Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

All eyes were on the supermarket cashier.

"Have you met?"

The boss was the first to ask this question stupidly.

The third child, Ding Yi and Mu Jiashi exchanged glances, but in the end their eyes fell on the selfish ghost with a cloudy complexion.

From their point of view, the result of Dai Wu's acquaintance with the little boy, and the direct result is that the question of what the selfish ghost knows seems to be exposed.

The atmosphere among the taskers seemed very strange for a while.

"I have seen... big brother." The little boy whispered, "The day my father killed my mother... I have seen you, brother."

The faces of some taskers suddenly changed.

Dai Wu said in a panic: "Hey, you little brat, don't talk nonsense."

"What happened?" Mu Jiashi asked in a deep voice, "What else are you hiding?"

"nothing much……"

"The day the murder happened, did you meet this family?"

Dai Wu scratched his face, and said with a bit of distress: "Oh, I have seen it... I dare not tell the public about it. It has nothing to do with me. Who knew that madman would kill his wife after returning home. Killed..."

The third child frowned tightly, and he urged, "What happened?"

He felt anxious and uneasy, because the missing man in black gave him the feeling of a ticking time bomb.

The timing of this nightmare has always been tight.

The pursuit of the man in black, the running between different scenes, the interval of only 1 minute when counting, the influence of different vehicles on the parking lot on the speed, the ability to quickly talk to NPCs in the service area...

Everything sounds like it requires very fast reflexes and the ability to grasp the timing.

And now, they haven't faced the pursuit of the man in black for a long time.

This is the fourth round of the nightmare. The situation should be more urgent and dangerous than it is now. They are still slowly looking for clues and information to piece together the truth behind the nightmare.

It shouldn't be like this.

The third child took a deep breath, barely suppressing the anxiety and helplessness in his heart.

When the three of them entered the nightmare, of course they were thinking well.What is the first round of nightmares to get through the true ending, what is the settlement to draw cards to draw rare cards... Anyway, it is all a dream, the more beautiful the better.

However, the situation is that amidst the chaos and quarrels, they came to the fourth round of the nightmare in a daze.

Until now, they have been wary and suspicious of each other.Until now, they have not understood what the difficulty of this nightmare is.

The third child looked at the supermarket cashier.

And the latter seems to be caught in the memory: "At that time it was... hey, I just work here, it's a normal day.

"Then the family of three seemed to be out to play. The woman...was the deceased. She chatted with me a few more words when paying the bill, and then her husband got upset. He started scolding me, as well as the deceased. .Calling the dead shameless, flirting with each other or something.

"I was petrified. In fact, I just talked about the service area, asked for directions, and then I told her how much the bill was. It was nothing at all... Then her husband seemed to feel that his wife had cheated .

"I also said that I smiled at her with bad intentions. Please, I am a cashier, so I have to smile to every customer, okay? Anyway, I was very speechless. At that time, her husband... had a very wrong attitude.

"I feel like he is suffering from paranoid paranoia. He always feels that his wife is going to cheat and hook up with other men. He keeps staring at me, and I feel like he is going to kill me.

"Later, the man went back to the car first, and the deceased said a few words to me. She said that her husband had always suspected her of cheating, so this time she thought, the family of three came out to relax. But...

"My colleague also told me that the man was not peaceful when he got out of the supermarket, and he was still arguing at the gas station and the parking lot, causing other passengers to watch.

"Then someone thought that woman was too pitiful, and wanted to help, but was scolded by the man again, saying that the helper was a slut, and fell in love with his wife, and said that his wife was cheating... I have nothing to say explain.

"Anyway, after a few days, news broke out that a wife murder case had taken place. I didn't think much about it at the time, but when it was released in the news, the deceased and the murderer's photo, I... suddenly remembered, The original thing.

"Oh...but I really don't want to have anything to do with this! Can you understand? This has something to do with me!

"I'm not related to that family. On the way they went out, I paid them a bill, and then someone died because I smiled at her? This is too unreasonable.

"Anyway... the police didn't find me later, and I dare not take the initiative to mention this matter."

As he said that, the cashier in the supermarket sighed and smiled wryly. He looked at the little boy and said in a strange tone, "I didn't expect you to remember me. I didn't expect... that was the day your mother passed away." He said to the others, "You understand me, don't you?"

How can there be any taskers who have time to care about him?

In his long series of words, it is obvious that a lot of information is connected in series.

