The sound of "ticking, ticking" water, one after the other, sounded unusually loud in the empty restroom. The fluorescent lamp flickered overhead from time to time, making people's vision light up and down, as if they would fall into complete darkness at any moment.

Exhaling tiredly, Lin Sanjiu reached for the rusty faucet - she needed to pour a little cold water on her face now; However, after two "creaks", nothing dripped out of the dry faucet.

Raising her eyes, she stared at herself in the mirror.

In the flickering fluorescent lamp, she looked pale in the mirror without a trace of blood; Behind him, the bones stood tall, and most of them were lost in the shadows.

“…… What's next? Teacher Yi, who hadn't shown his head for a long time, suddenly asked faintly.

Lin Sanjiu did not answer.

…… Because she doesn't know either.

A few minutes ago, she had already walked through the apartment building - starting from the first floor, Lin Sanjiu did not let go of every subtle corner; A carpet search was carried out to the seventh floor, and the apartment came to an end. The staircase was gone, and only the old, heavy ceiling blocked her path with mockery.

The whole building was as if it had been pulled out of a brick, not to mention it, not even a single crack had been made.

Knowing that violent destruction was probably useless, Lin Sanjiu still tried to hit the wall at the end of the corridor. The wall tiles are broken by hand and are not very hard; But no matter how many times she struck, the broken bricks fell, revealing an endless thick wall, as if there was no end to it—and after a few minutes it would take a look to go downstairs. Even the gaps she had made were gone, and the white and green walls were still intact.

Every minute he was trapped here would make Lin Sanjiu can't help but wonder - where has the puppeteer gone now?

"We've been stuck in it for almost three years," the girl's smile seemed to appear in front of her eyes again, and every word seemed to be so clear in her ears: "...... At first, I was trying to find an exit, but now I'm looking for it. Where have you lived? There is no sin of reincarnation here, there is no danger to life, and there is everything...... You'd better change your mindset sooner rather than later. A little more whiskey, don't you? ”

Three years -

It was the girl's words that made Lin Sanjiu rush out of the door in a few steps, and unwillingly turned over the entire building again. But nothing was found.

…… sighed. She suppressed the anxiety in her heart and walked out of the bathroom door.

It's an apartment building, but there's a shared bathroom on the seventh floor – it's in disrepair and leaking water. But it still works.

A wooden staircase beneath her feet. There was a creaking sound all over again. accompanied Lin Sanjiu all the way back to the third floor. The hallway was still the same as usual, only the loud music had died down at some point.

After thinking about it, she walked towards room 320 just now. Anyway. After all, those people had entered the dungeon before her, and maybe they knew something else......

Stopping at the door of 320, Lin Sanjiu raised his fist and knocked a few times. Dust fell from the dark gold number plate, and when she took her hand, the dark mahogany door covered with dust suddenly left her kneck marks.

After several knocks, the room was still silent.

"Anyone?" She shouted suspiciously, "...... I'm the guy just now, open the door! ”

Voices echoed far away from the hallway, but no one answered; She leaned her ear to the door and listened for a long time, but there was silence in room 320.

When she raised her hand again, from the dead silence behind Lin Sanjiu's ears, a low voice suddenly came: "Don't knock again." ”

Lin Sanjiu was covered in sweat, and his body had taken a few steps back sharply while his bone wings suddenly opened; However, the owner of the voice did not follow, and still stood still looking at her quietly, a pair of spectacle lenses shining in the fluorescent lamp.

"Who are you?" ――When did you come here? Why didn't she catch any noise?

Facing the tense Lin Sanjiu, the thin young man reached out to support his glasses, and pointed his hand full of green muscles to the door of room 320, without answering her question: "...... Stop calling the door. Trust me, you wouldn't want to meet someone who opens this door a second time. ”

“…… What do you mean? Who are you? ”

The thin man's voice was low and soft, as if every word he said was afraid of disturbing someone.

