The moment the elevator door opened, Li Yan heard his own heavy breathing. He could hear his heart beating rapidly in his chest. Faster, faster, faster.
At this moment, he was in a race with ghosts and gods. Sweat the size of soybeans slid down his forehead to his chin.
Drip.
Drip.
Sweat dripped down.
He was there, he was there!
8002, he saw it! Faster, faster!
"Clang!"
With a loud sound, Li Yan ran too fast and crashed into the door. The intense pain stimulated his nerves and his breathing became chaotic. The short period of intense running had already overloaded his body. He used the last of his strength to press his hand on the door handle.
"Kacha —"
The door to 8002 was opened by him. Li Yan's footsteps were weak. He supported himself against the wall and pushed open the door. Just as he was about to walk in, Si Yu and Tang Xiaoshi, who heard the loud sound, rushed over.
When Li Yan saw Si Yu, he knew that Si Yu was Gu Ran's companion. He anxiously said, "Hurry, Gu Ran! Something happened to Gu Ran! He's inside! "
Seeing Li Yan's panicked and frightened appearance, Si Yu frowned and rushed in. There were no ghosts in the room as he had imagined. The owner of the scarlet eye was not inside. The room was extremely quiet. There was no sound at all. Even the drop of a needle could be heard.
Si Yu suddenly felt his heart palpitate. Where was Gu Xizhou?
He panicked and looked around the room. He found a person lying on the bed. Before he even got close, Si Yu could feel a bone-chilling coldness coming from the bed.
The blanket covered the face of the person on the bed. Si Yu walked over and removed the blanket that covered the person.
So cold.
So cold.
Gu Xizhou was half-awake. He felt that his body was so cold that there was no trace of warmth. All of his consciousness was stuck together. It was exactly the same feeling he had on the day of his revival. His body was bound by invisible chains, making him unable to move.
So uncomfortable. What's wrong with me?
What's wrong with my body?
Am I going to die again? Is it the same as before?
No, no, blood, so much blood …
My heartbeat is weakening. I can hear it. Death is beckoning me again. It's calling me …
His heartbeat slowly disappeared and became weaker.
Suddenly, the heavy object on his body was taken away. Then, he felt his body fall into a warm embrace. It was very warm and very comfortable.
After some time, Gu Xizhou opened his eyes and met Si Yu's worried and bloodshot eyes.
What happened?
Gu Xizhou's mind was still in a daze. He knew that something must have happened to him, but why was he being hugged by Si Yu? What was going on?
Si Yu looked a little tired, but when she saw that he had woken up, she let out a long sigh of relief.
Gu Xizhou noticed that he was wrapped in a thick blanket and Si Yu was hugging him. His mind was in a mess.
Si Yu hugged Gu Xizhou gently. She gently pinched Gu Xizhou's cheeks and said gently, "It's good that you're okay …"
Si Yu's sudden intimate action stunned Gu Xizhou. Even Fang Zhi, who had been worried about Gu Xizhou, was dumbfounded. His beautiful peach blossom eyes widened. His gaze was filled with: You guys are acting weird all of a sudden!
Seeing that Gu Xizhou had woken up, Li Yan's heart finally settled back into her chest. Gu Xizhou was fine. His life was saved. This time, he had successfully changed the future.
After Gu Xizhou rested for a while, Fang Zhi asked in a low voice, "Gu Ge, do you still remember what happened last night?"
Gu Xizhou finally noticed that the sky was bright outside. He nodded, "I remember the beginning. Yao Xing and I found a recording pen in the snow outside. We can confirm that the tour guide is the current owner of this hotel. He killed his wife, and he should have killed the people in the tour group … After that, I went upstairs and entered room 8002 to check on the situation. After I went in, the sound of fingernails scratching the floor stopped abruptly, but there was nothing unusual in the room.
"I remember that when I walked into the room to check on the situation, the door to room 8002 suddenly closed. I went to open the door, and there was a bone-piercing chill around me. I don't remember anything after that."
Gu Xizhou recalled what happened last night.
"Do you know that when we found you, your entire body was cold, as if you were dead!"
Gu Xizhou looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Tang Xiaoshi frowning, and said nervously.
"Gu Ge, you almost died. You were frozen to death!" Fang Zhi was obviously still in shock. His eyes were red, and it was obvious that he had been crying not long ago, "Si Ge kept hugging you, and there was frost on his body. Your body was like ice at that time, I thought … I thought …"
As he spoke, Fang Zhi started to cry, and the rest of his words couldn't be heard clearly.
"Xiao Fang, don't cry. I'm fine, aren't I?" Gu Xizhou said, "Doesn't this mean that my luck is good?"
"Good luck?" Li Yan was speechless, "If it wasn't for the item on me, you would have frozen to death!"
