Humanoid Machine

Chapter 8: Tricky game

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It was as if there was a man-eating evil spirit embedded in this wall.

It was hard for the players not to be attracted by such a shocking scene. After staring at the ghost face for a few seconds, they quickly looked away.

The screening room is very large. In addition to the entire wall of tapes that is visible at the first sight, there are huge display screens installed on both sides of the room. The smooth LED screens are like two mirrors reflecting each other. When the three players entered the screening room, their figures also appeared in the "mirror". The mirrors faced each other, layer by layer, as if countless small worlds were extended. The slightest movement can see the countless figures reflected in the screen shaking.

In comparison, the tape deck connected to the big screen looks old-fashioned and outdated, and feels out of place.

Opposite the screen, there are two rows of soft brown sofas and some round soft single seats. There are even wine bottles, drinks and fruit plates on the coffee table in front of it. It looks no different from the equipment in an ordinary projection room. But it is this "normality" that creates a strange contrast with the ghosts on the tape wall, silently oppressing the players' defenses.

Andre did not go in.

He stood at the door of the screening room, his hand on the door handle, and his smile became even brighter.

Unlike his previous strict attitude of urging players to start the game quickly, Andre was almost generous this time. He said generously: "I'll give you fifteen minutes to choose the movies you want to watch. I hope you can choose some interesting movies, not... too boring."

The word "boring" was pressed on the tip of Andre's tongue, and he turned it over meaningfully, with a hint of temptation.

Heipi thought secretly in his heart: Being bored is good, I like boring bad movies, and the best ones are those that can let me sleep peacefully for an hour.

Just thinking about it makes you know it's impossible.

Andre closed the door again, and the weak light in the projection room was squeezed out, and everything in sight was pitch black. Hei Pi thought of the ghost face shape made up of the tape wall, and his eyebrows raised slightly. Just as he was about to find a light source to feel more at ease, a screen was turned on, and the fluorescent light on the screen barely illuminated a corner of the projection room.

Glasses stood in front of the screen, his hand just withdrawn from the start button.

Because the tape had not been inserted yet, the screen showed black and white snow with no signal.

Just at this moment, Yuan Yuxue turned on the screen on the other side, and the light was barely enough to illuminate the wall of tapes.

Glasses, who was about to come over to turn on another machine, paused slightly. He raised his glasses, said nothing, and just glanced at Yuan Yuxue with a cold expression.

Yuan Yuxue noticed his gaze and looked back with a little confusion: "?"

But he was wearing a mask, so his expression could not be seen. Only a pair of black eyes were revealed. They were illuminated by the faint light, making him look gloomy and cold.

The two of them seemed to be in a standoff, each unable to stand the other's opinion.

Since the beginning of the dungeon, Glasses was the one who repelled Yuan Yuxue the most, and even mocked her. Until now, he seemed to have no change in his opinion of Yuan Yuxue. The two of them were drawn into the same game, and the atmosphere in the same room seemed to become weird and uneasy.

There was silence.

Only Hei Pi was carefree and very straight-forward, not noticing the contradictory atmosphere at all.