Chapter 192: Spirit Exploration Live Room
Pale moonlight shone in through the window.
In the corridor, Xu Zhiyan slowed down his pace and carefully looked for a safe passage.
Yu Xiu and others were trapped on the sixth floor and encountered some troubles.
But considering that going downstairs might not allow him to reach the sixth floor smoothly, Xu Zhiyan planned to look around first to see if there was any news related to the city's changes.
There was no emotion in Bai Jin’s message on the phone.
【Where are you? 】
Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised.
He couldn't tell whether the other party had become mad after being smashed and was deliberately asking for his location to take revenge on him, or whether he really believed the nonsense he just said.
Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back.
Now that I have started talking nonsense, I must get to the end.
[I don’t know. After I ran out of the elevator, it disappeared! This place is so scary! Now I’m alone in the dark corridor. It’s so scary.]
After clicking send, Xu Zhiyan frowned and thought for a while.
It was a little different from what he thought.
He thought that Bai Jin would receive the message as soon as the players entered the building, but it seems that the other party doesn't know?
I didn’t know it when I entered the building, but I knew it when I got on the elevator… the elevator…
Oh, yes! There is an electronic screen in the elevator that is powered by electricity, and there are also cameras.
It shouldn't be the camera, because he and the monster were both under the camera at that time, but when the monster behaved abnormally, he was facing away from the electronic screen above the button.
It seems that as long as the electronic screen is turned on, the other party will be able to gain vision.
After thinking it through, Xu Zhiyan looked around.
The radio building is flat in shape, slightly concave, and has a complex internal structure.
He was now in a corridor near the window, surrounded by several empty rooms that had not yet been rented out, and several doors were locked.
There are no cameras and no electronic screens.
No wonder Bai Jin couldn’t see him.
Before you can tell the good from the evil, it's better not to meet each other...
Thinking this in his mind, he added a new message.
[Brother Sponsor~ You haven't told me why you want to see me? Is it because you like my live broadcast? You said you want to record it, how do you record it? ]
Considering the current safety situation, Xu Zhiyan walked leisurely in the corridor, waiting for a reply.
“Buzz——”
The news has come.
You are interesting
In the private chat window, there were only four short words, and nothing else was clear.
Just when Xu Zhiyan was about to close the interface and continue walking, a text message from his sister suddenly appeared, catching him off guard.
[Sister: If someone says they want to record you, don’t agree! They will turn you into data and store it! ]
"Hmm? What kind of cyberpets? So exciting?"
Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows and complained a few words in a low voice.
Combined with the hint from my sister, this slice who seemed to have a bad temper also became scary. What he wanted was not just to look at the luminous watch under the quilt. It was better not to meet him.
But compared to the question in the content, who is the sister? What makes him more horrified...
If Bai Jin can only find him through the screen, then his sister is like a soul stationed in the mobile phone, monitoring him anytime and anywhere.
It doesn't feel good to be watched by so many people.
After glancing at the contents on his phone, Xu Zhiyan deleted his sister's text message and continued walking forward.
Most of the rooms on this floor are empty and not rented out.
After walking for a while, he finally found a place that was not an empty room - a cafe in a building.
"1319... turns out it's the thirteenth floor."
Looking at the doorplate of the cafe, Xu Zhiyan first sent the news that he was on the thirteenth floor to Yu Xiu and others.
[Brother Xu! There are many abnormal rooms and ghost walls here, you must be careful! Look behind you every few steps, if the scenery is blurred, it will be bad! ]
By the time Xu Zhiyan received Yu Xiu's reply, he was already standing at the door of the coffee shop.
"Vague?"
He chewed on the word, having a bad feeling in his heart.
Although he was very careful and looked around when he walked, he didn't look back very often.
"I can't be so unlucky."
He said this, but when Xu Zhiyan slowly turned his head, he looked at the blurry corridor behind him that was plunged into darkness, and vaguely saw ripples on the water.
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been cheated too many times.
Seeing the scene that seemed like a ghost wall, he was not surprised at all.
Tsk, his luck has been bad since he left the mermaid copy. The mole of good luck on his earlobe is just a decoration, and his skill of incredible luck can only be used for a moment.
Now we can only hope that there are controllable monsters in this cafe.
