Chen Shuihong was scared, Li Tianheng was nervous, but Qiao Mengting remained the same as before, still silent and seemed to be thinking about something, as if she had long forgotten the fact that there was a dragon in the castle, more calm and less nervous, her overall state was not much different from when she was in the room.
Of course, it is not the point that Qiao Mengting is timid and bold, nor is it important whether she is thinking about the problem. It is just that as a newcomer, she will not and cannot attract other people's ideas. In fact, from the time she left the house to the present, both Chen Shuihong and Li Tianheng have Without even looking at the girl, both of them focused all their attention on He Fei and Peng Hu. Obviously, as the team leader, He Fei has the right to command the team. As the team leader, Peng Hu also plays a role in the team. He has a decisive say in the matter, which means that as long as Peng Hu insists on something, the probability of He Fei adopting it will definitely be extremely high. What Chen Shuihong and Li Tianheng hope for now is undoubtedly that they will nod and then agree to go. Hiding in the next room.
However……
"What? Hiding? What a joke! Cheng Ying and the others are still inside. What if the female slugs come during the period? You can hide yourself. I have to stay where I am and be the lookout!"
What disappointed the two people and even made them unable to refute was that as soon as the opinion was raised, before He Fei could speak, Peng Hu shook his head and refused on the spot. The reason given was very sufficient, and the reason was just like what the bald man said, because Tang Meng Cheng Yingzheng and Chen Xiaoyao were both operating in the room on Chen Xiaoyao. Although we didn’t know how long the operation would last, at least one thing was certain, that is, there should be no interference during the operation, and the operation must not be interrupted. If a nymphocyst appears during the operation, it would be Cheng Yingtang, who was not alone in the room, had no way to escape, while Chen Xiaoyao, whose operation was interfered with, was doomed.
In order to prevent accidents from happening, someone must be kept outside the room as a lookout. Once a female locust is found approaching, the person responsible for the lookout must risk his or her life to lure the female locust away no matter what, even at the expense of his own life!
Peng Hu thought of the hidden dangers of the operation in advance, so from the moment he left the room, Peng Hu took the initiative to assume the responsibility of being a lookout. If the female mannequin appeared again before the operation was over, he would definitely use himself as bait. To lure them away, we must ensure that the operation is not affected, and the lives of Cheng Ying and the others must be guaranteed no matter what.
"Ah! Brother Peng is right, the operation must not be affected, otherwise Brother Chen will definitely be dead. I almost forgot if you didn't tell me. If that's the case, then, I will accompany you too!" You are worthy of having an extreme personality. After learning that Peng Hu had explained the reason, Li Tianheng suddenly realized that he, who had looked like a coward just now, gritted his teeth and agreed. Then he bravely expressed his support and decided to guard the door with Peng Hu. Seeing this, In other words, Chen Shuihong was shocked when he discovered that Li Tianheng, who had supported him not long ago, suddenly switched sides!
Perhaps because he was afraid that the two of them would drag him together to keep his fat body trembling, Chen Shuihong quickly looked to the opposite side, looking at He Fei who had frowned and glanced around him at some point.
"Um, Brother He, you..." Seeing the frowning expression on the college student's face, Chen Shuihong lowered his voice and tried to test it. But what surprised Chen Shuihong was that, as if he had not heard the middle-aged fat man's probing inquiry from beginning to end, he glanced around In the corridor environment, He Fei turned to look at everyone, and then asked everyone including Peng Hu a question:
"Where has Zhao Ping gone?"
……………
Time, 21:55 at night, Chris Castle.
The stars at night are hanging and twinkling in the black-like sky, and combined with the vague waning moon that is not completely round, the two sides together form an ordinary night scene. The night is no different from usual. It looks so ordinary, but who knows? It can be imagined that under this seemingly ordinary night, there is now an unprecedented shadow and panic hidden.
"Quick, Robert, haven't you tied up the planks yet? I'm almost done here."
"Shut up, Jim, do you think I don't want it to end as soon as possible? Or do you think I want to stay here and wait to die?"
"Okay, okay, you two, stop arguing. If you have time to argue, you might as well do more work!"
At night, in the vast open space between the castle and the city wall, a group of white men in camouflage uniforms were gathering and busy. There was no doubt that they were security personnel, the remaining patrol security guards who were still alive. So the word "remaining" is used because the number of people is now incomplete. It has dropped sharply from the original 10 people to 7. Yes, when they learned about the death of Daniel, George and Stephen, the remaining 7 people were all frightened and then confirmed the castle. After hearing the news about Qi, he ran away like crazy and tried his best to escape from the castle.
