Chapter 115 (Minor Repair)

According to Du Rong, they had been around here for more than an hour before they found Xu Ming.

This space is actually much larger than it looks. Layers of pig faces are piled up like fallen leaves covering every inch of the surface visible to the naked eye; and the room they were in at the beginning was hidden behind these densely packed pig faces.

In other words, it is very difficult to find the location of the door with the naked eye alone; a certain number of pig faces must be removed first to reveal the outline below in order to make an accurate judgment, and if you want to open the door, you need to remove more stupid pig faces until you find the door handle.

"Can't we tell by the crack in the door?" Xu Ming was following Du Rong in her search and couldn't help but ask when she heard this.

As a new member of the team, she was assigned to follow Du Rong's activities. Her current task was to find other doors hidden behind the pig faces.

She remembered that the crack in her room was quite large and she could see it by lowering her body. If she used the crack in the door as an anchor point for her search, it might be faster.

At most, it would hurt her waist... and knees.

Du Rong shook her head, "Okay, but it's risky."

Noticing Xu Ming's confused look, she quickly added, "Let me tell you, there are definitely more hidden rooms here than you can imagine. Some hidden rooms even have further secret rooms."

"But not all rooms are occupied by humans, do you understand what I mean?"

"..." Xu Ming glanced at the pig head hanging on the wall next to him, thinking, "You mean, there are actually..."

"Yes, that's the one you're thinking of." Du Rong said, half turned around, and pointed to a person who was looking for clues on the opposite side, "Did you see the one in the bathrobe? The one I introduced to you before, the one with a digital ID."

"He did that before. He bent down to find a crack in the door, and reached his hand in to say hello. As a result, his wrist was grabbed by something. He struggled for a long time before escaping, and his hand was almost dislocated."

Hearing this, Xu Ming looked at the man again. Sure enough, there was a terrible scratch on his exposed right hand that was so deep that it turned purple.

It was different from the marks on his feet, which looked like simple wounds; the shape was strange, and it was hard to tell what scratched it, but first of all, human beings could be ruled out.

"We definitely wouldn't dare to open a room that holds a monster. Besides, there is another possibility that there is nothing in the room at all - no living people, and no monsters. For the sake of safety, it is best to open such a room in advance. That's why we had to observe for a long time before opening the door for you."

"Then... what about the sound?" Xu Ming asked tentatively, "For example, just hammer on the door and ask questions from inside... or use lighting tools? Shine in through the gap in the door."

She kept the warning on the note in mind. Although she didn't understand the situation yet, she chose to obey for the time being. When asking related questions, she asked indirect questions.

Du Rong just shook her head: "When we were brought in, we had nothing with us. Some people brought cell phones, which can emit light, but they had to use them sparingly.

"The soundproofing in these rooms is also weird. You can hear the noise outside from inside, but it takes a lot of effort to hear the sounds inside from outside. Do you remember when we just recognized each other? At that time, I heard your voice, which was actually as small as the buzz of a mosquito. "

If it wasn't for the familiarity of the clothes, and if Gu Ming hadn't called her real name, she might not have recognized him.

Xu Ming observed her expression and didn't have any special reaction. It looked like she had never encountered that ball of light. He pursed his lips with a slightly complicated look, and silently updated the information in his mind -

got it. In other words, whatever you do in the room, it will be difficult for outsiders to hear.

"That's why we say that Boss Xueshui is amazing." Du Rong couldn't help but sighed again when she said this, "He knows how to calculate, you know? For several rooms, including the one you are in, he circled out the approximate range first, and then we looked for them. Thanks to him, otherwise we wouldn't be so fast."

"Is that so... that's pretty amazing. "Xu Ming's eyes turned slightly, and a few thoughts flashed through her eyes. She subconsciously looked for the place where the blood tea was boiled. However, she saw several people wearing pig faces coming out of the room she was in before. It seemed that they had already explored the room.

Xu Ming looked at that direction as if nothing had happened, and quickly summarized the information she had obtained in her mind:

At present, the problem she was facing was actually twofold. .

