Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

The missionaries came to the road south of the entire ruins.

In the last round of nightmares, it was on this road that Fei and Wu Jian met the man who walked into the mist.And now, after waiting here for a while, they saw the man again.

Through the screen in the live broadcast room, Xu Beijin also saw the man in ragged clothes, sloppy feet, and sunken cheeks due to hunger.

Then he was taken aback.

He found out that this was the survivor he met outside the building during the first round of nightmares.The overly exaggerated and exposed hunger image of the survivor left a deep impression on him and the audience in the live broadcast room.

The travel route of this survivor appeared in Xu Beijin's mind instantly.

He came to the ruins near the building, found a place to exchange food in a hidden corner, and then used the porcelain bowl in his hand to exchange for a piece of bread, then turned west, and finally walked to the southwest corner, and walked Into that mist.

...he kept holding the bread in his hand.

Xu Beijin rubbed his chin, and couldn't help thinking, could this man be the key figure in the nightmare?Will he be the master of nightmares?

Just as he was thinking, he saw that Mu Jiashi and Fei had already stepped forward to stop the survivor.

The appearance of the man looked like a starved ghost, he was even a little delirious and dizzy, until Mu Jiashi tentatively pointed to the bread in his hand, he recovered instantly and took a step back vigilantly , stuffed the bread into his bosom even more.

He seemed to be awake a bit, but Fei could still hear his stomach growling.

So she couldn't help asking: "You are so hungry, why don't you eat the bread?"

"No." The man's voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't drank water for a few days, "You can only eat when you get home."

"why?"

"At home...safe." The man repeated this sentence, "It's safe at home...it's not safe outside."

Fei and Mu Jiashi looked at each other.

Afterwards, Mu Jiashi asked, "Where is your home?"

The man stretched out a hand and pointed to the end of the road: "It's... a little further away."

"Outside the fog?"

"Fog?" The man opened his eyes slightly, "No, there is no fog."

Mu Jiashi frowned suddenly.

No fog?

The bald head said before that taskers cannot walk into this fog.Mu Jiashi didn't think he was lying on this point. After all, if the world outside the fog was really related to nightmares, he wouldn't deliberately distort this information.

Only truly vicious taskers will deliberately give wrong information and mislead others.

After all, on the bottom floor of the narrow building, the taskers who entered the same nightmare were all prosperous and all lost.They don't need to entrap each other.So at most it is concealment, so as not to lie and mislead.

Therefore, if what the bald head said is correct, it means that this layer of fog is actually the mastermind's restriction on the tasker's activity area—at least Mu Jiashi thought so before.

However, the question is, if the fog is really within the scope of their activities in this nightmare, why can the residents of the narrow building enter the fog?If NPCs can go outside the fog, shouldn't there be clues to solve the nightmare outside the fog?

Mu Jiashi felt strange and confused for a while.

Fei was also puzzled by the mist problem, but apart from this doubt, she had a deeper layer of worry.That was related to the reason why she and Wu Jian came to this nightmare.

Therefore, when she heard the man say "no fog", her face changed almost instantly.

The rest of the questers didn't notice it, only the collector, who had been looking around with great interest and didn't seem to care much about his lost memory, noticed this with sharp eyes.

He narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth in a smile.He thought, oh, oh, in this nightmare, it seems that many people are hiding some secrets.

He exhaled happily.

However, he did not intend to ask immediately.After all, these two were asking for information about nightmares, and he didn't intend to be a bad guy.He planned to attack again later.

He is very interested in the secrets hidden by these people.

After losing the memory of the first round of nightmares, Collector's temperament seems to be getting weirder.

Quite a few taskers wondered about one thing, that is, what are waste card collectors collecting?Why do they want those scrap cards?

There are indeed some waste card collectors because they are interested in the item cards themselves.

But the collector who appeared in this nightmare was not interested in the item card, he was interested in the taskers who used the item card and why they used this item card-he was interested in the story behind it, interested.

He is interested in the secrets of people's hearts.He's interested in why they chose to use the item card, why they chose this one, why they used it at that moment... those things.

He is interested in humans.

From a long time ago, this collector has been silently observing and collecting the stories of the missionaries he met.Every waste card represents a story he collected, or...a quester?

