Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

The muscular man has been making friends with Shen Yunju.

He used his usual simple and honest smile and flattering tone, but none of these seemed to be of any use to this cold-faced young man.

In the end, the muscular man couldn't help but scold this dead-faced guy viciously in his heart.

What's so exciting!It's annoying to look at!

Probably this time the nightmare has already had a "harvest", so the muscular man has no intention of pretending.After failing to strike up a few conversations, he rolled his eyes, turned his face away and stopped talking.

It's a pretty straight-forward posture.

But Shen Yunju still had that expression, no matter whether the muscular man was flattering or indifferent, he didn't respond.

This kind of person is quite common in narrow buildings.They are jokingly called "zombies" because they seem to have lost the emotions and desires that humans should have because they stayed in the narrow building for too long.

These "zombies" have cold faces all day long, they don't speak and have no energy, as if they are not human at all, but real zombies.

The muscular man has seen this kind of person before, but at least he has some reactions that normal people should have, not like Shen Yunju, who doesn't even respond to other people talking to him.

In fact, Shen Yunju just instinctively kept his face stiff at this time.All his brain cells are thinking about a problem that he can't possibly understand at all.

—he had seen that business district on Earth.

What it was...he couldn't remember clearly.He just searched out some familiar pictures from his fragmented memory.Rather, the business district made him feel familiar.

The two buildings, the overpass on the third floor, the open-air plaza on the basement floor... Just staring at the commercial area from afar, he could directly recall these eye-catching features.

but……

Except for these features, he couldn't recall anything.

He has been recalling, thinking, and wanting to recall the name of this business district, where it is located, when he visited it, and what the shops inside it are like.

He thought about the nightmare for two full rounds, but he couldn't remember anything.

His memory, like the apartment he couldn't leave for an hour after the nightmare started, was locked away.He didn't know if he couldn't remember it because those memories were really too far away, or because...

Because of something else.

He meant, they, these taskers—these human beings, somehow appeared in the narrow building, didn't they?Theoretically, there is a... behind-the-scenes, something like that... right?

Thinking of this, Shen Yunju's complexion turned pale involuntarily.His "zombie" cold expression became more rigid and rigid.

In fact, it was the first time he realized that there might be some problems with his memory.

He doesn't know, he just thinks so...he doesn't know if it's his illusion.

Perhaps, when he was on Earth, he accidentally passed by that commercial area. Because of its special architectural shape, he left a little shallow impression, so now he can't remember the scene at that time.

But, but... But it's also possible that those behind the scenes who put them into this game have tampered with their memories, right?

Otherwise, how could all the taskers in the narrow building not know how they got here?

Shen Yunju was trembling almost all over, clenching his teeth tightly, in order to muster up the courage to face this possibility.

He never dared to think deeply.There are many taskers like him in the narrow building. They never dare to think deeply about why human beings appear in the game "Escape from Heaven".They dare not think about it, and they dare not face the heavy topic of the future.

They become ostriches, they become zombies, they become anything that can resist these terrible speculations, trying to keep themselves alive.

They may be like Shen Yunju, who are still going back and forth in one nightmare after another in vain; or they may be like Jiang Shuangmei Jiang Shuangmei, who suddenly stopped on a certain day, and then fell into a self-satisfied depravity.

Narrow building... Ha, narrow building.

They are so timid that they can't even believe in any conspiracy theories.

So, when Shen Yunju was caught off guard and realized that the business district - this nightmare! ——After the familiarity brought to him, his first reaction was fear.

He didn't want to know those things...he didn't want to face those things!

But his brain is still searching for memory in vain.He found that his memory was almost in pieces.He found that he couldn't think about his parents, his job, or his friends at all.

He found that they were just fragments one after another, they couldn't be connected together, and they couldn't represent anything at all.

Maybe it's because, he thought, that's so long ago, isn't it?It's not because...it can't be because someone tampered with his memory!

Shen Yunju's expression became more and more cold and stiff, he almost ignored all the mutterings of the man beside him.He didn't hear it at all, because he was facing something even more terrifying, a devil, a monster that was barking its teeth and claws at him.

With their own minds, they worked together to explore the first floor of the apartment building.

There are no residents on the first floor.The apartment starts from the second floor, while the first floor is the lobby of the apartment, security room, property office, and various functional rooms, such as power distribution room and so on.

An hour after the second round of nightmares, after the taskers were able to leave their rooms, the first few taskers who came to the first floor had already explored the first floor, but they only roughly flipped through the property office.

But now, they found something even more interesting in the security room.

The muscular man picked up the complaint letter, flicked the paper with some interest, handed it to Shen Yunju, and said, "What do you think this is?"

