Escape from the Madhouse [Unlimited]

Two more people died in room 1112.

An old woman and her granddaughter died here. Both of them died in the same manner. A nylon bag was covered over their heads, they were beaten beyond recognition, and their limbs were bound into weird shapes.

As for the floor and walls of the house, they are all painted with inverted pentagrams.

The two players, Xiong Fei and Li Yuan, seem to have turned into servants of Satan, killing people constantly in the world, and sending them to hell to serve the devil.

After killing people, they left Room 1112 and walked towards the elevator.

This time while waiting for the elevator, a wound suddenly appeared on Xiong Fei's neck, and blood gushed out immediately.

Xiong Fei held his head down in time, as if to prevent it from falling.

The two then took the elevator and left.

After the two left, the door of Room 1104 opened, and a woman in a red dress came out.

Before going out, she yelled at the door: "That's right, what you give is never what I want!"

Probably because of being too angry, the woman fell after going out, her high heels slipped to the ground, and her feet were crooked.

The door of room 1103 on the opposite side opened, and that handsome man came out again.

When he saw the woman, he showed a bit of pity.

Catching his gaze, the woman lowered her head, as if she felt that she should not be seen by him in embarrassment.

The man had no scruples, and came over to help her stand up. Seeing that she couldn't walk, he simply picked her up and carried her to the elevator.

In a demagogic tone, he said to her: "It's not your fault that people are not nice. You deserve better."

The woman blushed and buried her face in his chest.

The elevator door opened, and the man went in with the woman in his arms. After a while, both of them disappeared.

"Oh my god, so all of this...what's going on?" He Xiaowei couldn't help but ask.

"I'm guessing a bit. Let's go to the elevator first."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Qian walked forward holding Bai Zhou's hand, and pressed the up button of the elevator.

After entering the elevator, the digital panel inside the elevator still showed that they were on the 9th floor.

Zhou Qian stared at the number and pressed the 11th floor.

Soon the elevator will arrive.

After leaving the elevator, Zhou Qian went straight to the left and walked to the end of the corridor.

This time, at the end of the corridor on the 11th floor, there is only room 1107.

As for the old room 1108 where a family of three died, it has once again appeared to be blocked by cement.

Seeing this, Zhou Qian went to the opposite 1107 and swiped the door with his room card.

The room is still empty.

But there is no lampshade decorated with swastikas and human skin tattoos, nor is there the cold towel wrapped in ice left by Bai Zhou.Obviously, this room was not the one they stayed in in the first place.

After taking a quick look around the room and making some kind of confirmation, Zhou Qian left room 1107.

Not surprisingly, they encountered a third murder case.

The homicide occurred in Room 1110.

The dead are still a couple.But this time there were no children.

The case is somewhat similar to that of the family of three, but the roles are reversed.

This time, the husband, who was not in the room at first, was beaten to death by the fat man Li Yuan in room 1110 alone.

Afterwards, his wife appeared with the short-haired man Xiong Fei on his arm.

The wife didn't enter the room immediately, but just held Xiong Fei's hand reluctantly.

"When I go back... I'll have a lot of troubles."

She sighed, "I came out on vacation with my husband this time to repair our relationship. Before, we were always arguing about the children, so we said, try traveling alone... Sure enough, it still doesn't work.

"He's not like you. How considerate you are, you're the best. Hey...

"I don't feel comfortable thinking about seeing his face for a while."

Xiong Fei's face changed a little, but it was only for a moment.

He quickly returned to normal, persuading him: "You don't want to go back? But if he finds out... let's go back first. Let's have a long life."

"Yes, yes, I will go back."

The wife sighed and walked to the door of 1113.

Probably because she has no feelings for her husband at all, unlike the victims in the previous two cases, when she saw the blood pouring out from under the door, her first reaction was to go in to check on his situation, but turned around and ran away.

However, this did not change her fate.

The moment she turned around, she was knocked unconscious by a small hammer raised by Xiong Fei from the side.

The door of 1113's room opened immediately, and Li Yuan, who was inside, came out, grabbed her ankles, and dragged her into the room.

After killing these two people and leaving a room full of pentagram circles, Xiong Fei and Li Yuan both took the elevator and left.

The two killers left, and the story of the handsome man who lived in 1103 and the woman in red dress who lived in 1104 happened again without accident.

