"Fuck! I'm dead again! Which of you picked up my equipment! I'm going to give you a shit if I don't have a gun!!" - Gantry Crane
"Don't worry, wait until I break out and pull you out! I have a resurrection bag. It's useless if you get up anyway. You can pull it out anytime." - Skittles.
"I died thirteen times in half an hour! What the hell!? There is no experience in this game!" - Longmen Diao. Li Chengyi was speechless and silently deleted the words he wanted to type, and then pulled up to see the historical chat records.
After a long time, this group of people were playing a shooting game. "Are you... all right?" - Cheng Yi.
He sent a query.
"Brother Cheng! Brother Cheng is still alive! I thought he was dead!" - Longmen Diao. This guy can't speak at all... I want to beat him.
Li Chengyi's face twitched.
"Xiaotang, how's your investigation going?" ——Cheng Yi.
"I'm quitting. I'm going to report to Brother Cheng first." Rainbow Sugar sent a message to the group chat, and then quickly replied to Li Chengyi.
"I'm okay here. One leg is temporarily lame. When I flashed, I was touched by the black hand and a large piece of meat was missing. Fortunately, I moved quickly. I remembered what you said, brother Cheng. I cut it off with one knife.
Half the meat, the rest is fine, everything is fine.”
She posted a photo of her beautiful legs, which were all white.
Well, a large piece of the right calf is missing and is tightly tied with a white bandage. "Thank you for your hard work. I will remember this time." - Cheng Yi.
He also didn't expect that this group of blind people would do this for a team they just formed.
"Anyway, we might die at any time. This is just a minor injury. Da Xiong's family has tissue culture and filling surgery. They use their own cells to culture their own meat, and they can fill it up in a few days." Skittles disliked the slow typing, so she simply spoke directly.
Apply.
Li Chengyi clicked on the call, and as soon as it was connected, there were bursts of moans that made people's blood flow.
"Oh, my voice is wrong! Wait a minute." There was a crackling sound from the rainbow candies. The voice soon became quieter.
"Ah, okay, okay, Brother Cheng, just pretend you didn't hear me." Rainbow Candy laughed dryly. "We walk on the tightrope every day now. Maybe there will be no more people in a few days, and our hobbies will become more unrestrained."
"As long as you are happy..." Li Chengyi was speechless. "What's the intelligence over there?"
"I didn't have much time to collect after I went in, but Cucumber helped me find some." Skittles sent over a bunch of information combined with pictures and text.
"In addition, when I went in, I didn't meet the Iselin you mentioned, Brother Cheng. I was the only one in the bedroom I entered, and there was no one else. The layout of the room was also different from what you described."
Li Chengyi clicked on the information.
It is all about the verification of all aspects of the customs and traditions of the Gilkini people. Especially the collection of substitutes is particularly comprehensive.
"In addition, when I was in the blind spot over there, I discovered that not all the people in the previous fire were dead. The boy who killed his whole family missed a neighbor child who was hiding under the bed and came to their house as a guest.
." Skittles said in a solemn tone.
"What's even more coincidental is that the child is a girl, and her name is..." "Iselin!"
Li Chengyi shuddered slightly. "Is it a coincidence that they have the same name?"
"It should be. Is this one of the reasons for the fusion of the two dead ends?" Rainbow Sugar was not sure. "How did she survive?" Li Chengyi asked.
"She hid under the bed for more than half an hour until the fire was extinguished by fire fighters. She was rescued in a semi-conscious state with burns in many places on her body, but luckily she was still alive."
"So now we have preliminary discussions and believe that the way to escape is probably to hide under the bed and wait for at least half an hour." Skittles replied.
"You can try it. From my side..." Li Chengyi began to describe the situation on his side in detail. While speaking, he also began to click on the information and read it carefully.
The Gilkini people believe in a super-ancient behemoth named Asladuni. They believe that all human real knowledge is just a dream created by Asladuni unintentionally while sleeping.
In the belief of the Gilkini people, only they themselves are the real thing. They are like living on an island surrounded by countless fake things, surrounded by a sea of illusory dreams.
