Usually no outsiders come to this kind of place, and the hotel owner also said that there are no other guests now.
But the lights in the hotel happened to be lit, as if... they knew they would come in advance.
Jiang Qi closed the window and set a hammer behind the door. If someone opened the door, the hammer would fall to the wooden floor and make a loud noise.
The bed is right next to the window. The quilt and pillows are not clean but they are decent. It is much better than the environment in the last instance, but this place is very cold.
It's the kind of coldness that invades the bone marrow, leaving you with an uncomfortable feeling in your heart.
Usually the start of a game is the only chance to take a good rest.
Jiang Qi held up a flashlight and opened the zipper of his backpack. The game was quite considerate. The backpack contained some food, water bottles, and clothes.
Jiang Qi put the things into the inventory, checked all the doors and windows again, put the flashlight next to the pillow, within reach, then lifted the quilt and lay down to rest.
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This type of new single-player dungeon cannot defeat monsters, its combat power does not guarantee passing the level, and the death rate is never low.
Cooperative exploration is the method that players will choose. It is not as reliable as their own team and is safer than fighting alone.
The five players on the second floor are all in room 205, getting to know each other and reporting their strength.
The three men and two women have grades ranging from B to A. As for whether they are true or false, only they themselves know.
"In such a big town, I don't see many people. It takes too much time to explore alone. It is good for everyone to cooperate and share information." Luo Zhiqin looked at the other four people with a smile, "As for the ranking list, I am low level and have no idea. As long as I can clear the level Just get the points.”
The mortality rate of this type of dungeon is high, but there is an advantage. No matter how high the combat power is, they will not be able to get out if they cannot find clues. Players whose combat power is not high enough can also complete the mission first by looking for clues, and get good points rewards and improve own strength.
There are players in the game who specialize in the gameplay of this type of dungeon. It is good to sell clearance routes or get ranking benefits.
"Me too. It's good to be on the leaderboard if you're lucky. If you can't be on the leaderboard, it's good to get points by clearing the level." Zhong Li, 202, said.
Tian Shanbao nodded, "Everyone thinks so."
After all, no fool comes up and says he wants to be ranked. It's not obvious that he wants to be targeted.
"304 and 305 on the third floor seem to know each other." Qi Zhen glanced up pointedly, "Could they have come in together?"
"It's also possible that 305 players noticed something strange in the last room and chose to switch to 304. A place that no one wants to choose is not necessarily bad." Cheng Hui, a short-haired man from 204, continued.
What he said was not unreasonable. Several players were observing this room.
"Which of you wants to live in this room, you can change with me." Qi Zhen said with a friendly smile.
None of the four people spoke. Finally, Luo Zhiqin came out and said, "Everyone is on the same floor. You can hear everything you say. It's the same in every room."
Zhong Li nodded in agreement, "That's right. I think it's getting late. How about everyone go back and rest first?"
"Okay, let's do this first."
The four players left 205 one after another and each returned to their own rooms.
As the travelers fell asleep, the entire hotel building was plunged into darkness.
The faint sounds of the factory operations behind the town could be heard at night, but otherwise there was no sound.
He finally felt a little sleepy but was woken up by the cold. It was so cold that Jiang Qi felt that the temperature on his body was absorbed by the cold air all of a sudden. There was no warmth at all in the quilt.
She simply fell asleep holding her backpack. When she woke up in the middle of the night, she seemed to smell a sweet smell, greasy, with a slight fishy smell and an alluring fragrance.
This mixed smell was very strange. She had never smelled anything like it before, and she couldn't tell what it was coming from. It was sweet and tempting, and at the same time a little sweet to the point of nausea. In short, it was very complicated.
Jiang Qi opened his eyes in the darkness and confirmed that the smell he smelled was in the room and not a dream.
She looked intently at the furniture shrouded in darkness. Everything in the room was so quiet, without any change, but the sweetness in the air was still spreading.
Jiang Qi sat up from the bed with a flashlight, carefully identifying the direction the smell was coming from, and finally locked on the closed door.
She first put away the hammer behind the door and put her ear to the door to listen. She didn't hear anything unusual. The smell did come from behind the door.
It's not a good thing to suddenly smell a strange sweet smell in the dead of night.
Jiang Qi opened the door slowly, and the old and stale voice made people half stiff in this atmosphere.
The corridor was dark, like another strange world.
Jiang Qi didn't lock the door, just closed it. If he encountered something outside and needed to run away, he would most likely not have time to get the key to open the door.
Maybe it was a layout issue, but the wall at the end of the corridor looked particularly dark and dark, as if something was hiding inside, looking at her with a dead white face.
There are obviously no windows in the corridor, but the cold wind behind him is blowing the clothes. The corridor, which is not long, seems to be stretched infinitely at this moment.
Jiang Qi stepped very lightly, but in this too quiet environment, no matter how light his footsteps were, there would still be a sound.
She didn't turn on the flashlight, and walked slowly toward the stairs while holding on to the wall. The smell came from underneath.
Jiang Qi came to the stairs, looked down from the top, and found that there was a faint firelight slanting down on the steps, illuminating the somewhat peeling wooden floor.
The system time jumped to exactly three in the morning.
Jiang Qi bent over the handrail and walked down. When he passed the second floor, he subconsciously glanced at the corridor. All the doors were closed tightly, and there was no sound or light.
Didn't they smell the smell? Or rather, from the moment she walked out of the room, she was no longer in the same space as the others.
Jiang Qi continued to walk down. She just walked a few steps and before she reached the corner, she suddenly heard a "clang" below, like something hitting each other. She immediately stopped and paused on the spot.
The firelight below was still shining on the steps, and the sweetness was getting heavier and heavier, as if someone was stirring something.
The atmosphere was so weird, the further down I went, the faster my heart beat.
She had reached the junction of darkness and firelight. To go down one level, she would have to step on the illuminated steps.
Jiang Qi first changed the angle to observe the surrounding situation, and then walked down. She took the last two steps very carefully. There were shadows under the firelight, and she would be seen when she turned around.
Next to the stairs is the kitchen. You can see a black iron kerosene lamp on the table. Standing with his back is the innkeeper. He is stirring the contents of the pot with a big spoon.
The weird sweetness comes from this pot.
The innkeeper picked up the spoon and took a bite. Even if you couldn't see the expression on his face, you could feel his abnormal sense of satisfaction.
