"Young man, what if the lighthouse is a gathering place for monsters?"
"It's not that I'm talking too much, nor am I doubting your intentions. It's just that we have to be more stable now that we have this advantage."
After all, the old lady was quite friendly, so naturally Xie Chen wouldn't treat her like he did Bian Tai.
"I know grandma."
Xie Chen sighed.
This is why I hate being the leader so much.
It's easiest to be alone. All you need is to protect your own life.
Now not only do I have to consider everyone's feelings, I even have to explain all my thoughts to them.
This not only wastes time and reduces action efficiency, but also requires you to take on unnecessary responsibilities.
If you do well, no one will praise you. Once you make a mistake in judgment, all the blame will fall on you.
"Why do those monsters appear so few during the day, but in such large numbers at night?"
Xie Chen asked this question deliberately.
Achen stretched himself and said calmly.
"of course?"
"Of course I'm afraid of light, so I'm only suitable for traveling at night."
Xie Chen nodded, and no one questioned this explanation.
"Then let me ask one more question."
"When will the light of the lighthouse be useful?"
When he said this, the group of people in front of him, including his parents, all had expressions of realization on their faces.
"The lights of the lighthouse are used to limit and enclose the range of activities of those monsters."
"Otherwise, based on the number of monsters, they would have spread everywhere. Who would be spared?"
"As for those monsters pretending to be humans, as long as they see the light, they are actually committing suicide slowly. Even if they don't harm anyone, they will slowly die within a day."
"So I still say the same thing, if you want the lighthouse, just come with me. If you don't want it, I won't force you. You can just follow the route you want."
Xie Chen explained it so clearly. In this depressing environment, no one dared to confidently say that he would act alone.
Those who acted alone, except for Xie Chen in front of them, no one has a good end.
"Then I'll listen to you. We're all old-timers. It's like running around and encountering those monsters. It's just a meal on the plate."
The old man clasped his hands behind his back and looked into Xie Chen's eyes with great optimism.
Wood also shrugged and said: "It doesn't matter to me, I just follow."
"Of course I will follow you if you have a gun. There are so many cans of detergent wrapped around you. I don't even have a can on hand."
"Let my girlfriend and I go alone, isn't it a free gift to those monsters?"
Achen shook his head and said angrily.
Xie Chen also smiled, took out a few cans of detergent and handed them to the girl, even the old couple who had lost all the detergent earlier.
I was also handed another can by myself.
Xie Chen glanced at the flat table in the corner, took another can and threw it to him.
I originally had a dozen cans left on me, but now I have less than six or seven cans left.
"Go by yourself or follow, it's up to you."
After Xie Chen watched all these people get on the elevator, he followed suit. When the elevator door closed, he took off a pistol from his waist with one hand and handed it to Achen who was standing next to him.
"Here, take it."
Achen was a little stunned and looked at Xiechen in disbelief.
"Are you sure you want to share this with me?"
Xie Chen smiled.
"Don't leave any ink stains. If you want, take it over quickly, otherwise I will regret it later and you will only have detergent to use."
Achen quickly accepted it with a playful smile.
"If you want it, of course I want it. I'm not a fool. How can detergent be as useful as this thing?"
Xie Chen was also speechless.
As the elevator slowly descended, Achen also hurriedly learned to clip the automatic pistol by himself.
But at the same time, he brought his head closer.
"Hey, brother."
"Actually, you can also give me a can of detergent. I'm used to it."
Xie Chen didn't want to talk to him, but still took out a can of detergent and handed it to A Chen's hand.
"Use it sparingly, I don't have much left of this stuff, and even though it's such a big can, it actually doesn't hold much in it."
Achen nodded.
I don’t know why, but the elevator camera has dimmed and is no longer on as before. What exactly is on the fifth floor of the hotel.
Xie Chen himself couldn’t say.
Only whether there is anyone watching behind the so-called surveillance will probably become an unsolved mystery in the future.
The elevator quickly descended to the first floor, but it looked a little different from before.
The entire first floor of the hotel was very dilapidated, and there was a lot of dust on the floor. It was so thick that even people walking lightly on it would leave shoe prints.
"Why is this different from before?"
The mother looked around worriedly, and her voice involuntarily became a little softer.
Obviously, he is still very uncomfortable with the changes around him.
The father stood beside the mother, alert to the surroundings, and at the same time teasing his sister to attract the little girl's attention.
Achen looked at the ceiling. There was a lot of spider silk written on it, and several huge spiders were lying in the corner.
Xie Chen was finally sure that the group of people had already begun to hallucinate after entering the canteen.
It wasn't when I entered this hotel or when I got on the elevator that I got infected.
Fortunately, that's all we can see now, and nothing too outrageous has happened.
If he had been attacked while hallucinating like before, it would be difficult for his group to survive.
"By the way, do you know the way to the lighthouse?"
Xie Chen nodded.
"But we still have to go through a forest, so just be careful."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone came to the door.
The sky outside is already a little dark. After half past five, it will probably get really dark, and then it will be the turn of those monsters to appear.
Xie Chen stood at the door and looked up at the hotel. Sure enough, the entire building was very dilapidated, and even the top floor was rotten, giving people a feeling that it would collapse at any time.
"It seems that we have all been fooled. Those cameras are no longer working properly."
Achen came over and patted Xiechen on the shoulder, saying with some emotion.
"Don't worry about it for now."
Xie Chen shook his head, checked the direction around him, and then pointed to the forest path not far away.
