si-mexico Chapter 516 [Domain - First Gate] Nearing its end, the path to survival begins to emerge.
Chapter 516 [Domain - First Gate] Nearing its end, the path to survival begins to emerge.
In the repair department.
The three people were crammed into the small space, and the overhead door had been closed.
"So, you mean we've made it to the third round?"
Two interns, a man and a woman, were leaning against the wall.
“Yes,” Du Tingfeng said, looking up at the iron gate on the ceiling.
“Some of the rules no longer apply to us. To be precise, we are no longer interns, which is why we were able to get here.”
"......"
The two men exchanged a glance.
Among them, the middle-aged man in his thirties, whose expression had remained serious throughout, finally extended his hand and introduced himself:
"Luo Weicheng."
"Wu Hui," the woman said softly.
They were both entrants to the realm and clearly knew each other, having previously been hidden among the NPCs.
very lucky.
I wasn't assigned to a key position, but the trade-off was that I didn't know much about the hotel.
During the second round of duty that just ended, they somehow sensed something was wrong, deliberately avoided the tomb guardians, and were able to survive.
Now the entire hotel resembles an empty morgue.
All the NPCs have moved into the guest rooms; only the newcomers remain in the public areas.
After witnessing the interns begin to turn into corpses, Du Tingfeng, Luo Weicheng, and Wu Hui took emergency evacuation to the maintenance department, where the previous round of entrants would not have any NPCs.
but.....
This is also the most dangerous place, after all, the gravedigger and its crew are right above you!
The walkie-talkie only regained communication after it was taken to the repair department.
Du Tingfeng has just reconnected with Chen Ji and the others, and learned from them about the interns' move-in and their predictions regarding the timing.
"Let's go out first."
Du Tingfeng said, "The NPCs have all gone into their guest rooms. It's a safe period now. Let's go to the lobby and meet up with the rest of you."
After calculation, there were 24 interns, which means there were 14 newcomers initially. After deducting the three who died, there should be 11 left, meaning there is still one newcomer whose status is unknown.
To be honest, the chances of survival are not low.
After all, as long as you're not assigned to a key position, you can be almost completely worry-free about your safety; all you have to do is wait out the time.
Of the three deceased entrants, one long-haired man happened to encounter the ghost in mourning clothes, and of course, Feng Yao was also involved; the other two...
I can only say I'm very unlucky.
Like skipping grades, they faced the most crucial ghost of the door, the gravedigger, without knowing anything.
The three cautiously approached the lobby, only to find it completely empty.
The elevator was descending from the 3rd floor, and soon Chen Ji and his group came out, their eyes fixed on Luo Weicheng and Wu Hui.
"You should all be clear about the specific mechanisms."
Chen Ji didn't say much, but looked around and asked, "There's another person who just came down. Where is he?"
"When did this happen?"
Du Tingfeng and the other two were all taken aback; they hadn't seen anyone in the lobby at all!
"Two or three minutes ago, when we called the elevator, we saw someone go from the second floor to the first floor."
"It's almost over, and you still don't want to reunite with everyone?"
Bai Shaohua raised his eyebrows. It was understandable for Yu to hide at the beginning, but there was no need to hide now.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a figure cautiously peeked out from outside the revolving door, his face full of vigilance.
It seems they are trying to determine whether they are human or ghost.
"..." Du Tingfeng looked at the figure, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
"who are you?"
He asked, watching the man slowly walk out. He was a teenage boy in a uniform, with a pale face.
"...Why didn't you turn into ghosts?" the boy asked nervously.
He was covered in sweat.
A strange feeling suddenly arose in everyone's hearts... He wasn't an Entrant?
“You didn’t become a ghost either, did you?” Feng Yao stared at him, approaching him step by step.
To her, the boy didn't look like a corpse at all.
The boy opened his mouth, a look of confusion appearing in his eyes.
It's obvious he doesn't know why either.
Just then, Xu Sandao suddenly opened his mouth and called out, "Qi Yue."
The name was completely unfamiliar; no one had ever heard of it before. But the boy looked up blankly and responded.
Immediately, Xu Sandao's expression became very complicated!
He frowned slightly, sighed at Qi Yue, and took a piece of paper out of his pocket.
It is a funeral document.
"my question."
Xu Sandao showed the paper to everyone and said softly.
The document contained the name: Qi Yue.
Below is a variety of information. This document was casually taken from the table by them before the gravedigger appeared on the 4th floor.
The tomb guardian uses funeral documents to call out names.
Qi Yue's paperwork was taken away...
Therefore, he became the only one who slipped through the net, like a system bug, neither turning into a corpse nor becoming an entrant!
"So what should we do with him now?" Wu Hui asked.
"Let him fend for himself." Bai Shaohua rolled his eyes. "Do you want a dead man to stay in the line? He can't get through to the next door anyway."
However, at this moment, Feng Yao walked over with Qi Yue.
It's clear that the NPC's tension has eased considerably, perhaps because he realized that there are others like him, which is normal.
“Let him come along,” Feng Yao said.
"As long as Qi Yue doesn't turn into a ghost, our chances of survival will greatly increase."
Her meaning was very clear: a safe house!
Unlike the documents for VIP guests, these interns' paperwork has a specific number.
The number of rooms is fixed, and room 2021, which belongs to Qi Yue, is the only empty room that no ghost has stayed in.
No one expected that a document that Xu Sandao took by chance would actually give them a glimmer of hope.
half an hour.
The last entrant was not seen anywhere in the hotel. It was unclear whether there was a problem with the number of people or whether the person had died.
Ten people, plus Qi Yue, entered 2021 together.
Just as Feng Yao had said, the place was empty, and they finally found a brief moment of peace.
But this tranquility felt more like the eve of a storm.
Chen Ji leaned against the bedside, lost in thought.
Now that he's nearing the end of the first door, he has a basic idea of how to get out, but he just needs to figure out which method to use.
Go up to the 4th floor in the elevator and wait there for the gravedigger?
In any case, in the end you must be in the same space as the gravedigger, or even actively join the party!
This was the inspiration he got from the scene in 309 where Fei'er and the other two had their arms around his shoulders as they searched for the door.
Now they are "blind," unable to see the door, and can only follow the only gravedigger who knows for sure that they will get out through the door.
But that ghost was too terrifying... The two deceased entrants were irrefutable proof.