Chapter 290

Accompanied by the sound of wheels rolling, the man in formal attire took an empty cart, turned and disappeared into a corridor connecting the hall. His back was quickly engulfed by darkness, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

There was a dead silence in the hall, and the atmosphere instantly became dignified.

Wen Jianyan stared at the direction where the other party disappeared, showing a thoughtful expression.

[The content of the assessment for interns will appear in the brochure, please complete it in time]...?

He lowered his head and looked at the black leather booklet in his hand again.

The yellowed paper is still empty, without any change.

It doesn't look like it's time yet.

Wen Jianyan put the brochure and pocket watch in his pocket, turned to look at Huang Mao: "Help me see if there is a layout map of the hotel in this lobby." "

Huangmao nodded "Oh", raised his eyes, and began to search slowly in the hall.

Soon, his eyes fell on a certain direction: "Where is it!"

Wen Jianyan: "Go, let's have a look." "

A group of people walked through the hall, and soon came to a location similar to an emergency exit. On the wall here, a piece of rusty iron sheet was nailed, and the overall layout of [Xingwang Sadian] was engraved on it.

Surprisingly, from the map, the area of the hotel is not complicated.

If viewed from the outside, Xingwang Hotel has only four floors in total, and they are currently on the top floor.

The east side of the hall is connected to the elevator, and the west side is connected to several corridors. The corridors are connected in the middle, and there is an emergency exit in the middle and on both sides.

The layout of the other floors is not much different from the fourth floor. At most, there is an extra lobby on the first floor and an extra restaurant on the third floor.

"Looking at it this way, it is very likely that Black is on the first floor. "Chen Mo on the side looked at the layout map and said in a low voice. Wen Jianyan nodded: "Indeed." "

Yun Bilan tilted her head, her eyes fell on the rusty pattern, and said with some puzzlement: "But I really didn't expect that the structure of Xingwang Hotel would be so simple, it's just..."

"It doesn't look like an S-level dungeon, does it?"

Wen Jianyan glanced at her and continued.

"I thought so too. "

Wen Jianyan looked away and added a meaningful sentence.

Although the layout is very simple, just in case, Wen Jianyan turned on the phone camera and took a picture of the layout.

At this moment, there was a clear coughing sound from the hall behind.

"...cough cough. "

The sound of clearing his throat to attract everyone's attention broke the dead silence, and it was extremely abrupt in the huge room.

Wen Jianyan raised his head, and together with the other anchors, looked in the direction of the voice. It was a familiar face.

It was one of the three people I met in the corridor just now.

Not tall, very young, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, the eyeballs under the lenses are shining brightly, at first glance, he looks like a senior anchor who has experienced many copies.

"Up to now, the dungeon has revealed too little information, both the customs clearance method and the basic rules are very vague, and more importantly, our dungeon is still against the dungeon, that is to say, we still need to compete with another dungeon Only the teams compete, but until now, the form of the competition is still unknown, and it may take some time to clarify this information. "

None of the anchors here are newcomers who have just joined the Nightmare, so they are all aware of this.

According to the known information, this dungeon seems to be quite loose. There are no areas that cannot be entered, floors that cannot be visited, and there are not many requirements for what the anchor can and cannot do. Very ambiguous.

Except for the man with a weird smile who just appeared, there is no sign of any danger for the time being, and "calm" can almost be used to describe it.

This is really contrary to its "s" grade evaluation.

Unfortunately, no one dares to take this lightly.

The man adjusted his glasses and said with reason and evidence:

"So, I have a suggestion here. "

He looked around and saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, and then continued: "Since we are all on the red side, then in this dungeon, there is no competition between us, but We should work together, but the information given in this dungeon is too little and too vague, so I suggest that it is best to find a more experienced anchor to be the captain, so as to integrate information and assign actions. "

In the hall, some anchors nodded in agreement, while others watched coldly.

"What are the criteria for selecting a captain?" one of the anchors asked.

The man with glasses said: "Let's rank the leaderboard, how about it"

In any case, the Nightmare's rankings are very valuable for reference. The higher the ranking, the more dungeons they will enter and the richer their experience in dealing with problems.

The anchors looked at each other.

"I have no problem. "

"Me too. "

This proposal has been supported by the vast majority of anchors. Although some anchors are not prepared to be led by the so-called "captain", they are basically good people and will not raise different opinions on such occasions.

Yun Bilan on the side asked: "How about it, captain, are you going to run for election?"

As the essence of humanity, Wen Jianyan raised his eyes without saying a word, and glanced at the bearded man standing not far behind the young man.