The first level is the current pig-faced maze. No relevant text clues have been found for the time being, and all the information depends on Du Rong's oral narration. According to Du Rong, the information comes from "blood tea". As for whether the other party has fully shared it, it is hard to say.

Fortunately, the whale fat man said that there is no domain master here... This is always a good thing for me.

The second level is the ball of light encountered before, the guy called the lamplighter - although Although it was a bit depressing to say this, Xu Ming had a feeling that if he met that guy again, he would be doomed.

The good news was that the note he picked up gave him some instructions. Whether it was reliable or not was another matter, but at least it would give him a direction.

The problem was that the note said that whether he stayed in the same room for half an hour or on the same floor for two hours, it would be very dangerous for him...

It was better not to stay in the same room . , just remember to keep moving. The difficulty is, don't stay on the same floor...

Xu Ming roughly calculated the time she was trapped in the secret room, and secretly glanced at the bruises on her ankles, her heart sank slightly.

Is it because she has been on this floor for a long time? The bruises on her feet seem to have grown longer...

Xu Ming thought doubtfully, and was about to ask something else, when the actions of a few people not far away caught her attention.

——The few people who came out, under the command of Xueshui Jiancha, picked up the pig-faced masks that fell on the ground, and hung them back on the door one by one.

"...Sister Rong?" Xu Ming's eyebrows moved slightly, and he poked the person next to him tentatively, "Excuse me, who is going on over there..."

"Oh, they are pretending. "Du Rong took a look and replied, "Put the pig face back first, and then hide inside, so that the door will not be easily seen."

"......?"

Xu Ming was even more confused, and subconsciously asked, "What do you mean by 'hiding inside'?"

"Yes, I was just about to tell you about this." Du Rong said, and suddenly stopped, and her tone became serious, "Remember the pig face I told you about? You'd better put it on quickly, don't look at it as ugly, it can save lives..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a burst of hurried footsteps next to him - followed by a person who stopped beside them and spoke hurriedly:

"The butcher is coming! About ten minutes left! Hide quickly!"

...? !

Another unfamiliar term appeared, Xu Ming couldn't help but frown. Just as he was about to ask a question, he saw the other party rushing towards other people not far away, seemingly to notify them one by one.

Du Rong, on the side, took a breath and took off a pig face from the side and stuffed it into Xu Ming's hand.

"Hurry up, put it on first! I'll take you to find a room that has been opened - you should also pay attention, the rooms with unclosed doors are the ones we have found, and we can all go in! Hurry up!"

She paused when she said this, her face turned pale, and it was obvious that she remembered something terrible.

Xu Ming looked at the pig face in his hand, was silent for a moment, but turned his head and searched for the location of the "blood tea" again.

*

Butcher.

After Du Rong's brief explanation, Xu Ming finally understood what this thing was.

A monster. A monster that would refresh periodically in this scene.

"It looks about the same size as an adult, and it also wears a pig face skin, but the difference is that it has a knife - a very large knife."

Du Rong took Xu Ming to find an empty room and said quickly: "The butcher is different from other monsters. It really kills people. If it sees someone wandering around outside, it will chase with a knife until it catches up... So when it appears, you must find a room to hide.

"And make sure that the room cannot be seen by it." Xu Ming pondered and suddenly understood why others hung the pig face back on the door panel.

After saying that, he suddenly realized something was wrong - what is "other monsters"? Where did the other monsters come from?

And these contents...

"Are all these discovered by looking for clues? "Xu Ming tentatively said.

Du Rong turned her head to look at her. She seemed a little surprised by the calmness of her tone. She paused and shook her head: "How is it possible? I heard it from Boss Xueshui. He has his own unique intelligence channel."

"But this is not the point. You have to listen to me and I will tell you later. Pay attention to what I say next. There is one more thing, which is very, very important--"

Finally finding an ajar door, she hurried forward, and after confirming that there was no one inside, she stuffed Xu Ming in.

"The butcher can smell the smell of people, so it's not enough to just hide in the room, you have to put on a pig face. Not only that, if your room is unfortunately discovered by it and it opens the door and comes in, you must remember, don't move-no matter how scared you are, don't move. Until it leaves.

