"Crack."
Wang Yiming was taken aback for a moment, and turned the doorknob several times in disbelief.
But no matter how he twisted it, all he could hear was the sound of the lock teeth "cracking"—obviously, the door was locked from the inside, and he would never be allowed to open it so easily.
It is not because of this that the nerves of the few remaining people suddenly tense up.
The passage in this secret door is deep, let alone a loudspeaker, and there is not even a light bulb, otherwise they would not have to use a flashlight to find the way. Wang Yiming's hand was still on the handle, when he heard a faint voice coming from outside.
The sound of the radio broadcast was blurred by the thick concrete wall, but the words could still be read clearly.
"Please note."
The little girl's voice remained steady.
"The celebrity appeared behind Wang Yiming, please check back."
She repeated it again.
"Mr. Wang Yiming, the celebrity has appeared behind you, please go back and confirm."
After the broadcast sounded, the channel fell into a dead silence.
Wang Yiming, who was still holding the round doorknob, of course knew that he couldn't subconsciously listen to her words. He stiffened his neck and dared not move.
"... Really?" he asked.
They all gathered together, but Wang Yiming stood at the front, and the others could see what was behind him without him turning his head.
Lin You: "Well..."
"Yes, yes," she said, "but it's probably not what you imagined."
Celebrity: "Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"
Li Jing couldn't bear to look directly and turned away, she was afraid that she would laugh—
Not to mention anything else, the celebrity who couldn't sing had no choice but to jump violently behind the target while trying to pick out the light bulb in his mouth.
But the light bulb filled her mouth so that there was no gap at all, no matter how she touched it, she could only touch the head of the light bulb, and it was still firmly stuck there for a long time.
As the instigator of this scene, Xu Yan watched with a smile on his face like a normal person, unaware that the red man was staring at him.
—Maybe she wants to kill Wang Yiming more than Wang Yiming.
Only Tao Leshan, who had no idea what kind of friendly interaction they had with the celebrity, was dumbfounded.
... What's the situation?
The atmosphere of a good horror movie took a turn for the worse, and Wang Yiming felt that he had been cheated of his feelings.
But this is better than the red man's real action. He quickly reacted, took two deep breaths, and kicked down on the doorknob with force.
"Come out!" he yelled, "Stop fucking hiding in there!"
He kicked it for the first time, and the door panel only vibrated with his movement. Then came the second and third kicks, the hand was kicked loose, and the nailed iron plate leaned crookedly to one side.
It's done!
The moment the door lock was broken violently, the wooden door of the broadcasting room opened in response to everyone's attention, but only a gap appeared before it stopped quietly.
"...?!"
Seeing this, Wang Yiming was going to push the door, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get it open. He touched it with his hand again, his expression visibly stiffened.
"What's wrong?" Lin You asked, and she also stepped forward.
When she also touched the crack in the door where there should be only air, she understood why the other party was in a daze.
Blocked here is an invisible wall.
Lin You recalled what Xu Yan said not long after the so-called body-finding "game" started-they found that there were transparent walls at the entrance and exit of the station to prevent them from leaving, and I'm afraid this was the same reason.
This time, not from the radio, but through the crack of the door came the little girl's silvery "giggle" laughter.
"give up."
"You can't come in," she said.
There was only a small gap in the door, so I couldn't see what was going on behind the door, and I couldn't see where she was.
Lin You said "Oh", "Are you sure?"
little girl:"… "
At least that's what she thought.
But even the celebrity was blocked by the light bulb, not to mention seeing the endless stream of people—her words stopped there without embarrassment, and she just didn't continue for a long time.
"I advise you not to make trouble," the little girl said coldly, "it's useless, it's just a waste of time—I said it from the beginning, once the time is up and the task is not completed, everyone will be eliminated."
"I gave you a chance for overtime, and I won't give it a second time." She said angrily.
"-If I were you."
Lin You leisurely interrupted her, and Wang Yiming, who was about to talk, gave a persuasive look.
