Chapter 191: Spirit Exploration Live Room
"Brother Xu, who are you messaging?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyan paused while tapping his phone and said nonchalantly, "You are just a kid, you don't understand."
Although his speaking speed did not change, his peripheral vision kept glancing in Yu Xiu's direction while he spoke.
When he was outside just now, he felt that there was something wrong with Yu Xiu...
The other party is too clean.
You have to know that this place has been abandoned for many years, and the machine room is full of thick dust. If you really go to unplug and plug in the lines, how is it possible that you don't get any dust on your body?
But he was not sure whether the guy next to him was attached to Yu Xiu, or was actually transformed from another species.
Before we can make sure Yu Xiu is safe, we need to test it out first.
But this guy started asking questions that didn't fit in with the character's setting... Well, Xu Zhiyan was still somewhat surprised.
He thought that this guy disguised as Yu Xiu would be smarter, but it seems like he is just that smart?
After a simple perfunctory answer, the narrow elevator fell silent again.
Xu Zhiyan poked the screen with his fingertips, thought for a moment, and then continued to send messages to Bai Jin, sending many messages in a row.
[It's so hard to guess. I'm stupid. If you don't explain it clearly, I can't guess it. ]
[But actually I did come to look for you, but when I got near the building, I heard that there was no 31st floor. ]
[Are you lying to me? [crying.jpg]]
As long as he could get useful information, for Xu Zhiyan, talking nonsense was as easy as breathing.
As he sent messages one after another, he carefully observed Yu Xiu, waiting for a reply.
[Oh? Are you stupid? ]
The other party replied very quickly.
Xu Zhiyan seemed not to understand the sarcasm between the lines, and replied with a smile and utmost sincerity.
[Of course, a fool like me is not as smart as the sponsor. What if I get into danger? Will you save me? I asked other viewers, and they didn't even know there was such a thing as a radio building.]
After sending the standard message, he glanced to his side.
Yu Xiu still hung his head.
Could it be that this fake teammate has nothing to do with Bai Jin?
After suppressing the doubts in his heart, Xu Zhiyan pondered for a moment and said, "I left some old newspapers at home. Did you find any information about the building from them?"
As soon as the words fell, Yu Xiu answered quickly.
"No, there is nothing in the newspapers about the broadcast building. Everything here seems to be kept secret from the city."
Its voice was exactly the same as Yu Xiu's, and its tone was imitated perfectly. If Xu Zhiyan hadn't kept any old newspapers at all, he might have believed it!
"Oh, this is a bit troublesome..." Xu Zhiyan scratched his hair, as if he didn't hear anything unusual from the other party.
He tapped on his phone.
This time I sent a message to Yuan Chi.
[Is Yu Xiu with you? (This message failed to send)]
The sending failed as expected, but he was not the least bit frustrated.
Just when Xu Zhiyan was about to ask further questions, the elevator suddenly stopped with a bang.
The numbers on the electronic screen on the right began to flash wildly. It was obvious that there was something wrong with the circuit. Even the lights above the head had poor contact and kept flickering, suspected of a short circuit.
In the middle of the elevator, the two staggered two steps and barely managed to stand firm.
Xu Zhiyan heard Yu Xiu's chuckle and turned to look at the young man who was still standing with his head down.
It's a bit troublesome.
Now we don’t know what the other party is like, so there are risks whether we are actively attacking or passively defending.
“Ss ...
A harsh electric sound came from the elevator loudspeaker.
Then, a pleasant female voice appeared.
"Hello, and welcome to Broadcasting Tower! Thank you for riding the elevator."
"I will now tell you about the elevator rules. Please be sure to follow them, otherwise accidents may occur."
The recorded broadcast is clear and melodious, and sounds very pleasant to the ears.
“1. This elevator can only accommodate two people at a time”
“2. When the red camera in the elevator flashes, please do not move.”
"3. The maximum load of this elevator is 630kg."
“4. When the elevator is overloaded, it will stop at a random floor.”
“5. It is normal to skip floors while riding an elevator.”
“6. Make sure that only eight shadows are projected on the four walls (four walls in total)”
"7. Will be replaced... Don't be replaced... Ignorance is the safest -"
The first six items were fine, but when it came to the seventh item, the announcer's steady voice suddenly turned into a roar of fear.
