Chapter Four Hundred and Six

"Heck, heck."

The ear-piercing sound of bones rubbing echoed in the empty room, it was frightening to hear.

Wen Jianyan's hair stood on end.

In the closet not far away, there was a dead body crammed full.

Under his helpless gaze. The corpse's head, which was upside down, was returning to its original position little by little, like the hands of a slowly turning clock. On the rotting, faceless face, a pair of black, empty eye sockets looked over.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Wen Jianyan's back violently.

He barely had time to think, turned around suddenly, and ran towards the direction he came from, leaving the strange corpse far behind.

The cold wind passed by the side of the body, and a layer of goose bumps was aroused on the skin.

Wen Jianyan quickly glanced at the time while running.

There are still four minutes left to the ten minutes agreed with Hugo. Although the time is not too much, if you run with all your strength, you can still return to the entrance of the gymnasium within the time limit.

no problem.

He let out a breath slowly, trying to calm his violent heartbeat.

Overall, his adventure not only achieved its purpose, but also greatly exceeded expectations.

Originally thought that at most he could only have a general understanding of the environment in the gymnasium, but what he didn't expect was that he not only got important information this time, but even found his first one in this instance.

Wen Jianyan quickly walked through the empty dressing room and rushed to the shower outside.

The shower room was empty, with rusty nozzles stuck in the wall, green and black mold in the cracks of the damaged tiles, and an unpleasant smell in the air.

"Gululu!" There was another empty sound in the water pipe above the head.

"!"

Wen Jianyan's scalp was numb, and she didn't dare to stay too long, so she hastily quickened her pace.

Soon, the door to the dressing room was close at hand.

The scene outside the door was no different from when he came in, it was barren and dead, but now it seemed like a life-saving straw, as long as he passed through this area, he could leave the gymnasium safely.

Before she was about to step out of the locker room, Wen Jianyan suddenly stopped in her footsteps.

Wait a moment.

Wen Jianyan's chest rose and fell rapidly, and he turned his head to look at the empty shower room behind him, searching anxiously with his eyes.

Speaking of which, what about the Acropolis?

Ever since we left in front of the closet door, the Acropolis has disappeared. When he just called for someone, the other party did not answer. The road from the dressing room to the shower room was clear and there was no fork in the road. In the process of running out from inside, the figure of Acropolis was not seen the whole time.

"Acropolis!"

Wen Jianyan raised his voice and shouted.

His voice echoed in the empty shower room, spreading layer by layer into the distance.

Still no response.

On the contrary, there is more empty sound coming from the pipe.

Sweat dripped from Wen Jianyan's forehead, and he looked at the time.

Three minutes left.

He gritted his teeth, turned around, and prepared to go back the same way, but at this moment, there was only a "squeak" sound, and at some point, the rusty metal switch began to turn slowly.

Accompanied by the weird sound of "gurgling", blackened water dripped intermittently from the shower head.

one by one.

But in just a few seconds, the nozzles in the entire shower room were turned on, and the sound of splashing water echoed in the huge empty room.

But the strange thing was that the water didn't follow the **** of the ground and flowed towards the sewer. On the contrary, the black and smelly water gathered together, flowing towards Wen Jianyan as if alive.

"!!"

Wen Jianyan was startled, and subconsciously took a step back.

*

The entrance of the gymnasium.

Hugo was holding the door, he still had the same indifferent and tired expression, but the veins on the back of his pale hands were bulging, as if he never let go of his strength.

The rest of the people are also waiting patiently.

Su Cheng was pacing on the spot with his dark eyes lowered. Although his expression didn't change, the hasty pace under his feet showed that his heart was not peaceful.

Tian Ye, who was standing in the distance watching the wind, turned his head and said, "Physical education class should start soon. I think many anchors have come to the playground."

Yun Bilan raised her eyes: "How long is left?"

Tangerine Candy: "Three minutes."

"Don't worry too much," she said, shrugging. "There's more than enough time."

Although for ordinary people, it may take a long time to get from one end of the gymnasium to the other, but for a senior anchor with countless props, the difficulty is not too big.

