Welcome to the Nightmare Live

Chapter 249

The Orange Candy Team and the Dark Fire Team stopped fighting and temporarily reached a cooperation.

In this way, the melee on the fourth floor ended in a way that no one expected.

Although the tense atmosphere of fighting with swords has disappeared, this time, the anchors did not immediately enter their respective stores like the previous several floors, but stayed in the corridor invariably, and each team gathered together and whispered to each other. , seems to be discussing something.

There was an eerie atmosphere in the air.

"So," Wen Jianyan keenly sensed something was wrong, turned to look at Qi Qian, and asked, "What number of stores did you draw this time?"

"I don't know." Qi Qian shook his head, took out the copper key from his pocket, and handed it over.

"...?"

Not sure?

How can it not be clear?

Wen Jianyan was startled, and subconsciously reached out to take the key from Qi Qian's hand, and looked down in confusion.

Like the first three layers, the key looked rusty and old.

However, unlike the previous three floors, this time the key is a separate one, and the previous sign with the shop number has disappeared.

Wen Jianyan was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and looked at the nearest store.

It was the same as the previous floors, the closed glass door was pitch black, and the wall next to the shop was inlaid with brass metal sheets, which were smooth and without any text.

That is to say... the shops on the fourth floor are not numbered, so naturally there is no key engraved with the corresponding number.

While Wen Jian's words were sinking, Su Cheng stared at him.

I didn't post it when I was in a hurry just now, but...

His eyes fell on Wen Jianyan's lips, and a strange look of surprise appeared on his face.

Is it an illusion? Why does the skin seem to be broken on the corner of the mouth, and it is still a little swollen?

Wait, is that a tooth print?

Wen Jianyan lowered her eyes, her heart skipped a beat, and several possibilities quickly popped up in her mind.

Perhaps, this floor needs to be decrypted in a specific way. First, find the store corresponding to the key in your hand. It may be that the copy of [Changsheng Building] has calculated that the number of teams entering this floor is far more than the store. In order to create competition and melee, Only erased the key and the number on the shop.

Of course, there is another possibility of "sex"...

Thinking of this, Wen Jianyan turned her head and looked at the other team.

Although Shuang has reached a temporary cooperation agreement, the Orange Candy Squad and the Dark Fire Squad are still deliberately vacated a short distance. Obviously, the first and distrust between the two players is not It can be crossed with a brief verbal agreement.

"What kind of keys did you draw?" Wen Jianyan asked.

Acropolis hesitated for a moment, and looked towards Tangerine Candy, as if seeking the opinion of his own captain.

Tangerine Candy stood at the end of the line with a sloppy face, showing that she didn't care about everything. She shrugged, raised her chin, and threw a short word: "Give it to her."

"Yes."

Acropolis nodded, stepped forward, and handed Wen Jianyan the copper key drawn by his team.

"Thank you."

Duo rolled his eyes and took the key from the Acropolis with a kind expression, as if unaware of his vigilant attitude, and thanked him softly.

"..."

Acropolis' eyes flickered for a moment, and a trace of discomfort appeared on his face.

Wen Jianyan lowered her head and put the keys together and faced each other.

Based on his years of experience in sliding doors and picking locks, he confirmed almost immediately that the teeth of the key were fully engaged.

Of course.

From this inference, the keys of the other teams are probably the same. Then, the four shops on the fourth floor should all use the same lock, and each key in the anchor's hand can open these four A door, no wonder there is no number on it.

After listening to Wen Jianyan's inference, Qi Qian narrowed his eyes, revealing Ruosuo's expression.

And An Xin said bluntly:

"Can't they just choose any shop to go in?"

"Theoretically, it should be like this." Zhang Yu nodded and replied cautiously, "If this is the case, the difficulty of the drawn shop will depend on luck."

If this is the case, then the ability of the prophet should come in handy.

"What do you think?" Su Cheng looked at Wen Jianyan.

"..."

Wen Jianyan didn't answer, just lowered her eyes and stared at the key in her palm, seemingly sinking.

Soon, he raised his head and looked around the whole floor. It seemed that he suddenly thought of something, and then he opened the store interface and bought something.

