Chapter 107: The Meeting of the Two D-Ranks
In the video, these dense messages are written all over the wall.
And it's all dark red handwriting.
The look and feel is amazing and numbing!
When the players saw this scene, they were frightened and launched a barrage.
After all, this was the first anomaly they had actually seen with their eyes since entering the 087 stairwell!
Before, whether it was the sound of footsteps, or the cry, or the hanging of a woman's corpse, it was all auditory.
Especially the female corpse, I can't even see a shadow at all.
"Is this a message or a last word? It looks like a last word, it's really weird..."
"! I can't help but make up these words, and I'm especially curious about what happened to the person who wrote them! ”
"This is definitely written by the person who entered 087 before! The handwriting on it is red, is that blood? But this place can only be blood. ”
"What do you mean when they're awake? Ghosts in the stairwell? Does it mean more than one word? ”
"It's strange that so many people are missing in the stairwell, why are their messages concentrated on this floor? And it was superimposed on top of each other, so that I couldn't see it clearly as a person who could speak English. ”
"More than that, I want to know what the coded doctor is, if it was written by the last D-class?"
"It's a wall with a story..."
As the players commented, the doctor's voice sounded deep in the video.
[D-9884, please look closer, see if the handwriting is paint or blood.] ]
The woman in orange hesitated in place, not daring to go down.
The situation was far beyond her comprehension.
The terrifying messages on the platform, as well as the strange phenomena that the doctor needs to see with night vision, are all stimulating her nerves and insight.
[D-9884, can you hear me?] Please go down and take a closer look. ]
Again, the Doctor repeated, but the players could clearly feel the obvious displeasure in the words.
The woman in orange also seemed to hear the taste of the words, and had to bite the bullet down.
The camera moves as well, stepping onto a semicircular platform.
Then the custom sticks up the LED monitoring light and starts checking the comments on it.
[Bo... Doctor... This is... Pigment... Not blood...]
[Double-check, read each message carefully.] ]
After the woman in orange was unwell, she felt that there was nothing unusual here. At first, he followed the doctor's instructions and carefully read all the messages on the wall, and still came up with red paint instead of blood.
The doctor asked several more questions, none of which could be answered by the woman in orange.
I could only sigh and ask her to continue exploring.
The woman in orange didn't move immediately, but looked at the message on the wall, swallowing her saliva.
[Doctor... This strange stairwell... Something must be there...]
[It says...'They're awake'... And say...'they're coming,' 'I don't want to die...' or something like that... Please, Doctor... Can you tell me what's going on here...? Can I go back...? ]
[I'm only 23 years old... I'm also careless.,It's not enough to do this kind of thing at all... Doctor... I don't want to stay in this weird place anymore... I'm afraid something will happen... Please... Let me go home...]
[And this sentence... Doctor, you see...]
The camera then came to the right side of the semicircular platform, and the woman in orange pointed to the messages stacked on it that were not clear at all.
[This says... ■■■ will come up... Oh, my God... Is this true... I also emphasized that if you want to ■■■, don't go downstairs...]
[Doctor... I feel scared... I don't want to do it...]
The doctor didn't answer the whole time, and it wasn't until the woman in orange came from a sobbing cry that he didn't speak flatly.
[(REDACTED)]
Yes, it's been coded again.
You can do it, these important dialogues are always boxed in key places, and players have high expectations and curiosity about these hidden messages.
But there is nothing to be done.
No one knows what the Doctor said, or whether what he said was good or bad.
In short, after hearing the doctor's words, the woman in orange immediately reached out and wiped her tears, saying that she would be obedient and willing to continue to cooperate with the doctor.
All right.
Judging by Number 2's performance, it is clear that what the Doctor said was not the right thing to say.
At the very least, not words of comfort.
The video sped up again, and the woman in orange then repeated the action of going downstairs, sticking the light, going downstairs, sticking the light.
Players are also watching quietly, not wanting to miss some details.
Even if it's an accelerated clip, for them, maybe there will be something unexpected in it.
In the film, after several platforms in a row, the footage of the video returned to the normal rate again.
Seeing this, the players knew in their hearts that a new situation in the stairwell was coming.
The sound of heavy breathing came from the darkness below that the searchlights could not reach.
