Recap
The man delivering dinner opened the metal door and pushed the cart in.
He glanced at the little speaker placed on the table and said with a smile: “Playing house with a broken speaker. Is there something wrong with the great Painter Shen’s brain? It seems that it won’t work out unless we find a psychiatrist.”
The man fiddled with the little speaker twice, and when he saw Shen Xiuzhe, whose eyes were covered in white cloth, his eyes flashed with greed.
He walked over lightly and reached out to touch his face.
Shen Xiuzhe, who was painting, felt a source of heat approaching him. He quickly ducked sideways, his tone as cold as ever: “Get out.”
Chu Shici lay motionless on the table.
Without the man’s body to block him, he saw the scene outside through the half-open metal door.
There is a palm-sized sticker on the metal door of the opposite room. It is a cartoon puppy.
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Chu Shici still didn’t understand what the four animals represented.
But the markings on the door are made using stickers rather than being directly carved or painted on. This shows that the people locked in the room are not necessarily a fixed group of people.
The dog sticker may have been affixed later, and the neighbor across the door who was taken away earlier may be another animal.
There are too few clues now, and Chu Shici is not sure about the relationship between the ‘dog’ and the police.
When ordinary people go missing, there is a possibility that family members concealed the report or no one reports the case. If a serving police officer goes missing, the police department will know the news immediately.
According to the information he overheard on the phone before, this group of people captured several people who were suitable to be ‘dogs’.
But in the daily morning news, there was no mention of a large number of missing police officers.
Some clues can also be deduced from the reaction of Officer Li in the room opposite to theirs .
When he was first imprisoned, he was very agitated and kept yelling at those people. There was only anger in his words.
After being imprisoned, he tried to communicate with other imprisoned people nearby. There was confusion and desolation in his tone.
Even if the police department suppressed the news and did not tell the outside world about the disappearance of so many police officers. In order to prevent other people in the bureau from having an accident, some information will still be leaked privately.
For example, ‘Something happened recently, some organizations are targeting the police, please be careful.’
‘Try to go with your colleagues in pairs, don’t walk alone at night, and be sure to lock the doors and windows.’
Perhaps there would be some hints dropped so that they can be on guard.
Officer Li, who was opposite the door, was obviously confused.
It was as if he had never thought that this would happen before. He had no idea and this sequence of events had knocked him off guard.
There are three possible explanations for this.
The first is that these people only capture police officers who had retired for many years, and no one noticed that they were missing in this short period of time.
If it is possible to obtain information on so many retired police officers, then there is probably a traitor in the organization.
The second could be that in the room opposite theirs is a fake policeman who has other motives for pretending to be a policeman.
After all, he just shouted “I am a policeman”. Through the metal door, no one can see whether he was wearing a police uniform and whether he had any ID.
The third is that there may be missing police officers, but not many, one or two at most.
The situation is not serious and does not pose a threat to the lives of other police officers. In order not to cause panic, ordinary police officers were not informed of this crisis for the time being.
Chu Shici opened the note containing the clues and looked at it.
Brother Liu, the fat steward, had called someone earlier, and he remembered what the person on the phone said.
[A lot of dogs died some time ago. Bring some stronger dogs over.]
Chu Shici tapped on the words ‘a lot’ and ‘some’.
Although there are not enough clues, there is no way to rule out the first two possibilities.
But with such a large number, ‘dog’ should refer to a person with certain characteristics, rather than the specific profession of police.
Chu Shici was busy taking notes when he was suddenly kicked.
The system shook his shoulders wildly, [Stop thinking! Someone is harassing your husband!]
As soon as he heard that something happened to Zhe-ge, Chu Shici’s train of thought suddenly stopped.
His soul ran back to the little speaker and he looked out.
In just three minutes, two more strange men appeared in the room.
Their appearance is unremarkable, neither ugly nor fierce, they all have a very common appearance.
They wore a gray or black half-sleeve with jeans, no other special decorations on their bodies, with Bluetooth headsets in their ears to facilitate communication.
It is difficult to obtain any clues just by looking at their appearance.
Three men surrounded the chair.
When Chu Shici came out, one of them was whispering into Shen Xiuzhe’s ear in a low voice.
He turned his wheels and moved quietly forward a few steps, listening with open ears.
“Painter Shen was a rich man before? Did he eat lobster and abalone every day, live in a big villa and sleep on a luxurious bed? The food here is only filling, it will definitely not suit your appetite.”
As the man spoke, he secretly reached out and wanted to touch Shen Xiuzhe.
Shen Xiuzhe stood up expressionlessly and was about to walk away, but his retreat was blocked by another person.
“Don’t get excited, we are here to discuss business. The rooms are better decorated as you go up, you should know this. Isn’t the room you live in now much better than the one you used to live in before?”