"You just came in today, didn't you?" As he spoke, he turned around, walked a few steps and saw that Lin Sanjiu hadn't followed, so he couldn't help but turn around and frown. “…… I came in last month, and I've been stuck here for almost twenty days. My name is Ye Lan. ”

It seems that he is also one of the growth types who have entered the Starry Sky Amusement Park - Lin Sanjiu is a little unsure whether he is a member of the Grower Alliance, so he only nodded cautiously: "...... My surname is Lin. Why didn't you just let me knock it again? What do you know about this ride? ”

The thin man tilted his head, as if caught by the news in her words; But soon, he whispered, "The last time you knocked here, I heard and saw it." ”

Ye Lan seemed to be a person with few emotions, and her tone was calm and cautious; He pointed to the staircase and said, "I was standing on the stairs...... No, you don't think it's impossible. In this building, no matter what kind of scouting method you have, the result is always chaotic...... Like just now, didn't you notice me approaching? ”

Lin Sanjiu suddenly dumbed his shell. Her pure touch really didn't sense anything...... This is almost unthinkable on the outside.

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to be hostile, he once again gave his back to himself, and Lin Sanjiu kept his distance and followed.

"I won't let you knock on the door because it's ......" Speaking of this, Ye Lan seemed to be a little unable to find the words for a while, and thought about it. He continued: "It's because you and I don't know what's behind the door. ”

"In the past twenty days, I have also seen several evolutionaries in the shadows...... Once knocked on the door. I don't know if the people they met in there were the same people you met; But they're all just like you, and after searching the apartment, they often come back and call for a second or third door. ”

"I also understand that in order to find an exit, everyone dares not let go of any clues...... If I hadn't been lucky enough to find out that something was wrong, I'm afraid I would have knocked on the door with me. When Ye Lan spoke, he had already come to the edge of the stairs; His hand rested on the handrail of the staircase. Turning his head to Lin Sanjiu, he said, "I found out." Whoever sees the second time answering the door is—"

Before he could finish his sentence, his eyes widened suddenly behind the lenses; Ye Lan's gaze turned behind Lin Sanjiu, and then his face turned snow-white. didn't wait for Lin Sanjiu to speak. He turned around and rushed down the stairs. I didn't even say a word.

Lin Sanjiu's scalp was numb, and before he could pull his heels, he heard a "squeak" sound at the door - the sound came from behind her. It seems to be from room 320.

…… She knocked on the door of Room 320 a second time.

A drop of cold sweat slid down her back and into the groove of her spin.

“…… You're back, I just fell asleep and didn't hear the door. The girl's voice rang out behind her. She still sounded the same as last time, with a drunken and post-anesthetic laziness in her voice: "Am I right? You didn't find the exit, did you? ”

Desperately holding back the urge to turn around, Lin Sanjiu took a step forward almost stiffly, his eyes straight.

Ye Lan fled without finishing her words, but this did not prevent her from obtaining information from the few words he left behind-"All those who have seen the evolution of the second answerer, all ......" - what happened, Lin Sanjiu didn't know; But she was absolutely sure that the fate of those evolutionaries would definitely not be good.

…… That is, no matter what, she can't turn back now.

Converse cloth shoes seemed to be walking towards her, Lin Sanjiu couldn't be sure; The soft carpet and the strange apartment building already made her dare not trust her five senses - she suddenly opened her wings backwards, and in the wind that was blowing from the ground, Lin Sanjiu rushed to the stairs, and with a sudden brake and then twisted her body, she rushed downstairs.

In a turning moment, the corner of her eye vaguely seemed to catch a huge, round black shadow, which had approached the back of her head at some point, like a face; From the shadow of that round face, he also spit out: "Why don't you come?" You're coming......"

Covering his left eye with one hand, Lin Sanjiu didn't dare to sweep in the direction of the corridor at all, and almost fell down the stairs with a roll; Rushing to the first floor in one breath, seeing that there was no way out, she was like a little beast forced into a corner, tensed up, and quickly glanced upstairs.

…… Whatever the girl was, she didn't seem to catch up.

After holding his breath and waiting for a few seconds, the stairs were still quiet, and there was no figure coming down.

…… As long as you don't see the "person" who opens the door for the second time, is it okay?

Lin Sanjiu thought with fear in the sound of her "banging" heartbeat - after waiting for a while, seeing that the surroundings were always calm, she exhaled cautiously.

The place where she was at this time was exactly where she had just entered; Turning his eyes left and right, a doubt arose in Lin Sanjiu's heart.

