Welcome to the Nightmare Live Chapter 9

Chapter nine

Su Cheng couldn't imagine that it would be such a simple matter to use the time difference and blind spots to get out of the old hag's vigilant range.

The young people who were traveling with him seemed to know the internal structure of this place well. Even in the dark, they could move forward and backward freely. Which room could be entered and which room could not. dead corner.

Soon, the two came to the first floor without any risk.

Su Cheng stood in the empty hall on the first floor, suddenly he was overwhelmed.

We... just come down like this?

Why is it a little unreal?

He followed Wen Jianyan in a daze, walked through the hall, and came to the closed door of the dormitory building.

The young man in front of him suddenly stopped walking.

"What's wrong?"

Su Cheng was startled, he stepped forward and tried to push the door.

The iron gate remained untouched.

He clenched his hand tightly again and pressed down, but the hand was firmly stuck in place.

Locked tightly.

"No, it's okay, the key must be nearby." Su Cheng stared at the door, stepped back slowly, and said calmly.

Although he is still a newcomer, he has played quite a few horror decryption games. According to the routine, a locked door always has a corresponding key, but players need to find it.

It must be so.

"I'll go over there to look for it, Officer Xu, you..."

While Su Cheng was talking, he turned his head and looked at the young man standing beside him—

Only half of the words got stuck in his throat.

"Crack."

The door lock made a crisp sound, and then slowly opened to the outside.

Su Cheng was dumbfounded, staring speechlessly at the young man who was getting up beside him.

"Ah, the key."

Wen Jianyan seemed to have noticed the horrified look in the other party's eyes. He put the wire back into his pocket, turned his face slightly, and said nonchalantly, "I don't need it now."

The young man smiled slightly, standing upright between light and shade, with a slender figure and clear and magnanimous eyes.

Su Cheng opened his mouth and said dryly, "Haha, you... your police school still teaches this."

There is a happy atmosphere in the live broadcast room.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I KNOW!"

"Come, come, let's start, let's bet on whether the other side can break through the host's deception."

"I think it should be ok. How can the Police Academy teach such obscene things? You don't look like a good person at first sight!"

Wen Jianyan's expression remained unchanged:

"Our training is to deal with unexpected situations that may arise."

He pointed to the stairs behind him, and changed the topic:

"—including being constantly alert to your surroundings."

I saw the dark light flickering in the stairwell, shadows faintly imprinted on the wall, changing shapes silently, and faint footsteps could be heard faintly.

Su Cheng was startled, and subconsciously turned his head and grabbed Wen Jianyan's arm: "Someone is here, go!"

Wen Jianyan smiled silently: "Yes."

The two left the dormitory quickly, and quickly restored the door behind it to its original appearance.

At this moment, a "ding" sounded in the ears of both of them at the same time:

"Congratulations to the host for leaving the dormitory!"

[Main task: Leave the dormitory after lights out and explore the campus.

Completion: 50%

Reward points: 5000]

Su Cheng could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Great, it looks like he made the right choice.

He turned his head and glanced at Wen Jianyan who was not far away, and a trace of gratitude and gratitude for the rest of his life flashed in his heart.

Thanks to meeting this important NPC and entering this seemingly critical plot line, otherwise he would have been in danger long ago—either being chased by monsters, or struggling under the countdown that is gradually approaching.

He looked squarely at the young man in front of him, and asked cautiously, "Officer Xu, where are we going next?"

"Fourth floor of the teaching building."

The key to the locker that Xu Yuan left for him points there.

Wen Jianyan took a deep look at Su Cheng, and said softly:

"Also, I sneaked in as an ordinary person. You don't need to call me Officer Xu. You...are the same age as my sister, so you can call me Brother Wen from now on."

Although his tone was calm, his voice was very heavy, as if there was some kind of complicated emotion hidden deep inside.

Even though he knew that the other party was an NPC, Su Cheng couldn't help being touched. At this moment, the background story that the other party just told him briefly seemed to become vivid and concrete.

ah! What a touching brother-sister relationship!

However, according to the routine of horror movies, I'm afraid... alas.

A trace of unbearableness flashed across Su Cheng's face.

"Okay, Brother Wen."

Su Cheng took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Don't worry, I will definitely help you find your sister."

An ellipsis floated across the barrage.

"Good guy, he got in the way again."

"I thought he was going to be suspicious, but I didn't expect him to be more convinced now... It's outrageous!"

"Where is the sister! No sister! Wake up, anchor, this liar made up all of this! Crash.jpg"

"...Routines, all routines."

The first floor of the dormitory building.

The shadows printed on the wall gradually solidified, and the sound of chaotic footsteps resounded in the stairwell.