"..."

Suddenly, Hugo, who was always holding the door, frowned slightly.

"how?"

Tangerine Candy noticed the change in Hugo's expression, raised his eyebrows, and asked.

"Something's not quite right."

Hugo raised his other hand and stretched it into the air, as if he was feeling something with his fingertips.

The furrow between his brows deepened.

"The humidity in the air has changed."

...this time, the reaction to force the door open seemed to be more violent.

*

Meanwhile, in the gymnasium.

Dirty black water trickled down from the shower heads and flowed forward along the broken floor, but it reached Wen Jianyan's feet in the blink of an eye.

Startled, he took a few steps back.

In less than ten seconds, the way back to the locker room was blocked, and there was no possibility of going back safely.

Acropolis still did not respond.

Didn't even reply to his text messages.

He seemed to be swallowed up by this weird gymnasium, with no one alive or dead.

Wen Jianyan's heart was beating fast, pounding against his chest, he had been forced to the door of the locker room, and he was only one step away from leaving.

His brain was spinning rapidly, trying to find a chance of life in this situation.

Since Wen Jianyan was not the captain this time, he could not forcibly obtain the positions of the team members. Therefore, after the accident in the Acropolis, he could not grasp the current position and status of the other party.

Leave first and ask for help?

no.

As soon as this idea came up, Wen Jianyan cut it off by himself.

Their time is too short, ten minutes is not enough for him to run back and forth with support, not to mention that he does not know whether Hugo can reopen the door again, if they evacuate now, it is tantamount to leaving the Acropolis behind. Waiting to die, but if he continues to wait in this clueless situation, he will also miss the time—

"..."

Wen Jianyan thought of something and was startled suddenly.

Wait a moment.

Why is the Acropolis in distress?

The other party is also a senior anchor. Logically speaking, he should be very clear that it is best not to be separated from the team members in this new map full of unknowns. In the case of instant death, otherwise, it would be very difficult for a senior anchor to completely disappear without even humming.

But the problem is, Acropolis also has a very special talent:

He can predict the danger of death.

Crash.

The foul-smelling viscous black water surged on the ground, like the tentacles of some monster, quickly spreading towards Wen Jianyan.

so cold.

It was terribly cold.

Wen Jianyan stood there, fear of death urging him to turn around and run away, but his reason was like a nail, forcing his feet to stay firmly in place.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Something is not quite right.

His chest rose and fell rapidly, and he could almost hear the hum of his brain's CPU being overloaded.

Why the Acropolis?

Obviously he was the one who opened the cabinet and tried to get the hidden items, and he was the one who had the lowest SAN value and would be targeted by the dungeon, but why was the Acropolis in danger?

unless…

Wen Jianyan turned her head slowly, and landed in the empty, unobstructed gymnasium hall behind her, her fingers twitched slightly due to nervousness.

unless…

It was not Acropolis who was really in danger, but himself.

"Gululu!!"

The violent empty sound echoed in the water pipe above his head, accompanied by the sound of splashing water, like a heavy hammer, hitting his temple one after another.

Wen Jianyan saw the black water approaching, saw the wet and disgusting black hair wandering in it, it stretched out towards his feet, with a chilly aura that made his hair stand on end, slowly approaching little by little.

The door at the back was wide open without any obstructions.

As long as he takes a step back...

away from danger.

"..."

Wen Jianyan gritted her teeth, forced herself to close her eyes, and counted down in her head.

Ten, nine, eight, seven...

Three, two, one.

Through the sound of splashing water, a vague voice came from a distant place:

"...you... don't..."

"…quick!"

The voice suddenly amplified, like a lamppost suddenly piercing through the fog.

"——!"

As if being pulled out of the deep water, Wen Jianyan took a sharp breath and opened his eyes suddenly. In the next second, countless noisy voices hit his head, and the overwhelming and wave-like amount of information made him feel The brain froze for a moment.

