Chapter 38 Xiao Li's Lost
When others heard that an electric drill could be used to remove mirrors, they were also tempted.
As the force in the team, Kouman gritted his teeth and forced himself to endure the pain of the little hand holding her arm tightly. After thinking for a while, he asked: "I wonder if we can use its electric drill."
"We'll know only if we take it and try it."
The girl has stood up again tenaciously.
The eight people stood there, each looking in a different direction.
They had just been attacked, so they dared not be so careless anymore.
So far, the black and white hands and the red ghost are relatively easy to guard against, as long as you don't touch the mirror and leave blind spots in your vision.
As for Xiao Li, even if they don't take the initiative to look for him, he will come to find them by himself, dismantling the mirror along the way. There is no need to worry at all.
Lu Jiamu suggested: "Why don't we go towards it too, so we can meet it faster."
Several people agreed and walked back, looking around.
With their help, Xiao Li quickly broke through the layers of mazes and dismantled the mirrors along the way to get in front of them.
Its electric drill silently drilled a large hole in a mirror, and the entire mirror shattered.
Xiao Li suddenly appeared in front of them holding an electric drill. When he saw them, he showed a strange smile: "Finally, I found you. You must be lost. Our maze..."
Before it could finish its words, the five people here had already started.
Although the maintenance worker holding a deadly electric drill and chasing them in the maze would be a bit scary under normal circumstances, the five of them have been forced to develop extraordinary skills after surviving in the Ghost Academy for half a month.
A drill maniac is no match for them.
Lu Jiamu held up the diary as a shield to guard against the electric drill in Xiao Li's hand, while Coleman's body had been strengthened by his awakened superpowers, so he punched him head-on without fear.
Xiao Li's enhancement in this round was not obvious, or he added skill points to the wrong target when facing five people.
It was not as weak as it was in the last episode, where it could be kicked away by Lu Jiamu. It took Coleman's punch and then, with a weird smile on its face, tried to drill into Coleman with an electric drill.
Then it was as if it had drilled into a steel plate, without any sign of blood or flesh flying around.
Soon, under the beating of five people, Xiao Li fell to the ground and didn't move, keeping that weird smile.
Although the young couple and the brave girl were all very curious, after experiencing the previous lesson, they no longer dared to shift their gaze and leave blind spots.
The brave girl glanced at the figure lying on the ground unable to move, and asked tremblingly: "You...you killed someone?"
Lu Jiamu had taken the electric drill from Xiao Li as he wished, pressed the power button, and started drilling holes in the mirror.
The electric drill, which was clearly not powered on, started running and soon drilled a hole in the mirror, and the entire mirror shattered silently.
This thing is really useful.
Lu Jiamu gave a false smile and asked, "Do you think it's still a human?"
The girl still had a little bit of rule of law in her heart: "But if we go out and someone asks us about this, how are we going to explain it?"
The remaining four people were still surrounding Xiao Li, searching for his belongings.
Yu Leng heard this and replied, "Then we have to be able to get out first."
He felt around in Xiao Li's pocket and pulled out a hardcover book. He flipped it open and took a look, then immediately called out to the others, "Here's a work log. It might be a clue."
Lu Jiamu had already finished testing the effectiveness of the electric drill, and upon hearing this, he walked back to look at the log.
It only says:
Work log 11th: Mirror installation completed according to drawings, set up completed, official opening
Morning inspection: √
Afternoon inspection: √
Everything is working fine
Day 12: Everything is running smoothly
13th:
Morning inspection: √
Afternoon check: x
Damage repair of jd203 in area A
14th:
Morning check: x
Afternoon check: x
Two damaged parts repaired
Location/damage: ...
15th:
Morning check: x
Afternoon check: x
Repair of damaged parts
Location/damage: ...
16th:
…
Eight damaged parts repaired
…
The logs for the next few days were similar in format to the previous ones, except for the numbers marked during maintenance.
Obviously, Xiao Li was a very dedicated and good employee, and he had the habit of filling out his work log carefully every day.
Moreover, the mirror maze only operated normally for the first few days, and the damage increased every day afterwards.
It's just a mirror maze, not a pure haunted house, so how could it be damaged so frequently?
The log went on for several pages, with the last entry being dated the 23rd.
Lu Jiamu turned around and asked the three people: "What day is it today?"
Although the brave girl was a little confused as to why they were asking about today's date, she still answered honestly, "Today is the 15th."
Then this date may be from last month. Xiao Li has not filled out a new work log for at least three weeks.
Considering that they had received very few customers before and that the props were getting broken more and more every day, it was impossible for them to have no maintenance records for three weeks.
The following pages were all blank. Yu Leng flipped through them quickly until he reached the end, where he saw new content.
Xiao Li wrote some records other than work from the back to the front.
Do people nowadays like to write diaries so much?
Lu Jiamu held the electric drill and stood behind Yu Leng to read the words on it:
I'm lost in the maze.
