Chapter 118

"boom!"

The door was knocked open from the outside.

A staff member dressed in quack clothes rushed in.

The room was dark and empty, with no one in sight.

"Dididi—"

The piercing electronic sound is still beeping, and it is getting more and more urgent.

The croaking sound holding a strange instrument stepped forward and stopped in front of the chair.

The sound of "Didi" has become a sharp line of noise, like a sharp knife piercing people's brains.

It lowered its head, and its eyes fell on the empty chair.

On the chair surface, there is a work card that has been taken down.

Guagua reached out to pick up the work card, reached out and pressed the sharp buzzing instrument in his hand, turned his head to look at the few people, and shook his head slowly.

Ran.

In a dark corner, Wen Jianyan stood with his back against the wall, holding his breath, with the help of effective invisibility props.

He guessed right.

The reason why the group of croaks were able to find him was probably through the work card on him.

Therefore, when the other party was about to break into the door, he took off the work card and put it on the chair, while he activated the invisibility props and stood in the corner of the room where he would not be touched.

Wen Jianyan casually glanced at the open door behind Guagua.

The corridor is empty and deserted, which is a good opportunity to escape.

But he didn't do that, he just stood by the door and waited quietly.

Because, Wen Jianyan realized that there was a reason why he had been in this room for more than ten minutes before he was discovered.

Combined with the distress message Wen Ya sent just now, and the "here we will be classified" mentioned in the previous note, a vague guess gradually emerged in his mind.

"Classification" has already begun.

This kind of classification should be done with the help of job cards, after all, this is the only item they receive after entering the pirate ship.

And this "classification" should also be "screening".

Therefore, after the "classification" was over, they found Wen Jianyan, the only person who had left his job, through screening methods, determined his job number, and tracked and located him.

That's why Wen Ya's text messages for help and tracking personnel came one after another.

That being the case, their final destination should be the same.

The sharp sound of the tracker stopped abruptly.

Finding nothing, the staff turned around and left the empty room.

Wen Jianyan, who had disappeared, followed quietly.

—In other words, as long as you keep up with them, you should be able to find Wen Ya and the others.

*

Wen Jianyan followed the quacks and walked forward.

Amidst the dead silence, the winding corridor stretched to the distance, like a road without end, perhaps because of the skewed ground, it gave people a strange sense of dizziness.

In the gap of the passage, the brass pipes that are getting closer and bigger can be vaguely seen.

The farther you go, the louder the roar of the machine, the higher the temperature of the air, and the ground seems to be shaking accordingly.

Wen Jianyan felt that his breathing seemed to be on fire, and his body was sweating profusely, as if trying to evaporate all the water in his body.

He realized that he was walking towards the core that drives the entire pirate ship.

There was a sickly sweet smell in the air, the watery smell of frog eggs mixed with the smell of half-finished syrup, which smelled very disgusting.

Soon, they came to a corridor.

There is a small, closed room in front of it. Several staff members in various costumes are lined up at the door of the room. There are brown bears, white sheep, tortoiseshell cats, and green-haired clowns.

The team moved forward slowly.

Wen Jianyan's heart was pounding uncontrollably, and he didn't know whether it was because of excitement or nervousness, and cold sweat continued to protrude from his back.

He activated an invisibility tool for himself again, hid in a corner, and watched quietly.

A brown bear cub walked into the room, and the door creaked shut.

What followed was a terrifying silence.

The team was very quiet, neither speaking nor moving, just waiting silently, as if docilely waiting to go to the guillotine.

I don't know how long it has been.

The door creaked and opened again. This time, it was no longer the little brown bear that came out, but a cleaning staff in a blue uniform. Its face was covered with a thick mask, which almost covered the entire body. Eighty-tenths of the area, but the swollen protruding eyes and pale sticky skin can still be seen.

Wen Jianyan was taken aback.

[Integrity First] In the live broadcast room:

"Ah this?? So that's what classification means!"

"I can't understand it, but I'm shocked!"

"Ahhhhhhhhh, can someone come out and tell what's going on! I feel like I'm out of my mind, woooooooo!"

"Have you forgotten the first paragraph of the cleaners' code! 'For your normal work in the park, please forget all the content in your last code, and all behaviors are subject to the content of this code', the previous one In other words, it’s not the first copy!”

"Damn, so, all these cleaners used to be outfield employees of Dreamland Amusement Park!"

"Ahhh, who of you remembers the contents of that note! I remember some pollution in it?"