After a short period of blankness, he realized that he was standing upright on the edge of the abandoned swimming pool, half of his feet were already hanging in the air, and the bottom of the swimming pool below was dark and shallow sewage exuding a cold atmosphere. He only needed to take a step forward , will fall straight into it.

The moment she saw where she was, Wen Jianyan felt a layer of cold sweat break out from behind her, and hurriedly took a few steps back, away from the danger zone.

"I'll go...you're finally awake..."

Acropolis at the side let out a long breath, and wiped off his cold sweat as if in a state of collapse.

It was only then that Wen Jianyan saw that there were countless spider threads tied to his body, which seemed to be some kind of activated props. However, in the gymnasium, this obviously had no effect, and those thin and sticky spider threads were pulled Transformed, and almost completely lost its original appearance.

"You don't know, all the props on you are invalid..." Weicheng's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, as if he was terrified. It works, I can’t even get within five meters of you, otherwise the SAN value will start to drop, I almost thought it was really over this time.”

Thinking of what happened just now, Acropolis was still in shock.

As a veteran, he knows better than many others that the death rate of senior anchors will be much higher than any danger in this kind of mental attack.

After all, in most duplications, when the subject is unable to wake up, it is useless for others to do anything.

And human beings are always subconsciously driven by inertia.

The stronger the anchor, the easier it is to be sure of his own judgment.

But what I didn't expect was that before Wen Jianyan was about to fall into the swimming pool and was only one step away from stepping into the abyss, he stopped by himself. Without anyone's help, he just relied on his own will to wake up. come over.

... just incredible.

Wen Jianyan suddenly felt something, he lowered his head slightly, and looked at his hand.

The fingers let go.

In his palm lay a dead person's eyeball quietly. The eyeball was off-white, connected to the red, blue, and blue optic nerves behind it, covered with a layer of familiar putrid mucus, and exuded a strong rancid smell.

In the next second, a familiar system sound appeared in my ear.

【Ding! Congratulations to the streamer for obtaining the hidden props in the dungeon (difficult)! 】

【Collection level 1/10】

Wen Jianyan was taken aback.

This is... the hidden item in that cabinet?

Then, the crisis he just encountered should be related to it.

Wen Jianyan remembered that in the movie "Brave Richard", Li Cha had gouged out his own eyeballs before he died. What is the connection between this prop and this plot?

"Gulu—"

Suddenly, while Wen Jianyan was deep in thought, he heard a strange sound from the dry swimming pool beside him, which seemed to be the sound of sewage returning from the sewer.

"?!"

He turned his head sharply.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the water level in the swimming pool seems to be higher than before.

The pitch-black sewage with strange silt was rising slowly, and there seemed to be some unknown danger surging inside.

Wen Jianyan glanced at the time. There was one minute left before the end of ten minutes. He quickly put his eyes back into his pocket: "Let's go."

Wei Cheng wiped his face and nodded.

"good."

His voice was still a little weak, as if he hadn't recovered from the danger just now.

Almost without hesitation, the two immediately ran and returned quickly along the original road.

They are already strong and experienced anchors with rich experience in such things as running. Coupled with the timely help of some props, the time spent is much simpler than when they came in.

With the last 30 seconds left before the ten-minute deadline, they had reached the familiar entrance of the dark passage.

As long as they pass through this passage, they can leave the gymnasium.

Both Wen Jianyan and Weicheng breathed a sigh of relief, quickened their pace, and rushed towards the end of the corridor.

But…

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but this passage and they enter+

It was still pitch black when they came here, and there was no light in front of them. Although they had already adapted to the darkness, they still couldn't help but feel a little nervous when they encountered this situation.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" in front of him.

Acropolis, who was running in the forefront, seemed to have bumped into something unexpectedly. He covered his forehead and let out an "ouch".

"..."

Strong uneasiness fermented in my heart.

Wen Jianyan took out his phone and turned on the flashlight function.

A cold beam of light appeared in the pitch-black passageway, illuminating the front of them unsteadily.

Emergency evacuation routes are closed.

The metal door was closed tightly, coldly, like a closed life door.

