Chapter 168: Spirit Exploration Live Room
His left hand was interlocked with the fingers of an invisible creature. Even though the smell around him was familiar, Xu Zhiyan did not dare to relax at all.
His body inevitably stiffened for a moment.
Although his mind kept thinking about the slice in the master bedroom, considering the time and place, Xu Zhiyan didn't think that the other party would follow him to this place.
So this transparent monster should be one of 'them'.
From this point of view, the original rule "They are everywhere and there are so many of them" should not only apply to the rental house, but to the entire copy.
But he didn't move.
Now it was not sure whether it was the wild 'they' that held his hand, or something else.
Considering the entry rules, Xu Zhiyan felt that it was most likely the supplement mentioned in the rules...
No, that's not right.
This rule means that after entering, he still stands at the door and does not go in.
While hesitating, he suddenly glanced at Hall 1. In the cup holder on the armrest of the single seat at the edge of the first row, there was a milk tea cup with something written on it.
There were still seven minutes left before the start of the game. Xu Zhiyan felt that the transparent creature holding him was not exerting too much force, so he secretly pulled his hand back.
Nothing happened.
There was only a damp chill in the air.
Not feeling the other party pulling him closer, Xu Zhiyan ignored him and tiptoed into Cinema No. 1, heading straight for the milk tea cup with the words written on it.
The words are in red, which is a bit shocking at first glance.
[You can’t leave, you must not leave, you must watch at least one movie before you can leave! ]
【When leaving, be sure to go through the underground parking lot. 】
[If you don’t wear glasses, don’t open your eyes during the movie! ]
[If you close your eyes and still see them inviting you, please refuse loudly. ]
[The ticket machine with a broken corner of the LCD screen sells single tickets. Remember not to buy multi-person tickets. It is better to spend more money than to buy multi-person tickets! Remember, remember! ]
[Don't look for seats according to the numbers on your ticket. It's best to choose an empty seat near the door and run away immediately when you leave.]
The not-so-big cup was covered with words written densely in lipstick.
Some of them are repeated on the doors, and some are conflicting.
Xu Zhiyan focused his attention on the second to last item. The single movie ticket he wanted was in the ticket machine.
All the changes started after ten o'clock, and this cinema gave players a chance to catch their breath - enter early.
The person who wrote the message on the cup must have been someone who had visited the abandoned cinema before and left safely. It is very likely that he was the ghost hunter who left safely as mentioned in the previous live broadcast room!
Normally, this place should be completely closed after a murder happened before.
There is no mold on the empty cup, someone put it there recently.
As for the other rules...
Let’s get a single ticket first!
There were less than two minutes left, but Hall No. 1 was very close to the ticket office, and he still had more than a hundred yuan in his hand. If he ran over, he should still have time!
Having made up his mind, Xu Zhiyan immediately put down his cup of milk tea and ran to the entrance of Hall No. 1 to buy a ticket.
It turns out that this isn’t a difficult place to explore ghosts.
Although the rules are tight, there is plenty of time, and there are tips left by predecessors who survived. As long as you buy a single ticket and find a suitable seat, there shouldn't be any big problems.
Xu Zhiyan has a good plan.
But who knew that when he passed the entrance door of Theater No. 1, he felt a chill on his stomach as something invisible grabbed him back.
!!!
He only felt himself floating in the air for a moment, and then fell into a cold embrace.
Judging from the smell, it was the transparent creature that had just stood at the door and interlocked his fingers with him, but at this moment, this invisible guy seemed a little rude.
Xu Zhiyan felt his back pressed against the other person's chest.
'They' can selectively touch inanimate objects, so even though he was wearing clothes at the moment, the other person's body went beyond the clothes and pressed tightly against his skin.
The cold touch made Xu Zhiyan shiver.
Time was running out, so he tried to use his elbow to push against the other's chest, wanting to leave quickly, but the transparent monster was very strong, and his struggle only made the arms around his waist and abdomen tighten even more.
