The old grandma walked out of the door, leaning on her walking stick with faltering steps.
On her arm, she carried a fruit basket.
Half of a yellow cloth covered it.
Wuxin saw the old grandma's fruit and revealed a disgusted expression.
Su Qingyu keenly caught Wuxin's reaction.
Weird and disliked food, meaning food that humans can eat.
Seeing Su Qingyu and the others huddled by the doorway, the old grandma revealed a kind smile: "Poor children, why are you sitting here?
It's so cold outside, come into my home and sit for a while, I'll bake you some biscuits."
Su Qingyu looked at the fruit in the old grandma's basket and revealed a sweet smile: "If it's okay, Grandma, could you give me some fruit?"
Wen Xuecha tugged at Su Qingyu's sleeve and said softly: "Sister Yu, weird food, you can't just eat it randomly."
"It's fine," Su Qingyu patted her hand, telling her not to worry.
The old grandma was stunned when asked for fruit. The wrinkles on her face twitched, and she was a little displeased: "This fruit is sour and astringent, how can I give it to you to eat?"
"Grandma, I don't mind."
Su Qingyu held her palm up, putting on a thick face.
Mom's Note, the second rule.
【 If you insist on leaving, Mom will support you too.
Remember, do not trust the words of unfamiliar residents, and do not go to their homes as guests.】
The old grandma inviting them into her house to make them biscuits was all a trap.
However, the fruit the old grandma was hiding was actually edible food.
"My son works at the slaughterhouse, and we're having roasted whole lamb at home tonight," the old grandma continued to tempt Su Qingyu, "A fragrant, tender, and juicy roasted whole lamb, just thinking about it makes my mouth water."
Roasted whole lamb?
I'm afraid that once they, the trialists, entered her home, they would be turned into roasted whole lamb!
In Su Qingyu's eyes and heart, there was only the fruit in the old grandma's basket.
"I'm a girl, I don't eat greasy things like roasted whole lamb, just a little fruit would satisfy me."
Su Qingyu looked at the old grandma with utmost sincerity, making it impossible for the old grandma, as a "neighbor," to refuse.
Finally, the old grandma reluctantly handed over two red apples and said somewhat hypocritically: "It's too cold here, I have a heater at my home, do you really not want to come in and sit for a while?"
Su Qingyu accepted the apples: "Thank you, Grandma, we really won't."
The old grandma tugged at her loose waistband: "If you change your mind, you can come to my home anytime, my home is in room 604."
After speaking, the old grandma left reluctantly. She walked towards a white wall, where an elevator surprisingly appeared.
【Infinite Corridor】Rule number one.
【Remember, there is absolutely no elevator in this building. If you see an elevator, please close your eyes, count to 10, and then open your eyes. The hallucination will disappear.】
"Close your eyes and count to ten," Su Qingyu reminded them, holding the two apples.
She closed her eyes. In an unfamiliar environment, closing her eyes produced extreme unease.
However, she had to overcome her instinct.
She silently recited in her mind: 10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1.
Wen Xuecha also flusteredly covered her eyes. Her eyelashes trembled; she really wanted to open her eyes, but she told herself she couldn't.
While counting, she heard the sound of the elevator door opening.
There was absolutely no elevator in this building, but why did the elevator exist so realistically?
"Pat, pat..."
The old grandma entered the elevator with heavy footsteps.
Li Lin gasped for air. He also began to count down, not too fast, not too slow.
With every number he counted, Li Lin would ask himself if the rhythm was right, if he had missed a number.
Having experienced the first instance, Li Lin was already mentally exhausted. Any slight disturbance made him feel like he was on the verge of an abyss.
His overly timid personality kept the strings in his mind taut twenty-four hours a day.
Even after counting to 10, Li Lin didn't dare to open his eyes.
When counting with her eyes closed, Su Qingyu didn't hear the elevator at all.
After normally counting ten numbers, the old grandma and the elevator had already disappeared.
Only in front of Su Qingyu, a patch of water had appeared.
Su Qingyu opened her eyes and saw Wen Xuecha and the others still covering their eyes, crouching like quails.
"You can open your eyes now, the anomaly has left."
Wen Xuecha parted her index and middle fingers to create a gap, squinting her eyes to look out bit by bit.
After confirming the elevator had disappeared, she immediately jumped up and shook the sweaty Li Lin: "Big Brother Li, don't be afraid, the elevator really disappeared, the first rule was correct!"
Only then did Li Lin open his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.
Su Qingyu wiped the apple and took a bite.
The crisp, sweet apple juice instantly activated the taste buds on her tongue.
"Oh no! You can't just eat it randomly!" Wen Xuecha thought the anomaly looked like an old witch, and the fruit she gave was definitely not good.
As for Su Qingyu, she had read the novel 《Thriller Descends》.
She discovered that for protagonists participating in instance trials, apart from things that contradicted the rules or looked obviously inedible, other everyday edible items were also non-toxic in the instance.
Su Qingyu held up the half-eaten apple and tilted her head to ask Wen Xuecha: "What did you eat in the first instance?"
"Of course it was that healthy food, soybean paste mixed with rice, and the portion was pitifully small," Wen Xuecha rubbed her stomach pitifully, she hadn't eaten enough in the first instance.
Li Lin swallowed his saliva, looking at the other apple in Su Qingyu's hand, and asked: "Sis... Sister Yu, can you give me that apple?
I didn't eat anything in the first instance, and now I'm so hungry I'm seeing stars."
"No," Su Qingyu would not share her food with strangers she met by chance.
Li Lin's request for food was refused, and his face turned red: "We're teammates, how can you be so selfish?"
Su Qingyu's expression was indifferent; a Saintly Mother's heart was not viable in a world overrun by anomalies.
"As fellow companions, I can only give you some hints.
First, anomalies will try to kill you in various ways, but they will always leave a way out.
Therefore, in this instance, there must be edible food.
Second, the prerequisite for escaping an instance is to have a healthy body.
If your body is very weak, anomalies can easily take advantage of your weakness.
Lastly, I am not as reliable as you think."
If this instance had a rule where only one person could survive.
Then Su Qingyu would eliminate the others without hesitation!
Li Lin was speechless, he wasn't so naive as to think that moral coercion could make Su Qingyu give him food.
The corridor was open, and the wind on the sixth floor carried a damp, cold aura.
Wen Xuecha fell silent after hearing Su Qingyu's words.
After Li Lin calmed down, she secretly ran over to Su Qingyu and said: "Sister Yu, let's cooperate."
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