Showbiz Escape

Chapter 22 Red and White Deserted Village 04
Knock, knock, knock.

The sound from outside the corridor was very strange, like the muffled sound of blunt instruments hitting the ground, not like ordinary footsteps.

This sound woke up Wen Zhuo, but she always sleeps very lightly in the game because she needs to be vigilant.

She opened her eyes instantly, and then realized that the kerosene lamp on the table had been extinguished, and her expression sank.

She still remembers what the gray-clothed old man said earlier:

——If the oil lamp is off at night, never go out from the house door.

On the other side, Xiang Zhifeng was still sleeping soundly on the bed.

This big star with a restless mind complained about not sleeping well just now, but now he is sleeping very hard.

She thought about it, walked to the side of the bed, and slapped him on the head casually, which directly woke him up.

Xiang Zhifeng lifted the quilt and jumped up, his sleepy eyes looked around nervously: "Who? What happened?!"

Before he could say anything more, Wen Zhuo covered his mouth in time.

Wen Zhuo leaned against his ear, and warned in a low voice: "With such a loud voice, are you trying to attract something that shouldn't be recruited?"

"..."

Only then did Xiang Zhifeng barely wake up, he also found that the oil lamp on the table had gone out, and vaguely heard strange movements outside, he paused for a moment, only to feel a chill down his spine.

He signaled Wen Zhuo to let go, and asked cautiously, "Miss Wen, what's outside?"

"I don't know, I'm going to have a look."

"Then...do I have to go see it too?"

"You don't have to watch it." In line with the principle of being responsible to customers, Wen Zhuo explained a little more to him, "But my suggestion is to come with me and learn more about the experience of game content growth. Helps, too, since you can't have a bounty hunter every round."

These words were very pertinent, and it was rare for Xiang Zhifeng to listen to them. He nodded, but at the same time he grabbed her by the corner of her clothes worriedly, and asked repeatedly.

"Then you have to protect me."

Wen Zhuo rolled her eyes imperceptibly. To be honest, she didn't feel anything even if she saw this handsome face that fans praised to the sky, she just found him annoying.

Personality charm is indeed an important bonus.

She said: "No, we just went to have a look at the crack of the door, and we don't want you to die."

"……oh oh."

In view of the rule that no one is allowed to go out through the door, it seems that it is not a wise move to push open a crack in the door. Fortunately, the gap at the bottom of the door is wide, and a part of the corridor can be glimpsed when lying on the ground.

Knock, knock, knock.

The voice was getting closer and closer, as if it was about to reach the door in the next second.

Wen Zhuo leaned down so that his eyes were parallel to the ground, and pushed Xiang Zhifeng down by the way.

Xiang Zhifeng is a bit of a clean freak, and was originally resisting close contact with the dusty ground, but she immediately pushed him down.

"..."

He withdrew his previous doubts, judging from the girl's thunderous hand strength, she must be a Lianjiazi.

The two maintained such a prostrate posture, looking sideways at the corridor.

There was an oil lamp hanging on the wall in the corridor. The oil lamp was not extinguished, so it was still possible to distinguish the situation outside through the faint light.

Knock, knock, knock.

The sound is close at hand.

It was probably an illusion, the light seemed to be a little darker, as if it was covered by something, but I didn't see any shadow.

Xiang Zhifeng had already done a good job of psychological preparation, comforting himself was nothing more than seeing a pair of blood-stained ghost feet - ghost feet are ghost feet, anyway, everyone has feet, so what's so terrible about ghost feet?
...However, what he never expected was that what finally came into sight was not some ghostly foot.

Instead.

grimace.

An upside-down, dripping grimace, the whole face seemed to be covered with flour, showing a terrifying paleness, but it was soaked so that the pouches were swollen, and the eyeballs were protruding, as if they were about to fall out of their sockets if they were not careful. out.

It appears to be a male, wearing a tight-fitting melon cap, walking with the top of his head.

There is no doubt that the strange sound just now came from its collision with the ground with its head.

Knock, knock, knock.

It just walked forward with a pause, and the blood that continuously overflowed from its nasal cavity left a line of wet traces in the corridor.

Then it stopped suddenly as it passed the door.

Its brim and scalp were rubbing hard, and finally turned its head to meet the two people in the room.

The people in the house are peeping out, and it is also peeking in.

Its untimely bright red mouth was originally raised mechanically, and it grinned a cold and numb smile, but when it saw that there were actually two people lying on the floor in the room, the corners of the raised mouth suddenly sank, and it changed inexplicably. turned into an angry expression.

