His question seemed to be swallowed up by silence.

The suffocating silence spread, and time was stretched infinitely.

Qi Jiu could clearly hear the sound of his heart beating wildly.

He took a deep breath and couldn't help but asked again: "Are you the murderer?"

The same voice as his sounded on the other end of the communicator: "I don't know what you are talking about, but I want to tell you tonight -"

The intercom suddenly emitted intermittent and disturbing noises.

"Welcome to my world."

Beep——

The signal was cut off, and the other party's voice was interrupted instantly.

Qi Jiu was stunned for half a second. When he looked at the intercom screen again, the strange string of characters disappeared.

It's like nothing happened.

At the same time, the noise coming from the communicator was getting louder and sharper. The noise invaded every nerve of his head without restraint, and the dormitory began to shake violently, as if the whole building would collapse in the next second...

All this was too confusing and absurd. Qi Jiu forced himself to calm down and finally realized - a dream.

He didn't really wake up just now.

The shaking feeling continued to escalate. After realizing that he was still in a dream within a dream, Qi Chu skillfully closed his eyes, relaxed his nerves and followed the dream. What followed was the familiar feeling of weightlessness. Falling was the passage connecting reality and dreams.

finally--

"Boss, wake up, something seems to be coming!" Qin Rang, who was on duty, patted Qi Qiu's shoulder. Although he kept his voice very low, the trembling in his tone could still be heard.

Qi Jiu quickly opened his eyes, suppressed his somewhat rapid breathing, and quickly looked at Qin Rang. The two of them silently agreed without making a sound.

"Crack, rub, crack..."

The sound of footsteps similar to dragging heavy objects came from far away, and at the same time, a strange damp smell filled the air.

"嚓——"

The sound stopped outside the dormitory door. The two of them immediately held their breath and looked in the direction of the sound.

There was no moonlight that night, and there were no street lights near the dormitory building, so the other party's shadow could not be reflected on the glass windows.

But through a door, the two of them clearly felt that something was parked behind the door.

Because his nerves were too tight, Qin Rang began to tremble. In order to prevent himself from shouting, he consciously covered his mouth with his hands.

On the other hand, he began to frantically search for the offensive props provided in the newcomer's first battle package, and decided to use crazy attacks to save his life if the situation went wrong.

"Tick tock, tick tock."

Suddenly there was a sound like liquid dripping outside the door. Qi Jiu pricked up his ears. He and Qin Rang looked at each other, looking at each other.

The ticking sound became more and more intensive, and the damp smell that filled the air became more and more viscous. It even made people feel that the exposed skin became sticky, as if it was wrapped in a layer of mucus.

By the faint light of the fire, Qi Jiu noticed that a small pool of liquid had accumulated under the crack of the door.

But the light was too dark, and there was still a certain distance between the bed and the door. Qi Jiu couldn't see clearly the specific properties of the liquid, and he couldn't rush forward to check it at this time.

"Dong, dong, dong -" a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

Qin Rang was startled by the sudden sound. The rule book clearly stated, "No one will knock on the door at night. If you hear a knock on the door, please do not open the door easily."

If no one knocks on the door at night...then the thing knocking on the door must not be a person!

Qin Rang looked at Qi Jiu as if asking for help, but Qi Jiu just stared at the liquid on the ground thoughtfully. Qin Rang did not dare to ask the other party's plan without permission, so he had no choice but to exchange the gunpowder arrows in the toolbar for the

On hand.

The knocking on the door became more and more intensive, and the noise became louder and louder.

Soon, the things outside the door ran out of patience, and the knocking turned into a violent banging on the door.

The door of the dormitory is not strong, and it seems to be crumbling after a few hard knocks. From the looks of it, the door will be completely destroyed in a few minutes.

Qin Rang saw that Qi Zu didn't respond. His nerves were stretched to the limit and he couldn't care less. He aimed at the door with trembling hands.

The next second, gunpowder arrows lit up the night and were accurately shot in the direction of the uninvited guest who was about to open the door and enter.

Qin Rang's physical strength was very low, and he had not practiced archery before, but his luck was enough for him to hit his prey.

With a "boom", flames ignited on the uninvited guest. It dragged its feet and took a step back. However, the fire on its body quickly extinguished two seconds later. The thick and smelly liquid protected it again. The gunpowder arrow did not bring him any harm.

substantial harm.

