Bai Yingxue curled up in the cabinet in the utility room. The utility room was full of cupboards filled with old books, ill-fitting clothes, etc. These cupboards were not big enough and could only accommodate a child of six or seven years old.
But there is a row of cabinets hanging on the top floor of the utility room, and the space in this row of cabinets is slightly larger.
Bai Yingxue was lying on her side on the cupboard, which was covered with dust. She was holding the short-haired doll in her arms with an expressionless face.
It is a doll with the image of a naughty little boy.
Bai Yingxue took a candy out of her pocket.
Halloween Candy
Rarity: b
Function introduction: When a trick-or-treater appears, give it candy to reduce its attack intention.
The short-haired doll took the candy and snuggled sweetly in Bai Yingxue's arms.
There was an elegant knock on the door. "Kids, are you here?"
Bai Yingxue's eyelashes didn't tremble at all, and she held her breath, like a lifeless doll.
“Squeak~”
The door was pushed open.
The crisp sound of high heels hitting the floor continued, followed by the sound of cabinet drawers being opened one by one. There were many cabinets in the utility room, but the NPC was obviously very patient. The frequency of her opening the cabinet doors never changed from beginning to end.
Even if the cabinet is small enough to only fit a baby, she will open it and take a look.
Start from the bottom cabinet and check upwards layer by layer.
Finally, she checked the top cupboard.
The cabinet was too big, and the ladder made a sharp scraping sound as it was dragged across the floor.
It was troublesome to climb the stairs in high heels, but the woman began to hum a ballad happily. She climbed up step by step, singing one sentence at a time: "Hide and seek, you are hiding, he is hiding, ghosts are catching people, people come into the room, let's play hide and seek together~"
The short-haired doll in Bai Yingxue's arms also began to dance to the melody of the song. Her head swayed from side to side, with the expression on her face frozen in the mischief sewn by needle and thread.
The woman with red nail polish placed her hand on the cupboard handle. Her singing stopped abruptly. She said softly, "Let me guess, are you hiding here?"
The cupboard slowly opened, and a dim light shone through the gap into Bai Yingxue's dark eyes.
"Bang!!!"
There was a loud noise of things collapsing and a woman's scream, and then a long-haired doll pushed down the ladder and ran out the door quickly.
"You bad boy!" Lu's mother got up from the ground and chased out in rage.
Bai Yingxue was still lying quietly in the cupboard. She lowered her eyes and looked at the short-haired doll in her arms. The doll stretched out its little hands towards her, as if wanting candy.
Bai Yingxue reached into her pocket, took out her cell phone and checked the time. There was no signal, but ten minutes had passed, which was the minimum visiting time stipulated by the system.
The plan they had agreed on before was that if no one found another key to exit, they would try to force their way through the NPC guarding the front door.
If someone finds the key somewhere else, they will put down the props they have prepared at the stairs. Different props correspond to the keys to different doors.
So the stairs on the first floor is the place Bai Yingxue must go see.
Bai Yingxue put the phone back into her pocket. She pushed open the cabinet door quietly and looked around, but she didn't see Lu's mother in the utility room.
The slender girl was as nimble as a cat. She jumped down from the cupboard silently, and her toes landed on the ground without making any sound.
The short-haired doll in her arms was climbing up her neck mischievously, forcing her to walk with her head down.
Bai Yingxue still didn't give the other person any candy. She walked out step by step, her head lowering lower and lower, almost hanging down to her chest.
She walked to the door and a pair of red high heels appeared in her field of vision.
"It's not good for children to always walk with their heads down," said Lu's mother softly.
It turned out that she had been guarding outside the door and had never left from beginning to end.
"Your Tangning isn't here to share a room with you?" Bai Wuliang looked at Lin Yun, who looked anxious. He slowly took out his monocle from his pocket and placed it on his left eye. "Let me look for it."
In the kitchen, Zhou Kang was squeezed next to the gas tank, holding cooking oil in his hand and pouring it into his mouth. His stomach was already bulging and it seemed like it would explode at any time.
In the study, Jiang Mianmian raised her crossbow and aimed it at the door that could be opened at any time.
Zeng Yishuang opened the door and stuck his head out, looking left and right.
Bai Wuliang's eyes kept moving behind the lens. Suddenly, his gaze stopped. He looked extremely surprised: "I really didn't think about it."
Lin Yun's heart sank: "What's wrong?"
"Tangning found the key."
Tang Ning leaned against the room holding the key. He did not open the door immediately because he did not have much strength left. If he ran into Lu's mother who was playing hide-and-seek, Tang Ning would probably be killed.
He closed his eyes weakly, trying to regain his strength.
Before Tang Ning entered Lu Yuhua, Bai Wuliang told him that in the end Bai Wuliang would use his abilities to find Jiang Mianmian, Tang Ning and Lin Yun.
