Zhao Qiongfang opened her mouth, but she didn't expect Jiang Jiu to reject her directly.
I was still feeling a little guilty, but now I don't have any guilt left.
"Are you arguing with someone my age?! How did your parents educate you to talk to your elders like this?!"
"Uncultured thing!"
The woman's sharp voice was very much like the "sizzling" sound of Jiang Jiu's fingernails rubbing against the blackboard when she was cleaning the blackboard at school. It was so harsh that it seemed like it was about to open a hole in the eardrum.
A coldness flashed across Jiang Jiu's eyes.
The next second,
"boom--"
Zhao Qiongfang's face came into close contact with the floor.
Everyone stared at this scene in stunned silence. No one expected that Jiang Jiu would suddenly take action.
After reacting, Dai Liangming took the lead and stepped forward: "...Hey, Miss Jiang, what Sister Zhao just said was a bit extreme, but is it also... inappropriate for you to do this?"
The last four words were forced out from between the teeth.
Facing Jiang Jiu's cool gaze, Dai Liangming could only pretend he didn't see it.
"Woooo..."
Zhao Qiongfang, his subordinate, let out a few sobs, and his face was full of fear.
She didn't expect that this weak-looking little girl would attack directly.
Jiang Jiu's eyes were so cold that they could form ice: "This is the first and last time. If you speak rudely to my parents again, I won't mind bullying them."
"Woo!"
Zhao Qiongfang nodded desperately.
After feeling the pressure on her head disappear, Zhao Qiongfang staggered up from the ground and stood aside obediently.
After the storm subsided, Xin Rao looked at Jiang Jiu who was calm and frowned.
Jiang Jiu lowered his head and moved his wrist joints.
She doesn't like trouble, and she doesn't like having to deal with people too much.
According to popular parlance, her mental state is extremely unstable, so don't mess with her, otherwise, don't blame her for going crazy.
The direct impact of Jiang Jiu's "crazy" behavior is that no one wants to team up with her.
She was alone.
Xin Rao looked at Jiang Jiu calmly. Behind her stood Zhao Qiongfang, "I have the right to make a direct choice."
When I first arrived, I had a conflict with my companions.
She didn't want to deal with this kind of prick.
Zhao Qiongfang looked at Jiang Jiu with a hint of pride in her eyes.
After fighting with her, are you isolated now?
Without an experienced player, let’s see how long this little girl can survive in the game.
Jiang Jiu, however, was neither anxious nor annoyed. He just said calmly: "Oh."
Everyone was speechless.
Does this woman know the seriousness of the situation?
Seeing Xin Rao deflated, Pei Bai, who had hit a snag with Jiang Jiu earlier, felt much better.
Yu Ren didn't say a word, as if he was indifferent to this.
New players are even more silent about Jiang Jiu, fearing to avoid him.
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According to the results of the draw, Xin Rao and Zhao Qiongfang were in a team, Yu Ren took Wang Hongye, Pei Bo and Dai Liangming, and in the end only Tu Lin, a high school student, was left to automatically team up with Jiang Jiu.
Dai Liangming looked at the young man with sympathetic eyes.
The other person's face was pale, and he didn't know if he was frightened.
"Okay, don't waste time. After searching the house, we still gather here." Yu Ren scanned around, "There are many dangers in the dungeon. No matter what grievances there are between players, I hope you can put it down first and clear the dungeon first. .”
Everyone could tell that they were ordering ginger wine and Zhao Qiongfang.
Zhao Qiongfang responded submissively.
Jiang Jiu sneered: "I'm not stupid."
The newcomer looked at her with horror: Is this person going to offend all the old players?
Yu Ren had no intention of arguing with her and took Wang Hongye to choose a room and go in.
The two groups except Jiang Jiu also quickly selected the rooms to explore. In the end, only the innermost room was left, and no one chose it.
"Let's go."
Tu Lin said nothing and silently followed Jiang Jiu.