The sharp sound echoed in the elevator, coupled with the constantly flashing lights and the abrupt red light of the camera on the ceiling, everything was developing in a weird direction.
There was another sound of electricity.
The announcer's terrified roar gradually returned to normal in the electric current.
"Hint: One of the above rules is wrong."
“I wish you a happy life.”
After the last sentence was played, the voice disappeared and silence returned to the elevator.
Xu Zhiyan's body was tense.
In addition to facing strange rules, there is also a monster of unknown origin around him.
Should we just call the transparent guy out to solve the problem?
Never mind. It hasn’t come to that yet.
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Zhiyan calmed down and made up his mind: I won't move unless the enemy does.
In the game live broadcast room, the audience with a bird's eye view discovered something unusual in advance.
[Who are the people around Xiao Baiwan? Do you have any idea? ]
[It’s definitely not Yu Xiu himself.]
[I went to Yu Xiu's live broadcast room and saw that the three of them started climbing the stairs, but as soon as they reached the sixth floor, they couldn't get out. Sure enough, they encountered trouble.]
[Hey, can you guys take a closer look at your surroundings? ]
[What are you observing... Although the atmosphere is tense, neither side has made any moves. I don't dare to watch anymore. I will feel suffocated if I continue to watch.]
[Ahhh! Look at the walls around you! ]
[Ah...Fuck, I got goosebumps! ]
【Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, what is that? 】
In the elevator, Xu Zhiyan was still wondering which rule was wrong.
Suddenly, Yu Xiu beside him spoke.
"Brother Xu, look at the walls around us, there seems to be something wrong."
When entering the elevator, Xu Zhiyan and Yu Xiu stood side by side facing the elevator door. Hearing this, he turned his head to the right and discovered a horrifying scene.
On the metal wall on the right, a dark gray human figure appeared vaguely.
At first the shadow was very small and could not be seen clearly.
But after just a few seconds, Xu Zhiyan discovered that the shadow had actually become larger.
What the hell? Getting bigger?
However, the shadow seemed to be growing faster and faster. After a while, it grew from the size of a palm to the size of an arm.
It gradually became clear.
Rotting flesh, sharp nails, hollow facial features...
Xu Zhiyan could even see the corners of the other person's mouth rising.
No, it's not getting bigger! It's getting closer!
The thing in the wall was moving towards the elevator.
"Brother Xu, what should we do?"
Although it was a question, Yu Xiu's voice was steady, without any trace of nervousness.
“It also appeared on the left wall.”
Its reminder carries urging.
"What should we do? Should we ask for help?"
As if it was certain that the humans around it were powerless to do anything about it, its language became even more vile.
Finding that the other party seemed to be stuck to the ground, with only his mouth to complain, Xu Zhiyan simply ignored him and started thinking quickly.
Rules, here is a copy of the rules.
So there must be some rule he ignored.
He glanced back at Yu Xiu and found that he was still lowering his head, as if it was about to fall off.
Two people...is the other person considered a human being?
Looking up at the shadow reflected on the elevator door, Xu Zhiyan seemed to have thought of something. He took a step forward and used his own shadow to block the shadows that were getting closer and closer on both sides.
The moment the shadow was blocked, the oppressive feeling disappeared.
Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that rule number six is true.
He and Yu Xiu stood side by side after getting on the elevator, so the metal walls in front and behind and the elevator door cast two shadows on each surface.
Because the two people are standing side by side, their shadows overlap on the left and right walls, leaving only one shadow.
After standing apart from 'Yu Xiu', the shadows on the wall returned to the normal number of eight.
Combined with the last rule, if the shadow actually appears in the elevator, it will replace the person in the elevator.
...replace? imitate?
The monsters in these elevators seem to have similarities with the monsters around them.
After dealing with the shadow on the wall in just one step, Xu Zhiyan turned his head, squinted his eyes, stared at Yu Xiu and said soothingly: "It's not a big problem, don't panic."
"But now the elevator door won't open, so we have to find a way to get out."
He looked relaxed, as if Yu Xiu was really by his side.
"Aren't you afraid?"
After a while, Yu Xiu spoke.
Its voice was full of doubt.
