The NPC staggered ahead, his jeans almost sliding all the way down to his buttocks, with a large bunch of jingling keys tied on. He had led a group of four people through many passages, large and small, and seemed to pick corners.
Walk; the further you walk, the darker and narrower your surroundings become, as if you are about to fall into a mouse hole.
When he finally stopped, he could hardly help the trembling smile on his face.
"Did you find it?" He knocked on the wall, then raised his head and pointed his finger. The high arched wall was close to several people, stretching upward endlessly. If you looked up, you would feel like you were about to be crushed by it.
I was out of breath. The NPC waited specially and then smiled: "This wall is the only one with a different shape that clings to the edge of the building."
Lin Sanjiu took a look at the long wall protruding from the round wall. Its top was submerged in the darkness. Although the details were not clearly visible, it could be seen that they were not horizontal and vertical lines, but gradual ones.
It rose higher and higher, became narrower and narrower, until it was submerged in the arched wall at a height of a hundred meters.
"If you take a closer look," the NPC seemed to be unaware of their eagerness to get there as soon as possible, and introduced it like a tour guide: "You will find that going up this wall, there is always a rough outline.
There are no wards in such a wide gap."
The words "So what?" echoed back and forth in Bohemia's mind so loudly that even Lin Sanjiu heard it.
The NPC was trying to enlighten a child, gesturing with his hands: "The thickness of this wall, the width of that gap, the overall size... doesn't it remind you of something? Just a reminder, it's related to your going out."
Just cooperate with him and get out as soon as possible. Just when Lin Sanjiu was trying to deal with something, he heard a sudden "Oh!" coming from the left side of Bohemia. He turned around and saw that the former guard was looking at him with a confident expression.
Enlightened look: "It must be an elevator!"
"Where did the ghost elevator come from?" Bohemia pecked him.
"I think the elevator should be inside the wall." I don't know if he regarded this as a puzzle game. His eyes were shining, and he must have spoken clearly: "There is no ceiling on this wall that needs support.
Why is it the only one made so thick? And it is integrated into the wall vertically, leaving a gap just wide enough to put an elevator. And there is not even a visible exit here, so the circular building can be seen at a glance, and
There is no corner to hide things, but people always have to go out... That means that the exit is hidden in a place where we can't see it, so isn't it just inside the wall?"
Since getting to know him, it was the first time that Lin Sanjiu heard him talk so incessantly.
Bohemia glanced at the puppet master and consciously acted as a spokesperson: "Who cares whether they rely on the elevator or the wings of imagination, anyway, they just need to send us out, don't waste time!"
The NPC smiled and took off the keychain from his waistband, approached the wall, wiped it with his hand, and dust fell in clusters, revealing a dirty keyhole that had not been used for an unknown period of time.
. He put the key in and turned it. After the harsh tapping sound of the lock cylinder, a door that looked no different from the wall was quietly opened a crack.
"You guessed it right, it's the elevator," he nodded to the former guard, "but there's one thing you said that's not quite right...the elevator is hidden in the round wall, and inside this wall is a section that leads you through.
Go to the stairs to the elevator. Go in, follow it to the end, and you will see the elevator."
Lin Sanjiu was a little dazed. This wall extended upwards for at least several hundred meters. If there was a long staircase inside, how many steps would it take? However, fortunately, everyone is an evolver, except
It's a bit tiring, but it's not really a challenge.
The NPC asked each of them to take a look inside, but had no intention of letting them in. Except for the puppet master who never moved anywhere, everyone else saw that the stairway inside was narrow and dark, except for the first four
In addition to the five steps being reflected in gray, the stairs going up were submerged in the darkness. There were handrails on the walls on both sides, which also extended up along with the stairs. If you are a child or a particularly thin person, maybe
Two people can walk up in parallel at the same time, but like the fat NPC before, even one of them can't fit in.
"Oh, the stairs can accommodate 1.7 adults of normal size." The NPC saw that Lin Sanjiu was sizing up the width, waved his hand, and asked her to take a few steps back from the door, and then said: "...Before I let you in, I
There are a few final words of caution that need to be said.”
If Bohemia were a monkey, she would have started scratching her head: "Say it quickly, can it be done? I'm so anxious!"
The NPC thought he was very humorous and smiled: "There is no toilet inside, so there is no point in hurrying." It wasn't until Bohemia's face dropped that he coughed and shook the keychain in his hand: "Considering the needs of discharged personnel,
For safety and convenience, this door is unlocked after you go up. In this way, for example, if you forget something, or change your mind, you can come back down at any time. Don’t mention anything else, this staircase
It doesn't see the sun all year round, and the door is open for ventilation to make you feel more comfortable when climbing the stairs. We have considered it very carefully."
"The door is open...?" Lin Sanjiu raised her eyebrows, "Not only is it not locked, but the door is still open?"
