MTL - What’s Wrong With Seeking Death?-Chapter 8

in a minute.

The elevator door closed and began to wobble downward.

In the enclosed space, Gu Chenfeng glanced at Xu Tuoran next to him from time to time, his heart beating like a drum.

Just a minute ago, he was asked by the other party to enter the basement together, and the two walked into the elevator together.

No one knows why Xu Tuoran appointed him without thinking. This is undoubtedly a very risky thing for her. After all, if Gu Chenfeng is an evil spirit, then when he enters the basement, Xu Tuoran will only be unlucky.

When the two of them walked into the elevator, there were still people protesting softly, thinking that they should discuss it more carefully; Gu Chenfeng himself was also particularly restless. It wasn't that he questioned his identity—of course he knew that he was alive. But he really couldn't figure out why Xu Tuoran chose him...

It can't be because of...the power of love, right?

Gu Chenfeng recalled the amazing confession a few days ago, and his heart beat faster. By the way, why is it so bright in this elevator?

He stood in the corner uncomfortably, and said after deliberating, "Well, why did you choose me?"

Xu Tuoran: "?"

"You...how can you be sure that I'm not a ghost?" Gu Chenfeng said, "What if I am..."

"You're not." Xu Tuoran said without thinking, "I know."

She still has the novel materials stuffed into her by the system in her mind. Gu Chenfeng is the original owner of Bai Yueguang, whose name is clearly written in the original owner's character list—Xu Tuoran doesn't think that this **** board game can be amazing. This kind of data from high dimensions has been tampered together.

And apart from his name, no one else appears in the data. This also proves the reliability of this information in reverse.

That's why Xu Tuoran appointed him. She needs a living person to stay in the basement, and Gu Chenfeng is her only choice at the moment.

Over there, Gu Chenfeng heard her answer, but he didn't know what he misunderstood, his face changed a few times, and his ears turned red.

"That's right." At this moment, Xu Tuoran suddenly said, "Do you want to know what I saw at that time?"

"…what?"

These words came out of nowhere, Gu Chenfeng didn't understand at all.

Just at this moment, the elevator stopped. Xu Turan stared at Gu Chenfeng for a while, then suddenly nodded thoughtfully, then pushed him out of the elevator without hesitation, and raised his hand to close the door.

Gu Chenfeng was taken aback, and hurriedly pressed his hand on the elevator door: "No, wait, what did you mean by that just now—"

"It's nothing, it's just an experiment." Xu Tuoran said with a relaxed tone, "I need to stay in the elevator. Don't panic, I'll be back soon."

After speaking, he pushed away Gu Chenfeng's hand, and took the elevator to leave again.

Gu Chenfeng was the only one left, standing in the basement, and after a brief daze, he began to look around vigilantly.

It is said to be a "basement", but it is actually a completely sealed room. It's not half as big as the upstairs hall, and because there are only an old sofa and a writing desk, it looks very empty. There are no doors and windows, and strange patterns are painted on the walls, like waves and human faces.

In short, it looked very strange, and since he was alone at the moment, Gu Chenfeng inevitably felt a little nervous.

Fortunately, the place is fairly bright—the small space is completely filled with light, without a single shadow. This relieved him somewhat.

He walked to the desk and found that it was a photo album, and it was full of photos of eleven of them. Some are single photos, some are group photos. Almost every photo can bring back some memories of him.

Gu Chenfeng randomly flipped through it twice, and found a solo photo of Xu Tuoran in middle school, he couldn't help but pause.

...It may be narcissistic to say so, but he always feels that Xu Tuoran's trust in him may be due to some feelings in it-and it is these feelings that make him feel particularly uneasy.

It would be a lie to say that I am not moved, but fortunately there are. However, as he said before, Xu Tuoran really made a mistake. Of course he knew that judging from Xu Tuoran's current performance, hugging her thigh tightly was the correct choice for survival. And if Xu Tuoran kept misunderstanding him, he would only take care and protect him more—but this would be too despicable.

It must be made clear... Gu Chenfeng made up his mind and looked up at the elevator that stopped again.