"compass?"

Tangtang Tang didn't know when she was approaching, she glanced at Wen Jianyan's palm and raised her eyebrows unexpectedly.

"Yes."

Wen Jianyan raised her head and looked at the fourth floor in front of her again.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, the gray space seems to have become dark, as if some unknown dark force escaped from the corners in all directions, and the temperature in the surrounding air began to gradually decrease, giving people an inexplicable feeling. Uneasy feeling - even the most insensitive anchors know that they have to hurry into the store, or something bad will happen.

However, Wen Jianyan didn't see these changes in atmosphere.

"Don't you think that this layout is very similar to the courtyard in the painting on the third floor?"

He says.

The four-fourth corridor, with one shop in the south, east, and northwest, just corresponds to the layout of the courtyard, like a coincidence.

However, Wen Jianyan's experience in the third painting on the third floor told him that this was definitely not a coincidence.

You must know that the fifth floor is the most crucial and last floor, the courtyard—although he did not enter it himself, but that was what he saw with his own eyes.

If you analyze it from this perspective... In fact, every floor of Changsheng Building is a "siheyuan", and the number of shops on other floors does not seem to correspond to the "four". When the number of "customers" a store has to handle, everything makes sense.

The number of customers is fixed, and each customer only needs to buy a product on the first floor, so the number of stores they visit is naturally fixed. As the floor goes up, the number of stores will gradually decrease.

As the number of stores approaches the core "4", the number of customers will not change, so the number of customers that each store needs to receive on each floor will increase.

Therefore, the fifth floor will become the core floor.

In order to reach the fourth floor, the number of shops has dropped to a minimum - that is, the number of rooms in the courtyard is flat and cannot continue to decrease.

"look."

Wen Jianyan said, showing the compass in his hand to Tangerine Candy.

In his palm lay a small portable compass, which pointed steadily in a certain direction.

That is to say... in the copy of [Prosperity Building], there is the concept of "direction", which is rare.

Tangerine Candy blinked, and "Lu" showed an unexpected look.

"If the shops in Changsheng Building correspond to the rooms in the courtyard, the shops on the north side should be the most difficult."

Wen Jianyan thought for a while and continued:

"The shops in the west are relatively safe. The difficulty of shops in other directions cannot be judged, but they should be higher than those in the west and lower than those in the north."

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Good guy... So that's how the difficulty rating in this dungeon comes from!"

"I just flipped through the ripping screen record, it seems that in the first three floors... Every time the anchor is active or passive, it is the store on the north side."

"I always thought that difficulty and numbering were related, but they are not!"

"Damn it, Fa, in all the shops in the north, basically only their team survived every time... I always thought it was a coincidence, but it turned out to be this original!"

Wen Jianyan was silent for a while, then slowly opened the mouth and said:

"So, I suggest you go to the store on the west side."

According to previous guesses, every "customer" will buy a part of the body on a floor, from human skin, to visual hearing, to face... It can be said that as the number of floors increases, "customers" It will become more and more complete, and the level of terror will become higher and higher.

Although it is said that under the protection of the [Changsheng Building] mechanism, the "customers" will not actively attack the anchor for the time being.

But the problem is...

The corpse of the woman in red on the second floor was not one of the fixed "customers" in Changsheng Building, but was released.

Wen Jianyan didn't want to meet it again. Even if it did, it was in the west, and the shop with less difficulty would have a chance of winning. Otherwise, the situation on the third floor might happen again——

The terrifying levels of the shops in the north and the red-clothed female corpse are superimposed, creating a desperate mortal situation.

He was lucky last time and found a way to catch bugs. If this layer is not found, then the group will be destroyed.

Not to mention, they are too many in the rest of the team.

In order to accomplish his goal, Wen Jianyan had to enter the fifth floor first no matter what.

Although the north may get high returns, for the sake of safety, the west will be a good option.

Wen Jianyan's proposal was approved by all the staff.

Due to the large number of people in their team, the strength is the strongest, so, in the team, they were not unexpectedly given the right of priority to enter the store in the west.

The rusty copper key was "inserted" into the keyhole, making a "click" sound, and a stench of decay came from the dark shop.

