"You're courting death!"
"I've never seen such an arrogant person."
The people gathered in front of the water curtain folded their arms and discussed. A few more people came from a distance. They were all members who had been killed in the previous game world and needed to absorb fresh blood.
When they saw the tall man, they looked at each other, but their attention was soon drawn to the actions of the person on the screen.
"Wouldn't he want to ask the host for help?"
Ignorance is probably the true fearlessness. In a sense, the existence of the 'host' is even more terrifying than ghosts.
In the scene, Mr. Rose had already stepped aside to let Soul in. The door was slowly closing. A pretty woman couldn't bear it and said, "I guess he'll die a miserable death."
·
A faint floral scent wafted from the man. The rose flowers beside the gentleman's ears were brighter in color at night than during the day.
Su Er: "Will everything that happens here be seen by others?"
Gentleman Rose shook his head, stared at his fragile neck, and said with a smile, "Of course not."
Sur walked up to him and asked, "Are you going to kill me?"
This kind of behavior, of a sheep in a tiger's mouth, taking another step forward, was puzzling. In the moment of his daze, Mr. Yueji felt a numbness in his waist. He looked down and saw a dark object pressing against his abdomen. He frowned and asked, "What is that?"
The stun gun didn't work.
Su Er had come with the intention of taking a gamble, and it was obvious that he had lost. Without changing his expression, he withdrew his hand: "Are you comfortable?"
Gentleman Rose easily snatched the object from his hand, studied it for a moment, and then threw it back into Sur's hand. Just now, this thing... seemed to be absorbing the vitality from his body.
Suer had made two preparations. He used a spring to make a small mechanism. Once the Rose Gentleman touched that position, his hand would be scratched, and he could take the opportunity to attack the rose on the other's ear.
Such a flashy flower is usually equivalent to the boss's heart.
Of course, his success rate was less than 10%. But if he stayed in the room, it would probably be less than 5%. After all, snakes are very fast, and even if he was injured, at such a close distance, he would probably be bitten.
Now it seems that this electric shock device is not useless.
Seven days and seven nights?
Zhu Yun specifically mentioned this book on the phone... Since it was banned due to its explicit content, perhaps the secret to survival is to be extravagant?
Su Er pursed his lips, unable to find a better way to explain himself, so he continued with this logic: "I want to make you feel comfortable." He paused and said, "At that moment just now, did you feel a slight tingling and numbness rushing straight to the nerve endings in your brain? You felt comfort in the pain, and pleasure was born in the comfort?"
Before he could finish his words, a petal fell alone to the ground.
"…"
Gentleman Rose's expression changed drastically and he reached for his ear. Sure enough, that moment was not an illusion, this thing could really absorb vitality.
Feeling the cold murderous intent coming towards him, Su Er said decisively: "The weak cannot be replenished, just get used to the electricity."
Mr. Rose treasured the flower very much and asked suspiciously, "Really?"
Of course it was fake, Su Er closed his eyes. The last Thunder King who was so arrogant had been nailed to the pillar of shame. But now, in order to save his life, he had to say against his will, "This is a magical prop that can improve health."
Do you know about electroshock therapy?
Finally, he added: "I dare not lie to you."
Gentleman Rose gave him a deep look. He was nothing more than a small, jumping shrimp that could be crushed to death with one hand. "Even if one word is false," he smiled faintly. "Your body will become the best nourishment for this flower."
Suer raised his hand, adjusted the power to maximum without hesitation, and aimed the electric shock at the center of the rose.
A good opportunity for a close-range attack, or at worst a fight to the death.
Sizzle——
The electric shock device made a loud noise, but the flowers did not wilt, and instead became more colorful.
"Comfortable." Mr. Rose squinted his eyes comfortably.
Su Er's hand trembled, and he felt a faint toothache. The book was not unfairly banned. This setting actually worked!
"What a shame..." Gentleman Rose glanced at Su Er, feeling it was a shame he couldn't use this thing himself. He tried again, determined to use it. As long as he tried, his vitality would be drained away, but as a user, it wasn't a problem.
