Chapter Four Hundred and Nineteen

"..."

Wen Jianyan stared at the male college student in front of him, and fell silent for a while, hesitating for a while, whether to speak in his own voice, so as to leave a little incurable psychological shadow on this young NPC.

Teammate: "Pfft."

So, as the only male in his team, Wei Cheng stepped forward and politely helped Wen Jianyan out: "Sorry, it's not convenient for him."

"oh oh!"

The male college student showed an embarrassed expression, "Excuse me."

But he still looked back frequently when he left, which seemed to be a pity.

Wen Jianyan: "Tsk."

It's a pity, if Acropolis is one step later, he may not be able to control some newspaper activities.

After the person left, Tangerine Candy couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hahahahahahahaha!"

She clutched her belly, laughing so hard she couldn't breathe:

"Hahaha…!"

Although the other people were not as presumptuous as Tangerine Candy, they all obviously looked around very restrainedly, trying to hide the corners of their mouths.

Wen Jianyan: "..."

[Integrity First] The live broadcast room is also full of laughter:

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

"Hahahahaha, how could this be so, please ask the anchor's current psychological shadow area."

"Hahahahaha, it's really funny, but am I the only one who thinks this movie is a bit awesome? The NPCs are too smart, they even have this kind of interaction!"

"Hahahahaha, but I can understand, who sees such a beautiful woman and doesn't want her contact information! Give it to me, and I'll do it too!"

Seeing that the situation in front of him was unmanageable, Wen Jianyan raised his hand and pressed the faintly painful forehead, feeling a little helpless:

"Okay, okay, let's move on."

Although it really seemed like continuing to laugh, Orange Candy knew the priorities after all. This time the movie had more variables than the last one, and she didn't really want to stay here for too long.

"Ahem, okay."

She bounced and ran forward, and when she left, she glanced up and down at Wen Jianyan with a smile, and whistled a very naughty and gentle whistle: "Let's go, beauty."

Wen Jianyan: "..."

Jiang Yu walked by his side, with a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face: "Sorry, I didn't expect this outfit to be so ostentatious on you... I will definitely pay attention next time."

Wen Jianyan: "?"

Do you still want to have a next time? !

He looked at the other party, showing a half-smile expression, and still maintained his gentlemanly demeanor: "...you're being polite."

After solving this small episode in the middle of the journey, the group also entered the cafeteria.

It was meal time now, and the cafeteria was buzzing with people, people were shuttling back and forth, and the air was filled with the complex smells of different kinds of meals.

Wen Jianyan's eyes focused on the window for a few seconds.

Like ordinary universities, there are many types of food here, but in the dungeons they experienced, there are only three types of food sold in the cafeteria:

Steamed buns, buns and noodles.

Wen Jianyan lowered his eyes, and after thinking for a moment, he turned his head to look at Orange Candy and the others: "Then you go to Wang Ni."

Tangerine Tang raised her eyebrows: "Huh?"

"I'm not sure whether the progress between the two movie plots can be inherited. If so, she will probably remember me, which may affect the progress."

What's more, they still haven't fully determined what happened between Wang Ni and Chuchu. In this case, it might be best for him not to show up.

"and…"

As she said that, Wen Jianyan turned her head to look in the direction of the kitchen, showing a thoughtful expression, "I'm going to take a look elsewhere."

"Okay." Tangerine Candy shrugged indifferently, "Be careful not to die."

She waved lazily, motioning for the others to follow.

Wen Jianyan smiled: "Okay."

In fact, the main force will come into contact with the protagonist, and they have the highest probability of encountering danger. At most, he will take advantage of other people to attract firepower and go around to touch the fish to see if he can touch more. clues.

After all, Wen Jianyan is very clear about one thing:

This dungeon is an open dungeon, with a huge volume, and I am afraid that it is unfathomable in both area and depth. Otherwise, it would not have maintained the pitifully highest exploration progress after being open for such a long time.

He lowered his head and opened his live broadcast panel.

——Since his streamer level has improved, after entering the dungeon, the system no longer frequently broadcasts to him the news of the refreshment of the exploration progress, but when he completes a large-scale leap in progress, or breaks the original highest exploration progress of the dungeon The broadcast will only be broadcast when recording, otherwise, the relevant information can only be seen by actively opening the live broadcast panel.

Wen Jianyan's gaze paused for a moment on a line of small characters in the upper left corner of the panel.

【Yuying Comprehensive University】The dungeon is in progress.

Historical Exploration Progress: 21%

Your side's exploration progress: 14%

After forming a team, the exploration progress of one's own party is common, and the values ​​​​of the entire team will remain the same.

Wen Jianyan stroked her fingertips.

