Love Apartment (13)
/Text: Green Plum Sauce
After Chi Ting finished speaking, Li Tao remembered something: "At the beginning, I felt a little strange why all the players were assigned to floors above the 9th floor. Thinking about it at the time, I thought it was because the floor was too short. It will cause the difficulty of the game to be too low. Now that I hear you say this, could it be because of the situation below the 8th floor..."
"It's possible." After all, everything came from Chi Ting's intuition. He didn't want to be overly subjective and decided to talk about the facts. "Anyway, as long as I go downstairs and take a look, everything will be fine." Clear."
"..."
Li Tao was about to cry but had no tears, "Brother Chi, why do I feel that everything has become so simple when it comes to you?"
Chi Ting stood up and looked over strangely after hearing this: "What else?"
Three simple words, but Li Tao was stopped in his tracks.
Yes, otherwise.
In this infinite game where everything depends on exploration, there seems to be no other way to do many things except to verify them personally.
"Okay, don't think so much, go to bed first."
Chi Ting said as he turned around and entered the room. After a while, he opened the door and looked out. He asked very gentlemanly, "You are guests, why don't you come and sleep on my big bed alone?"
The three of them frowned: "No, no need..."
After what happened this night, and knowing that there are more than just terrifying NPCs in this apartment, who can still sleep!
Chi Ting also thought that in human social etiquette, when there are guests, he should ask them politely. After asking, he nodded politely to them: "Well, good night."
Three people: "Good night..."
Although they said they couldn't sleep, after all, everyone had been in a tense state over the past few days, and in addition, they were exhausted from being played with by the moon blade at night, so in the end everyone fell asleep without any resistance.
However, after squinting for a while, everyone woke up at the same time when the sky was just getting dark, and walked out of the door with the first ray of morning light, eager to make up enough favorability points to leave this hellish place on the 12th floor. ——This shows how huge the psychological shadow of the night before was.
When Chi Ting yawned and got up, when he opened the door, he saw three figures ready to go. He was quite shocked for a moment: "Have you already increased your favorability level enough? So fast?"
"For us now, time is life." Although Li Tao was anxious, he couldn't rush Chi Ting too much. He glanced at the bathroom in the master bedroom and suggested, "Brother Chi, why don't you wait until you wash up?" After we have breakfast, let’s go to the 11th floor to have a look?”
Chi Ting naturally knew that they hoped that he could escort them. Looking at the suggestive and expectant eyes, he was also a little happy: "You guys wait a moment, I will be there soon."
Ten minutes later, Chi Zhan held a piece of bread in his mouth, followed Litao and the others, and knocked on the door of Room 1102.
In fact, when Li Tao remembered who the player living on the 11th floor was, he once had a very tangled ideological struggle.
It can be seen that Li Hou left a very bad impression on him when he was in the lobby on the first floor, which left him with a very eye-catching question mark as to whether it would be suitable to establish a good cooperative relationship with this person in the future.
In the end, it was Chi Ting's words that made Li Tao make the decision.
"If we can cooperate, we can cooperate. If we can't cooperate, we can go our separate ways. If it doesn't work, we can kill them." Chi Ting said this in a rather understated tone.
Although he knew that the last sentence was just a joke, Li Tao somehow felt that it was indeed the case. Considering that there were only 7 people left among the 12 people who had entered the apartment dungeon together, he decided to unite as much as possible.
This was the second time Chi Ting stood at the door of Room 1102. He pressed the doorbell for a long time the night before but didn't get any response. Today, the people inside were finally willing to open the door.
Several people sat down around the table.
Li Hou poured a cup of hot water for everyone and said: "The neighbors next door have always come to me for help in the past few days. I didn't think much about it until I saw the message you posted in the group and realized something was wrong. I have been hiding at home and never dared to go out. In fact, I had already discussed with Lao Cheng to go downstairs together, but there was no reply to the messages I sent to Lao Cheng from the day before yesterday. I don’t know what the situation is. I can only wait for you upstairs to come down, it will be safer to move together."
