around.
She didn't plan to go out rashly. Before entering the copy, He Lizhou clearly told her that if they were teleported to a different place, he would find her as soon as possible. In order to avoid missing each other, it would be best for one of them to stay in the room.
While waiting for He Lizhou, Peng Ningyu walked around the room first. The first thing she did was to open the window and take a look outside. A straight and narrow path led into the room.
Peng Ningyu looked back and found a mirror placed right in front of the window. Just as she was about to go forward to take a closer look, she saw that the mirror was swaying and spinning in the windless state.
The surroundings were unusually quiet, not even a human voice was heard. Peng Ningyu slowly stepped back, away from the mirror, and walked around the one-bedroom room.
The room was very small, and Peng Ningyu had finished walking around it in just a few steps. She didn't dare to touch anything in the room. To kill time, she simply flipped through the mobile phone that was automatically distributed after entering the copy, trying to find some information about this copy.
Peng Ningyu idly looked through every social software on her phone, but found nothing in them. All the chat boxes were cleared. Even so, it took some time, but He Lizhou and Sheng Ju still didn't come.
Peng Ningyu then realized something was wrong. She glanced towards the door and opened the APP on her phone that was bound to the smart door lock.
There was no one at the door.
Peng Ningyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, secretly sighing that she was too suspicious. But just when she was about to turn off her phone, she couldn't help but swipe the video camera forward.
Not long ago, there was a figure hiding in the shadows outside my room.
Peng Ningyu's fingers were shaking as she zoomed in on the image, trying to see the man's face clearly, but failed.
The phone ran out of battery and turned off automatically.
Peng Ningyu finally came back to reality from that strange feeling. When she saw that person just now, she couldn't control herself and wanted to see that person's face clearly, as if she had to know it, otherwise something would happen.
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Sheng Ju also saw the man. He immediately opened the door and was about to question him, but the man turned around and ran away nimbly. Sheng Ju threw a kitchen knife at him, and the knife fell to the ground. It did not hurt the man, but it made a loud noise.
With this sound, the whole apartment seemed to come alive, and slowly there were voices. The neighbor next door opened the door, stuck half of his head out and asked in confusion: "Yuanguang, what's going on?"
Sheng Ju was the only one in the entire corridor, and he immediately realized that this was a role-playing copy, and the "Yuanguang" was himself.
Sheng Ju straightened his face, but glanced towards his neighbor's house secretly, "Ah, nothing."
The neighbor noticed where Sheng Ju's gaze was, became alert, and closed the door again.
Sheng Ju touched the tip of his nose and walked to the elevator, but found that the elevator did not stop at the first floor. Sheng Ju pressed the door-opening button and found that the elevator door opened immediately.
He subconsciously glanced at the number flashing red on the electronic screen: 44th floor.
This number has appeared so many times in the copy that it can be considered an old friend. Sheng Ju didn't even have time to breathe irregularly and entered the elevator without hesitation.
If it was on the fourth or eighteenth floor, you could still take the stairs, but if it was on the forty-fourth floor, you would be exhausted just climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator.
After entering the elevator, Sheng Ju had to press the button for the floor he was heading to, which made him hesitate for a moment. According to his nature...
Sheng Ju reached out and pressed the fourth floor.
The elevator was very fast and stopped on the fourth floor soon.
Sheng Ju looked at the house number and went straight to 404.
It was very quiet inside Room 404, just as quiet as when he first entered the dungeon. Sheng Ju knocked on the door for a long time, but no one came to open it. He guessed that He Lizhou was not here, so he turned around and was about to leave.
The moment he turned around, he sensed a prying gaze. Sheng Ju immediately looked around at the other three doors, and the gaze disappeared again.
Sheng Ju thought about it and went back to the elevator, only to find that the elevator had stopped at the 44th floor again.
But the elevator never made any sound.
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After seeing the strange man running away, He Lizhou decided to go out and take a look, at least to find out which room each player was in and which room he was in.
He had just opened the door when a loud noise was heard outside. He Lizhou subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound and found a kitchen knife left on the ground.
This kitchen knife looked particularly familiar. He Lizhou felt that it was like the one in his own room, but he was not sure if this was everyone's first choice of brand.
The neighbor also opened the door and saw that only He Lizhou was there, so he stuck half of his head out and asked in confusion: "Yuanguang, what's wrong?"
He Lizhou smiled and said, "Nothing, I was also frightened by the sound, so I came out to take a look, you too?"
The neighbor took a look at the kitchen knife on the ground and asked curiously, "Isn't this yours? Why did you throw the kitchen knife away?"
He Lizhou's breathing stagnated, and he looked at his neighbor's face sharply, "How do you know it's mine?"
The neighbor was speechless and stammered, "I saw you just bought it a few days ago!"
After saying that, the neighbor slammed the door shut.
He Lizhou glanced at the other door and saw something flashing through the peephole on the door of Room 4403.
He Lizhou thought that something must have happened in this apartment, otherwise these people wouldn't be so covert and vigilant.
