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Diep Tich held her breath, she clearly remembered that the first rule of the guest room mentioned the floor, at that time she also noticed that there was no 4L.

So, this is clearly not normal.

Diep Tich calmed down, went to the interface and tried pressing the button, closed the door, floor, emergency call all tried once, no response.

Xie Jiang also tried his best not to panic: "Maybe the props store is on this floor? It's not necessarily a bad thing..."

Exactly.

Diep Tich followed his thoughts to comfort himself a bit.

More importantly, if the elevator buttons are not responding, then there is no use in them struggling here, they need to find another way.

Diep Tich gritted his teeth and carefully walked out of the elevator.

They were in front of a horizontal porch, from decoration and furnishing to the look of the other guest rooms on the floor, there was no difference, even the carpet was the same.

They stopped at the porch, the porch on both sides looked the same as the other floors, each guest room door was inlaid on the wall.

The only difference was, at the right end of the porch there seemed to be an empty area. It seemed to be a small hall, one side facing the porch, the other three sides were floor-to-ceiling windows, the main hall was brightly lit.

Xie Jiang squinted his eyes and looked carefully. He vaguely saw the main hall with shelves and glass shelves. He let out a sigh of relief: "Is that a props store?"

Diep Tich did not say yes or no, just said: "Go take a look."

After speaking, he walked ahead and headed in the other direction. Xie Jiang anxiously followed suit.

Walking forward, Diep Tich saw the business sign and finally felt reassured - it really was a props shop.

Although the layout is different, this item shop is not much different from the one in front of the mirror in the maze. The counter staff behind the counter is wearing a black suit, he should not belong to any NPC faction.

Diep Tich, like last time, walked around with the same excitement, and quickly came to a conclusion with her tail between her legs: She could only afford 50 points of [Pure Water] and 100 points of [Rule Test Paper].

Among them, [Pure Water] can be used to eliminate pollution, [Rule Test Paper] and [Distinguishing Dog] have the same function, but are one-time use props, and will automatically consume after verifying a rule.

Xie Jiang, who was sitting around doing nothing, noticed a detail: "The things here are cheaper than regular stores!"

Ye Xi was stunned, tilted his head to look at him, he said: "It's just that when the monster chat ends and the interface opens, there will be a shop point... When I finished the new dungeon, I glanced at it and saw that [Pure Water] was selling for 100!"

Ye Xi really didn't pay attention to this point. Because she was a [Lucky Player], the focus of the [Lucky Player] was to draw props from the blind box, she had only flipped through the props store once at the beginning, and had long since forgotten.

The store clerk heard Xie Jiang say that and chuckled, "That's right, sir. Our online store does have discounts, which are generally cheaper than the online store."

Diep Tich & Ta Giang: "..."

He even understands online shopping right?!

Diep Tich smiled complicatedly, turned his head and asked Ta Giang: "What do you want for the [test paper rules]?"

Xie Jiang shrugged: "I don't have many opportunities to enter the strange chat, and since I have [Distinguishing Dogs], I don't need to go. You can buy whatever you want."

"Are you sure?" Ye Xi pondered and said, "I remember the super talk saying that unlucky people and ordinary people's props cannot level up, the level they get will always be the same level, are you sure one level of [Distinguishing Dog] is enough?"

Xie Jiang really said: "It is impossible to level up, but the probability of me entering the monster pool is also low. You buy you, no need to interfere with me."

"Okay." Ye Xi didn't persuade him any further, and gave the two Big Gold Coins to the store clerk, "I want four bottles of [Pure Water]."

"Good." The shop assistant received the Big Golden Bottle, his expression gentle as he said, "[Pure Water] 50 points per bottle, four bottles total 200 points, Mr. Big Golden Bottle is just right."

After saying that, four water bottles were also brought over.

Diep Tich did not say anything more, directly handing two bottles to Ta Giang. Ta Giang was stunned, instinctively wanted to refuse, but considering his own brain and fate, he accepted them without any backbone.

Shopping completed, they returned the old way, going to the elevator room first.