In short, he was born with a unique curiosity and always observed something interesting.

Like now.

Look, didn't he discover the secret that that woman seems to be hiding again?

The Collector laughed with great joy—look, why isn't he angry at the bald head's inexplicable hostility towards him, why can he keep smiling even in such a post-apocalyptic ruin.

Because he has always felt very happy.

The performance of this group of taskers—the performance—in his eyes, really pleased him very well.

It's not in vain that he went back to the bottom of the narrow building in order to collect more waste cards.He knew that during this period of time, the bottom floor of the narrow building must be the most exciting and lively place.

The higher floors—that's a group of paranoid, a group of meaningless taskers whose minds are full of nightmares and narrow buildings.A bunch of workaholics.

But ah, obviously this place is so interesting.There are so many nightmares, so many prop cards, and so many people gathered.Don't other people find this kind of place very interesting?

Collector doesn't understand why the others are madly trying to get out of the narrow building.He didn't feel the gloomy, decadent, and hopeless atmosphere in the narrow building, he just found it interesting.

He felt that such a unique environment gave birth to unique creatures; and that was even based on human beings.

So he was never in high spirits.

People like him may be very rare in the narrow building.However, since human beings can spend their time at carnival parties day and night, why can't people like him be allowed to go to nightmares and watch plays all day long?

Collectors enjoy themselves anyway.

His eyes fixed on Fei's body, thinking about how to get this woman to tell the secrets she was hiding.

What would that be about?

...fog?

Collector narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

And Fei didn't notice at all that someone was staring at her.She continued to ask the man in front of her: "Do you go looking for food every day?"

"……Yes."

"Do you know anything about this ruin?"

"I don't know. I... I'm just looking for food."

Mu Jiashi asked suddenly: "Before, we saw someone being pushed off the roof of that building..."

He stopped suddenly.

Because he found that there was a strange and frightened expression on the man's face.

So he paused and said, "You know."

He was about to continue asking, but the man in front of him suddenly yelled: "No! Don't ask me! Don't ask me!!" He danced, his pupils trembled, he held the bread in his arms tightly, and even limped Running up, "I don't know...I don't know..."

With that said, he ran into the mist.

The missionaries wanted to chase, but were deterred by the presence of fog.

Mu Jiashi frowned, and said puzzledly, "What's going on...does he know who that person is?" He thought for a moment, and then said, "It sounds like that person's death has something to do with him?"

Fei said thoughtfully: "It's a little strange..." Then she shook her head again, "It seems that we can't get an answer. Why don't we go to the building quickly. If we can prevent that person's death, say indefinite……"

"Whose death?"

At this moment, Hua Arm suddenly asked this question in a daze.

All the taskers looked at him, and Hua Yi felt a little bewildered.

He said, "What death? Has anyone died?"

Mu Jiashi was silent for a moment, then heaved a long sigh and rubbed the center of his brows with a headache.

The bald head said concisely: "Let's talk about it on the way, go there first."

Hua Yi trusted her elder brother, so she shut up and followed their steps.On the way, the bald head told Hua Arm what happened in the last round.

Hua Bi said in surprise: "Then I have already begun to forget my memory?"

After hearing this, both Fei and Wu Jian's expressions changed involuntarily.

The corner of Collector's mouth twitched again, he thought, oh, so these two people know.

Memory, fog... what could that be?

The rest of the taskers have no time to think so much.

There are more and more people with amnesia, and Mu Jiashi is worried.He said: "In this way, one of the two people who will lose their memory in the second round of nightmares has already been determined."

According to the bald head, one-third of the people in the first round of nightmares lost their memory; in the second round, two-thirds, that is, four people.

Now, three people, Collector, Wujian, and Huayi, have lost their memory, and Collector has even lost all memories of the first round of nightmares.

According to the two-thirds standard, Mu Jiashi, Fei and Baldhead who still have complete memories at this time must have one person who will slowly lose their memory later.

Fei's face was slightly pale, and she said: "Maybe, we have forgotten something now, we just don't know it."

Mu Jiashi opened his mouth and was speechless for a while.Finally, he asked, "Do you want to check your memory?"