With such an obvious action, Shen Yunju, who had been distracted all this time, also came back to his senses.He took the paper that the muscular man handed him, and read it with his head down.

And the muscular man also eagerly approached him, wanting to take advantage of his props while he was absorbed in reading.

The vast majority of card dealers work with garment makers, but that doesn't include muscular men.Because of his item card, he tried to avoid showing his true face on any occasion.

Therefore, his stealing skills are really "self-taught".

He had carefully observed the clothes of the young man in front of him, and finally set his target on the interlayer under his left armpit, because he noticed that when the young man was walking, his left hand hardly moved, and was always tightly attached to his side.

This position is a bit difficult to use, but...the muscular man has already caught a blade between his fingers.As long as it does not directly harm the tasker, the use of the blade will not be defined as a lethal attack by the mastermind.

He only needs to gently cut the clothes with a blade, take out the item card in the gap while the other party reads the complaint letter carefully, and then take the opportunity to restart the nightmare, and everything can be done without anyone noticing, just like what he did in the last round of nightmare. like...

Greedy evil thoughts flashed in the muscular man's eyes.

And Shen Yunju knew nothing about it.He looked down at the complaint letter.

"To Roko Properties:

"In the last few nights, the lights in the corridor on the eighth floor have been flickering, and I have talked to the security several times, but they have not come to fix it, so I am writing this letter, hoping that the property management will pay attention to this problem.

"The property fees paid by the residents will not disappear out of thin air, right?

"I heard in the owner group before that there is an elevator that is always empty from the first floor to the eleventh floor for no reason, and then goes down by itself. What's going on? Has it been repaired for so long? ?

"The last time I took the elevator, I came down from the eighth floor. The elevator fell straight down like weightless. I almost thought I was going to die! Fortunately, when I reached the third floor, the elevator returned to normal... But this is too outrageous!

"I have been living in the Loko apartment for three months, and I have encountered large and small non-stop problems. Whether it is the TV suddenly turning on in the middle of the night and waking me up, or the fresh air system is panting like a draft, I have endured it. Maybe the apartment I'm renting isn't working.

"But the public space is also a ton of bugs... I can't stand it!

"This apartment building looks high-end and gorgeous on the outside, but the inside is rotten! I can't understand why there are so many messy problems with those expensive-looking electrical appliances and apartment facilities.

"If it is not resolved, then I will unite with other owners and ask your property management company where the maintenance fund has been used!

"Owner K

"September 9, x."

Shen Yunju lowered his eyes and read the complaint letter carefully.When he saw the date of the final signature, he subconsciously glanced at the calendar on the table in the security room. The top page showed that today is October 10st.

In other words, this is a complaint letter from a month ago.

Some contents in the letter gave Shen Yunju some guesses about this nightmare.

Although he has been going around in the nightmare of the bottom, at least he is well-informed.At this moment, after seeing the complaint letter, he thought almost instantly that there was something wrong with the furniture... no, it should be said, more precisely, the electrical appliances.

"I think..." He turned around and wanted to say something to the muscular man, but happened to catch a glimpse of a knife flash between the muscular man's fingers, his eyes changed slightly, and he continued calmly, "I seem to know this apartment building. What's wrong."

The muscular man still regretted that he didn't grasp the timing well, and hated the cold guy in front of him for reading the letter so quickly.He could only withdraw his hand, pretending to be nonchalant, and responded, "What's the problem?"

He didn't realize at all that Shen Yunju had already discovered his plan.

Shen Yunju handed him the letter, and said softly, "There is something wrong with the facilities in this apartment building."

After realizing that there was something wrong with the muscular man, Shen Yunju didn't have any extra good intentions, and told the muscular man his real guess, so he picked a big category at random and told the muscular man.

After reading the complaint letter, the muscular man half understood, and nodded seriously: "Well, that's right. There is indeed a problem with the facility. Maybe the property company has a problem too."

Shen Yunju glanced at him, with a froze face and did not speak.

The muscular man can only ask: "Then what do we do now?"

Shen Yunju was about to speak, when suddenly, a woman's scream came from outside the security room!

They were all startled, looked at each other, and ran out in unison.

Jiang Shuangmei felt that she had never been so desperate in her life.

In this damned nightmare, life has its ups and downs.

When she just escaped from that scary room in 1104, she was almost in a daze.She saw an empty elevator stopped on the eleventh floor, so she ran in quickly and pressed the first floor, hoping to escape the apartment building as soon as possible.

She was in a trance and restless, and her mind was blank... No, there might still be fear and uncertainty.

