Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

Mu Jiashi looked at the scene in front of him that shattered his world view, and murmured: "How is it possible... How is it possible..."

As we all know, death in a nightmare will cause the nightmare to restart.

But now in the nightmare, someone is indeed dead or killed, but the nightmare has not restarted.

Why is that?

Compared with the inexplicable taskers present, Xu Bei had a deeper thought.

He thought of what the bald head had said to him before.

In this nightmare, memory loss causes the nightmare to restart...or at least loop once.

With a headache, he searched out all the knowledge about sufficient and necessary conditions deep in his mind, and found that it was useless at all.

Because, all the time, everyone thought it was necessary and necessary, that every death must be restarted, and every restart must be followed by death.They are double arrows.

But now this iron law has been broken!

Xu Beijin thought about it for a while, and felt that unless the nightmare was restarted once and let him see what the conditions for restarting in this nightmare were, otherwise, it would be useless to think out of thin air here.

This is the procrastination method he habitually uses when facing some difficult problems to solve all year round.

So he kindly put aside the messy thoughts in his mind, set his eyes on the screen in the live broadcast room, and watched the reactions of the six taskers.

The most striking of these is the collector.He directly showed a very excited smile, touched his chin, and said with a smile on his face: "This nightmare...is so interesting!"

Not really.

Mu Jiashi gave him a weak look.The man who had been disheartened since returning to the bottom of the narrow building also showed a similar expression at this time.

Among the various nightmares that Mu Jiashi encountered, this was the first one that broke the rule that death would inevitably bring about a restart.

Mu Jiashi sighed deeply.He knew it wouldn't be a coincidence, there must be some special reason.

As he thought about it, he moved his gaze away from the corpse.

They have already arrived at the bottom of the building, and saw the corpse, confirming the death of the other party—in any case, when they jumped off the building, their heads were already blooming, so they couldn't be called living things anyway, right?

Hua Bi hesitated for a while, seeing that no one was talking, he said, "Maybe...uh, maybe this person died before jumping off the building? Maybe it's just a corpse?"

Some nightmares have corpses, more of a set than actual dead people.

But the bald head refuted his brother: "Look at the blood coming out of this guy, look at his brains. Are you saying again that he died before he jumped off?"

This corpse is very...fresh.

Almost at the first second when this word appeared in Mu Jiashi's mind, he couldn't help retching in his heart.

It has to be said that after death appeared in previous nightmares, the nightmares would restart at most three seconds, so these missionaries present have not stared at a corpse for a long time.

Especially a corpse with such a tragic death.

Mu Jiashi took the initiative to look away, and then caught a glimpse of Fei and Wu Jian's expressions, and couldn't help being startled.

To be honest, at this time in the ruins of howling wind, every tasker's face is not very good-looking.Just like those collapsed buildings, they also showed a gray and ruined appearance.

Whether it's because of death, or because death didn't bring about a restart of the nightmare, they feel that something is not quite right.This nightmare doesn't seem to match their previous experience.

But the appearance of Fei and Wujian is different from others.

Rather than saying that they are fearful, uneasy, and nervous, it might be better to say that they are in an unbelievable...shock and excitement?

But as for such an exaggeration?

True, death did not bring about a nightmare reboot.But isn't there a lot of things like nightmares?Maybe they were just dealing with some aspect of the nightmare itself, maybe the guy died before he actually jumped?

And...excited?What the hell kind of emotion is this?

Mu Jiashi groaned in his heart.

Then he turned his head firmly, letting himself pretend that he didn't see the special performance of these two people.Even though he remembered, he couldn't rush over to ask what happened to these two people.

For a moment, Mu Jiashi even felt that the taskers of this nightmare were quite interesting.

A collector of scrap cards, two chattering men and women with tense nerves, a pair of brothers who lived through this nightmare but withheld a lot of information...and him.

In the next second, Mu Jiashi sighed inexplicably.

Compared with Xu Beijin's eternal sleepiness, Mu Jiashi's emotions are more like a roller coaster.

It is not certain when he will suddenly stand up, operate like a tiger, and then take the other taskers away, then suddenly lose all interest, and suddenly call himself a waste... just like what he did in the previous nightmare like that.

Just as he told Xu Beijin, he had to adjust his state on the bottom floor of the narrow building.He kept being dragged deeper and deeper into hell by the same nightmare that had destroyed him, but he still wanted to crawl out.

He was distracted, and the rest of the taskers were also silent.

The Collector snorted and said, "You guys... why did you ignore a more important question!"

"what?"