"You won't be so confident after your hiding place is discovered. Well, you don't have to worry too much, we will continue this troublesome game according to your wishes. I just want to confirm again, after clearing the level What will happen?"
The little girl's face turned blue and white with anger, but she ground her molars and suppressed the fire, "... I can get you out of here."
The word "could" has some meaning.
Thinking so in her heart, Lin You didn't show anything on her face.
"We'll help you find your body, and you let us go—seems like a win-win outcome?" She said briskly, "It's not good for both of you if you continue to entangle. Anyway, there is only the last part left, give it a little bit How about a hint? Don’t need to be too specific, just give an approximate range.”
The little girl was silent for a long time.
"Okay, I can tell you that there is no upstairs, it is just below this floor."
"Could it be in your room?" Li Jing asked suspiciously.
"Of course not," she denied, "I don't need to lie to you."
"But I didn't give the reminder unilaterally," Miki sneered, "Meiko, take it with you."
Lin You instantly realized who she was talking about—the celebrity whose name was called reached out and pulled towards SCP-096.
She used SCP-096 to get rid of the mole, and then used this to threaten the stairwell to learn about the radio station, and the other party probably would have disliked them a long time ago. Only then did he find an excuse to take it away from her, so as not to cause any trouble again.
Unexpectedly, it didn't move this time.
The red man already had incredible strength that didn't match his body shape, but SCP-096, which was grabbed by her, was still squatting there firmly as a rock, and after two more pulls, his body only swayed. Under the order of her sister Meiji, she took another step forward, and wanted to pull it again——
With a "snap", finally impatient 096 slapped the red man's hand away.
It has shown in action that it is here to stay.
Celebrity: "..."
little girl:"… "
This behavior deflated both of them to varying degrees. The latter really had no choice but to pretend that he never said that.
"You better find it quickly, or..."
She didn't say what would happen after "otherwise", she just snorted angrily. The gaping door slammed shut, and the red man took two steps back, his figure disappearing into the darkness, making way for them.
"I thought," Tao Leshan, who hadn't dared to speak, finally said when he got out of the secret door, "we really wanted to rush in just now."
Lin You smiled.
"How can it be."
She said, "You lied to her."
Tao Leshan: "... huh?"
"I couldn't find a way to get past that air wall," Lin You said, "It just made her think there was another way."
Although I don't know where the surveillance system of this station is installed, the little girl should have noticed everything they did. Knowing that she can serve ghosts and ghosts, I feel a lot of fear in my heart.
Lin You also took advantage of her lack of reaction because of this fear, and pulled the other party from the dominant side of the game to the same position as them to cheat for clues.
If she had really figured it out at that moment, she would have known where it was possible for them to break in—if she really had this way, she would have been able to break through the air wall blocking the exit of the station and escape.
"At least I asked about the range."
Wang Yiming, who was almost named, was obviously very unwilling to let it go, but he couldn't think of a better way, "... Can you believe it?"
"At least so far," Xu Yan said, "she only has things to hide, and what she says is not deceiving."
"I think I can find it too."
Lin You pondered, "She said below this level, does that mean that those platforms are also included?"
Everyone looked at each other and made a plan for the next step.
There are less than twenty minutes to the end of overtime.
There are ten platforms, divided among them is two per person.
Lin You was in charge of No. 1 and No. 3 in the Eastern District. The platforms look similar, only because of the different routes, different signs are hung.
She looked under the seats of the benches one by one, then remembered the leg she found in the vending machine. Although I thought it was impossible for such a big doll to fit in, I still checked it carefully.
After confirming that even a screw could not be missed, Lin You straightened up and wiped her forehead.
The clothes around her waist are still printed with dark red circles, which are the marks left by the red man who strangled her at that time. Looking down again, Lin You saw a pair of feet standing behind her.
Lin You: "..."
096 followed quietly all the time, even the paper bag didn't make much noise at the moment, so quiet that she almost forgot its existence.