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Jiang Jiu stood at the door of the room and took a casual look. There was a circle of embossed roses embedded in the door frame. Under the large roses were strips of thorn branches and leaves, which were densely packed together, perfectly inlaying the door.
Jiang Jiu squinted his eyes, feeling that the decoration seemed familiar.
"Did you...find...what?"
Tu Lin behind him suddenly spoke, and Jiang Jiu glanced sideways: "No."
I don't know if it was because of the flickering lights in the room, but the boy's face was paler than before.
"The flowers on this door..."
"It's a rose."
"Hmm... the shape looks familiar."
Tu Lin spoke slowly and slowly. Jiang Jiu was not in a hurry, but raised his eyebrows.
Does it feel familiar to him too?
"...There are words here."
Tu Lin pointed to the corner of the door frame, which was exactly where he could pay attention. Jiang Jiu's sight was obscured by the large relief flowers.
She bent down and read the words engraved on the door frame.
"Stand up."
Standing at thirty.
This word flashed through Jiang Jiu's mind.
"Go in and have a look."
Tu Lin nodded.
Opening the door, the scene inside the house came into view, and a look of surprise flashed in both of their eyes.
Have you been to an art exhibition?
If it is a joint exhibition by multiple painters, the works of each painter will be displayed in various exhibition areas.
Now, Jiang Jiu felt like he had stepped into an exhibition area, except that the exhibits had changed from paintings to dolls.
It is about the size of a basketball court, with special display cabinets on all four walls. The dolls in each display cabinet sit quietly in the display window, waiting for the arrival of customers.
I don’t know when the story was.
Legend has it that the doll is a vessel that can hold the soul. Don't turn your back to the doll, and don't stare at the doll all the time, otherwise, you will discover something terrible.
After listening to Jiang Jiu read this scary story, Tu Lin tilted his head slightly, still speaking in a slow tone: "Are you...scaring me?"
Jiang Jiu raised his eyebrows and smiled at the child: "Of course not."
She just suddenly remembered that there was such a legend.
"But it can be regarded as a clue. Since the copy wants the player's life, then this legend is likely to come true~"
The tone of voice rose slightly.
Tu Lin opened his dark eyes and silently accused her: You still said you weren't trying to scare people?
Jiang Jiu smiled, and then glanced at the dolls with sweet smiles and delicate faces in the window one by one.
To put it bluntly, she never scares people.
"But...how are we going to find...among so many dolls...the perfect doll that the game talks about?"
Tu Lin hesitated and said: "I think... these dolls are quite perfect."
Jiang Jiu put one hand in his pocket and walked casually to a wall of dolls, picked a display window, and observed it carefully through the glass.
The doll in the window has exquisite facial features, with three courts and five eyes in perfect proportions, and its makeup is exquisite to the core. She is wearing a green floral cotton and linen dress and a knitted sun hat on her head.
The doll raises one hand to shield it from the sun, and carries a woven box in the other hand, as if it is going for a picnic in the forest.
She is a game planner by profession, and among her friends there are not only those who like anime two-dimensional figures, but also those who are particularly keen on collecting SD dolls.
Jiang Jiu was influenced by the young lady, and gradually developed a certain appreciation for these dolls.
Tu Lin was right.
If these dolls were placed outside, all of them would be exquisite.
The full name of the SD doll is "Super Dollfie".
Thanks to the eldest lady, Jiang Jiu has a certain understanding of the market price of this kind of dolls. They usually distinguish them according to their height. The market price of ordinary dolls is between 4,500 and 8,000, while some limited editions can even cost up to 10,000 yuan. The price is unmarketable.
And this is only the price of the doll itself, not counting the make-up and replacement of the doll's clothes.
Jiang Jiu estimated that the price of the doll in front of her alone should reach 10,000 yuan.
Tsk.
Jiang Jiu flexed her fingers slightly. The ten thousand yuan baby in this room was worth her salary for the next five years.
It’s really a series where people are worse than babies.
