Chapter 002 Little Devil
Qin Mengmeng looked around. This was an old-fashioned public restroom, about 20 square meters, with dim lighting and grey light.
She stood in the corner of the bathroom, with sticky yellow-brown stains under her feet. A shabby gray wooden door belonging to the toilet cubicle in front of her blocked her view. Looking to the side, she saw a washbasin made of thin floor tiles less than 5mm thick. Above it was a long water pipe connected to five faucets, which was shaking and looked like it would break if the slightest force was applied.
Above the faucet was a dusty mirror.
Qin Mengmeng looked outside, and then she saw the urinal... Well, she had been to the men's bathroom many times, and this one was far from the dirtiest one she had ever seen.
It was just an ordinary, underfunded, boys' bathroom in a rural high school.
Qin Mengmeng raised her hand and gently touched the wooden door in front of her, then glanced at her phone. She shifted the front and rear cameras of the phone to ensure that the wooden door could not be captured by the phone's camera. However, the picture displayed in the live broadcast room on the phone was indeed that door.
Important clues.
Important props.
Or something else... In any case, Qin Mengmeng separated herself from him immediately and did not push open the inner door leading to the small compartment.
Qin Mengmeng murmured, "I really miss my safety gloves."
She thought for a moment, then spoke directly, "I'm a new anchor, but you're all old viewers, right?"
In this case, she could just cheat.
"Can you please tell me if I can bring some tools with me next time I do a live broadcast? Gloves, hard hats, etc?"
Electric drill, hand saw, hydraulic shears, hammer, steel pipe, excavator...
Qin Mengmeng noticed that at least the clothes she wore before the live broadcast began were still on her body.
It should be worn.
Although, because she was resting at home, Qin Mengmeng was only wearing pajamas, which were soft and defenseless.
There is a catch in this question, however.
In order to get something in from outside, she first had to go back in. So the real question was, could she still go back in?
Before graduating from university, Qin Mengmeng was a pure and innocent person who never played tricks. However, after graduating from university, she worked in several construction sites and dealt with all kinds of people from all levels. She really learned a lot while working.
It can even be said that she learned much more on the construction site than in college.
College doesn't teach you how to use rhetoric to induce the person you're talking to.
Qin Mengmeng waited patiently for the barrage to flow, turned around, gently walked around the washbasin made of thin floor tiles, and stood in the center of the bathroom.
[I am not a gambler: Don't answer her! She is lying about information. ]
Qin Mengmeng smiled.
She noticed that the bets between the gambling dog and the Flesh Monk had taken effect, the gambling dog betting that she could live for five minutes, while the Flesh Monk betting ten minutes.
There is a positive countdown of the start time in the upper right corner of the live broadcast room, which is also the survival time of Qin Mengmeng.
One minute and twenty seconds have passed so far.
The gambler's reminder came at a timely moment, but his exposure of Qin Mengmeng's intentions did not prevent anything.
【Little Bear Doll: Well, why do you think there will be a next live broadcast? 】
[Blood and Flesh Monk: So far, no one has survived to the second live broadcast, whether they are men or women, old or young, teachers or civil servants, or doctors, all have died. The one who lived the longest has seen the first ray of daylight. I thought he could hold on until the moon sets, but he died anyway.]
【Mr.Robot: Ah, that sunny and handsome guy who runs very fast. 】
[Blood and Flesh Monk: He is said to be an athlete who can run 100 meters in less than 11 seconds. However, running here is useless. Xincheng High School is very small, but I can't run out.]
[Blood and Flesh Monk: If you want to survive, remember not to run around.]
Qin Mengmeng exhaled silently and took a deep breath.
Maybe she should have chosen to be a spectator, she thought silently, but without regretting it. She had decided to be a person who would not regret a decision that was irreversible.
Therefore, she would never regret the irreversible decision now.
This was far from the most regrettable decision she had ever made in her life.
think.
She thought.
The Flesh and Blood Monk and the Gambler have a bet, and the Flesh and Blood Monk has bet for a longer time, so he will find a way to help Qin Mengmeng survive, and the information from the Flesh and Blood Monk will be more real than that from others.
He said there was no use running.
Qin Mengmeng walked slowly to the bathroom door. The dark beige wooden door did not have a lock but a latch, which was made of iron and a little rusty.
Qin Mengmeng used a lot of effort to lock it.
The time in the live broadcast room jumped to one minute and forty seconds.
She doubted whether locking the door could really protect against the... danger outside.
But after locking the door, everything in the bathroom was visible: two urinals, a washbasin, five faucets, a mop pool, a ventilator, a mirror, and five cubicles with closed doors.
Just because there is danger outside the door doesn’t mean there is no danger inside.
Generally speaking, mirrors are a source of danger in all supernatural films.
Qin Mengmeng boldly guessed that this live broadcast was a supernatural one.
So she should be more defensive about mirrors.
Even though the mirror is covered with dust.
However, the five toilet cubicles with half-open doors should not be underestimated. Anything could be hidden there, including ghosts, monsters, poisonous snakes, evil gods, and even alien warships.
The unknown is always the scariest.
Qin Mengmeng returned to the place where she was standing when she woke up, which was at the innermost part of the bathroom. She could see the bathroom door, the doors of the five cubicles, and the mirror above the sink at the same time.
Two minutes passed.
Three minutes passed.
The five minutes were almost up, but instead of feeling relieved, Qin Mengmeng became more and more nervous.
Something is not right.
Look at the phone.
[Blood and Flesh Monk: It won’t work if you do nothing. 】
[The 47th skull fragment: Hmm, I have seen that little ghost.]
What little devil?
