Chapter 190: Spirit Exploration Live Room
The four-character signboard radiates red light, reflecting on the surrounding buildings. The extremely warm red color is creepy in the darkness.
It was a joy to find the Broadcasting House.
However, none of the ten players present could laugh. Each of them acted as if they were facing a great enemy, as if they were afraid that the building would suddenly crash into them.
Because Xu Zhiyan and Chang Xingwei avoided the other eight people when discussing how to end the copy early, even Yuan Chi, who knew a little about the abnormalities in the radio building, couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"What the hell? How did this building suddenly appear?"
"Broadcasting Building?"
"When it just started, the area outside the square was still empty. Now that this building has appeared, there must be something fishy going on."
The players whispered.
Feng Yanyan's face suddenly turned pale, as if she had thought of something, and she whispered, "When I was exploring ghosts in the abandoned theater, I saw something related to the radio building."
With her reminder, the other players also frowned and recalled.
Soon, everyone said that they had more or less found some information about related electronic products.
Someone discovered that all the computers in the computer room had been destroyed while visiting a school; someone checked a large number of returned LED screen orders in the factory ruins; someone discovered that the number of mentally ill patients had increased sharply in a short period of time while visiting a hospital...
It seems like all the clues are pointing to the same place.
Seeing the other players looking nervous, Yuan Chi also felt a little nervous.
"Boss Xu, is this the radio building we mentioned before?" He subconsciously turned to ask Xu Zhiyan, his eyes revealing his panic.
Facing the gazes of nine pairs of eyes, Xu Zhiyan waved his hand and said soothingly, "It's not a big problem."
At worst, you can just not enter the ghost-hunting location.
Previously, Chang Xingwei exploited a system bug and did not go out for live broadcast, so he stayed at home for a day. Although he was targeted later, the fact that someone succeeded means that this is feasible.
There is no pressure without competition.
Anyway, everyone is now bound to the linked live broadcast, so it doesn’t matter whether it is live broadcast or not.
As if in response to his words, the panels of all the players present popped up.
[Update Tips: Players must enter a ghost-hunting location before midnight, otherwise the system will not be responsible for what happens. ]
Having been tricked by the system too many times, players were not surprised at all when seeing the forced sales prompts. Instead, they were much calmer.
Xu Zhiyan signaled Chang Xingwei not to speak and turned his gaze to the other people.
"Today's group activities are over. Everyone can go and find the ghost-hunting locations they want to go to. However, considering that we are no longer in competition, I suggest that everyone go to a simpler place."
Although the other six players paid money, they were not so obedient.
Knowing that mobilizing these people might take several times the effort, Xu Zhiyan roughly judged that it would be better to act separately.
Due to different goals, there will definitely be differences during the exploration process.
This proposal is exactly what the players want.
After several rounds of tasks, every player realized the ultimate goal of this round of the game - to let the remaining players kill each other, until only one person is left.
Originally, everyone should have been like this. After all, according to the rewards, the reward that the first place can get is far more than the total of other players, which is enviable.
However, the system did not expect that Xu Zhiyan was in this copy, which resulted in the ten people not turning against each other but actually becoming a cooperative relationship.
In the live broadcast room, the audience looked at the players who were gradually becoming cooperative and even felt a little envious.
[Ah, it’s great that players can play the game in such harmony! ]
[But everyone paid 60,000 points! 60,000! Not cheap! ]
【Friendship bought with money.jpg】
[The biggest flaw of this instance is the reverse charge. If the system wasn't so greedy, there wouldn't be any chance of getting a small million.]
[It's hard to say, mainly because there are a few million, otherwise the reverse charge can really stimulate the enthusiasm of the players, and even turn teammates against each other. ]
[But not every instance has a player who is absolutely able to suppress others and is willing to give up the highest reward. ]
[Normal. The more powerful the player, the more arrogant he is. He will definitely look down on the points in the hands of a weakling~]
Soon, there were only four people left in the small pavilion.
Xu Zhiyan looked at Yuan Chi with some curiosity.
"Why don't you leave? We're going to the Broadcasting Building soon."
Although he knew that the sudden appearance of this building might be a scam, and even when he saw Bai Jin's message, his first reaction was that the other party was lying, he subconsciously felt that he could not enter the building.
But when he thought of the 250,000 points, Xu Zhiyan felt that he was ready again!
Damn it, if I don't put in some effort, the points will be too easy to get.