The elevator door opened slowly, and he caught Xu Tuoran's side face sharply, and said quickly, "Xu Tuoran, can you wait this time? I have something very important to tell you..."

As the elevator door was fully opened, his voice gradually dropped.

Only then did he realize that Xu Tuoran might not have time to talk to him right now—she was busy.

busy strangling another man's neck.

That person was also facing Gu Chenfeng sideways, and it was the shofar braid that Xu Tuoran had repeatedly questioned upstairs. She was being controlled by Xu Tuoran from behind, with a white rope tightly wrapped around her neck, she was already out of breath.

Sensing Gu Chenfeng's astonished gaze, Xu Tuoran raised his head impatiently and threw a strand of hair behind his head: "What's the matter?"

Gu Chenfeng: "..."

"No...it's okay." He said blankly, his mind went blank, "You, you are..."

"Exorcism." Xu Tuoran replied bluntly, tightening the rope in his hand. Because her hands are exerting force, her words also have a bit of gnashing of teeth, which is a bit scary.

"..." Gu Chenfeng finally came to his senses at this moment, subconsciously stopped him, and instinctively rushed towards the elevator, but because of the rules, he was blocked at the elevator door, unable to step in at all.

Immediately afterwards, he realized that Xu Tuoran hadn't lied—the shofar braids exposed the skin under the sleeves as he struggled continuously, and his blue-gray complexion didn't look like a living person at all. And as Xu Tuoran exerted his strength for the last time, she finally let out a muffled grunt, and stopped struggling completely. The terrifying bluish-gray quickly covered her skin, followed by cracking and collapsing inch by inch.

The body of the shofar braid turned into gray dust, falling to the ground one after another. Xu Tuoran clapped his hands and pointed at Gu Chenfeng: "Bring that sofa cushion."

Gu Chenfeng: "?"

"Get rid of these messes." Xu Tuoran said confidently, "Destroy the corpse and wipe out the traces. There is no broom, so I can only make do with sofa cushions."

Gu Chenfeng: "..."

Everything is moving too fast. Dazed, he walked to the sofa and picked up the sofa cushion. After seeing the fruit knife hidden in the crack of the sofa, he was shocked again.

"Do you have a weapon? It's just right, give it to me together, thank you." Xu Tuoran also saw the knife, and hurriedly waved, "I guess there should be a weapon...It's too tiring to use a rope. It's easier to use a knife."

Gu Chenfeng looked at the fruit knife, but his mind was full of alarm bells. He turned around holding the sofa cushion, and looked at the people in the elevator uncertainly: "No... what does this mean?"

Xu Tuoran: "Huh?"

"What's going on with all this?" Gu Chenfeng felt like his head was going to explode, "Why did you stand in the elevator and couldn't come out, why did you kill Xiao Yang all of a sudden, you also know that there is a knife here..."

"Isn't it normal to have a knife?" Xu Tuoran said helplessly, interrupting his soliloquy, "I don't believe you are on that sofa—you still have to look around. There must be other weapons .”

Gu Chenfeng: "..."

He turned his head and looked around the sofa carefully. Sure enough, he found a kitchen knife and an ax inside and under the sofa respectively.

This confused him even more. He looked at Xu Tuoran puzzled, who only shrugged.

"It has nothing to do with me. This is all arranged by the game here." Xu Tuoran said, holding up the white rope used to tie the shofar braids, "There are also in the elevator... get it, it's still the same trick. It wants us to Cannibalism."

Cannibalism.

The same words appear again. Gu Chenfeng was shocked, and tried to keep up with Xu Tuoran's train of thought: "You mean, the murder of the evil spirits in this round is actually a cover..."

"No. Evil ghosts can kill people. But the real threat is not from them." Xu Tuoran pressed the elevator with one hand and said quickly, "In the first ten minutes, the conditions for evil ghosts to kill people are harsh. But the conditions for people to kill people are not harsh. .”

Humans cannot attack others in the lobby, in other words, in the elevator or in the basement, and weapons are indeed hidden in these two places-this can no longer be said to be a hint, it is simply a blatant temptation.

