Chapter 168

"..."

Seeing that familiar face, Wen Jianyan froze.

He stood where he was, his already pale face became even uglier.

Although I'm used to things like house leaks and continuous night rain, it's a bit too much to do this every time!

This simply does not give people any chance to breathe, even he is a little bit overwhelmed.

The light in the corridor was dim, almost no different from that in the illusion. The tall No. 02 stood not far away, wearing a clean and dry hospital gown, which made him look out of place with everything around him.

Between the two of them lay a wriggling corpse.

The "creature" with the human face on it lay motionless on the ground, the translucent mucous membrane had completely lost its support, it became shriveled and soft, wrinkled and crooked in the mucus on the ground, lying in the mucus There are countless pale limbs lying down, human bodies and faces overlapping each other, making meaningless tiny sounds.

In the narrow corridor, the air was stagnant and oppressive.

"I've been thinking about when I'll see you again,"

No. 02 laughed, with a happy look in his dark brown eyes, and an exotic accent in his voice, endowed with a natural hearty charm, "I just didn't expect it to be so soon."

"Thank goodness you escaped."

He took a step forward, looked down at the insect body on the ground, with a sigh-like smile on his face, "Otherwise I will be very sad."

No. 02 looked sincere, as if he was really worried about Wen Jianyan from the bottom of his heart.

"..."

Sensitively capturing some information in the other party's words, Wen Jianyan's eyes flickered slightly, watching the other party's every move firmly, and slowly asked:

"So, you didn't make this thing?"

Perhaps it was because he had just broken free from the illusion, his voice was still very hoarse, as if it had been polished by sandpaper, the voice was interrupted, mixed with an unsteady breath.

"I?"

No. 02 raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Of course not, why would you think so."

Wen Jianyan's back was still tense, and he didn't respond to his answer.

"Okay, maybe a little bit of me, but trust me, I don't do most of the work,"

No. 02 smiled and raised his hands innocently, showing an expression that had nothing to do with it.

"...?"

Wen Jianyan was taken aback, unable to react for a while.

No. 02 lowered his head again, and slowly stirred the thin layer of mucous membrane with the tip of his shoe:

"If 04 sees this kind of creature, I'm afraid it will be so disgusting that I won't be able to eat for three days... How pitiful."

He said words of pity, but the smile on his lips became more conspicuous, as if he was looking forward to that scene.

"What do you mean you didn't do most of the work?"

Wen Jianyan asked.

"Literally." No. 02 tilted his head, his eyes looked like half-melted chocolate in the dim light, with a look of innocence.

"Speaking of which, your friends seem to be awake."

As he spoke, he raised his chin towards the corpse lying between the two of them.

The thin, sticky rubbing sound became clearer than before, Wen Jianyan was startled, and looked in the direction of the sound.

Although the light was dim, he immediately recognized his teammates, Huang Mao, Su Cheng, and Lu Si, from the overlapping limbs. They were scattered among the corpses on the ground.

Obviously, they were also swallowed into the stomach of "it", and fell into a deep illusion.

Compared with before, the volume of these mucus has shrunk by more than half, and it has lost the wrapping of the outer mucous membrane. It is evaporating at an extremely fast speed and becoming dry.

It had only been a few minutes since Wen Jianyan crawled out of its stomach, and the clothes on his body were already half dry.

Perhaps because of this, several other anchors are gradually breaking away from the control of the illusion.

"Well…"

Su Cheng's eyes were closed tightly, and he groaned in pain, his eyelids twitched, as if he was trying to wake up from the nightmare.

Suddenly, a fierce scream broke out from the yellow-haired throat on his body:

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!"

The sharp and ear-piercing voice suddenly cut through the dead silence, even Wen Jianyan was taken aback.

Not knowing what he saw, Huang Mao screamed and waved his arms indiscriminately. Su Cheng, who was closest to him, was beaten several times, and he opened his eyes with frowns.

Su Cheng looked around blankly, and after noticing where he was, his face gradually became ugly, and he dryly squeezed out a curse from his throat:

"Grass…"

"..."

Although Su Cheng woke up, Wen Jianyan didn't move.

His body tensed slightly reflexively, and his probing eyes fell on 02 who was not far away.

The other party seemed to have no intention of stepping forward, and still stood in the same place, with a relaxed posture, paying attention to the noise here with great interest.