The little boy's father has always suspected his mother of cheating.In order to bridge the relationship between husband and wife and family, the deceased chose to go out to play with her husband and son on this day.

However, when they drove to a service area to rest and shop, because of the wife joking with the supermarket cashier, the husband was already convinced of his wife's cheating.After returning that day, he killed his wife in a rage.

The little boy's nightmare not only has the dark bedroom that symbolizes the scene of his mother's death, but also includes images of parking lots, highways, service areas, etc., probably because this is his mother's——

road of death.

In front of the live broadcast room, Xu Beijin took a deep breath.

He used to know, or at least had some knowledge of, the scripts that some actors had.

Whether it's some gossip, or information unintentionally revealed by the taskers.He's always heard some.

But those are just faint rumors, more similar to... "Really?" "Yes, it's just that miserable."

He has some concepts about these nightmares, but he doesn't grasp them very clearly.

But... until now.

When he has a live broadcast system, it means that he can at least clearly understand the development of the entire nightmare from the perspective of a bystander.

And he seemed to have underestimated the maliciousness contained in the nightmare.

He wanted the nightmare to be fake, scripted and not real.He sincerely hopes.

But... what about cosplayers?

For many cosplayers, the narrow building—and these nightmares—is their life.Drama is like life, and life is like drama.

They began to recognize their NPC identities, and they began to recognize the roles given to them by the mastermind.They start to -- really become, characters in that script.

Like this man in black.Maybe he really thought that he was the man who was so jealous that he directly killed his wife.He's the man in black with the machete chasing everyone in his son's nightmare.

He has become that murderous maniac.

Then, the tragedy in the play is no longer a false tragedy, but real.

Like Wu Shen, he is not willing to actually make a six-year-old girl into a doll, to be in a play, to do something that violates moral conscience, and to forget that he is actually just a person, trapped in the The people who play the role in the game are, after all, a minority.

And like Dai Wu, there are even fewer actors who live optimistically and fearlessly, and even enjoy themselves.

Xu Beijin has been ignorant in the narrow building, watching with cold eyes for many years. It is really difficult for him to be like the audience in the live broadcast room, lamenting the tragedy of the little boy's family while comforting himself with the fact that this is just a game setting.

He simply can't do it.

His eyes are always half-opened sleepily, and although his facial features are handsome, his dark circles are thick.He always looked like he couldn't wake up, or never slept.

He is always in a daze, as if his thoughts are extremely empty, and if he uses his brain more, he will be too sleepy to sleep for a long time.

However, he clearly knew that the human beings in the narrow building were about to end.

They are going to be finished.Players, taskers, all humans trapped in the narrow building, they are about to end.

Xu Beijin sat there silently.

He thought that it seemed that the drink Ringo gave him had played a role.His mind was so active that he thought of questions that he didn't even want to think about.

...Well, it really shouldn't be a fight with Ringo.

Xu Beijin let go of those thoughts slowly, just like he has always done.

He relaxed and yawned wearily.Since Ringo was sitting not far away, he carefully made the yawn more elegant.

In the live broadcast room, the audience was still swiping the screen to discuss what happened to the little boy and his mother.

Obviously there were only four viewers—five, and there was a new viewer, although he didn't pay attention to Xu Beijin's live broadcast room—but they showed the momentum of thousands of horses on the public screen of the live broadcast room .

Xu Bei took a look at their barrage, but found no important information.The series of thoughts just now made him a little unmotivated, but he still continued to be a qualified anchor, or rather, a director?

At least he is trying to present better perspectives and shots to the audience.

For the taskers, their responses were more focused on the use of the information disclosed by the supermarket cashier.

Now they knew the full backstory of the nightmare, the purpose and symbolism of the scenes.

So... what's the ending?

The youngest thought for a moment, and hesitantly put forward his own opinion: "Since the death of the deceased was a misunderstanding, then... if you want to untie the knot in the heart of the owner of the nightmare, you should let the murderer realize this and admit that the original offender Did you make a mistake?"

"This may be true for adults." Mu Jiashi analyzed calmly, "But for a ten-year-old boy, he may not understand why his father suddenly killed his mother at all, and he does not understand the meaning behind it at all. twists and turns."

The missionaries looked at the little boy at the same time.

The little boy stood behind Ding Yi and looked at them timidly.

