Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

The situation seems a bit strange.

The young man named Shen Yunju thought so.

His gaze was fixed on the cat's eyes, and cold sweat trickled down from his brow and seeped into his eyes, bringing a sting.

Cat eyes look normal.But that look...

He imagined a black figure lying behind the door.The black shadow widened his bloodshot eyes, staring at him through the cat's eyes with vicious and cold emotions.

After a long time, Shen Yunju walked to the door with stiff steps, stretched out his cold hand, and covered the peephole on the door.

In an instant, that gaze disappeared.

... Maybe he should meet the cat's eye with his eyes to see what is hidden behind this door, but he dare not.Therefore, he could only tremble like this, covering the cat's eyes with his hands, as if this could block the invisible line of sight.

Then, he fell into a stalemate, not knowing what to do.

"Damn..."

He seemed to squeeze out the two words through his teeth.

In the same predicament as him, there are all taskers except Lingo.

Gaze...gaze.They all felt that although they were in a quiet and warm small apartment, there seemed to be one or even several invisible eyes staring at them anytime, anywhere.

Like what Shen Yunju encountered, it's fairly simple, if you cover it up, it's gone.But there are still some taskers, the eyes they meet are staring at their backs.

And humans can't see their own backs.Their fragile spines couldn't hold back at all.

So, when they turned around, turned around, turned again, turned again... No matter what, they couldn't get rid of that line of sight.

At this time, half an hour had just passed since they entered this nightmare.After the useless rummaging and searching, almost all the taskers came to the door of the apartment, wanting to see when they could leave the damn apartment.

Only Jiang Shuangmei, she huddled in the corner of the bedroom of the apartment, her back pressed tightly against the wall, her eyes widened, and she looked around nervously.

She dared not move.Because as long as she leaves the wall, or in other words, as long as she exposes her back, then that invisible gaze will instantly follow her.

The cold, sticky, vicious and resentful gaze seemed to be glued to her back.

The only solution is to huddle in a corner and press your back against the wall.And even so, she felt as if someone, something, was staring at her all the time.

It was as if a small bug had grown out of her back and penetrated into her skin.

Jiang Shuangmei hugged her knees.She thought blankly—sister, sister, save me, save me...

I don't know if it was the telepathy between the twins, but at the same time, Sister Jiang was also a little restless.

She tried to open the door anxiously, but the door was still locked.Obviously the doorknob can be pressed down, but the door seems to be fixed in the wall and cannot be opened at all.

She stomped her feet anxiously, not understanding what was going on in this nightmare, why the taskers were separated into different rooms, and they were not allowed to go out, it was impossible for there to be any danger in this empty apartment ……?

Jiang Shuangjie's heart seemed to fall into the abyss in an instant.

That line of sight... that line of sight... When she turned around and focused on the door, her back was exposed to the direction of the balcony without any cover.

Then, that line of sight, like an invisible ghost that appeared in an instant, once again stared at her back.

However, compared to her younger sister, Sister Jiang was more fortunate that the gaze she faced didn't seem to have any malice towards her.Just staring at her all the time, just like that, watching calmly and silently...

...Damn it, why can she feel it so clearly!She can even sense what kind of emotion is in that line of sight!

This is not scientific at all!

Just like the audience in the live broadcast room, when faced with such an unscientific situation, Sister Jiang's first reaction was, could there be ghosts in this nightmare?

However, there are tens of thousands of nightmares in the narrow building, and it seems that no missioner has ever experienced a real nightmare with ghosts as the core.

In the nightmares of the residents of the narrow building, there are murders, lunatics and perverts, and unreasonable nightmares.However, the truly unscientific events, such as ghosts or magic, do not seem to have occurred.

These nightmares are almost all dreams based on the real experiences of the residents of the narrow building.

If you can meet the corresponding nightmare owner in the narrow building, then the questers can learn some clues about their lives from their mouths, and the nightmare is built on these trivial but real details.

From this point of view, nightmares are real nightmares that conform to the worldview known to mankind.

Therefore, in this nightmare, no matter how ghost-like these inexplicable visions are, the taskers ruled out this possibility at the first time.

... But if it's not a ghost, what could it be?

When the taskers were in trouble, Xu Beijin's style of painting was obviously different.He has taken the audience in the live broadcast room around the entire business district.

Although this business district was in a nightmare, it really made Xu Beijin feel as if he had really returned to the earth.