"Here comes the porters! 'All employees are polluted, low-pollution employees will start a parade, high-pollution employees will come to the pirate ship, here we will be sorted', should this be?"

"Oh! So employees with high levels of pollution are called pirate ships, and higher ones become cleaners!"

"It's no wonder that the cleaners work longer hours than the outfield employees. Other employees can leave the park, but they can only return to the cleaners' rest area after get off work. From this point of view, it is estimated that they will never be able to leave the fantasy amusement park."

"Capitalists who squeeze labor!"

"Then what about this group of quacks? Could it be employees who have been polluted further?"

"I feel like it!"

"Yes, maybe the cleaner will turn into a croak if it pollutes again, hahahahaha!"

"Is it really that simple? I don't think it's possible..."

When the barrage discussion was in full swing, Wen Jianyan's eyes fell on the middle of the queue.

He saw Wen Ya.

And...yellow hair?

Huang Mao is now in a position much ahead of Wen Ya, and he is about to enter the room soon.

Wen Jianyan moved.

He skillfully added another layer of concealment props to himself, and then stepped forward with an astonishingly sensitive quick step, and slipped in with the next queuer without touching anyone in the queue.

Different from the outside, the area inside the room is several times larger than imagined.

The room is divided into two parts, separated by a glass door.

A lonely seat is in the middle of the room, with rusty edges, and there are straps on the armrests and chair legs for binding and restraint. The edges of the straps are frizzy, and the surface has faded. It looks like it has been used for a long time.

Above the chair is a huge brass device, like a funnel, it looks very complicated, the surface is as smooth as a mirror, the light can be seen, and the dripping device is directly aimed at the chair below.

There was a pungent sweet smell in the air.

Two quacks stood by the chair.

Wen Jianyan's eyes fell on the wall. There was a huge brass bell hanging there, but a thick layer of dust had already accumulated on it, and there was an iron sheet next to it:

【Do not touch】

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

[Pirate Ship Code] Article 2:

The working hours and workload on the pirate ship are not fixed, please ring the copper bell as a sign of work handover, and do not communicate with other sailors verbally.

but…

According to the appearance of the copper bell now, it is impossible for it to ring forever.

That is to say, the "working staff" who enter the pirate ship will never be able to hand over their work, and they will never be able to leave the pirate ship. They can only work continuously until they are polluted and enter this room for transformation. There is no other way can go.

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Good guy, I finally know why all the anchors who entered the pirate ship before went out..."

"Indeed, as long as you enter this ghost place, you will be stuck here. Isn't the death rate 100%!"

"That's right, even if some employees want to escape, the way to the outside has been blocked, and there is a locator on the job card on their body. The anchor is lucky, so he took off the card before being caught, otherwise Ah, even with props that hide body shape and aura, I can't get out of this pirate ship..."

"It's so ruthless, it's really ruthless, is this dungeon really A-level? I think it's a shame to rate S-level!"

Wen Jianyan walked towards the glass door silently.

The door is locked.

No keyhole, supposed to be some type of card swipe mechanism.

Wen Jianyan turned around, and her vicious eyes, who were good at finding clues, scanned the two croaks—they didn't have anything on them that could serve as a door card, except...

His eyes fell on the work badge worn by one of the quacks, and he narrowed his eyes indistinctly.

*

The line wasn't long at all, and soon it was Huangmao's turn.

The door of the room opened slowly in front of his eyes, revealing the strange device and the chair below. Two staff members in uniforms were standing on both sides of the chair, one on the left and one on the right, and their funny smiling green hoods were facing him , a burst of chill instantly rushed to the sky.

Under the hood, Huang Mao's face was already pale, and layers of cold sweat oozed out, making him sway from head to toe.

no, no, impossible...

Is he going to die like this?

This is definitely not the end...

Huangmao took a step back tremblingly.

As if aware of the stagnation of the team's progress, the two croaks who had been guarding the door slowly turned their heads, and their scalp-numbing eyes fell on the yellow hair.

Huangmao was shocked.

His intuition as a herbivore told him that if he continued to linger at the door, the end waiting for him might be even more miserable.

"..."

Under extreme fear, Huang Mao's eyes welled up with tears.

He suppressed the scream hidden in his throat, braced himself, and walked tremblingly into the room.

The body and the soul seemed to have been separated, and Huang Mao realized that his body walked forward step by step like a marionette, and sat stiffly on the chair.

He watched helplessly as the two croaks were bound by his hands and feet, and then slowly backed away.

