MTL - What’s Wrong With Seeking Death?-Chapter 24

[Stunt: Crazy Rabbit·Unfortunate Rabbit Leg]

[Current Level: Chaos: Firefly / Beast: Firefly]

[Effect: Active stunt. Can be launched against any non-human being. Whenever you successfully use [Front Kick] once on the target, it will cause a certain amount of stiffness and confusion to the target. The greater the absolute value of the gap between the target and your level, the weaker the duration and impact of the effect. It can only be activated on one target at a time, cannot be superimposed, and has no cooldown time. 】

Xu Turan: ...

After quickly scanning the words that emerged in her mind, there was only one thought in her mind——

Gan. Is it too late for her to quit now?

Five hundred death points are enough to open such a thing, and you are ashamed of the dog planner.

Of course it doesn't mean that this skill is bad. After all, it looks like it's still a strong control skill, and it hasn't cooled down yet, so who is kicking to control whom—the question is, kicking? kicking? !

Then you should take some time to tell me what "right kicking" is? Lift your foot and kick someone in front of you?

Xu Tuoran, who had always followed the route of beating the old master to death with random punches, fell silent.

...Forget it, it's all turned on, so what can I do?

Xu Tuoran took a deep breath on the spot, adjusted his mood, and turned his attention to the current room.

At present, it seems that her guess is right - the ceremony on the fifteenth floor is still in operation, but everyone who comes into contact with it will be affected, and this influence is reflected in their "keys".

The key is still the same key, and the door is still the same door. However, the space behind the door has quietly changed. Once you step in, you will be taken into another world.

This should be the "domain" that Yang Buqi mentioned... Xu Tuoran secretly came to a conclusion.

In this way, Zha Ruoyu's strange behavior also makes sense—what he really wants to go to is not 1501, but this domain.

That's why he used the key to open the door over and over again, and tried over and over again, that's why he asked others if they had seen his "key"... What he really wanted was the key to enter this "domain".

As for why people who didn't want to get in were dragged in, but he, who really wanted to get in, couldn't get in, that was beyond Xu Tuoran's thinking.

She thought silently, and looked around the space again.

At this time, the walls of the living room have been completely replaced. The bright red color and the texture like thawed meat made Xu Tuoran wonder whether he was thrown into the inside of some huge monster. The floor and ceiling have not changed much, they are still hard to the touch.

The original doors and windows all disappeared. Not only could she not go out, but she couldn't even move from the living room to other rooms, which meant she was trapped in this limited space.

The furnishings in the living room still maintained the appearance she saw at first sight, even the black backpack was well placed in place. Xu Tueran tried it, and found that the water and electricity can still be used as usual, and the taste of the fruit in the refrigerator is also normal. She took a small apple in her mouth, tried to flip through the black bag, and found a men's black shirt from inside—in terms of size, it should be Yang Buqi's. A small transparent business card case was also found in the inner grid, and the business card that Yang Buqi gave her was placed in it.

In other words, the owner of this bag is none other than Yang Buqi.

In other words, the living room she saw when she entered should be the real living room where Yang Buqi lived. She just doesn't know whether what she sees is a replica based on the real living room, or a space that has been stripped and sealed off from reality.

In any case, it is a fact that Yang Buqi himself is not here. Xu Turan thought that there was nothing strange about the emergency, so he rummaged through his backpack and found a pocket knife and a palm-sized watering can filled with an unknown liquid. Because she felt that there were too many things, she simply threw the whole bag over her shoulder.

There were still two mints on the table, and she unceremoniously swept them away. Seeing that they had searched almost everything, she caught a glimpse of the card case next to her out of the corner of her eye, and Xu Turan opened it again, taking out a few more.

She originally thought that this kind of small piece of paper is suitable for not only remembering things, but also suitable for marking, so she can carry some on her body for backup; after taking out the business card, she noticed something strange.

—The back of some business cards has been painted over.

The place where the dark pattern of the torch was originally drawn was randomly smeared with a red pen, leaving a mess of bright red marks.

Not all business cards have been painted over, but it can be seen that the person who painted this mark is in a bad mood, and the handwriting left behind is full of anger.