Several embarrassed figures appeared in the hall.

"Oh shit…"

One of the anchors said with lingering fear: "This monster is too fierce. If I hadn't thrown a prop in time, I might have capsized in the gutter."

The other looked equally distressed:

"I remember that this is not a copy of D-level? This difficulty is not right?"

"It's really a bit high."

One of the anchors guessed: "Speaking of... Could it be related to the NPC that the old hag was looking for?"

Kong Shixing frowned and interrupted their conversation: "Let's not mention this, the most important thing now is to find the key to the gate."

The three of them dispersed and began to search for the location of the key on the first floor of the hall.

One of the anchors buried his head in his search under the table. When he raised his head, he was so frightened by a figure that suddenly bumped into his view that he almost went into cardiac arrest.

A solitary human silhouette stood in the stairwell, surrounded by the pale light, and suddenly looked like a ghost.

The figure slowly took two steps forward, and its entire face was exposed to the light.

"…It's you?"

The anchor couldn't help but startled.

The opponent's figure and facial features are very familiar, and he is a newcomer anchor who has seen more than one time in the dungeon.

Kong Shixing heard the movement and walked out of the duty room, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes fell on the uninvited guest:

"What's wrong?"

"I, I want to team up with you."

said the man.

The fear on his face was still there, his face was pale, and his voice trembled: "Let me join you."

The anchor who just talked to the man winked at Kong Shixing.

Kong Shixing said without changing his face: "You can act with us if you want to, but you must obey our orders unconditionally, and you can't hold us back."

The man nodded hurriedly: "Okay...Okay!"

In the dungeon, the basic survival time is very valuable, not only has more opportunities for trial and error, but also can transfer the time to other anchors, that is to say, it can be plundered, traded, and deceived.

Experienced anchors generally keep their initial survival time strictly confidential.

If there are too many words, it is easy to be targeted, and if there are too few words, it means that he is approaching danger, and it will be easier to be alerted and alienated.

The reason why they have an impression of this anchor is because, as a novice anchor who has lived too long, he is too high-profile.

If it was just an ordinary D-level dungeon, they generally would not consider this method. After all, if the other party is not killed in the end, they will definitely have a deep hatred.

However, now this copy...

There is always a feeling that something is beyond their expectations and mastery.

Well, it's always good to have a health pack in the team.

A hint of greed flashed in Kong Shixing's eyes.

"May I have your name?"

On the dirty glass of the duty room, the figure of the man was vaguely reflected.

His face was pale and stiff, the corners of his mouth were slowly parted and raised, revealing a distorted and exaggerated smile.

"Cheng Huaquan."

the man answered.

It was completely dark.

The thick darkness is like a living thing, swallowing the entire campus.

The street lamps were flickering, only illuminating a small pale area, the edges of the buildings were blurred and far away, and shadows loomed silently at the edge of sight.

Leaving the evening, the current campus seems to have fallen into another dimension.

Wen Jianyan looked up at the teaching building in front of him.

There is no light in the dark windows, lifeless and submerged in the night, as if something is swaying in the shadows, watching from the windows.

There is no one in the dead building, and the inexplicable sense of oppression makes one's heart chill.

Su Cheng couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, holding on to the last unrealistic hope, he asked with a trembling voice:

"This, is it here?"

Wen Jianyan: "..."

I hate to admit it, but—

He nodded blankly.

After receiving an affirmative answer, the last glimmer of hope in Su Cheng's heart was also shattered. He stared at the teaching building in front of him with a mournful face, and the cold sweat on his back broke out layer after layer.

This ghostly place, you can tell that there is nothing good in it at a glance!

Wen Jianyan deeply felt the same way.

But the task was in hand, and there was no way to retreat, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward, saying in a well-trained and calm voice: "Let's go."

Su Cheng looked at the back of his companion who had suddenly grown taller, and couldn't help being respectful.

As expected of an upright public servant of the people, he can give people such a strong sense of security even in a terrorist live broadcast!

He took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to follow.

The teaching building was too quiet, and only the footsteps of two people could be heard in the empty and dead corridor.

Su Cheng followed closely behind Wen Jianyan, his gaze drifting to both sides.

Suddenly, he froze.

In the dark classroom, the dim light of street lamps in the distance can be vaguely seen.

Several black silhouettes were outlined by the light, and the shadows stood motionless side by side silently.

With a blank face, Su Cheng quickened his pace and approached Wen Jianyan, stretched out his hand and tugged on the other's sleeve, and said in a low voice:

"Teach, there seems to be someone in the classroom."

"Not necessarily people."