Of course, if the situation is too dangerous at this time, Bai Wuliang will give up directly.
Tang Ning thought that the situation in his room was fine. Grandma Lu found a photo of Grandpa Lu when he was young and was lying on the bed crying. She didn't seem to have any intention of attacking him.
As Tang Ning thought this, he pressed his ear against the door. His clothes were different from those of Lu's mother and the other children. If there were any footsteps outside the door, Tang Ning would make some noise.
Suddenly, he heard a slight rustling noise, as if someone was walking on tiptoe.
Tang Ning's whole body stiffened. He lowered his head and saw a very small hand reaching in through the crack in the door.
It's a doll's hand.
Tang Ning remembered that this was Bai Yingxue holding the doll's hands behind her back. How did this thing get to him
Tang Ning took a small step back cautiously. He saw the hand retract and then handed over a note.
Tangning squatted down and did not touch the note. He found that the note seemed to have been torn from an old book. On it, the pen was almost broken and it was written crookedly: "Save her."
What's this
Is it to save Bai Yingxue
Suddenly, the little hand retracted, and then there were footsteps in the corridor. Tang Ning's door was knocked lightly, and Bai Wuliang's voice came from outside the door: "It's me."
Lin Yun's voice also rang out, "Tangning, I'm Lin Yun."
They exchanged a secret code and agreed upon it. Tang Ning opened the door and saw Bai Wuliang and Lin Yun.
Lin Yun supported the flustered Tang Ning. Tang Ning was in a bad condition. Half of his face was covered in blood, and so was his body. He said weakly, "I found the key in the back."
Bai Wuliang nodded and glanced at Grandma Lu on the bed through Tangning. Grandma Lu ignored the outsider and seemed to be immersed in her own world.
Tang Ning also looked around with Lin Yun's help, and soon saw Bai Yingxue's doll at the door of the next room.
The tattered doll tilted its head and looked at them.
"Why is Bai Yingxue's doll here?" Lin Yun.
Tangning pointed at the note on the ground.
"Bai Yingxue is out? But Bai Wuliang, didn't you just see Bai Yingxue walking in the corridor?" Lin Yun frowned. He carried Tangning on his back and said to Bai Wuliang, "Forget it, let's go."
Bai Wuliang looked at the doll thoughtfully, and then walked towards the room where Jiang Mianmian was with Lin Yun.
The doll watched them leave, and when it could no longer see them, it quickly ran to the door of grandma's room, picked up a piece of paper and held it in its arms, then continued to run carefully in this strange house.
The doll's expression won't change; its face will still be smiling.
Even if you suddenly fall while running, you will still be smiling when you get up again.
Tangning was carried on Lin Yun's back. He tried hard to suppress the blood in his throat and whispered, "Bai Wuliang, is Bai Yingxue out?"
Bai Wuliang walked down quickly while holding his monocle in front of his eyes, "Yeah."
Bai Wuliang walked to the front of the study and quickly exchanged secret codes with Jiang Mianmian. Jiang Mianmian opened the door and asked, "Have you found the key?"
"back door."
Jiang Mianmian breathed a sigh of relief, but she glanced at Bai Wuliang's expression. With her understanding of Bai Wuliang, she could tell what was going on. "What's wrong?"
"I'll trouble you to take care of Bai Yingxue later." Bai Wuliang said calmly: "She is standing at the stairs on the first floor."
The agreed meeting place is at the stairs on the first floor.
Jiang Mianmian didn't ask any questions and said, "Okay."
Tangning looked at Bai Wuliang in bewilderment. Solved? Did he understand what she meant
Under Tangning's gaze, Bai Wuliang whispered, "I suspect Bai Yingxue has been caught. According to the rules of hide-and-seek, catching a child will turn into catching a person."
While they were talking, Jiang Mianmian had already rushed to the second floor stairs. She raised her crossbow and Tang Ning heard a sound of breaking wind.
"Ah!!!" Bai Yingxue's screams came from the first floor.
Then came Lu's mother's voice: "My child, how are you hurt?"
There was another sound of breaking wind, and Lu's mother also screamed.
Lin Yun carried Tang Ning on her back and sprinted downstairs quickly. The corridor was dark and Bai Wuliang's calm voice reporting the location could be heard from the darkness.
They rushed to the first floor from the second floor stairs almost in an instant. Tang Ning smelled a strong smell of blood. He couldn't see anything and could only hear bursts of breaking wind coming from Jiang Mianmian's side.
The opponent's hands were steady, and each blow hit the monster.
At this moment, Tang Ning understood why Lin Yun had to team up with Bai Wuliang and Jiang Mianmian. When these two teamed up, it really made their teammates feel extra secure.