This time, the two seemed to have made an appointment, and opened the doors from two rooms at about the same time.

The moment the door was pushed open, the two looked at each other and smiled, with a perfect understanding. After that, they held hands and walked in the corridor.

"Why do you wear a red dress every time you see me?"

"Because I wore a red dress when I first met you. I bought many identical ones...I want to commemorate that day."

"Understood. Every time we meet, it's like meeting for the first time."

"Yes. Every time I see you... it's like seeing you for the first time."

After a few words of conversation, the two entered the elevator and left.

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After that, Zhou Qian and the three of them did not act for the time being.

Walking to the public rest area directly opposite the elevator, Zhou Qian and Bai Zhou sat side by side on the sofa, and He Xiaowei sat next to them on the single soft-backed armchair.

Looking at Zhou Qian, He Xiaowei took the lead and asked, "Oh, no. Ah... what do you mean by this?"

Zhou Qian said: "It was a bit messy at first. But after watching it a few times, it's actually not difficult to understand.

"Although it seems that the man and the woman can see us. So can Xiong Fei and Li Yuan, they will even talk to us. But there is no substantive interaction between these four people and us."

He Xiaowei slapped his head: "Then does that mean...you can watch cutscenes of everything the four of them do?"

"Yes. It's hard to say what the real situation is. But at this stage, it can indeed be viewed as an animation."

Zhou Qian explained, "The hotel has 12 floors, and now each floor has become the 11th floor. Then one idea I can have is——

"In fact, we are always on the 11th floor, and the elevator has become a medium connecting different time and space.

"The number on the digital panel in the elevator no longer determines which floor we go to, but determines which time we will go to the 11th floor."

"Ah, you're right! But I can't seem to find a pattern!"

He Xiaowei took over the conversation and said, "I met you on the 9th floor. But I actually took the elevator to and from the 9th floor several times before. Every time I get out of the elevator, the situation on the 11th floor is different!"

What He Xiaowei said was right.

The reason why Zhou Qian went back to the 11th floor was to check the situation here again.

From his point of view, he entered a strange space, which started when he went downstairs to the lobby to buy a set, and then returned to the 11th floor.

At that time, he met Xiong Fei and Li Yuan who had "resurrected from the dead" and "changed their temperaments" for the first time.

He returned to room 1107, where the ice and towels were still there.

But now, when he went to the 9th floor, met He Xiaowei, and returned to the 11th floor with him, things in 1107 had changed.

Although he returned to the 11th floor, the situation here is completely different from the previous one.

"Yes. The digital panel in the elevator leads to different time and space. But it is not static. We may have to find out the specific rules before we find out. But there is one thing that can be revealed—"

Zhou Qian said, "As I said just now, the murder story of Xiong Fei and Li Yuan, as well as the love story of a man and a woman, can be regarded as animations for the time being. These four people are interpreting two completely different stories. Wire.

"So, from a certain point of view, every time we get out of the elevator, we can see different clips of these two animations."

The woman in the red dress is not in harmony with her original husband, and the disharmony in the married life may be one of the main reasons.

Also, for some unknown reason, they didn't live at home, but often stayed in this Saiyan hotel.

At least this red dress girl, she often lives in a hotel, not at home.

In this way, she has ample opportunity to cheat.

She also really fell in love with the man who lived in room 1103 across from her.

Players now go to different floors, and what they see is the fragments of their acquaintance, acquaintance, and love.

After listening to Zhou Qian's explanation, He Xiaowei nodded and said: "Yes. I can understand. We went to different floors, but we were actually watching different parts of the stories of these two people. Of course, what we saw was only related to the 11th floor. Yes. We don't know what they did elsewhere in Blue Harbor City."

"Well, the story about Xiong Fei and Li Yuan is actually very easy to understand." Zhou Qian said, "The 'animation' we saw is actually the system showing us their killing methods intuitively.

"So far, as far as the three cases we have seen, the killing methods of these two people are always the same, and they are cooperative crimes with tacit cooperation. They are not killing alone people, and their targets are two each time. .”

"If you want to kill two people, it will be much easier if you use drugs and other methods. But Xiong Fei and Li Yuan obviously need to perform inherent rituals before killing people. They not only have to beat people to death, but also make people Say the words to swear allegiance to Satan.