After all, they have only entered this dungeon for only three days, and the exploration progress has exceeded half of the historical record. From this point of view, it is not bad, but if this number is included in the overall progress, it looks very pitiful.

In other words, after exploring for such a long time, their progress has only been pushed forward by less than one-fifth.

This means that so far, they have not explored the key nodes to deepen the depth of the copy.

So...Under this size, the proportion of film appreciation electives is not too large.

Although they expected to find out the reason why [Yuying Comprehensive University] became what it is now from these movies, Wen Jianyan also understood it very well.

I'm afraid there won't be many clues here.

Even if they thoroughly understand the entire [Film Appreciation Elective Course], or even experience every movie, it may not have a great impact on the exploration progress of the dungeon itself.

That's why Wen Jianyan chose to let others follow up on the plot, while he went to the edge to explore.

In this case, maybe more clues can be explored, and the plot can even be reversed.

Wen Jianyan closed the live broadcast interface and looked up at the cafeteria in front of him.

Figures shuttled back and forth, footsteps, laughter, and conversations merged together, mixing into waves of sound, and no one's attention stayed in this corner.

He retracted his gaze and activated the hidden item.

Different from the concealment props he was accustomed to using before, this kind of activation lasts for a long time now, but the effect is not good enough. It can't make people completely invisible, but can only make others subconsciously stop paying attention to themselves.

Still, it was enough for him.

Wen Jianyan took a step back and hid himself in the shadows. With a flash of flexibility, he disappeared from everyone's sight.

*

Inside the library.

Several people stood opposite each other.

Looking at the scarred face not far away, Su Cheng showed a thoughtful expression.

He doesn't have Wen Jianyan's ability to see through people's lies at a glance, but at least according to what this person has said so far, it is very likely to be the truth.

"So, what is your goal now?" Yun Bilan asked.

"I have a hunch," Scarface swallowed, and said with difficulty, "When he retreats to my side, I will die."

From the corner of his eyes, he caught sight of the stiff and cold shadow. He shivered uncontrollably, took a sudden step forward, and grabbed Su Cheng's arm, like a drowning man grabbing the driftwood closest to him:

"Please, please, please help me!"

After all, apart from himself, they were the only team that entered the movie "Brave Richard".

And in the previous hand-to-hand combat, Tangerine Candy also showed a force value that was completely opposite to its appearance. Although it was only in contact for a short period of time, Scarface already had some faint premonitions.

The strength on the other side may be very strong.

Especially after actually entering the movie, and after discovering that there were only three people in the opposing team, he was even more convinced of this point of view—if it was these few people, they might really know the way to get rid of that figure.

He stared at the person in front of him half apprehensively and half expectantly.

Su Cheng looked down at him, and then slowly, slowly pulled his arm out of the other's palm.

The moment the palm was empty, Scarface felt a chill in his heart.

However, Su Cheng immediately said, "It's not that I can't help you."

Strictly speaking, he did know how to get rid of that figure.

After all, no one in their squad had ever encountered a similar situation.

If he makes a reasonable inference based on the clues he has now, he can quickly draw a conclusion: this shadowy figure is probably equivalent to a countdown in a certain sense. If you don't, you will die.

After all, every choice in the copy has a hidden crisis, and every anchor has to pay the price for his choice.

However, this mechanism obviously didn't work for their team.

Under Wen Jianyan's strategy to break through the level, Tangerine Candy and Weicheng completed it at once, while the remaining three were under his instructions and have not started until now, so naturally it will not be like Scarface and his team were forced to start the countdown.

Therefore, it is very simple to crack their death crisis:

Just guide them through their homework before the countdown ends.

Hearing this, a hint of joy flashed across Scarface's face.

But what Su Cheng said immediately made his expression freeze.

"However, I am not unconditional."

Su Cheng lowered his eyes and looked at him.

Su Cheng looked at him carefully and continued:

"You said that Li Cha was the last one to die, right?"

Scarface seemed to have a premonition in his heart.

However, he still nodded bravely and said, "Yes."

"You just said a lot of information that we don't know, but this one is impossible for you to discover at this stage anyway."

Under the cold light in the newspaper area, Su Cheng looked equally calm.

He had great confidence in Wen Jianyan's ability.

Even he didn't get any clues, and it was absolutely impossible for a mere mid-level anchor on the opposite side to be clear.

"Then, I can only think that the reason why you know this is because Li Cha is following you, so you will also get some information that we don't know, right?"

Scarface was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

This is exactly why he has always insisted on not saying this before, because he knows that for a ruthless senior anchor, once he finds out that he has such a source of information, it is absolutely impossible for him to let this opportunity slip away. slipped away—even if it might mean his life.