But the strong firelight just now allowed Qi Qiu to see clearly the appearance of the uninvited guest.

It is about 1.7 meters long, with short and thick limbs like a lizard. Although it can walk upright, its trunk accounts for 80% of its body.

Its skin is covered with uneven scales, and the scales are wrapped with a layer of yellow viscous liquid. The liquid seems to be secreted very vigorously, dripping down continuously along its scales, leaving residue wherever it passes.

Its head was only the size of a fist, with a pair of round, bulging eyes embedded in the upper part of its head. The dense red blood wrapped around the huge eyeballs like a wriggling parasite.

Its entire head is like an enlarged version of the rose fish, especially the weirdly protruding eyes.

Qin Rang had no time to admire the strange-looking uninvited guest. He took out an item marked "sharp dagger" from the item list and used his luck to throw it at the uninvited guest.

However, the battle without any rules and relying only on luck points not only failed to drive away the monsters, but also completely angered the monsters who were just eager to try.

The monster shook its scales manically, and its hard texture made a sound like iron scraping.

The thrown dagger bounced off the hard scales and stuck upside down on the wall of the dormitory. The mucus on the monster also scattered everywhere. Several drops of mucus fell in the direction of Qi Jiu. Qi Jiu tried to dodge, but was accidentally hit by one of the drops.

Mucus splattered on his neck.

"Zila——" The splashed skin seemed to be burned by a highly corrosive solution, and Qi Jiu frowned in pain.

The furious monster kept fanning its scales. At the same time, it split its lips to reveal sharp teeth. The mucus in its mouth overflowed crazily. Its red eyes looked at Qi Ku, who was busy dodging, and even made a "Gulu" sound like swallowing saliva.

Voice.

"Shit, the shotgun in the toolbar has no bullets!" Qin Rang next to him wailed in despair.

Qi Jiu, who was busy studying the monster's attributes, saw that it was almost done and said to Qin Rang: "No need to waste it."

The moment Qi Jiu spoke, the completely enraged monster rushed towards him. Qi Jiu had a filled spray gun in his hand at some point. He even put on anti-staining gloves, and before the monster was about to tear him into pieces

At the moment of fragmentation, the spray paint valve bounced open to both sides, and the atomized paint was evenly sprinkled on the monster's skin. The pungent smell of inferior paint even overwhelmed the wet smell.

In an instant, a painful wail suddenly came from the monster's mouth. It immediately stopped attacking and crawled to the ground. Its cheeks, which were like fish gills and ears, flapped wildly. Its torso seemed to be heaving violently due to the inability to obtain oxygen. It remained in a crawling posture.

Go back and try to exit this dormitory.

Qi Ku stared at the retreating monster with interest, and even took a step forward as if to do an experiment. He changed his hand to a bottle of disinfectant, and pressed the nozzle while carefully observing the monster's reaction. The wailing monster continued to struggle in pain.

The scales contaminated by the disinfectant also fell off piece by piece.

It seems that disinfectant has the same effect. Qi Jiu pushed up his glasses.

After a brief struggle, the uninvited guest almost crawled away from this nightmare dormitory with colorful patent leather on his back.

Qi Jiu watched its embarrassed figure walking away and shrugged helplessly: "I hope it has a great time at the party tonight."

As he spoke, he sneezed himself, after all, the smell of inferior paint was too pungent.

"It's a good idea to leave." Qi Jiu took off his paint-stained gloves and threw them in the trash can in a polite manner.

The door that had been torn down by the monster made a creaking sound under his feet.

Qin Rang was stunned.

In fact, from the moment Qi Jiu took out the spray paint as a weapon, he had been staring at the opponent's tricks in disbelief.

Qi Ku's demeanor and actions at that time, including the way he "sent away" the monster, really looked like the master of a prank at a carnival.

Qi Jiu ventilated the dormitory for a while. After the pungent smell dissipated, Qi Jiu changed into a pair of clean gloves and re-erected the fallen door. Although the door was not tight, it blocked most of the cold wind.

.

He thought for a while, then rolled up the quilt to cover the gap in the door. It was too cold in this damn place at night, and sleeping with the door open would probably freeze him to death.

