Chapter VIII: Rules as General as the Death Penalty
As the iron door opened again, a fat man was pushed in from outside the iron door.
He was wearing a dark blue shirt, his head was covered with beads of sweat, and he staggered back a few steps because of the huge thrust, and as soon as he stood firm, he shouted in panic to the iron door that had not yet had time to close, "I will not participate in this experiment, you are crazy, you are crazy!" There are ghosts here, let me go home! ”
As he shouted, he swept his gaze to the few people in the room.
"Hurry up and run, this is not a bullshit experiment at all, and it is not a reality show, they just killed my friend!" As the fat man spoke, there was a look of horror in his eyes. Like Ye Yuyue, he inadvertently received an invitation email from the laboratory. The difference is that he didn't come alone, but brought in his friends.
The first test they passed, thinking that everything was just a reality show. However, the second test gave them a real taste of fear.
His friend died right under his nose, and because he failed the second test, his body was attacked by an unknown black mist and exploded.
The man in charge of receiving him was an indifferent man in a white coat, who carried him around his neck like a chicken. He was brought here.
"Okay doctor, got it, doctor." At this moment, the voice of the guard came from outside the iron gate, and he seemed to be answering the phone. Halfway through, the phone hung up, and two black-clad guards who had been guarding the door walked in.
As the guards entered, the gloomy man in the corner put down the cigarette in his hand, and he moved his legs slightly as if he was about to get up.
At this point, the eyes of nearly everyone in the room were focused on the guards.
"Are you sure you want to quit the experiment?" One of the guards walked up to the fat man, and the other remained by the iron gate.
"I'm sure, let me go, please." The fat man actually knelt down!
"Okay." The guard's voice was soft, not at all as fierce as before, and his answer stunned everyone in the room.
Listening to the guard's reply, the fat man sat down on the ground with relief, "Don't worry, I will never call the police when I go out." ”
"We're not afraid to call the police." The heavy mask shook his head slightly, his voice was still soft, but the next moment he raised the spear in his hand and pointed it directly at the fat man's eyebrows!
"You ......"
"Bang."
The fat man's body fell on his back, and his body jerked unnaturally twice before it stopped shaking.
His eyes were wide open, his gaze was mixed with joy and consternation, and there was a bloody hole between his eyebrows.
"Yikes!" Zimo and the gold worshipper girl let out exclamations at the same time, and Ye Yuyue also looked at everything that happened with a stiff face.
He thought that the guards would not let the fat man go, but he didn't expect that he would be so brazen and kill him in front of everyone.
"Only death can exit, and the kid at the door don't think I don't know what you're going to do."
Listening to his words, the gloomy man sitting by the door froze when he was about to get up, and then sat back in the corner. He let out a cold snort and then lit a cigarette.
The two guards left, locking the iron door again. At this time, in addition to the original seven people, there was an extra body of a fat man in the house.
Zimo hid behind her sister and cried quietly, seeing that her sister should be comforting her, the man with gold wire glasses was trembling slightly, and the gold worshipper couldn't help but lean towards him at this time.
The only things left in the room were Scarface, the gloomy man in the corner, and Ye Yuyue.
"MD, crying and crying is not troublesome!" Scarface shouted angrily in the direction of Zimo, "Isn't it just a dead person." ”
Scarface's voice frightened Zimo into choking, and she buried her head tightly in her sister's arms in panic.
"You don't speak, no one treats you like a dumb person." The cold-faced sister spoke, glaring at Scarface as she gently patted her sister's back.
"Little lady, what are you talking about?!" Scarface stood up from the sofa again, he had been holding back the fire in his stomach because of Ye Yuyue before.
"Can you be quiet, our priority now is how to get out." Ye Yuyue's voice came from the other side. He was unusually irritable now, the fat man's death made him realize that there was no way back for them, and Scarface's voice kept him from calming down and thinking.
"Oh, it's really evil today, so many rabbit cubs dare to provoke Lao Tzu! Don't stop me, boss, I have to loosen the skin for them! ”
As he spoke, Scarface rushed towards Ye Yuyue, and Ye Yuyue also looked at Scarface with the same fearlessness, and a bloodthirsty smile slowly appeared on her face.
"Big brother be careful." Zimo had quietly poked her head out of her sister's arms at this time, and she looked nervously at the big boy who had just vented her anger for him.
