Chapter 300 "Stay Overnight" (5)

Chapter 300 "Stay Overnight" (5)

"Please help me... Someone is chasing me... Please... Open the door..."

"Who's chasing you?"

"Who... is chasing me? The door is tightly closed and I can't get in... Open the door!!!"

Through the peephole at the door, Todd saw a woman in a thin white nightgown. Although she looked normal, based on her incoherent answers and strange tone, Todd didn't believe a word she said.

Todd believed that this woman should be one of the so-called infected people, that is, the hostile units in the copy.

After Todd just asked a normal question, the woman suddenly yelled at Todd to open the door and banged on it frantically. From this point of view, Todd's idea may not be 100% correct, but it is almost correct.

Todd did not open the door. Not only that, he also activated all the traps placed behind the door. Then, without saying a word, he stared at the woman outside through the cat's eye on the door.

"You...are different from the others, that's really interesting..."

After a while of stalemate, the woman suddenly said something incoherent, and then her body twisted violently like an old-fashioned TV with a snowflake glitch, especially her face. In less than five seconds, the woman's head turned into a distorted and terrifying thing, which looked like an orange that was opened from the middle to form petals, but the orange petals were made of lotus pods, and the edges had a circle of sharp teeth that curved inwards. But in a flash, it returned to a normal woman's face.

"Talk to me... I also want to know... what did you see?"

Todd took a look at this person who was disguised as a woman, or was originally a woman but was infected and turned into a monster. A progress bar indicating the anger value appeared above her head. It was similar to the progress bar on the priest's head when he met him again.

"It seems that dialogue is the main form of this copy."

He took a look at the monster's health points. It was not high, and its resistance was not very good. If Todd wanted to, he could even kill the guy outside the door with his bare hands. But the more this was the case, the less Todd wanted to take action. He was more and more certain that if he launched an attack, it would likely reduce the points he got after clearing the copy. So Todd made a decision quickly. He decided not to attack anything actively this time unless it was necessary.

"I saw . . . a beautiful lady."

The anger level above the woman's head rose a little.

"Really? That's all? My husband always gives me roses for every anniversary, and I always say I prefer violets, but he never remembers. Now I have no one at home. I'm looking for someone who won't leave me, are you too?"

Todd found out some information from the woman's somewhat strange words. The woman's husband should have been killed by her. At the same time, the woman mentioned that she liked violets very much. This may be useful or may not be useful, but in any case, the woman's emotions and spirit are more unstable than that of the priest, so it may be better to follow her words now.

"Yes, I'm looking for you."

"You sound unsure. You won't leave me, right?"

The woman's anger level increased significantly, exceeding half in an instant. Todd knew that his choice of answer might have been wrong, but there should still be a chance to save the situation.

"You're trying to throw me off, you're lying to me. I need you.. please.. liar!!"

"boom!"

The woman's mind began to become unstable. Through the peephole on the door, it could be seen that a wave of air appeared beside the woman, blowing away the decorations on the wall in the corridor, making a crashing sound.

"I dreamed of... an ocean... I understand... your feelings... Should I believe you? Prove that you listened to me carefully. What kind of flower do I love most?"

"Violet."

"You...are listening carefully...We won't be alone anymore."

The progress bar above the woman's head began to jump back and forth repeatedly, and the woman's face and body were constantly changing, sometimes becoming that terrible appearance, sometimes becoming normal, but soon, the progress bar above the woman's head disappeared, and her body returned to normal. It seemed that Todd made the right choice.

"You are... incredible. I'm leaving now, and we will meet again..."

“Sizzle…”

A sound similar to a radio malfunction was heard outside the door. At the same time, the woman's face became horrible again, and then she suddenly disappeared outside the door.

"Go back to sleep."

Although the woman's behavior was very abnormal, now the matter concerning her has come to an end. Todd returned to bed and quickly fell asleep, but this time was different from before. Todd seemed to be in a dream. In this dream, Todd seemed to be somewhere under the sea.

Todd swam around in the sea, surrounded by colorful coral reefs and all kinds of strange fish. He found that he could breathe freely like a fish, and he was full of doubts. He didn't know what this dream meant.

"Could this be... the ocean in the dream that woman talked about?"

The depth here does not seem to be very deep, and the sea water is very clear. It is not dark here at all, but very bright, which can make Todd feel peaceful. Todd wandered aimlessly in the water, and soon he saw an underwater cave. A strong desire forced him to swim into the underwater cave.

