Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Bubble Hot Spring Hotel 6
On the first day of the Bubble Hot Spring Hotel dungeon, the three groups of players were each frightened in their own way. After struggling to complete the task of soaking in two hot springs, they all collapsed in their rooms, listlessly reviewing the game.
The four players in the friend group, Zhang Yu and Ling Yunzhi took a mud bath and a milk bath, while Tong Yawen and Pan Yan took a rose bath and a milk bath.
There was nothing special about the milk bath, except that the natives were drinking it while bathing. For the four players who had experienced a shock, this was nothing.
This hot spring hotel is very high-end and the beds are very soft, but players are still unable to enjoy it with peace of mind.
Evaluate the comfort of the bedding, the softness and hardness of the pillows, adjust the lighting in the room, and check the carpet and bathroom supplies.
"Everyone, I have a question." Pan Yan thought for a moment and spoke.
"Checking the air conditioning, lighting, and bed linen is easy enough, but regarding bedding and pillows, our experience might be different from that of the indigenous people. Could there be some pitfalls?"
Tong Yawen immediately understood what Pan Yan meant. The players were living people, but this was not necessarily the case with other guests in the hotel, especially when they saw with their own eyes the aunties who would break their heads at will. Maybe they also slept at night with their heads on the pillow and their bodies in the quilt.
"Even if there is a trap, there is nothing we can do." Zhang Yu smiled bitterly.
"We can't take our heads off either."
This may sound rough, but it is indeed their current situation.
The four of them were silent for a moment, and Ling Yunzhi spoke up, "Since we are the hotel experience officers in this mission, we will definitely base our comments on our own experience. However, we can add some details in the notes, and the hotel can provide refined services for guests with special needs."
Together they checked to see if there was any water leakage in the bathroom, that there was no odor from the air-conditioning outlet, that the operating buttons in each room were sensitive, and that the door locks were tightly locked. It was already midnight when they finished all this busy work. They were exhausted both physically and mentally, and no one had the heart to discuss whether the indigenous Luo Qing was there or not.
In Li Ying and Cheng Lixue's room.
Two people are checking under the bed and under the quilt.
While resting in the room in the afternoon, Cheng Lixue adjusted her mentality while checking the facilities in the room with Li Ying.
Before going out to soak in the hot spring at night, Li Ying placed a special device at the door so that if someone or something strange entered the house while they were not there, they would be able to detect it immediately.
"Okay, it's okay, Xiaoxue, you can sleep peacefully." Li Ying knelt on the ground and finished searching under the bed with a flashlight.
Although he had checked during the day, he adhered to the principle of preferring to be a little tired rather than make mistakes. Whenever the two of them went out, Li Ying would check everywhere.
Li Ying's own bedding was placed on the carpet beside the bed. At this moment, only the reading light at the bedside was on in the room.
Cheng Lixue hesitated for a moment, "Brother Li, why don't you come up and sleep? There are two quilts anyway, and I'm afraid I'll step on you if I get out of bed."
"It's okay, I won't fall asleep." Li Ying shook her head.
At most he could only have a light sleep in the dungeon, and it was impossible for him to fall into a deep sleep. Moreover, he was with Cheng Lixue, a newcomer, tonight. Li Ying had already prepared to keep watch the whole night by himself.
He looked at Cheng Lixue, thought for a moment, then reached out and took out a prop from his space backpack.
[Teddy Bear: This toy bear from Happy Amusement Park will protect every cute child! It gives you a great sense of security!]
Li Ying handed the plush bear to her with some reluctance, and Cheng Lixue was stunned.
"This is a defensive prop. Hold it while you sleep at night. Don't be afraid."
Cheng Lixue touched the fluffy teddy bear and finally did not say no.
She is a newcomer, but she also knows how precious the props in the strange copy are. She often sees posts about purchasing props on the Internet, and defense registration is given priority.
Brother Li spent a lot of money to protect her as his partner in the same group. Cheng Lixue could only remember this friendship silently.
She had to live, and try her best to survive, in order to repay this kindness.
Cheng Lixue lay down with the teddy bear in her arms. Only the reading light was left on in the room. Lying on her side, she could see Li Ying sitting on the bedding on the ground, writing something down with a pen.
"Brother Li, what are you writing?" she asked.
"I'm drawing a character sketch of Luo Qing. There has never been a portrait of her in the forum, and I'm writing down the process and details of this copy." He said as he drew.
Cheng Lixue said "Oh" and stopped disturbing him, just listening quietly to the rustling sound of the pen tip.
Ten minutes later, Li Ying closed the pen cap. He raised his head and saw Cheng Lixue still looking at him. He was slightly startled and pursed his thin lips.
"Are you still awake? Do you want to turn off the lights?"
Cheng Lixue shook her head. "No, it's okay to turn on the light."