"So they can't resort to devious means such as drugging, they can only force it.

"In this case, if two big living people are in the room, it may not be easy for them to attack.

"As a result, every time one murderer lures a victim out, another murderer enters the room and kills the victim who remains in the room."

In the first case, a family of three was murdered.

It seems that Li Yuan seduced her husband and asked him out.

In this way, it is relatively easier for Xiong Fei to deal with his wife and girls alone.

After Xiong Fei finished killing people, Li Yuan took the time to bring her husband back.The husband entered in an ambush and was killed as well.

In the second case, the victims were a grandmother and granddaughter.

The granddaughter is a female athlete.She and grandma are both there, and if it is obvious, the killer may not be sure.

Therefore, Xiong Fei hooked up his granddaughter and took her out on a date.Li Yuan killed the grandmother who was left alone in the room.

In the end, the granddaughter followed Xiong Fei back to the house and was killed.

The same is true for the third case.

Xiong Fei seduces a wife.

The husband who was left alone in the room was killed by Li Yuan.

Finally, Xiong Fei brought his wife back and killed the wife at the same crime scene.

After a pause, Zhou Qian said, "Now what I'm thinking about is—is there any pattern for the victims of these three cases?"

Bai Zhou took the words, "The first case is the husband cheating, the third case is the wife cheating, and the second case..."

He Xiaowei suddenly interjected: "The second case may also be related to cheating!"

Zhou Qian asked him, "How do you say?"

He Xiaowei said: "Didn't I say before that the system asked me to help an old lady go downstairs to the lobby? This old lady should be the deceased just now. She was beaten beyond recognition, but I recognize her clothes.

"Anyway, when I helped her downstairs, she chatted with me and said that she came to Blueport City with her granddaughter to participate in the competition. She said that I am a good person. If her granddaughter was not married, she would introduce us to each other. .

"So, her granddaughter is already married. Since that's the case, isn't she cheating on her date with Xiong Fei?"

"Hmm... Then maybe, when the killer chooses the target to kill, it has something to do with cheating."

Having said this, Zhou Qian shook his head, and corrected himself, "No, just saying that, the causal relationship is wrong. Kill the victim first, and seduce the victim to cheat later. Then you have to put it another way——

"Victims are more likely to be unfaithful to their partners, with 'cheating' traits."

Take the first case as an example.

This husband may usually be famous, flirtatious and easily seduced.

That's the kind of people killers kill.

According to the personality of the victim, he was easily seduced.

So in the killer duo, one person was sent to seduce the husband. After he succeeded, he would find an opportunity to kill him, his wife and even the child; finally, he killed the husband.

The other few cases followed a similar pattern, nothing more than a target with the trait of "easy to cheat" and changed from a man to a woman.

After hearing Zhou Qian's further explanation, He Xiaowei asked: "Hmm...then I may have found the connection between these two story lines! The woman in the red dress also cheated! She is probably one of the victims too!"

Zhou Qian was noncommittal, neither nodded nor shook his head.

He Xiaowei asked again: "Wait a minute. I still don't understand... If a killer hates the cheating person, he should just kill the cheating one. Why did he kill his family?"

"This involves the killer's specific motive." Zhou Qian only said, "This is something we still don't fully understand."

"The motive of the killer... why are Li Yuan and Xiong Fei the killers?"

He Xiaowei seemed puzzled, "What motive do they have? Ah yes, and——

"Two murderers, one seduces and asks people out; the other takes the opportunity to attack the single victim, I understand. But, why is this Li Yuan...I don't discriminate against fat people, I am also fat. But he A husband who can easily seduce people, can't justify it?

"That Xiong Fei, to be honest, is average-looking. Why can he seduce a woman, but only one woman?"

After a long silence, Zhou Qian said, "Xiong Fei is indeed average-looking. But...the man in Room 1103 is very handsome and attractive.

"Li Yuan is indeed a fat man, and he is still a man. After all, homosexuality is a small number, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't be able to easily seduce a man every time. However, the girl in the red dress is indeed beautiful and stunning."

He Xiaowei: "Damn it... ah this... Could it be..."