But still went to the other end of the porch, did not see the elevator again.

Actually, when they got halfway through, they had already discovered something was wrong, because when they got out, they both clearly remembered that the elevator was almost exactly in the middle of the porch, so even if they couldn't see the exact difference, it wouldn't be too big.

You should not go to the end and still cannot see the elevator.

Xie Jiang was instantly panicked: "Are we trapped?!" While speaking, he quickly turned around and walked back, stopping at roughly the halfway point of the porch. He anxiously stared at the wall beside him, "The elevator should be roughly at this location, but now..."

Diep Tich's jaw dropped, a cold air emanated from behind his back.

Obviously, they fell for the trick. The hot spring had a lucky draw, and the prizes were plentiful. The other prizes had no pitfalls, so they didn't suspect that there was a problem with the props shop.

Next, she judged that the situation before her was likely a dead end.

... There is no possibility of a dead end.

If we have to use a dead end to trick them to death, just find a way to make them stay for 4 months, why bother using a props store to make them shop?

Just have to leave probably still to waste some energy.

Diep Tich pursed his lips and took a deep breath, looking at the broken Ta Giang: "Don't be impatient, let's turn around."

Xie Jiang was completely panicked, his brain was clearly stuck, he couldn't think at all, he could only listen to her.

So she said that and Xie Jiang immediately ran back.

Diep Tich said nothing and walked towards the small path. Halfway through, they saw a stage in front of them.

Standing in front of the stage behind them was a red-robed waiter. Seeing them, he politely bowed: "Hello sir, welcome. May I ask if you are looking for the elevator?"

Diep Tich stared at her for three seconds, his eyes moved down, stopping at the small metal shelf in front of the main stage.

On the shelf is clearly a new rule.

She stepped forward and picked it up, writing on the top page.

"Welcome to 4L."

"For your safety, please strictly follow the rules below:"

"1. This place is not for you to enter 4L, if you want to leave this place, you must be very careful;

2. If you want to leave this place, you must stay here for 48 hours or seek help from a red-robed attendant;

3. Accept the cardinal helper want to pay the price, stay 48H also want to pay the price, you need to consider the weight;

4. If you choose to stay, between 0:00 and 4:00 do not leave the guest room, no matter what happens;

5. Remember where you are, remember who you are, but don't trust your 'memories' too much."

Diep Tich raised his eyebrows, not losing his guard as he assessed the waiter: "Can you help us find the elevator?"

"That's right, ma'am." The red-robed waiter chuckled and said, "If you just help me a little, I can help you find the elevator."

Diep Tich paused: "What 'quickly'?"

"As long as you accept this sticker." The red-clothed waiter rustled on the service platform, took out a red triangular sticker and handed it to Ye Xi. Ye Xi was full of caution, of course he didn't directly accept it, the waiter also didn't care at all, he explained freely and generously, "Accept this sticker, I can take you to the elevator. Later, within 48 hours, if you successfully make five complaints to the blue-clothed waiter or bring a blue-clothed waiter to assist, it will be considered as completing the task, there won't be any further troubles."

Diep Tich expressionless: "What if I don't complete the mission?"

The cardinal servant smiled faintly: "If I don't complete the mission, you will take my place, and I will leave the dungeon directly."

... The water demon pulled a double, right?

Ye Xi's brows furrowed, Xie Jiang considered the other party's mission and said in surprise: "Five times of appeal is too difficult, right? How can there be so many opportunities to appeal?"

The waiter maintained a smile, using an extremely polite tone of voice to say: "Actually, if you have the heart to complain, there are still many opportunities. Moreover, as long as you can effectively complain, it is fine. As for what method you choose to use, we will not interfere."

Diep Tich translated these words in his mind: Even if your subordinates caused the blue-clothed waiter to violate the rules and get sued, we won't care.

Really good, this is a very good solution.