This time, the gloomy man in the corner didn't stop it, but the expected battle didn't happen.
"Hiss......"
The TV, which had been turned off in the middle of the living room, sounded.
Scarface stopped rushing forward, and the smile on Ye Yuyue's face retracted again.
Everyone in the living room looked at the TV.
The black screen lit up, first with a gray "snowflake", and then with a man's face on the TV screen. He wore a white mask, looked like he was a certain age, and his hair was sparse and black, but mixed with a lot of gray hair.
The bare eyes look deep, and the corners of the eyes are covered with crow's feet.
"Good afternoon, participants." His voice was steady, but it gave an irresistible pressure.
"I'm the head of this lab, and you can call me Dr. Liu."
"Since the last participant had died, I decided to start the experiment now. First of all, I would like to congratulate all of you who have come here to prove that you are preliminarily qualified to participate in the experiment. ”
"What bullshit qualifications, Lao Tzu is not rare, hurry up and start the experiment, Lao Tzu will leave when he finishes it!" Scarface said loudly, but Dr. Liu ignored him.
"Among you, there are death row prisoners, elite white-collar workers in enterprises, poor twins who are trying to pay off their father's debts, and even ......" Speaking of this, Dr. Liu on the screen glanced at Ye Yuyue and did not continue.
"But the reward for the experiment can only be obtained by those who pass the experiment, which is a certificate of immunity from acquittal? Or tens of millions of company working capital or gambling debts? I hope you will be aware that although it is already noon, there is no such thing as a free lunch. ”
"Now, I announce the experiments you are about to face, which you can also understand as a test, a test of the limits of your body. I hope you're ready. As he spoke, his piercing eyes swept over the faces of everyone in the room.
Everyone was silent, even Scarface, who had the most grumpy temper before, remained silent. Because they all know that the point is coming soon.
"There are eight wooden doors in this room. The scenes inside were faked according to the primary hell. Each of you has only one chance to choose one of these doors to complete the experiment. Once you've passed the experiment, you'll be rewarded as you deserve. “
After a slight pause, Dr. Chen continued.
"Of course, there are a few prerequisites here, and I want you to pay attention. Because I'll only say it once. ”
"1. Only one person is allowed to enter each gate. If more than one person enters, a total death penalty is applied. ”
"2. If a person does not choose to enter through any door for more than half an hour, the penalty of death will also be imposed."
"3. What you will face will be more than you can imagine, and if the experiment fails, you will also be punished with death. So you can do whatever you can to get through the experiment. ”
"4. During the experiment, you will not get any outside help, do not have illusions."
"5. Behind every door there is a deadly danger, but we also have a corresponding reminder for you to survive, and the hint is written on the frame. I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. After all, you only live once. ”
"Now the experiment begins." As Dr. Liu finished speaking, the entire TV screen returned to black. At the same time, the LED strips next to the eight doors also changed from red to green at the same time.
"Excuse me, what are the deadly dangers you are talking about?" Ye Yuyue asked at the TV that had gone black. From Dr. Liu's gaze just now, he could surmise that there was definitely a hidden camera in this room that they hadn't discovered yet.
The TV screen lit up again, but it didn't reply to his voice.
A countdown appears on the TV screen, showing 29 minutes and 25 seconds, and that number of seconds continues to fall.
The few rules that Dr. Liu had just said were spinning rapidly in Ye Yuyue's mind, and almost every one of them revealed the word death. This is less like an experiment, more like torture inflicted on a condemned prisoner before he died.
That's right, they are locked inside the iron gates, as if they are trapped in a cage. And Dr. Liu seems to have opened eight doors for them, but in fact, he just let them choose to execute their own torture tools. And, what is the primary hell he mentions?
The way to life is on the frame, yes, he can almost memorize the rows of handwritten small characters, but the descriptions are all ambiguous, more like someone's bad taste, playing with them in despair, rewarding them with a glimmer of hope, and then watching them struggle.
Despair, the word reminded him of the days of two weeks ago, yes, even if it was despair? I have experienced the deepest despair in the world.
Confidence, once again welling up in his heart, Dr. Liu, let you see where even the evil ghosts who are struggling on the edge of despair will tear open the nightmare and flee from it. Ten million, I hope you don't break your word.
