Welcome to the Nightmare Live

Wen Jianyan stared at Wu Zhu's face that was close at hand.

He could clearly capture the momentary change when the golden pupils contracted suddenly when he leaned closer. It was difficult to say whether it was because of the deep meaning hidden in the words of the human being in front of him, or because of the overly frivolous and provocative behavior of the other party.

Wu Zhu lowered his eyes and stared at the human in front of him, with dark currents surging in the depths of his eyes.

His gaze was still cold and cruel, with a sense of oppression originating from aliens.

Even with such a human-like skin, no one would mistake him for a human being stared at by such eyes.

No matter how many times he was under such a sight, Wen Jianyan would feel exactly the same as the first time—a trembling sensation climbed his back.

It is the instinct that flows in human blood, the instinct to seek advantage and avoid disadvantage, and the fear of the unknown abyss that escapes human cognition.

He knows how cold and strong it is to cling to his body, hiding a terrible power that can strangle everything. Compared with this, the human body, the human palm is so fragile, and the thin skin is covered with soft and warm flesh. , as if it could be easily broken.

He knows how disparate the power balance between the two sides is.

It's like stepping on the tip of a knife, stepping on the top of a cliff.

The heartbeat is soaring with adrenaline, and every minute and every second, there is a sense of dizziness that dances with danger and accompanies life and death.

However, the opposite of this is...

Wen Jianyan knew clearly that the control power in his hands was gradually increasing, like an invisible thread, a fine net, slowly opening in an imperceptible way, operating silently.

In order to let Wen Jianyan enter the fifth floor, although Nightmare proposed the so-called immortality protection, but never talked about the possibility of letting him leave the fifth floor, because this is enough, it is enough to complete the purpose - so Wen Jianyan does not Will accept, not only to win the trust of Wu Zhu, but also because he does not believe in such an overly generous gift.

It seems to be taking advantage of it, but in fact it may pay a higher price.

However, before the paper sedan chair was about to be carried into the courtyard, Wu Zhu appeared in real form, just to let Wen Jianyan enter the fifth floor in a more tortuous, more difficult and time-consuming way. That is to say, for him, the importance of the sequence has changed unknowingly

I'm afraid Wu Zhu himself doesn't know how unusual his behavior is.

Wen Jianyan looked at his reflection in the depths of the other person's eyes, and calmly examined it all. Look, the God who has the human heart has become so easy to understand.

Suddenly, without warning, the tip of the cold and wet tongue slowly rubbed against the palm of his hand.

Wen Jianyan didn't expect this, so she couldn't help but startled slightly, the palm covering the other's lower face shuddered, almost subconsciously, she was about to withdraw, but Wu Zhuyan quickly held it down and pulled it back again. to the lips.

While staring into Wen Jianyan's eyes, the man lowered his head and licked the back of the other's hand, just where the tip of the other's tongue had just touched.

The young man subconsciously curled his fingers, as if he wanted to evade abruptly, but stopped abruptly when he was halfway there.

Wu Zhu held Wen Jianyan's wrist, pulled him in front of him, leaned closer, and bit gently on the other person's thin, hot ear bone: "Don't forget your promise."

His line of sight was like a densely intertwined net, trapping the other party firmly, and his voice was low:

next time

Behind the counter, everyone gathered around Wen Jianyan, trying to wake him up from his coma.

However, before anyone could do anything, they saw the other's eyelashes flutter and slowly opened their eyes.

An Xin: "!"

He leaned down in surprise: "Wenwen, are you awake?"

"Mmmm."

Wen Jianyan frowned and responded vaguely.

When I was in the dream, I didn't feel that now, when I returned to the real world, the feeling of weakness that the cow's life force was absorbed and swallowed suddenly hit like the Dian water. He felt weak and weak, his hands and feet were as cold as immersed in ice water, and when he moved his fingertips a little, he felt weak.

Su Cheng hurriedly closed the interface of the system mall, and leaned over: "How do you feel?"

While several people were paying attention to Wen Jianyan's situation, suddenly, a familiar voice sounded again from the dark shop in front of him.

"Dah, bark, dah."

The stiff footsteps moved in the darkness, approaching the direction of the counter, and the atmosphere instantly became tense again. The "customer" is in action again.

Also, no one knows what just happened and what its purpose is now, except—

Wen Jianyan: "Listen to me."

Everyone was startled, turned their heads and looked at Wen Jianyan, who was still half lying in An Xin's arms.

The silver-haired girl's face was pale and haggard, but the look in her eyes was calm and firm: "The fourth floor is indeed to feed the''customers'', but the offerings you need are not the incense you got before. It's the vitality of people. , Incense is just a tool to consecrate human life to customers.

" !"

Hearing this, everyone was startled.

Qi Qian seemed to realize something: "Wait, how much vitality does it take to feed a customer?"

Wen Jianyan: "If I guess correctly, it should be a complete human life."

Everyone's pupils narrowed slightly.

