I, the outlaw, was caught again

Chapter 197, Scene , "The Kingdom of Food" [Two chapters in one! ]

The fourth scene is different from all the previous ones. The scene here is dark, depressing, and makes people panic. At the same time, there is a faint smell of blood lingering at the tip of the nose.

“Is this plasma?”

"It's hard to say, but it's no different from the blood in the cases I've seen before, but there's a slight stench of rancidity? I've smelled it in the autopsy room."

“The atmosphere feels weird, but there is no doubt that this is a high-quality haunted house!”

“Is this scene taken from real life? Why does the decoration look familiar to me?”

A group of policemen walked on the road, passed through the gate leading to the scene, and talked to each other while watching the scenes inside.

"This is the new scene "Food Kingdom" that has just been launched. The scenes are divided into three floors above ground, including one floor underground, a total of four floors of space."

"And your mission is to find a victim in the four-story space, or find the truth of one of the three plot points, and you will be considered to have passed the level."

The mission isn't that difficult, it's a choice between two options, and judging by the number of events, there are four things that can be cleared.

Just complete one of them to complete the level!

“Looking at it this way, it seems quite simple.”

"Indeed, we have 20 people and there are four floors in total. Even if we assign five people to each floor to find a way to pass the level, it will be enough for us to pass the level."

"What about time!? Is there a time limit?"

Several policemen looked at the dark environment around them, and then looked at the guide in front of them.

"The total playing time is forty-five minutes."

After saying this, the guide looked at everyone with pity and closed the door.

"Wish ya'll good luck."

The moment these words fell, the door was closed.

More than twenty new police officers quickly looked around and began to investigate.

The scene was very dark inside, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. You had to squint to get a vague idea of ​​the scene in front of you.

This is a hall with counters on the side and tables and chairs in the center. However, there are no empty spaces because the chairs are full of people.
A policeman who had seen the crime scene walked forward, looked at the figure sitting at the table, and came to a surprising conclusion after getting closer.

"doll?"

"A doll?"

All the chairs were occupied by dolls.

All the human-shaped dolls were extremely silent, with their backs facing the crowd. Each of them was a lonely, dead figure in front of everyone.

"Hiss, there is something to it."

Several policemen had surprised expressions on their faces, and their voices echoed in this space filled with people but extremely silent.

For some reason, everyone, no matter how brave or timid, felt something strange in their hearts.

The scene was too dark, they couldn't see the dolls in front of them clearly, and couldn't tell whether the dolls in the distance were facing or facing away from them.

It is unclear whether they are paying attention to these human-shaped dolls, or whether the dolls are hiding in the gaps and secretly watching them.
“The uncanny valley effect.”

Zhang Cheng frowned as he looked at the countless dolls sitting on chairs around him with stiff smiles on their faces.

"And people have an instinctive fear of the dark."

"Sure enough, nothing Officer Xu does is simple. He has been manipulating people since he came in."

The instincts of the two human genes, the so-called uncanny valley effect, is similar to when animals see their "natural enemies", and the natural enemy of humans is just "humans". Although our ancestors ate up the rest of the human race in ancient times, the effect is still engraved in human genes.

The most common ones are the so-called "zombies" and "ghosts". If these things were represented by "crocodile zombies" or "kitten ghosts", would you still be afraid?

No, but if it is a humanoid figure similar to myself, I will be scared!
Horror legends such as the so-called cat-faced old lady all make use of this effect.

And fear of the dark means exactly what it means.

Humans have a very low tolerance for darkness. Once they fall into darkness, they are followed by panic, chaos and anxiety.

"Two body instincts that cannot be avoided or escaped."

Zhang Cheng spoke very seriously.

He had been taken out to build up his courage and visited a haunted house when he was in the police academy, and he thought he had a good handle on this time, but now, he felt a little uncertain.

"To be on the safe side, Officer Zhao should share the strategy guide he bought earlier. It would be a joke if more than 20 of us police officers couldn't even pass a haunted house." Zhang Cheng looked at Zhao Di standing aside.

Zhao Di is the one looking for strategies.

"it is good."

He lowered his head, dispelled the uneasiness in his heart, thought for a moment, and then spoke, his voice echoing in the hall.