Zhou Qian looked at the tightly closed elevator for a moment, got up and dragged Bai Zhou to the elevator door, and pressed the up button casually. "Let's go, the truth is what I guessed, maybe after watching the next 'animation' we will know."

1 minute later.

Zhou Qian, Bai Zhou and He Xiaowei came to the 12th floor together.

Of course, it's just that the number on the inner panel of the elevator shows that the floor is "12".

They left the elevator and came to the 11th floor.

Room 1108 at the end on the left appears to be blocked by cement.

This time the accident happened in Room 1212.

The dead are still a couple.

As usual, the man was seduced by Li Yuan. He was dating Li Yuan and was not at home.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiong Fei sneaked into the house and killed the woman.

Later, the man came back holding Li Yuan's hand and found blood under the door. He entered to check the situation, but Xiong Fei inside covered his head with a nylon bag.

After killing people and drawing the pentagram, Xiong Fei and Li Yuan took the elevator and left.

Then the man and woman appeared.

It was very different from the previous affectionate relationship, or the rigidity of the first acquaintance, this time the two of them ran out from Room 1103 where the man lived together.

Tall handsome man striding forward with a stern face, looking very angry.

The woman was still wearing a red dress. When she ran out, she knelt down on the ground and hugged the man's thigh.

"Please, don't go! Don't leave me. What happened today... was an accident. I don't know why he came to me! We're already divorced!"

"No. Actually, when you think about it, we were all wrong. You were wrong. I was wrong too."

"I, I didn't..."

"No. We are all families. We betray our lovers."

"It's not like that. He—"

"I heard that your husband is begging you to go back. He is really...why? Why does he indulge you who made mistakes? You are a sinner. I am a sinner. He who led you to make mistakes and indulged you in mistakes, also sinners.

"We are all sinners. We should go to hell for forgiveness."

After saying this, the man kicked the woman away and was about to leave.

The woman threw herself forward and knelt on the ground again. The moment her knees hit the ground, there was even a loud noise. She must have been seriously injured.

But this man seemed to have no pity for her. "We're going to atone. We did it wrong."

The woman broke down and said: "I, I will follow you to redeem your sins. As long as you don't leave me, you can do anything!"

After hearing this, the man took out an armband and handed it to her.

This time, Zhou Qian could clearly see that the pattern on the armband was an inverted pentagram.

The man said to her: "Then make atonement with me. We have to make repayment."

After finishing speaking, the man took the woman in the red skirt by the hand and led her away via the elevator.

Seeing the elevator door close again, Zhou Qian said, "Well, I can basically be sure that my inference is correct.

"Not long ago He Xiaowei said that the woman in the red dress cheated, so she is also a victim, this is the connection between the two story lines.

"However, you have seen it.

"The woman in the red dress is most likely not a victim. She is actually one of the killers. This is where the two story lines really connect. Therefore—"

"To correct a statement, there are more than two murderers in the serial murder case in Hall C.

"The killer related to swastikas and tattoos, without any other clues to support him, temporarily treat him as a person.

"But in the case of the nylon bag and the reverse pentagram, the real murderer was actually a man and a woman working together to handle the case. The male killer came forward to seduce the female victim, and the female killer came forward to seduce the male victim, and they cooperated with each other to kill.

"I think they did this to test whether the victim is really easy to cheat and make mistakes; secondly, of course it is for the convenience of the murderer; thirdly, after killing many people in this way, they put It's part of the ritual."

Zhou Qian came to a conclusion: "So... the related animation of a man and a woman actually played two normal people, how they became murderers. Obviously, this girl was brainwashed by her cheating partner and joined the Satanic related animation. cult.

"They lived in the Saiyan Hotel and became the hotel's hunters, focusing on those who are romantic or have family conflicts.

"I guess, these two people probably died in the end. They killed as many people as they could. Before they were arrested by the police, they probably committed suicide. After all, the man just said-he is going to hell Atonement."

"The pair of murderers believe in Satan and don't think death is terrible. Not only do they want to send themselves to hell, but they also decide to send as many slaves to Satan as possible before going to hell.

"If it goes a little further, they might think that killing people is an achievement. After going to hell, they will be praised by Satan."

"Anyway... I think those two are dead.

"The existence of the two of them, similar to the process animation, is the system's prompt for us to clear the level.