Xu Zhiyan moved twice and found that it had a counterproductive effect, so he stopped immediately.
"Hello, I bought the wrong ticket. If you let me go now, I will give this ticket to you." Before the movie started, he whispered to comfort the transparent monster.
However, the other party did not buy it.
Before Xu Zhiyan could stretch out his hand, an invisible hand reached into his pocket and took out the couple's movie ticket.
"Yes, that's it, so can you let me go first?"
Xu Zhiyan was extremely anxious, but considering their temper, he tried to keep his voice as low as possible.
His rapid speaking speed still revealed his nervousness.
Feeling the arm around his waist loosen and watching the time pass by second by second, Xu Zhiyan was forced to explain once again.
"I can't see the seat number on it, so I have to buy a new ticket."
Is this okay now?
He had already guessed the previous person's viewing process after seeing the rules of the milk tea cup. The transparent monsters should be able to see the seats on the movie tickets, and they also know that in addition to humans, there are other invisible monsters in the cinema.
Therefore, the correct process of watching a movie should be that after entering, do not pick up unfamiliar movie tickets, but spend money to buy new tickets.
No wonder players have no money in their pockets.
After you get out, you will need to obtain money through other means to maintain everyone's expenses in this copy.
Clearly only less than a minute had passed, but to Xu Zhiyan, it felt exceptionally long.
The transparent monster didn't let go.
He began to doubt whether he could really buy a ticket.
Suddenly, the monster let go.
After leaving the cold embrace, Xu Zhiyan trembled all over, but he didn't have time to adapt to the temperature and turned around and wanted to run outside.
One minute... One minute...
He took a step forward in a hurry and was pulled back again!
This time, the transparent monster did not simply hold the person in its arms, but instead put one hand around Xu Zhiyan's waist and carried the person directly onto its shoulder.
His vision spun quickly, and when Xu Zhiyan reacted, he saw a red carpet with mold spots in front of him.
His stomach was pressed against by a hard and cold shoulder and he almost vomited. Although visually he was suspended in the air, he could feel a hand pressing on his calf to prevent him from falling.
Xu Zhiyan struggled to get off the monster's shoulders.
"Wait... I mean-"
His voice stopped abruptly.
Because he felt a cold palm patting his thigh, the force was very light, with obvious comfort.
Xu Zhiyan's mind was a little confused.
What the hell? Are their intelligence so high? They can even transmit emotions? You know, those in the room can't communicate at all except for playing games. Even after touching each other, the other party won't react at all.
Could it be that the transparent monsters in the cinema are more advanced?
He didn't have time to think about it.
In the game live broadcast room, the situation that the audience saw was extremely strange.
[Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, I’m floating! ]
[What? Is it a ghost? Not sure, let’s wait and see.]
[Hey, I was just thinking, shouldn’t Xiao Baiwan have gotten the new rules just now? He should have gone out to buy new movie tickets, but who knew he would just stay where he is.]
[He must have been caught by a transparent monster. He clearly didn't move, but his clothes were sticking to his body. He must have been caught by a monster.]
[…But, it’s a bit funny! ]
[What kind of monsters are there upstairs? In this abandoned movie theater, someone suddenly floats in the air. It's not funny at all. It's so scary! ]
[Yanyan's wife, hehe, slurp, slurp! My wife's butt is so perky! Hehehehehe! ]
[…Ahem, you guys go away on your own or should I tag the administrator? ]
In the center of the live broadcast screen, a thin young man was carried on the shoulders of an invisible monster and slowly walked towards the viewing seats.
Now the countdown has entered five minutes, and Xu Zhiyan no longer struggles.
Although it was a bit nonsense, he did feel the kindness conveyed by this monster... and the smell of the other party was very familiar to him, and he always thought of his vase Party A.
Letting the other party carry him, Xu Zhiyan simply counted the horizontal and vertical numbers on the ground.