He retracted his gaze and said, "Since it is a perfect doll, it should be obviously different from other dolls."
"Even if the difference is obvious, just looking for all these dolls is a lot of work."
Tu Lin nodded in agreement: "Our time... is limited."
According to the dungeon rules, the further back you go, the more dangerous it becomes.
What if you spend a lot of time looking for all these dolls and find no clues? Even if they find out, they may not have enough time to explore the complete plot if there is a crisis later on.
There must be something they haven't noticed yet.
The two looked at each other, and then started exploring the room, tacitly agreeing not to touch the dolls.
Jiang Jiu didn't think that the "finding" mentioned in the game meant searching in the literal sense.
Her eyes explored the entire room inch by inch, not missing any corner.
Suddenly, his whole body stiffened.
A huge chill snaked up his spine, and Jiang Jiu stared at the puppet facing him.
That was the first doll she had seen up close.
She remembered clearly that the doll was originally wearing a green floral skirt.
And now——
Jiang Jiu lowered his head mechanically, looking at the large black coat on his body and the white short shirt underneath, his head buzzing.
Its clothes became like hers.
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"Dong——"
"Dong——"
"Dong——"
The sudden ringing of the bell startled Dai Liangming.
"What's going on here?"
Pei Bai frowned and counted the number of times the bell rang in his mind.
Many dungeon experiences told him that he must not ignore any suspicious clues in the dungeon.
Dai Liangming glanced at Pei Bai: "Brother Pei, why did the bell suddenly ring?"
"Maybe someone triggered the mechanism." Pei Bo didn't care, "I wish the other party good luck."
At least bring the clues out.
Seeing that the other party didn't want to talk to him anymore, Dai Liangming felt a little dissatisfied, but he still didn't show it, "Brother Pei, you said this room is full of these creepy dolls, and there are no other clues."
Pei Bai looked at the dolls in the room. They were indeed very scary.
When some human-like things appear in front of their eyes, some people will subconsciously feel scary.
Just like Dai Liangming and Pei Bo now.
"Maybe the doll we're looking for is among them."
Dai Liangming heard this and said excitedly: "Can we go out after we find the doll?"
Pei Bai glanced at him, with a flash of disdain in his eyes, but he said casually: "Ah, I guess so."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's find it quickly!"
Dai Liangming became more energetic and no longer cared about whether the puppets were scary or not. He opened a nearby display window and took out a puppet.
"Don't--"
Pei Bai's pupils shrank, and it was too late to stop him.
The facial features of the doll's face changed rapidly, and the skin changed from the original lifeless pale color to flesh and blood.
On the contrary, Dai Liangming looked at his own arm grabbing the puppet with a look of horror on his face.
As if its flesh and blood had been sucked out, it quickly shriveled up and shrank, until only a thin layer of skin was left hanging on the bones.
"Puff——"
A flash of white light flashed in front of his eyes, and Dai Liangming's eyes were splitting as he watched his arm fall to the ground together with the weird puppet.
Pei Bai's arm holding the electric saw was shaking, and he was breathing heavily.
"Dong——"
"Dong——"
Two distant bells rang in the ears of Pei Bai and Dai Liangming.
"ah!"
Dai Liangming screamed, looking at his fallen arm with scarlet eyes. After a brief period of paralysis, an overwhelming pain came over him.
"Ah! My hand! My hand hurts!"
Dai Liangming was sweating profusely, his legs were weak, and he couldn't stand at all. He sat down on the ground, looked at the puppet not far away, and kicked his legs to try to get further away.
"Stop fucking howling!"
Pei Bo roared viciously, and Dai Liangming trembled all over and subconsciously closed his mouth, but he still gasped from time to time.
Pei Bai now felt like scolding his mother.
He originally thought that the new partner he picked was smart, but he didn't expect that he was also a fool.
How dare you touch these weird dolls when you don’t understand anything.
I had to use a prop once!