"Assuming this is a certain alien space, then they may have become ghosts after death. After becoming ghosts, they used the identity of others to reenact the story of the murder. This may also be a clearance prompt given directly by the system. "

"One of the most critical hints hidden in this is...

"Ghosts can become our teammates, such as Xiong Fei and Li Yuan we see now.

"A male and a female murderer died and turned into ghosts. The two ghosts appeared in the form of Xiong Fei and Li Yuan. They played out the circumstances of the crime over and over again for different victims on different floors."

"Of course, I still don't know what kind of space this is. The actual situation may be much more complicated. After all, Xiong Fei and Li Yuan greeted us after killing someone. They have player memories.

"However, I can't find another name to refer to this unknown thing, so let's just call it a 'ghost'.

"How do ghosts become players, and why do they have their memories? I haven't figured this out yet. But—"

Having said this, Zhou Qian looked meaningfully at He Xiaowei in the dim light in the corridor.

"However, one thing is certain. There may be many 'ghosts' in this space. They can take the form of players, appear beside us, and then they may find an opportunity to kill us."

He said: "Then, the reason why I have talked with you for so long and explained it in such detail...is to test whether you are a 'ghost'."

He Xiaowei was taken aback for a moment, then "haha" laughed loudly: "Qian'er, you are just kidding. How could I..."

"Yeah, how could Little Viagra be a ghost. After talking for so long, I think you are you. It's impossible for a 'ghost' to imitate so perfectly. So, it's not right."

Zhou Qian smiled, raised Bai Zhou's arm next to him in a handshake gesture, then turned to look at him and said, "Brother Zhou too. The three of us should act together in the future, lest the 'ghost' take advantage of it." False chance. I guess—”

After a pause, Zhou Qian said: "The exhibition hall designed a small copy of the virtual game, which has the function of telling us the killer's motivation. Since this combination of a male and a female killer believes in Satan...it is very likely that the exhibition hall will really construct hell in the game.

"Then this alien space is likely to be a space similar to hell."

"With so many people dead now, if they all become ghosts and then obtain the identity of the player, it will be troublesome."

After Zhou Qian said this, he found that Bai Zhou's eyes were a little dazed, as if he didn't respond to his words at all.

He Xiaowei next to him didn't speak for a while, and seemed to be lost in thought.

Zhou Qian narrowed his eyes, scratched Bai Zhou's palm, and then found that a little red seemed to slip through the depths of his pupils.

But that flash was fleeting, as short as Zhou Qian's hallucination.

Afterwards, He Xiaowei finally spoke. "Wait, no—

"But how do they get their identities?" He Xiaowei asked puzzledly, "Li Yuan and Xiong Fei, the two players in hall D, were killed by the swastika killer and died in reality. Their bodies were stolen by 'ghosts' Taken, possessed, can I understand this?"

"This is indeed a possibility." Zhou Qian said, "Well... your idea is quite reliable. If the ghost light can change shape and become a human, then this cannot explain the memory.

"Li Yuan and Xiong Fei, who became ghosts, can recognize us and call us by name... Possession is indeed more likely. They occupy the player's body, and then obtain the player's related memories."

Hearing this, He Xiaowei patted his chest. "Looking at it this way, there won't be a second me, or a second you. If I die in reality, ghosts might possess me. Right?"

"Well, it makes sense." Zhou Qian thought for a while, "If there is no such thing as parallel time and space, but only ghosts possessing the body and resurrecting the corpse, it is indeed the case."

"Then what we have to guard against next is not our own people! In fact, what we have to guard against is being killed by Xiong Fei and Li Yuan! Maybe at some point, they will start killing us. But...

"There is no one here who has the trait of 'easy to cheat'?!"

He Xiaowei scratched his head, "There's no such thing as a couple. How can this death condition be triggered?"

Hearing this, Zhou Qian glanced at Bai Zhou with a smile, and let go of his hand.

At this time, Bai Zhou's pupils looking at Zhou Qian suddenly became very heavy, and his expression seemed to have changed a lot from normal.

Zhou Qian didn't seem to notice the slightest clue.

He just said: "He Xiaowei's idea is quite right. The man and the woman are the real culprits of the serial murder case. They are now possessing Li Yuan and Xiong Fei. After the animation is finished and the game prompt function is completed, probably They will attack us. Then, according to their analysis——

"Their goal is two people. Instead, we can't walk together.

