Chapter 25
Lu Tianyi hadn't figured out what happened, but after An Qing slapped him hard, he picked up An Qing and ran after Bai Yan.
Su Xiaoqian was still wondering why An Qing had to come over with her cane when she saw her eldest son, but now it seems that An Qing really had foresight. Seeing that they all ran away, Su Xiaoqian also lifted up her skirt and ran forward without caring about her image, fearing that she would be caught up by the ghost if she was a step slower.
It only took a moment to run away. Li Hao, who didn't react in time, looked at the four people who were running fast in a daze, and finally woke up from a dream and ran towards the door.
Unfortunately, he was a step slower.
While he was hesitating, the heads of the male and female hosts had rolled to the door, and together with the body of the eldest son lying in a pool of blood, they stared at him with resentful eyes.
Li Hao was frightened by the two heads that were still open-eyed. He was already one step behind, and this pause caused two headless corpses to walk behind him and silently pinch his neck.
Li Hao let out a shrill scream when his neck was pinched by the cold ghost hand. Then, his head was pulled off by the hostess alive, and the headless corpse fell to the ground.
Li Hao's head flew into the air and hit the car window. The people waiting in the car knew that he was completely hopeless.
So, Bai Yan stepped on the accelerator and drove forward with the four people in the car.
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In the unknown luxury car of the male owner, Lu Tianyi and An Qing sat in the back seat, while Su Xiaoqian sat in the co-pilot seat and used her hands to comb her hair that was wet by the rain.
The heavy rain outside the car was still falling, and her whole body was wet. The wet skirt stuck to her body tightly, making her very uncomfortable.
However, Su Xiaoqian was in no mood to care about her clothes. She stared at the car window with her eyes wide open, and it took her a long time before she dared to blink. She was afraid that a ghost face would be printed on the glass, and would get into the car when everyone was not paying attention and send them to the west.
"Bai Yan, why did you kill the eldest son of this family? He is also a human being, and he can still be saved!"
On the way, Lu Tianyi complained about Bai Yan's indiscriminate killing of innocent people.
Bai Yan's attention was focused on the road ahead, and he didn't have time to talk to Lu Tianyi, so he casually said perfunctorily: "Mr. Lu, are you from the NPC Protection Association?"
Lu Tianyi was speechless. He knew which was more important, NPC or the players from the same world as him. However, these NPCs were too much like living people, as if this was a real world, and they were real people.
In fact, every time he played the game, he often had a thought, are the NPCs they mentioned really just data fabricated by the App, and not living people with flesh and blood and emotions like them?
Apps can put these living humans into games, so are the people in the games really just a piece of fabricated data?
Seeing Lu Tianyi covering his face and hanging his head, looking dejected, An Qing thought about it, and pulled his sleeves, explaining softly: "Brother Lu, don't be sad, Bai Yan doesn't have to make things difficult for the young master. If we don't kill him, we will be in trouble."
"Why?"
Knowing that Lu Tianyi hadn't figured it out yet, An Qing said meaningfully: "The male and female owners remembered their own deaths, and they are no longer the owners of the villa. There is only one "living person" in the villa, and that is the young master who ran out of the cellar. The young master has a mental problem. If we don't kill him, if he is bewitched by the faceless ghost and tells us not to leave the villa, we will all die."
"Only the dead can let us leave the villa with peace of mind. The dead will not give any orders."
Seeing that Lu Tianyi's face was getting worse, An Qing comforted him again: "And think about the young master's last appearance, such a hideous face, not only was his tongue swollen, but he also lost one eye. Can he really be considered a human being?"
After An Qing finished speaking, Su Xiaoqian, who was sitting in front, also spoke up to express her support. She had delivered meals to the young master for several days, and knew that he was indeed innocent, but people are selfish. If the young master didn't die, they, the players, would have to take risks. Compared with their own lives, the death of an NPC is not so important.
An Qing's comfort made Lu Tianyi feel better, but he knew in his heart that even if the young master was really a human, the players would sacrifice him without hesitation. In the eyes of most players, NPCs have no human rights at all, and it's useless for him to feel uncomfortable.
Perhaps he couldn't accept the current situation where players used NPCs as cannon fodder, Lu Tianyi fell silent, and An Qing didn't speak either.