The first and second basement floors are full of food, the first floor is cosmetics and clothing, the second and third floors are clothing and food, and the fourth floor is a cinema and gym.When Xu Beijin reached the fourth floor, he turned around outside the cinema, his eyes stopped on the movie posters pasted on the wall.

... The sleeping memory is slowly waking up.That really seemed to be the few hit movies that were playing in the theater before he entered the narrow building.

In the movie theater, the actors shuttled back and forth.Everything is like yesterday.

Holding a cup of milk tea, Xu Beijin stared at the scene in a daze.Then, he walked in uncontrollably.

"Hello... Hey, why is it you again?"

Behind the popcorn counter, a familiar face brought Xu Bei back to his senses.

That is Dai Wu.He is working as a cashier again.

There are at least hundreds of actors in this nightmare, and Xu Beijin is not surprised to meet familiar people.However, he still cautiously changed the sound source from his side to the tasker's side, lest the conversation with Dai Wu reveal anything.

The audience in the live broadcast room didn't respond, probably thinking that Xu Beijin met a player he knew, so he wanted to talk privately.Viewers still respect the privacy of anchors.

However, even though the audience was very considerate, even though he met acquaintances, Xu Beijin was not in high spirits, so when Dai Wu greeted him, he just said flatly and politely: "Meet you again."

Dai Wu looked at him strangely, and said, "Aren't you wondering what happened to this nightmare again?"

Xu Bei was silent for a moment in embarrassment.

Can he say that he actually just wants to re-experience the feeling of wandering around the earth?Drinking milk tea, watching movies... Although he was a single dog from the beginning to the end, from the earth to the narrow building, at least his life on the earth was comfortable and comfortable.

Narrow building...

Haha.

Who wants to live without hope?

Therefore, seeing such a bustling and bustling business district in front of him, even though he knew it was an illusion, Xu Beijin allowed himself to immerse himself in it for a while, coupled with the noisy barrage of the audience in the live broadcast room, as if this could disperse him loneliness in the soul.

Moreover, apart from nightmares, there seems to be no other way to experience this feeling.

As for the nightmare itself, it seems that no useful information can be obtained when the taskers are trapped in their respective apartments.

So, facing Dai Wu's question, Xu Beijin hesitated for a moment, then nodded, but he added: "If you still don't tell me like the last nightmare, then just pretend I didn't."

Dai Wu couldn't help laughing: "Brother, you still hold grudges." He shrugged, "But this time I really don't know. In this nightmare, I'm just a small extra."

Xu Beijin looked at him suspiciously.

"Trust me, buddy." Dai Wu said, "Although my level is a supporting role, this nightmare requires too many actors, so I just came here to be an extra performer."

Xu Beijin nodded dubiously, his eyes slipped down again, looking at the popcorn in the glass cabinet, he was about to move for a while.This sweet aroma has been lingering on the tip of his nose for a long time.

Xu Beijin is aware of a psychological effect called the Proust effect, which refers to the fact that smells can awaken certain memories in the human brain, which are more vivid than memories awakened by other senses.

Although there is no very complete scientific basis to explain this phenomenon, at least at this time when Xu Beijin smelled the sweet smell of popcorn, he remembered that on earth, when he went to a movie theater with his friends, he would definitely buy it. Serve a cup of popcorn.

However, by the end of the movie, he may not be able to finish eating.

That is too long a memory.But at this time, just like the almost real scene of the Earth's business district in the nightmare, his awakened memory seems to bring him back to the earth again.

Dai Wu said, "Want to eat?"

Xu Beijin hesitated for a moment, then nodded honestly.He smiled embarrassedly and said, "I want to recall it."

"Earth?" Dai Wuyong shoveled a cup of popcorn with a shovel, and handed it to Xu Beijin, "Eat whatever you want. Have you tried the fudge I gave you last time? It's quite delicious. Now those things on the earth, at most It’s ironic that I can recall it in my nightmare.”

When he mentioned "sarcasm", his tone was light and airy, not serious at all, which made Xu Beijin somewhat uncomfortable.

He ran out of milk tea, so he threw the plastic cup in the trash and ate it while holding the popcorn bucket.He is used to eating one by one, carefully and slowly.

Xu Beijin praised it and said, "It tastes pretty good."

Dai Wu showed a slightly strange expression, he said: "It's rare to see you like this, do you still miss life on Earth?"

Xu Beijin took two mouthfuls in silence.He didn't want to face this question, so he changed the subject abruptly: "Do you regard the narrow building as your second life?"