Xu Turan didn't know where these marks came from, but she could be sure that they were definitely not left by Yang Buqi himself—Yang Buqi took this mark very seriously.

Xu Tuoran thought for a while, and looked through these business cards one by one. He took some of the painted and unpainted ones with him.

And almost the moment she put these business cards into her pocket, a familiar voice sounded in her mind:

[Congratulations, you have gained ten death points! 】

Xu Turan: ...

She didn't do anything, and simply took the entire business card box away.

Unfortunately, the notification tone did not continue to sound. This made Xu Tuoran feel very regretful.

After rummaging through the backpack, she checked the other cabinets in the living room. After searching for about three or four minutes, the change occurred again—just as she made a mistake, there was an extra door on the wall of the living room.

A security door. The key is in the lock. The door panel looked very new, with the word "Fu" pasted upside down, and Spring Festival couplets pasted on both sides, which seemed out of place with the meaty wall next to it.

It's so out of place that it looks weird.

So Xu Tuoran took two small apples from the refrigerator without hesitation, strode forward, and opened the door.

The moment the door was opened, a reminder to increase the death value by one sounded in his mind—followed by a smell of blood.

Xu Tuoran covered his nose subconsciously, and then looked behind the door carefully, his brows furrowed involuntarily.

Behind the anti-theft door, there is also a living room—but not the living room of Meihua Apartment.

This living room is obviously much more advanced, at least twice the size of the interior of the apartment, the floor is covered with shiny marble, and there is a complete set of leather sofas facing the TV cabinet.

There is a 70-inch LCD TV hanging on the wall, and there is a faint sound coming from it—this TV is actually turned on.

The sound of ding ding dong dong wafted in the room, which made the current scene even more weird.

After all, this living room is full of blood.

The bright marble floor and the snow-white leather sofa were mostly stained red by blood. In addition to the smell of blood, there was also a faint smell of rotten meat in the air, but Xu Tuoran looked around and didn't see any corpses.

Instead, they found some broken clothes, floating under the coffee table, with obvious cracks on the edges, as if they were torn off by something.

What the **** is going on in this living room?

Xu Tuoran frowned slightly, walked around the room a few more times, and had some other guesses in his mind.

The position of the leather sofa has obviously been moved. There was a large gap between the back of the sofa and the wall, just enough for one person to hide in; while there were a few deep scratches on the wall next to it.

Does this mean that someone once wanted to hide here, but was caught out by some "something"?

Why did he choose to hide here?

Xu Turan pursed his lips, and his eyes fell on the door next to him.

This space is not completely closed. Besides the door through which she had entered, there was another door, which opened at the other end of the living room. No matter where the monster came from at that time, he should have at least one escape direction. In any case, it seems very unwise to hide in such a place where children can find it.

There were only two possibilities—either, the situation of that person was the same as when he first came here, the walls were completely closed, and there was no room for escape; or, there was a reason why he had to stay here.

Xu Tuoran originally preferred the first option, but after some searching, he silently changed his mind.

She found a ball of paper. Just in the crevice of the sofa, there was a pool of blood on the surface. When I opened it, there were a few lines of messy red writing inside.

【Hi, I don't know who you are. But I know that you must be a poor man like me. If you are new to this place, then you'd better keep the following words in mind. 】

[First of all, don't just go to the new room! Every room has a door, and the rooms connected behind the door are different every time! Once in a new room, you can't go back! Before each move, think carefully! 】

[Second, find things as much as possible after entering the new room! clothing! self-defense! Lights, and medicine! Don't bring food or drink, you won't be hungry, but you will be cold and hurt! Be sure to prepare shoes! 】

[If you enter a new room and find it clean and tidy, hurry up and search and leave! Don't stay in it too long, that kind of house is new, it likes new houses the most! 】

[If you find blood in the house, it means that someone died inside, then stay here and don't move anymore, it's safe here! If a monster appears, just hide! Unless someone else wants to come in, either let him go or you go, don't share a room with anyone else! What you see may not be human! Not necessarily people! 】

[But don't kill, absolutely, never kill! Will bring it over! 】

[If you're in a room with things that make vocals, turn them on. It will give preference to rooms with few people. 】

[This red pen is almost unable to write. Anyway, remember the words above, I hope you can survive...]

