"You can choose to believe it or not," Su Qingyu never prepared to persuade anyone to follow her.
"You can choose to believe it or not," Su Qingyu never prepared to persuade anyone to follow her.
Li Lin was afraid of death. He really wanted to say, let Su Qingyu enter the stairwell first and try it to know if it was true or false.
But he knew in his heart that he could not show such a selfish thought at the beginning.
Now they were grasshoppers on the same boat; falling out would be bad for everyone.
Su Qingyu saw the unpredictable expression on Li Lin's face and knew he must be thinking of some bad idea.
The biggest difficulty in a multi-person instance compared to a single-person instance is that teammates cannot be trusted.
Trialists in an instance need to prevent harm from anomalies and also guard against their own teammates backstabbing them.
Wen Xuecha's personality was much more straightforward than Li Lin's. She didn't notice Li Lin's strangeness and complained, "This Strange Talk World is very wicked and often misleads us. Being cautious is not wrong.
I also think that compass software is a trap because the few turns it made when it first opened were very strange."
Although Wen Xuecha supported Su Qingyu's judgment, she didn't dare to be the first to enter the safety passage.
Su Qingyu entered the safety passage.
"Hey, wait for me."
Li Lin's voice came from behind.
Rule Three.
【 The safety passage has a green sign above it. The passage can only go down, not up. 】
Su Qingyu stepped down the steep stairs, step by step, without looking sideways.
Wuxin was beside her.
At the corner of the stairs, a crying little boy was squatting.
The little boy was wearing a yellow hat. From his back view, he looked very much like the younger brother in the 【 Sweet Home 】 instance!
"Wuwuwu, my black cat is missing.
Big sister, can you help me look for my cat upstairs?"
Rule Four.
【 Your neighbors are quite friendly. They will talk to you, and you can chat with them, but never accept their invitations, and certainly don't be a guest in their homes. 】
Su Qingyu decisively refused, "No, little brother. Big sister has other things to do and cannot help you."
The little boy in the yellow hat turned his head. It was an unfamiliar face.
His facial features were ordinary, but squatting in this stairwell made him look strange.
The little boy in the yellow hat counted on his fingers, "Then, big brother, can you go home and help me find my mom? My mom lives in room 701."
Li Lin heard the words "big brother" and immediately pointed at Wuxin, saying, "I don't have time. Ask that big brother."
The anomaly's target was very clear: living trialists.
In its eyes, Wuxin was an irrelevant passerby.
Therefore, the little boy in the yellow hat scratched his neck, "Big brother, where are you pointing? I'm asking you?"
Li Lin's forehead was covered in cold sweat. His eyeballs darted around, and he patiently coaxed, "Little one, your mom is upstairs, and you know your way home, don't you?
You're a strong little man now, you should find your mom yourself?"
The little boy in the yellow hat heard this and puffed out his cheeks, weeping, "You three people, and none of you will help me... Wuwuwu... You are such cold-blooded and heartless adults."
Su Qingyu stopped pestering the child and continued downstairs.
The little boy in the yellow hat watched their retreating backs and said faintly, "Going to my home was the best choice.
But it's okay, we'll meet again.
Mom said that good children should wait patiently, and the candy will come eventually."
Wen Xuecha walked up and took Su Qingyu's arm, whispering, "Sister Yu, is that child also an anomaly?"
The girl was soft and fragrant. Su Qingyu glanced at Wen Xuecha's heaving chest pressed against her arm and felt a little embarrassed, wanting to pull her arm away.
However, Wen Xuecha recognized Su Qingyu as her savior and held on tightly, refusing to let go.
When dealing with teammates, Su Qingyu was willing to share some information: "In the instance, there are not only anomalies but also mildly corrupted humans."
Li Lin didn't dare to walk behind alone. He wanted to catch up, but the stairs didn't allow four people to walk side by side.
He asked from behind, "What is corruption, and what is mutation?"
Su Qingyu replied, "Think of corruption as rotting. The source of pollution devours the reason of normal people, causing their bodies to alienate and deteriorate.
When the rotting reaches a certain level, humans will turn into anomalies, becoming anomalies that serve the source of pollution."
Wen Xuecha blinked and subconsciously said, "Since there is corruption, then eliminate the corruption."
Su Qingyu nodded, "Under normal circumstances, eliminating the source of pollution can indeed solve the instance."
The three of them talked as they went downstairs.
After Su Qingyu reached the sixth floor, she stopped going further down.
Li Lin bumped into Wen Xuecha's back. Wen Xuecha cried out "Aiya," and Li Lin lost his balance, almost falling backward.
"Careful!" Su Qingyu grabbed Li Lin, who was about to fall.
【 The passage can only go down, not up. 】
If Li Lin fell backward, he would violate this rule.
"Th-thank you." Li Lin felt a chill run down his spine thinking about it.
Wen Xuecha covered her mouth in horror, preventing herself from screaming. She pointed above Li Lin's back and said, "That little boy in the yellow hat is clinging to the stair railing and looking down at us!"
"Ignore him." Su Qingyu took Wen Xuecha's wrist and walked directly out of the safety passage.
Li Lin really wanted to seize the opportunity and go straight down to the first floor through the safety passage.
But countless horror movies had taught him that acting alone was no different from seeking death.
Moreover, Su Qingyu had just saved him, so he was willing to follow Su Qingyu.
Wen Xuecha helped Li Lin voice his confusion, "Sister Yu, we've already determined that this is the west side safety passage. Why aren't we continuing down?"
"Think about Rule Seven."
【 A sense of direction is very important. Please maintain a clear mind. When necessary, you can use tools. 】
"Sense of direction?" Wen Xuecha still didn't understand.
At this moment, Li Lin also noticed something unusual. He pointed at the house numbers and exclaimed in surprise, "That's strange. Why have the house numbers here become 604, 605, 606?
When we came down, the house numbers corresponding to the west side safety passage should have been 701, 702, 703."
"The east-west direction has changed."
Rule Two, the words in parentheses are specifically to remind trialists not to enter the wrong safety passage, as it is very dangerous.
The corridor on the sixth floor was old, and the black railings were covered in dust.
Looking from the railings to another building, it was desolate and deserted, with only a few people walking back and forth in the corridor.
Su Qingyu found a relatively spacious place at the entrance of the safety passage and knelt down to sit. "It's dark now, so we can't rely on the sun to determine direction.
We cannot rule out the possibility that the house numbers have also been corrupted.
My plan is to wait until dawn before taking action.
You can do as you please."
"I'll wait until dawn too!" Wen Xuecha sat next to Su Qingyu.
"Me too—" Before Li Lin could finish speaking, the three of them heard a door open.
Room 604, something came out!
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