"Brother Li, if you can rent a house from Luo Qing, do you plan to move in?"
"Yes." Li Ying didn't hesitate.
"Xiaoxue, this is your first dungeon, so you don't know about the recent changes in this strange world."
"Players rented rooms, obtained temporary identities, dungeons had temporary announcements, and their content was changed...everywhere Luo Qing appeared, changes occurred. So I have a feeling that this dungeon in the hot spring hotel might have a deeper meaning."
"This time, the dungeon clearly allows all players to act alone and proceed without revealing each other's identities, yet they insist on requiring us to role-play our characters."
"This could certainly be the type of dungeon centered around survival and role-playing that we guessed during the day, but perhaps there is another explanation." Li Ying paused slightly when he said this.
"What explanation, Brother Li?" Cheng Lixue asked again.
Li Ying's expression was a little strange. "I don't know if this guess is right, but I feel like this strange dungeon really wants us to live here."
Hearing this, Cheng Lixue couldn't lie down anymore, she sat up holding the teddy bear.
"The shock and fear we experience in strange dungeons often come from different cognitions." Li Ying pointed at himself and then at Cheng Lixue.
"In our real life, living people shouldn't be able to take their own heads off."
Cheng Lixue nodded in agreement.
"You remember when the two of us were in the red wine pool, there were other indigenous people passing by, but they didn't have any thoughts or objections about soaking our heads in the hot spring pool. This should be a very normal thing in their eyes." Li Ying analyzed slowly.
"So, since we are residents of Guicheng, we should just turn a blind eye to these things and get used to them?" Cheng Lixue asked.
"That's right. If we can gradually bring our thinking, logic, and cognition closer to those of the natives of this world, it should be difficult to be scared in the dungeon anymore," said Li Ying.
"But this is too difficult." Cheng Lixue felt that she would not be able to sleep tonight as long as she thought about it and the scene in the red wine hot spring pool in the afternoon appeared in her mind.
She sighed, "Brother Li, you veteran players are really amazing for being able to clear dungeons one by one."
"Those who can survive until now have been forced out of everything, and their courage is also trained." Li Ying spoke in plain words.
It has been two and a half years since he was selected for the copy, and his life has been turned upside down. Every time he enters the copy, it is an experience and a baptism. In the face of life and death crises and numerous difficulties, as long as he wants to stay alive, the instinct of survival will always force him to complete transformation again and again.
He didn't want to put any pressure on Cheng Lixue. This time, they were lucky to have met Luo Qing. What about next time? What about the time after that?
Rely on mountains and they will collapse; rely on people and they will run away. In this world, when facing life and death crises, the only one you can rely on is yourself.
"I will also work hard." Cheng Lixue said in a low voice.
They are now getting to know Luo Qing as a "couple". If they rent a house after completing this copy, the two will be temporarily bound together.
However, these are things to be considered after the copy.
"Brother Li, you should come up and sleep. I remember that one of our tasks is to evaluate bedding products." Cheng Lixue spoke again after thinking about it.
Li Ying was stunned. He hit his head. He was so busy trying to reassure the newcomer that he had so many things on his mind, but he had overlooked this.
Oh my god!
Li Ying shuddered. Tonight was the first night. If she didn't sleep on the mattress... would the evaluation not be considered complete?
"I understand. Thank you for reminding me, Xiaoxue." He took a deep breath, folded the bedding again, and tiptoed to the bed from the other side, putting on his clothes.
Cheng Lixue placed the stuffed bear between the two pillows and said, "Well, let's sleep like this."
Li Ying looked at her back as she turned sideways and tucked the corner of the quilt upwards. At this moment, he really had no desire to sleep.
*
In the family group player suite, the "family of four" each checked the progress of their own copy mission.
The four of them completed the hot spring mission quite smoothly, mainly thanks to meeting a couple of players.
The family group learned about the special features of the "red wine bath" from the couples group, and immediately prepared themselves mentally and controlled their expressions.
It was a bit scary to have a head in the hot spring bath, but failing to complete the task was even scarier. The first hot spring pool that the four people went into together was the red wine pool. After all, someone had already helped them step on a landmine.
The second pool they chose was the Jasmine Pool. Seeing that there were no other residents in the hot spring pool, they quickly jumped in, thinking they would finish the task and then leave. But...
The four of them had just sat down at the edge of the jasmine pool when they saw a human face suddenly emerge from the surface of the water among the white jasmine flowers.
Luo Hongyi was so frightened that he fell straight into the water. When he saw the scene underwater, he quickly dived up again, his face pale and silent.
No one dared to speak, and they just soaked in the hot spring quietly, enduring every minute and every second, waiting, until the prompt of the completion of the copy task appeared, and the four players hurriedly left the hot spring pool.