The handwriting on the back is hard to read. As the writer said, the red pen is out of water.

Xu Tuoran probably understood the situation. It is estimated that more than one person died in this room. Later, when they saw the ball of paper, they firmly hid here and did not intend to leave. Unexpectedly, they were caught by the monster instead.

...Does this mean that what is written on this ball of paper is actually unreliable?

It was a coincidence that Yang Buqi’s business card was used for scribbling with a red pen; this thing that looked like a survival guide also used a red pen... Xu Tuoran took out the business card and compared it. Said it was exactly the same.

Is the person who wrote this really a living person?

If you look at it in this way, maybe leaving is just the way to increase the survival rate?

Xu Tuoran used reverse thinking proficiently, and immediately thought of staying in this room. However, after thinking about it, she tried again, and turned off the TV that was running—

[Congratulations, you have gained two death points! 】

Xu Turan: ...

Eh... eh?

Eh? !

Xu Tuoran froze in place, rarely feeling his head go numb.

Turn off the TV, and the death value has increased, which means that turning on the TV does increase the survival rate, which means that the content related to it on the note is correct.

What about other content? Is it right or wrong? Or is it true and false? Is it human who left this ball of paper?

The most important thing is—so should she copy this homework, or not?

Xu Tuoran struggled on the spot for a few seconds, and finally decided to go out to have a look first, and then opened another door in the sound of "death value plus one".

That door was also a security door, and behind the door was also a living room—this room was not bloody, but it had been turned over in a mess, and there were also many scratches on the walls, presumably it had been patronized by some mysterious existence.

This living room is on the small side but has a lot of storage space with lockers all over the wall. The beautiful mahogany wine cabinet had been ruined to the point of disrepair, Xu Tuoran noticed that there was a crystal trophy inside.

The trophy owner's name is "Su Sui'er". The trophy looked very important, Xu Tuoran picked it up, weighed it, and put it in his bag.

She flipped around a few more times, and suddenly a familiar object appeared in her field of vision.

...another wad of paper.

The surface of this ball of paper was not stained with blood, but the inside was also messy with red writing.

…

【…This is my third day in this ghost place. In order to keep my train of thought, I decided to write something, if it can help people, that would be even better...]

[Listen, if you want to survive, you must follow the words below. 】

[First, don't enter the new room at will! The room behind the door will change, it is difficult for you to enter the same room, so after thinking about it, enter a new room! 】

[Second, resources! resource! The focus is on clothes and medicine, food is not important! 】

[Assuming that the new room you enter is full of life and has not been turned over, you can stay in it for a while! You can even hide in it all the time! It doesn't like this new house, it won't go there! 】

[If someone enters the same room as you, accept him and don't start a conflict! The more people there are, the less likely it will appear! 】

[If there is blood in your new room, or even traces of someone who died, go away! go now! go now! Don't look for anything, just go! That's his favorite spot and he'll definitely be back there! 】

…

The first two paragraphs are similar to what I saw before.

However, when he saw the back, Xu Tuoran suddenly split open.

So... what's the matter? I go back?

She couldn't help but raised her hand and rubbed her forehead. Not only is her head confused now, she even has a headache—how come there are two versions of this escape guide? So which version should she follow?

And it's really strange... According to the previous version, the initial room is dangerous, but she came out of the initial room and likes to raise a little death value; according to this version, the room with blood is dangerous, but When she came out of that room, she was still worthy of death.

The values ​​are all the same, which is confusing.

Xu Tueran stared at the ball of paper in his hand for a while, and finally thought about it—forget it, never mind, anyway, he got the death value, so he thought so much.

And as a human being, we should seek common ground while reserving differences—since the contradictions cannot be explained, then we should not see the contradictions.

Both versions emphasized not to enter the new room casually, so Xu Tuoran entered the new room very casually. He only briefly checked the current living room, and then directly opened the door to the next room.

The door opened, and the smell of blood came again.

The difference is that there is another person in the room this time.