…… What about Ye Lan?

This apartment building goes straight up and down, there is no exit, he just ran down from the third floor, he should be down there at this time, right?

Did he stop on the second floor?

Lin Sanjiu didn't dare to say a word, stepped on the carpet, and slowly walked through the corridor on the first floor step by step; However, there is no place to hide people in this straight and simple corridor. A big man who was alive just now seemed to have evaporated in the blink of an eye, and he couldn't find it anywhere.

"Ye Lan......? Where are you? ”

It was not easy to meet a normal person, although he didn't seem to be very moral, but Lin Sanjiu still wanted to see him again - Ye Lan had survived in this apartment building for more than twenty days, and she must have mastered many things that she didn't know......

If there is any difference between the first floor and the other floors, it is that what should be the entrance and exit is now a vaulted, enclosed small hall. stood helplessly in the small hall for a while, and just as Lin Sanjiu was about to go back upstairs to see the situation, a familiar "squeak" sound came into her ears again.

…… It was the sound of the apartment's dark mahogany door being pushed open, almost close to her side; In Lin Sanjiu's almost blank gaze, the door of No. 101 opened.

A pair of spectacle lenses glowed in the lamp, and the thin man who had just exchanged names poked his head out from behind the door.

Ye Lan saw Lin Sanjiu at a glance, but he didn't move, instead cautiously glanced at the stairs first; Seeing that no one came down, he turned his head and whispered to Lin Sanjiu: "I didn't expect you to be quite clever!" You didn't look back? ”

Lin Sanjiu's bone wings were clinging to the wall, not moving.

"It seems that my guess is correct, the 'residents' on each floor will only move on that floor......" Ye Lan pushed the lens of his glasses, "...... What happened to you? ”

Lin Sanjiu swallowed his throat with a "grunt".

She hasn't forgotten...... Just now, she called "Ye Lan" a few times before the door of room 101 opened.

In a way, this is the first time that the door of Room 101 has been opened.

"You...... Why are you in the room? Lin Sanjiu asked in a dry voice, a little afraid of the answer he was about to hear.

It's not that there's something in the room......

Ye Lan tilted his head, and suddenly understood-he suddenly realized "oh", "This?" This room 101 is the only place in the entire apartment that can provide protection for the Evolved...... That is, our 'birth gate'. There's nothing in it, just some sofas and water, which is renewed every day. ”

"How did you find out?" Lin Sanjiu stared at him without blinking, as if he wanted to find any trace of suspicion on Ye Lan's face - but the man's skin, hair, eyes, and body all looked very normal, no different from just now.

"Because...... The first door I knocked on was room 101. Ye Lan also seemed to be a little embarrassed and scratched her hair, "Seeing that no one answered, I came in as soon as I opened the door." Later I found out that there was only one room in the entire apartment building, and it was really empty—"

He walked out, stood in the hallway, and nodded his finger forward following Lin Sanjiu's gaze; Two rows of crimson wooden doors stood silently on either side of the hallway, without a sound.

"Don't look so quiet that it looks like no one lives there...... If you knock on these doors, each of them will eventually open. (To be continued.) )

PS: Even if I know that I will be swallowed by Dianniang, I still have to put the thank you list! I knew I couldn't see it when I first posted it, and I had to go back and edit it again before the thank you list appeared; However, after the first time I watched it on the mobile phone, if I didn't empty the cache, I couldn't add a new testimonial...... What can I do, I can't pass on the words......

Anyway, I still want to thank the following reward party who has not been thanked or persevered: Thank you for the 2 sachets of the mushroom, mushroom bird, and Ironomoto, 2 of mikasayou (stable peace charm exporter), the market price of the big spider, popo2990, Hashimoto Hanko, and the peace charm of Yuki Sakurana!

Thank you also for Bingni Chestnut, Lazy and Lazy Death, 2 of Qingdala Flowers, 2 of Ghost de Guoguo, 2 of the Cat on the Balcony, 2 of the Little Book, I Look at Me Read, Long Dream Night Watchman, and Carrie00100 for the monthly pass! I heard that today's monthly pass has doubled, and people from all over the world have sent congratulatory messages?