“If you sleep with us three brothers, you will be able to go up one floor at a time. Others work hard to climb up, but you can just lie in bed and enjoy it.”
Before the man finished speaking, he secretly winked. The three of them took off their Bluetooth headsets and temporarily disconnected them.
One of his two companions retreated to the door and closed it, while the other grabbed Shen Xiuzhe’s wrist and tried to pin him down on the table.
Chu Shici gritted his teeth in anger and started looking for weapons everywhere.
The next second, he heard a loud noise.
Chu Shici turned his head in surprise.
Shen Xiuzhe broke free from the restraints in the blink of an eye, held one of the people’s heads in his hand, and jerked them to the side in a fast motion.
With a click, the man’s neck was broken. Without even making a sound, his body fell softly to the ground.
The white light shone on his face, making his already sickly skin look even paler.
A white cloth covered his eyes, and there was no expression on his handsome face. He stood there quietly with his hands down. His aloof expression didn’t reveal any emotional fluctuations.
He is more like a work of art, a statue than a living person.
This made him look both eerie and indescribably beautiful.
Chu Shici looked at Shen Xiuzhe, who looked calm, and then at the corpse on the ground.
It seems that he doesn’t have to worry about it, Zhe-ge can handle everything by himself.
After their companion died, the other two looked at each other.
One of them backed down, “Fuck, I said he was difficult to deal with! Last time he defeated more than twenty people by himself, he was just like a humanoid tank. I said we couldn’t defeat him, but you still don’t believe it.”
The man who had negotiated terms with Shen Xiuzhe rolled up his sleeves and took out a taser from his trouser pocket.
He glanced at the white cloth on Shen Xiuzhe’s face, “What’s the use of being powerful before? He’s a blind man now. What the hell are you afraid of!”
The man showed a ferocious smile, “Surname Shen, don’t pretend to be noble. How long has it been, and you still think you are somebody. I’m telling you, I’ve slept with countless chickens like you before!”
Listening to his choice of words, Chu Shici felt that the ‘chicken’ in his mouth should only refer to the card chicken, not the small yellow chicken.
Shen Xiuzhe just learned about it from the little speaker some time ago.
Now when he hears the word ‘chicken’, his face immediately darkens.
No one had touched him, this is slander.
Shen Xiuzhe was so angry that he sneered, “Damn you. You idiot.”
The vocabulary of swear words is very limited, and all the words are used in one sentence.
After Shen Xiuzhe finished speaking, he was about to step forward when he suddenly stumbled over a corpse.
Upon seeing this, the man immediately rushed forward, held the taser and was about to strike him.
Chu Shici quickly picked up a paintbrush and threw it on the ground accurately. The man slipped and fell on the corpse. He subconsciously tightened his fingers, and the flashing taser slid against Shen Xiuzhe’s clothes.
It was just a little distance short of Shen Xiuzhe.
The subtle sound of electric current reached his ears, and Shen Xiuzhe was slightly startled.
Thinking about what would happen to him after he was unconscious, his anger instantly ignited.
Before the man could get up, Shen Xiuzhe stepped on his arm and grabbed the taser to stun him.
There were sounds of footsteps running outside. Shen Xiuzhe strode over the corpse on the ground, kicked the man in the back, and knocked him against the metal door.
Due to the limited angle, Chu Shici could only see Zhe-ge stuffing the taser into the man’s mouth, and then he heard the sound of bones breaking.
He can dismantle people into parts with his bare hands. He is worthy of being a former combat team captain.
Chu Shici glanced at the man lying on the ground who was twitching uncontrollably.
On this day, these people not only delivered three heads on a platter, but also provided several important clues.
Chu Shici’s guess was correct. There was indeed a room upgrade mechanism in this place. Rooms with higher floors have better living environments and more stable opportunities to draw cards.
When the men talked about getting a room upgrade, they used the words: ‘work hard’.
Risking one’s life to escape clearly meets this requirement. There may be other ways besides attempting to escape.
As for the ascending levels by sleeping with them, 80% of it is a lie they made up to achieve their goal.
They deliberately closed the metal door and turned off the intercom headset before trying to force Zhe-ge. Even after a companion died, they did not call for backup or cry out.
It seems that according to the rules here, ‘chicken’s cannot sleep with. Those who force the ‘chicken’ without permission will be punished.
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The newly obtained clues were quickly reviewed in Chu Shici’s mind.
He looked outside and found that Zhe-ge had gone crazy.
Shen Xiuzhe grabbed a person’s hair and banged him on the ground. Then he reached down and felt around for the weapons on the man’s body, placed them all on the ground, then selected a dagger.
He holds the dagger and stabs the man in the eye, the scene is extremely bloody.
Chu Shici shook his head.
The system smacked its lips, [Tsk, tell me why did you mess with him, isn’t it good to live?]
