Doomsday Wonderland

It's really difficult to hold the door open all the way.

To be precise, for example, if she uses a part of her consciousness, this part of her consciousness cannot be continuously stretched like the texture of chewing gum. In order to make it stretchable, Lin Sanjiu had to change the "capacity" that was originally its volume into length; by the time this part of consciousness had been squeezed by her like clay, it was extremely long and thin. When the time comes, add the second point of consciousness and continue to pinch it. This is a process that requires continuous investment of energy. If she is distracted and climbs two steps without shaping her consciousness, the end hanging on the door will be pulled down.

Although she knew how to do it, she was not familiar with this method, so it was naturally a bit difficult, and sometimes she had to stop and think things over. Several times when she looked up, she found that the three people in front of her had already crawled away; the few swimming fish that Bohemia had taken out to illuminate for everyone had turned into vague light groups, hanging high in the dim and narrow place. on the stairway.

It's really easy to sneak in someone, or even a small number of people, when advancing single file in such a narrow and dark place. After catching up again, Lin Sanjiu slowed down a few meters away from the puppet master and sighed secretly.

I don’t know what material the stairs and the walls on both sides are made of. It seems that countless mouths have been hungry for an unknown period of time, quickly swallowing all the noises they make; let alone the footsteps, sometimes the waves walking in the front are Simia said something, but before she could hear it clearly, the words were all gone—for example, now.

"...What?" She had to raise her head and shout loudly. Under the hazy light, the only things that could be seen clearly in front of her were the dark and silent back of the puppet master, and two shadows that flickered and disappeared higher up. "Who spoke? Is it Bohemia?"

"I'm telling you," Bohemia raised her voice and shouted again: "The steps in front are steeper and narrower! It will really save money on labor and materials!"

The increasingly narrow and steep steps were one of the reasons why they couldn't climb up close together; the other reason was, of course, the puppet master.

"Bring out a few more fish of yours," Lin Sanjiu responded, "I can't even see how far I can go back."

"You are conscious. If someone pushes the door open and comes in, you will be the first to notice it. There is no need to look back." Bohemia did not forget to quarrel with her even though they were two people apart. "Do you think my Fish can be used unlimitedly——"

Before she finished speaking, Lin Sanjiu suddenly felt her eyes suddenly darken; the light fish swam away from her head as soon as it flicked its tail, and together with several other light fish, they all quickly swam to the front of the team - no When she spoke, she heard Bohemia shout in surprise: "Who is it?"

Several people stopped in their tracks.

"……Eh?"

Lin Sanjiu vaguely heard another question from Bohemia, and saw the shadow of the former guard standing by the wall, stretching his neck and looking forward - he was the most obedient person, and every time he stopped on the road As soon as they come down, they will immediately press their backs against the wall to create a fighting space for the puppeteers.

"Strange," after two seconds, Bohemia finally turned around and shouted, "There is a dead man here!"

"Are you really dead?" the former guard asked tremblingly.

Real death and fake death, just let her touch it and you will know. Lin Sanjiu shouted "Give" while squeezing past the puppet master. He could not forget to continue to "shape" his consciousness, and finally reached the step below Bohemia; because The space was so narrow that the former guard stumbled a few times and almost lost his balance.

In order not to step on her skirt when climbing the stairs, Bohemia changed into a pullover and shorts at some point, as if she had suddenly changed to an era. "Look," she pointed, "it scared me."

A man's body spread down the steps like a snake, his head fell on the step closest to them, and he was staring up at the two of them. He had obviously died not long ago, and the bruises on his body were not serious, but because his head was at the bottom, the blood had sunk to his face, and patches of green and red appeared on his skin. [Flat World] The limit of transformation cards for the second day had not been used yet. At this time, Lin Sanjiu touched his forehead, and the corpse turned into a card smoothly.

[Corpse of unknown cause of death]

Another body found on the road.

"How did this man die here?" Bohemia muttered to herself.

"Is... the person who had to squeeze into the elevator before?" the former guard guessed, "If he hurried in when the last batch of discharged players were almost at the end, then the people in front would take the elevator and leave. Once the NPC locks the door behind him, he won't be able to get out."

Bohemia shuddered: "Just like that... trapped alive in the stairway? Does that mean that the last time someone was discharged from the hospital was a long time ago? Or does it mean that there is danger in the stairway itself?"

"I can't tell," the former guard scratched his head, feeling a little confused himself: "Really...why haven't I seen this part in the guide?"

Now that he was a grasshopper on the same rope as him, Lin Sanjiu didn't think that he was deliberately concealing the situation, and nodded: "Since he is a dead person, it doesn't matter, just keep walking."

"Throw away the dead man," the puppeteer said coldly. He stood at the bottom, his figure condensed into a darkness darker than the darkness: "Are you a rag picker?"

Lin Sanjiu was about to ask why, but she immediately responded. The NPC said that as long as there is one more person present when the elevator is running, they will be disqualified, but they did not say whether the fifth person is alive or dead - the puppet master can consider this early, it must be because of him Have you thought about someone you want to turn into a doll?

