Outside the hotel, Wen Shi stood under the semi-dark sky, feeling as if he had forgotten something.
After a moment, his expression changed: Song Yan!
Has Song Yan come out?
Wen Shi's last impression was that he was sitting at the table in the dormitory, quietly waiting for the body transformation effect to end.
He quickly called Ji Yuanzhi: "Where's Song Yan? Do you know if he's back?"
"I took it to the concert first, and brought it back after the instance was over."
Wen Shi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Fortunately, there was still someone reliable.
After hanging up the phone, I thought that my memory shouldn't be so bad that I would forget a living person.
Wen Shi had a bad guess. Could it be that the longer Song Yan used his body transformation in the copy, the easier it would be for him to be forgotten in the copy?
It's obvious that Ji Yuanzhi's skills are related to information retrieval. He is naturally sensitive to all kinds of information, so he can still remember it.
"It seems that this skill cannot be abused in dungeons."
Song Yan must not have transformed back yet, otherwise he would have contacted him immediately. Wen Shi sent a reminder message and then walked towards the virtual square.
In the virtual square at the same time, you can also see groups of three or two preparing to go to the next dungeon.
A young man was talking to Pei Hongxin. His attitude was just right, his tone was calm, but with a slight hint of the arrogance of a veteran player.
After explaining the things that needed attention, the young man did not immediately take out the team props. Instead, his eyes moved around the square boredly.
Seeing that he had no intention of placing an order, Pei Hongxin frowned: "Someone else wants..."
"By the way, there will be a powerful player joining our team later. Don't offend him, otherwise I can't protect you." The young man easily took the final say.
He packaged Wen Shi into a mysterious image, and his tone revealed a hint of strength, so Pei Hongxin couldn't raise any objections.
However, Pei Hongxin was not someone to be fooled by, so he quickly got to the point: "Will the participation of powerful players increase the difficulty of the dungeon?"
"His strength is only relative to you and me. As long as the overall level of the dungeon remains unchanged, there's no problem." The young man suddenly paused. "Here it comes."
Pei Hongxin looked over there and saw a person whose figure and appearance could not be clearly seen walking towards him on the southeast side of the square.
He walked calmly, and despite trying to cover himself up in many ways, he still had an unconcealable bright aura about him, and the first impression he gave was that he was not too old.
Wen Shi didn't even look at Pei Hongxin, but nodded slightly to the young man.
The young man decisively activated the team props.
[Matching a dungeon with a Kwaidan legend scene...]
[Player 458887 invites you to join a team. Do you agree? ]
Pei Hongxin had never used team props, but when he saw a team that seemed to include targeted matching, he immediately became suspicious.
The young man quickly explained to him, "Using this method, you can enter a replica containing relevant elements, which is helpful for preparing the corresponding props in advance."
Pei Hongxin opened the game store and searched for the keyword: Ghost Story Legend Scene, which is one of the cheaper scene skins among all the scene skins.
This made him completely indecisive, and he suddenly wanted to quit.
Wen Shi had never spoken to Pei Hongxin and was not worried about revealing his identity because of his voice.
"Hurry up." To be on the safe side, he deliberately kept his voice hoarse, at least to avoid people from associating it with the clean and clear voice of a young boy. "Once the time limit is up, the team props will be useless."
Useless props would definitely offend people, but Pei Hongxin was still worried about the matching scene.
"I have mystical abilities," Wen Shi seemed to know his concerns, "I can better utilize my strengths in this type of ability."
After thinking for a few seconds, Pei Hongxin finally decided to accept the invitation under the urging of both parties.
[All members successfully formed a team]
"The copy of "The Horror Society" has been successfully loaded."
[Horror Club: Role Playing Book
Difficulty: [C+~?]
Initial number of players: ?
Plot summary:
"Horror Club" is a premium periodical, edited by horror master Mei Nao Nao and published by You Lai You Go Publishing. It is a comprehensive reading material for readers of all ages. Its stories are full of intense drama and conflict, and have been a huge hit since its release. However, not every work resonates so strongly with readers. "Horror Club" has collected a number of serialized short stories, but they have received a lukewarm response, and the editor is considering removing them from the shelves.
Role identity:?
You are an obsessive-compulsive person. You cannot tolerate the story being cut before you see the ending, and you swear to change the publisher's opinion.
Note: This instance is a role-playing instance. If your identity is discovered by an important NPC, you will be locked out of the story forever.
Note: There is competition among players in this instance, so please be prepared at all times.
