After finally finishing the busy work, of course I have to reward myself well.
After coming out of the Jinwu Building, Jian Jing went shopping in a nearby mall. Coincidentally, it was the Baimao Building that almost became the scene of the kidnapping transaction.
This is one of the oldest shopping centers in Heping City. When it first opened more than a decade ago, it caused a sensation because it introduced many well-known foreign brands. Although it has declined now, it still has many loyal customers.
Jian Jing bought two skirts, a hat and three pairs of shoes and was very happy.
The weather was good, and the restaurant where we had dinner could serve 7 or 5 meals. I was reluctant to go home after dinner, so I decided to watch a movie to help digest the food.
The cinema is on the seventh floor. Although it is a bit old, it has been renovated and has a new IMAX camera installed. There is a large supermarket at the entrance, selling snacks, fruits and drinks.
Jian Jing ordered a set meal of Coke + popcorn + fried chicken.
For the movie, I chose a suspense thriller.
However, ten minutes into the show, she regretted it.
The film is a bit bloody, and the murder scene is clearly arranged.
She was stunned.
The style of painting in the parallel world is just different. If it were placed in the next world, how could it pass the review? !
Red chicken.
It's just a bit off-putting.
Although she had encountered many cases, the deaths were not tragic. She had never encountered a particularly bloody or rotten corpse.
But this movie... makes me want to puke.
Popcorn and Coke no longer smell good.
She was not the only one who felt uncomfortable. Occasionally, a "vomit" sound could be heard from the corner, and the pungent smell of sour water spread in the air, making people even more uneasy.
People left one after another, and half an hour after the show started, most of the seats were empty.
Jian Jing didn't want to embarrass herself at first, but then she thought, what if she encountered the same thing again
It's better to get used to watching movies than to be shocked on the spot.
So I persevered tenaciously.
The two girls sitting in front of her didn't leave either.
The shorter girl on the left said, "It's so disgusting. I feel like vomiting."
The tall girl on the right encouraged her: "You will apply to medical school in the future, so get familiar with it first."
Of course, imagination is beautiful, but reality is still a bit cruel. The two went to the bathroom during the film, probably because they vomited and emptied their stomachs, but they still managed to watch the whole film.
It was almost eleven o'clock when the party ended. The building closed at ten o'clock, and except for the seventh floor, all other floors were dark.
Jian Jing went to the toilet with the two girls.
"It's so late, will we miss the last bus?" The short girl couldn't help but ask her companion in front of the sink.
My friend said, "It's okay, we can take a taxi and take you home first."
"How about I stay at your house for a night? My parents are working overtime and no one is home."
My partner was a little tempted: "Okay, I'll call and ask my brother if he's coming back today."
She dialed the number, but the call didn't go through, and she said angrily: "Forget it, just come back with me."
At this moment, Jian Jing just came out of the toilet, and the two girls met each other.
The tall girl recognized her immediately, with surprise in her eyes: "Teacher Jian?!"
"You are..." Jian Jing thought about it and was a little surprised, "Ji Yunyun?"
Ji Yunyun didn't expect to be recognized by her idol. Her mouth almost cracked to her ears: "How did the teacher know?"
"There are photos of you in your brother's car." Jian Jing blinked.
Although Ji Feng said he disliked his sister, there was a photo of the two siblings on the back of his sun visor. She had seen it by chance and remembered their appearance.
Today, after meeting them in person, I realized that the brother and sister look alike, both are tall, with three-dimensional facial features. Ji Yunyun is only in high school, but she is almost 1.7 meters tall, and she looks even taller and more energetic with a high ponytail.
Since they had met and heard their troubles, Jian Jing naturally wanted to help: "It's late, it's not safe for you two kids to go back, I'll give you a ride."
Ji Yunyun and her companion were a little embarrassed: "That's not good, we can go back by ourselves."
"It's okay, I'm on my way." Jian Jing said sincerely.
The two little girls knew it was not safe to go home at night, so they shyly agreed to come.
Ji Yunyun introduced: "Teacher Jian, this is my student Xiaoxiao."
Xiaoxiao is short, has a round face and is very cute. She said excitedly, "I like your book, too. We went to the book signing event on New Year's Day."
"thank you all."
The three of them were talking and laughing as they walked towards the entrance of the cinema. At this moment, their vision suddenly went dark without any warning. All the light sources went out at the same time, leaving them in complete darkness.
"Ah!" Xiaoxiao jumped up in fright and grabbed Ji Yunyun's arm.
Ji Yunyun was also a little panicked.
Who wouldn’t be scared if something like this happened right after watching a horror movie
Even though she was simple and quiet, she couldn't help but pause and wait for her eyes to adjust.
"It's just a power outage..." She said comfortingly, but stopped abruptly.
[System: New tasks have been released]
[Mission Name: Escape from the Fire Building]
[Description: A fire broke out in a commercial building late at night, with thick smoke rising into the sky and heat waves rolling. If you don't want to die here, try to escape!]
[Task rewards and penalties: Success will reward you with 10 courage points, failure will make you die]
Jian Jing's scalp exploded.
Some of the special missions were bizarre and strange, but she said the one she feared the most was the escape mission. If she wasn't careful, she would be in trouble.
She was alert and said immediately, "It's not convenient to take the elevator when the power is out. Let's walk."
Neither girl objected. There are many scenes about elevators in horror movies, and they are all quite scary, so it would be better to just take the stairs.
But the mall is mainly elevator-based, with escalators and sightseeing elevators in the atrium and passenger elevators next to them. If you want to find the stairs, you have to find the emergency exit.