Gu Xizhou looked at Li Yan, and a trace of doubt flashed across his eyes. Just as he was about to ask, Si Yu answered, "Li Yan was the first to notice the abnormality. Li Yan has a prop phone on him that can talk to his tomorrow self. Last night, he said that he received a call from today … You're dead."
Gu Xizhou frowned when he heard this. "I was supposed to die in that room yesterday?"
Si Yu nodded noncommittally.
Gu Xizhou couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He had almost died yesterday. At this moment, the way he looked at Li Yan changed. In a sense, Li Yan's prop could predict the future in another way.
Gu Xizhou turned to look at Li Yan and softly said, "Thank you."
Li Yan smiled bitterly and nodded. He was only trying to save himself. However, this incident had happened too suddenly, and he couldn't explain how he knew, so he could only admit that he had a prop.
In the past, he definitely wouldn't have used this prop so abruptly. He would only tell himself the relatively important information over the phone, and then pretend that he had inadvertently discovered the pattern, and then tell the other teammates.
He stared at Gu Xizhou carefully and realized that there was no greed in Gu Xizhou's eyes. He was only slightly curious, so he was relieved.
Gu Xizhou's gaze swept across everyone in the room. He frowned slightly. There were only seven people here, and Tang Jiajia wasn't here. He asked, "Where's Tang Jiajia?"
The moment he said this, everyone's faces turned pale. Fang Zhi pointed at the painting hanging on the wall. There was a missing snowman in the painting. He immediately understood that Tang Jiajia had died yesterday.
A new snowman had appeared.
Gu Xizhou glanced at Fu Yiran, who was standing at the outermost corner with his head lowered, not saying a word. He frowned and quickly averted his gaze.
Everyone fell silent. In the end, Li Yan clenched her fist and placed it by her mouth. She coughed softly and changed the topic. "Let's talk about that room. When we found you, other than being cold, there was a lot of frost on your body. Can you recall anything?"
Gu Xizhou wasn't afraid of ghosts. Clearly, he wasn't in trouble because of ghosts, but because he had triggered the rules of death.
"Rules …" Gu Xizhou hesitated for a moment, then said, "Now that you've said it, I think of something."
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Gu Xizhou said in a deep voice, "When I entered the room yesterday, I didn't feel anything at first. But after the door was closed, I suddenly felt a chill from the bottom of my heart. It should be the door closing. I lost consciousness after the door closed. All the abnormalities happened after the door closed. "
Gu Xizhou analyzed the situation last night.
"When I entered the room, there was nothing special. After the door closed, it suddenly became very cold. It was bone-chilling cold. That kind of cold was very strange. It didn't come from the outside, but from the heart. It should be in accordance with some kind of rule."
"That's the problem." Si Yu nodded and said, "Closing the door is a condition to complete the rule. When the room is sealed, the people inside will freeze to death."
"Is it because of the door that the scarlet-eyed ghost closed? After you went in, it went out and closed the door? "Tang Xiaoshi thought for a moment and said.
Si Yu directly denied Tang Xiaoshi's answer and said, "Impossible, if it had the ability to close the door, when the three of us went in to find Gu Ran, it could have closed the door and triggered the rules, causing the four of us to die inside."
"Then it's the ghost outside. The ghost outside closed the door?" Shen Bo took over the conversation and guessed.
Li Yan said in a deep voice, "That's possible. When I went up to look for Gu Ran, there was another detail. I originally planned to go upstairs to look for you, but when I went to the elevator, it went from the eighth floor to the seventh floor and didn't come down. Then, I received today's call.
"I climbed the stairs all the way to the seventh floor. I saw a bench blocking the elevator door on the seventh floor, preventing the elevator from going down."
Hearing Li Yan's words, Tang Xiaoshi questioned again, "But … Yesterday, that ghost kept chasing me, chasing me to the elevator, and even pressed the button for the eighth floor. It was obvious that it wanted us to go up to the eighth floor … Why did it put a chair on the seventh floor to block the elevator?"
"Who knows? Who can understand the thoughts of ghosts? " Li Yan sighed, and touched the item in his pocket. Although he had passed this hurdle by saving Gu Ran, he could not understand why after Gu Ran died, everyone had to die.
He told everyone about the item, but he did not say that after Gu Ran died, everyone would die. He subconsciously felt that this information was very important, and he carefully observed Gu Ran.
In the team, other than not liking Xiao Ran, Gu Ran had always been very reliable and proactive. However, he could not see anything special about this person other than being handsome and having the ability to act.
Gu Ran's death would cause everyone in the team to die … Li Yan thought about how they had entered the room and saw Si Yao Xing's blood-red eyes that wanted to kill. He suddenly shuddered, and a thought appeared in his mind for no reason. Perhaps it was not because this world was too difficult, but because their teammates had gone crazy …
No, that was impossible. The murderer would be punished by the world. If Si Yao Xing really killed everyone, then he had already broken the rules when he killed the first person. He should be killed by the world!
