Chapter Eighteen: The Third Eye
Every time a game character dies, Lin Jiu will remind Fang Tian the number of deaths when the screen turns into blood red. It is easy to see from her tone that Lin Jiu does not seem to be angry about her "death", but rather forgiving.
Watching this cat and mouse game with interest.
When the fifth death prompt appeared, Fang Tian summarized some rules of the game.
The monster moves extremely fast. Once discovered, it will be caught by the opponent within 2 seconds. And unlike the general chase horror game routine, there are no cabinets or under the bed to hide.
There is also a very serious vicious bug in this game. Once he leaves the Internet cafe compartment, no matter whether he is seen by the monster or not, it will chase him immediately.
There was a corridor outside the compartment. At the monster's moving speed, there was no possibility for him to pass through this corridor. The fastest he could only run less than one-third of the distance.
If this was an ordinary game, Fang Tian would definitely leave a negative review in the comment area and then apply for a refund. However, based on Lin Jiu's reaction, this is by no means a simple game. Fang Tian felt that this was probably Lin Jiu's reaction.
What happened to Jiu on the day he disappeared, so there must be some reason why the monster found him as soon as he came out of the compartment.
After figuring this out, Fangtian started his sixth attempt.
This time, he did not run away as soon as he left the compartment. Instead, he turned his perspective and looked to the left side, which he had not paid much attention to. On his third try, he noticed that the left side was a dead end, so
Both times later, the focus was on how to get through the corridor on the right.
The corridor on the left was empty, but when he looked upward, he discovered the camera probe facing the cubicle door.
The sound of gears turning came behind him, and the screen was unexpectedly dyed red with blood.
Only this time, Lin Jiu did not remind him of the number of deaths with a hint of irony, but displayed another line of text, "Why didn't you run away?"
"When you first left the cubicle, you were quickly discovered by the monster. It stopped you and dragged you back to the cubicle."
Fang Tian recalled the scene when he saw Lin Jiu's true appearance in his sleep. Senior Sister Hao mentioned that most ghosts will maintain their appearance at the moment before their death, but Lin Jiu's eyes were almost missing, and his body was
She also suffered quite serious injuries. It is not difficult to infer that she was attacked by this puppet monster before she shouted for help.
"……yes."
"But you don't know why it found you."
Unlike him who had six attempts, Lin Jiu only had one chance at that time. She did not have time to observe many details inside and outside the compartment. In fact, it was already very good for her to avoid the monster's sight and figure out the compartment for the first time.
Amazing.
And all of his current experiences can also be seen as problems thrown to him by Lin Jiu in disguise.
Perhaps even Lin Jiu himself didn't know where the puppet monster came from, and how he was discovered by the other party when he escaped from the compartment.
"you know?"
"When you first escaped from the cubicle, was there anyone else in the corridor?"
Fang Tian asked while typing in the game. He felt that what appeared in front of him at this moment should be the scene that Lin Jiu saw in his panic.
As for the camera in the corridor on the left, it is more likely that she noticed it when she came to this cubicle.
"No."
Lin Jiu's answer was decisive and affirmative.
"Why did you come to the Internet cafe alone that day, and who asked you to come to this cubicle?"
"A friend who plays games with me came to the cubicle because the hall was full."
"What does that friend of yours look like?"
"I didn't meet you, I didn't have time."
Lin Jiu's answer basically confirmed Fang Tian's thoughts, so he started the seventh game in front of Lin Jiu. Only this time, he did not choose to escape from the compartment immediately, but listened to the footsteps of the puppet patrol.
, circled the table and it several times, and then jumped repeatedly at the door of the cubicle in a desperate attempt. However, as long as he did not appear within the range of the camera, the sharp and harsh sound of the gears was never heard again.
The moment half of his body appeared in the camera range, the puppet monster immediately rushed up and killed him in less than two seconds.
This time, before Lin Jiu could speak, Fangtian typed immediately, "The reason why you were discovered by the monster is because you were seen by the camera."
In the game that Lin Jiu presented to him, it seemed that the puppet monster was not the only one chasing him. Of course, he did not dare to say whether there was any deviation in Lin Jiu's memory, or whether she was too hasty and did not pay attention when she escaped.
The operator of the puppet was hiding in the dark, but at least the person on the other end of the surveillance did not warn Lin Jiu of the monster's arrival, and later did not mention this to the Aozong City police.
Thinking about it this way, the network administrator of the "Maoyu Internet Cafe" was a serious suspect at that time.
But even so, there are still many things in the incident that Fang Tian cannot explain.
For example, Lin Jiu said that the hall was already full of people when she came, indicating that the business in the Internet cafe was very booming at that time. In this case, why did no one mention the existence of this puppet monster to the police?
As long as anyone mentioned the existence of the puppet monster, the matter would not be simply defined as a disappearance case, and Officer Feng might have started a targeted investigation as early as three years ago.
"Thanks."
Lin Jiu's response interrupted Fang Tian's thoughts. The eighth game did not come, and the option to exit the game automatically appeared on the screen.
It seems that Lin Jiu never expected him to escape the puppet monster from the beginning.
"Wait a moment."
Fang Tian hurriedly interrupted Lin Jiu. The task assigned to him by Officer Feng had not yet been completed. He also had many unsolved doubts in his heart. After all, Lin Jiu was defined as missing rather than dead three years ago. This meant that
This means that the Qingkong City police did not find Lin Jiu’s body in the Maoyu Internet Cafe.
And now the only person who can answer this question is Lin Jiu himself.
"What happened next?"
"Ran away."
"Ran away?"
Fang Tian was stunned for a long time. He couldn't figure out how Lin Jiu could escape from such a dead situation. "How did you do it?"
The exit disappears and the game countdown returns to the beginning.
The eighth game.
This time Fang Tian did not operate, and the characters on the screen moved on their own.
The first forty seconds were still the familiar waiting, but Lin Jiu did not hide behind the computer desk and play the King of Qin game around the pillar with the monster. She just stood in the most conspicuous position of the cubicle. Almost at the moment when the monster appeared, that
The heart-wrenching sound of gears came over.
Lin Jiu's perspective calmly moved to the only computer screen that was on.
The next moment, the scene reversed.
The compartments and monsters of the Internet cafe disappeared, and the map returned to the familiar hostage room of the warehouse.
At the same time, another beep came.
"Connoisseurs, please note that the calming effect of the tea has disappeared and the other person's mood may fall into an unstable state, so please treat it with caution"
Before he finished speaking, the computer went blue screen. Within three seconds of the blue screen, the power was completely cut off.
Chapter completed!