Chapter 27: The Staircase
"You have a balance of 3000 days?!"
When Zero Er heard Shen Chan's words, he naturally showed an expression of disbelief.
"Are you really a newcomer who has just cleared the Newbie Dungeon?"
Obviously, if you think about it in terms of common sense......
Among Shen Chan's "newcomers" and "balances", at least one sentence is lying to himself.
Shen Chan himself was also very aware of this, so in the face of Zero Er's doubts, he also spread his hands.
"You can understand me if you don't believe me, but that's how I ...... be."
"I have a lot of money and a lot of props, but I do lack experience."
When he said this, Zero Er also nodded, and he was no longer entangled.
"Hmm...... Let's just say you're telling the truth. β
The baby-faced little girl thought and looked out the door.
"All in all, since the clearance condition of this quest is to escape from this ship......"
"Let's go outside first."
As she said this, Shen Chan nodded, and the two of them came to the outside of this "torture room" together.
Outside is a narrow corridor, the walls and floors are metal plates, the ceiling lights on the ceiling have been damaged for a long time, and the source of the red light that Shen Chan saw before is the light of the emergency exit at the left hand side of the corridor - but I don't know why it is not green, but blood red.
Shen Chan turned on the flashlight again, which also illuminated the dark corridor.
There were neat metal closed doors on both sides of the corridor, except for Shen Chan and the initial room on the right hand, which was originally Zero Er, all of them were tightly closed, looking very depressing.
"Any suggestions?"
Shen Chan looked at Zero Er and asked.
Zero Er thought for a moment, and then said, "Hmm...... Anyway, let's go to the red light first, right? β
"Generally speaking, when you wander around in an exploration dungeon, a monster or some kind of guide will pop up, and then you will know what you should do."
"And the purpose is to escape from this ghost ship...... What kind of escape boat or something should I find in the end? β
Zero Er analyzed it seriously, and Shen Chan also felt the game style of his teammate in front of him...... Quite casual.
Come to think of it, the door to her room was also smashed open, and she shouldn't be very fond of puzzle-solving.
Therefore, Shen Chan thought for a moment and nodded.
"Good...... Why don't we go to the red-glowing exit? β
"Great idea β let's go!"
Zero II pulled out the long knife on his back again, and then spoke, "Watch your back, follow close...... If the flashlight light shakes abnormally or something, I'll go back and save you as soon as possible. β
She said this and walked in front of Shen Chan.
Shen Chan, who originally wanted to share a flashlight with her, heard Zero Er's words, and also put away the idea of preparing to take the novice flashlight from the marker.
And when the two of them just started to move, the sound of "Shalala" electricity came from Shen Chan's pocket.
Then, some muffled voices rang out.
ββ¦β¦ Two players...... converged, made ...... Decision! Result...... We are looking forward to ......! β
Zero Two turned his head and looked into his pocket.
"What's going on?"
"A radio, I just found it in my room."
Shen Chan said this and took the radio that made the noise out of his pocket.
Zero II looked at the gadget and thought about it.
"If this thing keeps ringing inexplicably, what if it disturbs something?"
As she said this, Shen Chan tried to fiddle with the buttons of the old-fashioned palm-sized radio.
But no matter how you fiddle with it, the sound level and content of this radio have not changed.
It was always a vague, male-like voice mixed with the white noise of a noisy salala, sometimes suddenly clear and loud.
"No, it just keeps ringing."
Shen Chan said, and Zero Er thought of a proposal: "Why don't you leave it here?" β
"I think it might be useful, after all, you just banged on the door, if there were monsters on the ship that would be alarmed by the sound, they should have been awakened."
Shen Chan complained, and Zero Er also fell into thinking again.
"That makes sense, so let's take it!"
Shen Chan put the radio back in his pocket, and then the two of them continued to move in the direction of the red light.
Shen Chan's room was about thirty meters away from the red light, and after passing through seven heavy and huge metal closed doors, the two of them came to the red light.
The crimson warning lights flickered and flickered, illuminating a half-hidden door to a normal staircase compartment with a circular metal nameplate above the door marked "-3F".
After Shen Chan played the flashlight to illuminate the yellow metal card, Zero Er raised his head and also noticed the "-3F" on it.
"Three floors underground?"
Zero Er muttered like this, and Shen Chan shook his head.
"There is no ground or underground on the ship, it should be the third floor below deck."
"We should be inside the bottom cabin of the ship now."
Shen Chan analyzed, Zero Er nodded, and then opened the ordinary compartment door.
"But leave a ship...... You'll have to get back to the deck first. β
"At least you should go there and see what the situation is."
Behind the compartment door, a metal staircase that folds back upwards is revealed.
Regarding Zero Er's statement, Shen Chan agreed with half of it.
"We should have gone up there, but I don't think we should rush into the staircase."
After Shen Chan finished speaking, Zero Er showed a puzzled look.
"Why?"
"Oh...... The reason is simple, this is a ghost ship, big sister. β
Shen Chan calmly took a flashlight on the wall of the stairwellβit was also made of pieces of metal plates with rivets.
But the only difference is that these metal plates are not like the metal plates in the corridor, only the edges are rusty and water-stained.
The metal walls and floors of the stairwell were splattered with large swaths of dried and solidified blood, like some very wild postmodern art painting.
Shen Chan didn't think that these bloodstains belonged to any kind of livestock.
And that's not all......
The most important thing is that because of Shen Chan's excellent eyesight, he can clearly distinguish above those dried blood stains......
There were also a few fresh, wet bloody handprints.
These bloody handprints were of various shapes, and were printed on the walls and floor in a continuous sequence.
The place where the flashlight shines is slightly reflected because the blood stains have not dried, outlining the outline shape of several bloody handprints, so that Zero and Two can also see it clearly.
"So, while it's certain to take this staircase, how do you get there...... Let's talk about it. β
Shen Chan said calmly, Ling Er, whose face was not very good, nodded,
She was about to open her mouth to say something, but suddenly pointed a little ahead of the direction of the flashlight and let out an exclamation.
"Ah...... Look there! β
As she said this, Shen Chan moved the flashlight in the direction she was pointing.
"Smack."
On top of the wall, a new bloody handprint appeared out of thin air!