Welcome to the Nightmare Live Chapter 434

Chapter 434

Like the first floor, there are no lights in the corridors on the second floor.

Because of this, the offices with lights on are all the more dazzling.

There was a dead silence in the stairwell, and the air pressure was so low that it was breathless.

Tian Ye held back for a long time, and finally squeezed out a sentence: "Even the student union in the dungeon has to be on duty, it's a black heart to ruin the university."

Everyone: "..."

The field spirit is weak: "...just liven up the atmosphere."

It doesn't seem to work.

"Okay," Tangerine Tang rolled his eyes, "let's get down to business."

She turned her head and looked aside, the road from the second floor to the third floor was tightly locked by an iron door, behind which was boundless cold darkness.

Tangerine Candy reconfirmed with some reluctance:

"So, this door cannot be opened by means other than a key anyway?"

"right."

Hugo leaned against the wall in the darkness, playing with the unlit cigarette in his hand.

Obviously, this is the underlying rule of this administrative building.

If you want to go upstairs, you must get the key.

Except for that specific, rusty and old key, no other being can open that door.

What's more, the office on the second floor is not empty, so whether or not Tangerine Candy's "violent means" is effective, it must be ruled out.

They can't afford to risk the consequences of making their voices heard.

Although everyone present was well aware of this, they still couldn't help but sink in their hearts after receiving Hugo's affirmative answer.

"It seems," Weicheng said slowly, "finding the key is our only option."

"However, isn't this too difficult?"

Tian Ye looked a little depressed.

"The area of ​​this floor is too large, and there are so many offices, how can we determine which one is the key? What if it is in someone's room? How can we put the key in the student union? Did it steal it?"

No matter which angle you look at, what they are facing now is almost a hopeless mess.

"Tackling problems one at a time."

Tangerine interrupted him.

She looked at Su Cheng: "Can you confirm the position of the key?"

In fact, that's why, they had to bring a seer with them into this dungeon.

Survival and survival, their team can do it well without any help, but if they want to get a certain information out of nothing, it is impossible to do it without a prophet.

The main purpose of their entry into the dungeon this time is to [find] a specific item. Because of this, the prophet is indispensable.

Su Cheng raised his eyes and cast a quick glance into the darkness, as if briefly meeting the other side's eyes, and soon, he looked back. He looked at Tangerine Candy and said.

"it should be OK."

The Xingyue Tarot card appeared in the air, with a dark light shining between his fingers.

The cards were drawn one by one, and a strange array of cards was formed in front of him. These arrays of cards were not complicated, but somehow seemed a bit strange, as if they did not belong to any existing Tarot system in the real world.

Soon, the divination is over.

Su Cheng raised his head and said concisely: "Go forward 47 meters, the first office."

The tarot cards disappeared in his palm.

"As for the specific location in the office, I'm still not sure yet."

There are many reasons for this.

It may be that some kind of force blocked his talent, or it may be equivalent to entering another area with different rules. Of course, it may simply be that the distance is too far away.

"However, when I enter the office, I should be able to know what to do next." Su Cheng said, looking at the dark corridor in front of him.

"Very good," Hugo nodded, holding the unlit cigarette on his lips, "Just do it like before."

The corridors here are narrow and the space is single. There are too many people in their team, and they may not be able to perform together if they act together. Therefore, for them now, the best way is to act separately like they did on the previous floor.

After a brief discussion, they quickly made a decision.

Acropolis, Hugo, Wen Jianyan, and Su Cheng went to get the key, while the rest stayed at the stairs and waited.

Tangerine Candy leaned against the wall with a gloomy expression.

Wen Jianyan's eyes lingered on her for a moment, then suddenly said:

"The rest is up to you."

Orange candy: "?"

"Although our ultimate goal is to enter the principal's room on the third floor, it is equally important to get out of the third floor alive after obtaining the props."

Wen Jianyan smiled at her:

"Not only do you need to support us in time, but you also need to ensure that you will not be disturbed during the retreat. This is the top priority... Are you okay?"

Tangerine Candy rolled her eyes: "Isn't that nonsense?"

Her mood seemed to be obviously brighter: "Hurry up, you guys go and come back quickly."

Wen Jianyan: "Okay."

Tangerine Candy Live Room:

"...I didn't say, Bao, you can easily be coaxed! How much struggle!"

"Damn it, our side has now been completely mastered by the other side. I am really heartbroken!"

After saying goodbye to the orange candy in the stairwell, a group of four proceeded carefully along the corridor.

