??422: Chapter 422: The Head Outside the Window
422: Chapter 422: The Head Outside the Window
For players who have been in the ga for a while, they would definitely try to find ways to avoid the handicap of not being able to see at night.
If the conditions are similar, the confrontation between “human” and “ghost” is actually a contest between players.
Based on this, there will surely be players with the sa idea as Chu Yuan taking action tonight.
The more cautious players would observe whether there is anything else in this laboratory.
Not knowing the exact ti the lights would go off, Chu Yuan hurried to stuff the food he brought into his mouth, and even hypocritically asked Xu Huo if he was hungry.
“I have my own.” Xu Huo glanced at the observation window and his expression changed slightly.
“What are you looking at?” Chu Yuan asked curiously, following his gaze.
There was no one in the corridor.
Xu Huo didn’t directly answer his question but instead asked, “Aren’t you worried about going to the bathroom after drinking so much water?”
Chu Yuan smiled and patted the bottle in his hand, “For a man, it’s easy to deal with…
I see there are no switches for the lights anywhere, I wonder when they will turn off…”
As if on cue with his words, the lights in the laboratory turned off in the reverse order they were switched on.
When their corridor’s light went out, Chu Yuan suddenly threw the bottle in his hand to the floor and turned to ask Xu Huo, “Did you see that?”
Xu Huo only managed to give him a glance before they were engulfed in darkness.
It took two seconds for him to adjust before he turned to look out the observation window, “Saw what?”
“I just saw a head floating by…” Chu Yuan lowered his voice as if afraid of startling sothing, “Just a blurry head, kind of like a shadow.”
“You’re seeing things,” Xu Huo said indifferently: “The observation windows in this laboratory are high.
If soone short passes by outside, only their head would show up, probably just another player moving past.”
“Is that so?” Chu Yuan’s voice paused before he quickly added, “Did you forget we only have four female players this ti?
Besides Miao Yu, the others all have long hair, and what I saw seed to be short hair, and Miao Yu is quite tall!”
“Damn, the ghost that is said to appear only after the lights go out in the ga isn’t a player, but a real ghost!”
“Calm down,” Xu Huo said, “Have you ever encountered a copy with ghosts before?”
“Of course not!” Chu Yuan said.
“But that doesn’t rule out the possibility.
After evolution, anything could happen.
I’ve even seen soone topple a city with a small stone!”
He paced twice in front of Xu Huo, then looked up, “If I knew it earlier, I should’ve bought so charms from Wan Yunrong!”
Xu Huo was rather calm, “It might not be sothing from this copy.
Projecting a person is very simple, maybe it’s a decoy released by other players.
If we panic, wouldn’t we fall right into their trap?”
“Right, right,” Chu Yuan nodded repeatedly, “If we run out in fear, we might actually fall into a trap.
Maybe this is the effect of drawing the ghost card?
Using fake shadows to confuse the players?”
Whether it was a player’s doing, Xu Huo was not sure, but he was certain that before the lights went out, he caught a glimpse of a shadow with long hair zipping by from the direction of the elevator.
It was too fast for him to see clearly, but it had a bit of the appearance Chu Yuan described, not like a real head, but a vague silhouette.
“Can you see in the dark?” he then asked.
“No…
can you?”
Xu Huo paused, “Then look back and see what’s outside the window?”
Chu Yuan flinched, his back to the window, and stiffened, “Bro, scaring people to death is not funny, don’t ss with .”
“I ant for you to see that there’s nothing out there,” Xu Huo said.
“It’s all pitch-black, you can’t see a thing, unless that ghost cos with its own glow-in-the-dark feature.
Otherwise, it could pass right in front of you and you wouldn’t even know.”
Hearing him say this made Chu Yuan’s face twitch even more, and he subconsciously bent down to pick up the bottle from the floor.
Xu Huo grabbed the rope and pulled, “Don’t be a coward, I’m counting on you for cover.”
Chu Yuan stood for a while before attempting to sound relaxed, “You make a good point.
Let’s rest for now; we’ll settle the score with them tomorrow.”
While not discounting the possibility of it being another player, there was sothing definitely off about this laboratory.
The laboratory had been emptied, and it was completely unclear what experints had been perford here before, but if any radioactive elents were left behind, it could even affect people.
The two found a corner to rest.
Before long, Chu Yuan initiated a conversation again, “Do you feel a bit cold?”
“It’s normal to feel cold, this is under the island, and just beyond the wall might be the sea.” Xu Huo took out two sleeping bags and handed one to him, “Get so sleep.”
Chu Yuan grabbed the sleeping bag but didn’t open it, and instead said, “I’ll move a cabinet to block the door.”
“If there really is a ghost, blocking the door is useless.
If it’s a person, there’s no need to block the door,” Xu Huo said.
Chu Yuan fell completely silent.
After he lay down, he went to the side close to the wall, simply spread the sleeping bag on the floor, and slept on it.
Xu Huo’s breathing was steady, appearing to fall into deep sleep quickly, while Chu Yuan was restless, tossing and turning, his arm occasionally causing large movents that jerked Xu Huo’s hand.
With ti, the previously silent laboratory gradually filled with sounds.
At first, it was just the sound of running water.
Soon after, the crackling sounds that objects make when expanding and being compressed were heard, followed by the shuffling of tables and chairs and footsteps, as if the whole laboratory had co alive.
“Hey, did you hear that?” Chu Yuan, who had never managed to fall asleep, nudged Xu Huo, “There are lots of people’s voices.”
Xu Huo turned his head to look outside the window, “It’s an illusion.
There’s nothing out there.
If you’re not reassured, I can go out with you to check.”
“No need, no need.” Chu Yuan hastily refused, and then listened intently again, “Seems like the sounds have disappeared.”
There was silence once more as they both tried to sleep.
This ti Chu Yuan couldn’t hold out either.
After struggling to stay awake for an hour, his eyelids were fighting to close, when suddenly there was an indistinct scream from outside.
“Shit!” He sat up abruptly.
Xu Huo also opened his eyes, distinctly feeling two people passing by nearby, heading in different directions, but he couldn’t determine their exact positions.
The location Chu Yuan chose was like a small hub, with the elevator to the right and to the left, two rooms over was a longitudinal corridor.
However, the laboratory layout was crisscrossed by corridors.
Except for the passage at the end of the first floor they saw blocked, the inside was divided into small sections, with inner rooms backed against each other, allowing different directions to lead into the sa room.
“It wasn’t just
hearing things this ti, right?
Did sothing happen to a player?” Chu Yuan gasped for breath, perked up his ears to listen for a while, and then said, “These people have really thick skins, not one is coming out.”
The situation was unclear, and only a fool would venture out.
Xu Huo said, “Wait till tomorrow morning.”
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