When Ruoyu and the other three came out of the women's restroom, Brother Jue and the other three boys had been waiting at the door for more than a minute.⊙,
"How was it? Did you gain anything?" Feng Bujue asked.
"I haven't found any items, but... there seems to be a hint." An Yueqin replied.
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Ling continued to explain: "In the women's restroom, there are three graffiti painted on a wall. The first one is a game of ti_ta_toe (three consecutive chess games) in the middle of a game, and the second one is a
In the Tower of Hanoi game, the third painting is rather strange...it looks like a bunch of irregular patterns, composed of many curves, with unclear meaning."
"Have you memorized all three patterns?" Feng Bujue asked immediately.
"We must remember the first two pictures." It was Ruoyu who answered this time, "But the third picture... only Xiaoling can completely remember it."
"Oh... OK." Feng Bujue nodded, "Now that I have remembered everything, let's set off."
"Eh? What's going on over there?" Seeing Brother Jue turn around and leave, An Yueqin quickly asked.
"Of course I have written down everything about our situation, but in order to save time, I suggest we talk while walking." When Feng Bujue replied, he had already pulled Xiaotan and headed towards the second floor side by side.
Seeing this, the others said nothing and all quickly followed. An Yueqin, who was holding another "open flashlight", also consciously walked to the back of the team and was responsible for breaking up the rear.
"The situation in the men's restroom is similar to yours." After walking only two or three meters, Brother Jue began to explain, "There is no graffiti here, but behind the door panels of the three squatting stalls, there are
There is a line of words..." He paused and then continued, "Behind the door panel of the first compartment is written 'Be careful of the pool'; behind the second one is 'Watch your step'; and the third one is 'Don't step in the water'.
Running in the corridor'."
"Well..." Brother Jue had just finished speaking, and Xiao Ling said, "Captain, have you noticed that the information hidden in the two toilets is probably..."
"That's right." Feng Bujue continued before the other party could finish what he said, "Those pieces of information are all 'important tips' about each room." He paused for half a second, then continued, "The ti_ta_toe's graffiti in the women's room.
, is obviously a hint to the idea of "Nine Gongge"; the puzzle of Jiugongge appears in the music classroom, and the puzzle in the music classroom can only be solved by "Sanqianyuan", and because Sanqianyuan is a girl... so the clues appear
In the women’s room.”
"Oh! I understand." Hearing this, Xiao Tan also interjected, "According to what you said... the phrase 'be careful of the sink' in the men's bathroom is a reminder of the sink in the biology classroom; the puzzle in the biology classroom
It has to be solved by me...Sawada, and Sawada is a boy, so the clue is in the men's room."
"Yes." Feng Bujue responded, "That is to say, after we come out of the classroom of Class A of the second year, the best course of action should be to go to the toilet first; if we have some knowledge before entering the biology and music classroom
After reading the clues in the toilet, we will be able to solve the mystery of the 'seat number' more leisurely, and Xiao Tan will probably avoid being hurt by the monster." He said, shrugging, "But...
…It’s not too late now. Our team is relatively strong after all. Although we didn’t follow the best process, we didn’t suffer much loss. Anyway, just pay attention next time.”
"Then...based on this inference, can we deduce it like this..." Ruoyu thought of something again at this moment. She looked at Brother Jue and said, "In the future scripts, we will have to crack at least four more
Each of these four areas has to be solved by you, me, Xiao Ling and Gui Xiao using some unique skills."
"Yes." Feng Bujue replied, "The possibility of such an expansion is very high."
"If that's the case, then we don't have much time." Gui Xiao also added in a timely manner, "Even including the classroom at the beginning, we have only explored two and a half areas... This is already a
My personal flashlight is out of power; if we continue according to the previous progress, the lighting equipment will probably not last until the last room."
"Don't worry, I have already considered this matter." Feng Bujue immediately answered, "From now on, we will speed up the pace and explore two more areas. If the situation goes bad, we will return to the biology classroom.
Use the alcohol and gauze on the experimental table to make a few torches. Using that method... I think it will last about half an hour."