Obviously, due to the fair and just killing of the mummies, Captain Richard, who had witnessed the power of the mummies during the day, was the first to decide that he could not stay in the castle for a long time. He concluded that the consequences of staying in the castle would be the death of everyone. Initially, he wanted to take Jim and Thomas with him He ran out of the city gate and left first, but unexpectedly the city gate was sealed with iron chains. Then he encountered four murderous armors running out of the castle! Faced with so many terrifying armors that could move on their own like humans, Richard had no choice but to lead the two of them back to the castle, leaving only the armors to patrol back and forth in the huge castle courtyard. The rest was simple. Soon, except for the few people who had been killed, other security guards came downstairs one after another. After discovering the signal failure, they rushed to the first floor to report the situation. They said they were reporting, but in fact, before a few people arrived on the first floor, they I had already seen the truth while passing through the second floor, and discovered an absolute reality that was a hundred times more terrifying than the signal failure. What was the reality? The reality was Daniel's torn and bloody corpse!
The result was certain. Seeing their companions smashed to pieces and dying in such a miserable state, except for William and Robert, who were the first to see them, they rolled and ran towards the first floor. Jack and Bud, who were the last to see them, were also frightened and fled to the first floor. At this point, Including captain Richard, the seven remaining security guards gathered on the first floor of the castle, and then exchanged information and explained to each other. It didn't take long for everyone to confirm the fact that there was a python in the castle. There was a terrifying python that looked like a mummy, killing people everywhere in the castle. , killing everyone on sight. The mummy is not only invulnerable and fearless of firearms, but it is also very likely to use magic, a manipulation spell that can control armor, to control four armors that no one is wearing to patrol back and forth in the castle courtyard. As a result, they could only hide in the castle and could not leave.
Of course, Richard is worthy of being a veteran who has been on the battlefield. After it was confirmed that three people in the team had died tragically and the city gate was sealed, others were confused and panicked, but he was the only one who always maintained his sense. While everyone was hiding in the room and shivering, Richard walked out of the room and left the team alone as if he was not afraid of death. After that, he stayed in the control room with obviously poor concealment. No one knew what Richard meant by this, but Richard Que watched intently from beginning to end, taking advantage of the control room being close to the door and window to constantly observe through the window. Through the castle window, he found that the four armors were still moving and patrolling in the courtyard repeatedly as at the beginning. Seeing that the armors were still the same, Perhaps others had already despaired, but the strange thing was that Richard was very patient, and his patience was surprisingly good. He spent almost the entire afternoon peeking out the window, taking the trouble to peek into the window and observe the armor, until...
It wasn't until the sun set that the sky got dark. When the time entered 18 o'clock, he discovered something unusual and saw a painting that was difficult to understand but inspiring:
There is no reason, no reason. Just when the time reaches 18 o'clock, which represents night, through the window, I can see that the murderous armors that were still patrolling around the castle have stopped one after another. They have stopped moving without warning. Then in an instant It disintegrated and collapsed, turning into parts all over the ground!
Witnessing this scene, Richard naturally couldn't figure out the reason for the collapse of the armor, but the disintegration and collapse of the armor into dead objects once again ignited his long-extinguished fire of hope. It was obvious that with the loss of the four armors, Life', this means that the threat in the castle compound disappears. As long as there is no threat in the compound, he can lead everyone to escape again and try to escape from the castle!
After waiting for a moment and seeing that the armor had indeed completely fallen apart and was no longer gathered together, Richard returned to the room. He first told the security guards that the armor in the compound was falling apart and threatened to disappear. Then he led the team out without hesitation, and rushed out of the castle. At the same time, he scattered around looking for exits and tried to search along the walls to find a secret hole that could escape the castle. Yes, Richard had guessed that the castle was not necessarily impregnable. Even if the city gate was completely sealed by thick iron chains, the city wall was wide after all. Thousands of years of time will always leave some loopholes. Logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with this idea. Unfortunately, the security guards searched for a long time, even in the most hidden corners of the city wall. As a result, there were no loopholes or holes, and the huge city wall was intact!
There are two wells distributed in the castle compound, but the question is, are the wells useful? Can you help them escape? They were just two ordinary wells that still had water sources. They were the kind that you were destined to drown if you fell into them.
Faced with such a result, and looking at the desperate height of the city wall, the security guards collapsed. After all, everyone knew that there were worms in the castle. When they thought that the worms would come downstairs to kill them at any time, everyone was in despair. be terrified!
God, please have mercy and save us. We don’t want to die. Please help us and let us escape from this castle of death!
In desperation, the security guards who stayed in the castle knew that they would die sooner or later, and began to pray. They cried and begged God, who did not know whether he existed, to appear and save them.
