Cook in full swing in an escape game

Chapter 23

Zhang Jiu stood up from the monitor, "Lin Sheng, Xiaoyue is going to the eighth floor to find the fortune-teller!"

Lin Sheng took a nap just now, Zhang Jiu agreed to watch for him before he fell asleep, so when he saw the NPC move, Zhang Jiu immediately woke Lin Sheng up.

what's the situation?

The two immediately followed the stairs to the eighth floor. They didn't dare to delay for a moment, and they were exhausted and out of breath when they reached the eighth floor.

Lin Sheng originally thought that after seeing Zhang Jiu, Xiaoyue would remember that she cooperated with Wang Xin in throwing the child. Unexpectedly, instead of resenting Zhang Jiu, seeing her was like seeing a savior.

Combining the scene of seeing their family of three happily at that time, Lin Sheng guessed that Tian Shiqing might have erased or tampered with Xiaoyue's memory, so that in her impression, there was no such thing as the child being thrown downstairs.

If you think about it, the child can grow up at a strange speed under the eyes of the couple. It must have done something to affect the cognition of the couple. Otherwise, Mr. Zhang should have noticed the strangeness long ago.

Zhang Jiu looked at Xiaoyue with a depressed face, "What are you doing here?"

Xiaoyue looked at the door of room 804. She knocked a few times just now, and now Old Man Dong has opened the door, and is standing at the door waiting.

"I...I have something I want to ask him, so why don't you come with me."

Xiaoyue took Zhang Jiu's hand, and stuck her whole body on her arm, as if hugging a solid and thick tree, which made her feel much safer in her heart.

Lin Sheng glanced at Zhang Jiu suspiciously. The latter was obviously at a loss for Xiaoyue's sudden closeness. When did the two of them become good girlfriends?Even Zhang Jiu himself didn't know.

After Mr. Zhang left, Xiaoyue felt that she had no support at once. She had always been a person who could not stand on her own, so she grabbed Zhang Jiu as a straw.

In the same way, when she came to see old man Dong for fortune-telling, she also hoped that someone could tell her what to do next.

"Mr. Dong, I...my husband is dead—" Xiaoyue shed tears as she spoke.

Seeing her sobbing, old man Dong didn't try to comfort her, instead he said: "It's not surprising, his life is as cheap as a piece of grass, even if he didn't die young, he was a mediocre person all his life. "

These words were too straightforward. Lin Sheng stared at Old Man Dong. When he said this, his eyes were sinister, without any sympathy or pity at all. Xiaoyue, who was tortured by the pain of losing her husband, obviously wanted to hear some words of comfort, such as What your husband is looking at you in the sky or something like that.

But unfortunately, she found the wrong person.

Hearing this, Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment, why did the fortune teller say that about her husband?Why is he so humble?

Xiaoyue was a little annoyed, but she had always respected fortune tellers, so she had no choice but to hold back her anger and said:

"Mr. Dong, you can't look down on rural people..."

As soon as the words were finished, the old man burst out laughing, laughing so much that Lin Sheng was afraid that he would spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Silly boy, that's not what I meant."

Seeming to see through Xiaoyue's mind, Old Man Dong shook his head and said: "He owes his life to others, even I don't want to touch him, you really..."

Looking at Xiaoyue, Zhang Jiu also began to hate iron for being weak. Obviously, her earlier judgments about Mr. Zhang were correct, only Xiaoyue was still obsessed with it, and couldn't understand what the person next to her pillow was hiding.

It's already this time, why are you still crying?That female ghost is obviously helping you, why don't you go back to your parents' house as soon as your husband is dead, and stay here to mourn?

"It's hard to persuade you, damned ghost. Although you are a person with profound blessings, if you insist on blocking evil spirits for others, then when the lightning strikes from the sky, it will definitely strike you."

Xiaoyue was frightened by him, "You...how do you say that?"

Zhang Jiu also became nervous. The old fortune-teller obviously knew something, so she asked, "Who did Xiaoyue block the robbery for? Isn't Mr. Zhang already dead?"

Mr. Zhang is dead, and Tian Shiqing has taken revenge, isn't she still willing to end it?

The old man chuckled, and turned to Xiaoyue and said: "Son, listen to my advice, don't think about your dead husband anymore, forget about him, he is not only not your right match, but also harmful to you."

"If I'm not mistaken, your marriage is coming soon."

......

Unexpectedly, old man Dong asked Lin Sheng to do him a favor.