Judging by the frequency of rapidity, there seems to be a feeling of being out of breath and excessive lack of oxygen.
And you can clearly know that the voice below is a man...
It's not like that ethereal cry, which makes people far away.
In front of me, this gasp is on the platform below where the lights can't shine!
Waiting...
She's coming!
When the woman in orange heard the voice, she was immediately too frightened to leave.
She asked in a trembling whisper as she slowly stepped back.
[... Hello? Is there anyone down there...? ]
The wheezing sound below, but there was no response.
Still in the thick darkness that was invisible, there was a sound of poor breathing.
The woman in orange didn't dare to move, and asked again nervously.
But there was still no response from below, just constant gasps, and the movement became more and more serious.
That's very wrong!
It's not just the people in the video who feel this way, but even the players feel that something is wrong!
At this time, they also heard the wheezing sound very clearly through the screen.
In this dark and claustrophobic environment, the strange gasp hidden in it makes people feel chills down their backs!
To be honest, the woman in orange has not yet reached the 53rd platform, and she has already encountered two strange things.
No one is lucky!
[... Hello? If someone has someone, please answer me... I have food here, and drinking water...]
The wheezing sound remained, and there was no response.
The situation seems to be at an impasse.
The woman in orange didn't want to go on.
But at this point, the doctor once again sternly ordered her to go down.
So after hesitating, she could only cautiously go downstairs again.
The camera begins to slowly descend.
The stairs also emerge from the darkness.
The sound of wheezing grew louder as it approached.
What exactly is down there, no one knows.
But judging from the lack of response, the one below is obviously not a person.
Players in front of the screen hold their breath and follow the camera as they move through the fog.
The 13 steps are like a long ladder at this time, which is nerve-wracking.
The wheezing sound also became more and more rapid as the perspective gradually descended, and it became more and more unsettling.
Until...
The moment the semi-circular platform appeared, the breathing came to an abrupt end!
It's as if it's paused, and it seems abrupt.
The players' expressions changed.
That's it?
The movement in front of you is so well rendered, and the atmosphere is so terrifying.
Now, when I cut through the fog and prepare to see the truth, nothing happened...?
What kind of fuss is this, is it purely scary...?
The heart can't stand it at all!
At this point, the video is on.
The woman in orange notices something on the semicircular platform.
She immediately crouched down and looked at it with her searchlight.
[It's... Camera...? ]
At this point, in the footage, the woman in orange finds a camera on a semicircular platform.
When the players in front of the screen saw it, a bad premonition arose in their hearts.
This...
It can't be the D-class from before...
Seemingly...
He's really gone...
At that moment, the doctor's voice rang out.
[please pick it up and confirm the next model.] ]
In the shot, the woman in orange picks it up.
In night vision mode, players can clearly see the thick dust that has fallen on it, dancing and fluttering in between their fingers.
The woman in orange choked and coughed because of this.
Obviously, this camera has been here for a long, long time.
And definitely not 48 hours!
Judging from the dust accumulated on it, it must have been placed on a scale that only took a few years.
The players were shocked and curious at the same time.
I wonder what the Doctor and the woman in orange in charge of exploration will say.
At this time, in the video, the woman in orange spoke.
She first checked the camera's usage and found that the battery was empty.
Then he reported the model of the camera, and then swallowed his saliva, shaking his voice.
[Doctor... There are cameras here... I think someone else has come in... But judging by the extent of this dust accumulation... I'm afraid it's been a year or two...]
[But... The guy with this camera... Did you manage to escape...? What was that gasp just now... Doctor... I'm feeling bad right now...]
The Doctor was silent for a moment, then spoke indifferently again.
[Leave the camera here alone, please continue downstairs.] Probably just some hobbyists of exploration, unrelated to our work. ]
Players who heard this immediately understood that this was the Doctor's deception!
Judging from his silent attitude just now, there is a good chance that this camera is the last D-class personnel!
He was missing for 48 hours, without food or drink, and his 75-watt searchlight could only last for 24 hours.
In the strange stairwell without lights that can be swallowed by even light, he can't move an inch, how can he survive?
Obviously, there is less bad luck!
Players know that the Doctor deliberately deceived her in order to prevent the No. 2 D-class personnel from panicking!
But bland and indifferent rhetoric can't convince people at all!
At the very least, it can't convince the player.