The bald head didn't have a good relationship with this young man who was always smiling, so at this time, Huabi could only talk to him.But even so, the bald head still glared at his brother.

The collector didn't care too much, he seemed to be attracted by more interesting things, so he didn't care about his little conflict with the bald head at all.

He said: "The person who pushed this guy down the stairs." He said lightly, "I remember, after we came here, no one came out of the building, right? He should be still in the building."

Several taskers looked at each other and realized that this was indeed the case.

After that person fell from the roof, several taskers kept staring at the entrance and exit of the building.No one left, and of course no one walked in.

So, they left Fei standing outside the entrance and exit of the building, while the other five people scattered into the building and rushed to different floors, looking for the possible murderer.

Even though Fei had escaped the physical work, she felt a little uncomfortable being around a dead body.She bit her lip and walked away silently, but her eyes were still fixed on the entrance and exit of the building, not paying attention to the ruins behind her.

She is also thinking.

After the initial horror, she realized that this nightmare might really be the... unique nightmare they had been looking for all along.

Among the countless conspiracy theories in the narrow building, there is one that is actually recognized by everyone, or at least they are willing to believe that this conspiracy theory is true.

That is, among the countless nightmares of the narrow building, there is an ultimate nightmare.If this nightmare can be cleared and the true ending is played, then the tasker can escape from the narrow building.

It does sound reasonable.Just like all games have a main mission and must have a final boss, of course "Escape from Heaven" is also a game.

But what is this ultimate nightmare?

Countless questers have been driven mad by the possibility of this ultimate nightmare, but they have never been able to find it.

Once, the ground floor of the Narrow Building was insane due to all kinds of rumors about the bookstore owner's nightmare, and there may not be no quest-seekers' desire for the ultimate nightmare to get in the way.

Of course they hope to escape from the narrow building, whether they are taskers or...players.Maybe, the original chaos, and the residents of the narrow building played by the actor, fished in troubled waters, and wanted to see what Xu Beijin's nightmare was.

A few years have passed, and for Xu Beijin's nightmare, there may still be people in the dark who are eager to move, but at least there is no bright surface.Especially after Ringo clearly expressed his protection for Xu Beijin.

Although some people secretly speculated about their relationship, and added some peachy delusions in a particularly harsh manner, the uncrowned king at the bottom of the narrow building still has enough deterrent power after all.

So what Xu Beijin had been worrying about didn't happen.

But apart from Lin's own influence, the emergence of this nightmare they are in now did indeed share a certain amount of pressure on Xu Beijin.

Because some people suspect that this is the so-called "ultimate nightmare".

You see, doomsday, survivors, ruins, fog... all kinds of symbols and scenes seem to have similarities with the narrow building itself.Coupled with the two characteristics of memory loss and death not causing a restart, it is even more suspicious!

Those taskers who failed to clear the nightmare at the beginning, after going to a higher level, narrated the news about this nightmare with embellishment.

Afterwards, all developments were out of their control, just like the impact of Xu Beijin's nightmare back then.

It's like throwing a piece of driftwood to the group of crazy, desperate, and desperate taskers.

it works?Useless?

neither knows.

But this group of mission workers who are on the verge of extinction, it is impossible to miss this driftwood, right?

So, as far as Fei and Wu Jian knew, they were not the only ones who came to the bottom of the narrow building, but also other people who also wanted to enter this nightmare, at least... an attempt.

They came early because the rumor took a little work to get to the higher floors.And it also takes a little while for them to come down from the higher floors.

All in all, when the taskers on the bottom floor of the narrow building, because of the rumor that "someone escaped from the narrow building", desperately tried all kinds of nightmares to go to higher floors, the taskers on the higher floors, because "the bottom of the narrow building seems to be The rumor of the ultimate nightmare has appeared, and he went to the bottom of the narrow building in desperation.

Well, rumors kill people.

As for whether these two news are rumors, no one can say for sure.

Just like, even if those conspiracy theories—well, inferences—the secret organization behind Fei and Wujian were spread out, they might not have imagined that after many years, some conspiracy theories have become the missionaries. Truth in the heart.

Like... The Ultimate Nightmare.

In fact, Fei and Wu Jian didn't really come to this nightmare because of the ultimate nightmare.

They didn't even think that what they said about the ultimate nightmare as a joke was actually recognized by the vast majority of the taskers, and made them crazy enough to give up everything on the higher floors and return to the bottom of the narrow building.

Perhaps a few years ago, in the turmoil at the bottom of the narrow building because of Xu Beijin's nightmare, the involvement of missionaries from higher levels was indispensable?