Maybe it was because he had asked about his condition before, old man Dong probably felt that this little security guard was easy to handle, and Lin Sheng naturally wouldn't find it annoying, he wished he could find more opportunities to stay next to the NPC.

After helping the old man with the package, Lin Sheng went upstairs carrying a big black bag.

Old man Dong came out of a locked room, closed the door, and shut the dancing flames on the ground behind him.

Someone rang the doorbell, probably the little security guard. Old man Dong moved slowly. He is very old, and he is hanging on his breath until now, but if there are no accidents, he will be fine in a few days up.

With a sound of "click", the door lock was unlocked, but old man Dong didn't see anyone at the door. Looking at the empty corridor, he suddenly seemed to realize something, and immediately turned around to close the door.

However, it was still a step too late, a black figure rushed in at his feet, and old man Dong hurriedly looked for the stick behind the door.

In the dark room, two jewel-like lights lit up, and Old Man Dong narrowed his eyes.

It was a black cat.

"unlucky."

He thought to himself, stretched out his hand and hit it with a stick, only to see the two light spots running away. Old man Dong didn't hear the black cat's screams, but the sound of porcelain shattering could be heard...

From afar, Lin Sheng saw the door of 804's room was wide open, and there were noises coming from inside from time to time. He was worried that something happened to the NPC, so he hurried over.

"stop!"

Old man Dong yelled, the wooden stick fell through the air, and the black cat let out a miserable scream, which made Lin Sheng's hair stand on end.

Only then did he know that Old Man Dong's big fight was to chase a cat that ran into the house.

After being hit, the black cat seemed to close its eyes, and Old Man Dong looked around but couldn't see it.

Lin Sheng wanted to get a lamp to help him illuminate, but he didn't know which one was the life extension lamp, what if he accidentally shook it and extinguished it.

So, the two stood in the middle of the room, looking for the black cat with their eyes wide open.

The air became quiet for a moment, so quiet that he could hear his own breathing. Within the range of vision, the face of old man Dong enshrined in the god statue appeared under the flickering candlelight, either smiling or angry, very strange, which made Lin Sheng feel like he was being watched .

For some reason, Lin Sheng could feel that they were not the only two in the room...

"there!"

Old man Dong suddenly rushed in one direction, he raised one leg and kicked the "black cat".

However, there was only a "boom", as if it had been kicked on the door.

At this moment, two light spots fell from the sky, accompanied by a fierce meow, and when Old Man Dong raised his head, the sharp claws of the black cat had already landed on his face.

"Ahhhh-!"

"Squeak—" The door panel kicked by Old Man Dong slowly opened, and light came out from the room, gradually lighting up Lin Sheng's field of vision.

Old man Dong was still fighting with the black cat, but seeing the scene in front of him, Lin Sheng could no longer care about him who was being scratched by the cat.

On the floor behind the door, a little bit of candlelight is dimly lit...

In the candlelight, there was a statue of a god. The statue was completely black, and its eyes were painted with scarlet paint. Seeing its sharp claws, fangs and ferocious face, even though Lin Sheng didn't know much about myths and legends, He can also tell that this is probably an evil god!

On the other side, Old Man Dong had already pulled the black cat off his head. It had sharp claws, and several strips of skin and flesh were torn off his face. Old Man Dong didn't care about the pain, and slammed the black cat on the ground. on the ground.

He raised one foot and stepped on it hard, wanting to end the black cat's life, but his movements were a little slow, the black cat landed on all four paws, and rushed into the room with the door open.

Old man Dong's expression changed, "Lamp! My lamp!!"

In the candlelight, Lin Sheng finally saw the black cat's figure clearly. It nimbly ran to the side of the statue, and looked back at the two of them. A cold light flashed in its faint green eyes.

There was a lamp in front of the evil god, and the black cat stretched out its paws to catch the flames, as if it was not afraid of the heat.

Seeing this, old man Dong hurried to stop it, but he threw a mouse attack, the black cat moved fast, and just swiped its paw a few times, the flames were already in jeopardy.

Lin Sheng suddenly realized that this black cat was probably not just an ordinary small animal.

Its purpose was clear from the very beginning, that is to enter this room and extinguish Old Man Dong's life extension lamp!

Although I don't know why, Lin Sheng must not let the black cat succeed!

So he also joined the battle, and the two of them and the cat staged a thrilling chasing and fleeing in this room of less than ten square meters.

