Love Apartment (1)
/Text: Green Plum Sauce
Chi Ting struggled out of the huge drag force and suddenly opened his eyes.
The dazzling and abrupt light seemed to penetrate directly into his nerves.
After catching the vague outline in his field of vision, his first reaction was to directly reach out and grab the thing's throat.
The fingertips like iron pliers tightened suddenly, and he was about to twist it with force. Chi Ting was vaguely aware of it, and finally realized what he was grabbing.
The person whose neck was strangled could clearly feel the strong killing intent coming towards him, and he was broken into a cold sweat in an instant.
Then he felt the hand on his neck loosen slightly, caressing the skin of his neck and moving upward little by little, lifting his chin, forcing him to face the A scrutinizing gaze.
The next second, his head was held firmly in both hands.
From this angle, the outline of the overly slender and beautiful fingers can be captured in the field of view.
The strong murderous intent from the previous moment was gone. Chi Ting just held the other person's head and stared straight at him. There was a trace of confusion between his slightly twisted eyebrows, as if he was confirming something very important: "You...look like a human, right?"
The unlucky guy whose head was being held was named Li Tao. Originally, he was just curious to see what was going on when he saw that Chi Ting hadn't woken up. Unexpectedly, he suffered a double physical and psychological blow as soon as they met.
...What does it mean to be like a person?
The corners of Li Tao's mouth twitched slightly: "...Are you polite?"
"It's really a person, and he's still alive." Chi Zing touched the face up and down, with this expression, as if he was studying something extraordinary. Then he raised his head and looked around, surprised. He raised his eyebrows and said, "So many, are they all alive?"
Li Tao's face felt hot as he was touched directly, and he finally managed to break free from the other party's "ravage": "...Are you sick?"
He was one of the people who woke up earlier after being teleported into the dungeon. He was originally attracted by Chi Ting's outstanding appearance at a glance in the crowd. Unexpectedly, after a little contact with him, he discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with this man's brain.
Chi Ting didn't pay attention to Li Tao's actions.
By this time, he had noticed changes in his environment.
The virus is raging in the world where he lives, and the last fortress of mankind has been completely conquered.
As a member of the core patrol team, Chi Ting has been searching for the last batch of surviving humans on the earth. And just before he came here, while he was leading his team members on a mission, the entire army was wiped out except for him, and unknowingly a long time had passed.
The last scene in Chi Ting's memory was that he was sucked into the bloody mouth by the tentacles of the alien species.
I don’t know what happened, but when I woke up again, I suddenly switched to the scene here.
The surrounding environment, no matter how you look at it, looks like an apartment lobby in the peaceful times before the virus outbreak.
The most important thing is that before destroying the team, except for his own team members, he really hadn't seen other humans for a long time.
Is this the world inside a heterogeneous body?
Or is he already dead?
Chi Ting was not sure, but after a simple count, he could tell that there were a total of 12 people present including himself!
Meeting so many living people at once was definitely a pleasant thing to say the least.
He almost forgot what it was like to live with living people!
But it was obvious that others could not feel Chi Ting's good mood.
Just 5 minutes ago, they appeared here out of thin air.
Surrounded by pink walls, it is charming and dreamy under the light of the overhead lights. The dead silence makes the four cute bubble fonts of "Love Apartment" on the wall look particularly weird.
In the depressive state of confused "who am I, where am I, what happened?", some people are finally driven to the extreme of madness by such an atmosphere.
The man in the corner grabbed his scalp with both hands, his voice trembling uncontrollably: "Where is this place? Why did I suddenly come here... No, I have to leave..."
The man was not too far away from Chi Ting. Chi Ting stretched out his hand. Just as he was about to strike up a conversation and say, "What a coincidence, I was also called here suddenly," when he saw the man stumble and suddenly stand up. After looking around, he hurriedly turned toward the only person on the side. The little door rushed past.
Another girl was screamed by him.
Someone let out a light "tsk" as if they were watching a show, and the words fell into Chi Zing's ears: "It seems that there are a lot of new people in the dungeon this time."
Copy? Newcomer?
Is it a special vocabulary for this world?
Chi Ting looked in the direction of the sound and saw two people not far away leaning against the wall with their arms crossed, their interesting tones carrying subtle expectations.
From the way they communicated like this, it was obvious that they knew each other. This very comfortable look was somewhat out of tune with the other people around them.
Chi Ting soon knew what the two people were looking forward to.
Seeing the man rushing to the side door and about to push it out, the moment he took the step, his whole movement was stopped abruptly as if being restrained by an invisible force.
Immediately afterwards, an expression distorted by pain instantly occupied his entire face, and his hands with exposed veins pinched his throat fiercely.
The blood vessels throughout the body gradually expanded invisibly, and the back of the hands, neck, and forehead were densely covered like a spider web...
Bang——!
Bang bang——!
The successive explosions were like a small and bloody firework show, and thick plasma covered his hideous face along with the broken blood vessels.
Along with the numbness of the scalp, a feeling suddenly rushed to the head, and some people immediately couldn't help but violently retched.
A trace of regret clearly flashed across Chi Ting's expression.
We have just seen a living person, how come there is no one left so soon... It won't be the end of this place, and everyone will die again, right?
He sighed deeply in his heart. He was familiar with such excessively bloody scenes. He moved his eyes away and continued to observe the surrounding environment.
Li Tao's face doesn't look good either. Although if you meet new people, the team will often be attrited before the game starts, this situation is likely to make it more difficult for other players to clear the level.
He secretly cursed the newcomer's overly fragile psychological quality, and took this opportunity to quickly determine the number of new players in this game.
After sweeping his gaze around, he happened to bump into Chi Ting again.
Chi Ting has the kind of standard appearance that is suitable for both genders. When he is not smiling, he looks a little cold, but when he smiles, he always makes people feel like spring breeze because of the sincerity between his eyebrows.
The silky black hair is shoulder-length and scattered randomly around the collarbone. The unknown red stone hanging on the double-layered chain below the choker looks even more charming.
Unlike other players, his attention at this time did not fall on the suddenly exploded corpse. Instead, he looked at the decoration style of the apartment seriously, as if he wanted to carve every inch of this hall into his mind. .
In sharp contrast to the uneasiness of other players, Chi Ting's expression showed a signal everywhere - he liked it here very much.
The kind that I like very much.
"..."
Li Tao's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly became unsure: Fuck, is this still a big boss? !
[Ding dong——! ]
A sudden sound broke the dead silence around him.
[Love apartment, everyone has love. Welcome to join the loving and warm family of Love Apartment. Please work hard to defeat NPCs and improve their favorability! ]
The overly sharp mechanical voice was emotionless, making such a welcome speech even more weird and subtle.
For a moment, no one spoke, and everyone was listening carefully to what was going to happen next.
[Note that the initial rules are as follows:
1. Receive favorability tasks carefully during the game. Once received, it cannot be revoked;
2. When all tasks can increase the favorability value of the corresponding NPC, there is a probability of causing a synchronous impact on other NPCs;
3. Only when the favorability of the same floor reaches the green value can the upper and lower floors be unlocked. Do not visit across floors;
4. Do not communicate with red-named NPCs. Poor neighborly relations will be very dangerous;
5. New rule prompts may be added at any time as the game progress changes, so please pay attention at all times. ]
[Finally, to reiterate, any forced end of the game will be severely punished. ]
[——Please abide by the rules of the game! ]
Chi Ting listened carefully to every word in the rules and glanced at the bloody corpse on the ground.
So, this man ended up like this just because he tried to get out of the game?
He blinked slowly.
Although I still don’t know why I suddenly came here, I feel like it’s fun.
What Chi Ting didn't know was that at the same time that the initial rules were announced, a section called [Love Apartment] suddenly appeared in the game classification list of a live broadcast platform.
At the same time, 12 live broadcast windows were opened simultaneously. Except for one interface that had been completely darkened, the figures that appeared in each live broadcast room were the remaining 11 people in the copy.
By coincidence, Chi Ting's smile was captured in the frame.
Several players saw a new dungeon being launched and just clicked on it, and they were directly hit by the beauty crit.
[I went, I almost thought I entered the appearance division. 】
[I came in immediately after seeing a copy of "Love Apartment". He smiled so innocently, he must be a newcomer. 】
[Unlucky, I just went around for a while, and it seems that there are a lot of new people entering this time, and the group is probably going to be wiped out again. 】
[This is the first time that "Love Apartment" has started a group tour? I remember that the highest completion level seemed to be only 40%? 】
【The 11th time! This copy has been destroyed 10 times! Please hurry up and share your strategy with a boss, otherwise you will be doomed if you are matched! 】
[Just wait, if it doesn’t work this time, there will be a next time. There will always be a big guy on the rankings. 】
[Sigh, it’s a pity that a few of the people in this copy will be cannon fodder again. 】
[Actually, that’s not necessarily the case. Look at Li Hou next door. After checking, his ranking is at 12248. Maybe...]
[Can ranking 12248 guarantee that you will pass the level? Haha, I can only say that wishes are always good. 】
People in the dungeon cannot see the content of the barrage.
In the lobby on the first floor, as the beep disappeared, the surroundings returned to dead silence again.
At this time, the existence of newbies becomes very easy to distinguish, and the group with ashen faces is inseparable.
Chi Ting had already noticed it before. In addition to the cannon fodder brother before, there should be at least three other people who were exposed to this incredible situation for the first time like him.
The two people who were watching the fun earlier were obviously not entering the dungeon for the first time.
After listening to the rules, one of the men went straight to the central counter and started rummaging around. Finally, he opened the drawer and dumped the contents on the table. He said, "Okay, come here and get your room card." Well, the game has officially begun."
The cardboard packages that the man dug out had detailed names written on them. Several old players successively claimed them, and the remaining clueless newcomers also found their names one after another.
Chi Ting got his room card and looked at it carefully, with a little curiosity in his expression.
It is indeed something from the peaceful era, and the access cards used are all basic models with extremely low security factor.
The man who handed out the cards glanced over and saw Chi Ting's room number and raised his eyebrows: "Twelfth floor? It's right above me. It's quite fate."
He stretched out his hand seemingly enthusiastically: "My name is Li Hou, what's yours?"
"Chi Ting."
The two reached out and shook hands gently.
A seemingly benign smile appeared on Li Hou's face: "How many times has this been your first time placing a book?"
From his perspective, compared with other frightened newcomers, Chi Ting, who has always behaved calmly, is undoubtedly enough to be labeled an "old player".
Chi Ting smiled slightly, but asked instead: "What do you think?"
Li Hou: "...?"
Li Hou obviously didn't expect such an answer. His first reaction was that he felt that this guy was perfunctory. However, his dissatisfied words stopped completely the moment he met Chi Zhan's gaze.
How should I put it, during the communication process, every smile of the person in front of me seemed to exude strong kindness all the time, and matched with his narrow and beautiful eyes, there was even a hint of affection. the illusion.
It's direct and explicit, like teasing a favorite little animal, and also like it's very natural to make you happy.
Li Hou felt that his heart was beating hard unexpectedly, and a vague thought passed through his mind - damn, none of his previous girlfriends looked at him like this, this guy looks so good This guy can't be gay! ?
Seeing that Li Hou didn't answer for a long time, Chi Ting blinked in confusion: "Don't you want to guess?"
Such an expression fell into Li Hou's eyes, and combined with the previous guess, it set off alarm bells in his heart. He suddenly lost the intention to continue testing: "No, no need to guess."
After saying this, he walked towards his companions without looking back.
Chi stopped consciously and gently pinched the red stone hanging under the choker with two fingers. As he pondered, his fingertips tapped rhythmically one after another. This was his habit after he started thinking. action.
Why do you feel like this person ran away on purpose?
Could it be that he hasn't communicated normally with humans for too long, so he doesn't perform well enough?
Just when Chi Ting was puzzled, he heard someone suddenly shout: "The elevator is coming! It's the elevator!"
At this time, everyone discovered that there was an elevator inside the side door where the man had tried to escape in a panic.
But this discovery isn't going to make anyone laugh out loud.
After all, this means that even if the man did run away at that time, there would be nowhere to escape.
In a dead silence, everyone stepped onto the elevator one after another.
This elevator is in card swiping mode. Only the corresponding room card can trigger the stay on that floor, which in disguise limits the scope of everyone's activities. According to the previous rules, it should be after gaining enough favorability from the NPC on the same floor. Access to other floors will be gradually opened.
Starting from the 8th floor, players one after another walked out of the elevator after arriving on their own floor. The originally crowded space slowly became empty as the number of people decreased.
Some people started to talk intermittently as if to comfort themselves.
"Oh, it's really unlucky that no one has read the guide to clearing this dungeon?"
"This kind of NPC-oriented game, as long as it doesn't violate the rules of the game, it usually won't be too difficult, right?"
"You should just need to get enough favorability to pass the level."
"But the higher the level, the harder it should be to clear the level. How many NPCs do you need to clear if you want to return to the first floor?"
"Ooooooo, stop talking, I'm on the 20th floor, the highest!"
"There are only 12 of us in total. The lower floors below the 8th floor seem to be empty. Is there no problem?"
"Don't worry about it. It's just about pleasing NPCs. I'm the best at this!"
After reaching the 11th floor, the man named Li Hou also left the elevator.
Chi Ting felt someone pat him gently. Looking back, it was the first human he saw here - Li Tao.
Because he was caught off guard and had his neck pinched and his face touched before, Li Tao felt very complicated when he faced Chi Ting again.
However, although he felt that Chi Ting was weird, he still chose to whisper: "The man just now was called Li Hou, right? You should be careful about him. He and his companions gave me a very uncomfortable feeling. This There are many people in the world who are willing to step on other people's corpses and climb up in order to survive. My personal skill is that I can sense the malice in others. Trust me, stay away from them and don't be used."
"Thank you for reminding me." Chi Ting didn't know if he had heard such advice. He blinked and said, "Your skills are quite easy to use, so you are willing to remind me of this all of a sudden because in your eyes, I should be... …”
Li Tao never expected Chi Ting to be so sharp, and paused slightly: "..."
Although there's nothing bad to say, it's normal for you to not go anywhere, right?
Li Tao had experienced several dungeons before, and this was the first time he saw Chi Ting in this infinite world, facing a being who was so kind to everyone.
This kind of kindness was so radiant that Li Tao was almost blinded by his personal skills like never before!
Li Tao cleared his throat and changed the subject: "Anyway, you just need to remember that my name is Li Tao and I live on the 15th floor. You are welcome to come and visit me after the activity permissions are activated."
After finishing speaking, he pointed to the elevator door that opened again: "Your 12th floor has arrived. Come on, see you later."
"Okay, see you later." Chi Ting smiled and waved to Li Tao, and walked out with one long step.
The elevator doors closed behind you and you continued to move upward.
The mechanical "click" gradually became distant, and the surrounding area became quiet.
It’s great to get to know so many people at once. I will definitely work hard to be kind to others in the future!
Chi Ting thought this, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and observed the surrounding environment.
Although he is very satisfied with his adventures so far, his long-term experience of surviving in a doomsday environment has made him habitually want to master all the details.
This should be a very common apartment design in peacetime. There are three households on the first floor. Room 1202, where he lives, is in the center. On the right is Room 1201. There is an aisle on the left. After passing through, you can see another room. Household 1203.
The people here should be the good neighbors he needs to conquer.
Chi Ting was not in a hurry to return to his "home". Instead, after scanning around, he pushed open the door next to the elevator room marked with the safety exit.
Just like the regular apartment design, here are the stairwells leading to the upper and lower floors. Except for the girlish pink color used in the lobby on the first floor, everything is normal.
There were even a few empty cardboard boxes stacked in the corner, which looked like garbage that hadn't had time to be recycled.
Chi Ting touched his chin, habitually checked the escape routes available in case of an accident, and was about to turn around and leave when suddenly a young female voice spoke.
Such a silent environment is enough to arouse a chill in an instant.
"Brother, have you seen my doll?"
Chi Ting looked up and realized that a little girl had appeared at the top of the stairs leading to the 13th floor. She was wearing an exquisite and beautiful Lolita-style dress that made her look more like an extremely lifelike real-life doll.
Meeting Chi Ting's gaze, the little girl showed a sweet smile and asked again: "Brother, my doll is lost. Can you help find my doll?"
At the same time, Chi Ting heard a "ding dong" sound in his mind.
Since he already had experience in the first-floor hall, this was enough for him to realize what was happening.
Sure enough, a virtual interface was displayed in front of him.
[Task name: Find dolls
Mission introduction: Gloria on the 13th floor is a little girl who likes to collect dolls, but her dolls were accidentally lost. Can you help her find them?
Mission reward: Gloria’s favorability +20
Hidden effect: unknown (???)
Are you sure you want to accept the mission? yes or no]
A few people in the live broadcast room were stunned for a moment when they saw Chi Ting exploring the map in advance and thought this newcomer had some potential.
[Isn’t it, Gloria? What a chosen start this is! ? 】
[Fortunately, it doesn’t look like they live on the same floor. 】
[Is this okay? Just finish the mission as soon as you receive it! 】
[Perhaps, it is also possible to refuse. 】
[Haha, when you are a newcomer, can you withstand the temptation if an NPC comes to you with a task? 】
[…You are right, I can’t. 】
Just as several players in the live broadcast room were sweating, Chi Ting's eyes lingered on the panel content for a moment. After recalling the initial rules he heard on the first floor, he looked up at the expectant Ge. Luoriya showed a kind smile.
Under such clear goodwill, the barrage was all "finished", and Gloria seemed to have a premonition, and the corners of her mouth became more and more raised.
The next second, she heard the other party's answer.
Chi Ting's expression looked very sincere and full of apologies: "Sorry, I can't. My brother is too busy. You can find a way and look for it yourself. Be good, and my brother will definitely bring you sweets in the future."
Obviously, he never expected such an answer. The girl's smile and the barrage in the live broadcast room paused for a moment.