...
The raindrops outside the window hit the glass cracklingly, and the raindrops drew long lines on the car windows, like twisted bloodstains, splitting the glass into countless pieces.
Curled up in the sealed car, watching the rows of roadside trees passing by quickly, Su Xiaoqian always felt that the treetops were filled with ghostly shadows, and countless ghosts were hiding in these trees.
In the silence of everyone, Su Xiaoqian shivered with cold. She rolled up her sleeves and rubbed her arms, and asked anxiously: "Where are we going? Is there enough gas in the car?"
Bai Yan glanced at the fuel gauge, which showed that there was not much gasoline left. He asked for advice from others, but no one answered except Su Xiaoqian.
"An Qing, Lu Tianyi, did you hear that? The car is running out of gas!"
In this environment, Bai Yan didn't believe that the two of them would fall asleep at the same time. He looked at the rearview mirror, but saw a scene that made his scalp numb-
Sitting behind them, it was not An Qing and Lu Tianyi, but two headless corpses with their heads chopped off!
The man and woman were sitting in the car, with their heads on their thighs. When Bai Yan observed them, they had already raised their pale hands and were slowly stretching towards their necks...
What happened?
When did An Qing and Lu Tianyi disappear?
How long had these two headless bodies been sitting in the back of the car?
A series of questions made Bai Yan's heart numb. He suddenly stepped on the brakes, and the inertia made Su Xiaoqian dizzy and lean forward.
"Bai Yan, what are you doing! You didn't even remind me to brake?"
"Look at the back, is there still a person sitting behind us!"
Before the car stopped, Bai Yan broke out of the car.
Su Xiaoqian knew something had happened, so she unbuckled her seat belt, lifted her skirt and followed closely.
When she got out of the car, she glanced at the back, and was so scared that her eyes were about to burst - the two headless bodies in the back seat rushed forward, close to the front seat, and their arms had already hung on the backrest of the front seat. If they hadn't gotten out of the car, these four pale arms would have been on their necks.
Knowing that a ghost had sneaked into the car, Su Xiaoqian was so scared that she ran forward, and it took a long time before she saw Bai Yan in front of her.
After running a long distance forward, Bai Yan stopped and began to walk slowly forward to save energy.
When he got out of the car, his glasses were taken away by the ghost's hand. So when Su Xiaoqian ran over, he carefully distanced himself from her, and only when he was sure that this was a woman with long hair and a long head did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Su Xiaoqian."
He called out tentatively, and only when he heard the woman's breathless response did he completely dispel his doubts.
Through the rain, he looked back and saw that there was no ghost following Su Xiaoqian, so he stood there waiting for her, and the two were able to meet.
"What happened? Why did An Qing and Lu Tianyi suddenly disappear?" Su Xiaoqian walked over and panted, "When did those two ghosts get on the bus?" "I don't know, anyway, I stepped on the brakes as soon as I saw them." Bai Yan shook his head. After Su Xiaoqian recovered her breath, he and her walked slowly forward, discussing what happened in the car as they walked: "The faceless ghost in the villa may have more abilities than just modifying memories and controlling corpses. Moreover, today is the last day of the game. There are posts in the forum saying that the closer it gets to the end, the less the game restricts ghosts, and the greater the threat ghosts pose to us." "That's right." Su Xiaoqian stepped over a puddle and said with difficulty in the rain: "The male and female hosts have remembered that they died. Now we have to deal with three ghosts, which is of course not easy... Wait, there's someone in front!" Behind the tree, there is a bus stop sign, and this person is waiting for the bus in the rain. The white light of the street lamp hits the green tree, giving the person under the lamp a layer of creepy green, which is inexplicably creepy. Seeing this scene, Su Xiaoqian hesitated and said, "Bai Yan, should we go over and ask for directions? I think the rain will continue for a long time. We are unfamiliar with this place. We can ask someone about the situation and find a place to hide from the rain."
"Okay." Bai Yan responded. In fact, he couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly from a distance. He could only see that the man's face was blocked by an umbrella and swayed back and forth by the wind. He seemed to be a normal person.
Of course, it is also possible that his astigmatism is too severe, so he has an illusion in the rain.
