Welcome to the Nightmare Live - Ch 5.1

“Bang!”

Wen Jianyan fell on the ground while facing upward in an extremely unsightly manner.

His tailbone slammed on the hard ground, and a dull pain came from it, which made his expression slightly distorted; he cursed a few times between his teeth.

But now is not the time to feel unfortunate.

Wen Jianyan swallowed his complaint, gritted his teeth, raised his head, and quickly looked around his surroundings.

The bright incandescent lights overhead, the dirty washbasin on the edge of the front, and the rows of dark blue cubicles behind him; both in terms of colour and structure, look much newer than the scene in the previous instance.

Obviously, this is a toilet.

Ladies toilet.

“…..”

Even people who don’t watch movies often know that the scene in front of him is definitely a favourite place for all kinds of horror movies.

Suddenly being thrown into such a place all alone; Wen Jianyan was not a daring person to begin with, and at this moment he couldn’t help but feel even more frightened.

Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm.

He muttered over and over again in his mind.

Wen Jianyan walked to the door, stretched out his hand and pushed it hard.

It didn’t move.

The door handle was shaken and made a rattling sound, but the door panel seemed to be sealed by cement, and it didn’t move under Wen Jianyan’s shaking.

……….

Don’t panic, don’t panic!

And this is a D-level instance, a D-level instance! It shouldn’t be so quick to throw people into a dead end.

Wen Jianyan closed his eyes forcefully, trying to calm himself down.

He took out his ID card from his pocket.

【ID Card】

Name: Cheng Wei (Changed: Xiao Wen/Xiao Zhao)

Age: 16 (Changed: ???)

Occupation: First-year high school student of Decai Middle School (Changed: First-year intern teacher of Decai Middle School / Director Shen’s distant nephew)

Related Plot: Not yet unlocked (Changed: ??? )

Wen Jianyan found that the lines of text related to the identity of “Xiao Wen” were much darker than before, while the text on the side of “Xiao Zhao” was light grey as if it would disappear in the next second.

He had a thoughtful look on his face.

It seems that as the number of people who believe in an identity increases, it will gradually solidify, just like being recognized step by step.

So, as long as his identity is not exposed, maybe he can create a plot that has never been seen in this instance?

——It’s almost like tampering with the script.

He decided to compose himself and retracted his wandering thoughts. This is not something a person whose life is in jeopardy should worry about.

Wen Jianyan turned the ID card to the back.

He saw the number on the back of the card was frozen at 21:05.

Looking at the stagnant countdown, he couldn’t help but be startled slightly.

This means that no survival time will be consumed inside the “hidden mission”.

It’s good not to waste time.

But… It also symbolizes a dangerous tendency.

Outside, the survival time is a limit, but also a kind of protection to some extent.

According to the information disclosed by the senior anchor earlier, in this simple instance, as long as there is no rule violation or death, the time will not be deducted, and the anchor will always be given psychological protection.

In this “hidden mission”, this rule obviously does not apply. In other words, he won’t be able to predict what is going to happen in the future.

Wen Jianyan shuddered, and an ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

At this moment, a mechanical sound came from Wen Jianyan’s ear:

【Ding, it has been detected that the anchor’s live broadcast has reached two hours. Do you want to start the point settlement?】

This voice brought Wen Jianyan back from the trance state.

“Start,” he replied.

【In the E-level live broadcast room 789326qwk, the average number of viewers per hour is 2000, so 200 points can be redeemed.

It is detected that the anchor is a novice, the points you’re going to get for this live broadcast are doubled; 400 points have been settled into your account for you.

You are still 4600 points away from the upgrade of your live broadcast room, please make persistent efforts to create greater glory!】

【In your live broadcast, you received a total of 63 rewards and a total of 500 reward points. It is detected that the anchor is a novice. The live broadcast system will not cut any points this time, and 500 points have been settled into your account for you.】

【The remaining points in your account: 900】

【The next point settlement will be in 24:00 hours】

“Wait…” Wen Jianyan suddenly realized something: “Take a cut? Your system will take a cut?”

The mechanical voice replied politely: 【Yes. After the end of the novice anchor period, the system’s cut on the rewards will gradually increase.】

“…..”

The corners of Wen Jianyan’s eyes twitched, and he said dryly, “You guys can really make money.”

He suddenly had an ominous premonition and continued to ask: “Then what about the points accumulated according to the number of viewers? Will you take a cut from that too?”

“No.”

However, before Wen Jianyan could breathe a sigh of relief, the mechanical voice continued:

【However, as your anchor rating improves, the exchange rate of points will also change flexibly. All our rules will be based on the viewing experience of the audience, so please rest assured.】

——It means that now it is one to ten, and in the future, it may not be the same, right?

Wen Jianyan: “…”

Rest assured, my ass!

The viewing experience of those audiences will cost him his life!

Damn capitalist!

Before he could continue his questioning, there was the sound of gradually approaching footsteps outside the door of the washroom, followed by the low laughter of the two girls through the door.

“!”

Wen Jianyan was startled and reflexively retreated into one of the cubicles.

