☆、Chapter 2 Iron Gate and Key

After dawn, the terror of last night dissipated a lot.

Lin Qiushi was about to go down the corridor on the second floor, but heard a rustling noise from the third floor, as if many people were discussing something. He didn't intend to go to see it, but he heard the woman's wailing again.

Lin Qiushi hesitated for a while, but turned around and went to the stairs on the third floor to see what happened upstairs.

The building here is a wooden structure, and the wooden boards on the stairs are a little old. When you step on it, there is a crunching sound. In some places, it will vibrate a little, as if it is about to bear the weight of the human body.

Lin Qiushi reached the third floor and saw several people standing in the corridor. But what caught his attention was the strong smell of blood in the air.

The smell of blood was too strong, and the stinging person's nasal cavity was painful. Lin Qiushi felt a little bad. He moved his steps and walked carefully behind a few people.

"I knew it." Xiong Qi, the tall man who picked up Lin Qiushi and the others yesterday, was discussing something with him in a low voice, "It really happened yesterday..."

Xiao Ke was also talking, she said: "I also think, I thought it was..." She said here, turned and glanced at Lin Qiushi who walked behind her, "Forget it."

Lin Qiushi thought to himself what you meant by this. Who did he think it was, did he think it was Ruan Baijie and me? He raised his eyes and saw a door behind Xiao Ke.

The door was half-closed, and blood was dripping on the floor, because the weather was too cold, and the blood had solidified. But still can see a lot of bleeding.

"What happened?" Lin Qiushi asked.

"It's dead." Xiong Qi's tone was flat.

Lin Qiushi: "...Dead?" If it was yesterday, he would probably have wondered why these people could say such things in such a plain tone. But after what happened last night, he has clearly realized that the place where he is now is no longer the world that can be explained by common sense.

"Yeah." Xiong Qi said.

Lin Qiushi changed his angle and glanced inside the door. This look made him involuntarily take a deep breath. The room was full of coagulated blood, and the two corpses were placed in a mess on the floor. It's more like two pieces of meat without skins than people. The blood flowed all the way out along the floor of the house. From the floor to the wall, there was hardly a clean place on the entire third floor.

Although Lin Qiushi was mentally prepared, he was still disgusted by this scene. He covered his mouth and turned around, but Xiao Ke said very understandingly: "There is a toilet in the next room."

Lin Qiushi quickly rushed into the toilet and vomited.

After waiting for him to vomit, Xiao Ke said, "I thought you wouldn't vomit."

Lin Qiushi: "Huh?"

Xiao Ke said lightly: "You and Ruan Baijie are already good quality newcomers. Generally, the state of the first door of newcomers will be particularly poor. The survival rate can be 20%."

Lin Qiushi: "..."

Xiao Ke said, "Let's go, let's go down for breakfast."

Lin Qiushi said, "What about the two corpses?"

Xiao Ke's expression was very strange when he heard this: "What do you want to do?"

Lin Qiushi was speechless. He was walking down with the people when he suddenly remembered something and said suspiciously: "Wait, when I was on the second floor, I heard a woman crying on the third floor..." He looked around and made sure that Xiao Ke was the only one of them. Girl, looking at her calm appearance, she doesn't look like someone who can cry.

"The woman is crying?" Xiao Ke said, "We didn't hear it, you heard it wrong."

Lin Qiushi: "...Okay."

The breakfast on the first floor was ready and placed on the table steaming hot. The people who cook are said to be villagers in the village, and they look no different from normal people.

After Lin Qiushi had breakfast, he borrowed a few thick clothes from them and inquired about the village.

"There's nothing wrong with our village." The villagers didn't seem to be able to give any useful information. "Just a few tours every winter."

Lin Qiushi: "Oh... what about your daily necessities?"

The villager said: "Going to buy outside the mountain, although the mountain road is not easy to walk, you have to find a way. But as long as it snows, you can't go out. The mountain road is blocked, and you can only stay here all winter. "

Lin Qiushi thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Are all the wells in your village drilled in the center of the yard?"

I don't know if it was Lin Qiushi's delusion. When he raised the word well, the expressions of the villagers seemed to become a lot more nervous, but they didn't give any special information. They just nodded, said yes, and turned away.

Lin Qiushi thought for a while, but he didn't come up with any clues, so he decided to give the clothes to Ruan Baijie first, and then talk about other things.

When he entered the room, Ruan Baijie was lying on the bed and playing with his mobile phone. Seeing him come in, he snorted softly, "You are so slow."

Lin Qiushi handed the borrowed clothes to the bed: "Get up, there is breakfast on the first floor."

Ruan Baijie hummed.

Lin Qiushi said, "I'll go out and wait for you."

"Wait." Ruan Baijie suddenly called out, "What's on top of your head?"

"What?" Lin Qiushi was inexplicable.