In such a situation where safety time is limited, people around you are difficult to distinguish between real and fake, and memory is unreliable, people are easily stimulated to extremes. In addition, there are evil spirits mingling among the living people, who can beat the fire at any time...

Whether it is delaying time or reducing the number of living people, it is extremely beneficial to the evil spirits.

Gu Chenfeng finally understood, "That's why you stayed in the elevator for..."

"Take a seat first, so that no one will be stupid in the elevator." Xu Tuoran said, kicking the powder on the ground, "By the way, take precautions before they happen."

To prevent being wiped out by evil spirits, the best way is of course to catch them first and kill them.

Of course, in order not to overturn the car, she also made preparations in advance - her current death value is 140, and she raised 40 points from it to add points. Now both strength and speed have been strengthened, which is more than enough to deal with a single evil spirit.

Although it is difficult to distinguish by feeling and naked eyes, judging from the previous fights, their level should be higher than that of the girl in the closet. If it weren't for unlocking the skill points in advance, I'm afraid it would be a bit confusing.

"As for how to catch... I have my own way of judging." Xu Tuoran raised his eyes, "Do you have anything else to ask?"

"..." Gu Chenfeng wisely shut up, obediently handed the sofa cushion and fruit knife to Xu Tuoran, and helped to clean up the powder in the elevator with the sofa cushion. Xu Tuoran was sure that there was nothing wrong with it, so he let go of the elevator.

The elevator door closed again, carrying Xu Tuoran to the lobby.

In the empty basement, Gu Chenfeng was the only one left. He looked around, and for some reason, his mood became much more stable.

In addition to being stable, new thoughts emerged.

In other words, the reason why Xu Tuoran trusted him was only because she had the ability to judge accurately, not because of some... emotional points?

Gu Chenfeng rubbed his forehead, it was hard to say what mood he was in. There is also relaxation and loss, and in addition to complicated emotions, there are also some confusions.

So, what is the judgment method that Xu Tuoran said...?

Looking at the elevator car in front of him, Gu Chenfeng couldn't help but frowned again.

the other side.

The elevator returns to the lobby. The moment the elevator door opened, Xu Tuoran did not miss the different expressions of everyone outside.

All kinds of questions came to my face, some questioned why she came back so late this time, some wondered why she was still in the elevator. Xu Tuoran responded casually, and pointed to the inside of the elevator: "There is still a place. Have you decided who will come?"

"..." There was a short silence outside. In the end, Gu Xiaoya stood up under the unwilling eyes of some people.

During the time when Xu Turan went back and forth, the people in the hall were not idle. The squad leader has been maintaining order and appeasing everyone, while the school committee is writing and drawing with a pen and paper, trying to make a judgment.

As for Gu Xiaoya, after careful judgment, she felt that among the remaining people, she was the one who was most likely to be alive.

Of course, the school committee knew that he was also a living person. But she needs to continue to calculate in the hall, and help the squad leader control the situation. Can't leave yet.

— But to Xu Tuoran, it doesn't matter who comes in.

Because the moment the elevator door closed, she faced Gu Xiaoya and took out the fruit knife.

"Sorry. Because my memory is also affected, I can't see it with the naked eye...so I have to use some other methods to identify it."

She stood in front of the elevator door, nodded apologetically to Gu Xiaoya who was so frightened that she stuck to the elevator wall, and said gently:

"It's okay, don't be nervous. In this way, if I ask you something, you just need to nod and shake your head."

Gu Xiaoya stared at her with wide eyes, hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"That's great. So, for the first question—"

Xu Tuoran stared into her eyes: "Do you still remember what was the content of the first event card drawn after I was 'resurrected'?"

"..."

Gu Xiaoya stared at her blankly, trying hard to remember, but her brain seemed to be stuffed into a cloud of fog, and she couldn't recall anything.

After pausing for a moment, she shook her head slowly and hesitantly.

The author has something to say:

Devil: Why are you so good at fighting? !

Xu Tuoran: Because he was afraid that he would not be killed, he attacked with all points (not