In order to prevent being discovered, their movements were very light, and before they started to act, they had activated props to cover their whereabouts and voices. any chance.

Soon, they approached the first office with lights on.

The door of the office was closed tightly, and the bright red light flowed out from the gap below, smearing on the black ground, like a wound that has not yet healed.

Strangely enough, there was still a dead silence inside.

Hugo stopped.

Although they have made sufficient preparations, even so, it is not completely sure whether the other side has other ways to "perceive" them.

He gestured to the others:

—I will take the lead, and you all wait where you are.

Everyone nodded, subconsciously holding their breath slightly, watching his movements closely.

Hugo moved.

Even though he was so tall, he acted nimbly and swiftly, like a shadow in the dark, passing silently by the closed door of the office.

Everyone's heart was raised high. Although the whole process took less than a few seconds, in the darkness, these short seconds seemed to be stretched to minutes or hours.

Soon, Hugo stopped in the dark.

He turned around and nodded.

- that's it.

They were relieved.

Following Hugo's previous appearance, a group of people cautiously crossed the lit office. Their speed was not fast, but they were cautious enough.

One, two, three...

They passed through the offices one by one silently, walking forward slowly.

Most of the offices around me are dark, only a small part is lit, there is no sound or movement inside, only blood-like red light flowing on the ground.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath slowly, cold sweat was already dripping on his forehead before he knew it.

He scanned his san value.

17.

I don't know when it dropped a little bit, but at least it is still within a tolerable range.

Hallucinations and auditory hallucinations linger in his ears, and they still entangle him, but Wen Jianyan has found a way to barely get along with them and not fall into madness.

He measured the distance under his feet in his heart.

If the calculation is correct, they have walked more than forty meters now. According to Su Cheng's prophecy, the office where the key is located should be at...

Suddenly, Su Cheng on the side stopped, stretched out his hand to hold Wen Jianyan's arm, and stopped him from moving forward.

Everyone was shocked, and they all stopped.

Wen Jianyan turned to look at Su Cheng.

Su Cheng nodded slightly.

arrive.

Hugo raised his eyes, stared at several offices not far in front of him, and asked in a very low voice:

"Which room?"

Su Cheng raised his eyes, his gaze slowly passed through the closed doors in front of him, and then stopped on one of them.

Everyone followed his gaze.

I don't know whether their luck is good or bad. The offices in this small area are basically all dark, and there is a dead silence inside, without any movement.

Only one office was lit.

And that room was where Su Cheng's gaze stayed.

"That room?"

asked Hugo.

Su Cheng nodded.

Everyone couldn't help but their hearts sank.

Before taking action, they naturally considered such a possibility, but even so, they couldn't help feeling hopeful—after all, there were so many offices on this floor, and only a few of them were lit.

In terms of probability alone, the possibility of the keys being kept in a dark office is not completely absent.

Of course, with the nature of nightmares, even a dark and empty office is by no means free from danger, and there must be risks hidden in it.

Overall, however, there is hope, as long as existing conditions are put to good use.

It's a pity that in the copy of Nightmare, the least expected things often happen.

It's like a supernatural version of Murphy's Law.

— "What if it's in someone's office?"

And now, they obviously have to deal with it.

Naturally, they can completely copy the previous method of skipping classes, since they were able to escape from the siege of the student union last time. So, it stands to reason that this time the same trick can be repeated.

But the thing is, what's more disturbing than the danger is the unknown.

Across a door means poor information.

Every office they passed along the way, whether it was dark or bright, was completely silent inside, and no one knew what was going on inside.

They didn't know how many members of the student union there were, whether there were other people besides them, and how they stood.

Therefore, although they can steal the key by creating darkness that inactivates the NPC's perception as they did when skipping class before, but without enough information, the variables are so large that it is no different from a gamble.

"Perhaps, we can lure them out." Suddenly, Wen Jianyan said softly.

Several people were startled and turned their heads to look.

In the darkness, the young man's face was pale, and the light-colored pupils reflected the crimson light.

"There are three rules in the notice downstairs."

His voice was very soft: "Since two of them have been destroyed, what's the point of destroying another one?"

Wen Jianyan didn't make it clear, but everyone present did not understand what he meant.

"Wait a minute, are you serious?" Wei Cheng frowned, "Do you know what it means if you do this?"

If they do this, the process for them to get the key will indeed become easier, but there is a reason why this method was ruled out by all of them in the first place.

Once this is done, their actions will no longer be kept secret, and the hidden dangers in the entire building will be fully activated.