But the main reason was because she knew that this was a "Confrontation" situation, Ye Xi was conflicted about this. If the blue-clothed waiter was a weird NPC, she could have pitted them without any psychological burden, maybe one pitting at a time, but now that she knew that everyone was a player… Even if she gave up her 17th member status, she wouldn't think much about saving people, nor would she think about harming people.

Diep Tich took a deep breath: "What if I choose to stay for 48 hours?"

"That's also possible." Seeing that she didn't want to accept the mission, the smile on the red-clothed waiter's face faded a bit, and he introduced himself, "However, in these 48 hours, the possibilities you will experience will be 'extraordinarily rich', and nothing good will happen, and everything is out of control."

"Will die?" Diep Tich was indifferent. The red-clothed waiter did not directly answer, but his expression was clearly resigned.

Diep Tich glanced at the red-clothed waiter behind the wall clock. The wall clock showed the time as 23:30, half an hour away from 0:00.

4L area rules say: If you choose to stay, between 0:00 and 04:00 do not leave the guest room, no matter what happens.

In other words, the porch is likely to be in danger.

Diep Tich weighed the pros and cons, and decided to try using his trump card first. He said "Wait a moment" to the red-clothed waiter, grabbed Ta Giang, and quickly left the front porch.

"What are you doing?!" Xie Jiang was worried, he also noticed that rule, reminded Ye Xi, "Hurry up and decide, if 0 points comes, I'm afraid..."

"I know." Diep Tich's footsteps did not stop, pulling him back until they passed through that small passage, returning to the props store.

The props store staff's attitude was the same as before, polite and courteous: "Hello, may I ask if there is anything else you need?"

"No, I thought you could help me." Ye Xi let go of Xie Jiang's hand and took out Mr. Mao Zi's pendant from his shirt hem. "Excuse me, can you take us to the elevator? We want to go back to our guest room, it's 15 floors."

The moment the pendant appeared before his eyes, Ye Xi clearly saw the store clerk's eyes light up a bit, this proved that the other party was indeed an ordinary NPC.

But after hearing her request, the store employee looked embarrassed: "You mean... you both have to take the elevator?" The store employee's eyes shook between the two people.

Diep Tich nodded: "Yes."

"This..." The store clerk looked even more troubled, "Although I really should help Mr. Mao Zi approve of the person, but according to the rules, I can only help one person. If I don't say it, it will be very dangerous for me."

Diep Tich's heart was deep, and even deeper than her was Ta Giang's. He was startled, looking towards Diep Tich, his breathing became unstable.

A few seconds later, Xie Jiang took the lead and spoke: "You go first… I can last 48 hours. At most, I'll just stay in the guest room without food or water, but at least it's only two days and I won't starve to death."

Diep Tich hesitated for a second, then slowly shook his head: "No, you go, I'll stay for 48 hours."

She took the decision and made up her mind.

Although she had told herself before that she could be a little selfish in such a complicated situation, facing "a common situation with many people she had never met before" and facing "individual danger and individual people" was a completely different feeling.

In this instance, she had tried her best to take everyone out, the most she felt was "indifference". But seeing this immediate danger made her turn around and leave Xie Jiang behind, she felt like she was going to her death by rejecting Jiang.

——Under the premise of the obvious difference in strength between the two sides, this kind of feeling would make Ye Xi feel extremely bad. Assuming that Xie Jiang really died and she left safely, she would probably blame herself for the rest of her life.

She did not think of blaming herself for the rest of her life.

A second ago, he thought he would be abandoned. Xie Jiang's expression became extremely complicated: "Ah?"

Diep Tich lowered his eyes: "Look at this rule."

She pointed to the fifth rule of the 4L: Remember where you are, remember who you are, but don't trust your 'memories' too much.

Then he raised his eyelids: "Do you know what this means?"

Ta Giang looked stupid: "What does it mean?"

"The meaning of this challenge is that there is a possibility of various mental powers being misguided. If it is like this, constant courage and analytical ability will determine the outcome, experience, and reaction speed are likely to form the most important influence. To tell you the truth, I have entered the Strange Talk many times, but I have never seen this kind of challenge before. You have only cleared the first instance once, there is no need to act like a fat person right now!"