Note: Your story must be interesting! ]
The first short story you need to save is called "The Eagle"
It was the first time that Wen Shi encountered this kind of game. This stingy guy who was always trying to steal players' points did not ask whether he needed to summon the game in advance as usual.
Last time, it was because the game didn't like Yarlin, but this time, Wen Shi knew it wouldn't be so easy. So he didn't bring it up, planning to wait until he entered the dungeon and figure it out.
After the brief feeling of weightlessness ended, Wen Shi subconsciously tried to open his eyes and observe his surroundings as usual. However, the lack of oxygen made his vision blurry. A pair of clammy, pale hands were tightly gripping his neck, and Wen Shi struggled reflexively.
Wen Shiben had good physical strength, but it was obvious that before the successful transmission, the game had inserted a plot that he had been strangled for a while and was in a serious state of exhaustion.
He vaguely thought of the cloak he wore before entering the dungeon. Before he completely lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen, Wen Shi silently said in his mind: Turn on the invisibility function.
[Small Cloak]Gives you one minute of invisibility every day.
The person is gone, but the feeling remains.
The ghost was stunned for a moment.
Wen Shi took the opportunity to bend his knees and push upwards with force, and this time it seemed that he hit the ghost's stomach.
It was very soft, with no elasticity at all, like a pile of pulp. The hand stuck on his neck loosened, and Wen Shi quickly rolled off the bed.
Being invisible doesn't mean being silent. He immediately held his breath, and his face, already lacking oxygen, became even redder. At the same time, he took off his mask and threw it to the other side, using the sound to attract the ghost's attention.
Wen Shi took the opportunity to move carefully and slowly move towards the door.
While moving, he finally figured out his current environment.
The layout of a standard hotel room is that of a large bed, a long table facing the room, and an LCD TV hanging on the wall.
There were no lights on in the room, the only source of light was the TV playing the news.
[00:39]
The cloak's invisibility time was almost half over. While Wen Shi was hurrying to move to the door, he did not forget to look at the ghost that wanted to kill him at the beginning.
Under the light of the LCD, the swollen cotton-like thing looked nothing like a human. Its arms and hands were extremely fat, and based on the palm area, it could lock Wen Shi's neck with just one hand.
Like drowning.
After Wen Shi came to this conclusion, he gently stood up and prepared to unlock the door and run out, but the game prompt sounded as if it was against him:
[Side Quest: Accommodation
Mission: Complete one night's accommodation in a hotel. Good sleep is essential for maintaining a healthy spirit, so you need to get at least six hours of sleep.
Mission Reward: Memo]
When the prompt sound ended crisply, the evil spirit also disappeared.
Wen Shi brushed off the dust on his body, sat back on the bed and took a breath, knowing that it was only a matter of time before the ghost appeared again.
Just as he was thinking about countermeasures, a translucent electronic watch suddenly appeared on his left wrist. It looked very high-end. If it weren't for the simple furnishings in this hotel, which was not much different from the real world, Wen Shi would have thought that the background of this copy was some high-tech world just by looking at the watch.
Wen Shi studied the dial. The upper left corner was the number of readers, currently at two, and there would occasionally be a prompt below.
"Grandma Scissor enters the horror reading live zone."
The number of readers has reached three.
[Scissor Granny: That's a bit boring. I want to watch this.]
[…He used scissors to cut his nails little by little, then his toes, and finally his fingers… Oh, if you want to cut it like this, I'd like to watch it all day.]
Wen Shi had experienced being watched once in Fengguan Village, but that time he could not see the audience's comments in person. He only heard about them occasionally from the frustrated host.
This time it was much the same, except that the comments of the onlookers were reflected more intuitively in front of him. Thinking of this, he decided not to pay attention to this electronic watch face anymore.
Watching people suffer is the monster's pleasure, and Wen Shi is in no mood to hurt himself to please the NPCs.
[Scissor Granny: It has to be interesting. Articles without interesting content will be rejected!]
The other party hinted that when the number of readers dropped to zero, he would die.
Wen Shi raised a friendly smile, and with the corners of his eyes slightly red due to lack of oxygen, he looked like a little animal begging for mercy.
Grandma Scissors was expecting Wen Shi to gradually surrender and ask for help, and then she would teach him how to do things.
Unexpectedly, the gorgeous lips moved, and Wen Shi slowly uttered a word: "Get out."
