Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 228 Single Action
Option two is 36.3%, and option three is 63.6%.

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【Option [-]】

【start running!Run down the emergency passage]

……

"(exit……!)"

Zheng Zhuo rolled forward.His shoulder hit the ground with a dull pain, but he managed to move forward.Dark shadows covered his head and face.

He stumbled up and grabbed the fire railing of the emergency exit.

"(do not know what is happening……)"

There is heavy smoke behind.The alarm kept going off, someone was spraying a fire extinguisher, and there was white carbon dioxide smoke and dry powder everywhere.Shouting and pushing were mixed together, and many figures could be vaguely seen, but it was impossible to tell who they were and where they were all.

I didn't see Xiang Renjie.Zheng Zhuo didn't even know if he was brought here too, or somewhere else.

"(Promise yourself before you can do anything.)"

Zheng Zhuo gritted his teeth and propped up his body.He jumped down a few steps.He sprained his ankle, but managed to regain his balance.

"(Get out of here first!)"

He ran down, and in all the confusion, left along the fire escape.

……

The emergency passage was pitch black.Only the green emergency exit light also faithfully provides a faint dim light on every other floor.

Zheng Zhuo walked straight down.After walking a few floors, only darkness and a slight green light remained in front of my eyes.

"(I can't tell the difference between the door and the wall...)"

Zheng Zhuo touched his pocket.

The phone is still there.This somewhat reassured him.

“(I acted like a heavy phone addict.)”

He even had the mood to smile wryly.This made his mood even weirder.

He took out his cell phone from his pocket, but after a pause, he put it back.

He wasn't quite sure it was a good idea to turn on screen lighting right now.The light source is difficult to hide, which will lead to him being spotted.

So Zheng Zhuo continued to walk down in the dark.

Da da.

The noise above also faded away, leaving only the echo of his own hasty footsteps in the empty darkness.

"..."

A few more floors down.

Zheng Zhuo began to feel that something was wrong.

He vaguely remembered that when he just woke up from that ward-like room, he looked out the window, and his position was only about three or four floors high.

After that, Xiang Renjie came to the rescue. He ran all the way up, about two or three floors, and reached the top of the building.

The back was confused by tear gas, and when it was carried, it was straight down.There is also left and right movement in the middle.

Theoretically speaking, when he fled into the emergency passage, he was on a certain floor between the 1st and 5th floors.

"(How do I feel...)"

"(Already down more than five floors?)"

Zheng Zhuo didn't count, but he vaguely remembered that the sound gradually disappeared when he ran around 7 or 8 corners.

He ran 3 or 4 corners after that.

"(Where the hell am I?)"

It is very likely that it has entered the underground area.

Zheng Zhuo looked down from the emergency passage.

"(...)"

Total darkness.

There is a faint green light, but it is very dark.These emergency exit lights feel like they are not properly connected to the power supply, Zheng Zhuo thinks they are much darker than ordinary emergency lights.

"(If you miss the first floor and run to the basement area, wouldn't it be more difficult to leave?)"

Zheng Zhuo thought about it.He took the risk and took out his phone.

Still can't help but watch.He used his body to block the light from the phone, and took a photo under a [Emergency Exit] sign.

There is a gate.There's a sign on top that says...

"Area F."

Unexpectedly, it is not the first floor and the second floor, but divided by partition.Zheng Zhuo couldn't rely on the sign to determine which floor he had reached.

He looked around.

Did not see the map.

"(Sure enough, it doesn't post maps like public facilities like shopping malls.)"

This is a bit of a hassle.

Zheng Zhuo woke up completely, but bigger problems followed.

He reached out and pulled the door lock.

Can't open at all.Just as he thought.

Now, he can only continue down.

"(It can't be a bottomless pit.)"

As long as it is a building, there must be a bottom layer.Zheng Zhuo believes that this place will not lead directly to the underworld.

……

Zheng Zhuo changed his strategy.He no longer ran straight down, but walked as slowly and lightly as possible.

He switched to the policy of "trying not to be noticed" and walked slowly down.

Every time he came to a new floor, he raised his phone to take a picture.

"[Zone J]."

The next level of F area is J area?How is it divided here?
The door still won't open.

Zheng Zhuo continued to walk down.

District K.

This time it's continuous again.

L area.

How many layers of the ground is it already?
Zheng Zhuo is still going down.

Just when he began to seriously consider whether this place would really repeat endlessly... like using some kind of technology that affects human brain signals....

At the corner ahead, there are no downward stairs.

He has reached the bottom.

Quiet.All he could feel was silence, and the beating of his heart, which was especially obvious due to excessive exercise.

The light from the flashlight illuminated the sky above.

This time, there is no signage for the area.

Zheng Zhuo pushed the door control.

The door opened.

This time, it was unlocked.He opened the door.

then.

Appeared in a fairly empty field.

……

In front of you is an open concrete floor.The ceiling is quite high, and many pipes and supports are densely distributed above.Columns everywhere, no walls.On the ground, intermittent white lines are drawn.

"(PARKING LOT……?)"

Zheng Zhuo walked in slowly.He closed the door quietly.

No matter how you look at it, it is an underground parking lot, and the area is not too small.

There are no cars.Far away, you can see a few vehicles parked sporadically.

They're all pretty common cars.There are no models of scientific research vehicles, ambulances, and transportation vehicles that Zheng Zhuo imagined.

"(...)"

Zheng Zhuo walked cautiously along the edge of the parking lot.

When it comes to parking lots, what is your first reaction?
It could be "open", "vehicled", "quiet", etc.

But anyway, Zheng Zhuo's first reaction was, "There is monitoring."

“(I’m basically a criminal mind.)”

Zheng Zhuo slandered, but his feet didn't stop.

He had never heard of a parking lot that wasn't monitored.Now, go from here, 100% will be found.

But this is the only floor that is not locked.

He could only make himself as inconspicuous as possible.

"(I don't know if my actions are meaningful from the perspective of monitoring...)"

He moved swiftly forward in the shadows.His target is the closest black sedan.

There is no one around.He reached the side of the car.

He pulled the doorknob.Undoubtedly locked.

He looked at it for a while.The [Mechanical Maintenance] and [Car Body Modification] skills he possessed began to show their effects gradually.

He looks at his feet.

He is wearing sneakers.The kind with laces.

"(...I seem to be able to pry it off...ok...but...)"

Not sure not to trigger the alarm.

In this regard, he hesitated.

……

【problem】

[Do you want to pry this car? 】

【Option [-]】

[Pry it open and drive away]

【Option [-]】

[Pry it open, but don't drive away, just search for information]

【Option [-]】

[Don't pry it open, move on, try to find a sentry box or something]

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