Chapter 258

Under the shroud of the ominous red light, Wen Jianyan and Weicheng stayed where they were and waited.

Although the distance between them and the "customer" is not too far, perhaps because the two sides have already started to confront each other, the surrounding darkness is deep and thick, except for the occasional flicker of faint candlelight, it is completely impossible to see that customer. Direction what exactly happened.

The sound of footsteps, coughing, and the strange sound of prop activation... Countless sounds are mixed together, echoing in the darkness, which makes people jump in fear.

Time passed by, and in the darkness, people's imagination became more active, as if invisible dangers lurk in every corner of the darkness, and things are getting worse every second. The waiting has also become extraordinarily tormented.

The invisible string is slowly tightened, as if it will break suddenly without warning in the next second.

As time went by, the darkness gradually dissipated, slowly dissipating like the morning mist.

The barrier in front of the two of them gradually lost its effect, from the neatly arranged red tables and chairs to the counter not far away, shrouded in the light of oil lamps, all began to slowly appear in front of them.

The gloomy, cold, rancid smell is also gradually disappearing, and the temperature in the shop is gradually returning to normal.

Although he didn't know what happened, Acropolis couldn't help but heaved a long sigh of relief.

Great, it's all over.

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However, Wen Jianyan at the side held his breath, and his body stiffened accordingly.

Acropolis, who was supporting him, felt the change in the opponent's body, and turned his head to look.

The girl's side face was hidden in the long silver-white hair, only her thin chin was exposed, her skin was so pale that it would disappear into the darkness in the next second, she looked fragile and pitiful.

"Don't worry, with the captain's level, nothing will happen." Wei Cheng thought he was worried about the safety of his teammates, so he couldn't help feeling sorry for him, and comforted him aloud.

"Ok, I know."

Wen Jianyan didn't explain either, his eyes were fixed on the direction of the voice, and he nodded absently.

The darkness continued to dissipate.

Vision has almost completely returned to normal, only the direction of the customer is still shrouded in a darkness that cannot be penetrated by sight, but, according to the current progress, it should not last long.

When everything is going in the right direction...

Suddenly, a sudden change occurred!

Without warning, the darkness that had already dissipated successfully suddenly became several times more gloomy, thick and viscous like ink, and the darkness pressed towards the two of them!

Visibility was reduced to the minimum, almost to the point where you couldn't see your fingers.

At the same time, the temperature dropped sharply, almost freezing one's blood, and the cold, gloomy air cut the skin, bringing a slight pain.

Acropolis' pupils suddenly constricted.

According to past experience, such a situation often represents the coming of danger.

"rest assured."

A girl's voice sounded.

"What?"

Wei Cheng was startled, and turned to look at Wen Jianyan.

The other party still had that slender and fragile appearance, but at this moment, there was a soft and gentle smile on that expressionless face just now, and a pair of amber eyes were slightly squinted, looking Extraordinarily harmless to humans and animals.

In the boundless and dangerous darkness, the smile on the girl's face is so innocent and cheerful, and the strong contrast between the two makes people almost feel chills behind.

She said with a smile:

"It's a good thing."

Acropolis: "..."

[Integrity First] In the live broadcast room:

"I didn't say that, the anchor really looks so perverted like this."

"Hahahahahaha indeed, it's very anti-social!"

"Fuck, what's going on? I'm actually a little excited!"

"Wow, the perverted and weak beauty is so fragrant!"

Wen Jianyan didn't notice Weicheng's complicated expression, but turned his head and looked in the direction of the customer not far away.

The darkness dissipated, proving that Tangerine Candy had successfully removed the blue-black spell from the customer. Therefore, the spell lost its binding force, and customers who did not belong to their store would naturally return to their original location under the constraints of the rules. In the shop, if things are allowed to develop in this direction, they will definitely end up with nothing.

But now, the darkness is deep and the danger is coming, which proves that Zhang Yu has successfully pasted the yellow charm on the customer.

It seems that his previous guess about the role of the yellow talisman was correct.

That is to say...

Customer ownership has changed.

The curvature of Wen Jianyan's lips deepened slightly.

"Then, let's go next..."

Unknowingly, Weicheng began to seek Wen Jianyan's opinion.

"wait."

Wen Jianyan straightened up and answered calmly.

Black talisman can make customers go to other stores to eat, but the final income belongs to the original store. Now it seems that yellow talisman can stop this trend and change the ownership of customers again.