If they only had to deal with the NPCs in one room before, then after they got the key, they would face a crazy counterattack from the whole building.

"If we really do this, it will be almost impossible for us to return along the same route," Wei Cheng said solemnly, "...Even if we can, I'm afraid we will pay a very high price."

After the stealth just now, Wen Jianyan, who was already at the end of his strength, seemed to have exhausted his strength.

He leaned against the wall, took a breath, then slowly raised his eyes, and said softly:

"Who says it's impossible?"

The corridor was completely dark, only two or three bright red lights came out from the depths of the office and landed on the ground.

The entire administrative building was immersed in deathly silence.

until-

"Ding ding ding ding!!" The ear-piercing metal bell sounded abruptly, completely breaking the dead silence. The monotonous and piercing sound echoed in the darkness over and over again, almost frightening.

"Squeak."

There was the sound of the door shaft turning.

One, two, three...

The closed office door was opened from the inside.

Students with pale and cold faces came out of the office one by one. The light fell on them, illuminating the red armbands on their arms that symbolized the student union.

They turned their heads stiffly and looked in the direction of the sound.

Then, almost without hesitation, they took steps and chased in the direction of the sound.

In the distance, at the junction of the first floor and the second floor.

"Alas!"

Tangerine Candy held the dilapidated doorbell that was still ringing loudly in both hands, and his eyes lit up suddenly after seeing the figures chasing after him.

"Chasing, chasing, chasing!"

The displeasure caused by not being able to participate in the action before has been swept away, and Tangerine Candy jumped up excitedly: "Go, go!"

A group of people rushed to the first floor along the original road, and behind them, pale and cold faces floated in the air, chasing them like leeches smelling blood.

Invisible terror is spreading.

In the darkness, the confrontation between ghosts and humans began silently.

As the sound of "ding ding ding" faded away, the corridor on the second floor gradually became quiet again.

In the dark office, everyone held their breath and watched the movement outside the door, motionless, waiting in fear.

In order to prevent unnecessary confrontation, after entering the office, they immediately activated props that could keep them safe for a short period of time.

Hugo put his palm on the door and gently opened the door. After confirming that there was no danger outside, he turned his head and looked at the people behind him: "Come out."

They quickly left the hiding place.

Although there was no turning back now, even so, recalling Wen Jianyan's plan, they still felt terrified.

—This plan is too bold.

According to the original plan, Tangerine Candy will support them at any time, and after they get the key, they will enter the third floor with them to obtain props.

But now, as a bait, what Orange Candy and the others had to do was to stay away from the second floor immediately after being targeted.

From now on, they will be completely divided into two teams.

Next, only the four of them will obtain the keys and successfully enter the third floor, while Orange Tang and the others will stay in the administrative building as long as possible to create a time gap for them to move freely.

It's hard to say which of the two is more dangerous.

Tangerine Candy and the others need to deal with the threats in the entire administrative building, and they need to do everything they can to delay time.

As for Wen Jianyan, Hugo and the others needed to enter the possibly most dangerous and terrifying floor alone without any support to complete the remaining tasks.

However, they also had to admit...

He also wanted to obtain the key smoothly, and also wanted to escape from the administrative building. Apart from the solution given by Wen Jianyan, there was probably no other better choice.

"Go," Hugo said, already moving, "we are running out of time."

In this plan, time is the most critical factor.

A slight mistake could lead to unacceptable and dire consequences.

A group of people trotted all the way, rushing towards the office that Su Cheng had predicted.

The door of the office was wide open, and the lights inside were bright red.

The translucent glass separates the small compartments, and each compartment has a table and chairs, which looks not much different from ordinary offices.

Looking around, the office is empty.

Su Cheng searched around and landed on the table farthest from the door, and said in an affirmative tone:

"There's the key."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but their hearts jumped. At that moment, it was hard to tell whether they were afraid or happy.

The desk where the key is located is too far away from the main door, and the space aisles in the office are too few and too narrow.

Even more troubling, this information was never available to them until they entered the gates and began to implement their plans.

That is to say, if they use props to enter here according to their original idea, even if the NPC in the office will fall into a short-term lag, it is still impossible to escape smoothly under the premise of stealing the key .

——If they didn't listen to Wen Jianyan's dangerous idea, then what awaited them would be a deadly battle with no way out.

Hugo: "OK."

His voice interrupted everyone's thoughts.

According to the plan at the beginning, everyone immediately took action.

