In the narrow corridor, a man and a woman fumbled forward. Footsteps rustled.
The two walked for a while, and suddenly, the woman among them trembled and asked, "Did you hear anything?"
The man next to him said in a low voice: "Don't scare yourself, why didn't I hear the sound?"
The woman said aggrievedly: "I really heard the voice."
At midnight, the surroundings were dark, and the two of them dared not turn on the lights in the corridor for fear of attracting NPCs.
The man was a little impatient at first, but when he turned around and saw the expression on the woman's face about to cry, he suddenly realized something was wrong, and quickly asked, "What sound did you hear?"
The woman covered her mouth with a pale face and said, "I heard... the footsteps of a third person."
"What did you say?!" The man's face went numb, and he listened carefully for a while, as if there was indeed an extra footstep, he said with trembling lips, "Could it be an npc?"
The woman's thighs were trembling with fear, and she said with a bitter face: "Brother Chen said let's go back after we're done looking here, that fat sheep has gone somewhere, and can't be found. Why don't we just go back and forget it?" I'm really scared."
Thinking of the group of perverted npcs he met in the cafeteria before, the man felt a little apprehensive. But after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "If it was an NPC, he would have come out straight away. It is impossible for him to follow us so wretchedly. You wait here, and I will check the situation."
The woman hesitated again and again, and finally nodded, "Then be careful."
After exhorting, she stayed on the spot alone, watching the man's back disappearing into the darkness.
After a while, she started thinking wildly. Is the man already dead? Is there a pair of bloodthirsty eyes staring at him in the dark, waiting for an opportunity
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, so she simply took out a crossbow from the space. Although there are no arrows to fill, having a weapon is more reassuring than bare hands.
Fortunately, after a while, this eerie silence ended. At the end of the darkness came the sound of noisy footsteps and deliberately lowered conversations, and when all the sounds disappeared, the disappeared man reappeared.
On his hand was a tall young man with black hair. With a helpless expression on his face, the young man argued to the woman: "I really didn't follow you. The road is so wide, are you the only one allowed to walk?"
This young man is exactly Xia Yihui. At this time, he was wearing a white school uniform with short sleeves, shivering from the cold wind, and looked very weak.
Seeing that the sound of footsteps following her was made by the player, the woman breathed a sigh of relief, followed by uncontrollable resentment.
She vented all her anger on Xia Yihui, and cursed in a low voice: "There are so many teaching buildings in the dungeon, so many roads, and you happened to be on the same road with us in the middle of the night? Are you a fool?"
Xia Yi shrugged: "If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do. Anyway, I'm on the way. Do you think I don't want to overtake and go ahead of you?"
The man pushed him and shouted: "Stop talking nonsense. Take out all your supplies, weapons, etc., or I won't spare you."
Xia Yihui was terrified: "Why take it out?"
The man was about to speak when there was a strange noise at the end of the corridor.
After experiencing what happened in Xia Yihui, the two of them became more courageous. The man yelled directly at the source of the sound, "Who is it? Come out!"
It was quiet at the end of the corridor, and no one answered his question.
The man and the woman looked at each other, and one of them took out a small firework from the space, lit it up, and threw it forward.
The fireworks drew a beautiful arc in the air, and the silver-white light flickered for less than two seconds and went out immediately. Even so, the dark corridor was still in the light for two seconds.
During those two seconds, the two of them clearly saw a man in a suit standing opposite him, covered in blood, with his head down, unable to see clearly, he just stood in the middle of the road.
The two trembled all over and couldn't move. If you meet an npc, there is almost no chance of survival. Not only will you die, but you will die tragically.
All of a sudden, there was only the sound of 'Gada Gada' when the fireworks tubes rolled on the ground in the corridor. Suddenly, as if hitting some obstacle, the sound of the fireworks tubes rolling stopped abruptly.
Meanwhile, morbid laughter echoed throughout the hallway. Because of the echo in the corridor, the laughter was exaggerated to make people even more chilling.
"Hee hee hee… "
"Let the judge find you~"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" the woman screamed in panic.
