Welcome to the Nightmare Live

Chapter 255

"Quick! Go back!"

Qi Qian reacted the quickest, and said hurriedly, "An Xin, you support Wen Wen, everyone, get ready to receive the next customer!"

"Understood." An Xin nodded heavily, and walked towards the counter while supporting Wen Jianyan, who was pale and still had not recovered from her weak state.

And the rest of the anchors acted quickly.

One of them quickly exchanged three trays of offerings and placed them on the table.

Tangerine Candy inserted the incense in his hand into the incense burner, and after lighting it, turned around and waved to one of his teammates.

Even if no words were needed, the other party knew the command of his captain.

He cut his fingers, dropped a drop of his own blood into the censer, and then dropped another drop into one of the offerings.

Since they have now figured out the relevant rules of this floor, unlike the passive beatings last time, this time, they can make arrangements in advance - burning incense, arranging sacrifices, dripping blood, etc.

If a stick of incense can be connected to three lines, then the anchors can even drop the blood of three people directly into the incense burner and the three offerings, so that they don't even have any contact with the "customer". Complete this transaction.

Unfortunately, [Prosperity Building] obviously does not allow such a "shortcut."

They had tried it in the last customer, but it was clear that no matter how many offerings were on the table, a stick of incense could only be connected to one line at a time, and each time it was enjoyed, it would drop by a third.

In other words, if you don’t want to kill one person directly, but choose to share the risk, you must divide it into three parts, and you can’t do it all at once. You can only drop a drop of blood after the customer has finished enjoying it once.

After all, the anchors here are all from life and death, and it took less than a minute to prepare for the first wave of attacks.

After doing all this, they quickly returned to the back of the counter.

There was a dead silence in the huge shop, only a stick of incense in the incense burner was still burning quietly.

The atmosphere is heavy and tense.

No one could have imagined that less than five minutes after one customer was sent away, the next one had already arrived. If the next attack was as intense as this one and didn't give any breathing room, I'm afraid they would soon be gone. will last to the limit.

After all, every time a customer is received, it is equivalent to three people losing their ability to move, and their team strength will only decrease proportionally with the passage of time, and the more dangerous it is going forward.

However, in any case, the most important thing now is to deal with the customer who is about to enter the store.

"This attack shouldn't be much different from the last one," Qi Qian said as he replaced the soon-to-be-extinguished lamp oil pan as quickly as possible, "We act the same as just now, and we should be able to complete the mission soon. already."

Tangerine Candy shrugged: "Then let's follow the first division of labor."

Zhang Yu and Acropolis nodded: "No problem."

The team that leads the "customer" away for the first time with a candle is the most dangerous, because they still don't know how the "customer" will attack humans, so it can basically be regarded as a life-threatening attempt. At one point, the camp of Tangerine Candy, Zhang Yu, and Jiaweicheng is basically the most perfect.

As long as you understand the customer's attack patterns, the next two waves of squads will be much easier.

The risk borne by the anchor going to the direction of the incense burner is relatively small. Although it takes one-third of the life force to enter a period of weakness that is temporarily incapable of action, at least it does not need to be in direct contact with the danger.

Soon, the division of labor is completed.

All that remains is to wait for the "customer" to enter the store.

Everyone held their breaths, staring at the closed store doors, waiting for that moment to come.

Darkness gradually seeped in between the closed doors, and the sound of stiff footsteps was getting closer - "Bell!"

The glass door slid open to both sides, and the brass bell hung on the door rang.

In the next second, the chaotic cold air rushed into the store, the wick of the oil lamp jumped "chichi", and the visibility began to slowly decrease, and everything was the same as the last time.

"Da da da…"

I don't know if it's an illusion, but this time the footsteps are much slower than the last time, like an old man who has been sick for a long time, walking forward slowly and stiffly.

Hearing the approaching voice, everyone's body tensed up.

The passage of time became extremely slow, and the streamers stood behind the counter, waiting anxiously.

Soon, the footsteps stopped where the incense burner was.

The shop fell silent again.

"Well!"

The teammate who had just dripped blood into the incense burner showed a painful expression, his face quickly paled, and he slid down against the wall.

Wen Jianyan had experience in this for a long time, and quickly gave him a hand, so that he would not fall too hard.

It seems that the second "customer" began to enjoy it.

Everyone stared at the bright red flame in the darkness, watching it slowly descend until it fell to nearly one-third of the way.

