Shouting was blocked in the throat.
He caught a glimpse of the shadows left by the peaks, spreading tentacles snaking like rivers. The river flowed slowly in his direction, all the way to his feet, and climbed up wetly along his trouser legs.
Countless streams gently covered him, and the flexible and powerful river water pressed into his skin, seeping out patches of purple red.
"...No," the middle-aged man whispered with sweat dripping from his forehead, "No—"
He struggled desperately, trying to avoid these tentacles, "No..."
He vaguely felt that those eyes seemed to be looking at the white coat on his body.
"I'm not!"
The man suddenly realized something, and reached out to take off the clothes on his body. Perhaps because of fear, he was trembling all over, and he used the greatest strength in his hands, "I'm not those researchers! I—"
The sequins flashed, and immediately showed his snow-white fangs at him.
He was suddenly covered by the shadow of the mountain.
The middle-aged man did not return.
There are also some compressed biscuits and drinking water in the dormitory, which can be eaten by players. Kou Dong opened a bag and was about to eat when he heard someone knocking on the door.
"Who?"
"I," replied the person at the door, "Song Hong."
Kou Dong opened the door, and sure enough, he saw Song Hong standing outside the door, but his expression was a little serious. The remaining players also gathered in the corridor, looking at something and talking in low voices.
"What's wrong?" Kou Dong asked.
Song Hong shook his head and said concisely: "He never came back."
There were only seven of them, and anyone who was missing could be seen at a glance. Kou Dong frowned and asked, "Did you go upstairs?"
"No," Song Hong took out something from his pocket and whispered, "We found this."
It was an iron tooth, strung on a chain. Kou Dong has seen this too, it was in the hands of a middle-aged man.
"Where did you find it?"
"The lab we went to."
Kou Dong was taken aback, "He went back?"
"Yes," Song Hong said, "and the NPC just now,... all gone."
Without these two words, it is more frightening than death. If they are dead, at least there is a definite ending. Seeing the appearance of death, you will know what happened; but they disappeared without a trace, and this is the only chain left.
The more unknown, the more terrifying. The expressions of the players are not very good, all of them are facing a big enemy.
"I just read it," Song Hong said, "the food in the room is only enough for us to last for seven days at most. This may be a living condition."
He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, on which a map of the institute was simply drawn. There was only one main entrance, and a heavy copper lock was hung on the door, so there was no way to escape.
Kou Dong also frowned, and murmured, "This is not easy."
The disappearance of the middle-aged man meant that something was moving freely in this institute.
If they can't get out, disappearing will happen to them one by one.
Song Hong said, "Yes—who knows who will be next?"
Kou Dong thought for a while, then sighed, and replied sincerely: "I will."
After all, I have full favorability with these monsters.
Song Hong was startled: "...?"
He didn't understand, how could someone curse himself like that
Kou Dong smiled sadly in his heart, thinking that you people don't understand the meaning of full favorability at all.
Ever since he came out of the first copy, he had seen it clearly—the way this group of NPCs loved him was completely loyal to the character setting.
—What happens when a monster loves someone
It will definitely be eaten.
No matter what Kou Dong thought, he was the first one to feed himself.
But the other players obviously didn't think so. Some of them were timid and cried, saying something vaguely, "I won't gamble again", and howled to chop off their hands. Kou Dong didn't understand what he meant, but Song Hong seemed to be used to it, patted the other person's shoulder impatiently, and whispered a few words to him.
The man's mood gradually stabilized, but there were still tears in his eyes.
After this wave, it was almost dark. Not all the lights in the institute were turned on, and most of them were shrouded in darkness. The few lamps that were opened were also dazzlingly white, with an icy hue.
"We still want to rest first," Song Hong said to several players, "It's best not to come out at night—no one knows what will happen if we can't see it."
This makes sense, the players all nodded and went back to lock the door.
Kou Dong also returned to the dormitory, but he didn't intend to stay there. When he was just flipping through the biscuits, he found a flashlight under the biscuit bag, but the power was limited.
When the flashlight was turned on, the illuminated area was not very large, but it was just a hazy light, which could be seen clearly in a blur.
But for Kou Dong, it was enough. If it is too bright, I am afraid that something will be alarmed, and it will cause trouble instead.
Holding the flashlight, he touched the access control card in his pocket again, and after confirming that it was installed, he quietly opened the door of the dormitory.
The game system is rather impressive, [The player doesn't look scared.]
On such a night, Kou Dong was the only one who went out.
"Nonsense," Kou Dong retorted, "I'm afraid of death, okay?"
System: [Didn't the player choose to go out by himself?]
It doesn't give a choice either.
Kou Dong said: "Yeah, I don't expect them to be gentle with me for the sake of such a high degree of favorability."
system:[…]
Kou Dong sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"Otherwise, what else can I do?" He said desperately, "It's better if I go looking for it than they all come looking for me..."
It's really not his narcissism, it's mainly because the NPC's love is too crazy.
system:[…]
In the dead of night, only the dials of the instruments flickered with dots of light.
Kou Dong held the access control card in his hand, but instead of trying to open the laboratory door, he turned around and went to the gate to check the situation. As Song Hong said, there is a big copper lock hanging there, which tightly locks the restless monster and all the players inside.