After realizing that this guy didn't seem to have any plans to make a move yet, even with a hint of connivance, Wen Jianyan withdrew his gaze, stepped forward quickly, and dragged the yellow-haired man who was pressing on Su Cheng and screaming crazily with his eyes closed. down.

The heavy pressure on his body that was attacking him madly was finally dragged away, and Su Cheng gasped in shock:

"Thanks…"

He stood up with Wen Jianyan's outstretched hand, then ran away from the corpse and mucus as if fleeing, stumbled a few steps, and hurriedly withdrew his eyes from the hellish and disgusting scene in front of him. There was a hideous expression on his face.

Wen Jianyan leaned down, and patted Huangmao's cheek forcefully:

"Hello."

"Hey! Wake up!"

He had no intention of holding back his strength, and red marks soon appeared on Huangmao's cheeks.

Huang Mao's eyelids blinked twice, and opened in a daze.

His eyes looked extraordinarily lax, and the expression on his face was fixed on extreme panic and panic. It seemed that he hadn't completely struggled out of the illusion. His whole body was trembling like a frightened bird, and his throat overflowed intermittently from time to time. scream.

Wen Jianyan also broke free from the illusion, so he understood Huangmao's current state very well.

The illusion was not deliberately built, but presented entirely based on the ideas and predictions in their minds. If Wen Jianyan hadn't recognized its essence early, I am afraid that the illusion would evolve in a worse and worse direction. After all , in that case, no one can control his own prediction of danger.

Especially Huangmao is relatively timid and weaker among them, and the illusion he encounters is probably the scariest among them.

Wen Jianyan dragged the yellow hair out: "You wake up."

He looked at Su Cheng: "Drag the others out with me."

Although Su Cheng's face was still pale, he nodded his head and walked over staggeringly. Together with Wen Jianyan, they turned Lu Si and the others out of the pile of corpses and dragged them to the dry ground.

The three of Luce on the side are also slowly waking up.

As the illusion dissipated, the look of fear on their faces gradually disappeared, turning into a daze of not knowing where they were.

Seeing that everyone had woken up, Wen Jianyan explained what happened just now and his speculation in a concise manner as quickly as possible.

"You mean...we've been in a hallucination since we got off the elevator?"

Luce pressed his forehead with a splitting headache and asked with difficulty.

"Then...then why did we enter the belly of that...thing?" Huangmao asked stammeringly with a pale face and a slightly distorted expression.

"Because it's lonely."

Not far away, a man's slightly exotic voice sounded.

"!"

Everyone was startled, turned their heads suddenly, and looked in the direction of the voice.

02, who was wearing a hospital suit, stood not far away, gazing at this side leisurely.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Every anchor took a step back subconsciously, staring warily at the familiar face not far away—they remembered this person, this guy appeared on the second basement floor, he was sent back by the guards later, the patient in ward 02, If the "bug" on the ground is very dangerous, then this person is even more dangerous.

"It needs more people to be with it."

No. 02 took a step forward with a smile, stepped on the mucous membrane with his toes, and squeezed out the sound of sticky water.

"It will feel safe only if it puts people in its belly."

"It's pathetic, isn't it?"

[Integrity First] In the live broadcast room:

"Ah... No. 02 said just now that there is a little bit of his handwriting in it. Is this what he was talking about?"

"Day, it's possible!"

"I remember that in his spiritual world, he seems to be the kind of player who is very good at digging out the inner desires and flaws of human beings. In short, he is a mental attack type, so you can see that his relationship with the nurse is also the best. Compared with 01 An attacker, he is actually more similar to 04, he is a manipulator."

"That is to say, although he didn't create this worm, he instigated the worm to eat people?"

"I think it is…!"

"But I'm still shocked, he can actually use his abilities in the watch world, what about the others? It's not possible, is it?"

Wen Jianyan watched the other party vigilantly, nodded calmly, and replied:

"really."

"There's no need to be so wary of me." No. 02 smiled slightly.

His smiling face is harmless and refreshing. With his light brown complexion and soft curly hair, it is easy to give people the illusion of sunshine, "Don't worry, I'm different from others, I'm not that dangerous."

Wen Jianyan: "..."

Ghosts believe you.

"At least it's like this now," No. 02 smiled deeper, his dark eyes fell on Wen Jianyan, his voice was soft, and it was more coquettish than a discussion, "So, do you want to take me with you on the next journey? I'm very useful."

…

Several people gathered together, keeping a short distance from No. 02 not far away.