Tangerine sugar briefly:

"Walk."

Although customers haven't acted yet, they are not prepared to wait that long this time.

In this way, if the other party is allowed to walk near the counter this time, their oil lamp storage and distribution may be difficult to hold. Therefore, it must be taken before it has time to go to the counter, but it is still some distance away. It's also safer to choose candle squads that attract customers' attention, and they'll consume less oil.

Zhang Yuweicheng nodded and lit the red candle at the fastest speed, and the three of them left the counter together.

Watching the ominous red light go away from the counter, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this time the action has been on the right track.

Everything is under control.

Wen Jianyan stood in the light, lowered her head, tried to move her cold and stiff fingers, and turned to look at the other "sacrifices" sitting on the ground behind her back.

He can clearly feel that his state is much better than at the beginning, especially compared with the anchor who has just become a sacrifice, the gap is even more obvious.

This is a good thing.

This also means that as long as the sacrificed person does not die, the vitality can be gradually restored.

Wen Jianyan breathed a sigh of relief.

Great, since it is a sustainable resource, then everything is easy to say.

As long as they allocate the order of consumption and pay attention to certain strategies, they should be able to avoid falling into a bad state where no one can act.

Wen Jianyan raised her head, glanced at the oil lamp in front of her, and took a step forward without a trace.

The burning speed of the oil lamp increased slightly, and a warm warmth began to spread along the fingers.

Sure enough, the energy drinks sold in the system stores are useless for their current "life force loss". This state is similar to the curse they encountered before. Only the props that exist in this copy can alleviate this. .

Finally, the length of the incense dropped to two-thirds.

So the footsteps sounded again

Next, as long as it chases the three Tangerine Candy with red candles and distances itself from the incense burner, the second anchor can set off.

"Da da da…"

The sound of heavy and slow footsteps reverberated, and it was particularly clear in the dark and deadly large store.

At the same time, one of the team members picked up the gray and white candles placed on the counter and prepared to go to the incense burner as soon as the footsteps moved away.

but……

I don't know if it was because the "customer" was walking too slowly, or because everyone's nervousness caused an illusion.

I always feel that the footsteps of this customer never seem to be far away, but...

Go straight to the direction of the counter!

Wen Jianyan frowned, raised her eyes, and looked into the darkness in front of her.

With the recovery of his body temperature, he could feel that his previous physiological state that he was unable to concentrate due to excessive weakness seemed to have eased, and many details that he just hadn't realized appeared in his eyes.

first……

The darkness this time seems not as thick as the last time.

Although the light of the oil lamp was still suppressed, and the visibility was also reduced, but, unlike last time, this time, the light of the oil lamp could not only completely cover the back of the counter, but even barely illuminate the open space in front of some counters.

Could it be that the "customers" this time were not as fierce as the last time?

However, this idea was quickly rejected by Wen Jianyan.

If the coin left by the last customer was red, that might be the case, but if the last customer left a normal gray coin, then there shouldn't be a simpler pattern. .

More fierce?

It doesn't seem right...

While Wen Jianyan was in deep thought, the nursery rhyme behind him suddenly raised a pale face, and said solemnly, "It's not an illusion, it really hasn't been led away."

What?

Hearing this, everyone was stunned and turned to look in the direction from which the voice came from—

In the darkness, the sound of footsteps that were too slow echoed, although it was difficult to hear the specific direction, but...

Clearly, this time the customers did not seem to be heading away from the counter.

The sound of footsteps was slowly approaching towards the counter.

Tong Yao's face turned paler, she coughed lowly: "It, it's here."

"Cough, cough, cough."

A heavy cough resounded in the shop.

However, this voice was not from a nursery rhyme, it was hoarse and old, but came from the darkness ahead.

"!"

Wen Jianyan was startled. He supported the counter with one hand, struggling to support his heavy body, and turned his head to look in the direction from which the voice came.

Qi Qian and the others on the side also looked slightly gloomy, and their eyes became solemn.

Obviously, they also remember the voice.

In the stairwell from the second floor to the third floor, in order to save Zhang Yu, they lit red lamp oil, and the exact same cough sounded from the bottom of the stairs, and walked towards them step by step.

And, more importantly, someone in the store has already lit a similar red candle that can attract "customers", but why did it not change its direction, but walked straight towards the counter? !

Why doesn't lamp oil work?

Or, what has changed?