Chi Zhan sat there, drinking hot water one sip at a time. During this period, he glanced at Li Hou from time to time, without any much expression on his face.
This Li Hou gave him a very strange feeling when he spoke, as if all the emotions did not fall on the point where the content should be. Just like when Lao Cheng was mentioned just now, although he deliberately pretended, there were not many fluctuations in his expression. In other words, he had seen too many separations between life and death. From what Chi Ting learned, human beings should not be in complex moods. His performance.
However, Chi Ting didn't think that what this man said was all lies. He could only say that Li Hou might be hiding something intentionally, but the content of his statement was at least half true and false.
Of course, as a human being, you should more or less have your own secrets. Chi Ting also has his own. As long as it is within a suitable scale, he does not want to get too involved.
Li Tao had put a colored filter on Li Hou from the beginning. Although he didn't know what was wrong after what he said, he was also keenly aware of something wrong: "So, what you mean is that you have done nothing these days. Didn't you do it? When you were in the lobby on the first floor, didn't you say that you were an old player? You should have a good relationship with that Cheng Chao. If something happened to him, you never thought of going to him? "
Li Hou raised his head and glanced at him. After a brief contact, he clearly regarded Li Tao as the backbone of this small group. He also responded very cooperatively: "I went to look for him, but he's not here."
Li Tao frowned: "Aren't you here?"
"There was no one there, and there were no signs of a fight. There was nothing in his house, and even the suitcase was missing a lot of things." Li Hou answered all questions, "So I wonder if he is dissatisfied." My favorability level was too slow and I went downstairs alone. Because of this, I didn’t know how to face me, so I simply chose not to reply to the message and pretended to be missing.”
He said it so calmly that Litao was a little unsure: "How do you know he's not in trouble?"
"Something happened? Assimilated by the copy? But if that's the case, according to your description, shouldn't I be able to see him when I go to find him?"
Li Hou looked at Li Tao, "It's because I didn't see him that I felt relatively relieved. At least not finding him means that he didn't encounter any danger when he was still on the ninth floor. As for whether anything happened after going downstairs I'm afraid we can only confirm it after we go downstairs."
Li Tao said nothing because he realized that what Li Hou said was right.
If Cheng Chao who lives on the 9th floor is really assimilated like Chang Hefeng, he should still be active in the apartment where he lives. The absence of people may have ensured his safety from the side. If something happened to him after leaving the 9th floor, we can only know it after confirming it with our own eyes.
Li Tao nodded: "Let's not talk about this for now. No matter what, let's get a good impression first."
After all, they had to continue going downstairs. After a brief exchange, everyone said goodbye to Li Hou.
It wasn't until the door behind him closed that Li Tao looked back at the door of Room 1102 and then said, "I always feel that this Li Hou is very strange. There must be something he is hiding from us, especially the way he looks at us..."
Li Tao's personal skills are not very rare, and they are not strong enough, but they are really useful at critical moments.
When he was in the room, he clearly felt the aura emanating from Li Hou's side, and it was clear that there was no goodwill.
But for a while, Li Tao didn't know what this veteran player with a sense of superiority wanted to do. He was so bald thinking about it that he finally shook his head: "No matter what, let's get the favorability level first. Oh, that's not right, Brother Chi." wait--"
Before he could finish his words, Chi Ting had already pressed the doorbell. He looked back and saw Li Tao's hand still frozen in mid-air, and smiled: "What's wrong?"
Li Tao was about to cry but had no tears: "We are not ready yet."
At least give some time to mentally prepare, just in case you encounter a pervert like that Moon Blade again.
Chi Ting was stunned for a moment before he understood, and he was happy: "Don't worry, this neighbor is very easy to talk to. I just met him last night, and we had a very pleasant communication."
"Last night?" Xiang Xianwan looked stunned, "Brother Chi, did you ask for that cup of hot water from him?"