A girl who seemed to be in her twenties was rummaging through the closet. When she heard the sound, she was obviously startled. She almost fell backwards. After seeing Xu Tuoran's face, , just relax a little.

"You... are you human?" She took two steps back vigilantly and asked in a low voice.

Xu Tuoran: "..." You ask me that, can I still say that I am not human?

She took a deep look at the girl in front of her, pondered for a while, and nodded. The latter stared at Xu Tuoran for a while, then Fang whispered: "Then, then come in."

Then he took two steps back.

Xu Tuoran responded, and was about to step in, when suddenly he seemed to think of something and paused.

"Sorry, wait a minute." She said, and went back to the living room before, and came out after tinkering for a while.

She had an extra mask on her face, and several more in her bag. The girl looked at her, puzzled and said, "Why are you wearing this?"

"Because the smell is very strong here." Xu Tuoran didn't change his face, "There is a rotten smell in this room, don't you smell it?"

When the girl heard this, her face changed slightly, she pressed her chest unconsciously, and immediately shook her head: "Maybe I'm used to it, and I can't smell it too much."

"Are you used to it?" Xu Tuoran noticed her words.

"Hmm... um. There are many rooms in this place, and there are dead people inside, or dead pets..." The girl's eyes drifted, "Are you new here?"

Xu Tuoran: "How do you know?"

"People here are generally not willing to contact other people, there will be risks." The girl pursed her lips, her eyes fell on the apple in Xu Tueran's bag, and soon drifted away, "You... If you want, Let me tell you. Otherwise, you are alone and don’t know anything, and accidents are easy to happen.”

"Really? Thank you so much!" Xu Tuoran said in a grateful tone, "I don't even know what happened, but I came to this place as soon as I entered the door. Just now, I walked around alone for a long time, and I was scared to death..."

"It was like this when I first came here." The girl lowered her eyes and stood up from the cabinet empty-handed, "Have you ever been to Plum Blossom Apartment?"

"Yeah. I heard that there are ghosts there, so I want to explore..." Xu Tuoran turned behind the girl nonchalantly, "What does this place have to do with that?"

"I don't know. But I've been there before I came here..." The girl said calmly, looking down at her chest. Where Xu Tueran couldn't see, it was bulging strangely—a red, huge blood vessel-like thing grew out silently, protruding from her neckline little by little.

In the next second, there was a "snap"—

A huge force fell on her back, the girl lost her balance and fell forward suddenly.

The huge blood vessels that had just been protruded out immediately retracted, and the girl's face hit the cabinet directly, making a crisp sound.

girl:"…"

what's the situation? !

She was only stunned for a moment, and soon realized that she was pushed down by someone!

There were only two people in the room, and the person who would push her would not think of anything else except Xu Tuoran. She thought it was Xu Tuoran who saw something was wrong, and wanted to push her away to escape, but a fierce look appeared on her face, and she was about to turn around to make trouble, but she saw Xu Tueran rushing up.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I didn't do it on purpose!" Xu Tuoran hurriedly helped him up, and apologized repeatedly, "I just saw blood on the ground, and I was nervous, so I accidentally bumped into you... I'm really sorry , are you okay?"

girl:"…"

She touched her sore and sore nose, and said in disbelief, "Accidentally?"

"I tend to jump around when I'm excited. It's definitely not intentional." Xu Tuoran vowed, his brows exposed outside the mask were frowned tightly again, with a tentative look of fear, "Well, I apologize, you You won't be angry again? You won't ignore me, will you? I just came here, I don't know anything, I'm so scared..."

girl:"…"

Tea-flavored food is good, tea-flavored food is delicious, fresh breath, refreshing—she said to herself silently, forcibly suppressing the urge to press the other person's face to the ground.

Seeing that the guy in front of her was just apologetic and didn't have the slightest intention of running away, she reluctantly believed Xu Tuoran's words—but she didn't dare to let Xu Tuoran stand behind her anymore.

Xu Tuoran was very obedient and obediently stood by her side. The girl turned half sideways, and continued to pretend to rummage through the cabinet. There were signs of something wriggling again on her chest.

"By the way, sister." She heard Xu Tuoran's curious voice from beside her, "You said before that people here don't have contact with others, why?"