Wen Jianyan didn't raise her head, and said as fast as she could: "Don't look, lower your head, and walk forward quickly."

Su Cheng's scalp was numb and he nodded hastily.

The two continued to move forward, accompanied by the chaotic drumbeat of the heartbeat, and the sound of hollow footsteps echoed in the corridor, faster and faster.

Soon, the classroom was left far behind.

Before Su Cheng could breathe a sigh of relief, those silhouettes reappeared in the next classroom. They were still side by side, but this time they were closer.

Next room.

Next room.

Every step forward, the silhouette takes a step forward, and the weird shadow gradually enlarges, as if it is slowly approaching.

There were faint and strange sounds in my ears, like low laughter, or malicious whispers, those meaningless syllables came from the distance of the corridor, approaching little by little, approaching——

"run!"

Wen Jianyan stopped drinking.

The moment the voice fell, the two ran desperately.

The edge of the line of sight was blurred, but the black figure could still be seen relentlessly approaching, approaching, and approaching again.

In the end, the shadow that had been fully enlarged to a normal height was clinging to the window near the corridor, as if it would leave the classroom and come to the corridor in a second.

Those strange, rustling human voices were amplified again and again, hovering in the empty corridor, coming from all directions, but the source of the sound could not be found at all, but it was inexplicably chilling and trembling.

"This way!"

The young man running ahead made a sharp turn and dragged Su Cheng into the stairwell.

The stairwell was dark and narrow, the green wall paint was peeling off, revealing messy graffiti, and the overhead lights were flickering, making a hissing sound.

Other than that, there was dead silence.

The whispering died away.

The shadows that were gradually approaching did not seem to catch up.

Su Cheng leaned against the wall in shock, his voice changed: "What the **** are those things?!"

Wen Jianyan didn't answer.

He raised his head and looked at the stairs extending upwards in front of him.

The tops of some crooked stairs were engulfed in darkness, seemingly endless.

The adrenaline that was generated when he was running wildly just now has disappeared, and the icy chill began to rush from the soles of his feet.

Although his face still maintained a well-trained calm and composure, Wen Jianyan began to feel weak in his heart.

...he really didn't want to go up at all if he could.

He remembered the time limit of that mission, pinched the hard outline of the key in his pocket again, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a few words:

"...Let's go upstairs."

Su Cheng looked at the young man beside him in shock.

This NPC, are you not afraid at all?

"You... have really strong mentality." He opened his mouth. Praise sincerely.

Wen Jianyan: "..."

hehe.

Strong you big head ghost.

I have to give it a shot, okay?

The corner of his mouth twitched, and he replied with a half-smile: "That's ridiculous."

The barrage laughed like crazy.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha why is it so funny?"

"What a wonderful and weird comedic effect this is!"

"In a sense, the opposite party did tell the truth. The anchor's psychological quality is indeed very strong, but it's all focused on the direction of telling lies without blinking an eye."

"But it's true to be afraid of ghosts, hahaha!"

After entering the stairwell, there was no strange sound or appearance along the way.

However, once they want to leave the stairwell and enter the corridors of the second and third floors, they will fall into the previous predicament again.

Those shadows became clear and approaching. They swarmed in the darkness of the corridors and classrooms, watching them greedily and eagerly, waiting for an opportunity to drag them into the darkness.

During the process, Su Cheng secretly took out his ID card and looked at it a few times.

He found that every time he entered the realm of the shadows, his remaining survival time would be greatly reduced. It was only a few minutes ago that he entered the teaching building, but nearly half an hour had already been dropped on his identity card. It's been a long time.

With a chill on his back, he gave up his desire to explore on the second and third floors.

Soon, the fourth floor was in sight.

"4".

The bright red paintwork of the numbers has faded and peeled off, making it all the more ominous when illuminated by the flickering lights of the hallway.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath slowly, stepped out cautiously, and walked sideways out of the stairwell little by little.

It was very quiet in the ear, without the strange whispers and low laughter surrounding it.

Voice-activated lights come on one by one, illuminating the empty corridor.

There are no shadows.

To be precise, nothing happened after leaving the stairwell. Compared with the other three floors, it was simply too peaceful and simple.

But Wen Jianyan didn't feel any relief.

There are only two possibilities for how quiet this place is. One is that those shadows were trying to force them to the fourth floor from the beginning, and the other is that there are some more vicious things here, and even they dare not approach here.

No matter what it is, it is not easy to deal with.

The cool light overhead is steady and constant.

The empty corridor stretched out to both sides, and the end was swallowed by darkness. There were no obvious signs on the classrooms on both sides, so we had to go to confirm them one by one.