"Okay, let's go now, but what if he is a ghost? It's so suspicious in the middle of the night."
Su Xiaoqian has read many forum posts. She knows that the game scene is very large. Except for ghosts, other NPCs living in the game world are no different from ordinary people.
She understood the reasoning, and it was she who suggested asking for directions. However, the ghost in the car gave her a great shock, and when it came to action, she was still a little timid: "The more I think about it, the more suspicious it seems. Why don't we not go..."
"If he is really a ghost, he won't let us go even if we don't go." Bai Yan wiped the water off his face, and his head was a little dizzy: "Let's go and see the situation. If there is a problem, we can prepare in advance."
"...Uh, that's right."
The two reached an agreement and walked slowly towards the direction of the street light.
When they were halfway there, the man moved his body and walked behind the tree. Under the cover of the tree trunk, the two could only see half of the umbrella exposed.
The bus stop was located far away, and the two walked slowly, so it took a long time for them to walk over.
When they were still a dozen steps away from the man, a gust of wind blew and overturned the man's umbrella.
The man held the umbrella handle, and the cold rain hit his bare neck, which made the hearts of both of them cold.
The man had no head.
No head. A closer look revealed that his clothes were the same ones the male owner usually wore!
"Damn! The ghost is still there!"
Su Xiaoqian cursed inwardly. This time she had experience and turned around and ran before Bai Yan.
Su Xiaoqian ran desperately and ran to a crossroads in front of her, but saw a pale body standing on the sidewalk, blocked by the hostess.
She looked back and saw the male owner holding the bare umbrella handle, also standing on the roadside behind her, getting closer and closer to her.
"Bai Yan! Where are we going?" She shouted anxiously, but found that Bai Yan stood there like a fool, trying to pull the badge on his clothes. Seeing that the badge could not be pulled off, he simply took off his tuxedo, rolled it into a ball, and threw it to the left——
"Go right." Bai Yan said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
Before her brain could react, Su Xiaoqian's body began to do the same. She took off her badge like Bai Yan, threw it far to the left, and then turned around and ran to the right...
After running for an unknown amount of time, the two stopped again. This time, they finally saw no one around.
Maybe because the badge was torn off, the headless corpse did not catch up again, giving the two time to catch their breath.
"No, I can't do it anymore. I will be exhausted if I run again..." Su Xiaoqian gasped and shivered: "I'm so cold, I'm almost killed by the rain, Bai Yan, how long will we have to endure this broken game?"
"Four and a half hours left."
Bai Yan took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket and checked the time. With the help of the App, the mobile phone was waterproof and anti-electric, so it was not damaged by the rain.
After being caught in the rain for several hours outside, not only Su Xiaoqian, but he was also a little bit exhausted.
After talking to Su Xiaoqian for a few words, Bai Yan began to cough constantly, and he didn't look much better than Su Xiaoqian who was shivering with cold.
Under the washing of rain, the foundation used to cover the skin color had been washed away. Bai Yan's face was terribly pale, but it also had a sickly blush. Fortunately, Su Xiaoqian was dizzy from the rain and did not notice this, let alone Bai Yan's hair was slightly faded.
"No, we have to find a warm place to shelter from the rain. If we faint, we will die in the game!" Although she was so wet that she wanted to curl up, Su Xiaoqian still cheered up and forced herself to move forward.
It rained in the middle of the night, and it was finally a little lighter at this time, but the fierce raindrops hitting the two still tripped them up.
The drainage system in this place is not very effective, and the ground is covered with puddles of various sizes. At this time, the two did not have the energy to avoid them one by one. They stepped on the bumpy road with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked towards a building in the distance.
After running for a long time in the rainy night, both of them were exhausted. Unlike the gloomy green light under the street lamps, the soft and warm light in the hotel was so reassuring and trustworthy.
"I can't do it anymore. I really can't do it anymore. Even if it's a devil's cave inside, I have to go in to take shelter from the rain." Su Xiaoqian swore and swore: "Bai Yan, let's go in together and take a look."
"Can we do it like this?"
Su Xiaoqian looked at the blood on Bai Yan's clothes and was speechless for a moment. The heavy rain washed away the blood on his face, but made the blood stains on the white shirt more serious. If they walked in like this, people would definitely think they were a murderous couple.
