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Chapter 120
Chapter 120 The Thirteenth Door
After the year was over, it was almost time to enter the door with Gu Longming.
Ruan Nanzhu selected the note for the sixth door. On the note was a well-known name - Minotaur. In ancient Greek mythology, a monster guarding the labyrinth with a minotaur.
In mythology, it is a hybrid of humans and white cattle, with extremely cruel temperament, is locked in a huge maze on Crete, and eats seven pairs of virgins every year. Afterwards, he was beheaded by Theseus, the illegitimate son of the king of Athens. All in all, from this myth alone, you can't get much information about the door. Only when you go in and encounter some things can you connect the hints in the clues.
Lin Qiushi also showed this clue to Gu Longming in advance, and Gu Longming expressed his full gratitude to Lin Qiushi after receiving it. And Lin Qiushi also gave Gu Longming a vaccination very simply, saying that they could not be responsible for Gu Longming's life when they entered the door this time, which made Gu Longming a little bit.
Gu Longming responded one by one, saying that he was ready to not come out.
The time to go in is the tenth day of the Chinese New Year, and the New Year is coming to an end. Everyone has ended their leisure vacation and started to be busy again.
Lin Qiushi prepared everything and began to wait for the door.
The tenth day of the first lunar month came soon. It was a sunny afternoon. There was no one in the villa, only Lin Qiushi was sitting in the living room eating Lu Yanxue's freshly fried pumpkin seeds. Lu Yanxue's cooking skills are always good. The fried pumpkin seeds are fragrant and fragrant. Lin Qiushi can spend an afternoon with just a handful.
Ruan Nanzhu had already changed his clothes and was upstairs. Seeing that it was almost time, Lin Qiushi went up to look for him with a bulging backpack on his back.
Because of the previous door, Lin Qiushi deliberately stuffed a lot of food in his bag. Some daily necessities outside the door can be brought into the door, but more foul weapons cannot. For example, hot weapons such as guns/pieces cannot be brought into the door.
Of course, there may be some special restrictions after entering the door. For example, in the door of the mental hospital, the rule set by the NPC for them is that they cannot eat the food brought in from outside. In fact, most of the time, such restrictions are relatively few, and Lin Qiushi can only be prepared. Anyway, the fact that the tenth door has to be opened to eat has left a lot of shadows on him.
Lin Qiushi entered Ruan Nanzhu's bedroom and sat on the bed with him for a while, and then he felt that the surrounding atmosphere had changed, but in a blink of an eye, Ruan Nanzhu, who was sitting beside him, disappeared. Lin Qiushi got up and pushed open the door in front of him, and saw twelve black iron doors appearing in the original corridor, so familiar.
He walked to the sixth door, stretched out his hand and opened the iron door. The next moment, Lin Qiushi was instantly sucked in by a powerful suction, and the scene around him also changed dramatically. When he opened his eyes again, He felt a slight shaking under his feet.
Lin Qiushi took a closer look and found that he actually appeared on a huge old ship. At this time, it was dusk, and the black clouds in the sky were terrifyingly low, as if the sea horizon was about to be pressed down in the next moment. The deep black water rolled in front of his eyes, and violent waves were blown by the wind.
Lin Qiushi smelled the salty smell of the sea water. The old boat under his feet couldn't stop shaking due to the excessive wind and waves. He lowered his head and saw the wooden floor with some seaweed creatures clinging to it, which made people feel very uncomfortable. Comfortable.
Lin Qiushi took a few steps forward and saw dim lights in the cabin. He walked into the cabin along the corridor and heard sad howls from the cabin.
"Woooooooo, why am I here, what have you done to me!!" It had been a long time since he had heard such a cry from a newcomer, and Lin Qiushi was a little surprised. He saw the cry at a glance. , is a young girl, raising her hand to wipe her tears, "You perverts, you must have kidnapped me, and I will call the police and arrest you all!!"
Most of the people around listened to her crying silently. Anyway, there were only a few reactions from the newcomers, most of them were crying, a few were trying to escape, and some of those who were mentally fragile simply broke down as soon as they came in.
Lin Qiushi stood there and didn't move. He noticed that there were several people around the little girl who were not very good-looking. These people's faces were full of panic. They were obviously not ready for entering the door. This girl is also a newcomer. However, they didn't cry like this little girl, and they were still calm.
Lin Qiushi's eyes searched in the crowd, and soon found his target - a woman sitting in the corner and smiling at him.
The woman was wearing a long dress, which was Ruan Nanzhu's dress before entering the door.