The chainsaw just now was a prop he bought with points from a dungeon he participated in before. It was used by a chainsaw killer. The chainsaw condensed the resentment of the victims and could temporarily drive away the ghosts.
However, each copy can only be used three times, and its power gradually decreases.
When Pei Bai thought of this, his flesh ached, and he glared at Dai Liangming fiercely.
This waste!
Dai Liangming trembled.
Suffering from the double torment of pain and fear, he could no longer maintain his sanity as he had done before.
This game was more terrifying than he imagined.
Pei Bai took a deep breath and knelt down to look at the terrifying doll held by Dai Liangming's severed limbs.
Even after all the fussing just now, the doll still stayed in Dai Liangming's hand without any signs of loosening.
Pei Bai narrowed his eyes, looked at the doll, and then looked back at Dai Liangming's face with tears streaming down his face.
The facial features are so similar.
If I hadn't cut off this hand in time just now, I'm afraid this doll would have become exactly like Dai Liangming.
"You can't touch the doll."
Pei Bai summed up the first rule of this copy, which was also the first trap.
The game asks them to find the perfect puppet.
To find means to touch.
How do you know if you are looking for the right doll without touching it?
However, if you touch the doll, you will die.
This is the first surefire trap.
[Ding dong, congratulations to the player for discovering the dungeon rules! Don't touch the doll! 】
[The dolls locked in the display window yearn for the world outside the display window every day. If possible, they are willing to take off their complicated and gorgeous clothes to embrace a new and unknown world!
The puppet who longs for freedom will not let go of every opportunity to gain freedom, so be careful! Don’t let the doll touch you~]
Pei Bai remembered the three bells that had rung earlier.
When something goes wrong on their side, the bell rings twice.
Why does one have two tones and the other has three tones.
When the bell rings first, which group is in trouble?
Weird nursery rhymes floated over the toy store.
"Dolls are careless children,
The human form is the carrier of the soul~
I hope all children will be loved by their masters,
Have a unique soul. "
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Jiang Jiu stared at the doll in the cupboard not far away.
The clothes on the doll are exactly the same as mine, even the raw edges at the corners of the clothes are the same.
Jiang Jiu had a hunch that if the doll were to change again, it would be the facial features of the doll's head that would change.
Jiang Jiu felt hairy all over at the thought of looking face to face with a doll that looked exactly like him.
Her brain was working like crazy.
What went wrong, what rules did she break that caused this change to occur.
"It is said that the doll is a vessel that can hold the soul. Don't turn your back to the doll, and don't stare at the doll all the time. Otherwise, you will discover something terrible."
Jiang Jiu suddenly remembered this story.
This story that Tu Lin thought she was using to scare the children was actually told to her by the eldest lady.
Jiang Jiu still remembered that after hearing the story, he asked excitedly: "What's the scary thing?"
The eldest lady only glanced at her, said nothing more, and continued to type on the keyboard and move bricks.
"Anyway, there is an unwritten taboo in our children's circle."
"Don't dress the doll up like yourself. Over time, the doll will feel that it is the owner."
"The doll is a container that holds the soul. Once the soul in the container is awakened, how can it be willing to sleep again?"
Jiang Jiu looked at the doll opposite him with a heavy gaze and opened his lips silently.
"So, do you want to switch bodies with me?"
There was a slight "creak" sound.
Tu Lin paused in his search, then looked back at Jiang Jiu, who was standing there motionless: "Did you hear... any sound?"
Jiang Jiu made sure that he was not dazzled.
The head of the doll opposite turned slightly.
"Um."
Jiang Jiu's eyes darkened. It seemed that the other party liked her body very much and couldn't wait to see her.
Tu Lin noticed something strange, walked over, followed Jiang Jiu's gaze, and landed on the doll in the cupboard, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Just about to speak.
"Dong——"
The sudden ringing of a bell interrupted his words.
Jiang Jiu's ears twitched slightly, but he didn't look away from the baby.
Two bells to end.
