Chapter 134 At

the same time.

Downstairs, in the endless darkness.

All around was silence, with only the sound of two people's footsteps echoing in the empty space, and the buzzing of the swarm of insects following them like a shadow.

Red Shoes walked cautiously in front of Gu Yunshu. To be more precise, she walked on the edge of the illumination range of the other person's flashlight - for some reason, the light of the flashlight always made her feel uncomfortable, but on the other hand, as soon as she stepped out of the illumination range, the swarm of insects would obviously rush up immediately. There was no other way, she could only choose to move forward in such an awkward way.

It was really awkward. Being forced to move forward and controlled, she couldn't even decide where to go. Sometimes, she even had the illusion that she was a prisoner being escorted on the road.

This feeling made Red Shoes very uncomfortable, especially after realizing that they had been walking for a long time but had not reached the exit, Red Shoes finally couldn't hold back.

"That." Considering that she still needed the other party's help to find a way out, Red Shoes hesitated for a moment, and chose a softer tone, "Maybe I'm overthinking, but do you feel that the current situation... seems to be a little abnormal?"

"No." Gu Yunshu behind him said lightly, holding the flashlight steadily in his hand, "Everything is normal, don't worry."

Red Shoes: "..."

As expected.

With her back to Gu Yunshu, Red Shoes took a breath with restraint.

If she said that it was just a guess before, she can now say that she is completely sure - this guy, did it on purpose.

In this kind of ghost place, hearing someone raise doubts but directly rejecting them without thinking, and saying that everything is normal... it would be weird if others believe you.

Red Shoes gnashed her teeth secretly, knowing that it was useless to keep trying. She moved her wrist slightly, and a card appeared silently in her hand.

[Skill·Exchange], you can get what you want by paying a price. But according to Red Shoes' observation, the price paid is often too high, but at this time, she can't care so much.

She has no other usable cards in her hand. There are four types of card faces in total, and the only one that can cause an attack effect is "Exchange" and "Calling" which can summon Shadow Dog. However, in order to go to the designated floor, Crazy Bag had exchanged a lot of "Calling" cards from her hand before, so she only had one spare card left; but that spare card had been taken away by Gu Yunshu as a reward before.

If not for this, she wouldn't have waited until now to take action... But if she continued to let this guy lead her blindly, who knows what would happen.

It's better to take a gamble and try to get out of the current situation first.

The problem is, exchange... What should I exchange?

Just exchange for a lighting tool? This may be a good idea.

Items of this level of lighting tools do not cost too much, and can also ensure that you will not be attacked by insect swarms when you act alone. Afterwards, you just need to try to get rid of the opponent as soon as possible, and then use the peep card you carry to change the location of the door. In theory, you can still leave.

Yes, this idea is very good, and it feels like it can work. The only problem is that the three cards given out before are equivalent to a waste of money, but in this terrible situation, it is better to be safe.

Yes, I want stability. It's better to want stability. It's just three cards, there's no need to get too tangled up. I want stability, I want stability, I want stability, I want stability, I want stability...

Red Shoes closed his eyes, and after a few breaths, he finally made up his mind. He tightened his hand holding the cards again, and there was a hint of smile in his voice.

"Really? I feel relieved to hear you say that." She calmly responded to Gu Yunshu's words and even raised her hand to smooth her hair while speaking. "Maybe it's too dark around? It always makes me feel like a long time has passed. If I didn't know you're a good person, I would worry that you were deliberately taking me around in circles..."

"Yeah." Before she finished speaking, she heard Gu Yunshu behind her respond, "I guess so."

"..." Red Shoes listened and was stunned, "What?"

"I said, you're not wrong." Gu Yunshu said lightly, "I did it on purpose."

...This was so straightforward that it was a bit sudden, and Red Shoes was a little confused. She paused for a second before she spoke again, her tone still very steady: "Really? That's surprising. May I ask why?"

"No reason." Gu Yunshu said bluntly, "I just don't want you to leave."