How could someone be able to think calmly under such extreme oppression? Normal people would probably try to deal with the monster in the wall first.
"Me? What do I have to be afraid of?" Xu Zhiyan still had a gentle smile on his face, but there was a dagger in his hand.
Blade of Violation.
The props that I spent a lot of time to obtain in the previous copy can break some rules.
"But I have you. Your passive skill can protect both of us. Of course I'm not afraid."
He held up the dagger and smiled at the monster who was about to lower his head to the ground, "Xiao Yu, you said you would protect me, are you going to break your promise now?"
The monster disguised as Yu Xiu took a step back.
Although they haven't fallen out yet, the current situation is no different from a falling out.
But Xu Zhiyan was not sure whether the other party really controlled Yu Xiu's body, so he wondered whether he should just stab him with a knife.
Just when the atmosphere was tense, Yu Xiu started laughing, and his voice gradually became less human.
"It's looking for you, but you are destined to die here—"
Its sound suddenly stopped.
It felt like something was grabbing my throat.
As the two were talking, the electronic screen above the buttons on the left side of the elevator flickered, changing from numbers to black and white.
Xu Zhiyan was facing Yu Xiu, with his back to the elevator button, so he didn't see it. However, the person opposite him glanced at the screen and was instantly speechless.
Xu Zhiyan, who had not yet noticed anything strange, was stunned, took a half step back, and clenched the dagger in his hand.
In front of his eyes, the monster with the appearance of Yu Xiu twitched a few times and stood up straight. After a few seconds, it slowly closed its eyes, frowned, and stood like a piece of wood.
The other person's aura has changed.
Compared to the weird feeling of lowering its head when imitating Yu Xiu before, the monster now seems to be more like... adapting?
A kind of pressure that was not supposed to be in an elevator emanated from the other person.
Xu Zhiyan watched helplessly as 'Yu Xiu' broke apart.
Physically cracked.
The thin skin kept breaking and then repairing itself, and the gray muscle texture could be seen under the skin, with some mold spots appearing from time to time.
Xu Zhiyan, who keenly sensed something was wrong, decisively called up the panel.
[Which of the elevator rules is wrong? 】
Now he was certain that the person in front of him was not the real Yu Xiu, and the body he was using was not Yu Xiu's. He felt relieved and it was time for him to leave.
Now he has 50,000 gift points, which can help him quickly judge the authenticity of the rules.
At this moment, the red light of the camera above your head began to flash continuously, and combined with the flickering cold light, it made people feel nervous.
The smell of mold became stronger.
In the narrow elevator, all the weird things collided with each other.
[Tip: You can only ask or judge one rule, for example: Is elevator rule 1 correct? ]
After reading it, Xu Zhiyan did not have time to curse the system and quickly asked the question again.
Is Elevator Rule 4 correct?
Of all the rules, only 4 represents staying.
Judging from the occasional feeling of weightlessness, it can be judged that this broken elevator is still moving up and down. If Rule 4 is correct, he must find a way to overload the elevator before it can stop smoothly.
[This rule is correct and players can use it with confidence. ]
After seeing the answer, Xu Zhiyan's heart sank back into his stomach.
The monster beside him, whose flesh and skin were constantly torn and reborn, gradually became less and less like Yu Xiu. Although he hadn't spoken yet, he could already sense that the other party was very strong, and he had to get away before it finished evolving.
Xu Zhiyan had not yet discovered the new message on his phone and did not know that the monster had just changed its core.
After determining the rules, he took another step back and stood in the corner of the elevator.
Before he could start thinking of ways to add weight to the elevator, he heard the monster in front of him actually speak.
"Don't move when the red light is flashing."
Unlike its previous imitation of Yu Xiu's tone, its voice was filled with disdain and impatience, as if it didn't understand why Xu Zhiyan suddenly moved against the rules.
"Hey? You're not pretending anymore?"
Xu Zhiyan didn't hide it anymore, and spoke in a clear voice with a hint of provocation.
But after he moved, the chilling feeling coming from all around became stronger.
Looking around, dense black figures began to approach on the metal wall and seemed to be growing larger at an alarming speed.
It seems that Elevator Rule 2 is also correct.
Before Xu Zhiyan could think of a way to overload the elevator, the monster in front of him, which was still constantly changing, spoke again in a very disgusted tone.