However, Chang Xingwei stayed because he was needed, and Yu Xiu was restricted by the contract, so why should Yuan Chi stay with him?
Yuan Chi felt a little embarrassed when he heard the question, and hesitantly told the reason why he stayed.
“I’m afraid they’ll beat me.”
Yes, he was afraid of being beaten.
Although Xu Zhiyan had reached a consensus with the other six people, he was the one who pulled people into the group. Yuan Chi was not a rookie and of course he knew that other players were unhappy with him.
"Boss Xu, I know you won't let me take risks."
His tone was sincere and he looked at Xu Zhiyan eagerly.
The radio building might be dangerous, but as long as he thought about the fact that Xu Zhiyan did not abandon him in the mall that afternoon, he felt that the other person was a good person.
After listening to Yuan Chi's explanation, Xu Zhiyan did not refuse, but sighed and instructed.
"Then let's go, but I have to tell you first, the Radio Building might be too difficult to climb, so don't run around when you get there."
When he saw the message sent by Bai Jin before, many guesses emerged in his mind.
The first one is also the most likely one.
In fact, the main system is not worried at all that players will go to the Radio Building to explore spirits. In fact, the Radio Building is the last level designed by the main system. It’s just that after seeing him win over the other players, it released this place in advance.
The second possibility is that the other half of the slice of this copy is actually the thing that seals the building, and the building appeared because Bai Jin left.
The third possibility is that Bai Jin on the other end of the phone discovered that he had been cheated... No way, that shouldn't be the case, right?
Thinking about what happened next, Xu Zhiyan raised his hand and sent a new message to the other party.
[I'm a little curious, why do you want to see me? Also, will you lie to me? ]
Dark clouds covered the moon.
The group of four walked across the small square and headed towards the radio building.
But before they went in, looking at the door of the radio building from afar, the faces of several people turned unhappy.
The four players who had just left early were arguing about something.
Seeing Xu Zhiyan and others coming, Jin Hangchen pushed his glasses and managed to remain calm.
"It looks like we're in trouble."
As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Yanyan and another short player ran over from the side, panting and with unhappy expressions.
"No, I can't run away."
Ten minutes ago, six players who left the small pavilion from different directions appeared at the entrance of the broadcasting building at the same time.
At that time, several people had already noticed something was wrong, but usually this kind of ghost wall incident was caused by abnormalities in the surroundings, and they just needed to eliminate the abnormalities.
But this time, the six players searched around but found nothing unusual.
"It's already past eleven o'clock. We are acting separately. No matter which direction we leave from, we will eventually end up on the road leading here."
Jin Hangchen smiled bitterly.
"As for the surroundings, there are no living creatures, let alone abnormal creatures. Not even a bug was found."
This city is like a dead city.
Eventually, the players decided to make one last attempt to see if they could leave.
Xu Zhiyan did not stop them, and even rolled up his sleeves and joined in.
Others wanted to leave, but he didn't want so many people to enter the building and cause trouble.
However, things went against their wishes. As time gradually approached midnight, the players who were responsible for finding their way around gradually lost their patience.
"What the hell is going on in this place..."
"Is it a joint live broadcast? So everyone must go to the same place."
"That's not right. If that's the case, why is it the Broadcasting Building? We should walk to the end and return to the small pavilion..."
Listening to the players' argument, Xu Zhiyan clapped his hands, signaling everyone to be quiet.
"I don't know why, but it looks like everyone is going to enter the broadcasting building together... Let me make it clear first, I only collected the points for starting the joint live broadcast. If you want to get protection, you need to pay extra."
As soon as these words came out, several players who were looking at him nervously rolled their eyes.
Seeing the atmosphere had eased a lot, Xu Zhiyan smiled and didn't care, and continued: "This is a world of rules, why don't we find a room without rules to stay in first, we will go in first, and the rest of you can do whatever you want."
After saying that, he led Yu Xiu and others into the radio building.
The building looked like it had been abandoned for many years. As soon as I entered, I smelled a strong musty smell, but when I looked around, I didn't see any mold in the corners or on the ground.
Compared to other ghost hunting locations, the musty smell here is stronger and a bit abnormal.
Xu Zhiyan squinted his eyes, looked at the light from the phone, and subconsciously slowed down his breathing.
In the beam of light, mold was flying wildly.
"Cough, what's that smell? It's so bad..." Chang Xingwei waved his hand, and after seeing the mold flying in the air, he squinted his eyes in disbelief.
Yuan Chi also noticed this and complained in a low voice with a frown.