The bearded man stood not far behind the young man, skillfully maintaining a distance that neither seemed intimate nor alienated. He crossed his arms and looked at the other anchors in the hall in front of him without saying a word.

Wen Jianyan smiled suddenly: "It seems that he wants to be the captain of the red party." "

The young man was only in charge of proposing, but the real decision maker was not him, but his captain.

Obviously, the other party is very confident in his ranking in the leaderboard, so he made such a suggestion - there is a high probability that he is a member of one of the three major guilds, and his position is not low.

"So what?" Yun Bilan curled her lips, folded her arms and said, "No matter how tall you are, it's up to you"

"No. "Wen Jianyan looked away, and said lightly, "I don't want to join in the fun. "

You know, this dungeon is not just an ordinary confrontation book, the black side also has two top ten on the opposite side, and the captain of the red side is a very popular position, not to mention that he has to coordinate other people to act together, which is really not what he wants. area of expertise.

Of course, the other party's suggestion is correct.

In this situation where everything is very chaotic, it is necessary to choose a captain to integrate information. It's a pity that Wen Jianyan has no interest in this.

Rather than being a leader who controls everything, he still prefers to be a flexible opportunist.

What happened next was not much different from what he predicted.

Soon, the man with the beard became the temporary captain of the Red Fang. His code name was Locket, he was ranked 32 on the ranking list, and he was one of Yongzhou's high-level anchors.

...Leaderboard 32 ah.

Wen Jianyan glanced around, but did not see any other anchors who stood up.

From the looks of it, the overall quality of this dungeon is still somewhat inferior to that of the previous one.

This is also understandable.

After all, this book is stuffed with four top ten anchors, and this dungeon is only s, not ss, or even sss difficulty.

Therefore, in order to ensure the balance of the dungeon, and prevent the dungeon from being forcibly cracked by too many high-level anchors at the beginning, the level of other anchors will most likely be maintained at around the middle and high ranks.

Wen Jianyan looked away.

He has lost interest in this "captain selection" drama.

He lowered his head and glanced at the old-fashioned pocket watch in his hand.

The thin pointer has reached the end of the white area, and there should be at most ten minutes before entering the black area.

In other words, the dungeon of [Prosperous Hotel] may soon have its first uncontrollable change.

"Let's go, let's look elsewhere.

" Wen Jianyan said.

Instead of wasting the rest of the time on "choosing the captain", it is better to find out more in the dungeon.

You should know that the dungeon of [Prosperous Hotel] lasts for three days, and at the same time, it does not limit their activity area, which means that this dungeon leaves a high degree of freedom for the anchor to explore.

Stuffing more than 200 senior anchors in a hotel with only four floors, and giving such a long time for activities and such a high degree of freedom...

Then there is only one possibility.

[Prosperous Hotel] This dungeon is far more complicated than it appears on the surface.

The others nodded.

Under the leadership of Wen Jianyan, the group turned and walked towards one of the corridors.

Bai Xue always kept her head down, silently following behind the team, like a white shadow, following them silently.

Behind them, a few shots came from their line of sight, carrying a sense of scrutiny with some unclear meaning.

The corridor of Xingwang Hotel is dark red, and the walls on both sides are very narrow, which makes people feel indescribably oppressive. The ground is covered with thick carpets, which can absorb all the sound of people's footsteps.

Several people in the team walked forward along the corridor.

As Wen Jianyan walked forward, he checked every room he passed by.

Unexpectedly, the doors of every room in the corridor can be pushed open.

All the rooms are empty, and the layout inside is exactly the same. Some rooms have obvious signs of being turned over, but most of the rooms have no signs of human activity. The snow-white sheets are flat, without a trace of wrinkles , the room was deserted.

In each room, there is an oversized painting that is out of proportion to the wall. The content of each painting is different, but the style is very similar.

The gloomy, dark sky, the endless raindrops, the scenes in the picture include indoors and outdoors, but without exception, they are all empty and there is no human figure.

Wen Jianyan looked at a painting in front of him with a pensive look on his face.

This painting depicts a dark and low room with gray and old furniture covered with thick dust, the windows and doors are all wide open, and there is continuous rain outside.

Still no one.

So far, Wen Jianyan has searched more than ten rooms, and the words in each room are landscape paintings.

...only the 408 is not.

Wen Jianyan's mind flashed the contents of the painting, and the woman in white clothes with a blurred face in the narrow window, and couldn't help but feel a chill behind her.

Always felt

In the instance of Xingwang Mansion, he seems to be even more memorized.

Wen Jianyan glanced nonchalantly at Bai Xue at the side.

