(Foreword)

The road ahead was thorny and bumpy, but there was no turning back.

(Text)

June 2, 2022 at 10:31 a.m

Everything begins silently, but I don't know when it will end.

Li Ruina, where the hell are you?

I looked at the eighth floor, which was full of unknowns, and the danger became greater every time we walked up to the first floor. Everyone knows this, but in order to save Li Ruina, we can only move forward, even if the road ahead is thorny and bumpy, and the road is full of twists and turns, we will never take half a step back.

"Everyone be careful, always pay attention to the changes in the surrounding situation, once there is danger, we must quickly find a place to hide, only by protecting ourselves can we rescue Li Ruina." Xia Cheng deliberately glanced at Cui Li as he spoke.

Cui Li nodded and said, "Xia Cheng, don't worry, I won't act rashly this time." ”

"It's best if you can say that, I don't know who triggered the mechanism again and again in the first few times, and almost lost everyone's lives there." Although Zhao Yuyu didn't look at Cui Li when he spoke, every word hit the sore spot.

"Zhao Shuyu, you ......" Cui was speechless.

"What are you? Did I make a mistake in half a word? Zhao Yuyu glared at Cui Li.

"I ...... I'm a good man who doesn't fight with women, so I don't fight with you, but don't really think that I can't talk about you. Cui Li obviously didn't have any momentum when he said this.

"Let's just pay attention, let's go." Xia Cheng motioned for everyone to move on.

We came to the eighth floor, which was very brightly lit and there were several huge boxes at the exit of the stairs.

"Look! There are a few boxes here, let's open them and take a look, maybe there will be some treasures! Cui Li said and was about to step forward to open the box, but was stopped by me, "Cui Li, you just said that if you don't act rashly, how can you forget it in the blink of an eye?" Also What is this place? How could there be a baby? ”

Cui Li nodded knowingly and stepped aside.

"Get out of the way, everybody." Xia Cheng said as he took out a folded trekking pole from his backpack, and after making sure that everyone had retreated to safety, he took the trekking pole and gently picked open one of the boxes.

Everyone was nervous at this time, as if the box was going to explode at any moment, and the silence around it could be heard even the sound of a hair falling to the ground.

"Xia Cheng, how's it going? What's in there? Lin Yun asked curiously.

Xia Cheng put away the trekking pole in his hand, walked to the side of the box, took out a huge shield from the box, observed and said, "Tempered glass." If I'm guessing correctly, this shield is more than enough to withstand the bullets that come in from the air. ”

"Tempered glass? Why are there shields of tempered glass here? Cui Li asked suspiciously.

"I don't know......" Lin Yun was at a loss.

"Oh! It must be like this! Cui Li's cleverness began to show again, and he said to himself: "You think, the kidnappers of Li Ruina must be very dangerous, maybe they still have guns." The tempered shield inside this box must be for us to use as a defensive weapon. ”

I looked at Cui Li speechlessly, "Do you think that the person who kidnapped Li Ruina is so kind that he will prepare defensive weapons for us while killing us?" ”

"I don't think these things were left to us by the kidnappers, they probably didn't know about our arrival, so they didn't have to prepare in advance." Xia Cheng's words make a lot of sense, but why are these things here? If we can't solve it, we may not be able to leave this eighth layer.

"You guys just think too much, since we have these things, we'll hold them, it's better than nothing, in case you encounter a flying bullet or something, you can block it." Cui Li said as he walked to Xia Cheng's side and took the tempered shield from him as he walked.

Just as Cui Li took the tempered shield, the floor on the other side of the hall suddenly began to move, and a device was erected from it, and before I could carefully distinguish it, I heard a loud noise.

"Everyone, go back, go back to the staircase, quick!" Xia Cheng shouted alertly.

Obviously, these sounds are not just ordinary sounds, but gunshots.

Xia Cheng took the tempered shield in Cui Li's hand again and blocked it in front of the two of them, moving towards the staircase, and at this moment, a bullet was fired at them impartially. Fortunately, they had this tempered shield in front of them to save the day.

"Too ...... Too...... It's horrible, this ...... This...... What the hell is this? Cui Li was shocked.

The scene just now really scared him badly, if Xia Cheng hadn't reacted fast enough, I was afraid that he would have been shot by now.

"What the hell is going on? Where did the gunshots come from? Could it be that the kidnappers found us? Zhao Yuyu said in a panic.

"Not yet, but it's not much better." I pointed to the device on the other side of the hall and said, "Look, there's an auto-fire rifle there." ”

"Automatic rifles? How could there be such a thing? So what do we do? Cui Li asked in a panic.

Xia Cheng raised the tempered shield in his hand, "It seems that this thing has worked, but the scope of this shield defense is limited, and there is no way to protect all of us, and this level is not only this automatic rifle, there may be other equipment." ”

"That's right, the box! What's inside the chest protects us, like this tempered shield! So we have to take out all the contents of the box! Zhao Yuyu said.

Now our only clue is the boxes, but the automatic rifle keeps strafing, and we can't move at all. I watched my surroundings carefully - the automatic rifle was constantly firing, but the bullets could only reach the staircase at most, which meant that as long as we stayed inside the staircase, it was safe for now.

But the boxes were on the outside of the staircase, and if you wanted to open them and take out the contents, you would have to risk being shot by a rifle.

All of us look at each other, and despite this tempered shield, we still face great risks.

"Cui Li, don't you always say that you are very good? It's time to test you, go and get the contents of the box. Zhao Yuyu looked at Cui Li.

"What am I? I'm not going. Cui Li shook his hand and said reluctantly.

"Everyone, don't fight, I'll go and get the contents of the box." Xia Cheng said flatly, not even a trace of fear could be seen on his face.