"Do you think you can leave here without me?"
"Elevator rule 3 is wrong, the maximum load is not 630kg."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Zhiyan's live broadcast room exploded.
[Fuck, this monster actually understands the rules? ]
[…What the hell is this? That skin, ugh!]
[It's so sanity-reducing. It makes my scalp hurt. 】
[The problem now is not the other person's appearance, but this rule! The rule!! ]
[It actually told Xiao Baiwan! ]
[No, do you think this monster is weird? The tone of his voice... well, has a hint of an impatient father? ]
[Fuck, this is so funny, it seems so! ]
[Ahhh, this is a horror game! This elevator is in such a mess. If a monster with a daddy vibe can tell me the correct rules, then I can do it. ]
[+1 to the above, don't say it's a daddy-flavored monster, as long as it helps me, any flavor is fine! ]
[No! The monsters around are coming! ]
Xu Zhiyan, who was standing in the corner of the elevator, raised his eyebrows.
Why did he feel that the monster's impatient tone was somewhat... familiar?
But there was no time to think about what this monster was, as the things in the walls were gradually approaching.
"Thank you for the rules, but I have to leave first."
As he spoke, Xu Zhiyan squatted in the corner, shrinking himself into a ball as much as possible, then took out another metal prop and held it in front of him.
The monster with moldy flesh and blood constantly stacked up stood in place, looking at Xu Zhiyan's actions with some amusement.
"According to the rules, even if it is fully filled, the elevator can only gradually load up to 500kg of stuff."
Unless enough items are taken out at once to meet the overload requirement, the elevator is too small and it is impossible to stop due to overload.
However, just when it thought that the human in front of it was unable to stop the entire elevator on his own.
The next second, an accident happened.
"Bang!"
An explosive sound was heard.
Not even bothering to answer, Xu Zhiyan spoke directly with his actions.
A huge school bus suddenly appeared and was forcefully shoved into the elevator, causing the sides of the elevator to crack.
"squeak--"
"Alarm! Alarm! The elevator is overloaded! The elevator is overloaded!"
In the blink of an eye, the alarm system was triggered. He screamed wildly and was squeezed into the cracked elevator door, which then opened reluctantly to both sides.
"bite!"
Since we don't know the maximum load, we might as well just get a big one.
Xu Zhiyan vaguely remembered that the weight was sprayed on the body of the school bus, and it seemed to be more than ten tons. In any case, it was more than ten times more than the false overload weight.
He had calculated the angle in advance to summon the school bus, and was now squatting in the gap between the school bus and the elevator.
The defensive props in front of him emitted a faint light, ensuring that Xu Zhiyan was not injured when forcibly breaking into the elevator, and the surrounding metal walls were clean.
After the elevator stopped, the monster that was gradually approaching also disappeared.
“Ding! Ding ding ding!”
The elevator door opened again.
It seemed to be urging Xu Zhiyan to get out.
Xu Zhiyan, who had no intention of staying inside for long, quickly crawled out through the crack in the door.
He didn't even turn around to take another look at the monster that seemed to have been smashed by the school bus.
After coming out, Xu Zhiyan dusted himself off and looked around. He found himself in a corridor, and the broken elevator door suddenly appeared on the wall...
What is even more shocking is that an entire school bus was crammed in, and from the inside it looked like the elevator had burst, but from the outside, the building looked as if nothing had happened.
After a dead silence, sporadic conversations began to appear.
"Brother Xu! This is so exciting!"
"Brother! What's going on? Ouch! I feel like I'm inside a wall!"
"It's a bit like a game model?"
"Yes, yes, this feels so novel!"
"Hey, what's down there? It looks like it's all smashed to pieces. There's blood..."
The student ghosts in the school bus have become Xu Zhiyan's personal assets, but due to the rules, they still cannot be seen in the city and only some sporadic conversations can be heard.
"Nothing, just using the car."
Xu Zhiyan waved his hand and quickly took the car back.
Just as the school bus was taken back, the elevator that was abruptly embedded in the wall disappeared.
Looking at the wall in front of him without even a speck of debris, he installed the monster videotape and looked back at the glass window behind him.