In the live broadcast room of the game, the audience saw that Xu Zhiyan looked calm, as if he had accepted his fate, and they all laughed uncontrollably.
【Hahahahaha, Xiao Baiwan turned his head away without changing his expression.】
【Because it’s no surprise! 】
[Little Millionaire: I'm lucky, isn't it normal to run into a ghost? ]
[Hahaha, if there is a problem with the copy, Xiao Baiwan will definitely encounter it. ]
[It's not easy to survive until now after being 100% cheated. 】
[I almost vomited from laughing. He didn't even walk back to look again, he just went straight in. Hahahahaha. Has he already accepted that there is no way he can escape? ]
The door of the café was wide open.
It was quiet inside, and like other places, you could tell at a glance that it had been abandoned for many years.
Behind the bar is a coffee machine and a number of glass jars, the coffee beans inside of which are already covered with mold. The tables and chairs are all made of wood, and there is a whole wall of bookshelves on the side. It can be judged that the previous decoration was simple in style. It's a pity that the vases containing green plants have long been covered with black plant debris, which makes people feel a little physically uncomfortable.
In the center of the room, there is also a fully automatic coffee machine.
There is a sign on it saying [Free for employees of this unit], which should be a cooperative benefit between the cafe and the building.
Everything seemed harmless.
There are no cameras or other electronic screens inside.
As soon as Xu Zhiyan stepped in, he suddenly took half a step back.
But after he entered the cafe, the glass door behind him closed at some point, the corridor disappeared, and when he turned around, he could only see endless darkness.
He frowned and turned back, staring at the six people in the room.
It’s Feng Yanyan, Jin Hangchen and others!
Six players were panting, sitting or standing in the cafe, their foreheads covered in sweat, as if they had encountered something.
But Xu Zhiyan didn't dare to step forward.
He was sure that there was not a single hair in the cafe before he came in. How could so many people suddenly appear in the cafe?
Just as Xu Zhiyan tightly grasped the dagger, hesitating whether to step forward, several players who had finally caught their breath began to look around and talk to each other in low voices.
"Is this the cafe on the second floor?" Feng Yanyan said, pointing at the bar.
"It should be. There's free coffee here."
"Probably. Anyway, it's not the kitchen. Damn, that monster is too powerful. I can't hit it at all..."
"How about we go back downstairs?"
The other players were discussing among themselves.
Jin Hangchen stood up, walked to the bar, looked around, but couldn't find any rules.
"It's better not to go downstairs."
He pushed up his glasses and said to a few players who had formed a temporary group, "According to the rules information we got from the business map, we can't stay overnight in the lobby. Except for a few small rooms on the first floor, the rest are all within the lobby."
A short, fat player nodded.
"And the restaurant monster that just chased us should also be on the first floor. The first floor is not safe."
Feng Yanyan sighed deeply and took over the conversation.
"The fourth item on the business map says that the coffee shop is unstable if you want to get coffee from here," she pointed at the automatic coffee machine and curled her lips.
"I have to finish it as soon as possible... Oh, I can't leave any leftovers. It will taste strange. It's scary to think about it. It's better not to drink it."
Jin Hangchen disagreed with the other party's point of view.
"The fifth rule says that you can take a ten-minute break after each cup of coffee. You are safe during this time. I think we should have a cup."
Drinking the coffee from the automatic coffee machine means safety.
"But what if there's something wrong with the coffee? Do we have to drink it all?" Feng Yanyan couldn't help but retort: "Qiqi and I don't drink it."
The six people got together temporarily and were not familiar with each other.
Now that there is a disagreement, the atmosphere immediately becomes tense.
Feng Yanyan’s teammate is a tall woman named Liu Qi. Compared to Jin Hangchen, she certainly chooses to trust her teammate.
"I agree with Xiaoyan's idea. No one knows what's in this coffee machine. If you can't finish it, or if you get infected and mutated after drinking it, that would be troublesome. If you want to drink it, drink it yourself."
Jin Hangchen looked a little gloomy after being refuted.
Perhaps the atmosphere here was too tense, a blond player pointed at the sofa next to him and asked loudly.
"Is this a rest area? We can't stay in the rest area for too long, and we can't sit on any sofas. Will two negatives equal a positive?"