"You should know what I want you to do now," Su Cheng said, "If you want us to help you, you can, but it's not free. We need enough information, otherwise, nothing will be discussed."

"..."

Scarface was quiet for a long time, but he still let out a long sigh: "Yes."

Other than that, he has no other choice.

"OK,"

Su Cheng stretched out his hand and said, "That's a happy cooperation."

The palms of the two clasped briefly in the air, and just as they parted, there was the sound of footsteps from far to near outside the door, procrastinating, stiff, weird and sticky.

Across the closed door of the newspaper room, at the blurry window above, one could vaguely see a shaking figure, and in the next second, a pale, stiff, soaked and swollen face was firmly stuck to the window.

A pair of pitch-black eyes without whites stared at them without blinking.

Scarface's expression changed instantly: "Oops, Oops!"

He took a step back: "We have to run away!"

Su Cheng and the others hadn't started homework before, so they were not familiar with these monsters, but even so, they knew that this thing was not a good thing.

Just looking at each other twice, they felt a cold, dizzy feeling, as if they saw something dirty that couldn't be seen directly, and the san value began to decline.

"Don't be seen by them," Scarface spoke quickly, "otherwise the San value will continue to drop!"

Several people ran forward quickly, and the sound of hurried footsteps echoed in the empty reading room. Behind them, the door sealed by props made a strange "creak" sound, and then cracked open.

Tick, tick.

The sound of sticky water sounded again.

"Don't walk in a straight line!"

Yun Bilan gritted her teeth.

"Pass it from the bookshelf!"

In this way, they can

*

Wen Jianyan walked along the wall, searching carefully.

According to the layout of the cafeteria, then, the staff passage is probably at...

He paused, and his eyes fell not far away.

On the wall, a narrow iron door can be vaguely seen. The edge of the iron door is full of rust, and several large characters can be seen on it:

【Non-staff are prohibited from entering】

found it.

Wen Jianyan looked around, and after confirming that he was not noticed by anyone, he quietly stepped forward.

He bent down, picked the lock easily, and pushed it forward cautiously.

There was only a "squeak", and the side door was pushed open.

There is no white mist inside the door.

It seems that this place still belongs to the movie scene and can be entered and explored.

Wen Jianyan stepped in and closed the door carefully behind her.

There was a strong smell of oily smoke and food in the back kitchen, and the thick white smoke was floating in the air, making everything appear hazy and unreal.

Wen Jianyan coughed twice in a low voice, and raised her hand to cover her mouth and nose.

He looked up and looked around.

Contrary to what I imagined, there was no one in the back kitchen.

Unlike the hustle and bustle and crowds outside, there was no one here, and there was no one at all. The whole set of arguments he had prepared were all useless.

Why no one?

Wen Jianyan stood there, a little stunned.

He took two steps forward slowly, and looked around cautiously with his probe.

Indeed no one.

The fire was still on, water was gurgling in the white iron cauldron, all kinds of kitchen utensils were placed on the oil-stained stove, the dirty ones were soaked in water, and the clean ones were hung on the wall, shining brightly. tile bright.

Everything looks full of life.

But at this moment, the kitchen, which can accommodate dozens of people working together, is surprisingly empty.

Wen Jianyan showed a suspicious expression.

It's also... weird.

Why is there no one in the kitchen?

This too weird and empty room gave him a very uncomfortable feeling.

However, it was also this little difference that made Wen Jianyan's heart speed up slightly - he realized that there was a high probability that he had found the right place.

You know, according to the previous rules, everything should be just a scene in a movie before the real strange thing happens, and the scenes in the movie are often very ordinary, and there shouldn't be a scene like this, which should be overcrowded Among them, there is no half-figure.

There must be something different from before.

He stepped forward quickly, looking around the entire kitchen.

Boiling water was boiling in the pot on the stove, and pots and pans were scattered on the surface, and everything looked very ordinary.

The kitchen area is large and messy everywhere. If you want to search it carefully, you won't be able to come down for hours.

Wen Jianyan thought for a while, and activated the item [Guiding Hand] decisively.

——As a member of the Secret Council, the number of times he uses the "Guiding Hand" in the dungeons has also increased. Although there is a limit, he doesn't need to save as much as he did in the previous dungeons .

At least in this kind of scene that he subconsciously thinks is very important, there is no need to be too stingy.

After the guiding hand was activated, the familiar red arrow quickly appeared within sight.

It jumped and pointed towards a corner of the kitchen.

Wen Jianyan followed quickly.

Guided by the arrow, he quickly came to a stove.

Wen Jianyan saw at a glance that the red arrow representing the "guiding hand" was pointing straight to the closed cabinet below.