"...Because you can't be sure whether what you meet is a human being." The girl paused and replied calmly. Her tone was gentle, but her lowered eyes were full of coldness.

"Here, some people will become the food of monsters, and some people will gradually become monsters and use other people as food. But this kind of people, from the appearance, is difficult to identify of."

She turned her face slightly, and her delicate face was covered with a layer of coldness—as she turned her head, the huge blood vessel-like thing also stretched out a little, like a snake ready to hunt, ready to go.

"You have to remember next time and stay away from this kind of person—of course, the premise is that you can still have... ah!"

Before the girl could finish her sentence, she suddenly heard a "bang", and the cabinet next to her fell over. She was stunned for a moment, stunned, and then saw Xu Tuoran jumping towards her while screaming—

Then, she was kicked again.

A blow and a flying kick hit the leg bone. It hurt so badly.

The girl groaned and fell to the ground. Xu Tuoran maintained his side kicking motion, and was stunned for a moment before Fang rushed forward as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"I'm sorry, miss, I didn't do it on purpose! Just now the cabinet fell down suddenly, and I was very scared... I'm a person who tends to dance around when I'm nervous..."

Xu Tuoran was wearing a mask, and his voice sounded muffled.

Girl: "..." Get out, who the f*ck is dancing with hands and feet and can dance with a side kick?

"I learned the Brazilian war dance." Xu Tuoran tried to make amends for his behavior.

Girl: "..." I'm fighting your uncle!

Xu Turan kicked directly in front of her calf just now, the pain was not too bad, the pain was really painful. The girl was really confused, and for a moment she even wondered if the girl in front of her was messing with herself on purpose - but she apologized and said it sincerely, although most of her face was covered, but listening to the voice, it seemed that she was about to cry .

Girl: ...I don't understand. Not too shocking. But no matter what, I must have this meal today!

She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, and managed to recover easily. She was supported by Xu Tueran and stood up. She just opened her mouth to say something, but when she saw Xu Tueran's wrinkled brows, she choked abruptly.

"Can you...can you help me check the cabinet over there?" She pointed to a place directly in front of her, resolutely refusing to let Xu Tuoran stand next to her again.

Xu Tuoran obediently said "Oh" and walked over. The girl looked at Xu Tuoran's back, and then heaved a long sigh of relief.

It's ok-this can't be kicked, right?

She was thinking silently, her originally gentle expression suddenly sank, the neckline was pushed open, and the thick wrist protruded out again.

... Immediately afterwards, she felt a sudden pain in the back of her neck.

A fierce expression was fixed on her face, her head drooped, and she did not move anymore.

At the same time, on the other side.

Xu Tuoran pretended to rummage through the cabinet, still wondering.

Kicking from the back won't work, and kicking from the side won't work either—how can it be considered a so-called "frontal kick"?

Do you have to face it head-on?

After finally meeting a monster with a bad brain, she felt that she had to make good use of this opportunity to at least eliminate a few more wrong options, but she just didn't know how many times the other party could hold it...

As she thought about it, she looked down at her messenger bag.

The bag was half open, revealing bits of silver colored paper inside. This is a supernatural item that she had brought with her before.

As long as she tears off these colored papers, the supernatural objects can be freed, and her bewildering can be triggered-this is the last move she prepared for herself, at least as far as she is currently feeling, the monster behind her should be in the "bewildering" " within the scope of influence.

It's okay, it's okay, it's stable. Xu vainly thought confidently.

In the next second, a strange voice sounded behind her.

"Hands up, turn around. Slowly."

It was a female voice, a little low.

Xu Tuoran paused, then pursed his lips, and turned around as he said.

I saw that the monster who was still staring at me just now was motionless, and another girl walked in through the door.

It was a girl with short hair, tall and slender, wearing a sports vest on her upper body, revealing the smooth lines of her shoulders. She had a big bag on her shoulder, and she didn't hold anything in her hand. She just raised one hand forward, and there was a small red spot in the middle of her finger.

Xu Tuoran looked at her curiously, and spoke first, with a calm tone, and a straight ball came up: "Are you also a capable person?"