He wanted to ease the current atmosphere.
The effect was very significant. The short fat man who was just wiping his forehead immediately ran to his side and said with a smile: "The double state is superimposed. I'm afraid I'll have to go back home if I sit on it."
With the banter between the two, the tense atmosphere in the cafe eased a lot.
On the other side, Xu Zhiyan stood around the automatic coffee machine, folding his arms and watching everything, gradually understanding the current situation.
The cafe is unstable.
Although this is the cafe on the 13th floor, the scene overlaps with the cafe on the second floor.
When he walked over just now, none of the six people noticed him. When he tried to talk to them, they didn't respond either, as if they couldn't hear him. The whole space was in a strange dislocation mode.
However, thanks to these people, Xu Zhiyan learned more information.
You cannot stay overnight in the hall.
All sofas are unavailable for sitting.
Don't stay in the rest area for too long.
There are monsters in the restaurant.
The coffee in the automatic coffee machine must be finished. It is safe ten minutes after drinking a cup of coffee.
He couldn't ask any questions, and currently this was all the information he could get by listening to the conversation.
What surprised Xu Zhiyan even more was that these rules seemed to be written on the business diagram... Damn, could it be that after he left, other rules appeared on the paper?
In the cafe on the second floor, after discussing, the six players decided to leave the unstable cafe.
Things went against their wishes. When they wanted to leave, they found that the entire cafe had turned into a bottomless darkness...
Jin Hangchen was the first to react.
He took out his weapon, and the fire from the burning bow and arrow made the surroundings much brighter.
"call out--"
The arrow flew out with flames.
The arrow disappeared the moment it hit the glass wall!
The six people were stunned and stood there in a daze.
Xu Zhiyan on the 13th floor seemed to sense something and turned his head slightly to look at the glass wall.
The next second, a long arrow of burning fire flew out from the glass wall, passed in front of his eyes, and shot onto the wooden table next to the bar with a scorching temperature.
“Wow…”
The flame went out.
The long arrow formed by the condensed power disappeared, and the wooden table remained intact.
Xu Zhiyan couldn't hold it in any longer.
What the hell? Why did these guys' attack land on the thirteenth floor where he was? Was this the result of the instability of the cafe?
“…It’s a bit troublesome.”
He took out his phone and lowered his head, wondering how to send a message so that these people would stop throwing skills around.
First of all, you can’t say it directly.
This group of people just paid him 60,000 points. If they were allowed to use their skills here to reach the 13th floor, what if they used this as a threat to demand more money?
But looking at the way these six people are ready to fight...
“Bang! Bang!”
Before Xu Zhiyan could think of what to say, a gunshot was heard.
Several bullets suddenly hit the bar from the side. Fortunately, the attack was delayed and Xu Zhiyan reacted quickly and squatted down to avoid the attack.
Something is not good.
Seeing that the six men seemed to be planning to launch a more violent attack, he quickly climbed over the bar and hid himself under the counter.
A line of words was typed and then deleted.
Before he could figure out what to say, Xu Zhiyan received a message from Bai Jin.
【In a cafe? 】
Staring at the question mark, he pursed his lips and replied quickly.
[No, it's dark here and I'm scared. I'm so weak and I don't know where I am. Do you know where you are? I'll go find you.]
The other party asked four words, and he replied with a long string of words, full of sincerity.
【Did you hear the gunshot? 】
Bai Jin is further narrowing the scope.
"Tsk, it looks like he's already nearby." Xu Zhiyan frowned, thinking about how to trick the person to go somewhere else.
[No, it's very quiet where I am, how could there be gunshots here? Are you mistaken?]
While replying to the message, Xu Zhiyan suddenly sniffed.
He smelled a strong aroma of coffee.
It has gone beyond the range of ordinary coffee aroma and is so strong that it makes people feel nauseous when they smell it.
Quietly poked half of his head out from the bar.
The automatic coffee machine that came into view had changed its appearance at this moment.
At first, although this automatic coffee machine looks like a large beverage machine that is as tall as a person, it is still a machine after all.
At this time, the coffee machine, which was originally only one person tall, grew many hands and feet, and wrinkled flesh-colored skin covered its outer shell. At the top of the coffee machine, countless branches wrapped around a round glowing sphere.