"Yes." Dai Wu probably saw that Xu Bei didn't want to talk about this topic at all, so he continued to follow his question, "The thing is, no one knows whether we can leave the damn narrow building, so... Just lie back and enjoy. In this game world, there are actually more possibilities than in the real world, isn’t it?”

"Then you still want to defeat NE?"

"Hey, brother, you should understand." Dai Wu said helplessly, "The taskers are okay, but there are some cosplayers..." He pointed to the many cosplayers in the business district outside, "Do you think they really Do you want to treat this as a show, not real life?

"What I just said was Second Life. I know the difference between reality and games; but they, they already regard the game as 'No.1 Life'."

Xu Beijin looked in the direction he pointed, remained silent, and silently chewed popcorn.

second Life……

He thought, he was actually eating a bunch of junk data.A bunch of stuff that looks like popcorn, tastes like popcorn, smells like popcorn, but isn't actually popcorn at all.

This made him suddenly lose interest.

And Dai Wu still said happily: "I will not be so stupid. The idea I advocate is that you should live soberly, and at the same time, live happily.

"You can't treat the game as No. 1 life, just lie flat, close your eyes and forget where you came from, and live your life like a fool.

"However, I can't blame myself for suffering and hatred. I feel that I will be trapped in the narrow building forever in the future, life will be hopeless, and my life will be over...Are you right?

"Down with NE is a concept. This concept means that you are trapped in this game by NE. You have to remember clearly that this is a fucking game. Don't confuse the game with reality."

Xu Beijin said in a low voice, "A game we cannot escape from."

The smile on Dai Wu's face collapsed, and he said sadly: "Does it have to be like this?"

Xu Beijin smiled.

Dai Wu took a deep look at him, hesitated to speak, and finally said: "Brother..."

"what?"

"Actually, you really know something, don't you?"

Xu Beijin was startled, a little puzzled.

"The feeling you have when you smile is..." Dai Wu frowned, not knowing how to describe it, "It just makes me feel that you...know a lot."

Xu Beijin: "..."

So Dai Wu and Ringo really have a tacit understanding!

One thinks that he looks like he knows a lot when he smiles, and the other thinks that there is a big secret hidden in his heart... How do these two people think of him!

Xu Beijin didn't want to say more, he shook his head and said goodbye to Dai Wu.

When he was far away, Dai Wuxiang suddenly remembered something, and said loudly to Xu Beijin: "Be careful behind your back!"

Xu Beijin stopped, turned around and looked at Dai Wu in confusion.

Dai Wu smiled brightly, and waved at him from a distance with that heartless and optimistic look, but said nothing.

Xu Beijin: "..."

This guy really doesn't know anything.Just now I was pretending to be a group... Really...

Moreover, what does it mean to be careful behind your back?

Xu Beijin frowned, thinking puzzledly.

Although he believed that in the actor's script, there should be no need to hurt him as a group performer, but since Dai Wudu reminded him so, Xu Beijin became much more cautious.

Besides, although the taskers are all in the Loko apartment, and there are no taskers in the business district, who knows if the actions of the taskers there will indirectly affect this side?

Nightmares are never unreasonable.

So the cautious Xu Beijin returned to his bookstore knowingly and self-consciously, only then was he really relieved.

Of course, he got another cup of milk tea on the way, which he happily placed on the counter of the bookstore.Even just taking a look at it can make Xu Beijin's mood shine.

He likes the atmosphere of life in this business district, likes the food and those scenes that seem like the earth was yesterday.Although this did not affect his quick return to the bookstore.

The live broadcast system gave him the ability to control the overall situation in real time, so Xu Beijin felt that he didn't need to take unnecessary risks at all.Make a decision before acting, this is his motto.

...not because of cowardice.

In short, Xu Beijin took his audience for a walk in the commercial area for more than half an hour, and then sat back behind the counter of the bookstore again, concentrating on operating the live broadcast system and carefully watching the actions of the taskers.

Lingo still looked unmoved, still trying to use every electrical appliance and furniture in the room with novelty.The audience has even become accustomed to his appearance.

The rest of the taskers, to be honest, were no different from the scene Xu Beijin saw not long ago.

The female tasker who first appeared on the screen of the live broadcast room was staring at each other with the curtain that had been upturned inexplicably before.

There is also a female tasker curled up in a corner, with her head buried in her knees, as if this can resist the unknown sight staring at her anytime and anywhere.