Of course, the other party could use the rules to kill people, but if Gu Ran died, they would know that there was something in room 8002. As long as two more people died, he would receive a call from himself tomorrow and know the problem. However, the problem was that when he received the call, that 'he' clearly told him that everyone was dead. This meant that the day after Gu Ran died, they were directly wiped out.
Those who had experienced many mission worlds knew that even the cruelest mission worlds would give them hope. For example, the veteran he knew in real life had entered a world of certain death, but even in that world, under the protection of the rules, one person would be left alive to leave the mission world.
What kind of situation would cause everyone to die together?
Unfortunately, he could not get the answer now. Even if he received another call from tomorrow, the content of the call would only follow the changes in the future.
Li Yan shook his head. He had many doubts in his heart, but now was not the time to think about these. The most important thing now was to leave this mission world as soon as possible. He was very worried that something would happen to Gu Ran again. If he died, they would have to die with him. He was not willing to do that.
He said in a low voice, "Then we will go and confirm the situation you have analyzed. Later, let two … no, one person will do. One person will go in and the others will close the door."
"Of course, make sure to open the door immediately after closing it!" Li Yan made this decision.
Other than Si Yu and Gu Xizhou, everyone's faces were slightly pale. There was an inexplicable layer of fear in their eyes. They had all seen Gu Xizhou's appearance when he was rescued. To let them try it personally, this …
Shen Bo hesitated and said, "This, isn't this too risky?"
Li Yan shook her head. "We have to verify the conditions. Something must have happened in this room. We will split into two groups. One group will investigate what happened in the room, and the other group will go upstairs to verify the conditions!"
Gu Xizhou felt that Li Yan's arrangement was very reasonable. Although this person was a pervert, he was not a bad person. His mind was very clear at such a crucial time.
Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Gu Ran, you will rest for now. Si Yaoxing, you will bring Xiao Tang and Xiao Ran to inquire about the situation. Fang Yuan, Shen Bo, and I will go upstairs to verify the conditions."
Li Yan's main purpose was to take care of the two girls, so this arrangement was made. However, the moment she finished speaking, Shen Bo disagreed. His body trembled slightly and his face was pale. "Li Yan, I know you want to take care of the two girls, but, but I am really scared. I don't dare …"
"Besides, who will go in? You? "Shen Bo questioned.
Li Yan was stunned. She said, "Of course it will be you or Fang Yuan. If I go in and die, I won't be able to answer the call. I won't be able to change the future!"
Shen Bo was about to refute when Si Yu said to Shen Bo in a deep voice, "I will switch with you. You bring the two of them."
Hearing Si Yu's words, Shen Bo was overjoyed and said, "Okay! Thank you! "
Tang Xiaoshi was slightly disappointed, while Fu Yiran heaved a sigh of relief.
After the tasks were arranged … Everyone split into two groups. Gu Xizhou glanced at Si Yu and Fang Zhi. The two of them were with Li Yan, which meant that one of them had to enter the room. He could not help but frown and say to the two of them, "Close the door for at most three seconds. Immediately open the door. It takes some time to freeze someone to death, but I don't think it will take too long."
Li Yan also said, "Yes, the time difference between when I received the call and when I went up and when Gu Ran went in is not very clear. I estimate that this time …"
"What time was it when you received the call?" Si Yu slightly raised his eyebrows and asked.
Li Yan took out Little Smart from her bag and flipped to the call log. The time of the call was 12: 11: 24 to 12: 11: 27. The call was only a short three seconds. Si Yu slightly raised his eyebrows at Li Yan and said, "It seems like you called very urgently today."
"En … After all, something happened to a companion. It's normal to be anxious, right?" Li Yan did not know why, but when she saw Si Yu's expression, she was shocked and explained in a small voice.
Fang Zhi looked deeply at Li Yan and did not say anything. Li Yan's lies were too clumsy. Even he could understand it.
According to Li Yan, Gu Ge was dead, but Tang Jiajia was also dead. Why would Li Yan risk her life to save Gu Ge and not Tang Jiajia? There must be something that they did not know, but it seemed like Li Yan did not want to talk about it.
Si Yu did not say anything, and only lightly glanced at Li Yan and said: "Let's go upstairs."
Shen Bo let out a deep breath. He was really unlucky. On the first day, Liang Ke, who was in the same room as him, was the first to get into trouble. On the second day, that female ghost even came to find him. He did not know what kind of bad luck he had. The saddest thing was that there was a beautiful girl in the group, and every time he made a fool of himself, she would be seen!
"Xiao Ran, you're walking at the back. Are you still afraid?" As Shen Bo walked, he asked the beautiful girl beside him, whose eyes were filled with mist.