Wen Jianyan turned to look at Su Cheng:

"Let's find room 408 separately. If you encounter any abnormalities, don't act rashly and call me loudly."

Su Cheng was startled for a moment, then nodded quickly: "No problem."

To be honest, in such a weird place, acting separately was the last thing he wanted to do.

After all, acting alone is the law of death in horror movies.

But now Su Cheng has to quickly confirm the remaining points and duration on his identity card, and then buy life-saving props from the store, so the other party's proposal is exactly what he wants.

After parting with Wen Jianyan, Su Cheng heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and walked to the side corridor.

Great, what he's going to do next can't be seen by that NPC, which is not only difficult to explain, but also likely to attract suspicion.

While thinking, he opened the live broadcast panel.

But what Su Cheng didn't know was that in a place he couldn't see, that "NPC" himself was doing exactly the same thing as him—

Open the live panel.

It's been a long time since the live broadcast panel was opened here. As soon as Wen Jianyan entered, he saw an overwhelming barrage of bullets, and was a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Oh, oh, oh, the anchor has opened the barrage!"

"!! [Reward Points 50]"

"Anchor look here!"

"Ahhhhhhh I love the style of the anchor, confession in the front row!"

He took the time to look at the number of people online in the live broadcast room.

Good guy, last time there were only more than 2,000 people, and now it has doubled, almost approaching 6,000 people!

Wen Jianyan glanced at the barrage.

The previous wave of enthusiasm has passed, and the rest of the barrage content has become more nutritious.

Some are enthusiastic, some are indifferent, some are malicious, and some are suspicious. Of course, most of them are watching the show with great interest, and can't extract any particularly effective information from it.

This barrage has no use value.

There is no need for any interaction, but... it can't be too obvious.

"Thanks."

The handsome young man smiled, lowered his eyes, let the long eyelashes cover the shimmering eyes, he lightly pressed his fingertips on the curved lips, lightly threw a kiss, and said with mouth:

"...I confess to you too."

The previous pretense of indifference and integrity was torn apart, revealing a bit of frivolity and cynicism that did not belong to that false persona.

But it's not serious, but with a casual sense of distance, it seems that it's just a casual flirt, but it's just...

Inexplicably, it's very insane.

Immediately afterwards, the interface was closed without hesitation.

The barrage fell into a short blank.

"...Damn, he understands [reward points 50]"

"Damn it, this anchor is too proficient in cheating on rewards! Family members, don't be fooled! 【Reward points 50】"

"Generally speaking, I rarely give rewards to such a new live broadcast room, but... [reward points 50]"

"The anchor's mouth, you deceitful ghost! [Reward points 100]"

Hearing the sound of jingling points arriving in his ears, Wen Jianyan happily opened the store interface.

Perhaps due to the increase in point savings, there are more interfaces opened in the store this time.

After careful selection, Wen Jianyan added a life-saving item to the shopping cart. After all, there may be danger in the future, so it is necessary to get insurance in advance.

He stared at the store interface and thought for a while, then added something to the shopping cart.

guiding hand.

Although the price of this thing is not cheap, as time goes by, its necessity becomes stronger and stronger.

Wen Jianyan has now collected the hidden objects of the difficult level, and the hidden object mission of the legendary level is also in progress. Seeing that victory is in sight, there is only one hidden object of the ordinary level.

In this case, if you don't collect all the hidden items in this dungeon, you will be really sorry for yourself who is working so hard.

Wen Jianyan clicked to place an order.

"Props have been put into the backpack."

The system prompt sounded, and seeing the 7,000 points in his account being quickly debited, his heart couldn't help but ache.

Hurry up, there are dozens of minutes left before the points can be settled again.

Wen Jianyan comforted herself in her heart.

At this moment, Su Cheng's voice came from behind:

"Here, 408 is here!"

Wen Jianyan came back to his senses, he closed the interface, turned around and walked towards Su Cheng's position.

Su Cheng pointed to a faded iron sheet pasted on the closed door in front of him.

Sure enough, this was the room he was looking for.

Wen Jianyan nodded, took a step forward, and put her hand on the doorknob.

The cold metal touch came from the palm, and a chill spread, making him shiver slightly.

He took a deep breath and was about to press his palm down when suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind like lightning.

Wen Jianyan was startled, her eyes widened slightly.

etc…

He looked over his shoulder.

This is the fourth floor...the second room on the right.

That's right, what I saw from the dormitory building, the scary figure standing in the teaching building with his face pressed against the window, seems to be in the same room as...

The second room is on the right side of the fourth floor.

Wen Jianyan's gaze fell on the door in front of him. On the iron sheet, the bright red paint print faded slightly.

That's it.

408.

Chapter end