Wen Shi took out the rag stuffed in the old ghost's mouth, and the old ghost cursed: "Evil son, beast! I must beat him to death, beat him to death..."
Wen Shi interrupted his indignation: "How did you get locked up?"
"That little bastard said there was a beauty liquid in the box. After I used it, my limbs became weak, and he locked the box from the outside!"
The old ghost started cursing Jian Qingrong and even his own ancestors.
From his insults, Wen Shi knew that the other party's memory was still wrong and he still thought Jian Qingrong was his son.
"Your son got into trouble, so I'm going to leave you here with me."
The old ghost was busy cursing and didn't even notice the small card with the gift written on it. He cursed, "He is such a submissive and honest person, what could he do wrong? I think he just doesn't want to support his father, he..."
Wen Shi: "He killed the factory director."
"!"
Wen Shi: "Yes, I ordered it."
The old ghost silently folded himself up and slid back into the box.
The box was not big and had good sound insulation. He felt that he might need a long sleep to escape reality.
Boy: “Interesting.”
He wasn't talking about the old ghost, he was talking about the box.
The two of them had similar concerns. Wen Shi had completely become a devil in the old ghost's eyes, but he didn't care. He was more concerned about this box, which could actually seal a ghost.
As the lid fell, Wen Shi kept his hand on the box for a few more seconds.
Generally, the game can automatically recognize useful goodies.
[Ghost Box: A container that can seal ghosts.
Instructions for use: This container can only seal low-level evil objects and below.
Capacity: 1
Even if Wen Shi had the box, he didn't have the ability to seal the ghosts, not to mention that it was already full.
He tried to put the box into his backpack and succeeded.
From this point of view, the old ghost can be brought out of the copy. Although his ability is not very strong, using him as a thug can definitely bring unexpected results.
The creaking sound is very uncomfortable to hear.
The moment the box was put away, the white seal floating in the air slowly fell to the ground and the iron door opened automatically.
Wen Shi took a step forward cautiously. When he just finished patrolling the archive room, the game dropped a reward. He really didn't think the game would be kind enough to give benefits to every patrol member. It was very likely that only the first one to complete the patrol and punch in would get it.
Worried that the game would be strictly limited to the first person to enter the patrol point, Wen Shi was always the one walking in the front.
As he took a step inside, Wen Shi seemed to hear the boy calling him. Just as he was about to turn his head, a strong light stimulated him so much that he couldn't open his eyes at all. Because the light was too strong and too abrupt, Wen Shi almost squeezed out two drops of physiological tears.
The cold game prompt sounded—
"You fell asleep."
The first sentence made Wen Shi's heart sink.
"You have two choices. One: Wait for your companions to wake you up, but they may not be able to find you. If you cannot wake up within three minutes, you will become a member of the quality inspection area forever. If you successfully wake up, you will no longer be able to patrol the quality inspection area. Two: You can choose to patrol while sleepwalking."
"Hint: You have the identity of a Doctor. Your mind is very pure. The probability of successfully completing a sleepwalking patrol is 20% higher than that of an ordinary person."
The game always puts candy in front of players, attracting them to chase after it.
The sad thing is, even though we know this routine, it is still difficult to refuse.
"I choose two."
[Sleepwalking Patrol: The quality inspection area was once an important department of the third workshop. A few years ago, due to an accident, all the employees died suddenly. You had a dream, and in your dream you returned to the time when the quality inspection area was still working in an orderly manner, and you were a new employee who had just been seconded here.
Patrol requirements: Survival.
Tip: Quality inspection is a rigorous and precise job. If you want to stay there for a long time, you should do what the old employees say.
In this round, your chance of survival is only 44%, please do your best to survive!]
A twenty percent increase is less than half
Wen Shi recalled the scene when he pretended to sleepwalk after being caught reading Jian Qingrong's diary. What was this? Was this karma
The light took a long time to dissipate. When it completely disappeared, Wen Shi's first reaction was a headache. The skin on his back was very dry, and then his stomach felt like it was cramping. He covered his abdomen and barely found a support point to stand up, looking up to observe the current environment he was in.
It was a little blurry. Wen Shi rubbed his eyes hard, but still couldn't see clearly.
It was brightly lit inside, and the quality inspection area actually covered a large area.
About a hundred workers were working at the same time, all with their heads down, some analyzing heart slices, others analyzing finished Meiling liquid. At first glance, it looked no different from a normal factory.
It was dark outside and all the employees in the quality inspection area were working overtime.