Ruan Baijie waved at him, and Lin Qiushi approached her.

"It's all red..." Ruan Baijie reached out and touched Lin Qiushi's head, then turned his palm over, "What is this?"

Lin Qiushi felt bad when he saw the things in Ruan Baijie's hands, because the things in Ruan Baijie's hands looked like frozen blood.

"I'll go take a look." Lin Qiushi hurried into the toilet, and as Ruan Baijie said, he noticed that his hair was full of broken ice slag, which was dark red and hidden in his hair for a while at all. come out. I don't know when I got it on my head.

"Fuck." Lin Qiushi scolded in a low voice and wiped his head with a towel. It was fine if he didn't wipe it. The more he wiped it, the more shocking he became. A hot towel was almost dyed red, and his hair had not been wiped clean.

Ruan Baijie, who had changed into thick clothes, came over and said rudely, "Fortunately, this thing is not green."

Lin Qiushi: "...Have you ever seen green blood?"

Ruan Baijie said, "Is this blood?"

Lin Qiushi sighed and briefly talked about what happened on the third floor. When he mentioned the dead, Ruan Baijie cried softly and weakly, saying, Brother Lin, I am so scared, will the next one die? us?

After all, she is a beautiful girl, crying so badly, it is unbearable.

Lin Qiushi stepped forward to comfort him. When Ruan Baijie was about to put his head on his shoulder, he suddenly said, "Brother Lin, how tall are you."

Lin Qiushi: "...one meter eight."

"Oh." Ruan Baijie said, "It's shorter than me."

Lin Qiushi: "..." I've wronged you.

Lin Qiushi turned around and cleaned his hair while thinking about where the blood came from. In the end, he had a very scary idea... it couldn't have been dripping from the ceiling on the third floor... was it?

"I want to go to the third floor to see." Lin Qiushi said, "Go to the first floor for dinner first."

"Are you going alone?" Ruan Baijie said, "Let's go together."

"Aren't you afraid?" Lin Qiushi asked suspiciously, Ruan Baijie was still crying just now.

"Isn't it your presence here?" Ruan Baijie lifted the blue silk in her ear and smiled softly, "You are here, what am I afraid of."

Lin Qiushi thought it was right, after all, you can run faster than me from last night.

So the two went down the corridor to the third floor.

There was still blood all over the floor, and it was still the corpse that had not been cleaned up, but this time Lin Qiushi focused his attention on the ceiling. It looked like something was clinging to the ceiling and slowly crawling over it. After a long time, the blood stains on the ceiling were also frozen, but the blood stains on the ground were faintly visible.

Lin Qiushi's scalp was numb. He really didn't want to think about what was hanging on the ceiling when he first appeared on the third floor... and they hadn't discovered it from beginning to end.

Ruan Baijie looked up at the ceiling for a long time.

Lin Qiushi asked what she saw.

"I saw the ceiling." Ruan Baijie said, "Otherwise, what can I see, the starry sky and dreams?"

Lin Qiushi: "..."

She was really courageous, and after reading the ceiling, she went to watch the two bloody corpses. didn't show any discomfort during the whole process, and even looked a little excited.

It wasn't until Lin Qiushi gave her a suspicious look: "Aren't you afraid?" She seemed to have remembered something, and started humming in cooperation.

Lin Qiushi: "...Stop humming, do you still have breakfast?"

"Eat, eat, eat." Ruan Baijie, "I'm hungry too."

The two just went downstairs and saw that everyone had finished their breakfast and seemed to be waiting for the two of them.

"Where have you two gone?" Xiong Qi said, "Just waiting for you."

Ruan Baijie was not nervous at all in the face of everyone's eyes, she sat lightly at the table, picked up the bowl and was about to eat breakfast.

Lin Qiushi was not as thick-skinned as Ruan Baijie, so he talked about the blood on his hair, and also said that he also saw some strange marks on the ceiling of the third floor.

After listening to this, everyone's faces were not very good-looking, and some people looked up at the ceiling with a conditioned reflex.

They were discussing the people who died last night and those weird traces, and a middle-aged man in his forties walked in outside the door. The man was wearing a thick military green padded jacket, holding an oil lamp in his hand, and slowly walked into the hall.

"Hello." The man said, "I'm the mayor of this village. Are you the ones I invited to help?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone in the room fell silent.

"It's cold today, and our village wants to prepare a coffin for the coming year." The man said in a hoarse voice, "I'll ask you to help the carpenter."

No one answered the village chief's words, and the village chief didn't seem ready to get any answers from them.

After he finished speaking, he coughed a few times, then picked up the wobbly kerosene lamp and walked out of the house. Although the snow had stopped outside, the wind continued to blow. The whistling sound of the wind smashed against the treetops on the door panel. At first glance, it sounded like a human wailing.

"It's started." Xiong Qi said softly.

