freenovelworld Chapter 26 The Responsibility Abandoned
Chapter 26 The Responsibility Abandoned
When Yan Xun came out of the wardrobe, he looked at the "balloon skins" with some curiosity.
He crouched down to examine the things, hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to reach out—
“No need to touch it, it’s a balloon,” Li Wu said.
But he was still a step too late.
Yan Xun touched the balloon skin in his hand and could feel that what he was holding was very similar to the balloons he played with as a child—not the thin balloons of today, but the big red balloons of earlier times, whose skins would become loose and floppy when they burst—just like the texture of the thing in his hand now.
He didn't ask where the rest of these people went, guessing that this was probably due to the unique nature of Li Wu's abilities.
Yan Xun certainly remembered that he had an ability that he hadn't been able to extract, but now was clearly not the time to try it.
The front door facing the living room was already open. He didn't know how that person knew the 508 password, but there were obviously too many things wrong with this instance.
Outside the window, the monsters in the mist still loomed menacingly; the only place they could explore was this building.
The dungeon won't have unsolvable puzzles, so the clues must be inside the Meimei Building.
Yan Xun stood up. "I'll go check on this person's room."
“I’ll go with you.” Li Wu didn’t hesitate.
The dungeon has changed to its current state, making it impossible to clear using the old methods. They must first discover the secret of the Mei Mei Building.
……
There's no need to think about how to open the neighbor's room.
The room with the door open in the hallway is it.
Yan Xun and Li Wu walked along the corridor, which was only lit by motion-sensor lights. The corridor seemed much longer in the dead of night than it did during the day.
What was clearly only a dozen meters apart appeared to be nearly ten or even a hundred times longer under the cover of darkness.
When they took a step forward, the sluggish motion-sensor light would only turn on after a second, its pale light illuminating only a few steps in front of them in the dark corridor.
"Da da da".
It was as if only the two of them remained alive on the entire fifth floor.
“We’ve already walked 80 meters,” Yan Xun suddenly said. “Is this corridor really that long?”
He stopped and looked at the door that seemed to be only a dozen meters away from them.
From the moment he left 508, he started counting his steps. The distance of each step was fixed... so from now until now, they have walked 80 meters.
Yan Xun knew what they had encountered; it was commonly known as being trapped in a maze.
The house numbers on both sides seemed to have been deliberately erased by something; when Yan Xun looked to the side, he couldn't make out the numbers at all.
Behind them was complete darkness; the motion-sensor lights illuminated less than two meters in front of them... beyond that, there was only the faint light emanating from the open door.
Perhaps because they stayed in the same spot for too long, the motion-sensor lights gradually became ineffective and suddenly went out.
The corridor quickly plunged into darkness.
Yan Xun did not move again.
But three seconds later, a "click-click-click" sound came from the corridor again, and the motion-sensor lights turned on once more.
This time, however, the distance is very far.
It came from behind them.
Yan Xun looked back, but there was nothing in the spot where the motion sensor light was on.
After a while, the motion sensor light went out again, and then—
"Da da da".
The familiar sound echoed once again in the eerily silent corridor, the motion-sensor lights came on, and this time the distance was a few meters closer.
However, there was still nothing behind him, as if it were something invisible to the naked eye.
It's haunted, Yan Xun thought.
Li Wu beside him remained relatively calm, but everyone knew that running was pointless at this point—the door that looked so close was still quite a distance away.
"Can you use that ability?" Yan Xun asked.
“Things that can’t be seen…” Li Wu frowned, “can’t be used.”
The prerequisite for him to use this ability is that he must at least be able to see that thing.
"Tsk." Yan Xun clicked his tongue impatiently. "You run first."
"I have a way."
"Go and check if there's anything wrong with that door."
As he spoke, he gave Li Wu a push, "Let's go."
Although Li Wu wanted to ask the other party what their solution was, he knew this wasn't the time for them to be modest with each other, so he glanced at him and said, "Be careful."
After saying that, he ran quickly toward the open door.
As soon as Li Wu moved, the thing seemed to receive a signal, and its sensor light suddenly lit up a lot ahead—although Yan Xun couldn't see the thing's presence, he knew that it had been provoked.
【Host!!!!!】
The system transformed into a screaming chicken inside his head.
How could it not know that Yan Xun had the ability to cover the rear?
Yan Xun thought to himself that he must find an opportunity to poison and silence this system... He looked at the approaching sensor light and then glanced back at Li Wu.
It's probably because this thing has already found its target.
Li Wu was about to reach the door.
The other person immediately pressed down on the door, glanced inside, and then called out to Yan Xun, "Come here!"
"Da da da!!"
At this point, the motion sensor lights are no longer lighting up one after another.
Instead, almost all the motion sensor lights behind Yan Xun were on, except for those less than 10 meters away, where the lights were still off.
This also means that the thing is less than 10 meters away from Yan Xun.
Without hesitation, Yan Xun took out his backpack, threw something on the ground, and ran away!
The creature was clearly bewildered by what he suddenly threw out, seemingly worried that Yan Xun had dropped something lethal... The sensor light suddenly flashed, and after realizing that Yan Xun had only thrown out ordinary clothes, the creature quickened its pace!
Yan Xun hardened his heart—
With a "thud," a person landed on the corridor floor.
Then, without looking back, he ran quickly towards Li Wu.
[Host! ! Why did you throw Gui Yuchong away?!]
What Yan Xun threw into the corridor, blocking the view of what he couldn't see, was Gui Yuchong's corpse, which he had previously found in the wardrobe.
When a "living person" appeared in the corridor... the unseen thing was clearly confused.
The motion-sensor lights illuminated around Gui Yuchong.
It seemed that thing was trying to determine what the "person" lying on the ground actually was.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yan Xun quickly ran to Li Wu's side, grabbed the doorknob, pushed Li Wu, and rushed into the room in one go.
With a loud slam of the door, the thing was completely blocked outside.
Even if they realized that Gui Yuchong was a dead man, it would probably be too late.
Li Wu was quite far from where Yan Xun had "dumped the body"... He only saw clothes flying around and something that the other party had thrown down at the end.
He looked at Yan Xun, who was bent over, supporting his knees, and panting heavily, and a rare hesitation and uncertainty crossed his mind.
"What did you just throw in the hallway?"
Why does he feel like he's with someone...?
"I didn't throw anything away," Yan Xun said, panting.
He looked up at Li Wu, his eyes even more determined than when he joined the Young Pioneers—
“I just threw away my responsibilities.”
Li Wu: "...?"
Why does he feel like he can't understand what young people are saying these days?