Human dimension reduction

Standing at the door were four people, two men and two women. One of the girls was holding another boy's arm tightly and leaning against him. Seeing that they were still college students, they were probably a pair of unlucky people who were picked by the game field. The couple, another girl stood behind them, watching the darkness in the corridor vigilantly, while the man who spoke to Chen Yin at the front was calm and seemed to have an inexplicable sense of trustworthiness.

Several other people surrounded him intentionally or unintentionally, imperceptibly showing who was making up their minds in this group of people, maybe they were all called by this person knocking on the door one by one.

As soon as Chen Yin saw this person, she relaxed a lot. Fortunately, she didn't forget her companion in distress, and turned her head to shout into the room: "Zhang Dinghai? He is... What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Dinghai, who was sitting on the stool, had already pressed himself against the wall farthest from her at some point, with the iron hammer in his hand half-raised, with a solemn expression as if he was about to go to the battlefield in the next moment.

Seeing her turn to him, this honest and simple man who claimed to be a construction worker leaned back, looking as if he was going to stick himself on the wall and turn it into wallpaper.

Chen Yin's expression was still fixed on doubts, the man standing at the door reacted very quickly, and his face suddenly turned ugly: "...you are not the only one here?"

Chen Yin looked back at him blankly: "Ah... yes, I met him on the fifth floor, and I wanted to go down to find other people together, but I saw him on the third floor—by the way, did you see that thing just now?" ?she--"

Chen Yin was eager to share information with the boss who brought her, the man outside the door quickly made a gesture to stop her remaining words, and the words became concise and fast: "I heard, we just hid on the third floor In the room, I only came here because I heard you, that thing has already gone downstairs, and it shouldn't come up for the time being... But I thought there was only one person on the fourth floor."

Chen Yin didn't understand what he said, and explained stupidly: "I am indeed the only one on the fourth floor, and Zhang Dinghai lives on the fifth floor."

Hearing her words, the man at the door hadn't said anything yet. Zhang Dinghai inside had already reached the limit, and shouted in a low voice: "Are you stupid! In the instructions given at the beginning of the game, it clearly said There are only five players in this game! You count how many there are now!"

Chen Yin belatedly let out an "ah", and suddenly her whole body went numb.

six.

There are now six living people present.

Everyone inside and outside the door froze.

Several people outside the door looked at each other suspiciously, and then turned their attention to the two people in room 401 at the same time. Out of various strange psychology, they were unwilling to doubt the few people who had initially established trust. A companion, no matter how you look at it, the two people who are placed in 401 are the most suspicious.

Chen Yin hesitated for a moment, her old problem relapsed, it seemed that whether it was Zhang Dinghai or the three strangers outside... were all doubtful, so what would she do?

Zhang Dinghai, who was instantly alone, held the iron hammer in front of him, and looked at the five people at the door vigilantly. Even Chen Yin was blacklisted by him, because there was a wall behind him, and the only escape exit was suspected to be haunted. He is now in a very tragic state, holding an iron hammer as if he is carrying a pack of explosives to blow up a bunker, which inexplicably makes the other people feel a little guilty.

What are they guilty of... They don't know either!

However, although he is single and weak, since he is the only one among the few who has a powerful lethal weapon, his posture is a bit suitable as a footnote for "I surrounded you".

In short, the situation at the scene is weird no matter how you look at it.

In the end, the player who was highly trusted by Chen Yin came out to smooth things over: "Anyway, since we are among this..."

He paused, everyone knew what was mingled with them, but he still tactfully whitewashed it: "Stranger, if he is willing to pretend to be one of us, it means that he has no intention to kill us for the time being. Maybe it's a rule limit, or it's a quirk... In any case, we are still safe at the moment, and the game gave us a 24-hour limit, and now it's been three hours, since it doesn't plan to come up and kill us, we You just have to do things at your own pace.”

"Let's get together first and share our respective situations. Everyone has encountered the thing on the third floor just now. In addition to solving the case required by the game, there are still many dangers in the building. We'd better solve the case and leave the game field as soon as possible."

His thoughts were very clear, and he calmed down the restless hearts. The three people who followed him nodded, and Chen Yin turned her consulting eyes to Zhang Dinghai by the wall.

The five people looked at the people in the house at the same time.

The feeling of being stared at by ten eyes at the same time is actually not very pleasant, especially when they are in this building full of ghosts, and even one of the five people is not a human being. There was a chill in my heart.

Qiao Zhou also shivered at the right time, and shrugged his shoulders: "Go, just go, don't look at me!"

After getting an affirmative answer, the man turned his head: "Then go to the third floor. The room on the third floor... is bigger."

Not only is it relatively big, it’s not scientific at all, it’s better to say that a house of this type in an old residential building is full of magic, almost like a fly hiding a cow and 20l of luggage in its stomach A large refrigerator is stuffed into the box, and its principle has a subtle resonance with the "three-step stuffing an elephant into the refrigerator".

The room on the third floor belonged to the boy of the couple, although "room" was a silent insult to it.

——It’s like moving a floor from a certain villa and stuffing it into 302.

There are bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, study room, gym, entertainment room, home theater in the super large flat floor, there is a swimming pool outside the floor-to-ceiling glass, a full set of luxurious and elegant European decoration, the ceiling is four meters high, and the swimming pool outside the glass door is full of blue waves Rippling, everywhere reveals unimaginable wonder.

Qiao Zhou was obviously shocked after entering the door, and Chen Yin opened her mouth wide. Compared with this place, her basement was even more shabby.

Zhou Donglai, the owner of 302, took out six bottles of drinks from the four-door refrigerator in the living room and put them in front of everyone one by one. Fortunately, his place is big enough, and the six people sitting on the sofa are not crowded at all, and they can arrange A comfortable posture - of course, no one is in the mood to pose in a comfortable posture now.

After sitting down, several people briefly exchanged their names.

Household 101 is Fan Yue, Household 201 is Yao Qiong, Household 302 is Zhou Donglai, Household 401 is Chen Yin, Household 501 is Zhang Dinghai, Household 602 is Hua Pingan. Among them, Yao Qiong and Zhou Donglai are a couple. Hua Pingan and Chen Yin have a friendship in the playground Therefore, only Fan Yue on the first floor and Zhang Dinghai on the fifth floor could not prove that they were alive.

One more thing to mention here is that the names they use for self-introduction are the identities arranged by the game field. On this point, no one has any objections, and Qiao Zhou found that, except for himself as a stowaway, no one else seems to have changed. face.

After introducing his name and residence, the scene fell into an awkward silence.

Originally, they should talk about how to solve the case, but the condition for getting out of this game field is to dig out the truth of other people's cases. Everyone is a competitor. They must prevent their own cases from being dug out, and they must try their best to dig out other people's cases. details of the case.

This setting is doomed that several people cannot form a complete group. Rather, the most suitable route for them is to disband on the spot and find their own clues, especially if there is an undercover ghost among them.

So after being silent for almost 10 minutes, Fan Yue couldn't take it anymore, this is a very sharp and decisive girl: "I don't think we should waste time, let me just say, this game, we'd better separate, anyway in the game field There will be no punishment even if the game fails, we can stay in our own area, don't explore other people's areas, and don't go out, this will not only prevent the 'stranger' among us from doing bad things, but also ensure that It won’t be a stepping stone for your companions. Although we will all lose the game in the end because we haven’t solved the case, it’s fair if all five of us fail.”

"As long as you survive 24 hours and don't go out or open the door to others, you can be sent out of the playground safely. This is the best way."

Yao Qiong and Zhou Donglai looked at each other, and at the same time couldn't wait to echo: "We agree that those things outside are too scary, and you will only be sent out if you fail the game in the game field, but if you are killed by a ghost, you are really dead. Stay in your room."

Chen Yin also showed a heart-beating expression.

It's better to stay in the room and lose the game than to go out to explore and be killed by ghosts wandering outside.

There is no price to pay for losing the game, but will you really die if you are killed by a ghost?An off-site stowaway player who heard this rule blinked thoughtfully. This rule is too strange and completely illogical.

Players in the game field will definitely find this loophole, and play passively like Fan Yue and the others. Could it be that the game field is just watching indifferently?What is the purpose of its establishment?

He didn't believe that the game field would allow players to stay in one place like this. They had to set up a safe house to drive the players hiding inside to experience the wind and rain. This large-scale live-action game couldn't be done like this, could it?

This truth is actually very simple, but he didn't say it, and Hua Pingan, who obviously thought of it... didn't say it either.

According to Chen Yin's introduction, Hua Pingan escaped from the last game with a group of newcomers without death. Such an enthusiastic and kind-hearted player kept silent about this obvious trap. It seems that his "enthusiasm and kindness" also had conditions and Prescription.

Thinking of this, Qiao Zhou nodded and said, "I also think it's good to stay in the room."

Four to two, the balance in Chen Yin's heart quickly tipped over: "Then I too..."

This time, five people went to see Hua Pingan at the same time.

The young man sitting on the single sofa has an ordinary appearance, but he has a unique temperament. He has a wonderful aura of Dinghai Shenzhen. It seems that as long as he is there, there are no difficulties that he cannot overcome.

The pressure of being watched by five people also made Hua Pingan a little uncomfortable. He frowned very slightly, and he might have thought of the ghost hiding among them: "Since everyone has already decided, I have no objection." , That’s it, everyone go back to your room, lock the door, no matter who comes, don’t open the door—even if any of us comes, don’t open it.”

He paused for two seconds, then slowly continued: "...Even if you come to knock on the door for help, don't open it."

As soon as these words came out, a chill ran down everyone's spine.

Fan Yue borrowed a kitchen knife from Zhou Donglai's house for self-defense, and was the first to go downstairs. Zhou Donglai accompanied his girlfriend Yao Yue to her second floor, while Chen Yin, Qiao Zhou, and Hua Pingan went upstairs together. Let's go, after walking through the dark corridor with no lights on the third floor, Chen Yin was obviously relieved, she quickly took out the key to open the door, nodded to the two men outside the door, said goodbye hastily, and closed the door , The sound of the door being locked was clearly audible.

So only Qiao Zhou and Hua Ping'an were left to continue climbing upstairs.

The door of 501 remained the same as it was before Qiao Zhou left, and even the dust he deliberately wiped off with his shoes remained unchanged. It seems that no one...or ghosts have visited here after he left.

This discovery made him a little regretful.

In fact, he really wants to catch a turtle in a urn. It would be better if there is a ghost ambushing him inside, and when he is unprepared, he will "wow" jump out, and then he can "ah" and lock the door behind him, and catch this ghost. Study the physiological structure of this non-scientific creature.

It's a pity that he can't use the puppets now, so he can only put this slightly wild idea on hold.

When he was about to close the door, he thought about it, but he still couldn't hold back, and stopped Hua Pingan who was about to go upstairs: "You live on the sixth floor, why didn't I hear you coming downstairs?"

When dealing with the scene, he did not pull down the movement outside the door from the beginning to the end, so he can be sure that at least after he entered the game field, absolutely no one went down from the sixth floor, so how did Hua Pingan appear on the lower floor of?

"If you want to find a companion, shouldn't you look for them from the nearest floor? Why don't you come to me, and go to the first floor and start from Fan Yue?" Qiao Zhou continued to ask.

Hua Pingan stopped on the stairs, motionless, his back was facing the light bulb, and his entire face was covered by shadows, like a layer of cloudy mist, as if a change would begin in the next second.

However, Qiao Zhou didn't look scared at all. Hua Ping'an finally turned around, with a little helplessness in his expression: "Aren't you afraid that I'm a ghost among us? If you ask me like this, maybe I'll kill you." Show your original shape and kill you."

Qiao Zhou replied calmly: "I'm afraid, so I want to find out if you are."

Hua Ping'an was shocked by his impeccable logic, and was speechless for a short two seconds before answering: "The undercover room is quite special. It is an apartment with elevator access. The elevator can go directly to the first floor. As for why I went to the first floor instead of coming here. Looking for you..."

He pondered for a moment, and said frankly: "I don't think you are a good person."

It was the first time in Qiao Zhou's life that he showed such genuine doubts.

How is he not like a good person? !

Hua Pingan understood his doubts, paused, and said half-covered: "After I entered the game field, I opened the window and saw a person fall from the fifth floor—"

He glanced sharply at Qiao Zhou: "You pushed him down."

Among other things, being able to throw a person downstairs so neatly is not something that a good person can do.

Qiao Zhou stood where he was, but his brain circuit went in another direction: "So you saw..."

This was something he didn't expect, he passed his layout very quickly, and there was no abnormality on his face: "So you want to investigate my case?"

Unexpectedly, Hua Pingan quickly refused: "I won't check you."

Then he added another sentence: "Don't come to check me, we can keep the water out of the river."

Qiao Zhou thought for a while, then smiled: "Okay."

Watching Hua Ping'an turn around and walk up to the sixth floor, Qiao Zhou closed the door and licked his teeth.

Weird.

Who could not be wary of those who witnessed their "murder scene"? Both parties must have the handle to form a cooperative balance.