Lin Qiushi had a clue in his heart, walked slowly to the woman, and stretched out his hand: "Yu Linlin."
"Zhu Meng." The woman held his hand and smiled, "The marriage in the door is a thread, cherish this relationship."
Lin Qiushi laughed: "Yes, cherish this relationship."
This actor in his family really has no stage to make a stage.
While the two were talking, a young man entered the door recklessly. Although the man's face was unfamiliar, the clothes on his body told Lin Qiushi his identity. He was Gu Longming who had agreed with Lin Qiushi on the Internet.
Gu Longming was covered in water, and after he came in, he scolded in a low voice, "Fuck, you actually threw me on the lifeboat—why didn't you just throw me into the sea, are you jealous of my beauty—"
Although his voice is very low, Lin Qiushi's hearing is excellent, so he can easily hear the content of his scolding, and for a while, he feels a little dumbfounded.
Of course, he didn't laugh, he just coughed dryly, covered his mouth with his hand, and swallowed the smile. Gu Longming's eyes rolled around in the crowd, and soon fell on Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu. He walked over with a smile and greeted them, pretending to be a chance encounter.
In fact, this trick of pretending to be a chance encounter is also useful in the early stage. In the later stage, everyone becomes a fox, and those who do not have a partner are outliers.
As for whether they would be recognized by others as a group, Lin Qiushi was worried before, but now it doesn't matter.
The cabin of the old ship is not large, and the light is not bright. The lighting equipment is only a few small kerosene lamps overhead, which flicker from time to time with the shaking of the old ship.
It was getting darker outside, and the number of people in the crowd gradually increased, and finally stopped at the number fourteen.
The crowd looked around and talked to the teammates they found. The crowd almost quickly divided into several teams, but the newcomers were isolated and had to form a team by themselves.
Just as the crowd was discussing something noisy, a middle-aged man walked in outside the door. The man was dressed like a medieval pirate and held a dangling kerosene lamp in his hand.
"Welcome to the Black Reef." The man opened his mouth, his voice sounded very hoarse, as if drinking or smoking for a long time had irreversibly damaged his voice, "I hope everyone can have a good time here." He said After saying this, he smiled nervously, and the sharp laughter was like scratching a blackboard with his fingernails, which made his scalp tingle.
"Ten days later, the Black Reef will arrive at the harbor." The man said, "When the journey is over, please enjoy this wonderful time."
As soon as the man finished speaking, someone rushed out of the cabin. Lin Qiushi thought that this person was afraid, but after a while, he heard violent vomiting from outside - it seemed that there was an unfortunate person who was seasick.
"Where the hell is this place?" The little girl who was crying before was also frightened by the man in front of her, she said, "Are we filming a show? I'm really scared, I want to quit, can I? I don't want to play anymore, please Please……"
The man ignored her at all, just looked at the crowd with indifferent eyes.
The little girl wanted to step forward to hold him, but stopped when she ran to him, and then took a few steps back with a pale face, as if she saw something extremely terrifying.
Lin Qiushi's eyes were not as good as those of Ruan Nanzhu, because the lights were dim and he couldn't see anything, but Ruan Nanzhu explained the situation in a low voice, he said, "The man is covered with a kind of black bug."
Gu Longming shivered and said, "Is he alive or dead?"
"I don't know." Ruan Nanzhu said, "It doesn't look very good anyway."
Under normal circumstances, only NPCs who provide them with key information are relatively normal. If they are not normal, there are almost no normal people.
Lin Qiushi didn't expect that their door this time was actually an old ship, and it seems that the time limit is ten days.
"Let's go, I'll take you to the place to sleep." The man said, "It's getting dark... and it's going to rain." After he said a few words, he laughed nervously, and everyone who laughed became even more uneasy.
The man took them to the cabin of the ship and began to allocate rooms.
Most of the rooms here are double rooms, and there are only a few triple rooms. Originally, Lin Qiushi was allocated a double room, but Gu Longming shamelessly went to the man to change the room number, and he just got a triple room.
"You dare to bargain?" Lin Qiushi looked at Gu Longming with admiration.
Gu Longming: "Isn't this afraid of death..." He didn't want to live alone. Although being a light bulb is not very kind, being a light bulb is better than being a dead person.
Ruan Nanzhu's expression was like a smile but not a smile, and said: "That's right."
They also wanted to check the whole ship, but it was too late to move outside because it was really unsafe. I thought about taking a rest and waiting until tomorrow morning to make plans.
So the three of them took the keys and went back to the room. After a simple wash, they went to bed.