The woman in orange in the video hesitated, but put down the camera, pasted the LED monitoring light, and continued down.
[Doctor... How many floors have we descended...]
The doctor was quick to give her an answer.
[You are now about to reach the 36th platform, which is about 108 meters deep.] If you're hungry or thirsty, allow yourself to rest and refuel for 10 minutes. ]
Hearing this, players noticeably observed a pause in the camera.
But soon it continued downward.
[Know... Got it...]
Watching the camera slowly descend, the players frowned.
The 36th platform?
That means, the camera from before is on the 35th platform?
Was that D-class running up from platform 53 like crazy, and then falling on the 36th platform?
Something doesn't feel right...
The last D-class, after falling, continued to flee upwards.
If he died, then it stands to reason. The second D-class would have seen his corpse, or bones, before seeing the lost camera.
But along the way, the players followed the exploration perspective of the woman in orange and did not find any corpses.
Where's the previous D-class...?
In the meantime, what about the students and teachers who disappeared in the stairwell, and where did they go?
If they are dead, where are their bodies?
Won't it be under the 53rd floor?
Close to the mobile phone light, these students and teachers can go down to the 53rd platform?
The players frowned and pondered, one terrifying brain after another speculating on the situation of the missing people in the video.
If there are no corpses on the first 50 floors, then the biggest possibility is that 'them' have taken the corpses away!
At this point, as the camera moves downward, the video accelerates again.
Through the editing again, I jumped directly to the next anomaly.
Through dialogue, players learn that the Woman in Orange has arrived on the 72nd platform.
During this period, there was a break, and food and water were replenished, which surprised the players a little.
She actually crossed the 53rd platform?
Didn't she see the 'invisible hanging female corpse' that caused the previous D-class to get out of control?
Players can't guess.
But as the stairs descended, things changed again.
[Bo... Doctor... This is... It's...]
The woman in orange cried out in fear.
Her voice trembled at the moment.
In the dark green screen unique to night vision mode, what is presented in front of the player's eyes is a large metal hook hanging from the top one after another!
Its appearance is like the kind of hook that hangs pork in a slaughterhouse, densely arranged, large and small.
The woman's ethereal cry was still there.
At the same time, there was also the sound of sharpening knives.
In the pitch darkness, the sound of the clang-clang-clangment of the blade really made the players change color!
What is it...
In this dark claustrophobic stairwell... Sharpening?
And this thing... And what are you going to slaughter...?
The players began to mourn in silence for the woman in orange.
In fact, you don't have to think about it, you know...
Danger ahead... Imminent...
During the video, the Doctor speaks in a deep voice.
[D-9884, describe what you see and hear right now, now!] ]
There was no doubt in the doctor's voice.
The woman in orange didn't dare to disobey and responded tremblingly.
[It's the sound of sharpening knives...] You listen... This voice... Seems to be ready to slaughter something...]
[And... I saw a lot of hooks hanging up... Over here... It's like a place of slaughter...]
When the doctor heard this, he spoke again.
[How far away is the sound?] Can you tell the location? ]
The woman in orange did not answer immediately, but leaned on the armrest and listened carefully.
[It seems... It's just downstairs a short distance away...]
[Excellent!] D-9884, please go downstairs immediately. ]
The woman in orange was scared, and in the video, her pleading voice was heard.
[No... Doctor... Please, don't... I'm scared... I didn't dare to go down... This stairwell is horrible... The voice below is clearly trying to slaughter something... I don't dare... I don't dare...]
Doctor: [■■■■■■■■■?] ]
[No... I'll go... I'll go...! ]
As this dialogue ends, the camera pans down amid the players' frowns and bewilderment.
The sound of crisp footsteps sounded again.
The sound of rubbing the blade gradually resounded.
The iron hook hanging from the top swayed without wind and made a crisp crashing sound.
The dark red blood on it, under the searchlight, recounts the past experience.
This must have hung something bloody ....
Players are sure in their hearts.
The woman in orange trembled and walked carefully.
She leaned against the wall and walked down step by step.
The sound of sharpening knives echoes in the ears of players through the speakers.
Whether it is on the screen or off the screen, I feel the torment, and the fear of facing the unknown.
Repression!
Unwell!
Nervous!
Three feelings are rife among players.