Richard was not sure whether there was a God in the world, but he was certain that praying to God was definitely not a good idea! As the saying goes, it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. Thinking of this, Richard did not give up and immediately issued an order, instructing everyone to return to the castle to collect furniture.
In fact, the answer is already clear after seeing this, and Richard's intention is also obvious, that is, to make ladders, using the furniture scattered in the castle rooms to make wooden ladders. There is nothing wrong with it. The city wall is too high to climb. If you want to The only way to get out is to use a ladder, and then use the ladder to climb out of the city wall. Fortunately, there are many rooms in the castle, and you can indeed build a ladder using the wooden furniture scattered in the rooms. Tools can be easily obtained in the armory, but nails are difficult to find. , of course, a living person cannot be suffocated to death. Even if there are no nails in the castle, the security guards still smartly choose ropes instead. They removed the wires on the first floor that had long been useless due to the disappearance of the signal and used them to tie up the ladders.
In order to escape from the castle as soon as possible, in the next few hours, the security guards worked together and began to save themselves. They ran back and forth between the courtyard and the castle. Many wooden furniture were moved out of the room and sent to the courtyard, and then chopped into pieces with axes. The wooden blocks were connected and assembled under the binding of wires, and then gradually took the form of a ladder.
Time passes quietly in the busyness of everyone...
"Farke, there are not enough wires! Hey, Thomas, the wires you found are used up!"
In front of the city wall, at this moment, looking at the wooden ladder that had taken shape in front of him but could not be built due to insufficient ropes, how could Jack be willing? He hurriedly raised his head and yelled and complained at Thomas. It was obvious that in order to leave this place as soon as possible, he had already tried his best to get out of this dangerous place. He had been busy for a long time and thought that the ladder would be completed smoothly. Unexpectedly, only one third of it was built, and the rope unexpectedly failed. It was all used up, and in a hurry, Jack took out his dissatisfaction on Thomas, who was responsible for collecting wires.
The result was certain. Seeing Jack complaining about himself in anger, how could Thomas, who was also eager to leave, be willing to be scolded? As soon as the other party finished speaking, he put down the board. Thomas also raised his head and refuted: "Don't ask me, I have tried my best. I have torn down all the wires on the first floor. I can't find the wires anymore!"
"If you don't believe it, you can go find it yourself!"
"What? No more? You said the wires are gone?" Jack was shocked when he heard the other party's answer. Not only was he shocked, but the expressions of Jim, Robert, William and Bud who were also at the scene all changed suddenly. Indeed, Thomas didn't lie. In order to make the ladder, they pulled and cut the wires at every opportunity. In my impression, they had indeed torn all the few wires on the first floor, and even the telephone wires in the control room were casually included. Take it away, now that the wires are running out, doesn't that mean...
"Oops, what should I do now?"
Knowing that there was no rope, William was dumbfounded and quickly turned around to look at Richard. As William did, others also turned around and cast their gazes. It was obvious that as a captain and having experienced the war, Richard had already become a leader among the people. The backbone, in fact, from the initial hiding to the adventurous observation during the period and even the construction of the wooden ladder at this moment, everything is directed by Richard, and Richard himself has always been the calmest one among the security guards at present, so, Seeing others looking at him, he maintained his basic composure. He had been scanning the surroundings nervously and his expression changed slightly, so he asked Thomas: "Are you sure you have collected all the wires on the first floor?"
"I promise to God I have searched the first floor. All the usable wires have been torn out. I didn't even spare the phone wire." Seeing Thomas swearing and swearing, Richard's mouth twitched and he sighed. He sounded like he had made some kind of decision, then turned to everyone and gave the order: "It seems I have to go upstairs."
What! ! !
"No! You can't go upstairs. There are mosquitoes there. William and I finally escaped from the second floor, and now we go up again. Then, wouldn't that be asking for death? I still have a wife and daughter who love me at home, and I don't want to die. I don’t want to be torn into pieces like Daniel!”
"Yes, you can't go to the second floor. It's too dangerous there! How about we take off our clothes and tear them into strips?"
As soon as Richard finished speaking, it was as if a huge rock was thrown into the calm lake. The security guards immediately shook their heads and refused. Yes, because many people had seen the wolf on the second floor, but they had never seen the wolf before. Having been to the 1st floor, the security guards subconsciously thought that the mummy gnats had been wandering around on the 2nd floor. Although they didn't know whether the gnats would come to the 1st floor sooner or later, compared to the absolutely dangerous 2nd floor of the castle, the 1st floor, which had been calm during this period, was undoubtedly much safer. , which is also the main reason why they had the guts to collect furniture on the first floor to find ropes. In the eyes of the security guards, the first floor was relatively safe. Unexpectedly, Richard now asked everyone to go to the second floor! Thinking of Daniel still lying in pieces on the second floor, and thinking of the terrifying mummy that killed people on sight, the security guards panicked, especially William and Robert, who had witnessed mummies killing people. They were even more frightened and had the loudest objections. Later, he also suggested using clothes instead of ropes, but...
"That's enough! You think I want to go to the second floor? But there is no way. At present, only one-third of the ladder has been manufactured, which is not enough to help us climb out of the city wall. Even if all of us take off our clothes, we can only lift the ladder Increased to half, listen, unless we want all of us to die here, we must build the ladder as soon as possible!"
"Okay, let's go look for it on the first floor and see if there are any sheets or clothes in the room."
As the saying goes, things must be done when the time comes. Seeing the collective opposition of his team members, Richard, who had reprimanded everyone, had no choice but to compromise. He ordered everyone to go to the first floor in the next best way to try to see if they could stay in the surrounding rooms. Although there is little hope of finding fabric clothes that can be used to make ropes, this is the only way at the moment.
Soon, under the leadership of Richard himself, they put down the crude wooden ladder that was just beginning to take shape. The security guards left the city wall and returned to the castle. They then searched around the first floor of the castle, looking for anything that could be used to make ropes.
As mentioned above, in order to collect as much fabric and clothing as possible to use as ropes, as soon as they returned to the first floor of the castle, the security guards dispersed and searched intensively. Except for Richard who went to the North District alone to search, the rest were only two people. One group rushed to other areas separately, but...
In the hall, just as everyone was rushing around with flashlights, through the moonlight outside the window, they saw a dark shadow slowly walking out from behind a column that was still standing silently.
Because the environment at the scene is too dark, even if the moonlight shines out of the window, it can only illuminate the outline of the black shadow. No one knows why the black shadow is hidden here, but this is not important, and it is also not the focus of the current focus. As he walks out of the column, it is no longer hidden. , Next, the black shadow made a move. After looking around for a while, with the help of the cover of darkness, the black shadow walked slowly towards a certain direction.
Chris Castle, 1st Floor West End.
Creak, click, click.
The corridor that had always been silent and dark was no longer dark, no longer silent. Accompanied by the frequent shaking of the flashlight beam and the sound of the door, Jack and Bud were currently running together in the corridor, pushing open the rooms on both sides from time to time. Then he walked into the room and looked around, looking for the barely there fabric clothes.
There is no doubt that compared to the second and third floors, which are better preserved due to their larger collections, the first floor is the most deserted area of the entire castle. In addition to the pursuit of retro, there is nothing here except a large number of rusty weapons. Outside the warehouse, the remaining rooms are basically empty, and the rooms used for soldiers to live in are also empty. At most, there are some dilapidated wooden furniture. It is conceivable that faced with this result, neither Jack nor Bud, The more they wandered around, the more frustrated they became, and the more they searched, the more disappointed they became. Finally...
Bang!
After passing through two corridors one after another, after witnessing dozens of so-called living rooms, Jack pushed open the door and cursed when he went out. He complained to Bud opposite who had also just come out of the room: "Damn it, still..." There is nothing, it’s over, we are definitely doomed this time.”
"No, we can't give up. There are still many rooms in the back that we haven't looked for. If we can't find them, we will be forced to go to the second floor by Richard!" Unlike Jack's despair and irritability, as a man with more than ten people, A veteran security guard with more than 40 years of work experience, Jack, who is nearly 40 years old, does not show much despair. Although he is also aware that there are beetles in the castle, he also knows that if they want to escape from the castle, everyone must find fabric ropes that can build ladders. Seeing that Jack lost patience and tried to give up, Bud directly warned him not to give up. After all, if you continue to search, there may be hope, but once you give up, everyone will have no choice but to go to the second floor to die.
"Well, I would rather die than go to the second floor anyway. Instead of going upstairs to die, I would rather do useless work here!"
As expected, after being reminded and warned by Bud, Jack reluctantly agreed. Then he continued to move, pushed the door open and walked into the next room. Seeing Jack continuing to search, Bud, who had been checking on the opposite side, did not hesitate to turn around and push the door open. door and go straight into another room.
Perhaps because he was too nervous, after just checking for a few seconds, Jack pushed the door open again and returned to the corridor before Bud went out. As he pushed the door open, he cursed again: "Damn, it's an empty room again. Only there is a broken wooden table in the corner. Hey, Bud, where are you..."
Um?
As mentioned above, when the door was pushed open, just when Jack was about to tell the test results as before, Jack stopped abruptly in the middle of the sentence. Then he looked forward with the help of a flashlight and stared at the person in front of the door with stunned eyes. He looked at the man who had stood in front of the door at some point. However, the man was not Bud, but another man, a man with glasses that he seemed to have seen before!
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