"..." The latter was obviously shaken by her words, "Also?"

"I'm barely considered. I'm just getting started, Ying-level." Xu Tuoran said, "Do you know Yang Buqi? I know him."

The other party's eyes turned slightly, but his fingers were still firmly stretched forward: "Yang Buqi? From Renxinyuan?"

"It's from the Charity Institute." Xu Tueran heard that she was testing him, and corrected him without hesitation, "I have his business card, do you want to see it?"

She didn't doubt the other party's identity at all, and there was no need for that—if it was a monster, she could feel it, and the danger prediction would also work.

Hearing what she said, the other party calmed down a little. She thought about it, took a few steps to the side, and motioned to Xu Tuoran:

"Go there and close that door."

Xu Tuoran: "?"

Although puzzled, she still obeyed. The door was slammed shut.

Seeing this, the man finally relaxed completely. She put down the palm that had been raised all the time, and also walked to the door, opened and closed the door in front of Xu Tuoran.

"My testimony."

Xu Tuoran: "...?"

"The monster can't close the door." She curled her lips, "Didn't you notice that there is a door in this living room that is just ajar?"

... She really didn't realize that. After all, as soon as he came in, he was accosted by the monster who didn't close the door.

But this also makes sense, why when the girl came in, she didn't hear the sound of the door opening.

The short-haired girl exhaled heavily, kicked the monster sitting on the chair to the ground, and sat on it herself.

"Let me introduce myself, Su Sui'er, a member of the Renxinyuan, candle level." She looked at Xu Tuoran, "Did you come in alone? There are no other companions?"

Xu vainly nodded.

"Then follow me." Su Sui'er said, "Don't run around, I will protect you."

Xu Tuoran, who deliberately barged in to kill himself: "..."

Forget it, when the time comes, we will act according to the situation—speaking of which, Su Sui’er, does this name seem familiar?

She thought of the crystal trophy in her bag, and suddenly realized.

"Are you also from the Tzu Chi Institute?" Su Sui'er asked again, "Are you a newcomer brought by Yang Buqi?"

I don't know if it's Xu Turan's illusion, but when the other party mentions "Yang Buqi" and "Tzu Chi Yuan", there is always some rejection in his tone. I don't know whether this rejection is aimed at the former or the latter.

Xu Tuoran shook his head, and the other party's expression became more relaxed, and he got up and began to search in the room: "Hurry up to find the supplies, and evacuate as soon as you are done, this is not a place where you can stay for a long time."

She pulled out a few vacuum bags containing heavy winter clothes and slapped them on the floor next to her. She raised her head and shook the broken hair on her forehead behind her head.

"By the way, what are you doing wearing this?"

Her eyes fell on Xu Tuoran's mask, Xu Tuoran's eyes wandered for a while, and he just said, "Dustproof."

Just kidding, I can't just say that my acting skills are exaggerated, I need something to block my flying facial features when acting.

The girl nodded, not sure if she believed it or not: "Is there any more? Give me one, and I'll exchange it with you for something else."

Xu Tuoran gave her an unopened one, but didn't ask for anything from her. Seeing her thank you for putting it on, Fang smiled: "Don't thank me, this is from your room."

She described to the other party the second room she had been to, and showed her the crystal trophy she brought out. Su Sui'er looked at that thing, a smile finally appeared on her indifferent face.

"Silly boy, you're at a loss—I have a bunch of good things in the living room. They're all hidden behind the sofa and the wine cabinet." She shook her head, "I didn't know to stock up on supplies when I left, and if I want to go back later, I just find them I can't reach the road...don't give me this trophy, you keep it for yourself. It's easy to hit people."

"What about the ball of paper in the room?" Xu Tuoran said, "Didn't you keep it?"

Su Sui'er shook her head again: "It should be that someone ran into my room and left it there—or it may be the misleading information left by 'it'."

"?" Xu Tuoran's heart moved slightly, and he asked subconsciously, "It? Why did it do this?"

"Just for fun." Su Sui'er spread her hands, her expression serious again, "Or, you can also understand that this is revenge against the capable person."

"For human beings, rules and experience have been used to restrain and deal with their revenge."