Chapter 152 "The Oak Door Before Hell"
Guan Tianxiang didn't dare to say that they were zombies depicted in the fictional world, there were some fundamental differences between the two, such as the fact that the deranged people were still able to carry out limited rational dialogue and communication, and knew how to use weapons, and Mei Tao and Jie Rui's situation was the best evidence.
However, there are many points where the two coincide. For example, it can also be regarded as a disease, and normal people will turn into irrational monsters through a medium and attack normal people. The infection method of the zombie virus may be the skin bitten by a zombie, and the infection method of the abnormally infected person seems to be a skin injury.
If there is a wound, it will be abnormal...... In the everyday world, it is common to accidentally cut a mark on the fragile skin and poke a small hole. However, in this building that cannot be escaped from the online education of Milk Luson Street, a wound is a one-way permit to the underworld.
It's like a zombie virus.
The kitten Lang Lang has a particularly sensitive sense of smell, and without saying a word, he rushed to the location of the ventilation window on the 9th floor, which is the farthest distance between the elevator lobby on the 9th floor and the pile of corpses. It spun around uneasily, looking at the pile of corpses with trepidation, as if it were facing a great enemy.
"Video games, what are they, anime games?" It's normal for Toby not to recognize wheat in the world of boys' anime games.
"No, it's the Barutan people." Ah Mao said teasingly.
After the ten seconds of awkward silence created by Ah Mao passed, Elsie spoke, "Probably, one of the helpers here...... It was already out of order in the morning, and then it was dead. β
There is a chance that the signal to them will be any of the dead people in front of them. They may have become deranged after sending out the distress signal, madly enjoying the thrill of killing until they are crushed to pieces.
What a disgusting killing.
"Really?" Toby crouched down again and looked around at the mass grave in front of him, "I don't think so. Because, from the wounds on the corpses, it can be seen that they were fatally attacked with sharp weapons. Probably, the person holding these sharp weapons is the survivor who asks us for help, and it may be hidden behind the door. β
Ah Mao glared: "How do you know?" β
"Unsure, believe in probability." Toby smiled eagerly, Guan Tianxiang really doubted that people with flexible brains and excellent reasoning skills always had some pretentious mantras, what to capture the track of reason......
However, in Toby's mouth, any repetitive words have also become a sweet soup for Guan Tianxiang's soul.
As Guan Tianxiang observed at first, those corpses did have a large number of fatal knife wounds.
"Do you remember...... We were here before the wee hours of last night. Essie pointed to the floor sign with the figure 9.
Guan Tianxiang immediately fell into the dimension of memory, searching for past experiences. Speaking of which, it's time to sort out what happened to them in the past two days......
First of all, on the first night, they went to his home on the 22nd floor with Righteous Brother Jierui, and originally planned to play all night, and the sky was scattered.
Next, they began to experience a variety of abnormal situations, including water and electricity outages, power outages, and white fog outside the window, etc., which will not be listed one by one. Jerry, Shimi, and Sugi then disappear on the back staircase, and they meet Elsie. The elevator opened several times, and when they went to the ground floor, they also witnessed many thrilling and bloody scenes. They are then held hostage by the gang, and at the sacrifice of Ajian, they escape and meet Toby.
On the way, they once passed by the 9th floor.
At that time, Mei Tao's finger was suddenly pinched off by a strange elevator on the 10th floor, but he still urged them to rush to the 9th floor to test the hypothesis that the elevator stopped floor by floor.
The first time they stepped into the elevator lobby on the 9th floor was after 9 p.m. last night.
At that time, although there was no deliberate scrutiny, it is certain that there was not a single body in the elevator lobby on the 9th floor at that time. What's more, what about the devastation now?
"We haven't touched the elevator for the last few hours, and we don't know what's going on inside the elevator, okay, okay." Toby blushed suddenly, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm used to talking to my friends and saying so many English mantras, I'm not pseudo-English." β
"You go on." Guan Tianxiang stared at her, thinking in his heart, what you say is also the rhythm of an angel for Guan Tianxiang.
"So, I deduce, first of all, half of the survivors are besieged by the Anomalous Infestation, and they need help for some reason, perhaps in need of reinforcements, to eliminate the Insanity. Then, they had to carve the word '9' on the elevator to show their location, so that the survivors on other floors could pay attention to it and gain a glimmer of life for outside support. After that, the Anomalous Infected have corralled them in a unit with a black wooden door, and they may now be inside, meticulously guarding against the invading Invading Inhabited Aberrant, while silently waiting for the arrival of the survivors to save them. β
"Seems to make a fucking sense." Mao muttered casually.
"But ......," Ai Xi Rouran's voice came from behind Guan Tianxiang, "but why do they write so many '9' characters in the elevator, if there is so much time to write so many '9' words, why don't they just write something like 'the 9th floor needs reinforcements', which is simple and straightforward?" The word "9" is so dense, it's really terrifying, and he may not be able to think of what he wants to say. β
In addition to Toby, Elsie is also an extremely attentive girl, although Guan Tianxiang still avoids her.