"Let's go that way first and wait until we pass the woods."
Achen looked in that direction and frowned.
"Why do I think that place is a bit close to the fishing village?"
Xie Chen breathed out.
"It's indeed a lot closer, so we'll have to see how effective these two guns can be later."
The corner of Achen's mouth twitched.
"According to what you said, it seems that this trip to the lighthouse is really abstract."
After seeing the original appearance of the hotel, the group of people also understood that this situation was basically imminent.
"If you can't leave this beach tonight, it will probably be as difficult as climbing to the sky if you want to leave later."
Achen and Wood walked at the front of the team, groping slowly along the path.
Xie Chen pointed at the road from the side of the team, also guarding against monsters that might suddenly appear.
"You all should be careful. Many monsters may not be disguised as humans. Some of them are very huge and their strength cannot be compared to humans."
"If something happens suddenly later, try your best to avoid it and don't just stand there."
Xie Chen reminded everyone while walking.
After walking for nearly ten or twenty minutes, everyone's steps began to become very light.
After all, in this forest, the view was blocked by trees, and it was difficult for the group to judge whether they were approaching a fishing village.
Xie Chen stood there and made some gestures. After almost redefining the direction, the group of people slowly groped forward.
But this time they had just walked out a short distance, and everyone immediately held their breath and concentrated, lying on the spot and not daring to make any sound.
Fortunately, there are grasses about half a person's height around, so you can completely hide your figure by squatting down.
Achen was the first to notice the movement and immediately reminded the people behind him to squat down.
Of course, gestures are used.
"what happened?"
Xie Chen, who was on the side of the team, hurriedly ran forward, leaned on Achen's left side, and asked in a low voice.
Achen quickly blocked his lips with his index finger to signal Xiechen not to speak, and then pointed to the side of his finger.
Xie Chen cast his gaze over, but didn't find anything strange.
The front is still green, with tall grass and trees one after another. There is nothing strange in sight.
Xiechen turned around and was about to ask Achen if he was dazzled when the sound of hurried footsteps came from the other side.
Although it is not particularly clear, it may be because it is relatively far away, and the trees and grass isolate most of the sounds.
Xie Chen quickly held his breath.
Listening to these footsteps, there are more than just one or two.
If you spread your fingers in time and count, you can't even count with two hands.
Achen gestured with his hands sideways and told Xiechen that there must be at least a dozen people there.
Xie Chen nodded slightly, quickly approached Wood, and asked him to go behind him and tell everyone to squat down and not make any noise, and to always pay attention to the movement of the surrounding grass.
Xiechen put his two palms together again, signaling to Wood that if he encountered danger later, remember that everyone should run in the same direction and not get separated.
Wood nodded quickly, walked towards the cat behind him, and explained the current situation to everyone.
Xie Chen came to his senses again, calmed down and listened with his ears.
In fact, there were not only footsteps, but also the sound of dragging. Unfortunately, it was blocked by the grass and trees, so it couldn't be seen clearly from here.
"Do you think it's a monster or a human?"
Xiechen didn't care so much and asked Achen next to him in the smallest voice.
Hearing Xiechen speak first, Achen also shook his head.
"Hard to say."
"If I were to speak for myself, I still think it's more likely to be a monster."
"How can there be so many people at this time?"
After hearing the footsteps stop, the two people immediately shut their mouths, not daring to speak anymore.
Even the sound of breathing stopped.
It wasn't until four or five seconds later that the noise appeared again, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Achen made a quick gesture.
"Should we go over and take a look now?"
"If it's a human, you can have tentative communication."
"If it's a monster, can you see what they are doing?"
Xie Chen couldn't make a decision in his heart. If it was just the two of them, plus the detergent and two guns in their hands, naturally they wouldn't care.
But there are so many teammates behind him who only have detergent.
If the number of these monsters is too large and they all rush over at once, it will be difficult to kill them all with just two automatic pistols and one box of bullets.
Achen saw Xiechen's rebuffed expression and knew what she was thinking.
Then he made two strokes in succession.
"I know you are in trouble, but you have to go and take a look now."
"It doesn't matter if he's a human being."
"But if it's a monster, there's a buffer zone over there from us, so we can deal with a few more."
Xie Chen nodded.
Judging from the direction of the sound, there is a high probability that it will be closer to you.
If it is a monster, it will be even more difficult to deal with.
"Let's go."
Xiechen waved his hand lightly, and Achen nodded quickly.
After making up his mind, Achen turned around and gestured to his father and Wood behind him, telling them to stay on guard and protect the old and young around them.
Xie Chen gently took out the automatic pistol from his waist, then opened it with his hand and loaded the bullet.
Achen also followed suit, but his movements seemed extremely skillful.
The two of them felt their way to the front, and after crossing the grass at the front, they got closer to the front.
Xie Chen listened to the increasingly clear voice and quickly relaxed his breathing.
Achen used his hands to push aside the grass in front of him, and Xiechen looked up, only to find that he could actually see the spire of the lighthouse in front of him.
Xie Chen shook his head quickly to calm down temporarily.
Take a closer look.
In front of him is an open space shaded by trees, which looks very spacious.
When he looked up, he saw three or four people, with their backs to the two of them. They were all lying on the ground, with ropes tied around their feet and hands, and they were whimpering and unable to make a sound.
"Did you... get caught?"
Such an idea suddenly came to Xie Chen's mind, but he and Achen continued to watch without rushing to take action.