The next second he hid in, he heard a “squeak”, and the door of the washroom, which was shaken by an adult man just now, was easily pushed open.

“Thump thump.”

With the sound of brisk footsteps, the conversation between two strange girls came from outside the door.

“…Speaking of which, have you heard of that?”

The girl’s lowered voice contained a kind of creepy excitement.

“What?”

“That’s right, that legend!”

Wen Jianyan stood in the toilet cubicle, listening to the conversation outside, his expression became a little complicated.

As an adult man, secretly hiding in the school’s girls’ washroom and eavesdropping on their conversation…

It’s actually a bit perverted.

The conversation between the two girls outside continued.

“Ah! Did you say…”

“Yes!”

Unconsciously, the girl’s footsteps stopped in front of the door of the toilet cubicle where Wen Jianyan was, and the shadow under the door swayed slightly; her clear and transparent voice passed through the door:

“There is a mirror in the dormitory room 408, as long as you can find it, it can fulfil one of your wishes.”

Another girl’s voice was a little hesitant: “Do we really have room 408 on the fourth floor?”

“It is said that there is, but 408 was later sealed with cement.”

The girl said mysteriously: “You need to look for it after midnight to find it, and after you open the door…”

“Ah, stop talking!”

The other girl raised her voice in panic and interrupted the other party’s narration: “If Teacher Yang hears it, you will be punished with confinement!”

“That old witch?”

The girl’s voice became gloomy: “She not only slapped me a few days ago but also punished me by not letting me eat dinner. This kind of ugly, cheap and disgusting woman; dying early is the only way she can contribute to the world.”

“You, keep your voice down…”

“I won’t.” She giggled twice: “Anyway, that old witch better pray that I’ll not find that mirror, or I won’t let her go.”

The tap was turned on and off, the two girls were talking and laughing while washing their hands. After a while, the sound of footsteps gradually drifted away.

As the footsteps left, all the sound in the toilet seemed to be sucked up by a sponge, leaving only a heart-pounding silence.

Wen Jianyan slowly exhaled a turbid breath and looked down at the gap below the cubical’s door.

The shadow that was still shaking just now disappeared.

……have they gone?

He raised his fingertips and was about to open the door to walk out.

“Drip.”

The sound of water dripping came from outside the door, and Wen Jianyan’s movements involuntarily paused slightly.

“Drip, drip.”

The sound of water dripping came from outside the door.

“Drip.”

A drop of scarlet viscous liquid fell from the ceiling and dripped onto the back of the young man’s white hand.

Wen Jianyan froze in place, a shudder slowly climbed up his spine, an unspeakable sense of terror made his whole body tremble.

Immediately afterwards, he felt a little itchy on the back of his neck.

It was almost like… the long hair hanging from the ceiling, swaying, gently brushing against his sweaty skin.

At this moment, a girl’s laughter sounded from above Wen Jianyan’s head:

“Hee hee, eavesdropping, caught you~”

Before the sound of the words could reach the ground, Wen Jianyan suddenly raised his foot and fiercely kicked the door in front of him.

Half of the door hinges fell off, and the entire door fell to the ground with a “bang”, bringing up a puff of dust.

In the next second, as if his ass was on fire, the young man’s figure “swished” out and rushed toward the toilet door without looking back.

“…..”

Apparently, there was no reaction for a moment, the hair hanging from the ceiling stopped for a while, and then as if provoked, it rushed towards the direction where the young man just disappeared―

The audience in the live broadcast room also didn’t react.

[?]

[???]

[I’m still waiting for him to look up!! Why did he just run away!]

[I’m so pissed! Look up! What are we watching if you don’t look up!]

[Fuck, This anchor is faster than a rabbit. I think he ran with afterimages.]

[Hahahahahahahaha, the anchor’s desire to survive almost overflowed the screen.]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

There’s something behind me! ! ! !

Wen Jianyan screamed crazily in his mind and hurriedly rushed out of the toilet.

Nonsense! What are you waiting for! Wait for the party to politely ask “Excuse me, can I kill you?”

Thirty-six stratagems are the best!1

Whatever it is, run away first!

After rushing out of the toilet, there was an extremely familiar corridor in front of him. It was pitch-black, extending into the distance with almost no end in sight.

Obviously, he is now back in the dormitory building.

It’s just that the site in front of him is much newer than before; most of the stains on the walls and floor have disappeared, which means he should not be in the same timeline as before.

At this moment, a rustling sound came from behind, as if something was rubbing against the walls and floor.

As Wen Jianyan was running forward, he took time to turn his head to take a look.

The sight made his whole scalp go numb.

The jet-black hair was like a wriggling snake, clinging and extending outside from the toilet’s door. In the depths of the black tides, deathly pale limbs were faintly visible; one after another, they rushed toward him.

The soft, intermittent humming came from the hair.

At that moment, extremely unexpectedly, a mechanical voice sounded in his ear:

【Congratulations to the anchor for triggering the scenario: Chasing Battle

Scenario countdown: 10:00】

The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war and civil interaction. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems