Wanjie: Starting from the Back Room

Conan, who often deals with corpses, did not react so much to Yang Tao. His face turned slightly pale, and he walked to Yang Tao and asked: "Is it dead?"

"Dead."

Yang Tao endured the discomfort and checked the various characteristics of the [Skin Thief].

Skin Thief is a tall, yellowish humanoid entity with deeply sunken white eyes.

The outside of its skin is covered with dense tiny protrusions, similar to the suction cups on octopus tentacles. These protrusions will absorb the skin peeled off from humans and pull it back and forth until it fits the body of the Skin Thief, which makes the Skin Thief look like a human.

There is a layer of evil liquid on the surface of the body. These liquids are not the "blood" of the [Skin Thief], but just a cover that adheres to the skin to make it look more real.

Looking at the wound on the [Skin Thief's] arm, there is a lot of translucent liquid flowing out, which is its real blood.

This is also the most correct way to distinguish the [Skin Thief], but...

The [Skin Thief] will not let you draw blood for verification. Basically, when it is in disguise, if you show any hostile behavior to it, it will attack.

"Are all these monsters here?"

Conan poked the [Skin Thief]'s body with a small iron stick he picked up from somewhere, and also picked up the disgusting liquid and brought it to his eyes for careful inspection.

"No, it stands to reason that the number of entities is very small at level 1, but you and I are a little special."

At this time, Yang Tao also remembered what he had overlooked. Letting Eric and Conan be alone together is no less than a murder.

"If you are alone, I think your probability of encountering an entity is about the same as that of an ordinary person, but... if there is someone next to you, the probability of encountering an entity increases by more than a hundred times."

This is Conan's law. There will definitely be a murder case where he goes. Since it is a murder case, there must be a murderer. The entity in the back room is naturally the best choice.

'If Conan wants to explore the back room in the future... he must not be assigned a companion. ’

Conan looked at Yang Tao and said, "You're teasing me!"

"Eric, tell me when you've finished describing the appearance and features of the skin stealer."

"Okay."

Eric wrote furiously. It was very important for him to record all kinds of information in the [Back Room]. Even if he died, he had to leave the information for the explorers and wanderers behind.

Yang Tao walked towards the shelf not far away. The supply box there had attracted his attention. After Conan finished playing with the skin flayer's body and saw Yang Tao leaving, he immediately followed him.

"What's in it?"

Yang Tao reached out and picked up the paper and put it on the ground and said, "No one knows what's in it before you open it, but the probability of almond water is very high."

As he said that, he opened the paper directly. A foul smell came to his face. Conan, who was looking inside, covered his mouth and nose instantly.

Yang Tao was fine.

"A dead mouse, the back room is really full of bad taste..."

There was a skinned mouse lying in the paper, and the flesh had long been rotten, and even some white maggots could be seen wriggling in the mouse corpse.

Reaching out to pick up the other things inside, there were not many precious things in the supply box in the level 1 layer, and the chance of obtaining them was very small, pitifully small.

"Who made these things?"

Yang Tao threw away the cardboard box with only the dead mouse. The cardboard box and the dead mouse were not even worth exchanging for energy value. Hearing Conan's words, he shook his head and said: "I don't know, you can also see the specialness of this world. Many unreasonable things are normal here."

"Just like level 1 itself, it has not been found to have boundaries so far."

Conan gradually turned into the shape of the [back room], and he was no longer so inquiring about some special things. There were too many unreasonable things.

"Yang, I have finished recording!"

Eric put away his notebook and said hello to Yang Tao.

Walk over and put the skin of the [Skin Thief] into the backpack.

‘Exchange’

70 energy points in hand, making ‘money’ is so easy.

“Are you two tired? If not, let’s go to level 2.”

“Level 2? How can we get to level 2?”

Eric, who had just put his notebook away, quickly took it out again.

“Level 2 can be reached through any corridor in Level 1 that looks longer than other corridors in that level. This is also the easiest way.”

“There are ways to reach other levels, but II am not familiar with it, so we need to explore it bit by bit. "

Eric and Conan both nodded.

The three of them walked in the empty abandoned warehouse. The endless warehouse gave people a lot of psychological pressure.

Conan pushed his eyes and said: "The layout and various details of this level 1 give people a certain psychological pressure all the time, including the sound of dripping water, the sound of people walking, and even the unknown darkness. If a weak-willed person is alone here, he will definitely be driven crazy by this environment."

Yang Tao smiled and said: "People with weak wills will never reach the stage of being driven crazy. Conan, guess why almond water has the effect of stabilizing the spirit?"

Conan frowned slightly and made such an expression on his tender face. He looked very cute. Soon he thought of a possibility and looked up and said:

"This... Is there a monster in this world that specializes in attacking people with poor mental power?"

Yang Tao really admired Conan's mind. He couldn't help but reach out and touch his head and said with a smile: "Yes, there are many monsters in the back room who like to attack people who are on the verge of collapse. ”

“The most famous one is the Sad Corpse, who is transformed from a human. If you meet him, I will show you.”

Walking along the warehouse road to the depths, Yang Tao introduced some useful information to the two from time to time. After more than an hour, Conan, who was already a little tired, asked: “Well… Can I ride a motorcycle here? Mr. Yang Tao, with your ability, you should be able to push a motorcycle from my world in.”

Yang Tao: “…”

He forgot that he was now a person who could travel between two worlds, and he stupidly explored the [back room] with his legs.

“Indeed, I can, but I don’t have any money. I’ll find Kuroba Kaito tomorrow.”

Conan: “Are you sure you can eat him?”

Yang Tao said very confidently: “Black eating black is a fine tradition, and it cannot be abandoned.”

Conan: “…”

“If you need a motorcycle, I can buy you one. "

But he regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, because Yang Tao's eyes lit up when he looked at him.

"I almost forgot about you. Logically speaking, your parents should give you a lot of money every month..."

"No... not much, just enough to buy a motorcycle. Ah, then, is there a tunnel leading to level 2?"

Yang Tao looked at Conan who was a little nervous and said with a smile: "Conan, I smell a lie... and you changed the subject too abruptly. There is no entrance to level 2... Damn, it really is!"

Looking at the tunnel that appeared in the abandoned warehouse, Yang Tao swallowed the rest of his words. Compared with other ordinary corridors, the style of this corridor is completely different. There are many pipes inside. Under the illumination of incandescent lamps, this corridor looks very deep and long, and you can't see the end at a glance.

"Let's talk about the motorcycle later. Let's go to level 2 first... But I'm worried that we will be teleported to different places, so I'll go in alone to make a point first. "

One [One-time Door Key] costs 15 energy points. If they are really separated by teleportation, then he wants to bring them back, which will cost at least 40 energy points. Sending them back first will only cost 20 energy points. He can still calculate this clearly.