"The butcher will only walk along the wall once and will not go back. So as long as you make it through once, you'll be safe. Do you understand what I mean?"

Du Rong said eagerly, and gestured at the pig face in Xu Ming's hand. Xu Ming frowned slightly, and keenly caught another detail in her words:

"Why did you say, 'you'?"

It sounded like a tone of mind that was about to leave a child alone in a nursery.

"Because I can't stay with you." Du Rong sighed helplessly, "It's best to have only one person in a room. If there are two or more people, one of them must not wear a pig face - don't ask me why, I don't know, but that's the rule.

"And once the butcher enters the room, it will definitely attack the person without a face first. "

In other words, if multiple people hide in a room, one of them will bear more risks than others.

This kind of thing is obviously unfair to anyone. And in the face of such danger, being alone is not an unacceptable option.

So every time they come to this kind of time, they basically stay alone-all the doors of the inspected rooms will be ajar, and marks will be placed on the doors to facilitate them to find and hide when the butcher is about to arrive. As for what happens after that, everyone has to leave it to fate.

Xu Ming suddenly realized: "Then you now-"

"This room is found for you. I have to find my own room. "Du Rong said helplessly, turning around and about to leave. Xu Ming's heart moved, and he quickly grabbed the person and dragged him into the house. He took the opportunity to walk a few steps outside and went directly outside the room.

"It's okay, then you stay here. I happened to notice an empty room before, I can go there! "

Xu Ming said, and stepped back without waiting for Du Rong to refuse, and closed the door for her. Knowing that his words could be heard from inside the door, he lowered his body and shouted to the crack of the door not to worry, and then walked out quickly.

Du Rong was left alone, and she shouted several times but got no response, and finally sighed.

It shouldn't be a big deal... She thought uncertainly, turned her head to look at the empty surroundings, and couldn't help frowning, and raised her hands to rub her arms.

"There are so many people. "

She sighed from the bottom of her heart, then found a corner and quietly huddled up.

The pig mask on her face disappeared in the dim light, almost blending into the surrounding environment.

At the same time. At the other end.

Relying on his previous memory, Xu Ming easily found the location of the blood tea.

Fortunately, the guy hadn't closed the door yet - the door covered with pig faces Leaning his head in from the door, he could see the busy back of the man, who was still busy searching the wall.

Xu Ming tried to push the door open a little further, but there was still no response from the other party. So Xu Ming was no longer polite and went straight in through the crack of the door.

The movement of entering the room finally attracted the attention of the man in the room. He turned his head in surprise, and when he met Xu Ming's eyes, he was visibly stunned.

"What are you doing here?" He said, his tone suddenly became impatient, "Didn't Du Rong explain the rules to you? There's no point looking for me at this time - why are you being so stupid? Get out if you want to live! "

…" Xu Ming looked at him but didn't say anything. She just moved her hands behind her back silently.

She had made some preparations before coming here - there were some things from Qiu Yufei in her bag, which were not often used, but they could come in handy at this moment. So she took some out in advance.

In her left hand was a small bottle of self-defense spray, and in her right hand was a cartoon brass knuckles. In addition, she also took a folding knife and a multi-functional small flashlight, all of which were hidden in her pockets at this moment.

She knew that it might be a bit reckless for her to come up directly like this, but there was no way. She couldn't stay on the same floor for too long, she had to find a way to get through quickly.

After silently calculating the equipped weapons again, Xu Ming spoke softly.

"I'm not here to ask for help," she said, "I just have a question for you."

"Huh???" The man on the other side of the room sounded even more confused, "No, you had to pick this time..."

"It's because of this time that I have the opportunity to ask you." Xu Ming interrupted him calmly, "I don't know how long your time limit is, but I really can't stay in the same room for a long time, so I'd better be direct-"

His right hand with brass knuckles slowly raised and slammed the door shut. In the dim room, only the cold metal products reflected a little light.

Equally cold was Xu Ming's suddenly sinking tone:

"We have been paying attention to this forum for a long time, and we have also checked the information of Xueshui Jiancha. He is just a high school student.

"You are not Xueshui Jiancha at all. Who are you? "

"..."

In response to her, the man opposite her instantly stiffened.