There are two emergency exits on the seventh floor. One is inside the cinema and cannot be found at the moment. The other one requires one to exit the cinema's main door, turn to the side to the toilet, and then turn 90 degrees to reach it.
Jian Jing quickened her pace: "Let's go quickly."
As he walked, he started thinking in his mind. There was a hidden pattern in the way the system distributed tasks. If the fire happened first and the power outage happened later, then the tasks should have been completed before the power outage.
The fact is the opposite, which shows that the power was cut off first and then the fire started.
It looks man-made anyway.
She took out her cell phone, hesitated, and didn't dial.
It is hard to explain why there were two unfamiliar people around me who called the fire department without even noticing the fire.
But within five minutes, she regretted it.
Every building has an evacuation staircase, and the mall cannot be opened without fire control. But as soon as they ran to the emergency exit, they felt the heat wave coming towards them.
Smoke billowed and red light was faint.
In theory, these shopping malls all have enclosed stairwells and use Class B fire doors, which can effectively prevent smoke and flames, but the reality is not necessarily so good.
If someone piles up debris in the stairwell or deliberately sets a fire, this escape route will no longer work.
"Why is it so hot? And there's light?" Xiaoxiao was still confused.
Ji Yunyun was more experienced after all, and she immediately became nervous: "Is it going to catch fire?"
"It must be." Jian Jing pushed their backs, "Go back first, we can't stay here anymore."
She took out her phone and immediately dialed the prepared number to call the fire department.
After finishing the job, I calmed down and realized that the fire at night was not that bad. Apart from the thick smoke, the most terrifying thing in the fire scene was actually the trampling of the crowd.
The mall is basically empty now, so they don't have to worry about being crushed to death. But the seventh floor is the highest floor, and no matter which floor is on fire, the smoke will quickly spread upwards due to heat convection.
Many people who died in fires were not killed by the fire, but by smoke poisoning or lack of oxygen.
Jian Jing immediately asked, "Is there any water?"
"Yes." Ji Yunyun took out mineral water and tissues from her bag.
Everyone has basic escape knowledge and immediately wets their clothes with water and covers their mouths and noses.
At the same time, the three of them crouched down to minimize the inhalation of smoke. Jian Jing said in a low and quick voice: "We can't take the stairs here, we have to take the one inside the cinema."
There are at least two evacuation stairwells in the building. There was a problem with the one just now, so we had to use the other one.
God help me it wasn't arson, otherwise we would be doomed.
They returned to the seventh floor and met two cinema employees, a man and a woman, who were off work.
They were a little dumbfounded: "Why is there so much smoke?"
"There's a fire downstairs!" Jian Jing said quickly, "Do you have a gas mask? There's too much smoke."
There is only white smoke in the corridor now, but even so it is very dangerous. The smoke will quickly reach the seventh floor through the elevator shaft and air-conditioning passages. Without gas masks, their chances of survival are greatly reduced.
Fortunately, the mall was well-equipped with firefighting equipment, and the female employee said, "Yes, in the office."
"Go over there quickly."
Jian Jing did two things at once. While asking her to lead the way, she quickly ran to the vending machine, kicked it, broke it, and took out an armful of mineral water.
"Everyone take two bottles," she ordered.
The two girls were both students and were used to listening to the teacher. When she yelled at them, it was as if the head teacher had arrived, and the two girls were put into their backpacks without saying a word.
Everyone followed the two staff members into the cinema.
The temperature inside suddenly rose.
The fire started in the right direction.
What to do? Should I go through and get the gas mask
Jian Jing bit her lip and made a prompt decision: "Draw a card."
The system is reliable.
[Name: Knowledge Card·Survival (Elementary)]
[Content description: Obtain survival knowledge in various extreme environments, highly comprehensive, relatively superficial content]
[Note: Everyone is afraid of the unexpected~~]
Knowledge suddenly flooded my mind. Although the content was superficial, it was much more detailed than the general information I usually knew.
Jian Jing gathered her thoughts and said, "Take off any metal objects on your body."
In a critical moment, everyone will panic, but when someone directs the action with calm words, most people will not be stupid enough to sing the opposite tune, but will instinctively do it.
The female staff took off their earrings, the male staff took off their watches, and Ji Yunyun and Xiaoxiao also took off their headwear.
"Protect the exposed skin." Jian Jing was wearing a digital watch, so there was nothing to take off. Instead, she turned up her collar to protect her neck.
Then, she arranged, "There are five of us in total. Line up against the wall. I have good eyesight, so I'll go first to explore the way. You'll follow me and show me the way. We're going to the office where the gas masks are kept." This refers to the female employee. "Ji Yunyun, you'll go third, take my phone and call 119. Xiaoxiao, you'll go fourth, and you'll go fifth."
The last male employee came last.
Everyone nodded hurriedly.
Jian Jing thought for a moment, and handed the lipstick in her bag to the male staff member: "The view will get worse and worse, and the cinema is very winding. You can use the lipstick to draw arrows on the wall to save us from having to go back."
The male employee looked like he had just graduated. He had a childish face, beads of sweat on his forehead, and couldn't even hold his lipstick steadily.
"Don't be afraid, just follow me." Jian Jing said, "The person behind you should hold the clothes of the person in front of you. No one should be left behind, understand?"
The other four people were like kindergarten children, clinging tightly to the clothes of the person in front of them.
Thick smoke billowed, and Jian Jing turned on the X-ray machine.
The female employee had worked here for two years and was very familiar with the cinema: "Go straight ahead, pass halls A, B, and C, and turn left."