Dusk is the time when my eyesight is the worst of the day, and the streets are full of humans as far as I can see. The tall buildings and streets also changed their usual appearance, like in Ubisoft's model-piercing game.
He was lying on the corner of the stairs, with a strange smell, a bit wet and strange. It was only when I passed by that I realized that he was dead, and it happened at that time.
—Adapted from "Rhino in Love"
"Anyway, it just happened like this, and I don't know anything." Lin Huai said sincerely and sickly.
His face was pale, his body temperature was cold, as if frightened by the corpse: "When I came in, the person was already dead there, and the door disappeared."
He pointed to the direction of the original gate of the villa, which had become a brick wall with a 20x50cm opening in the middle.
Now I can't climb out of that hole. Well, it might have been okay before...
Lin Huai silently compared the gap between his body and the exit, and came to a conclusion for his body that could not be folded into sheets.
He felt that he was very sincere, and he also thought that this delicate (even very handsome) face, which he had chosen so much, was very approachable. But the men and women in the villa just stood there, looking at him with indifference and suspicion—as if he had done something heinous.
Lin Huai felt very sad about this. Since he became a human being, few people would look at him like this. But as a law-abiding citizen, he offered his advice sincerely: "Let's call the police, they'll take care of this. I just came here today, if I had known this was going to happen..."
I will definitely continue to live in the school dormitory instead of looking for a shared apartment, he thought silently, even if the roommate's feet smell like thousands of rotting corpses piled together.
"No need." The woman in yellow stopped him, "I can't get through the phone."
Why
Lin Huai thought of the news that grandpas and aunts had dismantled the base station because they were protesting radiation a few days ago, and nodded with understanding and sympathy: "I didn't expect Shanghai to have such ignorant grandpas and grandmas. The popularization of scientific knowledge really needs to be strengthened... I am I majored in mechanical engineering at a nearby university, and I also know a few students majoring in communications. When this matter is resolved, I will ask them to write a popular science article and come over to distribute leaflets.”
He is very proud of his current status as a person who has passed the Ming road. Every day when he gets up, he will take several selfies in the mirror, and observe whether he has repaired the fractured skull caused by jumping off the building.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a cold snort from the crowd: "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? It's come to this point, and you haven't figured out the situation yet?"
"Forget it, it seems like a newcomer who doesn't understand the situation." The woman in yellow sighed, "Let me introduce myself, I am Huang Lu, an experienced player, and I have participated in 3 games. You are the one who came last The late one, except for you, here are all experienced players who have participated in the game at least once."
"game?"
"This is an infinite survival game. If you pass the level, you will live. If you don't clear the level, you will die. In the game, we follow the clues and use human bodies to fight against ghosts. Once we fail, our ending is death. No, it may be more terrifying than death." Huang Lu uttered a whole set of lines as if she had written a script, and Lin Huai felt that she was probably a copywriter in real life, "You look like a newcomer, have you received that black invitation letter too? Take it out Let's see."
"Oh." Lin Huai obediently took out the crumpled flyer from his pocket, "Is it this?"
As he spoke, he unfolded the flyer. I saw the flyer with a black background and fine skin texture. The dark red font on it looked like coagulated blood, and it read:
Shangjin Apartment! The transportation is convenient, the express delivery is smooth, and the monthly rent is only 998! We are now recruiting 12 co-tenants, male and female, some with ghosts, if you want to buy as soon as possible, overtime or arrears will be obliterated.
"The basic situation is like this." Lin Huai said innocently, "I didn't take it seriously at first, but my roommate's feet are really smelly. When I went out today, I just wanted to come and see the excitement... No, rent An apartment. I didn’t kill the courier. There are cameras everywhere. If I really want to kill him, I must choose a place where there are no people. I am a college student with a bright future, and I want to take the civil service exam, and I don’t want to Have a criminal record."
Huang Lu: ...
"Just talking." Huang Lu said, "Anyway, is everyone here?"
She nodded, adding Lin Huai, there are eleven people standing in the living room now. Men, women, young and old, everything is available. One of the thin girls said, "One more."
Wearing a blue and white school uniform, she looked like a student at a nearby high school. There is a man and a woman wearing the same school uniform as her, the boy is handsome and the girl is fashionable.