"Oh...and this hand." Gui Xiao felt a little relieved after hearing this.
The conversation between several people had reached this point, and they happened to reach the bottom of the row of steps.
Xiaotan, who was taking the lead, didn't think much about it. He just raised his flashlight and shined it upward, looked up, and was about to go upstairs.
However, at this moment...
"Slow down!" Brother Jue, who was standing almost side by side with Xiao Tan, suddenly stretched out a hand to stop him, and quickly said, "Something's wrong..."
In this gloomy and depressing environment, the phrase "something is wrong" itself is also a factor that can make people feel scared...
"Wha...what?" Xiao Tan took his feet back and responded hesitantly.
"Look carefully..." Feng Bujue turned his head and gestured towards the steps ahead with his eyes, "There are footprints... on the steps."
"Eh?" After being reminded by the other party, Xiao Tan quickly discovered this, "Oh! It's true!"
Indeed, there are footprints on the wooden steps, but...you have to shine the light directly and look at it from a certain angle to see it clearly.
The width of the steps is about one meter and two. There is a footprint on each step, and there is no sole texture in the footprints. There is only an "outline" on the outermost circle, which looks like a "hollow"
Same.
"It seems... this is where the 'pay attention to your steps' prompts." Feng Bujue said, "It's not in the room, but on the stairs, ha..." At this point, he couldn't help but smile, "
It’s hard to guard against it~”
"Then... how to solve this puzzle?" Gui Xiao, who was following him, asked.
"Isn't this obvious? Just follow the footprints on the steps and step on them all the way up." Feng Bujue said.
"Oh... I'll just press... eh?" Gui Xiao instinctively wanted to answer, but halfway through he felt something was wrong, "Why did I get in first?"
"Nonsense, since this is a puzzle corresponding to the prompt in the men's room, it must require a boy to solve it." Feng Bujue replied, "Sawada, played by Xiaotan, has already completed the anatomy puzzle in the biology classroom.
, so the only ones left are you and me."
"Then what basis did you use to judge that you should not go here?" Gui Xiao asked again.
As soon as Feng Bujue heard this, he immediately raised one leg, hung the sole of his foot on the footprint on the first step, and pronounced a word with what he thought was a very standard English pronunciation: "look."
Gui Xiao took a closer look, then raised his eyes and said, "Tell...is it because your feet are big?"
"My feet are not big, but they are definitely not as small as some people who are less than 1.7 meters tall." Feng Bujue was able to add personal attack words to a very normal communication without even thinking about it. This is really a kind of
Talented.
"Stop talking! I haven't finished growing yet!" Gui Xiao replied fiercely, took a few steps forward, and turned on his flashlight again, "Okay, okay... I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, I'm in a hurry now.
important."
In order to take the overall situation into consideration, Gui Xiao did not continue to argue with Brother Jue, but immediately started to take action.
squeak
This was the sound when Gui Xiao's feet stepped on the first step... It sounded like the sound made by a wooden board that could be broken at any time.
Of course, although the sound is scary, the steps are not actually disconnected.
"Let me go...the layout of the footprints is quite sharp..." Gui Xiao was about to take the second step when he discovered that the left footprint on the second step was actually in the right footprint on the first step.
On the right side, "Are you going to go upstairs with a Yangko twist?"
Complaints are complaints, things have come to this... If he steps back, he doesn't know what will happen, so he can only bite the bullet and finish the road in front of him.
So, Gui Xiao began his journey up the stairs step by step.
After only walking a few steps, Gui Xiao noticed... that the outline of the footprints almost matched the size of his feet. This made him feel uncomfortable, but it also proved from the side that Brother Jue was right. The size of this step
He has to crack the mechanism.
Level one, level two...
Gui Xiao's balance was good. Even though the distribution of the footprints on the steps was deliberately embarrassing, he still stepped on every footprint steadily.
After walking up twelve steps, Gui Xiao came to a corner connecting two steps.
There were no footprints in this area, so he stepped on it directly. The moment his two feet stepped on this surface, the twelve steps he had stepped on made a "creak" sound.