There are still 15 seconds left before the end of ten minutes, but the passage to leave the gymnasium has been closed.

"What's going on?" Acropolis' voice was very nervous, "Why is the door closed?"

They clearly did not exceed the agreed ten minutes!

Wen Jianyan grasped the phone tightly with cold and sweaty palms, and did not answer.

Unfortunately, he does not know the answer to this question.

There are still 10 seconds left before the end of ten minutes.

Acropolis uses the props to open the door.

Failed.

There are still 5 seconds left before the end of ten minutes.

Acropolis started banging on the door with his shoulders, but it didn't make any sense. The door of the emergency passage seemed to be filled with cement, and it didn't waver at all.

4, 3, 2, 1.

Ten minutes is up.

The iron gate was dead silent, and there was no sound from outside.

"Don't try."

Wen Jianyan took a step back and grabbed Weicheng.

Although he didn't know what happened, he understood that this road might no longer work.

"Indeed," Wei Cheng took a deep breath and quickly calmed down: "But the good news is that I didn't feel the inevitable situation."

Wen Jianyan thought for a while and said:

"Go, go back to the main entrance and try."

If he remembered correctly, the main entrance of the gymnasium was in Block B.

Wei Cheng nodded, the two turned around together, and quickly left the passage.

As soon as he returned to the gymnasium, Wen Jianyan felt a strong sense of gloom, as if his whole body had been soaked in cold stagnant water, which made him shiver.

He looked around in surprise.

The inside of the gymnasium still looked like it was completely abandoned, not the slightest difference from before, but, for some reason, he just had the illusion that something had changed.

But, now is not the time to waste time thinking about it.

Wen Jianyan forced himself to divert his attention.

The deadline that Hugo gave them has already been exceeded. If they stay in this gymnasium for one second longer, the danger will increase by one point. Now they must go out immediately.

The two hurriedly walked through the empty area A and walked towards the direction of area B.

"Da da."

Suddenly there was a soft crisp sound from behind.

Wen Jianyan turned her head abruptly.

Ping-pong **** are rolling on the table.

Obviously there was no one here, but a pair of palm prints were left on the dusty ping pong table.

Like someone pressed on the edge of the table.

His hair stood on end, and he raised his hand to hold Wei Cheng's arm tightly: "Quick, go!"

They came to Area B.

Area B is the badminton area. There are many nets skewed in the empty field, and some of the net ropes have been broken, dangling in the air.

The dusty, always locked front door appeared in front of the two of them.

They looked at each other and stepped forward quickly.

"Can you open it?" Acropolis asked.

Wen Jianyan raised his hand to hold the doorknob, his eyes fell on the keyhole, as if evaluating something: "I don't know..."

Behind him, footsteps could be heard in the empty badminton court.

The voice seemed aimless, but it gradually increased, but there was still no one.

The entire gym has grown bleak and bleak, and keeps getting scarier.

Wen Jianyan's face was pale, and her voice trembled a little: "Don't, don't panic, I'll try."

Acropolis: "..."

To be honest, he didn't panic at first, but now he really panics.

He has downloaded dungeons with many people, and has encountered many life-and-death situations, but only this time, he is obviously followed by a powerful boss who has not overturned at least up to now, even though his operation is limited. He predicts death Talent has not sounded the alarm yet, but it is rare to feel fear.

So, can you please stop looking so scared!

It's **** contagious!

Not far away, there was a dead silence in Area C.

Out of sight of the two, the swimming pool was already half-filled with pitch-black sewage, and the water level was still silently rising as time went by.

Something pale loomed in the black water, roiling with filthy sediment.

Like hundreds of dead torsos.

It has arms, legs, and a head.

It undulates under the black water, silently following the rise of the water level and floating upward together, slowly, bit by bit, out of the water.

Among the pale limbs, a corpse whose limbs and joints, including the neck bones, were twisted loomed.

Its eye sockets were empty, and it looked lifeless, and its rotten arms dangled with the water, making harsh bones rubbing sounds.

"Heck, heck."