Why does the air conditioner suddenly return to normal?Why can the door lock be opened suddenly?Why...why, the bathtub is filling itself?Why did the sweeping robot hit her like a convulsion?

Now, in the eyes of Jiang Shuangmei, that apartment is like hell, full of unknown dangers.

Like her older sister, she crouched in the corner of the elevator.

Soon... "First floor, we're here."

A calm mechanical male voice reminded her that the elevator had reached the first floor.

The elevator stops and the door opens.Jiang Shuangmei stood up instinctively, walked outside, and then...

She was caught in the elevator doors.

That was more like a prank than an intentional injury.But it scared Jiang Shuangmei half to death. She let out a terrified scream, waved her hands wildly, slapped the elevator door, and kicked her feet hard on the ground.

Her soul seemed to be frightened away.After the elevator door reopened and returned to normal, Jiang Shuangmei directly collapsed on the ground and climbed out of the elevator with all her hands and feet.

She leaned her back against the wall tightly, tears streaming from her eyes.Her stiff facial muscles made her look more dead than alive.

When Shen Yunju and the muscular man walked out of the security room, what they saw was Jiang Shuangmei who fled the elevator in such a mess.

When they tried to get close to her, Jiang Shuangmei would let out a scream and wave her arms wildly, not letting anyone get close to her.

She turned her long hair upside down and covered her face like a hat, and through the gaps in her hair, she watched the whole world in horror.

Shen Yunju and the muscular man looked at each other, not understanding what was wrong with this woman.

The muscular man touched his head and said, "This is... the man we saw just now?"

Shen Yunju shook his head.

Inexplicably, the muscular man could understand what he meant.He said, "That's her sister?" He paused, and finally thought, "Oh, that's the one who died in the last nightmare, right?"

Shen Yunju acquiesced to his guess.

So the muscular man looked at Jiang Shuangmei, and said very bluntly without any malice: "How did she die, how did she look like she was crazy?"

Shen Yunju glanced at the elevator where Jiang Shuangmei escaped.

Inexplicably, he thought of the complaint letter about an empty elevator going to the eleventh floor and coming down again empty.

He remembered that Jiang Shuangmei's apartment number was 1104.It's on the eleventh floor.

Could this be a coincidence?

Shen Yunju thought to himself, and the muscular man was too bored to talk anymore.

There were three of them on this side, and on the other side, Jiang Shuang and her three had already walked through the entire apartment building, but they didn't find anything unusual, so they returned to the lobby on the first floor.

Sister Jiang saw Jiang Shuangmei squatting against the wall at a glance, and she subconsciously called out: "Shuangshuang!"

Unexpectedly, this cry seemed to activate something. Jiang Shuangmei bounced off the ground like a spring, and rushed to hug Jiang Shuangjie, her body was still trembling with fear.

Sister Jiang quickly hugged her and comforted her softly.

The thin man hesitated to speak.Although I really want to know what happened in the last round of nightmares, but looking at Jiang Shuangmei's unstable mental state, she probably can't ask anything.

He looked at the muscular man again, especially the piece of paper in the muscular man's hand.

The muscular man shrugged and handed the thin man the paper.After the thin man finished reading, he was about to speak, but Shen Yunju suddenly said, "It seems that there is something wrong with the facilities in this apartment building."

The thin man was taken aback.

The muscular man nodded: "That's right."

The thin man looked at Shen Yunju, then at the muscular man, and remained silent.He handed the paper to the little girl beside him, and the little girl didn't say anything after reading it.

The entire hall on the first floor was very quiet for a while.

The muscular man looked at them suspiciously, but he didn't know what happened. He could only think that these people were thinking.He didn't want to use his brain, he always did.

No matter what the nightmare, he put on a simple and honest look, and he did what others said, thus gaining the trust of other taskers.Sometimes, those people had clearly stolen the item card by him, but they still brought him out of the nightmare.

With luck, he can head to a higher floor.But unfortunately, he doesn't have the ability to stay on higher floors all the time.

The nightmare on the higher floors is not as simple as the bottom floor of the narrow building.It's more dangerous, crazier, more... cruel.

At the bottom of the narrow building, the taskers often only need to work together to solve this nightmare.Not to mention the real ending, there must be no problem with the normal ending.

It's okay even if they play a bad ending, after all, they have no lower floors to go to.However, I heard that if it ends badly, it is very likely to fall into the nightmare of eternal collapse... Who knows, it is another rumor in the narrow building that does not know whether it is true or not.

On the higher floors, there is some competition among the taskers themselves.They will no longer be in one camp, and may be divided into multiple camps, and even oppose each other.

This situation of dragging each other's legs filled the nightmare of the higher floors of the narrow building with a kind of primitive cruelty.Some taskers would rather break the jade than ask for safety, and he would rather drag others to hell with him.

