Chapter 6: Side quest triggering
"Gu Qi! Hurry up and come to your senses! If you don't wake up, you'll die! β
Wei Nanyu's action of pounced on him was blocked by the sudden turbulent water, and a huge force surged up her feet to make her unable to move, and she could only yell desperately.
Gu Qi's body shook and woke up when he was still three steps away from the woman in red, and he fell to the right side while bowing.
The tip of the woman's knife grazed his face and slammed it on the ground, causing a splash that made him close his eyes subconsciously, and then he heard Wei Nanyu's exclamation.
"She's rushing at you!"
Wei Nanyu could only vaguely perceive the woman's figure in the darkness, she rubbed her eyes and observed the woman's movements.
Under her command, Gu Qi brushed shoulders with death several times, but there was still a time when he couldn't dodge and was slashed by the tip of a knife on his arm.
By this time, the water level had risen to his knees, and it was becoming more and more difficult for him to move in the water.
"Find a way! Her movements in the water were unaffected. β
Gu Qi dodged around in this closed and narrow space in the face of the pursuit of the woman in red, "I can't hold on for long, she's eyeing me!" β
Wei Nanyu looked up after hearing this, and sure enough, he found that the woman in red had been staring at Gu Qi tightly.
She didn't even look at her as she passed by the big immobile living person, and as for the little couple, she never saw a human figure.
"You hold on first, I'm trying to figure it out."
After Wei Nanyu finished speaking, he clenched his fingers and forced himself to calm down, the first task now is to find out the reason why the woman in red is chasing Gu Qi, as long as it can cause a momentary pause, Gu Qi will have a little more chance of survival.
She struggled to recall in her mind all the things that had happened after she entered the door, the sweet sound of the announcement, the sound of the mechanical announcement, and the murky song flashed through her mind......
Right! Song! She seems to have heard that song! Add to that the "Styx" they said on the radio when they first entered the house, and if she's not mistaken......
She raised her head sharply and wanted to tell her partner the news, but found that there was no Gu Qi and the woman in red around at some point.
"Gu Qi! Gu Qi! Where are you? Can you hear me? β
As soon as she finished speaking, she found that she had regained her ability to move freely the moment the water level rose to her chest.
At the same time, there was a knock and the crash of heavy objects against the wall in front of her, and she swam past them.
As soon as he was halfway there, he heard a "bang", and the woman in red came out of the water with a person's neck in her hand, judging from her figure, it was Gu Qi who had just disappeared.
The woman in red raised the knife in her hand and uttered a burst of staccato words from her body: "Why...... Why ...... Leave me behind, I've been ...... Waiting for you...... Hahaha! β
In the end, the words had evolved into screams, and Wei Nan had goosebumps all over his body, and he couldn't bear it anymore and could only cover his ears.
But the woman's hysterical screams still penetrated her ears through various crevices.
At the same time, the speed of the water suddenly increased, reaching her neck in a few breaths, and she choked on several mouthfuls of water in a few breaths.
"Anyone who doesn't come to me should die! Damn it! β
The strength of the woman's palm in red gradually increased, and Gu Qi let out a violent cough but couldn't say a word, so he could only slap the woman's hand hard.
Wei Nanyu bit her lip tightly and thought about countermeasures, she had always had a vague vein in her mind, but she wasn't sure if the woman would give up on Gu Qi or intensify it after she finished speaking.
No matter! Take a gamble! What if the bet is right?
Thinking of this, Wei Nanyu yelled with all his strength: "I know where the person you are looking for is!" It's not this in your hand, you let him go right away! β
After she finished speaking, she nervously watched the movements of the woman in red, but fortunately, she made the right bet.
After saying this, the woman took the knife back in a moment, threw Gu Qi aside casually, and slowly came to her.
"Did you find him?" The woman in red's voice was rather eerie, "Where is he?" Did you take him away? β
Wei Nanyu didn't speak, just looked at the place where Gu Qi had just fallen.
The water was already very deep, and if Gu Qi couldn't wake up in time, even if he got rid of the threat of the woman, he would suffocate to death.
"Why didn't you answer when I asked you?" The woman's voice gradually became resentful, and then the words at the end suddenly rose to the top, "You lied to me!" You all lied to me! β
"You're here in Styx to wait for that guy, right? He's dead, isn't he? Is the guy you just arrested similar to him? β
After listening to her words, the woman in red actually calmed down gradually, but her voice was still very weird.
"He said let me wait here for him, I waited for years, he didn't come back, he said he would come back when I woke up...... But he didn't! β
"I know, but the person you arrested is not your one at all, you admit your mistake. What if he comes back and finds out that you have recognized the wrong person? Maybe he'll leave you, do you really want that? β
"I don't ...... I won't, he'll be back......" The woman in red banged frantically against the wall with the knife in her hand, "I don't believe he would lie to me!" β
Wei Nanyu listened to her upside-down words with a hint of sympathy in her heart, and she was just about to open her mouth when she found that her arm was being held tightly, and she tentatively spoke: "Gu Qi? β
"It's me, I hit the wall and came to my senses after her attack stopped, I'm fine." Gu Qi wiped a handful of water from his face and stood next to Wei Nanyi.
The woman in red went crazy and rushed towards them, but she stopped when she was only one step away from Wei Nanyu, and then a panic filled her face: "No! My body ...... I don't want ......"
She turned to ashes in the roar, the lights in the house turned on at some point, and the water disappeared, as if it were all like a dream.
"What is this?" Gu Qi looked down and saw a note on the ground, he picked it up and took a look at it and handed it to Wei Nanyu.
γDing Dong!γ Congratulations to all of you for triggering the side quest - The Secret of the Woman in Red, please enjoy exploring it! γ
Side quests? Wei Nanyu tried to calm his mood, they had just escaped from the hands of death! Why do you come back to the mission?
"Lin Yu, Xue Nan? Where did you two just go? Why didn't I see you? β
The corners of Lin Yu's mouth moved: "I was scared just now, I've been here all along." β
Wei Nanyu sensed that something was wrong, she had just made such a big noise with Gu Qi, but the two of them acted as if nothing had happened, which was unreasonable.
Just when she wanted to continue to ask, she heard Gu Qi's exclamation from beside her: "Be careful of your step!" β
The surroundings began to blur rapidly, and a large crack opened in the floor, sucking everyone in.
Wei Nanyi's arm was tightly grasped by Gu Qi, and when she regained consciousness and slowly opened her eyes, she found that a dinner knife was flying towards her forehead!