Fei whispered: "Isn't it a waste of time... If you have to check every time..."

"Don't count me in." The bald head said suddenly, "I'm sure my memory is complete."

They all looked at him strangely.

The bald head said briefly: "I used an item card, the effect is to enhance memory. If there is no accident, I should be the last one to lose my memory."

Mu Jiashi nodded, without asking any further questions, he turned to Fei and said, "Then there are two of us left, do you want to check the memory?"

Fei hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head. She was inexplicably afraid of checking her memory.It always made her feel a little uneasy.

But her refusal just gave the collector a chance to attack.

The collector took the opportunity to smile and said, "You can't have lost your memory, but you deliberately concealed it?"

Fei immediately retorted: "What nonsense are you talking about? I just think it's a waste of time..."

"But, if this is the case, why did you show a strange expression just now?" The collector said, "Not only just now, but also when you talked to the survivor before... You seem to have shown it, a little..." He tilted his head, "A look of fear?"

Fei fell silent for a moment.

Hesitating to say nothing.

The collector immediately pointed the finger at him: "By the way, you also know, don't you? You are in the same group... You don't know anything about this nightmare, but you deliberately don't say it? Oh, then we will be miserable ..."

He said "It's miserable", but there was a more cheerful smile on his brows and eyes.

"...that's enough." Fei sighed wearily, her expression was quite gloomy, but I'm afraid no one except Wu Jian could understand why she was upset, "Let me tell you. "

Wu Jian asked in shock: "Are you determined to speak out? You are not afraid..."

Fei looked at him and said, "We are in a nightmare."

Wu Jian immediately shut up.

Fei said as if talking to herself: "No matter what... the nightmare is always the priority, and this nightmare must be solved first. Besides, the narrow building... maybe they will pay more attention to the narrow building..."

Mu Jiashi couldn't help but deeply frowned: "What are you talking about?"

Fei raised her head and opened her mouth.

At this moment, Xu Beijin suddenly discovered that the barrage on the live broadcast room suddenly disappeared—no, not just the barrage, but also those few viewers.

In the audience list on the right, there were several names originally, but now, as if they were suddenly disconnected, all of them disappeared.

He thought in amazement, what's going on?

In the next second, Fei's voice came from the live broadcast room.She said: "About... memory. Don't you think that our memory has some problems? How... did we enter the narrow building? No one knows."

Xu Beijin's brain calmed down as if a basin of cold water had been poured on it.

He even understood why those audiences suddenly disappeared.Rather than saying that the audience dropped the line, it would be better to say... it was him who dropped the line.

According to the viewers, the game he is currently live broadcasting is "a game that only the anchor can play", and even before the live broadcast, he will sign a non-disclosure agreement.

This means that this game is indeed unknown to ordinary people and hides some special secrets.

For example... why do humans appear in the narrow building.

Therefore, perhaps this live broadcast room is embedded with some emergency measures. For example, if related issues are involved during the live broadcast, the live broadcast source will be automatically cut off, so that the audience cannot see or hear related matters.

However, Xu Beijin thought again that the moment when the audience suddenly disappeared was before Fei said that sentence... This is not quite right.

Can this live broadcast system still detect human psychological activities?Could it be that the source of the live broadcast was cut off in advance because it was detected that Fei was going to speak out?

But that's just a live broadcast software!

... The main brain NE is more likely.

Isn't there always a conspiracy theory in The Narrows?This conspiracy theory says that behind their entry into the narrow building is a conspiracy, and NE is the accomplice of those behind the scenes to monitor human beings.

Xu Beijin's face became even paler, his face sank like water, and his dark pupils were fixed on the screen in the live broadcast room.He can still see and hear Fei's words, but what does that mean?

NE, are you watching here?

If NE finds out about this ongoing live broadcast, if NE knows that there are cosplayers outputting information through hidden channels... what will happen?

Inexplicably, Xu Beijin felt a chill.He closed his eyes, and his mood became more dull and gloomy.

Fei didn't know that her words had brought Xu Beijin quite a bit of trouble.

She continued: "No one has ever paid attention to this issue, as if it was a matter of course and a matter of course for us to enter the narrow building. But no one knows why we appear here, we actually... all lost a memory. "

The rest of the taskers listened to her silently.