One is accustomed to enter into it,

The dim yellow light of the oil lamp illuminated the store in front of him.

Strangely, there were no products in the store this time. In the center of the empty room, there were four tables and chairs, all of which were painted with the familiar red paint.

Moreover, unlike before, this time, the counter was not placed near the door, but in the depths of the store.

Don't have any items...

Several people looked at each other, stepped forward, and lit the oil lamp.

The moment the oil lamp was lit, the clock hanging on the wall behind the counter began to move - this time, the countdown for them was no longer five minutes, but five minutes.

Obviously, Wen Jianyan's previous speculation was correct. Although they all stayed outside the store before, this could not completely prevent the darkness from coming.

Ru's anchor thinks that he has found a loophole in the copy, and tries to persuade others to stay outside the corridor, I am afraid that he will eat his own evil.

"Okay," Qi Qian said first, "Since we have reached a temporary cooperation, let's share information and resources."

Tangerine Candy shrugged indifferently: "As you wish."

Next, the anchor of the Dark Fire Squad and the anchor of the Orange Candy Squad briefly introduced themselves. They said they were self-introductions, but they were just code names. For Wen Jianyan, who has been in the same team, it is not too difficult to understand this information.

"In addition to this plate of lamp oil in our spare oil lamps, we have a plate of gray lamp oil that has not been used, and a plate of red lamp oil," Qi Qian said, "recommend, in After the lamp oil in this store is used up, we replenish the lamp oil trays separately."

"Okay." Tangerine Candy yawned.

Although the teams were still on guard against each other and even disliked each other, the pair quickly reached a consensus on some basic issues and exchanged the number of lamps and oil pans at hand.

There are three minutes left before night.

"It is suggested that it is better to seal the door first, so as not to let the light through," Zhang Yu suggested cautiously, "Even if we enter the west side store this time, the difficulty of this floor will not be lower. Go, we haven't figured out what the goods on this floor are, so it's best not to receive customers first."

"Indeed." Acropolis nodded in agreement.

Soon, they skillfully sealed the door of the store with shading materials, and then spread out in all directions, looking for clues in the store.

Wen Jianyan was about to go to Su Cheng, but before taking a few steps, he was stopped by the Acropolis behind him:

"That... Wen Wen, wait a minute."

He was stunned for a moment, then looked over suspiciously: "?"

Acropolis paused, with a hesitant look on his face, and finally said:

"Anyway... I was on the third floor before, thank you."

If Wen Jianyan hadn't taken the initiative to enter the third painting, their team might not have survived so easily. If you add what happened in the first painting, Wen Jianyan can say that he saved him many times.

"Actually, captains—"

"Acropolis, what are you still doing?"

Not far behind, Orange Candy's irritable voice sounded, "Come here, move."

Acropolis smiled apologetically at Wen Jianyan, turned around, and went to his team.

"What did he do for you?"

Su Cheng came over and watched vigilantly at the disappearing back of the Acropolis.

"Just thank you, I'm not ready to do anything." Wen Jianyan patted his arm and said, "Don't be so nervous."

"Should it be ..." Su Cheng's face showed an indescribable expression, and slowly raised his hand to support Wen Jianyan's shoulder, "could it be their appearance for you, for you? What did you do?"

Wen Jianyan: "???"

ah?

Where is this going?

"you……"

Su Cheng took a deep breath, "showing" an expression hesitant to say, "You, your mouth..."

Wen Jianyan: "..."

Shit, got it.

Su Cheng's words were like an opportunity. The image that he had thrown behind his head came to his mind again without warning. Inside the dark paper sedan chair, the sound of wet kisses, the sound of rubbing clothes, and the wide palm pressed against his waist. The strength that I couldn't break free, that cold, thirsty, warm, greedy kiss...

All flooded into my head at the moment.

Wen Jianyan's forehead jumped up suddenly, and she felt the wound on the corner of her mouth hurt again, swollen and numb, as if the phantom touch still hadn't disappeared.

Hell, I shouldn't have taught that guy before.

He must have been kicked in the head by a donkey.