Her tone was very serious, gentle and kind, inexplicably tinged with a kind of unmistakable determination.

Ta Giang: "That is..."

"Regarding matters of life and death, of course it is up to whoever has the higher chance to do it." Ye Xi said each word, "Right now, for me, there are only two possibilities for this matter: One is that I am here and you leave; one is that we are both here."

She paused for a moment and then continued: "But I don't recommend you choose 2, because if my mental strength is affected, I won't have the extra strength to protect you, and I might even be held back by you."

Ta Giang: "..."

It must be said, her words are not very hurtful, but extremely insulting.

But he could not help but admit, it was true.

He was silent for a while, then nodded with difficulty: "Okay, then… then we'll see each other in two days."

"See you in two days." Diep Tich smiled. The store employee understood and walked out from the back counter. Ta Giang bowed his head and left with the store employee.

Before he had taken two steps, Xie Jiang suddenly turned around and stuffed the two bottles of [pure water] in his hand back into Ye Xi's arms: "You take this and use it! What if it saves your life?"

"Okay." Diep Tich smiled, not refusing.

Xie Jiang left again, still not taking a few steps, and once again came back: "You… Do you have any relatives that you want to take care of? Give me a contact method! In case you really have any accident, I..." His expression was not very relaxed, "My family's conditions are still acceptable."

Diep Tich thought for a moment: "I will leave my parents' contact information to you."

"Okay!" Xie Jiang nodded repeatedly. Ye Xi directly took out a pen and paper from the counter, wrote down two phone numbers, and gave them to Xie Jiang.

Xie Jiang thought about saying something else, she calmly said: "Hurry up, quickly reach 0 points. If it really changes to 0 points, it will be dangerous, and if you rub it, you will kill me."

"... Oh." Xie Jiang smiled bitterly, and had no choice but to turn around and leave. Ye Xi followed behind them and walked ahead together. When they reached the porch halfway, the store employee brought Xie Jiang and turned to the left. Xie Jiang naturally caught up, and immediately disappeared from before Ye Xi.

Diep Tich tilted his head to look to the left, only to see a white wall.

It seems that this place is not in the same space as her.

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At 1 o'clock in the morning, when Yang Ge got off the car at the hotel entrance, the entire hotel's parking lot was on alert. The two people in charge of monitoring the staff working at the equipment rack by the roadside recognized Yang Ge and took the initiative to tell her: "Your 188 is working in the building across the street. When Captain Xiao left, there was no one in the building. He contacted the department manager to send someone to monitor nearby. When they saw her entering the hotel, the hotel confirmed that she was working there, but the person had not yet entered the room and had disappeared in the elevator."

"We installed surveillance on the elevator and discovered that strange entrances appeared on the third elevator on the west side and the first elevator on the east side. Moreover, they are continuously open, which means that someone is always entering."

"The hotel is currently under curfew. Guests who have entered the room are required to stay in their room and are not allowed to leave. Guests who are not in their room will be evacuated immediately."

"However, there is still a problem." The staff paused for a moment, signaling Yang Ge to go look at the monitor, "We have randomly checked the other three hotels, and they also found strange talk entering the elevator."

Yang Ca's expression was shocked.

"This could be a very large-scale dungeon, and now there are experts who have gone to more hotels to control it."

... This kind of situation is the most hated. If it was just closing the elevator, it would be fine, but if they had to close the entire hotel, the pressure from public opinion would be extremely great.

Duong Ca was speechless, barely maintaining his emotions, he asked the other party: "Where is the captain?"

"In the hotel's east hall, the office workers." The other party gave a very specific direction, Yang Ge smiled: "Thank you." After speaking, he quickly walked towards the hotel's main gate and entered the hall.

In the office of the East Wing workers, due to the sudden situation, the 17th team leaders actually all came.

After listening to the survivor's story, the expressions of several protesters became very complicated, the air around them almost froze, filled with a heavy feeling that made people feel unwell.