Thinking about it trying to follow and slap the celebrity who pulled him away, she couldn't help feeling what kind of perseverance it was not to abandon or give up.
I also want to interview the feelings of the gap girl who was chased and shrank in the illustrated book and dared not come out.
I don't know when it will follow.
Looking at the watch, another six minutes have passed. Lin You shook her head, put aside these irrelevant thoughts, and ran up the stairs in three steps at a time.
Everyone had similar tasks. After she finished looking for them, she went upstairs, and the other four returned within a minute or so.
All empty-handed.
"I didn't find it," Wang Yiming sighed, "It doesn't seem to be on the platform."
Li Jing: "Otherwise, where else could it be? Could it be that he really lied to us?"
Tao Leshan's face was a little strange.
"Actually... I just slipped on the edge of the platform and almost fell directly on the rails," he stammered, "but I felt a hand push me from behind, and then I climbed up."
They've all heard Lin You mention that as long as something touches the rails, it will be crushed to pieces, and it's inevitable that they will feel a little lingering fear when they say it now.
"Really," Lin You thought about it, "...someone helped you?"
"That's how I feel anyway, well it doesn't matter."
He paused, "The point is, I didn't find it either."
Only Xu Yan remained silent.
He rested his chin, lost in thought.
"If the scope is limited to this floor," Xu Yan said slowly, "there should be a few places where we can find it."
"Exclude convenience stores and bookstores."
She and Li Jing have searched carefully for one store, and they have searched the other store after coming out of the secret door. Lin You continued, "There are two or three more stores."
Xu Yan: "Besides the store, isn't there a place that is closest to where celebrities may be active?"
"..."
Lin You lowered her eyes.
"Huh?" Seeing her like this, Li Jing asked blankly, "Where is sister You?"
"elevator."
"elevator… ?"
Li Jing murmured: "But the elevator is so bright when it opens, where can I hide things? Ah! Could it be that—"
She stopped talking suddenly, and looked back and forth at Lin You and Xu Yan in horror, hoping to get a negative answer from them.
But neither of them did.
This is a very uncomfortable association, Lin You thought, just as she was sitting in the elevator trying to escape from the celebrity, but the other party was squatting on top of her head through a layer of iron plates.
"It's just a possibility," she said, "take it off and look for it—go ahead and search the store."
"Hey, Li Jing, wait a minute."
She called Li Jing again, "I want to ask you something."
There are only five people left in total, and it is the limit to separate two people to remove the elevator car roof.
When Li Jing and the others went to the beverage store to continue searching, Lin You pressed the button outside the elevator to prevent the door from closing naturally.
In the elevator car, Xu Yan stepped on the ladder brought from the tool room and carefully observed the gap at the top.
Even for this old box elevator, there are safety windows on the top of the car for emergency rescue. He recognized the square marks, put his hands on it, and pushed it up vigorously.
The car shook violently.
Once the safety window is opened, the elevator will automatically stop-it seems that this weird station is no exception. Lin You let go of the button and walked into the elevator by herself.
The elevator is old, and the window sash is also rusted. It took a long time to open it with a toothache "squeak" sound. Xu Yan went up two more steps on the ladder, and half of his body leaned out of the car.
"Speak up."
Lin You suddenly said, "I heard something very interesting."
Xu Yan's voice echoed in the elevator shaft, "Huh?"
"I asked Li Jing," she said, "In the comics, the protagonist and the others also found the broadcasting station where Miki, who hosts the game, is located."
Xu Yan paused.
"But just like we did at the time, whoever held the doorknob, Meiji would accurately point out the celebrity behind that person—by his full name."
"Oh? So what?"
"You know what might happen."
Lin You said.
"So I backed away at the last moment and let Wang Yiming rush forward - because he has that temper. But are you afraid of death? No, you will not go first if you are afraid of death. After the game starts, you will take great risks There’s a lot to do.”
"After much deliberation, there is only one possible purpose."
