After all, Qi Yan has such a special ability, and he always has a way to dilute people's fear of the unknown.

Obviously a high school student who was a few years younger than himself, Qin Rang subconsciously labeled Qi Yan as a "reliable adult".

Lu Zhi subconsciously glanced at the wall clock in the room, there was still half the time left, and when it was nine o'clock in the evening, the game of hide and seek would automatically end.

If it were in the past, he would definitely choose the safest and most conservative way to pass the game, by avoiding the joker and other "seekers" until the end of the game, at the expense of the completion of the plot, to avoid all kinds of emergencies and uncontrollable crises.

But now compared to the cost performance, Lu Zhi is looking forward to what kind of surprises Qi Ji can bring.

Surprise –

In his previous experience, he would never have thought of this word, but at this moment, except for "surprise", Lu Zhi seems to be unable to find a more appropriate description.

The trio carefully removed the barbed wire at the mouth of the pipe and crawled along the wall of the pipe towards the room full of clown dolls.

There are neither smiley masks nor player blood stains in the room, the candy-colored arrangement makes the whole room look warm and cozy, the carpet and bed are covered with soft and fluffy velvet, and the bedside table is lined with photos of the clown from childhood to adulthood, which looks like the bedroom of a small child pampered by his parents.

But in the middle of the room was an outdated old television.

The TV switch is on, and the screen is constantly flashing with white noise, which is the source of sound and light in this apartment.

The TV's remote control was scattered across the carpet, and the glasses and snack trays next to it were moldy, as if someone had ever sat on the carpet watching a TV show, but that was a long time ago.

"Good evening, dear children"

The moment the three of them stepped on the carpet of the room, the TV flashing with the noise of snowflakes suddenly sounded.

The sudden sound made everyone a little frightened, and they subconsciously looked at the source of the sound, and at this moment, the messy noise on the screen had turned into twisted and overlapping white wavy lines, and the image was being generated.

"Welcome to my room, it's been a long time since a child has found my bedroom."

"Why? Children are always keen to find the secret that can become 'me', but they don't have the patience to dig into my story."

"Is it because my story is so boring? Hahaha"

"Before the story is told, I would like to ask the children a question: Do you know how to keep time flowing?"

Let the time continue to flow? Qi Zhen subconsciously glanced at the wall clock on the wall, it was 8:32 p.m.

Why does the clown on the screen ask that? Time is clearly flowing......

The Joker's own DV is automatically played on the screen, and instead of wearing a red suit and white stockings, he is wearing an ordinary nightgown and a ubiquitous smiley mask.

"It's okay, it's okay if you can't answer it now, it's my question that's too embarrassing, and my existence is an embarrassing existence, right? I can't make my mom happy, I can't make the audience laugh, I can only keep thinking of myself as a joke, and clowns are jokes!"

"I confess, I'm a cunning clown trying to find a sense of existence, a sense of presence by acting funny! What an ethereal word! In this ruin of smiles, a smile is the cheapest and most disgusting thing, cheap funny is the most nonexistent thing, and by the time I realized it was too late, I couldn't make any other expression on my face than a funny smile, terrible muscle memory!"

"I was in despair, and this despair could only be resolved by blood and death, yes, I began to torture and kill the little animals that were powerless, and made them into my own specimens, which were my own specimens, and they would not take their eyes off me, their eyes would always be fresh and warm."

"But soon, the taxidermy of animals was no longer enough for me, and I wanted to have the same obedient and cute audience of children, and I wanted the most sincere and enthusiastic attention from the children! Hey, dear child, that's you!"

The clown on the screen suddenly pointed at them off-screen.

Although the clown's face was covered by a mask, and Qi Yan couldn't see his expression, it was easy to feel a morbid addiction and self-loathing from his tone.

"My first audience, my beloved mother, she gave me everything, but I let her down, she didn't want her child to be a clown who only pleases people, but I didn't know how to make my own presence other than a funny performance"

The indulgence and disgust in the clown's tone turned to sadness, and his voice was lowered.

"She had obviously given up on me, she had lost hope in me at all, and I couldn't be the child she wanted."