Especially Bai Yan's pale face that was soaked in water. Although he looked handsome, looking at the table knife in his pocket, no one dared to believe that he was a good person.
"Or, how about you take off your clothes?" Su Xiaoqian hesitated, feeling that it was very unkind to let people take off their clothes in the heavy rain.
Moreover, it was not just Bai Yan. When Bai Yan stabbed her, she was standing next to him, and her body was also splattered with blood.
App was very stingy with her. There was no petticoat under the maid outfit. If she took off her clothes, she would be naked.
Or, just go in directly?
Before she could think of a solution, Bai Yan said again: "We have money?"
Yes, they didn't even get their salary, and they ran away. How could they have the money in this world to pay the rent?
Although it is not impossible to stay in the house to avoid the rain, going in naked in the middle of the night looks like a psycho.
Su Xiaoqian suddenly had a bold idea.
Su Xiaoqian turned her head excitedly and met Bai Yan's eyes. She was relieved to find that the two of them had the same electric waves.
As expected of a companion who ran away together, I didn't expect you to have such a bold idea.
The two looked at each other, exchanged a few words briefly, and then understood and prepared to act.
Because Bai Yan's white shirt was too conspicuous, Su Xiaoqian went ahead and confirmed from the door that there was only one person at the front desk, and she was a weak woman. She quietly gestured to Bai Yan, signaling him to come over quickly.
After Bai Yan went over, the two rushed into the store.
When the two rushed in, the girl on night shift in the hotel was dozing off, nodding her head. For a small hotel like theirs, which is in a remote location, almost no one comes after nine o'clock. Moreover, it is easy to find a job, but difficult to resign. Even if the boss closes the hotel, it is difficult to find a second person willing to take over. Therefore, the girl has become accustomed to going out during the day and sleeping in the hotel at night.
Anyway, she can't be fired.
"Accommodation, you have to register first..."
Hearing the voice, the girl rubbed her eyes and raised her head to greet the rare guests.
As a result, when she opened her eyes, she couldn't help but widen her eyes, and she was so scared that she even forgot to scream.
In her sight, a pair of dogs and bitches rushed into the hotel. The woman's skirt was splattered with blood, like a victim of a legal program, and the man was holding a knife with blood on the tip.
What was even more terrifying was that the man's white shirt was also stained with large pieces of blood, and he had a murderer's smile on his face, which made the little girl understand everything in a flash -
This couple! They killed someone not long ago, and now they rushed into the hotel and are about to kill her!
It's over! She will be on a legal program tomorrow!
The little girl opened her mouth to scream, but Bai Yan covered her mouth with his hand. Su Xiaoqian chopped her neck from behind, and she fainted with her eyes rolled back.
"I heard that if you don't control the strength well, you can kill someone. Is she okay?"
After getting the key card and moving the little girl into a room, Su Xiaoqian finally found her long-lost conscience.
Bai Yan probed under the little girl's nose and replied casually: "She is still alive, she is not dead."
Su Xiaoqian breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still a little worried, fearing that she would beat the little girl silly.
When life and death were at stake, she still didn't want to hurt the NPC.
After entering the warm room, the two of them finally felt less cold.
However, even though we have a place to stay, now is not the time to rest.
Su Xiaoqian thought for a while, then asked Bai Yan to turn her back, took off the little girl's clothes, changed their clothes, and arranged the little girl's clothes, then asked Bai Yan to turn around, and the two began to divide the sheets with a table knife. , twist the sheet into a rope.
Su Xiaoqian felt that this step was enough, but obviously she was not ruthless enough. She watched helplessly as Bai Yan picked up the pillowcase on the bed, regardless of whether it was dirty or not, and stuffed it into the little girl's mouth without saying a word. Then she stood in front of the chair and examined it for a moment to make sure that the little girl couldn't spit it out before she was satisfied. The nodded.
"Su Xiaoqian, go check the other available rooms and see if there are any other doors and windows in the hotel. My clothes are not convenient for going out. If someone finds out, I will be in trouble." Bai Yan would even kidnap people and gag them. Now, I feel less guilty for instructing a girl to work: "I'm here to watch the front desk, so that she won't yell."