The game system has been mastered this time, and he didn't make a sound. Sure enough, Kou Dong pulled out the thin wire from nowhere again, as if he wanted to pick the lock and run away again.
It's a pity that this time obviously didn't work the last time, even if the wire was turned in the lock cylinder for a long time, it didn't work. Kou Dong tried again and again, but finally had to give up, regretfully said: "I've become smarter."
system:[…]
Nonsense, can I let you pry it open a second time
Wouldn't that be very embarrassing.
Without a shortcut, Kou Dong had no choice but to stop, turned around and walked upstairs slowly.
The beam of light from the flashlight swayed slightly. In order to avoid alarm, he tried to focus the light on the ground as much as possible. A small spot of light was shining brightly, and with this faint light, the young man searched one laboratory after another.
The contents of the petri dish are mostly asleep. Most of the time, Kou Dong could only see a dark shadow—occasionally among these shadows, there were ginger-yellow or bright green eyes looking at him, with snake-like vertical pupils. They quietly stared at the human youth passing by in front of them, and clearly saw the white coat he was wearing, but did not respond in any way.
They stared at this man, and slowly turned their heads in the direction of his walking, urgently pressing their faces closer to the glass.
Human youth searching for things will turn their backs to them. The cloth under the white coat tightly wrapped those legs, the back of his head was fluffy, and a few tiny strands of hair curled up and nestled on the back of his neck.
"let me see… "
Kou Dong flipped through something and shook it in his hand before realizing that it was a notebook-like manual. He held the flashlight in one hand to illuminate himself, and slowly turned a page with the other hand.
"On May 14, we found it in the deep waters near the Devil's Triangle.
It is 2.3 meters long and has the strength of about fifteen adults. It took us three months to bring it ashore, using the weapons on board and the submarine.
Soon, we discovered that it possesses extraordinary mind control abilities. We believe that if we can study and discover this ability, it will bring great convenience to the country and society...
This will be the most astonishing discovery in human history, a gift from the Creator to mankind. "
"On May 26, it became him."
"On June 31, we discovered that he can directly communicate with any creature in the institute through brain intrusion. In order to prevent turmoil, his danger level has been raised, and we named him Experimental Subject S.
In order to prevent possible dangerous accidents, the research institute is equipped with a destruction program. Once a dangerous experimental subject is found to escape from the petri dish, the research institute will automatically start the program as soon as possible, and adopt a blasting method to prevent the experimental subject S from escaping. "
Kou Dong frowned slightly, realizing that the self-destruct procedure might have gone wrong. Today, some monsters have eaten players and NPCs openly, but the so-called destruction process has not yet started.
As for why it is not enabled, I am afraid that the reason is also on this S.
Kou Dong flipped through the pages, confirmed that there was no other useful information, and put the notebook back to its original place.
The test subject in the petri dish made a slight sound, and the plate on it was marked D-06. This also confirmed Kou Dong's conjecture to a certain extent. This letter is related to the danger level of the experimental subject. The more advanced the experimental subject, the higher the authorization level of the access control card required.
Then how many doors can this card in his hand open for him
Kou Dong then walked up. He didn't know how many he had seen, but fortunately they were all quiet and no one attacked.
This reassured the young man, he stepped up step by step, and finally opened the door on the top floor with this access control card.
There is only one laboratory on this floor.
The first feeling when stepping in is the height—the distance between the ceiling and the floor is farther than that of ordinary floors, making it appear empty. Kou Dong coughed lightly, and could hear the echo of his own voice in this room.
Moisture followed.
There was a thin layer of water droplets on the floor, which looked extremely slippery, and the soles of people's shoes even slipped a bit when walking on it. The largest Petri dish that Kou Dong had ever seen stood in the room, soaked in light blue liquid, and was squeezed until bursts of white foam appeared.
Such a height is enough to remind Kou Dong of the sentence written in the notebook just now.
2.3 meters.
He took a light breath and said, "Experiment S?"
Following his words, water waves swayed in the petri dish, and something slowly swam in it, flicking its streamlined tail.
In the water, a pair of scarlet eyes stared at him closely, as if smiling.
near-point.
That look seemed to be speaking to him.
near-point…
Kou Dong's feet stopped listening to him, and he stumbled forward a few steps. This was a struggle between his reason and his body, and in the end the body prevailed. He almost watched himself put his face against it, and lay down tightly on the glass with a kind of creepy expectation.
At the other end of the transparent glass, the experimental subject from the deep sea approached him lightly. As they approached, Kou Dong gradually saw something floating in the water.
Like dense seaweed.
It wasn't until the seaweed came before his eyes that Kou Dong realized that it was more like human hair than seaweed. They are long and rolled up, and a vigorous and powerful body shape belonging to an adult male physique emerges from it—
It was a mermaid.
Subject S moved his face closer, and there was a strange smile on his pale face, and Kou Dong even tasted joy from this smile. His fingers were long and thin, with sharp nails and an abnormal bruise.
With his face stuck to the glass, he made a strange movement, sticking out the tip of his tongue against the cold glass surface.
Kou Dong didn't understand it at first, and his hairs stood on end after a while.
This monster is kissing him through this layer of glass...
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Kou Dong: ... What does it mean to become him? What's the matter, little brother, you wanted to sleep with me before even having sex?
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