The most unacceptable thing is that in the middle of the coffee machine, four human heads with their mouths wide open replaced the outlet where the coffee should have flowed out.
Even though Xu Zhiyan had seen many monsters, he still felt that his eyes had suffered critical damage.
His panel suddenly popped out.
At the same time, six other players seemed to receive the same content.
[Congratulations to the player for triggering the special scene - the hatching coffee machine]
[Difficulty: S]
[Note: You are extremely lucky! You actually encountered a contaminated coffee machine. Before it was contaminated, this coffee machine was always disliked for being too slow, but because it was free, it had to work non-stop, which was really cruel for a coffee machine! What's more, because it was a free coffee machine, many people only drank a few sips of coffee after receiving it, and the rest was wasted. It was very angry and it successfully alienated! Let us congratulate the coffee&5…#5coffee%R*machine&s…]
[Mission: Prevent the contaminated coffee machine from hatching. ]
【Tip: The coffee machines you see in cafes on different floors are different. 】
[Reward: Leave the cafe successfully]
Seeing the garbled characters on the note and then taking a look at the strange coffee machine, Xu Zhiyan even wondered if the system was also contaminated.
A fucking coffee machine in the making!
How in this world could there be such a thing as a coffee machine seeking revenge?
In the game live broadcast room, the audience was silent for a long time.
[…Coffee, coffee machine?]
[Yes, it's a coffee machine! I'm speechless. This monster can definitely be regarded as the weirdest thing I've seen this year, no, it should be the weirdest thing I've seen since I entered the game! ]
[Ugh—this is so disgusting! This is really so disgusting!]
[Is it okay? Look at its head on the far right, it's pretty cute. ]
[? ? ? Upstairs? Although I respect all sexual fetishes, I am very worried about your mental state. Promise me, go see a doctor, okay? ]
[[Screenshot.jpg] I'm waiting to submit my work. ]
[But it seems that only Xiao Baiwan can see this coffee machine. ]
Different from the laughing audience in the live broadcast room.
The situation in the coffee shop was urgent and Xu Zhiyan didn't have time to complain too much.
After the six people on the second floor received the special scene prompt, although they didn't understand why the coffee machine hatched, they still beat up the seemingly ordinary coffee machine.
All kinds of messy skills are flying all over the sky, and both cold weapons and hot weapons are used.
But it was like it had just hit glass.
All the attacks disappeared into thin air, as if they had never existed at all.
Xu Zhiyan on the 13th floor suffered.
All these attacks, strong and weak, landed on the cafe on this floor!
Hiding behind the cabinet, he looked up at the coffee machine that was becoming more powerful during the attack. Countless chain vines composed of black mold were coiled around the eggs on it, protecting the unknown creatures being hatched even more tightly.
He quickly sent a message to Feng Yanyan.
[I'm on the 13th floor. Stop attacking first. We need your cooperation this time to leave this scene.]
After thinking for a moment, he did not take a photo directly, but simply mentioned the mutated coffee machine.
[There are eggs being hatched on top of the coffee machine, and judging by the speed, the hatching is accelerating. I think you need to drink a cup of coffee to see if you can draw out its energy. Remember to finish it.]
I'm sorry, although this monster is a bit disgusting, according to the rules, every cup of coffee you drink seems to be safe for ten minutes.
And if the attacks don't stop, he won't be able to deal with this monster.
Hearing the sound of attack outside the bar disappear, Xu Zhiyan tiptoed out.
"Crack! Pah—"
Suddenly, an unknown tentacle covered with mold slapped him.
Xu Zhiyan quickly dodged to the side and jumped from the bar to the table on the other side. This time, half of the bar was broken, which shows how strong his power was.
Unlike his previous relaxed look, his expression became slightly solemn.
Just now he had a dagger in his hand, and he waved it when he dodged the tentacles. He was sure that he really touched the tentacles visually, but it felt like he hit the air, and the opponent was unharmed.
So, the contaminated coffee machine is not on the second floor, and probably not on the thirteenth floor either...
“Bang!”
Another tentacle slammed down!
Xu Zhiyan jumped to the side from the low table and stepped onto the sofa.