Lin Sheng was wary of the candlelight on the ground, and didn't dare to move too much, for fear that a gust of wind would ruin the old man's life, and he would suffer accordingly. Unfortunately, the black cat moved too fast, so Lin Sheng had to take out the snail shell as a prop , Temporarily protect the life extension lamp inside.

Seeing that the main lamp was saved, Old Man Dong was relieved a little, but Lin Sheng knew that this prop could only last for 1 minute, so he had to catch the black cat quickly!

Just then, there was a sound of footsteps at the door.

Dai Yi saw that the door of room 804 was wide open, and there was still a ping-pong-pong sound coming from inside, so he came in to check.

Passing through the dark living room, Dai Yi came straight to the door of the room, and saw two people holding up their trousers, rushing forward and backward, jumping left and right in the swaying firelight all over the floor, they looked like the minority people dancing bamboo poles look.

Old man Dong made "hey" and "ha" sounds from time to time because of his shortness of breath. This rhythmic voice made the scene in front of him suddenly funny.

Dai Yi didn't understand what the two were doing, but they looked lively, so he coughed lightly and said to Lin Sheng:

"What about dancing?"

Lin Sheng heard the sound and looked over, clearly caught the fleeting smile on Dai Yi's mouth.

He was suddenly a little angry, okay, he was sweating profusely scratching the cat, but Dai Yi leaned lightly against the door and sneered?

Thinking of this, Lin Sheng said anxiously: "Stop watching, come and help me catch the cat!"

If Wu Zi'an was here, she would immediately cast an unbelievable look at Lin Sheng—Brother, do you know who you are sending?

Lin Sheng was also blunt. After all, the current situation did not allow him to think too much, and the etiquette and politeness were naturally thrown aside.

Dai Yi was going to continue to watch the two "dance", but the next second, when he caught a glimpse of the black cat in the corner, his eyes suddenly turned cold.

He moved very quickly, Lin Sheng only felt a gust of wind blowing in front of him, and something flew past.

The black cat let out a scream, and blood flowed out from its hind legs.

Old man Dong threw the black cat to his feet, "Still running away?"

His sinister old eyes showed a gleam of fierceness, but because of the idol in the room, Old Man Dong didn't do anything on the spot.

He came to the kitchen, took out a chef's knife from the knife holder, and chopped off the cat's head with a bang.

The air calmed down again, the flames immediately returned to straightness, and the snail shell just failed at this time.

Lin Sheng wiped the sweat from his brow, and sat down on the ground slumped in exhaustion.

......

After old man Dong dealt with the black cat, he kicked the two of them out without a conscience. Fortunately, Lin Sheng has gradually gotten used to the peeing behavior of these NPCs, but the players are bound by the rules of the game and must protect them.

Old man Dong was safe for the time being. Lin Sheng and Dai Yi walked along the escalator to the first floor.

"Thank you just now, did you throw a dart?"

"uh-huh."

"That black cat is quite strange. It should know that the lamp on the ground is old man Dong's life extension lamp, so it deliberately extinguished the lamp."

"Zhang Jiu and I dug up a pile of cat corpses downstairs. At that time, we all suspected that Zhao An did it. Now it seems that Old Man Dong is more suspicious."

......

Lin Sheng thought he was going to talk to himself like this, but Dai Yi suddenly said: "The cat has a grievance on it, it should be because it had a relationship with the fortune teller before it was alive, and if I didn't hear If it is wrong, the stench in the fortune-telling room is the smell of corpse oil lamps."

Lin Sheng:!

Corpse oil lamp?Isn't that what corpses are made of?

vomit--

When Lin Sheng remembered that he had touched his lamp with his hand, Lin Sheng felt extremely disgusted.

"Corpse oil lamps are mostly used for offering sacrifices to evil spirits." Dai Yi continued, "Actually, you don't have to thank me. I went to the eighth floor to see the eyes of the fortune-teller. doubt."

"How to say?"

Lin Sheng remembered that Dai Yi's NPC was the owner of the slaughterhouse. Why was he suddenly interested in Old Man Dong?

The two happened to walk to the seventh floor, where Xiaoyue and Guihai were. Dai Yi opened the fire door and took a look inside. It was quiet and there was nothing unusual.

After the inspection, he continued to go downstairs with Lin Sheng, and said at the same time:

"Although the female corpse on the assembly line told us the truth about the disappearance, I always felt that something was missing."

"For example, why does the owner of the slaughterhouse want to kill people?"

"No one in this building can threaten his safety, so why is he always ranked in the middle?"