Huang Mao's pupils dilated in horror, his face was ghastly, his whole body was trembling uncontrollably, the blood flow hit the eardrum rapidly, and the sound of sharp electric current sizzled in his ears.

no, no, no...

No no no no! !

Suddenly, something tapped his hood lightly - "Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuu".

Huang Mao was stunned, almost suspecting that it was his own auditory hallucination. After a short period of dizziness and trance, he finally suddenly realized the authenticity of this voice——

There were soft, regular knocking sounds, as if conveying some... information.

Morse code? !

"Buzz buzz—"

The strange sound of the machine running sounded from above the head.

Under strong mental pressure, Huang Mao tried hard to distinguish.

The other person is saying—

【run】

He froze.

run?

how to run?

The next second, with the sound of soft "Zi La", the restraint of the wrist and ankle seemed to be loosened suddenly, it was almost as if someone had cut a small hole in the belt with a sharp instrument!

"!!"

Someone came to save him!

His teammates came to rescue him! !

Since he was allowed to run, there must be someone behind him!

He can really run!

He is saved!

Surprise, panic, excitement, all the strong emotions mixed together made the yellow hair burst out with extraordinary strength from the depths of his body!

"Buzz buzz—"

The sound of the machine overhead is getting louder.

Huangmao struggled with all his might!

The quacks on both sides didn't seem to have expected his move. After a brief moment of stupefaction, they only heard a few "squeaks" and the belt, which had been worn out due to long-term use, broke, and the yellow hair stumbled from the chair. Breaking free, then rushed towards the door like crazy—!

What happened next has become blurred in Huangmao's vision and mind.

Flee, struggle, catch, drag back.

The fierce friction sound echoed in the room, but no one made a sound.

Everything seemed extraordinarily chaotic, with silent struggles, upside-down images, and even memories seemed fragmented.

It may have been a few minutes, or it may have lasted only a few tens of seconds.

Huang Mao, who hadn't run a few steps, was pushed down, then dragged back like a dog waiting to be slaughtered, and tied back to the chair.

The hope of escape was fleeting, as if it had never been there.

"..."

Looking at the brass machine above his head, Huang Mao burst into tears.

fraud!

big liar! ! !

Run your mother, you big-headed ghost! !

This has a fart! ! !

*

Taking advantage of the chaos, Wen Jianyan took a step forward, like a cat that landed silently, light and flexible, and when he backed away, there was already a work card in his palm.

While Huangmao and Quack were fighting, he stepped forward quickly and came to the closed glass door.

"drop."

The task card was swiped lightly on the sensor.

The door opened silently.

All Guagua's attention was focused on Huangmao, completely unaware that his base camp had been stolen.

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Ahhhhhhhh I'm so nervous, help me!!"

"I'm laughing to death, why don't you care about the yellow hair who was caught after running for two seconds! Pure tool man, it's too miserable hahahahahaha!"

"My heart beat faster, hurry up, those few croaks didn't look this way!"

"Buzz buzz—"

The machine starts running again.

Huang Mao's body has already softened, he stared blankly at the brass instrument above his head, with a dull expression, weeping silently, the fighting spirit had disappeared from his eyes, and he was just waiting to die.

next second—

"Jingle jingle jingle—"

A piercing brass bell rang.

The voice was loud and sharp, as if it spread from various channels, and spread throughout the entire pirate ship in an instant.

"???"

Huang Mao was taken aback.

What, what's going on? ? ?

Accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of copper bells, all the staff in the pirate ship, whether on the deck or in the cabin, stopped their movements, turned around, and walked out as if they had received some order.

— according to the rules.

When the bell rang, it was time to hand over the work.

In an instant, the entire pirate ship was in chaos.

In the next second, the familiar feeling of looseness came from the wrist and ankle again.

Huang Mao lay on the chair blankly, until a strong force grabbed his wrist, pulled him up abruptly, and dragged him to run outside.

As the time limit for invisibility props expired, a young man with clown makeup appeared beside him.

Huang Mao stumbled and followed behind the other party, his face was cold from the wet tears.

Great ups and downs, great joy and great sorrow, the interweaving of countless emotions made him in a trance.

The young man's back was tall and slender, and the touch from his wrist was warm and firm, like the only life-saving straw that pulled him out of the abyss of despair.

The scene in front of me is so familiar—

In the mirror world shrouded in darkness, almost exactly the same thing happened, which almost made Huangmao feel confused as if the past happened again.

Wen Jianyan turned her head and glanced at him, raised her eyebrows, and silently made a mouthful:

"Look at what?"

"Run."