Just as the woman in orange turned and walked down the stairs, a terrifying scene happened!
Below, 3 meters away from 100,000 lumens, in the thick darkness, a cold and pale face without pupils suddenly appeared!
At this moment, most of the players outside the screen widened their eyes in shock.
Some of them leaned forward, taking a closer look at the first creepy that appeared!
And the woman in orange in the video, the moment she saw this pale face, let out a resounding scream of fear.
She turned in panic and fled upwards, not daring to make the slightest stop.
For her escape, players generally agree that she did the right thing.
In the darkness, where there was no light, there was a pale floating face that could not see the body.
Anyone will be scared to flee.
And this face seems to stay here early, waiting for the prey to come to the door.
This kind of strange situation, if you can stay and take a closer look, then it is not a person!
At this moment, the doctor's voice came eagerly.
[Stop!] D-9884! Stop now! I need you to look at that face further! ]
[D-9884! Calm down, stop now, you can hear...]
The next second, the doctor's voice paused.
Because of the stairs above, went down a man.
A man who made everyone's eyes widen.
It's actually the D-class who explored the stairwell last time!
At this time, in the shot, the woman in orange who ran up like crazy was also stunned.
So much so that she was stunned in front of him and forgot to run away.
[You... You... Who are you...? ]
The players in front of the screen also showed disbelief in their eyes.
Looking at the encounter between the two D-class personnel inside, even the doctor was speechless!
In the camera, the D-class personnel in front of them did not respond to the words of the woman in orange, but instead carried a searchlight and waved in front of him.
Something seems to be confirmed.
The woman in orange spoke out eagerly again.
[Quick... Run! There's a face in the back... There is a scary face! ]
As soon as she finished speaking, the 100,000 lumen searchlight in her hand flashed violently.
Flashing in the dark.
She hurriedly turned around, only to find it in horror.
That pale face is already close at hand!
Off screen, players can even see the wrinkles on that horrible pale face!
Oh, my God... Even if this face is exposed to the light, its body is still not visible!
The woman in orange screamed in horror again, and the camera turned to ignore the D-class in front of her, who was wearing the same orange clothes as her, and began to desperately flee upwards.
The players in front of the screen heard the familiar male voice.
[Oh God... Footsteps downstairs... Just... Stopped in front of me...? ]
At this time, before the player could think about this sentence, the video in front of him had already rushed up frantically.
The wheezing voice of the woman in orange also began to become violent, which was really indecent to hear.
Players had to wear headphones or muffle their voices to drown out their reverie.
But then, something even more shocking happened.
In the shot, the woman in orange has just stepped onto the semicircular platform.
One turn around, and I saw...
In the darkness of the stairs above, an incandescent light shone down!
Before the player could come to his senses, a female scream could be heard from above.
This...
The players froze.
This scream, they are very familiar with...
Because I heard it dozens of seconds ago.
It was the voice of the woman in orange in the camera who made this scream!
But why...
Will her voice come from above?
Don't...
In the shot, the woman in orange didn't dare to stop, and she didn't care what the searchlight from above was, and she didn't want to know what would happen to the D-class like her below.
She just wants to get out of here, she just wants to go back to the outside world!
So, she lunged upwards again.
Coincidentally, the searchlight also turned and moved upwards in an instant.
In the video, the woman in orange's wheezing became more and more intense, and her pace began to become unsteady.
The camera is constantly shaking because of the running, and I can't see the environment clearly.
All I know is that above, there is a searchlight, moving with it.
Keep your distance from the Woman in Orange.
And then...
What really stunned the players happened.
In the camera, the woman in orange who fled for her life heard a word.
A phrase that she is familiar with, and so is the player.
[You... You... Who are you...? ]
This sentence came from above, making the woman in orange pause slightly, and then quickly speed up her pace.
Just as she stepped up the steps from the platform.
From the searchlight, I saw a man and a woman standing in the stairwell ahead.
Both of them, both dressed in orange.
At this time, they are facing each other and staying where they are.
Among them, the man in orange clothes also showed a stunned look.
With his searchlight-carrying hand, he waved it ahead.
Seems to be confirming something...
The woman in orange looked very anxious.
Said a thoughtful and terrifying sentence.
[Quick... Run! There's a face in the back... There is a scary face! ]
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