His words fell, and a strong wind blew outside the house, smashing the half-closed door against the wall.

Everyone in the room was silent, and finally Xiong Qi spoke first: "It should be making a coffin."

"How can this happen, how can this happen!!" There was a howling sound in the room, Lin Qiushi turned his head to look, but saw that a man in the team was emotionally broken, "It's such a difficult world— How can we possibly live, who will build the coffin, we will die, we will die here—"

Xiong Qi seemed to be accustomed to such scenes, and his expression remained unmoved.

The emotionally broken man roared and smashed all the things on the table on the ground, with tears and snot on his face: "As soon as I came in, there were thirteen people, and two died on the first day... This kind of difficulty, I have never before. met!!"

"Okay!" Xiong Qi said impatiently, "You don't have to die when you cry? What emotions are you making, do you think you are a newcomer, look at the quality of the newcomer!"

These words caused Lin Qiushi to be inexplicably glared at by the man. He thought that it was his fault that his psychological quality was too good.

But it's not a strange thing for the man's mentality to collapse. It's different from the normal world, the alien dimension, and all kinds of terrifying omens, it's difficult for people to keep calm.

"Let's discuss how to do it first." Xiong Qi said, "The village chief said that he wants to build a coffin, so the key must be this."

Lin Qiushi said, "Excuse me, what is a key?"

Xiong Qi glanced at him: "It's the thing used to open the door. After we come in, we need to find the key to get out according to the clues provided by the characters inside, and then find an iron door to leave here."

Lin Qiushi said, "Is there a time limit?"

Xiong Qi sneered: "Of course before people die."

It turned out that Lin Qiushi felt a little at ease, at least there was a way to get out. In fact, what he was most afraid of was the unsolvable terror. There is no escape, no escape, no matter what you do is in vain.

"The clue is the coffin." Xiong Qi looked at the weather outside, "Let's go to the carpenter in the village and ask about the situation."

"Okay." Xiao Ke said, "I'll go with you."

Lin Qiushi raised his hand: "I want to go too."

Xiong Qi nodded indifferently: "Okay." Before he knew it, he had become the leader of the entire team, and he ordered, "You guys check in the building to see if there are any useful clues."

At this time, Ruan Baijie stepped forward, gently pulled Lin Qiushi's sleeve, and whispered, "I'm afraid, I want to be with you."

Although this girl is really tall and doesn't have the feeling of being a little bird, but she looks good, in the end, it makes people feel a little pity, Lin Qiushi nodded: "Okay, but I can't guarantee that I can protect you. Safety."

Ruan Baijie smiled: "It doesn't matter." She picked up the hair from her ear, "I feel at ease with you."

Lin Qiushi thought to herself, girl, you are very good at flirting.

So the four of them hurriedly went out while it was still early.

On the way, Lin Qiushi asked Xiong Qi some details about this world, and learned that the ghosts here would not kill people indiscriminately under normal circumstances. But there are exceptions. If you encounter a difficult world, ghosts will have no taboos, and you can do it whenever you want. In such a situation, it is truly a life-and-death situation.

"What is the meaning of existence in this world?" Lin Qiushi asked his most curious question.

Xiong Qi took a deep look at him when he heard the question: "You will know when you go back alive."

Lin Qiushi: "...Oh."

They learned the address of the carpenter in the village from the villagers. The road in the snow was too difficult to walk, and it took almost an hour to get there.

Lin Qiushi observed the situation in the village by the way.

This village is not big, and it is surrounded by dense jungle. Usually, it is fine, but this snow has basically cut off the way to leave. There are not many people in the village. Occasionally, two or three people can be seen walking by the side of the road. It stands to reason that it is very special to meet foreigners in this kind of place. However, looking at the expressions of the villagers, it seems that Lin Qiushi and the others are not at all concerned about their arrival. curious.

The carpenter's house is at the east end of the village, and when he went outside, he saw the faint light of an oil lamp emitting faintly inside.

Xiong Qi stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, a short old man appeared behind the door. He was about sixty or seventy years old, with sparse hair, wearing a worn gray cotton jacket, and his face was wrinkled. Eyeballs were extremely cloudy, he said, "Are you okay?"

"It's too cold outside, can you go in and talk?" Xiong Qi asked.

The old man didn't speak, but turned around and opened the door.

The four people outside the door filed in.

The house is not big, and it is very messy everywhere. Lin Qiushi observed the surrounding situation, but noticed that the window was broken, and it was roughly nailed to the window frame with wooden boards, which simply blocked the wind.

"Old man, we were invited by the village chief to make the coffin." Xiong Qi said, "but we don't know much about this thing. I heard that you are a famous carpenter in the village. Can you give me some advice?"

The old man glanced at Xiong Qi indifferently: "To make a coffin, first chop down a tree, chop the tree, send the wood to me, and then go to the temple to worship, and then you can start making it."