One person stayed at the door to observe the external movement, while the other three went deep into the office, looking for the key that could open the iron door between the third floor and the second floor.

They cooperated tacitly and acted quickly.

Soon, there was the sound of rummaging through the empty office.

first floor.

There are no lights.

The doors of each office are tightly closed, and the surroundings are pitch black. Looking around, you can only see the shadows in the distance. There are no traces of Tangerine Tang and his party, except for the ear-piercing "ding ding" sound. The building reverberated.

This is a very dangerous game of hide and seek.

They had to live longer in this terrifying administrative building, keeping the members of the student union away from the second and third floors for as long as possible.

At the junction of the first floor and the second floor, the ground was covered with scattered gray-white smoke.

It was the ashes that Hugo had scattered on the ground before entering the second floor.

However, now these ashes have been completely destroyed by the chase, the previously connected strip area has disappeared, and there are messy footprints and traces of running everywhere.

The area is empty.

But suddenly, without warning, a gray-white footprint still stained with ashes suddenly appeared on the ground.

Obviously no one could be seen, but the footprints continued to appear.

One click, one click, one click.

The footprints approached in the direction of the stairwell.

And with each step, the ashes became smaller and shallower, until finally they disappeared completely.

It's like walking up to the second floor.

At the same time, in the office on the second floor.

Hugo bent down, pulled out one drawer after another, and rummaged through it quickly. Finally, when pulling out the last drawer, a rusty iron key was thrown out and hit the drawer's baffle , issued a heavy "dang" sound.

found it.

Everyone's eyes brightened.

However, the moment Hugo caught the iron key, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door.

In an instant, everyone's breathing was tense.

someone!

But...how could this be?

Orange Candy, shouldn't the noise they make draw all the attention? Why are there still fish that have not been lured away?

"Click, click, click."

The monotonous footsteps echoed, and the sound gradually amplified, as if they were walking in this direction step by step.

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Ah, ah, I can't breathe!"

"I know why no one has unlocked this area. His grandma's, even if it is unlocked, no one can come out alive!"

"Ah? Am I the only one who doesn't think it's a big deal? Listen carefully, there's only the sound of footsteps. With the anchor's current team configuration, it won't be very difficult to get one head-on!"

"Is the one in front without a brain? Didn't you notice something strange about the footsteps?"

"Huh? Where?"

"First, it came from the opposite direction when the anchor came, and second, the footsteps... Do you sound like high heels?"

"Wait, you mean..."

Outside the live broadcast room, the anchors looked at each other and saw the surprise and solemnity in each other's eyes.

But in just a few seconds, they have already confirmed the direction of the footsteps and the crisp sound when it made contact with the floor—

The person who came was probably not a member of any of the student unions.

but a teacher.

In the dungeon of [Yuying Comprehensive University], each identity represents an insurmountable class gap. If they are members of the student union, they may still have a chance to fight back, but the teacher...

All of a sudden, the difficulty immediately increased to a level that they could not cope with.

"Click."

The sound of high heels paused for a moment in the distance, as if checking one of the vacant offices.

Judging by the sound, he should have walked two more offices and was about to come to them.

"Quick, come here."

Hugo made a quick decision.

His voice was deep, and his expression was rare and dignified.

Everyone started to retreat quickly and stood with Hugo.

"Crack."

There was a slight sound of metal twisting, and a cluster of flames sprang up, igniting the cigarette on Hugo's lips.

In the next second, the gray-white smoke rose and expanded wantonly like life, enveloping everyone around it, and isolating everything in an instant.

Vision, breath, presence.

This is by no means what props can do.

Wen Jianyan turned his head, and his gaze passed over Hugo.

The whole body of the tall man was shrouded in gray-white smoke, only the cigarette on his lips was extinguished, and there was a little red light flickering.

Then connect with the off-white ash he sprinkled on the ground before, and Hugo's behavior of always playing with cigarettes from time to time...

Wen Jianyan quickly made a judgment.

These two are probably the product of his innate talent, just like [flower] and [fruit] are both products of his own innate talent.

However, what exactly Hugo's talent is is not the focus of their attention now.

The point is, the footsteps that had just stopped sounded again, and they approached in this direction without any pause.

The distance is shortening.

The sound of the high-heeled shoes hitting the ground echoed in the empty second floor, and each hit seemed to hit their hearts hard, making the atmosphere so heavy that it was hard to breathe.

closer.

"Click, click."

This time, there was no wall between the voice and them.

The sound of high heels stopped.