The man grabbed her and was about to evacuate when he caught sight of Xia Yihui waving at him in a classroom.
The perverted npc behind him was already approaching, and it was too late to run at this time. With a ruthless heart, he quickly hid in that classroom and closed the door behind his back.
The npc outside the door 'Beng Bang' slammed into the door, and almost every hit would cost the door.
"Quick! Lock the door!" Xia Yihui shouted.
The man locked the door behind his back, dragged a few chairs from his side, and leaned against the door. After finishing the whole set in a hurry, he regained his composure.
Looking around, he frowned and said to the woman, "There's no point in crying, and if you cry again, I'll throw you out."
The woman wiped her tears and said aggrievedly: "What to do. This classroom is a sealed environment, and we can't escape. If the npc knocks the door open, we will be finished."
As soon as these words came out, the man fell silent, obviously he also realized that the current situation was not optimistic. It is very possible that they will be planted here today.
The atmosphere in the classroom is a bit gloomy. Suddenly, an excited voice came from the side, "Sister, do you have a crossbow in your hand? Damn, I'm super obsessed with this kind of weapon!"
The woman was taken aback. With tears in his eyes, he looked up at Xia Yihui.
In the dim corridor just now, she couldn't see Xia Yihui's facial features clearly. At most, she could only see that Xia Yihui looked pretty good, but she didn't know more specifically.
Now that it was a slightly brighter environment, the woman could see Xia Yihui's face clearly.
—It's just not bad, it's just a good look, isn't it!
The woman blushed and said, "Well, it's a crossbow. Do you want to see it?" She handed the crossbow to Xia Yihui.
Xia Yihui was so excited that he reached out to pick it up. Unexpectedly, the crossbow was cut off halfway and passed into the hands of a man.
The man stared at the crossbow, then at the door that was constantly being hit. He rolled his eyes and said to Xia, "Do you like this crossbow?"
Xia Yihui nodded sharply: "Of course I like it!"
The man smiled and said, "Well, I'll give you this crossbow." He gave Xia the crossbow in his hand.
Xia Yi took the crossbow and fiddled with it fondly.
Seeing that he likes it so much, a hint of calculation flashed in the man's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Little brother, after taking my crossbow, you must do something for us, right? I didn't give this for nothing."
Xia Yi nodded: "Of course, what do you want me to do?"
The man said: "I will take the initiative to open this door later. What I need you to do is to go to the front and attack the NPC. My companion and I will help you."
Xia Yihui hesitated and said, "Are there any arrows in this crossbow?"
The crossbow in his hand was not of the outward-firing type, it was covered with a thick layer of black iron, and it was heavy to hold in his hand. It is precisely because of the existence of that layer of black iron that it is impossible to determine whether the crossbow is loaded with ammunition from the outside.
The man patted his chest and promised: "Of course, will I still lie to you?"
Hearing this sentence, the woman was taken aback, and looked at the man in surprise. She wanted to say something, her lips twitched a few times, but she finally chose to remain silent.
Xia Yihui didn't seem to notice the difference at all, touched the crossbow excitedly, and said: "It's okay, I can definitely hit it at such a short distance. This crossbow is very strong, and I will definitely shoot one arrow at a time. I promise to go ahead."
After a clap, everyone stopped talking nonsense and took action immediately.
The three dispersed, Xia Yihui led the way, and the other two followed behind him.
As soon as the door was opened, the fishy smell came.
The bloody man in a suit grabbed Xia Yihui. Xia Yihui picked up the crossbow and pulled the trigger, and there was a light 'click' sound from inside the fuselage. Other than that, there was no response.
Xia Yihui yelled in horror: "There are no arrows in here?"
At this point the npc has already bitten over.
Seeing Xia holding back the npc for a while, the man made a decisive decision, dragged his companion and quickly ran to the other door of the classroom.
Xia Yihui's screams came from behind, but the two ran faster and faster. They ran to the agreed place with their companions in one breath, and they stopped.
The woman trembled: "We, our crossbows are still there!"
The man sneered, and said triumphantly: "Stupid. Is life more important than a crossbow? Do you want to be eliminated? The man just now, who was just a fool, actually lost his qualifications for a broken crossbow without a sling. Everyone thinks he's stupid."