In other words, if you want to complete your performance... Does the fourth floor actually have to be filled with human life?

"This is the only way, but it doesn't mean that there are no loopholes," Wen Jianyan made it clear that they have limited time now, and they are not trying to figure out what other people are thinking now, they just continue to talk down uninterruptedly, " Incense is responsible for converting human life force into tribute, that is, the ''customer'' eats the tribute at the end, rather than eating people directly."

He raised his eyes and said slowly:

"It takes one person's life force to feed one customer, but if one person's life force is equally divided among three different people, then no one will die."

Tang Zi Tang was stunned for a moment. She looked at Wen Jianyan's pale complexion, blood loss and too weak state, and seemed to suddenly realize something, "Did you do this already?" Although she used a questioning tone, her tone was true definitely.

"Yes.

"Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, supported An Xin's shoulder, and stood up staggeringly. He raised his eyes and looked into the darkness.

Not far away, at the position of the incense burner, the faint scarlet flame was still on, but it was a third shorter than it had just been.

Sure enough, what customers eat is not so much a human being, but rather a tribute full of human vitality. The reason why the tributes in the tomb bags and the dishes in the courtyard are rotten is because they are eaten by the customers. They are not useless decorations, on the contrary, these tributes just provide them with a ray of life.

"Hear me out,"

Wen Jianyan looked at the few people in front of her, spoke at a faster rate, and commanded succinctly; "The next thing to do is the same as before. One group of people left the counter with red candles to attract customers' attention, and the other person held another - A candle goes to the vicinity of the incense burner and drops a drop of blood into the ashes, and then drops another drop of blood into one of the non-rotten tributes, and returns after all this is done, understand?"

Qi Qian nodded and looked at everyone: "Just do as she said."

He lowered his head and looked at Wen Jianyan, who was sitting on the spot with a pale face: "You have a good rest, and leave the rest to us."

Although Wen Jianyan did not describe the whole process and concept in detail, as a senior anchor, everyone can basically catch a clue in what is happening in front of them, and more or less realize the inner workings of this layer. rule.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath and nodded.

In this dungeon, consuming one-third of his life force is no child's play. He is dizzy now, his hands and feet are weak, and he has to support him even when he is sitting.

The other anchors acted quickly.

Wen Jianyan and Tangerine Candy brought two important pieces of information about the fourth floor, one is how to break the game, and the other is the dangers that may be encountered when attracting customers. With these two methods, it is like being filled. Like a jigsaw puzzle, everything is on track and in order.

However, none of this is about Wen Jianyan.

He is sitting on the ground now, and from this perspective, he can't see the situation outside. Even if it can, in the darkness, there are probably very few things that can be seen.

After pouring several packs of energy drinks into his stomach one after another, his complexion finally improved, and he no longer looked as ugly as a dead person like before.

While others were busy coping, Wen Jianyan tried to use all means to recover her physical strength. If the lost vitality can be replenished, then their fault tolerance rate will be much higher in the future.

He sighed and poured a bottle of energy drink into his mouth again. It's a pity that the effect is not too big, and my hands and feet are still cold now.

Wen Jianyan paused, raised his hand, touched his ear bone, and frowned.

Perhaps because the body was too cold, the piece of skin that had been bitten before seemed a bit strange, painful, numb, hot and itchy... It was almost like the touch in a dream still remained on the skin.

He pinched his ears, forcibly covering the weird feeling.

After all, they are senior anchors. After learning the way to break the game, the whole operation became very fast. Soon, the second and third tributes all completed their tasks,

Everyone gathered behind the counter again.

Nursery Yao and Su Cheng were supported to sit on the ground, with pale faces, panting and pouring energy drinks into their mouths - as aids that were not needed for participating in the war, the two of them contributed the remaining two-thirds of their vitality. . That is to say, according to Wen Jianyan's guess, one offering should have ended.

"Help me up."

Wen Jianyan's voice was a little weak, but she insisted. Qi Qian An Xin was alone and helped him stand up.

Wen Jianyan supported the edge of the counter, took a breath, raised her eyes, and looked intently into the darkness.

In the direction of the incense burner, the faint red light was faintly lit, and it was slowly descending at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it disappeared completely. There is only a dead silence left in the huge shop

Everyone could not help but hold their breath, nervously waiting for the outcome of the matter.

However, unlike what I imagined, even if the light of the incense disappeared, the footsteps never sounded. The customer seemed to be still standing there, motionless, and did not even try to walk towards the counter again. — Whether the purpose is to attack or to pay the bills.

"What's the matter?" Qi Qian frowned, "Are there any steps to be done?"

Wen Jianyan was startled, as if suddenly remembered something, lowered his head and looked at the welded oil lamp on the counter.

In the oil lamp, the size of the fire has basically stabilized in a normal state, and it is no longer as vigorous as before, but it is also filled with only one bottom left. It should not be long before it needs to be replaced, however. The dim yellow light emitted by the flame seemed to have lost the suppression of darkness and began to slowly spread out again.