A picture is attached below.
On the black and white oil painting, there is a pitch black sea with a white eye in the middle. If you look carefully, you will find that there are many white people standing on the eye.
They seem to represent the Gilkini people.
"So, in order to seek the protection of Asladuni, and to avoid the strange and dangerous invasion in the infinite black sea around me.
They spread the idea of substitutes.
Use the sacrifice of a few people to attract the attention of strange and dangerous people, then hide yourself and smear your face with white flour to pretend that you are also a member of the Black Sea and avoid danger.
Below is a photo of white flour applied to the face.
In addition, due to their serious preference for boys over girls, the Gilkini people usually choose girls as sacrifices and make substitutes, with boys as the ones to be preserved.
When Li Chengyi saw this text, everything connected in his mind.
The room hidden underground is full of traces of boys, while the bedrooms on the ground floor are all traces of girls.
"Could it be that Iselin is her brother's substitute!? This speculation flashed through his mind.
This is very possible.
"Because the Gilkini people believe that all reality in the world is a dream of the great beast Asladuni, so they believe that the bed that produces dreams is protected by the great beast.
In the dark ocean, the safest thing is the bed you sleep on. They compare the bed to a boat, which can swim freely in the black sea without being discovered by weird dangers."
In the belief of the Gilkini people, the bed has the function of connecting the real Black Sea and the illusory reality, which is a very wonderful thing. Because of the opposite perception of reality and illusion, many of them pursue hallucinogenic herbal medicines to keep themselves in a state for a long time.
Psychedelic state, and explained that everything seen in this psychedelic state is the real reality.
According to records, before the massacre thirty years ago, the total population of the Gilkini people had been declining year by year. Before the massacre, according to the Bureau of Statistics, their total number was only 3,672.
"A bunch of pathetic lunatics." Li Chengyi commented when he saw this.
"Yeah. At first, I thought it was made of other things, but I didn't expect that it was made of living people. It's disgusting, this nation." Skittles replied.
The preference for boys over girls obviously hit her hard.
"In other words, the current way to escape is to make a preliminary decision, hide under the bed, and then wait for at least half an hour?" Li Chengyi asked.
"It's just a preliminary confirmation, but I don't think it will be that simple." Skittles said.
"The electronic device I have here probably contains data. I'll bring it back first to restore it and take a look." Li Chengyi said.
"Things from thirty years ago are probably almost moldy now. It's hard to restore..." Skittles said.
"Leave it to me, this is my major." Xiao Brown joined the group voice chat and said with a smile in half-baked Yiguo dialect.m.
"As long as the original has not been physically damaged or completely corroded, there will definitely be no problem in recovering most of the data." Xiao Brown was very confident.
"Then...I'll be right back." Li Chengyi said in a deep voice.
"Brother Cheng, did Brother Xiao Hao just take action?" Rainbow Sugar suddenly asked.
"What's wrong? I don't know. I've been in the hotel the whole time and just took a shower." Li Chengyi answered.
"Sutan Lanlu has just issued an emergency announcement. A company of their patrolling soldiers was attacked by mysterious forces and has now been wiped out. There are suspected traces of flying instruments at the scene, and the address is in Mukesha Town..." Rainbow
Sugar Road.
"Then I don't know..." Li Chengyi refused to admit it.
"The flight tickets have been booked. Brother Cheng, please come back immediately, otherwise there may be danger. The masters of Blue Deer have noticed it, and there may be trouble." Skittles said in a serious tone.
"It's useless. The plane returning to Yiguo from Moon Airport has been blocked. Lan Lu is so quick to act! Brother Cheng, I'll book you a ticket to Hill Airport 40 kilometers away! You'd better leave immediately!" Dahei joined in.
The group chat quickly said.
"I can't book a ticket online at all! How did you book it!?" Skittles said in surprise.
"I have some friends over there, Sugar Girl, and many things can't be done online alone. It's time to set off, Brother Cheng. The time is two hours from your end." Dahei said quickly.