Weird noise.
Immediately afterwards, a faint black smoke rose from the steps, and along with the faint smoke... the outline of the footprints on the steps also disappeared.
"Hmm..." Feng Bujue saw this and muttered, "After you step on it, you can walk up and down the steps at will."
After that, he raised his feet and walked up two levels to try, but nothing happened, not even the "squeaking" sound was gone.
With this, everyone no longer hesitated; within ten seconds, all five people in the team walked to the corner of the stairs.
"Okay... then I'll go up." After everyone was in place, Gui Xiao stepped forward again to step on the second half of the stairs.
squeak squeak squeak
Just like the first half, when Gui Xiao was breaking the mechanism, the steps were still making noise.
Because of his experience, he walked a little faster this time. After a few steps, his sight crossed the height of the second floor floor. At this time, if he looked forward, he could see the corridor on the second floor.
And Gui Xiao... indeed raised the flashlight and looked up.
It didn't matter, it almost scared him so much that he rolled downstairs.
"Hey..." Maybe he was too frightened. Gui Xiao didn't shout this time. He just used a flashlight to shine on what he saw, and said in a crying voice without looking back, "You guys
Do you still remember the guy we saw outside the window in Class A of Year 2..."
Feng Bujue, who was standing behind, had already noticed something strange from Gui Xiao's trembling back. When he heard this, Brother Jue immediately reacted: "Have you seen it?"
"Well..." Gui Xiao's word "well" was accompanied by an extremely obvious vibrato, "He is currently lying down about one meter away from the last step, in a crawling position... and looking at it with a sinister smile on his face.
I."
"How is your condition?" Feng Bujue asked.
"If your legs are weak, you may kneel on the spot at any time, or fall down and roll downstairs." Gui Xiao doesn't like to beat around the bush, so he just says what he has to say.
"Can't? You've already seen it, what's there to be afraid of?" Feng Bujue asked again at this time.
"That's what I said..." Gui Xiao replied, "But it's also 'seeing', looking at it from a data perspective, and seeing it this way is very different..." He explained, "The former is like
Looking at the bitmap, the latter is like watching a horror movie."
"Then just watch horror movies as bitmaps." Feng Bujue read in a long voice.
"I'm not as capable as you..." Gui Xiao said he was helpless.
"Then you think so..." Feng Bujue said, "The worst-case scenario is that he suddenly pounces on you when you walk past; this is no different from you being attacked by an ordinary monster, right?
When it's time to carry it, you should carry it, when it's time to fight, it's time to fight, and when it's time to die, it's time to die... What a big deal?"
"You said that... it really helped... a lot!" Gui Xiao almost yelled the third paragraph of this sentence, which showed that he was once again in a state of extreme fear and anger.
"Although I don't want to disturb the chat between you two, I think it's best to remind you..." At this time, Ruoyu, who was standing next to Brother Jue, suddenly interrupted, "Kid Guixiao... you don't have the flashlight left in your hand.
How much electricity is there? If you go up at once, there is still a chance that you can use the light to push back or suppress the monster; but if you continue to stand there and stare at the monster, when the flashlight goes out, you may not need to go up.
It will also rain..."
"ah"
Before Ruoyu finished speaking, Gui Xiao shouted, and stepped on the footprints on the steps with great speed and precision, climbing up step by step.
Obviously, Ruoyu's words worked...
This incident tells us that one of the ways to force a person to face his immediate fear is to use a pressure that makes him more afraid to force him to act.
In just five seconds, Gui Xiao reached the end of the steps, and as he approached, the monster retreated...
Every time Gui Xiao took a step forward, the expression on the monster's face changed, and finally... the ferocious smile turned into twisted fear.
Finally, when Gui Xiao stepped on the last footprint, the monster screamed under the close illumination of the light, and instantly turned into a puff of black air and dissipated.
When Gui Xiao's feet stepped onto the corridor on the second floor, only a pair of shoes were left on the ground where the monster had crawled. (To be continued.)