"No wonder it smells so strong, but there's no wind here. It's not good to smell this stuff too much, right? Will mushrooms grow in my lungs?"
Chang Xingwei's mouth twitched, and he glanced at Yuan Chi with a look of mental retardation, and said: "These are not spores. At most, you will have some mold spots in your lungs. You can just remove the shells and recover after leaving the dungeon."
"If you keep inhaling, I'm afraid your brain will get mold spots." Xu Zhiyan assigned tasks to the two of them.
"First, let's look for the basic information about the building and the rules. It would be even better if there was a medical room here. We need some masks." He was worried that excessive inhalation of mold would have adverse effects.
After calling up the panel and taking a look at his status, Xu Zhiyan said carefully: "Remember to check the status bar at all times."
He is very cautious.
Abnormal smells and temperatures may lead to negative conditions, and by the time a severe reaction occurs, it is often already very serious.
"Okay, Boss Xu." They said in unison.
In the originally empty and silent hall, chaotic footsteps were heard and scattered conversations echoed.
There was a rental notice posted on the bulletin board. Xu Zhiyan looked at it for a while but didn't find any rules, so he went to the front desk.
In the vase on the table, the bouquet of flowers that should have been bright and colorful has now turned into a dry black mass, wrinkled and stuck to the vase, looking a bit disgusting.
There was a computer at the front desk, but since there was no electricity in the entire floor, there was no response when the power button was pressed.
Xu Zhiyan opened the drawer and saw some snacks and a few small hair bands inside. They should be the personal belongings of the front desk staff. He checked the time on the snack packaging bag and found that it had indeed been expired for almost ten years.
He opened all the drawers and found a cell phone in the one at the very edge.
As expected, there was no battery, and he didn't know where the charger was. Xu Zhiyan put his phone in his pocket and continued to search for useful information.
Among the four people, Yu Xiu worked the hardest. As soon as they spread out to look for clues, he found something useful.
"Brother Xu! Here is the business map of the building!"
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyan put down what he was checking and turned around to walk over.
Business format maps usually appear in shopping malls.
But considering that this radio building is not only used as the central building of the city’s radio and television station, but is also rented out, it seems reasonable to have a business map?
Yuan Chi wiped the coffee table in the lounge area and asked Yu Xiu to spread out the booklet containing the business map.
The first time he saw it, Xu Zhiyan felt something was wrong.
The Broadcasting Building is a complex building with a total of thirty floors...but the message Bai Jin sent him was about the 31st floor.
Floors 1 to 13 are comprehensive areas.
In addition to the several floors rented out, the administrative reception, lounge, restaurant, cafeteria, power distribution room, server and other basic maintenance-related contents are all within these ten floors.
Floors 13-23 are mainly focused on recording and post-production.
Various large and small studios, recording studios, post-production centers, etc.
The last eight floors are mostly occupied by local radio stations.
Especially the News Department.
Two entire floors are occupied by the News Department, and they even have a separate studio and broadcast room.
What is most confusing is that the 30th floor, which should be the highest place in the building, was given to live broadcast?
【30-New supported industries-live broadcast】
Chang Xingwei was once again as excited as a monkey, pointing at the 30th floor and shouting, "Here! It must be here! There's something wrong here!"
Before Xu Zhiyan could speak, Yuan Chi asked doubtfully: "How can you be sure that there must be something wrong with this? I think the news department is also very strange."
He had read some old newspapers before, which contained a lot of strange news.
"I think I should go to the news department first."
The content in the newspapers was ambiguous. Most of the time, it warned citizens not to go out or go to certain places, but it did not clearly state the reasons.
“If we can see the original news materials, we will definitely know more.”
Chang Xingwei opposed going to the news department first.
"The taller the office building, the more expensive it is. How could this live broadcast department, as a new type of supported industry, occupy the highest floor? There must be fraud."
Seeing that the two were arguing, Xu Zhiyan was not in a hurry.
He was busy sending messages to Bai Jin.
After asking the other party whether he would cheat on him, a long time passed before that person sent a new message.
【I will lie to you. 】
Xu Zhiyan looked at the four words above and almost laughed out loud. So honest? Then don't blame him for being rude.
[Since you will lie to me, then I will lie to you, we are even! ]
He tried to put the other party into his own logic, and received a reply from Bai Jin immediately.
【？ 】
Not surprised to see the question mark, Xu Zhiyan threw out the new question he had prepared.