"What danger is the slaughterhouse owner facing?"

Dai Yi sorted out his thoughts, "Actually, I have noticed a gray-green line in the eyes of the boss of the slaughterhouse. At first I thought it was related to the missing person, but I found nothing after following this line of thought."

"But I think you're right about one thing."

Lin Sheng asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

Dai Yi paused and said: "The relationship between the characters in this building is intricate. We must exchange information, otherwise we will be blinded by a leaf."

Back in the security room, Lin Sheng was surprised to see Xiaoyue here.

Zhang Jiu was by the side, with an annoyed look on her face. Seeing the two coming back, she immediately greeted them.

——After waiting for so long, finally someone can help me share a little pressure.

"Help me, Xiaoyue is going to commit suicide."

Lin Sheng was taken aback, "What?"

The sound of crying and crying immediately came from the ear, and Xiaoyue sobbed: "I don't want to live anymore, let me go with Mr. Zhang."

Seeing her crying, Lin Sheng immediately retreated. He couldn't cope with this kind of situation.

Zhang Jiu seemed to spend a lot of time persuading her with good words, and Dai Yi was a dull gourd. It would be better to expect a comet to hit the earth than to expect him to comfort the widow.

After much deliberation, Lin Sheng had no choice but to change the subject: "Where is your Ruirui?"

It's okay if you don't mention it, but it's even worse if you mention it. When Xiaoyue heard Ruirui's name, her tears choked up, and then her tears became more violent.

"I really can't stand it, it's that Ruirui! Do you know what I saw when I came home? She even turned out all my husband's things and burned them all!"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh?

Zhang Jiuxin said, it's not bad for her to burn things, it's not bad if she didn't burn you to death.

As for what to do with Ruirui, Xiaoyue obviously didn't think about it. Zhang Jiu didn't want her to go back to stay with that ghost child, so he took advantage of the situation and suggested that Xiaoyue should stay in the security room.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoyue agreed almost on the spot. She cried for a while, and seeing no one stepped forward to comfort her, Xiaoyue flattened her lips and said, "How many people are there in your security room? I'm so sad now, I just want to be alone." Quiet."

Zhang Jiu choked, co-author, I invited you here, so I have to avoid it for a while?

At this time, she finally understood that Xiaoyue didn't want to commit suicide at all, she just wanted others to coax her, like Mr. Zhang, but none of the three cooperated with her.

Lin Sheng immediately said: "Dai Yi and I are going to the slaughterhouse, so let's not bother you for now."

In fact, he wanted to slip away a long time ago. Xiaoyue's eyes were like faucets that couldn't be turned off. She might cry at some point. Rather than listening to her cry, Lin Sheng really preferred to go to a place like a slaughterhouse.

Zhang Jiu looked at the two of them apologetically, and she was so annoyed to death. Although Mr. Zhang is bad and hateful, his wife is not a fuel-efficient lamp. She is such a big person, and she still looks like a little princess. Being targeted by someone with ulterior motives like her husband.

"I...can I go with you?" Zhang Jiu hesitated.

The security room is regarded as the player's safe room, Xiaoyue is very safe here, and if Ruirui wants to do something to her, she will do it when she burns things.

Lin Sheng glanced at Dai Yi, and nodded when he saw that Dai Yi had no objections.

After the three of them left, Xiaoyue cried again for a while, then she took out her mobile phone, clicked on her usual social media, edited a paragraph and sent it out.

[It's so sad, I'm the only one left, I want to commit suicide. 】

In fact, this account doesn't have many fans, and no matter what she says, people who know her will not see it. However, after a while, the screen of the phone suddenly lights up.

Xiaoyue picked up her phone and looked, and found that she had received a private message from a stranger.

【What happened?I want to commit suicide too, can we talk about it? 】

The three of them came to the basement floor together, but this time, Dai Yi did not manage the assembly line in the workshop, but went directly to the office of the boss of the slaughterhouse.

Along the way, the three of them were silent. For the first time, Zhang Jiu found that a quiet person like Dai Yi was quite comfortable getting along with him. Maybe there was Xiaoyue for comparison. After all, not long ago, Zhang Jiu was still with Lin Sheng. Complaining about Dai Yi's indifference and indifference to others, it's really one moment and another moment.

The basement floor was empty, so quiet that only the footsteps of three people could be heard. The door of the office was locked, but Dai Yi had his own way.

He took out a piece of wire from his pocket, poked it into the keyhole and then turned it a few times. With a "click", the door opened.