After entering the cave, Todd found that he could walk normally here. This feeling was very special. He was surrounded by sea water, but he did not encounter any resistance. He continued to go deeper into the cave. There were many glowing corals flashing around, which constantly changed the color of the cave, but it was not weird. When he walked to the end of the cave, Todd saw something that was out of tune with the seabed.

A room door that was exactly the same as the hotel's style appeared in front of Todd, and the walls on both sides were exactly the same as the hotel's. However, there was no house number on the door. Todd curiously opened the door and found that it was actually a bathroom. The tiles on the wall were red, almost the same as the bathroom in his room, but the size was slightly different.

In front of the fish tank, there stood a blurry black shadow. From the outline, it looked like a woman, or a thin man with long hair. But because the shadow was very blurry, even though it was close, Todd could not tell whether it was the front or the back. But Todd suddenly thought of the figure with his back to him that he saw through the corridor when he checked in. They seemed to be the same person.

"Is there anyone down there?!"

After an unknown amount of time, a conversation that sounded like it came from a distance woke Todd up from his dream. Todd looked up and found that he was still sleeping in bed. He got up and checked the house. The traps at the door and in the room were not triggered, and no one entered his room.

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

The same sound was heard again, and this time Todd confirmed that he had indeed heard other people's voices. Following the direction of the sound, Todd looked over and finally discovered that there was a mesh door of a ventilation duct on the wall of his bedroom, and the sound was coming from inside.

There was no way anyone could hide in this type of ventilation duct. Someone must have been shouting at the other grille door. Todd looked at the height of the grille door and moved the bedside table over. By stepping on the bedside table, Todd's face was just right facing the grille door of the ventilation duct. Soon, another conversation was heard from inside.

"Hey, is anyone there? Can anyone help me?"

It was a woman's voice. Todd wondered if it was the same woman he met last night, but the voice didn't sound like hers. It seemed younger than hers.

"who are you?"

"Oh thank God! Wait... I recognize this voice! Are you the man in the elevator before? Help!"

"You're that girl? What happened?"

"There's something at my door! It's a... I don't know how to explain it, and you wouldn't believe it. But it wants to get in! I need someone to distract it so I can run!"

"Who's standing at your door?"

"I don't know! That thing was following me down the hallway. It was a... white, ugly... thing. I was in room 501. I knew it was dangerous, but I couldn't wait any longer!"

This girl seemed to be the Gothic girl Todd met in the elevator at the beginning. Her tone and way of speaking were very normal, and there was no inconsistency in her words. The white and ugly thing she was talking about should be the same thing as the woman he saw last night, but they should not be the same person.

But whether to go or not is the question Todd is thinking about now. After all, he is not sure whether the girl is also pretending or deceiving himself. And so far, the most normal person he has met is the mentally unstable priest. He said at the beginning that he should not trust anyone. Maybe doing nothing is the best choice.

But then he thought again, if that was the case, then Todd would have broken the rules long ago. After all, he had communicated with the priest twice and helped the residents of 411, no matter if the guy inside was a human or something else, not to mention the conversation with the weird woman last night. In addition, Todd was not a person who liked to follow the rules. Paying attention to safety was one thing, but doing nothing and just staying where he was was not something Todd was interested in.

"Hello? Are you still there? The monster crawling around seems to be blind, but its hearing is very sharp. You just need to make some noise to lure it away. Please! Save me! I'll be waiting for you at 501!"

Because Todd was thinking, he didn't speak for a long time, which seemed to make the girl upstairs very desperate. She thought Todd ignored her, so she began to communicate with Todd in an almost pleading tone.

The fear in the girl's tone and words didn't seem fake. She was trembling and choking, and she was indeed avoiding something. Thinking that this girl might be an important NPC needed to complete some other task, Todd thought it was necessary to go up to the fifth floor to see if the situation was as she said.

"I understand. I will go, but I need to find something that can be used as a weapon first."

"Thank you... Thank you... Please come quickly, I can't talk anymore, it's wandering back to the door again! Please! Hurry up..."

Soon, the girl's voice stopped abruptly. She must have covered her mouth and stopped making any sound. It seemed that 501 was indeed in danger.

But having said that, he really had to go, but not now. After all, the security guard said on the phone that it was best not to go to other floors. Although Todd was not prepared to listen to him, he would not leave immediately. There was still something he needed to do, which was to listen to the news on TV.

"...We are now entering the second day of quarantine, and things are getting worse. There are reports of fatal attacks all over town. Our studio has lost contact with the Centers for Disease Control, but we are still reporting..."

"...To all viewers, we stand with you, you are not alone..."