"But Xia Cheng is ...... This one is dangerous! Lin Yun looked worried.

Except for Lin Yun, everyone else seemed to behave extremely naturally, as if this decision was made smoothly and Xia Cheng should go.

"Lin Yun, don't worry, Xia Cheng reacted so quickly, and with this tempered shield, there will definitely be no problem." Zhao Yuyu said on the side.

"Yes, Xia Cheng will definitely be fine, and those boxes are actually not far away, Cheng Yin, you said yes?" Cui Li, this guy kicked the ball to me as soon as he encountered a dangerous situation.

I didn't speak, but I noticed that Xia Cheng's posture with the shield was always a little awkward, and he seemed to deliberately cover the shield with his hand.

"Don't worry, everyone, I'm okay alone, and you can see that the bullet just now can't hurt me at all." Xia Cheng spoke in a calm tone, but the more he was like this, the more strange I felt, he was obviously deliberately calm.

"Xia Cheng, are you hiding something from us?" As I spoke, Zhang Han also took off the cool headphones he was wearing on his head, and his eyes fell on Xia Cheng's right hand like me.

"Cheng Yin, what are you talking about. What can I hide from you, you're too worried. Xia Cheng said and prepared to walk out of the staircase.

"Wait a minute, if it's really what you say, then you put down your right hand." My expression was solemn.

"Xia Cheng, is there anything you don't want us to worry about?" Lin Yun knew Xia Cheng's character very well.

Xia Cheng was helpless, and slowly lowered his right hand, and at this time, all of us were shocked, there was an obvious depression on the top of the tempered shield, which was obviously caused by the bullet just now. The glass near the depression also has some signs of shattering, and it looks very dangerous.

"Summer City." Lin Yun looked at him angrily, "Do you just care so much about your life?!" ”

Xia Cheng said calmly, "Lin Yun, you know very well that we need to get out of here, so we always need someone to get the contents of the box, and I, as the leader of the research team, should take the lead. ”

"I don't care, you can't go! And you've quit the research group, you've done enough for us, I don't want you to take any chances! Lin Yun said as he spoke, tears streaming down his cheeks.

At this moment, I took the tempered shield in Xia Cheng's hand and said, "This time I first said that I was going to save Li Ruina, so I should go." ”

I don't want to see anyone sacrifice for the decisions I've made, and if I ever had to take the risk, it would have to be me.

"Cheng Yin, I'd better go." Xia Cheng tried to take the tempered shield from my hand, but I stopped him.

"Don't fight, I'll go." I made up my mind and said.

"But Cheng Yin, that shield has been damaged, and it's hard to make sure that it can still block the second bullet for you." Cui Li said worriedly.

"It's okay, as long as you don't get hit by bullets, I have my own way." With that, I walked out of the staircase with my tempered shield in hand.

June 2, 2022 at 10:45 a.m

After I looked closely, I realized that although the automatic rifle never stopped firing, it had a certain pattern of swinging, and as long as I moved with its swing frequency, it was possible to dodge the bullet.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,......" I counted softly.

Just as I was counting to eight, I suddenly moved towards the position of the box, except for the one that Xia Cheng had opened just now, there were still three left unopened, and all I had to do was open these three boxes, and take out the contents back into the stairs.

So I quickly came to the front of the first box and quickly opened the first box. I looked inside the box, and there was only one book. I didn't have time to read the title, so I hurriedly picked up the book.

I calculated the time, but the time and frequency of the automatic rifle strafing were too late for me to open the other two boxes, so I had to go back halfway and look for a new opportunity.

With my tempered shield in my left hand and the book from the box, I hurried back to the staircase.

"Cheng Yin, are you okay? Is there anything hurting? Cui Li asked anxiously.

"It's okay, I'm not hurt, it's just that time is limited, and I don't have time to open three boxes at the same time." I handed the book I took out of the box to Xia Cheng, "This is what's in the first box." ”

Xia Cheng took the book in my hand and flipped through it for a while, and said, "Don Quixote? ”

"What?! A book? What good can this be? Could this book still be able to stop bullets? Cui Li looked at the "Don Quixote" and said disappointedly.

"Cervantes' Don Quixote, the knight of the Middle Ages, is this an important clue?" Lin Yun is really knowledgeable.

"What clues can a book have? I don't think all the contents of the box are useful, and some things are just useless just like some people. Zhao Miyu had something to say, and the person who said it quickly became anxious: "Zhao Miyu, although good men don't fight with women, but you count me down again and again, I'm really going to be angry!" Cui Li said angrily.

I took the "Don Quixote" in Xia Cheng's hand and flipped through it carefully, except that this book is a hardcover edition, there is nothing special about it, I really don't understand what the use of this book can be.

All of us looked at this book with a look of disappointment, and we had hoped to get another tempered shield or something else that would stop bullets, but we didn't expect it to be such a useless knight.

"Damn......" Cui Li put the heavy ground in my hand on the ground.

Seeing this, Lin Yun hurriedly stopped and picked up the book, gently patted the dust on it and said, "Cui Li, what are you angry with a book?" This book does nothing wrong, and Gorky once said that books are the ladder of human progress. ”

"Books are the ladder of human progress, and I wish they could lead me to the staircase ahead." Cui Li said disdainfully.

"In that case, we can only go again now, and hopefully we can find something useful in that second case, at least to stop that automatic rifle." I picked up the tempered shield again.

"Cheng Yin, you have already taken a risk for everyone, this time I'll come." Xia Cheng stood in my way.

But...... "I seemed to want to say something more, but Xia Cheng didn't mean to let me say more. I looked at Xia Cheng and seemed to understand his thoughts.

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