A quality inspector suddenly looked up and asked: "Didn't I ask you to go get another sample? Why are you just standing there?"
Wen Shi realized later that he was dressed exactly like these quality inspectors. His special leather pockets contained several knives of different models, and his sterilized gloves were covered in blood, making him look like a surgeon in a horror movie.
Coming back to his senses, he saw the inspector's impatience, which could not be concealed even by his mask, and he immediately said, "I'll go now."
Wen Shi looked around and saw a small door not far away, separated by several tables, with the words "Sample Area" written on it.
The words were large and red, and he could notice them even with his poor eyesight.
Wen Shi suddenly realized something and suppressed his anxiety and asked, "What time is it now?"
"It's almost three o'clock. If you dawdle a little longer, we can work overtime until dawn."
Three o'clock.
Wen Shi closed his eyes. No wonder his body had become like this. The time in the quality inspection area in the dream was different from that in the outside world. Wen Shi was wearing a fake protective suit, which offset some of the side effects of the passage of time.
He realized a shocking fact: when he went out again, would the time outside be the same as that in the quality inspection area? There was a sentence in the booklet that Wen Shi always thought was nonsense: Please leave the workshop in time after four o'clock.
Now it seems that not a single word of the game is said in vain.
If you fail to leave the quality inspection area before four o'clock, according to the routine of the copy, something terrible will definitely happen.
At the urging of the quality inspector, Wen Shi walked towards the sample area. The room was pitch dark. While looking for a power source, he took out an electric baton for self-defense.
"This item is B-level and cannot be used in a dream state."
Improvising on the situation, Wen Shi turned to take out the old man ghost.
Old man ghost: “…”
Fuck you, you immortal boss!
It was pitch dark. Wen Shi suppressed his discomfort and groped for the pull rope.
The sample area still uses old light bulbs. When the bulbs are turned on, the color is slightly yellowish and the lighting area only covers two-thirds of the room.
In the gloomy environment, there were thirteen iron cages neatly placed in front of him, six of which were covered with a layer of red cloth. Wen Shi walked over and carefully opened one.
Bang!
As soon as the things inside saw the light, they seemed to be stimulated and started to bang against the cage frantically.
The iron cage moved forward a little with a clanging sound, almost reaching Wen Shi.
Wen Shi took a step back suddenly and turned around to avoid danger.
The old ghost was no pushover either, and he fought back immediately.
"etc."
When Jian Qingrong gave the old ghost to Wen Shi, it was not a gift on a whim. Even though Jian Haiyang was dead, he was still a resident of the fourth floor and needed to obey the dormitory manager.
Under Wen Shi's order, the old man ghost stopped attacking.
The monster is locked in an iron cage, so there won't be much of a safety hazard as long as you don't get too close to it.
Wen Shi stood in a relatively safe position and observed.
Even with its disheveled hair, it couldn't hide the blood on its face. The monster's teeth and nails were extremely sharp. This was a living person, someone Wen Shi knew.
"Liu Yuan!"
Wen Shi called her name again in surprise, trying to bring her back to her senses.
"I'm hungry. I'm so hungry." Liu Yuan wished he could bite the iron cage apart with his teeth and come out to find food.
There was a sign hanging on the rusty iron cage. Wen Shi leaned in a little closer to take a look:
[Sample: 01
Sampling method: remove the heart alive.]
Liu Yuan and the others should be exploring underground. If they appear here, they must not have taken the initiative to go up the stairs to the quality inspection area.
Wen Shi hurriedly walked to several other iron cages covered with cloth. Sample 02 was Liu Yun. Like Liu Yuan, he kept hitting the iron cage when he saw the light. Sample 03 was actually Ji Yuanzhi. His condition was much better, and he lay quietly on the ground.
Ji Yuanzhi's limbs were all locked with iron chains. He had his eyes closed and did not move. His breathing was even, as if he was asleep.
Wen Shi didn't waste any more energy shouting for help. The noise of the iron cage being rammed was so loud that anyone who could wake up would have woken up long ago.
I thought the other three cages would contain Zhou Xiaochun and his team, but they turned out to be members of Tu Bianxi's team. One of the male players was rotting all over, emitting a strong stench, and was clearly in a state of alienation. The remaining two were still conscious, especially the member of the Seven Commandments, who even looked at Wen Shi calmly.
“It’s really poisonous.”
Wen Shi cursed the rules for treating the contaminated players as samples.
There was a knife stuck in the chest of the alien player, indicating that someone tried to cut open his heart, but the result seemed unsatisfactory. The knife wound was not deep, and there was blood far away in the cage, indicating that the player was punished by the game before the heart was obtained.