The transparent monster brought him to the center seat in the last row, put him down on the seat, and even lifted up the armrest between the two seats.
“…”
Xu Zhiyan was speechless for a while.
He finally figured it out. It turned out that this guy wanted to watch a movie with him?
However, there was a soft leather seat under my butt. Although it might have grown some green hair and was not very suitable for escape, I managed to avoid the seventh rule announced on the broadcast and did not squeeze other guests.
After circumventing a rule in a weird way, Xu Zhiyan felt mixed emotions and sighed silently.
The transparent monster next to him didn't touch him again, but the smell of ashes was still there, so he must have sat back and waited for the movie.
At this point, Xu Zhiyan stopped worrying and looked at the big screen.
A strange advertisement was playing on the screen.
Three cute anthropomorphic animals are jumping around, very lively and active. They are walking on the streets of the city, strolling happily. In the next frame, it is dark, and they come to the door of a movie theater. Looking at the familiar scene on the door, it should be the Golden Amber Cinema.
Could it be a promotional advertisement shot by the cinema?
Xu Zhiyan frowned and continued reading.
The animals walked in and came to the counter to buy movie tickets. From here on, Xu Zhiyan discovered that the appearance of these three animals became a little strange.
It is obviously still the same Q-version animal, but the lines don’t seem to be as round as at the beginning. Instead, they have become much tougher after getting the movie ticket. The color is not as bright as before, but has become a lot darker.
Then, the picture changed and three animals were sitting in the theater.
From the layout of the theater, we can see that these three animals are in the first row of Theater 1. However, the composition of the picture is surprisingly weird, it is shot from the back to the front row, and only the backs of the heads of the three cartoon animals can be seen.
Then, the animals started watching the movie, but the screen was blank.
The first animal burst into laughter for no apparent reason, slapping its thighs and unable to stop laughing, and the next second, the animal disappeared, leaving its companions unaware.
The second little animal left halfway and never came back, and only the third little animal was still watching.
But after a few scenes flashed by, the third little animal disappeared from its position and appeared in the movie, dancing with a happy expression.
The five-minute animated ad is not long and it ends quickly.
Black text on a white background appeared on the screen, replacing the third animal's gradually crazy and distorted expression.
[Movie starts]
【5, 4, 3...】
As the countdown ended, Cinema No. 1 fell into complete darkness.
Xu Zhiyan thought of the message on the milk tea cup, and closed his eyes the moment the screen lit up.
Since there are three pieces of information involving glasses, it means that glasses are indeed needed here.
He thought that since neither the theater rules nor the entry rules mentioned whether one had to watch the entire movie with eyes open, then it should not be against the rules for him to close his eyes.
The screen seemed to light up.
The dancing white light shines through the eyelids, faintly conveying colors.
Xu Zhiyan was calm, breathing steadily, and listening to the lines with his ears pricked up.
...It should be okay if I listen?
This is a love movie with a modern background. The male and female protagonists have a long-winded conversation, and the background music is sometimes cheerful and light-hearted, and sometimes suspenseful and urgent.
It seems like a clichéd love drama where you love me, I don’t love you, but you love him.
Xu Zhiyan had never watched romance movies before, so he found it interesting at first. After listening for about twenty minutes, he didn’t quite understand the plot. He did understand that both of the protagonists cheated on him, but he soon lost interest and started turning the ring on his middle finger out of boredom.
Because of the previous experience with the Sea God, he did not let the ghosts and gods pour anything into the ring before setting off.
Today's round ring is just an ordinary decorative ring.
Soon, an hour passed and the movie reached the middle of the show.
In the live broadcast room, although Xu Zhiyan himself was unable to enjoy the movie, the audience who were watching the live broadcast did enjoy it.