Wen Jianyan curled the corners of her lips, "exposing" a grinning expression:

"Don't worry, I bit it myself."

Su Cheng was suspicious: "Yes?"

"Of course." Wen Jianyan didn't change his face, "You don't think that in this difficult dungeon, human beings can do that in their spare time, right?"

I don't know if it was Su Cheng's illusion, but he always felt that he was gnashing his teeth when he said the word "human".

"Yes..." Su Cheng said hesitantly.

"Also, the appearance can be canceled at any time," Wen Jianyan lifted her eyelids, "If you are "fascinated" and "confused" by the appearance, can you just restore it to the original?"

It seems so...?

Su Cheng blinked, feeling convinced.

The appearance in the copy is charged according to the time, that is, the anchor can cancel it at any time. Wen Jianyan is not the type who aggrieved himself and let others take advantage. If he doesn't want to, no one can force him.

Maybe there was some danger in the dungeon, and I bit it out myself!

"But they..." Su Cheng turned his head anxiously, looked at the Orange Candy team not far away, looked vigilant, and said in a low voice.

After all, the teams are opposed to each other and have played against each other more than once. Is it okay to "cooperate" together like this?

"Don't worry about this." Seeing Su Cheng accepting his explanation, Wen Jianyan nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, choosing to cooperate with them will definitely not be a whim."

"...Don't worry?" Su Cheng was startled.

This sentence seemed to awaken his memory.

Su Cheng seemed to have suddenly thought of something. The worried expression he had just now disappeared instantly, his eyes were full of anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You are so kind that you don't need to worry?! Bah, you can shut up, who has promised you before? Don't take risks alone? You shouldn't trust you liar!"

Wen Jianyan: "Haha."

He laughed dryly, as if he had a guilty conscience: "Accident, accident, and finally came back safely."

Su Cheng's aroused anger did not subside: "I just thought you were dead!"

"sorry."

The girl raised her eyes cautiously, her long eyelashes blinked up and down, and her eyes looked through the gaps in the eyelashes. Coupled with her slender figure and pale face, she looked charming and pitiful.

He dragged his tail long, and his tone was delicate and soft:

"Wrong."

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"..."

"... Shameless, so shameless!"

"Brothers, who vomited, vomited."

"Brothers, who is hard, hard"

"?"

"?"

Su Cheng: "..."

He stood up with sweat and hair, and a layer of goose bumps appeared on his body. He took a step back suddenly, avoiding the hand that Wen Jianyan reached out and tried to hold his arm, "Be normal!"

Is this person still addicted to role-playing!

Wen Jianyan withdrew her hand with a smile: "Brother isn't angry anymore?"

Su Cheng: "………………"

I want to hit someone.

"Cough, talk about it again."

Wen Jianyan cleared his throat, looked positive, and said, "Anyway, this move has yielded a lot."

"...Ah?" Su Cheng was taken aback by the topic he suddenly changed, "Accept, harvest?"

"Yes,"

Wen Jianyan nodded, "As I guessed before, the oracle anchor who entered the dungeon this time is indeed the same one who plotted against you before."

Su Cheng was startled: "Then he is—"

Wen Jianyan: "He should still be in this dungeon, he just found another team to protect him."

Although Mu Sen's methods are sinister, but as a senior anchor, his judgment ability is still good. After seeing Wen Jianyan entering the fourth floor alive, he obviously realized that his plan had failed, and he gradually became hostile to him in this The team continued to stay, and the hope of surviving was not high, so he used props to hide his figure, and took advantage of the chaos to find other teams that needed prophets to make deals, and never took the initiative before their team entered the store.

- At least, if Wen Jianyan encounters this situation, he will do it.

Su Cheng frowned.

He shuddered to know that the guy behind the shadow was still lurking somewhere out there.

"Don't worry, at least before the end of the fourth floor, he won't have a chance to do it again," Wen Jianyan paused and continued: "But that's not what I want to say."

Su Cheng: "What is that?"

"The advantage of the oracle." Wen Jianyan narrowed her eyes and said slowly.

What did it get by making a deal with the Nightmare? Through this brief contact with Mu Sen, he finally "touched" some eyebrows.