"So Brother Zhou—"

Staring at Bai Zhou's eyes, Zhou Qian stressed his tone, emphasizing every word: "Brother Zhou, we have to separate."

At this moment, the three of them happened to be at the door of Room 1107.

1108 on the opposite side has become a wall again.

And this time, no one knows the situation in 1107.

Bai Zhou's face changed suddenly, with unprecedented seriousness and gloomyness.

He stared at Zhou Qian for a moment, clenched his hands into fists, and knocked hard on the door of room 1107 a few times. After no one answered, he raised his foot and kicked the door open.

It seemed that something was wrong suddenly, and Zhou Qian's face changed immediately.

His pupils tightened rapidly, and he looked warily at the completely unfamiliar Bai Zhou in front of him.

After taking a few steps back, he sternly said to He Xiaowei: "He Xiaowei, something is wrong with him. Run! Let's run quickly! Press the elevator!"

"Oh, oh, okay, I'll go..." He Xiaowei ran away, and sure enough, he went in the direction of the elevator.

Zhou Qian took a few steps back and quickly turned around to follow He Xiaowei.

The next moment, his wrist was suddenly grabbed.

Zhou Qian almost exclaimed: "You, what's the matter with you? Who are you?"

Bai Zhou seemed to ignore it.

He firmly grasped Zhou Qian's wrist with one hand, and quickly put the other arm across his waist and abdomen, and quickly brought him into the room.

After entering the room, Bai Zhou quickly kicked twice without hesitation, his first kick was to close the door.The door panel slammed into the door frame with a loud bang.

Bai Zhou's second kick was crisp and precise, kicking the sofa and the coffee table towards the door, completely blocking the door with the broken lock.

While struggling, Zhou Qian seized an opportunity, quickly pulled out his wrist, turned around and ran again.

But when he couldn't use his skills, he was no match for Bai Zhou at all.

Bai Zhou hugged his waist again with one hand, and threw him directly onto the bed!

The back of his head and his back slammed into the bed board. Zhou Qian ignored the pain and exerted force on his waist and abdomen. He jumped up from the bed, and then he heard the sound of some fabric being torn.

The next moment, his right wrist was clenched, and he fell back onto the bed uncontrollably. His wrist was tied up with a rag and tied tightly to the head of the bed.

It was Bai Zhou who was subduing Zhou Qian, pressed the bed sheet with one knee, and took the time to tear it up with his bare hands.

His speed and strength are almost unbelievable!

Reluctantly raising his head to glance in the direction of the door, Zhou Qian's expression was very different from when he looked at He Xiaowei in the corridor just now.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Qian looked at Bai Zhou with a deep voice. "Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou? Can you hear me? You—"

Bai Zhou didn't answer, but just lay on his side on the bed, wrapped his arms around Zhou Qian, and while hugging him in his arms, he stared into his eyes.

Bai Zhou looked at Zhou Qian.

Zhou Qian was also watching him.

Zhou Qian could see clearly that the depths of Bai Zhou's dark eyes were faintly red again, as if they were about to bleed.

"Brother Zhou?" Zhou Qian tried to call his name again.

Then he felt Bai Zhou holding his hand tightly again, the force was so strong that it almost hurt him.

Zhou Qian frowned immediately, and then felt that Bai Zhou moved closer to him.

While staring at Zhou Qian, Bai Zhou didn't say a word, his breathing was heavy, and his heaving and rising chest could clearly transmit the extremely heavy and powerful heartbeat to Zhou Qian who was close at hand.

Hugging Zhou Qian tighter and tighter, Bai Zhou raised one hand, grabbed the back of his head and pulled him closer. Accompanied by this movement, Bai Zhou's body leaned forward and kissed him gently. his earrings.

After a while, there was a loud banging on the door.

Zhou Qian heard another Bai Zhou's voice outside the door.

"Zhou Qian? Are you inside?"

Zhou Qian didn't move, but raised his eyes and looked deeply at Bai Zhou, who looked completely wrong.

Afterwards, the door of this room, together with the sofa and coffee table blocking the door, were thrown open.

In the next moment, there was a flash of silver light, and a Tang knife that Zhou Qian was very familiar with slashed over with endless killing intent!