People feel very insecure when they are naked. Even if they wear swimsuits or swimming trunks, no one's body has a defensive "shell" in the water. If the strange natives in the same hot spring pool attack them, the players will either die or be injured.
"Go back to your rooms and get ready for bed. We have another hard day tomorrow." Chen Xinyi said.
"Sister Hong, let's go."
Wei Hong nodded and went into a bedroom with Chen Xinyi. She didn't know what the other players' rooms were like, but the family suite they were staying in was quite luxurious, with both bedrooms having en-suite bathrooms and small soaking tubs.
The door of the bedroom in this hotel is very thick and the sound insulation seems to be very good. After closing the door, no light can penetrate from under the gap, as if there is no gap at all. The same goes for the curtains. When they are pulled up by pressing the electric button, they completely block out the light and the room is pitch black.
"I don't know what happened to that little girl." Wei Hong muttered.
Hearing her mention it, Chen Xinyi also sighed: "That young man should be reliable and will definitely go on the mission."
Now every player is bound to the character identity given by the copy, and it is difficult for them to do more.
June 2nd, nightfall.
Wei Hong and Chen Xinyi lay in bed, taking stock of their tasks before going to bed.
"Air conditioning, bedroom, bathroom, carpet, coffee table, TV, I think I have checked them all." Chen Xinyi said.
"Me too. My mother and I looked carefully in the bathroom." Wei Hong closed her eyes and recalled it again.
"Have you checked the small bathroom in Lao Luo's room?"
"I didn't go to their room. Everyone is responsible for their own work. If there are copy tasks, they will definitely check and evaluate them." Chen Xinyi said.
Wei Hong thought about it and it made sense. Players would always be more attentive when doing tasks, unlike her husband who was careless. He didn't even notice the bathroom leaking and smelling when they stayed in a hotel when they went out for fun.
"I'll stay here for half the night. Sister Hong, you should go to sleep." Chen Xinyi said.
If the task hadn't included a bedding review, Chen Xinyi would have sat on the sofa in the suite's living room to keep watch.
"Okay." Wei Hong covered herself with the quilt and sighed. It must be said that the pillows, quilts and mattresses in this hotel were really comfortable.
Wei Hong closed her eyes and tried to catch up on her sleep, hoping... that she wouldn't have a nightmare tonight.
Wei Hong slept until dawn. When she woke up, the room was still pitch dark. She felt around and found Chen Xinyi was also asleep.
She took out her phone and checked the time. Six thirty! Six thirty in the morning!
She was supposed to switch night watch with Chen Xinyi at two o'clock in the middle of the night, so she quickly turned on the lights and curtains.
"Xinyi, Xinyi." Wei Hong grabbed Chen Xinyi eagerly.
"Hmm...who is it?" Chen Xinyi was dazed, and suddenly seemed to react and sat up immediately.
"Sister Hong, damn, I fell asleep. What time is it?"
"It's half past six." Wei Hong said.
"Oh my God, I don't even know when I fell asleep. Luckily nothing happened." Chen Xinyi was just scared.
"Are the bed pillows in this copy special? What are their functions?" Wei Hong said.
"I don't know. Let's see if Lao Luo and Jia Jun are up." Chen Xinyi quickly stood up.
The curtains were drawn and the sky was bright. The two of them hurriedly opened the door and went to the living room, preparing to go to the other bedroom to see if the two male players had gotten up.
Suddenly, Wei Hong grabbed Chen Xinyi's hand.
"Xinyi, don't move."
They didn't draw the curtains in the living room last night, and the suitcases and backpacks automatically generated for the four players in this copy were also placed here.
But...of the four suitcases and bags that were originally neatly arranged, only two people's are left.
Luo Hongyi and Zhou Jiajun's share completely disappeared.
The two of them looked extremely ugly at this moment. They knew very well what this scene meant.
When a player dies, the items belonging to him disappear along with his owner.
They walked hand in hand to the door of another bedroom, gently pushed the door handle, and the bedroom door opened.
The entire bedroom was spotless and as clean as new, with only the gauze curtains drawn to let the natural light in. There was no trace of anyone lying or sitting on the bed, and the corners of the quilt were tucked tightly into the mattress.
The two of them walked in quickly to check other places, and the bathroom area connected to the bedroom was just as clean.
The mirror, shower head, toilet... everything was shiny, clearly reflecting Wei Hong's panicked eyes.
The disposable items provided in this bathing area were also complete for two people, but Chen Xinyi clearly remembered that these items had been used by them yesterday and the trash can was empty.
It's as if no one has ever existed here.
No, to be more precise, everything was cleaned up.
Chen Xinyi and Wei Hong had no idea what happened here last night.
While their lives were in danger next door, they were sleeping soundly and couldn't even hear a sound.
Where does the danger come from?
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