You keep blocking her so tightly, can she still scream?
Although Su Xiaoqian was full of dissatisfaction, what Bai Yan said was true. She agreed, then went to the bathroom to get a towel and wiped her wet hair.
"By the way, Bai Yan, I always feel that your face seems a little whiter." After coming out, Su Xiaoqian asked doubtfully: "And your hair seems to be a little faded?"
"I dyed my hair red before, because it looked too unconventional, so I dyed it black again." Bai Yan said in his heart that what should come will always come, but he still made up an excuse seriously: "As for the white face... I I feel a little uncomfortable. I’ve been in the rain for too long, so I probably got blisters.”
"oh."
The reason given by Bai Yan was reasonable, so Su Xiaoqian didn't think much about it. She pulled the clothes on her chest, walked out, and couldn't help but sigh.
The little girl's clothes were clean, but her figure was too petite, which made her unable to breathe.
After going out, Su Xiaoqian went straight to each empty room, identified all the locations with windows, and found the back door of the hotel.
Afterwards, she told Bai Yan the information, and the two agreed to call each other if something happened. Su Xiaoqian stood at the front desk, temporarily assuming the identity of the little girl, and stared at the front door vigilantly, in case the headless ghost came after her.
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The place where Bai Yan watched the warden was a room with windows.
This room is located on the first floor of the hotel, so if anything happens, he can escape through the window. Similarly, if the headless ghost comes in through the hotel door, Su Xiaoqian can also escape from this room.
The hotel is small, so the facilities in each room are quite basic.
There was only one chair in the room where Bai Yan was located. The little girl was tied to the chair, so he could only sit on the bed and stare at the window motionlessly, ready to call for escape at any time.
At about three o'clock in the morning, the little girl woke up.
The little girl woke up in a daze, took ten seconds to confirm that she was tied, then whimpered and started struggling.
The soundproofing effect of the hotel was quite poor. Seeing the little girl shaking her chair and making a creaking sound, Bai Yan took out his knife and patted the little girl's face.
"Girl, please be quiet."
Looking at the table knife in the cold light, the little girl trembled and nodded with tears in her eyes. For the rest of the night, her eyes widened in horror, and she stared at Bai Yan until five o'clock in the morning.
"Okay, you can call now."
After being caught in the rain all night, Bai Yan blushed fiercely. At this time, his hand holding the knife was trembling a little, and his whole body was top-heavy.
He tried hard to control his voice so that it didn't tremble along with it.
However, even though Bai Yan expressed her intention to leave, the little girl still shook her head like a rattle and did not dare to move. She was afraid that this was a trick played by the murderer on her. Once she turned around, the knife would stab her in the back without mercy.
After untying the little girl, Bai Yan stopped caring about her. He directly clicked the return button on the screen and returned to the real world.
"Huh? Where are the others?" The little girl watched helplessly as the young man disappeared before her eyes and disappeared into the air. She couldn't help but tremble even more. She didn't meet a murderer. Did she meet a ghost?
After staying there for two seconds, she carefully found the mobile phone that was thrown on the bed, called the police, and said tremblingly: "Uncle policeman, I saw a ghost... No, I saw a murderer!"
The little girl looked at her skirt, which was stained with blood. Although the man disappeared, the female prisoner might still be there. Even if she really encountered a supernatural incident and was criticized for reporting a false police report, she would admit it. Face is not as important as life!
The police on the other end of the phone were very helpful and immediately dispatched the police after asking for her address.
Despite the police's promise, the little girl still didn't dare to hang up the phone. She stood in the room tremblingly, listening carefully to the movements around her.
"Dong dong dong."
"Dong dong dong."
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"What's that knocking on your doorstep?"
The little girl shook and cried, "I, I don't know!"
She was so frightened that she retreated to the window, preparing to climb out of the window as soon as the door opened. However, as soon as she pressed her back against the glass, she heard a heavy knocking sound behind her.
"Dong dong dong."
"Dong dong dong."
She turned back stiffly and was horrified to see a headless corpse moving about, rhythmically clasping the window with its knuckles.
Squeak.
The long knocking on the door finally stopped.
The door is open.