So Duong Ca hurriedly rushed over and pushed the door open while shouting "Captain Tieu". Her actions seemed to be out of sync with the current atmosphere. She immediately realized something was wrong and quickly closed her mouth in embarrassment.

But this sound also broke the silence, a team leader Zhang Zhao took a deep breath, unable to believe it said: "It is said that this dungeon is constantly having people continuously entering, and also continuously having people leaving? Moreover, there are not many parallel spaces, but a huge strange pond that is constantly spitting out and swallowing?"

"How is that possible!" Second team leader Zeng Da Peng closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows hard.

He actually did not really doubt the truth of the matter, it was just that because of the new situation that appeared, he felt a headache.

But the survivors who had just been invited were already nervous, hearing such words instantly became even more nervous, immediately arguing: "It's true! That hotel has new guests coming in every day, and there are also people leaving. Moreover, they really don't look like NPCs, they must all be fake participants!"

The five team leaders Cao Di said gently: "We understand, thank you for your cooperation." After speaking, he glanced at his deputy team leader, signaling for the other side to first invite the survivors to leave.

Waiting until the office door closed again, there were only 17 members left in the room. The team leaders silently exchanged glances, solemnity once again spread in the room. After a long time, Xiao Leng opened his mouth: "What step has the explosive bullet research and invention reached?"

"... Confirmed can bring in strange talk." Duong Ca immediately replied.

Cao Di was speechless: "Just that?"

Duong Ca smiled bitterly: "That's right."

—— Actually this was originally a very good progress. Based on the situation previously grasped, all the general meaning "weapons" cannot be brought into the strange talk, including □□ bombs, also including all kinds of swords and cold weapons. The research institute used new materials in such a short time to make a thing that can bypass the strange talk monitoring, it can be thought that the research and development staff spent a lot of effort.

But if we look at it from a practical perspective, this progress is obviously not enough to see.

Does it have an abnormal explosion in the monster talk? Is the explosion range consistent with the real world? Is there any real explosion involved? Can it hurt people? Can it cause other chain reactions?

If you don't know what this property is, then you can't use it.

Tieu Lang said angrily: "My opinion."

The big guys looked at him at the same time, he said: "The explosive bullets can't be used for now, but we need someone to enter the strange pool."

Truong Chieu frowned: "I know 188 is inside, but..."

"It has nothing to do with 188." Xiao Leng's face was expressionless, "The dungeon is too big, there are too many people inside, the situation is naturally very chaotic. The original wish of establishing 17 was to protect as many people as possible in the strange pond, now facing this kind of situation, can't we just not take any action?"

He hugged his arms: "This should not be discussed, right?"

"In theory, this really doesn't need to be discussed." Zeng Dapeng's brows furrowed, "The problem is, all of our current understanding of this instance comes from that survivor who just left the instance, and her understanding of the monster pool seems to be very limited, and many parts are just guesses. Under such circumstances, we actually can't determine that this is a complete monster pool, it's also possible that it's still divided into many parallel spaces, it's just that there are relatively more people in each space."

Tieu Lanh looked at him: "So what?"

"Currently, the elevator is being imported..." Zeng Dapeng looked at the clock on the wall, "The curfew has already passed 40 minutes. If the inside is actually divided into many parallel copies, if we send someone in now, we might not see any other participants at all, and we won't be able to protect anyone, but will only put our own team members in danger, creating a sacrifice that is not worth sacrificing."

"That's right." Han Yuan, who had been silent all this time, nodded, glanced at Xiao Leng, and said in a neutral tone, "Let's not mention personal grudges, it's not specifically about being against you——I feel that what each team said makes sense."

Tieu Lang did not show any objection, just calmly said: "I will go in myself."

"... What?" Everyone was stunned for a moment, Duong Ca widened his eyes: "One person?"

"That's right, one person." Xiao Leng's expression was certain, "If there really is a large-scale dungeon inside, one person will be enough. If there are many parallel dungeons, with only me going in, the sacrifice won't be too great.":,,.

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