The other party still maintained the original posture and stood there, as if he didn't mind the group of people discussing privately at a place far away from him, with a relaxed expression.

"Isn't it? What's the situation?"

Huang Mao showed a dazed look, lowered his voice, and asked almost in disbelief, "A high-risk patient wants to act with us? Why?"

Honestly, no one expected things to turn out like this...

It was so unexpected that it was almost hard to react to it in a timely manner.

First of all, this guy is indeed very dangerous. According to his previous experience on the second floor, it can be clearly judged that his degree of danger is no less than any other high-risk. What's worse, none of them know that this guy joined What is his purpose? Although he looks friendly, it makes people more vigilant.

Bringing him into the team is tantamount to planting a bomb for himself.

Walk with wolves, seek skin with tigers.

Luce looked at Wen Jian and said, "What do you think?"

Wen Jianyan: "..."

What do I think?

how can i see I just want to stay as far away from this group of psychopaths as possible!

but…

He took a deep breath and said bravely, "I think we may have to agree to his request."

The next journey is full of dangers. Although Wen Jianyan doesn't expect No. 02 to be of any help, they can't afford the consequences of becoming enemies with him here.

In case of arousing hostility from the other party after refusing, they will be blessed several times and be attacked on several sides, there is a high probability that they will not be able to leave the lower level alive.

"However, after leaving the basement floor, we must use the fastest speed to get rid of him."

Wen Jianyan raised his eyes, and quickly glanced at No. 02 not far away. His voice was lowered and lighter, and only the few people closest to him could hear what he said.

"Especially before the bell rings again."

"..."

Several people looked at each other and sighed.

Although they also do not want to accept this result very much, it has to be said that this is probably their only choice now.

Under the current situation, the "goodwill" from a high-risk patient, even if you don't know where the kindness comes from, is far better than hostility.

So, the matter was settled like this.

A high-risk patient was inexplicably added to the team of six.

The corridor was dark and dead silent, leading to the distance silently.

Everyone's back was like a light on their backs, and their expressions were stiff, but the culprit who caused all this seemed to be unaware, and followed the team with a face of comfort. It was the same as being in the team from the beginning, quite a kind of anti-customer.

Wen Jianyan held the flashlight and walked in the forefront.

He deliberately ignored the other party's gaze on his back, and walked forward cautiously.

The corridor was pitch black, and the lamp post above seemed to have been destroyed long ago. Only a few emergency lights were still on, flickering faintly in the corners, barely illuminating the road ahead.

The iron gate was closed tightly, and the guard station was empty.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath and continued to walk forward.

He came to the guard stand and looked in through the blurred glass. The inside was so dark that it was almost impossible to be illuminated by the flashlight, giving people a strange sense of tranquility inexplicably.

In the half-open window, you can see a row of buttons in front of the stage, and the smooth surface of the buttons reflects a faint luster.

Wen Jianyan recognized that this should be the button to open the door.

But is it really that simple?

Wen Jianyan didn't think so.

Out of caution, he pondered for a while, then exchanged for a prop that could be stretched, carefully manipulated the tip forward, found the button, and pressed it forcefully.

Hearing the familiar "beep", the iron door in front of him slammed open.

Wen Jianyan heaved a sigh of relief, and pulled the prop out of the window, but just halfway through the draw, a huge hand suddenly protruded out of the darkness, and firmly grasped the tip of the pole.

"Crack!"

The pole broke.

"!"

really!

Wen Jianyan had expected this for a long time, let go of his hand reflexively, and stepped back suddenly!

One hand, two hands, three hands, four hands—

Countless palms poked out from the darkness, they had no bodies, no heads, only pale, snake-like fingers, one after another, greedily poked towards them!

"Let's go!"

Wen Jianyan dropped the pole, took a step forward, and rushed towards the door. Several people rushed forward with him, trying to find a gap for survival and escape from the crowd of palms chasing and intercepting.

Several people rushed forward, only No. 02 who followed at the end did not dodge or dodge, even though those palms caught his arms and body, dragging him into the darkness.

In the next second, everything fell silent.

Those palms no longer chased them, but all retracted into the darkness, leaving only the empty corridor, a dead silence, extending silently to the distance.

"..."

Several people in the team looked at each other with shocked and bewildered expressions.

"It's just right," Lu Si stepped forward quickly, and said to Wen Jianyan, "We can just take the opportunity to get rid of him now, why don't we hurry up and move on—"

"..."