[So you are downstairs in my house now? ]
Assuming Bai Jin answered yes, then the other party might really be downstairs, or he might be lying to him.
If he's downstairs, just stand him up. If you lie to him, you can use the fact that you're even even when you meet to take advantage of him. Either way, you'll win.
The other party was stumped by this question and did not reply for a long time.
Putting away his phone, Xu Zhiyan looked at Yuan Chi and Chang Xingwei who were arguing until they were dry-mouthed, pointed at the completely unusable elevator door beside him, and spoke lightly.
"Go to the switch room first."
Everything is useless without electricity. The elevator may have rules, but there are so many floors in the building. If you can go upstairs just by following one elevator rule, the difficulty will be reduced a lot. It is better than searching floor by floor from the bottom up.
The distribution room is on the third floor.
The four found a safe passage and went upstairs in an orderly manner.
Before leaving the first floor, Yuan Chi glanced at the lobby, wondering why Xu Zhiyan left the business map there.
“After all, he is a client, and everyone has taken a photo.” Xu Zhiyan is committed to building his image as a conscientious businessman and does not give up any opportunity.
In the lobby on the first floor of the Broadcasting Building.
After the final attempt, the six players still couldn't find a way to leave, and could only enter the hall in the last few minutes before midnight.
As soon as they came in, they also smelled a strong musty smell.
But when the six people found the booklet spread out on the table, their expressions gradually became solemn.
Where the business map should have been drawn, someone was writing densely packed small characters with a red pen, and each stroke was written with great force, as if to tear the paper.
[Although I don't know why you are here, since you are here, please follow the following rules. ]
This is important. It keeps you on track.
The handwriting in the first two lines is extremely chaotic.
【Don’t spend the night in the lobby! 】
[If you hear the sound of chopping meat coming from a restaurant after midnight, don't panic, it's normal. ]
【If you are hungry, never enter a restaurant.】
[Coffee shops are unstable. When you receive coffee from an automatic coffee machine, please drink it as soon as possible and don't leave any, even if it tastes abnormal. ]
[After each cup of coffee, you can take a ten-minute break, during which time you are safe. ]
Don’t stay in the rest area for too long.
【Do not sit down and rest on any sofa. 】
[All the elevators in this building are broken and are under repair. ]
【There is no elevator on the third floor. 】
[If you find an elevator at the door of the distribution room, please do not go in, do not go in! ]
From chaos to order.
When the rules were finally written, the handwriting of the commenter became extremely neat, as if he had escaped from fear.
After reading it, the six people looked at each other in bewilderment.
Suddenly, there was a strange noise coming from the distance.
“Boom—boom—boom!”
It sounded like footsteps, or like someone was chopping meat...
Several people looked at each other, immediately put away the rules, and walked towards the safe passage.
It's already after midnight, and in this mysterious place, anything can happen.
Since the rules state that it is unsafe in the lobby, they will definitely run into trouble if they stay here, and they are unwilling to make the game more difficult for themselves.
“Locked!”
The first player who ran to the safe passage found that the door here could not be pushed open.
Because they just wanted to get away with it, several people were unwilling to take out extra consumable items to open the door. They simply followed the instructions and ran towards the safe passage farther away.
On the other side, Xu Zhiyan and others, who had already climbed up the stairs to the third floor, were standing outside the switch room.
“Click—”
The locked door of the switch room opened.
As players, this gate that has no rules to protect it and no special content can't stop them at all.
Yuan Chi was somewhat happy.
"That's great. The elevator is near the power distribution room. We can go upstairs as soon as the power is turned on."
Xu Zhiyan nodded.
"I didn't expect it to go so smoothly."
In his live broadcast room, the audience also felt that everything was going well and joked about his good luck.
[Okay, Xiao Baiwan, your luck has turned this time! ]
[I thought he would be chased by various rule monsters as soon as he came in, but I didn't expect him to go upstairs so smoothly.]
[Fuck, this slippery guy upstairs is making me laugh to death. ]
[What adjective hahaha]
But soon, everyone became nervous.
Someone brought news seen in other live broadcast rooms.
[Gah, I went to Jin Hangchen's live broadcast room and took a look. Guess what? Xiao Baiwan is probably going to be in trouble now! [Screenshot.jpg]]
This audience member posted the rules that appeared downstairs.