The previous scene came to mind.

In the stairwell between the third and fourth floors, after completing the "transaction", the shadow disappeared directly in front of him, instead of turning around and leaving like the other floors. if it is like this.

Wen Jianyan shook her head: "No, there should be nothing to do."

As if to prove the truth of his words, the light from the oil lamp slowly spread out, dispelling all the darkness in the huge store.

The room in front of him was empty, and four pairs of scarlet tables and chairs were quietly placed in the same place. On one of the tables, there was a small brass incense burner. The incense in the incense burner had been completely burned out. The three trays of sacrifices had also rotted and turned black, exuding an unpleasant smell.

And the figure of the customer has completely disappeared since when did he know.

Qi Qian and the others were startled.

They left the counter and walked towards the incense burner.

In front of the incense burner, a gray-white coin was placed upright. When they saw the coin, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It appears that their attempt was successful.

Not only did I successfully complete the first transaction, but I also took advantage of this to find out the rules of the fourth floor. It really kills two birds with one stone.

Wen Jianyan dragged her two weak legs and stepped forward.

Several people made way for him.

Wen Jianyan lowered his head, picked up the copper incense burner on the table, and looked at it carefully.

Although the incense had been burnt, there was not the slightest remnant of that eerie, dizzying aroma still lingering at the tip of the nose. He looked into the censer.

The incense ash stained red with blood has completely disappeared, and the remaining incense ash has turned into a clean gray-white-Wen Jianyan guessed that the red-stained incense ash before had probably been consumed, just like in the stairs before. It's been like that in time, and now the incense ash in the furnace is the new incense ash left after the net-root incense burns out, waiting to be used next time.

That being the case....

They may now need to formally confront the really bad problem.

Thinking so, Wen Jianyan took out the coin in her pocket and put it on the table.

"This is Qi Qian, who was next to him, stunned.

"Yes, you guessed it right, this is an extra coin." Wen Jianyan nodded and briefly explained what he had encountered before on the third and fourth floors.

Everyone's expressions were a little excited:

"In other words, we can actually be considered to have completed two businesses now?"

"Almost." Wen Jianyan nodded cautiously.

After all, in the copy of Changsheng Building, the number of customers is fixed, so the total number of customers they receive must also be fixed. Since everything that happened in the stairwell before is in line with the rules on the fourth floor, he also It is logical to get the corresponding coin. In theory, this coin should be recognized as "turnover" by the copy.

After getting Wen Jianyan's affirmation, the atmosphere in the store instantly relaxed.

It has to be said that until now, they can almost be considered smooth sailing.

First, Wen Jianyan completed the first task between the third and fourth floors by mistake, then found the least dangerous room on the fourth floor, and passed the second task without any casualties. After clearing the deep rules of this layer, they found a way to clear the customs at the lowest cost... Although it was less than an hour after entering the fourth layer, their progress was almost several times that of the previous layers.

Simply by leaps and bounds!

You must know that they are now on the fourth floor where the horror level has been further improved!

"But," Wen Jianyan's words changed.

He raised his eyes and looked at the people in front of him with a solemn expression, "If we want to leave this floor, we must get two more coins."

"However, we still have the last incense stick left." Wen Jianyan said, looking at the orange candy beside him - that is to say, the holder of the last incense stick.

Tangerine Candy shrugged and said, "I'm afraid so."

Hearing this, the atmosphere that was relaxed just now suddenly became depressed again.

Although the progress in the early stage can be regarded as smooth, the lack of resources is like a rope that is strangling the throat, and it is slowly tightened silently, making it a little breathless.

At this moment, Qi Qian opened his mouth to break the dead silence:

"Before that, though, our most important task right now is to get the three of you back to strength—or at least find a way to do so."

If three people lose their basic mobility, the loss is too great.

In particular, there may be more terrifying tough battles in the future. If they don't let their teammates recover quickly, or find a way to restore their vitality, their team's strength will only be further weakened as time goes on.

.... not really.

Although they are short of resources now, but, after all, there is still one incense left on hand, and they are not exhausted for the time being. Slowly review and sort out the clues, maybe they will be able to come up with the most candy situation. Come up with a countermeasure.，

An Xin came forward and held Wen Jianyan's arm: "let's go, I'll help you."

Wen Jianyan nodded, turned around and was about to walk towards the counter.

"Da da da."

Suddenly, the faint sound of footsteps came from outside the store, from far to near, and approached in this direction step by step, which was particularly clear in the boundless darkness.

"?!"

Everyone was shocked, turned their heads suddenly, and looked in the direction from which the voice came.

Outside the foggy glass door, a dark figure could be vaguely seen, walking in this direction with stiff steps.

Wait, the last customer didn't just leave, how could it be—!

Everyone's expressions became solemn, and they stared at the door, with the exact same questions echoing in their minds.

How can it be so fast?!