Under the premise that the anchors have almost no chance to leave the store, it can only be used when the black symbol is activated.

Compared with the two, the yellow talisman is too ordinary.

According to the donation box between the second and third floors, the black talisman and the yellow talisman should be items of the same level.

In other words, the role of the yellow talisman should not only be limited to this point...

Wen Jianyan raised his eyes and began to look around.

"Chi, chi chi!"

In the darkness, the red candle in his hand suddenly jumped up, and the flames above shot up violently, but the range of illumination was compressed to the minimum.

Suddenly, familiar footsteps sounded from the darkness.

Old and slow, he was walking towards the direction of the red candlelight step by step, like a spell to urge him to death.

Acropolis heard footsteps, and suddenly suffocated:

"Not good, customers are heading in our direction!"

When darkness fell, the customer started to move again, but the two teammates who had been in close contact with the customer before disappeared without a trace.

Could it be that

Have the captain and Zhang Yu been killed?

Weicheng suddenly panicked: "We'd better go back to the counter first"

"Let's go." Wen Jianyan said.

"...What?" Wei Cheng was stunned, unable to react for a while.

"Let me say, let me go." Wen Jianyan said while taking a step towards the direction of the Acropolis, bypassing him, and looking at the ground behind him.

Acropolis didn't know why, but still got out of the way, let Wen Jianyan walk to a position not far behind him, squatted down to check what:

"What's wrong? What did you find?"

"certainly."

Wen Jianyan straightened up, pointed to the ground he had just observed: "Look."

Acropolis bent down and looked through the candlelight in his hand.

He froze, almost unable to believe his eyes.

A few steps away from him, it was no longer the smooth black floor of the shop, but turned into loose and moist brown soil at some point, showing an ominous color under the light of the red candle.

Acropolis raised his head in a daze, and looked into the distance along the road in this barren land

It seems to extend in the direction of the dark room deep in the store.

There, there are countless spiritual tablets and portraits, like a small

shrine.

"This... this is..." Weicheng said with his eyes wide open, tongue-tied.

Wen Jianyan raised his head, with an ominous red light reflected in the depths of his eyes, which looked very strange in the darkness: "I think... this is a small road."

A winding path.

In the last painting on the upper floor, he had entered it. I am afraid that in the entire dungeon, no one knows better than him the direction this road will eventually lead to inside the building.

It was a cemetery submerged in darkness and filled with countless graves.

In front of each tomb bag, there are the exact same spiritual tablets and portraits as those in the dark room on the fourth floor, as well as brass incense burners and rotten offerings that are inextricably linked to the customs clearance rules on the fourth floor.

At that moment, many previously neglected details were instantly linked together, as if countless trivial beads were connected into a string by a thin thread, and countless questions seemed to have answers.

Why are sacrifices placed in front of all the portraits and spiritual tablets in the cemetery on the third floor?

Why in the dark room behind the shop on the fourth floor, there are spiritual tablets and portraits that are very similar to those in the cemetery?

Why is there red furniture on the fourth floor, but they don't know where the red furniture is connected?

Why in the stairwell from the third floor to the fourth floor, after the first customer completed the transaction with Wen Jianyan, did he disappear immediately?

Why did the second customer received on the fourth floor not turn around and leave the shop like the other floors after enjoying the offerings, but disappeared directly after leaving the ghost coin?

Before this, Wen Jianyan hadn't thought about this question, because no matter whether he could find the answer or not, these questions seemed to have nothing to do with the copy of [Changsheng Building].

However, at this moment, all the questions left over from before can be answered in an instant.

perhaps

When [Changsheng Building] is essentially a closed loop, it is a huge cemetery.

And Wen Jianyan was almost lost in it because of an accident when he was on the first floor.

The countless details before...the paper money, corpse oil, spells, and the red furniture probably used as funeral objects all hinted at this point from the side.

The "customers" who purchased different parts of the body in the previous three floors and gradually pieced themselves together will enjoy the offerings and sacrifices in the fourth floor, and then be guided to the grave bag where they should exist, and fall into a permanent state. of slumber.

Therefore, the "customers" who have finished enjoying the offerings on the fourth floor will not "walk" out of the shop like the previous three floors, but will enter the tomb bag symbolized by the spiritual tablets and portraits under the guidance of the offerings. inside, disappear immediately.

And as shown on the third floor, there is a road behind each tomb, and that road leads to a courtyard.