Lin Yun ran in front. He rushed to the back door, took out the key and clicked.
The door was opened, and the dim light of the street lamp shone on them. Lin Yun carried Tang Ning on his back and ran out of the door. Tang Ning smelled the cold and fresh air at night.
Following closely behind are Bai Wuliang and Jiang Mianmian.
The four of them rushed out the back door together and left the two-story villa.
The back door is open.
Next, other players can also come out from the back if they can avoid being tracked by Bai Yingxue and Lu's mother.
Tangning's heart was still pounding when Bai Wuliang suddenly said, "Look."
Tang Ning looked up in the direction Bai Wuliang pointed and found that the attic window was open at this moment. Zeng Yi had a thick rope tied around her waist and she jumped down from the attic.
After her came Lu Yuhua, who also escaped from the attic.
It seems that these two have found the attic key.
After a while, a balcony door on the second floor opened. Zhou Kang first jumped onto a tree and then jumped to the ground. Although he was very fat, he was very agile.
However, when he landed, Zhou Kang skillfully held his throat, squatted on the ground and vomited out something strange.
So far, seven of the eight players have appeared, and the one left in Lu Yuhua is Bai Yingxue.
"It seems you have taken the other two keys." Lu Yuhua walked in front of everyone. He looked at the open back door and the second-floor balcony door and said in a negotiating tone: "You have completed this visit. It is unlikely that you will come to my place again in the future. It's okay to take these keys."
"Why don't you just give me the key and we can negotiate the price."
Zhou Kang wiped his mouth with his sleeve after vomiting. He looked at Lu Yuhua: "What can you give me?"
Lu Yuhua walked towards Zhou Kang, not caring about the strange smell on the other person. He whispered something to Zhou Kang, and then Zhou Kang nodded and handed a key in his arms to Lu Yuhua.
After completing the transaction with Zhou Kang, Lu Yuhua looked towards Tang Ning. His eyes wandered over Tang Ning and the other three. He pointed at Bai Wuliang, who pointed at Tang Ning and said, "He is the one looking for the key to the back door."
Lu Yuhua then looked at Tang Ning.
At this moment, Tang Ning was still lying on Lin Yun's back, and she did not look well.
"Let's talk alone?" Lu Yuhua said.
Tang Ning nodded, and Lin Yun put Tang Ning down. Tang Ning stood weakly aside. They were now at a certain distance from the other players. As long as they spoke quietly, they could ensure that others would not hear them, while still being within the sight of the other players.
"I think you need treatment now." Lu Yuhua took out a small bottle from his pocket and poured out a black pill from it. "This is a cure-all, a B-level one-time treatment item. How about exchanging this for your key?"
The key was indeed nothing to Tangning. After thinking for a moment, Tangning asked, "I have one more question for you. Is that ok?"
Lu Yuhua didn't agree immediately, "What are you thinking about?"
"I'll share your intelligence with you, and I'll also tell you what I discovered." Lu Yuhua was hiding too many secrets, and Tang Ning wanted to find out more about Lu Yuhua to see if he could get some reference information.
For example, how much does Lu Yuhua in the dungeon match the current one
Although the modes of each A-level copy are different, there should still be commonalities in the same A-level copy.
"Okay, you discover it first." Lu Yuhua said.
"I went to your brother's room and played the four-corner game first." Tang Ning briefly recounted his experience. Lu Yuhua listened quietly. After Tang Ning finished speaking, Lu Yuhua's expression became very serious.
Although he had already changed into dry clothes, Tangning felt that his body was still dripping with cold water.
Tangning did not urge him any further. He quietly waited for Lu Yuhua's response. After a while, Lu Yuhua spoke up, "A long time ago, my grandma was possessed by a monster. She forgot a lot of things, but grandpa has been taking care of her."
"Until one day, grandpa took grandma to the hospital and accidentally lost her."
“On the day grandma went missing, we called the police and looked for people, and later we found grandma.”
Lu Yuhua was silent for a long time before he slowly said, "But grandpa is gone."
"No one else knows what's going on, but I do." Lu Yuhua raised his eyelids, his expression a little nervous. He stared into Tangning's eyes and spoke in a low voice with an odd tone, "My grandfather was also captured by a monster!"
Tang Ning held his breath. He saw bloodshot in Lu Yuhua's eyes.
"It's the monster that only hurt my grandma! It hurt my grandpa again!"
Is what Lu Yuhua said happening in the real world
How come there are monsters on the road in this new world? Could it be that they have been invaded by the supernatural a long time ago
Tangning had a lot of questions in mind, but Lu Yuhua looked so strange that Tangning didn't dare to say anything. He listened to Lu Yuhua continue, "My brother was haunted by another monster. He believed what the monster said and kept asking to play all kinds of ghost hunting games to find grandpa. He even bought a lot of dolls so that grandpa could live in the dolls. I was ruined by this monster!"