Li Tao's focus was obviously on another aspect: "So that Li Hou didn't open the door for you at all last night? Damn, I knew that guy was unreliable and was a complete egoist."
"Human beings, it's okay to be selfish sometimes." Chi Ting was just about to appease the indignation of a few people. He noticed that the door in front of him opened and turned around with a smile, "Hello, I'm here to return yesterday's cup— —”
Seeing that the big man inside was about to close the door after seeing clearly who was at the door, he quickly stretched out his hand to block it, and then opened the door that was almost closed bit by bit, and said without even a slight pause: "Here's the cup, please return it." I brought other friends, is it convenient for us to come in and sit there?"
The expression of the thick-looking NPC inside gradually distorted: "..."
Li Tao and the others looked at the scene in front of them: "...?"
Brother Chi, are you sure you had a very pleasant exchange last night?
In the end, the big Han NPC let the person in because of Chi Ting's power.
After understanding their purpose, they cooperated without any hesitation.
Looking at the [Bean Peeling] task posted by the other party, Chi Ting was also a little surprised: "Are you sure we just need to help you peel the beans, or is it enough for you to have 10 favorability points? Isn't it too obvious to give points? A little, isn’t this not good?”
The big Han NPC kept saying: "No, no, we have such a good relationship, it's appropriate to give some points."
I just ask you to finish peeling and leave quickly, the rest is not a problem at all! ! !
Chi Ting smiled with satisfaction: "Thank you then."
When he put his hand on the big man's shoulder, he could feel the burly body trembling.
So, four people squatted in front of the basket, each peeled 10 beans, and left with the favorability level successfully reaching the green value.
"As expected of Brother Chi, it would be great if things can go on like this smoothly."
Li Tao looked at Chi Ting full of expectation, and he was immediately full of confidence in the progress of the next strategy. However, when they arrived at Room 1103 opposite and knocked on the door, the confidence they had just built up suffered a serious blow. , "Why is no one opening the door? Are you not at home? Isn't it... another social animal character?"
It is not difficult to see from the subconsciously dilated pupils that everyone has more or less PTSD when it comes to the word "social animal".
"No, I've seen that 1103 in the owner group. If I remember correctly, he should be an ordinary private shop owner." Chi Ting looked at the closed door in front of him and frowned. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and knocked. He opened the door of Room 1101 and said, "Sorry to bother you again."
The big man NPC finally sent the person away, but then he came back again, with a look on his face that was about to cry: "Brother, is there anything else?"
Chi Ting pointed to the door opposite: "Do you know where your neighbor has gone?"
Looking in the direction he pointed, the big man NPC thought for a long time before replying: "He... he disappeared two days ago."
The three people watching on the side exchanged glances with each other, and vaguely seemed to have a very familiar strange feeling.
Then they heard Chi Ting continue to ask: "What do you mean by disappearing?"
The big man NPC withdrew his gaze and looked directly at them. The fear of Chi Ting in his eyes had unknowingly left an emotionless void: "Disappearance of course means that it completely ceases to exist. "
The corner of his mouth slowly opened in an arc: "But it doesn't matter. It's very common for tenants to change. There are many people staring at such a warm and loving family. Look, aren't you right in front of me? Are you a new person who has moved in for a while? Just get used to it slowly."
It was obviously a very rough voice, but it was like a sharp blade gently cutting into my heart.
Just when Li Tao felt vaguely uncomfortable, Xiang Xianwan suddenly discovered something and exclaimed in a low voice: "Ah, look."
It was also at this time that they realized that at some point, their movement restrictions leading to the 10th floor had completely disappeared.
The tenant in room 1103 no longer exists.
So you only need to brush up enough favorability points with the NPC in Room 1101 to go downstairs. Is this what you mean?
Although it seems like a good thing, what is going on in this apartment?
Players are assimilated and NPCs disappear. Can this dungeon still be good? ?