The skinny girl is always standing with the fashionable girl. It seems that they are a pair of friends.
"Is there anyone else who hasn't come in yet?" Huang Lu frowned, "Or have you already..."
"It's a man in a plaid shirt and jeans, right? I've seen him before." The boy in sportswear said, he has a handsome appearance, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and has a gentle temperament, "He should be the first to arrive at the villa. I saw him go to the toilet."
The direction his finger pointed was the toilet next to the stairs, and it was dark and silent.
"Acting alone? Going to the bathroom? Another one looking for death." The Shamat boy snorted coldly.
A few people were talking to each other one by one, but the sound of flushing came from the toilet next door. Everyone looked around, and a tall young man in a plaid shirt came out yawning. His facial features are profound, he looks like a mixed race, his legs are slender, his hairstyle is particularly unruly, his chestnut hair is messy, and he has a somewhat careless temperament.
He looks like a male model on the wrong set, or a dandy at the pool hall—if you ignore the wrench he's holding.
The suspicious black liquid condensed on the wrench as if it had dried up. The young man's eyes turned around everyone's faces, and finally stopped on Lin Huai's face.
Lin Huai stared at the black liquid on the wrench, her eyebrows twitched uncontrollably.
"People have three urgencies, and people have three urgencies." The young man didn't notice everyone's scrutiny at all, and smiled casually at everyone, "Are you all waiting for me? I'm sorry."
He has a very sunny smile, which makes people feel good.
"There are three urgencies in people? Are you in a hurry for more than 20 minutes?" The young man who killed Matt said meanly, "Yo, you don't have kidney deficiency, do you?"
"Kidney deficiency or not, why don't you try it? If you don't investigate, you have no right to speak, kid." The young man said casually. He didn't listen to their discussion, and sat down next to Lin Huai carelessly: "Tell me, what's the situation now?"
"Let me introduce myself first." Huang Lu, who was wearing a sports suit, said. She had a calm demeanor and looked about forty years old. "I am Huang Lu, the sales director of a nearby company. I have experienced three games so far."
"Ye Xian, a student of Minghua High School. Two games." The handsome boy pushed his glasses, seemed a little nervous, and sat upright.
"Zhang Lu, I'm Ye Xian's classmate, and I've played the game once." As she spoke, she took the hand of the girl next to her, "This is my friend Feng Yao, and she has only played the game twice."
The thin girl who was held by her nodded nervously to everyone.
Several people introduced the past in order in a circle. Including Chu Tian who just came out of the toilet, there were a total of 12 people in the audience, 6 men and 6 men. According to age stratification, there are four high school students, four young people, and four middle-aged people. Both in terms of gender and age group, it can be said to be very average.
"You can just call me Chutian." The young man holding a wrench said, "Former programmer, there is nothing else to say... If you have to say it, I am a firm materialist."
"Materialist?" Kill Matt was speechless, "Here?"
"Ghosts are also things." The young man shook the weapon in his hand, "Anything that can be killed is a thing."
Lin Huai: ...
He unconsciously moved to the side.
After the young man introduced himself, it was Lin Huai's turn who had been waiting by his side for a long time. Lin Huai tugged at the collar: "I'm Lin Huai, and I'm currently a student at S University next door. I haven't participated in games before."
"Oh," the young man glanced at him, "little newcomer."
Lin Huai ignored him and lowered his eyes.
The part of self-introduction came to an end. Huang Lu turned to Lin Huai and said, "You are the only newcomer here, so let me introduce the rules to you."
"Once you receive the black invitation letter, you can't quit, and you can't start again. Under the guidance of the black invitation letter, all players will gather at the same place, and start a survival game with different time and content according to the rules provided by the game. Since you If you are a newcomer, then follow our pace and don't make up your own mind. People who make up their own minds generally don't live long."
Under everyone's scrutiny, Lin Huai nodded: "I'm very good."
He added: "Don't worry, I will never take the initiative to cause trouble."
Huang Lu frowned: "Take the initiative to cause trouble?"
Lin Huai's answer clearly confused her. She was about to continue asking when the TV screen in the villa hall lit up.