I really never forget my roots wherever I go.

She returned to the end of the team, unblocked the corpse, and searched randomly on his body with her free hand. When she saw that there was nothing, she reached out and lifted him, letting the corpse roll down the stairs in a skeletal manner— -Both the shadows and the sounds were swallowed up by the stairs that stretched endlessly in the darkness.

"Sorry," she whispered, turning to follow the group.

The footsteps, breathing, and friction of clothing from the three people in front of them were all completely absorbed by the stairway. If Lin Sanjiu didn't look up, she might have thought that she was climbing this long path alone. Endless stairs. The long staircase behind her was immersed in darkness. She looked at the group of four people without saying a word.

Several times, she even felt very sure that as long as she turned around, she would see the dead body climbing up silently on all fours; but every time, it was naturally just her nervousness - there was nothing but her body in the stairway behind her. There was nothing in the empty darkness except the messy footprints left by his group in the dust.

"Um, sir?" As she kept looking back, Bohemia in front suddenly called out, "Do you... do you think there are only four of us in this stairway?"

The puppeteer in front still maintained the same posture as before, without even turning his head; she didn't see how he looked around, but half a second later, she heard the familiar gloomy voice being sent to her ears: "... Please follow closely, are you taking Cerebellum to the hospital?"

Lin Sanjiu was startled. As soon as she came in, the puppet master thought she was too close and had to step back several meters; since then, she has kept the same distance - now he suddenly wants her to come closer, could it be because he feels Is there something weird about this place?

However, at least he didn't say anyone else had sneaked in.

She hurriedly said "Oh" and hurried up the two steps; she was still cautious and only shortened the distance by one meter - after all, the puppet master was moody and unstable, and it was very likely that the disease would drive her away again in the blink of an eye. However, she didn't expect that after she had just climbed two steps, she was greeted with a "Get down!"

...Sometimes it feels too close, and sometimes it feels too far. What is going on with this person?

Lin Sanjiu had been tormented by him so much recently that she didn't have the temperament to cooperate well, so she simply stopped and watched his back going up until he was seven or eight meters away, then he followed him again. Oddly enough, the puppet master was now further away than before, but she was satisfied and did not ask her to follow any closer. In order to maintain this new distance, Lin Sanjiu followed the speed of the three people in front of her. I adjusted the position several times.

After climbing up an unknown number of steps step by step, even a powerful evolver began to feel a stinging pain emanating from his thigh muscles. She wiped her sweat, but she was a little impressed by Bohemia: despite her usual chatter and pettiness, when she should be serious, not only did she not say a single unnecessary word, but she also always kept the team together. The forward speed is maintained at a stable rhythm, just like the light fish swimming back and forth above the head, the movement is unhurried and very regular.

...It’s okay to come in for so long. I think the elevator will be here soon, right? Could it be that they finally had a turn of events and passed the test without any trouble or waves?

A long line of consciousness condensed in Lin Sanjiu's hands, and there was never any vibration from the door, which made her feel at ease. If she could stand for five minutes and slowly feel the "distortion" of the surrounding space being occupied using the method Kurosawa Jixin taught her, then she would be more confident - if someone really sneaks in, they can cover it up Although I can't hide my traces and my own voice, I can't cover up the sense of "existence" that I occupy part of the physical space.

"Hey, I want to stop for a few minutes," she shouted to the front, "Bohemia, don't leave yet! Do you still remember what happened when I found the red-faced man?"

Because she was separated by a former guard who didn't know what was going on in her belly, she didn't say it clearly - but Bohemia would definitely understand what she was going to do when she heard it.

Bohemia's reply was quickly swallowed up by the staircase; if it weren't for the puppet master's shadow slowly stopping in front of her, Lin Sanjiu almost thought she didn't say anything. Several swimming fish turned back and forth regularly in the air, and as their bodies swayed, they evenly shed shaky light. Everything in the stairs was hazy, as if even the shaking shadows were alive. UU Reading www.uukansｈhu.net

The method Kurosawa Ji taught her was really practical, and she had another opportunity to practice so quickly... Lin Sanjiu took a breath, closed her eyes, and followed every word Kurosawa Ji told her in her memory, slowly Slowly spread your consciousness, waiting for the wonderful feeling of "the universe is a membrane" to come to you again.

"elevator……!"

The former guard suddenly took a deep breath, probably because he was finally getting what he wanted. In his excitement, his voice was soft and vague, as if coming from a far away place. The strange thing was that his voice was so small that it was also heard. Lin Sanjiu heard it - when she realized that she immediately heard Bohemia's excited, fragmentary voice, her heart suddenly shook. Before she fully understood it, she already had goosebumps all over her body. All the hairs on his body stood up.

No, something is wrong... How could they suddenly see the elevator while they were standing still?

At the same time, that strange feeling burst out in her mind: the space more than ten meters in front and behind her was not occupied by anyone. Lin Sanjiu opened her eyes suddenly and saw the figures of the puppet master and three others still standing on the stairs in front of her. When she closed her eyes again, she "saw" only herself and the endless stairs in front of her in the physical dimension.