"It's the first time that the radio reported my name directly. You guessed that the person who opened the door of the radio station would be reported with his full name like in the comics," she said, "—'Xu Yan 'I'm afraid it wasn't a pseudonym you made up casually, was it?"
The man standing at the top of the ladder was silent for a long time, then suddenly let out a chuckle.
"Does this game allow people to use their real names?"
"Of course not." Lin You raised her eyebrows, "It's just that your identity is very doubtful when there has already been a mole."
"Don't worry," he spread his hands carelessly, "I'm not a spy."
"It doesn't matter if you are."
she said sincerely.
"I have a lot of ways to clean up the undercover agents."
Xu Yan: "..."
Even if he really wasn't a traitor, this tone made him instinctively shudder.
"Fortunately, I felt that I couldn't be fooled, so I quickly changed the target." He whispered.
Otherwise, his ability to rely on fooling will be useless.
Lin You: "What?"
"Cough, it's nothing." Xu Yan cleared his throat, and withdrew his hand from the wire rope outside the car roof, "I think this should prove that I have no malicious intentions?"
He got off the ladder, and what he was holding was ripped out of the safety window.
It was a blood-stained, half-human-high rabbit doll.
In the coffin where everyone gathered around, five parts were arranged according to the shape of the sunken human being.
Now it's just a matter of brains.
Wang Yiming was holding the rabbit doll that he had just torn in half. Needless to say, this puppet looks old, but the quality is not bad. Rao, it took a lot of effort to pull the head off the body.
The rabbit puppet's head was bigger than its body. His hands were stuffed into the cotton that was full of cotton, and his face suddenly changed.
With a sullen face, he pulled a handful of long hair in his hand, and pulled the little girl's head out of the cotton little by little.
Everyone's expressions were not very good-looking.
Tao Leshan subconsciously took a step back, kicked the coffin lid, and hugged her feet to breathe.
After all, the visual impact of severed limbs and head is not at the same level. The little girl's eyes were closed tightly, and there were obvious marks of sawing on the neck.
"It feels quite similar to a celebrity..." Li Jing said strangely, "Sure enough, they are sisters."
…She who has fed celebrities at close range is very qualified to say this.
Wang Yiming knelt down and put that head into the coffin as well.
The moment he put it in, the severed limbs that were originally placed in the coffin seemed to suddenly come to life.
A faint white light is reflected on the section, and they fit together little by little. The next second after the fusion was completely completed, the top head slowly opened its eyes.
She rolled her eyes and scanned the crowd around her.
"Brothers and sisters," the little girl named Meiji had a sweet smile on her face, "Thank you for helping me find my body."
"I'm still weird."
Tao Leshan whispered, "Aren't you at that radio station?"
"There is my 'heart,' which is commonly called my soul—" she said, "and my body is scattered here and there."
"Don't worry about anything else."
Wang Yiming frowned and said, "Is it time to fulfill your promise?"
"promise?"
The little girl frowned, and suddenly realized, "Oh, you mean that?"
"But I just said that I can let you go," she bit the words slyly, "I can do other things too."
Seeing her suddenly treacherous smile, alarm bells rang in everyone's hearts.
"For example, I feel that my skirt is not as red as Miko's now, so I want to use you—"
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly felt that someone pushed her shoulder suddenly.
little girl:"??!!!"
She had just sat up from the coffin, but was pushed straight by Lin You and fell back. She was caught off guard when her eyes went dark.
Wang Yiming quickly put his hands together, and together they covered the heavy coffin board, and pressed half of their body on it, not giving the bottom a chance to open it again.
Lin You let go, turned her head and shouted, "Li Jing!"
"Okay!" Li Jing understood, opened her hands, and a cold light emerged from them.
The slender and strong thread in her bag wrapped the coffin several times from top to bottom under her control.
"Teach you a truth," Lin You sighed, "Don't rush to talk nonsense before you come out."
"Well," she said, "repeat what you just said?"
The tightly sealed coffin: "..."