Mu Jiashi once told Xu Beijin that the upper floors of the narrow building are far more lifeless than the bottom floor of the narrow building.

However, if those lifeless and desperate taskers really let go of themselves and become crazy, then I am afraid that some terrible results will also occur.

At least Fei is a little worried.

She thought about these thoughts absently, until the time passed slowly, until...

The remaining five missionaries returned to the first floor of the building without finding anything.

The building has thirteen floors, and the search took a long time.But the main rooms of this empty building are all semi-open, so it didn't take too much exaggerated effort.

Ten minutes later, the five returned to the first floor, and everyone shook their heads.

They did not find the murderer in the building.

The bald man's eyes widened in disbelief, his eyeballs were red, and he said anxiously: "But we did see the existence of that person, and it's true that no one has left the building!"

"Yes." Even though they didn't get any useful information, the collector still had a smile on his lips, "Perhaps, someone obviously found it, but didn't say anything?"

The bald head immediately became angry.

Of course he understood what the collector meant—wasn't that cynicism because of his previous concealment?

The bald double standard was justifiable, but he still defended himself: "I really didn't find anything!"

Hua Arm said, "Me too."

The collector chuckled, and said, "That's not what I meant." He raised his chin, "Look who that is."

Fei, who came over to meet these people, turned his head to look at the first floor of the building together with the other mission workers—through the glass door, they saw Xu Beijin sitting behind the counter of the bookstore with a cold expression.

Xu Beijin: "..."

He's a little bit—really just a little bit, crazy.

...He really went from beginning to end, except for going to the rooftop at the beginning of the nightmare, after that, he never left the bookstore again!

But obviously, the taskers suspected him.

They did see a person pushing another person off the roof, and they did not see anyone walking out of the building, and they did not find any living people in the building except themselves...

Except Xu Beijin.

Before this group of taskers came to Xu Beijin and questioned whether he had killed someone, Xu Beijin felt that he had lost his mind.

...Because the live broadcast system didn't give the perspective of other scenes in the building except the stairs, rooftop and bookstore at all, so he couldn't even find the murderer by himself...

and many more!

its not right!

Xu Beijin suddenly came to his senses.

The live broadcast system is infallible. The angle of view of this live broadcast is actually generated according to the settings of the game. In other words, this is actually a way to use the game to plan and cheat.

Only the scene where the live broadcast provides a perspective is the scene with value and clues.Where there is no viewing angle in the live broadcast, what is the use?It's just a useless piece of scenery.

But in a realistic game like "Escape from the Sky", the mastermind will naturally set up the scene as if it were real, and the quest players can freely explore inside the map.

In short, the taskers actually didn't know what was worth exploring in the nightmare scene, they could only cast a wide net, but Xu Beijin knew it through the live broadcast system.

In the building, there are only three scenes where the perspective can be shifted to live broadcast...

Xu Beijin's expression gradually became thoughtful.

This means—that the murderer is really not in the building?

His family knew about his family affairs, so of course he was not the murderer, which meant that the murderer who entered the building was someone else.But the live broadcast system couldn't see the sets in the building, and what it could see, whether it was the roof or the stairs, was empty.

Does this mean that no one else exists in this building? ?

There are people and no one in the building?

In such completely contradictory conclusions, one of them must be wrong.And Xu Beijin believed in the live broadcast system—at least he believed that it was not broken—so, there was indeed no one else in the building except Xu Beijin and those missionaries.

Where did the murderer go?

How could he leave the building without anyone noticing?

Among other things, it is completely inconceivable that he was able to hide from Xu Beijin's live broadcast system.

This is God's perspective!

Even Xu Beijin himself is sitting here, through the glass window, he can grasp the situation inside and outside the first floor of the building in real time!

Xu Beijin also frowned involuntarily.

He thought, this nightmare is really strange.

Someone's death won't cause nightmares to restart, someone can disappear in a building...

And the latter question made him laugh and cry even more—a real, secret room problem in a mystery novel?

Just as he was thinking, the six taskers had already squeezed into the bookstore excitedly because they discovered him as the suspect.

Because they were looking for the murderer on the rooftop, they rushed to the highest floor after entering the building, and then searched from top to bottom.

Before the collector pointed out the man in the bookstore, apart from Xu Beijin's bald head and flower arms, the rest of the taskers really didn't notice that there was a living person in this dirty bookstore.

Before noticing Xu Beijin, this man's sense of existence was very low; but once they really saw him, the taskers couldn't help thinking, how could they ignore this man?

He is obviously so eye-catching.