"But why then?" Red Shoes' fingers tightened again, her palms were hurt by the cards, but she still showed a perfect smile on her face, "Did I offend you in some way? If so, can I apologize? This place is too dangerous, it's better for us to go out first, really."

"Okay." Gu Yunshu's tone was still light, and he responded very neatly, "Answer me a question first. If you answer correctly, I will take you out."

...? Red Shoes' eyes turned, and the hand holding the card loosened: "What?"

Gu Yunshu behind her was silent. For a moment, the only sound in the air was the buzzing of insects, which made Red Shoes' back tingle again.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Yunshu spoke again, but the question she asked made her very confused.

She said, "How many humans did you take away when you came in with me in Hongqiang?"

...? ? ?

What the hell?

Red Shoes was stunned for a moment, and just as she was about to say something, she quickly reacted, thinking again, and said, "It's been too long, I can't remember clearly. But in my impression, they should all... um, they all went back."

She wanted to say "all taken away", but she was really not sure what the other party meant by "taken away", so she simply changed the wording to at least not make any mistakes.

Speaking of which... what Hongqiang?

She knew Hongqiang Company, that is, the ghost story where the holder of Rule Book No. 9 had been, and she had watched it with Crazy Bag at that time. The question was, when had she been there?

Red Shoes frowned slightly, and tried hard to recall, but she couldn't remember anything - there was only a vague impression in her mind, as if she had indeed been there a long, long time ago.

On the other hand, Gu Yunshu seemed to have accepted her answer, and said "Oh" softly: "Really? Then I feel relieved.

"So many people, have they all been rescued? You have worked so hard."

"That's not bad." Red Shoes responded immediately, and noticed that Gu Yunshu's tone softened slightly, and her heart was relieved, "Now, can we find an exit?"

"Yeah. "Gu Yunshu responded and stopped immediately. Red Shoes didn't dare to walk out of the flashlight's illumination range, so he stopped as well, tilted his head slightly, and found that the person behind him stopped talking again.

"Um, friend? Miss?" Red Shoes tilted her head slightly, and her heart, which had been slightly relieved, was suspended again, "What's wrong?"

"...Nothing." Gu Yunshu said softly, moving again, "It's just that what you said just now suddenly reminded me of a friend."

So why did you talk about friends again?

Red Shoes rolled her eyes impatiently, and the fingers holding the card tightened again and again, but she thought about it but didn't rush to act - think about it on the bright side, at least the other party associated it with a friend instead of an enemy. Deal with it well, maybe it won't be to the point of tearing the face.

So she asked again as if nothing had happened. What kind of friend, Gu Yunshu actually cooperated and answered just like that: "A friend who is as good-looking as you."

Huh?

Red Shoes was stunned, and then the corners of her mouth moved slightly, her tense shoulders relaxed a little, and she unconsciously combed her hair again.

Gu Yunshu continued, "She's just like you, very good at talking. What she says is always coherent."

Red Shoes smiled again, "Really? I don't think I..."

"But she has one thing, which is very special and rare." Gu Yunshu interrupted her directly and continued to herself, "She always finds a way to do what she said."

"No matter it's a promise made in the heat of the moment or a lie told under the pressure of the situation, as long as she thinks it's meaningful, no matter how difficult it is, she will find a way to make it come true. She won't back down or break her promise. So I like her very much and I admire her very much.

"But in this respect, you are completely different from her.

"What do you think - Lin, Yan, Hu?"

...

Her steps forward suddenly stopped, and the long-lost name with vague memories suddenly washed over her mind. Red Shoes slightly widened her eyes, and fragments of memories that had long been abandoned flashed through her mind -

Lin Yanhu.

Yes, she had an impression. It seemed as if this was her name, at least the name she had used... when she was still alive.

Living... Then how long had she lived? She couldn't remember. She only remembered that she didn't seem to have lived for a long time, and in her short "alive" life, driven by some kind of motivation, she had been desperately collecting roots, desperate enough to abandon everything and even herself...

