Chapter 64: Road Trip Tips (VIII)
Cold...dangerous...wake up!
The malicious sensor in his pocket was sending out warnings like crazy, and Zhang You tried hard to open his eyelids.
My body senses gradually recovered, and I seemed to be sitting on a hard chair. My whole body was numb and almost frozen, and the cold air was still penetrating into my skin.
The light orange light pouring down from overhead illuminated the outline of the house. With blurry vision, Zhang You saw the wooden table in front of him, and further ahead was the shadowy stove.
This is the kitchen of a family's home.
There was soup stewing on the stove, emitting a fishy and smelly odor that immediately sobered people up when it entered their noses.
Zhang You's Adam's apple rolled twice, and she resisted the urge to vomit. She felt as if her eyelids were stuck with a layer of glue, and it took a lot of effort to open them.
Then her heart skipped a beat.
She's not the only one sitting here!
On both sides of the dining table, on her left and right, sat Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing, their eyes closed. They were in a stiff and motionless position, with a thin layer of white frost on their faces.
They haven't woken up yet.
How could this happen…Why are the three of them here?
His brain was like a frozen block of ice, and his memory became hazy. Zhang You subconsciously wanted to take out his phone, but he held back the second before he could make the move.
Through her collar, she could feel the button-shaped malicious sensor emitting heat continuously. This was her upgraded silent version of the sensor, which would not make a sound when sensing maliciousness in the environment, but would only use rising temperatures to warn her.
But now, the prop is like a hot iron, almost burning the chest!
It was the heat from the sensor that pulled her out of her coma... The environment was extremely dangerous and she couldn't act rashly.
Zhang You resisted the urge to wake up Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing, slowed down his breathing, and continued to sit there motionless, with only his eyes rapidly observing his surroundings.
Judging from the decoration, it seems to be an old-fashioned style from decades ago. The dining table is covered with a dark floral tablecloth. In addition to the stench coming from the stove, there is also a smell of decay in the air, lingering in the biting cold.
Looking closely, the green flame flickered under the pot. It seemed that it not only did not bring any heat, but made the room even colder.
Within a few seconds, Zhang You's teeth were chattering: this is clearly a kitchen, but it is so cold that he feels like being in an ice cellar.
Just then, she suddenly heard footsteps.
Ta, da, da.
Someone came over in slippers.
A stronger stench rushed into Zhang You's nose, and his eyelids drooped quickly, leaving only a small, barely noticeable gap.
"Hey, why isn't the soup ready yet? Didn't the book say that it only takes four hours to cook a portion for four people? Why is it taking so long today?"
Through the slits of my eyes, I saw a short old lady walking into the kitchen, mumbling something. She stood in front of the stove, scooped a spoonful of soup and sniffed it carefully.
"It smells so good." The old lady sighed with satisfaction from her hoarse voice. "It's a pity that the soup base is two months old and is no longer fresh. Fortunately, four more people came in today..."
The old lady turned around, and Zhang You could feel a sticky gaze falling on him, which made his back chill.
The old lady opened a drawer, took out something from it, and walked slowly to the dining table.
"It's still alive, and has a lot of vitality. If it's made into a soup base, it will definitely live for a long time."
Guo Guo's face was pinched by a skinny hand, and a layer of white frost immediately appeared on it, and his face was so cold that it turned blue.
"It's a pity that there is human breath all over the body, including the nose, mouth, ears, and eyes. Once the breath is released, the material inside the body will fall apart. We have to sew it up quickly."
While muttering to herself, the old lady skillfully picked up the cloth clip she had taken out and opened it to reveal a row of needles and threads. She seemed to be comparing where to start sewing.
!!!
Zhang You’s heart was pounding!
She was almost exposed when she rushed forward, but fortunately the old lady let go of Guo Guo the next moment.
"I'm getting old, I almost forgot there's a fourth one, I'll sew them together when all four are complete."
The old lady laughed strangely twice, and walked out of the kitchen in her slippers. Not long after, the phone rang, and sharp and harsh complaints came from a distance.
Zhang You breathed a sigh of relief as the sensor temperature dropped slightly. She turned her head quietly and found that there was a short corridor between the kitchen and the living room, which created a poor viewing angle and she could only see a corner of the old lady's green apron.
Take this opportunity!
Zhang You immediately took out the sensor and stuck it on the foreheads of the other two people, hoping that they would wake up quickly.
Ever since she saw the old lady just now, her stagnant memory has gradually started to work, and she has gradually remembered everything that happened.
It was a circular road with no end, and each time a roommate disappeared. Until the third cycle, the person who "disappeared" became her.
As she stood in the mist, her memories came back to her, but it was too late. A small house with lights on was right by the road. She was attracted and walked over to it. Then the red wooden door opened, revealing an old man's face full of wrinkles.
"Dear child, did you bring the specialty I wanted?"
Zhang You knew something was wrong, but she could no longer move. She could only watch the old lady's smile grow deeper and deeper in stiff silence: "What a bad boy who is incompetent. But Grandma Mayas has always been very tolerant of children. How could she let you stay outside cold and hungry? Come in quickly."
When Zhang You walked through the door uncontrollably, he lost consciousness at the same time. He only woke up just now and regained control of his body.
Perhaps the high temperature of the sensor was really effective. Coupled with Zhang You shaking their heads, Zheng Wanqing also woke up slowly. She opened her eyes and was about to speak when her mouth was covered.
Zhang You shook his head frantically, making sure that the other party understood before continuing to wake up Guo Guo.
But after being touched by "Grandma Mayas", the white frost on Guo Guo's body was heavier than Zheng Wanqing's. He did not react for a while, and his body was lifeless, and even his breathing was almost inaudible.
For the first time, Zhang You was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes. It was Zheng Wanqing's reminder that made her calm down.