Mu Jiashi touched his nose in embarrassment: "Of course, you don't have to listen to me, I..."

The Selfish Man sneered, "You're a loser, loser. Right?"

"Yes." Mu Jiashi glanced at him, and admitted very frankly, "I'm just a waste, a loser."

The selfish man choked for a moment.

He never imagined that Mu Jiashi would directly admit these two nouns so shamelessly.

...Is this something glorious?

The second brother said impatiently: "Can you please stop for a while? We don't have the time to argue with you."

The selfish man took a deep breath and said, "Is that so? I was going to tell you, I know something..."

Beside him, he hesitated to speak for the dead ghost, showing an anxious and nervous expression.

The selfish ghost dragged his tone, as if he was waiting for someone to keep him, but everyone ignored him and discussed the ending of this nightmare on their own.

He took a deep breath angrily, and then said loudly: "Okay, anyway, everyone knows about the information, so I'll add the last one."

The supermarket was silent.

The selfish man finally felt more comfortable, and he smiled and said, "I've had this nightmare before."

A barrage of "Beibei is too strong" flashed across the live broadcast room.

The rest of the taskers finally got serious.

The selfish ghost said: "That time, we learned almost as much. We made the counting mistake by mistake, and then found the little boy. In fact, the counting is quite simple.

"Then another group of taskers went to the service area, and heard from this guy that the murder of the dead woman was actually a misunderstanding, so I think that if this misunderstanding is resolved, the true ending can be achieved. It's..."

The boss was impatient, and he was the first to ask: "And then? Did you succeed?"

"Are you a fool? It's just an ordinary ending." The selfish man rolled his eyes, "If it succeeds, will I still be standing here?"

The boss also rolled his eyes.

Although this guy ruled out a wrong path for them, but... I'm really upset.

Sure enough, a nasty ghost is a nasty ghost.

The selfish ghost was still there sighing: "Oh, it's a pity that I didn't get placed in the bedroom group this time...the hateful mastermind. If I did, I would take you away..."

More than one tasker rolled his eyes.

The second brother's tone was impatient: "You didn't tell us about this before, but now? Is it interesting? Can you ensure the credibility?"

The selfish ghost chuckled: "I just don't want my previous labor to be taken over by you, what's the matter? I'm a lone wolf, what's the matter?" He pointed to the dead ghost again, "By the way, I told him some of the information and verified it. Is it. Can this be regarded as a certification of credibility?"

The taskers looked at the scapegoat one after another.

At this time, the dead ghosts are all stupid.

He thought to himself, this guy has become a good person, so what about himself?

Before being questioned by the youngest and the others, he still resolutely refused to speak, as if he was very steadfast and unyielding, and provoked these people all over the place.

After all the things that offended people have been done, and then it’s all right, the selfish ghost sold him and came to set up a memorial archway instead?

For the dead ghost, I was a little dazed for a while.

He thought, is he really, a scapegoat?

The selfish ghost was a little annoyed that the dead ghost didn't respond immediately.

He was about to get angry when suddenly there was a scream at the door.

Although the mission workers only talked to Dai Wu and Xu Beijin in the entire service area, there are quite a few other narrow-building residents in the service area, making this service area really look like It's like it's in business.

At this time, a salesperson at the entrance of the supermarket collapsed on the ground and screamed in horror.

Several taskers looked at the door at the same time, and the next second, they were all startled.Because, the man in black wearing a black mask and holding a machete is standing at the door!

The third child almost subconsciously looked at the little boy again.He saw the young child squatting on the ground in fear, and began to mutter words again, as if repeating the string of numbers—the string of numbers that his father forced him to count down to his mother's life.

"Twelve minutes!" The third child had a flash of inspiration and said loudly, "It's twelve minutes! After the little boy arrived here, the man in black must have returned to the starting point of the dark bedroom, waiting for the counting of 8 minutes to pass, and then Leaving the bedroom, walking down the corridor, driving here, heading straight for the little boy..."

8 minutes, plus 3 minutes from the highway, plus half a minute to 1 minute from outside the service area, a total of [-] minutes.

It happened to be the time they just spent.

Based on the time, the whereabouts of the man in black can be deduced.But he didn't know why after the little boy arrived at the service area, the man in black had to start the operation again from the bedroom?

This doesn't seem to make sense at all.

The third child's voice gradually lowered. He temporarily put aside his doubts about the actions of the man in black, and muttered to himself: "So, we now..."