Qin Mengmeng suddenly caught a glimpse of a flash of red from the corner of her eye. It was bright and eye-catching, and it was out of tune with the dim and cold atmosphere of this small bathroom. When she looked closely, she saw a bright red color slowly rising from the floor that was originally stained with yellow-brown stains...ah, it was blood.
The bright red blood was flowing out from the compartment closest to her.
Qin Mengmeng's heart sank. It was the man who had touched the door before.
If she had pushed open the door at that time, would she have been dead within less than a minute of the show starting?
She looked towards the bathroom door in the distance.
Just now, in order to control her vision, she left the bathroom door, but ended up putting herself back into the original danger.
Inhale, exhale.
Never regret a decision you have made.
The time displayed in the upper right corner of the live broadcast room is three minutes and thirty seconds.
Along with the bright color, a pungent fishy smell soon rushed into Qin Mengmeng's nostrils. She lifted the hem of her clothes, covered her mouth and nose, and watched the blood spread bit by bit.
Soon, the blood filled the small 20-square-meter bathroom.
The blood flowed over Qin Mengmeng's feet and gradually to her calves. Qin Mengmeng was like driving into a lake. The lake water slowly seeped in through the car window, squeezing the air in this enclosed space bit by bit.
She would have drowned.
Just when she was in despair, she suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from her ankle.
She lifted her foot and saw that the blood that had seeped into her socks had corroded her skin. A piece of skin had fallen off neatly at her ankle, revealing her own red flesh tissue.
If there is a way to die worse than being drowned, it would be to have your skin, flesh and bones corroded away before you even drown, and to die in agony.
"Fuck." Qin Mengmeng couldn't help but swear. She was stunned and said, "Is this blood or sulfuric acid? Why is it corrosive?"
At the critical moment, she didn't care whether the shaky washbasin could hold up or not, and just jumped on it.
Three minutes and fifty seconds.
She jumped onto the sink, thinking she could get some breathing space temporarily, but she saw the blood tumbling, as if it was filled with anger, condensing into a snake-like shape, leaping up from the ground and heading into the thin sink.
Qin Mengmeng took a breath of cold air.
This isn't some weird rule or anything, this thing is alive.
Four minutes and seven seconds.
At the rate at which the blood was corroding, she would die within thirty seconds.
Damn it, the gambler bet his own flesh and blood that she could live for five minutes, he knew this thing——
etc.
Qin Mengmeng blinked, ignoring the approaching danger, raised her phone, and saw the smug look of the gambler in the barrage.
[I'm not a gambler: This kid never lets anyone stay in his house for more than five minutes.]
The 47th skull fragment said... he had seen the little ghost.
So, this is not a rule paradox, she will die not because she broke any rules.
There was no system here that announced that she would be killed if she didn't get to a certain place within a specified time.
It wasn't Cthulhu or some evil god, because if she violated his authority or just stayed near him, she would die due to the inability to distinguish between species.
It was a... brat... whatever that meant.
He is alive.
This shows that he can communicate, interact and have conversations.
And this is his home.
This bathroom, this shabby, dirty, filthy little bathroom, is the home of that little devil.
Qin Mengmeng rushed over the sink, which was swaying under her weight, and pulled the latch on the door.
Hell, no one likes uninvited guests.
She had to get out of here.
But the damn latch was rusty.
Qin Mengmeng used all her strength and it took her a full twelve seconds to pull out the pin.
But just as she was about to rush out the door, she stopped.
Damn it, the Flesh and Blood Monk wouldn’t cheat her even for the sake of a bet.
You can't escape by running.
Four minutes and thirty-four seconds.
Qin Mengmeng stood at the door, turned around, faced the bathroom, adjusted her facial expression, and raised a smile.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to barge into your house."
"Please forgive my unintentional offense."
"If you don't want to forgive me, I can understand that, but I can make amends. Please give me a chance to make amends."
"I am a second-level registered construction engineer with electrician and HVAC certificates. I can do plumbing, carpentry, bricklaying and painting work."
"Your house is a little dirty, how about I redecorate it for you? I'll provide all the materials and labor for free."
"If you're the only one here, aren't five toilets a bit too much? I can remove them all and replace them with a smart toilet with a smart heating function. The remaining space will be enough to put a constant temperature triangular bathtub. Bathing in it will definitely be super comfortable."
Qin Mengmeng didn't say that a bed could be put aside.
She figured whatever the little creature was, it didn't need a bed.
"Also, this wash basin is really too big and too thin. After it is removed, it can be replaced with a smaller wash basin. The faucet can be equipped with an electric water heater to produce warm and hot water."
"The floor tiles are a bit dirty and need a thorough clean, but if this is a style... it can be left alone."
"The circuit can be modified. The light is a little dim. It may be that the circuit contact is bad, or the light bulb needs to be replaced."
Four minutes, five hundred and fifty-four seconds.
The approaching blood stopped at Qin Mengmeng's knees.
Fortunately, Qin Mengmeng was wearing trousers today.
The trousers were corroded and torn, but they still protected her skin from rotting.
The bleeding stopped.
Then slowly retreated.
Qin Mengmeng was at a loss when she glanced at her phone and saw a message on the screen saying, "Mirror, mirror! The anchor looks in the mirror. This kid is not good enough and can't speak."
Qin Mengmeng looked at the mirror, and black words flowed on the mirror.
"The faucet should be gold-plated."
Qin Mengmeng smiled with eight teeth.
"ojbk."
She learned a lot on the construction site, the most important of which is that you can eat, drink, gamble, have low morals, and even go to jail. It doesn't matter.
But you must be useful.
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