In the [Dormitory Member Status] interface of the mobile phone, although Guo Guo has many negative buffs under his status bar, his health value has not changed, so his life should not be in danger for the time being.
Through the door, Grandma Mayas' voice became clearer.
"Oh, of course, of course I will give you a bowl of soup. I will ask those cunning and annoying students to send it to you. After all, my dear cousin can't go out because of hunger. What, you want the new [stupid students] to send it to you? This is a bit difficult, but I know a few teachers who are having a headache about setting questions. There will always be a way..."
Grandma Mayas seemed to start pacing towards the kitchen:
"Speaking of which, why hasn't the fourth stupid student come yet? Gonglu should have sent her to me a long time ago. The same thing goes for the soup in the kitchen. It's never cooked."
At the same time, Zhang You had left his chair. There was no place for them to hide in the small kitchen, but if they looked along the corner, they could see a small brown door half-closed between the kitchen and the corridor leading to the living room.
Grandma Mayas's voice continued: "Nonsense, of course I know. The quality of the living dead soup indicates the success or failure of the soup base... Wait, what do you mean?"
There was silence outside the door for two seconds, and then he spoke angrily: "You mean my soup base will fail? That's impossible! Three stupid students have already entered the door, and they can't escape even if they have wings! You reminded me... I will go and sew those three into living dead now, so that the soup base will not be impure."
Zhang You and Zheng Wanqing looked at each other quickly. There was no time to wake up Guo Guo, so they could only hold one of her each and rush to the corridor.
"I just don't believe it..." As the floral curtain was lifted, Grandma Mayas's voice suddenly stopped.
A second later, a hoarse and unpleasant scream filled the entire house.
The old lady slammed the phone down, and her cloudy but sharp eyes swept through the room: "Stupid students, do you think you can get through by hiding? When I find you, I will drain your blood and flesh, make you live a life worse than death, and cook you as my soup base for a hundred years!"
Inside the small brown door.
Zhang You held the protective amulet tightly, his spirit tense like a bow.
Directly opposite, Zheng Wanqing supported Guo Guo with her movable left hand, while her right hand gradually formed a shadow of an iron fist, her expression solemn.
The room they were in seemed to be a frozen storage room, filled with freezers. A quick glance when they broke in showed that the freezers were filled with green liquid and an unknown number of "people".
They were frozen in green liquid, with tubes inserted into their bodies, and their faces could no longer be seen. This should be what the NPC called "soup base".
Obviously, if they fail this exam, they will become the soup base and be sealed here forever.
Zheng Wanqing gritted her teeth and even wanted to go out and fight to the death. But it was obvious that she couldn't do that.
[Guest Suppression (Negative Buff): You are a guest who was kindly taken in by Grandma Mayas. How can you use dangerous props against the owner of the house?]
[You will not be able to resist Grandma Mayas within the house. This is a technique she has designed specifically to deal with students.]
Are they just going to wait to die here?
Grandma Mayas's heavy footsteps moved outside, accompanied by angry curses. Zhang You tried to calm himself down and kept thinking about various possibilities.
Soon she realized: "The NPC is not only angry, but also a little panicked. This means that the students who entered the house are not 100% unable to escape. We still have a chance of survival!"
Zhang You's voice was very soft, and the NPC seemed unable to escape the fate of old age and deafness. He did not walk towards the warehouse, but went in the opposite direction, cursing.
Taking this opportunity, the two woke up Guo Guo while observing the room, trying to find a way to escape.
It was not realistic to run out of the living room, as they would definitely be discovered immediately. Perhaps, was there another exit from the house?
At this time, Guo Guo coughed twice and finally woke up. When she opened her eyes in confusion, her eyes suddenly widened and she almost cried out, but fortunately Zheng Wanqing covered her mouth in time.
"Ahem," Guo Guo didn't understand the situation, trembling and hugging himself, and asked palely: "Why are there so many people in this room?"
Zhang You: "You mean the ones in the freezer, they're not..."
She suddenly interrupted the conversation. Guo Guo couldn't see into the freezer from this angle, so how could she see the "person" inside?
Unless, what Guo Guo saw was——
Guo Guo also noticed it and his face turned even paler: "Can't you see anything?"
Swallowing, she pointed around the room and whispered what she saw: "Here, here, and here, there are people floating with their eyes closed. They seem to have wires on their bodies, all connected to the freezer."
Guo Guo's face turned pale and then blue. She didn't dare to look inside the freezer. Her instinct told her that it would be better not to look.
Zhang You sighed: "What you see are the souls of people who died at the hands of ghost NPCs. We are also trapped here now, and we need to find a way to escape."
The house is not big, and Grandma Mayas will find it sooner or later. Besides, even if they can hide for a while, if Tang Xin Jue also fails in the cycle and falls into the hands of the NPC, they will not be able to save him.
Guo Guo held his water drop pendant in his hand, with a look of despair: "I don't know why, but I feel that Xinjue will not necessarily fail. Instead, we are in greater danger."
Before she finished speaking, her pupils suddenly shrank: "Wait, I saw a person, no, a soul raised its head... He seemed to be able to talk to me?"
Zhang You also had an idea: "Ask him if he has any way to escape from here!"
Several people raised their hearts, and after a few seconds, Guo Guo also showed ecstasy on his face: "He said yes! He just needs us..."
The hurried footsteps made Guo Guo swallow the second half of his sentence.
Those were the footsteps of Grandma Mayas. She had already searched the other rooms and was heading towards this room!
"When I find you, I will skin you and bleed you..."
“Boom boom boom!”
Just as the wrinkled arm was about to touch the small brown door, a clearer knock came from outside the living room.
"Anyone there?"
Tang Xin Jue's voice sounded outside.