I have been trapped for a long time, but Boss Liu has never come in to see me. This is not right.
The handwriting began to become sloppy, completely different from the serious and rigorous work log before: I supervised the installation of this maze, I know the whole maze very well, how could I get lost?! I really couldn't figure it out.
I told you a long time ago that the props in the maze were abnormally broken and there might be some security loopholes, but you just brushed me off.
Now I can't get out. I'm going to starve to death in here. If someone dies, your business will definitely fail.
…
There is something wrong with the mirror. I have told you long ago that these mirrors are unlucky and have killed people before, so don't use them. You didn't listen and insisted on opening this mirror maze. It's all your fault!
Xiao Li then started to complain about the low salary paid by his boss, how he was treated like a slave, and all sorts of other bad things. Most of these were just emotional outbursts and were of no use.
The key point lies in the words before it: there is something wrong with the mirror.
But there are so many mirrors here, which one is it? How can it be a problem?
Lu Jiamu could only turn his attention to the maintenance record in front of him. There were many location numbers marked on it, mainly concentrated in Area A. It could be said that it was broken again and again and could never be repaired.
However, there is no map in the work log, and perhaps only God knows which part Area A is.
Several people over there had already searched Xiao Li's toolbox thoroughly and found a lot of useful tools.
Wang Biao stood up and said, "Generally, in order to make it easier to find the place when repairs and security help are needed, the number will be marked in some inconspicuous place. I'll go look for it."
In order to avoid blind spots, several people cannot rummage through things at the same time.
Wang Biao walked around for a while, fumbled around and turned to the corner of a mirror, and saw a lamp with words tied to the wire: "This is Area B."
According to normal people's logic, Area A must be adjacent to Area B, which is good news.
And now they have electric drills, so they can tear down walls and make holes, and they don’t have to worry about finding their way.
Lu Jiamu thought for a moment, chose the direction of a normal person, and started hitting the wall with the electric drill.
Under his leadership, several people demolished walls along the way, and Wang Biao would occasionally check where they were.
At the beginning, it was not known whether it was because the little black hand in the mirror was still pestering Kouman, or because Lu Jiamu did not directly touch the mirror, it did not come out.
But as they walked longer, the little black hand was able to stretch out from the mirror again.
Because of the electric drill, it couldn't touch Lu Jiamu, and it would disappear once the mirror was broken. Lu Jiamu pretended not to see it and ignored it and continued to demolish the wall.
But after a few minutes, it moved along the electric drill towards Lu Jiamu's hand and was almost touching it.
The people behind him were watching with trepidation, fearing that the little black hand would crush him to pieces.
Coleman asked, "How about I come?"
Lu Jiamu was about to answer when his hands suddenly became empty. If he hadn't reacted quickly and put his hands away quickly, he would have been pressed against the wall.
Lu Jiamu looked at his suddenly empty hands and was speechless for a moment.
The power drill is missing.
Yu Leng and Kou Man each felt their pockets and found that the other relics they had looted from Xiao Li had also disappeared.
Is the membership expired?
However, Lu Jiamu had memorized the contents of the work log exactly as it was.
Wang Biao walked forward and searched around for a while, then said happily, "It's Area A!"
Now they need to mainly check the several locations that Xiao Li has repaired, especially the first and the last one. This is likely to be related to the origin of the problem in the maze and the reason why Xiao Li finally got lost in the maze.
As soon as Wang Biao approached the mirror, several small black and white hands stretched out from the mirror and rushed to grab him.
Although Wang Biao was tall and rough, he was quite agile and managed to dodge the attack.
The brave girl opened her eyes wide, her eye sockets were already red, and she turned back and forth while trembling and asked: "Why...I feel...I see something red?"
Lu Jiamu asked: "The corner of the eye?"
The girl shook her head: "No, no..."
Lu Jiamu did not ask any more questions because he also saw a flash of red on the mirror, and it was not at the limit of his vision.
Combining the situation of the black and white hands, he made a judgment: "Either we stayed in the maze for too long, or because we were close to the problem area, the restrictions they were subject to were weakened."
"Continue exploring or get out first?"
The other people thought about it and felt that they no longer had an electric drill to tear down the wall, so it would take longer to get out. And the little hand seemed to be getting longer and longer. If it could stretch long enough to grab them in a while, they would be in danger of losing their lives.
If they reach the end of the maze now, they will just have to start over. Now they have memorized the location and can find it again next time.
Besides, the first five minutes after entering the maze is the safe time.
Before they could come to a conclusion on their side, the mirror over there suddenly shattered.
Xiao Li held the electric drill and gave them a strange smile: "Finally found you..."
No wonder the electric drill and its relics suddenly disappeared just now. It turns out that Xiao Li has been resurrected.
The five of them didn't communicate much, relying only on the tacit understanding they had developed over the previous fourteen days, and started fighting before Xiao Li could finish his words.
Xiao Li was soon beaten again and lay motionless on the ground, and the electric drill was back in their hands.
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