Killing alienated players will also be considered as cannibalism.
"Was it Tu Bianxi who did it?" Wen Shi intuitively felt that it was him, as the other party had been active with the members of the Seven Commandments before.
The Seven Commandments members sneered at the words and asked instead of answering, "You are not the best at getting people to come, so why don't you call for a backer?"
"The new guy who's here to collect samples! Why are you still hesitating?" An angry voice shouted from outside, "Do you want me to go in and urge you?!"
"Right away." Wen Shi replied absentmindedly.
Tu Bianxi was not in the iron cage, so he had to be on guard at all times.
Fortunately, judging from the current situation, Liu Yuan and Liu Yun can still be saved, at least they are not completely alienated, but Wen Shi does not have any extra beauty liquid. He thought about it, took out the antibacterial medicine he bought from the uncle in the cafeteria, divided it into two parts, and gave it to the two sisters of the Liu family as a last resort.
Liu Yuan and Liu Yun were now on the verge of starvation, and they swallowed the food without any discrimination. Wen Shi was not sure if they had gotten better, but at least they were much calmer.
"Your spiritual purity has decreased by 0.5."
Every once in a while, Wen Shi would receive a reminder sound from the game, as if if he didn't take back the samples as requested by the quality inspector, he would continue to fall like this.
Once he enters the contaminated state, his next destination is to be locked in a cage as a sample.
Even though they were locked in a cage, the member of the Seven Commandments remained fearless, as if he had already had a strategy. He kept provoking Wen with words, mocking him for leading a group of people to work the night shift, but ended up with an extremely embarrassing ending.
"Why keep calling them brother and brother? Let them come out and be your thugs."
As the purity of the mind continues to decline, people tend to become irritable. Whenever Wen Shi is a little unstable, he will take advantage of the loophole and use the [Boost] skill.
Wen Shi's mentality was very stable, but he couldn't help feeling irritated by the noise. It was mainly because it was too noisy and it was difficult to think.
"You're right." Before his brows were completely furrowed, Wen Shi's mouth curled up: "We have to call for help."
The unexpected words stunned the members of the Seven Commandments who were shouting.
He walked silently to a dark corner far from the lighted area, and Wen Shi broke off a hair. Then he entered the game store to search for items, spent five points to buy paper money, and began to silently call out to a being.
At this point, the members of the Seven Commandments finally understood what he was going to do.
Worship mission!
The game has emphasized that if the offerings during worship do not satisfy the gatekeeper ghost, the ghost will not only come to the door on its own initiative, but will also take away the person who is communicating with the spirit world.
Warmth is never given for free.
What sacrifice? He was unwilling to give up even a few strands of hair. Wen Shi just moved his lips and said "Puh-Puh" twice.
If you take a bite, you are a sacrifice.
A sacrifice that the gatekeeper would never be satisfied with.
Then he put his hands together and thought devoutly during the summoning: Please! Take me away quickly.
The guard died in agony.
There was no trace of his body left. That night he was torn apart by the monster's bones and eaten. The pain made him want to vent his pain by eating the flesh and blood of living people.
Sincere prayers came from afar. The gatekeeper ghost smelled the scent of paper money. When he went to sense the offerings, he only vaguely saw a void of darkness.
No sacrifice
The gatekeeper ghost grabbed the hair that was burned along with the paper money and smiled bloodthirstyly: "If there is no sacrifice, you will be the sacrifice."
A soul filled with resentment and with its consciousness dominated by appetite floats around in the factory. Wherever it passes, the negative energy becomes more severe.
The ghost flowed in the opposite direction along the invisible smoke in the air. The gatekeeper ghost had never taken such a long journey before, as if he had returned to his life and experienced a marathon.
"Huff, so tired—"
I don't understand why it's so difficult, it's like some kind of barrier was broken through in the middle.
The long journey finally came to an end. A half-open door appeared in front of the guard ghost, and he pushed it open without hesitation.
Quality inspection area.
When Wen Shi's spiritual purity was about to drop to around 87, the quality inspector came in, his vicious little eyes fixed on him: "Where are the samples?"
The inspector's hand never left the door handle, as if he was about to close the door.
At this moment, the door outside was suddenly opened, and the guard ghost's hideous head poked in -
"Little bastard, I'm here to take you away!"
The bloody declaration broke the silence of the workshop.
In the quality inspection area, all the employees who were working stopped what they were doing, twisted their stiff necks, and looked at the intruder with cold eyes.
(End of this chapter)