"The strategy only has a few points. The first point is that the people should be dispersed. The rest of the haunted house can be conquered by the crowd. But the strategy is clearly written that crowds are useless in this haunted house. Even if good luck comes, it can't dispel the darkness in the heart. On the contrary, the contrast will make people more panicked."

"So we spread out to avoid the spread of fear, and if one person clears the level, everyone clears it, which in a sense increases the margin of error."

"The second point is to be mentally prepared before doing anything. For example, if you want to turn a corner, you should also be prepared in advance for someone to come out."

"The third way to pass the level is to rely on the number of times you try, that is, to increase your resistance and use numbness to pass the level."

"People are dispersing?" Someone couldn't help but ask.

"They are dispersed in the form of small teams, not individuals." Zhao Di thought for a moment and spoke.

"Otherwise, the probability of a group annihilation at once will be very high."

Everyone nodded.

You don’t need to listen to the third one, because the second one is a policeman themselves and has sufficient psychological qualities.

As for the number of people
"We don't have enough time. If we want to clear the level, we need to split up the team and search four ways to clear the level at the same time."

"Let's divide them into four teams for now. They are the lobby, the first floor underground, and the second and third floors above ground."

Zhang Cheng thought about it for a while and decided to split into teams.

The scene space is too large, and it is impossible to complete it in half an hour without dividing into teams.

This behavior of forcing players to split into teams made Zhang Cheng secretly smack his lips. He knew that this evil idea was definitely thought up by Xu Sheng.

Soon, the four teams were divided.

"Okay, good luck, comrades."

Zhang Cheng smiled, and the word "comrade" dispelled a lot of psychological shadows, and then he led his men to disperse.

Zhao Di stayed on the first floor.

He looked around and frowned at the countless puppet figures in front of him.

The figures in front of him were lined up in an orderly manner, sitting on stools, hiding in the shadows with their backs to him.

But before he could say anything, a sad and sorrowful music quietly emerged in his ears.

"buzz"

"Help me, I'm here, take me away."

"Please, I don't want to be here anymore, please take me away"

"Devils, they are devils, they are lunatics, take me away!"

"Please spare me, please spare me, I don't want to die."

Suddenly, everyone present paused and stopped at the same time.

There was an urgent whisper in my ear, which sounded very urgent. The person who spoke seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying. His voice was trembling, wrapped in despair, and he expressed hope in a begging tone.

In an instant, the figures around him who were hiding in the dark corners and watching him seemed to come alive.

"The principle of camp whistling?"

Zhao Di subconsciously glanced at the puppets around him and felt his scalp tingling.

The dolls that were originally dead silent and hiding in the dark seemed to come alive at this moment, and the sounds in my ears were made by them.

These figures seemed to be sitting together discussing something, then they turned their gazes to the crowd, begging them to take them away.

"The principle of ancient camp roar and camp explosion?"

Zhao Di broke out in a cold sweat. In this state, he felt as if hundreds of eyes were staring at him, and he felt as uncomfortable as if ants were crawling on his body.

But I still forced myself to calm down, and after a little thought, I said:
"Let's check the puppets first. The guide described a mission to rescue the 'victim'. Maybe this person exists among these puppets."

After saying that, he took a deep breath and rushed into the group of dolls.

In the gloomy, oppressive darkness, beside these puppets sitting on chairs, staring at their silent backs, bending over, searching for something.

“This haunted house is really weird.”

Zhao Di lowered his head, looked at the countless pairs of feet, and searched with gritted teeth.

"Background music?"

"Use a specific sound wave to trigger the subconscious mind to mobilize emotions."

"At the same time, let the subjective consciousness think about what was said, creating a panic mood?"

“Emotions are exaggerated. Once you understand the emotions, just like the ‘montage technique’, you will subconsciously empathize with them after knowing the core emotions, and naturally experience the emotions reasonably.”

Zhang Cheng murmured as he listened to the voice that came from nowhere beside his ear and cold sweat broke out uncontrollably on his body.

The montage shooting technique is the knowledge about directing that Xu Sheng taught Wang Chao when he solved the case.

For example, a room with warm colors, a mother frying in the kitchen with the sound of sizzling frying, the sound of talking on TV, the noise of children, and a fat father lying on the sofa reading a newspaper while wearing a white sweatshirt and his skin is covered with oil.