She was pursuing something, or rather, she had been pursuing something. She couldn't remember what it was, only vaguely retaining some concepts, and words like "great", "change", "invasion" and so on remained in her mind...

Speaking of which, where did the heart of the tin soldier come from?

Red Shoes' breathing stagnated slightly, and something suddenly flashed through her mind. The next second, she took a deep breath as if she had made up her mind, turned around and rushed towards Gu Yunshu. At the moment of turning around, she pulled her left arm and tore off the whole arm, and threw it out with force.

Exchange - she muttered in her heart, gritting her teeth.

Screw his request for stability, three cards, how can I just say no! Not to mention that this guy is clearly looking for trouble... Rather than exchanging a useless thing to prolong his life, it is

better to bite the bullet and give it a try! An arm in exchange for a steel spike, no matter how you think about it ,

it is enough! The more Red Shoes thought about it, the more determined she became. Before the exchange was completed, she had already pounced on Gu Yunshu - some things are a matter of speed. If you are a little slower, the result will be a world of difference!

What she didn't expect was that she was fast, but Gu Yunshu was faster than her. Just as she was about to pounce, Red Shoes hadn't raised her hand yet, and she was hit hard on the face - followed by another one! She

was slapped twice in a row!

The two slaps came very quickly and were very hard, almost knocking her head off. Red Shoes was dizzy and turned around. The next second, she heard a "bang" and a heavy punch hit her abdomen without mercy, knocking her back heavily.

Before she hit the ground, she heard another "click" - the brightness of the flashlight was suddenly adjusted to the highest level, and the dazzling light pierced Red Shoes' face like a needle. She shivered subconsciously and instinctively wanted to get up, but her whole body seemed to be imprisoned by something and froze in place for a moment.

Even her clenched right hand loosened involuntarily, and the thing in her hand fell lightly to the ground.

It was not until this moment that Red Shoes realized another thing that made her spine cold.

She had obviously paid the price and activated the skills on the card - but what she held tightly in her hand was still that thin card. Instead of the weapon she exchanged.

...Why? Was it because the price she paid was not enough? But she had clearly calculated it carefully...

And even if it was not enough, it should be deducted directly from her after the exchange took effect. There was no reason not to even exchange it...

... Wait.

As if realizing something, Red Shoes raised his eyes in disbelief. Gu Yunshu stood there with an indifferent expression, and the moment he met her gaze, he shrugged very solemnly.

"Sorry, I may have forgotten to tell you something." She said softly, "You should know the setting book in the elevator, right?"

"To be on the safe side, when I first met you, I asked my colleagues to add a new setting to this layer... I don't think it will come in handy."

Because he guessed at that time that there must be other cards on the red shoes, Gu Yunshu's initial idea was to block all card functions - since Xu Ming's distortion characteristics can be blocked, it is not difficult to block the use of the cards.

Unfortunately, this seems to be a bit difficult. Xu Ming forwarded her request to Da Guo, who spent a long time studying in the elevator but couldn't add this setting. He had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and block the attack side capabilities of all cards.

In other words, on this level, the "Call" card that can summon a shadow dog is directly useless and cannot be used; the "Exchange" card is half useless and can no longer be used to exchange various weapons... but there are no restrictions in other aspects.

Therefore, to be honest, although Gu Yunshu looked calm before, she was actually very worried - she was really afraid that Red Shoes would directly exchange for a lighting tool and then leave with the lantern. In such a dark place, she might not be able to catch up.

Fortunately, fortunately...

"Fortunately, you are dumber than I thought."

Looking at the red shoes trapped in the huge spot of light, Gu Yunshu sighed from the bottom of his heart, then took two steps forward and squatted down gently.

"By the way. Although I guess you don't care, I still have to tell you.

"There were two people who entered Hongqiang with you at that time. One is a living person who failed to escape; the other is a dead person, a dandelion you used to clear the way.

"I think you have forgotten them a long time ago, right?"