"Come to help?" Qi Qiu said to Qin Rang who was standing by blankly.

Qin Rang blinked blankly and immediately stood up from the ground: "Okay, okay."

Qin Rang rolled up his sleeves and carefully cleaned up the traces left by the monster. The slime had some special ingredients, and the paint was easy to clean after being mixed with it.

He was a bit of a germophobe and mopped the dormitory three times inside and out in the middle of the night.

"Be careful of its mucus, which is corrosive, and don't touch the skin," Qi Qiu explained, and then smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry for costing you so many weapons and props."

Qin Rang shook his head: "It doesn't matter, I'm grateful to God for being able to save my life."

Qi Jiu: "But fortunately, these props can still be exchanged for a lot of useful information."

"Judging from your fight with it just now, first of all, ordinary attacks cannot cause substantial damage to it, but continuous attacks can keep it in place without time to attack. If you have enough props and enough energy,

Under certain circumstances, you can suppress it through continuous attacks, but it will cost too much props."

"Second, its mucus is highly corrosive, but there is no way to determine whether it will cause greater harm to us."

"Third, it is now confirmed that it has similar characteristics to fish and is very afraid of the smell of paint and disinfectant water. The pungent smell is its biggest known weakness so far. In turn, it is speculated that it is likely to be a variant of rose fish

,but……"

Qi Jiu looked at the viscous yellow liquid, frowned, and did not finish the rest of his words.

slime——

Whether it is the rose fish on the conveyor belt or under the bed in the North District Medical Office, you can find the same slime.

The slime seems to be a rope that holds up these clue fragments, but what is at the end of the rope cannot be determined yet.

Here Qin Rang finally digested the large amount of information given by the other party. He was stunned for half a minute, and finally blurted out: "...how did you know?"

"Are fish afraid of paint?" Qi Jiu smiled helplessly, "I had a pair of betta fish before, but because the smell of paint didn't dissipate when I moved, they died one after another. I was sad for a long time."

"Actually, I'm not so sure... Mainly because the factory's list of contraband contains paint. I want to test whether the contraband is really applicable to monsters," Qi Jiu added, "It's actually quite risky."

Qin Rang scratched his head: "Not just this...but...all of these...it's really incredible."

Qin Rang could no longer find an appropriate adjective to describe the other party's crazy actions and precise judgment.

"Ah," Qin Rang suddenly thought of something and asked, "You have already guessed it, why didn't you paint the doors and windows from the beginning?"

Qi Jiu curled his lips: "Although this saves trouble, won't it miss the opportunity for clues to be automatically delivered to your door?"

Qin Rang was stunned: "Good guy, it turns out that this is how the big guys play."

Qi Jiu smiled noncommittally, yawned and said, "I'll clean it up later. I'm going to take a shower again to catch up on some sleep."

Qin Rang: "..."

It was exactly twelve o'clock at midnight.

The system accountant arrived as promised——

[Congratulations on successfully avoiding the survival crisis on the first night and unlocking 100 survival coins]

[The survival currency settlement will be carried out for you next]

[The current number of remaining survival coins: 8; the number of deposited survival coins: 180; the total number of survival coins: 188]

[Congratulations on successfully surviving a day in the dungeon. The main survival goal is: 6 days remaining]

[Please make sure you have sufficient survival coins and happiness points]

On the first day alone, Qi Kui gained 188 hours of his life.

He is quite satisfied with the system's reward system.

The thrilling day finally came to an end, and Qi Jiu also officially celebrated his eighteenth birthday.

I am afraid that such an exciting and unique birthday will never be forgotten.

If he can still live a lifetime - Qi Jiu thought helplessly.

Of course, he also paid the price for tonight's adventure.

Until now, the area on Qi Zhu's neck that was burned by the mucus continues to feel hot and painful.

When he fell asleep after taking a bath, the pain not only did not relieve half of it, but even seemed to get worse.

Before dawn the next day, Qi Jiu was woken up by a severe burning sensation on his neck.

The pain spreads from the neck to behind the ears, and the temples are throbbing with pain, which is pulling on the nerves in the skull. It is more uncomfortable than suffering from dry socket after wisdom teeth extraction.
Chapter completed!