Lin Sheng has seen Dai Yi's skill for a long time, but Zhang Jiu saw it for the first time. From her expression, it can be seen that she is shocked now, but Zhang Jiu has one good thing, that is, she can always control Be good to yourself and never yell to attract enemies.

There was no one in the office. Dai Yi must have found out the itinerary of the boss of the slaughterhouse, so he dared to go in with confidence.

The three of them entered the room, but they didn't turn on the lights. Lin Sheng's night vision was not very good. He had experienced it in 804 just now. Now when the door was closed, his eyes immediately went dark.

Dai Yi's situation was not much better, he stood there for a long time, his eyes hadn't adapted to the darkness, but Zhang Jiu thought something happened when he saw the two of them motionless.

"Why don't you leave?"

Lin Sheng said awkwardly: "...I can't see."

Dai Yi coughed lightly, and said to Zhang Jiu: "Look for it first, and pay attention to see if there is a hidden compartment under the drawer. I'll go when I get used to the light."

Zhang Jiu responded and began to search. She was meticulous, meticulous and fast. Lin Sheng could only hear the sound of turning things around, so he could only stand still and try not to get in the way.

Dai Yi said that he would join Zhang Jiu when he got used to the darkness, but after a long time, Lin Sheng found that he was still standing beside him.

"You also suffer from night blindness?" Lin Sheng asked tentatively.

Dai Yi did not answer, pretending to be airless.

......

Fortunately, Zhang Jiu followed, Lin Sheng thought in his heart, otherwise, if only the two of them were blind, they might have to turn on the lights to find things. If someone came back from outside, wouldn't they be exposed?

After a while, the sound of turning over things suddenly stopped. Although the two of them couldn't see it, they both kept their ears open to listen to the sound.

Dai Yi asked immediately, "What did you find?"

There was no answer, but a small area suddenly lit up in the darkness, reflecting Zhang Jiu's face.

Since the light source is below, the light hits up from the chin, which looks a bit scary.

Lin Sheng: "...Mobile phone?"

"...a lot of mobile phones." Zhang Jiu replied hesitantly.

Dai Yi walked over along the light, Zhang Jiu looked at him with admiration, "I did find it in the dark drawer, how do you know?"

Dai Yi responded indifferently without explaining, but his face was obviously ashamed because he was found to have night blindness just now, and now he finally has a little bit of joy.

Dai Yi took the mobile phone from Zhang Jiu and began to study it.

Zhang Jiu found four mobile phones in total, Lin Sheng also picked up one, pressed the power button, and the screen immediately lit up.

Fortunately, the owner did not set a password to unlock it, so Lin Sheng opened the desktop with a swipe of his finger.

The battery was at risk, Lin Sheng quickly browsed through the frequently used chat software, text messages and call records, and on the other side, Dai Yi was doing the same thing.

The original owner should be a woman, because the background of the desktop is a pink cherry blossom forest. Reminiscent of the five young women in the disappearance case, the mobile phone is likely to be a relic left by the victim.

Lin Sheng didn't see any clues in the chat software. The chats with his parents and girlfriends were normal. This girl doesn't even have a boyfriend, so the possibility of love murder can be ruled out.

He exited the software and started checking the call log.

"strangeness."

Lin Sheng looked at the phone and said, "Why does this girl make so many calls?"

Zhang Jiu leaned over to look, and agreed: "That's right, except for takeaways and express delivery, I almost don't make calls anymore. There are so many call records, and they are all by one person."

Dai Yi: "So does my phone."

Lin Sheng immediately realized that there must be something strange here!

He put the four mobile phones together, and all the screens displayed the call record interface, which made the comparison much more intuitive.

The three were surprised to find that the numbers with the most frequent communication on the four mobile phones were exactly the same!

Several people looked at each other, this number was obviously an important clue, if the owner of the slaughterhouse was suspected of murder and disposed of the corpse, then the owner of this number was probably his accomplice!

"Should we... want to dial?"

Zhang Jiu was a little scared. The person on the other end of the phone was a serial murderer, but Dai Yi made a quick decision. After all, if there was any further delay, the phone might shut down automatically.

He picked up the one with the most battery and dialed it directly.

Lin Sheng and Zhang Jiu held their breath, who could be on the phone?

There was silence in the receiver at first, and then there was a "beep-beep-beep" sound.

connected.

A pleasant cell phone rang suddenly, and the three people in the office suddenly fell into an ice cave.

Because the source of the sound was outside the office door.