The other party was standing near the door, with his head half down, his long forehead covering half of his face, looking indifferent and alienated.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor outside the door.

Wen Jianyan turned his head to look.

It was a team of more than ten people.

The leader was a tall man. He saw Wen Jianyan in the room, narrowed his eyes slightly, turned and walked in: "You are the team that left first, right?"

Wen Jianyan's eyes fell on the unfriendly face of the other party, and he didn't answer.

"The captain of the red team just assigned different search areas," the leading man stepped in and looked down at Wen Jianyan, "You should be in another place." "

Yun Bilan: "Where exactly?"

"How do I know?" The other party shrugged indifferently, "ask the captain to ask. "

Chen Mo frowned: "He should not be in the same place now, even if he goes now, he won't be able to find anyone, why don't we go together"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted rudely by the other party: "You still don't understand?"

A person behind sneered: "This is not your place, get out of here." "

Wen Jianyan understood the situation almost immediately.

In such dungeons, there are many senior anchors, and they will not be as easy to control as newcomers. Although they will not object when choosing the captain, they will choose to stand on the sidelines, but this does not mean that they admit the identity of the captain. When the time comes, it's almost impossible for them to follow the captain's orders, and they don't share information and clues with anyone.

Obviously, the anchor of Yongzhou is determined to become the captain of the red team in the actual sense, rather than just wanting a false name. In order to accomplish this, from the very beginning it is necessary to "Li Wei" -

Find an early bird and let them understand the price of opposition.

Obviously, they became the first birds that hit the muzzle.

Therefore, the anchors assigned to this corridor must have been carefully selected, and they may have even received hints in advance so that they would have conflicts after meeting.

well.

Wen Jianyan shook her head secretly.

That's why he doesn't like working with middle-level anchors.

This part of the anchors is often the largest number. Although they are more experienced than the novice anchors, they also have a certain amount of confidence. The high-difficulty copy of the game, but will stay in a comfort zone.

This kind of person will definitely be dissatisfied if he is thrown into such a difficult dungeon all at once.

Their desire for power is too strong.

These people always prefer to "grab" something, such as control, voice, fame, profit... etc. Driven by this strong desire, they may ignore the danger that is close at hand.

If it was the past, Wen Jianyan might choose to agree with the other party's point of view and leave instead.

After all, he is an efficient person, and he is not obsessed with the so-called "dignity" and "face", and he is even less willing to focus on such meaningless internal friction.

If you just need to bow your head and give in, you can make yourself "group" again, why not do it?

But the problem is...

Wen Jianyan lowered her head and glanced at the pocket watch in her hand.

Unknowingly, the pointer has reached the edge of the white area, and it will enter the black area in less than three minutes.

There is no time.

He raised his head, looked at the unfriendly people in front of him, and suddenly spoke, breaking the tense situation in front of him: "I suggest you come in first."

The leading man was stunned, "What?"

"I said, I suggest you come into the room first. "Wen Jianyan repeated it patiently.

The other party's brows and eyes are gloomy:

"You don't **** understand human speech, do you"

Wen Jianyan said lightly: "The daily working hours are from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. After 9:00 am is the rest time. Please don't stay in the corridor after the lights are turned off, right?"

This is a very common rule in dungeons. It restricts the anchors to leave the room at night. If they don't do so, the death condition may be triggered, causing the anchors to be in danger...or even killed on the spot.

"Guess why they didn't let the host leave the room?" Wen Jianyan chuckled:

"Is it because of the break time or because the lights are turned off?"

The other party was stunned for a while, but did not reply immediately.

"If it's because of the former, it doesn't matter, but if it's the latter, it's a big problem. 'Wen Jianyan said meaningfully:

"During working hours, the lights in Xingwang Hotel will be turned off for one hour every three hours, right?"

Hearing this, the faces of all the anchors in the corridor darkened.

Wen Jianyan's eyes swept across the faces of everyone, taking in all their expressions.

He picked up the pocket watch and shook it lightly: "If my guess is correct, the lights will be turned off for the first time soon." "

Wen Jianyan turned sideways: "So, are you coming in?"

While talking, he pointed to the dark and narrow corridor outside, and smiled slightly: "Or, you have to gamble on the possibility of the former"

In this case, it is conceivable how people will choose.

No one wants to bet their life on a worthless possibility.

Watching the group of anchors rushing into the room, Wen Jianyan rolled his eyes - it's okay.

It's a bit stupid, but not too stupid.

"click, click, click"

The hands of the clock moved silently.

Soon, the pointer points to the junction of black and white.

"Crack!