The school bus had blocked most of the elevator just now, so Xu Zhiyan didn't know which floor it was on.
However, judging from the height seen from the window, it is probably around ten floors high.
After making sure there was nothing unusual around him, Xu Zhiyan took out his cell phone. Without bothering to check other information, he found that there was a signal. He first asked about the situation of Yu Xiu and others.
[Brother Xu, the three of us are on the sixth floor, are you okay? ! ]
After knowing that someone was impersonating him, Yu Xiu became very nervous and had more motivation to go upstairs than Chang Xingwei.
Yuan Chi and Chang Xingwei were also worried.
[Boss Xu, Xiaoyu is here with us. ]
[Boss Xu, be careful! Something is wrong with you! ]
It feels good to be worried about others, Xu Zhiyan replied quickly.
[It has been resolved, but you'd better not enter the elevator again. ]
In order to make the elevator stop, it needs to be overloaded, and the floor cannot be specified, so it is not an ideal means of transportation.
But considering that he had already gone up to more than ten floors and these people were still trapped on the sixth floor, Xu Zhiyan felt that the elevator should indeed be faster.
After making sure his teammates were safe, he reluctantly opened Bai Jin's private chat window.
After taking a quick look, Xu Zhiyan stood there in a daze.
【The elevator is not safe.】
【I'll come find you.】
"……Grass."
Xu Zhiyan lowered his head to look at his phone, then raised his head to look at the wall that was as intact as before, and repeated the action three times.
After reading Bai Jin's message, and thinking about how the monster that had just imitated Yu Xiu suddenly stopped and changed its state, how could he not understand?
"Oh no! This guy really came to save me..."
Thinking about what he had just done, Xu Zhiyan fell into deep thought.
What to do? Although he didn’t know why the sliced white ember in the building could possess other monsters, he really smashed the other party into a paste...
Will there be revenge?!
Xu Zhiyan held the phone in his hand, constantly thinking about how to reply.
Suddenly, the phone vibrated.
News about Bai Jin appeared.
The content of this message is shockingly simple.
【Oh】
Xu Zhiyan's mouth twitched, but he didn't bother with the slicing.
The other party had already discovered that he had entered the building, and according to what the monster said before, it was looking for him...
As if he had thought of something, Xu Zhiyan made up his mind and started dancing on the keys with his slender fingertips.
13th floor, elevator room.
"bite!"
The crisp sound of the elevator arriving stood out in the silence and darkness.
A tattered elevator door slowly appeared.
“Squeak—”
When its dilapidated body opened, it made a teeth-grinding noise.
In the pitch-black elevator room, a pool of flesh paste squirmed out and slowly took shape into a human shape on the floor of the elevator room.
A bright flame appeared and the air was filled with the smell of ashes.
Perhaps it took long enough for them to adapt, and a naked, strong male body stepped out from the meat mud.
But its skin seems unable to withstand such overwhelming force. It cracks from time to time, then heals quickly, repeating over and over again.
The man's expression was calm, without any trace of anger.
However, the entire elevator hall began to tremble, as if it would be shattered into pieces in the next second.
“Sizzle…”
A slight electric sound appeared.
The void in front of the man's eyes suddenly cracked.
"Bang!"
A mobile phone fell out and was held.
The message that Xu Zhiyan had just made up appeared on the screen of the mobile phone.
[Wow, actually I have found the broadcasting building. I wanted to give you a surprise [crying.jpg] but I met a lot of monsters in the elevator! It was so scary! I just saw the message. When will you come to see me? I don’t know where I am now. ]
Although the sponsor was smashed to pieces.
But Xu Zhiyan was thick-skinned enough to pretend that he didn't know the other party's identity and sent messages with confidence in an attempt to deceive the other party again.
Flames lit up the elevator shaft.
Bai Jin, holding the phone, still had a half-smile on his face, with anger swirling in his pupils.
"Do you think I will believe it?"
The dissatisfaction in its tone almost overflowed.
The heat waves rolled and the raging fire devoured the white embers.
The next moment, a man in a suit and tie stepped out of the flames, stepping on the embers on the ground. His brows were tightly furrowed, as if he had encountered some century-old problem.
After thinking for a moment, Bai Jin walked out of the elevator.
"…Forget it, I'll trust you one more time."
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