The woman thought about it and felt that he was right. Thinking of Xia Yihui's pretty face, the woman said with emotion: "Yes, it seems that in the escape game, being good-looking is useless at all, you still need to have a brain."
The two were secretly glad in their hearts. A crossbow snatched from someone else was exchanged for a scapegoat. This deal is simply too good-for-nothing.
After waiting for a while, the last member of the trio, Brother Chen, arrived.
Brother Chen is older than these two people, and his temperament is much calmer. Usually only people who have been in high positions for a long time can cultivate this kind of temperament.
The people on both sides exchanged their own information, and the man triumphantly told what happened just now, all his heart was waiting to be praised by Brother Chen. Unexpectedly, after listening to Brother Chen, instead of boasting, he cursed loudly.
"Are you stupid? It's an obvious scam! You've been cheated by others, and you're still secretly having fun!"
The man and the woman froze, looking at each other, not understanding what happened.
Brother Chen felt helpless, so he had no choice but to speak up.
"Now all the npcs have gone berserk to an inhuman stage. The door of this classroom can be kicked away with one kick, how could it be impossible to knock it open for a long time outside? It must be two players colluding, one pretends to be an npc, and the other does it Neiying, you guys have been lied to!"
The man was still puzzled: "But that npc is not wearing a school uniform. Isn't the player only allowed to wear school uniforms? Could it be that he is making a special case by himself?"
Brother Chen sighed: "Have you forgotten that there is another thing called skills?"
The man was taken aback for a moment, and when he regained his senses, he beat his chest and stamped his feet, feeling extremely regretful.
However, it was too late now, the crossbow had been tricked away, and it would never come back. Thinking of this, the man wished he could slap himself awake, only then did he realize who was the one who had no brains.
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Xia Yihui pushed the people on him, "Everyone has run away, why don't you get up?"
Xin Zhu dawdled and reluctantly got up. If possible, he would like to lie down like this for the rest of his life.
Xia Yihui stood up after him, retracted the crossbow he had just tricked into space, pulled his clothes in disgust, and said, "Where did you get all this blood, it stinks."
Xin Zhu said: "It's my skill, camouflage lv2. Originally, lv1 can only camouflage people. After upgrading, it can also camouflage things like liquids."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the clothes on the two of them became clean again.
Xia Yi glanced at Xin Zhu in surprise, and joked, "Okay, now you don't have to worry about me leaving suddenly."
"Yeah!" Xin Zhu nodded excitedly, as happy as a child who got candy.
At five o'clock in the morning, the two returned to the boiling water room.
At that time, Cui Ying was still soaking her hands in the house, the water was still warm, and it was too cold in early autumn, so she planned to soak all night and wait until tomorrow morning before leaving.
Seeing Xia Yihui and Xinxin enter the door in a hurry, Cui Ying trembled and almost knocked over the basin by mistake. She was surprised from ear to ear: "It's only been more than an hour, have you seen those bandits?"
As soon as the words were finished, Cui Ying saw that Xia Yi was empty-handed, and sneered, "Hey, I'm so awesome when I talk so much. Young people still have to step on it..."
Xia Yihui took out the crossbow and put it on the table.
The black iron on the crossbow touched the table, making a crisp 'clang' sound. Xia Yihui set up the crossbow, turned to look at Cui Ying, and said doubtfully, "Sorry, I didn't hear what you said just now, can you say it again?"
Cui Ying: "... I didn't say anything just now."
Xia Yi glanced at her inexplicably, and didn't dwell on this issue. He rubbed his hands, clasped them together and breathed a sigh of relief, shivering from the cold, and started looking for boiling water everywhere.
"..." Cui Ying watched his movements, and silently took her hand out of the basin.
Picking up the water bottle and finding it was empty, Xia Yihui frowned and glanced at Cui Ying.
Cui Ying's face was hot and guilty, but she still stuck her neck and said forcefully: "That's right, I just used your boiling water. What's wrong with boys boiling water for girls? Why do you even have to pick the boiling water? At worst, I'll wait." Burn a little more and you will be compensated."