‘Zhe-ge is doing all this based on touch alone? He is very accurate with the dagger, stabbing him thirty times in a row without being fatal.’
[Your husband is so ruthless, maybe that’s why they blinded him.]
One person was watching and commenting, and accidentally got blood spattered on his face.
After Shen Xiuzhe vented his anger, the three living scum turned into puzzle pieces all over the floor.
He stood quietly by the metal door, the hand holding the dagger hanging by his side, panting.
The blood slipped from the dagger and dripped into a pool of blood. In the silent room, the sound of droplets hitting the dark red surface can be heard clearly. The room was filled with a strong smell of blood, making people feel suffocated and breathless.
They were obviously dead, but the man’s disgusting voice seemed to still echo in Shen Xiuzhe’s mind.
The metal door was unlocked, and he found weapons from the three people, including daggers, stun guns, and tactical batons.
They came here today to assault him.
No one knew that they were leaving their posts without authorization, and the people monitoring this corridor and the nearby guards might have been removed or bribed by them.
Shen Xiuzhe quickly realized that this was an opportunity to escape.
But his hand pressing on the metal door seemed to have lost its strength.
On the contrary, the arm holding the dagger was moving upwards little by little. The sharp tip of the knife gradually came closer to his chest.
The idea of committing suicide became stronger and stronger. Just as the tip of the knife was about to pierce through the clothes, a “dang-dang” sound suddenly sounded in the silent room.
Then he heard a familiar male voice.
“We won! Yeah! One against three, Zhe-ge, you are so awesome!”
“Zhe-ge, is the door open? This is a good opportunity. Please carry me out quickly. Even if we can’t escape today, there’s still lots of clues to be seen lying around!”
The little speaker rolled to the table, waving the little plug, “Hug me, hug me!”
He didn’t seem to realize that his Zhe-ge was going to commit suicide, and his words were full of excitement and expectation.
Shen Xiuzhe’s hand movements paused.
He suddenly realized that he was not alone now. If he dies, the only thing left in the room is the little speaker.
A little thing that cries every time he has a nightmare. If he has no one to accompany him, he won’t live for long.
Chu Shici’s heart was in his throat, pretending to be stupid while observing his expression.
Seeing Shen Xiuzhe stop his movements, he suppressed his tears and said in a sticky tone, “Zhe-ge, I want you to hug me.”
Shen Xiuzhe was silent for a long time, then slowly felt his way to the table and held the little speaker in his arms with one hand.
He pursed his lips tightly and said nothing, but tears fell from his bloody cheeks and dripped onto the little speaker.
Chu Shici wrapped his cable around him, raised his head and comforted him softly: “Zhe-ge, let’s go out together. It doesn’t matter if we can’t escape from this building today. Stepping out of this metal gate is considered a victory for us!”
Shen Xiuzhe nodded calmly, “Okay.”
At the same time, Chu Shici heard the notification from the backend.
[Add 5 points to the vitality value, and the current vitality value is -15/100.]
Chu Shici tapped Shen Xiuzhe’s fingertips from time to time, trying to give him some strength.
The fat steward, Brother Liu, mentioned Zhe-ge when he was on the phone. It probably means that his output is stable, one painting a month.
Shen Xiuzhe said that he couldn’t see and it would take him at least a month or two to paint an ordinary landscape painting.
Chu Shici didn’t know how long Zhe-ge had been imprisoned, but he deduced that he had been imprisoned for at least three months after losing his sight.
Shen Xiuzhe has been imprisoned for too long, and this metal door that is always closed has become a psychological shadow for him. He pushed open not only the door, but also let out the despair deep in his heart.
The moment Shen Xiuzhe opened the metal door and stepped out of the room, a notification popped up in the backend of the system.
[The vitality value is increased by 10 points, and the current vitality value is -5/100.]
Time is running out, others will come rushing over at any time, and they have no time to celebrate.
Zhe-ge’s vitality value is too low, he has no desire to live, and he shows no mercy when killing people. He wondered if those people would directly kill Zhe-ge when they saw their companions killed.
Chu Shici quickly turned his head and scanned the surroundings, trying to find the glimmer of hope.
The corridor was brightly lit, and a black line was printed vertically in the center of the concrete floor.
There are neatly arranged rooms on both sides, and each metal door is locked, so you can’t see who is locked inside.
It was deathly silent outside, as if they were the only two people left in the building.
Chu Shici was thinking about which way to go.
Suddenly there was a small knock on the door opposite their room, and then he heard a man whisper: “There was no sound of locking the door. Are you the one who was locked up? Did you escape?”
“I’m a police officer, open the door for me and I’ll protect you.”
Shen Xiuzhe didn’t answer, and Chu Shici looked at the metal door hesitantly.
It was Officer Li who was talking to them through the door.
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T/N: To trust or not to trust, that is the question.
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