What should I do?

Do you just follow the selfish ghost and reach a normal ending? Or do you struggle again, try the fifth round of nightmares, and try to get to a true ending?

The man in black smiled, holding his machete, and walked towards them slowly.Everyone else in the supermarket screamed in horror. The supermarket cashier had long since disappeared.

The little boy squatted on the ground, covered his ears, closed his eyes, and cried and screamed weakly and miserably.

The third child was out of his mind, and subconsciously looked at the second brother, hoping that the backbone of their team would come up with an idea.

The second brother smiled contemptuously and said, "Why hesitate? Of course it's the true ending!"

The selfish ghost said loudly: "That's right! Besides, I can't waste this opportunity!" He looked at the rest of the taskers fiercely, "The goal can only be the true ending!"

The second brother rarely echoed his thoughts: "We've come this far, wouldn't it be a pity not to try to play the true ending? And..." He paused, "Anyway, we already know what the normal ending is. If there is no real ending, then just use the normal ending to get past it."

The third child hesitated, but finally nodded.

Anyway, the boss obeyed the second brother as always.

Silent for the dead ghost, only feel that the future is bleak.

Ding Yi looked down at the little boy, seeming to be thinking.

Only Mu Jiashi hesitated to speak.There were ominous premonitions and signs of uneasiness in his heart, but he couldn't say anything.

Indeed, they have already come here, the nightmare is clear, and the normal ending is also known how to fight, so why not try the real ending?Anyway, nothing wasted.

Yes... that's it.He persuaded himself like this, trying to calm himself down.

Although, a few minutes later, when the man in black held a machete and killed them laughingly; When I looked back...

He suddenly froze.

He asked tremblingly, "Where is the man in black? Where is the man in black...?"

Of the four present, only Lingo was the most at a loss.

And the selfish ghost and the dead ghost instinctively turned their heads to look backward, towards the end of the corridor—as far as they could see, there was no one there.Their line of sight can reach the dark bedroom door at the end.

The men in black who were supposed to show up and hunt them down were gone.

Mu Jiashi trembled suddenly, feeling that the situation was slipping into an irreparable abyss of pain.

Where did the man in black go?

In the live broadcast room, Xu Beiji quickly switched scenes, bedrooms, corridors, roads, gas stations... none of them.The man in black was nowhere to be seen.

At this moment, he had already heard the miserable crying sound coming from outside the bookstore.

He froze for a moment.

The screen of the live broadcast room stopped at the central flower bed in the service area.

Like a jackal breaking into a flock of innocent and powerless lambs, the man in black slashed and killed the bewildered residents of the narrow building—he was killing the actors!

Xu Bei stood up involuntarily, left the bookstore, stood in the corridor, and stared blankly at this scene.Dai Wu didn't know when he would appear beside him.

"He's crazy," he said softly.

Xu Bei all looked at him.

"This actor," Dai Wuyong said in a strange tone, "he has become that murderous monster—the real one who killed his wife, chopped the body into pieces and threw it into the sewer. Murderer."

Xu Beijin was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "We have to save people."

Dai Wu shook his head, his tone was still jumpy and brisk, which made Xu Beijin feel a little uncomfortable: "Don't be stupid, this is plot killing. The mastermind will not let you leave this corridor."

Xu Bei looked at him in bewilderment, and then suddenly realized: "You mean..."

On the barrage in the live broadcast room, the reasoning boss posted the barrage enthusiastically.

"This is the fifth round of nightmare! In the fifth round, the nightmare has an unpredictable collapse!

"This man in black actually turned on the indiscriminate slaughter mode!"

After a while, some cosplayers die.The nightmare starts again.

The reasoning boss said excitedly: "I used to think that the nightmare would restart only when the tasker died. Now it seems that as long as there is death in the nightmare, whether it is the player, the tasker or even an NPC, as long as there is death, the nightmare will will restart.

"The men in black kill people indiscriminately, and the time it takes to cause death is about 5 minutes. I don't know if this time will be shortened with the restart of the nightmare.

"It will take at least 3 minutes for these missionaries to rush from the corridor to the service area to prevent the massacre of the men in black; if they want to try to bring the little boy over, they will need at least 7 minutes to count - this is too late !

"More importantly, can they understand it? Can they realize that the man in black is killing people in the service area?!

"In any case, these taskers have to make plans as soon as possible!"