Chapter 4: The Strange Talk Game
As Qin Manjiang lightly touched the screen, the grimace spread and distorted like ripples in the water, slowly melting into the black screen.
Instead, there are two short bloody texts:
γYin number:γ
Yin sign?
After a moment's thought, he understood the intention.
A name or title that is different from one's own name and character is called an alias. For example, Bai Juyi, the word Lotte, and the number Xiangshan Jushi.
The so-called yin name here probably refers to a code name that is used specifically in another scene.
That is, let him have another name.
"Whoaβ"
A few pieces of rubble suddenly fell overhead, and the night rain fell into the movie theater through the exposed cracks.
Qin Manjiang raised his head, looked through the pothole, and looked at the pitch-black night sky.
Tonight, the wind and rain are blowing, and everything above and around us is like a bottomless abyss.
He thought for a moment, stretched out his fingers, and wrote only two words in the frame of the yin numberβ
Abyss.
[Yin number: abyss.] γ
The word "abyss" seemed to sink into the water, quickly engulfed by a black screen.
Then, lines of red text pop up:
[Personal mode, on.] (Multiplayer mode will be unlocked through passing)]
[Strange Talk: Critical Ghost Theory]
[No. 36, Tiannan Road, Fucheng, the critical cinema was built fifteen years ago. γ
[The cinema is luxuriously decorated, the electrical wiring is complex, and there are many combustible and flammable materials, so once a fire occurs, the fire is easy to spread and expand. γ
[Since a fire ten years ago, strange things have happened frequently in critical cinemas. γ
[Someone sees someone else in the mirror of the movie theater toilet, and someone sees an unknown figure in a place where no one should be there while watching the movie.] γ
[Rumors are rampant, cinema attendance plummets, until recently, the combination of the latest horror movies and theaters with urban legends is particularly eye-catching. γ
[There are more people in the cinema again......]
Although the words were scrolling extremely fast, Qin Manjiang had memorized them word for word, and it was only now that he understood what Li Xiyu meant just now.
Game......
That's right, it's a game.
A weird story game that takes place in the real world.
Who is the designer of this game?
Qin Manjiang was not frightened or frightened, he stared at all the information on the screen of his mobile phone, and he wanted to engrave all this in his mind.
With mobile phones as carriers and games as the way, this cannot be the result of some supernatural force manipulation.
In other words, this game that was put into the crowd was definitely artificially designed!
Who is it?
What is the purpose?
Why is it pestering me?
What's so special about me?
Layers of doubts came to his heart, and Qin Manjiang couldn't find the answers to these questions for the time being.
Gone are the large pieces of explanatory text on the phone screen, replaced by a ten-second countdown in blood!
"Ten."
"Nine."
"Eight."
"Seven."
ββ¦β¦β
"Three."
Qin Manjiang's breathing became inexplicably short, and he extremely hated the feeling that his body was not under his control.
"Two."
The heart began to heat up, as if someone had scorched it with a red-hot iron and burned it through a hole.
"One!"
The whole world seemed to be soaked in water at this moment, and everything around it began to writhe strangely!
Qin Manjiang endured the intense discomfort and stared at the phone screen.
At the end of the countdown, the grimace resurfaced, and this time, it really rushed out of the phone screen, opened its hideous mouth, and swallowed him in one bite!
Qin Manjiang subconsciously raised his arms and blocked in front of him.
However, the next moment, he was surprised to see himself, he was holding his hands in front of him, his left foot stepped out first, and his right foot was being padded.
In this way, he is frozen in the ruins of the movie theater, frozen in time and space, strange and strange.
The next moment, the world suddenly moved, and time suddenly went backwards in a state that defied common sense!
The raindrops that fell into the movie theater fell backwards into the sky, and the stones that had just collapsed flew back strangely......
Dust, gravel, light and dark light are constantly changing!
Night recedes into day, and the sunset retrograde turns into sunrise.
The sky went from black to bright, then from bright to black, and in the blink of an eye, it was full of stars!
Firefighters in fireproof suits hold water cannons to fight fires, and search and rescue dogs search around to explore ......
Time is going backwards!
The strange and majestic power cast a mottled shadow on Qin Manjiang's body as time and space passed, making his face look a little cloudy.
The process, maybe a minute, maybe just a moment.
At that moment, Qin Manjiang suddenly felt that his body could move, his consciousness fell back to himself from the bystander, and his sense of control returned.
What appeared in front of me was a critical cinema that was brightly lit at night and had not yet burned down.
It's still a toilet, but all the cubicles are intact, cleaned, and bright.
The incredulity in Qin Manjiang's eyes gradually converged and turned into silence, he picked up his mobile phone, looked at the screen, and a line of blood words appeared-
"Game on, good luck."
"Strange Talker - Abyss."
The screen disappears suddenly, the screen goes black and then bright, and the normal picture appears.
Time display β
August 11, evening, 11:05 p.m.
It's really back...... returned to the same time and space as Li Xi, and the movie theater that had not yet been burned down.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a wail: "Ah......hhhh
Qin Manjiang turned his head suddenly, and the bright flashlight of his mobile phone was just about to smash at the object that made the sound, but he stopped alive when he saw that face.
The door of the compartment opened, and a tall, sunny and handsome guy with neat hair showed half of his face, staring at him with wide eyes, who else was Li Xi?