While Ruan Nanzhu was going to change clothes, Gu Longming poked Lin Qiushi and whispered, "Brother, are you being so unkind, and you don't tell me about such a beautiful girlfriend?"
Lin Qiushi said vaguely: "...Hmm."
"It's amazing." Gu Longming said, "Alas, if I had such a girlfriend, I would also like to be with her every day."
As he said that, he showed an envious expression to Lin Qiushi.
Lin Qiushi looked at his appearance, but he began to think what would happen if he knew that Ruan Nanzhu was a cute girl. Of course, he must not tell Gu Longming now. After all, Gu Longming is not a member of Obsidian, and Ruan Nanzhu wearing women's clothes is also the biggest secret in Obsidian...
Ruan Nanzhu over there changed his clothes, walked in and said, "What are you two talking about?"
"It's okay." Lin Qiushi said briefly, "He praised you for your good looks."
Ruan Nanzhu snorted with a deep meaning when he heard the words.
Gu Longming: "..." Why does he feel a little cold on his back?
The beds on the boat exude a damp smell, which makes it very uncomfortable to lie on. At this time, the wind and waves are getting bigger and bigger, and even the sleeping place is shaking. Lin Qiushi remembered the mess of seasickness that night, the brother who kept vomiting when they left there, and felt that this person might be basically useless.
The sky outside was completely dark, and there was only the whistling of the wind and the sound of the waves beating against each other. Lin Qiushi closed his eyes and gradually fell asleep, but before he fell asleep, he was awakened by a thunderstorm. This thunder suddenly exploded on top of their heads, and with a loud bang, the three of them instantly woke up from their sleep.
Then there is the sound of raindrops falling, the sound of rain, accompanied and howling wind, as if to destroy everything.
The place where they lay was even more shaky, and Lin Qiushi sat up from the bed.
He looked out at the dark night through the window, but saw two lights on the deck of the ship. It seems that only kerosene lamps can illuminate the boat, so how does this kerosene lamp keep bright in the rainy weather... Lin Qiushi was wondering, but suddenly felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the two lamps, and Ruan Nanzhu, who was sitting behind him, whispered softly. opened his mouth: "Don't look at it."
Lin Qiushi: "Huh?"
"That's not a lamp." Ruan Nanzhu said, "that pair of eyes."
A pair of yellow eyes that do not belong to human beings, the owner of the eyes peeps in the dark night, with an evil meaning, as if it is a beast looking for prey.
Lin Qiushi instantly retracted his gaze and said, "What is that?"
"I don't know, I can't see clearly." Ruan Nanzhu said, "There are human silhouettes, but they don't look like people."
Lin Qiushi frowned slightly, but when he glanced out the window again, he found that those eyes were gone.
The thunder sounded one after another, and the salty smell that belonged to the sea became more and more intense.
Ruan Nanzhu climbed onto Lin Qiushi's bed, the two fell asleep hugging each other, and soon fell asleep again. However, Gu Longming, the only single dog, didn't have such good luck. He lay beside Lin Qiushi with a very sad look in his eyes, thinking that he might have to eat dog food for the past few days.
The heavy rain continued until the early morning and gradually stopped, but although the rain stopped, the weather still did not clear up. The black rain still shrouded the sky above the ship. When the alarm clock rang, Lin Qiushi even thought that it was not dawn. He looked at the time and found that it was eight o'clock in the morning, but it was still dark outside.
"Good morning." Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi greeted.
Lin Qiushi said, "Good morning, it's so dark today."
Ruan Nanzhu said: "It should continue to rain." He and Lin Qiushi walked to the deck and saw the black sea water rolling around the hull.
Looking up, they couldn't see any land, only a vast sea of water, and only the old ship under their feet was the only truth.
This isolated environment can easily have a negative effect on people's spirits. Even Lin Qiushi felt that the scene in front of him made people feel a little uncomfortable.
"Let's go, let's have breakfast." Gu Longming called to the two of them.
"His nerves are quite rough." Ruan Nanzhu said thoughtfully when he heard Gu Longming's shouting.
"Yes." Lin Qiushi said, "His psychological quality is good."
Inside the door, you can be not so smart, but you must be brave enough. In the face of certain terrifying scenes, fear will make people lose most of their thinking ability. No matter how smart people are without a strong heart, they may not be as good as the neurotic Cheng Qianli in the door.
The three of them went to the place to eat and saw that the restaurant could almost be described as lifeless.
Lin Qiushi didn't know why at first, but after reading the menu, he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.