Wen Jianyan stared at the direction where No. 02 was dragged in, and silently shook her head: "No."

"Why?" Luce was taken aback.

Wen Jianyan didn't answer.

Of course it was because he didn't think this guy could be thrown away by the opportunity.

As a high-risk patient, No. 02 can't die so easily. More importantly, Wen Jianyan doesn't think this guy will be caught unsuspecting, especially considering what he said before...

"Maybe there's a little bit of my hand in it, but trust me, I don't do most of the work."

No matter how true or false this sentence was, Wen Jianyan had a strong premonition in his heart that this guy definitely let himself be caught.

For whatever reason, they cannot leave now.

More importantly, this "opportunity" is very likely to be handed over by the other party on its own initiative, that is to say, this "abandonment" behavior is likely to be in the hands of the other party.

Wen Jianyan turned his head and glanced at his teammates: "Stand there and wait for me."

He withdrew his gaze and cautiously approached the direction of the guard room.

The weak light of the flashlight can't dispel the shadows and darkness in the narrow space, it can barely illuminate a little blurry outline, and further down, it's a place where light can't reach.

Can't find those fingers, and can't find the figure of No. 02.

Wen Jianyan frowned slightly.

Could it be that he made a mistake in judgment? shouldn't...

Before he could do anything, without warning, countless pairs of pale hands stretched out from the darkness again! Those hands tightly grasped Wen Jianyan's arms, calves, and body, and pulled him in with an unstoppable force!

Thick darkness rushed over.

Wen Jianyan heard Su Cheng's startled cry from behind, but before he could hear what the other party was shouting clearly, he was completely engulfed in darkness.

The wrists, arms, torso, legs, and the body were fixed by countless cold and pale hands, and they were still dragging him towards the swamp-like shadow.

There was darkness in front of him, representing unknown and dangerous fog that engulfed Wen Jianyan, like an endless fall, bringing a strong sense of anxiety and weightlessness.

However, after a brief panic, Wen Jianyan quickly calmed down.

"Have you played enough?"

He remained motionless and asked peacefully.

"..."

There was a dead silence around my ears.

The heart was beating deep in his chest, but the young man's breathing rate was always regular and steady, as if he was not frightened at all, and his emotions did not have the slightest ripple because of it.

"ah…"

A familiar voice with an exotic accent sounded from behind, with a slight smile, "It's a pity that you found out."

Something heavy hit his shoulder.

Pointy, like a chin.

Wen Jianyan's head couldn't move, but he could feel the weight of the opponent's head, as well as the faint itch when he exhaled, "I heard your conversation."

He seemed to tilt his head, because Wen Jianyan felt the other person's breath fall on his earlobe.

He resisted the urge to flinch, but remained silent.

"Why, do you just believe that I won't be recruited?" There was a smile in No. 02's voice, and no clear change could be heard at all.

Wen Jianyan: "..."

What I believe in is mainly the difficulty of high-risk patients.

Most importantly, he still hasn't figured out why this guy insists on joining their team.

"That's secondary," he said calmly, "The most important thing is that temporary teammates are also teammates, don't you think?"

"Of course." No. 02 smiled inexplicably and nodded.

He let go.

In the next second, all the darkness in front of his eyes dissipated, and Wen Jianyan realized that he was standing in the guard room, and his teammates were surrounded outside in surprise, with worried expressions on their faces.

02 stood not far behind him. The opponent was tall, almost no less than 01. He filled the narrow space with a strong sense of presence that could not be ignored.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath slowly, opened the door and walked out.

"You're okay—"

A look of surprise appeared on Su Cheng's face, but before he could finish speaking, his voice got stuck in his throat.

Because he saw 02 walking out behind Wen Jianyan.

And following them out, countless pale palms.

"!"

The faces of the people changed drastically, and they quickly backed away, but what was strange was that they didn't seem to have any plans to rush forward. On the contrary, those palms lay on the ground, their fingers tapped the ground, and they moved forward in a hurry. Rushed away, like some kind of independent, intelligent creature, like spiders, one after another, densely packed on the ground, rushing forward at different speeds.

The contrast between pitch black and ghastly white is so strong, and such an eerie scene makes one's scalp tingle.

"They went to explore the way."

02 said lazily.

A few people were startled and turned their heads to look over.

Under everyone's staring blankly, the brown-skinned and brown-eyed man laughed with a harmless expression: "As I said, I'm very useful."