The male tasker who showed a strange expression towards the business district, his cold hands still covering the cat's eyes, was in a dilemma, with a dignified expression.

There was a strong, muscular male tasker, showing a frightened expression that did not match his appearance, panting continuously, his eyes flicked back and forth on the ceiling of the entire apartment, extremely disturbed.

There was a female tasker who looked to be in her teens, but her vigor remained undiminished. She held a pair of scissors from nowhere in her hand and stared at the air with piercing eyes.

The last tasker...

Xu Bei was stunned.

On the screen of the live broadcast room, what he saw was a tall and thin young man, whose figure like a bamboo pole was unforgettable.His face was pale, his expression was tense, and he was muttering words, but he held a toilet brush in his hand with the head of the brush facing down.

He's confronting the toilet.

This strange scene made the audience question marks one after another.

"What the hell, what's wrong with this toilet?"

"You should ask, what happened to this player."

"He's crazy (really)"

"Grass, I thought this nightmare was a bit scary, but now I can't stop laughing."

"I get it...he wants to duel with the toilet!"

toilet……

Xu Beijin watched the funny scene in the live broadcast room, and something flashed in his heart.

In fact, for this tasker, he experienced a very strange thing.

Before coming to the narrow building, he had a special problem, that is, he would feel uncomfortable in the stomach and even have diarrhea when he was overly nervous.

When he entered the game, this problem should have been wiped out.Over the years, he has never felt any urge to defecate... They are in the narrow building, and theoretically they don't need to eat, drink and urinate.

But just now, when he was nervously waiting to leave the apartment, he suddenly noticed a rumbling sound in his stomach, as if his stomach was bubbling.The next second, he felt bad.

...Why do you seem to have diarrhea? !

What are you doing... in the narrow building?Diarrhea in nightmares? ? ?

Question marks almost burst through his head.He stumbled into the toilet and sat down on the toilet with an embarrassed face and stiff movements.

He almost suspects that something is wrong with him, and that he even remembers how to shit and pee.

Fortunately, his body... at least instinctively, seems to still remember this incident.He supported his head with a broken face, but felt a long-lost feeling of being alive.

...but why in this way!How embarrassing!

A foul stench lingered at the tip of his nose, making him want to vomit uncomfortably.He fumbled back with his hand, wanting to reach the flush button and flush those dirty and smelly things down ahead of time.

Just when he touched the two flush buttons to distinguish which one was big and which one was small, and was about to press it...

He suddenly felt that his hands were empty... that button had been pressed.

...But he obviously hasn't pressed it yet!His fingers didn't move at all! !How can this be? !

"Crash-"

The sound of water has already sounded, accompanied by the loud sound of flushing the toilet, it exploded in his ears in an instant.

The tall and thin tasker stood up from the toilet in an instant, as if he had been electrocuted.He didn't even have time to pull up his pants, so he picked up the only weapon in the toilet - the toilet brush, and looked around cautiously and vigilantly.

He whispered: "Impossible... Impossible..."

The cold and bright light in the bathroom couldn't dispel the fear and eerie feeling in his heart at all.It seems that everything is still the same.Sink, shower room, washing machine, toilet...no problem.

But who pressed the flush button?

Countless conjectures raced through his mind as he held up the toilet brush cautiously as he cleaned himself up and hurriedly pulled up his pants.When Xu Beijin shifted the camera from the live broadcast room, he was well dressed and did not make a fool of himself.

However, his nervous appearance did not get the slightest sympathy from the audience. On the contrary, the audience almost laughed silly because of his antics.

"Help me, this little brother must be trying to laugh me to death hahahahaha..."

"I see, the power of the toilet brush is simply invincible! Do you want to have a close contact with the brush head of the toilet brush?"

"Shut up, I'm going to throw up."

"Why do you look like this, have you considered the feeling of the toilet? You haven't, you only think about yourself [狗头]"

"Looking at these taskers, except for the boss of Apple who is still the boss of Apple, the rest of the taskers have well expressed the essence of this sentence: fighting wits with the air."

"Maybe it's a ghost?"

"How do you know ghosts must exist?"

"How do you know ghosts don't exist?"

"It's pointless to quarrel online, it is recommended to fight offline."

"I'm stupid! This toilet is really broken! Why did it flush by itself!"

Yes, under the watchful eyes of all the audience, Xu Beijin, and the nervous tall and thin worker, the toilet flushed out of thin air again.

And the tasker felt painfully that his stomach... began to hurt again.