Although there are few props for recognizing the owner, there are some. He remembered that a player once obtained a scapegoat after completing a high-difficulty game, but where did this newcomer get it from?
7:30 am.
The door was pushed open, and Su Er walked out with dark circles under his eyes and a tired look on his face, leaning against the wall. It was tiring enough to recharge Rose Gentleman without a rest for a whole night.
There were sobbing sounds coming from upstairs.
Su Er frowned and walked over. Seeing the other three gathered at his door, Li Li shed a few tears. The moment she turned around and saw him, her face turned pale, as if she had seen a ghost.
He took two steps back to calm himself and asked, "Are you still alive?"
Soul nodded, noticing sticky marks on the floor and a flaked snakeskin hanging from a stool in the corner. Last night, before leaving, he'd shaken out the quilt and stuffed a pillow inside. Now, the top piece had corroded, the cotton wool clumping into several clumps, and the odor was sour and unpleasant.
The venom was so strong that it was beyond the capabilities of venomous snakes in nature. If he were to encounter one, his electric shock device wouldn't even penetrate the snake's skin.
Li Li's face turned pale: "Our guess has come true."
Things from horror stories materialize and attack at night.
Zhang He quickly asked where Su Er had gone and how he had escaped the snake's pursuit. To be honest, they all heard the noise around midnight, but unfortunately no one dared to step out of the door.
"I slept on the floor in the host's room."
Xuanyuan Ao Yu's eyes lit up: "So there is this method."
"Maybe it doesn't apply to you." Su Er made up a story: "I was born on the 15th day of the seventh month. The fortune teller said that I was born to be favored by dirty things. I was just a little bit away from death."
Gentleman Rose still stood in the shadows, smiling broadly as he said, "Everyone is welcome to come see me anytime."
The rules state that the host cannot kill players, but there are loopholes. For example, in this game, players cannot go out at night. If they break this rule, the host can act as a monitor and kill them.
Seeing that Xuanyuan Ao Yu and Zhang He were both interested, Suer's heart sank. From the outside, Gentleman Rose was probably better than Viper, so they would rather treat this as a way out.
The crying interrupted his warning. The child was visibly thinner than yesterday.
"His hand..." Li Li covered his mouth and felt nauseous.
A piece of the thin hand bone was bitten off, and the bedding was stained with blood.
Zhang He took a deep breath: "He is treating himself as food."
Frankly speaking, if it really died like this, they would all be relieved, but this monster's recovery ability was obviously very strong, and it didn't take long for the hand bones to return to normal.
It was evidently time for another story.
He tried the same trick again, but the little crying still didn't stop. Soul shook his head: "The same story can't be repeated on a new day."
Zhang He: "There are quite a few stories with horror elements, but..."
Who will speak?
His eyes subconsciously focused on Su Er, and he refused: "I also had a narrow escape last night."
Just now, when Xuanyuan Aoyu was considering sleeping on the floor, the joy in Mr. Yue's eyes was almost palpable. The host's temptation to kill the player had probably already overcome the electric shock of Su Shuang. After all, even the fresh feeling would wear off after a night.
Xuanyuan Ao Yu pursed his lips, wanting to say something but ultimately remaining silent. Li Li was a girl, so it would be hard to force her out. The choice of storyteller would most likely be between him and Zhang He.
Zhang He smiled bitterly: "Rock, paper, scissors?"
No one wants to die on their own initiative, so it's better to leave it to luck.
Xuanyuan Ao Yu nodded.
Li Li: "How about the palm and the back of the hand, so I can join in?"
"Forget it." Zhang He and Xuanyuan Ao Yu decided the outcome in one round, and the latter was responsible for telling the story.
Fear mixed with a bit of resignation, Xuanyuan Ao Yu gave up on himself and said, "Go to sleep quickly, or the big bad wolf will come."
The child reluctantly closed his eyes again.