Wu Jian said in surprise, "Are you crazy! You're not afraid..." He lowered his voice subconsciously, "You're not afraid, does NE know what we're talking about?"

As the culprits of conspiracy theories, Fei and Wu Jian and the organizations behind them are of course most afraid of NE, the rumored "accomplice".

However, Fei said, "So what?" She showed a pale smile, "Did you find out? You lost your memory in this nightmare, but you didn't think there was any problem at all. And this is just Just in a nightmare.

"This is a copy of the game controlled by the main brain NE - a nightmare. So what is it outside of the nightmare? That is also the scope of this game.

"In other words, as long as you are in the narrow building, NE can manipulate your memory, your brain, and your cognition.

"What we say and what we do... In fact, they are all under the control of NE, and there will be no accidents at all."

She gave a wry smile.

The collector heard these statements by accident. He was not very interested in the conspiracy theories circulating in the narrow building, but he did not expect that the secrets hidden by Fei and Wu Jian were related to those conspiracy theories.

So he immediately said: "However, artificial intelligence like NE must act according to the program? Losing memory is the rule of this nightmare, so NE acts according to the rule. But outside, why does it tamper with our memory? ?”

Fei's face turned pale: "Perhaps, that's also the rule?" She looked around and saw the solemn expressions of the taskers, "Perhaps, the masterminds behind the scenes just don't want us to know the truth."

Mu Jiashi said blankly: "Do you think NE has changed our memory, and it can do so at any time?" He sighed, "You don't have to say it so euphemistically."

Fei remained silent.

The collector snorted, and said with a smile: "So your conclusion is—yes, NE can control our memory. It can modify, delete, and increase the memory in our brain at will, just like a poor machine. It’s like deleting and modifying the internal storage of your computer at will.”

The rest of the taskers frowned subconsciously because of what he said.

"Ouch..." The collector suddenly laughed twice, "Oh my god, look at you. People like me know that human beings are now trapped in the narrow building, and we can't get out. Even if there are rumors It is said that someone left the narrow building, who knows if it is true or not?

"In this case, the main brain NE is the god of all gods who controls our lives and thoughts. It is not surprising that it can do anything, after all, there are black hands behind the scenes to move us into this narrow building.

"And you, why are you acting like you only found out about this today?

"Because you have been avoiding this possibility, you are unwilling to face it, and you are unwilling to believe it. Do you think the human brain is noble? Do you think that we are the spirits of all things, and that we are born to be favored by the universe? ?

"Oh my god...I think this nightmare is very interesting. You just said, who over at the playground said, what did you say-oh, 'human beings are the impurities of the earth'... so fucking right!"

Collector seemed to be in a particularly excited state, he chattered on and on, even ignoring the ugly expressions of other taskers.

"……enough!"

Mu Jiashi said a little angrily.

The collector touched his chin: "Then why not tell me?"

Mu Jiashi looked at him coldly, and finally said: "We just want to leave this narrow building."

The collector shrugged: "Give up, it's impossible."

Mu Jiashi took a deep breath: "Don't put your thoughts on others." His tone was very cold, "We are willing to fight and work hard for an impossible possibility, and if you are not willing, then you You can die yourself."

The collector was startled, and then opened his mouth: "You can't die in the narrow building."

"If you think that sinking into the nightmare of infinite collapse is not a kind of death... yes, you really can't die in the narrow building."

The collector finally had nothing to say.

Mu Jiashi didn't want to say anything anymore, he calmed down his emotions slowly, and said to Fei: "Let's focus on this nightmare first, don't think too much."

Fei looked at him.

Mu Jiashi sighed: "Even if we know that NE can do whatever we want with our brains, so what? We still can't..."

Fei said, "What kind of form do you think we will appear in the Narrow Building?"

Mu Jiashi was startled.

In front of the screen in the live broadcast room, Xu Beijin subconsciously sat up straight. He frowned, almost subconsciously wanting to say something to Fei's question.Then, he closed his eyes annoyed.

He heard Fei's voice.

"This is the doomsday." Fei's voice trembled, "Do you think that the earth will also encounter a doomsday, and then...we, maybe we...are all, dead?"