Toby walked to the other corner of the elevator lobby, picked up the restless kitten Lang Lang, and muttered something like "Yin Gong" in his mouth: "You make sense when you say that." Haha, I don't even have a clue for now. β
"Hey, Auntie, let's just push open this terrifying door. Look at this door...... Lean ......" Ah Mao pointed to the black door with a metal portrait of the Queen of England in the center, but it was already the most iconic part.
The metal head of the Queen of Naying attracted Guan Tianxiang's attention, and he immediately looked at the mysterious wooden door in front of him.
Behind it, it must be just an ordinary unit, a unit that is exactly the same as Jerry's family.
Unless it's not.
To be honest, many of the building's settings are beyond the normal laws of physics. Regardless of what the damn 14th floor is, it is beyond the scope of imagination, even if it is the white fog outside the window, the burning world, it is already a desolate night.
If this black wooden door is an exit to another world, or even back to the real world, maybe it's not enough.
Although there is no justification to support Guan Tianxiang's weak argument.
So Guan Tianxiang didn't put forward this opinion, anyway, everyone will inevitably come into contact with this wooden door.
The rest of the wooden door was almost scarred, with more than a dozen marks of cracking.
Faint light reflects through the cracks in the units inside the wooden doors into the elevator lobby, creating a bizarre sight.
"Why are there so many holes...... "Mao stared at the crack in the black wooden door, as if it had been caused by a hard object violently penetrating the wood.
"It doesn't seem that simple......" Aisi bit her lower lip, her face pale, "Look at the ...... on the door"
Everyone, including Guan Tianxiang, looked at it carefully, and he suddenly let out an "ah" and covered his face with his hands.
Although the whole scene can be traced, it is creepy to the point at first glance.
Because the light is not abundant, and the wooden door is pure black, you will not find those prints when you look at the flowers.
Those are also black prints.
It is the same color as the black wooden door, but the material is very different, so that Elsie can see it.
It was the blood mark on the palm of the hand, the inky black blood mark, densely covered with black wooden doors.
Presumably the imprints left by those who were abnormally infected when they surrounded the black wooden door. The hellish scene vividly presented in his mind, and Guan Tianxiang couldn't help but imagine the survivors trying their best to defend the wooden door, and a dozen crazy bloodthirsty infected people outside rushed to the wooden door, trying to scratch the fragile wood.
"Then we're nowβ" Before Toby could say anything, he suddenly raised his senses, and took up his horse, and the kitten leaped from Toby's body at a rapid pace, its fur standing on end.
I heard that the cat with hair standing on end all over its body is at the peak of its alertness.
The kitten suddenly ran in front of Toby with a fierce look, and bared his teeth at the black wooden door.
If you tell Guan Tianxiang that Toby's Lang Lang is a big wolf dog or a Tibetan mastiff, it is normal to run in front of the owner to protect her. However, instead of a huge vicious dog, there is a petite and delicate domestic cat, the American Shorthair.
Such a scene is a mixture of funny, surprising and heartwarming.
Guan Tianxiang, Ai Xi and Ah Mao also woke up and stared at the wooden door in front of them. The black corpse was motionless, believing that there was no survivor, and it was not them who Toby and Lang Lang cared about, but the voice.
Inside the black oak door, certain voices echoed.
Naturally, Guan Tianxiang's first subconscious response was to touch his back trouser pocketβit was a cold metallic touch.
Mao repeated the same action.
The sound just now, as if it was caused by a gentle touch on the floor, would not be easily detectable if it weren't for Toby or feline hearing......
The voice came again.
That's like ...... It's footsteps.
Toby stared firmly in the direction of the black wooden door, but didn't make a next move.
After a few seconds, the footsteps stopped.
The uncomfortable, even suffocating, silence lasted for three and a half seconds.
The sound of heartbeat has become the only melody in the elevator lobby on the 9th floor.
"Who's coming?"
Suddenly, a handful of male voices and a rough tone came from inside the wooden door.
Ah Mao naturally reacted and wanted to pull out the pistol in his pocket, Guan Tianxiang followed, and the pistols of the two were already pointed at the position of the black oak door. As long as the wooden door suddenly opens, and then the uninvited guest breaks out, Guan Tianxiang can blast the first person into a pulp.
Elsie took a few steps back, but suddenly spoke, and her voice was full of indifference: "We are survivors, and we will meet you. β
The air was like condensation, and there was silence in the wooden door: "Report your name." β
The kitten's tail seems to be out of gravity and can't stand taller anymore.
Such a big breath? Who does he think he is? Game stewards?
"It seems to be you who want to be named." Elsie smiled coldly, "Isn't it uncomfortable to see two pistols pointed at you?" β
Guan Tianxiang couldn't help but get goosebumps, Aixi's tone was as soft as a bird, but the content was full of threats and calculations.
There was silence in the wooden door for a few seconds, as if thinking about how to give a non-domineering answer, or to save the current embarrassing situation.
"Don't worry, we are not enemies, we are here to save you." Elsie smiled, as if she was sure that the person on the other side of the door was peering through the small hole in the wooden door to her face.
"My name is Shanmu." The man's voice inside the door finally answered.
What......
In one sentence, four words, Guan Tianxiang was shocked and stammered.