Qin Manjiang covered his mouth: "Shhh Don't scream! β
Li Xi shook his head again and again, broke away from Qin Manjiang's hand, and took a breath: "I made up my mind to open the toilet door for a long time, and you suddenly appeared in the toilet, it's too scary!" β
"You don't have to scream when you're scared, you can slap yourself."
"But isn't it going to hurt too much?"
"Just get used to it."
Qin Manjiang put away the flashlight, now that the lights are bright, he doesn't need this thing for the time being.
"Listen, there's not much time, I'll explain the situation to you."
ββ¦β¦β
"Huh?"
Li Xi let out another "ah", and then exclaimed: "If we can't solve this strange story, we will be trapped here?" Burned? Game of Death! β
"You believe it?" Qin Manjiang glanced at him.
"What you said," Li Xi took it for granted, "It's all up to you, Brother Qin, you know the situation in my head." β
Qin Manjiang ignored him, this person is just lazy, although Li Xi didn't study, but he was admitted to Fucheng University naked, and he didn't use any means.
"Let's go, go out first." Qin Manjiang said.
"No, brother, that madman is still patrolling outside." Li Xi grabbed him.
"What madman?" Qin Manjiang asked.
"I don't know, I can't see my face clearly, I look like a man, with a bright machete in my hand, thin and tall, almost reaching the ceiling."
Li Xi said.
Qin Manjiang glanced up at the ceiling, this is almost three meters, right? Is this still human?
"We're going down to get some news."
Although Li Xi said that "the man outside" was very dangerous, Qin Manjiang still decided to find an opportunity to go out.
"What news?" Li Xi was a little puzzled.
"Ten years ago, fire, dead."
As soon as the words fell, it was extremely abrupt, and the lights in the toilet flickered, and then, there was a vague laughter in the ears of the two, which was extremely weird, like a child.
"Qin Qin Qin ...... Brother Qin...... Just ...... Talent...... That ...... The voice ......"
Li Xi spoke tremblingly, and the whole person panicked.
"Aren't you afraid of heaven and earth?" Qin Manjiang wasn't too afraid, he had seen a lot of this kind of posture in the movie, not to mention, he already had a vague conjecture in his heart.
"I am not afraid of heaven and earth, but I am afraid of dogs, snakes, ghosts, murderers, and madmen......"
"Okay," Qin Manjiang interrupted him expressionlessly, and asked Li Xi to continue like this, he could say that the movie theater caught fire and everyone was burned alive, "I have two ways, you pick one." β
"Can you choose neither?"
"Okay, then you find a cubicle to stay, I'll go first."
"Wait...... Elder brother...... I'll listen to ......"
Li Xi grabbed Qin Manjiang's sleeve, afraid that he would really leave himself, the flickering toilet lights and the sad laughter of the children really made his scalp tingle.
"The first way, I have a wrench in my backpack, I'll give it to you, you take the wrench and go to fight the madman in the hallway, as long as you knock him down, we can go downstairs, find out the news, and solve this strange story."
"I'll pick the second one."
Li Xi's biggest advantage is that he understands current affairs, and under the intimidation of the first method, he agreed without even listening to what the second one was.
"Well, I think the second option is better, too." Qin Manjiang said as he walked to the door of the toilet, the lights in the toilet were no longer flickering, but on the mirror in the toilet, small black palm prints began to appear, which looked particularly infiltrating.
But Qin Manjiang didn't take it seriously at all, so frightened that Li Xi didn't dare to let go of his sleeves.
Qin Manjiang stretched his head out and took a look, only to see that at the end of the corridor, where the elevator and the stairs were connected, there was really a tall and thin "person"!
He held a shiny machete in his hand, and his posture was extremely strange.
First of all, he is indeed almost three meters tall, almost reaching the ceiling.
Secondly, perhaps because of his height, his knees are bent extremely unnaturally, and his arms are excessively narrow.
Compared to the image of a human being...... He is more like a scarecrow stuck in a rice paddy field specifically to frighten birds or wild beasts.
"Listen, the general structure of this movie theater is a U-shaped ring, the left side of the U-shape is connected to the staircase, and the right side is connected to the escalator, and now the madman is guarding this end of the staircase, and we have to separate, one person attracts his eye, and the other person goes around and goes around to the end of the escalator."
Qin Manjiang said in a low voice.
"Brother...... The mirror in the toilet is full of handprints, is it really okay......"
Li Xi asked tremblingly.
"The doors of the other screening halls are not closed, each screening hall has an entrance and an exit, we can go around in circles with him, you pick one, do you take him around in circles or go downstairs to ask for information?"
Qin Manjiang asked.
Li Xi calmed down, thought about it carefully, and said with a sad face: "Let me ask for information, I don't know what to ask, you go, I'll slip him." β
"Okay, I'll count three-two-one, let's act."
"Eh, eh!"
Li Xi didn't expect Qin Manjiang's movements to be so fast, and hurriedly pulled him: "I'm not ready, let me breathe oxygen." β
"What oxygen you breathe in the toilet, it's all ammonia."
Qin Manjiang also calmed down, seriously pressed Li Xi's shoulder, and said, "Be careful, you encounter this kind of thing...... Count me to you. β
Li Xi looked inexplicable, but his mood finally calmed down.
"Brother Qin, let me ask you a question."
"Huh?"
"What did you fill in the yin number?"
"Abyss, what's wrong? What about you? β
Li Xi grinned, reached out and hammered his chest:
"Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior!"
Qin Manjiang's face darkened:
"Action."