[Ugh, what kind of script is this about a scumbag man and a scumbag woman hurting each other? How can there be such a ridiculous movie in this world! ]
[The heroine and the hero are together for their own benefit. They have long been in love with each other without realizing it, and neither of them is willing to give in. After the marriage, they each go their separate ways...]
[Ahhh my eyes! Why are you hurting my eyes! ]
[I think it's pretty good-looking, so addictive hahahaha. ]
[Tsk, I didn't expect that I could even watch a movie. Xiao Baiwan is sitting there like a statue.]
[Damn, he is so calm! I tried to put myself in Xiao Baiwan's shoes at first and listened with my eyes closed for a while, but when I heard the hero cheat on the heroine with her best friend to make her angry, I opened my eyes in anger! ]
[Pfft - please! We are watching the live broadcast, how can it be the same as his? ]
[Fuck, fuck, the male and female protagonists stabbed each other! ]
[My old swan, this plot, the director couldn’t have filmed it without a 10-year cerebral thrombosis! ]
Xu Zhiyan closed his eyes and guessed from the depressing and tense music that the plot had reached its climax and would probably end in another half an hour.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
I was thinking that after the movie was over, I would rush to the underground parking lot and then go home.
But the reality is never as simple as imagined.
Just when the movie reached the climax of the conflict between the male and female protagonists, Xu Zhiyan had already learned from the conversation that the two sides were fighting with knives, you stabbing me and I stabbing you, vowing to die together.
Under the light, the young man had a serious expression as he listened to this plot.
Xu Zhiyan took a deep breath and suppressed his desire to scold the director.
Stop poking, or the protagonists will die!
Just as he was cursing inwardly, a strong smell of blood slowly wafted over from the front.
Xu Zhiyan's heart skipped a beat and he sat upright without opening his eyes.
After thinking for a while with a frown on his face, he felt something soaking his shoes. He lifted his feet and felt a sticky feeling of being pulled coming from the soles of his shoes, along with a lingering smell... It should be blood spreading through.
The dialogue in the movie continues.
"What should I do? I killed Yiyi, she is dead..." This is the panicked voice of the male protagonist of the movie. The female protagonist's best friend is comforting her. The two quickly let go of the dead female protagonist and become sweet and loving again.
Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips with a serious expression.
The heroine died halfway through the filming of this idiotic movie, and the hero was forced to be with the supporting actress. He became so excited just by listening to this.
The current anomaly can be taken into account.
The dead heroine is most likely around him...
The clenched fist unclenched again.
Put away your desire to help others and respect their fate.
Xu Zhiyan made up his mind that if the heroine, no, the female ghost came to him for help, he would not be stupid enough to break the rules.
He told himself that this was all a movie, bait to lure in the wrong people.
As expected.
Soon, a strange sound appeared right in front of Xu Zhiyan.
"Help."
"I was victimized by a scumbag, and now I need your help."
It was the heroine's pleading voice, a little ethereal, making it difficult to tell whether the voice was real or just an imagination created in one's mind after watching the movie.
“…”
Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips and said nothing.
He really wanted to tell the other party that if it were in reality, he could provide some legal assistance, but the heroine seemed to only want to lure him into breaking the rules.
"Help me, help me, help me..."
The voice became more and more sad.
Unfortunately, the sound echoed for a long time, and the only human in Screening Room No. 1 did not answer.
Just when Xu Zhiyan thought that he could get through this level easily, the voice in front of him suddenly changed its tone, and the grief-stricken voice was replaced by a sharp voice of dissatisfaction.
"Can you see me? Why aren't you responding?"
"Why don't you open your eyes and look at me?"
"Open your eyes... hehe!"
Xu Zhiyan was startled and realized that his body had suddenly changed and was no longer under his control.
He realized it was a problem with the sound and immediately covered his ears.
However, it didn't work.
The other party's voice seemed to penetrate directly into his mind, rather than appearing faintly in the hall.
As he said the last sentence, he found that his eyelids were trembling slightly and were about to open.