Several unconnected pictures mixed together will make people feel a suffocating "stifle".

A common example is the emotional response to text when reading a novel, such as fear or horror.

"There are some things, including the fact that you must split into teams to ensure that you can pass the level, and the voices in my ears. These are all unavoidable things. No wonder there are only three pieces of information in the guide."

Tie Niu, who was standing next to Zhang Cheng, nodded with a somewhat unpleasant look on his face.

He was a policeman recruited from the society before, and had never even seen a dead body. Now that he has experienced this, it is inevitable that it is a bit forced.

"Let's go."

“Maybe we can find something in the basement.”

Zhang Cheng took a deep breath, found the corridor leading downstairs, suppressed his inner fear, and walked down silently.

Ordinary background music will be offset by human resistance.

For example, if you identify that this is fake and know that it is "singing", the effect will be reduced by several levels.

But the voice in my ears was different.

The weird sound waves don't make people feel out of place, but the sound of an arrow on a string makes people feel nervous.

This kind of sound is inevitable and is a direct subconscious communication, such as the sound of raindrops on a rainy day, or the whistling of the wind at night. The sound is very mixed, but it will make people sleep better. To some people, this is a sleep aid. However, if someone talks in your ear, even if the voice is very small, it will still make it difficult for people to fall asleep.

And that cry for help.

It's like it was recorded for real, mixed with extremely high emotions!
This is not a lyric, it does not feel abrupt, but blends in with the surrounding environment, and most importantly
Not 'singing', but 'communication'!
This kind of sound will not be ignored like ordinary background music. It will only make people think carefully and hear it clearly in their hearts.

Then some messy thoughts came up.

“Is this the basement level?”

Zhang Cheng walked through the dark stairs that symbolized the unknown, pushed open the door, and looked at the interior environment.

“It’s a bit like cold storage.”

The other police officers glanced over and said.

This place really does look like a cold storage, and I felt a gloomy wind as soon as I came in.

However, the environment inside is even more difficult to see. At least there is dim light on the first floor, but the underground seems to be completely blocked from light.

The fire hydrants and compartment doors turned into blurry black shadows, making it difficult to distinguish the specific scene.

"Save me, take me away, please take me away"

"Please take me away from here, they are monsters."

A faint voice seemed to guide everyone deeper into the cold storage.

It was pitch dark, as if someone was hiding in the corner, watching them call for help.
Zhang Cheng suppressed the fear in his heart. He and the people around him knew that they should not show fear at this time.

Otherwise, the words you speak are like a seed of failure, sprouting inside your heart.

"Is this a hint? Unlike the background music, this sound appears when the door is opened."

Zhang Chenghan's hair stood on end. His genes were urging him to stay away from the underground level. Adrenaline filled his body, and his abdominal muscles unconsciously began to tense up.

"It should be. The sound is inside."

Someone thought about it and nodded.

"I just tried the switch, and the light on the basement floor won't turn on. There are hints in the union, and it's likely to trigger some plot."

A criminal policeman next to me had a trembling voice, this was a scene driven by adrenaline.

"Is the so-called victim hiding in the basement? Is he calling for help?"

Zhang Cheng thought about the plot given by the guide and started to guess.

"What do you think? Do you want to go in?" The others were frightened.

"Go in. I guess there's someone watching us behind the surveillance screen. If we run away, we won't be worthy of being police officers."

Zhang Cheng looked at the pitch-dark, silent underground cold storage in front of him, listened to the subtle, tempting voice, gritted his teeth, and took a step forward.

"Besides, there are three other teams besides us. As long as one person passes the level, everyone will be considered to have passed!"

After these words were spoken, although they felt a little uneasy inside, the others did not say anything and just followed him in.

The sound was far away, and it was pitch black in here, so I could only move slowly.

The slower the speed, the more torment you will feel inside!
Several people looked at the cubicle doors around them and moved their feet with gritted teeth.

These doors seemed to be hiding something. They were right next to us, and extremely quiet. It made one feel like something would open the door and come in at any moment, but there was nothing.

It was like this for a long time, until...
Zhang Cheng suddenly frowned and turned around to look at them.

He feels.
Someone touched my shoulder.

"Who of you touched me?"

(End of this chapter)