"She left disappointed in me, I watched her leave, helped her leave, and left me forever!"

The clown suddenly raised his voice and danced violently.

"After all, long pain is better than short pain! I'm helping her at this point!"

But soon, he hung his head listlessly again—

"But I miss it so much, when I was your age, when a seven or eight-year-old child could have her unconditional love, when my mother always spoiled me and made me the best smiling platter for supper."

"Mom is a very good woman, no one can break her rules, she has a strong sense of time, and always let me eat the most delicious smiley platter supper at the right time."

"Tick-tock-"

The clown on the screen snapped his fingers, shook his head and began to hum softly, "Dear children, do you know how to make time flow?"

The clown repeated the first sentence.

"Nine o'clock is the supper time for the smiley platter."

"Mom is very punctual, as long as I smell the scent of supper, I know it's 9 o'clock."

"Moms like punctual children, and moms like children who enjoy good food"

The clown's figure on the screen flickered, and the picture became blurry and shaky again, until the snowflake noise filled the screen again, and the clown's DV picture came to an abrupt halt.

The room fell silent again.

"It's... What do you mean? So what do we need to do? Lu Zhi was stunned for about ten seconds, and muttered to himself in confusion.

He couldn't understand why the clown in the video asked for that nonsensical remark, when the clock was clearly spinning and time was constantly moving forward.

Qi Yan looked at the white TV screen, frowned slightly and began to think.

"Do you know how to make time flow?"

Don't......

Qi Yan suddenly had a terrible guess-

Chapter 116: Highway Circus (10)

This may be a trap set by the Joker for the "kids": wall clocks are everywhere in the ruined apartments, which seem to remind the "kids" of the importance of time.

But after the minute hand turns around the clock dial, can this bloody and perverted game of hide and seek really end as scheduled?

Are the Joker's promises really credible?

"Do you know how to make time flow?" Is it a hint?

"Mom is very punctual, as long as I smell the scent of supper, I know it's 9 o'clock."

"Moms like punctual children, and moms like children who enjoy good food"

These unclear words can be understood as: nine o'clock is the supper time belonging to the clown's childhood, this has been deeply imprinted in his memory, the clown's mother is very punctual, nothing can break her time rules, as long as he smells the fragrance of supper, the clown can know that the time has reached nine o'clock in the evening.

And it seems to be no coincidence that the game of hide and seek was scheduled to end at nine o'clock......

Do players have to successfully get their hands on the supper's "Smiley Platter" to truly end this cunning game of hide and seek?

Qi Zhen confirmed the time again, and it was now 8:37 p.m.

Twenty-three minutes before the truth will be revealed.

Of course, Qi Zhen did not forget that in the menu provided by the circus cafeteria, there is a "colorful clown smiley platter set", he does not think this is a coincidence of the name, the circus's tailor-made set menu for the cast and crew is likely to be the key to the plot line.

But what is more tricky now is that because there is a clown performance tonight, the "Colorful Clown Smiley Face Platter Set" in the cafeteria is temporarily unavailable, and even with foreign aid, Qi Yan can't buy this dish from the staff.

The ideal order of the show is to buy the "Clown Smiley Face Platter Set" during the canteen season, and then bring the set meal into the clown's tent to use as a prop to remind the clown of his childhood memories.

After all, there was no security check outside the tent, and there was no reminder that it was forbidden to bring your own alcohol, indicating that this was tacitly approved.

But this is paradoxical, the only performances you can choose tonight are "Joker" and "Magician", and if you choose "Magician" to perform first, you may face the same risks and difficulties, and it seems that no matter what......

At least in the first night's show selection, there is very little room for guest players to maneuver.

It is imperative that players find a way to get a "smiley platter" in addition to buying a set meal in the cafeteria.

Qi Yan began to think quickly, since there is a secret base of the clown and a confession room of the clown in this abandoned apartment, then it is very likely that there is also the kitchen of the clown's mother, and maybe the clown's favorite "smiley face package" is hidden in the kitchen!