Tu Lin then looked at Jiang Jiu: "This time there are two sounds."
"Um."
Tu Lin frowned, turned to the doll, and hesitated: "The clothes on that doll have become the same as yours."
"I saw."
His eyes gradually became complicated, a look of both admiration and fear.
"So... the story you told me before... wasn't meant to scare me, it was meant to... remind me."
The boy spoke slowly, his eyes getting brighter and brighter.
This beautiful sister is a master! Also a good person!
Not only did he see through the rules as soon as he came in, but he also specifically reminded him!
Jiang Jiu, the master who was given the good guy card: ...What does this kid look like?
Didn't you see that she was also tricked? !
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"So, do you remember what I said before?" Jiang Jiu pondered for a while and said in a relieved tone.
Tu Lin nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, his pale cheeks a little more red with excitement.
Looks much healthier than before.
Make children happy for a while.
The current dilemma is still unresolved.
Don't turn your back to the doll.
Jiang Jiu recited it silently. If this was the rule, then all the dolls on the four walls would have their backs to each other. This should be the only one that changed.
But this person is the only one who occasionally behaves strangely.
That is, staring at the doll?
Jiang Jiu's eyebrows moved slightly.
Still not right.
If staring at a doll can cause changes, she should have changed long ago after staring at it for so long.
So, the rule should be - don't turn your back on the puppet after looking at it.
[Ding dong, congratulations to the player for unlocking the dungeon rules! Don’t turn your back to the puppet after looking at it! 】
[The dolls are tired of spending all day in the display window as exhibits, even if you look at them with admiration and praise~
If you accidentally look at them, remember not to turn your back to them!
Onlookers coming and going, are you praising or singing? Don't be envious, let's change it! Kick Kick~]
A silver bell-like laughter sounded. If the scene were changed at another time, Jiang Jiu would feel good about it.
but now.
Jiang Jiu's mouth twitched slightly.
Is this Chi Guoguo's taunt?
She obviously told the rules as soon as she entered the room, but she still fell into the trap. No matter how stupid she looked, she was fooled.
Take a deep breath.
Okay, now it's time to think about how to solve the current dilemma.
Jiang Jiu moved his fingers slightly and just touched the lumpy object in his pocket.
"Brother Tulin."
Tu Lin blinked, the blush on his face getting even worse: "I'm here, Jiang Jiu...sister."
Jiang Jiu smiled slightly without moving his eyes: "Brother Tu Lin, have you brought your mobile phone?"
Tu Lin shook his head: "I'm still... underage, and my mother won't let me buy a mobile phone."
Jiang Jiu: "Then please take my mobile phone. It's in the right pocket of my coat. The password is 518518."
Tu Lin obediently stepped forward and took out the mobile phone from Jiang Jiu's pocket. However, when entering the password, he paused, raised his head and blinked, with a simple look on his face: "Sister Jiang Jiu...is this password your birthday?"
"no."
"What does that mean?"
Jiang Jiu took a deep breath and told herself that children are always curious.
"Homophony." She forced a smile, "You know what homophony is, right?"
Tu Lin nodded, turned on his phone, and continued to ask: "Then... what should I do?"
"Turn on the camera and take a picture of my face."
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"Is this okay?"
Tu Lin fixed Jiang Jiu's mobile phone in front of the doll cabinet, and Jiang Jiu's photo appeared on the screen reflected in the glass.
Not sure if it was his own imagination, but Tu Lin felt that the smile on the doll's face became much stiffer.
"That's it."
Jiang Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and stretched his stiff neck.
Fortunately, I didn't lose my phone when I came in and it had power.
It should last a while.
Although I now know a rule, there is still little development in the dungeon plot. How should I explore the dungeon plot?
While Jiang Jiu was thinking, Tu Lin ran to her side at some point and said something faintly.
"Sister Jiangjiu, are you short of money?"
"Click——"
Jiang Jiu twisted his neck and looked down at the boy.
"Huh?" (End of chapter)
