"What will happen if I don't get the number card?" Xu Zhen asked calmly.
"Number cards are used to group us, and through the experience gained from several previous paintings," Qin Ci said, "Those who violate the setting of 'painting' have only one ending."
The newcomers were silent for a while, and the situation they were facing left them in a dilemma.
Drawing a number card means that you have to go down to that terrifying place. That kind of closed place that doesn't see the light of day will make people feel depressed and uncomfortable, full of eerie atmosphere, not to mention now in this weird painting. In the world, no one dared to think about what terrible things or "things" would be waiting for them in those underground experimental areas.
But if they don't draw the number card, what awaits them is the punishment for breaking the rules from "painting".
Wei Dong broke through the siege of the girls, squeezed forward, and pressed the button on the number machine with his hands. The number is A-185.
Taking a sigh of relief, Wei Dong looked at Qin Ci. Among the old members, he was the only one who had not taken the number. Qin Ci raised his hand and was about to press it, but was grabbed by Xu Zhen who suddenly jumped on it. The yardage is B-186.
Xu Zhen was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the old member with a complicated expression: "The letters have changed... Only four people are allowed to enter an experimental area?"
"The last person to get the card is likely to have an experimental area by himself." Ke Xun reminded the rest.
The newcomers were startled, and they didn't care what terrible thing or thing was waiting for them in the basement, and rushed up to get the number machine. Qin Ci was the closest and took a number card first, and it turned out to be a B. The first word, next to Xu Zhen's number, is B-187.
The newcomers crowded around, stretched out their hands and scrambled to press them, but suddenly fell backwards, screaming in pain, seeing the yellow skin with a gloomy face, pulling the hair on the backs of the heads of several newcomers one by one, ruthlessly. Throwing it on the ground, he strode forward and took his B-188 card.
The next one to take the card was Qi Qiang, who also started with the letter B, and then Deng Guang. Starting from him, the number card became the letter starting with the letter C, and then the three best friend groups, because there were so many people, it was hard to feel lonely. The helpless Cai Xiaoyan squeezed to the last one.
Looking at the only number card with the letter D in her hand, Cai Xiaoyan burst into tears.
Everyone looked at her in silence, helpless.
"Can I change the card?" Xu Zhen suddenly asked the old members.
Qin Ci hesitated for a moment: "There were similar grouping rules before, but the exchange of grouping signs is not allowed, and it will be treated as a violation of the rules. The rules of each painting are different according to the content and meaning of the painting, so we can't be sure. Is it possible to change it, but it is better not to try to challenge it on the first night, after all, we still have absolutely no understanding of the meaning of this painting."
"Then what should we do next, should we just sit and wait for something bad to happen on the first night?" Xu Zhen's face was ugly.
"Before the forbidden time, let's go down and open the other three experimental areas, and hurry up to find clues." Mu Yi said lightly.
Up to now, everyone has been driven ducks onto the shelves, and they can't go down.
So Ke Xun still held up his mobile phone to lead the way, the rest of the people followed behind, Huang Pi and Qi Qiang walked at the end, just after going down two steps, he heard a "bang" behind him, and immediately turned his head to look, See that the iron gate has been closed tightly behind him.
Qi Qiang rushed up and shook the door vigorously, but he saw that he didn't move, and inserted the number card in his hand into the card machine, but there was no movement, so he turned around with a gloomy expression and continued to follow the crowd down.
Qin Ci, holding the B card, opened the door of the experimental area of the B project, and several old members followed.
The experimental area of Project B was divided into four small cubicles. Strangely, the room was empty and nothing.
Everyone switched on their mobile phones and checked the walls, roof and floor, but they saw that the walls, roof and floor of these four rooms were not made of masonry, but a soft material. There was no sound when people stepped on them, even if they were ruthless. He slammed the wall hard, and there was no sound, not even the sound of the fist rubbing against the wall.
Deng Guang, holding the C card, opened the door of the experimental area of the C project.
There are two identical machines and four chairs inside the door. The chairs are placed on both sides of the machine. There is also a desk and several office chairs. Behind the door is a hanger for hanging clothes, a mop, a broom, a dustpan, etc. sundries.
These two machines are like electronic equipment, with a wire end sticking out from each side, what they are used for, and everyone can't figure it out for a while.
Cai Xiaoyan, who was crying too much, opened the experimental area of Project D with the help of Qin Ci.
A special chair is placed in the experimental area of Project D. Next to the chair is a scientific instrument, which is full of wires, and the other end of the wire is connected to some strange things.
The position against the wall is a medical bed. There are various medical equipment next to the bed. On the other side against the wall, there is a desk with a small projector on it, and a lot of other medical equipment. of office supplies and various documents.
Of all the four experimental areas, only the facilities in the experimental area of Project D were the most complicated, which made Cai Xiaoyan even more panicked, squatting on the ground and whimpering constantly.
The old members ignored her for the time being, and took the time to search for all useful clues in this room. Qin Ci went to study the medical equipment, Mu Yiran checked the instruments next to the chair, Ke Xun and Zhu Haowen rummaged through the drawers of the desk, Wei Wei Dong tried to find a power strip to connect the projector.