Everyone's heart was raised high, and the blood seemed to start to flow backwards due to tension.

They prayed secretly in their hearts.

I hope that the sound of footsteps can be heard again, and continue to move forward without stopping like the previous few times.

but-

"Don't hide."

A cold female voice resounded, very thin, without ups and downs, but inexplicably had the ability to make one's blood run cold.

"Come out."

Everyone's pupils shrank.

Even Hugo froze.

"Impossible." He frowned and said in a normal voice.

Obviously, he knew very well that the smoke he created was enough to block all the sounds he made, as long as it was within this range, it wouldn't matter even if he was talking at a normal volume.

"Are you sure?" Wei Cheng's face turned pale unconsciously, and he looked at Hugo, "The other side seems to know that we are here."

"Click, click."

The sound of high heels sounded again, but this time, the sound did not go away, on the contrary, it entered the office and was approaching in their direction.

"Come here, it means that you have violated at least three school rules," the female voice remained calm and unhurried, "Don't force me to drag you out with my own hands."

"Otherwise, what awaits you is not just dropping out of school."

The high-heeled shoes tapped the floor, pressing forward step by step in their direction.

"..." Hugo clenched his teeth, and the filter of the cigarette was broken.

Although he still doesn't think that his talent doesn't work, the current situation can't help him believe it or not.

Whatever the reason, their existence may have been exposed.

Under the high browbones, Hugo's eyes flashed a sharp cold light, he stared closely beyond the smoke, and said in a low voice, "Get ready."

Since you can't hide it, you can only fight.

"Give me the key." Wen Jianyan suddenly said.

Hugo was taken aback, but didn't seem to react, "What?"

"I said,"

Wen Jianyan stared at Hugo and repeated:

"Give me the key."

The young man's voice was very soft, with the weakness of lack of energy and blood, but his enunciation was clear and loud.

Hugo paused, but still handed the rusty iron key to Wen Jianyan.

Wen Jianyan caught it.

In the distance, the sound of high heels hitting the ground is close at hand.

Just cross a few compartments and you will be in front of them.

Immediately afterwards, Wen Jianyan made a move that no one could have imagined.

Without hesitation, he took a few steps forward and left Hugo's smoky range.

Hugo: "Wait..."

However, before he finished speaking, Wen Jianyan walked out without hesitation, and disappeared into the smoke in the blink of an eye.

"Click."

The sound of high heels stopped.

Above the head, the flickering lights of "Zizi" cast a blood-red light, illuminating the two figures facing each other in the office.

Wen Jianyan.

And a "teacher" who is only a few steps away from him.

The red light fell on the woman's pale mask-like face, illuminating her blood-red lips, nails, long skirt and high-heeled shoes of the same color.

Wen Jianyan stood in front of her, his back was soaked, and his fingertips trembled slightly due to excessive tension.

— Hugo's talent cannot fail.

The effects of props may change due to changes in the instance level, but talents are different. The power of talents comes from the soul of the host. Even if the nightmare signal is interrupted, the effects of talents will not be affected.

What's more, he is a top ten anchor whose talent has been thoroughly strengthened.

Only Wen Jianyan, who confronted Wu Zhu head-on and escaped from the nightmare situation several times, could draw such a conclusion.

No one but him can say that:

Talent cannot fail.

So, what's the problem?

During the process of being shrouded in smoke just now, Wen Jianyan has been thinking about this problem.

Just now, he noticed two things.

First: The sound of footsteps appeared the moment the key was found.

Second: From beginning to end, the teacher used the word "you" instead of "you".

The fingers trembled and tightened, and the edge of the iron key was deeply embedded in the palm, bringing a sharp pain.

That is to say, the effect of Hugo's talent is not contradictory to the fact that the teacher knows that there are indeed people here. His talent has successfully prevented the four people present from being detected. The room was not empty.

The woman stared at Wen Jianyan expressionlessly, her dark and empty eyes were like a bottomless gap leading to an abyss.

Wen Jianyan felt cold, physiological, intense cold.

Since the san value was restored to more than 10 through props, he has never felt this level of fear and cold again.

His hair stood up, and the cold wind seemed to seep through the cracks in his bones, making his blood freeze.

"Hello teacher."

The young man spoke slowly.

Under the red light, his face was as pale as a dead man, and his low san value almost made him lose the breath of a living person, and even looked very cold.

On his right arm, the red Student Union armband is as bright as blood.

"I'm a member of the student union who was left to guard the key. Is there anything you can do for me?"

Chapter end