After seeing the man's face clearly, Mu Jiashi's pupils shrank subconsciously.He wondered, why is it him?How could it be the owner of this bookstore? ?

Based on previous contacts with Xu Beijin, Mu Jiashi labeled Xu Beijin as "harmless".Mu Jiashi believes that based on Xu Beijin's performance, he should not be a murderer, and he can sit there peacefully after killing someone.

But no one can really know him without anyone having entered his nightmares.

People can't judge by appearance... No, according to Xu Beijin's appearance, it should be said that people can judge by appearance.

Mu Jiashi secretly reminded himself that the residents of the narrow buildings in the nightmare and the residents of the narrow buildings in the narrow buildings are not the same person to some extent, unless they are the masters of those nightmares.

...But the last time he also met Xu Beijin in a nightmare, at that time he said that he would visit Xu Beijin later, and Xu Beijin obviously remembered this.

For a moment, Mu Jiashi fell into deep confusion because of Xu Beijin's complicated and contradictory image.

Xu Beijin noticed Mu Jiashi's strange and hesitant gaze.He can probably guess the other party's thoughts, just like the former reasoning expert guessed that he was a murderer, Mu Jiashi may also have doubts about him.

Compared to Mu Jiashi, who was only suspicious, the other five taskers seemed to have already decided that he was the murderer.

After all, there are no supernatural events in nightmares.Xu Beijin was the only one staying in the building, how could he not be the murderer?

Facing the inquiries and accusations from this group of taskers, Xu Beijin sighed wearily. He pursed his lips. After waiting for a while, he found that the group of taskers were still talking non-stop. .

So Xu Beijin, who had lowered his eyes, suddenly raised his eyelids and said calmly, "Have you finished?"

The missionaries subconsciously closed their mouths.

In fact, only the bald head, the flower arm, and the collector were talking all the time, and the other three taskers basically remained silent.And after Xu Beijin spoke, the collector looked at him with even more interest.

Xu Bei glanced at this young man who was always smiling, and then said, "You have found the wrong person."

"Don't deny it!" The bald head mustered up the courage to let himself ask this question, "Only you have been staying in this building. Who else can push that person down the stairs?!"

There is also a basis for his statement.The bald head and the flower arm came earlier than the other taskers, so they knew that Xu Beijin had indeed been staying in the building.

The bald head didn't want others to know about his contact with Xu Beijin, so he concealed it.

But after the man fell from the roof, they neither saw anyone leaving the building nor entering it.Under such circumstances, Xu Beijin, who appeared in the bookstore on the first floor, seemed the most suspicious.

Xu Beijin actually didn't know how to defend himself, but...

He leaned on the back of the chair leisurely, looked up at the group of taskers, as if he had nothing to fear.He turned to another question: "Does this validate what I said earlier?"

The missionaries were all taken aback.

Bald head and flower arm complexion suddenly changed.

Mu Jiashi immediately noticed the change in the expressions of the two men, and asked forcefully, "What do you know?" He looked at Xu Beijin again, "What did you say before?"

Xu Beijin smiled vaguely: "It's related to the corpse you found." He said, "I follow the principle of equal value exchange. They provided me with some information before, so I will also provide some information give them."

Mu Jiashi frowned immediately.

Equivalent exchange... He took a deep look at Xu Bei.Compared to other people present, he clearly knew that Xu Beijin was indeed such a person.

but……

But compared to the man sitting in the bookstore, compared to the man who gave him a clue about the nightmare because of the drink he gave him... the pale skin, deep eyes, mysterious and awe-inspiring man in front of him man……

Mu Jiashi once again deeply doubted Xu Beijin—what kind of person is he?

Before he could figure it out, the bald head managed to squeeze out two words between his teeth: "Rooftop."

Xu Beijin once told him that there are only two places worth exploring in this building: one is the rooftop and the other is the bookstore.

Now, the former seems to have been verified, someone died after falling from the rooftop; not to mention the latter - after all, the owner of the bookstore who has the unknown clue is here.

The bald man's lips trembled, his face turned pale, and he looked at the man in front of him with deep fear. The horror and fear in his eyes even made Xu Beijin feel strange.

Xu Bei thought to himself, what is this for?What does it mean?He just wanted to wash away his suspicions, so he deliberately mentioned the previous deal with the bald head and the flowery arm.

Compared with a murderer, he wants to fix his image on a mysterious person who knows nothing.

...But why did the bald head show such an expression?

At this time, the bald head shouted in horror: "In order to prove that what you said before is correct, you ran to the rooftop and killed someone?!"

Xu Beijin: "..."

He opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment.