Love Apartment (7)
/Text: Green Plum Sauce
Chi stopped for half a day to gain enough favorability with the female model next door, and successfully made it to the 13th floor before the sun set, completing the meeting with Li Tao.
In addition to the two of them, those who came to gather together were Xiang Xianwan, a resident on the 13th floor, and Gong Jing, a player who lived on the 14th floor. The meeting place was chosen in the living room of Room 1302.
This was their first meeting on several floors, and everyone's attitude was quite solemn.
"The favorability of others hasn't been raised enough yet, and we are the only ones who can come over now." Li Tao looked at Chi Ting and hesitated to speak, but finally added, "If you can actively increase the favorability, If so, you can go to the 14th floor to gather, and you can also bring Chang Hefeng from the 16th floor with you. That guy is quite nice, and he is very active in increasing his favorability. He is an old player and should be able to help a lot in the future."
Chi Ting naturally heard the disgust in his words: "I will be more positive next time."
The words should have been straightforward, but Li Tao inexplicably heard a strong perfunctory tone and choked up: "Forget it, as long as we can gather together, let's do this for today."
He sighed deeply, took out his mobile phone and connected the video call very neatly. After a while, Chang Hefeng's huge face appeared on the mobile phone screen, and he did not forget to actively chat with everyone present. call.
Chi Ting also smiled instinctively, moved in front of the camera, and waved: "Hi."
Sure enough, humans are warm and friendly creatures, which is really lovable.
The overly strong kindness caught Li Tao off guard, and he reflexively protected his eyes: "Just a casual acquaintance, let's discuss business quickly, it's almost night."
As soon as the words fell, the surrounding area fell silent.
Due to psychological effects, everyone felt that there seemed to be a vague chill rushing from the bottom of their feet to the top of their heads.
As a novice player, Xiang Xianwan behaved quite calmly. Thinking of what happened last night, her face turned slightly bleak: "Then what should we do now? If it is like what you said, the activity restrictions of those NPCs are not the same as ours. Favorability is related, so if we continue the favorability strategy, wouldn’t it be... So, do we still need to continue the strategy?"
She slowly looked around, obviously knowing very well that the number of players who could come to gather today meant that NPCs from several floors could freely come to her floor to "visit".
Tonight, it will definitely only be more lively.
The puzzle eventually comes full circle.
It was as if the players were placed directly at an intersection, pointing ahead and saying to them: "See those two roads? The left is death, and the right is death. Choose one."
This time Li Tao decided very resolutely: "Brush! There is no way out anyway. If we fight hard, we might still have a chance of survival, just in case!"
He directly took a piece of paper and slapped it on the ground, listing them one by one: "In this way, after you go back this time, you can go downstairs as much as possible to brush up your favorability as much as possible during the day, and ensure that you can move smoothly when you go downstairs. Let’s gather together and rush forward. According to the food and water provided at home, we should be able to last for at least seven days. Let’s work hard for these seven days and gather together then, how about that?”
Seven days?
Chi Ting thought of the lunch he had just eaten for Yue Ren, and suddenly felt a little regretful.
Li Tao noticed the change in Chi Ting's expression: "Is there something wrong?"
Forget it, not enough food is not enough. Fighting hunger is a compulsory course for them as scavengers in the last days. Being hungry for a day or two will not kill anyone anyway.
Chi Ting thought and shook his head: "No, you continue to make arrangements."
With his personal skills, Li Tao can be said to have read countless people. This is the first time he has encountered such an unpredictable existence as Chi Ting.
However, he didn’t ask any more questions and just made a decision: “Then let’s settle it first! Just hurry up, nine o’clock every night is the time for video conference. If you encounter any problems, you can ask them then. I guess it’s just a matter of whether it works. Let’s look at this time! Life is ours, and the future is also ours. We still have to fight on our own in the future, come on—!”
Others shouted in unison: "Come on!"
Although Chi Ting didn't quite understand the sudden rush of human blood, he was very willing to go with the flow: "Well, come on."
In the remaining time, several people each provided the strategy attributes of the NPCs on their respective floors. Today's meeting ended in a hurry before the evening.
They had been fighting alone before, but now there was finally someone to discuss countermeasures with, and everyone's mood was obviously much more stable than at the beginning.
Before leaving, the host Xiang Xianwan enthusiastically squeezed a glass of orange juice for everyone.
Chi Ting also received a cup.
He was holding this juice full of human love in his hand, and the curve of the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious, so that Li Tao couldn't hold it back. He came over and asked quietly: "Are you sure you are not interested in this girl?"
Chi Ting looked at him doubtfully: "Why do you ask that?"
Why? Just because you smile so worthless!
That’s not to say that infinite gamers are unworthy of love, but in such a high-pressure environment, it’s hard to imagine how strong a heart one must have to still have the desire to fall in love.
Li Tao didn't know what to say for a moment, so he pushed the door open with one hand and raised his head inadvertently. The words that came to his lips were completely choked.
Everyone else's chatting and laughing stopped at this moment.
Chi Ting was the last one and looked along their line of sight. The first thing he saw was the open door of Room 1301, and then the petite figure holding the doll fell into his eyes.
It can only be said that what happened last night really frightened Gloria, so that after a whole day, the NPC's face was still a little sickly pale.
The sudden silence made her figure standing alone at the door look even more desolate. When she met the eyes of others, her grin was bright and weird, and her direct gazes were looking away from several players bit by bit. After caressing it, when it finally landed on Chi Ting - you could clearly feel that the raised corners of his mouth suddenly dropped.
Then, Chi Ting watched helplessly as the favorability value above his head jumped sharply.
[Favorability value -10].
Chi Ting, who had done nothing yet: "?"
Does this mean you feel bored when you see him?
"Ah, Gloria, why are you coming out?" As Xiang Xianwan stepped forward to greet her, the subtle sense of oppression around her instantly disappeared a lot. She indeed seemed to be very familiar with the NPCs on the same floor. Facing the little The girl was also smiling, "Is there still no one at home? How about my sister playing with you for a while today?"
As she led people inside, she waved desperately behind her to signal others to leave quickly.
"Okay, Gloria likes my sister to play with me." Gloria's renewed smile seemed very innocent at first glance. She took Xiang Xianwan's hand and walked home without giving anyone else a second thought. The eyes, especially Chi Ting's.
When the door closed, the remaining people breathed a sigh of relief.
When Li Tao saw Chi Zhan still staying there, he patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go, stop looking. Later you only need to go down to the 11th floor to start the strategy. There is no need to study the NPCs on this floor, they are not too big for you. relation."
Chi Ting withdrew his gaze.
When Gloria looked at Xiang Xianwan for the last time, he was inexplicably reminded of his expression when he showed her the photo last night - full of greed and possession of possessions.
Hopefully, it's just his illusion.
That night, the number of NPCs wandering in the corridors increased significantly.
The faint sound of footsteps could be heard throughout the entire apartment, which was particularly distinct in the silent night.
Many people stayed up until dawn with their eyes open in fear. Driven by the increasing motivation to leave here, they couldn't bear it and began to increase the favorability of the NPCs even more crazily.
Chi Ting slept pretty well.
Opening the player group with sleepy eyes, and casually glancing at the message content, you can clearly feel that many players have gradually collapsed.
This made him slightly emotional.
Human beings in peaceful times are indeed much more fragile in terms of spiritual strength.
There is also a message from Xiang Xianwan on the phone. Judging from the message she sent, it seems that Yue Ren, the NPC set by the social animal, is not at home again today.
After replying [find 1201 first, don't mess with 1203], Chi Ting turned around and entered the bathroom. After washing up, he officially went out.
Today his strategy task is on the 11th floor.
The person who lived in Room 1102 was Li Hou, who made Li Tao feel very uncomfortable. Chi Ting was very willing to have some social interaction between humans, but it was a pity that the other person was not at home at this time.
He could only knock on the door next door.
One of the two families on the 11th floor is a star chef, and the other is a pet shop owner who loves small animals.
Chi Ting discussed the recipe with the former and then went to the house behind to pet the cat all afternoon. The progress in favorability was quite impressive.
After a busy day, I went home. At nine o'clock in the evening, against the sounds of footsteps coming and going outside and the loud noises coming from time to time, the group's first video conference was officially launched.
The content of the meeting is actually very simple. It is to check what everyone has encountered at the end of the day, and at the same time help each other solve the problems encountered in the strategy process, thereby ensuring sufficient strategy progress.
It was already the third night of the NPC's rampage, and the players in the dungeon were somewhat numb.
Ignoring the commotion outside, the entire exchange process was very fast. Going up in order of floors, after Chi Ting, Xiang Xianwan, Gong Jing and Litao finished talking, it was Chang Hefeng's turn.