The ceiling light in the corridor made a soft sound and went dark in an instant.

The narrow corridor was suddenly dark, only the lights in the room were still on, and fell to the ground through the half-open door, leaving a dark yellow light patch.

Everyone couldn't help holding their breath, their bodies tensed up, and their eyes fell on the corridor.

Someone raised his hand and pressed on the door panel, as if preparing to close the door once something appeared.

However, nothing happened.

Although the lights were turned off, there was still silence in the corridor, and the sounds of other anchors walking in the distance could be faintly heard. It seemed that there was no danger.

The captain on the opposite side turned to look at the psychic in their team: "Is there any danger?"

The psychic closed his eyes, sensed for a few seconds, and then turned his head to look over: "No. "

Immediately, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

All of a sudden, all unkind eyes fell on Wen Jianyan.

Although he predicted the source of the danger wrongly, Wen Jianyan did not show regret on his face.

He shrugged, smiled and said:

"Ah, it seems that I guessed wrong. "

There is no way, this is the sequelae of the copy of Changsheng Building, which caused Wen Jianyan to become vigilant when he saw the words "turn off the lights" or "darkness". But this is also a good thing.

If this dungeon is as fast-paced as the last dungeon, Wen Jianyan is not sure if he can handle it.

He raised his head and glanced to the side.

Wen Jianyan's pupils shrank, and he almost missed half a beat of breathing.

However, he still maintained a calm expression on his face: "In this case, let's leave first. After all, this is not our territory, right?"

As he spoke, he waved to the others: "Let's go, let's go somewhere else." "

Bai Xue, who was closest to the door, lowered her head, turned and walked towards the dark corridor, but because the door was too blocked, she almost bumped into one of the opposite team.

Fengfeng was heard by Wen Jianyan's dangerous words, and the unwillingness that weakened his momentum found an outlet, and the accumulated resentment and shame turned into anger and vented.

"Do you **** see the road?"

The man reached out to Bai Xue with a malicious face, trying to grab him roughly.

Someone grabbed the wrist.

Wen Jianyan took a step forward, with a smile still on his lips, but his eyes were not warm: "It was just an accident, why get angry?"

Those light-colored eyes, which were very approachable just now, looked full of oppression at the moment. Under the dim light behind them, it was almost breathless.

"I apologize for him, how?"

Bai Xue, who was standing behind Wen Jianyan, paused for a moment, and without saying a word raised her strange, purely black eyes that were completely opposite to the color of her skin.

The person on the other side was taken aback, and he couldn't help but pause when he tried to block him, and subconsciously took a step back.

Wen Jianyan put on that harmless mask again:

"That's right. "

After speaking, he let go of the other party's wrist, waved to the others, and then left the room quickly.

Although the corridor is dark, since there are many guest rooms with lights on both sides, it is still no problem to walk.

Wen Jianyan's pace is fast.

"So?" Yun Bilan trotted for a while before following: "Where are we going next, are we really going to find the captain of the red team?"

Wen Jianyan didn't answer, but randomly chose a room he had just entered, turned around and walked in.

The rest of the people looked at each other in surprise, but still followed.

After Wen Jianyan entered the room, he didn't stop walking, and walked straight to the center of the room.

He stood still in front of the painting, raised his eyes, and looked over steadily.

Chen Mo and the others quickly followed, following Wen Jianyan's gaze.

They all froze.

In the large exaggerated picture frame in front of me, the scene changed at some point.

Gloomy, rainy gray sky, crumbling houses.

There was a woman standing inside the window, her blurred face was pale, and she couldn't see her facial features clearly, she looked over silently. It is clearly the painting in 408!

Everyone gasped.

They have just been in this room, and although they don't remember the scene in the painting very clearlyit is absolutely impossible to coincide with the painting in 408!

Yun Bilan seemed to realize something.

She turned to look at Wen Jianyan, "So, in that room just now..."

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath and nodded, "That's right."

After the lights were turned off, the painting in that room just now also became a portrait in 408, so Wen Jianyan chose to leave immediately and find another room to enter.

And now... his bad feeling was confirmed.

The painting is "following" them.

After realizing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill behind their backs. They turned their heads involuntarily and looked into the painting.

The woman whose face could not be clearly seen stood behind the rainy window, silent and motionless. There is an inexplicable feeling as if being "watched".

Wen Jianyan seemed to suddenly think of something.

He took the hardcover book out of his pocket.

He turned to the first page.

On the originally blank and yellowed page, a line of small scarlet characters appeared:

Practice employee assessment

1 Please welcome a guest to check in at Xingwang Hotel