This situation may exist later, and the number of readers is linked to death, but a book that starts with a C+ level cannot do this at the beginning. The key is to think about how to survive tonight.
Just when I was about to look away completely because it was too warm, a new prompt appeared below the dial:
"Patient No. 109 in Bed at Frank Hospital Enters Horror Reading Area."
Frank Hospital Bed 109 Patient: Just woke up, so bored! Are there any good new stories on Horror Club? ... Damn, why is it "The Eagle" again? Hasn't this crappy story been removed yet? @Frank Hospital Bed 144 Patient]
"Patient No. 144 in bed at Frank Hospital enters the live broadcast room."
[It seems like the characters in the story have changed a lot, but the protagonist looks okay. I just don't know what it would look like if I cut it open. Are the internal organs fresh?]
They were talking as if no one was around, and Wen Shiji lowered his eyes in time, his long, trembling eyelashes hiding the ripples in his eyes.
It turns out that this time the audience is not just the group hiding behind the ghost gate, but monsters facing the multi-dimensional space, and even some monsters in Franco Hospital can see them.
Obviously, the two patients who came in did not recognize him, but as the story goes on and more and more readers come, he may attract some mysterious patients from deeper areas of the hospital.
Wen Shi narrowed his eyes slightly. This was truly a... once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about the future industry.
Knowing that the two patients would leave the live broadcast room after a few words, Wen Shi tried to communicate directly. He first asked impatiently: "Grandma Scissors, why don't you get out?"
The patient who was about to leave was stunned.
Is he chasing customers away?
Grandma Scissors was about to explode with anger.
Every time this segment happened, she was flattered crazily. Who would have thought that at her age, she would be insulted.
Faced with such an arrogant character, Grandma Scissors really wants to see how the other party will die in the end.
[It's quite spicy, I'm a little interested. ]
Seeing the new comment posted by No. 109, Wen Shi smiled, knowing that his goal had been achieved, and began to focus on the task for the time being.
He touched his pocket and luckily the game was equipped with a mobile phone. It was now 11:30 pm.
Wen Shi thought silently for a moment, then opened the door and walked out.
…
downstairs.
In the hotel lobby, a player was sitting in the lounge area, on the verge of collapse: "I haven't slept for three days. If this continues, I'll die sooner or later!"
There were four people sitting here, having been teleported into the game in two batches. Now, only four remained of the seven. Each of them had dark circles under their eyes, and the male player was particularly unshaven, his complexion appearing slightly sallow from lack of rest.
The first mission is quite unusual: you must sleep for six hours, but as soon as you fall asleep, a fierce ghost will appear and strangle you to death. Even if you kill the ghost once, it will appear again. You can't catch up on sleep during the day. If you take a nap, the game will prompt you to "Please rest within the specified time."
They tried many methods, such as a group of people gathering together to take turns to keep watch, but they were warned that after midnight they could only stay in a single room.
If the same warning is triggered a second time, you will definitely die.
Seeing that the clock on the wall was about to strike twelve, some players finally couldn't stand it anymore and were about to rush out of the hotel.
Before he could run out, a fellow traveler, who was on good terms with him, grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall. "Is this your first time in this dungeon? You yelled, 'I want to go home,' and then rushed out without a care in the world!"
"What else can we do? Wait to die?"
bite--
The sound of the elevator door opening brought the quarrel to an abrupt end, and everyone turned around at the same time.
In order to facilitate his movements, Wen Shi put away his cloak. Now that he had successfully tricked Pei Hongxin into going undercover, he no longer needed to conceal his identity.
Currently, all the players in the hall are ordinary players. Since they have never seen Wen Shi, they can only guess that he is a new player who was pulled in.
This copy is very strange. It is neither a endgame nor a unique copy. As long as the number of hotel guests is reduced to four, new players will be pulled in.
Wen Shi first looked at the front desk and found that there was no one. He did not take the initiative to greet these players, but walked straight to the door.
"Please make way."
The two players who had just rushed outside to pull the trigger were stunned when they saw this and subconsciously stepped aside half a step.
Walking out of the revolving door, there is a road outside. It is late at night and there are few pedestrians.
Wen Shi waved his hand and a taxi stopped. After he got in, the taxi drove straight out of the road and disappeared into the night.
The monsters watching in the reading area were stunned.
The group of people behind him were also stunned.
The player who had been yelling about rushing out twitched his lips, then snapped back to his senses in shock and asked, "Did he... just leave?"
The person next to him swallowed and said, "Not only did he leave, he left in a taxi."