He took a deep breath, and after being mentally prepared to see all the horrific scenes, he squatted down, stretched out his hand suddenly, and pulled the cabinet away.

However, the unexpected happened again.

The cupboard was empty, with nothing in it.

The red arrow was still beating, pointing straight to the inside of the cabinet.

However, Wen Jianyan could clearly see—

The cupboard is empty.

He leaned in disbelievingly, propped one hand on the top of the cabinet, and groped inside with the other hand, without missing any clues, and groped every corner of the cabinet with his fingers, but there was still nothing. .

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Uh uh, what's going on, my friends? Are the props invalid?"

"No, it doesn't matter if other props with strict levels are invalidated, even auxiliary items like the guiding hand can be invalidated... This is the first time I've heard of it."

"I guess it's not because of this. It should be related to the host's identity card, right? After all, it was because of this that he couldn't activate the appearance before."

"Don't even guess, have you forgotten that this is in a movie? There won't be any props in the movie. Even if there are, they are fake and wrong. After all, the whole environment is made out of fake things!"

Just as Wen Jianyan leaned his upper body into the cabinet, suddenly, the light above his head flickered.

It seems that invisible shadows are spreading, gradually eroding the light.

The white mist rolled, but the temperature that made the forehead sweat, but it began to have a slight downward trend.

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"I'm going, what's going on?"

"Quick, is there anyone, go to the live broadcast room of other anchors?"

"I'm back after watching it! I already saw the protagonist over there, but within a few minutes after seeing the protagonist, the protagonist disappeared. What's the matter?"

"Come on, it means the movie is interrupted!"

"?"

"As soon as the movie scene is interrupted, the monster will come!"

Almost at the same time, Wen Jianyan also noticed the change in the surrounding environment. He suddenly lifted his body back, and the back of his head hit the cabinet board firmly.

"!"

Wen Jianyan frowned and gasped, but he didn't care about rubbing. He exited the cabinet as fast as he could and straightened up.

It was obviously still the scene just now, but the atmosphere was completely different.

The overhead lights flickered, and the white water mist turned gray. The kitchen, which already had low visibility, looked even darker and more treacherous because of this.

Those stoves, high and low kitchen utensils were all hidden in the shadows, turning into shadows.

There seemed to be faint footsteps outside the door.

Wen Jianyan paused, hesitated for a moment, and walked over cautiously. He stepped lightly and barely made a sound.

Soon, he came to the door.

He pushed open a gap with his fingertips, and cautiously looked out of the staff passage.

The cafeteria, which was quite normal just now, has completely changed at this moment.

The walls are covered with rust marks, and there is a pungent and strange smell in the air. Among the rotten sweet smell, there is also a faint but familiar smell of chemicals. It was quite normal before, like a living person. At this moment, the NPCs have become straight and stiff. They seem to be drawn by some existence, and they walk towards the distance step by step.

They have their backs to this direction and cannot see the front.

Wen Jianyan knew clearly that they should be walking in the direction of Orange Tang and the others.

It is the same as he judged before.

Orange candy and their side will attract the main hatred, and his side will be safe for the time being and continue to explore.

"Gudong."

A strange voice sounded from behind.

There was a muffled sound as if something had hit the wall of the iron barrel.

The voice was very soft, but it was very clear in the dead and silent kitchen.

"!"

Wen Jianyan's heart tightened, and she suddenly turned her head to look.

Not far away, the fire on the stove was still on, and water was boiling in the big iron pot, making a gurgling sound.

"..."

A strong and familiar sense of unease came over me.

Wen Jianyan stepped forward cautiously, and slowly moved his hand to the side.

The boiling soup in the iron pot appeared in sight little by little.

The originally colorless clear water turned into pitch black at some point, boiled with bubbling bubbles, and gave off an unpleasant smell.

"Gudong!"

Another sound.

In the next second, below the water level, a pitch-black circular shape gradually emerged, with wet hair and a bulbous top of the skull—a head was clearly boiling in the pot.

"whee."

The seemingly real and illusory laughter reappeared.

The head rose and fell with the boiling water, slowly turning around.

"I-"

Before the next syllable was uttered, the young man was like an arrow leaving the string, a bullet fired from the chamber, swiftly and swiftly ejected, and with such a swiftness, he slammed the thing in his hand onto the pot!

It's the lid.

Bang!

"..."

The sound was swallowed by the boiling water of silence.

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"..."

"Grass."

"Grass."

"Grass!!!"

Wen Jianyan stood in front of the pot, holding the lid of the pot with one hand, the veins on the back of his hand were bulging, he was panting, his face was flushed by the heat, and the folds of his skirt were messed up.

"Just once."

He gritted his teeth and sneered viciously.

"A second time?"

"You think I'm stupid?"