Xu Zhiyan clenched his back teeth and lowered his head the moment before opening his eyes, trying to avoid the images playing on the screen and the bewitching voice.
But when he opened his eyes, he found that his body was completely out of control.
Loss of control.
Xu Zhiyan opened his eyes and slowly sat up, facing the movie that was playing.
There was nothing in front of his eyes, and there was no blood on the ground under his feet.
That was the only voice that appeared in his mind.
"Hehe, come on, reality is not as interesting as movies..." The heroine's voice has completely turned into a weird tone.
"Come on, come on..."
"Put your hand out and I will catch you."
"bring it on……"
"Stand up, walk to the screen, and join me..."
The strange and bizarre invitations never stop.
Xu Zhiyan glanced at his hand and saw it raised up, and his mind started to race.
Now the scene reminded him of the cartoon at the beginning.
The third cartoon animal did nothing illegal in the previous scene, but it was still pulled into the screen...
It seems that the preparation is not sufficient, and you will not be invited into the movie without glasses.
Thinking that he would be dragged into the movie anyway, Xu Zhiyan calmed down.
The third animal did not die immediately when it entered the movie. Instead, it sang and danced happily. In other words, being pulled into the movie does not lead to immediate death.
Since there is no death, there must be a way out.
After some mental preparation and feeling a little more confident, he stopped struggling against the force that controlled his body and allowed himself to stretch out his hand.
But the next moment, something unexpected happened.
A cold hand clasped Xu Zhiyan's left hand.
Just like at the door, an invisible cold hand grasped his hand first, and the fingers passed through his fingers, clasping them tightly and holding them tightly.
Xu Zhiyan paused.
But his body stood up uncontrollably, as if he wanted to walk down the stairs and walk to the screen.
Unfortunately, after his hands were restrained, he found that although he stood up and took two steps, he could not walk down the stairs as the strange voice expected...
The transparent monster beside him was very powerful, holding him tightly like a seat belt.
Xu Zhiyan was suddenly touched.
Damn it, he had just cursed this transparent monster eight hundred times in his heart, but he didn't expect that it would be useful in the blink of an eye.
The voice echoing in his mind seemed to notice that he had not moved from his position, but instead remained where he was, and shouted even louder.
"Come on, come here..."
"Give me your mind and your body..."
Xu Zhiyan felt calm.
Even felt like laughing a little.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to go down and fight the monsters in the movie, it’s that the current situation doesn’t allow it!
After standing for a while, my feet felt a little numb.
He found that the power controlling his body seemed to be even stronger.
But to no avail.
Even though he had blood vessels implanted, he was still not strong enough compared to the transparent monster, and the other party could easily detain him with one hand.
A few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan felt something tugging at the hem of his clothes.
The transparent monster seemed a little impatient.
After realizing that Xu Zhiyan had no intention of sitting back down, the invisible hand suddenly exerted force and pulled him into its arms.
In just two hours, Xu Zhiyan fell into the same arms twice.
But this time, when another cold arm wrapped around him, he did not feel angry. Instead, he began to think about how to make friends with this transparent monster.
This one is obviously much stronger than the one in the room, and has a slightly higher intelligence...
No, I have to find a way to keep this guy by my side and do my work!
For the next half hour, Xu Zhiyan stared with his eyes wide open, nestled in the transparent monster's arms, and watched the second half of the melodramatic movie with relish.
The only thing that made him feel difficult was the crazy voice in his head.
This sound and image seem to be able to control only the human body. If the other party is trapped by force, no one can do anything.
The film soon came to an end, and the characters in the screen twisted one by one. They no longer looked at other actors when they moved, but stared at the living audience outside the screen, with anger and confusion flashing in their eyes.
Xu Zhiyan found that the power controlling him disappeared.
But the movie isn't quite over yet.
He did not leave rashly, but instead changed into a more comfortable position in the transparent monster's arms.
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