"Leave a gap." The NPC pinched a gap with his thumb and forefinger. "When you enter the elevator and the elevator door closes and starts running, I will come over and lock the door again. Before locking, this
The door cannot be closed."
In other words, when they were crawling into the darkness one by one with their backs to the door, there was nothing behind them. No matter whether it was wind or people, they could come in...?
"There are quite a few patients," the NPC guessed everyone's thoughts, nodded, and said seriously: "Because they have no hope of leaving the hospital through normal means, they will start to find ways to use various abnormal means to leave.
Hospital. I also said that this wall is different from others. As long as someone changes their mind to this point, it is not difficult to guess that there is an exit here... Even if they can't guess, at least they know that this place is different. So, in
When you climb up the stairs and enter the elevator, you must be more careful, others may sneak in."
"Then you still haven't locked the door!" Bohemia flicked her sleeves, "Don't you care if any patients escape?"
"Very concerned." Only now did the smile on the NPC's face finally fully unfold: "So, you can't let others enter the elevator with you. When the elevator starts running, if there are people who shouldn't be there...even you
His discharge qualification will also be cancelled."
When several people were shocked and didn't know what to say, the puppet master spoke up for the first time.
There was a half-sneer on one corner of his lips, and his voice was both sinister and soft: "...I want to see who is willing to be a guest."
Yes, I almost forgot that he was there - Lin Sanjiu's heart dropped again. If the danger only came from other evolvers, then she would be relieved to have the puppet master by her side; even if the puppet master
His combat prowess has not yet fully returned to its prime, and it turns out that other evolved beings were only suppressed when they saw him.
"Ah, if it were me," the NPC shook his head, stepped away from the door, and waved for them to come in: "I wouldn't be so confident. These desperate people...compared with the patients you have met before,
It's different. As long as they see the slightest possibility of being discharged from the hospital, they will risk their lives. Moreover, they may not be able to get out of the hospital because they are not as good as others. Those who dare to use this method to get out should be said to be better than ordinary people.
All patients are strong."
"Why can't you get out of the hospital if you are stronger than others?" Bohemia just took a step towards the door and turned around to ask.
"Maybe it's bad luck, easy to be fooled, and the final mission is too difficult..." NPC thought for a while, "It may even be that he was too skilled, attacked the NPC, and was revoked as a patient. There are various reasons.
, too much.”
Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
"If nothing else," the NPC smiled, "just take your group as an example. If it weren't for the special reasons that both you and I know, which one of you would have been able to be discharged from the hospital? However, your combat capabilities are very different.
?”
Does this "special reason that both you and I know" refer to the flood that disrupted order? The deal Wei Xing made with her before she died as an NPC? Or is it the cheating prop handed to her by Gong Daoyi? Lin Sanjiu has no intention of going deep.
Question - She hopes that the NPC will drop this topic as soon as possible.
"Okay, then, I wish you good luck."
Seeing the NPC's back gradually disappearing, and a few people standing at the door, the former guard trembled: "Well... my ability is average. If you put me at the end, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."
Lin Sanjiu was still worried about asking him to go last. "You go second," she ordered, and then asked: "Me or the puppet master, who is better to go last?"
"Of course it's an adult." Bohemia didn't give her any face. "You think, if someone sneaks in and follows behind, and the adult turns his head towards him, eh, that won't scare him--"
She had reached this point when she suddenly realized what she was saying, and when she quickly bit her tongue, her face turned pale.
"I'm going to check if anyone is around," Lin Sanjiu pretended that what she said was no big deal, and before the puppet master could react, he naturally took over the conversation: "Give me a few minutes..."
"The great miko asked you if you know how to chew gum." The puppet master said suddenly.
"...What?" This was the only answer she could think of.
When Bohemia was talking just now, the great witch must have spoken at the same time; the puppet master seemed not to have listened to what he said to Bohemia, but reluctantly repeated the great witch to Lin Sanjiu.
The witch's words made it seem as if she wanted to cover her nose when talking to her: "Use a touch of consciousness to suck one side on the door, while the other side is still under your control and can gradually lengthen as you go up. In this way
Just grab the door from the inside...Why don’t you even know how to do this?”
"I can do this!" Lin Sanjiu slapped her thigh. It was rare to hear a great witch use her consciousness and yet she knew it: "It just so happens that my consciousness has also recovered a lot, so it's settled, I'll take the final step.
One. Otherwise it would be inconvenient to have people in between."
After just a few words, when she sensed the surrounding environment again, she faintly noticed that there were several vague human beings nearby. This was only what she noticed, and she didn't know what she couldn't detect.
Is there any more? She cleared her throat, looked around, and said, "Let's go in."
Since the danger will only come from the rear, it is only reasonable for those with strong combat power to be put behind. Bohemia took the lead, and the former guard walked behind her; after the puppet master also entered the stairway, Lin Sanjiu was the last
One of them got in. She "glued" her consciousness to the inside of the door, and stepped on the first step in the dusty air.