Fu Yiran slightly nodded his head and grabbed his lapels. His eyes were slightly red, but he did not say anything.
"Don't worry, we'll all get out safely!" Seeing Fu Yiran's pitiful appearance, it was indeed pitiful. He was so weak that it made people want to protect him. Tang Xiaoshi's heart could not help but tremble. Thinking back to last night's fright, she patted Fu Yiran's shoulder and softly comforted him.
"Yes." Fu Yiran lowered his head, and the emotions in his eyes could not be seen clearly.
They continued to ask people about the situation, but they did not find any useful clues. Shen Bo and Tang Xiaoshi were both a little dejected, this mission was much simpler than confirming the rules of the room, if they returned empty-handed, they would really feel bad.
When it was time for lunch, Gu Xizhou finally saw the six people in the team return.
"It's confirmed. After the room is closed from the outside, the situation you mentioned will happen. However, we can't confirm the time when someone will freeze to death." Si Yu said.
Hearing that Si Yu and the others had made progress, Shen Bo said awkwardly, "We've looked for a lot of people, but none of them know what happened in room 8002."
"Sigh, I knew it would be like this. We guessed that someone must have frozen to death in that room, but we don't know who it is. We don't know what its wish is this time." Li Yan sighed and said helplessly. The last sentence was for herself and for everyone else. If they could not figure out the other party's identity, they would not be able to confirm the method of fulfilling the wish.
"I'm guessing that the person in the room is the first owner of the hotel, an old man." Gu Xizhou thought for a moment, then said softly, "I remember that day, a waiter told me and Si Yu that the old man died in an accident. He might have been frozen to death."
"Accident?" Li Yan repeated this word and said, "I'm afraid it's not an accident, but it's best to confirm it. Do you still remember what that waiter looked like?"
Gu Xizhou thought for a moment, "Buzz cut, square face, small eyes, about 1.7 to 1.72 meters tall, wearing size 42 to 43 shoes. Oh, he was wearing leather shoes."
Hearing Gu Xizhou's description, Li Yan and the others' eyes widened. They looked at Gu Xizhou in confusion. This description was a little strange. Forget about the height, how could he even estimate the shoe size?
After dinner, everyone discussed and tried to find the waiter who might know the inside story before tonight. They split into three groups: Gu Xizhou, Si Yu, Fang Zhi, Shen Bo, Li Yan, Tang Xiaoshi, and Fu Yiran.
Everyone split up. Two hours later —
Li Yan helplessly took out a cigarette from her bag. She could not find it, she could not find it at all. That waiter seemed to have disappeared into thin air!
No matter what, at least they were sure of one thing. The tour guide had killed his wife, and the disappearance of the tour group was probably done by the tour guide. After killing this tour guide, they might be able to leave immediately.
Everyone knew that they did not have to find the source! But how were they going to kill the tour guide?
Li Yan pressed the lighter a few times before lighting up the fire. He let out a deep breath. He had never killed an NPC before, so he couldn't possibly stab the tour guide with a knife, right?
Just as he was thinking, a clear voice that was like a lark's rang out. The voice was very soft and light, "Why don't the three of us split up and ask? If we look for someone together, the efficiency will be too low. "
Hearing Fu Yiran's words, Tang Xiaoshi was slightly startled. Her face revealed a conflicted expression, but she quickly said, "I agree. As long as we don't go to the eighth floor during the day, there won't be any danger.
Li Yan hesitated for a moment and frowned. "Can the two of you do it?"
Seeing that the two girls had decided to split up, Li Yan did not stop them. Since he did not receive the call, then there was no problem with the arrangements. Li Yan nodded and said, "Alright, take care of yourselves."
After another half an hour, they had searched the first to seventh floors, but they could not find the waiter at all. Li Yan frowned, and when he saw the person walking out of the elevator, he was startled. There was no one on the first to seventh floors, could he be on the eighth floor?
For some reason, Li Yan walked into the elevator and pressed the number 8.
"Ding —"
No, he pressed the button for the eighth floor. Why did the elevator stop at the fourth floor?
Li Yan pressed the button to close the door, then pressed the number 8 again. The elevator door closed, then opened again.
"F * ck, what's going on?" Just as he was getting frustrated, he suddenly noticed that there was another person in the corridor. He was slightly startled, "Eh, Xiao Ran, what a coincidence, you're also on the fourth floor."
"I was just about to take the elevator back to the third floor. I just found the waiter you were talking about!"
Li Yan was pleasantly surprised, "What? You found him? Where is he? "
"He just left again …" Fu Yiran said helplessly, "But he told me that 8002 was the room where the first owner of the hotel had an accident. After it snowed that day, the electricity in the hotel was suddenly cut off and there was no heating in the room. I heard that the windows in that room had been in disrepair for a long time and were blown off by the heavy snow. Then the snow blew all over the room and the old man was paralyzed.
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