At this time, Lu Yuhua began to get emotional, his body trembling constantly, "I told them there were monsters, but they didn't believe me. They didn't believe there were monsters in this world at all!"
"But I know you know—" Lu Yuhua stared at Tang Ning, as if trying to gain her approval.
Tangning nodded stiffly, "We are just playing, of course I..."
Just as Tangning was thinking that of course he believed there were monsters in this world, Lu Yuhua interrupted her thoughts with the following words: "Because there are monsters in you too."
What
Tangning was stunned for a moment. When he realized what was happening, he almost had goose bumps all over his body. He asked in panic, "What's wrong with me?"
Lu Yuhua was still looking at Tangning with a strange, unsightly look in her eyes, "Don't be nervous, you are very strong, you have been hurting that monster."
Tangning blinked blankly, unable to connect the dots between himself and the monster. He asked in disbelief, "How did I hurt it?"
Lu Yuhua looked at Tangning in surprise, "If you don't know, how would I know?"
Tangning suddenly remembered that Lu Yuhua had looked at Bai Wuliang in the same way before. At that time, he thought that Bai Wuliang had a mysophobia and he clicked his tongue at the wet Lu Yuhua, and Lu Yuhua looked back at him provocatively. But now he felt that this might not be the case, "Is there something strange in Bai Wuliang as well?"
Lu Yuhua nodded. He was very thin, with sunken eye sockets, and always had a morbid feeling when he secretly looked at others. "There is a dirty monster in him, very dirty."
Very dirty? How could Bai Wuliang, who loves cleanliness so much, have a very dirty monster
Tangning's heart beat violently. He whispered, "Do other people have monsters in their bodies?"
Lu Yuhua didn't say anything immediately. Tangning handed the key to Lu Yuhua. Lu Yuhua held Tangning's hand and handed the key to her. As if giving a sample to a customer, she whispered, "Yes."
"Jiang Mianmian's body is covered with monster eyes." He sighed, "It looks like he doesn't even sleep."
"The Zhou Kang monster is very thin."
"Hush, they're all here to look." Lu Yuhua turned around and stopped muttering. She gave the medicine to Tang Ning. Tang Ning swallowed the medicine and the coldness in his body was almost gone. The pain in his chest also disappeared a lot.
Lu Yuhua saw that Tang Ning's face had improved. He nodded to her and turned away from her, concluding the transaction.
But Tang Ning stood there for a long time without moving.
His mind flashed back to the time when Lu Yuhua first introduced his family to him: "My parents have monsters surging in their bodies like a volcano."
A fierce quarrel between Lu's father and Lu's mother.
"There's a monster lying on my grandma's body that looks weak but is actually very strong."
Got Alzheimer's grandma.
"He has a dirty monster in him, very dirty."
A person with mysophobia is unscrupulous.
"Jiang Mianmian's body is covered with monster eyes, and it looks like she never sleeps."
It is said that people with sleep disorders can sleep better.
"The Zhou Kang monster is very thin."
Zhou Kang is very skilled at inducing vomiting.
"Because there is a monster in you too. Don't be nervous, you are very strong, and you have been hurting a monster."
Tang Ning stretched out his hand and placed it on his chest, which was filled with depression. In the real world, his chest finally felt better, but since he entered this copy, he had been in extreme pain.
He seemed to understand what Lu Yuhua meant by monster.
The monster that captures the walking grandfather is the same as the monster that hurts the walking grandpa.
There are sticky notes in Grandpa Lu and Grandma Lu's bedrooms. They not only record what Grandpa Lu is going to do next, but also many small things, such as what Grandma Lu likes to eat. There is no need to record these preferences. Normally, after living together for decades, one must know what kind of fruit his or her lover likes to eat.
I have to write it down because my memory is starting to deteriorate.
The early symptom of Alzheimer's disease is memory deterioration. Grandpa Lu began to have trouble remembering things, so he wrote so many notes.
Grandpa Lu was taking care of Grandma Lu who had Alzheimer's disease. One time when he was taking Grandma Lu to the hospital, he accidentally let Grandma Lu get lost. This might have been a big shock to Grandpa Lu, and while he was looking for Grandma Lu, he suddenly developed Alzheimer's disease and couldn't find his way back.
That's why Lu Yuhua captured Grandpa and the monster that hurt Grandma is the same one.
Tang Ning covered his depressed chest and suddenly let out a soft laugh.
He didn't know what he was laughing at.
At this moment, there was a sudden rustling noise from the back door, and everyone looked up.
A blood-stained doll struggled to drag out half of Bai Yingxue's body.
The doll had a smiling face and held a small note in its arms, on which was written crookedly: "Save her."