There are many items in the drawer of the desk, most of which are documents. Ke Xun glanced at the light of his mobile phone. Most of the words written on it were medical terms and research logs. With a slam, a drawer that was just opened was pushed back into the table cavity.
"What's wrong?" Ke Xun turned his head to look at him.
Zhu Haowen paused, and said with a blank face, "It's nothing, something out of place."
"Such a thing should be very suspicious." Ke Xun gave him a puzzled look, and reached out to pull the drawer that he closed.
Zhu Haowen didn't stop him, just looked at the back of his head with a few hairs up, and turned to check the things on the table.
"...I'll go." He heard Ke Xun blurt out in a low voice.
"What?" Mu Yiran was walking over, looking at Ke Xun and asking.
Ke Xun put the things in his hands back into the drawer, and then closed the drawer with a "snap": "It's nothing, something out of place."
Zhu Haowen: "..."
Mu Yi gave him a scrutiny look: "You should know that this kind of thing is even more suspicious."
Zhu Haowen: "..."
"That's right," Ke Xun opened the drawer again, holding the contents in his hand, "I'll check it again, you can go."
Mu Yiran stared at him with "what kind of demon are you doing again?", came over and stretched out his hand: "Show me."
"What about trust?" Ke Xun had no choice but to hand him the things, "Let's talk about it first, don't take anger at me when you're angry, it's none of my business."
Mu Yi didn't pay attention, just glanced at the things in his hands with the light of his mobile phone, and then his body froze visibly.
"Cough, are you still looking at it?" Ke Xun looked carefully at Mu Yiran's expressionless face, "Why don't you put it back, I think if the signature is on this, the painting will be too nonsensical."
Mu Yiran still ignored him, froze for a moment, then resumed his movements, and continued to look at him blankly.
"What's that?" Wei Dong quietly bumped Ke Xun with his elbow, his chin tipped to the thing in Mu Yiran's hand.
"A stack of photos." Ke Xun said.
"Whose photo?" Wei Dong was surprised.
"Uh, everyone has it." Ke Xun said.
"Why are there photos in the laboratory?" Wei Dong asked strangely.
"...Maybe it's a personal hobby?" Ke Xun said ambiguous.
Wei Dong looked at him even more strangely, but he didn't ask any more, and continued to look through the mess on the table.
Everyone was busy, when they heard a low-pitched sound of electronic equipment, they were busy looking around, and finally saw a flat square electronic timer on the wall.
A fluorescent red number is displayed on the timer, starting from 60 and counting down by beating.
Ke Xun thought of something first, and quickly glanced at the time on his phone. There was less than a minute left before the usual no-walking time in the painting - eleven o'clock in the evening.
"I'm going to be banned, hurry back to the experimental area where I belong!" Ke Xun responded, shouting at the newcomers, grabbing Mu Yiran and walking out, "Dongzi Haowen'er follow."
"No-don't-please you-" Seeing everyone rushing out of the door, Cai Xiaoyan burst into tears, grabbed Deng Guang, knelt on the ground and begged, "Please don't leave me alone, please Please, Deng Guang, save me, save me—"
Deng Guang was so anxious that he couldn't get rid of Cai Xiaoyan's hand after struggling for a long time. D laboratory.
For Cai Xiaoyan's situation, the old members have nothing to do. After all, the power in the painting cannot be violated by human beings, and it is not something that can be solved by helping others.
Everyone entered the laboratory to which they belonged and closed the door.
Although there were several cribs in the A-project laboratory, no one wanted to sit, so we just found a fairly clean corner and sat down.
The room was pitch black, and only the red glowing timer on the wall was still counting down the time, until the number jumped to 0, and after a beep sound, it was completely plunged into the darkness where no fingers could be seen.
Ke Xun, Mu Yiran, Wei Dong and Zhu Haowen sat side by side against the wall, silent for a while, only each other's slight breathing could be heard in the dark, the light and powerful one belonged to Ke Xun, and the long and soothing one belonged to Mu Yi. Of course, Wei Dong's short and slightly urgent, Zhu Haowen's subtle and deep.
After waiting quietly for a while, Wei Dong's voice rang in a low voice: "You say, what kind of research institute is this? One of the four laboratories is different from the other, especially the B laboratory, which has nothing in it. , research what?"
"Since it is a sub-project, it must be studying different things." Zhu Haowen answered the question, "I can be sure that this laboratory A is studying infants."
"How do you know?" Wei Dong asked hurriedly, "Just because there is a crib, is the research on infants? There are also small cages here. Don't you usually use small mice as test objects for experiments?" Mice are probably being studied."
"In fact, there is a way to know what each laboratory is studying." Zhu Haowen said.
"What method?" Wei Dong asked.
"Turn on the phone camera." Zhu Haowen said lightly.
Wei Dong shuddered: "Forget it..."
"This method," Mu Yiran said suddenly, "I have already tried it when I entered the other three laboratories just now."
"What did you see?" Ke Xun asked.