And that courtyard house will "trap" these terrifying ghosts in it.

In the cemetery on the third floor, those grave bags with rotten sacrifices in front of them were the "customers" who were guided by the rules in the building to complete the cycle in the previous dungeon.

And these anchors, as new employees in [Changsheng Building], are responsible for introducing more "customers" into their resting place.

The heavy and slow footsteps of customers came closer.

Suddenly, Weicheng screamed: "Be careful!"

He raised his hand and yanked Wen Jianyan off the path.

Wen Jianyan was caught off guard, and he stumbled back a few steps, away from the winding path under his feet.

He took a closer look.

I saw a black shadow appearing where I was standing just now, like an abyss leading to a bottomless abyss, a few blue-black palms covered with corpse spots slowly retracted from it, as long as Wen Jianyan just took a step slower, and he would be dragged into the shadows.

The moment Wen Jianyan realized this, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Wen Jianyan's back.

"Wait..." Acropolis' face

It's a bit ugly, "This, this is the method used by the last customer to attack people... Hasn't it been sent away?!"

"I think, I know the function of the yellow talisman."

Wen Jianyan looked at Acropolis, and said succinctly, "Whether it is a yellow talisman or a black talisman, the function is to allow 'customers' to enter the cemetery without consuming incense, but the function of the black talisman is to divert hatred and let 'customers' Customers' go to other stores to loot offerings so they can get performance without spending any resources."

"And the yellow talisman..."

While talking, Wen Jianyan turned his head to look in the direction of the path, and said very fast:

"The yellow talisman is to show the customer's road without any resource consumption, but if you want to lure the customer, you can only rely on the anchor himself. At the same time, the road that appears is two-way. Since the new The new customers can enter, and the old customers can also come out, so although the yellow talisman can save the consumption of incense, it will also make the team that opened the way face more danger."

Wei Cheng was stunned when he heard that.

Since he has never entered the third painting on the third floor, he actually doesn't understand many of the mysteries in the other party's words, and Wen Jianyan doesn't need him to understand, he just needs to sort out his thoughts in a way That's all.

However, with regard to the danger of this road, Acropolis understands quite well.

He turned his head to look at the approaching slow footsteps behind him, and then turned his head to look at the black shadow and the blue palm that gradually emerged at the end of the path. A little bit of cold sweat could not help but ooze from his forehead, and his face turned pale:

"Well, what do we do now?"

"Wait." Wen Jianyan was still concise.

wait?

What are you waiting for?

Wait for two customers in tandem to kill them!

Wei Cheng felt that his mind was a little confused, his scalp was numb, and his palms were covered with cold sweat.

However, the girl beside her still maintained a very calm expression, standing firmly by the side of the path. She was obviously slender and thin, as if she would fall down when blown by the wind, but right now she was like a rock that stood still, firm and calm , full of a strong sense of faith that came from nowhere, and people have an inexplicable urge to believe in him.

Weicheng bit his bullet and could only follow Wen Jianyan and continue to wait with him.

The footsteps and the palms on the ground came closer.

He heard a cough not far away... "Cough, cough!"

It seemed that the God of death was slowly approaching, and he could almost smell the rotten smell from the corpse, which made people almost sick.

closer.

The sound of footsteps sounded as if it was close to him, and the rotten blue and black palm was not far away, and it even invaded the area where the red light emitted by the candles

"It's now!"

Wen Jianyan took the burning red candle from Weicheng's hand, swung his arms round, and threw it far away towards the end of the path!

The half-burned candle whirled and disappeared into the darkness.

Acropolis: "????"

He opened his mouth suddenly.

wait wait wait? !

They only have one candle!

Whether it is a candle or an oil lamp, whether it is red or white, it can illuminate the darkness, and it can be judged as "turning on the light" by the rules. Although the red light will attract the hatred of "customers", it will also protect them from being The darkness devours, throwing the candle out is tantamount to death!

Weicheng's eyes darkened, and he looked at Wen Jianyan in despair.

I saw that the other party magically took out a second white candle from his arms and lit it quickly.

"Let's go!"

Wen Jianyan said in a hurry.

Acropolis: "..."

Wait, how many of these things do you have!

"Don't feel bad

"Wen Jianyan seemed to see what Weicheng was thinking in his heart, and he kindly comforted him, "I got along a lot. "

As long as he could get it in the courtyard on the third floor, he didn't leave any.

It can be called the plucking of wild goose.