It never rains but it pours.
The accident happened again!
The leather on the sofa turned into countless hands, which stretched out and grasped his feet.
Seeing that the tentacle attack was about to fall, Xu Zhiyan pushed his feet hard, left his shoes on the sofa, and jumped out barefoot.
Oops, this monster may not be that strong itself, but combined with the unstable dislocation space, it is simply a BUG-level attack. It can only hit others but will not get hurt.
Seeing that the six people surrounding the coffee machine on the second floor were fine, Xu Zhiyan gritted his teeth, took out his cell phone, and sent a voice message directly.
"I'm the only one on the thirteenth floor. If you don't hurry up, you'll probably be trapped here for the rest of your life."
Habits made him not to expose his own predicament and only choose words that could manipulate other players.
Sure enough, after hearing this, the others became quite nervous.
Jin Hangchen found six cups and was the first to serve coffee.
The mellow black liquid falling into the cup should have been a beautiful scene, but in Xu Zhiyan's eyes, Jin Hangchen's cup was stuck under a head with a big open mouth, and the coffee was flowing out from here...
Looking at the coffee machine that stopped attacking, Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief.
When the man with glasses drank the coffee in the cup, one of the tentacles that grew out of the coffee machine fell off automatically. Even the black vine wrapped around the egg on the top withered and dried up, turning into powder.
Xu Zhiyan's eyes lit up, there's hope!
But when he got closer, he saw that the remaining vines were tightly wrapped around the hatching thing, and the drooping tentacles began to stir.
I dare not go forward any further.
He tried to take out a D-level compound bow from the props.
"stop--"
After the weapon, which did not have much attack power, was fired, it was bounced away by the vines. The tentacles around it seemed to be frightened and continued to attack.
Xu Zhiyan grabbed his weapon and ran, continuing to dodge.
Can hit it!
However, according to the rules, you can be safe for ten minutes each time... but ten minutes seems to be just for the coffee machine to quiet down. The real attackers are still those vines and tentacles.
He picked up his phone and quickly typed a few lines.
[Keep drinking. The more you drink, the more the coffee machine consumes.]
Anyway, there are six people downstairs.
If you can drink it all, the difficulty will definitely be reduced a lot.
The six people downstairs didn't understand what was going on, but considering Xu Zhiyan's words and the fact that they couldn't get out at all, they had no choice but to do as he said and started drinking coffee like crazy.
One cup, two cups, three cups...
During this period, many people discovered that the taste of the coffee had changed. Not only did it have no aroma, but it was also mixed with a strong smell of blood. Jin Hangchen even tasted a mouthful of broken unknown internal organs.
Ten minutes later, Xu Zhiyan looked at the six people who were almost unable to stand up due to the coffee, and gave a thumbs up to the air.
At the top of the coffee machine, only the last few vines remain.
【Come on! We’re almost there! 】
He held the dagger, bit his feet, half-crouched and slowly approached the coffee machine.
After thinking for a while, Xu Zhiyan put away the dagger, took out a woven bag he had obtained when looting the supermarket before, and stared at the egg on top of the coffee machine with burning eyes.
What is this?
Not sure, but it looks very interesting. Can we take it back to the safe house to study it? If a small coffee machine can be hatched, although it is a bit strange, it doesn't seem impossible, right?
Just when Xu Zhiyan looked greedy and wanted to put on the sack.
The void above the coffee machine was fluctuating, and suddenly a crack appeared.
A bony hand stretched out from inside and reached directly into the egg. Then, the egg sac made a sharp cry and shrank instantly.
Xu Zhiyan held the woven bag and his pupils shrank slightly.
Who the hell is so blind! How dare you cut his beard? Do you have any shame?
But then, a man in a suit and tie walked out of the torn space.
Bai Jin, who had just absorbed new energy, slowly landed on the ground, stared at the handsome young man in front of him, and spoke softly.
"Not in the cafe? Scared? It's quiet here?"
Xu Zhiyan was shocked. He waved his hands hastily under the man's gaze. His tone was actually somewhat righteous: "Listen to my explanation! You just stole my things. We are even now!"
This is not good, damn!
Why did this guy suddenly appear?
And...can we make it spit out the eggs?
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