"If your guess is correct, Mu Sen has talent."

"What?!" Su Cheng gasped, his eyes widened slightly, "How is that possible?"

"I didn't expect it," Wen Jianyan shrugged and continued, "but, unfortunately, I'm afraid there is no other explanation."

Senior anchors often hide many trump cards, high-level epic hidden items, and [titles] obtained through different channels,

Only talent, is only one for each person.

Therefore, even if you see other anchors doing things that seem beyond imagination in the dungeon, they are often linked to these trump cards, without considering the possibility of multiple talents.

But Wen Jianyan was different.

He has experienced the [Ping An Sanatorium] dungeon, and has seen Mu Sen's "manipulation" talent with his own eyes, and in this dungeon, he affirmed his talent for possessing "prophecy".

Although talent can get more usage, higher value, and even more forms with the upgrade, Wen Jianyan's own talent has forms.

However, these forms are often related to the talent itself, and often show a strong distinction between primary and secondary, and Mu Sen is so different to this extent, and they are all equally powerful and strange, Wen Jianyan has only seen this One.

After eliminating the impossible options, the one that remains is the only possible phase.

That is, Mu Sen does have talent.

"……Wait a moment."

Su Cheng hasn't recovered from the shock brought by this news, he seems to realize something suddenly, he turns his head to look at Wen Jianyan, and slowly narrows his eyes, "Is your purpose 'sex' too strong? ?"

What happened on the second floor quickly flashed through my mind, including the strange behavior that Wen Jianyan took the initiative to invite Ying to the corridor instead of staying in the store when he just went upstairs.

Su Cheng took a deep breath:

"Could it be that you took the initiative to enter the Orange Candy Team to contact Mu Sen?"

Wen Jianyan: "..."

...he really hates this intuitive system!

Since Su Cheng activated his talent, his intuition seems to be getting stronger and stronger, and he is not as easy to deceive as before.

"How is that possible, isn't that dangerous "sex" too great!"

Wen Jianyan had a sincere face and swore to assure, "What happened on the third floor before was just an accident!"

Su Cheng had a dubious expression on his face.

It's not that he doesn't believe Wen Jianyan, but that this guy is too skilled at deceiving people, and he always acts as a riddleman when it comes to key issues.

"Brother, don't you believe it?"

The girl flattened her mouth, "exposing" an uneasy and cute look, almost completely unimaginable, hidden under this appearance is an adult male "sex" with a height of 1.8 meters.

Su Cheng: "…………"

What's going on, I want to hit someone.

Although the people were always talking in a low voice, the search in the middle of the journey was still uninterrupted.

Compared with the previous floors, the store on this floor is very large. Even if a team is squeezed into it, it does not seem crowded at all, but the light from an oil lamp is faint, and the edge of the room is almost completely immersed in in the dark.

I have to say that the search results in the first half of the store were not very smooth.

Such a large area is almost completely empty, the walls are clean, and the few pieces of furniture painted with red paint are nothing special, although Wen Jianyan knows that they are probably a medium connecting to a certain world. , However, there is no similar existence on this layer like a [painting], which makes him completely unable to judge where these tables and chairs lead.

It can be said that they can only pin their hopes on the search for the latter half of the store.

Wen Jianyan thought so, turned her head and looked behind her.

At this moment, a slightly raised voice came from behind: "Come here, open the door here!"

"!"

Wen Jianyan was refreshed: "Let's go have a look."

Saying that, he and Su Cheng quickly walked towards the direction of the voice.

In the deepest part of the shop, where the lights could barely reach, there was a dark ochre door hidden, the door was closed, but it was not locked.

The Tangerine Candy Squad had already gathered in front of that door, and it was clear that this was their first move.

Wu Ya, who was standing at the front, raised his hand and tried to push the door.

Qi Qian, who came later, shrank his pupils: "Wait!"

They almost suffered a loss before, and if it was like a corpse, it could be activated by light.

However, he was still a step behind.

"Squeak-"

The door that failed to lock slid into the depths without hindrance, "exposing" the inside of the black hole.

A cold and corrupt corpse stench wafted out.