Xiong Qi caught the keyword: "Go to the temple to worship?"

The old man nodded: "There is an ancient temple next to the village. In our place, making a coffin is a detriment to Yin morality. We have to go and worship first."

He repeated the word "baiyibai" many times, which made people feel uncomfortable.

"What about after the worship?" Xiong Qi said.

The old man was silent.

Xiong Qi said, "Old man?"

The old man still did not speak.

Under Xiong Qi's repeated questioning, the old man smiled, and this smile looked extremely ferocious against the backdrop of the firelight. He lowered his voice and said, "When you are still alive, come and ask me again."

Xiong Qi's face was ashen.

Ruan Baijie was not polite at all, and said, "Don't tell me, old man, it's so cold today, what if you die first after we finish?"

The old man sneered: "The old man's life is tough."

Ruan Baijie: "I think your life will be tough."

Old man: "..."

other people:"……"

Lin Qiushi wondered why you are so proficient, is it really okay to fight NPCs? Most people will be a little scared when they meet such a terrifying person, but looking at Ruan Baijie's little white eyes, don't think there is any problem at all .

"Okay, okay." Lin Qiushi said, "If he doesn't want to say it, don't force it..."

Ruan Baijie said, "Can this be forced? We will recognize it when it gets cold first. What if he gets cold first." The girl rolled up her sleeves as she spoke, her eyes wandering around the room, and finally stopped on an arm thick on the stick.

Lin Qiushi cursed in his heart, thinking that he really wants to be rough, this motherfucker is a world of horror, is it really okay for people who are rough with NPCs?

Who knew that before Ruan Baijie picked up the stick, the old man was cowardly first, and said angrily, "After the worship, go to fill a well, and the coffin will be ready!"

Ruan Baijie: "Hey, Qiu Shi, he glared at me~"

Lin Qiushi: "..." Your eyes just now were more terrifying than his.

Xiong Qi didn't seem to think that he could still operate like this, and followed Xiao Ke for a while. When they came to this world, they were afraid to offend anyone if they were not polite. Who knew that Ruan Baijie would not play cards according to the routine at all. And it was so easy to get the final answer-although this answer was not necessarily correct.

When everyone came out of the carpenter's house, Xiong Qi asked Ruan Baijie's name in a complicated mood.

Ruan Baijie looked pitiful, and said that my surname was Ruan and my name was Ruan Baijie. Brother, just call me Jiejie.

Xiong Qi called her Jiejie, but she always felt that something was not right, so she and Lin Qiushi finally called her Baijie.

It’s been almost a day since I came here, and Xiong Qi still just knew Ruan Baijie’s name. He saw Ruan Baijie’s crying pear blossom with rain yesterday. He probably thought that Ruan Baijie wouldn’t live long in this world, so he didn’t even ask his name. .

But after Ruan Baijie's wonderful performance just now, Xiong Qi also felt that the girl didn't seem as weak as she showed.

"Aren't you afraid just now?" Xiong Qi asked her.

Ruan Baijie's answer was convincing. She said, "I'm afraid? Why should I be afraid? It's okay to be afraid of ghosts, and it's too bad to be afraid of people. And this kind of person is a key NPC at first sight. If he really dies, our information If it doesn’t stop, how can we live to the end?”

The three were speechless, but they all felt that what she said was very reasonable.

After all, they got key information from the carpenter, and everyone felt a lot more at ease, so they decided to go back and tell everyone about it.

Although it was daytime, the sky was covered with a thick layer of dark clouds, and there was no snow, and the wind was blowing. Ruan Baijie was wearing her long skirt and two thick padded jackets, and followed behind Lin Qiushi, her fragile and thin appearance seemed to be blown away by the wind at any time.

Lin Qiushi couldn't bear to see it, so he stretched out his hand to hold her, let her walk in front of him, and blocked the wind behind her for her.

Ruan Baijie was quite moved, she asked Lin Qiushi with her beautiful eyes, "You are so kind."

Lin Qiushi said, "You're welcome."

Ruan Baijie said, "Are you so good to everyone?"

Lin Qiushi: "...Do you see me treating Xiong like this?" He joked, "It's not because you look good."

Xiong Qi walking in front: "I heard it."

Ruan Baijie heard the words with a thoughtful expression: "As long as it looks good?"

Lin Qiushi just thought that she was talking and playing, and said casually: "Of course you have to grow taller."

Ruan Baijie: "Oh..."

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The update is at ten o'clock in the morning, not at night hahahaha, how many little angels dare not follow the update at night.

Ruan Baijie: oh oh oh

Lin Qiushi: Don't cry, it always reminds me of a word.

Ruan Baijie: What?

Lin Qiushi: The old man catches the chicken

Ruan Baijie: Then you are a chick?

Lin Qiushi:  …