All the fish provided on the boat were not very fresh. Gu Longming used his chopsticks to poke at the head of a dead fish and said, "Is this food edible?" Just looking at it made me feel sick.
"It looks unpalatable." Lin Qiushi said, "Do you want to try it first?"
Gu Longming took a bit of the fish's gills with his chopsticks, tasted it, and his expression twisted: "Damn, this door must not have been deducted from the food bill, right? Why is it so bad, it seems like it has been left for three or four days, you taste it?"
Lin Qiushi said, "No, no, no."
Gu Longming: "..."
Most of the breakfast in the restaurant is stale fish. In addition, there are only some noodles and beans that seem to have no taste at all. The environment here is already bad enough, and the food in front of you is simply worse.
However, Lin Qiushi and the others were completely honest. Seeing that they couldn't eat breakfast, they quietly went back to their room and took out the prepared food from their backpacks.
Gu Longming watched them take out a bottle of Laoganma from the bag, his eyes were straight, and he said, "You guys even bring Laoganma, are you here for a spring outing?"
"Do you want it?" Lin Qiushi drenched Lao Ganma on the noodles brought out from the restaurant.
"If you want to, come more." Gu Longming shyly.
They finally finished their breakfast and got ready to start exploring on the boat.
This ship has three floors in total, and the structure is somewhat like those in the medieval era of navigation, but it is very old and full of traces of time.
Apart from the NPC, no other crew members were seen on the ship. There should be only one NPC on the whole ship. Waiting on the boat to return to the voyage is a task left by the Npc, but Lin Qiushi has every reason to believe that if they fail to find the door within ten days, this trip will go back and forth again - another ten days.
When Lin Qiushi walked to the second floor, he heard a thumping sound. He was not sure if Ruan Nanzhu and the others heard it, so he asked, "Did you hear it?"
"What?" Gu Longming didn't seem to hear it.
Ruan Nanzhu said: "I seem to have heard it, but it is not very clear."
"It came from the corner..." Lin Qiushi followed the voice and walked forward, he said, "Go and have a look."
However, before he got close to it, Lin Qiushi smelled a strong fishy smell, which was very disgusting and made people nauseous when they smelled it. Fortunately, Cheng Yixie was not here, otherwise he would have fainted on the spot.
It was the same room that made the sound and smell, because Gu Longming and Ruan Nanzhu also heard the thumping sound because they were close enough.
The three of them slowed down and saw the scene in the house through the window.
This is a kitchen. There are some knives hanging in the kitchen, and the most eye-catching are the dead fish that are hung up by the side.
There was a man in an apron standing in the middle of the room, and he was slashing at something with his back to them. Gu Longming observed it for a while, and almost didn't spit it out, saying, "Don't tell me he's making breakfast for us—"
Ruan Nanzhu was very calm: "It's possible."
Gu Longming said, "Ouch!!" He actually tasted the fish in the morning.
Lin Qiushi patted Gu Longming's shoulder sympathetically.
But the man in the kitchen was the second living NPC they saw on the boat.
The three stood at the door of the kitchen and watched for a while. Seeing that the man had nothing else to do except chop the fish, they decided to go to other places to have a look first.
Soon, they found a rather special room. This room was locked, and the window was drawn with curtains. It was quiet inside, but there was still a strong fishy smell. At first, Lin Qiushi thought it was the smell they got in the kitchen, but after smelling it carefully, he found that it was coming from the room.
"Do you want to go in and have a look?" Gu Longming leaned against the window to look inside, but saw nothing.
Ruan Nanzhu thought about it and said, "Try it." Then he took out the issuing card and started unlocking.
Gu Longming's eyes straightened when he saw his skillful movements, and he looked at Lin Qiushi again: "This...is this your basic skill?"
Lin Qiushi smiled and joked: "Yeah, if you want to join us, you must learn to unlock first."
When he said this, he heard a bang, Ruan Nanzhu really opened the lock, but it was very strange that he pushed the door after opening the lock, only to find that although the door lock was broken, it was still inside.There was another lock hanging, and the chain on the lock pulled the door, so they could only push the door open a crack at most, and couldn't push it completely at all.
"Wait." Lin Qiushi suddenly said, stopping Ruan Nanzhu's move to push the door further, he said, "Stop first, there is movement inside the door."
Ruan Nanzhu's movements stopped, but at the moment he stopped, a hand covered with scales and sharp nails, and a pair of yellow eyes, came out of the crack of the door, not pregnant.Kindly peeked outside.
The author has something to say: I am a little addicted to Cthulhu recently _(:з"∠)_, someone should be able to guess the prototype of this thing