Li Li whispered, "Try to find someone who's easier to deal with."
"It's useless." Zhang He said from the side: "In the current situation, a washbasin could drown someone."
Su Er thought for a moment and said, "There must be a way to pass the level. Let's look around for any clues first."
Zhang He: "Two people in a group?"
Su Er shook his head: "I wasted a day yesterday because of my stupidity. Now time is life."
The villa is quite large, and including the attic, one day might not be enough to pay attention to every nook and cranny.
Someone's stomach suddenly growled.
Li Li said embarrassedly: "I'm a little hungry."
Zhang He: "I checked this morning and there's expired bread in the refrigerator."
It was already good enough to have something to eat. After forcing themselves to fill their stomachs, everyone went to search the villa separately.
Suer was in charge of the second floor. There was a family photo in the room. The frame was covered in dust, but the people in the photo looked very vivid. He suddenly felt that he was not much different from the people in the photo, living in a kind of confined way.
After a family tragedy, his disregard for life grew even more intense. What truly horrified Suhr was that he couldn't even feel the sadness of his parents' passing. To feel no pain at the passing of a loved one, didn't that mean he'd lost his basic humanity?
After entering this world, apart from the initial surprise, Sur was actually more relieved, thinking that perhaps he could find something back through this.
The family of three in the photo were all smiling happily. After staring at it for a few seconds, Su Er suddenly felt dizzy. The eyes of the people in the photo seemed to be staring at him motionlessly.
"Come." The woman inside spoke gently, her face slowly changing, gradually overlapping with the outline of the mother in her memory.
My brain was like a clock that was about to run out of power and stop working. A gentle voice lingered in my ears: "Give me your hand, and you will get what you want most."
It was completely different from what Sur saw. The woman in the photo had a vicious look on her face. She watched with anticipation as Sur's pupils gradually lost focus and she was about to succeed.
"Eternal peace..." the woman said seductively.
The boy's body suddenly trembled, and a small tuft of hair stood up, and his body executed the last command issued by his brain... to shock himself.
After three waves of electric shock, Su Er's vision returned to clarity. He slapped the photo and said righteously, "I came here to find back the lost love and emotions, not to seek death."
The woman's face in the photo was distorted. Soul looked at his numb palms, then at the woman's terrified eyes, and laughed: "It seems that your ability is limited to creating illusions."
Putting the photo in his pocket, Su Er walked out of the room and looked at Mr. Yue who was standing in the shadows: "Will what happened in the toilet be broadcast publicly?"
Rose Gentleman: "The key scenes will be blurred."
As a horror site, toilets are places where ghosts often appear, so they are naturally put on display.
"..." Su Er sighed: "Fortunately, this only happens the first time."
Who can bear this in the long run?
He gave up the idea of testing the photo in the bathroom. Turning back suddenly seemed too abrupt. So Sull stood by the toilet, holding the photo between two fingers. "I ask, you answer. Silence or the wrong answer will be recognized..."
He didn't say anything else, but he pressed the flush button, and the warning was self-evident.
"First question, am I good-looking?"
The woman stared into his eyes, which flashed with the ferocity of a wild beast, and shook her head subconsciously.
"Sure enough, she's treacherous." Without hesitation, Soul tore off a piece of the photo and threw it into the water, missing the woman's arm by a few millimeters. "I hate lies."
The woman couldn't help but curse: "...animal!"
Sur's eyes turned cold, and he cruelly tore the arm off, causing the woman to scream in pain.
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Outside the water curtain.
"So cruel." Shamatte put away the joking expression on his face: "But he is surprisingly not affected by the photo."
"Maybe it's due to strong willpower." Someone said, "Hallucinations vary from person to person."
The Shamatte looked at the tall man beside him, who opened his eyes and said, "What I'm interested in is how he walked out of the host's room alive last night."
The Shamatte thought of the scene where Su Er came out leaning against the wall, and said to himself: "Sell the body to redeem the soul?"
"…"