"Next, let's go find the clown's mother's kitchen," Qi Ji analyzed, "and the "smiley face package" may be the key to this game. ”

""Smiley face course?" Qin Rang was stunned for two seconds, and quickly followed Qi Yan's thinking: "I know!" The Joker's real need is not to torture the player in the game, but to let the children find clues in the process of hide and seek, understand the real him, and help him meet his hidden needs! ”

Qi Zhen nodded: "The clown is a person who longs to be noticed by the outside world and gain a sense of existence, so the game of hide and seek itself is a bit unreasonable, the clown is "catching", and the player is "hiding", which completely goes against the original intention of the clown to get attention, so there is a great possibility that hide and seek is just a disguise, we need to find what the clown really wants to get before we can leave this ghost game." ”

If the hunted player is seen as a "fresh and loyal audience" in the Joker's mouth, then regaining his mother's attention and reliving his childhood dreams is what he really needs.

The clown has made it clear in the DV recording that he has "pointed to the topic", and he repeatedly asked, hoping that the children would find a way to flow time!

Lu Zhi listened in a fog, but he grasped the key message in the conversation between the two: looking for the kitchen of the clown's mother.

"Let's go, then."

The Joker's DV has finished playing, and the trio climbs back onto the vent and crawls along the rough concrete pipe wall.

The dark and dirty ventilation ducts seem to be the blood vessels of this ruin, and the "little friends" who crawl through it are the blood flowing in it, and they make this stagnant ruin work again and become extremely vibrant.

But the intricate pipes spread infinitely through the ruins, and the confusing forks and infinitely similar pipe structures quickly disoriented the trio who kept going deep into the building.

Getting lost made time difficult, and Lu Zhi and Qin Rang had already crawled out of a sweat, and they didn't know whether they were anxious or tired.

After going around countless circles, until the bedroom where the DV was played appeared in front of them again, Qin Rang finally couldn't hold back: "Why did you go back to this ghost room again?!" Really, I don't know how many times I've been going around and around, what are you doing..."

The little young master cried with a sad face, and his voice changed in a hurry.

Lu Zhi glanced at the time, and it was already 8:52 at this time: "It won't be long before we can confirm that the guess just now is accurate..."

Qin Rang drooped his head: "It's best if a miracle can appear, this ghost game can really end... By the way, I don't know what happened to Ji Xiaoye, how is she......"

In comparison, Qi Jiu, who was also lost in the pipe, was extremely quiet, he seemed to notice some subtle change, and at the moment he was pressing his face against the wall of the pipe, as if he was carefully distinguishing something.

Qin Rang noticed that he was listening intently to the wall of the pipe, and hurriedly leaned over and asked curiously, "What's wrong?" Is there anything wrong with it? ”

"Shh," Qi Yan signaled to be quiet, his whole body tensed his shoulders, and his body leaned lower on the wall of the pipe, as the vibration of the pipe gradually expanded, the expression on his face became more and more solemn, "They seem to be here again, the group of little ones you are most afraid of." ”

"What?!" Qin Rang was slightly stunned, and then showed a frightened look, "Do you mean the group of mutated rats in the depths of the pipeline?!" ”

"But, though they're disgusting, don't they listen to you? He saved our lives before, so it shouldn't be dangerous, right......? In order to alleviate his physical fears, Qin Rang had stumbled up a set of self-soothing theories, but his panicked eyes had exposed his clumsy acting skills.

"But this time I'm not sure..."The ambiguous answer did not conform to Qi Yan's previous style, and he wrinkled his eyebrows, not so much worried as wondering about something.

Such a wavering look rarely appeared on his face, and even Qin Rang became doubly nervous.

At this moment, no one except Qi Jiu could feel the stickiness spreading in the pipe.

In addition to the gradually expanding vibrations, the slime that could not be recognized by the naked eye and props was like a tide on the beach, drowning the wrists and ankles of Qi Jiu, who was prostrate on the ground, and constantly rising and strengthening his senses.

Qi Yan was surrounded by an invisible liquid, and he even had a strange premonition, an indescribable sense of familiarity surging over, and the uneasiness in the face of the unknown was instantly soothed by it, and the uncertainty in his heart was also filled.

Suddenly, the vibration inside the pipe intensified dramatically!