The blood basin opened its mouth wide, and from its mouth spit out countless wriggling maggots without warning. These maggots crawled in through the crack of the door, and they were about to climb onto the two of them.

At the critical moment, Wen Zhuo suddenly got up with the help of his waist, and picked up Xiang Zhifeng by the collar by the way.

She stepped on it resolutely, and crushed the pile of maggots crawling at the front until it was almost rotten.

A strong nausea hit, and Xiang Zhifeng retched, but he couldn't vomit anything, only an embarrassing cough remained.

He leaned on the wall, but felt his hands and feet were cold, and his legs became weak for a while, and he couldn't even stand firmly.

God knows how he restrained himself from screaming just now.

In stark contrast to him was Wen Zhuo, who did not change her face. She folded her arms and stared at the pool of maggot corpses indifferently, thoughtfully.

"This ghost seemed to be hanged upside down into the river and drowned alive. It was discovered after soaking, so it walked like this after death. Looking at these maggots, it is estimated that the corpse was about to appear as a giant at that time."

"There's no need to analyze it in such detail, right?" Xiang Zhifeng was speechless, "Also, what is the view of giants?"

"A corpse phenomenon. If you are interested, you can wait until you go back to the real world and search online—but it is not recommended, as long as you can bear it, you can bear it."

"...Don't use your ability to bear to judge others, okay? I'm already considered average. Who isn't afraid to see that rotten face? You're the only pervert who dares to step on maggots."

Wen Zhuo responded calmly: "Okay, then I won't step on it next time, and let the maggots crawl on your face."

"..."

Forget it, this woman is not easy to mess with, he can't communicate with her.

Naturally, Wen Zhuo didn't bother to talk to him, she leaned close to the door and listened intently for a while, after confirming that there was no movement outside, she turned her attention to the window in the room again.

The curtains on the windows were badly faded, leaving a little gap on both sides, and the dim moonlight shone in, but it couldn't dispel the dark and suffocating feeling in the room.

She walked over slowly and opened the curtains.

Xiang Zhifeng obviously hesitated, but after some ideological struggle, he still bit the bullet and moved forward.

"what are you doing?"

"Admiring the moon."

"?"

Wen Zhuo added slowly: "Of course it's impossible, I want to see if the window can be opened."

"Open the window? Don't open the window casually, in case something takes the opportunity to crawl in from the window..."

Before Xiang Zhifeng finished speaking, Wen Zhuo had already pulled the latch and pushed the window outward.

She turned her head wonderingly: "If something wants to come in, do you think this window alone can prevent it?"

"..."

In front of her, it was normal for him to be speechless.

But it turns out that Wenzhuo is about more than just opening windows.

She poked her head out of the window and saw that it was quiet nearby, with occasional insects chirping, but she didn't find anything unusual, and the upside-down ghost who was wearing a melon cap just now was nowhere to be seen.

She thought about it, and immediately put her hands on the window sill, making a gesture to jump out.

It is conceivable that Xiang Zhifeng was scared to death by this move, and he subconsciously grabbed the corner of her clothes.

"Are you crazy? Isn't the rule saying that you are not allowed to go out?!"

"The rules only say that you are not allowed to go out through the door, not through the window."

"...Fuck, that's okay too?"

"Why doesn't this work? Otherwise, why do you think there are windows in the four rooms?" Wen Zhuo said, "I'll go out for a walk to see if there are any unexpected gains, so don't follow me. It's safer to stay in the house obediently."

If you want to get a higher winning rate in the game, you can't just follow the rules blindly. You have to learn to seize the gaps in the rules left by the system and add more chips to your victory.

Xiang Zhifeng definitely didn't want to go out either, he hesitated and let go of his hand: "Then come back quickly, I feel too insecure in the room alone."

Wen Zhuo couldn't answer these words, she just nodded, then jumped out of the window lightly and skillfully, and then landed firmly.

She turned and motioned for him to close the window again and draw the curtains.

"If I come back, I will knock three long and two short signals, and you open the window again."

"...Okay, remember."

Seeing that Xiang Zhifeng did as he said, Wen Zhuo took a few steps forward, trying to figure out the direction he should go.

Unexpectedly, she hadn't made a decision yet, when she suddenly felt a light sound above her head, she couldn't help looking vigilantly——

The window facing the second floor had also been opened at some point.

(End of this chapter)