Therefore, after the muscular man went to higher floors a few times, he resentfully didn't want to go again.He felt that even if it was rotten, he wanted to rot in the bottom floor of the narrow building.

Besides, his greedy nature told him that it was much easier to steal item cards in places like the bottom floor of the narrow building than in higher floors.

So he stayed on the bottom floor of the narrow building, and became more and more lazy to use his brain.

He waited for the others to speak.

The thin man looked at Sister Jiang Shuang.Sister Jiang hugged her younger sister, and while speaking comforting words, she raised her eyes and looked at the skinny man coldly.

After a while, the thin man nodded slightly.

He suddenly looked at the muscular man and said, "Please go to a room and don't come out again."

The muscular man was dumbfounded on the spot: "Wait... what?!"

"Card dealer." The thin man said each word, "This is the rule recognized by the workers to deal with card dealers in nightmares. We will exile you."

The muscular man froze for a moment, and then blushed instantly: "What... what the hell are you doing?! I told you, I'm not a card dealer at all! Why do you believe this crazy woman?!"

"I saw it." Shen Yunju said suddenly, "I saw it, there is a blade between your fingers."

He stared at the tasker with the indifference unique to "zombies".

The muscular man trembled.Just a few minutes before, he was delusional that in this nightmare he could "make it" twice.But now, he will be exiled by the rest of the taskers.

... What a joke!

The muscular man shouted furiously: "This is not at all...you have no evidence at all! What a card dealer...what nonsense!" He looked at Jiang Shuangjie bitterly, "...crazy woman, wait for me! "

He wanted to go to Sister Jiang, and the thin man and Shen Yunju also took a step forward.Jiang Shuangmei stroked Jiang Shuangmei's hair, and then said calmly: "I'm waiting for you."

The muscular man clenched his fists and blushed.He couldn't accept his failure, so he sneered loudly.He ignored what the thin man said, and wanted to find an empty house to stay by himself, so he rushed out of the apartment building.

The thin man wiped his face irritably, and said to Sister Jiang, "I'm sorry."

Sister Jiang shook her head and said softly, "No...thank you."

The thin man said again: "He may have put your item card in his apartment." He hesitated for a moment, "Let's go to the property office to look for it, and then look for it in the apartment?"

This sentence did not know what touched Jiang Shuangmei's fear, and she screamed instantly: "No! Can't go to the apartment!! Can't... can't go!!"

The rest of the taskers were stunned for a moment.

Jiang Shuangmei cut her hair for Jiang Shuangmei. She said softly, "Shuangshuang, what happened to you before?"

"Crazy..." Jiang Shuangmei shivered, "Sister, those things are going crazy. Furniture. The bathtub is full of water...the robot vacuum is hitting me...the air conditioner...the door is locked...they, they want to kill me ...can't go to the apartment..."

Her words were jumbled and jumbled.But the taskers all understood.

"Electrics!"

Several people said in unison.

Afterwards, the thin man said inexplicably, "Household appliances... have become refined? Is there still such a magical nightmare in the narrow building?"

Suddenly, he thought about going to the toilet by himself, and then the toilet flushed by itself.For a moment, he felt a slight discomfort.

...No, no, no need to empathize with the toilet.

He comforted himself in his heart.

Fortunately, the first round of nightmares made him mentally prepared. After the second round of nightmares began, he tried to relax himself and no longer felt nervous. Therefore, he no longer feels like having diarrhea.

He may have had a shadow of the toilet all his life.

What the thin man was thinking, the rest of the taskers probably couldn't guess.After all, they didn't have any physical needs to eat, drink, or scatter during this nightmare.And the thin man...he didn't understand why he had diarrhea.

Is it because this nightmare is too realistic?

In any case, the taskers already had a basic understanding of this nightmare at this time.

The thin man said, "So... what shall we do now?"

"Property Office." The little girl said coldly, "Go and search again. Whether it's xxx or something else, look for it again."

The thin man thought for a while, and added: "We went around the apartment building just now, but we didn't find Mr. Ringo. I don't know where he is now. We have to look for him too."

The rest of the taskers nodded.

Jiang Shuangmei, who had already recovered, hesitated to speak.She wanted to say, don't go back to the apartment again, it's really dangerous.

But...she thought again, if they didn't explore, how would they get out of this nightmare?

In the end, she kept silent, but firmly tugged on Jiang Shuangjie's sleeves, not daring to leave her sister half a step away.

They went to the property office.

On the other side, the muscular man who left the Loko apartment building naturally went to the business district, and saw Xu Beijin a few minutes later.