Under the heavy makeup, one can see the smooth side face of the young man, and a pair of amber eyes are like a fire that can never be extinguished, both good and evil, and warm and vigorous.

The young man in front of him has a magical power that makes people abandon everything and follow blindly.

At this moment, the dazed Huang Mao seemed to suddenly understand something.

Why did everyone follow after this guy stood up and walked into the queue of employees, participating in this crazy game without hesitation.

No one has ever made him feel the charm of the word "alive".

That bright, fiery heat that seems to emerge from the depths of the soul, is almost intense and pure life force, has a destructive power, and can almost engulf anyone and fall for it.

For those human beings who are struggling in the dark and numb to survive, it is like seeing a firelight in the dark, longing for it because of scarcity, and longing for it because of lack.

While staring at each other, Huang Mao actually had the illusion that his eyeballs were scalded for a moment.

...It's so beautiful.

*

There was also chaos in the corridor.

Wen Ya's gaze fell on Wen Jianyan and Huang Mao who were running wildly, and her eyes could not help but light up slightly.

In fact, the moment Huangmao was brought into the room, she was ready to act recklessly to save herself, but, just before she acted, a message from Wen Jianyan was received on her mobile phone.

【Waiting for the ringtone】

Although she didn't know what it meant, Wen Ya suppressed her desire to act and continued to lie dormant and wait.

However, it didn't take long for her to understand the inner meaning of this message.

The harsh and sharp bells echoed in the corridor, and all the employees reacted instinctively. The number of staff wearing croaking uniforms was already relatively small. The order in the pirate ship collapsed in an instant.

Wen Jianyan gave Wen Ya a hand, motioned for her to follow, then took out her phone and gestured to her—

Wen Ya turned on her phone, and it was the message Wen Jianyan had just sent her.

"Take off the badge, notify the others, and meet in the locker room."

Wen Ya understands.

She knew that Wen Jianyan's anchor level was not high enough to send messages to teammates from different teams, but she was different, her level was high enough to be able to contact Yun Bilan and the others.

According to Wen Jianyan's instructions, she quickly sent a message to Yun Bilan and Alice, and then tore off the badges on herself and Huang Mao who were still distracted.

The two badges fell to the ground, and they were run over by force, making a clicking sound.

The brass bell still echoed in the air, and with the roar of the machine, it brought a feeling of shock that was almost dizzy.

There was chaos inside the pirate ship, all the employees were moving, and doll suits of different colors were mixed together, like a colorful river.

The three of them activated the props to hide their figures, and ran all the way in the direction they came from. Even if they bumped into people, it didn't matter. Under the current situation, no one could notice them.

Soon, they came to the locker room.

It was just as chaotic here.

over there!

Huang Mao's eyes lit up, he tugged Wen Jianyan's arm, and pointed to Yun Bilan and Alice who were far away.

Soon, the five finally reunited again.

Although they couldn't communicate through the hoods, they both knew in their hearts what they needed to do next—

Escape from the pirate ship as fast as you can.

Under Wen Jianyan's signal, Yun Bilan and Yilisi also took off their badges and threw them away. They activated the invisibility props and ran towards the dressing room in one go.

All employees are driven by rules.

[Use the ringing of the copper bell as a sign of work handover] If you believe in this rule, wait for the ringing of the copper bell, and no one will be able to leave.

[Do not communicate verbally with other sailors] Therefore, employees cannot communicate with each other, which is equivalent to cutting off the main way of obtaining information, and can only be controlled and classified like silent dolls.

These rules almost restricted the anchors who mixed in, but combined, they became the only life gate in the entire pirate ship.

The flow of people is chaotic, and the fewer quacks can hardly stop the employees who are rushing out.

The rules that were originally standing here have become obstacles at this moment, and they cannot inform employees—

The bell is ringing by mistake.

They can't make a sound, can't stop, and can't stop them. They can only watch the employees enter the locker room step by step, take off their badges, and "change shifts".

In the chaos, Wen Jianyan and the others ran wildly.

After passing through a long dark corridor, a bright blue sky appeared in front of their eyes, almost making the heart constrict and the breath quicken.

At that moment, it was like a new life.

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Oh my **** my god!! It's the first time I've seen a streamer escape from a pirate ship alive! So excited! [Reward points 50]"

"This is no longer a breakthrough to achieve 0! This is a breakthrough to achieve 5!! He directly led his entire team to break out of the encirclement, and retreated completely! This is it!!"

"So strong, so strong, so strong! I really screamed! [Reward points 100]"

"The anchor is amazing!!【100 reward points】"