Looking at Ye Yuyue, who was standing there quietly, a mocking smile appeared on Scarface's face. His earlier question made Scarface feel like he was scared.
"What about mortal danger? If the little doll is scared, go back and drink your mother's milk. Scarface laughed as he walked over to the gloomy man who had been sitting by the entrance.
"Boss, where do you say we're going in?" Scarface asked in a low voice.
"Whatever you want." They are what Dr. Liu calls death row prisoners, who have lived on the tip of a knife all year round, and they are not afraid of the so-called deadly danger. For others, this experiment is a reward of 10 million, but for them, it is a freedom that no amount of money can buy.
The gloomy man stood up, Scarface following him.
He walked to the wooden doors very casually, and without even looking at them, he casually pushed open one of them and walked in. Scarface pushed open another door, glaring viciously at the rest of the room before closing.
"You'd better hope that the experiment won't be met by me. Hey, hey, hey, the feeling of killing people without breaking the law is really fascinating. ”
"Bang". The sound of two wooden doors being closed was heard.
Now there are only 6 doors left. After Scarface and the gloomy man entered the wooden door, the corresponding LED light strip on the door also changed from green to red.
"Heh, without culture and quality, how can the experiment pass. Wife, where do you think we should go? After seeing Scarface enter, the man with glasses pursed his lips and said.
"You have the ability to say it in front of others, look at you as a man." The money-worshipping woman said dissatisfiedly.
"You..." The man with glasses stopped talking. In fact, since his company was facing bankruptcy, his wife has often asked him for business, otherwise he would not have participated in this experiment for money.
If he can complete the experiment, 10 million is enough to bring his company back to life. When the time comes, he must make this woman regret it!
"Poor ghost. I've seen you look at the door for a long time. Where do you think the door is safer? The gold worshipper girl turned her head and asked Ye Yuyue angrily in a commanding tone.
Ye Yuyue was stunned for a moment, and the next moment she remembered what she was wearing today, which was originally very shabby, and her back was wet before, and the whole person was like a waste picker.
Scold. Sure enough, it's an annoying real woman. He turned his head to the side and didn't look at her.
Feeling Ye Yuyue's neglect, she stood up dissatisfied, "What are you dragging." With that, he walked towards a door.
Ye Yuyue noticed that the door chosen by the gold worshipper was the one with the candle mural.
"Qianqian, wait for me." Seeing his wife leave the glasses, the man hurriedly followed, but the gold worshipper closed the door without even looking at him.
"Stinks." After the gold worshipper closed the door, the man with glasses seemed to have changed as if he was a different person, and he slowly took off the gold wire glasses in his hand, revealing a trace of resentment in his eyes.
"Sooner or later, it will make you look good!" After the man with glasses finished speaking, he also chose a door to enter, and he chose the wooden door with the portrait of a sleeping beauty.
Now only Ye Yuyue and the twins are left in the room.
"Thank you just now, big brother, you choose first, and my sister and I choose later." Zimo said and playfully stuck out her little tongue, looking very cute. The sister on the side didn't say anything with a cold face.
"You're welcome." Ye Yuyue replied with a "smirk" again, and turned to look at the four doors that were still hanging with green light strips.
The remaining doors are Raven, Butcher's Knife, Man-Eating Flower, and Darkness.
After thinking about it, the unknown is the most dangerous, and the mural hanging on the door is likely to be the experiment they are about to face, so he prioritizes the darkness.
The man-eating flower seemed to be the least dangerous, after all, it had roots and could not be moved, but those stout vines waving in the air made Ye Yuyue hesitate.
If you are entangled, you will definitely be dead!
Crows are often accompanied by death, and the desolate grave in the background made Ye Yuyue choose to give up without hesitation.
Just choose the butcher's knife, although the corpse mountain looks terrifying, after all, it should be the least dangerous compared to the first three doors. Moreover, the butcher's knife prompt is: Only the brave can defeat purgatory. Although I don't know the meaning of this prompt yet, at least his courage is definitely big enough to match the brave man in the prompt.
After settling her thoughts, Ye Yuyue said to Zimo and her sister, I chose this one. Pointing to the wooden door with the butcher's knife mural hanging on it, Ye Yuyue walked in.
"Come on, big brother." The sound of purple foam came from behind.