"My wake-up time today is eight o'clock in the morning..."
Chang Hefeng had a very kind round face. When he opened his mouth, he directly used the same opening remarks as the previous ones. He quickly introduced what he had done in the morning in a simple way, "Then I came back and ate whatever I wanted. I put something on my stomach and went out at about one o'clock in the afternoon. When I came back in the evening and had dinner, I was waiting to have a meeting with you."
Li Tao: "We know you went out, but what happened after you went out?"
Chang Hefeng: "Ah? Didn't I tell you that I will have a meeting with you when I get back?"
Li Tao was speechless: "...I'm asking about your afternoon, afternoon, what exactly did you do when you went out in the afternoon."
"Didn't I tell you what to do..." Chang Hefeng scratched his head and thought seriously before finally remembering from his vague memory. His tone of voice while thinking was full of hesitation, "I I met Aguai when I went out in the afternoon, and then...then I went to his home gym with him to exercise. Oh yes, I should be in his home gym in the afternoon."
Li Tao: "???"
Of course he knew that the strange guy Chang Hefeng talked about was the resident of 1603 next door. It was precisely because he knew that he felt even more speechless: "You live on the highest floor. Didn't I tell you to lift all the area restrictions below as soon as possible?" How do you still have time to play with your neighbors on the same floor?"
Li Tao was thinking about the collective progress, and was naturally angry at this perfunctory attitude. As a result, Chang Hefeng's expression was even more puzzled than him: "But I have lived here for so long, and I have made an appointment with Aguai to exercise together every afternoon. Time, isn’t this a normal thing?”
Li Tao was just angry at him for not arguing, but suddenly, he was completely choked by the words that came to his lips.
The video conference also fell into deathly silence.
The rustling sounds in the corridor outside became the only background sound.
Chang Hefeng was still a little puzzled by the silence of the others, until he suddenly realized it, and his expression suddenly changed: "I, how can I..."
Yes, why did he subconsciously think that exercising with that NPC neighbor was a normal thing every day? ? ?
In the silence, Chi Ting spoke: "So, do you still remember the specific exercises you went to Aguai's place every day?"
Beads of sweat as big as soybeans began to appear on Chang Hefeng's pale face. Thinking too hard made him subconsciously hold his head tightly, but only the words that changed the tone of despair came out dullly: " I...don't know. I can't remember! I can't remember anything! How could...how could this happen..."
This struggling emotion seemed to be transmitted to everyone participating in the meeting through the video screen, and they seemed to feel a hint of trembling.
There is no need for Chang Hefeng to say anything more.
Everyone has realized that there is obviously a gap in his memory.
The night wind blows coolly from the window.
The video conference did not end, but everyone's images seemed to be frozen.
"Ding dong——! Ding dong——!"
It wasn't until the sudden ringing of the doorbell brought everyone out of their cold state. After subconsciously looking around for confirmation, they were sure that the doorbell was coming from the video conference.
"Whose doorbell is ringing..."
Li Tao didn't say the word "Le", and his words stopped abruptly.
He no longer needed an answer.
In the video, you can see the despair on Chang Hefeng's face fading away bit by bit like dye washed away by rain, and a smile that can be called joy suddenly appeared between his eyebrows.
And the next second, his expression became even more distorted because he vaguely wanted to cry.
Chang Hefeng seemed to be trying very hard to retain his sanity, but in the end he still couldn't control the smile that appeared at the corner of his mouth little by little. He stood up with a happy expression while crying, and carefully discerned the words he murmured. , you can vaguely hear him saying: "It's Oguai... Oguai, he came to see me again..."
Xiang Xianwan had already covered her mouth tightly under the overly weird scene. Seeing Chang Hefeng put down her phone and stood up, she screamed in horror: "Don't go! Don't open the door--!"
Then, all apparently to no avail.
Chang Hefeng's figure completely left the camera frame, and the sound of slippers on the ground faded away little by little. Finally, with the sound of the door opening and closing again, there was only an eternal silence left around him.
Under the long and almost endless silence, Xiang Xianwan gritted her teeth tightly to prevent herself from sobbing.
Then, she heard someone sigh lowly.
Chi Ting seemed to have been thinking about it for a long time before he figured out how to comfort him: "Don't worry, I will probably be useless if you don't die. If you want to cry, just cry."