【？ ？ ？ ？ 】
[What? Lucky F lives up to his reputation! ]
[Damn it, they emphasized the elevator so much, there must be something in the elevator... Xiao Baiwan and the others' goal was to go upstairs directly from the elevator. ]
[It's strange, since the safety passage is relatively safe, why don't you always use the safety passage? ]
[Maybe he was worried about getting into trouble. I saw Xiao Baiwan was very careful even when walking through the two safety passages.]
[That makes sense. Once you are trapped on a certain floor, you must explore the entire floor... With that in mind, it would be better to solve the problem of the elevator. After all, there are thirty floors and there are too many accidents that could happen.]
[But why do we need to turn on the power? Isn't there something wrong with the TV? ]
[The problematic TV will light up even when not plugged in, so it's better to light up everyone at the same time, at least the field of view is not restricted. ]
Using a mobile phone to illuminate the dark building does affect the vision, and Xu Zhiyan also wants to find a place to charge his phone.
Compared to the nervousness of the audience, the four people in the distribution room pushed the joystick left and right according to the operating instructions, pressed buttons randomly, and worked as hard as tigers, but they still couldn't get electricity.
Xu Zhiyan thought about it and took out a disposable fault detection prop.
A small nut rolled into a half-open metal door at the back of the switch room and fed back the fault detection results to the game panel.
[Test results: the interface is not plugged in tightly. ]
“…”
I thought it was some kind of malfunction, now it turns out to be like this?
He asked the other three to walk towards the metal door. Looking at the door that was half-open with only a gap left, Xu Zhiyan stretched out his hand to measure the width of the door.
Yuan Chi and Chang Xingwei definitely couldn't get in, so he turned sideways and tried, but found that he would be stuck, so he called Yu Xiu.
"I don't know what interface the problem is. Go in and see if there are any loose interfaces. If you encounter any danger, tell us. Safety first."
The metal door is very heavy, and if you want to break it open violently, you will inevitably waste props.
But since he hasn't encountered any strange rules yet, Xu Zhiyan decided to solve the problem manpower first.
Yu Xiu nodded and accepted the task.
The skinny boy squeezed through the crack of the door easily, and even remembered to report his safety.
"There are some lines, I see."
…
A few minutes later, the lights on the machines in the switch room came on.
Yu Xiu squeezed out from the crack of the door and pointed to the corridor outside the wide-open door and said, "The elevator is lit up, so you don't have to operate the control console. This way you don't have to worry about other screens lighting up as well."
As he spoke, the sensor lights in the corridor lit up.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan stopped touching the control console and walked quickly towards the elevator.
"bite!"
As the elevator door opened, a note floated out from the gap.
Yuan Chi picked up the note and read out what was on it: "This elevator can only take two passengers at a time? Two people?"
"It should be the rules of the elevator." Chang Xingwei was a little nervous.
However, seeing Xu Zhiyan's hesitation, he immediately urged: "Boss Xu, how do we divide into groups? The sooner we go up, the better!"
He was worried that if he couldn't finish the building tonight, he wouldn't have much time left.
After the four of them discussed it, Xu Zhiyan touched his chin and took Yu Xiu into the elevator first.
In the small/cramped space, cold light fell from above the two people's heads.
"See you on the 28th floor. Let's go check the news department first." After saying that, Xu Zhiyan pressed the floor button.
The metal door slowly closed.
In the corridor on the third floor, Chang Xingwei sighed to Yuan Chi: "Why is it the 28th floor? Can't we just go to the 30th floor?"
Yuan Chi glanced at him and said, "You think 30 is a problem, so of course it's better to start from 28, step by step. Trust Boss Xu's judgment!"
As the two were talking, a familiar voice sounded from behind.
"Hey? Where's Brother Xu?"
Yu Xiu squeezed out from the crack of the back door of the distribution room and looked at the two people standing in front of the elevator with a dazed expression.
There was some dust on his face and body, and there were many gray marks on his hands. It was obvious that he had just unplugged and plugged in some wires and was working seriously.
"...Yu Xiu? You? Is it you??"
"Fuck! Who was that person who just went up with Boss Xu?"
Yuan Chi and Chang Xingwei widened their eyes in disbelief.
On the other side, Xu Zhiyan received news from Bai Jin.
【I'm not downstairs from you. 】
[Do you think this is a lie or is it true? ]
Xu Zhiyan was shocked and couldn't help muttering to himself.
"It's interesting... you're asking questions in return."
Yu Xiu, who was standing by, lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "Brother Xu, who are you messaging?"
His head was lowered so low that no smile could be seen on the corners of his mouth.
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