"clear!"
Li Chengyi really realized the power of his team this time.
The boss's company was beyond the reach of the company. In Sutan, I thought I could only rely on myself, but I didn't expect that everyone in the small team worked together and everything was well arranged.
The information is also very well-informed.
He immediately packed up his things, left a message for Elf and the two of them, and told them to be careful. Li Chengyi used the local map route given by Dahei at night to determine the direction.
Then I picked up my luggage bag and opened the door. Click.
His steps stopped.
He just stood at the door and didn't move forward.
Outside the door, the brightly lit hotel corridor, which had been carpeted before, was now completely dark. Shadows were like ink that was too thick to be dissolved, constantly flowing and lingering outside the door.
Can't see anything clearly, can't see anything.
It's like there are two spaces inside and outside the door.
"Almost...Li Chengyi took a deep breath, closed the door gently, and turned around. "Almost...'
He felt suffocated in his heart.
Fortunately, some research finally led to a feasible solution.
In the room, the lights were still bright and the decorations were still the same as in the hotel room. But Li Chengyi knew that everything was different.
He thought for a while, quickly dragged his things, put on his wisteria-scaled clothes, then hurriedly packed some food and drink, and quickly got under the bed.
Before danger appears now, he can try the method first to see if it works!
As soon as he lay down on the ground, he saw Iselin wearing a white nightgown, hiding under the bed timidly, looking at him with big blue eyes in horror.
But soon, she seemed to recognize the person, and the fear in the girl's eyes quickly subsided. "Jiligulujirigulu!" She opened her mouth and heard a burst of Sudanese language.
Li Chengyi immediately took out his mobile phone to translate.
"Are you still there?"
"Come in quickly, things are about to change outside!" Yiselin grabbed Li Chengyi's arm and tried to pull him to the bottom of the bed.
"What has changed again? What do you mean by the three times you said it last time?" Li Chengyi squeezed in and squeezed to her side. Because his body was too big, he could only lie down instead of shrinking into one like the thin Iselin.
group.
"Three times is...shh!" Suddenly Iselin raised her finger, making a silent gesture.
At this time, she was completely healthy and alive, and she could not see the miserable appearance outside at all. Li Chengyi immediately fell silent and wanted to use his mobile phone to type and translate for her.
Suddenly, in the room outside, the bright lights began to dim slowly. The temperature dropped significantly.
What surprised Li Chengyi even more was that the edge of the bottom of the bed actually changed. The bed he originally slept on had black and white checkered sheets on the edge.
But at this time, the sheet quickly turned black, hardened, and turned into a stone-like texture.
He gently reached out and touched it, and the hard and cold touch came back. Even the flower-scaled clothes couldn't stop the chill.
"Shh!" Iselin on the side quickly patted him and made a silencing gesture again. Then, she put her little head on the ground and looked sideways outside the bed.
Li Chengyi followed her lead and also put his head down on the ground and looked out. "!!"
At this time, the scenery outside made his pupils shrink, a chill surged through his body, and a burst of goosebumps appeared on the surface of his skin.
The outside is no longer the furnishings and carpets of the previous hotel.
It's a spacious and empty hall.
From the first point of view, there is a black stone hall with arched doors and windows everywhere. It is gray outside the window, nothing can be seen, and it is shrouded in thick fog.
And inside the hall.
A group of men in black cloaks are standing there.
Their faces were pale, as if they were smeared with white flour, and their cloaks were embroidered with various weird and unfamiliar symbols.
The most important thing is not this.
What really made Li Chengyi nervous was the lower bodies of these cloaked figures.
Their lower bodies... where their legs should be, are all covered with black tentacles.
There are black mist and red light spots flowing between the tentacles. At first glance, it is definitely not a posture that modern technology can create.
Snap.
Yiselin on the side suddenly patted him. Li Chengyi turned around and looked at her.
Iselin pointed to the phone, moved closer, and said in an extremely low voice.
"They are believers! They are friendly and believe in fair trade of equal value. You can exchange things with them."!