Xia Yihui was speechless: "I didn't say anything, why are you so excited?"
Cui Ying snorted coldly and did not speak.
After getting the crossbow, Xia Yihui was in a good mood and didn't want to be as knowledgeable as Cui Ying. He said to them, "I'll go to the upper classroom and dismantle some chairs to see if I can make arrows for the crossbow. I'll be back later."
After he finished speaking, he turned and went out. Only Xin Zhu and Cui Ying were left in the boiling water room.
The boiling water bottle was humming, and Cui Ying anxiously looked at Xin Zhu's back as he boiled the water.
From the very beginning, she was a little afraid of Xin Zhu.
She thought it was just an illusion before, but now that Xia Yihui left, this feeling of fear immediately deepened and became impossible to ignore.
While Cui Ying was praying in her heart that Xia Yihui would come back quickly, she was secretly wary of Xin Zhu.
There was a long beep from the kettle, and the boiling water in the kettle was churning, making an ear-numbing "gurgling" sound. The sound seemed terrifying in the silence.
Xin Zhu lifted the kettle, and the sound disappeared immediately.
Cui Ying breathed a sigh of relief, and the next second, she became nervous again, "You, what are you doing?!"
Seeing Xin Zhu getting closer with the kettle in hand, Cui Ying forced herself to smile and said, "There's no need to add water, I think the water temperature is okay."
Xin Zhu sneered, looked at Cui Ying expressionlessly, grabbed her wrist, and lifted her up.
The spout of the kettle stood above Cui Ying's eyes, and she screamed and struggled desperately in fright.
Xin Zhu held her down, and Leng Sensen said, "That's the boiling water I boiled for my brother, why do you use it?"
Cui Ying broke down and screamed, "I just used a bottle of boiling water!"
There was a trace of cruelty in Xin Zhu's eyes, the mouth of the kettle was slowly tilted, and the boiling water in the kettle was boiling hot and steaming.
"Ah! Don't pour it, don't pour it, I know it's wrong! I shouldn't have used your boiled water indiscriminately!" Cui Ying screamed.
Xin Zhu ignored her and smiled cruelly.
"Since you like the boiling water I boiled so much, I'll give you another pot."
"This pot of water will flow down your eyeballs and spread to your entire face. Your face will be scalded and a layer of skin will be peeled off, and the tender flesh will be poured with boiling water. You said that if you keep pouring like this, will it be okay? Will cook your meat?"
"Don't, don't!" Cui Ying couldn't break free from Xin Zhu's shackles, she could only look at the mouth of the pot in dismay, watching the mouth of the pot tilt little by little.
The boiling water exuding scalding steam poured all over her face. At that moment, she only felt that her eyes, nose, and mouth were filled with water.
"What happened?" The door of the boiling water room was pushed open.
Xia Yi looked at the situation in the room in surprise. How long has it been since they left, why did the two fight
Xin Zhu pushed away two steps and smiled innocently, "I don't know either. She asked me to wash her hair, and I took some warm water to wash her. Who knew she suddenly screamed, and I I was taken aback too."
warm water? Cui Ying touched her face in horror. Still intact. There is no peeling from the water, and there is no pain. It is warm and comfortable, and it is indeed warm water.
But the spasm left in the body is still there, and the fear in my heart has not diminished in the slightest.
She raised her eyes to look at Xin Zhu in horror, the latter's eyes were full of murderous intent, and the meaning was very clear: still not going away
Cui Ying suddenly came back to her senses, screamed, got up and rushed out, Xia couldn't stop her once, with a bewildered expression on her face.
Xin Zhu smiled and said, "Maybe her brain got flooded while washing her hair, let her go if she wants to go, the two of us will feel more at ease."
"..." Xia Yi was speechless, "I don't want to keep her. I just want to remind her that that direction is the direction where the bandits left. She will definitely be arrested if she makes such a big commotion."
The two looked at each other, and Xin Zhu gloated and laughed out loud. Xia Yi turned sullen, but couldn't help it at last, and laughed too, thinking: "This girl is really miserable."