When he walked to the elevator door, he found that the elevator was stopped at the 4th floor.
The number "4" appears quite frequently in the infinite flow copy. He Lizhou guessed that a player might be living on that floor.
He pressed the door-opening button, and the elevator immediately rose slowly and soon reached his floor, the 44th floor.
He Lizhou walked in, and before he pressed the number, he felt something beside him, but he was indeed the only one in the elevator.
He held his breath and did not take the initiative to attack the other party. The other party seemed to sense his goodwill and moved away from him. It was a very light feeling, not like the wind, but more like a transfer of space.
The elevator door then slowly closed.
He Lizhou did not go looking for other players. This apartment has 44 floors with 4 rooms on each floor. Excluding special numbers, there are still many uncertain floors. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find people. It would be better to go out more often, maybe you can run into a player by chance.
He Lizhou pressed the number "1" and the elevator began to run slowly again and reached the first floor.
He Lizhou walked out of the apartment and found that there was a supermarket downstairs, but it seemed that business was not very good, and the boss was drowsy on the table.
He Lizhou remembered that the refrigerator in the room was empty, so he went in and picked out some vegetables.
The boss didn't say a word during this period until He Lizhou put the two bags of vegetables on the counter. Then the boss stood up and weighed them slowly.
He Lizhou remembered "his own kitchen knife" that had inexplicably appeared in the corridor, and turned around and picked up another kitchen knife.
The supermarket owner raised his eyelids and looked at He Lizhou lazily, "It's you, why are you buying a kitchen knife again?"
This time He Lizhou said it more smoothly and naturally than last time, "There are not many kitchen knives at home, so I'll prepare another one."
The supermarket owner didn't care what He Lizhou would say. He weighed the item and said, "The total is 47.55. I'll charge you 48. How do you pay?"
Why is there rounding involved?
He Lizhou took out his mobile phone and scanned the QR code in front of the boss's counter, but the result showed that the balance was insufficient.
Boss He had never seen these four words before. It took him a while to react. Then he raised his head and said to the boss awkwardly, "Can I buy on credit first?"
The supermarket owner pointed expressionlessly at the banner at the door. On it was a red background with white characters, clearly written and glaring: "Small business, no credit."
He Lizhou had no choice but to take off the bracelet to pay the debt when his cell phone suddenly rang.
The caller ID above showed "Boss". He Lizhou thought about it and answered the call. "Hello, Boss?"
The person on the other end of the line cursed at He Lizhou. Before the call was hung up, He Lizhou heard one sentence clearly: "Are you coming to work or not? If not, get out!"
He Lizhou was about to ask for the company address when the other party hung up.
The supermarket owner's eyes were full of disdain.
He Lizhou exited the call page and found that the social software, which had been empty just now, now showed his company and position.
Anmi Company, employee He Yuanguang.
He Lizhou thought for two seconds whether he should go to work. After all, if he only had to survive for three days, he didn't need to go to work. He could just hold on and find something to eat to fill his stomach.
As if seeing what He Lizhou was thinking, the supermarket owner snorted coldly, "The rent will be collected tomorrow, do you still have money to pay it?"
He Lizhou: ...It seems that the system forces me to go, but can I really earn a month's rent in one day?
He didn't want to be kicked out of the apartment because he had no money to pay the rent. Staying in the apartment was dangerous, and spending the night outside was an unimaginable crisis.
He Lizhou immediately opened the navigation software and entered the company name, only to find that the company was near the apartment, only fifty meters away.
Great, now I can save on transportation costs.
He Lizhou thought sadly.
Following the navigation route, He Lizhou jogged all the way and finally arrived at the company before ten o'clock.
Just as he sat down at his workstation, someone leaned over next to him. He Lizhou glanced casually and found that the man's face was blank. The facial features only appeared immediately after he noticed it, as if the game modeling had not been loaded in time.
He Lizhou suppressed his shock and asked, "What's wrong?" He glanced at the other person's work badge and added, "Sister Lili."
Lili covered her mouth and laughed, with undisguised malice in her eyes, "The boss asked you to go to the office to find him."
He Lizhou naturally realized that the visitor had bad intentions, but he had to go. He touched his wrist and then stood up, his face seemed calm and composed, "Okay, I understand."
Seeing him walking towards the boss' office step by step, Lili was surprised, "Why is this guy not a coward?"
As the words fell, He Lizhou immediately heard the system warning: "Warning, warning, the character setting has shifted, please correct it immediately."
He Lizhou cooperated by shaking his body. Lili giggled when she saw it. "That's right. How could a coward suddenly become brave? He was just pretending."
At the same time, all players who entered the dungeon received this broadcast, and everyone had different reactions.
However, they all seemed to be old players who had entered the dungeon several times. Although their expressions changed, they did not lose their composure. They still remembered to look at the faces of the people around them at this time, trying to find other players.
But they were destined to be disappointed, because the employees around them all had gloating expressions on their faces and there was no sign of anything wrong.
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